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Old Felicians' Discounts OLD & Scholarships Available FELICIANS WINTER NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2019 Louisa Everett Year 8 Rowell Sophie Everett Year 6 Rowell [email protected] stfelix.co.uk SAINT FELIX SCHOOL @stfelixsch SOUTHWOLD EDITOR’S NOTE Thank you very much to everyone who has taken the time to send us news, obituaries and other interesting articles for the newsletter. Although every effort has been made to ensure that entries are correct, occasionally gremlins do creep in and the Club cannot be held responsible for any errors that may have arisen. We will, of course, print errata and apologies for any mistakes brought to our attention. We would very much like to hear from younger OFs, who have left school relatively recently. We would love to hear about your studies, your travels, your families and your lives. If you are the parent of a younger OF, who perhaps won’t get around to sending us news, please do let us how they are getting on, even if it is only a line or two about their job or graduation or gap year destinations. We are happy to publish information about charity fund-raising, etc., so if you’re planning to climb Kilimanjaro to raise money for Save the Children or to jump out of a plane for the Macmillan nurses, please let us know and you may get a few more sponsors, as well as raising awareness. We are always very pleased to publish news of any OF gatherings or memories of your time at school and they are one of the most popular features of the newsletter. Please include names of those who attended reunions, together with their maiden names (if applicable) and their house/dates at Saint Felix. Any submissions and comments should be sent to Deborah Digby [email protected] (full address in Committee List). Please note that the deadline for the Summer 2019 newsletter is 15th May 2019 but we are very happy to accept copy throughout the year. JANUARY 2019 | OLD FELICIANS | 1 As you can see from recent issues of the newsletter, we can now include photographs, so please send us any that you would like to accompany reports of OF get-togethers etc. We cannot guarantee to publish them all but will try our best. Concern has been expressed about the plastic wrapping used for recent issues of the newsletter. We have spoken to the printers, a local East Anglian company, and they have assured us that all the materials used in the printing and wrapping are biodegradable. We have also negotiated a better deal which has allowed us to use colour and to include pictures and photographs now. Deborah Digby ADVERTISING IN THE NEWSLETTER If you would like to advertise your business in the newsletter, please contact Caroline Macmillan, [email protected]. Very special rates available for Old Felicians! 2 | OLD FELICIANS | JANUARY 2019 OLD FELICIANS’ CLUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2018 Life President Janet Buchanan-Smith (Lewis) Chairman Fran D’Alcorn [email protected] Tel: 01502 675358 Membership Secretary Jean McArthur [email protected] Hon. Secretary Caroline MacMillan [email protected] Tel: 020 8749 3010 Mobile: 07979 751772 Newsletter Editor Deborah Digby [email protected] Mobile: 07711 647947 The Old School House Low Street, Nunnington, York YO62 5UX Please note change of address Members Elizabeth Strowlger Erica De Courcy (Salisbury) Sylvia Hillier (Winsnes) Carol Smithers (Watts Jones) Christina Walmsley (Melvill) A number of long-serving committee members have announced their intention to retire in the very near future so we are in dire need of new members and, in particular, a Treasurer and a Membership Secretary, who would be responsible for maintaining the OF database. If you could spare a couple of hours a month to help the Club, we would love to hear from you. JANUARY 2019 | OLD FELICIANS | 3 REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES The Regional Representatives do a great job collecting email addresses and contact details for local OFs to ensure that our database is kept up to date. They continue to arrange local social events which are open to ALL OFs, not just those living in their county or country. Why not contact a representative to see if she is organising a get-together? And if your country or county is not represented yet, why don’t you volunteer? It is a great way of renewing friendships made during your time at Saint Felix. UNITED KINGDOM Bedfordshire: Carol Smithers (Watts Jones) 01525 753220 [email protected] Berkshire: Sharon Upton 05600 496767 [email protected] Bristol: Erica Wildgoose (Budgen) 07901 646820 [email protected] Buckinghamshire: Alex How 01844202478 [email protected] Cambridge: Liz Thomas (Thorogood) 01223 842400 [email protected] Cornwall: Hilary Price (Butters) 01803 813472 [email protected] 4 | OLD FELICIANS | JANUARY 2019 Cumbria: Helen McKenzie [email protected] Devon: Hilary Price (Butters) 01803 813472 [email protected] Dorset: Jean McArthur (Clarke) 01202 640066 [email protected] and Mary Gosling (Hudson) 01935 812673 [email protected] Essex: Jill Griffiths 01277 822224 [email protected] Gloucestershire: Lucy Josey (Adkinson) 01242 234888 [email protected] Herefordshire: Elizabeth Henderson 01568 616990 [email protected] Isle of Man: Jane Tatchell 01624 844949 [email protected] Kent: Elspeth Howell (Kellock) 01580 880361 [email protected] Leicestershire: Sue Read (Ashpole) 01780 721237 [email protected] Lincolnshire: Frances Carr (Mead) 01790 753561 [email protected] JANUARY 2019 | OLD FELICIANS | 5 London: Caroline MacMillan (Hayward) 020 8749 3010 [email protected] and Christina Walmsley (Melvill) 020 7371 0121 [email protected] Midlands: Jane Adams 01981 540695 [email protected] Norfolk: Alison Gibb (Berry) 01953 850606 [email protected] Northamptonshire: Sue Read (Ashpole) 01780 721237 [email protected] Oxfordshire: Sue Hitchcox (Adams) [email protected] Rutland: Sue Read (Ashpole) 01780 721237 [email protected] Scotland: Janet Buchanan Smith (Lawrie) 01314 494242 [email protected] Somerset (South): Maggie Hague (Johnson) 01963 250108 [email protected] Somerset (rest of): Hilary Price (Butters) 01803 813472 [email protected] Suffolk (West): Charlotte Hare 01359 250474 [email protected] 6 | OLD FELICIANS | JANUARY 2019 Sussex (East): Elspeth Howell (Kellock) 01580 880361 [email protected] Warwickshire: Rosemary Hyde (Riley) 01789 298897 [email protected] Wiltshire: Jennie Slater (Thompson) 01672 564689 [email protected] Yorkshire: Deborah Digby (Wilkinson) [email protected] INTERNATIONAL Australia: Catherine Heap (Johnson) [email protected] Canada: Linda Wrigley [email protected] France: Jean McArthur (Clarke) 01202 640066 [email protected] Ireland: Fenella Begley [email protected] New Zealand: Cati Condon (Plaegaerts) [email protected] Portugal: Sarah Hockley (Kerrison) [email protected] South Africa: Sherley Southworth (North Lewis) [email protected] Switzerland: Jenny Haller (Ollington) [email protected] USA: Alison Partridge (Lawrie) [email protected] JANUARY 2019 | OLD FELICIANS | 7 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER Dear Old Felicians This has undoubtedly been an interesting year for the OFC; firstly, I am indebted to Samantha Bowman (née Kemball) not only for her generosity and hospitality in enabling us to hold our annual lunch and AGM at the Mansion House in March but also for welcoming a small group of OFs to view the Mansion House art collection more extensively following our guided walk around the City of London in September. Secondly, I do thank June Addison for being such a superb and informative Blue Badge and City Guide on this walk; I was also delighted to join another group of OFs for the visit to the Guildhall which was arranged by Deborah Evans-Stickland. Most of all, however, I am immensely grateful to all the members of the OFC committee for all their hard work in ensuring that events have run smoothly, especially during my absence in Australia/New Zealand in January and February following which I was somewhat incapacitated by a broken wrist which coincided with the final arrangements for the Mansion House event. Not only did your committee come up trumps on this occasion but some of their husbands also played a vital role. We are extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated band of supporters, without them the OFC could not function. I am sure that you will join me in extending sympathy to Liz Strowlger following Ken’s death – he was an ever-present stalwart at OF events. 8 | OLD FELICIANS | JANUARY 2019 Yet again I fear that Caroline as Secretary of the OFC (I could not cope without her input and dedication) has had to bear the brunt of keeping the Club afloat and fully functioning; without her commitment to the cause we would be in danger of disintegrating. It is vital that we recruit some of the ‘younger’ OFs to undertake some of the tasks necessary for the OFC to survive (some of the committee have been in post for more years than they care to remember and would welcome possible replacements). These are not arduous and do not necessarily require attendance at committee meetings but greater participation would relieve the pressure on key members of the Committee. Please contact any member of the Committee if you feel that you could spare a few minutes per month to help. I am delighted to report that Saint Felix is going from strength to strength under the leadership of James Harrison – pupil numbers from both home and abroad are increasing, facilities for the Sixth Form are improving and the school’s reputation for excellence is being enhanced. I am always happy to receive additional items for the archives so, if you are clearing out attics or cellars or down-sizing please contact me if you come across items of school uniform (especially pre-1960), photograph albums, letters or other items which you think may add to our archive of Saint Felix memorabilia.