The The magazine of the John Carpenter Club (Old Citizens’ Association)Gazette Spring 2008 No 292 MEET THE PRESIDENT Bruce Todd is quizzed by two boys at the School Pages 12-13 PRIZE DAY Conan McKenzie praises John Carpenter at Guildhall Pages 6-7 MORE OPINIONS Sir Francis Jacobs illuminates the European question Pages 8-9 Medics’ Dinner Wednesday 16 April, 7pm see page 10 Offi cers of The John Carpenter Club School Dates Editorial Contents President BAH Todd, MA (61/68-68) Secretary MAB Israel, FCA (65/73-73) Term begins: Tues 8 April It is good to see that self- Club News 4 Treasurer RJC Jones, BSc, FCA (54/62-62) Half-Term: Mon 26 - Fri 30 May selecting groups of Old Citizens Subscriptions Treasurer R Lehmann, BA (78/82-82) Term ends: Fri 4 July are now getting together quite School architects honoured 4 Entertainments Chairman CR Southgate, DipArch (56/65-65) Editor of the Gazette BA Millo, MA (53/61-61) frequently. e lawyers’ dinner News in Brief 10 Membership Secretary C Trigger, FInstTT (45/51-02) seems to be an annual fi xture Almoner DL Morganstein (83/91-91) Term begins: Tues 2 September (p.8), and in this issue there is Auditor AR Mitchell, BA, ACA (67/73-73) Half-Term: Mon 20 - Fri 24 October an invitation to ‘all medics’ to a Obituaries 14 Immediate Past President JBW McDonnell, QC, BA, LLM (51/58-58) Term ends: Fri 12 December buff et at the School (p.10). Horace Brearley 14 Such occasions as these are Stephen Provost 15 welcomed by the Committee, Committee Data Protection which, while relying upon Iain Garland 16 members to do the organisation Peter Fraser 16 KFC Baker S Mirjafari e John Carpenter Club is exempt from themselves, will (if asked!) (53/61-61) (91/99-99) the provisions of the Data Protection COPY FOR THE GAZETTE John Smallwood 17 Act to the extent that its members do subsidise the cost. All who attend PS Dylewski BRA Waters Copy may be sent by mail seem to enjoy the company, the (90/95-95) (57/63-63) not object to their personal data (name, Barry Pryer 17 address, profession, qualifi cations, to the Editor at the School’s speakers, and the opportunity to TC Levene PL Wickham subscription records, etc.) being held on address, or electronically to renew old acquaintances. (83/91-91) (57/66-66) the Club’s computer database. 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Sec.: Martin Israel OC Medics’ Dinner and ‘Old Citizens’ should be Features London EC4V 3AL. (for address, see General Secretary) Wednesday 16 April merged, the Editor is pleased 020 7489 0291 (see panel on page 10) to see that our new President John Carpenter is praised again www.clsb.org.uk John Carpenter Lodge has been interviewed by two 6 The Head Boy considers the effect of Hon. Sec.: RWR Whiteland, General Secretary fourth-formers! And more than the legacy of John Carpenter upon 47 Homemead Road, Bickley, Bromley, usual prominence has been given himself and the School today Martin Israel, Kent BR2 8AX. 020 8467 3387. to two sixth-formers: Conan 1 Cassiobury Park Avenue, Cover photographs Watford McKenzie, whose declamation at John Carpenter Chapter Bruce Todd, President, Herts WD18 7LA. Hon. Sec.: David Lines, photographed on the occasion of the Prize Day is on p.6, and Tommy [email protected] 113 Whyteleafe Road, AGM and Club Supper at the School Bryant, whose achievements on The School and the EU Caterham, Surrey CR3 5EJ. Hon. Membership Secretary in November 2007 the track are reported on p.23. Sir Francis Jacobs considers our 01883 346118.1987 Group 8 Colin Trigger, Fives player, Roman Fives player, Roman Contact: Daniel Pepper, multiple loyalties, seeing them as a The Pines, 17 Woodland Avenue, Heindorff, about to cut to Stephen 3 Grosvenor Gardens, Woodford Green, strength rather than as a weakness Teignmouth, Devon TQ14 8UU. Mullin during the tournament for the Essex IG8 0BE. 020 8505 1241 01626 774813 Wood Plate (report, p.19) [email protected] OC Prayer Fellowship Contributions to the Gazette Contact: John Martin, 1 de Bohun Court, c/o City of London School (address above) Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2BA. 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Meddings & Murphy, OC architects, are honoured “It is a matter of great regret that Tom Meddings’ name appears nowhere in the building: this is an injustice that, nearly 20 years later, should be rectifi ed” ese words, appearing in issue No.284 of FAR LEFT The late Stuart the Gazette in the summer of 2005 expressed Murphy (44-50), City Architect & Planning a sentiment that was supported by many Offi cer members of the Club. One evening in January this year, nearly three years after the words were LEFT The late Tom Meddings (32-38), the written in Tom Meddings’ obituary, more than Project Architect for the sixty members of the Worshipful Company of new School Chartered Architects and the John Carpenter Brian Waters Club, together with their guests, gathered at the School to correct the injustice by unveiling two plaques in the entrance foyer of the most recent School building. In 1986 the City of London School began the third phase of its life in a new building, still on the ames, but a little downstream from the 19th century building bounded by the Embankment to FAR LEFT Children of Stuart Murphy, Giles the south, John Carpenter Street to the west and and Sarah, with their Tudor Street to the north. mother, Mrs Jane e design and creation of the new building, Murphy which lies just to the south of St Paul’s Cathedral ABOVE The commemorative plaques in place on the was largely in the hands of two Old Citizens, north wall of the foyer at the School Tom Meddings and Stuart Murphy. And it was to LEFT Children of Tom Meddings, Luke and honour these two architects that the ceremony was building: Stuart Murphy, who was, at the time of Tamsin, with Terry held at the School on 15 January this year. design and building, Architect and City Planning Heard, Second Master Offi cer, andTom Meddings, the project architect. at the time of building e evening began with a welcome from the Headmaster, David Levin, to the crowd of e family of Stuart Murphy was represented David Levin also explained to the gathering the representatives and guests, who then handed over by Mrs Jane Murphy and children Giles and School’s bursary scheme, and how the Stuart to Old Citizen Brian Waters (57-63, President Sarah, while the family of Tom Meddings was Murphy Scholarship fi lls an important need in 2005-06) to explain the purpose of the ceremony represented by children Luke and Tamsin. Sadly, cases where a qualifying fi fth former is at risk of THE STUART and the background to both the building of the Mrs Pauline Meddings was not well enough to having to leave the School. MURPHY new School and the foundation of a Scholarship. attend the occasion. SCHOLARSHIP e scholar Yates Norton, now in his second Two plaques were to be unveiled. One plaque Following introductions, a family joint venture year in the Sixth Form, spoke eloquently in was awarded in LEFT Conversation in the celebrates the Stuart Murphy Visual Arts succeeded in unveiling the two etched glass thanking his sponsors for the opportunity that Asquith Room before 2006 to Yates Scholarship which was raised by Brian Waters plaques, which are positioned in the foyer of the the Scholarship has given him. His time in the the ceremony Norton (pictured) when he was Master School on the wall alongside the three models of Sixth Form at the School has enabled him to win of the Worshipful the School’s various ‘homes’: at Milk Street; on the his place at Cambridge to study in the Faculty who expects to Company of Victoria Embankment; and on its present site in of Architecture and History of Art.