A Tribute to Johnny
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His working in far-away countries, laid shivering under the bed covers 123456789 123456789 123456789 father was working for Cable & Wireless at the time and the silently crying – longing for home. There were also more positive 123456789 123456789 J 123456789 family moved around the world to Mr Drummond’s different memories, the boys’ appetite for bubble-and-squeak and the fierce 123456789 123456789 123456789 postings. The family also consisted of Johnny’s half siblings – fighting over who should get the caramelised, thick residue from 123456789 123456789 123456789 George, Gavin and Jane. They were a bit older than Johnny and 123456789 the bottom of the huge pot of baked beans. Johnny also talked, 123456789 123456789 123456789 were, when they became of age, placed in boarding schools in UK, not without a smile, about his career in the school’s rugby team. I 123456789 123456789 123456789 and came to visit their brother and their parents during holidays. didn’t believe it at first when he told me, but I have seen the 123456789 123456789 123456789 One of Mr Drummond’s postings was Zanzibar, a small island photographs of the ginger-haired, skinny lad in his rugby outfit 123456789 123456789 123456789 outside East Africa. Johnny 123456789 together with his teammates. 123456789 123456789 often talked about Zanzibar and 123456789 After Boarding School, Johnny 123456789 123456789 123456789 its beauty and its people. Here entered art school and his 123456789 123456789 123456789 Johnny found his first love – the educational career was crowned 123456789 123456789 123456789 housemaid’s daughter. They with a degree in sculpting. He 123456789 123456789 123456789 were both three-and-a-half years 123456789 was truly a man of the arts - 123456789 123456789 123456789 old. Johnny always said that he painting, sculpting, literature 123456789 123456789 123456789 learnt a lot from Zanzibar, things and music were his passions 123456789 123456789 123456789 like respecting people without and his general knowledge, 123456789 123456789 123456789 thinking about colour, religion, especially in those areas was 123456789 123456789 123456789 race or their status in the society. 123456789 tremendous. 123456789 123456789 123456789 The respect and genuine care was In the early eighties, Johnny 123456789 123456789 123456789 something that followed Johnny was living in London, working 123456789 123456789 123456789 through his entire life and created in a patent office, having a 123456789 123456789 123456789 the foundation for his entire 123456789 stormy relationship, which 123456789 123456789 being. 123456789 eventually broke up. Johnny’s 123456789 123456789 123456789 After only a few years, it was parents, that had been in St 123456789 123456789 123456789 Johnny’s time to go to boarding Helena for some years suggested 123456789 123456789 123456789 School in the family’s native that Johnny should join them 123456789 123456789 123456789 Scotland. He never spoke in 123456789 for a holiday to forget the 123456789 123456789 123456789 many positive words about the collapsed relationship. He came 123456789 123456789 123456789 school. Johnny was not a person for a holiday in 1983 and did 123456789 123456789 123456789 suited for uniformity, strict not once leave St Helena soil for 123456789 123456789 123456789 school discipline and limited 17 years. In St Helena, he put 123456789 scope for creativity. He often his knowledge into use as a told stories about the dreaded Johnny at university teacher, first as supply teacher 4 freezing cold dormitories, where Continued on Page 5 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012Volume III, Number 22 31st October 2003 12 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212 123456789 123456789 St Helena Herald 123456789 Continued From Page 3 and asked me to join the group. 123456789 123456789 123456789 He wanted to bring attention to 123456789 at the Secondary Selective School 123456789 123456789 the public of the rich history of 123456789 and became an established 123456789 123456789 the Island and its people. 123456789 member of the teaching staff at 123456789 123456789 123456789 Prince Andrew School in January Johnny was a person of varied 123456789 123456789 123456789 1989. Johnny enjoyed teaching interests including music and art. 123456789 123456789 123456789 He was helping to restore the 123456789 and took genuine interest in his 123456789 123456789 stained-glass windows in St 123456789 students’ achievements and 123456789 123456789 James Church. What is not 123456789 progress. In March 1998 he felt 123456789 123456789 123456789 that it was time to move on to generally known is that he was 123456789 123456789 123456789 something different and he interested in cooking and would 123456789 123456789 123456789 borrow and pore over cookery 123456789 successfully applied for the post 123456789 123456789 books, reading them as one 123456789 as Information Officer in St 123456789 123456789 123456789 Helena Government and Editor for would read a popular novel. 123456789 123456789 123456789 the St Helena News. As we know, His care for people and the 123456789 123456789 123456789 Island community is reflected in 123456789 the St Helena News Media Board 123456789 123456789 the number of messages that 123456789 was created the following year and 123456789 123456789 have been received. They have 123456789 Johnny continued as Editor for 123456789 123456789 123456789 the St Helena News and its come from family, friends, 123456789 123456789 123456789 successor, the St Helena Herald people he worked with, officials 123456789 123456789 123456789 and shows the wide respect he 123456789 until shortly before his death. 123456789 123456789 had. 123456789 123456789 123456789 Next time you drive off the main 123456789 f there is one thing we can 123456789 123456789 123456789 remember Johnny by it is that road from White Gate to Hutt’s 123456789 123456789