John O’Grady writes;
For those who haven’t heard, it is with considerable regret that I write to inform you of the death of Dave Lichtenstein who was recently found dead at his home in Sydney, Australia. The cause as yet is unknown.
Many of you already know that for many years, Dave maintained meticulous records of Old Yorkists throughout the world and has been instrumental in keeping us all in touch with one another. His annual Christmas newsletter was always well received. For many years, he also hosted popular annual picnics in Sydney for Old Yorkists who lived close enough to attend. His affection for the school, now named Lenana, was unlimited. The pleasure he got from being part of the Old Yorkist/Lenana community was both intense and immense. He and his enthusiasm for our community will be sorely missed.
Dave’s wife Anne died last year but our thoughts and condolences go out to his son Guy, his daughter and to his grandchildren. He will be sorely missed by his many friends in Australia and around the world. Attached below is a photograph he took at our reunion in Taunton last year of some of his Old Yorkist contemporaries and classmates, which he circulated after the event.
Some of us Trustees/Old Yorkists were recently invited to present and participate in a Zoom Laibon Society meeting. The Laibon Society recently started up this forum/facility in the current Coronavirus crisis. The Zoom meeting we participated in was extremely well organised and well managed and we certainly want to participate in more such meetings in the future and on other subjects. For recent Zoom meetings they have had up to 160 participants from all over the world.
We think that we could and should do something similar for Old Yorkists. Why not, especially in these lockdown times? We shall therefore be sending out to you invitations, from time to time, to join in forums featuring Old Boys from around the world and we hope that you will come and join us. On Zoom you can get to see and chat with some old friends and maybe make some new ones. We can help you get access to Zoom, if you do not already have it.
Our best wishes to you all.
John, Nigel, Alan, Alexander and Ronnie.