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NO. 22 • Autumn 2015 News of OKS Obituaries Features A peerage, DLs, Red 1 honoured Including Barbara Slimming The Great War, PLF and and an ordination and Ian Gollop surviving prostate cancer p2 p8 p16 The Luxmoore Peloton: six New Dover Road cyclists tackle the Olympic Velodrome p2 nEWS of OKS News of OKS includes an honest account of one OKS’s battle Memories of King’s 1935-62 against prostate cancer and another’s test of endurance for FRANCIS HUSSEY’S (MO 1954-58) appeal for your reminiscences the benefit of cancer sufferers. – “enlightening or embarrassing, sad or hilarious” – in the last issue We would like to hear your of For the Record has had an excellent response. Over sixty OKS have news so please contact Elaine already contributed, but more recollections are welcome. Please send Lynch (see below) or fill in them to Francis ([email protected]) or to Kirsty Mason the form on the back page. ([email protected]) or write to: Francis Hussey, Buchan House, Buchan Hill, Pease Pottage, CRAWLEY RH11 9AT – by Christmas at the latest. Publication next summer may then be possible. acclaimed RSC production of Henry IV Part II and in his book on living the 1930s part for a year, Year of the Fat Knight: The Falstaff Diaries Sher gives Oliver DOUGLAS WILMER (LA, WL 1933- generous praise, describing him as 38) has had a distinguished career on someone who “has a gift for making the stage and the big screen. Many Shakespeare sound spontaneous – will also remember him as Sherlock searching for a word, a name, while Holmes in the BBC’s dramatisations keeping the rhythm of the text going.” of 1964-5. These are now available * » sport. We were given the use of an on DVD. The British Film Institute’s The latest book from JOHN MAN octagonal summer house to keep our Sight and Sound is enthusiastic: (WL 1954-60) is Saladin: The Life, bikes secure, and carry out repairs. JEREMY PURSEGLOVE (SH 1963- some wonderful descants from “Whether he is the best screen the Legend and the Islamic Empire. The six were IVOR DAVIES and twin 67) has just published a second the trebles (21 boys and 26 Holmes, as some ardent Sherlockians * brother BILL DAVIES, DICKON edition of his book Taming the Flood: girls)”; and “the Abbey has the maintain, I leave to your personal JAMES HAMILTON-PATERSON OLIVER, JOHN WOOD, MICHAEL a History and Natural History of foresight to have a congregational taste, but there is a strong case to be (WL 1955-61) has followed his KING and myself. In fact we cycled Rivers and Woodlands. It was first choir to sing in eight items”. made for him as the Holmes closest Empire of the Clouds with Marked all year round, amassed quite a published in 1988 and as he notes * to Conan Doyle’s conception.” And for Death: the First War in the Air. collection of bikes and roamed far in his preface: “it finally went out “the interview with Wilmer [among and wide over the Kent countryside. of print and then it rained. It rained BRIAN WILSON (Common Room We want to hear your the DVD ‘extras’] is fascinating”. 1960s Having not seen each other as a a lot.” The new subtitle is: Rivers, 1965-73) has translated the Sarum news and so do your group since we left in 1965 Ivor and Wetlands and the Centuries-Old Battle Missal MS 148 1950s CLIVE HIMSWORTH (WL 1961- I met at the OKS Sports Reunion against Flooding. A timely warning. (the original fellow OKS. 66) is a social work manager for the last year and determined to try to * manuscript dates THE REVD CANON ROGER JOB London Borough of Bromley but has effect our own reunion. Through DAVID DAVISON (SH 1964- from around Offcuts and For The Record are (GR 1951-55) acted as locum last term also written a novel, Hong Kong Boy, the good auspices of the OKS we 69) of Archaeopress has kindly 1450) and this edited by Stephen Woodley (Common at Winchester College whilst the about his parents’ experiences in were able to contact everyone except sent us a copy of David Wright’s was published Room 1969-98), assisted by an Chaplain was recovering from back Stanley Internment Camp, HK, 1941- Michael, and agreed that a suitable book Bryan Faussett: Antiquary in January Editorial Committee of Felicity Lyons, surgery: “so I found myself celebrating 45. This both makes use of some of and safe venue would be the Olympic Extraordinary. Faussett (1720-76) under the title of Chair (SH 1975-77), Peter Henderson the Thursday Eucharist several times the theology Clive studied at Toronto Velodrome in East London where was not an OKS, but his son, another Processions and other late mediaeval (Common Room 1969 - ) and Kirsty in “Chantry”, an exquisite chapel University and provides insights they run taster track sessions for all Bryan, and two other members of Ceremonies of Salisbury Cathedral. Mason with further support from Paul with its own cloister, once on a into Chinese culture 100 years ago. species of cyclists. In mid-April this the family did come to King’s. Pollak (Common Room 1950-88). Sunday in “Michla”, the former parish Copies can be obtained by emailing year we started with lunch in the Among those mentioned in * church of St Michael and All Angels, [email protected]. Stratford shopping centre nearby the book are Headmaster Osmund HARRY CHRISTOPHERS (MR 1967- Share your family announcements, and never in “Chapel”, because of * and then enjoyed an hour on the Beauvoir and several OKS who 72) brought The Sixteen on their 2015 career moves or achievements radical repairs to the windows.” track. Bikes, helmets and tuition were members of the flourishing Choral Pilgrimage to Canterbury on be they sporting, artistic or * DONALD MCKENZIE (LX 1961-65) are provided and we were joined by antiquarian community in East Kent 10 September. This time their title otherwise with your fellow OKS JOHN DREW (LN 1952-57) has writes: In the good old days when PAUL JAMIESON (LX 1963 -65). in the later eighteenth century. was Flights of Angels and the eagerly- by contacting Elaine Lynch. sent us a copy of his latest booklet Luxmoore was a boys’ boarding house We had a great time, even those * awaited concert took the audience – When Cricket Came to India. on the New Dover Road cycling to and who had not touched a bike for PETER KING (MO 1966-71) is Director back to 16th century Seville, one of T: 01227 595672 This discusses the account of what from the main school was a popular some years, and by the end of what of Music at Bath Abbey, and their the richest and most cosmopolitan E: [email protected] may have been the first game of means of transport. However, in seemed like a very short hour were recent collection of 24 well-known of Spain’s cities, for the music of W: www.oks.org.uk cricket on Indian soil in 1721. the early 1960s six of us approached riding up the banking and powering hymns, Hymns from Bath Abbey Francisco Guerrero and Alonso Lobo. * the Housemaster, Mr Roberts, and down the straights We came away (Regent), won high praise in the * facebook.com/oks.canterbury OLIVER FORD DAVIES (LN 1952- secured his approval to replace determined to seek other suitable June issue of the Royal School of MIKE BAX (LN 1969-72) twitter.com/OKSAssociation 57) last year played Justice Shallow cricket with cycling as our summer venues to continue the reunions. Church Music’s quarterly CMQ: was appointed a Deputy linkedin.com/groups?gid=35681 to Anthony Sher’s Falstaff in an » “The singing is superb, with Lieutenant of Kent in June. » 2 FOR THE RECORD AuTumN 2015 FOR THE RECORD AuTumN 2015 3 MICHAEL LAW (WL 1973-78) » EDMUND DE WAAL OBE (MR 1977- 1970s brought the crooners of the Thirties 81) was announced in February as to life in the Marlowe Studio on 13 one of the nine winners of the Yale The latest book from DAVID September: Love is the Sweetest Thing. based Windham-Campbell Prize GOWER (LN 1970-75) is David * consisting of a $150,000 grant. The Gower’s 50 Greatest Cricketers GRAHAM HILL (SH 1975-80) writes: grant was awarded for Edmund’s of All Time. Bradman, Sobers, “When I extracted the latest edition work in non-fiction. The Windham- Tendulkar and Warne come out of Offcuts from its envelope, I did Campbell Prizes were established to on top. Boycott doesn’t make it. not even need to read the caption call attention to literary achievement * to the front cover, as I immediately and provide writers with the JONATHAN RHIND (GR 1970-74) recognised my old friend and opportunity to focus on their work runs Jonathan Rhind Architects contemporary in School House – independent of financial concerns which specialises in historic Marius Carboni. The description of and to support writers anywhere buildings conservation and re- School House in the seventies which in the world writing in English. use, working on everything from Marius gave sounded very familiar Edmund’s latest book The White ruined castles to cob cottages. and there are many other details Road was published in September. * which I could have added myself, as * COSMO BROWN (LN 1971-76) and my memory of them remains very THOMAS DE WAAL (MR 1979-83) ANNE (LN 1974-75, née NAUNTON clear. I could have added several has published Great Catastrophe: DAVIES) have the distinction amusing anecdotes about Marius Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of having been the first King’s himself – the day Carboni nearly of Genocide.