The Fields Of Harrow

Forty years on, I am missing the Hill. For our time there was a great time. Our days there were great days. Days and nights so distant but never forgotten. Where are those young and strong titans of yesteryear today? Where are those that I once joined hands with and with whom I ploughed and played the fields of Harrow? Where are those with whom we promised to conquer the world together? Where is Maurice Balme, my old housemaster and latin teacher? Where are David Smith-Ryland, Nigel Cassey, Guy Sangster, Gavin Elwes, the Al Tajirs, the Narayans, Tim Espir, Feruz Bakthiar, Tim Jeffares, Lord Apsley, Basil Mavorolian, Rory Cavendish, Nick Agar, Prince Moutafian and all the other young lions and bright stars that graced Harrow with their great and noble prescence between '74 and '77?

To my eternal delight and my sheer pleasure, I managed to find a few of my old friends and brothers such as Crispin De Moubrey, Simon Astaire, Mark Pepera, William Johnston and one or two others.......but I crave deeply to hear from the others as well. And that craving comes from deep within my soul. It's been 35 long years since I last saw them all......we must not sit by and allow it to reach 40 before we meet again. And meet again we shall before our great and final call comes and then, for one last time, we shall forget the worries of this world and we shall laugh and flirt and frolick together in the fields of the Hill. I love Harrow.......I always did and I always will.

Author: Femi Fani-kayode

Add Comment

Remember to keep comments respectful and to follow our

What are the rules for commenting?

We've established these House Rules for your safety and to keep the ModernGhana website a healthy environment for discussion.

We love you posting comments. But please don’t do anything horrible, rude or illegal.

More specifically, please don’t post anything that:

Is inappropriate (abusive, offensive or disruptive)
Is off-topic (to the original content or the current conversation)
Contains personal information (either your own or someone else’s)
Puts children at risk
Is illegal, or glamourises illegal activity
Is defamatory (damaging to someone else’s reputation)
Is in contempt of court (anything that could affect the outcome of a court case)
Infringes anyone’s rights (including privacy rights)
Was made by someone else, or that copies someone else’s creation
Is posted for your financial gain (advertising, sponsorship etc.)
Isn’t in English (unless we’ve asked you to comment in another language)
Contains spam (unless you’re commenting on a story about reconstituted meat)
Contains links to content that can’t be seen easily, or may be unsafe (viruses, spyware, paywalls etc.)
Or doesn’t comply with the rest of our Terms of Use.

Breach of the terms of use will result in the removal of your comments. Repeated breaches will result in the restriction of your IP-Address.