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This occasion is an opportunity for the Head Master to give members an update on both the Society and the College and for the Society’s Patron, Charles Anson CVO (Olds 1957-1961) to remind everyone how important legacies are to the future of the College and to thank guests for their support. Since the Society last met in 2023 membership numbers have increased by 12%, we’ve received over £500,000 from bequests and we are seeing an increasing number of women sign up as well as younger members in their twenties. Perhaps it’s not a surprise that at the moment the two decades leading the legacy contributions are from the 1940s and 1950s and there were a good number of OLs from these decades attending the lunch. Our most senior OL at the event was John Pratt, (Sanderson’s 1948-1952) who was not only here at the school for its centenary in 1948 but also sang in the choir as one of the Pickle Boys in the performance of Britten’s St Nicolas. We are really indebted to all our 1848 Society members and of course, to those whose names are now on the honours board in Great School and who have shown such generosity and commitment to their old school. A toast was made by the Head Master ‘to Lancing’s benefactors and to all who follow their example, generations looking after generations.