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,No. I JULY 1980 MEMBERS OF STAFF OF Head Master D. J. ARNOLD, M.A., formerly Scholar of Pembroke College, Oxford (History) Vice-Master G. P. WAKEFIELD, M.A., Liverpool (English) Senior Master R. ABRAM, B.Sc., Manchester (Mathematics) Senior Mistress Miss J. M. LAWLEY, 8.A., formerly scholar of the University of Bristol (Geography) Director of Studies J. CLOUGH, 8.A., Manchester (Classics) Senior Tutor Mrs. V. J. MORRELL, B.A., London School of Economics (Tutor in charge of Political Studies) Tutorial Staff Mrs. B. M. EDWARDS, B.Sc., Manchester (Tutor in charge of Geology and Geography Tutor) r Q. BERRY, B.A., Manchester (Tutor in charge of German and Russian) N. HARRISON, A.T.D., Liverpool College of Art (Director of Art) E. S. GALE, Culham College, Dip. P.E., Carnegie College of Physical Education (Director of Recreational Activities) T. B. JOHNSON, B.A', Leeds (Librarian and English Tutor) D. MILEY, A.R.l.C., Liverpool College of Technology (Director of Resources and Equipment and Chemistry Tutor) P. J. RICHARDSON, M.A., formerly Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford (Co-ordinator of Scientific Studies) M. E. AMER, 8.A., Leeds (Senior Economics Tutor) P. J. COMFORT, B.Sc., Manchester (Senior Geography Tutor) S. SMITH, M.A., formerly Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge (Senior Modern Languages Tutor, French and Spanish) J. R. WOHLERS, B.Sc., Hull (Senior Mathematics Tutor) Miss D. H. HUGHES, B.A., Manchester (Tutor in charge of Classics) R. CLARK, M.A., St. Catherine's College, Oxford (Mathematics Tutor) B. MAWER, B.Sc., Hull (Mathematics and Tutor in Statistics and ComPuter Studies) F. E. LARGE, B.Sc., LiverPool (Physics and Tutor in charge of Technical Resources and Astronomy) T. J. BRUCE, B.Sc., Wales (Economics Tutor) Mrs. A. PRICE, M.A., formerly Scholar of Newnham College, Cambridge (Tutor in charge of PhYsics) Mrs. M. BOWRAN, B.A', Durham (Senior English Tutor) Mrs. A. C. SMITH, B.Sc. Royal Holloway College, (Careers Mistress and Mathematics Tutor)

F J. A. FAIRBURN, B.Sc., Birmingham (Careers Master and Chemistry Tutor) T. M. STEVENSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., Liverpool (Senior Chemistry Tutor) A. S. FREEM, B.A., Durham (Warden of Long Rigg and Geography Tutor) J. CONDON, 8.A., Warwick (Economics Tutor) A. CLOWES, B.Sc., Wales (Geography Tutor) C. J. COLLIER, 8.A., York (Senior History Tutor) G. J. SKINNER, B.Sc., Ph.D., Lancaster (Senior Biology Tutor) Mrs. M. SANDERSON, B.Sc., Manchester (Mathematics Tutor) K. H. MATTHEWS, B.A., Durham, B.Mus., London, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., A.T.C.L., (Director of Music and of Sefton Youth Orchestra) P. S. NIEDZWIEDZKI, B.A., formerly Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge (Biology Tutor) Mrs. A. F. SMALL, B.Sc., Royal Holloway Colleges, London, M.Sc., Birmingham (Biology Tutor) MEMBERS OF STAFF OF KING GEORGE V SCHOOL H. T. MARSH, B.Sc., Manchester (Hargreaves' Housemaster and Head of the ChemistrY DePartment) L. S. METFORD, 8.A., Wales (Higham's Housemaster and Head of the History Department) Mrs. B. PARTINGTON, B.Sc., Manchester (Chemistry) Mrs. P. DAVIES, B.A., Wales (Head of the Modern Languages Department) R. A. STICHBURY, Chester College of Education (Evans' Housemaster and Head of Physical Education) M. BASFORD, 8.A., Wales (Long's Housemaster and Head of the Geography Department) Mrs. P. ROBINSON, B.A., Bristol (French) Mrs. J. METCALFE, Wymondham College (Head of the English Department) Mrs. M. P. RIMMER, B.A., Manchester (English) M. B. COCHRANE, B.Sc., Sheffield (Head of the Physics Department) R. J. DOLLERY, 8.A., The Queen's College, Oxford (French and German) B. L. HUBBARD, 8.A., Liverpool (History and Geography) Mrs. F. H. GOULD, B.Sc., Bedford College, London (Physics) Miss D. WOODWARD, Edge Hill College of Higher Education (Mathematics) Mrs. A. H. SZCZESNIAK, L.ds L., M.ds L., Paris (French) S. PEACH, B.Ed., Manchester (History) Mrs. R. D. ROWE, B.Sc., Reading (Mathematics) PART.TIME MEMBERS OF STAFF The Rev. M. D. WHYTE, B.A., B.D., Manchester (Religious Education) Mrs. L. COATES, Graduate of the University of Jena (German) JOYCE CALLING, A.R.M.C.M., A.R.C.M., L.G.S.M. (Violin and Viola) H. FORSHAW, G.R.S.M., A.R.M.C.M. (Woodwind)

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F COLLEGE NOTES extra temporary members of staff at King George V College opened in K.G.V. during the year. We were part- September 1979 with 750 pupils on roll. icularly fortunate that Mr. P. B. Ellis 350 of them were in the third, fourth was able to take Mrs. Edwards's place and fifth years of King George V School throughout the year, and that Mtss last grammar school for boys in Scawthon, for many years Head of -theSouthport. 400 were students in the new Modern Languages and then Deputy college, and of those about a third were Headmistress at the High School, was the first girls to come to K.G.V., most able to take some Sixth Form French. of them joining at the start of a two- At the end of the Lent Term Mrs. B. year 'Ai level course, but a few coming Partington, who has taught Chemistry as third year students. at K.G.V. since 1971, left to take up a The teaching staff of the college post at the Sacred Heart High School, numbered thirty-six. Twenty-five of them Crosby, and five other members of had prevrously been on the staff of staff are leaving at the end of term King George V School; eight came from two of them, Mr. J. Condon and Mrs. -R. the former High School for D. Rowe, after just one year on the staff, Girls. Because of the large number of and another, Mr. S. Peach, after 2 years. boys still in the school there were Mrs. P. Davies, who first joined the stalf another seventeen members of the in 1966 and recently has been in charge school staff, and there were also four of Modern Languages in the school, rs p3rt-time teachers. So one might have moving to a post at Greenbank High expected to see a total of 57 men and Schoot. Mr. L. S. Metford, Housemaster women teaching in both the college and of Higham's House, who has taught the school (very few taught in only one) History at K.G.V. for the last ten years, throughout the year. is moving to be the Careers Master at Deyes ln the event the total number of those Hrgh School, Maghull. who taught at K.G.V. during the year Two members of staff are retiring was significantly higher as a conse- this summer. One, Mrs. Jean Buck, has quence of a nunnber of serious illnesses. been the Head Master's Secretary for Mr. H. C. Davies, who had been Head the last eighteen years and recently of Biology at K.G.V. since 1953 and was Bursar as weil. She is only the second to have been the Senior Biology Tutor person to fill this post since the school in the college, retired as the result of was founded in 1920. The other, Mr. illness in the summer of 1979. Mrs. B. G. P. Wakefield, is retiring after spend- M. Edwards, who had been Head of ing more than forty years of his life at Geography at the Southport High K.G.V., eight of them as a boy, nearly School for Girls since 1952, was unable twenty as Head of the English Depart- to take up her post as Tutor in charge ment, ten as Deputy Heaomaster, and of Geology and eventually retired in the the last year as Vice-Master of the summer of 1980. Mr. G. Berry, the Tutor college. We hope to see both of them in charge of German and Russian, had back during part of next year. Jean to be away in hospital and then con- Buck will return at least for a while in a valescing for about half the year, but part-time capacity, and it is just possible happily was able to return after Half that George Wakefield may be tempted Term in the Summer Term. Mrs. V. J. by the construction of the new Hall to Morrell, the Senior Tutor, has been try his hand again at producing a play. away for most of the year, much of the while in hospital, but is hoping to be fit enough to return at the beginning of the next academic year. Largely as the result of these absences we have had a number of

I Mrs. V. R. Chadwick, in HistorY from Mrs. P. Collier, in Mathematics from Mrs. H. K. Haughton, and in BiologY from Mrs. R. E. Fairburn. The new Science laboratories, which we had hoPed to have a -Year ago' should be r6ady for use by September. The rest of the hew buildings, including the Hall and the Sports Hall, the Com- schools. mon Room and the kitchen, and the accommodation for Music and Art, will not be ready until later in the year. This will inevitably cause some prob- lems, all the more because of the increased numbers in the college, but none which appears to be insuperable nor even as grbat as some of the diffi- culties which-have faced both staff and students during the past year. What is more, the worst of the problems should

J. M. Jamieson is coming to teach French. We shall also have some attractive than it is at the moment. part-time assistance in English from

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station Road, Ainsdale, southport, PR8 3HW Tel. Southport 74418 KING GEORGE V SCHOOL, 1920.1980 foundations were eventually laid (though not very welf laid) and the Southport is, as English towns go, a building, which was to be a model for relatively new one and King George V much other school building in the follow- School was, as English grammar ing two decades, was completed in schools go (and most of them have 1926. lt was opened by that most genial gone) a relatively new grammar schooi. of Englishmen, Edward Stanley, seven- it was one of the fruits of the expansion teenth Earl of Derby, the intimate friend of secondary educatron produced by of King George V, six times winner of H. A. L. Fisher's Education Act of 1918, the St. Leger and twice of the Derby, which raised the school leaving age to Secretary of State for War under three fourteen and provided for the extension prime ministers, and ambassador in of the number of free places in grammar Paris immediately after the First World schools. Three years later, in one of War. Lord Derby was able to confer the those bouts of cutting public expendi- name of King Ueorge V on the school. ture which are characteristic of British It was a unique distrnction in , political life, the Fisher Education Act though four other King George V was in effect discarded. ln August 1921 Schools were eventually to be tound Sir Eric Geddes was given the job of scattered around the world in Hong making recommendations for cutting Kong, Malaya, South Africa and the government expenditure "with an axe." Windward lslands, and it was a distinc- But already the previous year the tion shared with one of the Royal Navy's burgesses of the County Borough of greatest battleships and one of the Southport, spurred by the Fisher Act to Great Western Rarlway's most splendid use belatedly the powers they had been engines. When he did so he arso left given by the Balfour Education Act of the boys of the school with an exhort- 1902, had founded a Southport Muni- ation to "Aim High!" cipal for Boys-and These were the days when the gram- the new school escaped the Geddes mar school was axe. widely seen as a means of social mobility, a means by which a It met in September 1920 in a house working-class boy could start climbing known as the Woodlands at the North the steps of the educational and social end of Lord Street where the Law ladder. The Sixth Form was jts crown Courts now stand. The house and and glory, and from there it was but a several huts which had been built in short step on to university. King George the grounds had been used as a military V School was a model of such a school. hospital during the first World Wai. When it started it had no Sixth Form, Now they were converted for use as a but by the 1930's there were more than school. The first Head Master, Georqe Millward, was appointed while still-a serving officer with the Royal Engineers during the war, and when the school opened he and his six assistant masters had 110 boys to look after. lt was in the intimate atmosphere of the Wood- lands that the foundations were laid of school. By the end of the second World a sound academic tradition and of a War numbers had risen to over 600, and house system within which boys were of those more than a hundred were in encouraged to co-operate with each the Sixth Form, and nearly twentv went other for communal success and were on to University each yeai. never rewarded with individual prizes either for work or for games. Up till that time admission had been by a mixture of fee-paying (four quin- From the plans -free - start were being made eas a term!) and the winning of for a new and splendid buildirig. The places by a scholarship exalrnination.

I THE WOODI.ANDS The Butler Education Act of 1944 changed all that. All over EngLand ll'te educational orthodoxy culled from the Norwood RePort-three of 1943 was now that there were kinds of children: those who loved learning for its own sake, who should go to a grammar school and thence eventually into one down at 20o/o. Although the theory was of the learned Professions or into that the 1 1-plus selection procedurq administration; those who found the was a way of discerning the styie. of subtleties of language beyond them but education most suited to a child's could understand machinerY, and so needs, everyone knew that it was really should go to technical schools and then an examination which children either into "Certain crafts engineering, agriculture and the like"; ang thirdly' thbse who could deal only with "con'

authorities devised systems, collectively known as the 1 1 -Plus, to seg reg ate children into those suited to a grammar- school education and those suited to a less permitting it in independent and a number of semi-independent 'direct awards over the thirty years from 1940 grant' schools, the politicians gave to 1970 was unequalled bY anY main- themselves the comforting illusion that tained school in the North West of England and exceeded by very few in any part of the country. Of the 112 boys who had left the school the previous year 51, or just over 45oh, had gone on to degree courses. 44 boys had gone a suitable education for their children. lo 22 ditlerent universities to study 21 At the same time the fact that most different subjects (28 to take science, children failed the 11-plus examination engineering and medical degrees, and and were thereby excluded from gram- 16 to take arts subjects), and a further mar schools meant that there was a 7 were taking degree courses at other built-in likelihood that when the next institutions of Higner Education such as generation grew up they would demand polytechnics. a change. But by this time the movement to Meanwhile, however, the 11-plus was replace grammar schools and second- a peculiarly elfective device for helping ary modern schools with comprehen- to create a grammar school with high sive schools had gained momentum in academic standards, and it was at this much of the country. Public opinion had stage that King George V School got changed a lot in the previous fifty years. its second Head Master. George Mill- ln 1920, when K.G.V. was founded, a Ward had presided over the school common attitude would have been that through twenty-nine years of develop- it was wonderful if a bricklayer's son ment and growth. ln 1949, when he or a bus-driver's son got a free place retired, his place was taken by Geoffrey at a grammar school in the scholarship Dixon, who came from a post as Head examrnation. A couple of decades later, of the Science Department at the Royal by the beginning of the second World Military , Sandhurst to lead the War, rather more people were suggest- school through twenty-seven years in ing that it was scandalous that so few which numbers grew steadily in line with bricklayers' sons or bus-drivers' sons the growth in the population of the town, got places at grammar schools. To some and academic standards also rose extent this seemed to be put right by steadily to a level of excellence equal- the 1944 Education Act, which had led by few grammar schools in the resulted in a vast extension of free country. The parents and the 11-plus grammar school places, and by 1949, selection procedure provided the pupils. when Geoffrey Dixon became Head The level of ability of the pupils attract- Master, many people in Southport, as ed able and dedicated men to serve on in the rest of England, must have felt the staff, and King George V School that it was wonderful that so many justifiably acquired a remarkably high young boys and girls were now getting reputation within the teaching profes- a free grammar-school education. sron. But already a further change was By the time King George V School coming in people's attitudes, and a celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1970 decade or so later it was being suggest- there were 800 boys in the school, of ed by many people that it was scanda- whom just over 200 were in the Sixth lous that grammar schools should be Form. For some years three or four bastions of privilege for the clever. pupils a year had been winning Open Equality had become a more fashion- Awards to Oxford and Cambridge colleges, and the annual figures pub- lished in the Times Educational Supple. ment showed that the record of King George V School in gaining these

f Staff when the school opened iin 1920 Front Row: Mr. GREAR, Mr. ROGERS, Mr. MILLWARD, Mrr. CHARNLEY Back Row: Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. MASON, Mr. SPENCER standably seen as a breeding ground they also had been educated at.indepen: meritocrat. Oerit schools (Attlee at Haileybury_ and of the new like Bevin go.t. little. Gaitskell at wnchester) of, The grammar schools and Morrison, they had been to the old Tn these years f rom either of support . elementarY schobls and looked at rnain nati6nal political palties. -schools the two grammar with . suspicion as rne leaders of the conservative Party good working-class educated devices for turning in ne post-w a( years had been boys into middle-class Tories' it independeni schools: Churchill at Harrow,' Eden and MaCmillan at Eton. so had most of their cabinet colleagues. Between the Scylla of Socialist susp- resented both icion and the Charybdis of Conservative frniny Conservatives that and secondary. contempt it is peinaps su rprising . grammar schools T.od- long' 5rn schools as institutions to which they the gra'mmar schools survived so send their own children but One- reason ls sintply that they were would not them they nevertheless had to PaY: there. Another is that so many of for which good, and of anO they tencfed to be contemPtYous of were demonstrablY very 6oYg who to this King George V School was an out- grammar school .wqnt. !P with ilniversity with the serious-minded inten' standini- example. Such schools, tion of working hard and doing we!! in scant resourceb other than blackboard examinat-ions, knowing that they and chalk, well-thumbed text-books, and their pulled themselves had to rely on their own ab lity .to gel an excellent staff, them a job afterwards. The leaders of and their pupils up by their own boot the Labdur Party were no better. Either straps.

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!n 1965 there were 1,285 grammar from 262 to 2,878 and three-quarters of schools jn EnEland and Wales. By 1976, all children of secon dary age were when Geoffrey Dixon retired and K.G.V. attending them. got its third Head Master, there were only 477, and many of these, including But by this time it was becoming K.G.V., were due to close. Over the apparent that a comprehensive school same period a passionate argument had in order to sustain a Sixth Form needed raged over the relative merits of a to be very large indeed. ln 1976 there selective or a comprehensive system of were 840 boys at K.G.V. of whom 240 education. Those who wanted to retain were in the Sixth Form. Since K.G.V, a selective system proclaimed the took only a fifth of all the boys in South- virtues of academic excellence. Those p,ort that meant that it would as a who wanted a comprehensive system comprehensive school need 3000 took their stand on the principle of instead of 600 boys in the first five years Equality. In the event the compre- to support the same Sixth Form. One henders won, for the combination of the answer was to have a school which was 1 1-plus selection procedure with the far too big. Another was to have several abolition of fee-paying places in gram- schools with Sixth Forms which were mar schools had ensured them an tar too small. ln the country as a whole eventual majority. A nation of 1 1-plus the usual answer to this problem had failures had grown up and would not been to make the worst of the situation stand for having their children humili- and have schools which were too big ated in the same way. Between 1965 with Sixth Forms which were too small. and 1976 the number of comprehensive Fortunately K.G.V. and Southport were schools in the country had increased saved from this fate and the problem

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KING GEORGE V SCHOOL was solved by deciding to provide build. When the new Head Master -schools f Old comprehensive to co_ver tlle age arrived in 1976 he found ive iang'e 11-1 6 and turn K.G.V' into a Georgians on the staff: George W"kg: . field,-Bob Abram, l'ubert Long, David R!mmer. They had then was appointed to Miley and Stan A new Head Master alreddy put in between them a hundred preside and twenty Years teaching at K'G.V, boys'gr The school had clearly influenced their College lives profoundlY. TheY in turn had Sixth F influenced it. Over the sixty years of the creation of King G life of King George V School it had another storY, and only two Head other hand three Head- Masters but iust beginnirig,-but on the Master's Secretaries: Elizabeth Craig ffiis Jnoulo n5i be seen as the story 9{ members of King George V and Jean Buck. Just 250 the destruction of staff taught either in a permanent or a School. The school and ifs educational base on which the temporary capacity during that pg-riod, traditions are the will testify. to college is being brlilt, aRd., for all that and' a rough calculation are falling down,. is a the stability of that staff. lt had five the duildings it . JosePh remarkably- stable base on which to Deputy Hedds (George Mason,

12 Edwards, lke Higham, Les Hargreaves Sixth Form College Queen Elizabeth ll and George Wakefield ) , all of whom agreed that her g randf ather's name were appointed from among the exist- should be retained in the name of the ing staff, and the last of whom was an new college. Old Georgian. There ffidy, perhaps, be some who The school began its life with a staff look back with nostalgia to the grammar of seven and ended it with a staff of 50. school of the 1930's, those years of It grew from 110 boys in 1920 to 851 in international and economic gloom 1977, the last year in which there was which were the hey-day of the old an 11-plus entry. Standards of academic English grammar school. At that time achievement continued to rise right to King George V School was a comfort- the end. ln the last year of the school's able size for a grammar school, with existence the Sixth Form numbered about 530 or 540 pupils, and was 267 and was larger than ever before, the proudly established in its splendid new average 'O' level candidate in the building though already the building Upper Fifth forms got just over six was slowly- subsiding on its insecure passes at g rade C or above, and the foundations.The nostalgia is under- average 'A' level candidate in the Upper standable. But it may be some conso- Sixth forms got just over three passes. lation to know that the new King George Of the 169 boys who left that year 86, or V College which has grown out of King just over 50o/o, went on to degree George V School will be the same com- cgurses, 66 of them at universities and fortable size, with about 530 or 540 20 at polytechnics or colleges of higher students, and will also be established education. Throughout the life of the in new buildings. This time it may be school it had retained the distinction of hoped that the physlcal foundations are being the last school in the country to as secure as the educational founda- be named after a reigning monarch, tions on which K.G.V. is built. and when it was transformed into a D. J. A.

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14 SALVETE We are pleased to welcome the following students into the First Year Sixth of the College. Ainsdale High School: Mark Brown, Jackie Cairns, lan Collins, Peter Cropp'er, Martin Foster, lan France, Clive Gosling, Wendy Harwood, Graham Hill, Carole Kinni- burgh, Clive LaCourt, Gary McBretney, David McDonald, Andrew Mclaren, Karen Mclaren, Stuart Paterson, AIison Richards, Sian Roberts, Stephen Rowan, Richard Seddon, Alan Shaw, David Williams, Pat Wright. Birkdale High School: Juliet Fryer. Brightelmston: Vanessa Rimmer. Christ College, Brecon: Bruce McVicar. De Aston School, Market Rasen: Graham Robinson. Golborne Comprehensive School: Dennis Leck. : Elaine Armstrong, Melanie Armstrong, Shirley Ashcroft, Sarah Ashurst, Deborah Bancroft, Glaire Banks, Glenda Bayley, Helen Beverley, Diane Bond, Diane Bradshaw, Therese Brammah, Lindsey Bridge, Sharon Brookfield, Susan Brookfield, Sara Chesters, Jo Coupe, Angela Cox, Janice Dangerfield, Elaine Danter, Janice Darkes, Elizabeth Davies, Julia Davies, Michelle Dempsey, Maria Denvers, Christine Downes, Karen Elliott, Sally Enright, Tessa Finch, Tracy Fletcher, Elaine Francis, Denise Gardner, Judith Gill, Nicola Greenberg, Lynne Griffiths, Wendy Hardon, Kate Harrison, Elaine Head, Gillian Henderson, Wendy Hilton, Gillian Howarth, Jackie Hunter, Carol Jackson, Karen James, Belinda Johnson, Jennifer Keeley, Janet Kenrick, Adrienne Kewley, Janet Kippax, lrena Kosina, Frances Landau, Catherine Lapsley, Lynda LeRoy, Elizabeth Lewis, Debbie Lloyd, Karen Lord, Melissa Lubich, Alison McMurray, Susan Marshall, Gillian Massam, Susan Mawson, Debbie Mayer, Tina Millar, Janet Morton, Michelle Moseley, Jacqui Neale, Deborah Nissen- baum, Gillian Parker, Julie Penn, Lydia Peters, Alison Petrie-Brown, Elyssa Pollick, Joanna Price, Gill Ratcliffe, Mandy Ratcliffe, Mandy Ray, Christine Regan, Lindy Reynolds, Kim Richmond, Maxine Rigby, Nichola Roberts, Kim Saunders, Gillian Smith, Diane Snape, Joanne Spink, Judy Stansfield, Georgia Sumner, Alison Taylor, Beverley Taylor, Rosemary Taylor, Karen Timperley, Judith Tiplady, Janet Twist, Louise Walker, Karla Webbe, Linsay Whiteside, Deborah Wilcock, Susan Willerton, Susan Wilkinson, Suzanne Wilson, Alison Wood, Janice Wood, Gillian Wright, Linda Wright, Anna Wynne-Jones, Hayley Yates. Honley High School, Huddersfield: Alison Taylor. , Liverpool: Roy Ludlow.

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- King- George V School: ltjchotas" Allott, Derek Arrowsmith, Bruce Badrock, Robert Bell, craig Fraser Campbell, David C_arter, Cartlidge, Ei;;;iio*, Niget Aruin, -David OuuiO iorned, Nick Cowen, Simoh Crabtree, Gary Cummins, Aiclan -oict

16 Scarisbrick Hall: Gwyneth Baxendale, Zoe Clarke, Alan French, Paul Henderson-Spoors, Timothy Sharrock. Southport Technical College: Jimmi Wong. Stanley High School: Lisa Ferrans, Carl Hogg, Stephen Robb. Stoneyhurst College: Paul Welch. Stowe: James Arnold. Tarleton High School: Jacqueline Burrows. Welshpool High School: Mimi Brook. Wilmslow Harefield County High School: lan Caton. Worcester Royal Grammar School: , Paul Wolfenden. 2nd Year ARTS DIVISION Al David Saunders. A2 Julian Abraham. A3 Roy Alexander, David Ball, Michael King, David Lonsdale, Andrew Rowland, Mark Salthouse, Brian Viner. A4 David Crawford, lain Turnbull. A5 Craig Harding, Mark Pearson, Glenn Sandiford, Christopher Tinsiey. AO Christopher Hayward, Mark Sutcliffe. A7 Graham Boardman, Michael Gurr. HUMANITIES DIVISION Hl Andrew Barrett, John Hepworth, Andrew Mather, Peter Sinclair, Richard Titherington, Peter Venables, Robert Woodhouse. H3 Christopher Cadman, David Harris, Martin Losasso, Gareth Maude, Craig Nuttall, Jonathan Poirrette, Graham Wright. H5 Simon Gliffe, Karl Dunkerley, Haydan Jones, Jonathan Miller, Simon Newton, Raymond Teale.

MATHEMATICAL DIVISION M1 Mark Bond, Russell Everett, Andrew McMinn, John McQuilliam, lan Pattison, David Percy. M3 David Butterfield, Andy Ormesher, Jonathan Peet, Matthew Richards, Gary Rimmer, Christopher Wilson. M4 Linus Birtles, William Birtles, lan Cleverdon, Trevor Roberts, Russell Watkinson. M5 Jacek Brant, Simon Greenhalgh, Stephen Mallinder, John Mercer, David Percy. r PHYSICAL SCIENCES DIVISION Pl Robin Andrews, Nicholas Gilbert' lan Knowlson, Mark Leatherbarrow' Nigel Maddocks, David Metcalfe' Paul Morris, Noel Shearer, Mark Wickens. P3 Howard Bryan, Graham Dalton-Cox, lain Gregory, Graeme Petrie.Brown pa Fr,itip Barton, Roy Beetham, Andrew cargilt, Philip chong, Grahame Wood. PORichardCarter,MarkHepple,RobertWaggett'JohnWalters' John Williams, John WraY.

ENVIRONMENTAL DIV]SION ElAlunDavies,NicholasHayward,stevenHeyes'NeilParkinson' Andrew Warburton. E2 Michael corr, Michael Hansford, Richard Hawksworth, steven Howard, rjluio kime, nnirronv Richards, Adrian sewell, Timothy wilson. E3 Stephen Crook, Gary Samuels, Colin Sinclair, Paul Sutton. Evans' lan ii Jetirey Brignal, John- Brool

Merchant TaYlors': Janet Panagakis.

VALETE ' we bid farewell to the following students who left during the last academic Year. 'O' subjects After each student's name is indicated the number of level -*i[tr 'A' and any O".."0 graOe-C or above, any. grades awarded at level, boiitions of d-istinction acquired while here' 1971-79 'Peter --- Miles (Hon) I BBCD. Senior Prefect' tS-neltie)o Uriiversity to read Accountancy) 1972-79 --'David Andrews (Ev) I BDEE isfietfietd Uhiv6rsity to read Microbiology) Jeffrey Beattie (Ed) 7 DEE (UWIST to read ChemistrY)

18 Timothy Bennett (Le) 9 DEE General Secretary of Hockey (Hull University to read Chemistry) Simon Biddolph (Hol) 9 CDE (Leeds University to read Microbiology/Botany) Steven Collinson (Ev) 6 EEE (Trainee Quantity Surveyor) Jeffrey Cummins (R) 8 BBDE (Banking ) Steven Curwen (A) 9 DE (Preston Polytechnic to take HND in Biology) Nicholas Dawson (Hol) 8 BBBC Member of the School Hockey Team. (lmperial Coliege, London, to read Mechanical Engineering) Peter Dudley (Hon) 6 GE School 2nd XV (Preston Polytechnic to read Business Studies) George Eastmond (Lu) 7 B'CCEEE Senior Prefect. Cricket Colours. (Hull University to read MathematicslPhysics). Colin Halsall (Hon) 6 CDDE Junior Prefect. School Swimming Team. (Sheffield Polytechnic to read Mathematics) David Halsall (Hol) 7 DDE (Family Business) Martin Halsall (A) 6 EEED (Southport Technical College) Andrew Hassenruck (Lu) TBBCE Member of the Photographic Society. (Warwick University to read English and Film) Malcolm Heathcote (Le) 8 BB House Vice-Captain. Senior Frefect. (Sheffietd Polytechnic to read Applied' Biology) David Heslegrave (G) 6 BD Senior Prefect. House Vice-Captain. R.L.S.S. Bronze Medallion. (Banking) David Hill (G) 9 BBCC Senior Prefect. House Vice-Captain. 1st XV and 1st Xl Colours (Leeds University to read German and Management Studies) Ralph Keeley (M) 7 CDEE Hcuse Captain. Senior Prefect. (Newcastle College of Higher Education School of Music to read Music) Barry Klaassen (Le) 8 CCD (Dundee Unjversity to read Physiology) Paul Lockyer (S) 8 BBC Junior Rugby Colours (Computing lndustry) Andrew Maxwell (S) 7 DE (Manchester Polytechnic to read Electronic Engineering) Stephen Mclean (Hol) 6 EE (Employment) Charles Mellalieu (Hon) 8 CDE (Preston Polytechnic to read General Sciences) Paul Openshaw (Lu) 8 ACDE Senior Prefect (Loughborough University to read Chemical Engineering) Peter Ray (W) 6 (Employment) John Ridehalgh (Ed) 6 DDD (Quantity Surveyor, Leeds Polytechnic)

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1st XV Colours.

dical Cell BiologY) Prefect. 1st XV colours'

ain. Senior Prefect' Law) Prefect olYtechnic) ect. House CaPtain Rugby Half Colours 1978 Lite Sciences)

state Management)

siness Studies) refect. Rugby Colours. School Choir' Mineral Engrneering) t chool' Senior Prefect' ugoY. Cricket Colours' to read GeograPhY) in of Swimming. RLSS Distinction' hanical Engineering) n of the Christian Union thematics and Electronics)

DentistrY)

1973-79

(EmPloYment) Jonathan CoPe (M) 7 D ( Banking ) "'-Mark Edwards (W) I ACDE iDJndee uhiv'ersity to read Pharmacology) Stuart Gow (W) 8 BBBD (Hull University to read Computer Engineering) Mark Griffiths (Hon) 8 BE (Birmingham Polytechnic to read Business Studies) Steven Grindley (R) 9 BBCD (Leeds University to read Econornics and Accountancy) Steven Heron (S) 7 ACCD (Trainee Sales Estimator) David Hodgson (W) B BEE Junior Prefect. Librarian. 1st XV Colours. Captain House Cross CountrY (B.Ed. course at Edge Hill Training College) Simon Jones (G) 7 ACD Martin Joss (Lu) 6 ABCD (Lampeter University to read History) Martin Loughlin (G) 6 BE (Town and Country Planning at Trent Polytechnic) Martyn McDonald (Hon) 6 DDD (Liverpool Polytechnic to read Law) Paul Merone (S) 9 BCDD Senior Prefect. Junior Rugby Uolours. (Leeds University to read Civil Engineering) Geoffrey Milne (Hol) 5 DDEE (Employment) David Newcombe (Le) 7 ACCUE (Banking) Michael Riddle (A) 7 (ManaEement Training) David Ridgeway (Hon) 7 ABCDD (l-iverpool tJniversity to read Chemistry) Peter Stott (W) I AlAB2BB Librarian (Durham University to read Physicsl James Suddaby (Hol) 8 AIAAAA Senior Frefect. Chess Team (Queens' College, Cambridge, to read Mathematics; Andrew Swettenham (Ev) 5 CrD Senior Prefect. House Vice-Captain (Estate Management at Lrverpool Polytechnic; Richard Taylor (R) 5 (Employment in the tsuilding traoeJ Stephen Taylor (M) 9 ABBBE (Bath University to read Pharmacy) Nicholas Thomson (S) 8 CE School Golft Team (Liverpool Polytechnic to read Accountancy) Philip Tiplady (A) B A'A2AAA Librarian. Chess Team (Scholarship in Mathematics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge) David Trottman (G) 7 DDE School Swimming Team. R.L.S.S. Bronze Medallion (Banking) Peter Wynne (R) 7 BtsDE Librarlan (Leeds University to read English)

1974-79 Terence Bett (Ed) 7 (Southport Technical College;

F Brian Blackwell (Ed) 7 Craig Bromilow (Ed) 5 Captain of HocKey refect hemical Engineering )

Education) Prefect. House Vice-CaPtain If colours RugbY and Athletics GeograPnY) 8f;3h',!i'?Ji''"" lan Kettle (Ev) 2 '-'isoutttpoi't Technical College) Librarian. 2nd XV colours David Marshall te I g nnno seiror Prefect. "-''iD;;h;m uiiv'ersity to read Modern Languagesl Paul Morris (Le) 6

mics) d Medicine) Stuart Wincer (S) 4 (Banking) 1975-79

e) n ccountancY) ad MetallurgY) ior Prefect. Librarian

e)

e) Prefect. Librarian onomics)

conomics and Economic HistorY)

1976-79 Mark'- Dexter (Ev) EE Senior Prefect' Librarian (Merchant NavY College) 'Paul -'- Fargher (Hol) 2 1So'utnPoit Cottege ol Art) TimothY Ogden (W) 5 EE ""'"iii'u;f e;ir,i c'otl"ge of ) David Seddon (Lu) 7 BCC (Liverpool University to read Philosophy) lan Sumner (W) 8 ABBE Librarian (Sheffield University to read Business Studies) lan Thomas (Hol) 2 (Southport Technical College)

1977-79 Jonathan Cotterall (Ed) 6 BEE (Deferred entry to universitY) Michael Harding (M) 6 EEE (Edge Hill College of Higher Education) Andrew Hoyle (M) 7 ADDD (Swansea University to read English and History) William Jackson (Ev) DDD Senior Prefect (Salford University to read Mechanical Engineering) Jonathan Kremner (Hol) 6 B (East Anglia University to read History) Stephen Manning (Ev) DD ( to read Politics) Christopher Pittaway (Ev) 4 ADE (UWIST to read Architectural Studies) Christopher Swift (Lu) 6 DEE (University of London to read Social Sciences) Herbert Waithman (Le) 5 EE (Preston Polytechnic to read Accountancy) Graham Whitehead (W) 4 BD (Employment)

Thlrd Year Sixth admitted to the College in September 1979 and left December 1979 Rebecca Allott (from Greenbank H.S.) I ATA2AAA (Newnham College, Cambridge, to read Mathematics) Susan Duff (from Greenbank H.S.) 8 ATATAAB (Exhibition at Girton College, Cambridge, to read Mathematics) Janet Panagakis (from Merchant Taylors' S) AtBC_ (Exhibftion in Geography, St. Hugh's College, Oxford) Penelope Standring (from Greenbank H.9.) 10 AABB (Wadham College, Oxford, to read Biochemistry)

25 THIRD.YEAR SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES, 1979

The photograph shows from left to right the following students, with the award or place gained alter each name:

PENELOPE STANDRING, Wadham College, Oxford, Bio'Chemistry JANET PANAGAKIS, Exhibition, St. Hugh's College, Oxford, Geography GUTHRIE GOW, Durham University, Biology ALISON HOGG, Newnham Gollege, Gambridge, Geography SUSAN DUFF, Exhibition, Girton College, Cambridge, Mathematics REBECCA ALLOTT (standing), Newnham College, Cambridge, Mathematics JAMES SUDDABY, Queen's College, Cambridge, Mathematics RICHARD TURNER, St. Anne's Gollege, Oxford, Bio'Ghemistry PETER STOTT, Durham University, Physics COLIN KERR, Manchester University, Chemistry PHILIP TIPLADY, Scholarship, Gonville and Caius Collese, "ifiHiljfl?i,".

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MASON,DIXON SGHOLARSI{IPS forms. After considering the applica- tlons and interv!ewinE the applicants, Mason Memorial Fund was esta' The the committee made the f ollowing blished as the result of a generous recommendations which were subse- bequest in the will of George Mason, quently confirmed by the Head Master: Deputy Headmaster of King George V Mark Bond (M1 Philip Harris (EO) and School f rom 1920 to 1945, and is used ), principally to provide a number of Grahame Wood (P5) e75 each to visit Mason Memorial Scholarships to enable hlstorical and other sites in Greece: students to take part in the holldays in Richard Leig h (E4) e60 to visit lsrael activities with a broad educational value. and work on a kibbutz: Further scholarships were endowed Melissa Lubich ( E1 ) t60 to visit lsrael by Geoffrey Dixon, Head Master from and work on a kibbutz: 1949 to 1976, to enable students to Christopher Taylor (UsB) t30 to take undertake activities such as mountain- a table-tennis coaching course in eering during the holidays. Durham: Applications for Mason Scholarships No applications were received this year were received from a total of nine for a Dixon Scholarship. students and one boy in the Upper Fifth

G. P.WAKEFIELD before or siRce. To one who was on the staff at that time it brings back memo- Whilst July 17th brings to us the ries of frenzied activity durlng the last thoughts of a long and pleasaft holiday few days prior to the production.Of it is aso tinged with sadness because Freddie Rollinson and Chrarles Wood- that is the day we say gocdbYe to ham and later Ron Heyes and Flubert George Wakefield. lt will be the end of Long complaining that the set George an association which started way back wanted was impossible; somehow ot' in 1931 . He was a pupil at K.G.V. from other he always persuaded them it could 1931 to 1939. Whilst at school he was a be done, and it was. Prefect and took many leading parts in plays which were such a ln 1969 he succeeded Leslie Flar- the School greaves as Deputy Head, a post he has feature of school life at that time. He the Art held with distinction. He has handled was also a leadlng member of the many proble!'ns whlch this positicn Society. entai!s wlth tact and courtesy but when ln 1 939 he went u p to LiverPool the occasion demanded it he was University to read English. From there capable of making people aware of how he went in to the Army and was wound- many beans made five in no uncertain ed and taken prisoner of war in the manner. Probably his greatest achieve- fighting in ltaly. The legacy of that ment was h is involvement in the period, about which George himself purchasing and the development cf the says very little, is the f amous and Hostel at Sedbergh. As Chairman of instantly recognisable'Wakefield Walk.' the Long Rigg Management Comrnittee 1945 saw him return to K.G.V. as a he has taken a major role in making it rnember of the English department in a the fine place it now is. We will alwbys "tem po rary" capacity. As we are all be grateful to him for that. aware this became very permanent ln conclusion we would wish George indeed. He was promoted to Head of and June a very long and happy the English Dept. in 1950. lt was during retirement and, if one may be permitted this period that the annual production a private joke, rnay they always "be up of the school play reached a standard at the front." both in quality and range never equalled R. A.

28 he job with a stanrina which y are insPiring. five" mentalitY. To her the work goes on until it is done. She has worked countless hours of oventime in the interest of the school without a murmur and without any though Payment. .gn!Y two peop-ie , can. testifY to the peacs as given them to know t the engine room of the schoc!, can be absolutely relied on to produce all its work punctually and completely accuratelY. Of course it does not end there. Jean is a g reat maki g f rien has ting f o ladie for her fifteen or more years ago. Many mem- bers of the staff, both past and present, will remember the smiling welcome they have always received when they visited the off ice and the helP that was so willingly given to them even in the busiest of times. Her cheerf ul and played JEAN BUCK friendly personality has a signi- ficant part in making K.G.V. such a ln April 1961 Jean Buck came to happy place for all to work in during the K.G.V. as Headmaster's Secretary and last twenty years. in charge of the Now she has decided that she must the place of th take life more easily and has retired Craig who had from full time work. She will be able to years, almost si devote more time to her family, to her the school. bridge, at which she is a formidable The job of school Bursar, as we now player, being a National Master, and to call her, is complex and demanding. her country walks. But she will be On being told this on her arrival, Jean remembered at K.G.V. with gratitude, remarked that she was tough and could affection and respect by all who have take it. From the start she proved this had the privilege of working with her. has done ever since, true, as she G. F. D.

THE JOSEPH EDWARDS A total of t39.50 was distributed to MEMORIAL FUND students from the fund during the year. This fund was established in memory The fund, which is now available to of Joseph Edwards, one of the first both boys and girls, continues to prove housemasters of King George V School most valuable in assistinE those who and Deputy Headmaster for ten years, miEht otherwise find it difficult to take a as a memorial to his work in the school full part in the life and activities of the f rom 1920 to 1955. school or college.

2g KING GEORGE V the evolution of the College Associa- COLLEGE ASSOCIATION tion from the Parents' Association has taken place. This is a solid foundation The College Association came into to be built upon in the future for the being at the start of the 1979/80 benefit of the College. academic year as a continuance of the previous School Parents' Association. Activities which have been organised A revised constitution was agreed at during the years to date include a the Iast A.G.M. and the principal object- Cheese and Wine Evening, Christmas ives are to involve parents/guardians in Concert, Annual Dinner Dance, two all matters concerning the welfare of Careers Evenings (one with a talk on the students by arranging regular social, Long Rigg), Jumble Sale, Grand Draw informative and money-raising events, to and light musical entertainment by the students, Fashion Show and Spring I maintain the upkeep of Long Rigg and its services and promote other projects Concert. We are grateful to the students as may from time to time be agreed who have both helped with and organ- upon. ised refreshments for these functions and acted as stewards. Events to come The officers of the Association for include a Car Rally on June 27th, the year are: Founder's Day on July 4th, Sports Day Chairman: Mrs. J. A. West on July 15th and an OId Boys' Cricket Vice-Chairman: Mr. M. Cartlidge Match on July 1Sth. Next year we hope Secretary: Mrs. B. Bromilow to arrange a lecture by a notable speak- , er and other evenings on an educational Treasurer: Mr. F. Cowley theme. Two clauses in the new constitution Principally as a result of this year's made provision for 1. two student functions the amount of 81,320 has representatives on the executive com- been handed over to the College. This mittee, and this year they are the money has mainly gone towards the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the new building at Long Rigg. Owing to College Council, Christopher Stitson, technical difficulties the opening of this who took over this term from Jonathan new building has been postponed until Miller, and Elyssa Pollick; and 2. the next term. formation of a Programme Committee. For the next academic year it is This committee has produced a com- intended that a programme bt Cottege prehensive programme of events lor events should be available at the begln- each forthcoming terrn. ln certain of ning of the first term. these, teaching staff, students and parents have worked together and so J. A. West

THE COLLEGE COUNCIL of 30 students, (one to represent each The Gollege Council is still at an tutor group), a member of staff from experimental stage. For the first year of each of the five Divisions, a represent- the Sixth Form College it was a relati- ative of the Senior Staff, a represent- vely small body of 12 elected students ative of the Games Committee, the and 2 members of staff. Mr. Hubbard Senior Librarian, the Bursar, the Kitchen chaired the meetings which were held Superintendent, the Caretaker and the at least monthly and the Council Senior Lab. Assistant. This large group represented the views of the students, is to meet at least twice a term and will organising social activities, charities carry out its work through its commit- and some societies among the student tees. All eight of these committees have body. already met and council members have ln May 1980 the second Council was been joined by other students and staff elected, a much larger body consisting so that a large number of people are

31 now involved in the life of the College, athletic team, holding a Summer Fair and hoping to put the moneY raised towards a new greenhouse for the Biology Department and the new Careers Centre, taking over the run- ning of the Tuck ShoP and Planning other activities. tive Committee of the Council. We hope that all members of the College community will be able to express their views, become involved in activities and keep in touch with what is going on through their representative and that those who wish to play an active part will join one of the commit- tees' J. M. L.

THE LONG RIGG REPORT in much less austere surroundings. ln short, the field centre has received a new lease of life. ln the last twelve years it has been all too easy to take the existence of our field centre for granted. Most schools, after all, do not offer any pre-'O' level residential visits. We also tend to forget the elforts of parents, staff and boys in the 1960's to pay for the investment. This year we must again thank members of these three groups for their help in providing funds or manpower and skill. hostel's versatility. We must also acknowledge the gene- When the travellers enter the front rous donation of f4000 from the Sefton door of the main building, theY will Lottery towards the building of the Long House. ln all, nearly t10,000 has been spent on improvements. Without this, the crumbling green paint, white ceiiings, and chipped wood- greeting parties has been considerable streamlining of en bunks would be into kitchen and clothes-drying facilities and the 1990's. A. S. F. both studies and table tennis take place COLLEGE MUSIC Wendy Harwood (violin) The Parents' Association Grand Draw Ian Cleverdon (guitar) (trumpet) On TuesdaY, March 4th, the music Michael Gurr department piovided some fight enter- Mrimi Brooks (cornet) the draw, per- Andrew Liley (tuba) taihment to accompany (euphonium) formed by the following musicirans: Bryndon Webb The College Choir The lively and varied programme was The Madrigal GrouP introduced by Frikki Walker, and there The King George V Singers was a dramatic interlude bY Sara The Brass Quartet Chesters and Jonathan Elliott who en' Michelle MoseleY (Piano) acted two telephone calls of a contrast- Frikki Walker (Piano; ing natu,re.

32 Sprlng Concert part with Wendy Harwood (violin) and The music dePartment's concert, Gary McBretney and Frikki Walker (con- evening of Thurs' tinuo). The atmosphere then changed which was held on the played guitar day, Mtay 8th, was when lan Cleverdon on a little composition of his own entitled serious note than the "Jollity Rag". Wendy and Frikki then but was nevertheless joined lan to play Gilbert O'Sullivan's As in the last conce "Home Again'. The first half was informative background to events was Frikki Walker brought to a rousing close when Frikki provided throughbut by persuaded the audience to join in and who acted as compere. sing "Morning has broken". The second half began with a contri- bution from the K.G.V. brass ensemble, followed by Danny Metcalfe who played Purcell's flute sonata in F. Next Michael Gurr presented Telemann's trumpet con- certo in D. The sensitivity of the audience was then aroused by Gary McBretney who gave an extremely touching performance of Rachmaninov's "Vocalise" on the 'cello. Nor were their sensitivities allowed to rest when Wendy Arabesque followed this with a marvellous perfor- then mance of V.Monti's Czardas the pro- No. 1 Ie of cornet solo, nunciation of which provided- a certain solos Piano amount of discussion. Finally, the con- the 1s en's sonata in F, was played by Michelle Moseley. ceft was brought to a close by a superb performance Telemann's fendition of Beethoven's Piano Trio in B For their of involved Trio sonata in F the students 'borrowed' flat which Wendy, Gary and their music teaching practice graduate Michelle. Paul Rhodes who played the recorder TESSA FINCH, A3.

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33 THE CHESS CLUB A. Savage won this beating R. A. Baton had a reasonablY in the final. ln the U18 lnter-School The Chess CIub Chess competition the "A" team was successful year, achieving a member- the initial member- knocked out in the first round while the ship of 69 even after "8" playing lesser teams, reached shib fee increase to 30P for the two te,am, leagues with a total the final. ln the U16 lnter-school Chess terms. We ran 3 Competition we did reasonably well in the league. ln th!s competition a mem- ber of the school played Nigel Short, who is the best in the world for his age and plays for Bolton School. R. A. BARTOI.{.

CROSS.COUNTRY REPORT 1 979.80 Stevens has been spotted at the college dates cross- 9 Fixtures: 5 won 4 lost this year, but only on of country matches. team..has This year's cross-country amount of integration of college There has been a notable been a 6uccessful strange behaviour in the team this year, and school members, having won a fair a but I put this down to the encounters ot proportion of matches and achieving guardian all position a tough Rossall team'members with the of breiitaOte in C.C. runners, "Wally", a 10-foot white Relay race. rabbit. Two examples of this include ' The team was captained this year by lt/ark Woolston, whose inability to John Williams and the team and fixtures distinguish between a sugar bowl and a were org.an e Mr. tea cup never ceases to amaze us, and Marsh. Atl re to Chris Stitson who cannot refrain from join me in d Dr' singing George Formby songs. Ob- Stevenson, team viously they did not pay enough respect affairs on away matches. to "Wally" by shouting his name before Good performances were achieved by the start of each run. Dennis Leck and James Arnold, new- Other dependable members of the comers to the college, and lan Cropper team include Bob Olive and John has proved that he has found the key to Kershaw from the school and Chris C.C.'runnrng: the consumption of a tin Topping from the college. Well done of cold hot Oogs prior to each match. lads, and don't forget the "Wally". It has been rumoured that Rob J. C. WILLIAMS.

HOCKEY season scoring the most goals, 10, Guidi PW D L G.F. G.A. developed on the wing, Arrowsmith and gave good and the 6 6125 10 Cummins support 13 forward line slowly improved. At the beginning of the season all the hockey play-ers were relieved to see the The highlight of the season was un' return of Monk, Horrocks and Roberts. doubtedly in the Trinity Sixes. Having A cry soon arose for a good competent lost the opening game K.G.V. fought goalkeeper. Cobern was picked arld the back to reach the final for the first time. team prhyed for a miracle (you weren't Sadly they lost 2-1, falling to a dubious that bad Thrush). penalty decision. The team had an excellent season The team would like to thank mainly revolving around Ludlow in the Bromilow, the captain, and wish him centre and a good, if sometimes panicky luck in his new career, and Mr. Comfort defence of Bromilow, Tomkinson and for giving his time to umpire. Collinge. Up front Monk played well all G. D. TOMKINSON & V. GUIDI.

34 GOLF SOCIETY The second competition for the David The year started on a successful note Marsh Trophy was held at Hesketh G.C. with a win over Stowe School by 7 on Wednesday, 16th April. The winner, matches to 3. This match was played at with a net score of 63, was Graham Southport and Ainsdale C.C. Gary Tomkinson. Richard Turnbull was Samuels made a successful debut, win- second with a net 65. The best gross ning all his games and lain Gregory score hn maintained his record of being unbeaten Hepw A in these games. pleasi as that s t

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SKI HOLIDAY 1980 a ski-test was held, where people attempted a slalom run once they hiad conquered their initial nervousness and fear. Many gold, silver and bronze awards were achieved.

gyr p?rty and the dismay of others. Aften this short interlude it-was back to travelling before we eventually arrived at our destination in Austria.

The end of the holiday came all too quickly and armed witn iuooaoe souvenirs and memories *" r.,""i?ti back to England. f, TH]E SKI CLASS. THE TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE

They arrived at 12-30 p.m. after a stop on the motorway for a'game of Spacb After a meal at Clare College, the

35 search for the theatre began. Some themselves. A group of girls were show students queued up with the mods out' round Newnham college bY Sheil side "The'selectei" concert, but reali- Hiorrocks and Valerie Robson, bot and sed their mistake when they discovered former pupils of Greenbank, _ none of these two-toned beings could mixed party was shown round S Catherine's by Jane UPton and Mar Suddaby, a former PuPil of K.G.V. After dinner a Girton Coilege th

students put into the performance. back in Southport. The students had SundaY morning to THE CLASSICAL STUDIES GROUP.

PILLAR REVISITED Mosedale horseshoe seemed an idei prospect. Since I was feeling energetic I il cluded Yewbarrow. After a short pull u a steep grass slope there was some fin easy scrambling until the supe/b Grei Door, where I suddenly met the ridge i its sharpest and most precipitous poin I rested just above here and looked ot over the blue tongue of Wastwate flanked by the screes. The Wasda Valley was in those days almost cor pletely deserted; a valley that w€ beautiful yet sinister, superbly remor traversed 1921. and wild. I turned and tl summit ridge. It was warr4ing up, as the sun ros higher in a sky, clear but for a few ligl clouds that drifted slowly over the top the bulk of Gable. I soon reached tl ascent of Napes ridge by a.famous pass and looked down onto one of tt "tioer". During the evening celebrations longest and most exhilarating scr( first time slopes it has ever been my pleasure I h-ad been introduced for the provide traverse of the billiard room. lt run. lt used to a lightnir to the Valley b was considered the done thing to circu- descent into the Mosedale now it has been ground away from ove use. On the day in question however n next objective was not M,osedale bet but Red Pike, an hour's hard slog. Tl summit duly reached, I positioned m self carefully on the cliff edge at delved into my rucksack for the day have a peaceful daY, well awaY from mid-day refreshment. grim rock faces, that would soothe my It was only when I had been sittir 6ead and relax the nerves. Since the for ten minutes o7 more that I realist sun was up and about with not too r,naly the need for an extra jumPer. A co clouds to' trouble it, a round of the wind had sprung up and clouds ht 36 begun to gather ominously on the success, I pushed and bullied him into Scafell and Gable peaks. I set off at a carrying on. We were making reason- brisk pace towards Scout Fell and Pillar. able progress when disaster struck. He Things began to worsen noticeably. The lurched and fell. With his twisted ankle clouds spread and thickened; first they I knew I would have to fetch help to obscured the sun and then the view as bring him down. I would have to leave a thin mist enveloped the ridge. When him. the first spots of rain came down, I was ln the afternoons I often sit in my climbing up the final slope to the sum- favourite chair and look out over the mit plateau on Pillar. The weather had grounds. They don't bother me very turned nasty and I was in a hurry to much at this time of day and with many complete the round and return to the of the others being taken outside a rare hotel. peace descends. I often think back to But for a faint shout I would have that day fifty-nine years ago. They never missed him altogether. I looked round found him. I remember that we only saw and saw a faint orange glow penetrating each other's faces when I was just about through the swirling mist. I walked up to to desert him. H,e was a young boy, it and saw a body huddled up on the deeply afraid. As we looked at each ground. He was clothed in a strange other, his expression suddenly mirrored orange garment that seemed to envelop some renewed source of hope. Sadly, it his whole form. Compared to my con- was no use to him. ventionally sombre greys and blacks his .There is a girl from the university clothing was outrageously visible. With- who comes to visit me every so ofteri. out it, I would not have seen him. He I told her about my grandson and his was cold and wet and it was obvious impending visit to the-Lake District and that he had lost his way on the feature- Wasdale Youth Hostel. I told her about less top. He seemed to have lost the boy I had met on Pillar in a storm interest. I persuaded him to get up and and the eery look of recognition he had then to wallk along my hastily taken grven me. I explained everything. She compass bearing into the driving rain. seemed strangely shocked. Time was of the essence. With some PETER STOTT.

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E EVANS'HOUSE REPORT winning the fourth-form race' House Master :Mr. Stichbury House Tutors: Mrs. Davies Mrs. Szczesniak, Mr. Cochrane House CaPtain: Robert Sturgeon House Vice-Captain :Andrew Webster ln our first Year, Evans' has Proved to' be one of the most comPetitive f'buses, of which the Upper .Fifths have contributed most towards the house's between them. success. Now we come to the swimming which is best forgotten, as it was on the nighil Finallv oui thanks to the various mem- uers 6f staff in the house for making the house one of the best, if not the best. ROBERT STURGEON

LONG'S HOUSE REPORT The football was comPletelY domi- House Master: Mr. M. Basford 'House Tutors: Mr. B. L. Hubbard, Mrs. F. H. Gould, Miss D. Woodward House CaPtain: J. Pickard House Vice CaPtains: P. Wilkinson and T' Wilson Lono's house was formed bY the lost all their games. amilgimation of Spencer's, Woodham's With cricket and athletics still to anO Leecn's from'the previous twelve come Long's House is looking forward houses. to still further success. I would like to thank Messrs. Basford and Hubbard, Mrs. Gould and Miss Woodward for their support during the year and to wish all the members of ihe house the very best of luck and finished last. continued success for the future. The failure continued in the basket- JOHN PICKARD House rePorts in mY to sing the Praises of and to glout over failu success of a House The first success came in the chess where P. Wilkinson, R. Elliot, S. Pearson and D. Pollick put in excellent perform- ances to annihilate the opposition. have played their part well and ought, as I db, to feel proud to be associated with Long's House. I would like to extend mY thanks to John Pickard for his invaluable help Porter. during the course of the Year. M. B.

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MERIT CARD AWARDS July, 1979 CJC- Peter Gate (LsX, Ed.) HistorY, - b;;ii";G;vbr (ix, Hbn), History, cJc Micnaet rniwisile (3X, Hon') *'t3:t December, 1979 FIilid-M;ianey (15s, L.), Phvsics, FH( things of li TWO DREAMS which all the beautiful lived and thrived.

40 the terrible dark mist existed to the hated, misjudged, misled, imprisoned, oblivion of all that was good. enfeebled and now, because of his A man was living in the white world. hatred for the world he lived in, and his I watched him awake from uneasy longing for the colourful world of the dreams to find himself changed inside past, he had been transforrned. and, after a search of his body, changed He began subconsciously to ask outside as well, into a huge writhing himself questions, questions about the hulk, with a dome-like belly, armour- past, the present and what the future plated back and numerous lean, meagre would hold. He had to make decisions, legs, all of which projected to his important decisions, he was incapable deformed brain the terrible image of an of answering these questions against enormous insect. This, the man assum- the mounting pressure induced on him ed, was the result of the white world in by the life he had led and the conse- which he lived. He had been altered by quences he faced. He reasoned with his surroundings into the ghastly himself, forced himself to concentrate, creature he appeared to be; to some lay writhing in his bed for hours until unsuspecting stranger of the almost he finally made his decision and all foreign world he now hated so much, ahead was dark. he would be a 'creature'. He had been DAVTD LEDGER (LsX)

2-A Nightmare the furrows, those deep, long scratches walking that had brought me to a halt. I was I was suddenly aware of standing comp,letely down a road. I did not know how I came in a empty desert. to be doing so, and I neither realized I began casting about, looking for nor would have cared that I did not some sign of water. lt was the lack of know. I was walking down a perfectly this vital commodity that left me very normal road. Perfectly normal, that is, soon lying on the scorched sand, before it started heeling over. The world unable even to move. The sun became was suddenly gyrating about me and I even hotter, until it reached the point staggered, trying to stabilize myself . where my sweat evaporated immediately But I was falling into an opaque, cold it left the skin. As an extra torture, the and gloomy chasm. For how long I fell sand was pricking me. I could not tell, for time did not exist in After a length of time, the pricking that murky, obscure darkness. Even- became worse. lt was so bad that it tually I began to feel an increase in seemed alive and as I looked, for move- speed. Below me was a patch of lighter ment had now become possible, I saw blackness which resolved itself into a that ants had replaced great expanse of water, and I was falling and I was now lying on towards it. of them. I leaped up an I splashed into it and carried on them off my body. The travelling down, down, down. Then I hit the sandy bottom with a terrific jolt and began sliding. I clung to the wet sand but it trickled away. I ploughed two great furrows in the bed of that sea. Finally, the depth of those furrows ing me. lt was dark and I was falling again. brought me to a stop. lt was then that I noticed that the water had gone. So had ANDREW GODDARD (LsX)

41 OLD GEORGIANS NEWS ObituarY

SchwePPes. l. b. Plcr

Businesses.

ing ComPanY. r/t R ABRAM (L) 1960-68 has- been '"''roooinl"J Heio' ot Mathematics at b' R. A. SUTTON (Ev) 1949-56 .hug- k'eitering BoYs' Scl'rool' aooointed Sentor Lecturer ln ues Lon' J. C. D. CROSS (R) 1963-71 is Heacj of ib'ucation at the North East "' i"#oiliclli ai*fey Grammar school' PolYtechnic. been T. K. SYMINGTON (W) 1952-5( G. S. HEWETSON (G) 1958-65 has --R. " Head at Ashton-on- now Chairman of the DePartmen ;d;''ni"d Deputy UniversitY ot \ Hish school' Germanic Studies, Citiute oria, British Columbia. A. J. J. THOMPSON (W) 1949-57 has b elected to a Chair of Educatlol'

California'

F. H. JONES (W as SuPervisor, trol Canada E gration Commi P. ls now 3l is a Dir< Basingstoke. '?33' "'of-RailexK. F. WILSON (L) 1951-57 Wiis6n Filing Ltd'-He B. A. KIRKHAM 1962-64 is now M1n"g- Member of - of Global Village Com- iomltt"o as a Qt iiro oiieitor tnJtitute of Management in 1978 milnications Ltd. in Honk Kong' 42 IMPORTANT DATES Autumn Term, 1980: 19th December' Tuesday, 2nd September-- Friday' Friday' 24th october' Half Term: rtllonJlv, ioth october - Grace DaY: MondaY, 1st December' SPri FridaY' loth APril' TuesdaY,- 23rd and 24th FebruarY' February' , Thursday and Friday' 25th - 27th Summer Term, 1981: Monday,21th April Thursday' 23rd July' - 29th May' Half Term: Moniay, 25th May - Friday'

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