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A Private View of Public Schools by Mark Draisey No. 21 • Lent 2015 News of OKS from the French The Truemans – A King’s School Obituaries – including Arnaud Resistance to ‘the Canterbury Scene’ family and the Great War de Borchgrave, Peter van Berckel, to the architectural scenery of York p14 Bill McNicoll and Nicola Morgan p2 p9 Image taken from Thirty Years On!: A Private View of Public Schools by Mark Draisey p5 Draisey Mark Photo: Lent 2015.indd 1 15/04/2015 09:52:50 news of OKs News of OKS includes requests 1940s Peace, an 80 ft. deep crater that for memories of King’s, and resulted from 500 feet of tunnelling for secondhand sports kit for John Allchurch (SH 1943-48) endeavour from British lines, is one disadvantaged youngsters, enjoyed the pictures of the School of the places depicted in a fine set and OKS engagement and House Reunion and recalls how Fred’s of photographs we have been sent. wedding photos. Contact Elaine connection with AL Rowse helped him Lynch (see below) with your to an Exhibition at St Edmund Hall, news or fill in the form on p16 Oxford. Subsequently John passed out top at Mons (the CCF has his stick) and became 2nd Lt RA before volunteering for the Denbighshire and Caernarvon Yeomanry. Later life took him through Procter and Gamble and on to running his own business. He is hoping to get all of this down in a book, besides describing his family of four children and thirteen grandchildren. 1950s KEnT robinson (MO 1951-55) responded to the account of Sebastian * Barker’s 1st XV captaincy in 1962 Nevill Swanson (GR 1951-55) and 1963 by recalling “our own reminded Daily Telegraph readers efforts in 1955” which were “not too (10.9.14) that his great-grandfather shabby for we also played many of Donald Swanson, who was the the most powerful rugby schools... detective in charge of the Jack Fred Shirley’s rule of terror assisted the Ripper investigation, was the us not only in Latin. His presence on first to name the perpetrator as the touchline was formidable. Fred Aaron Kosminski, which DNA did have a soft heart for he never analysis is said now to confirm. caned a team rugby player before a * match and, if we won, not after it!” Michael PAssMorE (MR 1953-56) has recently been awarded a PhD by With respect to the Great War, and the King’s College London for his thesis first OKS death having been Captain on aspects of Contemporary British Charles Trueman’s on 26th August, History. Michael writes, “Whilst 1914. Kent was a Captain on Active engaged on the project, I made Service exactly 50 years after this, and contact with DAviD PEschek (WL then believes himself to have been 1946-51), who recently passed away) the only OKS involved 50 Augusts because of his specialist knowledge We want to hear your later when forty Edwardian cars of my subject area – local government news and so do your plus drivers presented themselves and housing policy. He gave me for breakfast in the Great Hall of some helpful information. I recall fellow OKS. the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in the that when at the King’s School, I was presence of TRH Prince and Princess given considerable encouragement Share your family announcements, Michael of Kent, before being driven from my history master, Mr Sugden. It career moves or achievements past the Cenotaph to a reception at was at the school that I learnt to have be they sporting, artistic or Lancaster House. Two days after respect for academic scholarship. otherwise with your fellow OKS that, twenty-six participants from Later, I chose to embark on a by contacting Elaine Lynch. the Great War Centenary Parade professional career. I spent most of my landed at Dunkirk, exactly a hundred working life as a Chartered Surveyor T: 01227 595672 years after the British Expeditionary (FRICS), returning to academia as E: [email protected] Force had done. In the five days of I approached retirement from paid W: www.oks.org.uk commemorative visits that followed, employment. Before I embarked on a 1912 Rover 12 hp complete with the doctorate, I completed an MA facebook.com/oks.canterbury Army Service Corps badge was degree at the Institute of Historical twitter.com/OKSAssociation taken to the site of the Christmas Research, University of London.” linkedin.com/groups?gid=35681 Day football match. The Pool of * » 2 For the record LeNt 2015 Lent 2015.indd 2 15/04/2015 09:52:52 » FrAncis hussEy (MO 1954-58) is www.soskitaid.com. Ross mainly with the IRA for his new book, Talking hoping to put together a book filled spent his career in publishing with to Terrorists: How to end Armed with anecdotes and reminiscences Times Newspapers, Cosmopolitan Conflict. His central argument, that from OKS of the 1940s and ’50s. magazine and as Managing Director there is no insoluble conflict, and that He has already received several of German publisher G&J UK before sooner or later all governments have fascinating contributions and is moving into the health insurance to find a way to talk to terrorists, was looking for more. He writes: “For industry and retiring in 2011 from met with considerable scepticism by many of us, it is now over fifty years St John Ambulance, Somerset diverse reviewers in The Observer, since we strode through the Dark as County Executive Officer. The Spectator and the Times Literary Entry or ambled arrogantly across the Supplement. All took the view that grass of the Green Court, and before whatever had been achieved through we start dropping off the perch in backstairs talks and deals with a ever increasing numbers, I thought weakened IRA could not simply it might be interesting to collect any be replicated with al-Queda for its reminiscences you have of your time senior command genuinely see at King’s. They may be enlightening themselves as engaged in a cosmic or embarrassing, sad or hilarious. struggle that has lasted for millennia Have you got any anecdotes to tell and will go on for an equal period. or tales of life in the classroom, on Another was that so-called Islamic the games field, in the house, or in State is more “an insurrectionist the Cathedral? Or about an eccentric social movement which survives or influential master who taught in ungoverned spaces as a rallying you? If you have any photographs as point for the gullible and embittered; illustrations, that would be wonderful. there’s nothing to negotiate about.” Please send your reminiscences (short or long) to m.hussey86@btinternet. 1970s com with your name, house and dates at King’s (unless you wish your stories * hubErT PrAgnell (Common to remain anonymous). I may be able richArD HesLoP (MR 1961-65) has Room 1973-2002) has published the to conjure up some contributions from had the story of his father’s heroic latest of his architectural guides, each our masters of those days who can tell exploits with the French Resistance with his own illustrations. York: An the story from their point of view.” republished. XAVIER takes the Artist’s View, An Architectural Guide * reader through the training of an describes the city’s development since Michael MorPurgo (GL 1957- agent, the technical skills taught, the Roman times, and notes two planned 62) had prime billing on BBC1 at preparation for trying to stay silent expansions: “while Canterbury 4.15pm on Christmas Eve for the through the first 48 hours of torture is to be beset with 15,000 new animated production of his story by the Gestapo (no one was expected properties, York could have 22,000.” On Angel Wings. Never having to hold on to their secrets longer been happy with the idea that the than that), to the landing in France JAnE green (née ArDouin, GL shepherds would have abandoned and arrest in Limoges due to a very 1974-75) and Sally Ann ArDouin their sheep, Michael tweaked the basic error. Imprisonment in Castres, (SH 1975-77) were well supported story, for “it’s important for me to release from a POW camp just ahead by OKS of their generation at the be able to believe in the Nativity”. of the Germans taking it over, and an celebration of their father’s life at A shepherd boy is left in charge but arduous escape across the mountains St Paul’s Church on 15 September. gets carried on Gabriel’s wings to see followed. Xavier Heslop prepared (Alan Ardouin was a much-respected the baby Jesus ahead of his seniors. groups thereafter for action on D-Day. local ENT consultant who became This account of courage and of fear briefly famous over NHS expenditure 1960s deserves to be more widely known. and the “War of Jennifer’s Ear” * during the 1992 General Election ross young (SH 1960-64) writes DAviD iron (LN 1967-71) is the campaign). Kate Winters (née to tell us he is busier than ever with founder of Lunar Mission One, SpencE, GL 1976-78) did the First his role as the Regional Director of the project to send an unmanned Reading, whilst others in support the charity ‘SOS Kit Aid’, covering robotic landing module to the South included MiA Power (SH 1978- Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. The Pole of the Moon. The venture was 80) and JonathAn and SarAh charity was set up in 2001 and collects announced at the Royal Society in WilmshursT (LN 1971-75 and spare/secondhand rugby and sports November and it is expected that GL 1974-76 respectively).
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