October News - Update on our Events...

Our next event will be the Remembrance Service for the OA War Dead at St. Augustine's Church in Ramsgate on Saturday 13th November at 10.45am. Our November London lunch has been moved forward to early next year - we will notify OAs when we have more information. Following the success of The Westgate lunch last […]

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50th Anniversary Lunch at Westgate

Nearly 70 turned up for our celebration reunion lunch inside our old school buildings in Westgate. It was a great day and so good to see so many OAs and friends from our Sister Schools. We were so pleased that our former Headmaster and Housemaster, Kevin Doherty joined us for this special occasion along with […]

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SEPTEMBER News - 50th Anniversary Lunch at Westgate and Remembering OAs who have died during the last two years...

It's not long now before our 50th Anniversary lunch commemorating our move from Ramsgate to Westgate on Sea. Bookings are up and we urge you to book soon as the closing date is on Saturday 11th September. Just to remind you, that this special lunch will take place on Saturday 25th September at St. Augustine's. […]

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July/August News... 50th Anniversary Lunch at Westgate

We are delighted to invite you to our 50th Anniversary Lunch commemorating our school's move from Ramsgate to Westgate. This special lunch will take place on Saturday 25th September at St. Augustine's 125, Canterbury Road, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. CT8 8NL the home of our school from September 1971 to July 1995. We are again, this year, […]

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May News - AGM 2021

Our AGM is now only two weeks away and it will be the first Annual Meeting we conduct virtually by "Zoom". All paid up members will shortly be receiving the information needed to join the meeting. Nominations have now closed for OA Officers and the Committee. There will be a change of personnel this year […]

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March/April News - AGM May 2021

I am pleased to announce that the Society's AGM will take place on Thursday 20th May at 6.30pm via ZOOM meeting. This is a members ONLY meeting and only those eligible may participate and/or be nominated for Office or the Committee. Eligible members are those members who are paid up to date as at 22nd […]

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March News...

As we approach Spring we look forward to the lifting of Covid restrictions in the next few months and we very much look forward to be able to hold our events again with the first one planned to take place in late September at Westgate (more information can be found on our Forthcoming Events Page). […]

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February News...

Andrew Sharp has written a special article "Marking 25th years since the closure of St. Augustine's College and Abbey School" taking a look at the history of the college. The article appears in The Isle of Thanet News just published and includes many fine photographs. To view the article - just click on the website […]

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Peter Moore RIP

We are sad to announce the death of Peter Moore who was an OA but taught at the school from 1961 to 1963. Please see below an extract of the email sent to us by Jim Curran. "Peter Moore passed away on 2nd February, he'd been in the Royal Marsden with cancer for some months […]

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OA Chairman's Spring Message...

As we approach Lent in the middle of the latest Covid Lockdown it provides us with an opportunity to consider how we run things in the future. Up until now the Society has organised events which involved OA's associated with those locations which have formed a part of our history. Westgate lunch - May St. […]

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