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Inaugural ASOC Luncheon 2025
Saturday, 22nd November 2025
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The School will be open from 12.00 noon for members to have a look round the old place together with guided tours round
the new developments and outside grounds. The meal will begin at 1.00 pm, with no lengthy speeches, though Ian Rimmer (Principal) will say a few words
about current school developments and Walter Raleigh (ASOC Chair) will give the
latst updates on future ASOC plans. Students will be providing some musical entertainment
The rest of the time will for members to chat and enjoy a meal with old friends.
We hope it will encourage more of you to join us in this exciting new format.
BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW!
The cost per head will be just £29.95 and you can pay online here.
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Founders’ Day 2025
Friday, 21st November 2025
The church service to celebrate the beginning of Founders’ Weekend will take place in All Hallows’ from 1.45 pm on Friday, 21st November. The service will, once again, be led by our Society Chaplain, Rev. Graeme Carby
and usually lasts about an hour followed by tea and biscuits in the church
rooms. Once again all are welcome to join us and enjoy this wonderful afternoon of
music, prayers and anecdotes amongst old friends and present students and staff
from School.
Rev Graeme Carby (ASOC Chaplain)
Graeme attended King James’s Grammar School from 1962-70. He graduated from Manchester University and
initially took up a teaching career. In 1990 he retrained, taking a Post
Graduate Diploma in Theology in St John’s College, Nottingham, after which he was ordained as a Deacon (1992) and Priest
(1993) In 1996 he became a Team Vicar in Cyncoed, Cardiff. Graeme retired in 2018 and moved back to Huddersfield. He became Almondburians’ Society Chaplain in 2022.
Address: Alison Grant
Alison attended KJS from 1987-90. She read Music at Huddersfield University and
worked for many years as a researcher and assistant producer in the Factual
Programmes unit at Yorkshire TV. She subsequently set up, with her husband, an
award-winning IT business that is still going strong
Recently Alison decided to train for the priesthood. She is currently studying
for a Theology degree and hopes to be ordained Deacon next year. She then plans
to be a full-time Curate in a Huddersfield parish before beimg ordained Priest
and hopefully havng her own parish.
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