The Complete Record
25 years of events, adventures and assorted absurdity
— carefully preserved and Best Served Chilled.
Two Tonsley shareholders, Tonsley Colours holders, Tonsley attendees, Tonsley Totty and Tonsley Tots made up a merry band of twenty-odd […]
Blessed by some wonderful late Summer evening weather, Woolfy, Henri, Chiara and Sofia welcomed family and friends to the Tipi […]
Ant & Ness, 25 years married, with a super bash at Charlton Farm – family Von Dutton wearing curtains, but […]
A gathering of the clans at Templecombe and much jollity there was.
A meet up for the Spring, alas with only 3/4 of the Committee and the troops. This time, a trip […]
Those finding themselves within grasp of the big smoke joined a long lunch near Kings Cross. One of those lunches […]
Pink tickets for an extraordinary general meeting of the Tonsley Golf Society, we dusted off the golf bags and chipped […]
A January meet up of the Tonsley families, courtesy of Chez Woolf.
A Tonsley meet in the Surrey Hills – to the Guildford and Cobham Tonsley offices with full entourages. Splendiferous.
To Edinburgh for a (chilly, but blue sky) weekend exploring the city and its charms. And into the cauldron of […]
Adventures come in all shapes and sizes. Breaking out somewhere between lockdowns, the Tonsley entourage got to the Wye Valley […]
Well, thank you everyone for an overwhelming response to this cause! You helped us smash through the original £400 target […]
The reference to 1969, was a subtle acknowledgement/avoidance of the bigger issue at hand: Niki’s 50th! The troops gathered for […]
Ok, so this started out as Super Saturday – the Six Nations finale – and England / Ireland at Twickenham. […]
A January meet up of the Tonsley families, courtesy of Chez Woolf.
A gathering of the troops for a mighty fine feast to celebrate 50 years of a mighty fine man. Fifty, […]
Probably one of the more embarrassing pages on the website, with no spiel and, until recently, no photos (a few […]
It is a little known fact that if you think long and hard enough there will always be a suitable […]
After the polar conditions of the 2012 Tonsley Cup, it took three years for Tonsley Events to thaw out and […]
A trip to Twickenham to watch England / South Africa – all in all, not quite enough from England despite […]
Never again will this historic duel be fought out at the Cuddington Oval as the Kites start on their new […]
A gathering of the troops to see in the New Year (with a live link to the officer on tour). […]
A long off-season and with plenty of boardroom speculation. The fans could put up with the incumbent and long serving […]
The 2012 Tonsley Time Team trip was focused on the role of Munich and the surrounding area in the early […]
Following the success of last year’s Tonsley Tornadoes tour to Staffordshire, I suspect few of those gathered in the car […]
Let it be recorded that this event did actually happen, but let it also be recorded that the captain of […]
Just because it was a nice thing to do, at short notice and risking the British summer, the Tonsley masses, […]
The weekend of the 4/5th February saw the 2012 Tonsley Golf Society visit the Wiltshire Hotel and Country Club. To […]
It was a day of many firsts: Congratulations to all and thank you for making the journey to Staffordshire last […]
AKA Floody’s Stag. The least said about this, the better, save that I do recall: Floody
☰ Section Menu Introduction The Children’s Trust The Challenge The Team Media Updates Training Updates Follow Us Support Us Introduction […]
Berlin 1989 – Wall came down. 1991 – reunification of Germany. 2006 – FIFA World Cup held. 2011 – Tonsley […]
So this all got a little bit silly and there’s no need to say much more other than to introduce […]
What’s it about? When and where? Tonsley Business Club (TBC) is held periodically when matters of urgent business arise, but […]
Following the success (or relative success) of the 2007 cricket tour to Somerset, the Tornados embarked on a second tour […]
No disrespect to previous Tornados sides but, on paper at least, this year’s side was the strongest in the team’s […]
Let’s face it, most of us were hit pretty hard by the news that one of the last great bachelor […]
They were under starters orders and they were away… the start of the 10th year of Tonsley Events was marked […]
Saturday 27th February saw the Tonsley Golf Society gather for their annual meeting at the now familiar Belmont Golf Club. […]
Winter 2009. Britain is in the grip of the harshest recession in the working lives of many Tonsley Time Tourists, […]
Another year – another battle ensued. Tonsley win the toss again and get out of the traps unscathed. P.Bruce fights […]
☰ Section Menu Introduction Dick Bruce Alexandra Unit The Challenge The Team Follow Us Blog & Photos Peloton Photos Television […]
Saturday 28th February saw the inaugural Tonsley Golf Society meeting tee off at Belmont Golf Club. The stench of Chicken […]
Much has been said of Pedro Von Slider on these pages over the years but, alas, against all the odds […]
The Tornados won the toss and elected to bat and immediately threw the pairing of P.Bruce and R.Bruce into the […]
This year’s tour took us back to the days when the minibus was the staple form of transport (no flights […]
Yet another event awaiting Woolfy’s report. If you think that’s totally unacceptable, please email lazy dot bastard at tonsleyevents dot […]
Tonsley Thames Canoe Challenge: Osney to Tonsley Thud – the canoe runs straight into the other side of the river! […]
Following his cunning during the Second Chapter of Operation Yelsnot, Robert Bruce Snr received a forfeit for his deception, to […]
Firstly, I would like to make an apology for the dates of this Tonsley Time Team visit to Cracow. I […]
As students of Henry Piddington’s work in 1840 will confirm, in late summer the southern end of the gulf-stream often […]
The Old Parsonage in Oxford was the venue, a serious restaurant for a serious occasion: Operation Yelsnot – The Second […]
The 2006 Tonsley Ski Tour to Tignes began ridiculously early with a dawn meet at Gatwick where tickets, Tonsley kit […]
During the Second World War there were over 300 escape attempts from Colditz, 120 breached the walls and 31 made […]
The Committee and Top Totty reunited for dinner at the Bear, with Floody and Claire just back from a few […]
The final game of the Cuddington Cricket Club 2005 season saw a Tonsley Invitational XI arrive in Bucks to take […]
The invite promised a lot and I am happy to report that the best men – Joe and Floody – […]
It felt apt to bring together the Committee and the participants for an Opening Dinner (any excuse), which was held […]
The New Year break saw some Tonsleyites retire to a country manor in Sussex. Fireworks, long walks, aga cooking, log […]
With the day almost upon him, Captain “Lucky” Simon Woolf was soon to be, and for the rest of his […]
Dunkirk Evacuation and the defences and weapons of the German Atlantic wall. A beautiful hot weekend to the Pas de […]
“It’s April, for crying out loud”, “We have a wedding in Stornaway”, “I need to stay in that night”, “Where […]
The Challenge was the brainchild of the four of Tonsley crew during an alcohol-fuelled evening in the Tonsley. The objective […]
It all started the night before. In fact, exactly 24 hours before partytime, with the house in the throes of […]
To coincide with the wedding of Tonsley veteran and all-round good egg Mr. Robin Bowers to his US belle Maureen, […]
For many the Second World War is the stuff of history books and movies; and for others it’s playing soldiers […]
PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTION 1. Our beloved hero is about to undertake a momentous new chapter in the Chronicle of his life. […]
Following the landings in Sicily and consequently the gradually push up the boot of Italy by the Allies in 1943, […]
Tonsley Events have been proud that, for the second year running, we put full support to the London Marathon. After […]
The Home of Cricket, Lord’s, was the venue for the inaugural Tonsley Lord’s Cricket Challenge. 24 players divided into three […]
James Price (aka “I used to drive a Green Goddess”) emerged winner of the Tonsley Events Grand Prix 2003, after […]
The forward party of Niki and Rob arrived at Gatwick Airport at a sprightly 10am on Boxing Day 2002. Both […]
ABRIDGED VERSION: While the trip encompassed a couple of blinding nights in Stockholm at the start and end of the […]
Not your standard Wednesday evening this. By kind invitation, we recently attended the St John’s Ambulance “Magic Christmas Ball” at […]
As one of Frank Sinatra’s (and come to think of it Peter Bullock’s) greatest hits goes… “Chicago – It’s my […]
It was Ian MacCaskel who broke the news to me. While he worked himself into a frenzy telling the viewers […]
Woolfy, Floody, Rob, Niki and Janette took on this famous annual ride, with possibly only one pub stop along the […]
Another Tonsley Time Team outing and a tale that you will tell your grandchildren and mighty bored they’ll be. This […]
The adventure then flew up to Natal and a long drive through Zulaland to the Sani Valley – a stunning […]
The Rough Guide to Argentina Guidebook leaves the reader in no doubt about the size and variety of the country. […]
Well the memories of 6th October and the Autumnal Ball will live long in the minds that occupy Tonsley Towers! […]
In response to various reports of enemy activity in the Chobham area, the Tonsley events crack Commando unit mobilised early […]
An awesome start to the tour with good Brisbane “winter” weather and a first test win in the Gabba. Lots […]
The Time Team landed on the beaches of Normandy some 57 years 199 days since the largest amphibious landing of […]
With 75 cubic feet of fake snow having been imported from Leeds, four sets of Kastle skis from Germany and unknown quanitites of cheese from Switzerland,…
And so it was that with a heavy heart, a sunburnt nose and a nagging hangover, the Klosters five returned to […]
An extraordinary overland journey started for some forty Clansmen at Waterloo. They then arrived back at Waterloo some 56 hours […]
The original official Tonsley Event, also still available in its nostalgic (ancient and compromised) format. Detention gets a little out […]
The arrival of the new Millennium meant only a passing in time of mankind’s presence on this planet. However, it […]
An elite scratch crew assembled in the Tonsleys to witness Redgrave and the rest of the British “Oarsome Foursome” deliver […]
The six mad cows of La Plagne. In a stunning chalet, owned by a Swedish super model. With Cordon-bleu cooking […]
A very sobering trip through the battlefields of the Somme (France) and up to Cambrai where the first tank battle […]
We all went to Chessington. How nice. We all went to Chessington. How nice. We all went to Chessington. How […]
Five lads were let loose on the third and final tour to Livigno. The cast featured: Mikey “I’m not going […]
Without Snow White, 8 dwarfs whistled into Livigno and brought utter carnage to this peaceful resort. The band included: Slidey, […]
The first of three tours to Livigno in the Italian Dolomites. 1997 saw four pioneers lead an exploratory advance party […]
This is a reproduction of one of the original site pages. The odds and sods. (Still here in it’s original […]