On Saturday 14th July 2012 Old Girl Anne Fridal will give an evening concert at St. James Church Louth. She will be supported by Louth Male Voice Choir. 

Anne will also be giving a free masterclass for 6 local singers on three days from Wednesday 11th July.

On Friday 13^th July there will be a dinner at a local hostelry, affectionately referred to as “The Splash” (by reason of being next to a ford) for all Old Girls who can come.

Thanks to local sponsorship the ticket price for Anne’s concert on Saturday 14^th July is now only £5 a head and tickets can be obtained from Old Girl Prisca Furlong, c/o This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

After the concert the bar, and lawns of the Kenwick Hotel, will provide the venue for friends, colleagues and local dignitaries where we can buy our own drinks and carry on the nattering from Friday, no doubt! 

We very much hope to see you there. Members who attended the London reunion in March listed “music” high on their want-list for future events, and they don’t come much more musical than the wonderful Anne Fridal.

SMHA Hundred Club is now fully operational and we have already paid out prize money to eight lucky winners! A hundred club retains half its income and gives out half in prizes so the more members the more there is to pay out. SMHA has no way of generating funds to secure its future through membership and is therefore fundraising to meet the costs of erecting a Blue Plaque at the entrance to the school noting the contributions made by Henry Venn Elliott and Charlotte Elliott. The Committee would welcome any assistance you can give.

How to sign up?

It could not be easier... simply contact the  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  and she will put you in touch with the 100 Club administrator. The 100 club is restricted to Life Members of SMHA. Rules are avaliable to view on the members page of this website.

The London Reunion

         Thank you to everyone who attended the reunion in London on the 15^th March.  It was so good to meet up with you all and a special thanks to Amanda Hobson’s son, Dominic, for providing the venue. We shall be analysing your responses to the questionnaire and will share our findings with you in due course.

         Olive and Alice

As OGs will be aware, Hillary House has been dramatically changed following its purchase and development.

An update is attached - click here to read:

The 2011 General Meeting and Reunion was held on 18th June 2001. The Minutes and other information from the meeting are to be found in the Newsletter which is available here

Important date for your diaries: Saturday 15th June 2013 - watch this space and check your emails for further details!

The link, here goes to the Gillman and Soame site which features some school photos for SMH. Do browse them!

If you decide to purchase would you be kind enough to let the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it know as the Association will receive referral income.

Click here to look at our new page with opportunities to purchase items of memorabilia including note cards, postcards, mugs.

A PERSONAL HISTORY OF ST MARY’S HALL FROM ITS FOUNDATION IN 1836 BY THE REVD HENRY VENN ELLIOTT TO 1936 WITH A BRIEF LOOK AT THE PAST 50 YEARS by TJ Elliott TD MA, is available here.

Many thanks to Tim for making this available to us.

Douglas D'Enno, son of SMH Old Girl Anne-Marie Burns who was a pupil at the school in the 1920s, has written a fascinating book about East Brighton andOvingdean. (The volume is intended as a companion to his previous publication, 'Rottingdean through Time').

Douglas spent some this summer at the school taking photos for the book which is available from Amazon (East Brighton and Ovingdean Through Time).

This photograph of the school, taken from the book, will, I am sure, interest readers.

East Brighton Bygones Local History Society have many interesting images of the School. They have kindly given us permission to link to their page from here.

Check out http://www.bygones.org.uk - and enjoy!

The 2011 Newsletter has been added to the site

The 2010 Interim Newsletter and 2010 Newsletter remain live.

Thank you for your contributions which have been invaluable. Please continue to send us your news and your photos.

Our School Album is live and if Life Members click here you will see it! We hope you will enjoy it – and please do send anything you would like to share on the page.

Contact details for the archivist are: Roedean 01273 667612 (Archivist Office) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Jackie Sullivan is the Roedean Archivist)

An update on the work of the Archivist in 2010/11 is available here

Our Community page includes:

• SMH Newsletter, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
• SMHA Constitution and Draft Constitution
• Agenda for 2011 General Meeting
• SMHA Minutes, 2009
• Junior School Newsletter

We will have other documents and items of interest added to it as time moves on. These will include the Newsletters for you to read or print.

Life members of SMHA please log on using the box at the top right corner of this, or any page, of the website, to explore the full site. This includes accessing the contact details of many of your school-friends. Associate members and other visitors please do look at our News Page which we will keep updated with information of interest.

If you wish to join as a Life Member or if you have the name(s) of any friend(s) you would like to be put in touch with please email our This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Click below to read Archived News Items

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For information on ORA events contact Ms Sasha Glynn or 07788 598901.