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AVITA PRO FIDE
SUMMER 2013
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE EDMUNDIAN ASSOCIATION
NO.113
THE
LONDON
DINNER
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AN EDMUNDIAN HERO
George Ingouville VC
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AVITA PRO FIDE
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE EDMUNDIAN ASSOCIATION
SUMMER 2013
CONTENTS
FROM THE PRESIDENT
EVENTS
LONDON DINNER
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STAR REUNION
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CLASS OF 82 REUNION
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My letter was already submitted when the sad news of
Fr Pinot’s severe stroke came to us. However, I felt I
simply must add a message about him. He is a friend to
so many of us. I remember him as a young, enthusiastic,
cheerful, ebullient 12 year old. At that time there was
the distance between us of 4 years that kept us (quite
properly!) at arm’s length, but as time passed we became
very good friends. I know that his very many friends and
acquaintances will join with me in praying for him, for
his health, strength and peace.
FEATURE
THE UNFORGETTABLE
JOHN WOOD
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OLD CLASSICS BOOKS
10
ARCHIVE CORNER
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CARVE THEIR NAMES WITH PRIDE
12
REMEMBERING EDWARD REANY
14
INGOUVILLE VC
15
NEWS
CAREERS DAY
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PICTURES OF THE PAST
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A LETTER FROM THE HEADMASTER 17
OE NEWS
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WELCOME BACK
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US REUNION
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IN MEMORIAM
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
I’ve been fortunate to have done a lot of travelling in
both a personal and an official capacity. Many of my
family now live in South Africa having gradually moved
down from Kenya—the trek took them some thirty
years. My work has also taken me to different parts of
that fascinating (and vast) continent—for example to Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and the Sudan.
I’ve visited India a few times. Once was to ordain someone to the priesthood; a tame
elephant was one of the ‘guests’ at the party afterwards – he conveniently uprooted a
tree which was in the way of the visitors. I was also privileged to meet Mother Teresa of
Calcutta and saw something of the fantastic work her sisters were doing. On another
occasion I was a member of a small inter-religious delegation invited to Hong Kong by
the civic authorities; they wanted us to see how tolerant the new regime was of religion;
it was a fascinating experience. I’m sure a rapprochement between Rome and Beijing is
possible; the fundamental disagreement is partly semantic (what we mean by religion)
and partly ideological (the relationship between Church and State).
Australia is the furthest I’ve been. I used to go there regularly to speak at courses for
teachers and clergy on religious education. Although much has changed on the religious
front since I first went to that huge country religion is still a powerful influence there,
perhaps even more so since the rate of immigration from Asian countries continues to
increase and they bring their own religious beliefs, practices and experience.
As you know the Edmundian motto is Avita pro fide (Zeal for the Faith) – this may show
itself in countless ways. My first visit to Lourdes was as a young priest. It was more than
50 years ago now but the memory of it is as clear as if it were yesterday. There were about
30 of us in the party and we had a wonderful time though we all travelled on the proverbial
shoestring. We prayed a lot, we went to the baths, we walked in the processions, we got
burnt by the sun and drenched by the rain – we even found time to enjoy the odd noggin!
I hope to be a pilgrim there later this year.
Enjoy the summer!
THE EDMUNDIAN ASSOCIATION
ST EDMUND’S COLLEGE
OLD HALL GREEN
WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE
SG11 1DS, UK
www.edmundianassociation.org.uk
© THE EDMUNDIAN ASSOCIATION, 2013
BISHOP EMERITUS OF LEEDS
PRESIDENT
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EVENTS
THE EDMUNDIAN LONDON DINNER
Saturday 20 April
Butchers’ Hall in Smithfield
Butchers’ Hall is the headquarters of the Worshipful Company of
Butchers, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The very
first Hall was located in Monkwell Street from the second half of the
15th century. The next, near St Bartholomew’s Hospital, was destroyed
in the Great Fire of London in 1666, together with forty three other
Livery Company Halls. Its successor in Pudding Lane (1667–77) was
again burnt down, rebuilt in 1829 and compulsorily purchased by an
Act of Parliament in 1882. A new Hall was built at the present site in
Bartholomew Close (1884), and was bombed in both World Wars.
The Company’s present Hall dates from 1960 and seems to be
having better luck than its predecessors!
(NÉ
DAVID & HELEN MEYER
E McEWEN)
OLLY O’CON
NOR & FRED
BOWEN
LONDON DINNER GUEST LIST
Carol Lewis (76-03), John Lewis, Helen Meyer (87-97), David Meyer (91-97), Clare Edwards (91-93), Olly O’Connor (46-57),
David Peel (51-59), John Crowley (49-56), Francis Nwokedi (75-82), Beate Howitt (97-08), David Kay (75-82), Melissa Bach,
Jane Spence(12-), Gary Chalmers (12-), Paulo Durán (09-), Fred Offer (46-51), Ronald Gladman (54-59), Francis Jones (60-66),
Maggie McCann (94-), Charles Hempsted Head Boy, Abigail Neal Head Girl, Martin Gratte (57-60), Frankie Gratte, Ken Allen
(51-56), Karen Salter-Kay (04-), Ian Kay, Mike Barber (11-), Chris Benham, Tara Castiglioni, Kristi Hewitt, Ian Kelly, Cassie Buckley,
India Plummer, Patsy Collison, Hannah Saklatvala, George Salmon, Victoria Watts, Katie Forbes, Matthew Campbell (87-92), Roger
James (85-92), Donald McEwen (84-02), Bernard Buckley , Ivor O’Mahony (45-53), Colin Jones (49-58), Pat Jones, Bob Rees (46-53),
Charles Carey (46-55), Peter Brabazon (59-64), Barbara Brabazon, Fr Nicholas Schofield, Fr Michael Pinot de Moira (44), Canon
Michael Brockie (54-67), Patrick O’Brien (49-53), Una O’Brien, Stephen O’Connor (62-69), Dominic Webster, Manual Durán,
Odete Durán, Anthony Drew (84-10), John Bryant (62-71), Erica Bryant, Tom Hannah (70-75), Fred Bowen (47-54)
EVENTS
FR NICHOLAS SCHOFIELD
BARBARA & PETER BRABAZON
“Thank you, and all concerned, for the excellent dinner at the
Butchers’ Hall. It was a most enjoyable evening.”
The London Dinner this year came at the end
of a beautiful hot sunny day, lulling us into
thinking that summer was on the way. It was
quite a departure for the Association to hold
its main event of the year in April and on a
Saturday. Three floors of Butchers’ Hall were at
our disposal, giving this year’s event an almost
decadent feeling of space and ownership.
Guests were registered in the Reception Hall
as they came in, with the opportunity to have
their photograph taken. Coats checked in at
the Cloakroom, they then moved upstairs via
a lovely curved staircase, to the Court Suite
where they were attentively cared for by a
bevy of waiting staff bearing trays of fizz in
rather attractive conical glasses.
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JOHN & ERICA BR
Another innovation this year was the presence
of a choir of Rhetoric students and staff, led by
Director of Music, Karen Salter-Kay. They
expertly sang a variety of songs, from Madrigals
to the modern day, creating a lovely and joyful
ambience at the start of the evening. This year
was a black tie event, and I think all present
will agree that everyone looked very fine
indeed in their best bib and tucker.
Up a floor again, and the tables in the Grand
Hall were laid out with giant silver candelabras
under vast chandeliers. One wall was covered
by a jewel-like modern tapestry of London lit
by tiny spotlights. As expected Butchers’ Hall
delivered some of the finest beef the guests
had tasted, which was not let down by the
starters and puddings.
Sadly the Guest of Honour, Bishop David
Konstant, was unable to attend due to ill health,
but Fr Nicholas Schofield gamely stepped into
the breach and led the grace before and after
dinner. Chairman, Peter Brabazon, presented
the evening, and Headmaster, Paulo Durán,
gave a few words about his vision for the
future of the College. The choir led everyone
in a rousing chorus of O Beate before the
end of the evening.
S MANU
PAULO DURÁN WITH PARENT
NT
JOHN & CARO
L
EL AND ODETE
LEWIS
“..a very well organised and enjoyable evening”
“I congratulate you on the organisation and the choice of
venue. The meal was first class and I have seldom eaten beef
more perfectly cooked.”
“The singing of the choir beforehand was an attractive adjunct
to the pre-dinner drinks and was, as usual, of high class.”
FR PINOT WITH HEAD BO
Y CHARLES HEMPSTED
& BEATE HOWITT
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EVENTS
RONALD GLADMAN, FR AUSTIN GARVEY AND MIKE JENNER CATCHING UP
The 40s, 50s, 60s
‘STAR’ REUNION
MONDAY 10 JUNE AT THE STAR TAVERN, BELGRAVIA
It is now ten years since
Mike Jenner set himself the
task of tracking down as
many of the college students
as possible from the period
1940s through 1960s and it
is a testimony to his efforts
that we sat down in the Star
Tavern, Belgravia for the
eighth re-union supper.
We were 33 diners including two former
members of staff, our present Headmaster
Paulo Durán, 29 former students and one
intrepid lady Mrs Elizabeth Davies who
accompanied her husband to our supper
for the second time.
Our guests were Monsignor Fred Miles former
English master and rugby coach and Father
Austin Garvey whose talent for tutoring us
through Classics examinations was equalled
by his skillful and professional production of
College plays. We were saddened by the illness
and absence of Father Michael Pinot de Moira,
still today our veteran College chaplain, who
was ordained in the College chapel in 1956.
We appreciated that Headmaster Paulo Durán
gave up a quiet evening at home to come and
look at the product of a College education
from 50 years ago and we could only hope
that we met some of the high standards
which he sets today.
We toasted absent friends, many of whom
had sent messages from distant places. We
recalled people long-forgotten, we laughed at
our memories and marvelled at the fact that
for all the great improvements at the College,
it still remains for us a landmark in time,
forever changing but still unchanged. And so,
all too soon, into the night, full of supper,
wine and recollections.
As one diner put it, “I can hardly
speak. I have been talking to people I
have not seen for fifty years and my
brain is full up”.
MIKE ELGOOD (50-58)
Those present were: Guy Scammell (50-61), Mike Jenner (51-60), Mike Elgood (50-58), Alistair Emblem (58-67), Ken Allen
(51-56), Ivor O’Mahony (45-53), Fr Austin Garvey (45-56), Philip Lough (60-64), Peter Ward (53-61), Andrew Keenan (52-60),
Christopher Knight (51-61), Peter Knight (54-65), Bill Holloway (61-68), Tony Conway (42-49), Paulo Durán (Headmaster),
Michael Maslinski (62-70), Michael Burgess (45-51), Morris Davies (48-50), Elizabeth Davies, Adrian Gillham (60-65), Mike
Hutchison (56-65), Martin Gratte (57-60), David Bett (51-61), Ronald Gladman (54-59), John Crowley (49-56), Mgr Fred Miles
(39-66), Anthony Parisi (54-60), David Peel (51-59), Andrew Lloyd (58-65), Michael Lloyd (52-60), Robert Rowe (60-65),Colin
Jones (49-58), Glenn Kielty (52-58).
EVENTS
THE CLASS OF 82
REUNION
By Mark Sweeney (75-82)
Enough alumni to make a cricket team, one teacher and one Edmundian’s wife
made it to our second London reunion at the Pantechnicon on May 15th.
Apologies were received from Tom Stogdon
(75-80), locked in his creative cocoon at the
Chelsea Flower Show, Matt Kear (73-80) and
Joy Elias (77-82), but Panikos Demosthenous
(75-80), Jane Farrer (80-82), Grant Branton
(75-82), Mark Sweeney (75-82), Chris Witte
(75-82), Adam Graves (75-82), Mike Holland
(75-82), Matt Feeley (77-80) and Mark Staton
(78-80) from the famous Class of ’82, Richard
(born too late) Vass (73-83) from the one
below, the evergreen Dick Winter (70-95) and
Mike’s wife Gabi, who joined us before meeting
friends, shared a lively and convivial evening.
For most of us this was the first time in over
thirty years we’d seen Matt, and to authenticate
his identity he’d brought along an authentically
twisted Griffiths tie and slightly whiffy College
Rugby shirt of the later, deeper-coloured variety.
Other highlights of the evening included the
revelation that Adam (‘Chad’) is a three-time
Ironman (3.8km swim, 112 mile bike followed
by a Marathon); Chris who was driving to
the Wirral that evening, achieving the
unprecedented and, for Chris, entirely unfamiliar
feat of spinning out a single bottle of beer
over a period of three hours: and the by-nowtraditional recounting of the legend that Nick
Desmond’s ‘School’s Out’ party, which was
attended by virtually the whole year group,
has become. If you’re reading this Nick: thanks
again, and sorry...
Jane once again represented Margaret Pole
with characteristic verve and energy; Panikos
(‘Des’) is still impossibly cool, and with each
passing year we all become more appreciative
of what we shared, and that we’re still healthy
and wealthy enough to relive it from time
to time.
See you all, and I hope many more, next year!
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Of course, events and reunions are dependent on the Association having up to date contact details for its members.
Sometimes it’s easy to overlook letting us know, particularly when it is only your email that has changed. In these days
of high tech, email is hugely important – please, please let us know when yours changes!
Thomas More Society Lectures
Do you have an interesting topic that you would like to deliver as
a 50 minute lecture to the current pupils of the College?
Are you free one Thursday afternoon during the school term? If so, you could be just what we need!
If you are interested in delivering a Thomas More Society Lecture, please contact Gary Chalmers by email
([email protected]) for further details.
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FEATURE
The unforgettable
JOHN WOOD
Legendary schoolmaster
at St Edmund’s between
1963 and 1984. John died
on 8 January 2013,
aged 93.
Here are just some of the memories
left by a true Character.
Why was John Wood known as ‘Larmy’? Lami’s
Mathematical Theorem is an equation relating the
magnitudes of three coplanar, concurrent and non-collinear forces
keeping an object in static equilibrium. In 2004, on a cruise ship in
a Force 12 storm, John was tipped out of his wheel chair, but given
his expertise in Lami’s Theorem, managed to avoid spilling a drop
of his ‘Pink Gin’.
Kieron Heath (62-69): The word ‘legend’ is regrettably over used
these days, but if there is one person who rightly symbolises the
word, it was without a doubt, John Wood.
Brendan Heath (71-76): John was one of life’s characters and a
genuinely good chap... my sons often recite ‘there is a right way,
a wrong way and MY way, and you do it MY way!’
Peter O’Neill (74-81): Larmy was a larger than life character: an
awesome sight in full flight. Duster thrower extraordinaire, he was
forever telling me/us to shave. His method of diagnosing my
‘unbroken’ clavicle on the rugby field of battle is one I’ll never forget
– had me playing on for 20 mins or so till the final whistle: ‘nothing
wrong with it boy; not if I can move your arm around like that!’
(the X-ray disagreed).
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Damian Driscoll (74-81): He was a real laugh out of the classroom…When seeing the joke,
he would lift his glasses onto his head with a really mischievous grin.
Matthew Lindsey-Clark (74-81): Like others, I discovered that behind the cartoonish exterior,
barging about and blackboard duster throwing was a very wise and decent man.
Dermot Stapleton (76-81): Larmy (waving my University application form like Mr Chamberlain
back from Berlin): ‘Whaddya call this, Stapleton? Have you gone mad?’
Me: ‘No sir, I really want to do a degree in Advanced Estate Management…’
Larmy: ’So, you think that means you can swan around Scotland with a gun under your arm,
counting trees?’
Me: ‘Yes, that’s the sort of thing I had in mind.’
Larmy: ‘Don’t be bloody ridiculous,’ (rips up form and slings it onto the huge Annapurna of
paper that is his desk), ‘Here’s a fresh form.’
Phil Moore (72-79): Initially terrifying, he did actually have a sense of humour, much to my
relief, when he roared with laughter when he caught me doing an impression of him.
Philip Gallagher (70-81): I cannot say if his maths ever stuck with me but certainly his advice
on alcohol did; ’You should only drink beer until you are 40, and then you can start on spirits.’
Bruce Rossi (72-79): A fond memory I have of him is when we Colts were off to play Haileybury
away in a cricket match. As his Capt. I was to travel with JW in his car to talk tactics while the team
went by coach. On driving across the viaduct over Ware, it was a particularly hot day and we had all
the windows down in his old blue Consul. As it was just after exam time the back seat was covered
in stacked papers.
Born 3 Feb 1919
1937
Merton College, Oxford, Chemistry
1939
Machine Gunner, Cheshire Regiment.
France, Belgium, Sierra Leone, Burma
1945
Granted MA (Oxon)
1952
Pub landlord
1954
Began teaching, including in Leicester
Technical College, Secondary School
in Cyprus, King Edward VIII Grammar,
Melton Mowbray
1959
Also a part time ‘bookie’ – nickname
‘Your Grace’
1963
Joined St Edmund’s College. During
his career, posts included Head of
Mathematics, Master i/c sport and
Careers Master
1967
Also Hertfordshire Mercury horse
racing correspondent
"I want to open the bowling with Doyle at the top end and you at the other - is that clear" "But sir,
I'm a spin bowler with a new ball."
"Exactly - element of surprise!" "Sir your papers are blowing out of the window!!!!" "Don't worry
about that boy just make sure you win the toss!!"
There was a stream of paper flying out one after the other across the viaduct and way down below.
For two years JW brought the school Rugby squad up to North Norfolk for an "earlybird training
camp" at my father's farm. I believe there were some tents for sleeping accommodation but many
chose to sleep in the barn on top of the grain heaped up high...perhaps a first introduction to a
European grain mountain. Whilst it seemed a comfortable proposition it turned out many had a
sleepless night through either the associated bugs or the sheer itchiness of the barley! JW on
hearing their woes told them they would just have to get on with it as he had more important duties
to attend to of sampling the local ales on offer and of course being a guest in the warm farmhouse.
I was once asked to ‘pop’ open the Fire Door in H8. Meek as I was and therefore unable to – JW took
over and subsequently pushed me aside and charged at the door, ending in a heap outside of class,
politely requesting assistance.
Indeed a character of the old school variety who would always try and help a pupil if he could.
On hearing the sad news I had many emails singing his praises.
1970s Involved in Hertfordshire’s Schools’
Rugby selection, ending as Chairman
1984
Retired to Norfolk
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FEATURE
CLEARING OUT OLD CLASSIC BOOKS
Some old Classics text books languishing in the School Block for 60+ years in some cases
have been sent to identifiable former students whose names were written inside.
Here are some comments received from recipients:
“Many thanks for spotting the ‘Cicero text and notes’ used by my father and
your kindness in forwarding it to me. There appears to be only one borrowing
slip pasted inside; I wonder if he was the only borrower? I will treasure it and
add it to the other mementos I have of him. Many thanks once again for
your kindness.”
Nicholas Barraud, son of Eric Barraud (07-11)
“Thank you very much for sending the Cicero 'Pro Murena & Pro Milone’.
When opened I found its arrangement confusing, partly in the original Latin
and partly in English. I do not recollect what my feelings may have been fifty
odd years ago. I will read it all now.”
Charles Carey (46-55)
“It was very kind of you to send me the book on Cicero. I don’t know who
defaced the book with various observations, plus a game of noughts and
crosses. However, I must be a prime suspect. I could possibly have made a
reasonable stab at reading the Latin, but those days have passed. However,
I will keep it on my bookshelves and perhaps have a go.”
Joe FitzGibbon (43-38)
“Thank you so, so much. What a kind, kind thought. I am so tremendously
grateful to you that you should go out of your way and brighten somebody's
day! Frankly I would have been delighted to have any book sent my way with
my name in it but the significance of this is quite unique! Next month I am
starting Latin classes again!!! This is for the first time since doing my GCSE in
Poetry in 1990. And you are indeed right I was in Grammar at the time – I was
13 almost 14. I cannot wait to show my Latin tutor! Coincidence or Divine
Providence?”
Sofia Harvey-Craig (née Toruñ) (86-92)
“It was a real pleasure to receive your letter enclosing the Greek reader,
which Fr Austin Garvey (who of course taught me Greek right through until
Rhetoric I, when JVS took over, God help him) used to refer to simply as one’s
‘Sidgwick’ - the author. It brought the (mostly) happy memories flooding back.
It was an inspirational impulse on your part to take the time to pluck the
book from obliteration and save it for me... and posterity. Most thoughtful
and kind.”
Leslie Judd (61-67)
“What an amazing surprise to receive the above – after 45 years…! I am
delighted to recall it is written in Latin and I can at last finish the final chapter.
Ticks that box! Thank you for being so thoughtful.”
Terry Noë (66-72)
“Just a quick note to thank you for sending me my old Latin exercise book.
It will be treasured!
Francis Nwokedi (75-82)
“Thanks for the ancient copy of Aeneid Liber VI. I have no recollection of ever
having owned this tatty relic from the past, and my name in the flyleaf came
as a bit of a shock. Looking at the text with a magnifying glass, and trying to
follow the intense annotation and advice on metric stressing, it is obvious that
the studying of this Liber requires a knowledge of Latin at its most difficult
and an academic concentration far beyond the ability of most boys in the
1940s. It’s an interesting relic of the past, and I might even while away an idle
moment in a spot of parsing, without Fr Geraerts bullying away at me:
‘It’s not wrong, boy, but a Roman would never have said it.’”
Hugh Thomas (46-54)
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ARCHIVE CORNER
This photograph taken
outside the front of the
College in 1967 has
recently come to light.
The photograph, right, shows (standing from left) Adrian Gilbert
(Challoner 62-67), Tony Simpson (Talbot 63-68) and Peter Hughes
(Talbot 62-67). Lurking behind the window to the far left is Alastair
Emblem (St Hugh’s & Challoner 58-67).
The image had remained as a 35mm transparency taken by Peter Hughes’
father, and it was only last year that it was scanned to become a print.
These students formed the core of two bands – The Shades and The
Nazz – both of which played in the famous St Edmund’s Concerts/
Reviews probably in 1965 and 1966.
The Shades were:
Adrian Gilbert – lead vocals and harmonica
Peter Hughes – guitar and vocals
Tony Simpson – lead guitar
Alastair Emblem – guitar and vocals
Giles Kershaw – bass guitar
Roger Reading – drums
Robin Bieber (St Hugh’s & Douglass 63-72) recalls “it must have been
in 1968 or 1969. A school sports jacket became the uniform – rather an
unattractive green thing resembling Skoda upholstery! The practice
before had been that one could wear a sports jacket of one’s own
choice or a blazer. Suits were for Sunday. Then about a year later a
concession was made that one could wear one’s own clothes – I think
after school work in the evening was completed and after sports on
whatever day that was.”
All members of The Shades and The Nazz are alive and well, apart
from Giles Kershaw (Challoner 61-66) who died in a gyrocopter crash
in 1990. An intrepid aviator and explorer, Giles was the first man to fly
around the world over both the North and South Poles, and he has a
mountain named after him in Greenland.
The Nazz were:
Adrian Gilbert – lead vocals and harmonica
Peter Hughes – guitar and vocals
Tony Simpson – bass guitar
Alastair Emblem – lead guitar and vocals
Roger Reading – drums
Alastair Emblem recalls “The first year when The Shades played at the
concert, we had to audition for Fr Michael Garvey, who censored one
song – the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” – because he thought the
lyrics were too suggestive!”
Peter Hughes does not think a come-back tour is likely any time soon.
“Mercifully, not,” he exerts. “I recall we gave a couple of concerts in the
hall at the College and Fr Higgins sitting in the front row had his fingers
in his ears the entire time. I suspect we weren’t very good musicians
and probably played out of tune!”
Bill Holloway recalls spending time in Tony Simpson’s room listening to
Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones. He recounts that they “had a keen ear
out for Fr Bernard Lagrue’s footsteps in the corridor, under the influence
of multiple joss sticks. Those were the days!” Tony provided illustrations
for their subversive student magazine Kick (as opposed to Punch),
which Bill used to edit.
The students in the photograph appear to be wearing non-uniform
jackets. Tim Fuller (Challoner & Poynter 67-72) explains “I think we
were allowed to wear our own jackets after school hours and on Sunday.
The formal uniform green jacket was probably brought in under
Fr Garvey's headmastership.”
Under Athletics Team 1964
Patrick Murphy (59-66) has sent us an old photograph that was missing
from the College archives…. the Under 16 Athletics team of 1964.
Back row: ???, Anthony Simpson (63-68), ???, Paul Rossi (60-67),
Ronald Middleton (58-66), R Reading (60-68), ???
Front row: Philip Collins (61-68), Donald Carmody (56-66), Christopher
Reade (60-66), Patrick Murphy (59-66) (captain), Paul Day (60-67),
Brian Gallen (61-65)
Can you name the missing people?
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CARVE THEIR NAMES
with pride
PROGRESS ON THE NEW ROLL OF HONOUR
Some time ago we undertook some research into the names on the two
Rolls of Honour in Monument Lane at the entrance to the College chapel.
These memorials were erected shortly after the First and Second World
Wars. During this research we discovered that a number of alumni whose
names should appear on them were missing.
We also knew that there were Edmundians who died in other military
conflicts who really ought also to be commemorated. In total there were
23 additional names.
Last year we commissioned Lida Kindersley, from the Cardozo Kindersley
workshop in Cambridge, to create a new Roll of Honour in Welsh slate, on
which all the missing names would be inscribed.
Work has been painstaking, but we are very pleased to record that the
new memorial has now been erected and it will be officially unveiled and
dedicated at a special ceremony in the autumn. In attendance will be the
friends and relatives of many of those whose names are listed.
David J S Kay (75-82)
President Emeritus, The Edmundian Association
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FEATURE
Remembering...
FATHER CHEVALIER EDWARD REANY
An old book offered to the College by a book dealer has reminded us of the Old Edmundian
who was awarded three times by the King of the Belgians.
Edward Reany was one of three brothers who
were at St Edmund’s in the early 1900s. All three
of them went on to be ordained as priests, but
Edward’s is the most interesting story.
Entering the College at the age of 12 in 1907,
Edward was later to win a prize for Classics, and
this book The Second Punic War by Thomas
Arnold. The Second Punic War, also referred to
as The War Against Hannibal, lasted from 218 to
201 BC and involved combatants in the western
and eastern Mediterranean. The book was originally
published in 1886, and the copy acquired by the
College is bound in brown leather and red cloth,
with all page edges mottled blue. The front cover
has a gold crest of the College, and the inside
cover has a prize plate for Edward Reany. The
whole book is in immaculate condition, which
suggests that Edward did not have a particularly
strong interest in this period of history!
He went on to study for foreign missions at
St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, and was posted to
the Prefecture Apostolic of Basankuou, Belgian
Congo, in 1920.
It was at the invitation of His Majesty
King Leopold II of Belgium that the
Fathers of St Joseph’s Society founded a
mission in 1905 in the Congo Free State.
At that time there were several English and
American Protestant Missionary Societies at
work among the native tribes in the Congo. In
these circumstances the natives connected the
idea of Protestantism with England and
Catholicity with Belgium and France. It was to
dispel this illusion that King Leopold invited St
Joseph’s Foreign Missionary Society to come to
the Congo Free State.
The Mill Hill Mission to the Belgian Congo was
situated about seven hundred miles inland and
covered an area about the size of England. The
ground was covered with thick forests and
swamps. The mission posts were sometimes
described as “islands” in the swamps. The
climate of this region was particularly trying for
Europeans. At least thirteen of the missionaries
from Mill Hill died there since the start of
their mission.
In 1928 Edward Reany was commissioned to
inaugurate a new mission post among the
Ngombe tribe. As a result of an appeal for funds
he made in England, he was able to open the
new post at Kodoro, which became one of the
finest missions in the whole of the Belgian
Congo, complete with church, presbytery,
schools, convent and hospital.
Meanwhile Edward had mastered the local
dialect Ngombe (also known as Lingombe),
which was a Bantu language spoken by about
150,000 people in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo. Native speakers generally lived on
either side of the Congo River and its many
tributaries. Like English, Lingombe was written
in Latin script. Fr Reany was the first to compose
a vocabulary in this tongue, besides writing its
first grammar and syntax. He translated the
catechism into the same language, and this,
together with a simple prayer book, was printed
in Rome by the St Peter Claver Society. Edward’s
missionary work received recognition, for in
1936 he was created Chevalier de l’Ordre Royal
du Lion.
In 1944 Edward Reany celebrated the silver
jubilee of his ordination with the blessing of the
church dedicated to Christ the King and St Teresa
of the Child Jesus which he has built there to
replace the original ant-infested mud structure.
In 1950 he was awarded Chevalier de l'Ordre de
la Couronne, and in 1952 Officier de l'Ordre de
Leopold II.
In recognition of his missionary, and being a
British subject, Edward received a letter from the
Keeper the Privy Purse at Buckingham Palace
informing him that His Majesty King Edward VIII
graciously allowed him to wear the insignia of a
Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal du Lion.
Edward Patrick Reany was born in Hampstead,
London, on 12 March 1895. He was at St Edmund’s
College between 1907 and 1914. His elder
brothers James & William also attended the
College. Edward had hoped to be buried in
Kodoro, but he was stricken with spinal meningitis
while visiting Chicago. He died there on 20 March
1959 and was buried in St Mary’s Cemetery.
Edward Reany was first and foremost a Catholic
missionary and as such he won for himself the
affection of his colleagues, the esteem of state
officials and the loyalty of African tribesmen.
David J S Kay (75-82)
President Emeritus, The Edmundian Association
FEATURE
GEORGE INGOUVILLE VC
George Ingouville was one of only two known Edmundian recipients
of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for
gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British
and Commonwealth forces.
Family and background
George Henry Ingouville was born at St Saviour,
Jersey, on 7 October 1826, the eldest son of
Pierre and Elisa Maria Ingouville. He attended
St Edmund’s between 1840 and 1841. Very little
is known about his school life, however his name
appears on the 1841 College Census return.
Career
George began his seagoing career in the Merchant
Navy and after four years, on 6 July 1851, he
joined the Royal Navy as an able seaman, entering
HMS Trafalgar where he remained until 16 April
1854, when he transferred to HMS Samson.
During his service with Samson on 30 September
1854 he was promoted Captain of the Mast.
The nearest modern equivalent of this rank
would be that of Petty or Chief Petty Officer.
George’s next ship was HMS Arrogant, which he
joined on 1 February 1855. On 1 April he signed
on for “seven years continuous and general
service”. The Arrogant was part of the fleet
which entered the Baltic in March 1855 during
the Crimean War. This war, which ran from
October 1853 until February 1856, was a conflict
between the Russian Empire and an alliance of
the French Empire, the British Empire, the
Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Most of the conflict took place on the Crimean
peninsula, but there were smaller campaigns
elsewhere.
It was during the ship’s service here that the
incident occurred for which George was to win
the award of the Victoria Cross.
Incident
On 13 July 1855 at the Fort of Viborg in the Gulf
of Finland, while the boats with HMS Arrogant
engaged with the enemy, her second cutter (one
of her small service boats) was swamped by the
blowing up of her ammunition store and drifted
to shore under enemy guns.
Although wounded, George Ingouville
jumped overboard, swam round to the
boat’s bows, took hold of the rope and
tried to turn the cutter out to sea.
A lieutenant of the Royal Marine Artillery came
to his assistance and with three volunteers he
took off the crew from the cutter, rescued
George from the water and then towed the
stricken boat out of gun range.
Victoria Cross
The award was published in the London Gazette
of 24 February 1857 and was among the first
Victoria Crosses to be won. At the first investiture
of the Victoria Cross which took place in Hyde
Park on 26 June 1857, Queen Victoria decorated
62 recipients with their awards.
A painting in the Royal Collection depicts the first
investiture of the Victoria Cross and the recipient
shown being decorated by Her Majesty has been
identified as none other than George Ingouville!
The medal
According to the previous owner, the VC medal
had been in his family’s possession for over 100
years, having been given to his grandfather as
security for a loan made to George. In 1971,
George’s VC was sent to auctioneers Spink &
Son for sale. The States of Jersey Public Works
Committee were able to purchase it for the
island and can now be seen in the Maritime
Museum on the New North Quay in
St Helier, Jersey.
During his lifetime George also received the
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM), the Crimea
Medal and the Turkish Crimea Medal.
Later career
George Ingouville’s service with Arrogant ended
on 25 February 1857 and he moved on to HMS
Victory where he remained for two months. He
was appointed to the Coastguard as a Boatman on
26 April 1857 and on 20 November he was sent
to prison for desertion, rejoining on 29 December.
On 1 March 1858 he was stationed at Birling
Gap, Sussex, being borne on the Muster Books
of HMS Arrogant. Then, on 3 June 1858 he was
sent to serve a second term of imprisonment for
desertion, being returned on 30 June. Shortly
afterwards he again deserted. He went on to serve
on various ships until he left the Navy in 1863.
Death and legacy
Whilst serving in the Royal Navy, in 1861
George married Mary Anne Le Rossignol at the
Roman Catholic Chapel, Bristol Road, Brighton.
Little else is known about George except that he
is believed to have drowned at sea on 13 January
1869. His body was never recovered.
In January 2006 the Jersey Post Office released
a £2 miniature sheet of four stamps
commemorating the 150th anniversary of the
Victoria Cross. The stamp depicts the medal,
while the margins include a depiction of HMS
Arrogant and a portrait of George Ingouville,
against a background of a map of the Gulf
of Finland.
David J S Kay (75-82)
President Emeritus, The Edmundian Association
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CAREERS DAY
Thank you to the Edmundians who gamely volunteered once again to
take part in Careers’ Day. A very busy morning was had by all, and the
volunteers stood up well to interrogation by a variety of age groups.
25 JANUARY 2013
We hope to see you all again next year!
FR TUNSTALL, BURSAR
THE GREAT FIRE
Pictures of the past
Archive photographs have been restored and enlarged, and are being framed and hung
around the College for current pupils to enjoy. Here are some from the Rhetoric corridor.
What would they make of the College a hundred years ago – or even in the 1970s?!
NEWS
A LETTER
FROM THE
HEADMASTER
JUNE 2013
The Edmundians who attended were: Alex Amery
(87-93), Peter Blackman (64-71), Peter Brabazon
(59-64), Gemma Cooper (née Sandford, 92-99), Robert
Dodds (91-02), Patrick Ethrington (59-64), George
Georgiev (07-09), John MacNaughton (49-50), Anthony
Parisi (54-60), Abigail Robinson (98-11), Adam Taylor
(95-05), Mark Williamson (91-98).
I write with mixed feelings; on one hand it has been an excellent
year for St Edmund’s, full of successes and events across all areas
of College life, but it is hard to judge a year favourably while
Father Pinot lies gravely ill on the Isle of Man after suffering a
stroke during the Trinity Half Term holiday.
As we celebrate the 60th year of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation one thinks of the sixty plus years
that Father Pinot has given to St Edmund’s; if anyone can be considered Edmundian ‘royalty’ then
surely it is he. Our thanks as a community go out to the wonderful staff at Noble’s Hospital. I flew
out there to visit Father Pinot and can attest personally to their great care and support. I also thank
all those who have contacted the College to pass on their prayers and messages of best wishes.
I have continued to enjoy a lot of contact, either in person or by correspondence, with a number of
Edmundians and I thank them sincerely for taking the time and trouble to get in touch. Whilst I am
very ably supported by a superb team of staff and Governors, it is always good to ‘touch base’ with
Edmundians of varying generations and listen to their views and thoughts about what makes this
such a special place. I may be Headmaster, but this remains your school and your opinions,
suggestions and stories all help to guide and inspire.
I urge you, if you have not done so already, to sign up for a copy (or more!) of the new History of the
College – even in draft form it looks wonderful and Father Schofield’s text is both learned and witty.
My thanks as always to the offices of the Association and Jane Spence for all their hard work on
our behalf; the recent 40/50/60 reunion at the Star Tavern was a lovely event. I am looking forward
to the North American reunion being organised by Mike Jenner and Roger Baker in San Antoniou this
September and hope to see as many of you there as possible for what promises to be a very
special weekend.
With all best wishes,
PAULO DURÁN BA MA
HEADMASTER
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OE NEWS
1920s
Robbie Bishop (St Hugh’s 28-31, Talbot 31-32)
hosts an opera in his garden every year.
The name is Opera in the Orchard, and this
summer’s opera is Carmen, on the 13th July.
Please have a look at the website:
www.operaintheorchard.co.uk
Robbie in Talbot house 1932 – front row, third
from the left – when he was in Grammar.
1940s & 1950s
Roger W.W. Baker (Talbot 57-60) will be ‘elevated’ this Fall to the position of Vice Chargé de Presse
des Etats-Unis of the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rȏtisseurs. The 25,000 member international
food and wine society was founded in France in 1248. Roger will be formally ‘inducted’ by the
organisation’s leadership in the French Embassy in Washington D.C. in October. In this voluntary
capacity, he will be expected to take over responsibility for all of the organization’s US
communications in 2014.
Roger is also helping Mike Jenner to organise a reunion of Old Edmundians in the US in
San Antonio, Texas this September.
Patrick (Joey) Nuttgens (Talbot, 47-54). I spent four years in the School and three in Allen Hall.
I recently celebrated my 80th Birthday and am fit and well.
Patrick ‘Chad’ Murphy ( Challoner, 59-66). I have been living in Australia for past 35 years but
am in process of returning to Ireland where I have a farm.
Joseph Artesani-Lyons (Talbot 52-56). I have worked in the Insurance Industry from 1958 up to
2008 in several countries, Spain being my last residence. I sold my insurance brokerage business
5 years ago, and I spend my time between Madrid and Moraira ,in the Spanish Mediterranean
coast, where I enjoy swimming and sailing. I have always kept a close contact with Ken Allen
(Challoner 51-56), Fred Bowen Sr (Challoner, 47-54).and with other OE’s at different
St. Edmund’s Days, and London Dinners.
1960s &1970s
James Boshell (Challoner, 60-68). I am still
running my Hydraulic Engineering business in
Cape Town started in 1995 and will continue
to do so until I drop down through sheer
exhaustion. My wife, Helen, of nearly 40 years
advises me that I will be bored if I retire! Still
open the bowling for the friendly cricket side
at the Western Province Cricket Club,
since 1972/3!
I keep in touch with a number of Old Ed’s from
the 1968 year, Mike Stone ( Challoner 62-68),
Adrian Gilbert (Challoner 62-68), Jeremy
Janion ( Challoner 57-64) have all visited
Cape Town, see websitewww.hydair.co.za
Terry Noë (Douglass 66-72). Not much news
here in Singapore, but still flourishing! Have
been Convenor of the Rugby section at the
Singapore Cricket Club and this year toured to
Argentina, Manila, Hong Kong and Jakarta –
as a player of course. And still trotting out for
the Vets team – The Growlers, who came a
creditable 3rd in their League this season!
Nick Ivereigh (Challoner 66-75) I’m living in
Cambridge where I’ve been for 38 years now,
and I’m working at NHSBT on the Addenbrookes
site. I’m still in reasonably regular contact
with a handful of OEs – they know who they
are, and I’m always up for meeting should the
occasion arise.
Mike Wicksteed (Talbot 60-62) retired from
the Senior Civil Service in 2011 where he was
heading up the Communications Office for
the judiciary of England and Wales. He has a
temporary part-time post as Communications
Manager for the Litvinenko Inquest.
(http://litvinenkoinquest.org) In another
part-time role Mike is also Hon. Secretary for
the London Topographical Society which
publishes maps, plans and views, and research
to assist in the study and appreciation of
London over the ages. (http://www.topsoc.org)
Stephen Antram (St Hugh’s, Douglass &
Stapleton, 67-76). Pursued a career in
Hospitality, spent 22 years with Intercontinental and travelled Copehagen, Madrid, Paris,
Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong, Maldives, Beijing,
Chongqing and Xian. Presently with Sofitel/
Accor Hotels as Area General Manager for 8
hotels. Married. and Life is Magnifique!
I would like to know more about my class
mates and the list that graduated I think in
1976.
Pat Nunn (Poynter & Stapleton, 73-78) My
company Bambamsound Ltd have been asked,
after the success of the BBC main output of
the summer Olympics, to work on the winter
Olympics in Sochi, Russia next year.
Andrew Edwards (St Hugh’s & Stapleton,
71-78). Andrew has been living in Irvine,
California for over twenty years and is currently
working in product development for a printer
company. He has two children aged twelve
and nine. His brother Francis (Talbot 19581965) still lives in Ware and Anthony
(Douglass1959-1966) lives in Beaconsfield.
His brother, John (Challoner 1951-53), lives
near Portland, Oregon.
Peter ‘JP’ Smith (Poynter & St. Hughs, 66-73)
I am running a consultancy practice called the
Marketing Doctors helping large organisations
improve customer engagement directly and
through social media. Haven't met any other
OEs apart from a chance meet with Paul
Bonnett (1964-1970) at a Brighton Business
forum.
Mark Stewart (Poynter 70 -74) I run my
own educational/traditional toy shop
(www.wiseowltoys.co.uk), alongside Left n
Write – a shop, and a website and training
for Schools/Early Years group for helping lefthanded children (www.leftshoponline.co.uk).
I have written 3 Left Hand Writing Skills books
with my wife Heather and designed ‘My
Writewell Mat’.
NEWS
1980s & 1990s
Peter Rees (Challoner 81-88). We did have what turned out to be quite
an unexpected reunion at Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Club’s promotion
winning last game if the season. Myself, Simon Tasker (Stapleton 81-88),
Danny Burgess (Challoner 81-88), Steve Blake (Staff 71-95),
Mark Ormerod (Talbot 81-86), Richard Kilminster (Talbot 84-86),
Nick Tucker (Challoner 74-79), Richard Offer (Challoner 79-84),
Matt Woodford (Talbot 78-85).
Alastair Wilson (Challoner, 81-88). I am currently living in Brisbane
working in the building Industry and enjoying life in the Sunshine State.
I visited the college on a trip back to the UK last year for the first time
in close to 20 years and was amazed at the amount of changes
throughout the whole school but the walk around still bought back
a lot of great memories.
George Sobek (Stapleton, 87–94). George and Fiona Sobek are pleased
to announce the birth of our third child, Marni Georgina Lucy Sobek on
17 April 2013!
Anna Inman, née Cox (St Hugh’s, 87-92). I have just joined OB10 in
London as Presales/Bid Director and our daughter Marietta Primrose
celebrated her first birthday on the 19th April.
Jim Aram’s
Running medals
(Challoner 87-94)
Yara Banz (Douglass, 91-95).
I am happy to announce the birth of our first baby – a little boy,
Alexis Max, born on the 13.4.13! We are all doing well and enjoying the
challenges of having a newborn! After maternity leave I will be back at
work in the institute of pathology, situated in Bern, where I have (more
or less) been living since returning back to Switzerland in 1995. Any Old
Edmundians who still remember me and are passing by are more than
welcome to visit – a spare bed is always at hand for unexpected visitors!
Prisca Hefti (Talbot, 96-99). Became an aunt for the second time last
year. Working as a Social Worker in Massachusetts.
Sarah-Jane Platt, née Quirke (Pole, 93-98). Just gave birth on 26th
April to a second beautiful daughter, Olivia Aeryn. Her sister, Elinor, was
born in Sept 2011.
Laith Bazzoui (Stapleton 80-84). I have been residing in UAE since
10 years, married with two girls.
Panikos Demosthenous (Junior House and Stapleton, 75-80). I have
two sons attending St Edmunds. George is in Elements and Zach in year
4 Prep School. I am Principal of a legal firm in Crouch End London, and
attended the 1982 year reunion drinks in London and at the College
last year.
2000s
Spencer Elliott (Pole, 97-02, above) I joined in Grammar in 1997 and
stayed until RH2 in 2002 My mother retired from teaching at the
College at Christmas 2012. In 2007 I was commissioned into the ALS,
as a Lieutenant, under an Army Legal Services Cadetship to complete
pupillage as an employed member of the Bar (Times article, January).
I am deploying to Afghanistan soon, until Christmas 2013.
Ricky Khubchandani (Challoner 87-89). Currently living and working
in Ghana.
Dr Christopher St John Jackson (Junior House and Poynter 71-78). I
have a business supplying technical services and expertise for the food
industry (www.csjmanagement.com). The business has been in operation since 2005. Before that I was Technical Director for Youngs Bluecrest Seafoods. We live in Newcastle upon Tyne.
I have met Paul Williams ( Wyndham Paul ‘Puss’ Williams, Poynter
68-75) several times as he lives in Corbridge, Northumberland.
Marek Dergiman (Douglas, 59-66, right).
Unfortunately there are not many OE’s
in this part of the world. Recently had a
total knee replacement but this will not
keep Santa from visiting Zimbabwe
this Xmas.
1970-1980
Tony O'Regan (Challoner 66-71) / Paul Nesbitt-Larking (Challoner
66-73). Following a 35 year break, two Old Edmundians have reunited
about 3600 miles from Old Hall Green. Paul Nesbitt-Larking has been
a Professor of Political Science at Huron University College in London,
Ontario, Canada since 1992. Arriving in London in 2005, to take up a
position as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Geriatric Psychiatry, Tony O
Regan, (known as Michael at St Edmunds), came across Paul’s name
and made contact. Since then, the two have met frequently, forming a
small and unofficial Edmundian Association of two in Western Ontario.
Tony and Paul enjoy family get-togethers and reminiscing about school
days. As former choristers, the old boys can be relied upon to sing a few
verses of O Beate Mi Edmunde around the time of St. Edmund’s day.
Paul and Tony would be delighted to make contact with other Old
Edmundians living in the area.
Apology:
The article under ‘OE News’ in the last Newsletter about work carried out
by Glenn Kielty and family came from a personal letter he had written to
another Old Edmundian with whom he has maintained a long standing
connection over many years, and was sent, without Glenn’s knowledge to
St Edmund’s. The Editor apologises if this was contrary to Glenn’s wishes.
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WELCOME BACK
Alex is working with Mike Jenner on his book about St Hugh’s and will
also be attending the OE US reunion in Florida this autumn. She met
Mike when she was living in Washington DC, however she and husband
Gil are currently in Moscow, having been posted to the US Embassy
there. This means she is able to visit the UK and her family more often.
Spencer Hamill (56-65)
visiting on Wednesday
6 February.
ZWADOWSKI AND FAMILIES
MICHAL & PAWEL JORDAN-RO
Michal Jordan-Rozwadowski (82-84) visiting from Canada, with his
brother Pawel (82-84) and their families on Friday 3 May.
(photo: from lft, Pawel with daughters Natalia and Paula, John VaughanShaw, Michal’s daughter Lauren, Montserrat Terrats-Jordan, Yoshiko
Nakamachi-Jordan, and Michal holding son Sebastian )
Michal was at St Edmunds in Elements and Rudiments in 1982-84 and
then returned as a Rhetorician 1988-89. He was accompanied by his
wife, Yoshiko Nakamachi, their daughter Lauren, 8, and son Sebastian, 6.
Michal is a Director of IT architecture at Shoppers Drug Mart in Toronto.
Also visiting was Michal’s brother Pawel, who was at St Edmund’s in
Rudiments and Grammar between 1982 and 1984. His wife Montserrat
and daughters Natalia, 13 and Paula, 12, were visiting with him. Pawel
is a foreign correspondent for the Canadian newspapers the Globe and
Mail, and is about to transfer into a media and PR role at the Bank of
Montreal, Capital Markets.
A great vote of thanks is due to John Vaughan-Shaw for giving up his
time to come to College and give a tour. As it turns out, he was Pawel’s
Housemaster in Grammar.
Alexandra Riboni (née Wingfield, 86-93) and husband Gil visiting from
Moscow on Wednesday 1 May.
Alex was one of the first four girls to attend St Hugh’s in 1986, and
remembers it as quite a tough time. She was made to sit next to the
only other girl in her year (perish the thought she should sit with a
boy!) despite a mutual dislike – they became good friends in later
years. Looking around St Hugh’s, she was pleasantly surprised by the
changes to the interior which have resulted in light and spacious rooms.
Some aspects she recognised from the old days, including the carved
bench (pictured) which she remembers used to sit three of them all
those years ago!
Spencer was also visiting at the
request of Mike Jenner for his
History of St Hugh’s, in order
|to photograph a pair of rather
historic cricket bats that in their
time have been used both for
punishment and reward. He was
accompanied by his mother who
remembered her sadness at
leaving her son in Boarding at
the start of each term.
SPENCER HAMILL
David Peel (51-59) and
Ronald Gladman (54-59)
visiting the Chapel on
Wednesday 15 May.
(photo: from Lft, David
Kay, David Peel, Ronald
Gladman, Paulo Durán in
the Chapel vault).
Welcome to David and
Ronald, who were keen
FROM LEFT; DAVID KAY, DAV
to have a detailed look
ID PEEL, RONALD
GLADMAN, HEADMASTER
at the Pugin Chapel.
PAULO DURÁN
David Kay agreed to
took them on a tour of both
the Crypts – an intrepid move considering the heavy rainfall of
the day before! While they were here, David and Ronald stopped off
at the College Museum to look at the Pugin drawings, and met with
Headmaster, Paulo Durán. They also climbed to the Upper Sacristy,
and had a look at their personal College files!
Louise King (95-04) visiting the
Chapel on Wednesday 22 May.
Louise King visited the College
Chapel on 22 May in the name
of research. She is required to
cover the works of Pugin for her
degree course, and what better
example could there be than
St Edmund’s? David Kay once
again very kindly gave up his
time to show her the Chapel
and Crypts.
LOUISE KING
ALEX RIBONI (NÉE WI
NGFIELD)
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ALEX AND GIL RIBON
VID KAY
(right) WITH DA
NEWS
US REUNION
The US reunion is now taking place
in San Antonio on 21/22 September
2013. San Antonio is a Texas city
most famous for its beautiful river
walk (see: www.sanantonioriverwalk.com).
We are now staying in the Riverwalk Vista
hotel (www.riverwalkvista.com), which is
a historic brick-faced, boutique hotel a few
steps from the famous river.
Our Friday night casual dinner will be
in the Veranda Room of the Casa Rio
(www.casa-rio.com). Established in 1946
this is the oldest restaurant on the river, rich
in local flavor, color and sounds. It is close
to the hotel and is famous for its colorful
umbrellas lining the river bank.
Our Saturday night reunion dinner is in a
private dining room at Biga on the Banks
(www.Biga.com) where we have a private
room overlooking the river. Dinner will be
preceded by cocktails on a private river boat
cruise before disembarking at the restaurant.
There will be a weekend jazz festival
in town that attracts the best
musicians from all over the country.
There is the also the Alamo nearby,
and a very colorful local market.
It's going to be a terrific weekend!
For more information or to book your place,
contact Mike Jenner at:
[email protected]
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IN MEMORIAM
We have learned of the deaths of the
following Edmundians:
Francis Craig
(St Hugh’s & Challoner 1937-40) died on 12 April 2012 aged 85
Inigo de Arteaga Alcazar
Marquis of Távara, (Junior House 1980-81) died on 14 October 2012 aged 43
Fr Andrew Dorricott
(Allen Hall 1947-49) died on 3 May 2013 aged 89
Fr Brian Heaney
(Allen Hall 1948-53) died on 26 February 2013 aged 85
Gerard Mahoney
(Allen Hall 1951-57) died on 29 January 2013 aged 79
Fr Kenneth McCabe
(Allen Hall 1966-66) died on 6 February 2013 aged 78
Rodney Mieville
(St Hugh’s & Talbot 1939-47) died on 23 April 2013 aged 83
May they rest in peace.
FAREWELL TO
RODNEY
MIEVILLE
Rodney Mieville was
born in Paris and, due
to the imminent
spectre of World War II,
in 1935 his family relocated back to London. He came to St Edmund’s
in 1939 and was one of a small group of students at that time that
specialised in science subjects.
He became an Associate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry in 1952
and a year later received a University of London degree in Chemistry
from the Northern Polytechnic Institute.
Following his studies, Rodney worked in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, as
an industrial chemist in a firm of foundry suppliers, and then took a
job in Research and Development at British Petroleum. Wanting to
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further his education, he took his leave of BP in 1961 and migrated
to Canada where, in 1964, he received his PhD in Physical Chemistry
from University of Western Ontario.
After graduation, he was employed by Standard Oil (later Amoco
Oil) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. At Amoco, he became a Senior
Research Scientist, where he specialized in catalysis, ceramic
membranes and emissions control, acquiring ten patents during
his tenure, which ended with retirement in 1992.
After retirement, Rodney started his own company, Mega-Carbon,
to develop applications for clean-air technology using specialized
carbon filters.
Rodney Louis Mieville was born on 22 September 1929 and was in
St Hugh’s & Talbot between 1939 and 1947. He died on 23 April
2013 due to complications from Alzheimer's at the age of 83. He is
survived by his wife, Manijeh Mieville, his daughter, Patricia Mieville,
his son, Ian Mieville, and two grandchildren, Leila and Luc Mieville.
May he rest in peace.
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NEWS
THE HISTORY OF
ST EDMUND’S
COLLEGE
England’s oldest
catholic school
from 1568
To mark the 450th anniversary of the
foundation of St Edmund’s College in 2018,
we are delighted to announce that we are
publishing a new book.
The History of St Edmund’s College will be a lavishly illustrated
commemorative book tracing the journey from its roots in
northern France and Hampshire through to the flourishing
community which exists today.
This specially written 200-page, hard cover, coffee table format
book, written by Fr Nicholas Schofield, which uses material from
the College archives along with fascinating new research and
specially commissioned photography, will be a beautifully designed
and produced volume for every Edmundian to treasure.
Unfortunately, the Subscribers’ List has now closed, but it is still
possible to pre-order your copy from St Edmund’s College, at the
discounted price of £25 until the end of August. Once the book
is published, it will cost the full price of £30.
The book will be posted to you as soon as it is published, or you
can opt to collect it from the College.
Please send your name, postal and email addresses, the number
of books you require and your preference for collecting or
receiving your order by post, along with a cheque for £25 per
book, payable to St Edmund’s College, to:
Alumni Office
St Edmund’s College
Old Hall Green
Ware
SG11 1DY
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
21/22 SEPTEMBER 2013
US REUNION IN ST ANTONIO, TEXAS
Contact Mike Jenner at [email protected]
SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2013
ST EDMUND’S SUNDAY HIGH MASS
10.30AM
LUNCH 12.30PM. ALL EDMUNDIANS WELCOME
WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2013
7PM, CAROL CONCERT IN THE CHAPEL.
ALL WELCOME!
All Edmundians are welcome to attend these events, for
which details will be published on the website during the year.
CONTACT
Jane Spence
Alumni Officer, St Edmund’s College
Telephone: 01920 824358
Email: [email protected]
www.edmundianassociation.org.uk
PLEASE NOTE: THE ALUMNI OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED
FROM THURSDAY 4 JULY TO SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER
FRONT COVER
OEs ROGER JAMES (85-92), CLARE EDWARDS (91-93) AND
MATTHEW CAMPBELL (87-92) AT THE LONDON DINNER,
BUTCHERS’ HALL, 20 MAY 2013
BACK COVER
THE LONDON DINNER, BUTCHERS’ HALL