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JOURNAL OF THE OLD STERNIANS ASSOCIATION

LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE

1981

LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE • LONG SUTTON

HAMPSHIRE Old Sternians Association OFFICERS FOR 1981/82 President: Sir Humphrey Prideaux QBE (1981-1984) Life Vice President: O. F. Brown, Esq. (1977) Vice Presidents: C. A. N. Henderson, Esq. (1980) D. F. Bullock, Esq. (1981) P. Davies, Esq. (1981) Lt. Cdr. K. Williams (1979) C. E. Hallows, Esq. (1979) Rev. R.J.Craig (1980) Chairman: D. W. (Dave) Ragboume, 124 Eastern Avenue, Monkton Park, Chippenham, Wilts. (Chippenham (0249)4628) Vice Chairman: R. J. (Richard) Clarson, 5 Knightcott Road, Abbotsleigh, Bristol, BS8 3SB. (027 5812217) General Secretary: L. W. (Laurie) Kinney, 13 St. John's Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8NU. (Farnham (0252) 721513 - Office 283 1191) / - (a& Treasurer: R. F. W. (Bob) Hunt, 92 Moody Road, Stubbington, Fareham, Hants. (Stubbington (032 95) 2125) Reunion Secretary: H. J. (Harold) Needs, 88 Farm View, Cheddon Road, Taunton, Somerset. (Taunton (0823) 85353) Overseas Secretary: Clive Butler, Red Gables, 142 Barnham Road, Barnham, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 OEH. (Yapton (0243) 552050) Registrars: Robin Little, Hill Farm, Sutton Scotney, Hants. (Sutton Scotney (096276) 291) G. E. (Graham) Barnes, 13 Hill End Lane, St. Albans, Herts. (St. Albans (0727) 33205) Editor and Archivist: J. G. (James) Marshall, 76 Conduit Road, Stamford, Lines, PE9 1QL. (Stamford (0780) 54993) Auditor: A. R. T. (Tony) Perry, 35A West Hill, Epsom, Surrey.

Regional Representatives Eastern: A. W. (Tony) Peachey, 5 Papyrus Way, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire. (0487 830915) Note: Tony Peachey should be changing his address to: 154 St. John's Road, Colchester, Essex. (Colchester (0206) 44013) ^ ^fvMl--u-^ London: J. M. (Malcolm) Ruddock, 00 Lujihuai OiuJuif, Hiimiiifiluu, W9? (01-370 5105) tt*W4 Midland: C. H. (Chris) Tom, Old Hall Cottage, Bardon Hill, Leicestershire. (Markfield (05305) 2597) Northern: Peter Danson, 10 Heathfield Nook Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SKI 7 9RX. (Buxton (0298) 4962) Southern: W. R. (Bob) Oliver, 3 Whitenap Close, Whitenap Lane, Romsey, Hants. (Romsey (0794) 513582) Western: E. W, (Ted) Broomfield, Kerrimuir, 119 Lake Road, Verwood, Dorset, BH21 6BY. (Verwood (0202) 825581) Long Sutton: K. (Ken) Norsworthy, 21 Forest End Road, Sandhurst, Surrey. (Crowthorne (034 46) 6535) Co-opted Member of the OSA Committee Mrs. Robbie Sharp Walnut Tree Cottage, Packham Hill, Rotherfield, Sussex. (Rotherfield (098 285) 2609) CHARITY FUND F. H. C. (Hugh) Podger Northleigh, King's Worthy, Winchester, SO23 7QN. (Winchester (0962) 880588) W. N. (Norman) Valentine Lane Farm, Hessett, Nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Lt. Cdr. K. (Kenneth) Lord Wandsworth College, Long Sutton, Basingstoke, Williams Hants, RG25 1TB. A. J. (John) Gates 81 Burnham Lane, Slough, Berkshire. (Burnham (06286) 5239) (nominated to attend OSA Committee meeting) Charity Fund Treasurer W. E. (Bill) Bucknell Oaklea, The Avenue, Chapel Row, Bucklebury, Berkshire. (Woolhampton (073 521) 3260) HONORARY MEMBERS R. S. Bacon, Esq. J. Y. Orr, Esq. W. L. Fryer, Esq. O. Tweedle-Stoddart, Esq. F. D. Goodliffe, Esq. John Merriman, Esq. A. T. Marval, Esq. Michael Woodhouse, Esq. Note: the Regalia Officer is Ted Broomfield (address as for Western Region) List of Prizes PRESENTED BY MR. DAVID RAGBOURNE CHAIRMAN OF THE OLD STERNIANS FOUNDER'S DAY llth JULY 1981 Richard Seaton Memorial Prize for Dramaticitics J. H. Durrant James Spoken Word Prizes Senior: A. M. J. Eborn Junior: C. M. Bennie Old Sternian Prizes: Art N. A. Chapman Metalwork J. S. Haskins Warner Prize for the most significant G. J. Bruce contribution to the well-being of A. R. Goater Junior House G. T. Mellon Commended D. R. F. Anthony IMPORTANT NOTICE If you have changed your address and/or telephone number in the past year and have not notified your regional secretary or the Registrar, please fill in the form below and post it to your regional secretary immediately. NAME (BLOCK CAPITALS) SCHOOL NUMBER OLD ADDRESS . . .

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Date of moving. Lord Wandsworth College TERMLY DATES TERM BEGINS HALF-TERM HALF-TERM TERM ENDS BEGINS ENDS CHRISTMAS TERM 1981 6.00 p.m. 1.10 p.m. 8.45 p.m. Wednesday 9th Monday Saturday Sunday December after Carol 7th September 24th October 1st November Service by car, or Thursday 10th Dec. by train.

EASTER TERM 1982 6.00 p.m. 1.30 p.m. 8.45 p.m. Friday 26th March p.m. Thursday Friday Tuesday by car or Saturday 27th 7th January 19th February 23rd February March by train.

SUMMER TERM 1982 6.00 p.m. 1.30p.m. 8.45 p.m. Friday 16th July after Monday Thursday Thursday Founder's Day by car 26th April 2 7th May 3rd June or Saturday 17th July by train.

CHRISTMAS TERM 1982 6.00 p.m. 1.10p.m. 8.45 p.m. Friday 17th December Monday Saturday Sunday after Carol Service by 13th September 23rd October 31st October car or Saturday 18th December by train.

Editorial It hardly seems a year since I last sat at this desk and wrote the editorial for The Sternian. In point of fact, it has been over a year and in that time I have been in the United States for just over twelve months. I had a marvellous time there and elsewhere in the magazine appears an article of some of my impressions. I find it very hard indeed to summarise my feelings on my year teaching in the States. In many ways the two countries (Britain and America) are similar but in other ways they are completely different. All I need to say at this point is that it is an experience that I can recommend to anyone. As some of you already know, the highlight of my stay in the States was the meeting of my wife. Pamela and I met in a tiny hamlet just before Christmas and on 6th June of this year were we married in Florida. We had a long honeymoon driving to California and back and had all kinds of adventures. When we returned to England in mid-August we had a second service for our English friends and relatives. The service was at Winchfield near Odiham and I am sure that many Old Boys know that beautiful church. Its twelth century architecture made an interesting contrast with the 19th century Episcopalian Church that we were married in in Florida. The new year is well under way at Stamford and I seem to be busier than ever. I trust that the magazine will reach you before Christmas 1981 and that you enjoy the contents. It is a little unfortunate that the size of the magazine has to be restricted on the grounds of cost but I hope that the quality will remain at its high level. I must draw your attention to the marvellous work done last year in my absence by Maurice Smith. Maurice very kindly saw the bulk of the magazine through last year and began production of this issue. Putting a magazine together requires great patience and a lot of hard work, both of which Maurice has in abundance (and I have a deficit of them). Thank you, Maurice. As I have been away, I am not at all up to date with what is happening at the College or in the Association. I visited the College with my wife in late August and we were pleased to see everything looking so well. We met the Headmaster and his report in the magazine stresses once again the great advances made in the last academic year. The Association seems to be in fine form and the news that reaches me in the form of early articles is most encouraging. It is particularly pleasing to hear of the good progress made in the Charity Fund and I hope that this will continue for many years. In this way we can do something about the education of those less fortunate than ourselves and help those that come to the College for help in the future. That should be a comforting, although challenging thought. Enjoy the magazine. I hope to see many of you before too long and certainly at Long Sutton in the summer of 1982. It is not so far away, you know. For the moment, however, let me wish you a Happy Christmas and a very prosperous New Year. James G. Marshall

A Few Thoughts from the New Chairman Having been elected at the AGM in July, I feel I must take the opportunity to say a few words. I do consider that it is a privilege to become chairman of the association and therefore I must ensure I offer the time and effort which the office demands. Reflecting on the previous chairmen I certainly have a lot to live up to. Before embarking on my thoughts for the future I must offer, on your behalf, sincere thanks to Charles Lawrence for the very considerable time and effort he afforded during his term of office. Needless to say it is very much a team effort running an association such as ours and we do have an excellent team, all prepared to give time and experience to making the association stronger. I am convinced that it has never been as strong as it is at the present. That doesn't mean that we can be complacent — just how much stronger could it be? We are very fortunate that our relationship with the school is excellent. What we, that means, each member of the association should try to do to strengthen the association is, maybe, to bring a new face along to a reunion, perhaps attend the Long Sutton reunion for the first time, offer your services on the committee or organise a mini reunion in conjunction with the regional secretary — there are many ways. There appear to be two areas where our attention is likely to be directed. First, we must continue our initial efforts to establish the Long Sutton Region. Ken Norsworthy needs all the support he can get, I ask any of you within close proximity of Long Sutton to support Ken in his efforts. Secondly, we need to review our administrative arrangements, paying subs etc. Any ways of reducing time, effort and expense mean that we can devote more time to the real objectives of the association. I do hope that Maureen and I will be able to attend as many reunions as possible. In that way we shall meet new friends and find out your views and opinions. Finally, should any of you wish to bring to my attention any matters relating to our association I will be most pleased to hear from you. Trusting that the Committee will have your full support during the coming year. David Ragbourne

Headmaster's Report—Founder's Day 1981 Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives us the very greatest of pleasure, as always, to welcome you to Founder's Day. It is the day when we come to this Hall specifically to acknowledge the prizewinners and for them to receive their prizes. All importantly however we don't call this Prize Day or Speech Day but Founder's Day because it is our annual way of remembering Baron Wandsworth, our Founder. It is a very changed world that we live in from the world that he saw and certainly he could not envisage the way that his bounty has been used in terms of the buildings and the beautiful country in which we are fortunate enough to live. I have no doubt however, that he would be extremely pleased to see such a gathering here today and it would have been his delight to walk round with us and look at the exhibitions and watch the athletics during the course of the afternoon. I also believe that he would certainly, in talking to a cross-section of boys here, be very happy with the way that the School based upon the strong platform of the Foundation has developed during the last fifty-nine years. May we all here today remember with deep gratitude the generosity of this man for without his munificence this unique School would never have existed nor would any of us have been given the greatest privilege of helping to develop and expand it as the years flash by. It has been said that there are only two lasting bequests that we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots. The other is wings. The roots, the boys here undoubtedly have in their homes and I hope very much the parents believe and sense that we here are helping as well by the roots that the boys have in the College to give them a sense of stability, confidence and a desire to develop in the best possible manner. If all these are achieved then they will grow their wings in the most natural and reassuring way. All of us who are parents learn, I hope sooner rather than later, that the one thing we must never do is to stop our chil- dren from flying from the nest because that is what we are preparing them to do both at home and at School. 8 It has also been said that children are a great comfort in your old age and they help you reach it faster too. It we remember that your children are effectively with us at School for a longer period of time during the year than they are at home you will then understand when you look at us here on the platform, and of course I except my Governors, why we are all looking so aged. Ask any boy at School how old a master is and he will tell you that the master is at least middle- aged. In most cases he will probably say that he is 'old'. The great advantage, of course, of being a schoolmaster is that if you start off by being 'old' you cannot get much older. Perhaps we are rather like Rip Van Winkle in that we wake up when the age of retirement comes and discover that we are blessed by being just as we were when we started. Then again parents when their children go to school do, I think, find that as the year is broken into three terms, time goes by so enormously quickly that the small child so soon becomes the adolescent and then leaves home and school a full grown citizen. Well here we are on Founder's Day and it seems at times as if the academic year has only just started and certainly as I come to make my annual report it is difficult to realise that we are at the end of the Summer Term. Perhaps the greatest experience for a schoolmaster is that he can look at those who have grown up before his very eyes so very fast and feel that wrench, and it is a wrench, when young men who have been young boys leave to go into the world. To us as staff at least absence does make the heart grow fonder and it is hard to credit that those boys leaving at the end of this term we shall not see again as schoolboys. The fascination however, is that as we return next September there will be others stepping into their place who again will leave next year and so the merry-go-round goes on and we can but feel glad that we are on it and that we recharge batteries with each new generation that comes to the top of the School. This, I think, is the reason why schoolmasters are schoolmasters and it is perhaps the reason why we do manage to live in a perennial middle-age albeit with senility always just around the corner. The end of the academic year has come and the holiday is about to start and with quite a number of boys we, as staff, will be waiting anxiously for the results of the current G.C.E. examinations which can either make or mar the month of August. I would be foolhardy to try to forecast these results. I can only say that there has been an enormous amount of hard work and a great deal of commonsense and therefore the vast majority of boys, if only by their determination, deserve really worthwhile results to send them on their way to the next stage of their careers. Certainly over these last three or four years I have not only sensed but seen, because results have confirmed it, a significant increase in the awareness by boys that the old adage 'hard work brings results' really is the case. They also know in this very hard competitive world of economic recession and jobs hard to get that unless results are achieved at a satisfactory standard then they are not likely to be able to enter that world with any very really great hope of achieving a worthwhile career. In this context it gives me both relief and pleasure and pride to report that our results in 1980 were some of the best that we have ever had. The average number of 'O' Level passes per head for the whole of our Fifth Year was just over five at Grade C or above. And of the boys who entered the Lower Sixth the average number of passes per head was well over seven. In English Language 80% of the boys gained Grade C or above, a better percentage than in 1979 and in Mathematics 83% of all boys also managed to gain Grade C at the least. Looking at all the subjects taken to 'O' Level in 1980 I am glad to report that the pass mark at Grade C or above was just over 75%. At 'A' Level the percentage of boys studying three or more 'A' Levels was 86% and we had a satisfying pass rate in the fourteen subjects in which we presented candidates. More important the quality of pass at 'A' Level showed a significant increase in Grade C or above over the last two years. In Modern Languages in particular the grades both at A and O Level were the best that we have ever had in the School. Not only do I praise the response that the boys have given to the pressure that we have put upon them but I also congratulate my colleagues on their immense hard work and dedication in doing everything that we can to ensure that each boy is prepared as well as possible to face the examiners. It is not surprising therefore that a majority, and a clear majority, of all the boys who left from the Upper Sixth last July went on to read for degrees. There is a danger that one can shut oneself off in one's own ivory tower, presume that all is well in one's little world and, provided that results seem to be at least acceptable, to presume with smug complacency that teaching methods, text books and other aids to learning are all as up to date as one would want them to be. If only to avoid any possiblity of such complacency I felt at the beginning of this academic year that it was time that we were looked at by Her Majesty's Inspectors. With the agreement of the Governors I approached a Senior Staff Inspector and asked if he could arrange for some of his more senior colleagues to come and look at our departments. Starting in January and continuing right up to the present time we have been fortunate indeed to have had what is known as a scatter inspection. A normal school inspection means that a large body of inspectors suddenly falls upon a school for a full week and makes an intense survey of every aspect of it. This scatter inspection has meant that individual specialists have come down singly to look at particular departments to advise, to criticise, to analyse and to formulate, eventually in a report, their reactions to what they have seen and heard. These reports are being collected and during the course of this next year we will be looking at them together and discussing them, making changes, reassessing emphases and in so doing further sophisticating and bettering thereby our organisation and methods of teaching. If the School is running along proper lines, the School Inspectors ought, by and large, to confirm that all is well. From the individual inspections we have had, and we are now almost finished, this has been the case and the reassurance we have had is both pleasing and also comforting in that we know that in general terms at least we are doing the right thing in the right kind of way. The concensus of opinion is that we are not hide bound in an ivory tower but are sensitive to modern trends and changes in teaching methods and syllabuses and are therefore as we look ahead fully prepared for the changes which undoubtedly are going to take place in the examination system in this country over the next few years. Every school, Maintained or Independent, has to ensure at this difficult time that all monies are spent very wisely indeed. We have been involved in real financial outlay over the last ten years in the changes that we have made and I am only glad and relieved that these changes have been approved of by the Inspectorate and so confirm to us that what we have done has been done wisely. No-one here is unaware of the immense burden that there is upon parents to send boys to our Schools and the immense responsibility placed upon Governors and members of Staff to ensure that the greatest possible economy is ensured in what we do. Wastage of pennies, far less pounds, is inexcusable at any time and certainly in 1981. It is my responsibility to the Governors 10 act as watchdog for economy and at times to make absolutely certain that the brain children of my colleagues become realities more slowly than perhaps we would like. There is the story of one Headmaster of a large Public School who faced his staff in a Staff Meeting and looking at them sternly said, "I am paid to be unpleasant." There was heard from the back of the Common Room a voice which said, "And you earn every 10 penny of it!" I may be slightly hard of hearing but I believe my staff here are in sympathy with the need for economy, so I have still to hear such stage-whi response from anybody so far. We have blueprints for further development which we know are necessary in which we know we will have to be patient before they come to fruition. However, we have in hand a major development programme which concerns our dining halls, our kitchens, our Staff Common Room and Staff Dining Hall. The building of a new two storey wing we hope will start before the end of this year, target date for completion being September 1982. This building programme will ensure the removal of the now somewhat unsightly Terrapin huts that meet the eye at the top of the main drive behind the dining halls and will give us more room in the dining halls, a greater ease and efficiency to the catering staff and more room for the academic and administrative staff both in terms of Common Room facilities and working space. There is absolutely no point in being frozen into immobility by the loud and discordant utterances of the Labour Party as it spells out its programme of destruction for the Independent Schools. We must have confidence in our own futures and in what we are doing and, without having our heads in the sand like ostriches, continue to plan sensibly and economically for the further expansion of the School beyond 1982 and therefore guarantee that we have the best possible facilities to give the best possible education to the boys as they go through. Our games record this last year has again been a very worthy one. If we have not the numbers or quite often the physical size of the other schools that we play certainly we have an enormous spirit and some very, very sound coaching. In Rugby the top three teams and also U/14s and U/13s in particular had very good seasons and we were absolutely delighted that Mark Jermyn, our Captain of Rugger and fly-half, managed to reach the final of the South of England trials for the U/19 International Team. Hockey and more recently cricket have, of course, been be-devilled by the bad weather. In the hockey our 1st XI won 2 and lost 3 but this record belies the excellent hockey often played by an experienced and skilful team. However, the 1st XI pitch has now been moved to a much truer surface. Much drainage has been carried out by our dedicated and most excellent ground staff and with hockey being coached down at the most Junior levels now we hope that this will certainly pay dividends in the next few seasons. In cricket the 1st XI have done surprisingly well and have only lost one match. Both our U/14 and U/15 teams have been very successful and have reached the Final Round of the exciting limited-over County Cup at both levels. The top three tennis teams have had their best season for many years and are unbeaten in all their matches. Our Shooting Team came second in last year's Earl Roberts competition and we continue to give a very good account of ourselves in postal matches. Athletics in the summer term which on a school level has been in the doldrums for the last few years has now had a new lease of life under Mr. Stephens' organisation. At the Public Schools relays at Oxford we were finalists in two events and in the course of the season four new School records have been broken. We have just had our first full year of competition in Swimming making the best possible use of our pool. We cannot claim great success in the matches against other schools which have a tradition of competitive swimming that we simply cannot match as yet, but many best times were produced by individual boys in many events and the evidence of the rise in standard here is that 11 records were broken or equalled in this year's House Swimming Sports and we are now only left with one record to break that is pre-1979. A very sound basis has been created for the future by Mr. Taylor and we will look with very great interest at the development of swimming in these next seasons. We have also been successful at competitive squash and badminton but I would like to emphasise that all the games that I have mentioned are being played by boys 11 who have the opportunity throughout the week to participate in each one of these sports and one can add in the golf which the enthusiasts go and play on the Alton course each week and not forget either our Sailing Club which has grown steadily in size year by year with members bringing their own boats back to Frensham and some boys have now reached a very high standard. Three of our largest activities, namely the Young Farmers' Club, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and the Cadet Force have all thrived successfully during the year. The Young Farmers' Club, prosperous as ever financially, has not only been on visits to shows such as Smithfield but has also competed in Public Speaking Competitions coming Third in the North Hampshire area and in quizzes, winning the Hampshire Junior Quiz with William Griffiths winning the individual quiz trophy. Perhaps the highlight of the year was the Young Farmers' Club County Show at Petersfield, when the County 'Farm Knowledge' trophy was won by two of our boys, William Griffiths and Alan Hutton. We also took first places in several other events. In all a very profitable year. In the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme we have a record number of boys now involved at bronze and gold levels and four boys have been to the Palace for the tea-party and for their gold awards. The Cadet Force had a most satisfactory Annual Inspection, despite the rain, and has conducted two very successful Cadre Leadership courses therefore giving us an excellent pool of boy instructors for the training team next year. There has been adventurous training in Snowdonia, R.A.F. Camps at St. Athens and at R.A.F. Gutersloh, Germany and by the end of this month boys will be camping at Shorncliffe and at R.A.F. Abingdon. We have also travelled beyond the gates on other kinds of expeditions this year. At the end of last Summer Term three staff and ten boys were in the Pare Nationale de la Vanoise in France seeing magnificent scenery which produced a sharp contrast to the hideous spectacle of the First World War Battlefield of Verdun on the return trip. Seventy-five boys were skiing in Switzerland in December and ninety-one boys will be going to the Italian Dolomite Mountains next December. By the middle of this month our Lower VI 'A' Level candidates will, as usual, be at the University of Valencia on a residential course and a further fifteen boys from the IVth Year and two members of staff will be camping in Northern Spain for a fortnight. The biggest expedition abroad, apart from our annual U/13 team's visit to the British School in Brussels was the invasion of Boulogne by the whole of our Junior House, eight masters and a Matron at the beginning of this term. They all returned. It is also a pleasure to report that at the Annual Latin Reading Competition at Guildford we had our most successful entry ever against fifteen other schools. We won the Junior Latin, the Intermediate Latin and the Senior Latin dialogue. No mean performance. The Poetry Festival that we hold for Schools here each Summer Term is now in its Third Year and under Mr. Stuart-Smith's skilled guidance has gone from strength to strength. It was a wonderful evening here in May when thirty-seven finalists from fifteen schools came to read their poems and to be adjudicated by the poet of Devon, Patricia Beer. Schools ranging from Winchester College to the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and the Alton Comprehensive Schools, Eggars and Amery Hill were all there and we look forward very much to the publication later this year of the book containing a selection of poems from 12 1979 to 1981 with a Foreword by Patricia Beer and Leonard Clarke, the two poets who came to judge the competitions. We were very pleased when our Public Speaking Team of Andrew Eborn, Stephen Cotterill and Andrew Waters gained First Prize in the regional and the Hampshire 'Youth Speaks' Competition and came Third in the South of England Final in March, a final that included teams from the Southern Counties and as far away as the Channel Islands. Music continues to develop most healthily as an important part of our life here. We have our Choir and our Choral Society and we have our Band, Senior and Junior Orchestras and a Brass Ensemble. The Choral Society in conjunction with St. Nicholas School, Fleet performed Haydn's 'Creation' in March and we look forward next year to tackling 'Elijah'. The Choir, now well known beyond the School has sung Evensong at Winchester, Salisbury and Norwich Cathedrals, (at the last as part of our Choir Tour of East Anglia over the Summer Half-Term.) Last but not least our Pop-Group, 'Farady Dark Space' reached the regional final of the Trustees Savings Bank Pop Competition in Reading and gave a sell- out performance here in the Gavin Hall last Sunday night. It may not be quite my kind of music but that is no reason not to respect a group that clearly may well go on its way to greater things. In drama our Annual Junior House Musical 'Helen Come Home' was as dazzling and electric as always and our House Plays and Modern Language Evening, well established, were equally successful. We have not had a major School production this term because we decided to make certain changes to the Calendar and I am glad to make a preliminary announcement that the School will be reviving that marvellous musical 'Salad Days' next December and we will look forward to it with great anticipation. We say goodbye today to three members of the School. First, Mr. John Webb who came here in 1964 in order to run our Physical Education and who in latter years has played an important role in developing our Resources Centre, helping out valuably in the laboratories and being a vital and integral part of our Cadet Force. We are very grateful to him for all his loyal service to the School in a diversity of roles and we wish him and his wife much happiness in their new future. Mr. Martin Watson also leaves us after two years as Teacher, Junior House Tutor and Games Coach. He has been a tower of strength and cricketers and rugger players in particular will miss his virile skilled encouragement. Mr. Watson gets married next month and we wish him and his wife to be much happiness. Thirdly we say goodbye to Miss Polly Porter, House Matron of School House. Miss Porter, for more years than she may care to remember has devoted her life to being a House Matron and we have been very fortunate to have her for the last nine years first as the Junior House Matron and then in School House. She has miraculously kept the untidiest of boys clean and reasonably neat, she has acted as Mother Confessor, she has cajoled, she has shown a warm heart and she has been a cheerful and affectionate friend to all of us. We shall sorely miss her and hope that she will realise at Petersfield where she will be living that she is only a very short distance from us and that she will come back to see us frequently. So, Mr. Chairman, I come to the end of my annual report in which I hope I have given some indication of the myriad of activities that have been going on during the course of this year. It would be silly to pretend that we have not had our downs as well as our ups during the year but we are dealing with young 13 people who are growing fast, trying to work out confusions that exist in their minds and who with all the impatience of youth want to be more than they are so quickly as possible. This we must never forget because if youth is not impatient and critical and sometimes intolerant of those who are trying to help then youth has lost its health. The questioning of accepted social views, the tugging at the leash have been so throughout the centuries and are not just the result of exposure in modern times to materialism and the mass media. In the seventeenth century the Earl of Rochester was saying that 'before I got married I had six theories about bring up children. Now I have six children and no theories.' At the end of the nineteenth century Mark Twain said, 'When I was a boy of fourteen my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.' These two vexed statements by rueful fathers perhaps explain in part why we actually enjoy being parents and schoolmasters. After all at the end of the day education can be boiled down to two fundamentals. First, at home we must remember that children need love especially when they do not deserve it. Secondly, it is our prime responsibility at School to provide a community in which children can have a whole group of adults whom they can trust.

Charity Fund It is very heartening to be able to report another year of considerable progress for the Charity Fund. Investment Income topped £1,000 and was indeed more than £300 above the income for the previous year. Income from covenants, including tax recovery, was-over £600, also more than £200 better than a year earlier. Fund raising activities produced no less than £650, more than twice the £300 raised in the year 5th April 1980. I shall leave John Gates to describe this aspect of our affairs; I shall merely say that I never cease to be amazed at his energy, inventiveness and success. We really do owe John our warmest gratitude for what he does for the Charity Fund. We ended our financial year with not far short of £10,000 in the Fund, a gain of over £2,000 in the year. This is a quite impressive achievement, which I hope will encourage us to press ahead, and not to relax our effort. But what it may be asked are we doing to fulfill the aims of the Charity Fund? Let me remind you first what those aims are, Clause 2 of the Trust Deed for the Fund states; 'the monies shall be applied in establishing and maintaining scholarships and/ or grants in aid to be awarded and made to or for the benefit of sons of distressed and deceased Old Sternians (in this context only any person who has attended as a pupil at the school of the Lord Wandsworth College Charity aforesaid and not limited to members of the Association) or for the benefit of such other pupil for whose support financial or material assistance is needed.' The range of ways in which assistance may be given is wide. Any boy may be helped, provided that there is a genuine need. We may help boys at the school, or in the period after they leave, for continuation of their education. To date, the Fund has helped with school fees, for the son of an Old Boy, with a Music 14 Exhibition, with payment of music examination fees and the fees for a Choirister's Course, and with grants for language course in Spain. The most recent grants were for two foundationers on a Spanish trip this Summer. I had letters from the mother of each boy and should like to quote from them. In one the mother said 'I am writing to thank the Old Stemians Charity Fund for the grant towards my son's trip to Spain this year. He is really excited about going, as languages are his forte. He managed to attain 1st and 2nd places in the last two exams but falls down a little on his oral work during term time. So this working holiday, will boost his confidence to speak more. My heartfelt thanks for your help, it is greatly appreciated'. The other mother wrote 'I should like to express my gratitude for the grant which will enable my son to take part in the school trip to Spain. I am particularly grateful for your generosity, as otherwise he would not have been able to go. I should like to thank all who have contributed towards this grant'. We have now reached the point where we can look to increase the extent of the assistance provided by the Fund. To that end, John Gates and I have talked with the Headmaster and have asked him to draw the attention of the housemasters and others to the existence of the Fund. We have declared that it is the intention of the trustees of the charity fund to endeavour to spend at least the fund's investment income each year. In the past two years less than half of the fund's investment income has been spent in grants — about £900 out of over £2,000 income. This will change. I see the fund is becoming recognised as a significant factor in helping boys who come to Long Sutton to share fully in all aspects of the education that Lord Wandsworth College offers. So I end by first thanking all those who contributions have built up the fund to the position it has now reached. A fine start has been made. Second, I appeal to all who have not yet contributed fully towards this most worthy cause to act now, preferably through covenants, because they enable us to be more generous than we can otherwise afford to be. Let us really make this the Year of the Covenant. Hugh Podger

15 Charity Fund Promotions It is always difficult to say 'thank you' at the A.G.M. but if ever there was an opportunity, July '81 provided the platform to say 'thank you' for supporting the fund-raising activities of the Charity Fund during the past year. The year has shown yet again the continued generosity that exists towards the Fund within this Association. The maps are in demand and with just forty maps remaining in stock we will soon be left with the problem of deciding whether we attempt a reprint or think of something new. Well over £100 has been raised by selling the sets of coasters and here again the stock is now running down with only 20 boxes remaining. Pencils have been such a success that a new order must be made between now and the next summer reunion. The Welly Throwing Competition is gaining in every way — the hundred feet barrier has been broken and a useful sum of money is always passed onto the Charity Fund each year. The monies from donations, raffles and matches continue to show the generosity and thoughtfulness that abounds within the Association. The sponsored walk surprised everybody — not least the few noble walkers who collected over £200 for their efforts and a pleasant walk around the Estate as well. I am glad that a few decided to walk the course in an 'anti- clockwise direction' which gave the excuse for a chat and check up on the state of the route. I wonder if we dare embark on another such venture in a few years' time. All in all, the summer reunion of 1980 alone produced over £450 from fund raising activities and the accounts now show that the Charity Fund has accumulated some £10,000. New ideas to attract funds will continue to be pursued and at the reunion this year the coffee mug in white depicting the Sower motiff in a plum colour was successfully launched leaving just 50 in stock. So may this trend continue and to all of you who have supported the Charity Fund, THANK YOU. John Gates P.S. Maps and coasters make excellent Christmas presents — but don't forget the cost of postage!

16 THE OLD STERNIANS ASSOCIATION CHARITY FUND SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5TH APRIL 1981 1981 1980 INCOME £ £ Investment Income 1033 831 Deposit Account Interest 104 10 1137 841 LESS: Grants 389 559 Bank Charges 18 — 407 559 EXCESS INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE £ 730 £ 282

ACCUMULATED FUND Balance at 6th April 1980 7798 6684 Excess Income Over Expenditure 730 282 Deeds of Covenant 637 420 Donations 64 38 Fund Raising Activities 650 293 Profit on sale of Investments — 81 Balance at 5th April 1981 £9879 £7798 REPRESENTED BY:- IN VESTMENTS (Market Value £11,323 1980: £8,275) NET CURRENT ASSETS Income Tax Recoverable 217 153 Deposit Account 365 663 Current Account 6 16 588 832 Less Grants 225 450 363 382 10214 8033 LESS: INTEREST FREE LOANS 335 235 £ 9879 £7798

17 Treasurer's Report 1980 It gives me great pleasure, in presenting my last report as Treasurer, to be able to advise members of a substantial surplus for the year ended 31st December 1980. The income and expenditure account for the year shows a surplus of £231.36 compared with £22.48 for 1979. The improvement in finances is due in the main to the restrictions placed on the editor of the Sternian to keep the cost of the magazine to £700 when if the magazine had been the same size as last year, it might have been expected to cost some £900. A further contribution to the surplus has been made by the sale of regalia. We have at last managed to pass the magic 400 membership mark. Subscriptions for 1980 were paid by 415 of whom 74 are life members and 14 currently at Lord Wandsworth College. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking all the Officers of the Association for their assistance over the last seven years, and to wish Bob Hunt every success with his new role as Treasurer. I am sure he will look after the Association's creditors far more ably than I have. A very special thank you to Tony Perry for auditing the accounts each year and usually assuring me that I have them correct. W. T. J. Smith

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER 1980 1980 1979 Assets £ £ Building Society 1671.58 1536.69 Deposit Account 5.00 5.00 Current Account 517.39 421.08 2193.97 1962.77 Liabilities Creditors General Expenses 113.57 152.82 Magazine 717.70 819.45 Corporation Tax 35.74 19.90 Charity Fund 21.66 2.00 L.W.C. 137.43 Other 25.27 Advance Subscriptions 359.50 142.00 1273.44 1273.60 Net Assets 920.53 689.17

Represented by: — General Fund As at 31st December 1979 689.17 666.69 Surplus for year 231.36 22.48

920.53 689.17

18 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR TO 31st DECEMBER 1980 1980 1979 Payments Printing & Stationery 97.90 79.39 Postage & Telephone 229.14 129.14 Travelling 6.20 14.90 Sundries 15.35 0.70 Magazine 717.70 867.30 School Prizes 45.00 30.00 Corporation Tax 15.84 5.00 Regalia (68.05) Founders Day 6.50 10.12 Total Expenditure 1065.58 1136.55

Receipts Subscriptions Life Members 314.00 256.00 Current Year 591.13 579.18 Previous Year 2.00 Additional 241.78 1146.91 207.40 1044.58 Other Income Building Society Interest 134.89 91.48 Bank Interest 0.55 Reunion Surplus 15.14 15.47 Sundry 150.03 6.95 114.45

Total Income 1296.94 1159.03 Surplus for Year 231.36 22.48

Mountaineering Club The Old Sternians Association Mountaineering Club, thanks to the efforts of Peter Everall and his wife Liz, is flourishing. In the past year, the Club has become an Associate Member of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, with Mr. Tweedie Stodart as our representative at general meetings of that Council. We now have a wide choice of bases for our expeditions. In the near future, there are two meetings from 18th to 26th July at Morvich, Kintail, and from 26th to 29th July at Lagangarbh, Glencoe. We have access beyond Scotland, to bases of the British Mountaineering Council and of the Alpine Council. We had arranged a meeting in May in North Wales but unfortunately there was a mix-up in the booking and some of us went instead to the Brecons Beacon. If there is any Old Boy who is interested in these mildly energetic activities, please contact the Club's Hon. Secretary, Peter Everall, at Little Treferon, Pencyd, Hereford, HR2 8ND (tel: Harewood End 628).

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Reunion group photograph 1981

Annual Reunion Report 1981 I wrote in my circular to you all that it was hoped that this would be an informal and relaxing weekend. My impressions are that it was precisely so. This year I was very pleased to see several new faces. One in particular John Reynolds No. 485 who made his first reunion since leaving school in about 1946. Also a good number of recent leavers came along. Unfortunately there were no Gosden girls this time, I am not sure of the reason but I hope this situation will be reversed next year. The Annual Dinner as usual was excellent. I was sorry that our President, Sir Humphrey Prideaux could not come. However the Trustees were well represented by T. Edwards, F. Shaw and T. Juckes. Our other guests were Neil Henderson, Kenneth Williams, Davied Dances and the Head boy Richard Bradshaw. Guy Consterdine was the Association's choice as speaker. He made a very concise and interesting address, and subsequently proposed a toast to the school. The Headmaster replied on behalf of the school. He gave us the usual glowing reports on what had been achieved at Long Sutton during the academic year. Charles Lawrence stood down after serving as Chairman for his two year spell. I should like to thank Charles for his inspired leadership during his term of office. Dave Ragbourne took on this exacting role and I am sure he is the ideal choice as Chairman. 20 Richard Clarson was elected to serve as Vice-Chairman. The only other position on the committee to change was that Bob Hunt takes over as Treasurer after many years of excellent service by Bill Smith. On the sporting side, Mike Pomfret took over as the leading Welly thrower. On the croquet side the new pairing of the demon player Lawrie Trubshaw-Smythe and yours truly failed to beat Graham Barnes and Ted Broomfield in the final. David Dames is now the resident Housemaster at School House following the retirement of John Merriman. David was our host for the weekend and I should like to thank him for his friendly help. After the Annual Dinner a most pleasant evening was enjoyed at the Sandy Henderson Centre. The beer was good and so was the friendly company. There were, however, some pretty diabolical happenings taking place on the dart board. I really enjoyed our weekend, and I should like to thank my colleagues on the committee who shared some of my duties. This enabled me to be a little more involved in the activities. I have indicated to the committee that I intend to resign as Reunion Secretary after the 1982 reunion. This will be my fifth year, and I feel I need a change, and a new face with new ideas will be good for the Association. Thank you to seventy-one Old Sternians who came to Long Sutton in July, and also to everyone who filled in the questionnaire. I am looking forward to seeing you all next July. Harold Needs

Sherry on the lawn

21 The older Old Boys

OLD STERNIANS WHO ATTENDED 5 S. Corfield 336 J. Batten 976 C. Butler 12 G. Welch 369 P. Lilley 989 J. Smith 24 W. Betts 395 A. Perry A15 I. Moore 34 A. Webb 443 G. Fussell A22 C. Lawrence 52 J. Butterworth 445 J. Gates A31 G. Consterdine 53 G. Johnson 482 S. Humphries A88 M. Millichamp 55 L. Betts 485 J. Reynolds A195 D. Wagstaff 61 E. Broomfield 500 C. Willey A198 G. Barnes 72 C. Bevan 542 W. Oliver A303 W. Smith 101 A. Bradley 544 G. Bayliss A408 C. Richardson 121 R. Trigwell 564 L. Brown A443 R. Price 138 B. Kelly 565 H. Podger A566 T. Williamson 157 N. Valentine 577 R. Fairbrother A618 B. Williamson 189 W. Organ 583 H. Needs A721 M. Ruddock 210 E. Jenkins 608 R. Hunt A995 J. Larking 212 E. Morris 695 D. Ragbourne B169 J. Sheppard 251 W. Harris 730 I. Trueman B194 C. Clark 253 F. Luscombe 735 L. Kinney B266 R. Fawell 272 R. Clarson 790 W. Pratt B328 B. Radford 290 G. Myers 810 D. Hutton B418 C. Taylor 295 W. Errington 828 J. Brooks B440 S. Dodd 325 G. Bryant 835 G. Roberts B715 J. Bessemer 327 G. Golding 912 M. Pomfret 331 R. Bryant 960 R. Little

22 The young Old Boys

EASTERN REGION By the time that you read this report I shall have completed a further move of house, this time to Colchester, Essex and thus to outside the boundaries (albeit marginally) of the Region. My new address and telephone number should appear elsewhere in the magazine. An annual reunion was held on Saturday 25th October 1980 at the Everard's Hotel, Bury St. Edmunds with a total of 21 persons attending as follows: Norman Valentine (157) Harry Jeffries & Wife (57) Dennis Broomfield (144) John Lomax & Wife (314) Eddie Knott (353) Frank Luscombe (253) Mike Collingwood &: Wife (341) Harold Belts (56) David Johnson (A236) Maurice Smith & Wife (489) Richard Mahoney (A386) Duncan Valentine & Wife Frank Holmes & Wife (429) Tony Peachey & Mother (A674) I greatly enjoyed meeting so many of the Eastern Region members for the first time and hope that all present enjoyed themselves. A repeat reunion is planned at the same location this year. Finally, may I welcome back to this country James Marshall and his new wife, Pam, whom he married on 6th June in Florida. I would like to take this opportunity of wishing them every happiness for the future. Tony Peachey Note: Tony should be changing his address and the new address should be: 154 St. John's Road, Colchester, Essex. Tel: Colchester (0206) 44013.

23 WEST REGION Reunion Jolly Squire Chippenham October 18th 1980. The region held its annual reunion at the above venue when Sixty Three attended, and a most enjoyable social evening was spent. My thanks to all who made the effort to attend, also my thanks to the Staff and their Wives who made the journey from Long Sutton. A special mention of two who made long journeys, Les Burbidge and A. J. Bradley from Suffolk and Canterbury. Before the Buffet of Wiltshire Ham a well known local TV personality entertained all in the art of making pictures with Dried Flowers. A wonderful display was on show especially our own College Badge. After the demonstration the Badge was given towards the Raffle. Pictures were purchased by many and a vote of thanks was given by Dave Ragbourne. My many thanks to you all who gave the many gifts for the Raffle, 23 in all. Without these we would be a liability to O.S.A. The bar was in constant use during the evening, a full selection of Goodies was on hand to partake with the Wiltshire Ham, a selection of Sweets was on hand, followed by Coffee. As by the rule, regions have held the election of Secretary every two years, as there was only my nomination I was elected for two more years. My thanks to you all for your wonderful support you have given me in the past two years. The evening started to break up at 10.45. E. W. Broomfield

The following attended Mr. & Mrs. L. Kinney Mr. M. Oliver Mr. &: Mrs. R. Clarson Mr. R. Bryant Mr. & Mrs. G. Bayliss Mr. G. Bryant Mr. & Mrs. G. Clatsworthy Mr. D. Bullock Mr. & Mrs. R. Oliver Mr. I. Burbidge Mr. & Mrs. D. Ragbourne Mr. A. Bradley Mr. &Mrs. W. Smith Mr. P. James Mr. & Mrs. G. Pope Mr. G. Fussell Mr. & Mrs. I. Truman Mr. E. Date Mr. & Mrs. S. Powell Mr. W. A. Harris Mr. & Mrs. E. Robson Mr. W. Pratt Mr. & Mrs. R. Craig Mr. E. Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. A. Woolstone Mr. K. Major Mr. & Mrs. M. Woodhouse Mr. D. Bullock Mr. & Mrs. G. Smith Mr. S. Rowsell Mr. & Mrs. H. Needs Mr. P. Lake Mr. & Mrs. W. Organ Mrs. C. Mills Mr. & Mrs. W. Fryer Mr. A. Golding & Friend Mr. &: Mrs. D. Hicks Mr. J. Batten Mr. & Mrs. G. Myers Mr. R. Bacon Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Broomfield

24 Park Farm Oaksey, May 23rd 1980 By kind invitation of Mr. & Mrs. J. Woodhouse twenty nine Old School friends and school staff from Long Sutton were gathered at their lovely Cotswold Farm. We were pleased to welcome Sir Humphrey Prideaux to Oaksey for the first time. We do hope you enjoyed your visit. Owing to the adverse weather the usual trip round the farm was unable to take place, so all retired to a roaring log fire to partake of refreshment. During the evening a presentation was made to Jim in the Gift of a Hand Carved Walking Stick, also a Bouquet of Flowers to Renee Woodhouse. It was very encouraging to get Old Boys from as far away as Kent, Suffolk, Devon and Birmingham. Jim and Renee we thank you most sincerely for your hospitality which was much appreciated by all. The evening went on to almost eleven o'clock before breaking up to go home. The following attended: Sir H. Prideaux, Mr. D. Bullock, Mr. C. Hallows, Mr. J. Seelig, Mr. W. Fryer, Kenneth Williams, Mr. P. Davis, Mr. K. Major, L. Kinney, L. Burbidge, A. Bradley, R. Mayo, G. Myers, E. Date, R. Clarson, R. Bryant, P. James, A. Golding, R. Little, W. Organ, J. Batten, C. Bullock, R. Hunt, I. Jenkins, S. Corfield, J. M. Sc E. Woodhouse, E. Broomfield. Ted Broomfield, Sec.

LONDON REGION This year has been a busy one, with quite a few new members (due mainly to the efforts of the O.S.A. at Founders Day last year) and there seems to have been more post than usual — very nice too, keep it up. When in January I tried to contact the venue I had booked last October for the March reunion, I was told that it was closed for decoration, and that no-one knew of our booking, so after some frantic phone calls, John Gates came to the rescue and suggested the wine bar he and Lawrie Kinnie often use for their business lunches. It proved to be one of the best choices for years, with excellent food, and a pleasant atmosphere, and although the short notice stopped several people attending over twenty turned out. Many thanks to those who came to the Fleet Street venue on a wet night. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves, a special thanks to the Headmaster and Robin Craig, who came up from Long Sutton. This year I am retiring from the post of Secretary, due to pressure of work, I don't feel that I am able to spend enough time on the Association, so I am happy to say that Malcolm Ruddock has agreed to take over the task. I wish him well, and will help him with any difficulties he may come across. I intend to join in the activities of the Association in the future, and hope to see the many friends I have made during my five years in office. Anyone in the area is welcome to call in. Best wishes. Andrew Brown 25 NORTHERN REGION A Northern Reunion was held at 'The Spread Eagle' Hotel in the village of Darrington on Saturday, 27th September 1980. Darrington, in West Yorkshire, is just off the Al and very near to motorways Ml and M62 and therefore is easily accessible. Eight old boys attended plus four wives and it was nice to see some new faces. Colin and Anne Holt had come all the way from N. Ireland and Jeremy Knowles was on leave from the Merchant Navy. Chairman of the O.S.A., Charles Lawrence, travelled up from Oakham and it was Richard Henderson's first reunion. An enjoyable evening was had by all — the food was good and people were still chatting after closing time. The range of years of old boys leaving L.W.C. was from 1933 to 1970, so we had a wide cross-section present. Bill Wood is hoping to arrange a 'do' a bit further north, in the Bishop Auckland region. Attended: Bill Wood (85), Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham; Jim and Marjorie Powell (216), Bolton, Lanes; Sydney Dunn (231), Haxby, Yorks; Jeremy Knowles (756), Huby, Yorks; Colin and Anne Holt (745), Ballygally, N. Ireland; Peter and Sue Danson (978), Buxton, Derbys; Charles Lawrence (A22) (Chairman O.S.A.), Oakham, Leicestershire; Richard and Valerie Henderson (A585), Knaresborough, N. Yorks. Peter Danson, Northern Secretary

SOUTHERN REGION Another year of steady progress in the Region. I am pleased to say I have written that in all the reports I have so far submitted. We now have over 400 known 'Old Boys' living in Hampshire, Sussex and the Isle of Wight, and I am sure you will appreciate that it is a mammoth job to keep up with you all. The growth in numbers of those of you living close to the College has been one of the main reasons for the formation of the Long Sutton Region. I am sure you will find more of this elsewhere in the magazine, but I do urge those of you who have been approached to join the Region and enjoy to the full the facilities available at the College. The younger element must surely find something on which to work off surplus energy. Not quite so many letters this year — maybe the cost of postage put you off, or perhaps you are satisfied with the way things are run!! Again, the local Re-union was held in Romsey on 15th November 1980 and the turnout was 67. We still cannot make the 70 — but we hope! This was the 4th Re-union in Romsey and will be the last for a while. More of that later. We enjoyed the usual buffet, plenty to drink and lots of talk. We are grateful to the Headmaster for informing us of the state of affairs at Long Sutton and for bringing along the Head Boy — George Atkinson. 26 In our Speaker this year, we were pleased to have a return visit by Mrs. Wellington, who spoke on 'Haunted Hampshire'. I gather a few ladies were looking over their shoulders on the way home. Those present included Sir Humphrey &: Lady Prideaux, The Headmaster, George Atkinson, Mr. & Mrs. J. Orr, Raymond Bacon, David Dames, Steven Davidson, Alan Dyson, Bill Fryer, Miss Bullock, Mr. & Mrs. F. Cooter, Jim and Mrs. Inglis (DB), Cliff &: Mrs. Welch (012), Ted & Mrs. Broomfield (061), Ron & Mrs. Gritt (192), Ted &: Mrs. Morris (212), Richard Rossiter (308), Ron Bryant (331), Don & Mrs. Massey (419), Ray & Mrs. Bullock (529), Bob & Mrs. Oliver (542), Gerald & Mrs. Smith (543), Hugh Podger (565), George & Mrs. Clatworthy (567), John & Mrs. Rice (623), Ron Burlingham (630), Pharic & Mrs. Gillibrand (672), David & Mrs. Ragbourne (695), Colin & Mrs. Bullock (720), Laurie Kinney (735), Les & Mrs. Cullen (767), Robin Little (960), Tony & Mrs. Surplice (995), Graham Birkett (A008), Charles Lawrence (A022), Harry Loe (A023), Roger Green (A180), Philip Ranee & Christine (A500), Richard Gribble (A562), Terry Williamson (A566), Geoff White (B078), Peter Coulson (B094), John Sheppard (B169), James McKerracher (B393), Roger White (B420), Andrew Hall (B709), Among many apologies for absence were those from Mike Birkett (A064), Mike Gormley (A453) now working in South Africa, married with a young daughter, Dick Whittington (641), Clive Butler (976), Syd Rowsell (488), David Hicks (545), Neil Sanderson (B385) continuing his education in Spain, and eager to meet any other Old Sternian in that area, Andrew Brown (A510), Ben Madelin (519), Bill Petrie (A467), Gordon Johnson (053), Clive Richardson (A408), John Dalton (B505), Andrew, Neil and Clinton Combes (A394), (A735), (A834), Edward Cooper (B022) employed in the Atlantic as a Marine Earth Scientist, A. J. Bide (A225), David Kendall (B450), D. C. Hutton (810), Terry Boyd (470), George Clatworthy (567), Bob Hunt (608). I am sorry if I have missed any-one out. Now — Southern Members — go through the list please and you will see how heavily we rely on support from outside our own region. We are well supported always from Long Sutton, also the West, Midland and London Regions. I do think we could hope for a few more members from our own region. What about it — shall we see some more new faces in the future. To all of you who turned up, many thanks, it was a great evening. As always, special thanks to Ray & Mavis Bullock and all of you who donated prizes for the raffle. By the time you read this the 1981 Reunion will be over — The venue will have changed. I feel 4 years in Romsey has been enough, also we were getting a bit cramped for space in the Dolphin. It was good to see so many of you at the Annual Reunion in July. I do try to see as many of you as possible — if I missed you — my apologies — better luck next year. As usual the weather and organisation were excellent. At the local Reunion you kindly elected me for a further term of 2 years, was this a vote of confidence — I hope so. By the time I have completed this term I will have held the position for 6 years — which perhaps will be enough. However, another year has come and gone. I hope it was a good one for you. How about 400+ letters. Bob Oliver

27 OVERSEAS REGION 'Anyone who happens to be in this part of the world can be guaranteed a bed or piece of ground to park a-tent or van so don't hesitate.' The above quote was taken from a letter I was delighted to receive from Cecil (Titch) Taylor who is now leading an idyllic life teaching in New Zealand. His letter is typical of a number I receive from Overseas Old Sternians offering hospitality to fellow Old Sternians. From time to time I'm pleased to say, these offers are accepted and in the last year or so, I have been aware of 'mini- Reunions' taking place in Canada and South Africa. However seasoned a traveller you may be, it is frequently a daunting experience to visit any particular foreign country for the first time. Therefore, it seems to me that an offer of friendship to visiting Old Sternians, is a major contribution that Old Boys living abroad can make to the life of the OSA. So if you are in a position to help or are yourself travelling and need help, please do get in touch. Clive Butler

Report on Cricket Match between LWC 1st XI v Old Sternians 27/28 JUNE 1981 This report is basically in two parts; a report on the game and an essay in management of this fixture in order to help prevent such an occurrence of this year's tactics from being repeated. All will be revealed — read on! The Sternians won the toss and repeated last year's decision of electing to field first. The School were bowled out for 117 on a very good wicket offering very little help to the bowlers. The accuracy of the Sternian bowlers forced the school into errors apart from Simon Bentley who carried on from last year with greater determination making 46 before being caught by Charlie Hesse off Tony Sully. This was his first uppish aggressive shot and his first mistake. The School's opening attack consisted of Andy Willson bowling fast down the hill and Stephen Cotterill bowling medium pace from the other end. Giles White and Tim Coulson (last year's LWC skipper) put on 56 before Tim was caught by Willson off the skipper Stephen Martin for 29. Lester Bailey who scored a ton against the Sternians three years ago was brilliantly caught by Simon Bentley at first slip one-handed above his head, for one run only. Simon Clemence came in and again proceeded to look for runs with a healthy appetite whilst Giles White went into his shell for a while before he was Ibw to Willson for 45 valuable runs. Julian Wright and Tony Sully added some quick runs to try and achieve a declaration before lunch on Sunday, but Julian was caught off a skier by Atkinson and wickets began to fall reducing the scoring rate. We declared at lunch (1.00 p.m.) at 181 for 9, leaving just over 4'/2 hours for the 2nd innings of both sides. 28 The School proceeded to bat with caution with the forever resilient Simon Bentley again digging in for 41 made in three hours before he was caught behind off Charlie Hesse. At 70 for 4 with the clock on 3.32 the Sternians sensed a win was in the air. This may have been our downfall as the attack became rather too relaxed which gave skipper Martin and 5th former Andy Willson the opportunity to consolidate their position both scoring 31 and 25 respectively. The expectancy of a declaration also perhaps reduced the effectiveness of the Sternians attack and the School monopolised the crease until the last wicket fell at 6.40. With 20 overs bowled in the last hour from 6.15 p.m. this left the Old Sternians 7 overs to score 120, about 17 runs per over — an impossible task! We made 60 for 2 due to a brilliant aggressive innings of 42 by Lester Bailey, which somehow produced a moral victory and clear proof that we had outplayed the School in every department of the game. The game was killed by the School's late declaration, but the School's new 1st XI coach Stephen Davidson would not agree. His contention was that I had killed the game by not declaring earlier in our 1st innings, a reasoning I find difficulty in agreeing with. The atmosphere at the end of the match was not one of the better ones in my memory, and I shall now try to recommend ways in which this situation is not repeated, mainly for the attention of Stephen Davidson. 1 The School have beaten the Sternians, and are therefore looked upon as equals as the opposition. Although the Sternians should beat the School because of the greater experience and strength of the Old Boys, this has not always proved the case. Indeed I am not always in a priveleged position of choosing the best team in terms of the above, but sometimes invite players who are not playing regularly, maybe unfit, or who just do not play anymore. 2 I believe a varied, balanced Sternians side that can span a few generations creates interest for the occasion, with a priority to recent leavers. 3 With the premise of 1 above, we will play hard to win, i.e., to secure a result, whatever the situation of the game. We would never stop looking for runs or play for a draw unless we had reached desperation point. Having said that, the art of cricket surrounds a duel between bowler and batsman. The essence of this duel or its vitality depends upon the stage that is set, which must be one of two desires; to make runs and to take wickets. If an attitude is adopted which prevents either of these two desires from happening the game is dead. In this particular match the Sternians were constantly looking for runs or wickets, and were seen to be successful. 4 The School's negative tactics in the 2nd innings were deliberate in their intention of preventing the Sternians from winning. Well, I think that those tactics should have been adopted from the beginning, because it seemed quite clear from informed sources that the School's chances of beating this particular side were remote. But that policy would be deplorable entailing bowling wide to prevent runs being made and so on. Even having been bowled out for 117 does not mean that the School should dig in and not go for their shots in the 2nd innings. Stephen Davidson maintains that they were not going to repeat the mistakes of the 1st innings. Fine, I agree with a determina- tion not to repeat, but I do not agree if this means a withdrawal of scoring shots. Stephen remarked that the bowling was too tight. Good! From my point of view that is precisely what someone like Simon Bentley needs, but only if he is going to learn how to score runs off good bowling. It is the easiest task in the world for an accomplished batsman (Simon Bentley is) to stay at the crease without looking for runs. More often than not a batsman is out because of a forced error, not a good ball. If the error is not induced — stalemate. 29 5 This match is a special occasion, hopefully, and therefore should be played in the spirit of inviting a challenge. Last year the School left us to chase 186 runs in 110 mins. A good challenge which we failed to achieve by 33 runs. Proportionately we should have been left 102 runs in 50 mins if the School had declared at 166 for 9. We would have gone for them like hell, probably losing wickets in the process, and possibly giving the School their only chance of winning! I would like to complement the School for their tenacity and endurance. My thanks to Stephen Davidson, Tony Whibley, Alan Dyson (for substituting at very short notice), Charles Hallows, Tony Woolstone, William Fryer and the scorer who has done such a good job in the last few years. Scores: LWC 1st innings 117 all out S. Bentley 46 R. Giles 5 for 40 M. Jermyn 21 A. Sully 4 for 19 Old Sternians 1st innings 181—9 declared G. White 45 T. Jermyn 3 for 60 J.Wright 31 T. Coulson 29 A. Sully 24 S. Clemence 22 LWC 2nd innings 184 all out S. Bentley 41 A. Sully 3 for 38 S. Martin 31 A. Willson 25 Cried off: Richard O'Hare, Michael Haas (one week before the match). Team: A. Sully (capt.), R. Giles, C. Hesse, G. White, L. Bailey, P. Heath, S. Clemence, J. Wright, T. Coulson, A. Dyson and R. Farrow. Anthony Sully

LWC 1st XI v OLD STERNIANS 27/28 JUNE Dear Sir, With reference to the above match. Mr. Sully has sent me a copy of his report and I would like to take this opportunity of presenting my view as the School 1st XI coach. I find the bitter and rather one sided tone of Mr. Sully's report a little disturbing. The game was not a success but I would refute that the cause lay with myself. First, to put the College into bat on a good wicket would seem to be a negative tactic. Secondly and more importantly, in my honest opinion the game was effectively killed by the nature and timing of the Old Boys' declaration. To leave the College with a deficit of 64 runs at lunchtime on the second day and then to bowl tightly with little penetration, yet to expect the College to set any sort of practical target, shows a surprising lack of appreciation of schoolboy cricket. 30 In conversation with several of the Old Boys I was told that the Captain's original instructions on Sunday morning were to go for quick runs (naturally at the expense of wickets), with a view to declaring at about 12.30 with a score in the region of 150. This would have been a far more realistic situation and I'm sure it would have allowed the College to set some form of a target (as was the case last year). Could the lack of a 12.30 declaration be because the Captain was occupying the crease and thoroughly enjoying some lusty hitting? I wonder! The alternative would have been for the Old Boys to bat more cautiously with an aim for a score of 200 plus and to try and win by an innings. My contention is that the declaration as such really left the College in no man's land with no option but to try and save the game, a choice that was adopted as a last resort for we have tried, with some considerable success as will be seen from our results in 'the Sower', to play open and entertaining cricket. For the Captain of the Old Boys to single out Stephen Martin, the excellent Captain of College cricket, at the end of the match and to take him to task over the College's tactics when he knows that I, as the coach, rightly or wrongly dictate the way we play, was the final unfortunate act on a disappointing day. Fortunately, I was close at hand to rescue Stephen, although he seemed to be coping admirably I must say. Yes, it does take two sides to make a game as was shown three days later in a marvellous match between the College and the XI Club which also ended in a draw but with every player having thoroughly enjoyed himself. Given the right conditions we will do all we can to play in the right spirit. On Saturday evening we went from 94—3 to 117 all out in the quest for runs to give the Old Boys reasonable batting time; however left in the situation that we were by the declaration, I contend that there was little else we could do. Stephen Davidson, (1st XI Coach)

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32 Calling all Sportsmen in the Old Sternian Association

IF YOU PLAY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS THERE COULD BE A GAME FOR YOU IN THE COMING SEASON. THERE ARE OLD STERNIAN TEAMS (WHICH PLAY AGAINST THE COLLEGE SIDES) IN THE FOLLOWING GAMES:

RUGBY AT THE END OF THE AUTUMN TERM

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Charles Hallows, Paul Davis The Lodge, Kimbers, Lord Wandsworth College, Lord Wandsworth College, Long Sutton, Long Sutton, Basingstoke, Hants. Basingstoke, Hants. Long Sutton 528.

33 Long Sutton 5.7.81 Dear John, It was once said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. Well, may the Lord preserve us if the harvest of this school's sportsmen are called upon to defend their country in its hour of need. I called in to The Four Horseshoes the other day for a quick snifter or twain, and that Geordie chap told me that a mob of Old Boys (who seem to go under the name of the Santa Monica Flyers) were coming back for a game of cricket. Now, John, as you know, I look forward to these Old Boys do's with a mixture of fear and extreme loathing. You know the form: girl-friends, bald-spots and 'let's chuck Tubby in the pool'. And of course they will insist on calling one by one's Christian name which, to be perfectly frank, I always feel is something of a liberty. Word reached me via the saloon bar of the Prince of Wales that Raymond might be up for a round of golf on the Sunday, and I thought I may be able to escape the rabble. Unfortunately, he went to see Sticky instead and, when the day arrived, I was faced with a straight choice of cricket or marking the Fourth form prep. As I now firmly believe the boy Horse-Blanket to be a mental defective, I strolled down to the Acorn Gates. One glance at the sight before my eyes was enough to convince me of my mistake. The field was literally awash in tall fat creatures in off-white trousers and festive t-shirts. They shouted at each other a good deal and when called upon to run any distance sounded each time as if they were putting their individual quota of lungs at serious risk. None of them could bowl except for Verstage, and he, if memory serves, was a tennis player. Amidst the chaos, a celebrity XI — largely made up of talented U15's — made a princely 184 for 4 declared. During the interval for Mrs. Kalian's excellent tea, I was able to get a closer look at the constituents of the visiting team. It wasn't a pretty sight. That nice lad Knight has done very well for himself: army, representative rugby, that sort of crack. But as for the others: oh, dear me, no. They're all salesmen and money- lenders or something like that. A few of them have degrees, but they all seemed just as dreadful as I always remembered them. And one or two, like Sil and Sylvester, seem to have been fed solely on house bricks since the day they left Long Sutton. When they came to bat, these overweight hooligans confirmed my worst fears. None of them knew what to do. That idiot Hill was out first ball, for which sterling contribution I later gathered, he was made Man of the Match. The team committee — White, Coulson, Macswan, McKellacher — amassed 5 runs between them. In the end the Flyers made 91 for 4. I doubt if it will revolutionize cricket. As I left, I was invited to the Shoes for a brief snifteroonie. I didn't like to appear rude, and as the homework still festered back at the House, I accepted the offer with alacrity. And, do you know, John, it wasn't really too awful. The tinctures arrived with generous regularity and some of the lusty anecdotes even sounded rather amusing second-time around. Perhaps — just, perhaps — there is something to be said for these reunions. After all! Yours "B.94"

34 Thoughts on the U.S.A. I suppose that it is always difficult to sum up what happens over a year and especially when that year is in a strange land. Many impressions are immediate such as the different accents and the different styles of building, not to mention the very different weather. Other impressions are more subtle and it takes a while to appreciate them and understand their effect. In fact, a one year appointment would not be long enough to appreciate more than a small part of a country's culture and geography. This is all the more true of the United States. Its sheer size defies the imagination: it is the third largest country in the world (after the USSR and Canada) and the only way to begin to get an idea of its size is to drive across it and north—south. In fact, I did this: at Christmas I drove from Tennessee (get your maps out) to New York State and then to the Canadian border. At Easter I drove south from Tennessee to Florida and then out along the chain of islands that are known as The Keys to the most southerly (Key West) which lies only 40 miles from a prickly neighbour (Cuba). On my honeymoon my wife and I drove from Florida (about thirty miles from the Atlantic Ocean) right across the southern section of the United States to California and the Pacific Ocean. All the same, there were vast areas that I did not visit in my time in the States and I only passed through about half of the 50 states that make up the federation. To include Hawaii and Alaska would have to be major undertakings. Many areas I simply passed through without having the time to stop. Only later did I begin to realise what I had missed. Although the Americans are a mobile people, few of them have been to all fifty states and they often know little about the more distant areas. What hope does a stranger in their midst have? All the same, there are a few comments that one can make about what I saw. The country is incredibly beautiful and as there is so much of it, it was possible to have a sense of freedom that is only possible in very remote areas of the British Isles. This freedom permits the existence of many individuals and they are very keen on retaining that independence despite the attempts by the counties, states and federal governments to draw them into some sort of system. As with all things, this freedom is used to good and bad effect. There are few planning controls outside of the towns and therefore the most dreadful eyesores are seen where the commercial interests dictate the exploitation of minerals. On the other hand, the hospitality that was a marked feature of British life a century ago still exists in the States. It is commonplace to say that American hospitality is overwhelming but it is true. For someone from Britain it can be overwhelming but it is (in part) a product of the fact that people are often more isolated than they are here and they enjoy meeting strangers. This is not universal since there are many indications that the Americans cherish what they own and that they do not want strangers trespassing on their lands. The Ramblers' Association would receive short shift if they attempted to establish rights of way in the States. Since I spent most of the year in Tennessee, it might be an idea to say a little about that most beautiful state. It is a state that is backward in many ways (it is in the Deep South remember and that still means a lot) but it is incredibly lovely. There are many similarities between upland parts of England and the area of Tennessee where I lived although the weather (with the exception of the summer which was too hot and humid for me) is far better than its English counterpart. There were few days when the sun did not shine and although it might get cold in the winter (and there has not been the attention to insulation that might be expected) the sun was usually out and warming the ground so 35 that on some days in February it was possible to have lunch on the patio in comfort despite the fact that the night before it had touched 15 below. The area of Tennessee in which I lived is called Middle Tennessee and is a reminder of the fact that at one time the state was virtually three states each very jealous of their own rights. The flag of Tennessee reflects this trilogy by having three stars although it might also refer to the fact that Tennessee was the third state after the original thirteen. The other two areas of Tennessee are West and East and geographically the three parts are very different. The West is generally flat with the Mississippi creating the western boundary. The largest city in the state (Memphis) is in West Tennessee although it is not the capital. This honour belongs to Nashville (fiftymiles north from where I lived) which dominates Middle Tennessee. Here the land is much more hilly but there are still many areas of flat land that are suitable for arable farming. Middle Tennessee has vast numbers of trees, especially cedars, and they have been encroaching into previously farmed land over the past thirty years. The hillier parts of Middle Tennessee have rock close to the surface so any work with the plough is not possible and grazing is the main occupation. East Tennessee is even more hilly and this area is dominated by the city of Knoxville (the site of the World's Fair which begins this October 1981) and the incredibly attractive Great Smoky Mountains. They are called the Smokies because there is always a mist over the area although no-one knows for certain why it is there. The most popular theory is that the mixture of the climate and the water vapour given off by the trees creates the necessary conditions. Whatever the reasons, it is one of the factors that makes the Smokies the most visited park in the United States. Another reason is, of course, the relative (and I stress relative) proximity of major urban areas. It is also well placed (although the environmentalists would disagree about the use of the phrase 'well placed') on the routes from the North to Florida which is much travelled by the elderly and not so elderly.

What of the people? How do you categorise people? Perhaps a simpler question might be how do they differ from the people of England? You try and answer what the people are like and then perhaps I can tell you the differences. All I can say is that they were fascinated by my accent, they were very hospitable (again, one must add 'for the most part') and they were most interested in England. When I say England I mean England and not Britain. The people of North •Carolina were more interested in Scotland and the poeple of the North in the Irish but the people of Tennessee seem more interested in England. Many of them surprisingly had visited these shores although not for many years. Tennesseans are not tourists: it was rare that we saw a Tennessee licence tag outside the state. They had come to England during the last war and their memories are a little out of date. However, there was a man in Bell Buckle (where I lived) who was stationed at Cottesmore and he knew Stamford well. We had many talks about this area and he was full of memories that I was delighted to hear. The feeling towards England seemed to be that of an elder brother to his younger brother and a feeling that somewhere in the Old Country there were ties which might one day be discovered but for the moment should be left as a comfortable, vague connection. This is not to say, of course, that all Tennesseans (or, for that matter, all Bell Bucklians) were of English stock. In the immediate vicinity of Bell Buckle there were two Hungarian families (one left after World War I, the other after the failure of the Hungarian Rising of 1956), Germans and several French families who had bought land and were busy making a very good living although they spoke French amongst themselves for all the world as if they were in the He de France. One realised, of course, that America is the land of the immigrant and I, for one, was grateful for that. 36 It proved surprisingly easy to settle into my new home and all the fears that I had of being rejected as an outsider were all too quickly swept away. The influence of the Bible was to be seen all over the place since the nearest town of any size (Shelbyville) had more churches than any comparable town in the United Kingdom (even Stamford) and there were strict regulations about the sale of the demon drink. In fact, Bell Buckle was a 'dry' town although it was possible to get beer about four miles away. For spirits one went to the fleshpots of Shelbyville, Murfreesboro or Nashville although it was no good trying to buy it on a Sunday in any other place than Nashville unless you knew the shop owner (I did!). Bell Buckle and area has very strong views on most matters such as integration and bussing; the growth of the federal government and the declining standards of behaviour. On the whole attitudes were to the right but it is worth noting that Reagan was only elected in Tennessee by a very narrow margin. There were no blacks living within the city limits of Bell Buckle — they lived 'across the railway tracks' in an area known as 'the Hill' and it was none too wise to wander freely in that area. It was not a matter of mugging but of illicit stills. Tennessee probably makes more 'moonshine' (illicit whiskey) than any other state and such is the way of things that it is unwise (to say the least) to be a stranger in certain hills in Tennessee unless you are with a local. The danger is from black and white alike and is a manifestation of the privacy that I mentioned earlier. You will notice that so far I have said very little about the school where I taught for the year. I do not intend to. Schoolmasters have a tendency to talk too much about their jobs and I am trying to avoid that pitfall. If you are interested, ask me. It is enough to say that I found the students far more vulnerable than I thought they would be and they were more open than their English counterparts. Academic levels were poor throughout the system and the quality of teaching unfortunately low although there were many exceptions. The reputation and job security of the teaching profession in the schools is far worse than over here (although it is better in the state schools than the private schools). The curriculum is monotonous to the final degree and it would not be a lie to say that I returned to teaching at Stamford with something of a sigh of relief. Enough about schools. I suppose that I had better finish now. One of the many benefits of marrying an American citizen is that I will have no trouble entering the States whenever I want (and have the money). We hope to go over at least once a year. People often ask me whether I would like to live in the States. The answer is 'yes' and the place would be Tennessee. All the same, there is nothing like being away from a place for a while to make one appreciate it a little more than one did. Strangely enough, that even applies to Stamford and, even more strangely, to England. JGM

The Webb School logo where James taught last year.

37 A Third Former 25 Years Ago BY GUY CONSTERDINE '25 September 1955: Had two lots of lines given to me. 26 Sept: Wrote my lines, and handed in Brittain's. Listened to "Journey Into Space" on the radio. 6 Oct: Got 2 sides from Janes for being late for something. 25 Jan 1956: Had a raking, and had to see Ashby. 28 March: Had 100 lines off Boozer. 1 April: Had 3 off Bax after lights out.' Not that I was always wrong-doing 25 years ago — or is it that my Letts Schoolboys Diary, with its 3- or 4-line entries, reflected the little day-to-day events in the life of a Third Former rather too accurately! In last year's Sternian, on the 50th anniversary of the opening of Junior House, I wrote an article about life at JH 25 years ago. Now, using my pocket diaries from September 1955 to July 1956 to prompt my memory, here are some impressions of what it was like in the Third Form.

The Daily Timetable I entered School House on 22 September 1955, the day ITV started and Grace Archer was killed in a stable fire. Hugh Ironside Bax was the senior housemaster, and Miss Wilmott was Matron. The working day began with Assembly for the whole school in what was then the school Hall (now just the gym). There were 8 40-minute periods of lessons, which I see from the timetable at the back of the diary started at 8.40, then 9.20; a 15-minute break; 10.15, 10.55, 11.35; a dinner break of an hour; 1.15, 1.55 and 2.35, finishing at 3.15. Next was a sports activity unless one had a 'free night' or was 'off games'. After tea, prep for the inmates of School House was held in the classrooms in the main classroom block, with a prefect supervising each form. '25 Oct: Did very little in Prep. Forgot Maths prep. 6 Oct: The lights fused all day. We had half an hour's singsong, as we couldn't have prep without lights.' The day ended with roll-call for the whole House, the boys ranged round the sides of the Commonroom (which is now divided into two), followed by a light supper in the dining room under the faded portrait of the Founder. The masters taking Form 3A were Clifford Ashby (Physics and Chemistry), Ducky James (English), Oily Tweedie-Stoddart (PT), Chas Irvine (Maths), Goofy Ward (French), Boozer Smith (History)and Latin), Rev. Wright (Scripture), Mrs. Wright (Singing), Les Bacon (Geography) and David Wolstenholme (Biology).

Gardening, Spuds and Bells '26 Nov: Went to Gardening prodjects (sic). Put up some seed frames.' On Saturday mornings we had to do a non-academic activity, 'Projects'. I chose Gardening. The main sheds where we potted and grafted were at the top of the sports field where the indoor sports hall now stands. '24 May: Went to the Chelsea Flower Show by coach.'

38 For two weekdays Third Form classes were abandoned. 'Friday 7 Oct: Went spud-bashing. Earned 5/- in the morning and 5/- in the afternoon. We worked the field beside the upper part of the cinder path. 8 Oct: Went potato-picking again after dinner. We worked in the field near the pavilion. Mon 10 Oct: Continued potato-picking. Finished the fields, and went and combed afterwards. 11 Oct: Back to school. 12 Oct: Collected our spud-bashing money.' '30 Sept: I was on bell duty and had to ring the bell 6 times.' This was the big bell atop the Crystal Palace block, which sounded out over the entire estate to announce meals, the start of afternoon lessons, and so on. '16 Dec: I was bell- ringing. I forgot the breakfast bell. 17 Dec: Bell-ringing again, as I rung the bells wrong yesterday. On Supper Duty too.' Under the Crystal Palace bell were the changing rooms and showers for the visiting sports teams. This is where we had haircuts, during prep. The barber came in from Odiham.

Sport '29 Sept: Activity was a cross-country race. I was in the middle, as I walked much of the way.' But usually I was one of the keener ones. '24 Nov: Went on a run. I was 3rd. It went to Quercus, and we went too far, up to Well — we should have missed out Well altogether!'. Even without unnecessary additions, the courses were a good deal lengthier than we had been used to at Junior House. '15 Dec: Had a cross-country run. We ran up Bumpers, nearly to the Grove, past Cricketers, and Frog Lane, and then home.' '5 March: Sat's c-c team was up. I was in it! 7 March: Went on a voluntary practice run. 10 March: A really gorgeous day. Went to Portsmouth for c-c run! I was 10=.' This was the time when our team was defeated by the unexpected cliff-like hill at the very end of the course, to get up onto Portsdown. As the runners approached the foot of the hill, the LWC team was in a winning position. But we toiled up the hill while the Portsmouth boys sailed past, having paced themselves for this daunting obstacle. '24 March: Ran at Park House. I was 9th. We won, as did the u/13s.' '31 March: Big c-c's were run. I was 2nd.' I think it was Terry who won. For me, it was my third annual "big cross-country", the third time I'd felt I had a chance of winning, and the third time I'd come second. In rugby however, it needed absentees for me to get into the school team. '21 Oct: The u/14 rugger team was put up, and owing to 4 absentees I was playing. 22 Oct: Played rugger for the u/14s! We lost, 15—14. The 1st lost 16-8, 2nd lost 68-0, but u/13 won 14-3. 12 Dec: Played rugger, Colts v u/14s. It was the coldest I've played in! I was freezing. We lost 11—0.' The games houses were Handcroft, Hesters, Hyde (my house), and Sheephouse. (There were only two senior boarding houses, School and Sutton.) '16 Jan: There was a Hyde house meeting, to elect Captains. 6 May: Played cricket for Hyde 1st XI. I got 5 n.o. 8 May: Finished the Hyde v Handcroft match. Hyde won, with 1 wicket, 1 run and 3 mins to spare. I got 4 runs.' '3 May: Athletics: walk and shot. Got a "low" in both. 17 May: Athletics were 100 yards and Jav. I got 12.9 sees in the 100 yards, but a "fail" in the javelin. 4 May: Ran the mile in 5m. 55 sees in PT. 24 June: Ran the mile in 5m. 32 sees! Played cricket (McDonald's XI v Maitland's XI). I scored 30 not out!'. 39 Spare-time Activities Cycling was a favourite spare-time activity. '24 Sept: Cycled to Odiham with Pope, Wood and Webber. Had a good view of planes at Odiham. 28 Sept: Had Scripture period free, and so had double free. Rode round to Lower Froyle and Well. 5 Oct: Rode round by the Golden Pot and S. Warnborough in the free period. 23 Oct: Went for a bike ride with Wood, to Bentley. Cycled along the A31 road" (my school number was A31). It was a treat to see television, which very few homes possessed. A reverse- projection set which threw the TV pictures onto a large screen was occasionally fixed up in the school hall. Yet we were much more likely to be seen playing chess. '1 Oct: Played chess with Raffles and Handley. Beat R, and lost to H. 9 Oct: Entered my name for a chess tournament. 26 Oct: Played chess with Burdett for the Championship, and I won! 22 Nov: Played my chess tournament game with Terry. It lasted 2 hours! And I won!! Will now have to play Janes or Bax. 9 Dec: Played Mr. Bax at chess, for the Tournament. I played for one and a half hours, then he checkmated me.' Here's a sample of the varied other spare-time activities. '14 Oct: Had a lecture from H. Evetts again, about Swaziland. It was good. 22 Oct: Went to dancing lessons in the hall after tea. I went with Webber. 29 Nov: Did some stamp "trading" with C. L. Winter. 14 Dec: Went and saw the school play, Macbeth. It was very good. 16 Dec: Saw the play a second time. It was better acted than on Wednesday. 1 April: April-fooled Wilmott. 12 May: Went for a long walk through the copse and Froyle. Very warm and sunny. 10 July: Had a'free night, and played cricket with Wood and Wardle till we lost the ball. Had a bit of wrestling.' '15 Oct: Saw the school flicks. It was "The Titfield Thunderbolt" and two other short films.' Some of the other pictures we saw, squatting on the wooden floor of the school hall-cum-gym on alternate Saturday evenings in the two winter terms, were 'Doctor In The House' ('in colour!'), 'A Day To Remember' and "West of Zanzibar". We saw stars like Anthony Steel, Victor Mature, Jack Hawkins, and a young Dirk Bogard. '19 May: Went to Basingstoke with Johnson, and saw Richard III. It was v. good.' Basingstoke boasted two cinemas, the Odeon and the ABC Savoy, which stood opposite each other at the bottom of Wote Street. Next to the Savoy was a fish and chip shop, whose sixpenn'oth of chips was an ideal preparation for the cycle ride back to Long Sutton. Now it's all obliterated by the soul-less new shopping centre. If we weren't cycling, we were travelling by the 'lackey-band', Odiham Motor Services' groaning single-deck Bedford bus. Greywell Mill and Upton Grey became a film set for the picture 'Charley Moon'. I cycled to Basingstoke to see it — and the delectable Shirley Eaton. Before the summer of 1956 was out, I was similarly entranced by Rosanna Podesta (in the film 'Helen of Troy'), Belinda Lee ('The Feminine Touch'), Cyd Charisse ('Viva Las Vegas'), Mitzi Gaynor ('Anything Goes'), Gina Lollobrigida ('Trapeze'), and Ava Gardner ('Bhowani Junction'). After these, the school flicks were never quite the same.

'Sent to the San' A sure sign of winter — '13 Oct: Had halibut oil pills dished out to us again. 18 Oct: Had the usual gargle and pills.' I chose the half-term weekend to get swollen glands around the jaws. '29 Oct: After breakfast I went to surgery, and was sent to the san. I had to go in the 40 single-bed room (in case it was mumps). Had a hot bath. Read Picture Post etc. 30 Oct: Heard "Journey Into Space", episode 5. The Martians landed on the moon in their spheres! Invented a new code. 1 Nov: The doctor came and said I could "mix" so I was moved to the inner ward with Collyer, Johnson and Davies. The Head (Sandy Henderson) came to see those in the san.' '5 Nov: Saw some of the fireworks from the san windows. Had a very bad storm. All the lights fused. Used candles. 8 Nov: Glands no better. Doctor came and messed about with my ear and jaw. Had an injection. 9 Nov: Went for a walk to Hesters copse. 11 Nov: The doctor came. He saw my broken tooth and sent me to the dentist! Had that tooth out. Went by LWC's van. 15 Nov: Got up for breakfast. Sister looked at my glands and sent me back to school!'

The 'Lackey-Band' to Basingstoke — though not in QMS colours

End of Term The dreaded end-of-term exams! '2 Dec: The second day of the exams. The exams were Maths, Physics and History. Physics and History were easy, but Maths wasn't.' Physics easy? '6 Dec: We had our Physics results. I was 23rd!' — though I did get 58%. I did better in other subjects: '23 Nov: Had a vocab test in Latin. I got 19/20! 29 Nov: Had our term's marks in French. I had 143 out of 168, and was 4th!' How marvellous it was to be getting ready for home! '17 Dec: Finished packing my luggage-in-advance. Cycled to Winchfield, and left my bike there. Came back in the LWC lorry. 18 Dec: Went to the Carol Service. Had our Christmas Tea. It 41 was super! The Old Boys sang a very well made-up song. 19 Dec: Had two periods of school work. Then we were free for the rest of the day. Packed my hand-case. Left for Winchfield after dinner. Went through the Underground, and on to Haywards Heath, with Coppen. Arrived home (at Durrington, near Worthing) just before 6 o'clock.' It's hard to believe that that was a quarter of a century ago!

The OSA Charity Fund Dear Maurice, I am writing to you, in my capacity as Chairman of the Trustees of the Charity Fund. It is a little too early to say what the financial results were for the Fund in the year to 5th April 1981. As no doubt you will have seen from 'The Sternian', the Fund grew by over £1,100 in the year to 5th April 1980, to nearly £7,800. This was after providing £560 in grants to'boys at Long Sutton, out of the £920 investment income that is available for grants. Covenanted donations raised £420 and John Gates' projects raised over £270. John Gates is continuing to find projects for raising money. Following the coasters (and, before then, the maps and matches), he is now working on coffee mugs, which he hopes to have available by the end of the Summer Term. And, of course, there was the sponsored walk at the 1980 Long Sutton Reunion, which raised over £200. As for the ways in which we are spending the income of the Fund, they continue to be as reported in 'The Sternian', i.e. a bursary to one Foundationer to cover the cost of music lessons as long as required while he is at Long Sutton, and grants to other Foundationers to enable them to go on language trips abroad. Another possible object for support is the payment of the cost of Birbeck Aptitude tests, which are given to boys to help determine the course of their studies and careers after 'O' levels. We are not at present in a position to give major support to individual boys, but that is something that might be a future objective when we have more income. We are thinking of making 1981 the 'Year of the Covenant', with some sort of additional publicity for this excellent way of building up funds and income. So I am hopeful that we shall not only add to the number of our covenanters, but also achieve an increase in the average provided by each covenant. Yours Hugh Podger 42 Dear James, Re: Sternian 1980 Reading Guy Consterdine's article based upon his diary notes whilst at Junior House has prompted me to blow the cobwebs off a few of my own less well documented memories, as I was one year ahead of Guy. One of the characters of Junior House and definitely a friend of the boys was the caretaker 'Old Man Martin' whom I shall always remember with fond affection for teaching me to play table-tennis and snooker. In fact table-tennis became such a craze at one time that there was always a race back from church to 'bag' the table. Being a leading contender for this race I used to be prepared by carrying a table-tennis ball in my pocket. During one service I was sitting at the end of a pew by the aisle and stood for the next part of the service, when the ball popped out of my pocket and bounced what seemed to be for ever, on the stone floor. Each bounce was like a hammer on my head, and I finally plucked up courage and retrieved the ball in stoney silence under the frosty glaze of Ernie Quick the vicar. We used to perform plays and revues in a brick built games hut sited between pine trees (no longer there) and the swimming pool. Victorian melodramas and revues featuring Ashby, Ward, Smith and Bill Fryer from the staff, singing 'The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo'. I remember playing the female lead in one play whereby I had to repeat the phrase 'do not cry dear mother' when ever my mother began crying (which was often). This was finally met by the audience participating in the same line towards the end of the play! I remember that I forgot to feed my pet rabbit one morning, and this was detected by a self appointed prefect and I was punished by being taken to the woods after roll-call and strung up from a tree and left hanging there until mid-night when I was taken down! Not an experience I can recommend! When Captain 'Buggy' Warner was on night duty his wooden leg became a giveaway when patrolling the corridors. To overcome this problem he used to put a pillow underneath his wooden leg which produced a sequence of sound like 'step — shssh — step — shssh etc.! There are many more stories that seem to be fading in the mind as the years go by, but one thing I am sure of is that to a Londoner such as myself JH was a haven for schoolboy adventure, exploration, resourcefulness and comradeship which was shared with boys and staff alike. My continued stay through the School reinforced this 'family' feeling despite increased academic rigour and stronger competition in sport. In fact the blend of academic studies with sport and hobbies (YFC, workshop projects, etc.) produced a balance of educational opportunity that I shall be for ever grateful. If ever the School favoured one of these at the expense of the others, then scope for producing the well rounded and balanced individual will diminish, and I think that would be a great pity and in contrast to the aims and ideals of the Lord Wandsworth Foundation. Yours sincerely Andrew Sully

43 11 Letchmore Road, Radlett, Herts. Dear Maurice, During the Old Sternians reunion at Long Sutton I discussed with James Marshall the idea of offering some notes from my 1940 diary for possible inclusion in The Sternian Magazine. I began keeping a diary in 1940 and the entries I made were quite extensive, being rarely of less than 40 words per day and sometimes up to about 100, on a wide variety of subjects from school meals to air raids. The latter were to occupy much of our time during the second half of the year and we had 140 in the Autumn term alone. Mostly they were just warnings, followed in due course by the 'All Clear' but enemy aircraft were quite frequently in the area during this period. Sometimes there were distant flashes and rumblings in the Southampton direction and occasionally bombs were dropped sufficiently close to rattle the doors and windows. I still have a fragment of one that dropped in the Copse. But eventually they became accepted as such a matter of routine that on one day — 3rd December — I wrote that nothing much had happened that day and then mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that several enemy aircraft came over during prep and that there was an air raid warning from about 10—11 p.m. The next Sunday however, was more interesting, as a captured Messerschmitt ME 110 flew over, escorted by a Hurricane. Various additional duties were necessitated due to shortage of labour, in particular the Saturday morning Manual, i.e. manual labour and a wide variety of tasks was performed, weather permitting, as the following entries show: 13 April: Finding scrap iron for the Government. (Incidentally Lloyd George came to see the school that day. I had never seen a man with such long hair before.) 20 April: Had to go down to the mill to break up the old farm cart to get the iron. There were several tons of scrap iron heaped up by then. 27 April: Rat catching at the rubbish dump (the one in the Copse in a disused chalk quarry). Warren and I killed the only rat by bringing our sticks down at the same moment. Had an enormous bonfire. 1 June: Cutting grass at the mill. Very hot day. 8 June: Cutting grass. 15 June: Cutting thistles and stinging nettles at Summers Farm. 22 June: Charlock pulling near the Piggeries. 29 June: Pulling up weeds. 20 July: Cutting Hemlock. Cut my hand badly with sickle. 27 July: Had to creosote the piggeries. 21 September: Working in Kitchen for whole weekend. Everyone in senior school taking turns because of shortage of labour. 5 October: Driving cows on the farm. The remaining Saturday mornings were occupied by rehearsals for the Christmas play, The Tempest. Food rationing in England began earlier in the year, on 8th January, but we still ate pretty well. The kitchen was in the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Carter whose most popular dish was their celebrated fish cakes. Nobody was late for breakfast when they were being served. Sweets were not yet rationed and our weekly pocket money of 6d (2Vip) was sufficient to procure quite a good supply from the village shop. For the more thirsty types an illicit pint of cyder at the back 44 door of the Chequers cost 5d, as I discovered on 30th June, before climbing to the top of Quercus. Otherwise the life of the school carried on much as before and our time was so well occupied with the usual studies, prep, sports, hobbies and various other activities and pursuits that it is surprising that there was any time left to keep a diary. I may be a bit late for this year's Sternian or you might have enough material already, in which case you might like to save these notes for the next issue or put them in the archives. Of course, there is a lot of detailed information in the diaries but it would take an enormous amount of time and space to copy down the useful bits and then there would be so much that it could become a bore. And I am not the only one who kept a diary then. By the way I was at LWC from 1936-1942. It is now 1.30 a.m. and I am ready for bed. Best wishes, Yours Peter Lilley

My Dear James, I have today heard from Mrs. Aileen Henderson with her new address, which is — 29 Grant Street, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. She will be very grateful if this can be published in the Sternian so that 'any Old Boys who come up this way may find me'. With best wishes, Yours Kenneth

To: The Editor, 'The Stemian' I should be very grateful if you could include in your next issue a plea on the following lines: JUNIOR HOUSE An album of photographs, cuttings, photo-copies of letters describing outstand- ing events, etc. is being compiled at Junior House. We should be grateful for any contributions from Old Sternians, and the further in time they go back, the better. Sort through attics and ditty-boxes and send anything of general interest to me at Junior. A start has already been made, and the Album will be available for a browse in 1982. John Matson

Dear Maurice, We had a great reunion at Long Sutton last weekend and I dare say that someone will be making a report on it to you and that the various responsible parties will be letting you have their annual reports. One item that might not creep in to the reports but which caused me great fun was the Croquet match. As you know Ted Broomfield and Graham Barnes were defending champions and everyone was very keen to get them knocked out. In the first round I played as Laurie Kinney and my partner and I were knocked out by Hugh Podger. I subsequently discovered that the bottom half of the competition was not filled and certain people were getting by in to the next 45 round. I therefore reappeared as Laurie Trubbshaw-Smythe and won my first- round match and then proceed to knock out Hugh Podger and his opponent in the next round. This left me and I believe Harold Needs although I cannot be too sure owing to the euphoria of the occasion in the final. Our opponents who's name I do not know were very good sporting chaps but unfortunately beat us. One final point concerns the former School House matron Polly Porter. She retired at the end of last term and I managed to get her address from her and you may care to make some note of this in the magazine. It is as follows: — Miss Polly Porter, 1 Chartergrove, The Avenue, Petersfield, Hants. Kind regards, Yours sincerely Laurie Kinney

The Mountaineering Club In case any armchair mountaineers may be interested, and for the record, I can report that the O.S.A.M.C. is well and that this year there have been expeditions to Mid-Wales, for an all too brief weekend in the Brecon Beacons; to Morvich for the Annual Meet in the Kintail Forest area of the Western Highlands, and to Glencoe in Argyll. Our Chairman, Hugh Podger and Peter Plant joined a small family group for a strenuous and sometimes damp, but none the less enjoyable 'Beacons' expedition at the end of May. This meet was to have been held at the U.L.M.C. hut at Capel Curig, but had to be hastily re-arranged when I heard that the hut had been treble-booked! Hugh and Peter were unfortunately unable to travel north to our meet at Morvich, where besides Liz and myself, the party included Gordon Pitt, Gerald Smith with Simon and Peter, Len Cline, David and Megan Minnikin, Ray Hill, Roderick Fell, Lennox Greaves and two very welcome new 'recruits', Gary Dobson from Blyth and Malcolm Alderson from Skipton. Although not the wettest week we have experienced in this area, the inclement weather did play a large part in the choice of the week's programme. There were some good days however; on the vast Aonach air Chrith ridge to the south of Glen Shiel, on A'Chralaig and Conbhaireann and The Five Sisters of Kintail. The mountains of Skye seem to be a formidable and elusive target for many Morvich- based expeditions, but yet again have remained shrouded in mist long after the weather has cleared inland. How true the local saying: 'When ye can see Skye, it's going to rain, When ye canna see Skye, it's raining already!!' In spite of the cloud and rain, we enjoyed the week, and at the end of it, the Glen Shiel Gala — rather like a village fete, with some intriguing contests like pitching a sheaf, guessing the weight of a salmon, the inevitable welly throwing to name but a few, concluding with a rather bizarre 'rugby' match with very few rules. All the village, or at least the residents of the scattered communities around Loch Duich were there including our good friends Iain and Yunnie MacKinnon, Jimmy and Margaret Cruikshank and a familiar face seen on every visit to Morvich since 1970, the old keeper, now retired, John Macrae. There was a dance and a stag roast too, that same evening, but our majority was in favour of a quiet pint or two at the alternative evening meeting place, the Clachan at Dornie. 46 After the festivities in the rain (and John's solo trek up the Saddle — another fine mountain on a good day!) of the previous day, Sunday morning produced warm sun and a gentle breeze, as we cleared up said our farewells and headed for Glencoe, where later in the day our party assembled — the original band from Morvich less Gordon, the Smiths, Len and Gary — at the Scottish Mountaineering Club's Lagangarbh Hut, which lies some way from the main road, down a rough track and across a river. The hut gave us plenty of basic room and cold water, and everything worked. A variety of short walks ended just before the weather broke again and closed in for the next two days during which a few brave souls struggled to the top of Buachaille Etive Mor in the cloud on the Monday and a few less brave souls drove or were driven to Loch Awe to see the Cruachan Hydro Electric Project on the Tuesday — but that's another story! Wednesday dawned fine for our last mountain day and the final expedition to Bidean Nam Bean high above Glencoe set off in warm sun which stayed with us as with others celebrating in London that day, until late in the evening. It really was a superb day, and we were very sad to have to leave the following morning in similar conditions. The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held at Morvich, and as a result O. Tweedie-Stodart Esq., the Laird of Tweedsmuir is President of the Club, Hugh Podger our Chairman and your correspondent continues the present task. The members at the meeting agreed that next year we should try to hold our annual meet at a different time and it was decided that the end of May should be the time, and Kinlochewe should be the place if accommodation is available. Details will be available to members of O.S.A.M.C. in December and anyone else interested who cares to contact me early in 1982. My wife and I lunched with Tweedie on our way south, and I am pleased to report that he is in extremely good health and appears as fit as ever. We hope he will be able to join us in the mountains next year. I very much regret the lack of photographs, having just been informed that the official supplier of black and white prints was somehow distracted from his task and inadvertantly poured the wrong chemicals into the tank! Peter Everall

47 News of Old Boys 5. Sid Corfield, Moseley. Gardener. 12. G. (Cliff) Welch, Storrington. Having a quiet year, visiting relatives in America next Spring. 24. Bill Betts, Guildford. Retired. His motorcycling came to an end on 30th October 1980; he started in 1930 and has had eight machines in that time. 26. E. W. Merriman, Leytonstone, Retired. 30. Leslie S. G. Burbidge, Manningtree. Retired schoolmaster. Hoping to move to Felixstowe. Delighted to see S. Corfield, Ted Woodhouse and Bob Mayo for first time in 50 years. 34. Arthur L. Webb, Fordingbridge. Retired. Just idling time away — gardening etc. 52. J. W. Butterworth, Chelmsford. Retired end of June 1980. Don't know how I ever found time to go to work. 53. G. M. Johnson, Odiham. 56. Leonard Betts, Ipswich. 57. Henry T. Jeffries, Wisbech. Retired. 61. Edward W. Broomfield, Wimborne. Retired. Hobbies include the garden and driving in the New Forest. Always glad to meet O/S if they are in the area. 63. Frank Shoesmith, Clacton-on-Sea. Retired. 72. Cecil G. Bevan, Carlisle, Land Maintenance contractor. Still not retired fully — interests quizzing and youth football — still refereeing. 74. Edward W. R. Harris, Beaconsfield. Retired. One son, Richard, who is Computer Operations Manager and two grandsons aged 8 and 5 years. 85. William E. Wood, Bishop Auckland. Retired. Still President of Bishop Auckland Cricket Club and member of Durham County Cricket Club Committee. Two replacement hips inserted in 1976 — still giving no trouble! 101. Arthur J. Bradley, Canterbury. Retired. 121. Robert C. Trigwell, Alton. Retired from Alton Post Office May 28th 1981 after 14 years. 144. Dennis Broomfield, Cambridge. Manager — looking forward to retirement next May. 157. Norman Valentine, Bury St. Edmunds. 171. Eric Light, Fordingbridge. Market Gardener. 189. William J. Organ, Hucclecote. Sales Manager. 211. Douglas R. Lydford, HighWycombe. Inland Revenue — still not fully retired. Chairman Royal British Legion Welfare Services Committee. Have aspirations of standing for Liberal or Social Democratic Party — first Old Sternian M.P. 212. E. C. Morris, Lymington. Sales Manager — feed supplement manufacturer. 216. Hubert J. Powell, Bolton. Still enjoying retirement and the pleasures of caravanning. 48 227. William H. Glenny, Chelmsford. Vicar with an urban parish of 10,000. Daughters Celia 19, Rosalind 13 and son Richard 17. 251. W. A. J. Harris, Bath. Retired. 253. Frank E. Luscombe, Felixstowe. Retired. Moved from Devon to Suffolk to help daughter by looking after grandchildren, also 12 acres was getting too much to look after. 272. Richard J. Clarson, FRIGS, MRSH, FFB. Assistant Director of Housing, City of Bristol. Vice Chairman elect 1981. 290. G. B. Myers, Chippenham. Small farmer. Just had first grand-daughter. 297. Brian (Bill) Tacchi, Wyton. Nurseryman in family business with two sons. Production unit of 80 acres. 300. Arnold J. Cutner. Pharmacist, Hendon. Just returned from holiday in California and Nevada. 314. John T. Lomas, Ipswich. Local Government Officer Suffolk. 327. G. A. Golding, Hanham, Bristol. 331. Ronald W. Bryant, Sturminster Newton. Credit Controller. Will soon have second grandchild. 336. Joseph W. Batten, Bristol. Retail Pharmacist. Became a grandfather in June 1980, but grandaughter lives in Gibraltar. 341. Michael H. Collingwood, Huntingdon. British Telecom Engineer. 353. E. W. Knott, Ipswich. Farmer. 359. R. W. (Dick) Bracher, Ashtead, Surrey. Manager, The Speedway Control Board. Currently organising the World Speedway Championship Final at Wembley. Son and elder daughter both qualified solicitors. Youngest daughter entering King's College (London) to read Law. Attending FIM Congress in Tokyo in November. 369. P. Lilley, Radlett, Herts. Insurance Broker. 371. Roger Lucas, Melksham, Wilts. Tyre Test Supervisor. Still into Church music, sound recording and large motor cycles. 398. Anthony R. T. Perry, Epsom. Bank Manager. 416. Alan C. Barrow, Sanderstead, Surrey. Appeals Officer, Marie Curie Memorial Foundation. 437. Peter C. J. Brown, Bristol. Journalist. Now in 13th year as the BBC's Bristol based Industrial Correspondent. Another long-term resident and Old Sternian is 'Down your way' producer Tony Smith. Just celebrated his Silver Wedding anniversary. 445. John Gates, Slough. Landscape Architect. 482. Sid G. Humphrey, Brighton. Post Office Engineer. 485. John A. Reynolds, Gillingham, Kent. Financial Director. John and wife mad tennis enthusiasts and tennis coach. Son Michael 26 plays county tennis, daughter Deborah 23 works as secretary/P.A. in city. 488. Sydney G. Rowsell, Exeter. Control Room Operator. Spent April in Canada. Drove from Toronto to Vancouver Island by Trans Canada highway. 500. C. C. Lilley, Radlett, Herts. Director Insurance Company. 49 542. W. R. Oliver, Romsey, Hants. No change. 564. Laurence Brown, Cobham, Surrey. Managing Director. Last year my company was granted a Royal Warrant as Numismatists to H.M. The Queen. Currently writing a three volume book on commemorative medals which has taken 15 years of research. Volume I was published last year. 565. Hugh Podger, Winchester. Accountant. Walker on Brecon Beacons in May on a mini-OSAMC expedition. Children now aged 16, 14, 13 & 11. 577. O. R. L. Farbrother, Billingshurst, Sussex. Sales Executive. 583. Harold Needs, Taunton Somerset. Production Control Manager. Still playing a little tennis and table tennis. Recently elected to board of Taunton Town Football Club. Three sons. OSA Reunion Secretary. 595. C. R. Roberts, Newquay, Cornwall. Senior Teacher post i/c all External Examinations, as well as Head of Geography in 1600 pupil Comprehensive. 651. Richard J. Thomas, Pillowell, Glos. Contract cleaner. 667. Michael A. Hutley, Bournemouth, Dorset. Detective Inspector Dorset Police now completed 24Va years service. Son Richard 18, daughter Sally 17. 671. Clifford Rayner, Nottingham. Senior Lecturer Trent Poly. Lecturing in Engineering Surveying. Still occasionally hit a six over the bowlers head. Four children. 684. W. G. J. Robbins, Haverfordwest. Senior Administrative Assistant with West Wales Water Authority. 691. Philip A. Plumley, Macclesfield. Management Services. 695. Dave Ragbourne, Chippenham. Organisation and Methods Manager. 700. Geoffrey L. J. Dare, Ulverston, Cumbria. No change. 704. Ian M. Doley, Tring, Herts. Accountant. Just recovered from a perforated ulcer caused by overwork! 730. Ian G. Trueman, Greigiau, Mid. Glamorgan. Civil Engineer. 735. Laurie Kinney, Farnham, Surrey. Chartered Surveyor. Son, Michael, just won the Mathematics Scholarship to Corpus Christi, Oxford. 742. Gerald Smith, Halifax, West Yorkshire. Vicar of Luddenden with Luddenden Foot. Still thriving as Vicar in pleasant South Pennine Bronteland village. Meet an acquaintance of Raymond Thatcher in church about once every six months visiting the village. 745. Colin Holt, Larne, Co. Antrim. Sales Manager. 741. John David Smith, Bingham, Notts. Returned from Nigeria, now Officer Commanding R.A.F. Education and Training Technology Development Unit at R.A.F. Newton, near Nottingham. 759. David G. Lonsdale, Corbridge, Northumberland. Architect and University Lecturer. Building own house — nearly finished. Two girls left home — couldn't stand it, one boy remaining. 790. M. G. (Wally) Pratt, Portsmouth, Hants. 797. Robin H. Salter, Carlisle. Consultant Physician. 804. Mike Haydon, Stowmarket, Suffolk. Builder. Working hard, between Rotary, 41 Club and Federation of Building Employer's meetings. 50 810. David C. Hutton, Basingstoke, Hants. Farmer. Two sons, Alan and Edward attending LWC. Senior Councillor Basingstoke Borough Council. 828. J. W. Brooks, Eton. Schoolmaster. No excitements other than birth of son, Timothy in February to add to daughter Caroline aged 4. Still 'soldiering on' at Eton. 835. Graham N. Roberts, Aylesbury, Bucks. Sales Manager. Met old school partner J. W. Brooks number 828 recently at Eton where he is teaching. 24 years since I had seen him. Still secretary of Aylesbury RFC and still playing. 846. R. P. Hawes, Diss, Norfolk. Farmer. No change. 865. D. N. Saunders, Eye, Suffolk. Farmer. Farming 300 acres, 2 girls and 1 boy. 881. David M. Richards, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Company Director. Still playing hockey (for Old Sternians as well) and squash. Tried to organise O.S. squash; would like to hear from Squash Players please. 885. George S. Wallen, Northwich, Cheshire. Squadron Leader, R.A.F. 910. David E. Minnikin, Wylam, Northumberland. University teacher. Climbed Grossglockner (Austria's highest mountain) in 1980. This year going to French Alps and conference in Paris. Regular attender at O.S.A.M.C. meetings. 912. Mike Pomfret, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Sales Manager. 947. Anthony W. Sully, Kingston on Soar, Notts. Head of interior design at Trent Polytechnic. Am willing to visit LWC and other schools to lecture about the course and profession. Captain of O.S. cricket XI. I need more names and addresses of prospective players and their cricket experience. 976. Clive Butler, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Internal Auditor. 978. Peter Danson, Buxton, Derbyshire. School teacher. Two children, 10 and 8. Secretary of Derbyshire County Hockey Association. 987. Brian Reeve, Maindenhead, Berkshire. Recently appointed U.K. M.D. of German engineering company. 989. John H. Smith, Little Barren, nr. Chester. Architect. Married with 3 children, living in converted cottage 5 miles from Chester. LWC visitors welcome. A15. Ian Dudley Moore, Woking, Surrey. Senior Associate with Abbey Life Assurance. Married for 17 years, 3 daughters aged 14, 11 and 9. A22. Charles P. Lawrence, Oakham, Rutland. Schoolmaster. Relinquishing the Chairmanship after two years, grateful for all the friendships made in this time and confident that the O.S. A. will go forward strongly under David Ragbourne's leadership. A23. Harry G. E. Loe, Chichester, Sussex. Sales Office Manager. A31. Guy Consterdine, Woking, Surrey. Running the Marketing Department at Thomson Magazines. My book 'The Prestel Business' has sold well. Wife teaches History; children Richard 15 and Rachel 13. A88. Michael E. Millichamp, Wokingham, Berks. Assistant Bank Manager at Barclays Bank, Reading. Involved with local Citizens Advice Bureau and Lions- clubs, Berkshire &: Athenaeum Club. Married one daughter aged 6V2. A106. Raymond M. Faux, Paddock Wood, Kent. Farmer. Hope to see comtem- poraries at London reunion this year, no luck last. A107. Tim R. Fawdry, Teddington, Middlesex. Director of design consultancy in exhibitions working throughout Europe. Visited Cairo and Iceland this year. 51 Al 19. Gordon F. Bates, Middlesbrough, Cleveland. Assistant Chief Recreation and Amenities Officer with Middlesbrough Borough Council, responsible for Sports Centres, Swimming pools, parks, museums, theatre, entertainment and community development. Life devoted to golf with little success. Married, 2 children. Al 39. Paul H. Winson, Thame, Oxon. Marketing Director Oxford Instruments Ltd. A142. Tony Barry, Tring, Herts. Senior Surveyor for British Airways in Hounslow. Married with 2 daughters. Active member Anglican church in Tring. Enjoys foreign travel, also recommends O.S.A.M.C. endurance tests in Scottish mountains. A163. Peter Everall, Pencoyd, Hereford. Civil Engineer. Recently set up own business specialising in engineering and architectural design and detailing work. Al 80. Roger Green, Havant, Hants. Horticulture. A182. Malcolm R. C. Jeary, Alton, Hants. Managing Director of Spaceway Design. Two children aged 8 and 12. Interested to hear from any local O.S. A195. David W. Wagstaff, Burnham, Berks. Director/Chairman of Enterprise Glass Co. Ltd. Exhibited in Toronto May 1981. Long awaited daughter Gemma, born 6th May 1981. Son Mark, now 8. A198. Graham Barnes, St. Albans, Herts. Computer Projects Manager. A201. Tim Hodges, Wargrave, Berks. Aircraft salesman with British Airways — spends most of his time travelling the world. Married to Colin Perkin's sister in law (A197) with one son of 2 (Simon Gibbs A260 is godfather). A236. David Johnson, Bury St. Edmunds. Farming. A291. Peter J. Daniel, Reading, Berks. Solicitor. Three children 6, 4V4 and 2. Still trying to convert an old house and an overgrown garden. A311. Morley G. Palmer, Martock, Somerset. Died 28th December 1980. Leaves a wife and son aged 4. A328. Patrick L. Griffin, Leamington Spa. Hotel General Manager. Enjoyed the honour of looking after members of the Royal Family over past 8 years, culminating with Her Majesty the Queen this year. Even greater honour, yet again, of looking after the Midlands O.S. Re-Union Dinner in October this year. A358. Dudley Lewis, Bristol. Solicitor/Deputy City Clerk, Bristol City Council. Married with three children. Pleased to see anyone passing through Bristol — still working at The Council House. A367. Peter H. Roe, Wolverhampton. Farmer; recently changed from milk to beef and pigs. A374. Robert J. Winson, Princes Risborough, Bucks. Managing Director, Anagon Ltd. at Maidenhead. A381. Kim A. Walbe, Dormansland, Surrey. Geologist-working as a Petroleum Geologist and spending most of my time commuting between London, Houston and Saudi Arabia. A404. Ronald Nicholas, London W5. Advertising — no change. A424. V. Roy Edwardson, Driffield, Yorks. Senior Investigator, H.M. Customs &: Excise in Hull. Married and settled in Yorkshire permanently. A bit more sporting now than during school days — cricket, swimming, cycling, shooting and fishing. 52 A468. William E. Petrie, East Preston, West Sussex. Company Director. Son, Edward, now 3. Any O.S. in the area, always welcome to call — home or business near Littlehampton. A510. Andrew R. Brown, Chesham, Bucks. Admin. Dept. Supervisor in computer company. Travel to States in July 1981. Retired as London Secretary to O.S.A. after 5 years. A512. Michael A. Cartwright, Bridgwater, Somerset. Supervisor with Milk Marketing Board. Remarried (October 1980). Would be pleased to see any O.S., especially any gardeners. A566. T. E. Williamson, Romsey, Hants. Sales Manager Industrial Engines. Active radio amateur G8UOP. Would like to hear from anyone. A573. Christopher Bray, London NW2. Freelance computer systems designer. Travelling round Europe. Still single — too expensive to get married. A587. Julian H. Hibberd, Swindon, Wilts. Plant Hire. Got married in April. A590. James Gordon Hume, London SW6. Merchant Banker, recently seconded to I.C.I. Finance Ltd. for 12 months. A597. James G. Marshall — see Editor's comments. A618. Bruce Williamson, Aldershot, Hants. Army Officer (A.C.C.). Just completed a 2 year tour in Dover. Just celebrated the birth of a son. A626. Richard Loader, Holsworthy, Devon. Agricultural contractor. President of Young Farmers, member of Bradworthy Parish Council and secretary of amateur theatre group. Never see any other LWC Sternians. Are there enough in SW to have a re-union in Exeter for example, Chippenham or LWC are about 200 miles. A645. Mike Ryan, R.A.F. Akrotiri, BFPO 57. R.A.F. Regiment Officer in Cyprus. Married with first child due November 1981. I get time to enjoy karate, rugby and swimming. Taking a team to Nijmegen International marches this year. A674. A. W. Peachey, Huntingdon, Cambs. British Telecom. Still studying for accountancy qualifications. Hope to be moving to Colchester. A704. Paul Gibson, Blyth, Northumberland. Formation Logging Engineer/ Geologist currently working in the North Sea. A729. Andrew G. Greenwood, Hampton on the Hill, Warwick. Army Officer Adjutant 5RRF (TA) Rejoin 3RRF in Belfast for 14 months, then Berlin in 1983. One daughter. A750. Peter A. A. Howells, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Teacher (remedial subjects and outdoor activities). Moved from Berkshire to Yorkshire. Continue to be involved as Army Cadet Force Officer. A792. Bill Skinner, Solihull. Principal Estates Surveyor for Dunlop. Married in August 1980, still playing rugby for a local side. A857. Neal Young, Amersham, Bucks. Senior Training Officer — working for Wimpy. Previously ran own hotel in S. Devon and worked in Switzerland. Married in 1976. A904. Richard M. Flatt, South Molton, N. Devon. Horticulturist. Completed a Forestry degree, now specialising in arboriculture. Expecting a baby in December. 53 A908. Geoffrey N. Green, Winchester, Hants. Registrar of Births, Deaths and marriages. A975. Simon A. S. Wray, Camborne, Cornwall. Marine Engineering Technician, R.N. On HMS Sultan in USA (New Orleans) for three months last year for Mardi Gras. A995. John Larking, Haslemere, Surrey. Toured Southern California last July. Married. B15. Mark Thomson, Reading, Berks. Export Marketing. Graduated in 1978 BA in Business Studies. Just returned from business trip to Nigeria. B37. Peter Keen, Stone-onTrent. Building Society mortgage clerk/cashire. Now married. Interested in fruit and vegetable growing. B70. Dave Walsh, London Colney, Herts. Teacher of the mentally handicapped in St. Albans. Also member of a 'folk' band. B102. Quentin T. R. Sands, Queens Park, London. Student. Have retained sporting interests and have developed new ones such as Gay Liberation and Christianity. Is there life after Public School? If so, write to B104. Christopher P. Sharpington, Camberley, Surrey. Just completed a degree course in Computer Science with Maths at Bristol University. About to start work with a computer consultancy in Abingdon. B169. Jonathan Mark Sheppard, Eastleigh, Hants. Insurance Clerk. B263. Andrew Dickinson, Alton, Hants. At Bath University studying for BA in European Studies — also play hockey for university. B266. Donald Ramsay Pawell, Godalming, Surrey. Moving to London University this October. Regular attender at O.S. Andrew Bird's pub The Greyhound in Guildford. B269. Robert Haldimann, Basle, Switzerland. Reinsurance Broker. B282. A. P. Smith, Formby, Merseyside. Just finished accountancy foundation course at Liverpool Polytechnic, where I played hockey. Start work August as trainee accountant in London. B292. Andrew Baker, Wanstead, London. Police Officer. Joined London Metropolitan Police in November. B297. Nick Hooper, Hook, Hants. At Portsmouth Polytechnic, studying HND in Maths/Stats/Comp. and transferring to degree course. Received gold Duke of Edinburgh Award at Palace in May 1981. B321. Philip Haynes, Reading, Berkshire. Working in the retail camping trade. Recently trekked for 5 days/85 miles in Scotland to raise £240 for a local scanner appeal. B331. Jeremy Chandler, Camberley, Surrey. Retail Management for John Lewis. B353. Derek N. Leybourne, Chichester, W. Sussex. Trainee Manager - Hotel. Daughter, Janivier Virginia born January 10 1981. Still doing drama, writing a musical. Lost 7Vz stone. B405. Timothy J. Ford, Camberley, Surrey. Student Nurse. B418. C. J. Taylor, Haslemere, Surrey. Bank Clerk. B440. Simon Dodd, Basingstoke, Hants. Student at Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke. Hobbies include sailing, fishing and squash and a keen motorcyclist. 54 B484. Chris Andreason, Royal Navy. At present undergoing training at HMS Raleigh with a view to becoming a diver. After training I will volunteer for submarines. B508. Michael J. C. Kerslake, Yateley. Student engineer working for Leyland vehicles in Lancashire. Will got to University of Surrey in Autumn. B510. Nigel Riley, Farnham, Surrey. Junior Assistant Manager of Reigate Manor Hotel, Surrey. B513. Brian Pickett, Camberley, Surrey. Student. B709. Andrew (Nobby) Hall, Alresford, Hants. Kennels Assistant in parents kennels. Recently acquired a black labrador which I hope to train and work. Ex Staff Arthur Gamble, Belgium. Deputy Head Upper School British School of Brussels. Would appreciate news of 68—72 vintage. Still keep in touch with LWC through Messrs. Dames, Dyson, Davidson, Kerr and Watson and flourishing Rugby 'exchanges'. Gosden House 1930 Agnes Hinds. Nee Cox, Redditch, Worcs. Now retired. Working as Sister at the college Sanatorium for nearly 10 years was a very happy decade at the end of my working life. 1946 Ena Mary Mirran. Nee Charlton, Salisbury, Wilts. Social Worker. I would like to contact any old Gosden girls who were at Gosden from 1942 until it closed. Married, have had four children and recent years qualified as a social worker. 1939 Lucy Akers (Myers), Hessle, North Humberside. Teacher, retiring July 1981. 1946 Patricia Sanders (nee James), Ludlow, Shropshire. Farmers wife.

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