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Aldenhamiana No. 37 | October 2009

Published by THE OLD ALDENHAMIAN SOCIETY Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3AJ, England Email: [email protected] www.oldaldenhamian.org Tel: 01923 858122

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER High Master of Manchester Grammar School. A copy of the tribute given at the Service of Thanksgiving for his Life by It has been another busy year and an excellent one for the his friend and former colleague Arthur Hearnden (CR59- Society with a series of well-attended events, yet again 67) is also to be found in this edition of Aldenhamiana. showing the commitment of OAs to both the Society and the The next major event will be the OA Dinner at the School on School. Further, the ongoing series of OA regional lunches Friday 20th November, at which the Headmaster, James continues, the most recent near Marlborough in May; Fowler, will again be our principal guest and speaker. You additionally, a number of OAs and their partners attended an will find elsewhere an application form and you will see that, OA Oxford Dinner at Wadham College, also in May. The next as hitherto, tickets are available at subsidised prices, in regional lunch is planned for Wednesday 14th October in particular for the under 30’s! However, depending upon how Bury St Edmunds. As before, the “Aldenham.Net” initiative many attend, this may unfortunately have to be the last of continues, providing OAs working and living in or near London the ‘annual’ dinners. I therefore hope that many of you will with the opportunity to network in an informal atmosphere. The come and that some of the OA sporting clubs will make up most recent event took place in June at Battlers Green Farm, a table - or two - from their members. Radlett, hosted by Paul Haworth (P71-73). Earlier in the year, in March, a similar event took place in the Civil Service Club, This will be my last ‘President’s Letter’, as I hand over the London, courtesy of Indra Sikdar (S85-90) who is a member mantle at the AGM next March after seven enjoyable years of the Club. The next “Aldenham.Net” event is planned for in the role. My successor as President will be Neil Monday 9th November, at the Albannach Restaurant, 66 Sutherland (B66-70), a distinguished ex-soldier and Trafalgar Square; John Rimer (P56-60) has kindly helped to businessman. The Society will be in excellent hands under arrange this. Please contact Molly Barton or Jackie Wilkie at his leadership. My grateful thanks must therefore go to all the OA & Development Office for further details and the dates members, past and present, of the Society’s Committee for for any events, although they are always posted on the OA their unstinting support during my Presidency, and website just as soon as possible. especially to Molly Barton & Jackie Wilkie of the OA & Development Office. I am also very grateful to Trevor As in recent years, I am glad to say that the Society remains Barton (K71-75), who continues to edit and produce on a sound financial footing and continues to move forward in Aldenhamiana. My gratitude also extends to the these challenging times. Our membership level remains Headmaster, James Fowler, together with his academic strong, although, as I have mentioned in earlier letters, and support teams, without whose understanding and changes at the School over recent years mean that the willing cooperation the Committee’s work would be almost Committee continues to review the OA Society’s membership impossible. policy in order to ensure the best take-up of membership by those leaving the School. This aspect was again discussed at Mike Taylor the Society’s Annual General Meeting in March and is still under review, together with the Society’s Constitution, although the complexities of the work in a period of national HEADMASTER’S LETTER economic uncertainty have caused the Committee to progress matters more cautiously than was originally intended. Dear OAs, As ever, the major event for 2009 has been OA Day on I write to you having just returned from the funeral for Peter Sunday 21st June, which included a Gaudy lunch for the Mason, one of my most distinguished predecessors as 150 OAs and guests who attended, most of whom were Headmaster. It was extremely touching that Arthur from School House Odds & Evens - in old-speak - or Hearnden, one of Peter’s most successful appointments to Ridings & Leeman’s - in new-ish speak! As is tradition, the the Common Room, should have been asked to give an day began with an enjoyable Chapel Service, a Reception address at the service and, as he reminded the on Shilling Green, at which the Headmaster, James congregation, Peter’s great distinction as a Classical Fowler, and your President welcomed those present. This scholar attracted a number of distinguished academics to was followed by an excellent lunch in the Dining Hall. OAs the staff and the pupil body in the 1950s. Yet he also later had access to most of the School and, as in previous ensured that the school was extremely well able to punch years, it was nice to hear many of those present saying that above its weight in the major sports. It was clearly a great they had hugely enjoyed the day, for which much credit era for the school and I know many of you will want to pass must inevitably go to the OA & Development Office team. It on your sympathies to his widow and daughters. was also good to see members of the OA sports clubs Arthur also pointed out to the congregation that Peter had present, especially the OA Football Club, which has found it very difficult to recreate the “community” of distinguished itself by gaining promotion to the Premier Aldenham when he moved on to be High Master of Division of the Arthurian League. More about this Manchester Grammar School for 17 years, and I can only achievement elsewhere in this edition of Aldenhamiana imagine that the sense of feeling created at Aldenham and on the OAFC’s website. would be hard to replicate in an urban day school OAs who were at the School during the 1950s, especially environment. That sense of community has been evident those in School House, will be sad to learn of the death in in all the events for OAs which I have attended over the last July of Peter Geoffrey Mason (Headmaster, 1949-61). six months – our lunch for those who gave to the theatre Many who were at the School then will recall that he left appeal, a successful OA luncheon in Wiltshire, evensong in Aldenham in 1961, after a very successful 12 years at the Wadham College, Oxford sung by the school choir followed helm, to assume the prestigious academic appointment of by a dinner for OAs who went to university in Oxford, their guests and others, two Aldenham.net events hosted by

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Indra Sikdar (SH85-90) and Paul Haworth (P71-73) and A Level Results the wonderfully well attended School House Gaudy on OA The results for the year group who completed their A Levels Day itself which was blessed by glorious June weather. in 2009 are shown below. As a result of these results the I am also able to send you greetings from the Far East students were able to gain places at universities for further which I was visiting on behalf of HMC as a delegate to the study (75% to their first choice university). These include Council Meeting and Convention of the International Matthew Edbrooke with 4 A grades and Adrian Bliss, Oliver Conference of Principals early in July. Charlotte and I took Coleman and Ben Robbins with 3 A grades. Students will the opportunity to hold a dinner for OAs in Singapore on 7th be studying at top universities across the country including July, and then on the following evening were part of a Birmingham, Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, spectacular gathering of OAs and their guests in Kuala Nottingham, Reading and Surrey. Lumpur. We were greatly honoured that the only current We are pleased that they were able to achieve these very head of state who to my knowledge is an OA – Tuanku good results. Muhriz (SHO62-66) was able to join us for the evening and it was a great opportunity for me to meet with a most distinguished cohort of Malaysians who have been part of GCSE Results the school over the years. Aldenham pupils were able to celebrate extremely By my calculation around a quarter of all the Malaysian successful results at the end of Y11. 23 of the year group OAs were able to attend the event and, whilst I know that it gained 5 or more A*/A grades with the top performers being will be impossible for us to expect that level of turnout at the Alkesh Rajani (11 A/A*), Alexander Grable (10A*/A), Felix OA Dinner on Friday 20th November, I hope that I will be Hoh, Stephen Kemp, Joanna Ramsey, Marcus Selvadurai, able to welcome many of you to the school on that evening and Oscar Watkins (9 A*/A). The school as a whole was when you will certainly be very well fed and watered. Of able to record that 29% of all GCSEs taken were graded course if you find any other time when you can pay us a either A* or A against the national figure of 19% (JCQ). 87% visit, a call to the OA Office in advance should ensure that of all the exams were graded A* - C. These results are a you will be well looked after. testament to the work of all the pupils and teachers involved. The majority of these students will proceed to With kind regards study A Levels at the school and will hopefully be equally James Fowler successful in completing those more demanding qualifications over the next two years.

A Level Grade 2009 Grade Boys Boys (%) Girls Girls (%) Total Pupils Total (%) A 36 19 3 12 39 18 B 52 28 4 16 56 26 C 45 24 9 36 54 25 D 30 16 6 24 36 17 E 17928199 Entries 188 25 213 Points/Candidate 233 220 231

A Level Grade 2008 Grade Boys Boys (%) Girls Girls (%) Total Pupils Total (%) A 36 19 8 32 44 20 B 42 22 8 32 50 23 C 57 30 6 24 63 29 D 31 16 3 12 34 16 E 16800167 Entries 191 25 216 Points/Candidate 240 303

A Level Grade 2007 Grade Boys Boys (%) Girls Girls (%) Total Pupils Total (%) A 462410405626 B 35 18 6 24 41 19 C 27 14 3 12 30 14 D 24132 82612 E 22120 02210 Entries 156 21 177 Points/Candidate 276 309

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GCSE Grade 2009 Aldenham National Grade Pupils Average A* 7.70% 6.30% A 21.30% 13.10% B 32.90% 19.10% C 25% 25.80% D/E/F/G 13.20% 35.70%

GCSE Grade 2008 Aldenham National Grade Pupils Average A* 7.80% 6.70% A 26.80% 13.90% B 30.50% 19.80% C 23.60% 25.10% D/E/F/G 11.30% 34.50%

GCSE Grade 2007 Aldenham National Grade Pupils Average A* 4.70% 5.40% A 23.50% 11.50% B 31.30% 17.50% C 28.70% 25.30% D/E/F/G 11.90% 40.30%

EDITOR’S NOTES

As you will note from our evocative cover photo, featuring authorities on complex aspects of dentistry, to sitting as a one of our youngest OAs, the School Corps bass drum renowned judge in matters of Intellectual Property law. I features large (could it be otherwise?) in this edition. Delve am most grateful to those who take the time and trouble to deeper into the pages which follow, and you will find that write obituaries, and make no apology for keeping the OAs of a variety of generations have been inspired by the editing of some of the obituaries we source from photo, which originally appeared in “Aldenham Today”, to newspapers and journals to a minimum – I find it write in with further photos of the drum and those who have fascinating what our Aldenhamian colleagues achieve in proudly marched with it, adding their reminiscences. their lifetimes, and hope you do too! Another symbol of the School - the Eros statue – also Once again, we celebrate Aldenham life and the OA family appears in this edition, along with the OAs who arranged its in “glorious technicolour”, with many photos of the various replacement when the original was stolen. events which have taken place over the last year to bring Another notable feature of Aldenhamiana this time is a friends from all the generations together, also to add spice number of fascinating and inspiring obituaries. As always, to the reports of some great sporting successes by OAs. it is very sad to learn of deaths of OAs, but it is most As I regularly write, if you have any photos of your time at interesting to receive and review the obituaries which are the School that you think would be interesting, informative sent in, often by friends made at Aldenham and kept for life. or just plain amusing for us to feature, please send them to In this edition of Aldenhamiana, not only do we the OA office – if only on loan. They will be looked after commemorate the life of Peter Mason, but we also have the and, if you request, will be returned! opportunity to learn of the lives of other OAs who achieved I hope you enjoy this Aldenhamiana. much in a number of diverse fields – from deck landings on aircraft carriers in WWII, to becoming one of the foremost Trevor Barton

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School Website Have you seen the School Website www.aldenham.com? The newest feature is a direct link to the new Aldenham Digital Weather Station bought with a generous OA donation to the Aldenham Annual Fund. Click on the Today’s Weather button and see what the weather is at Aldenham! There is a section for Old Aldenhamians with an events calendar, reports of OA events, links to the OA website and lots and lots of pictures of your old School.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

2009 Wednesday 14th October 2009 Regional Lunch in Bury St Edmunds.

Monday 9th November 2009 Aldenham.net, 6.30 pm, in the Albannach Restaurant, 66 Trafalgar Square.

Friday 20th November 2009 OA Annual Dinner at the School – see flyer in this Aldenhamiana.

Saturday 21st November 2009 OAs v School Football Matches Kick off 2.00 pm. Followed by tea. Wednesday 9th December 2009 School Carol Service in St Albans Abbey at 7.00 pm – if you would like to attend contact the OA Office.

2010 Wednesday 10th March 2010 OA AGM – see flyer in this Aldenhamiana

Sunday 27th June 2010 OA Day featuring a Gaudy Reunion for Beevor’s House – see flyer in this Aldenhamiana

OA BOW TIE

Thinking of attending the OA Dinner? Want to look your best and impress your friends from School? You should definitely purchase an OA Bow Tie. The latest in sartorial elegance, and affordably priced.

Price £10.50 + £1.00 p&p Order with a cheque made payable to Aldenham School Enterprises Ltd, sent to the OA Office at the School address or order by phone with a credit card on 01923 851660. Or come to the School Shop, Monday to Friday during term time. Get your order in…in plenty of time before the Dinner!

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Ladies and Gentlemen If you would like to join the OA Society Committee (and volunteers would be warmly received) please contact the new Honorary Secretary, Frank Rogers, whose details appear at the back of Aldenhamiana.

OLD ALDENHAMIAN GOLFING SOCIETY

Grafton Morrish (Qualifier) 10 May at Royal Ashdown Forest Result: Qualified for Finals with 80 points Team: R Grun & J Bloomfield 30 points SGO Williams & M Deverell 21 points N Corbett & RA Alter 29 points

The Mellin Salver 3 July v Mill Hill at West Hill Result: Lost ½ – 2½ Team: I Wilson-Soppitt & JDL Yule Lost ND Melvill & RJ Morris Lost PJ Easby & & IR Eggleden Halved

The Mellin Plate 3 July v Lancing at West Hill Result: Lost ½ – 2½ Team: I Wilson-Soppitt & JDL Yule Lost ND Melvill & RJ Morris Lost PJ Easby & & IR Eggleden Halved

The Peter Burles Salver 2 July v Mill Hill at West Hill Result: Lost (after play-off) Team: RRWB Cooke & JJ Irwin Won RC Chaventre & NR Prevost Lost

2 July v Lancing at West Hill Result: Lost 0 - 2 Team: RRWB Cooke & JJ Irwin Lost RC Chaventre & NR Prevost Lost

The Bunny Millard Salver 2 July at West Hill Result: Qualified with 21 points Team: RJ Coombes & RHG Hoff

3 July v Cranleigh at West Hill (Semi-Final) Result: Lost (1 down) RJ Coombes & RHG Hoff

Match v Old Leysians 12 May at Brookmans Park Result: Won 3 - 0

Match Over 30's v School/Under 30's 1 July at Porters Park Result: Under 30s beat Over 30s 2 - 1

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OAFC Meeting 26 March at Betchworth Park Winner: Alex Henchley (37 pts)

Spring Meeting 23 April at West Hill Winners: Spring Challenge Cup WH Gamble (67) Scratch Prize R Grun (74) Stableford Prize PJ Murphy (36 pts) President's Cup RD Hall & K Whittaker (35 pts)

Summer Meeting 21 July at Ashridge Winners: Ian Greig Trophy WH Gamble (67) Scratch Prize SGO Williams (74) Stableford Prize NO Holt (37 pts) Laurence Latter Trophy K Whittaker & JDL Yule (41 pts)

Other Meetings The Grafton Morrish Finals were held at Hunstanton on Friday 25 September – at the time of submitting this report this had not been played – and further events open to all members include the Autumn Meeting at Beaconsfield on Friday 18 September. The Captain’s Invitation Day is at The Berkshire on Thursday 22 October. We also play friendly matches against other schools, some in the afternoon, some all day and some at weekends. They are not so much of a competition as a social event and a lot of fun is had by all who attend, whatever their handicaps. We are always keen to welcome new members of all ages and handicaps so if you are interested, contact the Hon. Secretary whose details you will find at the back of Aldenhamiana.

GETTING MARRIED?

Have you ever thought of getting married at Aldenham? Rev’d Daniel Bond, the School Chaplain, would also like The School is now licensed to hold Marriages and Civil OAs, considering a Wedding, Baptism or other Ceremonies in the Dining Hall, Library, Whitbread Room, celebration in Church, to know, “It is an absolute joy to Theatre and Sports Hall. invite OAs back to the School Chapel to celebrate new chapters in their lives”. If you would like to use to use the It is also licensed to hold other celebratory ceremonies chapel as a venue for a celebration service please feel such as baby naming, re-affirmation of vows, citizenship free to contact the chaplain. ceremonies and civil funerals. Tel: 01923 851636 or email [email protected]. If you, or any family or friends might be interested in holding a celebration at the School, please contact David Mead for more information. Tel: 01923 851660 or email [email protected]

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HALFORD HEWITT 2008

Thank you to Peter Easby (S62-66) for his report below of this very important golfing event, and also to Tim Stranack (S52-56), who kindly supplied the photos.

The annual Public Schools Old Boys Golf event – the we had a series of mishaps on and around the greens. 4 Halford Hewitt – was won again this year by Tonbridge at out of the 5 matches went to the 18th hole, but sadly 3 putts Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, Kent. Tonbridge have in the third match on the deciding 19th hole gave Lancing a very strong and experienced team and are always difficult their revenge by 3 ½ to 1 ½. We witnessed some excellent to beat. golf by both sides – the team were a real credit to Aldenham. Aldenham fielded its strongest ever 10 man team with 5 people playing off scratch or better. We were particularly The team for the second round was: delighted to welcome Matt Wallace who left school last year Rob Alter and David Rawlinson and plays off plus 1. The quality of the team this year was Joel Bloomfield and Richard Grun such that a trial was needed to fill the last place in the team Shon William and Michael Deverell and this was allocated to Michael Deverell, who made a Matt Wallace and Jason Clemow most creditable start to his Halford Hewitt career after a few Nick Corbett and Simon Radin near misses in previous years. Non Playing Captain Peter Easby We had 31 people at Deal this year and were able to stage a House Match at Princes Golf Club between School House It was great to see our rookies do so well. Matt Wallace (aka Leeman’s) and Kennedy’s vs, Beevor’s/McGill’s and won both of his matches in some style and Michael Paull’s. The result was a glorious victory for School House Deverell won his match against Chigwell! & Kennedy’s by 7 matches to 1. The prize for the victors was It was a disappointment not beating Lancing, but everyone that the losers bought the wine at lunch! was quite clear that we now have a quite excellent team On the next day battle proper commenced and we were and will surely do well in future years. There are very few drawn to play against Chigwell. The team ran out victors in teams who have 5 players of scratch or better! Thanks to a close match by 4-1. The team was: the foresight and generosity of some of the older players (and indeed many now no longer with us) we have built up Joel Bloomfield and Richard Grun a small fund to subsidise the younger players as they leave Shon William and Michael Deverell school – this has proved invaluable over the years as we Rob Alter and David Rawlinson build a young team. Our superb band of supporters now Matt Wallace and Jason Clemow really do have something to shout about! Nick Corbett and Simon Radin If anyone is interested in joining the Golf Society or joining In the second round we played Lancing (whom we played us for the Halford Hewitt as a spectator – they should and beat last year in an exciting match). Both schools are contact either Ian Eggleden well matched and we had another very close match. We ([email protected]) or Peter Easby seemed to be getting the upper hand in the final holes until ([email protected])

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OA FOOTBALL CLUB broke down. We became over run in the middle and The 2008/2009 season was one of the best in recent OA lost our shape. We were History. The 1st XI was promoted to the Premier League losing 50:50s, and being and the 2nd XI narrowly missed promotion. The OA second to every ball. We held Football Club has a brilliant new website designed by and held but the inevitable Patrick Harding (L97-02). You will find it at happened - two quick goals, www.oldaldenhamianfc.com, or go to www.aldenham.com one from a floated free kick and follow the link from Old Aldenhamians Sport. and the other breaking the offside trap. This would become the memory that drove us forward. Knowing that we gave 1st X1 Team Review by Paul Hubbard (P92-97) three points away so cheaply hurt and inspired us to fight “At Last! Aldenham are finally at their rightful place in the and battle for that moment on. Premier League. After 12 years of hard work, near misses “With the league on our mind we went out of the two cup and frustration, the 2008-2009 season will go down in Old competitions early. We started strongly, winning our next Aldenhamian history. There was a different mentality about six games. Games of note were a very good win against the club, after finishing third three seasons in a row, and Tonbridge away, where Chris the keeper made countless point blank saves, and with Shafs delivery we finished on top after some good finishing from Pat. In another home match against Radley we played some of the best pass and move football I have ever seen Aldenham play – we dominated from the start and finished 1-5 victors with a superb 40 yard goal from Nick. And finally the grittiest game of the season was away to Haileybury. In the rain and the mud we battled for 90 minutes. We scored in the final five minutes of the match to take the three points which could have rightfully gone either way. A debut from Owen saw him hitting the sweetest volley from 25 yards only to see it ricochet narrowly passed the post. It was at this point I started to get excited about the winning the league – not only had we won games playing pretty football but we could also grind out a victory through sheer determination. “This took us to the mid-point of the season. I had set a target to be sitting on top of the league by Christmas but narrowly missing by a point one season. It seemed that it had to settle for second place with games in hand. was all or nothing this year. A lot of effort went into pre- “The New Year started brightly with two wins – excitement season and weekly training and I am pleased to say that grew around the club about the possibility of promotion. the sacrifice paid off. There was still a long way to go, and with some teams only “I would like to reserve special thanks to Nick Baker, who having played half as many games as us we knew they as manager of the Seconds keeps developing youngsters would be thinking the same. We lost three on the bounce - and turning players into dedicated club members. His Bradfield away, Salopians home and Kings Scholars away. enthusiasm is so contagious that it is impossible not to care With two games left we had gone from title contenders to about football when around him. Also many thanks to having to rely on opposition results. We went back to Patrick Harding who has taken on the role of Fixtures basics and picked ourselves up. Having won the Secretary, which can be a thankless task but is a crucial penultimate game we put pressure back on second place one. His effort throughout the season never let up and paid Wykehamists. They were one point ahead with a greater dividends come the end of the season, especially the last goal difference. We had to win and they had to draw or match. And finally to Matthew Butcher, who as Captain of worse. We had to play the league leaders Salopians, and the 1st XI can truly say that he led his team to the they had to play relegation potentials Repton. Premiership. His hard work organising and taking training, coupled with his desire to win on the pitch, paved the way for the remaining players and set the standard for future aspiring players. “The season started brightly - for at least 45 minutes anyway. We had our most challenging away fixture at Winchester. We played Wykehamists off the park in the first half. Our movement was quick and passing was crisp, and at half time we were shocked to only be 0-1 up. Then we

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“In a bizarre twist of fate both games were to be played on over seven different schoolboys making their senior football the same ground, with Wykehamists kicking off an hour debut. School players such as Thomas Beckly, Kevin before us. We would know our fate before the end of our Voeller, Danny Purdy-Aragon (K2004-09) and Tobi game. In typical Aldenham Arthurian league fashion the Caesari (P&L2002-09) all chipped in. It goes without pitch directions where wrong and the changing rooms saying that the twos are not really a reserve side, but often where locked, meaning we had little time to change, warm a mixed bunch of football greats… a team with an up and prepare. When our game kicked off Wykehamists unforgiving spirit…. who simply just enjoy their football. where 2-0 up and playing well, and we were soon 1-0 down The reserves/seconds definitely sounds like an insult to the and playing badly. Salopians, who had already qualified for team we have had in the last couple of years! Still the title promotion, had fielded a second string team which was has eluded us, and it is the only silverware in Arthurian finding holes in our defence. Luckily we gathered our football that has yet to decorate the club’s honours composure and began to play and went in at half time 1-2 board…..but this year is the year! up. After a quick change of tactics we comfortably raced to “We often play against first teams…for example at 4-1 victory winning 1-8 after some showboating displays of down away against Habs first team, Hodge ignited a skill. Lee’s back heel, setting up Pat for the sixth goal was comeback that saw Haylock curl in a 30 yard chip for the a personal favourite. At full time I broke the news to the goal of the season and great 4-4 draw! At that time we team that the victory had put the 2008-2009 team in the were second only to Chigwell first eleven. Alas, after Aldenham history books – we had gained promotion into February our season tapered off. I don’t think the standard the Premier League, from which we had been absent for of football dropped. It was just that the team chopped and some 12 years.” changed too much to get a consistent defence, our fluidity The 2nd XI Team Review by Nick Baker (K82-87) of movement was choked, and with that we lost four games by the odd goal. Many of the twos players had caught the “We spent 90% of the season in the top three positions in attention of the first team and were rightly been given the our highest division. The 2nds team is in a league with four ultimate call up as the firsts were on a promotion charge. divisions and our side has done well to compete at the top Many thanks to all first eleven players who willingly played of these divisions! Regulars have carried the twos on an last season for the twos (no-one said no) and to the 2nds upward wave for a number of recent years. This year they lads for making sure the club has a great standard of footy were joined by Toks Sotande-Peters (K96-03) and Danny across the board! Shipton (K96-03) (to form a consistent Squad) but even more beneficial was the appearance of OA legends Martyn “I’m looking forward to working with recent leavers and OAs Berg (B89-94), Andy Berg (B92-97), Mark Herbert (B89- that have returned to the area and who are looking to play 94) and Adil Lalani (B92-97). Most of these players have, top quality football at a club with facilities that are more akin can and will play at first team level…no wonder our football to a professional outfit and whose teams are amongst the looked so good at times. best in the very competitive and sporting Arthurian league. “We also had new OA blood in Scott Ackerman (B98-05), “To any potential OA footballers reading this please get in Zak Dempsey (B98-05), Dominic Griffiths (B2000-05) contact, [email protected]. We are very close to and Dominic Stevens (B99-04), who being in their very starting a third team as the club looks to be going from early 20’s could form the backbone of the club in the years strength to strength.” to come. An even brighter note for the future was playing

CRICKET

The OAs played their annual match against the School on Visitation Day. Mark Turpin (B99-04) captained the OA team, who batted first and put 142 on the board. The OAs then bowled very well, particularly Rob Stone (B02-07) and Jay Thakrar (P97- 02), but unfortunately with only 12 overs to go, and the OAs

poised for victory, rain intervened Left to right Chris Chittleborough (L98-03), Ben Ireson (K01-06), Mark Turpin (B99-04), Batsman and no further play was possible. Tom Pettet (Captain of 1st XI - batting average for 2009 season 67), Jay Thakrar (P97-02)

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A book for all cricket fans, co-written by Peter prize, Graham Sharpe, 'The judges felt it Hayter (B70-76) and winner of the prestigious fearlessly tackled one of the great taboos of William Hill Sports Book of the Year for 2008. elite sport.' Peter’s connection with the School continues as RADLETT CRICKET CLUB his nephew Dr Pat Reid is the current Head of Biology. This year Radlett Cricket Club is celebrating 125 years of cricket. Over the years a number of OAs FORMER England batsman, Marcus and masters have been members – not all of them Trescothick's autobiography, 'Coming Back To in a team - and several are mentioned (see list Me', has won the world's most valuable below) in the booklet 125 Years of Cricket sportswriting prize, the William Hill Sports Book of produced to mark the occasion. The booklet has the Year. many interesting articles and cricketing anecdotes Trescothick and his co-writer Peter Hayter collected – a must for devotees of the local cricketing scene. £20,000, a £2000 William Hill bet and a hand-bound copy of George Copley, Ian Holland, Kafeel Jahangir, Sheryar the book by master binder David Sellars, for winning the Jahangir, Phil Marsh, Scott Moffatt, David Murley, Peter 20th annual William Hill Sports Book of the Year, as was Nelson, Ron Postill, Phil Smith, Robin Topham, Roger announced by judge John Inverdale at Waterstones, Turpin, Jamie Walton, and Mike Yeabsley. Piccadilly. The prize was presented by Olympic Gold medal winning athlete, Michael Johnson, who is currently working If you’d like to buy a copy send a cheque for £12 inc on a book of his own. p&p, payable to Radlett CC, to Charles Randall, 17 Shenley Hill, Radlett, Herts WD7 7AT The winning title details the personal problems which Tel: 01923 855299 resulted in Trescothick's withdrawal from the England side. 'This is only the second autobiography to win the Copies are also available to callers at the Radlett Award' said William Hill's spokesman and founder of the clubhouse at Cobden Hill. Price £10.

EROS RUN ALDENHAM FIVES Once again, an intrepid band of OAs (2) braved the CLUB Edgware Road to take part in this year’s Eros to Eros Run, Paul Kendall (K76-81) in which some 20 pupils from the School and staff and Chris Cernuschi members also participated. Your Editor achieved his (K98-2005) winners of the slowest time ever, due to an onset of severe dicky calf at Aldenham Fives Club the half way point, but Alan Philips (M77-82) produced his “Heath Tournament” 2009. usual fast run. If anyone would like to run in 2010 please let the OA Office know.

ALDENHAM.NET Wednesday 16th April 2008

NEXT MEETING: 6.30 pm on Tuesday 10th November 2009 at the ALBANNACH RESTAURANT 66 Trafalgar Square London, WC2N 5DS 3 March 2009, at the Civil Service Club kindly hosted by Indra www.albannach.co.uk Sikdar (SH85-90) Aldenham.Net is an initiative by the Development Office to give OAs the opportunity to network in an informal atmosphere. Meetings are approximately twice a year at various locations in and around London. Keep your eye on the OA Website for dates and make sure the Development Office has your email address if you want to be added to the mailing list and be notified in advance of meetings. [email protected] 2 June 2009, at Battlers Green Farm kindly hosted by Paul Haworth (P71-73)

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A REMINDER OF THE SUBSCRIPTION ARRANGEMENTS FOR OA SOCIETY MEMBERS New membership subscription arrangements were unanimously approved at the Society’s AGM in 2002, in order to put the finances of the Society on a sounder footing and to enable the Society to provide members with an improved service, particularly by way of an expansion of the web site. From September 2002 pupils who wish on leaving the School to join the OA Society (or their parents) have paid a lump sum which gives membership of the Society for a fixed period of 20 years. Thereafter such members will be invited to continue their membership by paying an annual subscription. As a further part of these new arrangements, all existing Life Members of 20 years plus standing (i.e. who left the School twenty years ago or more) are invited to pay a voluntary annual subscription to the Society. This works on a rolling basis and, as the years go by, further batches of OAs will fall into this category. It is hoped that most OAs, once they pass the 20-year point, will be willing to pay the voluntary annual subscription. An appropriate sum would be £10 per annum. The Society would of course welcome larger voluntary subscriptions. So, key points for existing Life Members: • If you left the School in summer 1989 or before, you are invited to start paying a voluntary annual subscription to the Society. • If you left the School after Summer 1989, your 20 years is not up yet!…..but as each year passes the Society will invite another year’s worth of Life Members to start paying voluntary annual subscriptions. A Standing Order form for voluntary annual subscriptions is included in this issue of Aldenhamiana, will also be included in future issues, and is on the website.

HONOURS In the 2009 New Years Honours List Rodney Fitzgerald (B39-41) was appointed MBE for services to local government in the City of London. In the 2009 Birthday Honours List Professor Andrew Henderson (P44-49) was appointed OBE for services to cardiology in Wales. Jeremy Beachell (SHE54-59) has been installed as Master of the Framework Knitters’ Company. We reprint the below article with acknowledgments to the Herts Advertiser of Thursday 12 March 2009 St Albans soldier wins Military Cross in Afghanistan - Major Russell Lewis MC (S86-91) A soldier from St Albans has won a top bravery award for his actions in Afghanistan. “Major Russ Lewis, aged 35, has been awarded the Military Cross for his heroic leadership of a company of the Parachute Regiment during a six-month tour in southern Afghanistan. “Major Lewis and his company of 160 troops of 2PARA were located in a Forward Operating Base deep in the hostile Upper Sangin Valley and were subjected to almost daily rocket and mortar attacks. “He led many foot patrols through the dense vegetation, canals and compounds of the surrounding countryside and during frequent bouts of intense fighting with the Taliban. Major Lewis’ citation described him as "tenacious and courageous in attack" and added: "Major Lewis has set an outstanding example to his company at significant personal risk Major Russell Lewis, after receiving his Military Cross at and has been an inspiration to all ranks." Buckingham Palace. “Major Lewis lives with his wife Andrea at Colchester where his unit is stationed. His wife, who is pregnant with their first child, is a major in the Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps and set up the first field hospital in Iraq. “Said Major Lewis of the bravery award: "I have mixed feelings about the award. It's a fantastic honour to receive such an award and I do think that it represents all of B Company, 2 PARA and what we achieved last summer. “Speaking about the intensity of the deployment on the Army’s website after his Company’s return from Afghanistan at the end of October, Major Lewis said: “Once it started it didn’t really stop for three months. We were just in the thick of it. We went through a period where every single patrol that went out came into contact of some description. There have been some horrible moments. I said before we went, I felt this tour would give us the best soldiering days of our careers and our worst. It has.” “Major Lewis described the soldiers under his command as “the finest generation of paratroopers in the history of the Parachute Regiment”. He added: “we lost three in one go to a suicide bomber and that was just an awful day, but it’s amazing how the guys deal with it. We had a night of grieving and the next day we were back out there. We had to, but I think that was what we wanted to do for our comrades, we are paratroopers and we go straight back out there and take the fight to the enemy.”

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DEATHS APPOINTMENTS A P Allen P44-49 7 September 2008 On 29TH December 2008, in a T E B Bateman P44-48 26 November 2008 ceremony steeped in tradition R M Batham SHO36-39 1 August 2008 Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku G C W Beazley SHE43-46 27 March 2009 Munawir (SHO62-66) was P A Benjamin SHO57-61 Date unknown proclaimed the 11th state ruler P R Billingshurst P46-50 31 July 2009 and named the Yang di-Pertuan D H Bird M37-41 17 January 2009 Besar of Negri Sembilan. R F Browne M29-32 25 December 2008 D D Buckeridge M36-40 23 September 2008 M G A Copeman P34-36 24 December 2008 V A Cox CR37-40 27 April 2009 NEIL SUTHERLAND OBE MA J R E Davies SHO42-44 3 October 2008 Neil Sutherland assumes the Presidency of the OA D J Elliot P29-32 13 January 2009 Society from Brigadier Michael Taylor CBE in April C E Fisher SHE37-38 11 January 2009 2010. He was a member of Beevor’s House from T E Glazier P47-51 8 March 2009 1966 to 1970, before attending RMA Sandhurst. He A P Goodfellow SHE33-36 11 April 2009 was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1970 R G Gossip P38-41 26 October 2008 and served on operations in Northern Ireland, the P D Gotelee SHO41-45 24 May 2009 Falklands Islands and Bosnia Herzegovina. He was S D Gough B39-42 28 July 2008 Inter Services Fencing Champion at foil and Army R V Grange M38-43 8 October 2008 champion at foil and epee and has represented the P J Harvey M41-45 20 January 2009 UK in international competitions. Neil is a graduate of Cranfield University, the British Army Staff College, D H Hawkins B35-36 25 October 2008 Camberley, and the US Navy Postgraduate School, W T Hoy B39-41 8 February 2009 Monterey. He was made an OBE in the 1993 New C Hunter SHE47-52 2 March 2008 Year Honours List. After taking early retirement as a J F G James-Crook M41-44 5 February 2009 Colonel, he is now Operations Director of Carillion H I L Laddie B59-64 29 November 2008 Health and a member of Oxfordshire Reserve Forces N B Longe SHO48-50 28 August 2009 Committee. Neil is married, a keen sub aqua diver A H Marriott SHE69-73 23 March 2009 and classic car enthusiast, lives near Oxford, and has P G Mason Headmaster 29 July 2009 a son and daughter. His son also attended Aldenham. 49-61 R J May M37-39 17 November 2008 B G McCombie B48-50 1 January 2009 ENGAGEMENTS M H Meeson SHE39-41 29 April 2009 The engagement is announced between Charles Jolliffe H L Mellor SH28-32 24 December 2008 (L92-94) and Janna Victoria Watson. R G Mellor SHO29-34 5 April 2008 The engagement is announced between Peter Boîtel-Gill D E Millar P27-32 11 January 2009 (SHO51-56) and Deborah Courtnell. (This engagement J A Morrison M36-40 21 March 2009 was spotted in the Daily Telegraph. Peter is a lost OA, if R J Paterson P48-52 21 December 2008 anyone knows where he is please let the OA Office know) D A G Rawlings P39-43 11 April 2008 H Russell-Ross B30-35 17 September 2008 The engagement is announced between Steven Brining C M J Sandford B48-52 29 November 2008 (K86-88) and Dandy Moore. N Schollick M43-48 18 December 2008 K A Scott SHE32-37 4 October 2008 T G Sheeres P42-45 13 February 2009 GOLDEN WEDDING J F Sherrard M33-37 27 December 2008 Our apologies to Neville Wright for mistakenly reporting D M Tomkins SHO49-52 25 March 2006 his Diamond Wedding Anniversary in Aldenhamiana 36. S Toumbas L2002-05 12 December 2008 However this year we would like to congratulate him and H M Trim SHO38-41 24 October 2008 his wife on their Golden Wedding. W T Turner M44-48 28 November 2008 On 18th April 1959 in Beckenham, Kent, Neville Wright J O Veltom SHE40-44 21 April 2009 (M42-46) to Jennifer Tookey. I Wastell SHE44-48 15 September 2008 CPO G Williams Head Porter 27 November 2008 55-77 DIAMOND WEDDINGS E M Wormser SHE36-38 30 April 2007 On 24th July 1948 in Thame, Oxfordshire, Tony Crassweller (SH1937-41) to Mary Keppel-Palmer.

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OBITUARIES AND TRIBUTES it, and steered the School to full independence. “All that is easily recounted. Less easy to record, but more PETER MASON - HEADMASTER 1949-1961 significant, is the mark Peter left on those colleagues and We copy below the tribute given at the Service of pupils who came under his influence. He broke the mould Thanksgiving for his Life by his friend and former colleague of previous heads in coming to this great day school from a Arthur Hearnden (CR59-67). boarding school. In keeping with that tradition, he was concerned to make MGS more a community than just a centre of high quality teaching. “To quote from James Bentley’s history of the School, “he wanted to humanise the place, improve the boys’ social behaviour, their dress and discipline, and give them a broader all-round education.” His success in these respects is the true lasting tribute to Peter’s time in Manchester, banishing the (mistaken) stereotypical image of MGS as just an academic conveyor belt to Oxford and Cambridge. “At the same time he continued to champion academic values. These were the days when the Labour Party in opposition was intending to abolish the Direct Grant system which had opened the doors of schools like MGS to boys The picture shows Mr Mason (seated) on the occasion of his last visit to and girls of ability and promise, regardless of family income Aldenham in 2004, when six Headmasters, representing 55 years at or background. Aldenham, gathered for the re-dedication of the Headmasters' portraits in the Dining Hall. “What would nowadays be called “widening access” was a “Like a line of brilliant beacons, Peter Mason’s life was cause dear to Peter’s heart. He was one of the leading marked at every point by academic excellence: Scholar of architects of the Assisted Places Scheme which replaced King Edward’s School, Birmingham; Scholar of Christ’s the Direct Grant under the Conservative governments of College Cambridge where he took a Double First in the 1980s. Classics, winning the coveted Porson Prize; and a glittering “The political lobbying that this involved was intense and by succession of subsequent distinctions, including the award the end he could justifiably, but without any flaunting of of an MBE for his service in the Intelligence Corps in the familiarity, refer to the Prime Minister as “Margaret”. Second World War. “A community in Manchester was one thing but Peter was “Graduating from Cambridge in 1936, Peter carried this also a great internationalist. He was fascinated by the excellence into a teaching career at Cheltenham and, after education systems of other countries and in his later years the War, at Rugby. It can hardly have come as a great devoted his energies to fostering contact between them, surprise that he was a Headmaster at the age of 35. especially their independent sectors. He travelled, lectured “This was of Aldenham, which had a remarkable academic and published widely. and sporting reputation for a school of its size, memorably “This interest crystallised in his role as the leading founding described in the 1930s as the Winchester of the smaller member of the European Council of National Associations public schools. Of South West Hertfordshire, according to of Independent Schools, which became an important the script of an end of term revue in the 1960s. advisory group to the European Union. In 1994 he was “Peter built on that tradition and when he left for elected its Life President. Manchester in 1961 Aldenham was punching well above its “So what is the picture of Peter Mason, Olympian Porson weight in football, hockey and cricket and in the competition person, that we remember most vividly? For me it is of a for entrance to the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. man of formidably wide ranging scholarship, deeply and “So next came Manchester Grammar School. The summits benignly interested in every aspect of the life of his schools. of the world of school teaching hardly come any higher than When I applied for a modern languages post at Aldenham High Master. This appointment was to succeed Lord in 1959 he interviewed me very hospitably – in French – James, the only Headmaster of his generation to be and in wellington boots, watching muddy house matches. elevated to the peerage. “For all that wide ranging scholarship Peter remained a “It is difficult to imagine a more daunting man to replace than deeply modest man. There was a great deal that he could Eric James. Yet Peter was unfazed and, as it turned out over have paraded but it was his humility and understated style the 17 years that followed, he probably left a more distinctive that enabled him to achieve so much as a Headmaster. and lasting legacy to MGS than that of his predecessor. He “Martin Trent, a former English master at MGS, recalls how revolutionised the curriculum, presided over a huge “he seldom seemed to put his foot down and was adept at expansion of the buildings (one of which is named after him) turning conversations his way by a many-layered closing raising over a million pounds from Old Mancunians to pay for remark: suddenly a decision had been made and you never

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really saw how it had been done … he was admired for the reprimanded again. However when we might occasionally way he manipulated situations and people for the good of have a row I would address him as Laddie Major and he the school.” would address me as Laddie Minor! “Another former MGS English master, David Wylde, “Hugh was a studious person at Aldenham and I recall when remembers his ability to make a young teacher feel “one of he was studying for his A levels that he commandeered the the chosen”. This loyalty to his staff was rooted in house library, kept the curtains permanently closed, rigged kindness, the kindness of a man who had been harrowed up a spotlight over the table in the middle of the room and by the atrocities he witnessed as an Army officer in spread his papers everywhere. No one was able to get in Normandy. After the War he could never bring himself to whilst he was revising for his exams. speak about those experiences. “Hugh was not a great athlete, although I do recall seeing him play lacrosse for St Catharine’s Cambridge some years “We can leave the final word to Monica Furlong, the well later. However he was a superb actor. After one of his known journalist who interviewed Peter in 1969. According performances in the school play attended by a reporter to James Bentley she was received in a large room with a from the Watford Post a report appeared saying that one glowing coal fire and offered an excellent glass of sherry. would have to go far to find an actor or such ability. He was “He is a very big man, with curling white hair”, she reported to use this ability later. “and the quiet confidence habitual to giants.” “Hugh went to Cambridge to study medicine. Our father, a “We are remembering today, with affection and admiration, solicitor, was somewhat disappointed because he probably a giant of English education.” thought that Hugh would go into the law and also because he could not understand how anyone could stand the sight of blood. Two years later, after passing his Natural Your Editor Trevor Barton ScienceTripos Pt 1, Hugh changed to Law because he had writes: “We were very sad to doubts (unjustified I am sure) about his ability to be a good learn of the death of CPO surgeon. He passed his Law exams in record time and Gordon Williams, known to obtained pupillage in a set of chambers doing Intellectual generations of Aldenhamians Property Law. as “Chief”. Chief was Head Porter at the School for 22 “At that time IP law was not particularly well known or well years from 1955-1977, and paid and I recall Hugh telling me that he was earning so little was universally respected by that his pupil master took him out one day and bought him staff and pupils alike. Always a decent coat to wear as his was looking pretty threadbare. immaculately turned out, he “Hugh went on to carve out a name for himself first as managed to bring to barrister (Lord Denning, writing in his autobiography, CPO Williams visits the School in Aldenham the spirit, attention referred to him as a “bright young Chancery Barrister” summer 2008 to detail and determination when talking about Anton Piller Orders), then as a Queen’s which had characterised his career in the Royal Navy. For Counsel, a High Court Judge and finally as Professor of those of us who were fortunate to be members of the RN Law at University College London. Section of the CCF, we will always remember Chief demanding high standards, but still managing to have a “Hugh was very modest about his achievements and I do sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye despite the not think even his closest family, other than his wife Stecia, sometimes low standards that we achieved in marching, was aware of the esteem in which he was held in the boat drill etc. He was a true gentleman, and certainly he worldwide IP legal community. played a great part in inspiring me to join the Royal Navy “Certainly one of the proudest moments of my life occurred after leaving university.” when I was lecturing at a symposium on economic crime at Jesus College Cambridge. After the lecture had ended, a South African lawyer, Cyril Prisman, came up to me and Following the sad death of his older brother, Miles Laddie asked if I was related to a certain High Court Judge called (B61-66) sent the following tribute: “It is with great sadness Laddie. I said that I was his brother. Mr Prisman took my that I write to record the death of my brother Hugh Laddie hand and shook it enthusiastically then told me that South (B59–64) on the 29th November 2008 aged 62. Africa owed a debt of gratitude to my brother because of “Being older than me, Hugh kept an eye out for me when I the invention of the Anton Piller Order (a type of civil search went to Aldenham in 1961. In those days new boys were warrant that is obtained ex parte and enables searches to only allowed to address each other by their surname. I be made without forewarning to the Defendant that one is found calling my brother Laddie Major difficult, tiresome coming, thereby preventing the destruction or removal of and completely unnatural, as did Hugh. One day I was offending articles). overheard addressing him as “Hugh” and I was “Apparently Mr Prisman’s law firm had obtained an Anton immediately pounced upon by a senior boy who began to Piller Order against the Police during the Apartheid era give me a dressing down. Hugh intervened and said that which had allowed entry to a police station and the whatever the rules he was not going to allow his brother to discovery and seizure of articles of torture being used by call him Laddie Major and that was that. I was never the police themselves. Mr Prisman stated that without the

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OBITUARIES AND TRIBUTES CONTINUED seizure) order, which remains widely used to this day. “Laddie was appointed junior counsel for the Crown in patent order the Police would have been able to hide their actions. cases, the UK Government’s leading advocate in intellectual When I told Hugh of this meeting and conversation, he was property, and, in 1986, he took silk. He was much in demand delighted to know that someone had come up with another as a QC, acting in some of the biggest cases, including in the use for the order other than in IP cases. early disputes in medical biotechnology, major arbitrations, “Shortly before Hugh died he wrote to a friend as follows: “I media law and trademark cases. am as greedy as the next man and want more of the fun “He was appointed deputy chair of the Copyright Tribunal and love-filled days that I have enjoyed in the past. But all and, together with Peter Prescott, QC, and Mary Vitoria, these things come to an end at some time and I am not in QC, he wrote The Modern Law of Copyright, described as a position to complain. I have a wonderful wife, three great the prince of intellectual property books, combining children, and six challenging and fun-filled grandchildren, have had a remarkably enjoyable career and have learning and iconoclasm. He was elected chairman of the achieved more than I deserved and, last but not least, have Patent Bar Association and a Bencher of Middle Temple. a collection of wonderful and generous friends. What more “Laddie was appointed a High Court judge in 1995 and was could I ask for?” assigned to the Chancery Division, where he sat primarily “His legal and medical legacy will live on in that his son in intellectual property matters, including patent cases. A James is a leading civil rights barrister and his daughter speech to mark his appointment anticipated that litigants Joanna is a paediatric oncologist. His second son, Gideon, were “about to see an airborne task force bearing down is in finance in New York. He will be greatly missed.” with devastating and horrifying precision”. So it proved: Laddie was no less formidable as a judge than he had been as an advocate and was famed for quietly delivering volleys We also reprint with of unanswerable questions. acknowledgements the “Nor was he a judge to kowtow. In one of his first following obituary which judgments, he revolutionised the approach to the grant of appeared in The Times: interlocutory injunctions by a reinterpretation of principles “Professor Sir Hugh thought to be writ in stone by the House of Lords, thereby Laddie was one the leading giving voice to what everyone thought but dared not say: English judges and the merits matter. academics in the field of “In a later case on the scope of trademark protection, he intellectual property law. In his ten years on the bench, he said that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had gave a series of important decisions on patents, exceeded its jurisdiction. Ingeniously, he held that he was, trademarks, copyright and cases of European significance in effect, bound not to follow the highest court in Europe: on free movement of goods and the conflict of laws. Laddie “No matter how tempting it may be to find an easy way out, deftly deployed his scholarship in legal history to shape the the High Court has no power to cede to the ECJ a law for the future. He had a contemporary outlook and jurisdiction it does not have.” A less intellectually rigorous, manner, without trace of stuffiness. His judgments, while but more diplomatic, Court of Appeal did not share his view. sometimes controversial, were well grounded and displayed both his integrity and his strong sense of justice. “Those seeking commercial monopolies had to come prepared to defend them in his court by reference to serious “He was much respected for his mastery of complex principle, not with hired guns. Laddie famously said: technology, particularly in chemistry and biochemistry. “Monopolies are the exception not the rule . . . They need to Laddie was concerned that malfunctioning civil procedure be justified. As long ago as 1615 in this country it was said resulted in injustice and he promoted innovations in that that the effect of an unjustified monopoly was ‘to take away area, contributing to the English court becoming one of the free trade, which is the birthright of every subject’.” quickest and most respected worldwide for intellectual property disputes. “Experts who did not give honest evidence found his court to be enemy territory and were sent away with his words “Hugh Ian Lang Laddie was born in 1946 in London and ringing in their ears: “The judge is not a rustic who has attended Aldenham School, where he excelled as a chosen to play a game of three card trick. He is not fair scholar, an actor and at shooting. He studied medicine at game. Nor is the truth.” But rigour was tempered with great St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, but changed to law, humour, fairness and compassion: admonishment was, opting for a career in intellectual property. Laddie was more often than not, accompanied by a twinkle in the eye. called to the Bar in 1969, joining specialist chambers where he built up a successful practice. From the start of his “He took a great interest in intellectual property law as it career he broke new ground in developing procedures to affected other countries, including those in the developing assist with enforcement of intellectual property rights. He world; too great an interest, perhaps, for the then Vice- was credited with inventing the Anton Piller (search and Chancellor, head of his division of the High Court, to approve of his regular lecturing overseas. In that activity,

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Laddie undertook valuable work as an ambassador for 1958, he assumed day to day responsibility for the English law and attempted to undo some of the propaganda running of the company, and following father’s death in about the value of universally increasing intellectual 1965 he became managing director. property rights that was fashionable in trade circles at the “He was a hardworking and successful businessman, and time, to the discomfort of some in the United States. with his great enthusiasm and “glass-half-full” mentality he “When Laddie announced his intention to resign from the expanded the company from being predominantly a bench in 2005, it came as a shock to the judicial system. stationery supplier into an office furnisher and stationery Eyebrows were raised, particularly since he was sure to company. The company continued under Stuart’s leadership have been appointed to the Court of Appeal, had he stayed. until 2 recessions finally caused its closure in 2000. But he chose freedom over promotion and found refuge as “Stuart started playing for the OAs in 1955, and after an a consultant in a firm of solicitors founded by an old friend. interruption due to National Service returned to play in the He was active there, giving expert evidence, lecturing 2ndXI. He became 1st XI secretary for the 1959/60 around the world and advising on numerous cases. season and played in his first Dunn match in 1960 against “In 2006 Laddie was offered a chair in intellectual property the Old Etonians which we lost 0-3. Stuart took over the law at University College London, and an opportunity to captaincy of the 1stXI in 1962/63 at a time when the OA.s make his mark on the academic world. He was an had lost 2-7 to the Malvernians in the previous season’s immediate success. Laddie was a natural and engaging Dunn match which I had watched as a schoolboy. The teacher, inspiring and challenging students with his Arthurian League was starting in 1962/3, which Stuart knowledge and love of the subject. He threw himself into strongly supported. He immediately set about improving this work, founding the Institute of Brand and Innovation the fitness of the team with weekly training sessions Law at UCL, setting up a series of seminars with his wide including circuits and 5-a-side football. Cyril Tyson also circle of collaborators and establishing links with China and helped with this. He also helped to develop a stronger 2nd India. In 2007 he became a member of the Intellectual XI, knowing that that would help feed the 1st X1. Later he Property Hall of Fame, a mark of the esteem in which he would also see the club form a 3rd X1. was held internationally. “In 1963/4 season, with the injection of some young talent “In his personal life Laddie had a love of good design and from a strong school team, Aldenham won their first Dunn meticulous craftsmanship; making furniture, driving rakish match for 6 years, a replay at Bradfield 4-2, and then went sports cars and tying his own flies for fishing. He loved on to beat the Old Chigwellians and the Old Ardinians to music and collected guitars. He is survived by his wife, reach the final of the Arthur Dunn Cup for the first time for Stecia, and their two sons and a daughter. 30 years against the Old Salopians. Professor Sir Hugh Laddie, High Court judge and professor Unfortunately the 2 regular fullbacks, Frank Rogers and of intellectual property law, was born on April 15, 1946. He John Saxby, were injured so the team for the final had to died of cancer on November 29, 2008, aged 62” be restructured. Philip Smith, new from school but such a talented player was in midfield and Dave King at centre forward injecting pace into the side. However the Keith Murray (M60-64) fondly Salopians proved too well organised and soon took a 2-0 remembers his big brother lead. The OA’s kept trying but went 4-0 down before Dave Stuart John Murray (M52-55): King scored an excellent consolation goal near the end. “My brother Stuart entered “The team was: Stuart Murray, Peter Benjamin, David McGill’s after leaving Orley Barker, Graham Chapman, Christopher Riley, Peter Farm School in Harrow. The Holloway, Phil Smith, David King, Joe Stainer and Steve decision to go to Aldenham Adams. Stuart’s contribution to OA football continued after was simple – it played his playing days in the 1st XI finished, as he held a strong Football, whereas so many of opinion that senior players should make themselves the local public schools available for the 2nd and later the 3rd XIs. In fact his final concentrated on Rugby. game was for the 3rd XI against the School in 1974, 20 “Stuart left Aldenham after “O” Levels having represented years after his first match for the OAs. He was elected the school as the 2nd X1 goalkeeper. Stuart did his Club Chairman in 1964, a role he carried out with the National Service in the Royal Navy and took part in the same gusto and he went on to serve in some Suez campaign aboard the destroyer HMS Duchess. He administrative position with the Club until 1979 and of then joined the family business A. Murray (London) Ltd, course the OAs finally won the Arthur Dunn Cup in 1979. which our father formed in 1933. and also enlisted for a “His style of Captaincy was very enthusiastic, positive and business management course. Stuart learned the art of one of encouragement. He would always consult and salesmanship the hard way under my father’s critical eye. listen to team member’s points of view and would always However, Stuart was his own man and soon became a personally and privately explain to players the reasons if skilled salesman. Following my father’s serious illness in they were to be dropped.

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OBITUARIES AND TRIBUTES CONTINUED many of the largest solar heating systems in the U.S. and participated in installing solar panels on the White House “As well as Stuart’s many achievements on the playing field roof for the Carter administration. Eric was active in civic he is remembered also for many amusing stories and affairs and served for 10 years as a commissioner of the characteristics. When one thinks back to Stuart’s Stamford Urban Renewal Commission. In 1987 Margot H goalkeeping how can anyone forget that familiar cry of Wormser, his wife of 40 years died. He remarried and is “Sorry OAs”, as he stooped to pluck the ball from the back survived by his wife Linda Birnbaum Wormser and his of the net. Not that Stuart had any cause to apologise, since sons Peter and Thomas.” for many years we struggled against impossible odds!

“All of us will remember with great affection Stuart’s Peter Wells (P48-52) kindly wrote regarding R J (Bob) contribution to the good humoured banter in the bar after Paterson (P48-52): “It is with great sadness that I have to a match. After a few pints a 6-0 defeat would be turned begin the New Year by reporting to you the death of my into a pretty close match when he turned all their goals very great friend of many years and fellow Aldenhamian, into pure flukes and with just a bit of luck we should have Bob Paterson. Bob died peacefully on 21st December in scored at least 3 etc. etc. Stuart was the supreme master a nursing home close to his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire of “the long goodbye”. As the youngest member of the after a fairly short but very terrible battle with cancer. team I recall waiting for my lift to Victoria Station to catch the last train back to Brighton, when Stuart would begin “I first met Bob Paterson as we were welcomed to Paull’s his goodbyes to the attractive WAGS. Linda Adams, Jill house by Sam Pollard at the beginning of the Summer Chapman and others would sit amused as Stuart would Term 1948 and despite his lifetime of busy work and travel fall to his knees and kiss their hands whilst speaking of all over the Eastern world he remained a great friend to undying love and the pain of parting- much to the me and to my family throughout his life. His kindness, amusement of their partners. generosity and wonderful sense of humour were already in evidence at school and remained with him even in “There was the famous “car up a tree” incident when times of trouble and illness. Stuart drove back from the playing fields to the changing rooms in his new Gilbern Genie sports car, bought as a kit “On leaving school, Bob began national Service in the RAF and built by a friend, wearing his football boots. Sadly his and quickly gained his wings, but sadly, his hope of making foot slipped and the car shot across the road into a bush. flying his career was thwarted by health and hearing As he considered his predicament there was a sudden problems which prevented his going on to fly fighter sucking noise and the windscreen flew up into the tree. aircraft and so he left the RAF and decided to follow other members of his family into the world of banking. He joined “Stuart married Sandra (Sam) and was a devoted the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, first in London and husband and father to 3 children and, at the last count, 9 then moving to the Far East where he began his long grandchildren. He was heavily involved in the local career in such locations as Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, church and especially the choir. He remained a dedicated Vanuatu and even Calcutta. At the end of a long career in fan of his beloved Arsenal man and boy. the Bank, Bob retired and began a great life of travelling all “Nowadays the words Big Brother conjure up Orwellian over the world meeting his many friends and welcoming images or worst still, a programme on Channel 4. many more from home and abroad in his home in However to me I think of a great brother and quite the Wilmslow. He will be sadly missed by all of us.” kindest man I have ever known.”

We are grateful to Mrs Barbara Jane Schollick who wrote An obituary of Eric Max Wormser (S1936-38): “Eric M to us about her husband Nigel Schollick (M43-48): Wormser died on 30th April, 2007, his 86th birthday at “Please could you insert under Deaths/Obituaries in the Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT. Born Frankfurt, next issue of Aldenhamiana that my husband Nigel Germany and educated at Aldenham in England and Schollick sadly died on the 18th December 2008 following M.I.T., and he was drafted into the Army in 1945 and a stroke early in January 2008. He was Captain of Soccer assigned to Ordnance Intelligence. He was assigned and Hockey while at the school. intelligence responsibility for the German rocket and “Derek James (M43-48) gave a memorable tribute to missile projects and spent two years interrogating Nigel at the Thanksgiving Service held at St, Peter’s Wernher Von Braun and 120 other German scientists and Church, Burnham, Bucks on the 29th December 2008. launching a number of captured V-2 rockets. In 1952 he No less than six other contemporaries of Nigel’s attended co-founded Barnes Engineering Co. in Stamford, CT, the service namely, Michael Goodman (M44-48), Robin developer of infrared and electro-optical systems for Chaventre (M49-52), Tim Law (M45-51), John military space and industrial applications. Sainsbury (M43-47), Robert Aram (P50-55) and Bob “In 1973 he founded Wormser Scientific, consultants in Coombes (SHE44-47) – wonderful of them all to come. solar energy and energy conservation. Wormser Iain Muir (SHE42-46) also planned to be at the service, Scientific has designed and supervised construction of but unfortunately was suffering from bronchitis.”

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An obituary of Timothy (Tim) Gordon Sheeres (P42-45): “Soon after arriving at Aldenham Tom joined the 'Self “Tim passed away suddenly, on February 13, 2009, while Help' group. This was subsequently renamed the 'Estate on vacation in the Virgin Islands, in his 81st year. Loving Work' group. In this group a number of like minded souls husband of Anne for 55 years, adoring Dad to Michael could take their daily exercise helping the full time and Janine, and doting Grandpa “Choo-choo” to Claire maintenance staff with looking after the grounds under and Adam. Pre-deceased in 2005 by his younger brother the guidance of our good friend Chris Arkell. They also Michael William. Born and educated in England. Anne and carried out a survey of the school drains and helped Tim came to Canada in 1953. Chartered Accountant in survey the site of the new headmaster’s house. Tom's England and Wales, as well as Alberta and Ontario in finest achievement with this group was the improvement Canada. One time partner in Clarkson Gordon & Co. of the ditches, the laying of concrete rafts and the Chief Financial Officer of Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. construction of a substantial stile on the path to Cook's (now Anadarko Canada Corp). An officer, gentleman and Field. Here he was taught brick laying which he used to scholar, recognised for his many volunteer and good effect in the restoration of his family homes. philanthropic endeavours, including the Queen’s Jubilee “When a Volunteer Police Cadet Force was set up in Medal. Former Chairman and long time volunteer of the conjunction with Harrow School, Tom joined. He Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Past Master and thoroughly enjoyed the caring side of police work. Freeman of The City of London and liveryman of the Bakers Company. Author of Steady on the Mustard. Tim “In Kennedy's House none of the staff were particularly will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by all those mechanically minded. Tom having had a good grounding who knew and loved him.” from his father rapidly made himself useful, carrying out much of the maintenance in the house; plumbing and electrical jobs as well as clearing blocked drains and Edward Fielder (K63-68) sent the following tribute to his redecorating. For this work and for leading the estate friend and colleague Professor Thomas Russell Pitt work team in his last two years, he was awarded the Ford (K63-67) who died on 17th August 2008: “Professor 'Headmaster’s Prize for Service to the Community'. Pitt Ford was the Professor of Endodontology, Vice Dean “Tom went straight to Guy's Hospital to study dentistry, of King’s College London Dental Institute at Guy’s, King’s qualifying in 1971. Tom worked at Guy's and also at his College and St Thomas’ Hospitals, and previously father's practice in Watford. In 1981 he married Heather, Director of Education; he was also Director of Institutional also a dental surgeon, who was working at Guys where and Academic Audit at King’s College, London. she is a specialist in children's dentistry. They lived in a “Tom was the only son of Mr and Mrs William Pitt Ford of town house nearby, of which, at the time only the Loudwater near Rickmansworth. Tom attended Edge basement and attic were habitable. Tom restored this Grove Prep School, first as a day boy catching the bus house as he did their subsequent houses. They bought a back to his father's dental practice in Watford where he cottage in Dorset, where they could enjoy gardening and did his prep and added to his magnificent OO model restoring the house, moving to a very attractive larger railway, which was housed in a spare upstairs room. Tom house in a nearby village when they needed more space rapidly discovered that he had no liking for, indeed he had for an expanding family. Tom's building skills were learnt a severe aversion to, any form of organised ball games or both at school and from his father, Bill, who helped with sport. Given the ethos of most prep schools at the time their houses and who survives him. this could have been a disadvantage, but Tom was very Tom's daughter, Alex is 26. She studied medicine at gifted academically and did well with the excellent UMDS (United Medical Schools of Guy's King's & St teaching. It is fair to say that Tom did not enjoy his time at Thomas') and is now a doctor in Chichester. His elder prep school and found boarding in his last year difficult. son, Charles is 23, studied engineering at Cambridge The total lack of any mainstream science subjects in the where he got a first with distinction in his M Eng. He is Common Entrance syllabus at that time, did not allow him rowing full time with the Leander Club in Henley before or many of his contemporaries to show their true vocation returning to engineering. Tom's younger son Edward is 21 until the move to Public School at the age of 13. Tom was graduated in physics from Imperial College and is on a awarded an Exhibition to Aldenham School in 1963. graduate training programme in IT management with “At Aldenham, in the relaxed and tolerant atmosphere in Tesco. Tom was immensely proud of his family, even if he the newly built Kennedy's House under the care of Dr was sometimes baffled by their love of sports!” David Wallace Hadrill, Tom flourished. There was a minimum of petty regulation and “compulsory” ball games were to a large extent voluntary. Tom immediately did very Professor Pitt Ford had an illustrious career, which was well in the sciences, gaining some of the top marks at 'A' admirably outlined in an obituary by his great friend and level. He was particularly influenced by the teaching of colleague Dr BS Chong and which is reprinted below Ken Barnard, gaining the Sloan prize for chemistry. from ENDO - Endodontic Practice Today by permission of Coincidentally Ken also died of the same asbestos related Quintessence Publishing Co Ltd. Endodontics is the mesothelioma tumour. treatment of the pulp or nerve of a tooth, and thanks to

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OBITUARIES AND TRIBUTES CONTINUED postgraduate course in endodontics in the UK, leading to a master’s degree: firstly, to bring together knowledge in Tom is now a speciality in its the subject; secondly, to give dentists the opportunity to own right. specialise in this area so as to provide a better service to the public; and thirdly, to enable intending specialists to Professor Tom Pitt Ford gain further education in endodontics without having to go “Tom Pitt Ford, a member of our abroad. The proposal for the master’s degree course Editorial Board, died peacefully at made very slow progress through the various University home early Sunday morning, 17 of London committees. There were many hurdles to August 2008. Typical of Tom’s overcome including the perceived threat that with the character, his illness was endured emergence of endodontics as a monospecialty, it would in private and without complaint. seek to break free from the domination of Conservative/Restorative Dentistry and Departments of “Tom was the Professor of Endodontology, Vice Dean of Endodontics would spring up. Against the odds, Tom’s King’s College London Dental Institute at Guy’s, King’s vision was realised when the MSc in Endodontics started College and St Thomas’ Hospitals, and previously as a two-year part-time course at Guy’s with two home Director of Education; he was also Director of Institutional students in October 1988. The Eastman Dental Institute and Academic Audit at King’s College, London. With his followed with a one-year full-time course with two death, dentistry, and in particular the specialty of overseas students in October 1989. The success of the endodontics, has suffered an irreplaceable loss. course and its subsequent emulation by other dental “Tom was born on 15 November 1949, an only child and schools enabled training and greater availability of educated at Aldenham School, Hertfordshire. In 1967, he specialists in this discipline. In turn, it led to the creation followed in his father’s footsteps into dentistry and Guy’s of a critical mass of endodontists, facilitating the Hospital. Tom qualified with a BDS (London) with honours establishment of a specialist list by the General Dental and LDS RCS (England) in 1971. Council (UK). In 1998 the MSc was followed by the “After a period as a part-time lecturer while helping his MClinDent degree programme. An endodontic alumni father in general practice, Tom returned to Guy’s full-time section was formed recently and met for the first time at to pursue an academic career. It was at Guy’s, later the this year’s Clinical Day at Guy’s, enabling Tom and his ex- United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St. postgraduate students to meet. Thomas’ Hospitals and now King’s College London Dental “Tom contributed considerably in advancing the field of Institute at Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ endodontology. Rather than being obsessed with Hospitals, that Tom dedicated his entire illustrious career. technical wizardry, he championed the biological basis of “Tom gained his FDS from the Royal College of endodontics, in particular, the role of microbes in the Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1976. He was pathogenesis of endodontic disease. His other interests awarded his PhD in 1980 for his thesis An investigation included clinical endodontology and the biocompatibility into the leakage of and tissue reaction to root filling of endodontic materials. Apart from his own research materials. Promotion followed rapidly and he was work, Tom mentored and supervised numerous projects. appointed Senior Lecturer in 1982 and Honorary Tom’s reputation was such that he attracted not only Consultant in 1985. In 1995, he was appointed Reader home, but also MSc/MClinDent and PhD candidates from in Endodontology, and in 1998, he was granted a Chair overseas. He was the supervisor of Mahmoud in Endodontology. Torabinejad’s 1995 PhD thesis Investigation of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate for root-end filling. Tom’s involvement “Tom actively participated and promoted the specialty of in the further development of this novel material, with the endodontics, nationally and internationally, and in so unique ability to encourage hard tissue deposition, helped many ways. He served on the Council of the British promote its use as not only as a root-end filling, but also Endodontic Society for many years and is the only a perforation sealant and pulp capping agent. In 2003, member to have been President twice: 1987 to 1988 and Tom and his team published the first randomised 2003 to 2004. It was in his second term as President that prospective clinical study on the use of mineral trioxide the Society celebrated its 40th anniversary. Tom was the aggregate as a root-end filling. Their work on this and Editor of the International Endodontic Journal for a other potential root-end filling materials played a considerable duration and was appointed Consultant significant role in improving the outcome of apical surgery Editor after relinquishing the position. For a number of and confining to history the use of amalgam for root-end years, Tom also served on the Council of the European filling. Tom was a prolific writer. Apart from the numerous Society of Endodontology and was its editor. Tom scientific papers, he was the author of two editions of The introduced the first master’s degree in endodontics in the Restoration of Teeth. He was co-author of Local UK in 1988. When visiting dental schools in the USA in Anaesthesia in Dentistry and of Endodontics: Problem- the early 1980s, he observed that specialisation had Solving in Clinical Practice. In addition, he was editor and advanced the frontiers of dentistry, particularly the contributing author of two editions of both Harty’s technical aspect. He felt there was a place for a

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Endodontics in Clinical Practice and Essential daughter Barbara Saunders and they were married in Endodontology; the former is a popular undergraduate April 1956. They purchased a small field in the village of textbook whilst the latter is a treatise on the prevention Pavenham and built their first house Bartlemas No 1, and treatment of apical periodontitis. following one of many successful planning appeals. It was named Bartlemas after his mother’s family farm which “Tom expected nothing less than the highest standard in was in Temple Mead, Cowley and was sold to one Mr everything. Those privileged to have trained under or William Morris to build the Morris Motor Works. Later they worked with him will forever remember and admire his example of diligence, perseverance and attention to went on to purchase Bury and Memorial Farm (renamed detail. Only this year, he was honoured with the 2008 Bartlemas), Pavenham where he continued to live for the Alumnus Distinguished Service Award for his substantial rest of his life. They had two children, Lorna who was born contribution to King’s College London Dental Institute as in 1959, followed by Thomas in 1963. an outstanding teacher, clinician and researcher for over “He continued practicing as a Land Agent and purchased 30 years. the small independent Land Agency firm of Warmingtons. “A quiet, unassuming man of extraordinary talent and to This small business continued in its traditional role looking those who had the good fortune to know him, Tom gave after a number of local estates and advising the generously of his knowledge, advice and support. Tom is agricultural community in around Bedford but also gained survived by his wife, Heather, children Alexandra, Charles an enviable reputation on all issues regarding land and Edward, and father, Bill, to all of whom we extend our management and development nationwide, resulting in heartfelt sympathy. Family, friends, colleagues and former clients from the West Country to the North of Scotland. He students gathered to say farewell and to pay their continued in an active role as consultant to Warmingtons respects to Tom at his funeral at St Gregory’s Church, and as agent to the Chicheley Estate right up to the time Marnhull, Dorset on 27 August 2008. A life cut short, Tom of his death. will be greatly missed.” “On the civic front, he served Pavenham as their independent member of the old Bedford Rural District Council from 1956 until 1973, acting as Chairman in 1968 Thomas Beazley sent the -69. On the demise of this body, he became a member of below tribute to his father the new Bedford Borough Council from 1973 to 1979. He Gilbert Beazley (SHE43- was Mayor of Bedford from 1974 until 1976. He was High 46), who died on 27th Sherriff of Bedfordshire in 1983-84 and in 1991 was March 2009. appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Bedford. “Born in Neasden in North “From 1974 until 1996, Gilbert was a trustee of the London youngest of three Bedford Charity, otherwise known as The Harpur Trust, a children, brother to Mary large local endowed charity primarily involved in and Diana. At an early age education. As Chairman of the Endowment Committee, the family moved out of he drew upon his experience in the property world to London to Green Lane in spearhead a modernisation of the assets of the Charity Northwood which was to with an eye to increasing endowment income for the become the family home for the rest of his childhood. future. In 1987 he was elected Chairman of the Charity a Having attended Terry’s preparatory school in Northwood position that he held until his retirement in 1996. he went on to become a boarder at Aldenham, a place he always had vivid and fond memories of. “In 1992 he was elected Chairman to the newly formed Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, a position that he always “His career path took him to The London School of Estate found rewarding as it was a significant deviation from all his Management in 1946 for one year prior to completing his previous roles. This, along with spells on the East of period of National Service. After National Service he England Transport User Consultancy Committee , work for returned to college which by this time had moved out of the local Bedford Show and consequently the East of London due to wartime reconstruction work, to a quiet England Agricultural Society and being County President of country estate in Bedfordshire. This was the start of a long the local Young Farmers, always ensured a busy life style. association with the county of Bedfordshire, which apart from a brief spell in North Norfolk became his home “He lived life to the full and despite recent illness always county. He qualified as a professional associate or the had a keen eye for the future and the next generation. His Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1952, became advice was keenly sort and always freely given, never a Fellow of Chartered Land Agents Society, a member of with the expectation that it would necessarily be followed. The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers and in With his keen interest in the countryside and 1961 he became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of conservation, what he has created at Pavenham will Chartered Surveyors. always be a living legacy to his life. He is survived by his wife Barbara, son Thomas, daughter in law Amanda and “Whist working on a short secondment to a firm of Land his grandchildren Benjamin and Hannah. His own Agents in Bedford he met his future wife, a local farmer’s

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OBITUARIES AND TRIBUTES CONTINUED of the field and a proponent of collaboration that would benefit them all. Therefore, it was fitting that he was daughter Lorna sadly passed away some fifteen years appointed department chair in 1993, the first applied earlier. One of life’s true gentlemen, who will be truly mathematician to serve in that role. Known as an even- missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.” handed and fair administrator, Hunter remained chair for the maximum allowable term of six years with the enthusiastic support of the faculty. Hunter was gifted at recognizing talent which allowed him to hire many bright young minds that have since become leaders in the field. It was with great sadness that According to DeWitt Sumners, Professor Emeritus, we learnt of the death of “Hunter was successful as department chair because he Christopher Hunter (SHE47- was willing to listen to his faculty and able to mediate 52), for many years a generous disputes.” He also worked to build a strong relationship benefactor of the School, who with Larry Abele, the dean of the College of Arts and also a volunteered to be the Sciences at the time, which helped cultivate support for School’s representative with faculty in areas such as promotion and tenure. the British Schools and Universities Foundation, a US “After stepping down from the position of chair in 1999 Hunter Charity which enables US OAs successfully returned to the faculty. His interest as a to support the School in a tax researcher was in how mathematics can be used to efficient way. We reproduce here with acknowledgements understand the physical world, with particular regard to an article from Florida State University’s fsumath of galactic dynamics and astrophysics. As a teacher Hunter held autumn 2008. students to high standards and is responsible for mentoring many promising scholars (see list of students, p. 5). !e only Saying Farewell to a Legend - endeavour at which Hunter did not excel was retirement. His Christopher Hunter 1934-2008 love of learning, devotion to the field of mathematics and “In the world of academia many individuals are drawn to a continued grant activity kept him active even after his official niche in which they excel — be it teaching, scholarship, position with the university ended in 2003. service or administration. The individual whose success “Christopher Hunter’s innovation and leadership have far- spans the range of these areas is a rare and coveted reaching influence on the FSU Department of treasure. Christopher Hunter was just such a person. As Mathematics and the discipline at large. As a pioneer of a trusted mentor, colleague and leader he embodied the his craft, he has paved the way for the many “complete package” and his influence contributed to the mathematical discoveries and breakthroughs yet to come. high esteem in which the Florida State University !e department, university and field of mathematics have Department of Mathematics is held today. Therefore, it is lost a true champion but his legacy will live on in the next with great respect and fondness that we celebrate his generation of mathematicians. life’s contributions and bid him farewell. “Most engaging, though, is Chris's autobiographical essay “Under the recommendation of an interdisciplinary written shortly after his retirement in 2003 and reproduced Committee on Applied Mathematics, Christopher Hunter here. came from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to Florida State University in 1970 for the explicit purpose of My Life In Mathematics By Christopher Hunter organizing and directing a program in applied “I can never remember a time when I had any doubt as to mathematics. Over the next few decades under Hunter’s what my career would be. Mathematical talent was leadership and vision, the program grew in its ability to apparent at an early age, and, because my father was a accommodate a wide range of mathematical applications mathematician, I knew that mathematics was a source of through the addition of degree options and the hiring of gainful employment. My father, William Hunter, was such renowned professors as Christopher Tam, Robert O. Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the Manchester Lawton Distinguished Professor, Louis Howard, McKenzie College of Technology. I think that, by inclination, he was Professor of Mathematics, and Yousuff Hussaini, TMC a pure mathematician. His results for the “Easier” Eminent Scholar Chair in High Performance Computing. Waring’s problem of Number Theory for fourth powers Hunter devoted himself to the development and success of have yet to be improved upon. His job made him aware of the program and garnered national recognition through applications, and another of his papers is on the form promoting faculty research and securing consistent support assumed by a steadily rotating thread, inspired by a from the National Science Foundation. As a direct result of problem from the cotton industry for which Manchester his efforts and commitment the program remains strong was then famous. My father died before I was fifteen, and and continues to grow. so we were never able to talk after I had attained some “Hunter was not so absorbed in his own program that he mathematical maturity. neglected the relevance of other areas of mathematics. “I knew by the time that I entered Cambridge University He was a great believer in the importance of each branch

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that it is the power of mathematics in applications that Instead, Alar Toomre, another new Ph.D. in fluid dynamics, interests me most. I have since worked in a number of and I, came under the influence of C.C. Lin. C.C., who different areas of application. I have also written a number already had a distinguished record in fluid dynamics, was of papers that are primarily mathematical, even proving then becoming interested in spiral structure in galaxies some theorems, but their original inspiration typically had and in explaining it as a wave phenomenon. !e three of us its origin in some application. My first work was on the began learning some astrophysics together. Problems of topic of cavitation, the boiling of a liquid and consequent the dynamics of galaxies, and particularly of waves, formation of cavities that occurs when its pressure drops modes, and instabilities have been a major interest for all sufficiently. This topic was then of interest to the British three of us ever since. Our interests and ideas have Admiralty because the subsequent collapse of the cavities generally not coincided, and an influential paper on the is a violent and noisy phenomenon which can damage dynamics of the bending of the Galaxy by Alar and myself propeller blades and betray the position of a submarine. is the sole instance of joint work between the three of us. The specific problem on which I worked was that of the I am happy to be known in some circles as the Hunter of influence of the compressibility of the liquid on the Hunter and Toomre. collapse. Although liquids are not very compressible, “When I came to FSU in 1970, I expected to be drawn neglect of compressibility, as in Lord Rayleigh’s solution back into fluid dynamics. My first two Ph.D. students, which is given in Lamb’s “Hydrodynamics”, implies that Nourollah Riahi and Bryan Travis, wrote dissertations of pressure pulses propagate infinitely rapidly. The inclusion fluid dynamical topics. However, the pull of astronomy of compressibility allows one to study the shock wave that was too strong for me to resist, and I continued working forms after the cavity has collapsed and causes the on astrophysical problems. That pull was reinforced damage and the noise. The resolution of this problem, like during the year 1976-77 spent on leave at the Joint that of many subsequent ones, required computation. Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics at the University of Luckily EDSAC II, a roomful of vacuum tubes which Colorado. My third Ph.D. student, Barbara Schreur, was provided over two kilobytes of memory, was available and the first who worked on an astrophysical problem that of was sufficient for the task. It allowed me to study the the effect of a passing star on the Oort cloud of comets. spherically symmetric flow with a machine-filling 109-point Barbara was unusual in that she came with a strong grid which collapsed along with the infalling flow. The background in this topic, obtained while she worked as a computations showed that the collapsing flow tends to a research assistant at the University of Arizona when her self-similar form, which can be described analytically, and husband Jay got his Ph.D. describes the shock that is formed at the instant of collapse. This was also the first of many instances for me “My next three Ph.D. students were Bruno Guerrieri, Sang in which computation has indicated the mathematical Lee, and Mohammad Tajdari. All worked on topics related analysis that needs to be done. As for the Admiralty, they to computer-generated perturbation expansions. My finessed their problems by improving the design of interest in this topic was aroused by the work of Stanford propellers so as to avoid cavitation. professor Milton Van Dyke on their use in fluid dynamics. His basic idea is to delegate the laborious and mechanical “My major professor, Ian Proudman, urged me to broaden task of generating a long perturbation expansions to a my interests during my final year of graduate work. I computer. This turns out to be the easy part of the looked first at waves propagated up a river from the rise problem. After determining the region in which this and fall of the tide at its mouth, and then the propagation expansion is valid, one seeks ways to extend the of waves in elastic arteries from the pumping of the heart, expansion to a larger region. Extension techniques have but neither developed into lasting interests. The to be based on a knowledge of the analytical structure of predominant interest in my subsequent research has the solutions in complex parameter space, even though been in astrophysical problems. My first introduction to only real values of the parameter are of physical interest. them occurred just as I was about to leave Cambridge for !e snag is that understanding this structure may lead one a postdoc at MIT. Leon Mestel, a distinguished into complex parameter space, and hence far afield from astrophysicist, had tried to interest Keith Moffatt in the original real problems. For that reason my interest investigating the process by which a gravitationally waned after Mohammad graduated in 1990, though ten unstable gas cloud fragments to form many protostars, years later I did find an interesting new application to rather than collapsing as a single mass. Realizing the polytropic models of stars. geometrical similarity of this flow to that of my cavitation problem, Keith passed the problem on to me. Although “I have been interested for a long time in the construction the two flows are quite different as to their scale and their of self-consistent models of elliptical and barred galaxies. physics, I accepted the challenge and that began my My activity in this area increased suddenly in the mid- involvement with problems first of astrophysical fluid 1980s after Tim de Zeeuw, a young Dutchman, dynamics and later of stellar dynamics. The distinguishing discovered the suitability of Stackel potentials for feature in all cases is that gravity is the dominant force. modelling elliptical galaxies. He invited me to collaborate with him in constructing self-consistent models using “I went to MIT to work with Gerry Whitham, an expert on them, and we have been collaborating ever since. 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OBITUARIES AND TRIBUTES CONTINUED models, has many more potential uses and has yet to be fully exploited. Lastly, I have begun to realize that the that reproduces the density that is needed to cause the widespread occurrence of prominent disks in galaxies gravitational field that one assumed in the first place when such as the Milky Way or S0 galaxies can induce chaos in computing the orbits. Mathematically, this requires the the orbits of stars which cross up and down through the solution of integral equations. A further challenge is to disk. These interests should keep me going for a few build models which are consistent with kinematic more years. observations of the line-of-sight velocities and dispersions “And so they did.” which are now becoming available. Like the distribution of light, the kinematics of a galaxy is also observed only in projection on the plane of the sky. The problems are We reprint with complicated by the fact that the three-dimensional shapes acknowledgements to North of most elliptical galaxies, which are seen only in London Today the following projection on the sky, may well be triaxial. My last two article kindly sent to us by Ph.D. students, Eddie Qian and Balša Terzic, both worked Mrs Mary Davies, the widow on astrophysical problems. The major contribution of of Dr John Davies (S42-44) Eddie’s dissertation was to show how contour integrals accompanied by a note can be used to provide distribution functions for saying “he was very happy at axisymmetric galaxies. His contour integral method has Aldenham”: “A much-loved been quite widely used, including in a joint FSU-Leiden and respected former East collaboration to produce a model for the galaxy M32 with Barnet GP has died at the a central black hole. Balša began as an assistant on a age of 81. John Davies died multi-student project to study bifurcations in scalefree at his home in Ravenscroft Park, High Barnet, last Friday galaxies with central cusps. Such galactic models are after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for 5 years. relevant because the increasing accuracy of observations “Dr Davies moved to east Barnet in 1967 when he joined shows how common central cusps are. Balša then went East Barnet Surgery in East Barnet Road. He and his on to construct a wide range of dynamical models for partner, Dr Malcolm Bate, worked together for 22 years at triaxial scalefree galaxies with central cusps. the practice. His daughter Susan Carlton said: “many of “My research activity gradually ground to a halt during my his patients became his friends. He was utterly six years as Chair. It was a great relief to have a six- committed to caring for them and would spend hours at a month sabbatical in Oxford in the spring of 2000, and an time with those who were elderly and on their own. He even greater one to find that my mind was still capable of was saddened by the increased bureaucracy at the end of doing mathematics. I shared an office with Wyn Evans, his career, as it meant time at a desk rather than with his who suggested that we look at some problems of patients. A lot of patients in the area know who he was, gravitational lensing. Gravitational lensing is a even though he retired in 1995, as he was the kind of phenomenon which occurs because light rays are bent doctor who would spend a lot of time at his patients’ when they pass close to a massive object such as a bedsides.” galaxy, and the light is slowed down. A consequence is “Dr Davies’ other daughter, Helen, added: “He was a that a galaxy, which happens to lie between us and a devoted father as well as a committed doctor. He worked distant quasar, can cause us to see multiple images of hard, but made sure he could take us to school before that quasar. Wyn enticed me by saying that there were getting to the surgery – we were never late and neither interesting mathematical results to be derived, and that was he. His illness was very difficult for him but, true to we would not have much competition. The second part form, he never complained. The family is immensely turned out not to be true, as one of our first results was grateful to the district nurses and Dr McElligott, who cared published by others before we got it into print. However, for him throughout his illness.” that first result led us to many others which we were the first to discover and publish. “Dr Davies was educated at Aldenham School in Elstree, Hertfordshire and studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s “I plan to remain active in research. My NSF support Hospital in West Smithfield, central London. He leaves a continues a year beyond my retirement and a great deal wife, Mary, two daughters and five grandchildren.” remains to be done. Old interests continue, and Doug Windham is working on a master’s thesis on some applications of our ideas on gravitational lensing. Mir We reprint with acknowledgements to the Daily Telegraph Abbas Jalali began working with me as a postdoc in the following obituary for Peter Goodfellow (SHE33-36): January 2003 on waves and instabilities in flat stellar “Lieutenant Peter Goodfellow, who has died aged 90, flew disks. He will help me complete work begun long ago, but with the Fleet Air Arm throughout the Second World War, which has been repeatedly interrupted. A fast and efficient scoring several victories and once ditching into the sea; method which I developed for the spectral analysis of he also witnessed the drama of aircraft being hurled into orbits, and which Balša used to construct his triaxial

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the air and sliding beneath the “After coming out of the Navy Peter Goodfellow studied waves when the carrier Ark agriculture at Reading University, then managed a farm in Royal was torpedoed the Waveney Valley before starting work as a buyer for amidships just as he was Walls Meats, covering the east of England from a base at preparing to land on her. Saxmundham, Suffolk. When Walls was reorganised, Goodfellow quickly found a similar job dealing with fruit “Goodfellow learned to fly in farmers for the banana company Geest. Tiger Moths, and in December 1940 he joined 808 naval air “His keen interest in wildlife led him to start collecting squadron in Ark Royal to fly books on the subject, a hobby which consumed the last antiquated Blackburn Skua 40 years of his life, and he used his business travels as fighter-bombers. Routine an opportunity to haunt the bookshops of East Anglia. He operations included patrols over the Atlantic in all acquired an encyclopedic knowledge of books about birds weathers; he was once forced by low oil pressure to make and corresponded widely with other collectors. In 2000 he a forced landing at North Front, Gibraltar. displayed rare items from his private collection at an exhibition in Norwich. “He then flew Fairey Fulmar fighters in intense operations in the Mediterranean against superior numbers of Italian, “Goodfellow dealt in books, under the name Carlton German and Vichy French land-based aircraft. Between Books, and the Inland Revenue twice accused him of July and August 1941 Ark Royal's aircraft shot down 15 running a business rather than pursuing a hobby. On each enemy planes; Goodfellow was credited with a share in occasion he was able to show that on ordinary accounting downing two Italian three-engined Savoia-Marchetti SM79 principles he was making a loss, and that – were he a bombers and damaging a third on July 23. business – they would owe him money. No lover of bureaucracy or officialdom, he was rather pleased with “In September he engaged an Italian SM84 bomber which these victories. was shot down by his section of aircraft, but he was forced to ditch and was rescued by a destroyer. When Ark “Goodfellow lived modestly, surrounded by his books, and Royal was torpedoed on November 13, Goodfellow was continued to fly, first with the London Gliding Club. Then, forced to fly off, short of fuel, to Gibraltar. in 1959, he helped to found the Norfolk Gliding Club, based at Tibenham. He owned an Olympia 2b and then a “Having shown himself a superior pilot, he was rested as Skylark 4. a flying instructor for six months, then sent to the merged remnants of 807 and 808 squadrons in the escort carrier “A life member of the Spitfire Association, he was a guest Battler. These provided air defence for the North African at Duxford for the fighter's 70th anniversary, having flown landings, and two Vichy aircraft were shot down, two more most of its marks. On his 80th birthday he flew his 80th damaged and others destroyed on the ground. aircraft type. “After learning the techniques of close air support, “Peter Goodfellow died on April 11. He married, in 1945, Goodfellow gave cover for the Sicily landings. He was Brenda Stevens, who died in 1969. Four years later he then again appointed an instructor, this time in the married Jill Thompson (née Nicholls), who survives him advanced flying section of the Naval Air Fighter School at with a son and two daughters of the first marriage.” Yeovilton. On July 27 1943 he was practising deck landings in a Sea Hurricane on the training carrier Argus when he snagged his tailhook and spilt into the water. Again, we reprint with acknowledgements to the “Finally he attended No 2 test pilots' course at Boscombe Daily Telegraph another Down, where he was involved in the development of obituary of a wartime naval different aircraft types. He retired from the Navy at the officer, this time a member of end of the war. the Common Room: “Vivian “Alan Peter Goodfellow was born on January 19 1919 at Cox (CR37-40), who has died Bideford, Devon, and educated at Aldenham before being aged 93, became in the apprenticed at AV Roe's aircraft factory. Preferring the course of a varied career a outdoor life, however, he went to work on an uncle's farm film producer and a gifted in Oxfordshire, and started to fly gliders with his father. schoolmaster; he also served as a wartime naval officer. “A member of the Royal Flying Corps as a teenager, his father had shared a tent with Albert Ball, the fighter pilot “In 1940, as a sub-lieutenant in the RNVR, he was picked VC, and was a founding member of the RAF in 1918. He, to work in the Admiralty War Room, and set up the floating his sister and brother held pilot's licenses in the 1930s; map room for Winston Churchill in the battleship Duke of and on the outbreak of war young Peter, his brother York. Cox subsequently accompanied the prime minister Norman (who flew in 804 and 880 squadrons) and their to Washington and, at President Roosevelt's request, father all volunteered for the Fleet Air Arm. established a similar map room in the White House.

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OBITUARIES AND TRIBUTES CONTINUED included The Astonished Heart (1949), with Noël Coward and Celia Johnson; So Long at the Fair (1950), with Jean "It is a great mercy for all mankind," Churchill remarked of Simmons and Dirk Bogarde; and Bachelor of Hearts Roosevelt in the course of a late-night conversation with (1958), with Hardy Krüger and Sylvia Syms. Cox, "that he's been called to this great office at this “For eight years from 1959 Cox worked as an independent moment in history." producer and screenwriter for Rank Studios on such titles “In 1942 Cox was appointed Junior Staff Officer (Flag as Watch Your Stern (1960), with Spike Milligan, Leslie Lieutenant) to Vice Admiral Bruce Fraser, second-in- Phillips, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Connor, and We command of the Home Fleet in the battleship Anson. The Joined the Navy (1962), with Kenneth More. following year he sailed with Fraser (by now promoted to “Between 1960 and 1976 he produced all the stage shows admiral) in Duke of York, and witnessed the sinking of the for the annual Royal Command Film Performance and Scharnhorst. hosted the royal party. He also produced a television “After the Japanese surrender, Cox was one of the first series on French regional cooking, driving through France four Allied servicemen into Tokyo at the invitation of at the wheel of his powder-blue MGB, enjoying excellent General McArthur, riding shotgun in a Jeep. food and often appearing in front of the camera as well as working behind it. “Vivian Alexander Cox was born on July 21 1915 in Bangalore, India, the son of a civil servant, and educated “In 1967 Cox returned to his old school, Cranleigh, to in Switzerland and at Cranleigh School, where he did well teach English, French and Drama. From 1975 until his on the stage and at sport as well as in class. Under the retirement in 1982, he worked with Sir Bernard Miles as direction of a young Michael Redgrave, who briefly taught administrator at the Mermaid Theatre. In 1977, for his there, he starred in Samson Agonistes, King Lear and translation of Henri de Montherlant's The Fire That Hamlet. On going up to Jesus College, Cambridge, to Consumes, he won the Laurence Olivier Award for best read English, he acted in two Footlights revues, and in new play. He subsequently translated two more plays 1937 earned a Blue for hockey and four England caps. from the French. Between 1937 and 1940 he was head of English and “Cox was president of the Old Cranleighan Society, and drama at Aldenham School. among other donations gave the school the Vivian Cox “After demobilisation in 1946, he worked at Shepherd's Theatre, opened by Sir John Mills, with a green room Bush Studios, becoming associate producer to Betty Box donated by another friend, the American entrepreneur and then a producer at Pinewood Studios. His early films Harry C Meyerhoff.”

OA NEWS HOME AND ABROAD STOLEN LION The 5ft tall carved wooden lion pictured Announcement re The History of Aldenham School above was stolen from the side of From John Edwards (Beevor’s 1946-51): “We are preparing to publish in School House some time on the 17th or 2010 an Appendix to the most recent History of Aldenham School 18th February 2009. If any OA out and (published in 1997) in order to bring it up to date. I would therefore be about spots it, the OA Office would like most grateful if any OAs who attended the School from 1992 onwards to know. would send their reminiscences to me at the following address: John Edwards 30 Park Street Windsor SL4 1LB “Alternatively, you may email your reminiscences, marked “School History – attention John Edwards”, to the OA office (email address: [email protected]), who will print them out and send them to me. “Many thanks.”`

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OA DAY 2009 FEATURING A GAUDY FOR SCHOOL HOUSE ODD & EVENS, LEEMAN’S & RIDING’S

Blessed with perfect weather, and with the School looking at its best, generations of OAs, their partners and guests, enjoyed a splendid OA Day. There was an excellent attendance from School House for the Gaudy, the Chapel resounded to some lusty singing, drinks were enjoyed on Shilling Green, and the School caterers produced a delicious lunch. The following attended:

Ian Abington (SHO55-59) Anand Lakhani (R93-98) Nick Baker (SHE76-81) Bob Milne Home (SHO57-60) Richard Bannister (SHE76-79) Simon Mitchell (K70-73) Trevor Barton (K71-75) Hanif Moledina (SHO82-87) Adam Bobroff (R97-2002) Chris Mote (SHE62-67) Dan Bond (Chaplain) Alex Murray (R2003-08) Douglas Bonn (SHE64-69) John Mustoe (SHO52-57) Malcolm Brothers (SHO40-44) Peter Norman (SHO56-60) Derick Burlingham Johnson (SHO39-41) Mark Osmond (SHO69-73) Mike Capon (SHE48-51) Ian Partington (SHE52-55) Chris Chittleborough (L98-2003) Richard Peart (SHO55-60) Jim Cockburn (SHE57-61) Warren Perks (SHE80-83) Bob Coombes (SHE44-47) Mike Phillips (SHE56-61) Robert Cowen (L96-98) Michael Platt (SHO64-68) Julian Davies (SHE76-80) Michael Powles (SHO69-74) Robin Dawson (SHE57-62) Geoffrey Prall (SHE36-40) Andrew de Moleyns (SHO57-60) Nigel Prevost (SHO49-54) Paul Dunstan (Riding's Housemaster 2005-07) Nick Pulman (Senior Master) Frank Dyson (SHO46-51) Derek Redmayne (SHE45-50) John Dyson (SHO50-55) Simon Rennie (SHO70-74) Ian Eggleden (SHE58-63) Peter Richards (SHE41-44) Mike Ewer (SHO69-73) Humphrey Roberts (SHE45-50) James Fowler (Headmaster) Frank Rogers (SHE53-58) Keith Fowler (SHO47-52) Simon Rohleder (SHO69-73) Mike Frey (SHE73-76) Robert Sentance (SHO56-61) Vishal Gadhavi (L95-2000) Indra Sikdar (SH85-90) Bill Garwood (SHO57-62) Geoffrey Smethurst (P44-48) Timothy Gent (SHO40-45) Andrew Smillie (P58-61) David Handcock (SHE76-80) Raj Solanki (L95-2002) John Handcock (SHE44-47) John Spicer (P56-59) Michael Handcock (SHE45-49) Andy Stephenson (Riding's Housemaster) Roger Handcock (SHE75-80) Derrick Swain (SHE56-60) Trevor Handcock (SHE79-84) Mike Taylor CBE (SHE56-61) Patrick Harding (L97-2002) Stephen Thomas (SHE67-70) Mark Hargreaves (SHE47-52) Anthony Thomson (SHO54-58) David Hayes (SHO63-68) John Threshie (SHO43-46) Alex Henchley (SHE77-81) Richard Thwaites (SHO44-49) Simon Heywood (SHO44-49) Charles Tubbs (SHE69-73) Michael Hirst (SHO46-50) David Vezey (SHE59-62) Simon Hunt (L90-95) Dick Vincent (SHE45-50) Charlie Irish (Leeman's Housemaster) David Watts (Riding's Housemaster 95-2002) James Jarrett (SHE53-58) John Witter (SHO49-52) Martin Jeens (SHE56-61) David Wright (SHO76-81) Jay Joshi (L96-2003) Marcus Wurtz (SHE75-80) Peter Laird (SHO56-61) Robin Wynne (SHE39-44)

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OA NEWS HOME AND ABROAD CONTINUED Robin Willoughby (P47-51) wrote to The six eminent OAs, who returned to Aldenham for the School say: “In the copy of House Gaudy, standing in front of the copy of the miniature of the Aldenham Today statue of Eros. The six were responsible for replacing the original enclosed with my with this copy after the original was stolen in 1978. Aldenhamiana I was very interested to see the picture of Verity Gosden (P2007-09) with the big drum. I thought she and others might be interested in the photo attached. It shows me in 1950 outside what was the Hall next to the old science labs. “While looking for this I also came across a photo of the Naval Corps section on a visit to HMS Duke of York in 1949 and thought this might be of interest. (Ed: Robin has started to fill in the names below. Can anyone help finish the job?) “My final mystery photo is outside the front of Paull’s House, I would think 1949 or 1950. My Lord Vincent (SHE45-50), John Handcock (SHE44-47), Michael Handcock (SHE45- 49), Michael Hirst (SHO46-50), Humphrey Roberts (SHE45-50) & Derek Redmayne guess is that we may have won a House prize for (SHE45-50) something? Perhaps someone could remind me.

Left to Right 1 2345678910 Back Row D Fowler D Prosser 2nd Row 1st Row R C Arkell J Lilly Willoughby Seated M Weisz

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memorabilia, including shooting medals won by my father (W F Henn (SH1905-11)) and an album of photographs taken during the period 1935-39. Mr Borthwick told me that he intended to use the tankards when entertaining School Praes and that the photos had provoked much interest. “After 30 years in Somerset, we moved to Oxfordshire in 1999 to be near our daughter and her family. She is Joint Master of the Warwickshire Fox Hounds and it gives us great pleasure to attend its Meets (on foot!). In spite of the spiteful Act, hunting continues to flourish in this delightful part of England.” And another OA with the Drum, with Paull’s House in the background, this time taken from the photograph album of A B G Stephen (SH13-19) which was kindly presented to the School by his son Martin Stephen (SHE49-53). The OA himself is unknown as it Left to Right are: seated James Allen (P47-49), Christopher Williams is not Mr Stephen Snr. (P46-50), John Burgess (P48-49), standing myself then??? my memory fails me!, Basil Hazlitt (P47-51) and John Prosser (P47-51). Stephen Adams (P52-56), Staying with the drum theme Brigadier Francis Henn CBE whose conscience has got (SHE34-39) wrote to the Editor: “I was intrigued to see from the better of him after 50 the photo of Verity Gosden in Issue 25 of Aldenham Today years writes: “The below will, that presumably the same Bass Drum, which (wearing a hot I hope, amuse you and a few leopard skin apron – photo enclosed) I thumped for the OTC other contemporaries of General Inspection in July 1938, continues to give service mine. I should have sent my 70 years later (this probably was the last time I carried its letter in long ago, but I not insubstantial weight as I was promoted Contingent S.M. actually seemed to lose it that September). A particular memory is of thumping it all until Richard Greig’s (P54- the way to Aldenham Church for the Armistice Day Service 57) letter prompted one to try in November 1937. During the Service I was required to sit and find it which fortunately I did. As you know, I hardly beside the Organist with the Drum and give it a good even write anything in but I love Aldenhamiana so will try thumping during the singing of the National Anthem. harder in future: “Some OAs might like to know that in 2004 I donated a copy “What a gentleman Bill Hancock (B44-48) must be. of my book A Business of Some Heat (Othello – i.ii.38) to the Although I have never met him, his interesting contribution School Library. Published that year by Pen & Sword Books, it in the November 2007 edition of Aldenhamiana (no. 35) covers the two years that culminated in Turkey’s invasion of included a bit about how his poem was published in The Aldenhamian in 1946. “If I may say so, it was an excellent piece and demonstrated my own good taste when I plagiarised it for my own contribution to The Aldenhamian in 1956. But I jest. Bill, thank you for not mentioning my name but although the ‘crime’ took place over half a century ago, it is right that my identity is now revealed, especially as I thought I got off quite lightly in 1956. There can be no excuse for what I did but, in mitigation, there was a reason. Donald Parren had set us the task of writing a poem for submission to the school magazine. As one of our class said (a bit too loudly as he got into trouble), “write a poem, do me a favour”. This echoed my own view entirely. I could no more write a poem than fly to the moon and even if I tried, it would take hours, which I simply hadn’t got. Pumped with my own self importance, I felt I had far bigger fish to fry. I was Secretary Cyprus in 1974 (throughout which period I was the UN Force’s of both football and tennis and I was swotting (!) for ‘A’ level. Chief of Staff and Commander of its British Contingent). The Times briefly noted it as “a work of significant scholarship”, “I didn’t know Donald Parren very well and was rather wary which would have surprised those who taught me at of him so as the deadline loomed large, something had to Aldenham. Earlier I had given the Headmaster (then Mr be done. A good friend (still is) said why not get an old copy Borthwick) a number of pewter tankards I had won for of The Aldenhamian and copy one from it. Brilliant, I swimming, together with various other items of Aldenham thought. I couldn’t find anything more than 10 years old but

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OA NEWS HOME AND ABROAD CONTINUED Richard Seville (K73-78) wrote to the Editor from Australia: “I have just read Aldenhamiana. It has helped to when you’re 17, 10 years seems a lifetime. It took me five pass the time while I waited for a much delayed flight. minutes to copy out and thus I felt pretty smug at having There was a lot of interesting reading. solved what was a substantial problem and it never “It was a sad issue however with the news about Michael occurred to me that it might be published. Hetherington. The valedictories were very good to read. Are there any further developments? “One can imagine my embarrassment when some months later it appeared in The Aldenhamian and much ribbing took “At the other end of the issue, there was the Eros to Eros run place. Then it was forgotten until Parren told me that the true report with some interesting writing by Alan Gelson. (Also a author had written in. I thought a beating was certain but he photo of a fit looking Editor). The Alan Gelson article brought seemed strangely amused by it and advised me to write a letter back a few memories. The reference to “minibus” and “fluids” of apology and explanation. It was only then that I realised what brought back the image of the original support group - Chris I had done and how Bill must have thought. There he was and Jenny Arkell in the school Ford transit minibus and their languishing in Suez during that ill-fated campaign when his mail unusual Skoda (?) with the extra seats at the back. arrives, including The Aldenhamian which should have lifted his “Every year I think about doing it again but it is a long way spirits. I then pictured his fury at reading his poem, attributed to to come from Australia for a run. I even recall putting my another name and complaining to his friends how some name down and having some e-mail communication with dreadful little squirt at his old school, who couldn’t be bothered you about it. Well, let me try again; put me down and I will to construct his own poem, had pinched someone else’s. try very hard to make it. “One day, Bill, when I’m next in Somerset, maybe I could buy “By the way, with modern technology you probably you a pub lunch, and round off our meal with some humble pie. accurately know the distance? I always used to think it was about 15 miles but that could have been rounded up? “Footnote: I wrote this letter after Issue 35, put it to one side and forgot about it. But Richard Greig’s contribution in “One last comment – it is amazing to think an OA was there Issue 36 prompted me to find it following his amusing at the beginning of Aussie Rules Football.” recollection of the incident. Like Bill, he is another example (Ed: re Richard’s question about news on Michael of an Aldenhamian gentleman who could have mentioned Hetherington. Sadly there is nothing more to report. No my name, but refrained.” sign of Michael or his belongings have been found. And re the Eros run – 14.5 miles or so is, I believe, the generally recognised distance.)

OXFORD EVENSONG AND DINNER – 16 MAY 2009 OAs who had attended Oxford University, members of the Richard Platt Society and OAs who live in the Oxford area were invited to join the Headmaster, his wife, and Parents when the School Chapel Choir sang Evensong in Wadham College Chapel. The Old Testament Reading was read by Lawrie Brewer (SHO59-64) who appropriately had once won the Headmaster’s Prize for Reading in Chapel. After the Evensong Service OAs joined the Headmaster for a drinks reception in the Fellows Drawing Room, followed by dinner in the magnificent Old Library. The Headmaster toasted the School and Nigel Foxell (B45-49) replied on behalf of the OAs.

From Left to Right Back Row: Headmaster, Revd Dan Bond, Will England (K75-80), Trevor Barton (K71-75), Henry Dickinson (K75-80), Tony Hunt (B49-54), Lawrie Brewer (SHO59-64), John Edwards TD (B46-51), Neil Sutherland OBE (B66-70), Ian Luetchford (B48-51), Nigel Foxell (B45-49) Middle Row: Paul Yule (SHE69-74), Francis Henn CBE (SHE34-39), Chris Brown (SHE46-51), Margaret Brown, Jane Parker, Harold Reading (P37-42), Cynthia Hunt, Norma Luetchford, John Rimer (P56-60), Jim Toogood (SHE46-51), Keith Fowler (SHO47-52), Robin Wynne-Jones (SHE39-44), Anne Foxell Front Row: Monica Henn, Charlotte Fowler, Margaret Ma (2003-05), Judi Dickinson, Lin Sutherland, Anne Rimer, Margaret Toogood

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KATHERINE HEPBURN’S LAST INTERVIEW – SIMON WORRALL (K64-69) I have (finally) joined the 21st. century and made one of my articles - Katharine Hepburn: The Last Interview - available for purchase on Kindle, Amazon's new electronic reading device. For the very affordable price of $1.49! So if you have a Kindle (you can also download the story to an I-Phone) - or know anyone with one - please go to this URL: http://tinyurl.com/l9ogvn. Kindle is an exciting new development that is going to put ownership of our words back where it belongs: with the writers, not with giant media corporations like Viacom or News International.

Tony Fawcus (M57-61) emailed with the news: “I have Robin Danvers-Glasson (P55-59): “Thank you for now retired from teaching at Pembroke School and am advising me of Peter Mason's death. I had the opportunity running a B&B and small farm down on the south coast of to thank him for what he did for me and had the pleasure of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about an hour south of Adelaide.” his reply. I find that I am really saddened that one of the (Ed - If anyone is travelling in this direction and looking for great men in my life and of my lifetime has left us.” a beautiful place to stay this could be it. The address is: A brief note from Michael Sally (SHE57-61) to say: “thank- Brooklands, PO Box 356, Port Elliot, South Australia 5212, you for thinking of informing me of the passing of Peter Australia or email [email protected]. If you look Mason. I went to Edge Grove and my parents had difficulty at the website www.brooklands.net.au there is a short in finding a Public School which would take me (my exam video.) results were atrocious). Many “names” declined, but Peter A note from David Smith (P56-61): “Many thanks for the Mason was both positive and encouraging, so the family really excellent Aldenhamiana.” was delighted. Following the sad news of Peter Mason’s death we “Peter Mason was a shining light in the world of education received a number of emails and letters from OAs: and will be remembered by many. 95 is a most respectable age to leave this world and he obviously had both a full and From Basil Maddox (SHE51-56) on learning of Peter successful life.” Mason’s death: “Thank you for the news about Peter Mason. I heard last month that my college tutor also died Allan Arthur (SHE55-60) had been promising to write to this year - at 102 years. So education offers long life, it the OA Office since the Cambridge Dinner in 2004. We are seems! delighted to receive the following from him: “Thank you for letting me know about the passing of Peter Mason, my “One of the effects of (my) old age is that to offset my failing Headmaster. I am at last moved to write my letter to you short-term memory (according to my wife I don't recall what and to send you my cheque for a chair in the Library. I think she said 5 minutes ago!) my memories of Aldenham 1951- it is called the Cecil Stott Library; it was a place where I 1956 only get sharper with time. So although Peter Mason learnt to study and to find quiet contemplation. can only be history to you, even if you did meet him, I have many memories of that man as, for better or worse, he had “Peter G. Mason, affectionately known as Piggy, was good a significant impact on who I was and who I became. to me, apart from compelling me to study Classics with brainpots Stubbs (M55-60) and Mitcheson (M55-60) and “He was an ardent classicist, so much so that when I to review his microfiche copies of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He scored 96% and 92% in my Latin A and Latin B Common was an encourager; generally he liked pupils though I fancy Entrance exams at age 12, he wrote to my father accepting he was not overkeen on parents. He taught me and many me and saying "His line is obviously Classics. Please have other School House sixth formers to make conversation at him start Greek in the summer holidays, before he comes top table by running through the alphabet. Being captain of to Aldenham". And so, disastrously, I did. Consequently to Evens meant I was allowed to play tennis with him and his this day I know no Chemistry, even though I switched to lovely daughters, but Mike Catchpole and Jo Corp were science before O-levels, it was too late. Such is the lifelong more successful than me. I was just better at tennis! impact that Headmasters can have.” However Peter Mason then helped me get to Cambridge David Miller (M50-54) wrote: “Many thanks for letting us where I spent 3 great years. I’m glad he made 95; I know know. Jock Evans once said of him: "He may not be much he will have enjoyed much and I learned at his funeral of good at Fives, but he's a crackerjack at Greek." Which his important contributions, after Aldenham, at Manchester indeed he was and of course Latin too. Not to mention Grammar School and in the international arena. French.” “In 1955 I arrived from a prep school in Lancashire and David Brewerton (M57-62): “Thank you for letting me everyone was surprised at the school, particularly me, know about Peter Mason. I remember him well and his when I won a scholarship. I still get nervous even today efforts to persuade me to take classics at A level (I when I pass the Battleaxes Inn because at that point I had disappointed him by doing maths and physics). It is sad to to prepare myself to arrive at the School for the scholarship learn of his death, but glad he made a good age after a long exam. One memory was of a praeposter called Hart who and successful life.” supervised one of the exams – I called him ‘Sir’ as he looked so old - I thought he was a teacher not pupil!

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OA NEWS HOME AND ABROAD CONTINUED the Whitbread travel scholarship. The objective was to study the Allied invasion of Normandy. We duly arrived at “Praeposters were big blokes in those days: Riley Major, Arromanches in Normandy and spent the day admiring the Fawcus, Thompson. I began life at Aldenham as a fag to wonderful exhibition there and collecting loads of one of them, R K Montgomery, Captain of Evens. He was pamphlets. Day 2 Peter said we must rush because he had OK – I can say that now. I think he was a sergeant in the made an appointment for us all in the Dordogne for CCF and he always had a broad grin particularly when he afternoon tea of macaroons and Sauterne. We spent the made me redo his blanco and his boots innumerable times. next 12 days on a fabulous wine tour through the Bordeaux That lesson taught me to do a job properly first time round. and Burgundy regions and then to Paris. We left a trail The CCF then included Major Crawshaw and Sarge – I still behind us of a shattered ‘entente cordiale’, ranging from can’t stop spitting when I mention the name of disgusted guides at French chateaux to damaged cyclists Buckingham! I am attaching a picture of school staff and on the bridge at Tours. pupils taken in 1955.

“Speaking of Montgomery reminds me of “I was Monty’s Double”. We used to have talks, recitals, films etc on a Sunday night. This guy came one Sunday and explained that during the war he had been commissioned to become Field Marshal Montgomery’s double. He had to hoodwink the Germans into believing that Monty was in Spain getting ready for the invasion to take place down there, whilst in fact preparations were being made to invade Normandy. I still remember the surreal moment at the end when he came on stage in full uniform, looking the image of the Field Marshal. “I noticed in a previous edition of Aldenhamiana that Alan Gelson rightly referred to the star staff performers at that time. Donald Parren was my amazing Housemaster – Left to Right: Roger Clitheroe (Father of Fred) Rupert Canepa-Anson (SHO55-60), Fred Clitheroe (SHE55-59) & Peter Harrington (CR49-64) you never quite knew what he was going to do or say next. He introduced me to the world of theatre; mind you “Cyril Tyson was also another guy with a beaming smile. Benson and I lost a house play competition, performing I guess Cyril knew Ron Greenwood, who used to give us Journey’s End, because the adjudicator said I shouted coaching as an Under 15 X1. Later I remember when Ron too much. Greenwood joined Arsenal and brought members of the squad to the school to play the 1st X1. I attach a picture. “Another star was Peter Harrington, the original public I recall Tommy Docherty was in the squad but is not in the school Mr Chips. I am attaching a picture of him, Rudolph picture but Mel Charles, brother of John Charles, is there in Canepa-Anson and Fred Clitheroe with whom I celebrated the centre of the back row. What an inspiration – I went on

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to captain the football team of Cath’s College and then of “I learnt from all that talented staff room, even from the an amateur side in Liverpool. Revd. Anderson, when the whole class stood to a man,

pointed at the Chaplain, and shouted “Crucify Him” during “Who could forget Bill Kennedy and his verbal Latin tests – a reading of Dorothy Sayers book “The man born to be certainly not Farnworth. Even if you thought you knew the King”. Hockey maestro David Robertson took us to the answer to Bill’s question you trembled and got ready to Oxford Hockey festival. We had an ace hockey player in duck to avoid the flying chalk rubber or the flailing ruler. U.Mohammadu; we never knew his real age but he “In the Sixth Form I shared a study with Rudolph Canepa- definitely helped us win matches! Anson and we became aware of boys sneaking off at night “Inspired by my Aldenham experience and my time at to the Busy Bee café on the Watford by-pass. We caught university I spent my working life in industry. I have been some of those “Desperate Draggers”, and they got beaten. married for 43 years, and have 2 daughters and 3 My apologies – it was not a pleasant experience for any of grandchildren. In retirement (so called), I chair the Board of us, and remains one of my saddest memories. a student accommodation business in Liverpool, I am a “Bill Hook was music master who gave me an inspiring Princes Trust business mentor and I have recently introduction to classical music. I have happy memories of instigated a transition town initiative, which is designed to oratorios, and Bill must have been playing the organ the build a more resilient community in the face of climate day Stanley Spencer brought his “Crucifixion” to the chapel. change, peak oil and other global challenges. The breweries had plenty of money in those days! My “A final photo is attached of the sixth form in 1960 when I musical claim to fame was conducting the Evens House left Aldenham. I feel so privileged to have enjoyed and to choir in Waltzing Matilda and winning the House music continue to enjoy such a happy life and I thank Peter competition. Someone said I should make people smile as Mason, his staff and all my compatriots at Aldenham for they sang, so I used a toothbrush as a baton. launching me into the world in such a special way.”

THE GOLDING SWORD The picture below was taken in the Headmaster’s Garden on Visitation Day 2009. It marks the first presentation of the Golding Sword to CCF cadet Company Sergeant Major Josh Nathan. Mr Golding, father of Mark Golding (K84- 89) and the country’s foremost military tailor, GD Golding of St Albans, generously donated the sword to be presented as an annual award to the best cadet in the Aldenham School Combined Cadet Force.

Left to Right Adam Chandler (B02-09), Sqn Ldr Stanbury, Field Marshal the Lord Vincent of Coleshill GBE KCB DSO (SHE45-50), Mr Golding, Josh Nathan (M02-09), Flt Lt Barton, Maj Russell Lewis MC (SH86- 91), The Headmaster, Maj Cockerill, WOII Albrecht.

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OA NEWS HOME AND ABROAD CONTINUED photo. As they say, the difference between Alan Marco (SHE67-72) emailed to let the OA Office know men and boys is only in his new address and added the following news: the price/size of their toys! And yes, this “I returned to Australia in August 2008. I will be coming Wright B Flyer does fly back to the UK from time to time as my mother still lives and I have been up in there. Please can you keep me informed of any future (on) it! Retirees have events. I will of course also keep up to date by entering the more fun! See web site. Should you or any other OA get to Sydney and www.wright-b-flyer.org/ need a tour guide, don’t hesitate to contact me. For the for the whole story. golfers, golf can be arranged!!!” Alan’s email address is [email protected]. “My current life in pictures also attached. Another letter from Basil Maddox (SHE51-56) who was Have a great Gaudy Re-Union on June 21st.” unable to make it to the School House Gaudy Reunion in the summer but sent the following email: “Greetings, Aldenham and OAs of my generation. Once again my annual visit to England (I live in the USA) does not coincide with an Aldenham reunion. I’ll be in the UK for a month this year, but as I will return on May 21st I'll miss the Gaudy, so this is the best I can do. "I’m sure you have lots of school pictures. I have just one, which I enclose in case you don’t have it. Soccer 2nd XI, 1955.

Back row L to R: Michael Hobbs, David Strickland, Tony Dey, John Mustill, Keith Montgomery, Basil Maddox Front Row L to R: Marcus Blake, Clive Simeons, Alan Day, Alan MacFadyen, David Orwin Brian Allnutt (M52-56) in Gooseberry Hill, Western “Some of these are still around as I have seen their pics in Australia wrote: “Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing the the magazine. To those who remember me, Hi there! photo of the McGill's Fives team on the front page of October's Aldenhamiana. When I saw those familiar faces “On reflection, Aldenham truly provided my formative years, staring out at me it was like receiving a blast from the past in that so many things I was involved with then are still with and brought back memories of great friendships and me. Soccer coaching until recently. Sailing. Tennis, which adventurous holidays on the Norfolk Broads where Johnny I still play twice a week year round. Cars – I used to run the Riley, John Saxby, Michael Nunn, myself and others hired Motor Transport squad in the CCF (which I am interested to sail boats to explore the Broads. The situations we found see has made a resurgence). Girls – well, maybe ourselves in were quite hilarious and, to say the least, Aldenham was a monastery then, but perhaps that’s why exciting. My best regards to all McGillians.” Jennifer, whom I dated in the sixth form, has now been my wife for 47 years! 5 grandchildren and counting! And on a Very recent OA Charlie MacGinty (M2005-09) was given a minor note, being secretary of the aero-modelling society small grant by the OA Society to enable him to take up the then might have seemed insignificant, but see the attached offer of a scholarship and work experience programme with

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the National Youth Theatre in the summer of 2008. He to work backstage and help out with backstage writes here of his experiences: “I truly enjoyed my time at management. This work experience on a live West End the National Youth Theatre and I am very grateful to The stage is invaluable. Another great experience we had was OA Society for the support I received. I learned an a backstage tour at The Lion King; we got to see how the enormous amount during the stage management training special effects were achieved and we got a chance to ask course and working as Assistant Stage Manager for the the stage manager any questions we wanted about the summer season. industry and the show. “The course was spaced out over two weeks and I learnt a “After the course came to an end we started to prop for our great deal from talking to professionals and stage shows. I was assigned to Tory Boyz; a show about gay Tory managers who have been working in the industry for many party members, and Ted Heath, which was the main leading years and have had lots of experience. As part of the play in the NYT season (Worlds Apart). I started sourcing preparation of props, I learned how to make all sorts of props and collecting items for the show, which was very different kinds of food from a mashed potato-like substance successful. We rehearsed the show in a court house in that can be dyed many different colours and moulded into Angel as we were not moving into the Soho theatre until we different shapes. We made a full English breakfast using had to start the technical runs. We later moved over to the the dye and mashed potato like-substance (which tasted Soho Theatre in Dean Street where we set out all the props very similar to mashed potato!). This was very interesting to and set up the stage ready for our technical rehearsal the see and experiment with. We also had a work experience next day. Our tech ran for two days where the light, sound placement and for me, this was amazing! I was given the stage and video projection all came together. We hit West End musical Avenue Q which was so exciting. I got successfully made it through the tech on the second day

With acknowledgements to the Daily Telegraph GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED: METHANOL-FUELLED MERCEDES MONSTER

Jenson Button and Tony Dron (P59-64) shared driving duties in a Classic Mercedes Grand Prix racer from 1934. Nobody can remember when the piercing, spooky whine of a 350bhp Mercedes-Benz W25 supercharger was last heard. However, anyone at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend, when one was in full cry after decades of silence, will surely never forget that sound. It was driven twice by Brawn GP's Jenson Button, providing a distinctly novel experience for the current F1 World Championship leader. Jenson enjoyed himself despite never having experienced any kind of vintage machine before, let alone this 1934 Grand Prix single- seater with "crash" gearbox, no differential, drum brakes, skinny tyres and that supercharged straight-eight which runs on methanol, smells of marzipan and is somewhat tricky to use. The fact that the throttle pedal is on the left of the brake is not the only problem. Restored last winter by the factory's Classic department, this is the actual Mercedes-Benz which Manfred von Brauchitsch took to victory in the 1934 Eifelrennen race, when that whine echoed memorably around the mountainous Nürburging for the first time. It was the first of the legendary "Silver Arrows" Grand Prix cars. Mercedes-Benz brought a mighty fleet to Goodwood, including two even more powerful GP models from 1937 and 1939. I had the immense privilege of driving all three up Goodwood's hillclimb, along with Jochen Mass, while Jenson took the wheel of the W25 on the Sunday. Sitting bolt upright in these cockpits, getting that strange whiff of methanol, you surge away with wheels spinning. The W25, dominant in 1934, was obsolete by 1936, outpaced by rival Auto Union. Mercedes-Benz fought back effectively. These Silver Arrows may look similar but don't be deceived: technology leapt forward dramatically from 1934 to 1939. People asked me whether I advised Jenson on driving the W25. Well, I did suggest that the central throttle would be no problem on the hill but he might kill a few people in the paddock if he relaxed afterwards. He had no such trouble.

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OA NEWS HOME AND ABROAD CONTINUED it to affect him personally. As a result, when the call came to tell him that he’d been identified as a Reading Hero, and and even finished early. We then made our way back to that he should present himself at Number 10 Downing Halls of Residence in Highgate, where we were all staying Street to receive his award, he thought it was a joke. “I and got to sleep early as we had the dress rehearsal and made them email me,” he recalls, shaking his head and opening night the next day. Day three in Soho dawned and laughing at himself. “I didn’t believe them at all…”. It we all got on the bus and made our way to Soho early that transpired that Jermaine’s Head of Faculty at Harefield morning. We started our dress rehearsal and it ran very Academy had put his name forward, in recognition of his smoothly and there were no hiccups at all which was great. commitment to encouraging his pupils to read for pleasure. Our opening night was a great success with Ian McKellen, “It’s good to be acknowledged,” admits Jermaine, still who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there to surprised that the work he does with pupils should be watch it. Many other celebrities and VIPs came to watch the thought out of the ordinary. show including David Cameron and a Dead Ringers star “Jermaine Daley is not your average reader; in fact, he who impersonates Tony Blair and George Bush; even confounds more than one stereotype. Young (just 31), Gordon Brown showed up to support the play. Our press black, he has a degree in Theology from Westminster night was our third performance. This caused a lot of stress College, Oxford, coaches football at the academy and and made every one nervous as the audience filled with plays countless other sports including Eton Fives. In the members of the press. The performance went well and our face of all the surveys and statistics that tell us that black reviews in the Metro, Times and the Guardian were so boys don’t achieve, and that teachers constantly set the bar positive that we were given a 3 star rating. The other NYT too low, Jermaine Daley stands up to be counted. Twice. show came into the programme later in the season and He’s a black man who clearly has achieved, and who, as a when it closed, Tory Boyz finished off the season in Soho teacher, sets the bar at a height that makes a difference. with a standing ovation on our last night. The whole eight week experience was the chance of a lifetime, and I am now “Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human applying to Guildhall, Central School and Mount View to Rights Commission, observed a couple of years ago, that follow a degree in Technical Theatre.” “a black boy who does not see a black person like himself in a position of authority in the classroom doesn't know how Clive Snow (P55-58) emailed with his new address. He to be a man.” If that’s true – and it seems perfectly says: “We’re now living on a farm in New Zealand which reasonable – then it is vital that the work of men like you can see if you log on to www.waiwhenua.co.nz or you Jermaine Daley is publicly recognised. A generation of can Google our address (746 River Road, R D 9, Hastings pupils – black boys and others – at Harefield have what it 4179, New Zealand) on Google Earth - Maps and can see is to be a man demonstrated to them on a daily basis. And how far into the hills we are. I couldn’t think of anything what they see, I venture, is what Jermaine is, completely worse than 'suburbia' after our recent life, firstly in the Bay unadulterated. This award may have resulted from the Year of Plenty and then cruising for three years. We also have a of Reading, but he would have deserved it anyway. very nice Dufour yacht up in the Bay of Islands (north of Auckland) which could be available for any keen sailors “He reads constantly, both for personal pleasure (he’s just that manage to get down this way. finished Conn Iggulden’s Wolf of the Plains, which he rates highly; he loves historical fiction in general, and Greco- ”If you want to get in touch with Clive his email address is Roman history in particular) and to approve books for the [email protected]. school library. He has great faith in the ability of young James Palmer (P95-2002) is now the Principal Horn player adults to cope with a wide range of reading material that with Irish National Orchestra. reflects and challenges their life experiences. Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses – “every teenager We reprint with should read it” – wins his approval. So does Jennifer acknowledgements to Donnelly’s A Gathering Light. Optima magazine their recent article, Bringing “He doesn’t … sssh, quiet now… rate JK Rowling. “I’m not The Printed Page Alive, a fan,” he says, almost apologetically. He proposes Ursula featuring Jermaine Daley le Guin as an alternative; le Guin’s Earthsea books were (L91-96): “Projects like the first that ‘spoke’ to Daley when he was a teenager. A the National Year of teacher whom he respected pointed him towards A Wizard Reading (2008) come and go in a blaze of glory – but, if of Earthsea… and his life changed. “I had a rapport with the they’re to make any real difference, then the activity they lead character,” he explains, with zealous light in his eyes, generate needs to carry on at grassroots level. Jill Glenn “I ‘got’ him, I understood him.” After that Jermaine became, meets Northwood man Jermaine Daley – a “Reading Hero” almost overnight, a voracious reader, looking for more who’s constantly challenging his pupils. books in which he could recognise himself, and find ways to understand his life. He needed, he thinks, something “As a teacher of English and Religious Studies, and an other than football and cricket – although he kept the two enthusiastic reader, Jermaine Daley was aware of last strands of his life separate. No reading on the team coach. year’s Year of Reading campaign… but he hadn’t expected

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“It’s his own experience of leading a non-reading life as a “They say, ‘don’t give me another book’,” he laughs. young teenager that makes him sensitive to the I suspect he takes no notice of them, though. Books, I experiences of his own pupils today. Girls, he believes, do imagine, are at the top of Jermaine’s list of Christmas gifts read, but secretly. Boys, on the whole, don’t – although he’s to get and to give. And he loves discovering that his cousins changing that. have already read a book he’s trying to recommend to them. “It’s great to have someone at home to talk to about “He’s keen on capitalising on their existing enthusiasms. If reading.” they’re into football, and reading Match, Jermaine encourages them to move up to FourFourTwo; if sport isn’t “He’s shyly proud of his Number Ten experience. “I was their thing, but they’re looking at tabloid newpapers or basic trying to be casual about it, and then I realised… this is men’s magazines, he suggests GQ or Esquire – “and quite special.” What did he love the most? “Walking up the reading the articles fully…”. He wants them to read complex stairs, past all those portraits… Pitt the Elder, and so on. sentences, and to expand their vocabulary. And they know Thinking ‘I remember you from school’.” And of course he that’s what he’s after, even coming to him with something got talking to the other Reading Heroes… finding out what they’ve just finished, saying, “Look at this, sir, this has got they were doing, why they were there. “It was good to meet complex sentences in it.” They stop him in the corridors to others, getting more ideas on how to read… how to report “I’ve finished that book already, sir.” Quite something encourage reading.” from children who often join Harefield with unformed tastes, “Talking about reading clearly rocks his world, and the or, in Jermaine’s view, inferior reading experiences. energy of the man is exhausting. He speaks rapidly, laughs “I sense he’s trying hard to be even-handed, here, not easily. I can hardly take notes fast enough. wanting to criticise the primary schools that turn out “The only time he’s stumped – and even then it’s only for a youngsters whose reading material extends no further than moment – is when I ask him to name his five favourite Horrible Histories and Tracey Beaker. He loves coaxing books. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mocking Bird comes to his pupils beyond that, though. “I want them to read books mind first, although he stresses that his list is in no because they’re good, to find personal pleasure in them, particular order. Then there’s A Wizard of Earthsea, of not just because they’re well-known, or a film tie-in.” course, plus Tolkien; he wants “all of Tolkien” on his list, but “Despite his ambition for his pupils, he’s quite realistic about when I point out that that’s not quite in the spirit of five what’s possible. “You have to love the classics to want to faves, he narrows it down to The Silmarillion. He nominates read the classics”, he acknowledges, and he doesn’t force The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean, too – “a anyone. He’s not pretentious, and I suspect that’s what helps beautiful book” – and I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton him get through to reluctant youngsters. He’s instigated a De Trevino, about the slave to the painter Velasquez. ‘two-and-a-half week rule’; if they can’t get into something by “Whatever it is that’s running through Jermaine Daley’s then, they’re allowed to abandon – and try something else. veins, they should bottle it, and give it to small boys “His younger cousins read now, as a result of his intravenously. It would make the world a much better place.” enthusiasm, but his older brothers remain unconverted.

AXFORD REGIONAL LUNCH – 20 MAY 2009

OAs living in the South West of England were invited to join the Headmaster for a very enjoyable regional lunch at the Red Lion Inn near Axford. This is the second time we have held a regional lunch here, and although it has changed hands since the lunch in 2005 the food is still very good and the location very convenient for many OAs living in this part of the country. We will try and get further west again sometime – we promise! Simon Mundy, who attended Merchant Taylors before moving to Aldenham, wore his OMT tie, and reminded the Headmaster they had been at School there together! Left to Right Back Row: John Crownshaw (K64-66), Nicolas Leigh-Hunt (M59-64) Peter Goodchild (B52-57) Middle Row: Jeremy Hawkins (B49-52), Simon Mundy (M80-82), Roger Murray-Leach (B56-60), Philip Chippindale (SHE63-66), Paul Dawkins (SHO64-69) Front Row: Jehn Edgley (SHE57-62), Tony Engel (56-59), Elizabeth Hawkins, Aleck Lankester (M38-41), Headmaster, Frank Rogers (SHE53-58), Peter Carr (M54-58)

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CALLING ALL OLD BOYS OF ST MARTIN’S SCHOOL, NORTHWOOD The School is setting up a database of Old Boys and is keen to have details of as many former pupils as possible with a view to organising reunions. Please log on to the Old Boys Area of the School website (www.stmartins.org.uk) or telephone Patricia Tidmarsh at the School on 01923 825740. If you know anyone else (perhaps work colleagues, neighbours or relations) who used to attend the School please ask them to let us have their details too.

John English (P43-48) emails: “Hello OAs: Why are the happily, permanently. Rather a large target audience since British so damned reticent? I just spent an hour updating my the World Health Organization (WHO) mentions that there info in the OA Database and took a look at the names listed are about 1,300,000,000 (that's 1.3 billion in US-speak) under 1948...the year I "graduated" from Aldenham. I think I smoking adults in the World....about 25%. And of those it am the only one who has given out his website, phone etc seems about 70% want to quit but fail. Until Now! and not hidden it from view! I would welcome contact with “So if you feel inclined to save a life...your own or someone any OAs interested in a brief chat by email, or if anywhere else's who smokes, do drop into my website at near where we live, a phone call and come on over for a visit outskirtspress.com/stopsmokingwithoutquitting. and if you and a laugh about (very) old times. dob 1930. should be daring enough to buy the book, please go to “We are still in Canada, though we now enjoy the winter Amazon after you've read it and write a short review. I'd be months at our Florida home. No more snow for me, if I can perfectly happy with 5-star rating, naturellement. Let's hear avoid it. from some of you reticent OAs and we can swop a few lines. “Just recently I changed from a budding- to a published- “.....and if you feel inclined, this letter can go into the school author....my book is titled KILL THE ADDICTION, and is magazine, OAs section or wherever, so that some of my old rendered more mysterious by the sub-title STOP buddies can get in touch. SMOKING: WITHOUT QUITTING ! Actually it is no fiction, John’s email address is [email protected]. but a serious, new, breakthrough method for smokers who CANNOT quit to become smoke-free in a few days, easily,

WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO TPI (TOTAL PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL) TONY LAURENSON - EAT TO THE BEAT AT 25

The catering business founded by Tony Laurenson (M71-75) in February 1984 continues to go from strength to strength, keeping production crews fed and watered all around the world. TPi meets the main man as he celebrates the company’s silver anniversary... After scooping the Favourite Catering Company accolade for the seventh consecutive year at the TPi Awards 2009 in February, one might forgive Eat To The Beat for sitting back and smelling the roses. It only takes five minutes in managing director Tony Laurenson’s company, however, to realise that he and his team are as feisty as they ever were. Twenty-five years ago, when tour catering was still very wet behind the ears, Laurenson founded Eat To The Beat — the name suggested by Hot Chocolate’s Patrick Olive — and hit the road with his first two clients, Joe Jackson and Iron Maiden. Part of the Global Infusion Group (G.I.G., geddit?), Eat To The Beat has expanded over the years from its humble origins into a global enterprise, occupying a purpose-built facility in Watford, UK since 1989 (which has grown from 5,000ft2 to 40,000ft2), a US base in Studio City, California and, more recently, operations in Qatar, Dubai and China. In the rock’n’roll world, Eat To The Beat (ETTB) has a client list that’s a veritable Who’s Who of the touring industry, from Amy Winehouse to ZZ Top, and scores of names in between, not to mention film, TV, high profile festivals (Download, Glastonbury, Hyde Park Calling, Lollapalooza and the Transatlantic V/Virgin Festivals) and streams of one-off events. A36030 Aldenhamania:ALDENHAMIANA28.QXD 30/9/09 12:55 Page 41

“5.55” ON 08.08.08

Michael Goodman (M44-1948) sent the item below accompanied by the note: “on receiving my copy of Aldenhamiana I realised I had forgotten to send you a report of the latest reunion of the “5.55” group from McGill’s. So here it is plus photo to include in the next issue, whenever that is. “McGill’s (Gaudy Reunion Day 22nd June 2008 – Aldenhamiana No. 36 Pg 20-21) is still in the news! “Those who gathered together every 11 years after they left McGill’s in 1948 (as recounted from time to time in these pages) had another of their reunions on 08.08.08. Having met on 6th June, 1966, 7th July, 1977, 8th August, 1998 and 9th September, 1999 we decided it would be too long to wait for 10th October, 2010, so we met for lunch in London on 05.05.05 (Aldenhamiana No. 32, Feb 2006 pg. 13). Sadly since then two of our number Keith Frew and John (‘Charlie’) Moore have died and some, like Bryan Keatley and Jill Cox, have found the distance too much. “However, undaunted by the march of time, no fewer than 11 of us (we have included wives since 1988) met once again, sixty years after we left school for a very convivial lunch at Tim and Joan Law’s delightful home in Godalming on 08.08.08. The others present were John (‘Sos’) and Janet Sainsbury, Nigel (‘Nippy’) and Barbara Jane Schollick, Derek (‘Jimmy’) and Joy James, Peggy Frew and Michael (‘Benny’) Goodman and my wife Pat as can be seen from the photograph taken by one of Tim and Joan’s daughters, both of whom helped to organise the event. As usual our former Housemaster, WH ‘Bill’ Kennedy, sent us his greetings. The Aldenham Grace was said before and after lunch, even if my Latin pronunciation is not quite what it once was! Nigel Schollick who suffered a stroke in January (and sadly died in December), stood up at the end of the meal and with great fortitude thanked our hosts for arranging lunch in their house and proposed their healths. “As someone remarked when discussing when we should meet again, at this rate we shall soon become a monthly lunch club!”

Sir David Mitchell (P42-45) has recently written his merchants? (And when did a minister last resign to spend autobiography. We reprint here, with acknowledgements to more time with the family business?) The Times, Sir George Young’s musings on the memoirs of “This is a well-researched book that brings home just how this MP-cum-wine merchant.: “Sir David Mitchell, who was much politics has changed. When he first stood, David held an MP from 1964 to 1997, has recently written his 58 public meetings in the constituency. As his successor in autobiography, From House to House: one house being North West Hants, I held two in the last election. He recalls, vintner Vintage House, from which he ran El Vinos; the when he went to his first garden party at Buckingham other being the House of Commons. Palace, in his morning suit, he had no top hat. He was “Politics and alcohol can be dangerous bedfellows, but not saved from sartorial embarrassment by Enoch Powell who, in David’s case. He combined a long and successful career as he left, lent David his topper. in politics with an equally successful career in the wine This year, those in morning suits were in a minority. And, in trade. He recounts introducing himself at a wine-tasting the acknowledgements, there is a tribute to the lady who session as “a wine merchant, who moonlights as an MP”. deciphered his handwriting, and typed and retyped the During the buffet between the tastings of red and white, he chapters. His successor, if he ever writes a book, will do it was approached by a resident of Basingstoke who on a laptop. introduced himself as a constituent. David prefaced the second half of his talk by saying he was “an MP who “I had forgotten that Tony Benn was expelled from the moonlighted as a wine merchant”. privileges committee, until I read of the incident in the book; and David modestly shares with us his failures as a With more and more MPs being full-time, the book shows minister, as well as his successes. Cab-sharing was the advantages of an MP having one foot in the commercial legislated for by him, but has never really taken off. world, as well as a foot in the chamber. David helped to shape government policy towards small businesses – “There is a perceptive chapter on Northern Ireland, where would he have done so as effectively had he not been joint David was a minister in the troubled 1980s, and a readable managing director and chairman of El Vinos wine summary of the history of the Channel Tunnel, the

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“I showed James the group photo I have of our housemaster, David Wallace-Hadrill and the first intake into legislation for which he piloted through the House. David Kennedy’s (I think I could name most of the faces), and of also takes the reader in his camper van to France and the school sailing team, me as captain with James to my Spain, round the chateaux where he purchased wine, and right. We had an unbeaten season that year and had some round the restaurants chosen for his discerning palate. great times together, always taken to our matches by Arthur Hearnden, my French teacher, in his Morris Traveller. Such “The text is filled with anecdotes, many of them still doing a delightful man and I’m sure it was my fault I only got an the rounds in North West Hants. The political gene runs ‘E’ at A Level….though now I’m fluent! strongly in the Mitchell family – his great grandfather was an MP, his grandfather was Lord Mayor of London, and son “And we talked a bit about Simon Worrall’s article published Andrew is the MP for Sutton Coldfield. in The Times and later in Aldenhamiana about the tensions in the school following the filming of Lindsay Anderson’s “If” “David comes over in the book as a decent and at the school. I well remember Paul Griffin, who as unassuming man, and a highly competent minister. One for Headmaster suffered the ensuing criticism, as a benign and the Christmas stocking, this.” smiling person who taught us a short course in philosophy Last year Andrew Hicks (K63-66), who lives most of the which I found totally inspiring. The Sixties were difficult year in Thailand, contacted the OA Office and they were times with old certainties in the shredder and I can now see able to put him in touch with his school friend James how, from his bitter experience of war, he looked primarily Blackburn (B&K61-65). Andrew and James met this year for stability and order through discipline when the school’s at James’s home in Sherborne. Andrew writes to thank the collective interest seemed to be under threat from what he OA Office: “Thanks so much for putting me in touch with saw as rampant individualism and selfishness. James Blackburn, my contemporary in Kennedys House. “It’s interesting though how David Wallace-Hadrill, despite Early in May on a visit to UK from Thailand with my wife, his traditional background as a school master’s son and Cat, we were able to visit him and Deborah at their cleric, was better able to respond to and deal with the turmoil delightful home near Sherborne, Dorset for lunch and to of the times. We ate all our meals in house with David and share more than eighty years of each others’ experiences Vera, his wife, and they treated us as adults and I recall that we’d missed out on since we last saw each other on many stimulating discussions where he challenged us with leaving school. his strong liberal socialist views. As he put it, there were to be no specific rules in Kennedy’s, just a single principle that we were all to behave in a humane and civilised manner towards each other and that, I think, worked pretty well. He didn’t even try to conceal from us that he found the more reactionary views in the common room on how to run the school in troubled times highly frustrating. “On a list of the people who have been an important influence in my life, he is the one who gave me the confidence to aspire to university, I would place him right at the top. Having since had a career as a lecturer in law at universities on three continents, this School Sailing Team 1966 encouragement was pretty Back Row: Ramsay Farran (K62-67), Simon Barrington (M&K62-67), ? pivotal for me. Front Row: James Blackburn (B&K61-65), Andrew Hicks (K63-66), Simon Finch (K62-67) “So now I’m retired and living Ramsay Farran is a lost OA, if anyone knows his whereabouts the OA in Thailand as a writer both of Office would like to hear from you. Andrew & Mrs Hicks fiction and non-fiction, while “After living under the same roof and knowing someone so James has bought a yacht in well, it’s fascinating to know what they have made of their Grenada and in May was planning the great adventure of lives. The school was a tight little community but we bringing it back to UK through the Caribbean and looking certainly both spread our wings and between us have lived forward to a life afloat with his family. I’ve just heard that and worked on all continents of the world except Australia, they safely reached Portland in Dorset early in August and where I have travelled extensively. And between us we’ve that the boat is now on the Frome River for a thorough refit. managed seven children, including my latest (adopted, “ So thanks again. It really was great being put in touch aged four), so life has been full for both of us. and seeing him again.”

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Last but not least, the final OA Events in the 2008/2009 The first dinner, was a small gathering in Singapore on 7th school year were two dinners in Asia. The Headmaster and July of the Headmaster, Dr Fowler and three OAs. The his wife, Dr Charlotte Fowler, took the opportunity of being second was a splendid dinner in the Kuala Lumpur Hilton in Singapore for a conference, the 9th World Convention of Hotel on 8th July with 32 OAs and guests when they were the International Confederation of Principals 2009, to meet honoured to be joined by OA HRH the Yang di-Pertuan OAs living in that part of the world. Besar of Negri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir and his consort HRH Tunku Ampuan Besar.

SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR

Left to Right: Mark Golding (K84-89), Dr Charlotte Fowler, Nambi Left to Right: Dr Charlotte Fowler, James Fowler (Headmaster), Viswalingam (K74-76), Headmaster, Delphine Cobham, Matthew HRH Tuanku Muhriz, HRH Tunku Ampuan Besar Cobham (SH85-89)

OAs who attended the Kuala Lumpur dinner were: Rosli Ghazalli (P72-74) Azman Abu Bakar (P68-72) Hizwani Hassan (M81-86) Razman Abu-Zarim (P72-74) Chang Ngee Hui (B74-75) Fess Azmi (M84-85) Tat Ngee Koh (K75-80) Reza Azmi (M84-89) Cheng Lee (SHO80-81) Azreen Aznan (M87-92) Frank Ling (B71-72) Jason Cham (K85-89) Shan Muhriz (SHO62-66) Kin-Meng Chan (M93-95) Girish Nayar (K85-87) Clive Gessing-Richardson (B66-70) Shahriman Shamsuddin (P82-87) Jason Tay (B91-93)

THE OA SOCIETY COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, THE OA SOCIETY MEMBERS -- TELL US WHAT MORE YOU THINK THE SOCIETY CAN DO FOR YOU……….. DIFFERENT EVENTS? INFORMATION? OA REGALIA? PLEASE LET US KNOW! YOU CAN WRITE TO THE OA OFFICE WHO WILL BRING YOUR MESSAGE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE.

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SPORTS CLUB OFFICERS AND SECRETARIES

Football OA SOCIETY Club Captain: Paul Hubbard President: Mike Taylor mobile: 07788 536679 c/o Aldenham School Elstree e-mail: [email protected] Hertfordshire WD6 3AJ Captain 2nd Xl: Nick Baker

mobile: 07876 567798 Hon. Secretary: Frank Rogers email: [email protected] Carisbrooke Cottage Millmere Veterans Football Mill Lane Mark Cox Yately Hants Email: [email protected] GU46 7TQ Alex Henchley e-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Hon. Treasurer: Richard Peart Golf Strathyre Hon. Secretary: Ian Eggleden Hadley Green 119 Constitution Hill Barnet Norwich Herts NR6 7RN EN5 4PS office: 01277 695852 Email: [email protected] mobile: 07789 030381 e-mail: [email protected] FREEMASONRY The Old Aldenhamian Lodge, No. 4884 (founded 1926) Cricket Master: F E Burlingham Johnson Captain and Hon. Secretary: Hanif Moledina The Old Aldenhamian Lodge, which exists primarily for home: 01923 229349 past members of Aldenham School, its Governors and mobile: 07710 239295 its teaching staff, present and past, meets at 10 Duke e-mail: [email protected] Street, St James’s, London SW1 on the second Wednesday in January, the first Wednesday in March, and the third Wednesday in June and October.Full Fives particulars of the Lodge can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary: Josh Rose Secretary:-B S Tan, 5 Busch Close, Park Road, Chelbury Isleworth, Middx TW7 6UE 59 Beech Avenue Home: 020 8580 2966 RADLETT Herts WD7 7DD Mobile: 07798 792590 e-mail: [email protected]

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OLD ALDENHAMIAN SOCIETY ANNUAL DINNER 2009 at Aldenham School on Friday 20th November 2009 7.00pm (for 7.30pm) to 11.00pm

Principal Guest and Speaker

The Headmaster, James Fowler MA

WIVES, HUSBANDS and PARTNERS ARE ALSO INVITED DRESS BLACK TIE or LOUNGE SUITS TICKETS COST £35 PER PERSON

or at the special discounted rate of £25 per person for those under 30 on the day of the Dinner (Includes a half bottle of wine, 3 course dinner & coffee)

If you would like details of local taxi firms for transport from and to the station please contact the OA Office. ------ Please complete and return this form together with your cheque made payable to “Old Aldenhamian Society” to: I G Luetchford, Esq., 41 The Rise, Elstree, Herts WD6 3JS

Name, house and dates at Aldenham: ....…………………….…………………………......

Address: ……………………………………………………………………......

………………………………………………………………...... Post Code: .………………......

Telephone No: ……………………...... e-mail address: ….…………....……......

I would like ……...... tickets for the Dinner at £35 per ticket

I would like ……...... …. tickets for the Dinner at £25 per ticket

and enclose a cheque for £…………......

Please indicate if you have any special dietary requirements

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Old Aldenhamian Society ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

6.00 pm on Wednesday 10th March 2010 in the Whitbread Room at the School

AGENDA

1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the 2009 AGM 3. Matters Arising 4. Election of Officers (Hon Treasurer & Hon Secretary) 5. Election of Committee Members 6. President’s Report 7. Headmaster’s Report 8. Honorary Treasurer’s Report 9. Constitutional Change – Update 10. Web Site Report 11. Aldenhamiana 12. OA Charities - Update 13. OA Day 2009 & 2010 14. Annual Dinner 2009 & 2010 15. Election of Honorary Members 16. Register & History - Update 17. Handover of Presidency 18. Any Other Business 19. Next Meeting

Followed by a Buffet Supper for OAs and their guests, for which there will be no charge, at 7.30 pm.

If you are unable to attend the meeting you are welcome to attend the Supper only Please park in the School Yard. ------ If you plan to attend the meeting and / or the supper please complete and return this form to the OA Office, Aldenham School, Elstree, Herts WD6 3AJ UK or email [email protected]

Name, house and dates at Aldenham: …………………………………….…………………………......

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………......

………………………………………………………………...... ….Post Code: .………………......

Telephone No: ……………………...... …… e-mail address: …………………………....……......

I shall attend the AGM / Supper / both, and will bring ...... guests to the supper.

Please indicate if you have any special dietary requirements

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OLD ALDENHAMIAN DAY Sunday 27th June 2010

OAs from all Houses are welcome on OA Day and are invited to lunch. OA Day 2010 will additionally feature a Gaudy Reunion for BEEVOR’S HOUSE and Beevor’s OAs will be sent an invitation in the post. Please could OAs from all other Houses fill in and return the form below.

10.30 am Coffee 11.30 am Chapel 12.30 pm Drinks Reception on Shilling Green 1.00 pm Lunch 3.30 pm Cup of tea, and carriages.

Please come for all or part of the day and bring your wife / husband / partner

------ If you were not in Beevor’s House please complete and return this form to The OA Office, Aldenham School, Elstree, Herts WD6 3AJ by Tuesday 1st June 2010.

Name, house and dates at Aldenham: …………………………………….…………………………......

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………......

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Telephone No: ……………………...... …… e-mail address: …………………………....……......

I will bring a guest(s) whose name(s) is/are:...... ………………………………………………………

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STANDING ORDER AUTHORITY Old Aldenhamian Society, Voluntary Membership Subscription

Full Name: …………………………………….…………………………......

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………......

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Telephone No: ……………………...... …… e-mail address: …………………………....……......

I would like to make a Voluntary Membership Subscription to the Old Aldenhamian Society of £ ...... each year.

Starting on (date at least one month ahead): ………………………………………

until further notice OR for a period of : ...... years

Your Bank Details:

Name(s) of account Holder(s): ……………………………...... ………………………………...... ….....

Bank name: .……………...... ………………………………...... ………………………………......

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Account no: …...... …………………...... Sort Code: ...... /...... /......

Please Pay:

Name: Old Aldenhamian Society Bank: National Westminster Bank PLC Branch: 72/74 High Street, Watford, Herts WD1 2BQ Account No: 48759414 Sort Code: 60-00-08

Please debit my/our account accordingly.

Signature: ...... Date: ...... /...... /......

For OA Office and Bank use only

Bank please quote as Ref: ......

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