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June 2010
N0. 56
OLD SUTTONIANS
NEWSLETTER
OS Interview
John Haynes (1956 M)
In this issue:
Founder and Publisher of “The Haynes Owner's
Workshop Manuals” (commonly known as
“Haynes Manuals”).
Born in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) on 25th March 1938, the son of a Tea Planter whose estate was near Kandy, I went to the only preparatory European up-country boarding
school outside of Colombo, the Hill School in Nuwara Eliya at the side of a large lake.
Charlie Fermor Page 3
Continued on page 2
Marriages Page 20
Reunion Page 4
OS News
Cricket News
Awards
Dates for your Diary
Page 5
Page 30
Page 4
Page 32
John H. Haynes OBE standing by a 1931 Duesenberg Model J Derham Tourster in 2009
Information
A member of the United
Westminster Schools’ Foundation
Registered Charity No. 309267
Founded in 1576 by William Lambe
Old Suttonians Newsletter June 2010
For information about Sutton Valence School, please contact:
• the Admissions Office at Sutton Valence on 01622 845206 or email [email protected]
• Sutton Valence Preparatory School on 01622 842117 or email [email protected]
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Old Suttonians Newsletter
Continued from front page
Normally driven to church on a Sunday in an old vintage Hotchkiss bus,
once we had to walk and was most excited to find that the lake road had been
closed for a sports car race. MG's and
other sports cars slid and sprinted
through the corners in a glorious cacophony of sound and speed! This totally sealed my interest in everything to
do with motoring, especially sports cars,
as a highlight every day on Father's Estate was being driven around it to the
factory and tea fields in his Morris
Minor.
At school I started in Bennett under
the excellent housemaster, Mr. Blatchley-Hennah (ex-staff 1946-1953), and
then went on to St. Margaret's. Having
soon found out that I was useless at
sports such as Rugby and Cricket, my
Housemaster, Mr. MacIlwaine (ex staff
1950-1976), very kindly let me skip
games to concentrate on building something called an Austin Seven Special in
the carpentry shop adjacent to the tuck
shop, then in front of the Fives court
(now demolished and replaced by
Maths/ICT teaching block – Editor).
In 1953, with nearly all UK sports cars
being exported to the USA, enthusiasts
were building their own open 2-seater
sports cars by taking the steel saloon
body off an old 1930's Austin Seven and
using the A frame chassis, suspension
and running gear constructing an open
ash frame aluminium 2-seater body in its
place. Having done this, in 1954 with
the car finished I had great fun driving
it around BM and the other school playing fields. Early on the wife of my
Housemaster asked for a ride. As we
drove over the grass I was horrified to
see that the button which popped out
from the dashboard to indicate oil pressure was slowly dripping oil on to her
pleated white skirt. Stopping in a hurry
she was very sweet about it, saying how
much she had enjoyed the drive!
I was able to build the car as my Godfather had left me a legacy of £100 which
wasn't to be touched until I was 21, but
my parents (then living in Ceylon) kindly
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agreed to make the money available to
me early as they approved of the task I
had set myself.
I paid £15 for my Austin Seven to a
Mr. Smith in a scrapyard in Kingswood
near Sutton Valence, and he kindly took
the steel body off giving me just the running chassis. The blacksmith at Sutton
Valence flattened the springs and after
various other technicalities, including
rebuilding the engine myself. I built a
new body from ash and wood retaining
just the original bonnet and radiator,
and the end result was a quite pleasing
sporty-looking car.
When I was 17, I decided to sell the
car as it would have been impractical to
run it on normal roads, and when a two
line advertisement created an amazing
response of over 150 replies, I sold the
car and had an idea.
Having had a marvellous art and carpentry teacher, ‘Daz’ Symonds, and having been lucky enough to win the senior
art prize 3 years running (one being for
the biography of William Morris,
"Wheels to Fortune"), I decided that I
should write and publish a complete set
of instructions on how I built my Austin
Seven Special. A 48 page booklet resulted, "Building an Austin Seven Spe-
cial", printed on a Gestetner duplicator
with drawings by myself on the wax stencils. A total of 250 copies were run off,
hand folded and stapled, and priced at 5
shillings (25p) per copy; the entire stock
sold out in 10 days during the summer
of 1956 after another small advertisement in "Motor Sport", and I was on my
way! I then published many more books
resulting in being able to take the company I had formed in 1960, J.H. Haynes
& Co. Ltd., public with a full listing on
the London Stock Exchange in 1979.
In 1985 I created the Haynes International Motor Museum, a charitable
trust, at Sparkford in Somerset which
now contains over 400 cars and motorcycles.
I am ever grateful to the staff and
Masters at Sutton Valence School for
letting me pursue my interest at school,
without which this first booklet would
never have been printed, and naturally
as a result two of my three children,
J.J.(John Haynes, 1985 M) and Chris
(Christopher Haynes, 1991 M), went to
Sutton Valence for their education, and
amusingly enough both of them got into
the Rugby First 15, one of them being
captain in 1991 in his third year in the
First 15.
John H. Haynes at the wheel of his Austin 7 Special at Sutton Valence in 1955
June 2010
Charlie Fermor (2005 H)
With the recession still looming in the
background it is tougher than ever for
graduates to secure employment with an
estimated one third of recent graduates
out of work. However, for Charlie Fermor student life is now a distant memory as he takes his company Apple
Crisps to new heights just a couple of
years after graduating from Reading
University.
Apple Crisps has many a celebrity fan
including Thandie Newton, Lilly Allen,
Jamie Callum, Sophie Dahl and cricketer Alastair Cook to name but a few.
Charlie commented: “I am delighted
that Apple Crisps has taken off, it is the
only known company within the UK that
actually home grows, hand picks and
produces dried fruit in an environmentally friendly manner.”
For Charlie, farming has always been
a way of life with three generations of
his family running Perry Court Farm in
Kent and yet, when he went to study
Agriculture at University nobody envisaged that he would start his own company straight from his student digs!
He continued: “My dream would be to
see Apple Crisps become even bigger in
years to come with more and more people exchanging their usual fried brand
for my dried, healthier alternative. With
our country becoming more weight conscious by the minute that’s certainly not
beyond the realms of possibility. I am
currently working on a new range of
fruit including cherry and strawberry
crisps as id like to extend the current offering.”
Perry Court Farm is renowned for its
impeccable apple orchards with hundreds of thousands of apples being sold
across the country each year but Charlie
felt that so much more could be done
with the fruit. He wanted to make a
breakthrough in the market and create
a snack that appealed to all generations
that could be viewed as both a treat and
a health product and the result was the
delicious Apple Crisps.
After conducting a large amount of research into fruit snack products Charlie
realized that everything on the market
had either been fried or imported into
the UK. The only country that used their
own produce to make the crisps in a
healthy manner was the USA who use
environmentally friendly drying machines. This was the answer that Charlie
was looking for, so after selling his student house he flew out to the states and
invested in a drying machine to install in
Perry Court Farm.
Now two years on and Charlie is one
of the youngest MD’s in the country plus
with a fully functioning factory his company Apple Crisps is thriving. Over
50,000 bags have been sold in 37 high
end outlets and farmers markets across
the south east. It is also rumoured that
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Retirement of Honorary Secretary of
the OSA
C.R.G.Shaw (1955 W)
When he had left the SVS Teaching
Staff Colin had already served 20 years
on the OSA Committee and was also
looking after the school archives. Little
can anyone have thought that a dozen
years later he would still be in post and
along the way having added the OSA
jobs of Hon. Secretary (official) and
Hon Treasurer (unofficial).
Colin has now moved to Hampshire
and retired from the Committee. Being
the kindly, well organised chap that he
is has fulfilled the final (most important?) task of finding competent successors to his many offices. We welcome
David Pickard as Hon Secretary,
Archivist and Tim Weedon as Hon
Treasurer. Colin may have retired but he
is still "on the case" as when not playing
golf he is knocking into shape for possible publication the research into the
early years of SVS carried out some
years back by Robert Hope and "Tubby"
Craven.
De facto Colin has been running the
OSA for these past dozen years and we
have every reason to be hugely grateful
to him.
Thank you Colin. Enjoy the golf.
By E D G Bunker (1954 M)
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News from Middle Aged
the Archives Spread Reunion
The plaque to commemorate the Battle of Britain, mentioning the only Old
Suttonian to have fought in that Battle,
Gp. Capt. John Ellis CBE DFC (and
bar) (1934 W) has been relocated in
NW corner of the Chapel and rededicated in a short ceremony.
Gp. Capt. Ellis received his first DFC
while giving air cover during the evacuation of Dunkirk and his bar during the
Battle of Britain.
Awards
2009/10
Atchison Award
Ian Millman (2008 L)
Jenny Reid (2008 H)
Bennett/Hunting
Benjamin Brandreth (2008 G)
Rosanna Carr (2008 H)
Harry Darkins (2008 Cl)
Oliver Pascall (2008 Cl)
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Almost 100 Old Suttonians attended the reunion for leavers between the years of
1961-1980 held on 12th September 2009. This year will be the Yuppies group of
leavers (years 1980-2002).
June 2010
News of Old Suttonians
Response from
‘Please send us
your news’
At the beginning of December
2009, I asked all Old Suttonians
with emails for an update on their
career and life in general. I received
a wonderful response and was extremely pleased to read your news. I
felt reluctant to edit or shorten any
of your articles so have decided to
divide up the news into this years
newsletter, The Suttonian, and next
years newsletter. This section is
many pages long but I did not want
to take away the context in which
they were individually written. I
hope you all will enjoy reading these.
Thank you. Rebecca.
ABLE, Graham (Ex-staff 1969-1983)
I retired as Master of Dulwich in August after 40 very happy years in teaching and owe much to Michael Ricketts
for appointing me to SV straight from
university. I had already agreed to do 60
days per year for the owners of the Dulwich overseas schools (the reason for my
current trip to Moscow) but was otherwise focused on improving my golf.
After two months off, however, I was approached by the majority shareholders
and agreed to take over as CEO of the
Alpha Plus Group as from Nov 1st. The
company owns a number of pre-prep,
prep schools and colleges, and I spend 4
days a week in London running the company with long weekends back home in
Norfolk.
So retirement is rather busier than I
had anticipated but I am enjoying the
different challenges greatly, and Mary is
pleased to have a base in London (we
are living midweek in a flat in Marylebone a short walk from my office).
ANDREWS, John (1956 W)
John reports that having run his own
practice of Chartered Surveyors in first
Park Street, Mayfair and latterly until
retirement in Duke Street, Manchester
Square, he now basks in a two hemisphere lifestyle. The first four months of
each year are spent in Sydney, Australia,
where he and his wife, Anita, have a heritage cottage at Watson’s Bay, and the
remainder of the year are spent in a 17th
c. thatched cottage in The Lee, above
Great Missenden in the Chilterns.
John and Anita have a large family in
Sydney, so making another home in
Australia seemed a sensible idea. John
admits to making the ultimate error in
not sending his sons to Sutton Valence,
they went to Stowe instead. He was
wondering if there are any records to
show how many OS live in Sydney and
whether they have a get together. He
would like to join in!
John has met up this year with Tony
Perkins (1955 L), James Croft (1955 M)
and Will Ellis (1956 M) and played at
the Schools’ annual golf day. Also Mark
Grundy (1955 W) for lunch to catch up
on OS news.
John and his fellow team mates at Sutton still revive the memories of their unbeaten Colts XV side!
ASHLEY-SMITH, Jonathan (1963 F)
After 30 years working at the Victoria
and Albert Museum, 25 of these as
Head of the Conservation Department,
Jonathan now describes himself as an
‘independent teacher, research supervisor and consultant’ or alternatively as
‘loose cannon and gun for hire’. Twenty
years ago he helped found RCA/V&A
Conservation, a partnership between the
V&A and the Royal College of Art, providing post-graduate training and research in conservation. Although the
course formally closed in September
2009, he is still Visiting Professor at the
RCA and is supervising one of the remaining PhD students. Ten years ago he
wrote a book “Risk Assessment for Object Conservation”, still required reading on many Conservation and
Museology courses. ‘Risk’ is the main
topic of most of his teaching and consultancy. He has just embarked on a
major new risk-related venture. ‘Climate
for Culture’ is a multinational research
project funded by the European Commission, looking at the risks to interiors
and contents of historic buildings associated with predicted climate change.
This will keep him busy (and travelling)
for the next five years. From their empty
nest he and his wife Diane communicate
with daughter Zoë in Mexico and son
Joseph (and recent grandson Aldous) in
Australia.
BALDWIN, Jeremy (1979 F)
After leaving school in 1979, I played
on the Amateur Golf circuit for three
years with some successes but in 1983
decided not to turn Professional but instead further my education and in 1986
gained an honours degree in Sports Science at what was then Brighton Polytechnic. After leaving Brighton and
living in Woking, I worked for three
years for Sports Market Surveys in
Esher, Surrey in their Golf Research department. In 1989, I married my wife Liz
(PE teacher) and we have two daughters
(Alex 18 and Charlotte 15). In 1990, we
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moved to Cambridge as I became Product Manager for the American golf company Acushnet (Titleist, FootJoy and
Cobra). In 1996, I became a Director of
the Acushnet Europe and continue to
work for Acushnet today. Although I
don’t see many Old Suttonians these
days I still play for the school in the
Grafton Morrish Golf finals.
BAYAT, Mostafa (1957 L)
I have been, for the past 6 years, in
Iran mostly trying to get my land back
from the people who took it over after
the revolution. It is very difficult but I
have succeeded somewhat. Deniz my
wife is OK and my sons Bahman and
Kerim are working. Bahman works for
himself as agent of a company called
Porsche Design Studio who make designs for anything and everything.
Kerim is a first year lawyer and working
very hard for the biggest law firm in Istanbul.
Ten years after leaving Sutton Valence, when stationed in Geneva from
the Iran Foreign Ministry, he took a trip
to London. One day whilst waiting for a
taxi in London, one stopped and
Shaukat Fancy (1959 L) came out.
Mostafa has also been in touch with
Shaukat Fancy recently and they
planned to spend a couple of days together over the new year.
Mostafa also met up with Disnadda
Diskul (1958 W) in Istanbul, as Disnadda (Chai) is Chairman of Kampinski
Hotels International and they have a
hotel in Istanbul and in Mostafa’s words
“they had a whopper of a time after 45
years”.
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BEGLIN, Christopher (1963 L)
Johnstown PA, USA.
BETTE-BENNETT,
(1965 M)
From 1992, I went back to University
in 1992 (Plymouth) and in 1995 achieved
a 2.1 degree in BEng (Systems). Following that I worked for a time in R&D
for a heating Company, but when that
Company folded in 1997 I worked for
myself on similar projects in my own
small laboratory facility. Loss of a major
contract eventually unfortunately saw
that become insufficient and I began
work on a large commercial company’s
intranet web site to assist a colleague.
From that beginning, web design and allied work took over and became the
norm.
In 2000 I moved to the USA to marry
my present wife and have continued web
oriented work here, although the temptation to be known as retired would be
attractive if it were not for the current
financial situation making ongoing work
a necessity! My location in SW Pennsylvania, is most attractive, being close to
the Allegheny mountains.
I now have two grandchildren by my
daughter who is still in the UK and also
three grandchildren from my son, who I
am fortunate to have living nearby in
James
(Jim)
Jim Photo of Jim with a group of fellow actors in Uganda when he put on
`As you like it’ in Mbira forest. The goat
that had a walk on part is called `Sunday Dinner’ for reasons that are brutally
obvious.
Jim now lives with his second wife and
two dogs in the Brittany countryside. A
chartered accountant the largest part of
his professional life was spent as an
audit and training partner with a
medium sized accounting firm in the offshore finance centre of Jersey.
Having retired in 1997, Jim worked
with local charities before volunteering
in early 2000 to spend 3 months providing accounting support to Hospice
Africa Uganda in Kampala. This was
followed by assignments in Uganda,
The Gambia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
In September 2001, Jim spent 7 weeks
as a consultant to a fledgling offshore
management company in Mauritius and
returned there as general manager in
October 2002 for two and a half years.
Since then he has lived in Northern Brittany.
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Jim and his wife Jane have a keen interest in amateur theatre which they followed in Uganda and Mauritius. In
Brittany they have established an English language theatre group which produces an annual pantomime and a
bi-annual Shakespeare.
They have also started a fund raising
branch of Hospice Africa and opened
the first British style charity shop in
France.
BIGGS, Rodney (Marsden) (1954 L)
After leaving Sutton Valence School
in 1954 and having no idea what profession I wanted to pursue, I joined The
Eastern Bank in London. Being a
banker, I was posted to the Royal Army
Pay Corps for my National Service in
1955.
I rejoined the Bank in 1957, remaining until 1961. They wanted to transfer
me to the Middle East, so I decided to
emigrate to Canada, where I joined Scotiabank. After 5 months in Toronto, my
tour of the Caribbean started. Firstly, I
was in Port of Spain, Trinidad;
Bridgetown, Barbados in 1962 (where I
met and married my wife, Anne); San
Fernando, Trinidad, 1966 and then to
San Juan, Trinidad. George Town,
Grand Cayman 1969/73 was followed by
Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands.
We returned to Toronto, Canada in
1974, and were posted to Sault Ste
Marie in 1978, returning to Toronto,
1981 and then to Winnipeg in 1987.
After holding various positions, I retired
in 1997. Retirement lasted 2 months!
We relocated to Barbados, where I
worked on a contract for 8 years, returning to Winnipeg in 2005. By that
time our children had married and we
had five grandchildren. I am presently
volunteering 2 days a week; sitting on
three non-profit boards; golfing when
weather permits and travelling when
possible.
BOTTOMLEY, Stephen (1972 W)
I have been in Hong Kong for 3 years
now after 28 years of practising as a
lawyer in London. I have qualified as a
Hong Kong lawyer and set up my firm's
first office in Asia. Sport is still part of
my life - I play in a veteran’s side for the
Hong Kong Football Club and also appear reasonably frequently on golf
courses around Asia. Regular visitors
are my two daughters, Clare (22) and
Emma (20) and my son, Charlie (18)
who is in his last year at Eastbourne.
The highlight for my Christmas 2009 is a
six day cycling trip through southern
Laos - about 450 km.
there was a delightful bakery. We used
to fill up on 'out of the oven, piping hot
rolls' which we scoffed before we got
back to school and classes. The school
was much smaller then and although I
was a day boy (later 'Founder') I used to
be attached to St. Margaret’s for whom
I played a variety of sports! Tubby
Craven - the ever popular 'Tubby' was an
absolute gem - not only was he a capable
teacher but very popular and hands on
individual. He certainly made my time
at SVS much easier and more pleasant.
To the point that we used to correspond
and met on several occasions over the
years.
CARTER, C Martin (1940)
I still keep in regular contact with Neil
Townshend (1973 F) and Roy Taylor
(1974 L). Also David Claridge (1973
W), David Tong (1972 W), Neil Hartland (1972 W) and Tim Elgood (1971
W) recently chanced again on Hassan
Nasser (1972 W) (all of Westminster)!
BURTON, John (1949 DB)
The war was still on when I was at the
school. Watching the odd 'doddle bug'
come over with its distinctive 'gargling'
noise, was a cause for great excitement!
We had no idea about danger and potential injury - to us it was still a time of
great fascination! One actually went
down at Langley, amongst other places
the church was damaged. What I remember are the outside activities - academics were not my forte - for which I
paid in full measure with the number of
"lines" I used to get!! Cross country runs
used to end up past the old mill where
After leaving school, I attended London University for a year. Joined the
RNVR as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm in
1941and saw service during WW2 at sea
on aircraft carriers and ashore in UK,
North Africa and Gibraltar.
On demob I joined the UK subsidiary
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of the Swedish AGA company (best
known for the cooker) manufacturing
and selling marine navigational aids
(lighthouses, lighted beacons and lightbuoys). I was manager of their Indian
company for 7 years and returned to the
UK office at Brentford until I retired in
1982. I travelled extensively in UK,
Africa, Middle and Far East and Australia.
I married a Swedish lady in 1951 and
we have two adopted children.
On retiring we moved to Garway in
Herefordshire and bought a 200-yearold cottage in 1.5 acres of land. In 1990
we built a Swedish house in Ross-onWye, where we are living now.
We lead a busy and active life belonging to a number of clubs and societies,
including Ross Walking Group (of which
I am in my last year as President), Ross
Probus, Ross Horticultural Society and
a yoga group. We are active members of
our local church.
CARTER, W B Croix du Guerre (1941
M)
Within 8 months of joining up I found
myself the First Lieutenant of a heavy
tank landing craft sailing on D-Day and
landing on Point du Hoc. We managed
about 10 landings before being broken
up in the great storm. I was made the
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Skipper of a similar frail craft and sailed
for the Japanese Campaign. Fortunately the atom bomb dropped just before we were due to land, had it not been
for this we would not have survived as
the vehicles we were carrying got bogged
down in the soft sand and we would have
been sitting ducks, hence the name of
the book that I wrote called Saved by the
Bomb. We had many duties to perform,
visiting the many islands and ended up
taking coffins to Taiwan. After the war
I started a small boatyard which is now
Buckden Marina. Semi-retired I worked
as a marine surveyor. I have happy
memories of Sutton Valence and remember when we started having lessons
before breakfast seeing the pyjamas of
the headmaster who took us for maths
showing at the bottom of his trousers.
CHANCE, Patrick (1990 F)
Patrick has now moved to Westburyon-Trym, Bristol in order to be nearer to
his work in Newport where he has been
consultant in Old Age Psychiatry for the
past 2 years. He has been unable to fit in
much running recently owing to commitments at work, cooking family meals
and his wish to spend time with his 2
daughters, Laura (3) and Gabrielle (5),
the latter of whom is in her first year at
Clifton High School.
CHANCE, Veronique (1986 V)
Veronique Chance continues to work
as an artist in London whilst also having
a post as an Associate Lecturer at the
University of the Arts. Last year she was
granted a research award that enabled
her to attend the ‘Liminal Screen’ CoProduction Residency Programme at
the Banff New Media Institute in Alberta, Canada, where she developed
working using mobile camera technologies which she wore on her head and
body to record long distance runs in the
surrounding winter landscape. The result of this work was recently exhibited,
as a six-screen projected DVD video installation with sound, at the Triangle
Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design. An article, ‘on the Production of
the Body Ideal’, was published in the academic journal, Performance Research
in June 2009.
CHEETHAM, Michael (1954 W)
National Service in RAF as Radar Fitter; some years in small Garage maintaining vintage cars; then selling cars;
then about 10 years with National Benzole and Shell as Sales Representative,
followed by 15 years self-employed as a
Manufacturers’ Agent. Then, from age
50, dealing in 19th century paintings,
then restoring, gilding and selling antique mirrors. Hobbies were shooting,
then classic-car restoration (1938 BMW;
1960 Porsche 356 etc.), and now walking, fungus-hunting and painting. In fact
now painting semi-professionally (website http://www.mike-cheetham.co.uk).
Married for 48 years; had two children.
One died in 2000 aged 35. Three grandchildren. Still very fond of “real ale”.
Favourite Harveys of Lewes. Last year,
on my own, I walked the whole length
of the Thames from source to barrier to
mark my 71st year. Next year – Pembroke Way?
For the first time, really, on looking at
the recent news of Old Suttonians, I
found it quite a shock, especially seeing
contemporaries still taking an active part
in running the Association, that virtually
the whole of my life has passed now, and
yet it seems hardly any time since leaving Sutton Valence, and the friends I
made there, to whom I owe so much.
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COLE, Thomas (James) (1937 M)
James will be celebrating his 90th
birthday in August with his extended
family, at Vernon, B.C, Canada, in the
Okanagan Lakes wine country. Maybe
some OS lives there? He or she is welcome to come and join in.
COWELL, Rupert (1993 M)
Rupert has been living just outside
Cannes in France for the last five years.
He runs an events company, developing
products for the yachting industry. Married with 2 beautiful daughters aged 2 ½
and 7 months and also building a house.
CRADDOCK, Timothy (Tim) (1984
F)
I am working for RBS as HR Director
for the Global Transactions Services Division, based in London. I have been
with RBS for 8 years, having previously
worked in senior HR roles for a number
of companies, including the Financial
Times Group and GlaxoSmithkline. It’s
certainly not been a dull time working in
financial services in general and RBS in
particular!
Back in London for the last three
years, having been based in Edinburgh
for five, I am married (again!) to Jo, with
two sons Alex and Eddie (aged six and
four).
After I left SVS, I went to LSE and
graduated with an Upper Second economics degree (specialising in industrial
relations) and I subsequently graduated
with a Masters degree in Law and Employment Relations from Leicester University.
I look back fondly on my time at SVS
and was recently back at the school for
Michael Fairbanks memorial service. I
met up with David Machin (1983 F) and
we are in contact. I also keep in touch
(loosely!) with Eddie Catchpole (1984
F) .
DAY, Michael (1962 H & L)
Michael is looking into the cricket
X1’s of 1961 & 2 with a view to arranging hopefully a large table at the dinner
at SV in 2012 on the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of the ’62 team . So far he
has had positive responses from 6 members of the teams for these years and
hopes to find more members in due
time. So far I have located: Andrew
Barr,
Anton
Robinson,
John
MacNaughtan, Richard Memmott, and
is on the trail of our ‘62 captain Alan
Finn Kelcey, who is missing in our
records . He is hoping to persuade Philip
Charlton and John Waters to attend via
Andrew Barr and lastly he now has an
address for Neville Watkins who went on
to captain the ’63 side but played in ’62 .
DORAN, Robin (1961 W)
After a few interviews around the
country I was accepted for a job in Plant
Pathology with Glaxo Research in Stoke
Poges, near Slough in Berkshire, where
I stayed until March 1965. By March
1965 I had decided to marry a fellow laboratory technician and really needed to
stop ‘enjoying’ myself and find a ‘career’
job. This turned out to be a so called
‘Management Trainee’ position in New
Business with a Canadian life insurance
company – Confederation Life Association to become Confederation Life Insurance Company in due course.
I remained with Confederation Life in
various capacities including Sales Training, Branch Administration and finally
Office Services (to become Facilities
Management) for more than twenty-five
years. Sadly in the early 1990s Confederation Life was wound up in Canada
and the UK operation was sold to another Canadian life insurance company
– Sun Life of Canada – and I moved with
the furniture, almost literally, to become
a Senior Manager responsible for a
Warehouse some three miles from Head
Office in Basingstoke, containing the
Supply, Printing and Purchasing function for the UK.
I finally retired from Sun Life in 1998,
some year or so before the Company
ceased operations in the UK.
I’m looking forward to celebrating my
45th wedding anniversary in May 2011.
Since retirement I have been fully occupied with charitable activities connected with the Egham History Society
and Museum, The Association for the
Improvement of Runnymede and other
local activities. I was also Master of the
Worshipful Company of Plaisterers’
from July 2002 to July 2003, following in
the footsteps of my grandfather who was
Master in 1933. I am now Chairman
and a Trustee of the Plaisterers’ Charitable Trust.
EDWARDS, John (1988 F)
I am currently at ICAP PLC, the
world’s largest voice and electronic interdealer broker, providing specialist intermediary broking services to trading
professionals in the wholesale financial
markets. ICAP is a FTSE 100 company
and has offices in over 50 locations and
all major financial centres, employing
4,300 people.
I am based in the City in London
where I have worked at ICAP since 2003
as Director of Fixed Income within
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ICAP Electronic Broking. I manage a
small team of about 20 people specialising in Fixed Income (Bonds and Repo).
I am also involved in a variety of corporate events and initiatives at ICAP and
sit on the Management Committee for
ICAP Electronic Broking. I hold external representative positions on various
committees and trade bodies that work
on broader industry strategies and issues.
Previously I helped start a private
company called ‘BrokerTec’ in 1999,
which specialised in providing electronic
dealing technology solutions to banks
and professional financial institutions
globally. BrokerTec was acquired by
ICAP in 2003.
Before joining BrokerTec I managed
trading books at Deutsche Bank and
Daiwa Securities between 1990 and
1998, specialising primarily in Emerging
Market Bonds.
I spend my time between London and
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where I play
squash regularly and am a keen mountain biker.
FANCY, Shaukat (1959 L) and BAYAT
Mostafa (1957 L)
Shaukat contacted the school asking if
we could put him in touch with a few of
his old friends. As a result, Shaukat has
re-established contact with Brian Marsh
(1958 L) and Mostafa Bayat (1957L).
FARRAR, Simon (1974 C)
Trained at South Devon Technical college for OND and HCIMA in hotel
management. Spent 18 years in hotel
management and similar hospitality
businesses in Hove, London Guildford,
Sevenoaks, Eastbourne and Bath.
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Trained at Bristol Baptist College for
Baptist Ministry – eight years at Ceylon
Place Baptist Church in Eastbourne and
moved to Taunton in 2006 as Senior
Minister of Taunton Baptist Church.
Married in 1983 to Lauren who is a
Health Visitor – and have three children
ages 22, 18 and 16.
Remember Dof E award as important
part of my SVS life – used to help out on
expedition work after gaining Gold with
Roger Bates (Ex-staff 1960-1992) and
others. Now seeing my son progress on
this scheme!
GOODCHILD, Winton (1953 F)
After leaving the Army[Royal Corp of
Signals] in 1956, I was employed by Marconi Research Labs. working on several
communication development projects
including project controlling most of the
electronic equipment made in Europe
and used in the early NASA Apollo program.
In 1980 I left big business to start with
a partner a small Heat Pump manufacturing business specialising in heating
swimming pools; its name is Calorex in
Maldon, Essex.
In 1982 I opened a branch in Florida
and moved full time to USA. I was involved in several other ventures and was
awarded a US Patent on the design of a
machine to extract drinking water from
the atmosphere.
By 2003, being tired of the rat race, I
purchased a tropical fish farm in SW
Florida. All was fine until Hurricane
'Charley' with it's 150 MPH winds levelled the buildings. It took several years
to rebuild. It is now operational and set
up for aquaponics with a small food crop
of vegetables and fish.
It is very difficult to condense 50+
years into a few sentences.
I would like to say looking back on my
life the learning and experiences I received from SVS put me in good standing to face the ups and downs of living
on this earth.
GREENER, Richard (1962 F)
After a career in Management accountancy extending over 40 years I retired in July this year upon reaching the
grand old age of 65. My intentions are
now to make up for lost ground in travelling and sight-seeing, starting with Europe. I was pleased to be able to return
to the School in 2009 for the “MiddleAged spread” reunion and even after
the 8 years or so since I was last there so
much had changed – Sutton Valence really is “flourishing”! Alas, poor old
Founders is no more and some of the
other old stalwarts have changed beyond
recognition but much progress is in evidence particularly in new buildings and
facilities. The old dining rooms in
Lambes, the swimming pool, fives
courts, tuck shop and assembly hall are
consigned to history but in their place
are modern sports facilities, indoor
swimming centre, theatre and refectory.
No doubt teaching methods have also
changed over the intervening years, but
memories remain of Latin primers with
the Headmaster (Mr. Evers), our housemaster “Tubby” Craven, Gilbert and
Sullivan concerts and cross-country running, as well as the ubiquitous CCF parades and “fagging”.
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HAIG, Justin (1981 L)
I am still living in France running a
'Chalet holiday' business from a converted alpine farmhouse which is also
our home. Ski holidays in the winter
and activity holidays in the summer. I
now have 4 daughters ranging from 39yrs who all thankfully have my enthusiasm for the outdoors . www.haigski.com
HAIGH, Ian (1973 L)
I started my banking career in 1973 in
London. In 1982 I obtained a job in international banking with a bank in Johannesburg South Africa. Two years
later I moved to a new corporate division within the bank. In 1990 after a
brief stint at a Johannesburg stock
broking firm I moved to the corporate
area of a large life assurer focusing on
retirement fund services to the corporate market where I have been responsible for bringing in new retirement fund
business to the group. I am currently still
in this role and have just returned from
an overseas trip to Australia as a reward
for business brought in to the assurer in
recent years.
Sutton Valence is now a totally different school from the 1970’s.
HAJJAJI, Issam (1977 M)
Working presently as Head of Centre
for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tripoli,
& Professor of Medicine, Tripoli University. Also current president of the
Libyan Association for Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Just completed first ever nationwide
survey on number of diabetics in Libya.
Elected Fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians of London.
Inherited citrus fruit farm & spend
leisure time there.
Avid reader of articles by Robert Fisk,
& reporting by Ben Brown, both OS.
Four daughters: Danya, 14, Yasmine,
12, Miriam, 10, Rund, 1.
Wife Azza prominent lawyer & short
story author. Active in human rights
cases in Libya.
HANNAH, Kathryn (1993 V
I qualified as a Banker and qualified
in the insurance field and obtained a
commerce degree all done through part
time studies.
Kathryn Hannah has been working as
a freelance opera singer and was delighted to sing a solo recital at Sutton
Valence Music Society supported by
many OS friends and past neighbours;
bringing back happy memories for her
and others of music at the School and
singing in Chapel. She continues to sing
across the UK and abroad with companies as such Scottish Opera, and English
National Opera as well as in opera galas
and other events. In the spring she performs as soloist for a Mozart Requiem
with Bahrain Sinfonia in Manama; an
Oratorio she fondly remembers singing
at school as a chorister. At recent performances at Edinburgh Festival Theatre she met Michael (Headmaster
1980-1994) and Stella Haywood before
a show as well as Lucy Burbridge (1993
V), another supportive audience member, who works as a Paediatric Dentist
at Newcastle Dental Hospital. Kathryn
will be touring again with Pavilion
Opera singing the role of Alisa in their
revival production of Lucia di Lammermoor. In June last year Kathryn was
thrilled to be in the States for the birth
of Heidi Kathryn Hannah, and to see
her brother Jeremy Hannah (1990 L),
his wife Amy and son Alexander. A
great stage name she believes for her
niece!
I am married with two children and
live in Johannesburg.
I have been in contact over the years
with a number of my contemporaries:
Mark Rimmer (1974 L) who lives in
France and is not married, Steven Prudence (1974 L) who lives in Kent and is
not married, Ian Wilson (1974 L) who is
married with two children and lives in
Kent and also more recently Michael
Wykes (1975 L) who works in London.
Kathryn Hannah and
Lucy Burbridge (1993 V)
Kathryn with Phil Day
(1997 F) and wife Akos
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HARVERSON, David (1957M)
Having successfully run my own Company manufacturing Industrial Metal
Detector Systems, I have now retired
and am living in the Oxford area. Apart
from travelling around the world, particularly Australia, where my son is living for the next 4 years I work as a
volunteer for several local organisations
in particular the Prince’s Trust which I
enjoy very much. I also play golf as often
as I can with local friends.
I am in contact with Willy Chamberlain (1958 M) who lives in Auckland, NZ
and Keith Gilham (1959 M) who lives
nearby.
I would love to hear from anyone else
who was in St Margaret’s at the same
time as I was, with the idea of meeting
up sometime (email - [email protected]). I attended the recent AGM
of the OSA but unfortunately did not
meet anyone I knew, but it was a very
good evening.
HICKES, Michael (Mike) (1970 W)
After leaving Sutton Valence I studied
Business and HR Management at Newcastle Polytechnic. I worked in Industrial
relations at British Steel after graduation, and later joined Motorola Inc
where I stayed for over 20 years eventually becoming Corporate Vice President
of HR following a series of appointments in Europe, Asia and the United
States. I retired in 2004 and have spent
the last five years studying for a Masters
degree in Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, followed by an Advanced
Diploma
in
Existential
Psychotherapy. I work primarily with
drug and alcohol misuse clients, and am
setting up in private practice in the New
Year to broaden my practice to include
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executive coaching and more general
psychotherapy. I am married to Ilene, a
New Yorker, have two children from my
first marriage, Moray 30 and Tessa 25,
and two step children Max 19 and Millie
17.
HOBSON, Allan (1952 M)
2009 has been a remarkable year.
Never before have I felt so much like I
was dying; and never before have I felt
so creative. Go figure. One theory is that
I have senile dementia: I am crazy to
suppose that I am both 90% dead and
90% alive. It just doesn’t add up to
100%. Something must be wrong. Something is wrong. My body (below the
neck, especially) is rotting. But my mind
is flourishing.
Take the body first. In 2001, I had a
stroke. A “good stroke” my doctors said
because although I had some ataxia, peculiar sensations, and difficulty swallowing, I was neither paraplegic nor aphasic.
After nine years, my stroke symptoms
are only slightly worse. About four years
post-stroke, so convinced were my doctors that my new symptoms were sequelae that they missed the second
diagnosis of spinal stenosis, which was finally made by Gregory Brick, an orthopedic surgeon who took the trouble of
ordering an MRI of my spine. An 8th
grader could have easily seen the narrowing and disc bulging that caused the
pain and weakness in my legs. These
symptoms are more debilitating than
those properly attributable to my stroke.
I had back surgery in June 2008. Unfortunately, the operation did not help
my leg weakness and only changed the
distribution of my pain (from the lower
back to upper front side of my left leg).
Cortisone shots sometimes relieve the
pain, but sometimes they do not.
“Why are you telling us all these complaints?” you might be asking. “Don’t
you know that old age is not for sissies?”
Sure, I know that. My complaints are
just a set-up for my more usual braggadocio.
Scientifically speaking, 2009 has been
a great year for me. I am proudest of my
new dream theory, just published in Nature Neuroscience Reviews as an article
entitled REM Sleep and Dreaming: Toward a Theory of Protoconsciousness. I
theorize that REM sleep, which arises
late in evolution but early in development, is a virtual reality system that is
both prelude to and maintainer of waking consciousness. According to my
new theory, dreaming is our subjective
awareness of this brain process; our
dreams are a bit crazy, it is true, but they
are also impressively well organized: we
see, we walk and run, and we feel emotion quite keenly even though we may be
lost in space; perceive ourselves to be
among strangers and have memory loss.
Strongly supporting this theory is a
study conducted by Ursula Voss and me,
and published in the September 2009
issue of Sleep, showing that when subjects in REM become aware that they
are dreaming, the front part of their
brain wakes up while the back part continues to dream. This unusual state,
called Lucid Dreaming, is thus a combination of two states of consciousness,
waking and dreaming, each of which has
its own brain substrate. These finding
have attracted the attention of media
such as the New York Times, the British
Association’s Magazine Psychologist,
and Wesleyan Magazine. Needless to
say, I love the attention and feel that I
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have finally moved out of the shadow of
Sigmund Freud, my lifelong nemesis.
Despite my physical handicap, I still
travel often and with relative ease. By
providing wheelchair service, the airlines
make up in convenience what they have
lost in luxury. In the past year, I have
lectured and taught my course in London, Lisbon, Berlin, Helsinki, Wurtsburg, and Val d’Aosta (Italy). I have
many young friends who both appreciate and stimulate me. Thank you all for
that.
I spent a very happy week in Bordeaux
with my old friends, Nicole Ducourau
and Francine Fonta. We drove through
the elegant wine country, enjoyed pâté
and cheese picnic lunches, and celebrated my birthday with the Dreamscreen (1981) team.
From David
Vincent, I got a copy of Arthur Rimbaud’s Oeuvres Completes and have
patched together an essay called ART:
The Double Life of Arthur Rimbaud,
which I will read at the December 17th
meeting of the Thursday Club. This
process took me back, over 50 years, to
my Wesleyan thesis on Freud and Dostoyevsky.
My family in the US (Ian, Chris, and
Julia) and my family in Italy (Lia, Luca,
Caterina, Andy, and Matty) have all be
as close and supportive as they can be
under such centrifugal conditions.
Companionship and technical assistance
has been provided by my young friend,
Nick Tranquillo, who loves Vermont as
much as I do and takes pride with me in
the barn restoration (by Bob Limlaw)
and its use as an education centre (Lois
Michaud and Charlotte Albright). With
Tony Schemmer, we put on a classical
music concert in the new Art of Life
Gallery which electrified 40 up and
down country friends (like Lyman and
Gill Page, Tim and Merle Thompson,
and John Stevens and his family). Such a
double (or is it really quadruple?) life is
not without cost and complications but
I am happy to be able to lead it. And
now, thanks to a long awaited contract
from MIT Press, I will tell my story as an
experimental autobiography, called
DREAM LIFE. I hope I live long
enough to complete it.
Let me hear from you – [email protected]
ning South America and our businesses
in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and
Venezuela. Clocking up lots of air miles.
Having an interesting time.
HUNT, Robert (2001 W)
Robert recently completed an MBA in
Business Management from Plymouth
University, gaining a distinction.
JAFFERJEE, Habib (1970 C)
Habib would like to get in touch with
any Old Suttonians who were with him
at school. Email: [email protected]
JAMES, Peter (1966 C)
HODGES, Don (1937 W)
Don met up with Aubrey Niner (1938
W) recently. It was 70 years since they
last met at school. They had a long
lunch and didn’t stop talking.
HUMPHREYS, Stephen (1983 W)
I took up the challenge of running the
Americas division of Grass Roots in
2008 and relocated with my family to
Miami. In addition to running the US
and Canada from Miami, I'm also run-
2009 is retirement year! I left the position as Chief Executive of The New
Swindon Company in September. The
Company is one of 21 Urban Regeneration companies in the UK and is funded
by public funds, but with a majority private sector board membership. It’s role
was to regenerate the town centre and
act as a broker between the public and
private sector. Having been a commercial property developer for most of my
career, it was a difficult to comprehend
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the ways of the public sector. The concept of profit and risk was difficult for
them to understand and political scheming (both local politics and central) came
in the way of long term potential gains.
However, progress has certainly been
made despite the recession.
Now retirement beckons and my wife
and I are proposing a 6-9 month trip, focussing on meeting up with two of the
“children” in Australia and Hawaii.
This will take us from Russia to China,
Myanmar to Australia and the Pacific islands to the USA and back to UK (or
the other way round!) I now need to
check the records and find other OS,
roughly in my year, who are in these far
flung places.
JANNEY, Joseph (Joe) (2009 M & Cl)
Since leaving the school in July I have
been up to plenty. In September I left
England for Fiji where I would be
spending the next 3 months on a volunteer placement with Think Pacific.
Along with 15 other volunteers and 3 expedition leaders we lived in a remote village on a very remote Fijian Island for
10 weeks. Whilst here we worked with
the local villagers to build a community
hall as well as a bridge. We taught in the
local school where we also coached
sports- I coached rugby to the U.14s. We
all lived with a different Fijian Family,
my family was incredible. The day after
we left Fiji, my Fijian mother gave birth
to a baby girl who she named Jane after
my mum. I absolutely loved my time in
Fiji and cannot wait to go back to visit.
So far that is all I have got up to since
leaving school, however I am in the
process of planning another expedition.
Most likely this will be to the Bahamas
where I will take part in a diving conservation placement. I am very much look-
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ing forward to this as my last Gap Year
Adventure before I leave for Leeds University in September.
JOHANSSEN, Jacob (2004 W & L)
I have recently received my bachelor’s
degree in Communication Studies at the
University of Salzburg, Austria. I am
currently studying for my master’s degree (also in Communication) at the
University of Erfurt, in Germany.
I plan to complete a graduate course
and teach and do research in the field of
mass media at a university later on.
JONES, Glyn (1948 M)
Glyn left SVS in 1948 – worked in
London, did his National Service in the
Navy, worked some more in London
and then went to Canada in 1957. He
planned to stay a couple of years, make
some money and return home. That was
52 years ago and by the time he reconsidered his plans he had a wife, two children, a mortgage and a cottage !! He has
lived in Vancouver all his time in Canada
and is now well retired from a 30 year
career with a Forest Products Company
(Logging, Lumber, Plywood, Hardboard, Shingles and Pulp mills). He and
his wife Jean have two children –
Christopher, a Captain with Emirates
Airline, who lives in Dubai with his wife
and two children and Susan, a nurse
married to a Doctor who also has two
children. They live in Vernon, about 300
miles from Vancouver.
Jean and Glyn travel frequently and
see Carl Armstrong (1950) and his wife
from time to time. They live a short ferry
ride away.
KNOCKER, William (1977 C)
After completing my degree at SOAS
London University, I came back home
to Kenya in 1984. I spent much time
working in the wider East African Region, in South Sudan (Operation Lifeline Sudan) in Turkana Kenya &
Ethiopia (British Red Cross) & in the
Masai Mara Kenya working for the
Masai in tourism & wildlife conservation.
In 1997 I moved to the Kenya coast
where I part owned & managed Tana
Delta Camp in Tana River District.
I married an American in 1999 & we
had 2 children (making it 5 between us)
& we moved to the Silole Sanctuary near
Nairobi (see www.silolesanctuary.com).
Anybody coming to Kenya should definitely come & visit......
LAI, Derek Wang To (1999 W)
After graduating from Queen Mary
University of London in 2003 with a
Master Degree in Materials Engineering in Medicine, I moved back to Hong
Kong to pursue an MPhil degree in Orthopaedic at The University of Hong
Kong. My supervisor hired me as Research Assistant for another two years
after the MPhil degree while I was trying to apply for medicine, but there was
no success after several attempts at Universities in Hong Kong, UK and Australia.
I now work as a Project Manager for a
Non-profit
organisation
called
AOSpine, we provide courses and fellowship training for spine surgeons.
This job requires quite a lot of travelling
and I had the opportunity to meet some
of the OS from my year and teacher with
my business trip.
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LATHAM, Paul (1954 W)
My wife, Ena, and I are retired Salvation Army officers. Having worked with
farmers in Africa for most of our lives I
find it impossible not to return there
whenever I get the chance. Most visits
have been to Bas-Congo province in the
Congo (ex Zaire) or to the Southern
Highlands of Tanzania. The contrast between the two areas could not be
greater. The Congo, hot and chaotic,
Tanzania, cool and relatively peaceful.
In both areas I have been researching
beekeeping and the plants bees visit for
nectar and pollen. This study has resulted in two publications on bee flora.
Last August our youngest daughter and
her family moved to Kenya so that was
an excuse to return to the country where
we worked from 1963 to 1978. Recently
I was asked to visit a beekeeping project
in Southern Sudan so took the opportunity to continue on from Kenya and was
fascinated to be able to see traditional
beekeeping practiced in that troubled
country. Meanwhile here in Perthshire
much of my time is spent repairing dry
stane dykes (stone walls) for neighbouring farmers – a traditional skill for which
I have no training but which I enjoy immensely.
LONSDALE, Peter (1950 M)
In 1957 I came to Durban on the east
coast of South Africa, a sub-tropical city
with hot and humid summers and very
moderate winters. I have now been here
for 52 very enjoyable years. The last
time I visited School was in 1976 when I
was in England for my father’s funeral.
I’m sure much has changed since then.
Around 1985 I visited Vancouver, BC
and met for breakfast with Glyn Jones
(1948 M). I knew he had moved to Vancouver many years ago and found him by
telephoning all the Jones in the city directory! In 2008, my brother JBG Lonsdale (1945 M) who has lived in
Bournemouth for many years, spent a
week with me in South Africa to celebrate his 80th. birthday.
Apart from that, I have not had contact with any other OS. I guess the
penalty for living far away from the UK.
I have been very happy here enjoying
the warm weather, the outdoor and
sporting environment and a relaxed way
of life.
In 1962 I was admitted as an Associate to the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and as a Fellow in 1974. I retired
in 2004 at the age of 72, as MD after 30
years with a Durban company, Marshalls Ltd., listed on the Johannesburg
Stock Exchange with major investments
in commercial property both in Durban
and Cape Town.
My sport was tennis and as a hobby for
over 12 years, I flew radio controlled
model gliders. Sadly I had to give up
both due to a rapid partial loss of sight.
I am now reduced to bowls, although a
most enjoyable pastime. There have
been many changes in South Africa
since I arrived, the main being the abolishment of apartheid in 1994. This event
has been well documented worldwide.
Today more people from around the
world should visit South Africa to see
how successful the country has become.
Right now everyone is very excited
about the 2010 World Cup Soccer to be
held here. Eight magnificent new soccer
stadiums have been built with transport
and road upgrades in progress. Also new
hotels are under construction.
LYON, Charlotte (neé Foreman)
(2001 S) & LYON, Andrew (2001 F)
We are both living in Islington. Andy
has recently launched his own web development company, Ipolar. I am working as a PA to a television producer in
Covent Garden.
MABERLY, Jonathan (1956 F)
Jonathan’s wife wrote to us on behalf
of Jonathan. He has been coping with
advancing Parkinsons Disease now for
quite awhile and his life is pretty restricted now; having said that we are
VERY happily settled on a 40 acre bush
block about 2 hours from Melbourne.
All our family are within easy distance
as well and life is surprisingly good.
Jonathan can still work outside during
the "good" times and enjoys the excellent
access we have to theatre, ballet and
opera. The support services here are
amazing both for him and for me which
is a real bonus of living here which we
did not expect.
MALINS, Celia (née Palmer) (1992 V)
On leaving SV, I took a gap year where
I worked in Canada and did a bit of travelling, before attending Leeds University. I studied Economics and Sociology
and received a 2:1 BA Joint Hons.
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I then spent a few more years travelling and worked in America to fund my
travels abroad.
On returning home I then went to
work for Walkers Snacks Ltd (owned by
Pepsico) where I have worked in various
sales roles, but mainly as an account
manager for the supermarkets for
Quaker and Walkers Crisps. I am on maternity leave from my current role as
training manager after having had my
second child Annie in August 2009. I
married John Malins in December 2006
and we had our first daughter Emma in
2007. We celebrated our wedding with
many OS including John Smith (1992
W), Sally Ann Lamb (née Jones) (1990
V) Jon Childs (1992 M), Hugh Osborne
(1990 F), Katharine Carleton (née
Palmer) (1989 V), William Carleton
(1986 W), Simon Palmer (1987 W),
Natasha Palmer (née Page) (1987 V)
and Marcus Palmer (1959 L).
MILES, Neville (1979 C)
I have completed nearly 30 years
working in The City as a Lloyd’s Insurance Broker. I am a Partner and Managing Director of the International
Insurance Broker, Lockton, ranking as
one of the top 10 brokers in the world.
I have a wife and 3 three children,
Oliver (17), Charlotte (15) and Harry
(3). Oliver is in his final year at SVS,
with Charlotte approaching her GCSE’s.
Harry is likely to start at the SVPS next
September.
Aside from family life, I like to spend
as much time as possible near the water,
participating in waterskiing, sailing,
power boating and windsurfing.
I keep in regular contact with a good
number of classmates, including: Mike
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Darling (1979 L) (living in New York
and Bermuda), Richard Fetherston
(1978 W), Rupert Humphrey (1978 L),
Tim Waters (1978 M), Clive Baxter
(1978 F), Paul Burton (1977 C), David
Rothman (1977 C), Guy Hart (1975 C),
Graeme Chilton (1977 L), Chris Wait
(1976 L), Richard Nichols (1978 L) (living in Chicago) and several others. All
of whom I am happy to say are fit and
healthy.
MILLAR, Andrew (1983 W & H)
never heard of. So many rules to break.
I wonder what ever became of my fellow
rebels? I ran into one when I was lighting a show in NYC; I think his name was
Clive. Then I began to write and sing.
Got me a new guitar but not much more
than a mention in Rolling Stone.
Ended up working my dad's vineyard
in the Hudson Valley of NY. Quite a
novelty for the east coast. He made a
big splash. We got a lot of ink in national press but I wasn't making the
wines I wanted to make. So a few years
later I started my own winery in Pennsylvania. Chaddsford Winery, just outside of Philadelphia. A little warmer.
Wines a little richer. Vines were a little
happier. That was 1982 and it's been
busy every since. Dad was an artist and
not a businessman so when his associates began sending me bills I bought his
place, Benmarl Vineyards. In short, as
beautiful as it was, overlooking the majestic Hudson River, two wineries was
too much for me so I sold it.
I have made contact with Martin Bennett (1992 W), who has just moved to
Canada for a period of time.
At this vantage point I have finally
learned how to make wine. With that
under my belt a few of my aggressive
tendencies have been tamed. My older
son is producing shows in London. Another is married and happily making
wine in Napa Valley. Another is at
home as an MIT educated engineer in
Boston and the youngest is engineering
war machines and potato cannons in
Maryland.
MILLER, Eric (1964 L)
Oh, what a terrible Suttonian I was.
Unhappy to have been pulled out of an
American curriculum in the US. A year
in grammar school in Surrey. Parents
somewhere on the continent. No girls.
So many rules and dress codes I had
My wife and I get to Europe once or
twice a year. The Caribbean Islands are
my favourite winter spots. And I have
forgiven Sutton Valence for all my shortsightedness. It has been a great pleasure to see females in its news. I jealously
see international travel and appreciate
I am currently living in Perth, Western
Australia and working in the Mining Industry. I am employed as the General
Manager of Xstrata Nickel’s Cosmos
Operations. I have 2 wonderful kids,
Katelyn 12 and Gareth 8.
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the French I was taught, wishing only I
had also taken up Spanish. The other
day I told a fellow in the steam room at
the YMCA, where I work out every day,
I once had a fag-master with the same
name, Martin. No regrets that I short
sheeted him and burned his toast. Only
that I lost track of him when he returned
to Barbados, an island on my hit-list.
Some things, like Sutton Valence, you
never forget. Funny, when I have grandchildren I'll recommend they consider
Sutton Valence.
who was then teaching at St George’s
Public School, Harpenden.
In 1964 I went Broking in the City of
London and during the next twenty
years held various Directorships/Managing Directorships.
In 1984 I formed my own two Broking
Houses one dealing in General Insurance and one as Independent Financial
Advisers. I sold the Independent Financial Advisors company in 1999 and
the General Insurance Company in 2006
at which time I retired aged 71.
OSBORN, Ronald (1953 M)
My only hobbies nowadays are gardening, DIY, art and internet surfing
(sad).
I am married with two grown up sons
and currently four grandsons.
Second from left, Ronald Osborn, as
Head of the End Show aged 18
I left Sutton Valence in 1953 and in
1954 joined the Royal Navy for National
Service.
In 1956 I read Architecture at
Brighton College where I met Ian
McIver (1953 M) and Terence Beechey
(1956 M). Unfortunately Architecture
and I did not see eye to eye.
In 1958 I joined an insurance company
as a trainee Inspector. Once qualified I
worked in the West End for 3 years after
which time I transferred to the Watford
Office, as I had recently moved to Harpenden. A short while after the move to
Harpenden I met R A Graham-Smith,
who used to be my Housemaster, and
PALMER, George (2004 W)
George plays for the OS Hockey and
Cricket team and was lucky enough to
go up to Norfolk over the summer and
play for the OS golf team in the Grafton
Morrish competition (set up by 2 OS's).
1965. Became an academic for 15 years,
lecturing and publishing on Southern
African land and agrarian history. Developed a lifelong taste for southern
hemisphere wines. Joined Oxfam in
1987 and stayed until formal retirement
20 years later. Worked first in its Southern African programmes, latterly as
global land adviser, trying to help poor
people secure their often fragile rights
to land. Encountered many extraordinary people and places. Currently an adviser to a number of researchers,
principally in Zimbabwe, and an ongoing researcher on women’s land rights
and the dangerous new phenomenon of
global land grabbing. In 2009, edited A
House in Zambia, launched by Zambia’s
first President, Kenneth Kaunda; in part
the story of the relationship between
Oxfam and the South African ANC in
exile during the liberation struggle. Married almost 30 years, then divorced (amicably); now in relationship for almost 20
years. Two daughters, three grandchildren, including twin boys.
George is interested in setting up an
OS Football team and has spoken to a
number of Old Suttonians. He has
posted a group on Facebook and over
45 Old Suttonians have expressed their
interest.
PALMER, Robin (1959 M)
In 1960, I went to university in then
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, and now
Harare, Zimbabwe. Enjoyed a fabulous
education there, on and off campus, for
which I’ve been eternally grateful.
Played football with blacks, cricket with
whites, in a deeply divided nation. Deported shortly after Ian Smith’s UDI in
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PEACOCK-EDWARDS CBE AFC
FRACS FCIM, Air Commodore
Richard (Rick) (1957 F)
My life continues to be busy and
multi-varied. After a year as Master of
the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators in 2008/09 which included a round
the world tour, I remain very involved
with city life. I still work as a consultant
to a number of companies, I am very involved with air displays, including Biggin Hill, and I am Chairman of the
Imperial War Museum Duxford Flying
Control Committee. I have also just
been appointed Chairman of the Historic Aircraft Association and as a
Trustee of the RAF Club in London.
POWELL, Christopher (1954 M)
Rotary and the garden take up most of
my time. A two week trip to the Kruger
National Game Park was rewarding seeing many types of buck, lions, rhinos,
buffalos and giraffe but the highlight of
the year - 5 week trip to New Zealand –
a holiday I can recommend. A wide variety of scenery as one travels from almost tropical north to the glacial regions
of the south. Wonderful architecture,
fascinating scenery, fauna and flora,
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beautifully laid out museums ( it rained
a lot) world quality Sauvignon Blanc.
What more can a growing (old) lad
want!!
Christopher lives in South Africa and
writes “Looking to 2010 the (football)
world will come to our door (SA) and
there is a welcome to any OS who wants
to get away from the hype for a couple
of days”.
PYE, John (1941 M)
John wrote to us after his 85th birthday and updated us on his news. His
working life has been all farming, in various parts – Sussex, Suffolk and Hampshire, mostly with cows. He finally gave
this up in 1978, moving into a watermill
in Dorset and getting it up and working
again. At the same time he ran a craft
shop and picture gallery until 1996 and
finally retired. John and Ann keep
themselves fully occupied with voluntary
work and church life. He keeps in contact with Ian Kay (1941 M) and one of
his nearest OS neighbours was the late
John Bongard (1942 W). He has recently learned that another friend,
Rowan Brockhurst (1953 M) is also an
OS. John sends his regards to any OS
who may remember him.
SANDOM, James (1993 W)
Nanna (my wife) & I have had a baby
boy recently, born September 2nd; Linus
Thurston Sandom We're enjoying parenthood very much and living in Kentish
Town, NW5, North London.
I'm continuing to work in the Music
Business, running SuperVision Management, an Artist Management company
based in Shoreditch; our artists are making good progress.
In 2009 we've enjoyed another UK #1
album with White Lies, and to top a very
successful year the band recently won
both Mojo & Q Magazine Awards for
Best Newcomer '09.
Our most established artists have enjoyed another strong year, Kaiser Chiefs
toured USA with Green Day and Europe with U2, Franz Ferdinand released
their third album "Tonight" and The
Cribs broke into the Top 10 with their
fourth album "Ignore The Ignorant".
2010 already looks exciting with a breakthrough album coming by Crystal Castles, and emerging new artists including
Girls & The Kissaway Trail coming
through our ranks.
I've been in touch recently with Laurence Fox (1993 M).
SCHMIGE, Maxmilian (2002 M)
Hi folks! Currently I am attending the
American Film Institute for graduate
Cinematography training. It’s a two-year
master’s fine arts degree. The Hollywood Foreign Press is helping me financially with a scholarship. My thesis film
“Salvation Road” is almost complete.
Going out to film festivals soon. We received the FujiFilm Grant, which allowed us to shoot on film. I have also
been working outside of AFI. Recently
shot a music video and working on setting up different new projects. Hopefully
I can write about it in the next newsletter. Hope all my fellow Suttonians are
doing well! Cheers, Schmige!
SHEPHERD, Miles (1962 C)
The last year or two have been rather
busier than I had imagined they would
be as I have supposedly retired from my
latter career as a project manager. Although no longer called upon to manage
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decommissioning projects at Chernobyl
in Ukraine, I have been working with
the US Government on nuclear security
programmes. I have also been reelected as Chairman of the International
Project Management Association
(IPMA), the first person to take on the
role twice (my previous tour was 2005 –
2007). IPMA is a federation of more
than 50 countries and is the only truly international professional society for project managers. I’m also one of 5 vice
presidents of the Association for Project
Management, the UK association currently seeking a Royal Charter.
I have been active for several years in
the development of standards, initially
with the British Standards Institute
where I act on the Project Management
and Systems Engineering Committees as
well as various IT related groups. I have
been working with the International
Standards Organization for the last 3 or
4 years and am currently the Chairman
of the technical committee developing a
new international standard on project
management.
I have retained my various university
affiliations and continue to act as external examiner for the University of Hertfordshire MSc) and Blackpool and the
Fylde College (BSc)while teaching an
undergraduate course for the University
Centre, Yeovil and postgraduate modules for the Open University. I’m kept
fairly busy as a Visiting Teaching Fellow
at Bournemouth University and as a
Senior Research Fellow at University
College London.
TRAVERS, Alan (1951 M)
In 1945 Alan joined Bentleys. Left
SVS and in 1951 was called up for National Service. Commissioned in Royal
Regiment of Artillery, served in Calval
zone Egypt. In 1953 joined Marks and
Spencer and in 1959 returned to engineering and joined The Morgan CruGot
cible company in Battersea.
married to Liz. In 1964 joined Lansing
Bagnall, Basingstoke selling electric fork
lift trucks, slowly climbed ladders and
became Sales Director of many subsidiaries within the group. In 1996 retired to West Byfleet and Brighton.
Blessed with two sons, three grandsons
and great friends. When not on the golf
course still travelling the world collecting T-shirts.
WALL, Jeremy (1954 M)
After leaving Sutton Valence, I did
National Service in the RA, mostly on
Salisbury Plain. I then read Agriculture
at Oxford before embarking on a career
in the agricultural supply industry for 15
years followed by a further 34 as a consultant and international civil servant
(with the UN) in rural development in
the developing world. Apart from the
UK, I’ve lived and worked in Ethiopia,
Rome, New York, and the Philippines,
and now I live in semi-retirement in
Cyprus. I’ve been married 3 times, have
4 sons with my first wife, all now in their
40s, a son of 28 with my second wife, and
with my third, current and last wife I
have a sweet 3-year-old child substitute
who has 4 legs and barks (a lot!) – photo
of the 3 of us enclosed.
The best years of my life were spent at
Oxford, closely followed by SVS. When
at SVS, I lived on a fruit farm only 8
miles away at Egerton but thankfully I
boarded since I found the holidays boring and couldn’t wait to get back to
school.
WILMSEN, Viola (2002 S)
Viola is at the moment working as the
solo-oboist at the opera of Berlin. She
had won the "musician of the year" in
2002 with oboe and piano whilst at SVS.
In October 2009, Viola won the oboe
contest of the Sony Music Foundation in
Karuizawa/Japan as the first woman
ever to win this contest. In December
2009, she won the contest for the solooboist of the opera of Berlin, though she
is still a student of music at the university of Lübeck/Germany. This summer
she will take her exams there, but she
took over the post in Berlin already in
January 2010.
WINTER, Douglas (1969 M)
Douglas took early retirement from
the Diplomatic Service in March 2008,
his last posting having been Addis
Abada, where he was Consul and Management Officer.
WINTER, Jonathan (1956 L)
Retired C of E priest after 30 years
teaching in 12 South London schools – 4
as Deputy Head. A special Diocesan
governor for schools failing OFSTED
inspections (4 schools). Ex Dean of
Woolwich for Ministers in Secular Employment. Played cricket and hockey for
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the Dulwich Club and the University of
the South Bank but now play golf at the
Dulwich and Sydenham Club. Do
‘locums’ in parishes short of clergy and
spend time with 7 grandchildren in
Formby, London and Portugal.
YOUNG, Richard (1990 M)
Left Education Consulting in the Middle East to attain Masters in Sports
Management. Now using the knowledge
to set up own company in Sports Development. Have attended Athens and
Beijing Olympics and looking forward to
the Rio Olympic Carnival in 2016, after
the London 2012 party! Annually attending OS Hockey fixture ‘Weekend’
like a bad penny!
ZIA, Asad (1983 W)
Asad is still working in the hedge fund
industry in NYC. Also play squash. My
wife works in City University of NY system as an English Professor.
Births
EASTER on 22nd February 2010, to
Rupert Easter (1981 W) and Gilly, a
son, Wulfstan Wallace.
EVENDEN on 1st August 2009, to
Simon Evenden (1981 F) and Emma, a
son, Jolyon Samuel Evenden.
FEGER in August 2009, Karin Feger
(1991 S) and partner, a daughter, Charlotte Helene Feger. Outside motherhood, she is a Public Relations Manager
working for a US software company,
called Sabre.
HANNAH on 20th June 2009, to Je-
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remy Hannah (1990 L) and Amy, a
daughter, Heidi Kathryn Hannah.
Basham (1992 S) at St Marys Church,
Oatlands in Weybridge, Surrey.
ROBERTS on 11th December 2008,
to James Roberts (1994 L) and Felicity
Roberts (neé Lyne, 1996 V), a daughter,
Molly Naomi Olivia Roberts.
In the photograph, from left to right
are: Henry Beazley (2001 L), James Stuart (1987 W) best man, Nicholas Bills,
Charlotte Basham, Rupert Morling
(1992 F), Edward Moore (1992 F),
William de Lucy (1966 F).
SANDOM on 2nd September 2009,
James Sandom (1993 W) and Nanna
Sandom, a son, Linus Thurston Sandom.
SLATER in July 2009, Roy Slater
(1994 W) and Nadine Slater, a daughter,
Leah Slater. He continues to work in
Hotels and recently returned after some
years spent in New York with Peninsula
Hotels and now settled in Sevenoaks.
Marriages
BILLS-BASHAM on 5th December
2009.
Nicholas Bills (1992 W) to Charlotte
Included in the bridal party were Old
Suttonians, father of the groom William
de Lucy (1966 M) best man, James Stuart, ushers Rupert Morling (1992 F) and
Edward Moore (1992 F), Ben Stuart ( S
V Primary). Bridesmaids included
Jemma Stuart and Amie Stuart (S V Primary). Also attending the wedding was
Henry Beazley (2001 L).
The theme that ran throughout the
day and the wedding was that of the
school, including the colours of the
school logo, which were used for the ribbons on the wedding car and for the ribbons around the tiers of cake.
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Each of the tables at the reception
were named after school houses circa
1992, and we would like to thank Mr
Pickard, Mrs Albentosa and Gary Hollister (1991 W) for the loan of their
school ties which decorated the table
vases.
BRADSTOCK-LYNCH on 20th August 209. Richard Bradstock (2000 L) to
Pauline Lynch. They met in Dubai and
married in the village of Adare in
County Limerick, Ireland. His best man
was Simon Knowles (2000 F) with Will
Richardson (2000 F) and Matthew
Dadd (2000 F) being ushers. Also in attendance were Matthew Day (1999 L),
Holly Fletcher (2000 V), James Thorn
(2000 F) and Ben Palmer (2000 L).
GREY-ACQUAH on 30th April 2009.
Victoria Grey (1989 V) to Kofi Acquah
at Christ Church, Dubai.
GROOM-TALBOT. Matthew Groom
(1998 M) to Susan Talbot (2001 V).
HOLMES-WYATT. Chris Holmes
(1999 F) to Emma Wyatt. Best Men
were Oliver Wood (1999 L) and
Nicholas Holmes. Head Usher was Paul
Everett (1999 F).
JONES-JONES on 28th March 2009.
Benjamin Jones and Lucy Jones (1999
H). Two of Lucy’s bridesmaids were Sophie Willdridge (1999 H) and Nicola
Leggat (1999 V). Also present at the
wedding were Gavin Stiff (1999 M),
Jane Daly (neé Wallis) (1999 H),
Christina Judd (1997 V), James Ferris
(1997 L), Georgie Ferris (1999 H) and
Jo Ferris (1991 V), Billy Jones (1997 F)
and Sam Jones (1999 F).
MILLS-DAY on 1st August 2009.
Gavin Mills to Catherine Day (1995 V),
daughter of Linda Day (Matron) and
the late Brian Day (Head of Modern
Languages and Holdgate Housemaster
1971-1991). Service conducted by Reverend David Barnes (Chaplain 1976 to
1986). Phillip Day (1997 F) gave
Catherine away and Suzanne Day (2001
V) was bridesmaid. The reception was
held on the School Cricket Ground with
OS attending: Michael Beaman (1952
W, ex-staff 1992), Sylvie Rawlings (exstaff 2005), Samantha Evans (neé Winter) (1996 S), Melissa Whitehead (1989
V), Liza Spice (neé Beaman) (1988 V),
Sophie Skinner (neé Hutchinson) (2003
H), Liz Mannington (1989 Cl).
PHILLIPS-CARMICHAEL on 17th
August 2009. Paul Phillips (2001 L)
married Alexa Carmichael (2001 V) at
St Michael’s Church in Smarden.
Amongst the guests were 18 Old Suttonians.
SKINNER-HUTCHINSON on 1st
May 2010
Jack Sinner to Sophie Hutchinson
(2003 H) at East Sutton Church.
Daughter of Andrew Hutchinson (Bursar) and Alison Hutchinson. Reception
held at Friday Street Farm, East Sutton.
Bridesmaids were: Rosie Hutchinson
(2005 Cl), Katie Horne (2001 V), Chloe
Kerrigan (2003 L) and Amy Fowler
(2003 L).
CRAIG-PARRETT on 6th June 2009.
Andrew Craig married Lizzie Parrett
(1996 V) in Wateringbury, Kent. Lizzie
is the daughter of Graham Parrett (1950
M) and the sister of James Parrett (1999
F). Among the guests were Olivia Piper
(1996 V), Emily O’Donnell (neé Ward)
(1996 V), Felicity Roberts (neé Lynes)
(1996 V) and James Roberts (1994 L).
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Deaths
BATEMAN, Jonathan (1954 M) living
in New Zealand, died on 13th December 2009 of Cancer. Married for 50
years to Averil. The following was written by Averil. Jon was a typical product
of Sutton Valence, the School did a fine
job and launched a splendid man out
into the world. We had a varied life, first
home a narrow boat on the Grand
Union Canal. We started from scratch
with the hull of a boat that had just carried its last load of coal, scrubbed out
the coal dust and used demolition timber to built the cabin. It made a lovely
home by the time we had finished. Jon
was shunted round Britain, training for
an overseas posting and a boat seemed a
better option than a series of bed sits.
Jon told his Company when transferred
from London to Stockport, 'It will take
me a week to get there'. In those days,
early Sixties, the canals were not used
much. We often had to fix lock gates or
clear weed to make progress, and break
the ice as we made the trip North in winter. We were a novelty and people would
walk beside the 'Hettie' on the tow path,
asking questions. We started to learn
Spanish to go to S.America but were
sent to S.Africa instead. We had a fabulous time there. We assumed we were
safe because we had no quarrel with
anyone and our naivety paid off. We
bought a house in the country when people were scuttling to the city, travelled a
lot and camped further North in places
that are now dangerous. Started to learn
Afrikaans but were transferred back to
UK and from then we gave up trying to
learn new languages although we picked
up smatterings of Hindi when we lived
in Fiji for 8 years. We built a yacht intending to sail back to UK but again fate
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took a hand and we ended up in New
Zealand. Looking back it seems that our
plans never turned out as we intended
but the result was an exciting life. Jon
could build or repair anything, was energetic, good humoured, kind and positive and devoted to his family.
BAILEY, William (Bill) (1956 M) died
after a long illness in April 2010.
BAYLEY, Peter (1930 M) living in
New Zealand died in 2009.
BOYS, Jefferay (1925 W) in November 2009. Jeremy left the school in 1925
and went to live in Canada in 1929. He
reached his ultimate goal of 100 years on
30th September 2009, and quietly
slipped away, later in November. He
had a remarkable life and leaves behind
his 2 daughters, 6 grandchildren and 4
great-grandchildren. He and his wife
Laura enjoyed a very happy 71 years together, until her death in 2006.
CAREY Bryan (1947 W) on 30th July
2009, aged 80, in hospital after a stroke.
CHRISTIAN Leo (1945 W) in March
2010.
DANIELS Leslie (1953 F) on 23rd August 2009. He was long serving secretary
of Headcorn Local History Society. He
worked for Kent County Council for
many years and was secretary to the
County Police Committee. His long and
devoted service to the church included
being a server for more than 60 years.
He was a sacristan and master of ceremonies and ensured that the church
records of burials, internments and the
churchyard were maintained. He was
also a member of the Parochial Church
Council for more than 50 years and a
Parish Councillor. The eldest of 5 children.
FEROZE Rustam (1937 B & M) Sir
Rustam (Mole) died peacefully on 8th
February 2010, aged 89. Beloved husband of Margaret, much loved father of
Richard, Peter and Jonathan, and
grandfather of eight.
Sir Rustam was one of the leading gynaecological surgeons of the postwar
era. He went onto King’s College Hospital and, after and accelerated medical
education, he qualified MRCS, LRCP in
1943 at King’s and joined the RNVR.
After 3 years of war surgery he returned
to King’s as house surgeon. He acquired
the MRCOG in 1949, the MD London
in 1952 and FRCS England in 1952. In
that year, at the age of 31, he was appointed consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist to King’s College Hospital.
This was the start of a distinguished career, both as a teacher and surgeon. As
a teacher of postgraduates he was recognised as Dean of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1967, a post he
held in addition to his many other clinical duties until 1973. In this role his talent for organisation and communication
developed and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was quick
to take him on to its council, examination and hospital recognition committees – both of which he ultimately
chaired. He was director of postgraduate studies from 1975 to 1981 and later
was elected president of the college. Active in the foundation of the European
Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, he became its first president in
1985 and 1982 he was appointed chairman of all the Royal Colleges in the conference of Royal Medical Colleges, later
to become the Academy, a role he
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served for two years. Sir Rustam was
knighted for services to medicine in
1983.
HARMAN Anthony (1932 M) has
died.
JONES Jeffery (1958 W), in July 2009.
GULLAND John (1933), died in hospital on 20th April 2010. The former
United Reformed Church in Sutton Valence village was generously donated to
the school by Mr John F Gulland in
1982. The conversion took 18 months to
complete and bought together all art facilities under one roof which were previously housed in different parts of the
school. The art centre was officially
opened on Monday 23rd June 1982 by
Mr Gulland and named Gulland Hall.
In the Eulogy, read by Blair Gulland
at John’s funeral, it stated that John remembered his class being admonished
as being the worst fifth form there had
ever been at the school. Paradoxically,
his year was exceptional. One of his
friends, Peter Grafton (1933 W), later
became President of the Royal Institute
of Chartered Surveyors, and was Chairman of the Governors at Sutton Valence
for many years, and whose twin brother
(James), also in the same class, is credited with assembling and writing material for the comedy act called The
Goons. Another friend was Charles
Groves (1932 W), later Sir Charles
Groves, who became one of the country’s leading conductors, and whose
name is given to the music building
Groves Hall. Another was Sydney
Wooderson (1933 W), who later held
the world record for running the mile
and whose name is given to the school’s
sports hall. So one way or another, the
fifth form was unforgettable, but perhaps for reasons other than those given
by the admonishing master.
KELLY Andrew (1981 W) on 25th
May 2009 of a massive heart attack. At
school, he was Captain of Tennis and
Shooting.
KENT Alan (1944 W) on 22nd May
2009. He was a chartered Engineer who
spent his professional life in local authority work, specialising in designing
highways. He worked for Rochester,
Maidstone, Ealing, Bromley and from
1970 until his retirement in 1987 he was
in Bournemouth and East Dorset. He
leaves a son and two daughters and four
grandchildren. He enjoyed sailing, skiing and golf.
LEAK Dennis (1946 W) on 3rd April
2009. Dennis was a generous donor to
the school’s development appeal and annual fund. Brother of William Leak
(1936 W), deceased.
MORGAN, John (1949 W) on 4th
April 2010. John regularly contacted the
development office for a chat and he will
be sadly missed.
NOEL, Roy (1948 DB) on 20th March
2010. Sadly passed away aged 73, and in
recent years had talked a lot, and fondly,
about his time at SVS. Last year when
in the UK, his son called in and purchased school ties and a crystal tankard
for him. Roy was cremated wearing his
school tie.
NINO Remo (1928) on 28th February
2010. Remo was in his 100th year, which
probably made him in 2010 one of the
oldest living Old Suttonian. Remo’s son
recalls that he always reminisced the
days at school as a boarder, which no
doubt moulded his character and love
for sports. Remo played active rugby at
a competitive level in Argentina, in several positions such as wing, wing forward
and full back. Known for his strong
tackling, he was preselected for the annual match Foreigners vs Argentines in
the early 1930’s.
He later played tennis and practised
rowing which kept him fit, after giving
up rugby due to meniscus injury.
His son recalls that he has been entertained over the years with his father’s
stories about certain masters, his cold
showers in the early morning, his “escapes” with his friends to nearby ponds
for a swim, the bombing of a rabbit
hutch using home made powder by one
his school friends, the damages to the
main school during the German bombing in the South of England. Remo was
a traditionalist and very cultured person,
respected and liked by all in his community. A tribute to SVS.
ROTHWELL Richard (ex-staff 19892000), on 17th July 2009.
STUBBLEFIELD Peter (1952 M) in
November 2009. Brother of Rodney
Stubblefield (1955 M). Peter trained at
Guy’s Hospital as a Dentist and had a
successful career.
TAYLOR Edward (1970 F) in April
2009.
WOOLDRIDGE Frederick (1987 M)
on 12th January 2010. A citizen of both
the United Kingdom and Australia,
Fred was a Senior Political Affairs and
Planning Officer with the UN Stabiliza-
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tion Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
since 2007. He was 41 years old when he
was tragically killed in the earthquake in
Haiti.
Fred had been a member of the UN
family since 1997. He was among the
first to join the United Nations Mission
in Liberia (UNMIL) where he served as
Special Assistant to the Special Representative for the Secretary-General. In
2004 he was appointed as Special Assistant to Executive Secretary of the UN
Compensation Commission, based in
Geneva. One of his colleagues said,
“Fred loved his work with the United
Nations and was committed to helping
developing countries build better futures for their people.”
Born in Tasmania, Fred returned to
England with his family in 1970 and
spent most of his early life in Kent. He
studied International Relations at the
University of London School of Oriental
and African Studies, gaining a distinction in his Masters programme.
A colleague from UNMIL said, “Fred
leaves behind our colleague, Teamar
Melle, his beloved wife, whom he met
and fell in love with whilst serving in
Liberia.” Fred married Teamar in a seaside ceremony in Positano, Italy in May
2009. Teamar also works for the UN and
is still stationed in Liberia.
A colleague described him as “a true
gentleman, with a warm and sensitive
nature, dedicated to his friends and family.” Another colleague from Liberia
said of the conversations he had with
Fred: “I took pleasure in these conversations and anticipative humour. Was it
because of your oh-so-British accent or
was it just you with your friendly classy
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style?” A colleague from his office in
Geneva remembered Fred’s good nature thus: "We have worked and also
laughed a lot together. You loved the
mountains and I, the sea, and we often
talked about that.”
Mr David Harland, a Director of the
United Nations Department of PeaceKeeping Operations stated: “He was the
epitome of the very best that Britain
contributes to the UN: broad-minded,
utterly committed to making the world
a better place; super-educated, super-effective; just a great person.”
A spokesman for the British Prime
Minister, Gordon Brown, said the Prime
Minister’s thoughts were with Mr.
Wooldridge's family and friends. “The
Prime Minister is hugely grateful for the
work that Frederick and others were
doing in the UN Stabilization Mission:
helping to build a stronger Haiti, and
giving people hope where they had
none.”
Fred, son of a fruit farmer in Kent,
was a much-loved member of a close
family. He is survived by his wife, Teamar; his parents, Judith and Harry; his
brother, sister, grandmother and extended family. He had many
friends in the UN and beyond,
particularly in Geneva where
he loved skiing and mountaineering.
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Through research, the following Old Suttonians have unfortunately been found to have died.
First Name
Initial
Surname
Date left
Died date
Richard
Sidney
Keith
Gerald
Kenneth
Ronald
Richard
Brian
Peter
John
Michael
Hilary
Christopher
Michael
Roy
Robert
Robert
Nicholas
Terence
Kenneth
Norman
Roy
John
David
Neville
Jack
Thomas
Martin
Robin
John
William
Victor
Patrick
Alan
William
Guy
David
Michael
John
Ronald
L
A
Bongard
Harrison
Henniker
Hex
Hopkins
Izett
Johnson
Lockhart
Loretto Santarelli
Luck
Macey
Marks
Marlow
Martin
McCarthy
Muir
Neilson
Newitt
O'Brien
Oliver
Peen
Petters
Poster
Potter
Raphael
Richards
Ridgewell
Ronan
Self
Simond
Southby
Storey
Thyne
Trimming
Tritton
Tucker
Wilkins
Wilshin
Woolway
Wright
(1933 W)
(1949 M)
(1951 M)
(1958 W)
(1940 W)
(1938 DB)
(1939 M)
(1953 M)
(1937 W)
(1940 M)
(1944 DB)
(1938 By)
(1956 L)
(1941 W)
(1939 W)
(1944 M)
(1939 L)
(1946 L)
(1959 DB)
(1955 W)
(1941 DB)
(1950 DB)
(1940 M)
(1951 M)
(1944 M)
(1997 DB)
(1953 W)
(1947 W)
(1960 L)
(1938 W)
(1939 L)
(1960 W)
(1954 M)
(1937 W)
(1945 W)
(1937 M)
(1946 M)
(1949 M)
(1937 DB)
(1940 W)
died 1990
died 1993
died 1995
died 1998
died 1996
died 2003
died 1996
died 1993
died 2004
died 1999
died 2003
died 2000
died 1988
died 1995
died 2002
died 2000
died 2001
died 2003
died 2000
died 1990
died 1993
died 2002
died 1990
died 2001
died 1997
died 1997
died 1995
died 1998
died 2000
died 1995
died 2001
died 1994
died 1990
died 1999
died 1984
died 1998
died 1985
died 1990
died 1994
died 1999
P
ET
S
DH
H
M
F
FA
A
D
I
RC
CW
P
KH
W
BM
BM
A
CW
B
E
H
A
DP
G
G
G
AG
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Old Suttonian Association AGM
The AGM was held on 24th April 2010.
Present Mrs Nikki Ellis, Chairman, and 13 Officers and
members of the organisation. 81 members submitted their
Apologies for absence. The minutes of the 2009 AGM were
approved and signed by the Chairman as a true and accurate
record. There were no matters arising.
Finance:
The 2009 accounts have been audited and the accounts
from 2005 – 2008 have been approved. The meeting expressed its great thanks to SD Hasson, the Auditor. A subcommittee has been established to examine the status and
finances of the Association. Its brief includes how best to
make use of the not insubstantial investments. Any changes
recommended will be put to either the next AGM or to an
EGM in due course.
Reports:
Membership:
CRG Shaw thanked all there for their support of him as
Hon. Secretary. He reported that in his last few months in office suggestions had been made about how the Association
might move forward, by working closely with the School’s Development Office. These were beginning to bear fruit and that
Mrs Knott and Miss Riggs had done a splendid job in this regard. E J Evans proposed the thanks of everyone associated
with the OSA to Colin for all his hard work over many years.
the dinner this year, but all arrangements were in hand. 70
members would be sitting down to Dinner.
Sport:
EDG Bunker, President, said that the cricket last summer
was successful, except the OS game v the School had to be
cancelled because of a clash with an inter-school competition.
This year the match will take place on June 27th. The Golfing Society had rather less luck than the previous year in the
Grafton-Morrish trophy, and it was hoped that an OS ‘Golf
Day’ might be arranged to which all golfing members might
be invited.
Elections:
EJ Evans was elected the new President, TI Weedon was
elected to be the new Treasurer and D Pickard was elected to
be Secretary to the Association. RER Humphrey was reelected as Dinner Secretary. PJ Higgins was re-elected to the
Committee and CS Mills (nee Day) was elected to join the
Committee. There remains one vacancy on the Committee
since RJ Young stepped down because of business commitments.
Any Other Business:
The Committee had great pleasure in agreeing to the elections of Mrs Ros Dines (former Matron), Mrs Ros Harrison
(former Estates Bursar) and Mr Paul Atkinson (Head Gardner) as Honorary Old Suttonians.
Social Events:
RER Humphrey, Dinner Secretary, was unable to attend
Golf News
The OS golfers continued their success in qualifying once
again for the Grafton Morrish. The Event is held over both
Hunstanton and Royal West Norfolk (Brancaster) over a
maximum of 4 days including a practice round, with three
teams of two playing foursomes over these two great lynx
courses. The first round saw a promising 2-1 win over Eton,
however a strong side from The Leys won the second round
match 2-1. The plate saw the team manage a respectable
15/24. It was once again great for the school to qualify for
the event, win in first round and we hope to progress further
this coming September 2010.
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Hockey 2010
The matches were held on Saturday 21st March.
The Old Suttonians successfully beat the School
in every match. Final scores were:
1st Men
1st Ladies
2nd Mens
3rd Mens
6-2
7-2
3-0
3-2
A trophy was presented to the winners of the 2nd Mens
team in memory of Alex Hatch who sadly died last year.
We are very grateful to Mr and Mrs Hatch for making this
presentation.
June 2010
Hockey 2010
Hockey 1st Men and school 1st XI
Hockey 3rd OS team 2010
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Hockey 2010
Hockey 1st Girls OS and School 1st XI
Hockey 2nd team with Mr and Mrs Hatch
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June 2010
Netball 2010
It was a damp and breezy Saturday in March (thank goodness for the indoor sports hall) when nine Old Suttonian
netball ladies donned their dusty netball skirts to challenge
the SV Girls 1st Netball Team. Looking professional in allin-one netball dresses and warming up in stealth-like formation, the SV girls certainly looked a force to be reckoned
with.
Their challengers, the OS ladies, including players from
1997 to 2007, arrived in miss-matched kit and warmed up
with a quick catch up on the ‘good old days’! However, having been given strict instructions from Mrs Cornell to put
up a good fight, with our faithful supporters on the sideline,
including the ever vocal Mrs Wilkinson, put up a good fight
we did!
The game began at a lightning pace and for the OS, or
the ‘oldies’ as the umpires referred to us, it was a rocky
start. As a newly formed team it took a while to find our
rhythm whilst the SV girls took the advantage and settled
straight into a winning game.
By the third period however, the OS girls began to find
their feet and took control of the game. Katie Murray (nee
Slaughter) and Alexa Phillips (nee Carmichael) arrived and
added an extra dimension to the OS defence and attack.
The OS girls won periods during the match but despite
some great teamwork and a few inspired moves, failed to
close the gap. Youth and well practised moves of the SV
team won out over experience and determination of the OS,
the final score was 25-34 to SV.
Despite the loss, all agreed it was a thoroughly enjoyable
game. It was also great to visit the school, play netball with
some old friends and play against the current SV 1st netball team.
A big thank you to all the supporters who cheered on
both teams and also to Mrs Cornell, Mrs Wilkinson, Ms
Riggs and Mrs Knott who helped organise the game. We
are looking forward to next year’s re-match already – maybe
we’ll even fit in a training session beforehand! By Rebecca
Hoffman (nee Lacey)
OS team (with red bibs) back row: Katie Murray (nee Slaughter) (1997 H), Gemma Newman (2006), Harriet Bardsley (2006 Cl), Alexa
Phillips (nee Carmichael) (2001 V), Amy Sawtell (2005 S), Middle: Lauren Neve (2006 L), Front: Rebecca Hoffman (nee Lacey) (1998
H), Katie Gornall (2001 V), Hannah Bigham (2007 G)
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Cricket News
2009 saw a rather mixed year by way of results with 2 wins
and 4 losses, from the “week” itself. Unfortunately we didn’t have an opportunity to put the young upstarts from the
School in their place as they had to call off the fixture because they had made their way to a final of a 20/20 competition. It was a pity they couldn’t field a 2nd XI but there we
are.
We beat Marden and Peter Davies’ XI but succumbed in
the rest in some fairly close matches, and in two cases,
against Blair Hart’s All Stars and the Dragons, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Remarkably 40 OS turned out
in those 6 games, which was very much a reflection of the
persuasive abilities of the match managers, and with ages
from 17 to 70. Particular mention should be made of
Matthew Wooderson whose side on the Friday included several players who were returning for the first time to SV since
they had left.
As to the games, we made a slow start against Scorpions
having been put in on a remarkably green wicket by Upper’s
standards and eventually had to declare to give ourselves
chance of victory. In the 50 or so minutes before tea, Scorpions scored a mere 116, scoring boundaries at will, and
making the declaration look extremely silly. Fortunately
Neville Harrison our septuagenarian (look it up) took a
wicket first ball after tea and the balance swung back and although they got the runs in the end it was only with a couple of overs to spare and we recovered some pride.
On the first Sunday, another bus pass holder, Neil
Richards, took 7 Roffensian wickets but couldn’t prevent a
comfortable defeat. If anything he was outdone by their
spinner Edmed who took 8 wickets, and benefited from the
OS continuing to chase an increasing unlikely victory.
Monday saw some mighty batting by Tim Watts and Mark
Russell-Vick, each scoring 100s and enjoying an unbeaten
partnership of 201. Marden were always behind the run rate
and although they only fell 22 short the result was never really in doubt.
Friday saw the first of three close games on the second
weekend, played 10 a side after some late drop outs. The
Watson brothers James & Alex took 7 of the All Stars wickets and 222 looked a perfectly gettable total. At 190-4 with
10 of the last 20 overs still available it was a cruise but a remarkable collapse (remarkable given the batsmen involved)
saw 5 wickets falling for 22 runs to hand the visitors an unlikely victory.
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Saturday felt a very long day (especially for one or two of
the veterans). We were in the field for 57 overs while Davies
XI compiled 259 in the face of a steady OS attack. Our
opening batsmen were the Jackson brothers, with Ashley
stopping by to pick up a few tips in advance of his starring
role for England in their European Hockey Championships
win a fortnight later. Eagle eyed readers of the Sunday
Times on 30 August might have a seen a pictorial feature on
“how to take a penalty corner” by Ashley, in which he says
“I plant my left foot very much like a fast bowler in cricket”.
He could only have got this from playing OS Cricket.
Anyway, he and Wes got us off to a good start which others continued but the pick of the OS batting was Tony
Rutherford with 83 who saw us within sight of home. He had
that first 100 for the OS in sight but fatigue got the better of
him. Great shame. There were a couple of minor scares but
we made it with 2 balls and 2 wickets to spare.
And, finally, the battle with the Dragons is always riveting. They always bring a strong, organised, side and sometimes we look a bit gentlemanly in comparison. This time
we were fielding a youthful and talented team that would, if
we were still competing in the Brewers’ Cup, be very near to
our strongest XI. A marathon 19 over spell by Michael Coles
went virtually unrewarded while James Vincent picked up 6
wickets at the other end, and 243 was a reasonable and
achievable target. However no one told Chris Arnold, the
Dragons skipper and opening bowler, who had Day and
Bradstock back in the pavilion within his first three overs,
and it was uphill after that.
Jack Field scored an outstanding 98, and was well supported by Ben Daking with 47, but once they were separated
we made a mess of it. Into the final 20 overs we were only 4
down and needing 65 runs. Should have been simplicity itself
but all credit to the Dragons for fighting back. We kept losing wickets and falling behind in the run rate but skipper
Bradders was quite clear – we can play for the draw but let’s
go for the win! Our number 11 was a late call up following
a cry off and unfortunately it was his first game of cricket.
Not the best circumstances to be facing a league opening
bowler and even if we had wanted to play for the draw it was
unlikely we would have succeeded in those circumstances.
And now, from a match featuring a set of rising stars with
most of their careers still ahead of them to an individual
whose contribution to OS cricket has been immense. The
match against Roffensians was Neil Richards’ 250th game
for the OS, and marked with a presentation at tea that day.
June 2010
His debut, whilst still at School, against Marden in 1966 was
relatively modest (0-25 and 3 not out in a losing cause). The
batting hasn’t changed much but little portent on the bowling front of what lay ahead. 43 years later he celebrated with
yet another 7 wicket haul taking his tally to 564. Not a bad
average per game. It is always fun to see him playing against
young sides who assume that he is easy pickings then finding
he has taken a hatful of wickets. Long may it continue.
Our thanks are also due to Philip Higgins for umpiring
most of our games, and looking more and more like Rudi
Koertzen, the Test umpire, under his hat, although if the
2009 Ashes series was anything to go by Philip is a bit more
consistent.
David Bunker kindly helped with the scoring on the second weekend, which was much appreciated as arrangement
had been rather haphazard up to then.
And of course to Kathy and Lorna High who continue to
slave long and hard in the kitchen to satisfy enormous appetites, and to the grounds team at SVS for looking after us
so well. We are very fortunate to have the use of the ground
for nothing and yet a small number often take it a bit for
granted. This extends to some thoughtless behaviour like
smoking in the dressing rooms (some old habits clearly die
hard) but with stringent non smoking regulations now in
place our hosts have expressed their concerns to me.
We now have a new host in Bruce Grindlay who follows a
long line of supportive headmasters, and he has already said
he is keen to maintain and foster the excellent relationship
between OS cricket and the School. I hope we can get him
to turn out for us next season.
Desmond High
October 2009
2009 results in summary
OS 217-8 dec
Scorpions 219-7
Lost by 3 wickets
Old Roffesians 279-9dec
(N Richards 7-71)
OS 204 (G Palmer 61)
Lost by 75 runs
OS 261-3 innings closed (T
Watts 121no, M Russell-Vick
100no)
Marden 239-9 innings closed
Won by 22 runs
Blair Hart All Stars XI 223
OS 212 (W Jackson 78)
Lost by 13 runs
P Davies’ XI 259
OS 260-8 (A Rutherford 83)
Won by 2 wickets
Dragons 243-8dec (J Vincent
6-49)
OS 231 (J Field 98)
Lost by 12 runs
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News from the School
Opening of the
Athletics Track
The Athletics Track was formerly opened by Sir
Roger Bannister on 22nd September 2009.
Dates for your diary
Friday 18th June 2010 – Lashings World XI v SVS XI
Saturday 26th June 2010 – Careers Fair
Saturday 25th September 2010 – Yuppies Reunion (Leavers 1980-2005)
Date to be confirmed – West Country Reunion
Friday 22nd October 2010 – Hong Kong Reunion
Thursday 7th October 2010 – Golf Day, Prince’s Golf Club
Saturday 25th June 2011 – Reunion (Leavers 1950’s)
William Lambe
Society
The William Lambe Society has been formed to acknowledge the generosity of legators. Members were
invited to the annual dinner in the Headmaster’s
house in May. Please contact the Development Office if you would like further details.
OSA Contacts
President
E J Evans (1953 W)
01622 845271
Honorary Secretary
David Pickard (Master 1977-2001)
[email protected]
OSA Liaison
A painting of Joe Davies, former Headmaster (2001-2009) was
commissioned and will be hung in the corridor of the main block.
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Rebecca Riggs
[email protected]
01622 845271

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