June 2010 N0. 56 OLD SUTTONIANS NEWSLETTER OS Interview John Haynes (1956 M) In this issue: Founder and Publisher of “The Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals” (commonly known as “Haynes Manuals”).
Born in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) on 25th March 1938, the son of a Tea Planter whose es - Charlie Fermor Page 3 tate was near Kandy, I went to the only preparatory European up-country boarding school outside of Colombo, the Hill School in Nuwara Eliya at the side of a large lake. Continued on page 2
Marriages Page 20
Reunion Page 4
OS News Page 5 Cricket News Page 30 Awards Page 4 Dates for your Diary Page 32
John H. Haynes OBE standing by a 1931 Duesenberg Model J Derham Tourster in 2009
Information A member of the United For information about Sutton Valence School, please contact: Westminster Schools’ Foundation Registered Charity No. 309267 • the Admissions Office at Sutton Valence on 01622 845206 or email [email protected] Founded in 1576 by William Lambe • Sutton Valence Preparatory School on 01622 842117 or email [email protected]
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Normally driven to church on a Sun - agreed to make the money available to cial", printed on a Gestetner duplicator day in an old vintage Hotchkiss bus, me early as they approved of the task I with drawings by myself on the wax sten - once we had to walk and was most ex - had set myself. cils. A total of 250 copies were run off, cited to find that the lake road had been hand folded and stapled, and priced at 5 closed for a sports car race. MG's and I paid £15 for my Austin Seven to a shillings (25p) per copy; the entire stock other sports cars slid and sprinted Mr. Smith in a scrapyard in Kingswood sold out in 10 days during the summer through the corners in a glorious ca - near Sutton Valence, and he kindly took of 1956 after another small advertise - cophony of sound and speed! This to - the steel body off giving me just the run - ment in "Motor Sport", and I was on my tally sealed my interest in everything to ning chassis. The blacksmith at Sutton way! I then published many more books do with motoring, especially sports cars, Valence flattened the springs and after resulting in being able to take the com - as a highlight every day on Father's Es - various other technicalities, including pany I had formed in 1960, J.H. Haynes tate was being driven around it to the rebuilding the engine myself. I built a & Co. Ltd., public with a full listing on factory and tea fields in his Morris new body from ash and wood retaining the London Stock Exchange in 1979. Minor. just the original bonnet and radiator, and the end result was a quite pleasing In 1985 I created the Haynes Interna - At school I started in Bennett under sporty-looking car. tional Motor Museum, a charitable the excellent housemaster, Mr. Blatch - trust, at Sparkford in Somerset which ley-Hennah (ex-staff 1946-1953), and When I was 17, I decided to sell the now contains over 400 cars and motor - then went on to St. Margaret's. Having car as it would have been impractical to cycles. soon found out that I was useless at run it on normal roads, and when a two sports such as Rugby and Cricket, my line advertisement created an amazing I am ever grateful to the staff and Housemaster, Mr. MacIlwaine (ex staff response of over 150 replies, I sold the Masters at Sutton Valence School for 1950-1976), very kindly let me skip car and had an idea. letting me pursue my interest at school, games to concentrate on building some - without which this first booklet would thing called an Austin Seven Special in Having had a marvellous art and car - never have been printed, and naturally the carpentry shop adjacent to the tuck pentry teacher, ‘Daz’ Symonds, and hav - as a result two of my three children, shop, then in front of the Fives court ing been lucky enough to win the senior J.J.(John Haynes, 1985 M) and Chris (now demolished and replaced by art prize 3 years running (one being for (Christopher Haynes, 1991 M), went to Maths/ICT teaching block – Editor). the biography of William Morris, Sutton Valence for their education, and "Wheels to Fortune"), I decided that I amusingly enough both of them got into In 1953, with nearly all UK sports cars should write and publish a complete set the Rugby First 15, one of them being being exported to the USA, enthusiasts of instructions on how I built my Austin captain in 1991 in his third year in the were building their own open 2-seater Seven Special. A 48 page booklet re - First 15. sports cars by taking the steel saloon sulted, "Building an Austin Seven Spe - body off an old 1930's Austin Seven and using the A frame chassis, suspension and running gear constructing an open ash frame aluminium 2-seater body in its place. Having done this, in 1954 with the car finished I had great fun driving it around BM and the other school play - ing fields. Early on the wife of my Housemaster asked for a ride. As we drove over the grass I was horrified to see that the button which popped out from the dashboard to indicate oil pres - sure was slowly dripping oil on to her pleated white skirt. Stopping in a hurry she was very sweet about it, saying how much she had enjoyed the drive!
I was able to build the car as my God - father had left me a legacy of £100 which wasn't to be touched until I was 21, but my parents (then living in Ceylon) kindly John H. Haynes at the wheel of his Austin 7 Special at Sutton Valence in 1955
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Charlie Fermor (2005 H)
With the recession still looming in the Apple Crisps has many a celebrity fan background it is tougher than ever for including Thandie Newton, Lilly Allen, graduates to secure employment with an Jamie Callum, Sophie Dahl and crick - estimated one third of recent graduates eter Alastair Cook to name but a few. out of work. However, for Charlie Fer - Charlie commented: “I am delighted mor student life is now a distant mem - that Apple Crisps has taken off, it is the ory as he takes his company Apple only known company within the UK that Crisps to new heights just a couple of actually home grows, hand picks and years after graduating from Reading produces dried fruit in an environmen - University. tally friendly manner.”
For Charlie, farming has always been He continued: “My dream would be to a way of life with three generations of see Apple Crisps become even bigger in his family running Perry Court Farm in years to come with more and more peo - Kent and yet, when he went to study ple exchanging their usual fried brand Agriculture at University nobody envis - for my dried, healthier alternative. With aged that he would start his own com - our country becoming more weight con - pany straight from his student digs! scious by the minute that’s certainly not beyond the realms of possibility. I am Perry Court Farm is renowned for its currently working on a new range of impeccable apple orchards with hun - fruit including cherry and strawberry dreds of thousands of apples being sold crisps as id like to extend the current of - across the country each year but Charlie fering.” felt that so much more could be done with the fruit. He wanted to make a breakthrough in the market and create a snack that appealed to all generations that could be viewed as both a treat and a health product and the result was the delicious Apple Crisps.
After conducting a large amount of re - search into fruit snack products Charlie realized that everything on the market had either been fried or imported into the UK. The only country that used their own produce to make the crisps in a healthy manner was the USA who use environmentally friendly drying ma - chines. This was the answer that Charlie was looking for, so after selling his stu - dent house he flew out to the states and invested in a drying machine to install in Perry Court Farm.
Now two years on and Charlie is one of the youngest MD’s in the country plus with a fully functioning factory his com - pany Apple Crisps is thriving. Over 50,000 bags have been sold in 37 high end outlets and farmers markets across the south east. It is also rumoured that
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Retirement of Honorary Secretary of
Colin has now moved to Hampshire De facto Colin has been running the the OSA and retired from the Committee. Being OSA for these past dozen years and we the kindly, well organised chap that he have every reason to be hugely grateful is has fulfilled the final (most impor - to him. C.R.G.Shaw (1955 W) tant?) task of finding competent succes - sors to his many offices. We welcome Thank you Colin. Enjoy the golf. When he had left the SVS Teaching David Pickard as Hon Secretary, Staff Colin had already served 20 years Archivist and Tim Weedon as Hon By E D G Bunker (1954 M) on the OSA Committee and was also Treasurer. Colin may have retired but he looking after the school archives. Little is still "on the case" as when not playing can anyone have thought that a dozen golf he is knocking into shape for possi - years later he would still be in post and ble publication the research into the along the way having added the OSA early years of SVS carried out some jobs of Hon. Secretary (official) and years back by Robert Hope and "Tubby" Hon Treasurer (unofficial). Craven. Emai Pl l eas s e help co us to r sts by educe p sending ostal in your rigg email sr@svs to .org.uk News from Middle Aged thank you. the Archives Spread Reunion
The plaque to commemorate the Bat - Almost 100 Old Suttonians attended the reunion for leavers between the years of tle of Britain, mentioning the only Old 1961-1980 held on 12th September 2009. This year will be the Yuppies group of Suttonian to have fought in that Battle, leavers (years 1980-2002). Gp. Capt. John Ellis CBE DFC (and bar) (1934 W) has been relocated in NW corner of the Chapel and rededi - cated in a short ceremony.
Gp. Capt. Ellis received his first DFC while giving air cover during the evacu - ation of Dunkirk and his bar during the Battle of Britain. Awards 2009/10 Atchison Award Ian Millman (2008 L) Jenny Reid (2008 H) Bennett/Hunting Benjamin Brandreth (2008 G) Rosanna Carr (2008 H) Harry Darkins (2008 Cl) Oliver Pascall (2008 Cl)
4 June 2010 News of Old Suttonians different challenges greatly, and Mary is ‘independent teacher, research supervi - Response from pleased to have a base in London (we sor and consultant’ or alternatively as ‘Please send us are living midweek in a flat in Maryle - ‘loose cannon and gun for hire’. Twenty bone a short walk from my office). years ago he helped found RCA/V&A your news’ Conservation, a partnership between the ANDREWS, John (1956 W) V&A and the Royal College of Art, pro - At the beginning of December John reports that having run his own viding post-graduate training and re - 2009, I asked all Old Suttonians practice of Chartered Surveyors in first search in conservation. Although the with emails for an update on their Park Street, Mayfair and latterly until course formally closed in September career and life in general. I received retirement in Duke Street, Manchester 2009, he is still Visiting Professor at the a wonderful response and was ex - Square, he now basks in a two hemi - RCA and is supervising one of the re - tremely pleased to read your news. I sphere lifestyle. The first four months of maining PhD students. Ten years ago he felt reluctant to edit or shorten any each year are spent in Sydney, Australia, wrote a book “Risk Assessment for Ob - of your articles so have decided to where he and his wife, Anita, have a her - ject Conservation”, still required read - divide up the news into this years itage cottage at Watson’s Bay, and the ing on many Conservation and newsletter, The Suttonian, and next remainder of the year are spent in a 17th Museology courses. ‘Risk’ is the main years newsletter. This section is c. thatched cottage in The Lee, above topic of most of his teaching and con - many pages long but I did not want Great Missenden in the Chilterns. sultancy. He has just embarked on a to take away the context in which major new risk-related venture. ‘Climate they were individually written. I John and Anita have a large family in for Culture’ is a multinational research hope you all will enjoy reading these. Sydney, so making another home in project funded by the European Com - Thank you. Rebecca. Australia seemed a sensible idea. John mission, looking at the risks to interiors admits to making the ultimate error in and contents of historic buildings asso - not sending his sons to Sutton Valence, ciated with predicted climate change. ABLE, Graham (Ex-staff 1969-1983) they went to Stowe instead. He was This will keep him busy (and travelling) I retired as Master of Dulwich in Au - wondering if there are any records to for the next five years. From their empty gust after 40 very happy years in teach - show how many OS live in Sydney and nest he and his wife Diane communicate ing and owe much to Michael Ricketts whether they have a get together. He with daughter Zoë in Mexico and son for appointing me to SV straight from would like to join in! Joseph (and recent grandson Aldous) in university. I had already agreed to do 60 Australia. days per year for the owners of the Dul - John has met up this year with Tony wich overseas schools (the reason for my Perkins (1955 L), James Croft (1955 M) BALDWIN, Jeremy (1979 F) current trip to Moscow) but was other - and Will Ellis (1956 M) and played at After leaving school in 1979, I played wise focused on improving my golf. the Schools’ annual golf day. Also Mark on the Amateur Golf circuit for three After two months off, however, I was ap - Grundy (1955 W) for lunch to catch up years with some successes but in 1983 proached by the majority shareholders on OS news. decided not to turn Professional but in - and agreed to take over as CEO of the stead further my education and in 1986 Alpha Plus Group as from Nov 1st. The John and his fellow team mates at Sut - gained an honours degree in Sports Sci - company owns a number of pre-prep, ton still revive the memories of their un - ence at what was then Brighton Poly - prep schools and colleges, and I spend 4 beaten Colts XV side! technic. After leaving Brighton and days a week in London running the com - living in Woking, I worked for three pany with long weekends back home in ASHLEY-SMITH, Jonathan (1963 F) years for Sports Market Surveys in Norfolk. After 30 years working at the Victoria Esher, Surrey in their Golf Research de - and Albert Museum, 25 of these as partment. In 1989, I married my wife Liz So retirement is rather busier than I Head of the Conservation Department, (PE teacher) and we have two daughters had anticipated but I am enjoying the Jonathan now describes himself as an (Alex 18 and Charlotte 15). In 1990, we
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moved to Cambridge as I became Prod - BEGLIN, Christopher (1963 L) Johnstown PA, USA. uct Manager for the American golf com - pany Acushnet (Titleist, FootJoy and BETTE-BENNETT, James (Jim) Cobra). In 1996, I became a Director of (1965 M) the Acushnet Europe and continue to work for Acushnet today. Although I don’t see many Old Suttonians these days I still play for the school in the Grafton Morrish Golf finals.
BAYAT, Mostafa (1957 L) I have been, for the past 6 years, in Iran mostly trying to get my land back from the people who took it over after the revolution. It is very difficult but I have succeeded somewhat. Deniz my Jim Photo of Jim with a group of fel - wife is OK and my sons Bahman and From 1992, I went back to University low actors in Uganda when he put on Kerim are working. Bahman works for in 1992 (Plymouth) and in 1995 achieved `As you like it’ in Mbira forest. The goat himself as agent of a company called a 2.1 degree in BEng (Systems). Fol - that had a walk on part is called `Sun - Porsche Design Studio who make de - lowing that I worked for a time in R&D day Dinner’ for reasons that are brutally signs for anything and everything. for a heating Company, but when that obvious. Kerim is a first year lawyer and working Company folded in 1997 I worked for very hard for the biggest law firm in Is - myself on similar projects in my own Jim now lives with his second wife and tanbul. small laboratory facility. Loss of a major two dogs in the Brittany countryside. A contract eventually unfortunately saw chartered accountant the largest part of Ten years after leaving Sutton Va - that become insufficient and I began his professional life was spent as an lence, when stationed in Geneva from work on a large commercial company’s audit and training partner with a the Iran Foreign Ministry, he took a trip intranet web site to assist a colleague. medium sized accounting firm in the off - to London. One day whilst waiting for a From that beginning, web design and al - shore finance centre of Jersey. taxi in London, one stopped and lied work took over and became the Shaukat Fancy (1959 L) came out. norm. Having retired in 1997, Jim worked Mostafa has also been in touch with with local charities before volunteering Shaukat Fancy recently and they In 2000 I moved to the USA to marry in early 2000 to spend 3 months provid - planned to spend a couple of days to - my present wife and have continued web ing accounting support to Hospice gether over the new year. oriented work here, although the temp - Africa Uganda in Kampala. This was tation to be known as retired would be followed by assignments in Uganda, Mostafa also met up with Disnadda attractive if it were not for the current The Gambia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Diskul (1958 W) in Istanbul, as Dis - financial situation making ongoing work nadda (Chai) is Chairman of Kampinski a necessity! My location in SW Pennsyl - In September 2001, Jim spent 7 weeks Hotels International and they have a vania, is most attractive, being close to as a consultant to a fledgling offshore hotel in Istanbul and in Mostafa’s words the Allegheny mountains. management company in Mauritius and “they had a whopper of a time after 45 returned there as general manager in years”. I now have two grandchildren by my October 2002 for two and a half years. daughter who is still in the UK and also Since then he has lived in Northern Brit - three grandchildren from my son, who I tany. am fortunate to have living nearby in
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Jim and his wife Jane have a keen in - had five grandchildren. I am presently there was a delightful bakery. We used terest in amateur theatre which they fol - volunteering 2 days a week; sitting on to fill up on 'out of the oven, piping hot lowed in Uganda and Mauritius. In three non-profit boards; golfing when rolls' which we scoffed before we got Brittany they have established an Eng - weather permits and travelling when back to school and classes. The school lish language theatre group which pro - possible. was much smaller then and although I duces an annual pantomime and a was a day boy (later 'Founder') I used to bi-annual Shakespeare. BOTTOMLEY, Stephen (1972 W) be attached to St. Margaret’s for whom I have been in Hong Kong for 3 years I played a variety of sports! Tubby They have also started a fund raising now after 28 years of practising as a Craven - the ever popular 'Tubby' was an branch of Hospice Africa and opened lawyer in London. I have qualified as a absolute gem - not only was he a capable the first British style charity shop in Hong Kong lawyer and set up my firm's teacher but very popular and hands on France. first office in Asia. Sport is still part of individual. He certainly made my time my life - I play in a veteran’s side for the at SVS much easier and more pleasant. BIGGS, Rodney (Marsden) (1954 L) Hong Kong Football Club and also ap - To the point that we used to correspond After leaving Sutton Valence School pear reasonably frequently on golf and met on several occasions over the in 1954 and having no idea what profes - courses around Asia. Regular visitors years. sion I wanted to pursue, I joined The are my two daughters, Clare (22) and Eastern Bank in London. Being a Emma (20) and my son, Charlie (18) CARTER, C Martin (1940) banker, I was posted to the Royal Army who is in his last year at Eastbourne. Pay Corps for my National Service in The highlight for my Christmas 2009 is a 1955. six day cycling trip through southern Laos - about 450 km. I rejoined the Bank in 1957, remain - ing until 1961. They wanted to transfer I still keep in regular contact with Neil me to the Middle East, so I decided to Townshend (1973 F) and Roy Taylor emigrate to Canada, where I joined Sco - (1974 L). Also David Claridge (1973 tiabank. After 5 months in Toronto, my W), David Tong (1972 W), Neil Hart - tour of the Caribbean started. Firstly, I land (1972 W) and Tim Elgood (1971 was in Port of Spain, Trinidad; W) recently chanced again on Hassan Bridgetown, Barbados in 1962 (where I Nasser (1972 W) (all of Westminster)! met and married my wife, Anne); San Fernando, Trinidad, 1966 and then to BURTON, John (1949 DB) San Juan, Trinidad. George Town, The war was still on when I was at the Grand Cayman 1969/73 was followed by school. Watching the odd 'doddle bug' Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands. come over with its distinctive 'gargling' noise, was a cause for great excitement! We returned to Toronto, Canada in We had no idea about danger and po - 1974, and were posted to Sault Ste tential injury - to us it was still a time of Marie in 1978, returning to Toronto, great fascination! One actually went After leaving school, I attended Lon - 1981 and then to Winnipeg in 1987. down at Langley, amongst other places don University for a year. Joined the After holding various positions, I retired the church was damaged. What I re - RNVR as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm in in 1997. Retirement lasted 2 months! member are the outside activities - aca - 1941and saw service during WW2 at sea We relocated to Barbados, where I demics were not my forte - for which I on aircraft carriers and ashore in UK, worked on a contract for 8 years, re - paid in full measure with the number of North Africa and Gibraltar. turning to Winnipeg in 2005. By that "lines" I used to get!! Cross country runs time our children had married and we used to end up past the old mill where On demob I joined the UK subsidiary
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of the Swedish AGA company (best Skipper of a similar frail craft and sailed body to record long distance runs in the known for the cooker) manufacturing for the Japanese Campaign. Fortu - surrounding winter landscape. The re - and selling marine navigational aids nately the atom bomb dropped just be - sult of this work was recently exhibited, (lighthouses, lighted beacons and light - fore we were due to land, had it not been as a six-screen projected DVD video in - buoys). I was manager of their Indian for this we would not have survived as stallation with sound, at the Triangle company for 7 years and returned to the the vehicles we were carrying got bogged Space, Chelsea College of Art and De - UK office at Brentford until I retired in down in the soft sand and we would have sign. An article, ‘on the Production of 1982. I travelled extensively in UK, been sitting ducks, hence the name of the Body Ideal’, was published in the ac - Africa, Middle and Far East and Aus - the book that I wrote called Saved by the ademic journal, Performance Research tralia. Bomb. We had many duties to perform, in June 2009. visiting the many islands and ended up I married a Swedish lady in 1951 and taking coffins to Taiwan. After the war CHEETHAM, Michael (1954 W) we have two adopted children. I started a small boatyard which is now National Service in RAF as Radar Fit - Buckden Marina. Semi-retired I worked ter; some years in small Garage main - On retiring we moved to Garway in as a marine surveyor. I have happy taining vintage cars; then selling cars; Herefordshire and bought a 200-year- memories of Sutton Valence and re - then about 10 years with National Ben - old cottage in 1.5 acres of land. In 1990 member when we started having lessons zole and Shell as Sales Representative, we built a Swedish house in Ross-on- before breakfast seeing the pyjamas of followed by 15 years self-employed as a Wye, where we are living now. the headmaster who took us for maths Manufacturers’ Agent. Then, from age showing at the bottom of his trousers. 50, dealing in 19th century paintings, We lead a busy and active life belong - then restoring, gilding and selling an - ing to a number of clubs and societies, CHANCE, Patrick (1990 F) tique mirrors. Hobbies were shooting, including Ross Walking Group (of which Patrick has now moved to Westbury- then classic-car restoration (1938 BMW; I am in my last year as President), Ross on-Trym, Bristol in order to be nearer to 1960 Porsche 356 etc.), and now walk - Probus, Ross Horticultural Society and his work in Newport where he has been ing, fungus-hunting and painting. In fact a yoga group. We are active members of consultant in Old Age Psychiatry for the now painting semi-professionally (web - our local church. past 2 years. He has been unable to fit in site http://www.mike-cheetham.co.uk). much running recently owing to com - Married for 48 years; had two children. mitments at work, cooking family meals One died in 2000 aged 35. Three grand - and his wish to spend time with his 2 children. Still very fond of “real ale”. daughters, Laura (3) and Gabrielle (5), Favourite Harveys of Lewes. Last year, the latter of whom is in her first year at on my own, I walked the whole length Clifton High School. of the Thames from source to barrier to mark my 71st year. Next year – Pem - CHANCE, Veronique (1986 V) broke Way? Veronique Chance continues to work as an artist in London whilst also having For the first time, really, on looking at a post as an Associate Lecturer at the the recent news of Old Suttonians, I CARTER, W B Croix du Guerre (1941 University of the Arts. Last year she was found it quite a shock, especially seeing M) granted a research award that enabled contemporaries still taking an active part Within 8 months of joining up I found her to attend the ‘Liminal Screen’ Co- in running the Association, that virtually myself the First Lieutenant of a heavy Production Residency Programme at the whole of my life has passed now, and tank landing craft sailing on D-Day and the Banff New Media Institute in Al - yet it seems hardly any time since leav - landing on Point du Hoc. We managed berta, Canada, where she developed ing Sutton Valence, and the friends I about 10 landings before being broken working using mobile camera technolo - made there, to whom I owe so much. up in the great storm. I was made the gies which she wore on her head and
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COLE, Thomas (James) (1937 M) met up with David Machin (1983 F) and years. Sadly in the early 1990s Confed - James will be celebrating his 90th we are in contact. I also keep in touch eration Life was wound up in Canada birthday in August with his extended (loosely!) with Eddie Catchpole (1984 and the UK operation was sold to an - family, at Vernon, B.C, Canada, in the F) . other Canadian life insurance company Okanagan Lakes wine country. Maybe – Sun Life of Canada – and I moved with some OS lives there? He or she is wel - DAY, Michael (1962 H & L) the furniture, almost literally, to become come to come and join in. Michael is looking into the cricket a Senior Manager responsible for a X1’s of 1961 & 2 with a view to arrang - Warehouse some three miles from Head COWELL, Rupert (1993 M) ing hopefully a large table at the dinner Office in Basingstoke, containing the Rupert has been living just outside at SV in 2012 on the occasion of the 50th Supply, Printing and Purchasing func - Cannes in France for the last five years. anniversary of the ’62 team . So far he tion for the UK. He runs an events company, developing has had positive responses from 6 mem - products for the yachting industry. Mar - bers of the teams for these years and I finally retired from Sun Life in 1998, ried with 2 beautiful daughters aged 2 ½ hopes to find more members in due some year or so before the Company and 7 months and also building a house. time. So far I have located: Andrew ceased operations in the UK. Barr, Anton Robinson, John CRADDOCK, Timothy (Tim) (1984 MacNaughtan, Richard Memmott, and I’m looking forward to celebrating my F) is on the trail of our ‘62 captain Alan 45th wedding anniversary in May 2011. I am working for RBS as HR Director Finn Kelcey, who is missing in our for the Global Transactions Services Di - records . He is hoping to persuade Philip Since retirement I have been fully oc - vision, based in London. I have been Charlton and John Waters to attend via cupied with charitable activities con - with RBS for 8 years, having previously Andrew Barr and lastly he now has an nected with the Egham History Society worked in senior HR roles for a number address for Neville Watkins who went on and Museum, The Association for the of companies, including the Financial to captain the ’63 side but played in ’62 . Improvement of Runnymede and other Times Group and GlaxoSmithkline. It’s local activities. I was also Master of the certainly not been a dull time working in DORAN, Robin (1961 W) Worshipful Company of Plaisterers’ financial services in general and RBS in After a few interviews around the from July 2002 to July 2003, following in particular! country I was accepted for a job in Plant the footsteps of my grandfather who was Pathology with Glaxo Research in Stoke Master in 1933. I am now Chairman Back in London for the last three Poges, near Slough in Berkshire, where and a Trustee of the Plaisterers’ Chari - years, having been based in Edinburgh I stayed until March 1965. By March table Trust. for five, I am married (again!) to Jo, with 1965 I had decided to marry a fellow lab - two sons Alex and Eddie (aged six and oratory technician and really needed to EDWARDS, John (1988 F) four). stop ‘enjoying’ myself and find a ‘career’ I am currently at ICAP PLC, the job. This turned out to be a so called world’s largest voice and electronic in - After I left SVS, I went to LSE and ‘Management Trainee’ position in New terdealer broker, providing specialist in - graduated with an Upper Second eco - Business with a Canadian life insurance termediary broking services to trading nomics degree (specialising in industrial company – Confederation Life Associa - professionals in the wholesale financial relations) and I subsequently graduated tion to become Confederation Life In - markets. ICAP is a FTSE 100 company with a Masters degree in Law and Em - surance Company in due course. and has offices in over 50 locations and ployment Relations from Leicester Uni - all major financial centres, employing versity. I remained with Confederation Life in 4,300 people. various capacities including Sales Train - I look back fondly on my time at SVS ing, Branch Administration and finally I am based in the City in London and was recently back at the school for Office Services (to become Facilities where I have worked at ICAP since 2003 Michael Fairbanks memorial service. I Management) for more than twenty-five as Director of Fixed Income within
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ICAP Electronic Broking. I manage a Trained at Bristol Baptist College for up for aquaponics with a small food crop small team of about 20 people specialis - Baptist Ministry – eight years at Ceylon of vegetables and fish. ing in Fixed Income (Bonds and Repo). Place Baptist Church in Eastbourne and I am also involved in a variety of corpo - moved to Taunton in 2006 as Senior It is very difficult to condense 50+ rate events and initiatives at ICAP and Minister of Taunton Baptist Church. years into a few sentences. sit on the Management Committee for ICAP Electronic Broking. I hold exter - Married in 1983 to Lauren who is a I would like to say looking back on my nal representative positions on various Health Visitor – and have three children life the learning and experiences I re - committees and trade bodies that work ages 22, 18 and 16. ceived from SVS put me in good stand - on broader industry strategies and is - ing to face the ups and downs of living sues. Remember Dof E award as important on this earth. part of my SVS life – used to help out on Previously I helped start a private expedition work after gaining Gold with GREENER, Richard (1962 F) company called ‘BrokerTec’ in 1999, Roger Bates (Ex-staff 1960-1992) and After a career in Management ac - which specialised in providing electronic others. Now seeing my son progress on countancy extending over 40 years I re - dealing technology solutions to banks this scheme! tired in July this year upon reaching the and professional financial institutions grand old age of 65. My intentions are globally. BrokerTec was acquired by GOODCHILD, Winton (1953 F) now to make up for lost ground in trav - ICAP in 2003. After leaving the Army[Royal Corp of elling and sight-seeing, starting with Eu - Signals] in 1956, I was employed by Mar - rope. I was pleased to be able to return Before joining BrokerTec I managed coni Research Labs. working on several to the School in 2009 for the “Middle- trading books at Deutsche Bank and communication development projects Aged spread” reunion and even after Daiwa Securities between 1990 and including project controlling most of the the 8 years or so since I was last there so 1998, specialising primarily in Emerging electronic equipment made in Europe much had changed – Sutton Valence re - Market Bonds. and used in the early NASA Apollo pro - ally is “flourishing”! Alas, poor old gram. Founders is no more and some of the I spend my time between London and other old stalwarts have changed beyond Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where I play In 1980 I left big business to start with recognition but much progress is in evi - squash regularly and am a keen moun - a partner a small Heat Pump manufac - dence particularly in new buildings and tain biker. turing business specialising in heating facilities. The old dining rooms in swimming pools; its name is Calorex in Lambes, the swimming pool, fives FANCY, Shaukat (1959 L) and BAYAT Maldon, Essex. courts, tuck shop and assembly hall are Mostafa (1957 L) consigned to history but in their place Shaukat contacted the school asking if In 1982 I opened a branch in Florida are modern sports facilities, indoor we could put him in touch with a few of and moved full time to USA. I was in - swimming centre, theatre and refectory. his old friends. As a result, Shaukat has volved in several other ventures and was re-established contact with Brian Marsh awarded a US Patent on the design of a No doubt teaching methods have also (1958 L) and Mostafa Bayat (1957L). machine to extract drinking water from changed over the intervening years, but the atmosphere. memories remain of Latin primers with FARRAR, Simon (1974 C) the Headmaster (Mr. Evers), our house - Trained at South Devon Technical col - By 2003, being tired of the rat race, I master “Tubby” Craven, Gilbert and lege for OND and HCIMA in hotel purchased a tropical fish farm in SW Sullivan concerts and cross-country run - management. Spent 18 years in hotel Florida. All was fine until Hurricane ning, as well as the ubiquitous CCF pa - management and similar hospitality 'Charley' with it's 150 MPH winds lev - rades and “fagging”. businesses in Hove, London Guildford, elled the buildings. It took several years Sevenoaks, Eastbourne and Bath. to rebuild. It is now operational and set
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HAIG, Justin (1981 L) Sutton Valence is now a totally differ - Kathryn Hannah has been working as I am still living in France running a ent school from the 1970’s. a freelance opera singer and was de - 'Chalet holiday' business from a con - lighted to sing a solo recital at Sutton verted alpine farmhouse which is also HAJJAJI, Issam (1977 M) Valence Music Society supported by our home. Ski holidays in the winter Working presently as Head of Centre many OS friends and past neighbours; and activity holidays in the summer. I for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tripoli, bringing back happy memories for her now have 4 daughters ranging from 3- & Professor of Medicine, Tripoli Uni - and others of music at the School and 9yrs who all thankfully have my enthusi - versity. Also current president of the singing in Chapel. She continues to sing asm for the outdoors . www.haigski.com Libyan Association for Diabetes & En - across the UK and abroad with compa - docrinology. nies as such Scottish Opera, and English HAIGH, Ian (1973 L) National Opera as well as in opera galas I started my banking career in 1973 in Just completed first ever nationwide and other events. In the spring she per - London. In 1982 I obtained a job in in - survey on number of diabetics in Libya. forms as soloist for a Mozart Requiem ternational banking with a bank in Jo - Elected Fellow of the Royal College of with Bahrain Sinfonia in Manama; an hannesburg South Africa. Two years Physicians of London. Oratorio she fondly remembers singing later I moved to a new corporate divi - at school as a chorister. At recent per - sion within the bank. In 1990 after a Inherited citrus fruit farm & spend formances at Edinburgh Festival The - brief stint at a Johannesburg stock leisure time there. atre she met Michael (Headmaster broking firm I moved to the corporate Avid reader of articles by Robert Fisk, 1980-1994) and Stella Haywood before area of a large life assurer focusing on & reporting by Ben Brown, both OS. a show as well as Lucy Burbridge (1993 retirement fund services to the corpo - Four daughters: Danya, 14, Yasmine, V), another supportive audience mem - rate market where I have been respon - 12, Miriam, 10, Rund, 1. ber, who works as a Paediatric Dentist sible for bringing in new retirement fund at Newcastle Dental Hospital. Kathryn business to the group. I am currently still Wife Azza prominent lawyer & short will be touring again with Pavilion in this role and have just returned from story author. Active in human rights Opera singing the role of Alisa in their an overseas trip to Australia as a reward cases in Libya. revival production of Lucia di Lammer - for business brought in to the assurer in moor. In June last year Kathryn was recent years. HANNAH, Kathryn (1993 V thrilled to be in the States for the birth of Heidi Kathryn Hannah, and to see I qualified as a Banker and qualified her brother Jeremy Hannah (1990 L), in the insurance field and obtained a his wife Amy and son Alexander. A commerce degree all done through part great stage name she believes for her time studies. niece!
I am married with two children and live in Johannesburg.
I have been in contact over the years with a number of my contemporaries: Mark Rimmer (1974 L) who lives in France and is not married, Steven Pru - dence (1974 L) who lives in Kent and is not married, Ian Wilson (1974 L) who is married with two children and lives in Kathryn Hannah and Kathryn with Phil Day Kent and also more recently Michael Lucy Burbridge (1993 V) (1997 F) and wife Akos Wykes (1975 L) who works in London.
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HARVERSON, David (1957M) executive coaching and more general pain, but sometimes they do not. Having successfully run my own Com - psychotherapy. I am married to Ilene, a pany manufacturing Industrial Metal New Yorker, have two children from my “Why are you telling us all these com - Detector Systems, I have now retired first marriage, Moray 30 and Tessa 25, plaints?” you might be asking. “Don’t and am living in the Oxford area. Apart and two step children Max 19 and Millie you know that old age is not for sissies?” from travelling around the world, par - 17. Sure, I know that. My complaints are ticularly Australia, where my son is liv - just a set-up for my more usual brag - ing for the next 4 years I work as a HOBSON, Allan (1952 M) gadocio. volunteer for several local organisations 2009 has been a remarkable year. in particular the Prince’s Trust which I Never before have I felt so much like I Scientifically speaking, 2009 has been enjoy very much. I also play golf as often was dying; and never before have I felt a great year for me. I am proudest of my as I can with local friends. so creative. Go figure. One theory is that new dream theory, just published in Na - I have senile dementia: I am crazy to ture Neuroscience Reviews as an article I am in contact with Willy Chamber - suppose that I am both 90% dead and entitled REM Sleep and Dreaming: To - lain (1958 M) who lives in Auckland, NZ 90% alive. It just doesn’t add up to ward a Theory of Protoconsciousness. I and Keith Gilham (1959 M) who lives 100%. Something must be wrong. Some - theorize that REM sleep, which arises nearby. thing is wrong. My body (below the late in evolution but early in develop - neck, especially) is rotting. But my mind ment, is a virtual reality system that is I would love to hear from anyone else is flourishing. both prelude to and maintainer of wak - who was in St Margaret’s at the same ing consciousness. According to my time as I was, with the idea of meeting Take the body first. In 2001, I had a new theory, dreaming is our subjective up sometime (email - d.harverson@ntl - stroke. A “good stroke” my doctors said awareness of this brain process; our world.com). I attended the recent AGM because although I had some ataxia, pe - dreams are a bit crazy, it is true, but they of the OSA but unfortunately did not culiar sensations, and difficulty swallow - are also impressively well organized: we meet anyone I knew, but it was a very ing, I was neither paraplegic nor aphasic. see, we walk and run, and we feel emo - good evening. After nine years, my stroke symptoms tion quite keenly even though we may be are only slightly worse. About four years lost in space; perceive ourselves to be HICKES, Michael (Mike) (1970 W) post-stroke, so convinced were my doc - among strangers and have memory loss. After leaving Sutton Valence I studied tors that my new symptoms were seque - Business and HR Management at New - lae that they missed the second Strongly supporting this theory is a castle Polytechnic. I worked in Industrial diagnosis of spinal stenosis, which was fi - study conducted by Ursula Voss and me, relations at British Steel after gradua - nally made by Gregory Brick, an ortho - and published in the September 2009 tion, and later joined Motorola Inc pedic surgeon who took the trouble of issue of Sleep, showing that when sub - where I stayed for over 20 years eventu - ordering an MRI of my spine. An 8th jects in REM become aware that they ally becoming Corporate Vice President grader could have easily seen the nar - are dreaming, the front part of their of HR following a series of appoint - rowing and disc bulging that caused the brain wakes up while the back part con - ments in Europe, Asia and the United pain and weakness in my legs. These tinues to dream. This unusual state, States. I retired in 2004 and have spent symptoms are more debilitating than called Lucid Dreaming, is thus a combi - the last five years studying for a Masters those properly attributable to my stroke. nation of two states of consciousness, degree in Psychotherapy and Coun - waking and dreaming, each of which has selling Psychology, followed by an Ad - I had back surgery in June 2008. Un - its own brain substrate. These finding vanced Diploma in Existential fortunately, the operation did not help have attracted the attention of media Psychotherapy. I work primarily with my leg weakness and only changed the such as the New York Times, the British drug and alcohol misuse clients, and am distribution of my pain (from the lower Association’s Magazine Psychologist, setting up in private practice in the New back to upper front side of my left leg). and Wesleyan Magazine. Needless to Year to broaden my practice to include Cortisone shots sometimes relieve the say, I love the attention and feel that I
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have finally moved out of the shadow of Gallery which electrified 40 up and ning South America and our businesses Sigmund Freud, my lifelong nemesis. down country friends (like Lyman and in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Gill Page, Tim and Merle Thompson, Venezuela. Clocking up lots of air miles. Despite my physical handicap, I still and John Stevens and his family). Such a Having an interesting time. travel often and with relative ease. By double (or is it really quadruple?) life is providing wheelchair service, the airlines not without cost and complications but HUNT, Robert (2001 W) make up in convenience what they have I am happy to be able to lead it. And Robert recently completed an MBA in lost in luxury. In the past year, I have now, thanks to a long awaited contract Business Management from Plymouth lectured and taught my course in Lon - from MIT Press, I will tell my story as an University, gaining a distinction. don, Lisbon, Berlin, Helsinki, Wurts - experimental autobiography, called burg, and Val d’Aosta (Italy). I have DREAM LIFE. I hope I live long JAFFERJEE, Habib (1970 C) many young friends who both appreci - enough to complete it. Habib would like to get in touch with ate and stimulate me. Thank you all for any Old Suttonians who were with him that. Let me hear from you – allan_hob - at school. Email: [email protected] [email protected] I spent a very happy week in Bordeaux JAMES, Peter (1966 C) with my old friends, Nicole Ducourau HODGES, Don (1937 W) and Francine Fonta. We drove through the elegant wine country, enjoyed pâté and cheese picnic lunches, and cele - brated my birthday with the Dream - screen (1981) team. From David Vincent, I got a copy of Arthur Rim - baud’s Oeuvres Completes and have patched together an essay called ART: The Double Life of Arthur Rimbaud, which I will read at the December 17th meeting of the Thursday Club. This process took me back, over 50 years, to my Wesleyan thesis on Freud and Dos - toyevsky.
My family in the US (Ian, Chris, and Julia) and my family in Italy (Lia, Luca, Caterina, Andy, and Matty) have all be 2009 is retirement year! I left the po - as close and supportive as they can be Don met up with Aubrey Niner (1938 sition as Chief Executive of The New under such centrifugal conditions. W) recently. It was 70 years since they Swindon Company in September. The Companionship and technical assistance last met at school. They had a long Company is one of 21 Urban Regenera - has been provided by my young friend, lunch and didn’t stop talking. tion companies in the UK and is funded Nick Tranquillo, who loves Vermont as by public funds, but with a majority pri - much as I do and takes pride with me in HUMPHREYS, Stephen (1983 W) vate sector board membership. It’s role the barn restoration (by Bob Limlaw) I took up the challenge of running the was to regenerate the town centre and and its use as an education centre (Lois Americas division of Grass Roots in act as a broker between the public and Michaud and Charlotte Albright). With 2008 and relocated with my family to private sector. Having been a commer - Tony Schemmer, we put on a classical Miami. In addition to running the US cial property developer for most of my music concert in the new Art of Life and Canada from Miami, I'm also run - career, it was a difficult to comprehend
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the ways of the public sector. The con - ing forward to this as my last Gap Year London University, I came back home cept of profit and risk was difficult for Adventure before I leave for Leeds Uni - to Kenya in 1984. I spent much time them to understand and political schem - versity in September. working in the wider East African Re - ing (both local politics and central) came gion, in South Sudan (Operation Life - in the way of long term potential gains. JOHANSSEN, Jacob (2004 W & L) line Sudan) in Turkana Kenya & However, progress has certainly been I have recently received my bachelor’s Ethiopia (British Red Cross) & in the made despite the recession. degree in Communication Studies at the Masai Mara Kenya working for the University of Salzburg, Austria. I am Masai in tourism & wildlife conserva - Now retirement beckons and my wife currently studying for my master’s de - tion. and I are proposing a 6-9 month trip, fo - gree (also in Communication) at the cussing on meeting up with two of the University of Erfurt, in Germany. In 1997 I moved to the Kenya coast “children” in Australia and Hawaii. where I part owned & managed Tana This will take us from Russia to China, I plan to complete a graduate course Delta Camp in Tana River District. Myanmar to Australia and the Pacific is - and teach and do research in the field of lands to the USA and back to UK (or mass media at a university later on. I married an American in 1999 & we the other way round!) I now need to had 2 children (making it 5 between us) check the records and find other OS, JONES, Glyn (1948 M) & we moved to the Silole Sanctuary near roughly in my year, who are in these far Glyn left SVS in 1948 – worked in Nairobi (see www.silolesanctuary.com). flung places. London, did his National Service in the Navy, worked some more in London Anybody coming to Kenya should def - JANNEY, Joseph (Joe) (2009 M & Cl) and then went to Canada in 1957. He initely come & visit...... Since leaving the school in July I have planned to stay a couple of years, make been up to plenty. In September I left some money and return home. That was LAI, Derek Wang To (1999 W) England for Fiji where I would be 52 years ago and by the time he recon - After graduating from Queen Mary spending the next 3 months on a volun - sidered his plans he had a wife, two chil - University of London in 2003 with a teer placement with Think Pacific. dren, a mortgage and a cottage !! He has Master Degree in Materials Engineer - Along with 15 other volunteers and 3 ex - lived in Vancouver all his time in Canada ing in Medicine, I moved back to Hong pedition leaders we lived in a remote vil - and is now well retired from a 30 year Kong to pursue an MPhil degree in Or - lage on a very remote Fijian Island for career with a Forest Products Company thopaedic at The University of Hong 10 weeks. Whilst here we worked with (Logging, Lumber, Plywood, Hard - Kong. My supervisor hired me as Re - the local villagers to build a community board, Shingles and Pulp mills). He and search Assistant for another two years hall as well as a bridge. We taught in the his wife Jean have two children – after the MPhil degree while I was try - local school where we also coached Christopher, a Captain with Emirates ing to apply for medicine, but there was sports- I coached rugby to the U.14s. We Airline, who lives in Dubai with his wife no success after several attempts at Uni - all lived with a different Fijian Family, and two children and Susan, a nurse versities in Hong Kong, UK and Aus - my family was incredible. The day after married to a Doctor who also has two tralia. we left Fiji, my Fijian mother gave birth children. They live in Vernon, about 300 to a baby girl who she named Jane after miles from Vancouver. I now work as a Project Manager for a my mum. I absolutely loved my time in Non-profit organisation called Fiji and cannot wait to go back to visit. Jean and Glyn travel frequently and AOSpine, we provide courses and fel - So far that is all I have got up to since see Carl Armstrong (1950) and his wife lowship training for spine surgeons. leaving school, however I am in the from time to time. They live a short ferry This job requires quite a lot of travelling process of planning another expedition. ride away. and I had the opportunity to meet some Most likely this will be to the Bahamas of the OS from my year and teacher with where I will take part in a diving conser - KNOCKER, William (1977 C) my business trip. vation placement. I am very much look - After completing my degree at SOAS
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LATHAM, Paul (1954 W) LONSDALE, Peter (1950 M) since I arrived, the main being the abol - In 1957 I came to Durban on the east ishment of apartheid in 1994. This event coast of South Africa, a sub-tropical city has been well documented worldwide. with hot and humid summers and very Today more people from around the moderate winters. I have now been here world should visit South Africa to see for 52 very enjoyable years. The last how successful the country has become. time I visited School was in 1976 when I Right now everyone is very excited was in England for my father’s funeral. about the 2010 World Cup Soccer to be I’m sure much has changed since then. held here. Eight magnificent new soccer stadiums have been built with transport Around 1985 I visited Vancouver, BC and road upgrades in progress. Also new and met for breakfast with Glyn Jones hotels are under construction. (1948 M). I knew he had moved to Van - couver many years ago and found him by LYON, Charlotte (neé Foreman) telephoning all the Jones in the city di - (2001 S) & LYON, Andrew (2001 F) rectory! In 2008, my brother JBG Lons - We are both living in Islington. Andy My wife, Ena, and I are retired Salva - dale (1945 M) who has lived in has recently launched his own web de - tion Army officers. Having worked with Bournemouth for many years, spent a velopment company, Ipolar. I am work - farmers in Africa for most of our lives I week with me in South Africa to cele - ing as a PA to a television producer in find it impossible not to return there brate his 80th. birthday. Covent Garden. whenever I get the chance. Most visits have been to Bas-Congo province in the Apart from that, I have not had con - MABERLY, Jonathan (1956 F) Congo (ex Zaire) or to the Southern tact with any other OS. I guess the Jonathan’s wife wrote to us on behalf Highlands of Tanzania. The contrast be - penalty for living far away from the UK. of Jonathan. He has been coping with tween the two areas could not be I have been very happy here enjoying advancing Parkinsons Disease now for greater. The Congo, hot and chaotic, the warm weather, the outdoor and quite awhile and his life is pretty re - Tanzania, cool and relatively peaceful. sporting environment and a relaxed way stricted now; having said that we are In both areas I have been researching of life. VERY happily settled on a 40 acre bush beekeeping and the plants bees visit for block about 2 hours from Melbourne. nectar and pollen. This study has re - In 1962 I was admitted as an Associ - All our family are within easy distance sulted in two publications on bee flora. ate to the Chartered Institute of Secre - as well and life is surprisingly good. Last August our youngest daughter and taries and as a Fellow in 1974. I retired Jonathan can still work outside during her family moved to Kenya so that was in 2004 at the age of 72, as MD after 30 the "good" times and enjoys the excellent an excuse to return to the country where years with a Durban company, Mar - access we have to theatre, ballet and we worked from 1963 to 1978. Recently shalls Ltd., listed on the Johannesburg opera. The support services here are I was asked to visit a beekeeping project Stock Exchange with major investments amazing both for him and for me which in Southern Sudan so took the opportu - in commercial property both in Durban is a real bonus of living here which we nity to continue on from Kenya and was and Cape Town. did not expect. fascinated to be able to see traditional beekeeping practiced in that troubled My sport was tennis and as a hobby for MALINS, Celia (née Palmer) (1992 V) country. Meanwhile here in Perthshire over 12 years, I flew radio controlled On leaving SV, I took a gap year where much of my time is spent repairing dry model gliders. Sadly I had to give up I worked in Canada and did a bit of trav - stane dykes (stone walls) for neighbour - both due to a rapid partial loss of sight. elling, before attending Leeds Univer - ing farmers – a traditional skill for which I am now reduced to bowls, although a sity. I studied Economics and Sociology I have no training but which I enjoy im - most enjoyable pastime. There have and received a 2:1 BA Joint Hons. mensely. been many changes in South Africa
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I then spent a few more years travel - Darling (1979 L) (living in New York never heard of. So many rules to break. ling and worked in America to fund my and Bermuda), Richard Fetherston I wonder what ever became of my fellow travels abroad. (1978 W), Rupert Humphrey (1978 L), rebels? I ran into one when I was light - Tim Waters (1978 M), Clive Baxter ing a show in NYC; I think his name was On returning home I then went to (1978 F), Paul Burton (1977 C), David Clive. Then I began to write and sing. work for Walkers Snacks Ltd (owned by Rothman (1977 C), Guy Hart (1975 C), Got me a new guitar but not much more Pepsico) where I have worked in various Graeme Chilton (1977 L), Chris Wait than a mention in Rolling Stone. sales roles, but mainly as an account (1976 L), Richard Nichols (1978 L) (liv - manager for the supermarkets for ing in Chicago) and several others. All Ended up working my dad's vineyard Quaker and Walkers Crisps. I am on ma - of whom I am happy to say are fit and in the Hudson Valley of NY. Quite a ternity leave from my current role as healthy. novelty for the east coast. He made a training manager after having had my big splash. We got a lot of ink in na - second child Annie in August 2009. I MILLAR, Andrew (1983 W & H) tional press but I wasn't making the married John Malins in December 2006 wines I wanted to make. So a few years and we had our first daughter Emma in later I started my own winery in Penn - 2007. We celebrated our wedding with sylvania. Chaddsford Winery, just out - many OS including John Smith (1992 side of Philadelphia. A little warmer. W), Sally Ann Lamb (née Jones) (1990 Wines a little richer. Vines were a little V) Jon Childs (1992 M), Hugh Osborne happier. That was 1982 and it's been (1990 F), Katharine Carleton (née busy every since. Dad was an artist and Palmer) (1989 V), William Carleton not a businessman so when his associ - (1986 W), Simon Palmer (1987 W), ates began sending me bills I bought his Natasha Palmer (née Page) (1987 V) place, Benmarl Vineyards. In short, as and Marcus Palmer (1959 L). beautiful as it was, overlooking the ma - jestic Hudson River, two wineries was MILES, Neville (1979 C) too much for me so I sold it. I have completed nearly 30 years working in The City as a Lloyd’s Insur - At this vantage point I have finally ance Broker. I am a Partner and Man - I am currently living in Perth, Western learned how to make wine. With that aging Director of the International Australia and working in the Mining In - under my belt a few of my aggressive Insurance Broker, Lockton, ranking as dustry. I am employed as the General tendencies have been tamed. My older one of the top 10 brokers in the world. Manager of Xstrata Nickel’s Cosmos son is producing shows in London. An - Operations. I have 2 wonderful kids, other is married and happily making I have a wife and 3 three children, Katelyn 12 and Gareth 8. wine in Napa Valley. Another is at Oliver (17), Charlotte (15) and Harry home as an MIT educated engineer in (3). Oliver is in his final year at SVS, I have made contact with Martin Ben - Boston and the youngest is engineering with Charlotte approaching her GCSE’s. nett (1992 W), who has just moved to war machines and potato cannons in Harry is likely to start at the SVPS next Canada for a period of time. Maryland. September. MILLER, Eric (1964 L) My wife and I get to Europe once or Aside from family life, I like to spend Oh, what a terrible Suttonian I was. twice a year. The Caribbean Islands are as much time as possible near the water, Unhappy to have been pulled out of an my favourite winter spots. And I have participating in waterskiing, sailing, American curriculum in the US. A year forgiven Sutton Valence for all my short- power boating and windsurfing. in grammar school in Surrey. Parents sightedness. It has been a great pleas - I keep in regular contact with a good somewhere on the continent. No girls. ure to see females in its news. I jealously number of classmates, including: Mike So many rules and dress codes I had see international travel and appreciate
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the French I was taught, wishing only I who was then teaching at St George’s 1965. Became an academic for 15 years, had also taken up Spanish. The other Public School, Harpenden. lecturing and publishing on Southern day I told a fellow in the steam room at African land and agrarian history. De - the YMCA, where I work out every day, In 1964 I went Broking in the City of veloped a lifelong taste for southern I once had a fag-master with the same London and during the next twenty hemisphere wines. Joined Oxfam in name, Martin. No regrets that I short years held various Directorships/Man - 1987 and stayed until formal retirement sheeted him and burned his toast. Only aging Directorships. 20 years later. Worked first in its South - that I lost track of him when he returned ern African programmes, latterly as to Barbados, an island on my hit-list. In 1984 I formed my own two Broking global land adviser, trying to help poor Houses one dealing in General Insur - people secure their often fragile rights Some things, like Sutton Valence, you ance and one as Independent Financial to land. Encountered many extraordi - never forget. Funny, when I have grand - Advisers. I sold the Independent Fi - nary people and places. Currently an ad - children I'll recommend they consider nancial Advisors company in 1999 and viser to a number of researchers, Sutton Valence. the General Insurance Company in 2006 principally in Zimbabwe, and an ongo - at which time I retired aged 71. ing researcher on women’s land rights OSBORN, Ronald (1953 M) and the dangerous new phenomenon of My only hobbies nowadays are gar - global land grabbing. In 2009, edited A dening, DIY, art and internet surfing House in Zambia, launched by Zambia’s (sad). first President, Kenneth Kaunda; in part the story of the relationship between I am married with two grown up sons Oxfam and the South African ANC in and currently four grandsons. exile during the liberation struggle. Mar - ried almost 30 years, then divorced (am - PALMER, George (2004 W) icably); now in relationship for almost 20 George plays for the OS Hockey and years. Two daughters, three grandchil - Cricket team and was lucky enough to dren, including twin boys. Second from left, Ronald Osborn, as go up to Norfolk over the summer and Head of the End Show aged 18 play for the OS golf team in the Grafton I left Sutton Valence in 1953 and in Morrish competition (set up by 2 OS's). 1954 joined the Royal Navy for National Service. George is interested in setting up an OS Football team and has spoken to a In 1956 I read Architecture at number of Old Suttonians. He has Brighton College where I met Ian posted a group on Facebook and over McIver (1953 M) and Terence Beechey 45 Old Suttonians have expressed their (1956 M). Unfortunately Architecture interest. and I did not see eye to eye. PALMER, Robin (1959 M) In 1958 I joined an insurance company In 1960, I went to university in then as a trainee Inspector. Once qualified I Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, and now worked in the West End for 3 years after Harare, Zimbabwe. Enjoyed a fabulous which time I transferred to the Watford education there, on and off campus, for Office, as I had recently moved to Harp - which I’ve been eternally grateful. enden. A short while after the move to Played football with blacks, cricket with Harpenden I met R A Graham-Smith, whites, in a deeply divided nation. De - who used to be my Housemaster, and ported shortly after Ian Smith’s UDI in
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PEACOCK-EDWARDS CBE AFC beautifully laid out museums ( it rained In 2009 we've enjoyed another UK #1 FRACS FCIM, Air Commodore a lot) world quality Sauvignon Blanc. album with White Lies, and to top a very Richard (Rick) (1957 F) What more can a growing (old) lad successful year the band recently won My life continues to be busy and want!! both Mojo & Q Magazine Awards for multi-varied. After a year as Master of Best Newcomer '09. the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Naviga - Christopher lives in South Africa and tors in 2008/09 which included a round writes “Looking to 2010 the (football) Our most established artists have en - the world tour, I remain very involved world will come to our door (SA) and joyed another strong year, Kaiser Chiefs with city life. I still work as a consultant there is a welcome to any OS who wants toured USA with Green Day and Eu - to a number of companies, I am very in - to get away from the hype for a couple rope with U2, Franz Ferdinand released volved with air displays, including Big - of days”. their third album "Tonight" and The gin Hill, and I am Chairman of the Cribs broke into the Top 10 with their Imperial War Museum Duxford Flying PYE, John (1941 M) fourth album "Ignore The Ignorant". Control Committee. I have also just John wrote to us after his 85th birth - 2010 already looks exciting with a break - been appointed Chairman of the His - day and updated us on his news. His through album coming by Crystal Cas - toric Aircraft Association and as a working life has been all farming, in var - tles, and emerging new artists including Trustee of the RAF Club in London. ious parts – Sussex, Suffolk and Hamp - Girls & The Kissaway Trail coming shire, mostly with cows. He finally gave through our ranks. POWELL, Christopher (1954 M) this up in 1978, moving into a watermill in Dorset and getting it up and working I've been in touch recently with Lau - again. At the same time he ran a craft rence Fox (1993 M). shop and picture gallery until 1996 and finally retired. John and Ann keep SCHMIGE, Maxmilian (2002 M) themselves fully occupied with voluntary Hi folks! Currently I am attending the work and church life. He keeps in con - American Film Institute for graduate tact with Ian Kay (1941 M) and one of Cinematography training. It’s a two-year his nearest OS neighbours was the late master’s fine arts degree. The Holly - John Bongard (1942 W). He has re - wood Foreign Press is helping me finan - cently learned that another friend, cially with a scholarship. My thesis film Rowan Brockhurst (1953 M) is also an “Salvation Road” is almost complete. OS. John sends his regards to any OS Going out to film festivals soon. We re - who may remember him. ceived the FujiFilm Grant, which al - lowed us to shoot on film. I have also SANDOM, James (1993 W) been working outside of AFI. Recently Nanna (my wife) & I have had a baby shot a music video and working on set - Rotary and the garden take up most of boy recently, born September 2nd; Linus ting up different new projects. Hopefully my time. A two week trip to the Kruger Thurston Sandom We're enjoying par - I can write about it in the next newslet - National Game Park was rewarding - enthood very much and living in Kentish ter. Hope all my fellow Suttonians are seeing many types of buck, lions, rhinos, Town, NW5, North London. doing well! Cheers, Schmige! buffalos and giraffe but the highlight of the year - 5 week trip to New Zealand – I'm continuing to work in the Music SHEPHERD, Miles (1962 C) a holiday I can recommend. A wide va - Business, running SuperVision Manage - The last year or two have been rather riety of scenery as one travels from al - ment, an Artist Management company busier than I had imagined they would most tropical north to the glacial regions based in Shoreditch; our artists are mak - be as I have supposedly retired from my of the south. Wonderful architecture, ing good progress. latter career as a project manager. Al - fascinating scenery, fauna and flora, though no longer called upon to manage
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decommissioning projects at Chernobyl Regiment of Artillery, served in Calval 40s, a son of 28 with my second wife, and in Ukraine, I have been working with zone Egypt. In 1953 joined Marks and with my third, current and last wife I the US Government on nuclear security Spencer and in 1959 returned to engi - have a sweet 3-year-old child substitute programmes. I have also been re- neering and joined The Morgan Cru - who has 4 legs and barks (a lot!) – photo elected as Chairman of the International cible company in Battersea. Got of the 3 of us enclosed. Project Management Association married to Liz. In 1964 joined Lansing (IPMA), the first person to take on the Bagnall, Basingstoke selling electric fork The best years of my life were spent at role twice (my previous tour was 2005 – lift trucks, slowly climbed ladders and Oxford, closely followed by SVS. When 2007). IPMA is a federation of more became Sales Director of many sub - at SVS, I lived on a fruit farm only 8 than 50 countries and is the only truly in - sidiaries within the group. In 1996 re - miles away at Egerton but thankfully I ternational professional society for proj - tired to West Byfleet and Brighton. boarded since I found the holidays bor - ect managers. I’m also one of 5 vice Blessed with two sons, three grandsons ing and couldn’t wait to get back to presidents of the Association for Project and great friends. When not on the golf school. Management, the UK association cur - course still travelling the world collect - rently seeking a Royal Charter. ing T-shirts. WILMSEN, Viola (2002 S) Viola is at the moment working as the I have been active for several years in WALL, Jeremy (1954 M) solo-oboist at the opera of Berlin. She the development of standards, initially had won the "musician of the year" in with the British Standards Institute 2002 with oboe and piano whilst at SVS. where I act on the Project Management In October 2009, Viola won the oboe and Systems Engineering Committees as contest of the Sony Music Foundation in well as various IT related groups. I have Karuizawa/Japan as the first woman been working with the International ever to win this contest. In December Standards Organization for the last 3 or 2009, she won the contest for the solo- 4 years and am currently the Chairman oboist of the opera of Berlin, though she of the technical committee developing a is still a student of music at the univer - new international standard on project sity of Lübeck/Germany. This summer management. she will take her exams there, but she took over the post in Berlin already in I have retained my various university January 2010. affiliations and continue to act as exter - nal examiner for the University of Hert - WINTER, Douglas (1969 M) fordshire MSc) and Blackpool and the After leaving Sutton Valence, I did Douglas took early retirement from Fylde College (BSc)while teaching an National Service in the RA, mostly on the Diplomatic Service in March 2008, undergraduate course for the University Salisbury Plain. I then read Agriculture his last posting having been Addis Centre, Yeovil and postgraduate mod - at Oxford before embarking on a career Abada, where he was Consul and Man - ules for the Open University. I’m kept in the agricultural supply industry for 15 agement Officer. fairly busy as a Visiting Teaching Fellow years followed by a further 34 as a con - at Bournemouth University and as a sultant and international civil servant WINTER, Jonathan (1956 L) Senior Research Fellow at University (with the UN) in rural development in Retired C of E priest after 30 years College London. the developing world. Apart from the teaching in 12 South London schools – 4 UK, I’ve lived and worked in Ethiopia, as Deputy Head. A special Diocesan TRAVERS, Alan (1951 M) Rome, New York, and the Philippines, governor for schools failing OFSTED In 1945 Alan joined Bentleys. Left and now I live in semi-retirement in inspections (4 schools). Ex Dean of SVS and in 1951 was called up for Na - Cyprus. I’ve been married 3 times, have Woolwich for Ministers in Secular Em - tional Service. Commissioned in Royal 4 sons with my first wife, all now in their ployment. Played cricket and hockey for
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the Dulwich Club and the University of remy Hannah (1990 L) and Amy, a Basham (1992 S) at St Marys Church, the South Bank but now play golf at the daughter, Heidi Kathryn Hannah. Oatlands in Weybridge, Surrey. Dulwich and Sydenham Club. Do ‘locums’ in parishes short of clergy and ROBERTS on 11th December 2008, In the photograph, from left to right spend time with 7 grandchildren in to James Roberts (1994 L) and Felicity are: Henry Beazley (2001 L), James Stu - Formby, London and Portugal. Roberts (neé Lyne, 1996 V), a daughter, art (1987 W) best man, Nicholas Bills, Molly Naomi Olivia Roberts. Charlotte Basham, Rupert Morling YOUNG, Richard (1990 M) (1992 F), Edward Moore (1992 F), Left Education Consulting in the Mid - SANDOM on 2nd September 2009, William de Lucy (1966 F). dle East to attain Masters in Sports James Sandom (1993 W) and Nanna Management. Now using the knowledge Sandom, a son, Linus Thurston Sandom. Included in the bridal party were Old to set up own company in Sports Devel - Suttonians, father of the groom William opment. Have attended Athens and SLATER in July 2009, Roy Slater de Lucy (1966 M) best man, James Stu - Beijing Olympics and looking forward to (1994 W) and Nadine Slater, a daughter, art, ushers Rupert Morling (1992 F) and the Rio Olympic Carnival in 2016, after Leah Slater. He continues to work in Edward Moore (1992 F), Ben Stuart ( S the London 2012 party! Annually at - Hotels and recently returned after some V Primary). Bridesmaids included tending OS Hockey fixture ‘Weekend’ years spent in New York with Peninsula Jemma Stuart and Amie Stuart (S V Pri - like a bad penny! Hotels and now settled in Sevenoaks. mary). Also attending the wedding was Henry Beazley (2001 L). ZIA, Asad (1983 W) Asad is still working in the hedge fund The theme that ran throughout the industry in NYC. Also play squash. My Marriages day and the wedding was that of the wife works in City University of NY sys - school, including the colours of the tem as an English Professor. BILLS-BASHAM on 5th December school logo, which were used for the rib - 2009. bons on the wedding car and for the rib - Nicholas Bills (1992 W) to Charlotte bons around the tiers of cake. Births
EASTER on 22nd February 2010, to Rupert Easter (1981 W) and Gilly, a son, Wulfstan Wallace.
EVENDEN on 1st August 2009, to Simon Evenden (1981 F) and Emma, a son, Jolyon Samuel Evenden.
FEGER in August 2009, Karin Feger (1991 S) and partner, a daughter, Char - lotte Helene Feger. Outside mother - hood, she is a Public Relations Manager working for a US software company, called Sabre.
HANNAH on 20th June 2009, to Je -
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Each of the tables at the reception HOLMES-WYATT . Chris Holmes PHILLIPS-CARMICHAEL on 17th were named after school houses circa (1999 F) to Emma Wyatt. Best Men August 2009. Paul Phillips (2001 L) 1992, and we would like to thank Mr were Oliver Wood (1999 L) and married Alexa Carmichael (2001 V) at Pickard, Mrs Albentosa and Gary Hol - Nicholas Holmes. Head Usher was Paul St Michael’s Church in Smarden. lister (1991 W) for the loan of their Everett (1999 F). Amongst the guests were 18 Old Sutto - school ties which decorated the table nians. vases. JONES-JONES on 28th March 2009. Benjamin Jones and Lucy Jones (1999 SKINNER-HUTCHINSON on 1st H). Two of Lucy’s bridesmaids were So - May 2010 phie Willdridge (1999 H) and Nicola Leggat (1999 V). Also present at the wedding were Gavin Stiff (1999 M), Jane Daly (neé Wallis) (1999 H), Christina Judd (1997 V), James Ferris (1997 L), Georgie Ferris (1999 H) and Jo Ferris (1991 V), Billy Jones (1997 F) and Sam Jones (1999 F).
MILLS-DAY on 1st August 2009. Gavin Mills to Catherine Day (1995 V), daughter of Linda Day (Matron) and the late Brian Day (Head of Modern Languages and Holdgate Housemaster 1971-1991). Service conducted by Rev - erend David Barnes (Chaplain 1976 to 1986). Phillip Day (1997 F) gave Catherine away and Suzanne Day (2001 BRADSTOCK-LYNCH on 20th Au - V) was bridesmaid. The reception was gust 209. Richard Bradstock (2000 L) to held on the School Cricket Ground with Jack Sinner to Sophie Hutchinson Pauline Lynch. They met in Dubai and OS attending: Michael Beaman (1952 (2003 H) at East Sutton Church. married in the village of Adare in W, ex-staff 1992), Sylvie Rawlings (ex- Daughter of Andrew Hutchinson (Bur - County Limerick, Ireland. His best man staff 2005), Samantha Evans (neé Win - sar) and Alison Hutchinson. Reception was Simon Knowles (2000 F) with Will ter) (1996 S), Melissa Whitehead (1989 held at Friday Street Farm, East Sutton. Richardson (2000 F) and Matthew V), Liza Spice (neé Beaman) (1988 V), Bridesmaids were: Rosie Hutchinson Dadd (2000 F) being ushers. Also in at - Sophie Skinner (neé Hutchinson) (2003 (2005 Cl), Katie Horne (2001 V), Chloe tendance were Matthew Day (1999 L), H), Liz Mannington (1989 Cl). Kerrigan (2003 L) and Amy Fowler Holly Fletcher (2000 V), James Thorn (2003 L). (2000 F) and Ben Palmer (2000 L). CRAIG-PARRETT on 6th June 2009. Andrew Craig married Lizzie Parrett GREY-ACQUAH on 30th April 2009. (1996 V) in Wateringbury, Kent. Lizzie Victoria Grey (1989 V) to Kofi Acquah is the daughter of Graham Parrett (1950 at Christ Church, Dubai. M) and the sister of James Parrett (1999 F). Among the guests were Olivia Piper GROOM-TALBOT . Matthew Groom (1996 V), Emily O’Donnell (neé Ward) (1998 M) to Susan Talbot (2001 V). (1996 V), Felicity Roberts (neé Lynes) (1996 V) and James Roberts (1994 L).
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took a hand and we ended up in New Parish Councillor. The eldest of 5 chil - Deaths Zealand. Looking back it seems that our dren. plans never turned out as we intended BATEMAN , Jonathan (1954 M) living but the result was an exciting life. Jon FEROZE Rustam (1937 B & M) Sir in New Zealand, died on 13th Decem - could build or repair anything, was en - Rustam (Mole) died peacefully on 8th ber 2009 of Cancer. Married for 50 ergetic, good humoured, kind and posi - February 2010, aged 89. Beloved hus - years to Averil. The following was writ - tive and devoted to his family. band of Margaret, much loved father of ten by Averil. Jon was a typical product Richard, Peter and Jonathan, and of Sutton Valence, the School did a fine BAILEY , William (Bill) (1956 M) died grandfather of eight. job and launched a splendid man out after a long illness in April 2010. into the world. We had a varied life, first Sir Rustam was one of the leading gy - home a narrow boat on the Grand BAYLEY , Peter (1930 M) living in naecological surgeons of the postwar Union Canal. We started from scratch New Zealand died in 2009. era. He went onto King’s College Hos - with the hull of a boat that had just car - pital and, after and accelerated medical ried its last load of coal, scrubbed out BOYS , Jefferay (1925 W) in Novem - education, he qualified MRCS, LRCP in the coal dust and used demolition tim - ber 2009. Jeremy left the school in 1925 1943 at King’s and joined the RNVR. ber to built the cabin. It made a lovely and went to live in Canada in 1929. He After 3 years of war surgery he returned home by the time we had finished. Jon reached his ultimate goal of 100 years on to King’s as house surgeon. He acquired was shunted round Britain, training for 30th September 2009, and quietly the MRCOG in 1949, the MD London an overseas posting and a boat seemed a slipped away, later in November. He in 1952 and FRCS England in 1952. In better option than a series of bed sits. had a remarkable life and leaves behind that year, at the age of 31, he was ap - Jon told his Company when transferred his 2 daughters, 6 grandchildren and 4 pointed consultant obstetrician and gy - from London to Stockport, 'It will take great-grandchildren. He and his wife naecologist to King’s College Hospital. me a week to get there'. In those days, Laura enjoyed a very happy 71 years to - This was the start of a distinguished ca - early Sixties, the canals were not used gether, until her death in 2006. reer, both as a teacher and surgeon. As much. We often had to fix lock gates or a teacher of postgraduates he was recog - clear weed to make progress, and break CAREY Bryan (1947 W) on 30th July nised as Dean of the Institute of Obstet - the ice as we made the trip North in win - 2009, aged 80, in hospital after a stroke. rics and Gynaecology in 1967, a post he ter. We were a novelty and people would held in addition to his many other clini - walk beside the 'Hettie' on the tow path, CHRISTIAN Leo (1945 W) in March cal duties until 1973. In this role his tal - asking questions. We started to learn 2010. ent for organisation and communication Spanish to go to S.America but were developed and the Royal College of Ob - sent to S.Africa instead. We had a fabu - DANIELS Leslie (1953 F) on 23rd Au - stetricians and Gynaecologists was quick lous time there. We assumed we were gust 2009. He was long serving secretary to take him on to its council, examina - safe because we had no quarrel with of Headcorn Local History Society. He tion and hospital recognition commit - anyone and our naivety paid off. We worked for Kent County Council for tees – both of which he ultimately bought a house in the country when peo - many years and was secretary to the chaired. He was director of postgradu - ple were scuttling to the city, travelled a County Police Committee. His long and ate studies from 1975 to 1981 and later lot and camped further North in places devoted service to the church included was elected president of the college. Ac - that are now dangerous. Started to learn being a server for more than 60 years. tive in the foundation of the European Afrikaans but were transferred back to He was a sacristan and master of cere - Association of Obstetrics and Gynae - UK and from then we gave up trying to monies and ensured that the church cology, he became its first president in learn new languages although we picked records of burials, internments and the 1985 and 1982 he was appointed chair - up smatterings of Hindi when we lived churchyard were maintained. He was man of all the Royal Colleges in the con - in Fiji for 8 years. We built a yacht in - also a member of the Parochial Church ference of Royal Medical Colleges, later tending to sail back to UK but again fate Council for more than 50 years and a to become the Academy, a role he
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served for two years. Sir Rustam was HARMAN Anthony (1932 M) has recalls that he always reminisced the knighted for services to medicine in died. days at school as a boarder, which no 1983. doubt moulded his character and love JONES Jeffery (1958 W), in July 2009. for sports. Remo played active rugby at GULLAND John (1933), died in hos - a competitive level in Argentina, in sev - pital on 20th April 2010. The former KELLY Andrew (1981 W) on 25th eral positions such as wing, wing forward United Reformed Church in Sutton Va - May 2009 of a massive heart attack. At and full back. Known for his strong lence village was generously donated to school, he was Captain of Tennis and tackling, he was preselected for the an - the school by Mr John F Gulland in Shooting. nual match Foreigners vs Argentines in 1982. The conversion took 18 months to the early 1930’s. complete and bought together all art fa - KENT Alan (1944 W) on 22nd May cilities under one roof which were pre - 2009. He was a chartered Engineer who He later played tennis and practised viously housed in different parts of the spent his professional life in local au - rowing which kept him fit, after giving school. The art centre was officially thority work, specialising in designing up rugby due to meniscus injury. opened on Monday 23rd June 1982 by highways. He worked for Rochester, Mr Gulland and named Gulland Hall. Maidstone, Ealing, Bromley and from His son recalls that he has been enter - 1970 until his retirement in 1987 he was tained over the years with his father’s In the Eulogy, read by Blair Gulland in Bournemouth and East Dorset. He stories about certain masters, his cold at John’s funeral, it stated that John re - leaves a son and two daughters and four showers in the early morning, his “es - membered his class being admonished grandchildren. He enjoyed sailing, ski - capes” with his friends to nearby ponds as being the worst fifth form there had ing and golf. for a swim, the bombing of a rabbit ever been at the school. Paradoxically, hutch using home made powder by one his year was exceptional. One of his LEAK Dennis (1946 W) on 3rd April his school friends, the damages to the friends, Peter Grafton (1933 W), later 2009. Dennis was a generous donor to main school during the German bomb - became President of the Royal Institute the school’s development appeal and an - ing in the South of England. Remo was of Chartered Surveyors, and was Chair - nual fund. Brother of William Leak a traditionalist and very cultured person, man of the Governors at Sutton Valence (1936 W), deceased. respected and liked by all in his commu - for many years, and whose twin brother nity. A tribute to SVS. (James), also in the same class, is cred - MORGAN , John (1949 W) on 4th ited with assembling and writing mate - April 2010. John regularly contacted the ROTHWELL Richard (ex-staff 1989- rial for the comedy act called The development office for a chat and he will 2000), on 17th July 2009. Goons. Another friend was Charles be sadly missed. Groves (1932 W), later Sir Charles STUBBLEFIELD Peter (1952 M) in Groves, who became one of the coun - NOEL , Roy (1948 DB) on 20th March November 2009. Brother of Rodney try’s leading conductors, and whose 2010. Sadly passed away aged 73, and in Stubblefield (1955 M). Peter trained at name is given to the music building recent years had talked a lot, and fondly, Guy’s Hospital as a Dentist and had a Groves Hall. Another was Sydney about his time at SVS. Last year when successful career. Wooderson (1933 W), who later held in the UK, his son called in and pur - the world record for running the mile chased school ties and a crystal tankard TAYLOR Edward (1970 F) in April and whose name is given to the school’s for him. Roy was cremated wearing his 2009. sports hall. So one way or another, the school tie. fifth form was unforgettable, but per - WOOLDRIDGE Frederick (1987 M) haps for reasons other than those given NINO Remo (1928) on 28th February on 12th January 2010. A citizen of both by the admonishing master. 2010. Remo was in his 100th year, which the United Kingdom and Australia, probably made him in 2010 one of the Fred was a Senior Political Affairs and oldest living Old Suttonian. Remo’s son Planning Officer with the UN Stabiliza -
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tion Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) style?” A colleague from his office in since 2007. He was 41 years old when he Geneva remembered Fred’s good na - was tragically killed in the earthquake in ture thus: "We have worked and also Haiti. laughed a lot together. You loved the mountains and I, the sea, and we often Fred had been a member of the UN talked about that.” family since 1997. He was among the first to join the United Nations Mission Mr David Harland, a Director of the in Liberia (UNMIL) where he served as United Nations Department of Peace- Special Assistant to the Special Repre - Keeping Operations stated: “He was the sentative for the Secretary-General. In epitome of the very best that Britain 2004 he was appointed as Special Assis - contributes to the UN: broad-minded, tant to Executive Secretary of the UN utterly committed to making the world Compensation Commission, based in a better place; super-educated, super-ef - Geneva. One of his colleagues said, fective; just a great person.” “Fred loved his work with the United Nations and was committed to helping A spokesman for the British Prime developing countries build better fu - Minister, Gordon Brown, said the Prime tures for their people.” Minister’s thoughts were with Mr. Wooldridge's family and friends. “The Born in Tasmania, Fred returned to Prime Minister is hugely grateful for the England with his family in 1970 and work that Frederick and others were spent most of his early life in Kent. He doing in the UN Stabilization Mission: • • • studied International Relations at the helping to build a stronger Haiti, and University of London School of Oriental giving people hope where they had and African Studies, gaining a distinc - none.” tion in his Masters programme. Fred, son of a fruit farmer in Kent, A colleague from UNMIL said, “Fred was a much-loved member of a close leaves behind our colleague, Teamar family. He is survived by his wife, Tea - Melle, his beloved wife, whom he met mar; his parents, Judith and Harry; his and fell in love with whilst serving in brother, sister, grandmother and ex - Liberia.” Fred married Teamar in a sea - tended family. He had many side ceremony in Positano, Italy in May friends in the UN and beyond, 2009. Teamar also works for the UN and particularly in Geneva where E is still stationed in Liberia. he loved skiing and moun - ma taineering. i P ls lease A colleague described him as “a true help us cost to redu gentleman, with a warm and sensitive s by sen ce pos ding in tal nature, dedicated to his friends and fam - your e riggs mail to ily.” Another colleague from Liberia r@svs .org.uk said of the conversations he had with than k you. Fred: “I took pleasure in these conver - sations and anticipative humour. Was it because of your oh-so-British accent or was it just you with your friendly classy
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Through research, the following Old Suttonians have unfortunately been found to have died.
First Name Initial Surname Date left Died date
Richard L Bongard (1933 W) died 1990 Sidney A Harrison (1949 M) died 1993 Keith Henniker (1951 M) died 1995 Gerald P Hex (1958 W) died 1998 Kenneth E T Hopkins (1940 W) died 1996 Ronald S Izett (1938 DB) died 2003 Richard D H Johnson (1939 M) died 1996 Brian H Lockhart (1953 M) died 1993 Peter Loretto Santarelli (1937 W) died 2004 John M Luck (1940 M) died 1999 Michael F Macey (1944 DB) died 2003 Hilary F A Marks (1938 By) died 2000 Christopher A Marlow (1956 L) died 1988 Michael D Martin (1941 W) died 1995 Roy McCarthy (1939 W) died 2002 Robert I Muir (1944 M) died 2000 Robert R C Neilson (1939 L) died 2001 Nicholas C W Newitt (1946 L) died 2003 Terence P O'Brien (1959 DB) died 2000 Kenneth K H Oliver (1955 W) died 1990 Norman W Peen (1941 DB) died 1993 Roy B M Petters (1950 DB) died 2002 John B M Poster (1940 M) died 1990 David A Potter (1951 M) died 2001 Neville C W Raphael (1944 M) died 1997 Jack B Richards (1997 DB) died 1997 Thomas E Ridgewell (1953 W) died 1995 Martin H Ronan (1947 W) died 1998 Robin A Self (1960 L) died 2000 John D P Simond (1938 W) died 1995 William G Southby (1939 L) died 2001 Victor G Storey (1960 W) died 1994 Patrick G Thyne (1954 M) died 1990 Alan A G Trimming (1937 W) died 1999 William H Tritton (1945 W) died 1984 Guy S Tucker (1937 M) died 1998 David A Wilkins (1946 M) died 1985 Michael G Wilshin (1949 M) died 1990 John S Woolway (1937 DB) died 1994 Ronald N Wright (1940 W) died 1999
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Old Suttonian Association AGM
The AGM was held on 24th April 2010. the dinner this year, but all arrangements were in hand. 70 Present Mrs Nikki Ellis, Chairman, and 13 Officers and members would be sitting down to Dinner. members of the organisation. 81 members submitted their Apologies for absence. The minutes of the 2009 AGM were Sport: approved and signed by the Chairman as a true and accurate EDG Bunker, President, said that the cricket last summer record. There were no matters arising. was successful, except the OS game v the School had to be cancelled because of a clash with an inter-school competition. Finance: This year the match will take place on June 27th. The Golf - The 2009 accounts have been audited and the accounts ing Society had rather less luck than the previous year in the from 2005 – 2008 have been approved. The meeting ex - Grafton-Morrish trophy, and it was hoped that an OS ‘Golf pressed its great thanks to SD Hasson, the Auditor. A sub- Day’ might be arranged to which all golfing members might committee has been established to examine the status and be invited. finances of the Association. Its brief includes how best to make use of the not insubstantial investments. Any changes Elections: recommended will be put to either the next AGM or to an EJ Evans was elected the new President, TI Weedon was EGM in due course. elected to be the new Treasurer and D Pickard was elected to be Secretary to the Association. RER Humphrey was re- Reports: elected as Dinner Secretary. PJ Higgins was re-elected to the Membership: Committee and CS Mills (nee Day) was elected to join the CRG Shaw thanked all there for their support of him as Committee. There remains one vacancy on the Committee Hon. Secretary. He reported that in his last few months in of - since RJ Young stepped down because of business commit - fice suggestions had been made about how the Association ments. might move forward, by working closely with the School’s De - velopment Office. These were beginning to bear fruit and that Any Other Business: Mrs Knott and Miss Riggs had done a splendid job in this re - The Committee had great pleasure in agreeing to the elec - gard. E J Evans proposed the thanks of everyone associated tions of Mrs Ros Dines (former Matron), Mrs Ros Harrison with the OSA to Colin for all his hard work over many years. (former Estates Bursar) and Mr Paul Atkinson (Head Gard - ner) as Honorary Old Suttonians. Social Events: RER Humphrey, Dinner Secretary, was unable to attend
Golf News Hockey 2010 The matches were held on Saturday 21st March. The OS golfers continued their success in qualifying once The Old Suttonians successfully beat the School again for the Grafton Morrish. The Event is held over both in every match. Final scores were: Hunstanton and Royal West Norfolk (Brancaster) over a maximum of 4 days including a practice round, with three 1st Men 6-2 teams of two playing foursomes over these two great lynx 1st Ladies 7-2 courses. The first round saw a promising 2-1 win over Eton, 2nd Mens 3-0 however a strong side from The Leys won the second round 3rd Mens 3-2 match 2-1. The plate saw the team manage a respectable 15/24. It was once again great for the school to qualify for A trophy was presented to the winners of the 2nd Mens the event, win in first round and we hope to progress further team in memory of Alex Hatch who sadly died last year. this coming September 2010. We are very grateful to Mr and Mrs Hatch for making this presentation.
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Hockey 2010
Hockey 1st Men and school 1st XI
Hockey 3rd OS team 2010
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Hockey 2010
Hockey 1st Girls OS and School 1st XI
Hockey 2nd team with Mr and Mrs Hatch
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Netball 2010
It was a damp and breezy Saturday in March (thank good - By the third period however, the OS girls began to find ness for the indoor sports hall) when nine Old Suttonian their feet and took control of the game. Katie Murray (nee netball ladies donned their dusty netball skirts to challenge Slaughter) and Alexa Phillips (nee Carmichael) arrived and the SV Girls 1st Netball Team. Looking professional in all- added an extra dimension to the OS defence and attack. in-one netball dresses and warming up in stealth-like for - The OS girls won periods during the match but despite mation, the SV girls certainly looked a force to be reckoned some great teamwork and a few inspired moves, failed to with. close the gap. Youth and well practised moves of the SV team won out over experience and determination of the OS, Their challengers, the OS ladies, including players from the final score was 25-34 to SV. 1997 to 2007, arrived in miss-matched kit and warmed up with a quick catch up on the ‘good old days’! However, hav - Despite the loss, all agreed it was a thoroughly enjoyable ing been given strict instructions from Mrs Cornell to put game. It was also great to visit the school, play netball with up a good fight, with our faithful supporters on the sideline, some old friends and play against the current SV 1st net - including the ever vocal Mrs Wilkinson, put up a good fight ball team. we did! A big thank you to all the supporters who cheered on The game began at a lightning pace and for the OS, or both teams and also to Mrs Cornell, Mrs Wilkinson, Ms the ‘oldies’ as the umpires referred to us, it was a rocky Riggs and Mrs Knott who helped organise the game. We start. As a newly formed team it took a while to find our are looking forward to next year’s re-match already – maybe rhythm whilst the SV girls took the advantage and settled we’ll even fit in a training session beforehand! By Rebecca straight into a winning game. Hoffman (nee Lacey)
OS team (with red bibs) back row: Katie Murray (nee Slaughter) (1997 H), Gemma Newman (2006), Harriet Bardsley (2006 Cl), Alexa Phillips (nee Carmichael) (2001 V), Amy Sawtell (2005 S), Middle: Lauren Neve (2006 L), Front: Rebecca Hoffman (nee Lacey) (1998 H), Katie Gornall (2001 V), Hannah Bigham (2007 G)
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Cricket News
2009 saw a rather mixed year by way of results with 2 wins Saturday felt a very long day (especially for one or two of and 4 losses, from the “week” itself. Unfortunately we did - the veterans). We were in the field for 57 overs while Davies n’t have an opportunity to put the young upstarts from the XI compiled 259 in the face of a steady OS attack. Our School in their place as they had to call off the fixture be - opening batsmen were the Jackson brothers, with Ashley cause they had made their way to a final of a 20/20 compe - stopping by to pick up a few tips in advance of his starring tition. It was a pity they couldn’t field a 2nd XI but there we role for England in their European Hockey Championships are. win a fortnight later. Eagle eyed readers of the Sunday Times on 30 August might have a seen a pictorial feature on We beat Marden and Peter Davies’ XI but succumbed in “how to take a penalty corner” by Ashley, in which he says the rest in some fairly close matches, and in two cases, “I plant my left foot very much like a fast bowler in cricket”. against Blair Hart’s All Stars and the Dragons, snatched de - He could only have got this from playing OS Cricket. feat from the jaws of victory. Remarkably 40 OS turned out in those 6 games, which was very much a reflection of the Anyway, he and Wes got us off to a good start which oth - persuasive abilities of the match managers, and with ages ers continued but the pick of the OS batting was Tony from 17 to 70. Particular mention should be made of Rutherford with 83 who saw us within sight of home. He had Matthew Wooderson whose side on the Friday included sev - that first 100 for the OS in sight but fatigue got the better of eral players who were returning for the first time to SV since him. Great shame. There were a couple of minor scares but they had left. we made it with 2 balls and 2 wickets to spare.
As to the games, we made a slow start against Scorpions And, finally, the battle with the Dragons is always rivet - having been put in on a remarkably green wicket by Upper’s ing. They always bring a strong, organised, side and some - standards and eventually had to declare to give ourselves times we look a bit gentlemanly in comparison. This time chance of victory. In the 50 or so minutes before tea, Scor - we were fielding a youthful and talented team that would, if pions scored a mere 116, scoring boundaries at will, and we were still competing in the Brewers’ Cup, be very near to making the declaration look extremely silly. Fortunately our strongest XI. A marathon 19 over spell by Michael Coles Neville Harrison our septuagenarian (look it up) took a went virtually unrewarded while James Vincent picked up 6 wicket first ball after tea and the balance swung back and al - wickets at the other end, and 243 was a reasonable and though they got the runs in the end it was only with a cou - achievable target. However no one told Chris Arnold, the ple of overs to spare and we recovered some pride. Dragons skipper and opening bowler, who had Day and Bradstock back in the pavilion within his first three overs, On the first Sunday, another bus pass holder, Neil and it was uphill after that. Richards, took 7 Roffensian wickets but couldn’t prevent a comfortable defeat. If anything he was outdone by their Jack Field scored an outstanding 98, and was well sup - spinner Edmed who took 8 wickets, and benefited from the ported by Ben Daking with 47, but once they were separated OS continuing to chase an increasing unlikely victory. we made a mess of it. Into the final 20 overs we were only 4 down and needing 65 runs. Should have been simplicity itself Monday saw some mighty batting by Tim Watts and Mark but all credit to the Dragons for fighting back. We kept los - Russell-Vick, each scoring 100s and enjoying an unbeaten ing wickets and falling behind in the run rate but skipper partnership of 201. Marden were always behind the run rate Bradders was quite clear – we can play for the draw but let’s and although they only fell 22 short the result was never re - go for the win! Our number 11 was a late call up following ally in doubt. a cry off and unfortunately it was his first game of cricket. Not the best circumstances to be facing a league opening Friday saw the first of three close games on the second bowler and even if we had wanted to play for the draw it was weekend, played 10 a side after some late drop outs. The unlikely we would have succeeded in those circumstances. Watson brothers James & Alex took 7 of the All Stars wick - ets and 222 looked a perfectly gettable total. At 190-4 with And now, from a match featuring a set of rising stars with 10 of the last 20 overs still available it was a cruise but a re - most of their careers still ahead of them to an individual markable collapse (remarkable given the batsmen involved) whose contribution to OS cricket has been immense. The saw 5 wickets falling for 22 runs to hand the visitors an un - match against Roffensians was Neil Richards’ 250th game likely victory. for the OS, and marked with a presentation at tea that day.
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His debut, whilst still at School, against Marden in 1966 was And of course to Kathy and Lorna High who continue to relatively modest (0-25 and 3 not out in a losing cause). The slave long and hard in the kitchen to satisfy enormous ap - batting hasn’t changed much but little portent on the bowl - petites, and to the grounds team at SVS for looking after us ing front of what lay ahead. 43 years later he celebrated with so well. We are very fortunate to have the use of the ground yet another 7 wicket haul taking his tally to 564. Not a bad for nothing and yet a small number often take it a bit for average per game. It is always fun to see him playing against granted. This extends to some thoughtless behaviour like young sides who assume that he is easy pickings then finding smoking in the dressing rooms (some old habits clearly die he has taken a hatful of wickets. Long may it continue. hard) but with stringent non smoking regulations now in place our hosts have expressed their concerns to me. Our thanks are also due to Philip Higgins for umpiring most of our games, and looking more and more like Rudi We now have a new host in Bruce Grindlay who follows a Koertzen, the Test umpire, under his hat, although if the long line of supportive headmasters, and he has already said 2009 Ashes series was anything to go by Philip is a bit more he is keen to maintain and foster the excellent relationship consistent. between OS cricket and the School. I hope we can get him to turn out for us next season. David Bunker kindly helped with the scoring on the sec - ond weekend, which was much appreciated as arrangement Desmond High had been rather haphazard up to then. October 2009
2009 results in summary
OS 217-8 dec Scorpions 219-7 Lost by 3 wickets
Old Roffesians 279-9dec OS 204 (G Palmer 61) Lost by 75 runs (N Richards 7-71)
OS 261-3 innings closed (T Marden 239-9 innings closed Won by 22 runs Watts 121no, M Russell-Vick 100no)
Blair Hart All Stars XI 223 OS 212 (W Jackson 78) Lost by 13 runs
P Davies’ XI 259 OS 260-8 (A Rutherford 83) Won by 2 wickets
Dragons 243-8dec (J Vincent OS 231 (J Field 98) Lost by 12 runs 6-49)
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Friday 18th June 2010 – Lashings World XI v SVS XI Athletics Track Saturday 26th June 2010 – Careers Fair Saturday 25th September 2010 – Yuppies Reunion (Leavers 1980-2005) Date to be confirmed – West Country Reunion The Athletics Track was formerly opened by Sir Friday 22nd October 2010 – Hong Kong Reunion Roger Bannister on 22nd September 2009. Thursday 7th October 2010 – Golf Day, Prince’s Golf Club Saturday 25th June 2011 – Reunion (Leavers 1950’s) William Lambe Society
The William Lambe Society has been formed to ac - knowledge the generosity of legators. Members were invited to the annual dinner in the Headmaster’s house in May. Please contact the Development Of - fice if you would like further details.
OSA Contacts
President E J Evans (1953 W) 01622 845271
Honorary Secretary David Pickard (Master 1977-2001) [email protected]
OSA Liaison Rebecca Riggs [email protected] A painting of Joe Davies, former Headmaster (2001-2009) was 01622 845271 commissioned and will be hung in the corridor of the main block.
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