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Dan Hickey Rugby 7s and Netball Tournament - 22nd June (Photos)
Wednesday, 11 December 2024Finally here are the photos from the successful Rugby and Netball tournament held in June earlier this year. £224 was raised through the sale of...
Robbie Bryant wins Sean Connery Prize
Thursday, 5 September 2024Huge congratulations to award-winning cinematographer Robbie Bryant whose film The Ceremony won the prestigious Sean Connery Prize at this year's Edinburgh...
Are you an experienced or enthusiastic fundraiser?
Monday, 2 September 2024The Cathedralians Society is looking to expand its fundraising activities to assist with the generation of donations to the Society, so that we can better...
Martin Goodway passes away peacefully.
Thursday, 29 August 2024Many members will be saddened to hear that Martin Goodway, a long time supporter and servant of the Society, passed away peacefully on the morning of 27th...
London Dinner 2024 - Taking Bookings!
Sunday, 14 July 2024By invitation of our President, James Davies, you are warmly invited to join the Cathedralians Society at our 14th London Dinner. Once again the event...
£3000 Donation for Work Experience and Careers
Friday, 3 May 2024A £3,000 donation has recently been made to the school, via the Society, by a long-standing member of the Society. This was made to help the school...
A message from our new President
Thursday, 11 April 2024Now the dust has settled, following another successful Cathedralians dinner, I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself, having officially taken...
Cathedralian Publishes Autobiography of Career within the Houses of Parliament
Thursday, 17 August 2023Whether you have a burning interest in the workings of government or are looking for some holiday reading, check out 'Travels With Members' written...
London Dinner 2023 - Booking Now Live!
Friday, 14 July 2023We are pleased to announce that the London Dinner will take place at the Royal Air Force Club, Piccadilly from 1830 on Wednesday, 11 October. Booking...
Calling All Golfers!
Sunday, 9 April 2023After a successful 'pilot' event last October, the BCCS/Cathedralians Golf Day will be returning to its summer spot on Sunday 11th June 2023. Open...
2023 Reunion Dinner
Wednesday, 22 March 2023On Saturday 18th March we held a very successful reunion dinner at the school.
Recent Leavers Reunion - Biggest Yet!
Monday, 2 January 2023Recent leavers congregated at the Berkeley at the top of Park St on 29 Dec it what was to be the biggest grouping since the event began some years ago....
2020 Leaver Running London Marathon for British Heart Foundation
Sunday, 11 December 2022Georgina Nicholls, who left the school in 2020, is running the London Marathon in Spring 2023 in support of the British Heart Foundation. Although, as...
London Dinner 2022
Wednesday, 9 November 2022Cathedralians gathered at the Royal Air Force Club for the 11th London Dinner on Thursday, 13th October. Numbers are steadily returning to the pre-Covid...
Cathedralians Golf Day Reprised
Sunday, 16 October 2022Cathedralians and BCCS Staff joined together at Shirehampton Golf Club on Sunday, 9 Oct to reprise the Society Golf Day after several years. A keen, good...
School Report for 2021 - 2022
Sunday, 18 September 2022 Academics
This year was the first year of exams following two years of Teacher Assessed Grades due to Covid. During the last two years, grades had...
This year was the first year of exams following two years of Teacher Assessed Grades due to Covid. During the last two years, grades had...
An Aviation Story - Cathedralian Leslie Falconer MacDonald
Friday, 12 August 2022Most Bristolians will, at one time or another, have admired the Bristol Boxkite stunningly suspended above the entry gallery at Bristol City Museum and...
2022 London Dinner - 13th October
Sunday, 31 July 2022We are pleased to announce on behalf of our President, Rowan Henry, the upcoming 2022 London Dinner on Thursday 13th October at the Royal Air Force Club....
Dan Hickey Rugby 7s and Netball Tournaments Return - 30th April!
Friday, 15 April 2022After a 2 year Covid driven hiatus, the School have organised the Dan Hickey Rugby 7s and Netball Tournament for Saturday, 30th April! The initial rounds...
Annual Dinner - 9 July 2022 - Cancelled
Sunday, 27 March 2022Unfortunately, due to a lack of support, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel this year's Annual Dinner. We will now look to return the...
IT For Post-Covid Educational Deficit Recovery
Wednesday, 22 September 2021Thanks to an initiative by our President, Rowan Henry, the Society provided funding for the School to purchase 61 laptops for use in both the Lower School...
Eric Blackman has sadly passed away
Friday, 20 August 2021The society has recently learnt that Eric Blackman, a teacher at the school from 1958 - 1991, has sadly passed away. A full obituary can be seen in the...
Society President in action for #BiomedicalScienceDay2021
Wednesday, 30 June 2021See Rowan Henry, our current president, in a video in support of #BiomedicalScienceDay2021. See link to LinkedIn here...
Introduction to Rowan Henry - our new President
Monday, 25 January 2021Having left the Cathedral Choir School 10 years ago this year, I am extremely privileged to become the next society President.
Taking up this role...
Taking up this role...
Memorabilia from the 1940's
Monday, 9 November 2020The Society has recently been given some memorabilia that belonged to a former pupil who died in 2015 and attended the school in the early 1940's,...
Class of '86 Zoom Reunion with Special Guest
Sunday, 8 November 2020Ever since the 30th Anniversary of leaving school in 2016, the Class of ’86 have been holding an annual reunion in Bristol with 20-25 of us...
Cathedral School - Then and Now
Friday, 14 August 2020The school then and now care of FB's 'Bygone Bristol' Group. Given that the Western towers are complete, the 'then' picture must date...
Bristol Cathedral Choir celebrate Easter Sunday!
Sunday, 12 April 2020Good to see young cathedralians remotely contributing to Easter Sunday celebrations:
This Joyful Eastertide - a Quirentine multitrack performance...
This Joyful Eastertide - a Quirentine multitrack performance...
BCCS Choir at HMS Prince of Wales Commissioning
Wednesday, 18 December 2019The BCCS choir performed at the commissioning of aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth on 10 Dec. Also present from the school was Paul...
Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2019 winner
Monday, 11 November 2019Artist and former BCS student Rory Pilgrim (Bristol, 1988) received the Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2019 from the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and...
Launch of new Literary Magazine
Monday, 14 October 2019On Wednesday 9th October the Cathedralian Society were very pleased to support Joe Santamaria, one of our Alumni, launching the first printed edition of...
Dan Hickey Rugby Sevens and Netball in pictures - 2019
Thursday, 9 May 2019The Society's thanks go to BCCS staff member, James Frost, for once again organising the Dan Hickey 7s Tournament at the BCCS Playing Fields, Failand....
Annual Reunion Dinner 2020
Sunday, 28 April 201928 March 2020
Put it in your diary today!
The Annual Reunion Dinner 2020 will take place at the Cresswell Centre on 28 March 2020.
Further...
Put it in your diary today!
The Annual Reunion Dinner 2020 will take place at the Cresswell Centre on 28 March 2020.
Further...
Cathedralian Journal Archive Complete!
Saturday, 30 March 2019Every single Cathedralian Journal published between 1913-2011 is now available in the Library section of the website. This is our history - your history...
Class '86 Celebrate in Style!
Wednesday, 22 August 20182018 saw the majority of the Class of ’86 celebrating their 50thbirthdays so it was decided that we would do it in style by holding a reunion event...
WW1 Cathedralian Flyer, Leslie Powell, Remembered
Monday, 6 August 2018The following article was published in the Bristol Times on 3 Apr 18 to mark the RAF Centenary. Written by Peter Gibbs, the photographs were supplied...
Cathedralian Harpers' Top 50 Wine and Drink List
Sunday, 15 July 2018Cathedralian, Martin Lam (BCS 1966-73) has been listed in this year's Top 50 influential people when it comes to wine and drink in the UK's restaurant...
Dan Hickey Rugby Sevens and Netball in pictures
Saturday, 9 June 2018The Society's thanks go to BCCS staff member, James Frost, for once again organising the Dan Hickey 7s Tournament at the BCCS Playing Fields, Failand....
Society Presents School Prints Art
Sunday, 22 April 2018Towards the end of World War 2, Brenda and Derek Rawnsley had the idea of bringing original contemporary art to children who might not otherwise experience...