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Newsletter No. 106 April2005 FORTHCOMING EVENTS OLD KING'S CLUB 10th May 2005 School Careers Advisors' evening 25th June 2005 Commemoration Day 18th September 2005 OKC v KCSBC Boat Race I st October 2005 Gaudy for the 1975 - 1980 leavers - see below 18th November 2005 OKC Annual Dinner at the School - see below 28th January 2006 OKC Annual General Meeting
SCHOOL Summer term begins on Tuesday 18th April and ends on Friday 1st July. Half term is Monday 30th May to Friday Photographs taken at the Undergraduates Dinner at Balliol College , Oxford. 3rd June 2005. Autumn term begins on Wednesday 7th September and ends on Friday 16th December. Half term is Monday 17th to Friday 28th October 2005 (two weeks) www.kcs.org.uk Visit the new, improved KCS web site for all the latest information about activities in the School, news of the School and its Old Boys, and many photographs of School scenes. The Old King's Club pages contain information about Club activities, and KCSonline will bring you in contact with many other Club members.
GAUDY FOR THE 1975 - 1980 LEAVERS
Old Boys who left King's at any time between 1975 and 1980 (both years inclusive) will soon be receiving an invitation to a Gaudy at the School, to be held on Saturday, 1st October, 2005. Unfortunately we no longer have the current addresses for a number of OKC members who left during this period ; a list of those whose present address is not known to us is given towards the end of this edition of the Newsletter. Please look Photographs taken at the OKC Dinner , November 2004. through this list, and if you know the current address of any of these members, or any other information about them, please write to the Hon Secretary, and let him know.
OKCANNUAL DINNER Advance notice This year our Annual Dinner will once again be held in the School Dining Hall The date is Friday 18th November 200S
Kneelers made for St John 's Church, Wimbledon , and sponsored by the Old King 's Club. Please make a note in your diaries now, to be sure that you do not miss this event. front cover: The School Greater Arms has been redrawn , and is shown on the front cover. Full details and an application form will be included in the next Newsletter, which will A simplified version has also been approved and appears at the top of the cover. It will in be sent to you in October 2005. future replace the motif that has fonnerly been used. OLD KING'S CLUB 3 OLD KING'S CLUB: OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: Sir Robert Andrew KCB Apologies forabsence were received from R BArmitage, PAST PRESIDENT: RM Reeve SECRETARY'S NOTES A D Hein, D W Parry,and R M Reeve. VICE PRESIDENTS: RBArmitage (1991), L R Barkey (1985), M Barron (1996), D D C Belchamber (1986), 1. The minutes of the last AGM, held on the 10th REDawson (1979), RF Diacon (1983),PK Gerhold (1984),J DE Hamilton (1983), CLUB OFFICE January 2004, were circulated in Newsletter No 104, AD Hein ( 1986),J Keeling (1987), R G Mathews (1995), EA Stokes (1996), C Taylor (1973). April 2004, on pages 3-8, and copies were available at The Old King's Club officeis in the Lodge (next to the Year of election shown in brackets the meeting. Len Barkey proposed and Chris Day Sports Hall) and is open on Tuesday and Thursday seconded that they be approved. All agreed and they CHAIRMAN: H MGKing morningsfrom 10.00am to 1.00 pm; callers are welcome. were signed by thePresident. Our telephone number is 020 8255 5390. ln addition, HON SECRETARY: BJ Stokes messages can be left during School hours on any day 2. Hon Secretary's report HON TREASURER: PJ GrantFCA with the School switchboard operator on 020 8255 5300; you can fax us at any time on 020 8255 5439, or send an The Hon Secretary presented his report on the activities Elected members of committee: C L Day, R J Hudson, H M G King, of the Old King's Club forthe year 2004, as follows. G C McGinn, D WParry, S K Tester e-mail to [email protected]. The main purpose of the Old King's Club is to provide a Representatives of Accredited Activities: SCHOOL SHOP Cricket: D AP Bowen service for its members; indeed it could be argued that Cross Country: JP H Smith A wide range of OKC items, as well as Adidas and Nike this is its only purpose. That service is to keep its Fencing: D G Titles leisureware, is available from the School Shop in the members in touch with the School, and with each other. Golf: GC Cox Lodge. A list of the OKC items, together with the opening Hockey: RT H Carter hours and other information, is given at the end of this To achieve this purpose, the Club officeneeds first and Rifle Club: RJ Hudson Newsletter. foremost to keep an accurate, comprehensive, and up Rugby Club: PA Calaminus to-date data base containing, at the very least, the names, Soccer: JParrish addresses, and years of leaving of its members. Squash: THE NEWSLETTER Swimming: PJ de C Newman It must provide members with opportunities to meet, both This issue of the Old King's Club Newsletter was edited Tennis: C G Diacon socially and to further their sporting and other interests by BJ Stokes. Contributions forfuture issues are always KCS Lodge: H M G King begun at School, and it must communicate news of the welcome, and should be sent to The Editor, Old King's School and of Club members as widely as possible Club, King's College School, Wimbledon, London SW 19 Social Sub-Committee: R B Armitage, C L Day, H M G King amongst its membership. 4TT; or they may be faxed to 020 8255 5439 or sent by Trustees of the Old King's Club: RBA rmitage, LE Glover, AD Hein, S K Tester e-mail to [email protected]. Material forinclusion in the Trustees of the Invested Funds: D WParry, MA Smith, HF Woolhouse The means by which these objectives can be achieved next issue, to be published in October 2005, must reach Hon Auditors:J H Hole, GP N PhillipsAC A have changed over the years, with the advent of new the Editor by 1st September 2005. technology, and the Club has in the past readily adapted Benevolent Fund: to the improved circumstances. We were one of the first L R Backey (Chairman and Trustee), AC V Evans (Head Master, KCS), Management Board: The Old King's Club is not responsible for individual Alumni organisations to adopt a computerised data base J DE Hamilton (Trustee),AD Hein (co-opted), R Lowndes, opinions expressed in the OKC Newsletter. Editorials and, over the last few years, the existence of the internet R J Morris (Treasurer and Trustee), L D Peters, D V Smedley, C Taylor (Trustee) and other contributions do not necessarily represent the has had an increasing influence on the way we achieve views or policies of the Club, the Club Committee, or Careers for School Leavers: our aims. Old King's Club Adviser:J G Robson, 27 Westminster Gardens, Marsham Street, Westminster, London SW IP the Editor, except where explicitly identified as such. 4JD (020 7828 9576) For this Annual Report, I should like to take each of our ANNUAL GENERAL aims and give some account of how they are being addressed, beginning with the data base. MEETING We have, in round figures, some 6,000 members, of I 0th January, 2004 whom nearly I ,OOO are lost addresses. After the mailing sent to every member last October just over one percent The Annual General Meeting was held at 12.00 noon on of the letters were returnedundelivered as the members the 8th January 2005, in Collyer Hall. had moved and leftno forwardingaddress; this figure is typical. Add to this an estimate of a similar number which Present: are simply destroyed by the new occupiers and the The President Sir Robert Andrew magnitude of our problem of keeping track of members Chairman H MG King can be appreciated. An increasing use of e-mail Hon. Secretary BJ Stokes addresses, which apply to people rather than the places Hon. Treasurer PJ Grant where they live, seems inevitable in the future, even if and about 30 members. only to find new postal addresses! OLD KING'S CLUB 5 4 OLD KING'S CLUB
In providing opportunities for our members to meet, 2004 Our affiliated Sports Clubs provide our members with is now retiring from these vital and responsible positions, Office for their help and cooperation; and to our saw the OKC build on several initiatives started the the opportunity to further their sporting interests, and and we thank him warmly for all his work, and wise President, Sir Robert Andrew and our Cha irman Micky previous year. Jointly with the School Boat Club we they had another good year. Pride of place this year must counsel, over many years. King fo r their help, supp ort, and enco ura gement held the second School v Old Boys Boat Race on Sunday be given to the OK Golf Club, who won the prestigious throughout the year. 12th September. Two teams from each side took part . Grafton Morrish trophy for the second time in four years, Last year I had with sorrow to report the death of Ft Lt The resu lts were a win for the School 1st Vlll over the beating Taunton, Edinburgh Academy, Winchester, and David Williams, who was tragically killed during the Iraq Mr President, that concludes my report for the year 2003. OKC, and the OKC 2nd Vill narrowly beat the School in Epsom on the way, and Birkenhead in the final. An campaign. The OKC commis ioned a memorial to David, the second race; the exact reverse of last year's results. exce llent performance was also achieved by the Tennis which has taken the form of a plaque attached to the 3. Hon Treasurer's report Micky King presented the Reed-Boswell Cup to the winning team, who once again reached the final of the d' Abernon World War II memorial in the Great Hall. This was team captain at tea in the Boat House after the races. Cup and, as in 2003, came up against the Old Pauline s. dedicated durin g the School Remembran ce Day serv ice The Treasurer presented the accounts for the year ende d The entire match was equally divided, so the teams had on Friday 12th November , in the presence of David' s 31st August 2004 and proceeded to comme nt on various For the second year running we held an Undergraduates to return to the courts, when the first one to finish gave widow Alexandra and severa l of his contemporaries. items in the acco unts. Dinner, this time at Balliol College Oxford, on Saturday the victory to the Old Paulines. 30th October. Some SO undergrad uates were present, I have this year to report the death s of a number of our On the Receipts and Payments Accounts he highlighted together with the Head Master, S members of the Schoo l I turn now to our aim of communication to members of members. I would parti cularly like to mention at this the change from a deficit of £1,890 in 2003 to a surplus staff, and the Chairman of the OKC. For both this event, the OKC of news of the Schoo l and of th e OK time four of these, three of whom were Honorary Life of £2 1,293 in 2004. This was principally accounted for and for the Boat Race, some financial assistance was membership. The usual two Newsletters have been Members. by the 2003 OKC Bursary payment of £ 15,000, the loss given from OKC funds. compiled, printed, and sent to subscribing membe rs, of on disposal of investments in the previous year of £4,778, whom there are aro und 2,000. The rest of the Simon Fletcher will be remembered as the member who, and the 2003 net contribution to the War Memorial Statue The OKC Annual Dinner took place on Friday 26th member ship, a little over 3,000, receive one Annual at the Club AGM in January 2002, suggested that the of £2,226. November in the recently refurbi shed and extended Mailing containing the Agenda of the AGM, notice of Club and the School between them should replace the School Dining Hall . The guest speaker was Clive Aslet the Annual Dinner and other social events, and brief news statue stolen from the World War I memorial by an exac t He also drew attention to the November 2003 Dinner (OK 1972) the Editor of Country Life. As last year, a of the School and its Old Boys . replica of the original. The end result of his suggest ion held at the House of Commons and pointe d out that the determined attempt was made to ensure a good attendance is now there for all to see. Sadly, Simon died towards 2003 and 2004 figures should be comb ined with a by targetting individual year groups. The success of We would like to get the full Newsletter to all our the end of this year. resulting net profit of £64. The Dinner also, with the this was demonstrated by the fact that no fewer than 32 membership, but the costs involved are considerable. cajoling and good serv ices of Sir Paul Beresford, raised of the 140 attending were 1991 leavers, one of the years However, a step in this direction is being actively pursued Noel Long died on 5th May, aged 83. Noel was Director £1,490 for the OKC Benevolent Fund. being targetted. A very successful event was enjoyed by at the present time. This is to make the Newsletter available of Music at King' s for 21 years, 1958-79, during which all those who were present. to members on the internet, downloadable from the School's website. The necessary work would be done in cooperation time he built up virtually from scratch a large and thriving The Trea surer also referred to the Balance Sheet and the Commemoration Day, Saturday 26th June, saw OK with the School Development Office, and the idea is the department. His influen ce enriched the lives of many Club's investments. The impro vement in the Stock Cricket, Tennis, and Fencing teams in action, and the suggestion of an anonymous donor, who has generously generation s of King's boys. Exchange and purchases of new investments had resulted Rifle Club organised a shootin g event in the School's agreed to underwrite the costs involved. in an increase in the market value of the investments at miniature range. Commemoration Day could provide Jack Hedditch died on 23 May, aged 92. Jack, after a 3 1st August 2004 to £96, I 65. Since the Club's year end another good opportunity for an OK social event, and it I hope that this brief review of the year's events demonstrates di stingui shed militar y ca reer, join ed KCS as Staff the value had increase d by a further £9,000. may well be that this potenti al will be realised in some some success in achieving our aims as I set them out at the Instructor of the CCF in 1954, and served until 1977. future year. beginning of my report. I should add that in all of the He held the MBE for services to the Cadet force, and the After allowing for the market value of investments the activities of the OKC office we work closely in cooperation RVM for service s to the Royal Family as a membe r of Club's funds at 31 st August 2004 amounted to £245,702. Three regular activities in which the School and the OKC with the School Development Office, grea tly to our the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard . work together are the Careers Evening, the Leavers advantage and I trust to some extent to theirs. Always active in School shootin g, he was an act ive The Treasurer replied to comments from the floor and Lunch, and the Gaudy. member of the OKC Committee for many years, and was he ended his repo rt with his thanks to the Honorary The Careers Evening took place on Thursday 6th May, Finally some further news from 2004 . President of the KCSOB Rifl e Club until his 90t h Auditors , John Hole and Graham Phill ips for their birthday. cont inued support. when, as usual, around 100 Careers Advisors organised The OKC sponsore d two embroidered kneelers for St by Gordon Robson provided advice on a one-to-one basis John's Church , and these were dedicat ed by Honorary Mathew Rowson died on 26 February, aged 67. There Note: If any member of the OKC would like to have a to some 140 Lower Sixth form boys. Life Member Revd Robin Stevens, Vicar of St John 's, at can scarcely be a single member of the King's comm unity copy of the audited accounts of the Old King's Club he a service on Sunday 5th Decemb er. The Leavers Lunch was held on the last day of the whose life was not touched by Mathew during his 40 or she should apply to the Hon Secretary. summer term , when over l 00 new members were Our oldest mem ber John Lecomb er, who tau ght years at the School , first as a Physics teacher and, after welcomed. All new member s are given an information Mathematic s at the School from 1927 to J 974, celebrated retirement , in the Physic s works hop. 4. Elections pack about the Club , and an OKC tie. Tho se few leave rs his 100th birthd ay on Boxing Day. who are not already members are encoura ged to join. More deta iled obituaries have appeared in the OKC (i) The Chairman, Micky King, proposed that Sir Robert The Gaudy this year was for 1970-74 leave rs and took Michael Barron, who served the Club for many years as News letter. Andrew KCB, be re-elected President, and that the Hon place on Saturday 18th September. Over 60 former pupils Treasurer , has for the past elev en years played an Secretary, Bryan Stokes and the Hon Treasurer , Peter of the period attended, together with a number of the important back-room role as Trustee of both the Old I must end by thankin g those that have given their time Grant also be re-electe d. The proposal was seconded by teaching staff of that time, as well as member s of the King 's Club and the Invested Funds, as well as serving in helping in the OKC office, and especially to Tony Gordon Robson and approved unanimously. Stokes; to David and Tristan Bradley of the Development current staff. on the Managem ent Board of the Benev olent Fund. 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School and helping maintain the good will of our alumni Physics Olympiad Results Nozze di Figaro featured a number of KCS pupils and by Miss Quarad eghini and Mr Shawcross. The tour toward the Schoo l, so that they will continue to help and staff in both the orchestra and as soloists. The music included visits to the Hermitage, the cruise r Aurora , the Eight Upper Sixth boys participated in this year's Physics support the School in the many ways that they now do. was expertly directed by Jessica Cottis . Simon Porter newly renovated Summer (Catherine ) Palace at Pushkin Ol ympi ad Compe titi o n, taking a thr ee hour (violin) and Daniel Phillip s (piano) gave a recital which and a folklore show in St Petersburg . The group took paper cove ring a range of intere sting Physics que stions. l finish this letter by expressing my gratitud e to all of was also enthusiasticall y received . Rehear sals have the overnigh t train to Moscow, where they visited Lenin 's Both 1B and A2 candidates were able to succeed on the those who run the OKC, the Trustees, the secretaries of started in earnest for the Choral Society perform ance of tomb , the Kremlin and armourie s, Victory park, the paper in the differe nt topic areas that they have studied. the accredited activities, the Committee , and especia lly, J.S.Bach's St John Passio n in May. The choir is made Cathedral of St Saviour and the Tetryakov gallery. There Two of our candidates gained Silver Awards, placing the office holders Sir Robert Andrew, Peter Grant, and up of parent s, staff and pupils and the performance will were many other spectacular sights taken in, includin g a them amongst the top 150 candidates in the country, and Bryan Stokes, aJI of whom are beavering away to your be held in St Matthew' s Church, Durham Road on pm-Stalinist demon stration . The boys took an active another five gained Bron ze I Awards. Two candidates benefit. Saturday 14th May. interest in the visits, negotiated ably with stall-holders received Commenda tions. and coped with the incessant snow. With Best Wishes to you all Micky King Drama History Visit to Russia Hiawatha presente d by the Middl e School and directed A group of Sixth Form historians went on a six-day tour by Di.rector in Residence, Jeremy Jame s Taylor, was an of St Petersburg and Moscow in December , accompanied impressive piece of ensemble theatre. For those involved, this was a fine introduction to a who le variety of theatre EXTRACTS FROM THE skiJls. The produ ction was visually exc iting with some FROM THE ARCHIVES strikin g elements of set and some very imaginative large HEAD MASTER'S rod puppets. It was an intense hour of music, poetry and Gifts to the Archives NEWSLETTER spectacle. Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, in the The Archiv e was recently contacted by an American clergyman from Dalton, Georgia , who told us that he had a book very cramped space of Studio Q2, was directed by Mr in his library with the coat of arms of King 's College London on its cover. He could not remember how he had come Trapm ore. He se lected a fine cast of Lower Sixth by the book , but he felt that it would be of more interest to us than to him, and he offered to give it to the School. Southcot Mock Trial enthusiasts to bring this monster of a play to the world's A talented team of Lower Sixth formers took part once light! Jeremy James Taylor has nearly finished his period more in the Southcot Mock Tri al, the independ ent in the Senior School as Director in Residence. We would schools' legal competition. The team prepared the cases like to take this opportunit y to thank him for bringing so with due diligence and travell ed to the South of England much enjoyme nt to the King's stage and for giving so round in January to oppose St Paul' s Gir ls', Godolphin many boys the opportunity to work in a profess ional & Latymer School , and a new school to the compe tition, environment whils t still at school. His final produc tion St Edward 's Oxford . Despite a very high quality of is Captain Stirrick, which the Jun ior School is mounting debat e, th e jud ge found aga inst th e KC S team, at the beginning of next term. eliminating us from the competition before the final stage. This was disappointing in the light of the ster ling efforts Music of our principal advocates, and our cast of support actors. The past term has again been even tful and success ful for A numb er of the boys exh ibit ed considerab le futur e all KCS musicians. In addition to the usual round of promi se in the lega l field . The co mpetiti on was Inform al Concert s and Scholar s' Concerts there have eventually won by Ound le School. bee n perform ance oppor tuniti es for al l the major ense mbles. The Junior College Singers represe nted the /....,,,, .lte,-7"" 9f..-::5 Biology Olympiad School at the Children's Trust Schools' Conce rt at the ,.,,,,;;:,I ~"''"~C:
OLD KING'S CLUB NEWS Nottingham University OK get My thank s to those boys who attended - I trust you REPORTS FROM enjoyed it; to Micky King for his superb idea; and the together OK club for its support. I trust it will not be long before AFFILIATED ACTIVITIES UNIVERSITY NEWS we try and meet up again. This February the Old King' s Club in Nottingham had James Dearden AND OTHER SPORTING its seco nd ever official , if inform a l, get-together. Maintainin g Luk e Blacka ll's vision of a continu ing NEWS OKC Undergraduates Dinner Kin g's co mmunity in Nottin gham, 13 Nottingham Bristol and Bath undergraduates After th e huge succe ss of the OKC Under graduat es students met in one of the city 's finer estab lishment s, We are trying to set up an Old Boys assoc iation for OK s dinner at St Catharine' s College , Cambridge in 2002, fifty offering an eclec tic mix of Indian , Chin ese, Thai and currently at Bri stol and Bath Univ ersities. Our first OLD BOYS FENCING Italian food . Incidentally , it wasn't until we arriv ed that function will be an informal dinner at the start of the student s from Oxford and Cambridge put our varsity The prin cipal fencing new s is that KCS has produced a diff erences aside and ca me together for a night of OKC we noticed it wa s in fact the same establ ishment that last new academic year next November . It wi ll be a great year 's me etin g took place in. After an interesting chance to meet up with OKs who left from yo ur year, British Fencing Champion. shenanigan s at Balliol College, Oxford , on 30th Octobe r To m Cadman ( 199 8) wo n th e 2004 Briti sh Epe e 2004 . Re-finding their youth were seve n mem bers of . combination of pizza, onion bhajis, crispy duck , and a and hopefull y the start of a success ful King 's socie ty at large amount of ice cream and jelly babies , we retired to Uni vers ity. If you wou ld like to get involved ple ase get Championship which took place at RAF Cos ford on I 0th KCS staff , includin g Tony Evans, Ralph Cake , Heather I July 2004. McKissa ck , Philip Swan, Andy Nolan, and the OKC's a well -known after hour s haunt where, tie-thef t besides , I in touch with Huw Raikes; e- mail [email protected]. uk or Micky King and Bob Friedlander. After pre-dinner drink s we were much admired for our mat ching sixth form mobile 07950 8 11 7 19. and valiant atte mpt s to remember nam es in the Old uniform s. Common Roo m, we were tr ea ted to the very tasty Leeds undergraduates Thank s to the success of both this and last year's meeting handiwork of Balliol 's French chef, which we sam pled Ther e will be an OKC soc ial eve nt for OK under graduate s we hope to have a repeat performa nce in the summ er in the company of illustrio us ex- Masters, includin g Roy at Leeds Universit y on Wednesday 8th Jun e 2005, that term, thereby making it a terml y eve nt. We would all Jenkin s, Christopher Hill and Sir Colin Lucas . Alright, is, in the week follow ing the exam s, at 7.30 pm at like to extend our thanks to the OKC for supportin g its so their pre sence stretc hed only to surve yin g the sce ne The Original Oak .. In the mean time here is some new s Nottingham exte nsion as well as genuin ely appre ciating from their canvasses on the wall s of Balliol's stunning of a few of the OKs at Leeds . nineteenth -centur y Hall. They licked their lips in envy, meetin gs such as this. howeve r, at the poached pear and San Dan iele ham with James Berry Ali Brown is enjoyi ng his first year of medicine. He has cre am of Rocquefort ; they sa livated at the sight of been appointed Trea surer of the Leed s Medi ca l soc iety, chicken and red rice with GewUrztraminer and wild Imperial College Old King's Club plays ru gby fo r the Medics, and is rowin g fo r the morrell sauce ; and they purred at the puddin g of banana University of Leed s I st vm. tart with chocolate and rum mou sse . Our tummies we re Th e Old King's Club at Imperial Colle ge convened for more than satisfied . Balliol's Halloween party that was its first social on Wednesday March 16th. Having bee n John Hud son is working hard in his seco nd year of an raging in the Junior Common Room outside made for a encouraged by the esteemed Chairman, Mr. King, I had Anatomy and Physiology degree. He is currently Captain swift after-dinner exit for most staff, exce pt Andy Nolan , made an effo rt to co nta ct all of the OK boys at our of the Univers ity of Leeds Rowin g Squad , to which job a hedoni st, through -and -throu gh. establishment. The purpose of this being both to reinfor ce he devo tes much of his time. the link betwee n these two great educational facilities Tom Cadman - photo graph by Graham Morrison . The evening was a hit; we all enjoyed catching up with and also allow the boys to catch up and keep in contact Charlie Wilkinson and Adrian Wong are both in their old face s and remi niscing about 4th form rugb y and with their peers in the older and younger yea rs. In addition to Tom's success another Old Boy, Nick Perry second years of music degrees and have had success on yellow slips . Years of leaving ranged from 2000 to 2004, (2003), reached the semi-final stage. In fact Tom and the Leed s music sce ne with their 8-piece ja zz band. so it was a pleasure to catch up with peop le at diffe re nt We co mmen ce d the evening by meetin g at Fu lham Nick had to fight agai nst each other in one of the semi stage s in their univer sity/graduate life , safe in the Broadway station, where we proceeded to a loca l pub finals for a place in the final. Nick took 3rd equal place . Ed Allt -Grah am (2nd year English) and Ben Zac haria s know ledge that the Q-block and West Barn es Lane still for a drink to relax us and allow us to chat and get to Combined with Tom 's 1st place these are incredi ble (2nd year Spanish and Mana gement) are also enjoy ing bind us togeth er in some sort of harmony at least. know each other a bit better; havin g a range of boys from successes for the School and for these two Old Bo ys, the success of their band "Ove rsight", which they set up 3 years some of us were meeting for the fir st time . who started learning to fence while in the Junior Schoo l. with Rob Gate s (2nd year at Oxford) . My thanks to Richard Hardyme nt (200 I) for coordinating Fort unately this did not prove to be an obstacle! The the group from the Other Place so efficient ly; their evening progressed well, and we had a fantas tic meal at Addin g furth er glory for the School, two recent Old Boy s Gi les Barron is currently in his seco nd year of a Frenc h rea lisation that they shou ld have applied to Oxford, of a little known Chinese restaurant , which went down came 2nd and 3rd in the equivalent Under 20 Briti sh and Latin course and , if all goe s to plan , should be in course, did not seem to lower their spirits too much . I spectacu larly du e to its cheap price s and generous Epee Champ ionship s. Jonathan Bradley (2004) rea ched Pari s for the majority of next year as an English teac her. am grateful to the KCS staff who gave up their Saturday portions . the final but had to be content with 2nd pla ce whil e Tom This year he has particu lar ly enjoyed presentin g a show night in the Dog and Fox to zoom up the M40 and join Miln er (2004) wa s a semi-finalist and came 3rd in this for Leed s Stud ent Radio every week. us. And finally , to the generosity of the Old King' s Club Having satisfied our taste for the Orient we continued Giles Barron event , which took place at the University of East Anglia and Micky King , in particu lar, whose enthu siasm and on our way to the Medic s' Union bar , better known as in October 2004. dedicatio n neve r faltered . the Reyno lds ju st beneath Charing Cro ss Hospital. Here Note : Several photographs from the various University Mark Lowen (2001) we finished the even ing with some good banter , stude nt All the se four Old Boys have repre sented Great Britain activite s described abo ve are to be found on the inside prices and general good humou r. at Internation al level. covers of this New sletter . 14 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 15
These are not only great results for the individu als who So, what of our recent history? Last year, the I st XV to keep the cash flow positive. The formidable U 16 group KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL have trained hard for many years but a reward for the did well after promotion; this season, they have failed have recorded wins over Guernsey, Guildford, and Sutton School and its staff for the commitment it has made over to make significant progress, and are finishing in the and Epsom, and a narrow loss to Rosslyn Park, reflecting LODGE NO. 4257 many years in offering fencing to its pupils. lower regions of London IV SW, ju st above the rather this group's strength in and beyond Surrey. Both sections David Titles large relegation zone. A crop of injuries to key players will have active Centenary programmes, distinctly and The Schoo l Maso nic Lodge is in goo d heart and is a mitigating factor, but it is clear that we need to within the broader Club programme. enco urage d by a numb er of new memb ers. John KCS OLD BOYS RFC co ntinu e to dee pen th e squ ad and to foc us on Matthews has enjoyed a busy year as Master and is due improvement if we are to prosper in the London leagues Visitors to the Club will see the brand-new match-quality to install his successor, Keith Sturgeon later in April with next season. The season's highlights were winning the floodlights which have recently been installed. These Micky King as Treasurer while Peter Methley takes over The Old Boys ' Rugby Club will start its Centenary CLOB tournament in September, the Surrey Cup victory cost £ 45,000, and were largely funded by a £40,000 as Secretary from Graham Bulkeley. celebrations in the seaso n 2006-07. These celebrations over Old Wimbl edoni ans, and a highl y spi rited CCDP lottery money grant, via Sport England (Old Blues will end with a special match to commemorate the first performance against Camberly, also in the Cup. are contribut ing half of the balance). We now have one The Lodge is within the Provincial Grand Lodge of game played after the formal inauguration of the Club of the finest rugby facilities in Surrey, which will grow Surrey and is playing an active role within the Province on 17th December 1907 which followed a match against In co ntrast, the 2nd XV are enjoying a rem arkably in value to the King's community as we improve the with Chris Rashbrook being an Assistant Grand Master the School, according to Duggie Dalziel's Club History successful year, winning their league (Surrey Conference shared pitch over the next few years. We all owe a and Bryan Adams an architectural adviser as well as - which also reports many false starts in the foundation 'A') with victories over renowned Surrey teams such as significa nt debt to my distinguished predecessor, Noel leading the Angling section of the sports division. The of Old Boys' rugby, going back to the 1870s. Duggie Esher Friars, Rosslyn Park Hatters, and London Irish Crockford, and to our stalwart Club Manager, Paddy Lodge also ge nero usly supp or ts th e Prov ince 's also informs us that there was a victorious game against Wanderers. In fact, the team's only defeat was back in Ralston, for putting in the many hours of diplomatic and sponsorship of the 2008 Festival in aid of Royal Masonic Haileybury Wanderers some time in the frosty January October. They sailed through the knock-out phases of administrative effort needed to secure the success of the Trust for Boys and Girls. of 1908. The date of our celebration is somewhat their competition, and went on to win the Conference floodlighting project. co nt enti ous, give n th at we ce lebra te d our 75 th Cup final 22-8 in a dour but effective performance against The Lodge is very fortunate to be able to hold its regular anni versary in 1982 -83. There are in fac t seve ral Chobham in front of a large crowd at Motspur Park. John Foster is standing down as our site webmaster; many meetings at the School where our Festive Boards are very exce llent reaso ns for our choice, most notably the thanks for your contributi on John. We need a volunteer much enjoye d by members and guests alike. The Lodge co in cid ence of th e 18-yea r-o ld maturit y of th e The 3rd XV (' X-Man') did very well to battle through to assume John's technical duties; please contact me if meets four times a year on the 4th Friday in January and outstanding current under- 16 colts year group with the two knock-out rounds to reach their final, where they you are wi!Jing and able to do this. The senior Club April and the 2nd Friday in June and December. We summer of 2006, and our planned celebratory tour. In were finally defeate d by the much-improved Cranleigh website's literary content is edited (and largely written) extend a warm welco me to those who are members of any event, we can be confident that we are celebrating 2nd XV. Their season has been mixed by recent 3rd XV in amusing and usually well-informed style by Trevor other Lodges to attend our meetings and encourage OKs well over I 00 years of OKs' endeavours to offer amateur standards, and the team composition was rarely stable. Wingate; though he has recently been rantin g in a and those closely connected with the School to join our rugby to the King's community. It is pleasing to report the periodic appearance of the 4th language that I am informed is Welsh, for reasons that fraternity. For further details or enquiries please contact XV. This team's early-seaso n efforts were bolstered by elude me. I am sure normal service will shortly be the Secretary: Graham Bulke ley, St Mellyn, Portmellon, The General Committee have appointed a Centenary the debuts of about 8 recent school leavers, prior to their restored. Mevagissey, Cornwall PL26 6PL, telephone O1 726 842 Committee, under the Chairmanship of our contemporary disappearance on gap years in January. These young 007, e-mail: graham.bul keley@w hich.net Hungarian international, Rob Dembitz. This Committee gentlemen acquitted themselves well on the pitch in their I sincerely encourage all rugby-loving OKs to visit the presented some of their initial ideas at a recent Club introduction to adult rugby, and showed an impressive club, and preferably to join us, in any playing or non meeting. The ideas discussed include a tented (and commitment to the social side of the game that does credit playing capacity. Today, sports clubs of our type must artificially heated) ball at the Club in October 2006, a to their liberal education at King's . be open and widely inclusive in order to survive, let alone NEWS OF OLD BOYS tour of South Africa in July 2007, and the special match thrive; but our deep and abiding connections with the in 2007 -8 to ackn ow ledge the imp ortance of th e All senior club members will wa nt to j oin in my OKC and with King's provides us with our special JOHN CLOAKE (1943) who is the author of a number Haileybury game a hundred years earlier. appreciation of the efforts of our good-humoured, patient, identit y and, I beli eve, the key to a rewa rdin g and of scholarly books on the history of Richmond and Kew, and accomplished Club Coach, Julian Lamb, the 'Silver successful second century. rece ntly rece ived the honorar y degree of Doctor of Rob's committee is constituted to represent all age groups Fox'. Julian would, I am sure, be the first to reject any Letters (D Litt) from Kingston University. and interests in the Club, from our thriving minis to our analogies between his efforts and anything to do with Kelvin Walton, President most venerable veterans. We envisage a celebration that pearls and swine. 077 33 103 056; [email protected] Dr NICHO LA S FERNANDES (1980) has rece ntl y will acknowledge our debt to our history, which will married Miss Malika Pereira (see changes of address) . provide stimulating and entertaining events that will Our next generation are enjoying the various stages of Contacts: enliven our present, and will additionall y help to assure rugby apprenticeship offered by the Mini Section (jointly Honorary Secretary: Paul Calaminus: 020 8466 6370; NIG EL ROBSON (1964) we are glad to have made our future as a thriving amateur rugby club. chaired by Libby Charlton and Stephen Hockaday) and paul @calaminus.fsnet.co. uk contact with after many years. His career has been mostly the Juniors (chaired by Julia Rawlinson). Libby, Stephen, Centenary Committee Chair: Rob Dembitz: 077 11 648 in finance, and he has been a director of various British Street-wise OKs will already have recognised the latent and Julia are supported by a hoard of on- and off-field 079; [email protected]> and overseas public companies. He is now retired and message here: we are of course looking for volunteers, helpers. Their success is perhaps best expressed through living in Petersfield . to initiate new ideas for the Centenary, and to help with notin g th at ov er thr ee hundred yo ung peopl e are the exec ution of the projects that have been already registered and active in this section of the Club. All year Dr PHILIP SYRPIS (1989) of Bri stol University, is initiated. You will find contact information for Rob groups are participants in tournaments in Surrey and Chairman of the Consortium responsible for the new Dembitz below. Please communicate with him if you beyo nd, and in other activities, and there are many National Admissions Test for Law, introduced by eight would like to contribute in any way. evening social events for parents and members that help 16 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 17
Universities this year and widely reported in the national It is with great sorrow that we have to report the death of After he retir ed, Algy became Ass istant Honorary Depart ment at the Universit y of Surrey. He taught press. Algy Sinclair, an Honorary Life Member of the OKC, Secret ary of the Old King's Club, devotin g much of his acoustics al all levels in the Physics Department and to and memberof the Junior School staff from 1953 to 1984. ti me to helpin g tw o successive Hon Secretar ies. Tonmeister students , and medical physics to nursing DONALD WOOD ( 1963), chief executive of the London Algy died on 3rd April 2005, aged 80. Espec ially valuable was his quite remarkable memory degree students, and made important contri butions to the and Quadrant Housing Trust, was awarded the CBE in of generations of Juni or School pupils which, coup led Medica l Physics MSc. the New Year Honours List for services to social housing. The following is taken from an appreciation of Algy with an unbeliev able range of stories from his past (and, written by John Rosser, and publi shed in the Junior it must be added, his outspoke n remarks) made him an For his conti nued research on ultrasound waves he was School magazine Cabbages and King's on the occasion immensely helpful and entertaining friend and colleag ue. awarded DSc , University of Lond on, in 1992. He DEATHS of Algy's retirement , together with some additions from received a number of overseas awards, and was Visiting Algy 's wife Joan died before him ; he is survived by Professor in Universities in USA, Brazil, Estonia, Poland, Bill Llewellyn . CC CAMPBELL (1933) 14th December 2004 their two daughter s and two grandchildren. and CSIRO Austra lia. P B CHALLEN ( 1951) 5th March 2005 Algy Sinclair was born in Calcutta, India, and came to COLIN CADOGAN CAMPBELL ( 1933), who died on Robert retired from full-time work at Surrey on medical Dr R C CHIVERS (1966) 25th November 2004 Britain when he was eight years old. His years in India 14th December 2004, was at King' s from 1924 to 1933. grounds in 1996. His interests divers ified. He wa Sir JOHN DACIE FRS (1930) 12th February 2005 left an indelible impression on his life . He never forgot He quick ly made his mark on the games field in Athletics, awarded Law quali ficati ons by Lon don Guild hall SR FLETCHER (1951) 20th September 2004 its colour and richness, and told fascinating stories of Rugger , and Cricket. He was a School Prefect, a senior University in 1997 and was called to the Bar at the Middle T P FORSYTH (1933) November 2003 that time . Arriving in England he was sent to NCO in the OTC, and was a member of both the I sl XV Temple in 2000. He was appointed as a JP for South W B GARBIS ( 1966) 24th December 2004 Haberd as her s Aske's School , where he enjoyed a and the I st XI. West Surrey in 2002. KW HUTCHINSON (1943) 20th November 2003 successful career, and developed his life-long interest in On leav ing KCS Colin joined a City Bank , but after a R LAMB (1929) 2004 ln April 2000 Robert married Dr Pritilata Nayak, who cricket. short while took up a post in Duncan Brothers, a large SA LAURIE-WALKER (1938) December 2001 nursed him full-time until his death. In the University tea importer. In 1937 he went to India and was soon in a G M LEACH (1949) 24th December 2004 of Surre y ob itua ry he was descr ibed as '·kindly, Coming of age, he volunteered for the RAF and was duly management role at one of Duncan's plantations. In 1939 P J MANN (1968) 12th January 2005 thoughtful , sound in judgement , slow to chide and swift commissioned as a pilot in Bomber Command, flying he was comm issioned in the 13th Frontier Rifles, and BJ NOBLE (1946) 5th October 2004 lo bless ...... a good friend to the staff and students ... .. many types of aircraft in search of U-boats over the North saw active service on the North West Frontier and in N E NORMAN (1932) 4th February 2005 Always interested in the School , at the time of his death Sea, or towing gliders for the invasion forces. After the Burma , twice narrow ly esca ping from the Japane se. JS PEARSALL (1933) 4th January 2005 war he went to the London School of Economics and he was planning to work on an account of the work of D G PEDDER ( 1952) 6th December 2004 was awarded a B Sc degre e. He chose to become a In l 946 he married Mena i Roberts , by whom he had two the Art Society Press, for which his know ledge and Dr RH PERCIVAL (1934) 16th June 2004 schoolmaster - after all, as he frequently said, the holiday s daughters. Menai died in 1955 and in 1959 Colin married experience will be difficult to replace. RA RAYNER (1934) 2003 were good . Marjorie Lomas, and they returned to the UK in 1965 B.J.S. A G SINCLAIR (Hon Life Member) 3rd April 2005 where they settled in Broxbo urne, Hertfordshire. Colin Major J TOWER (1958) 2003 Algy arrived at King's in 1953. He became Head of then joined Barclays Bank for a few years before retiring Professor Sir JOHN DACLE FRS ( 1930) died on 12th Mathematics in 1958, was Housemaster of Tudor, and in 1980. Sadly Marjorie died in 1985. In 1986 he married February 2005, aged 92. John started in the Junior School was appointed Second Master in 1978. In his duties as Constance Fielding, and they moved to Letchworth Heath in September 1923, and continued in the Senior School OBITUARIES Second Master the staff had reason to be most grateful in 199 1. In 2003 due to her ill-health they moved to a where he became a House Prefect and passed his Inter Nursing Home near Aylesbury, where she died in early 2004. ALGY SINCLAIR to him; the senior men for his care and understanding, B.Sc. whilst still at School. ln 1930 he entered King 's the new member s for his help and kindness. Colin was popular and much respected in our days at College Hosp ital Medi ca l Sch oo l, where he was a KCS, and I was greatly privileged to be able, after a gap Algy was inclined to conserve his energy , and as a of some forty-five years, to resume a friendship which mathem atician he certainly knew the shortest distance we mutually enjoyed in our retirement years. He was between two points. To watch him taking his school game indeed a good companion. was illumin ating. He never changed for games, except to add clothing when it was cold . Armed with a supply Geoffrey Rose ( 1934) of chocolate and tobacco he stationed himself in the Dr ROBERT CHRISTOPHER CHIVERS ( 1966) died middle of the pitch and there he remained immobi le. at home on 25th November 2004. Robert attended both Junior and Seni or Scho ols, ga inin g a distinguished In the classroom as elsewhere Algy believed that boys acade mic record and culminating in a place at Exeter should do as they were told, and he was firm with them College Oxford , where he read Physics. In his out-o f if they did not. Yet he could engage in cheerf ul banter school activities he will perhaps best be remember ed for with the boys, without forfeiting their respect or losing his involvement in the Art Society Press, where he was a his authorit y. The boys enjoyed his wit and he theirs, member of one of Robert Holloway's teams who designed and his good humour and laughter would emerge even and printed the remarkable series of books of illustratio ns when pranks were played aga inst him . Many a boy had for which the ASP beca me so well-known . reason to be grateful for Algy's sound teaching , none more so than those who were in his Scholarship set, and On leav ing Oxford he did research on the scattering of who, as a result, went on to achieve distinction in the ultrasound by human tissues at the Institute of Cancer subject. Research , University of Londo n, and was awarded a PhD Photograph: Stephen Strafford (1986) in 1973. He was then appointed to the Physics Sir John Dacie FRS 18 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 19
Sambrooke Scholar. In King's and Some Kingsmen, by David 's first job was as an Editorial Assistant on the then found a position as Assistant Profe sso r of English Willoughby Lyle, John was listed as being among the London Magazine , and this was followed by a period and Humaniti es at the Beirut College for Women and, outstanding student s of his time. working for Rupert Hart-Davis . He began writing a series for the first time in his life , became a memb er of a large, of novel s, the first of which, A Feeling in the Air wa s stable and thriving fam ily. John qualified MB BS (Lond) in 1935 and MRCP in published in 1957. He married , in 1958, the Swedish I 936. He then held various appointment s at King 's actress Mai Zettering and, in the course of their 17-year In 1961 he became Translator-Reviser and later Deputy College Hospital and Manche ster Royal Infirmary from marriage , during which time they lived in Sweden , and Head, Press and Publications at the United Nations Relief 1936 to 1939 . In the Second World War he serve d in later the south of France, they made films together and and Works Agency (UNW RA) in Beirut , a position that the RAMC, and reached the rank of Lt Colonel. he continued his writing career. After an amicable challenged many more of his latent ab ilitie s. He found divorce, David returned to England and in 1980 married him se lf translating int o English from French and He became Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pathology , and Elizabeth Westoll. A number of novel s folJowed , notably occasionally German , Spanish , Italian or Dutch , revi sing subsequently Reader in Haematology, at the Post-Graduate The Pork Butcher. He reviewed films, theatre, and fiction translations into Eng lish from Arabic , preparing public Medical School, University of London, 1946-1956 , and in for the Sunday Times, and contributed articles to a number informa tion material s, and genera lly helpin g to run an 1956 was appointed to the Chair of Haematology in what of journals . agency with representatives of nine nations. became the Royal Post-Graduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital. This was the only institution at David was described in the Daily Telegraph obituary as Through his contact with the United Nations he became that time devoted entirely to clinical academic medicine, being "amo ngst the most elegant pro se writers of his awa re of an opening at the Internat iona l Court of Justice and John's department was one of the most illustrious. John time". He is survived by his wife, and their son and in The Hague, and in 1967 he moved to Holland as First was elected FRCP in 1956, and on his retirement in 1977 daughter. Secretary at the Court . His work there had some of the he was named Emeritus Professor. He was Chairman of the same multi-lin gual, multi -cultural aspects as his work Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of the Leukaemia Dr LEONARD DESMOND DE LAUNAY (1935) died with UNWRA , but now involving judge s and staff from Research Fund, 1975-1985 . on 12th October 2003. He followed his eldest brother Bernard Noble OBE more than fifteen nation s. The problems to be resolved through both Junior and Senior Schools . A keen friends in other pursuits. He discovered class ica l music included genoc ide in Bosnia , the Lockerbie bombing , John's remarkable contribution to haematolog y was sportsman, he was a member of the 1st XV 1934-35 . that was to become a life long passion , he successf ully and various national border conflicts. He found him self recognised by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society built and flew model aerop lanes, and he became a eve r more involved with the comp lexities of internatio nal in 1967, and he was knighted in 1976. He was President of Most noteworthy however was his rifle shooting . He cunning table tennis player. He also cared lovin gly for law, so much so that some of the judges ass umed that he the Royal ColJege of Pathologi sts 1973-1975 , and received was a member of the successful Shooting VIII which his bedridden mother. had read law, and his lega l advice was frequently sought. several Honorary degree s. He wrote numerou s paper s and won the prestig ious Ashburton Shield in 1934. This was ln 1987 he was elected Deputy Registrar, a position from a number of books on the topic of haematology. only the seco nd time in many years of competing that Academically he did very well in all subje cts, and which he retired in 1994. He was awarded an OBE for the KCS team had won the Shield ; the first time was in ultimat ely concentrat ed on Modern Lan guages . In 1946 serv ices to th e Int e rn ation a l Court of Ju st ice. He is survived by his wife Margare t, two daughters and 1932, and the third and last time was in 1938. he won an Open Scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford to read French , and in 1949 he finished his BA with a two sons, both of whom are Old Boy s, Julian (1966) and Throughout his life he was also active as a free-lance Adrian ( 1972). On leaving School, Leonard went to King 's College First. His honour s were, how ever, not with out some translator , and several of his books became well known. excitement. Hospital Medical School in 1935, graduating MRCS, His translation of Max Scheler' s On the Eternal in Man WARWICK BRUCE GARBIS (1966) died on 24th LRCP in 1940 and MB BS(Lond) in 1941. He went Always an individuali st, he had chosen to answer only half from German has been widely recog nized for its clarity December 2004. Within two or three years of leaving KCS straight into the RNVR as a Surgeon Lieutenant , serving the required number of questions in his Final Exams. and explanatory footnotes that have led some to conclude he emigrated to Australia under the£ I Oscheme, and there on board ship throughout the rest of the War. However for these he must have given some interesting that the tran slator was him self an active philo sop her. He he embarked on a successful career in the computer industry. answers , because the examiners called him in for three viva also tran slated a numb er of books and ar ticles from He regularly returned to the UK every 4 or 5 years, always Following the War he became a highly respected local voce examinations to decide if he was brilliant or just very French and Dutch into English. making contact with his old school friends. GP in the Wimbledon and Kingston area for the rest of narrow in his knowledge. Finally, after extensive his life. questioning, they concluded that he really did know very In 2002 he publi shed a semi-a utobiographic al tome , On his last visit some 6 years ago he had already been much more than he had chosen to write, and he was given Echoes, in three volumes: The Chocolate Tram, Young diagno sed with cancer and whilst it was then in remission BERNARD NOBLE , QBE (1946) died on 5th October his First and encouraged to pursue literary research. Mortality , Talismen . The secon d volume will be of it was always likely to reactivate. His first wife with 2004 in The Hague, Holland , aged 76 . The range of his special interest to Old Boy s who were at King's during whom he had two children, Tim and Kate, pre-deceased extraordinary talents , interests and achievements must For the next six years he struggled with a mammoth thesis the early l 940's . him , and he then married Dawn , who was his rock during be among the most varied of his contemporaries. on Rou ssea u's philosophi cal method, first at Oxford and the later stage s of his illness. then as Assistant Lecturer at Manche ster University. In Bernard Noble was a brilliant but humble man with an David Burdett Born to parent s of very mode st circumstances he entered 1956 he finally abandoned the project in order "to seek immense capacity to absorb ideas and words in many KCS Junior School in 1939 on a scholarship , and he used a post of contemporary urgency, being tired of living in languages and to dispen se his vast knowledge with grace DAVlD HUGHES (1948) died on I Ith April 2005. He thi s opportunity to develop intere sts in languages , the past " as he wrote to one potential employer. and humour. He is very much missed by his widow Amy, came to King 's when his family moved to Wimbledon, literatu re and music. their two sons Bruno and Marc and their fami lies, and He applied for positions as far afie ld as Saskatchewan , and attended for the two years of the sixth form course . by his many friends. Nigeria, Jamaica, Iran, and Phnom Pen before finding After National Service in the RAF he went on to Christ Sufferin g from seve re asthma , he was not able to join employment as a Lecturer in English at Baghdad Werner Wolf Church Oxford, where he graduated in English. any of the more physical school activities, but made University . In 1959 he went to Beirut for a summer holid ay, where he met and soo n married Amy Jalkh. He 20 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 21
NORMAN 'NORRIE' NORMAN( 1932) died suddenly at home on 4th February 2005, a few weeks short of hjs 90th birthday. Norman, affectionately known as Norrie by his many friends and family, attended both Junior and Senior schools and went on to lead a distinguished career in the railway world. Norman began his workjng career on the Southern Railway at 16 years of age, thus beginning a lifetime's association with the industry. At the outbreak of war, he served in France as an officerin the Royal Engineers before taking part in the North African and Italian campaigns.
After the war, Norman took up post as the Railway Operation Manager of the East African Railway and Harbours and became Railwayand Operating Consultant for the Crown Agents from 1947-1967. He then held posts in Pakistan, Sierra Leone, and the Phillipines between 1968 and l 972. Norman then returned to Britain to work with British Railways, and was involved in the early feasibility studies for the Channel Tunnel project in the l 970s. He retired to Dorset in 1980, keeping up his many professional contacts, as his long career resulted in a knowledge of railways on an international scale, and he was frequently consulted by historians researching John Pearsall, taken from the 1933 KCS 1 st XI team the history of railways and other kinds of transportation. photograph.
Norma was happily married for 58 years, with three chjldren, and three grandchjldren. His funeral service was held in St George's Church, Fordington,Dorchester, and was well attended by family, friends, and colleagues. David Norman
JOHN STANHOPE PEARSALL (1933) died peacefully at his home in Hinchley Wood on 4th January 2005, aged 88. John was a prefect, a sergeant in the OTC, and a member of the 1933 I st XI Cricket team. ln his final cricketing year he was the first boy ever to score l 00 against the MCC.
During World War U he served in Burma, becoming the youngest Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Artillery. He was awarded the Burma Star, and was mentioned in despatches.
On leaving the army he joined R T Tanner & Co as a paper merchant, and he remained with the company until his retirement as Sales Director in 1982.
Despite the death of his wifeBobbie in 1999, he managed to enjoy a healthy and active retirement until he fell ill in the latter part of 2004. Chris Pearsall ( 1971) 23 22 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB Lee CH 1977 Paris SH 1975 Spragge C P 1976 1975 - 1980 LEAVERS LOST ADDRESSES Lee JH 1979 Parker-Smith SN 1976 Stafford DU 1975 The OKC office does not have current addres ses for the following OKC members who left between 1975 and 1980, Lee JP 1976 Parsons JV 1980 Staniland MA 1980 and to whom we would like to send invitations to the next Gaudy. lf any reader knows tbe present address of any of Levi BH 1980 Pierce C 1975 Stannard V K 1978 the following, or has news of them , please write to the Hon. Secretary , OKC , at the School and let him know. Lewis AP 1978 Pinke ss AN 1978 Stewart N G 1978 Lewis CJ 1977 Plum stead MKB 1980 Sto larski J A 1975 Abram JA 1977 Clover J p 1980 Goddard PJ 1980 Lewis R 1980 Pollard BW 1975 Stuart IA 1975 Addin ell TJ 1978 Cole DGW 1975 Goljcz AL 1975 Lines TDH 1975 Porter FJ 1979 Sugarman PM 1978 Advani SS 1976 Coles J 1979 Gomme PS 1980 Lisle G 1979 Posner R 1975 Suh HW 1979 Aldenho ven RP 1976 Colston ACS 1979 Goodman TM 1979 Lloyd NSt. L 1977 Pratt RLM 1978 Summer side PA 1978 Alton BW 1978 Cook DA 1979 Gordon MZ 1980 Lloyd PTB 1978 Prevezer AJ 1979 Summerskill MJ 1976 Andrew MP 1979 Cook PL 1979 Gorton SH 1975 Mrun ACN 1978 Pre vezer MD 1979 Tanzer MJE 1977 Andrews S JA 1980 Cooke NS 1978 Gough RS 1979 Manley J 1979 Priddle RJ 1977 Tapsall WL 1979 Anthony BP 1975 Cooper NSR 1976 Gray JM B 1976 Marsh DR 1976 Prin gle CCR 1978 Thorne S C 1977 Ashling AJ 1978 Cornwell Q 1977 Green AN 1977 Martin AD 1977 Procter GP 1980 Thornt on AG 1975 Askem JM 1977 Cran ston CS 1977 Greenwood M 1979 Martin so 1975 Proctor NG 1977 Thornt on D 1978 Astley MR 1980 Cretton JRA 1980 Gregory JW 1976 Martinu s RJ 1979 Propper SJ 1979 Thorpe RH 1975 Aston FHA 1980 Crowshaw J 1980 Griffiths CJW 1977 Marx TH 1980 Raffle s HD 1976 Toch ME 1975 Attenb orough NJ 1975 Crutchfield PJ 1976 Hadley PM 1975 Matthew NT 1975 Reed CB 1976 Tucker MTS 1979 Austen MDL 1975 Cunnin gham JA 1978 Hall AW 1975 Matth ews GJ 1975 Rees GA 1975 Tucker PJS 1975 Barber CM 1976 Davey PJ 1975 Hall OCR 1979 Matthews NP 1975 Renni e IC 1978 Tuthill MJA 1978 Barry CJ 1976 Dawood A J S 1978 Hallett MP 1976 McDougall C D 1977 Rich MG 1976 Tymms J S 1978 Berry s J 1980 Dawson JD 1976 Halsey Watson NW 1975 McDow ell JC 1977 Rjchards MR 1976 Urban ML 1978 Bland MB 1978 Day KB 1979 Hamilton Dutoit SJ 1975 McGow an JH 1980 Robinson s 1975 Vanstone J C 1978 Blewett SR 1977 de la Bedoyere RMG 1975 Harden s J 1977 McKjvragan GJ 1977 Rogers J J 1979 Yellani s 1979 Boot GR 1979 De Lacy M 1977 Harker s 1975 McNaughton NAS 1980 Rolfe AJ 1975 Ventris SP 1975 Bottitta RA 1978 Dear SPM 1979 Harrison RG 1977 Messent CJ 1979 Roper MR 1979 Veronese O L 1979 Boyce PM 1976 Decker SJ 1977 Hart J 1980 Milbank RJ 1976 Ross AC 1975 Vines PL 1975 Boyles RW 1978 Dixon GJ 1978 Hatley PR 1979 Millar PL 1975 Ross p 1976 Wale MP 1975 Bradshaw DP 1975 Dobson IAH 1975 Heap RL 1979 Millett TC 1978 Sansom SM 1976 Waple RD 1978 Braenne PB 1978 Donald son IA 1976 Henderson SJB 1976 Mink TT 1978 Scott DM 1980 Watts MD 1979 Brand GE 1977 Drew p 1976 Hennell DG 1978 Miskin GM J 1978 Seymer HY J 1980 Webb MS 1978 Brenninkmeyer NK 1979 Duncan CS 1975 Hobson AJ 1976 Montg omery J GM 1980 Shaw DA 1979 West DNB 1978 Brickman M E 1977 Ebdon WM 1975 Hobson JB 1976 Morgan SP 1975 Shaw SRG 1978 White SAC 1979 Brotherton-R atcliffe R V 1978 Edelman DJ 1979 Holloway KJ 1979 Moriarty NS 1976 Sheh JG 1979 Whitehorn MJ 1975 Brown AA 1979 Ellis DB 1977 Honey JD 1977 Moss JG 1977 Shepherd G 1978 Wieringa TD 1979 Brown MH 1978 Emanuel GN 1975 Horne FP 1975 Mowbray IR 1976 Shillibe er C 1978 Wildman PH 1977 Brown ML 1979 Faber GS J 1977 Howard NL 1975 Mowle s CP 1975 Shove GP 1979 Willems J M 1980 Buck Al 1976 Fancy IA 1977 Hughes DK 1977 Nelson SH 1975 Sible y AJ 1975 Wilshire PD 1979 Bullock MJ 1978 Fansome NJ 1977 Hull TR 1976 Newber y Cl 1976 Silver HD 1976 Wilson RA 1975 Cahn EJ 1978 Faulkner GR 1979 Hutchin gs CH 1977 O' Connell D 1976 Simmonds GRS 1978 Wilthew · PT 1976 Canham JH 1976 Fellas JN D 1979 Jay SM 1978 Oliver RP 1975 Slade JMT 1975 Woolf PM 1979 p Canham PY 1976 Felton GD 1978 Jeffrey s NJ 1977 Orton JJ 1980 Slatford SJ 1980 Wright 1976 Carli sle EN 1977 Fieldman AJ 1978 Jones AH 1975 Owen PD 1976 Smjtb SC 1975 Wylie cw 1978 Carr LH 1975 Fox AT 1977 Jone s MA 1979 Pakenham-Walsh NM 1977 Solomon JA 1978 WyUe GL 1979 Carvill SL 1975 Fox MB 1980 Jone s T D 1980 Papadopoulo s A 1980 Sparke KGT 1977 Catchpole AJ 1979 Fraser-Jones IS F 1978 Jordan SM 1978 Celant s 1975 Fuller EC 1977 Kang JH 1978 Chapman TW 1979 Furtek JA 1976 Keatley MB 1975 Charle s NA 1976 Gage DJF 1980 Kendall C D 1977 Chitty IK 1977 Gardner KJ 1976 Keniston-Coop er GJ 1976 Chu S SM 1978 Gibbs AJH 1980 Kennedy IF 1978 Clark MD 1977 Gibson-Watt CJ 1977 Knox JDS 1976 Clarke NP 1976 Gillett MJA 1975 Kreemer NR 1980 Clarke TB 1978 Gillett TDC 1977 Krikorian KA 1976 Cliffe AM 1979 Goddard CD 1976 Lea-Wilson TJ 1977 24 OLD KING 'S CLUB THE SCHOOL SHOP The Lodge , Woodhaye s Road, London SW19 4TT Telephone 020 8255 5405 Commercial Direcror: Andrew Moore Manage ress: Ms Jo Myk
To make a purchase: 1. BY POST - write to the Manageress enclosing a cheque made payable to KCS ENTERPRiSES LIMITED . Please add £2.95 to each order for postage and packing. 2. TELEPHONE SALES - telephone the above number with your order. Please have your credit card ready.
Current opening times: Monday to Thursday, 1.15 pm to 5.00 pm ; Friday, 1.15 to 4.30 pm Closed Christmas/Easter/Half term weeks and last week of July, first week August
For sale, in addition to a full range of School clothing, and Adidas and Nike leisureware , are the following: Photograph s taken at recent University gatherings of OKs from Imperial College London (above) OKC WOOL SCARF...... @ £14.00 and from Nottingham University . KCS CUFF LINKS ...... @ £7.35
OKC TIE BAR ...... @ £5.95
OKC BLAZER BADGE ...... @ £16.00
OKC STRIPED SILK TIE ...... @ £18.00
OKC CRESTED SILK TIE ...... @ £18 .00
OKC STRIPED POLYESTER TIE ...... @ £6.90
OKC CRESTED POLYESTER TIE ...... @ £6.90
KCS GOLF CLUB TIE ...... @ £5.00
OKC GOLF UMBRELLA ...... @ £18.00
KCS HAND PAINTED HERALDIC SHIELD ...... @ £36.95
KCS WOOL MIXTURE JUMPERS (quote chest size) ...... @ £20.00
Prices correct at time of going to press More pictures from both events can be found at: www.kcs.org.uk K.C.S. ENTERPRISES LIMITED Registered in England No . 1882088 back cover: Jonathan Venter ( 1998), full back, playing for the KCSOB RFC. Registered Office: King 's College School, Wimbledon, London SW 19 41T V.A.T. Number: 39 1 5689 I 0