Old Greshamian Magazine 2019 Old Greshamian Old Greshamian Magazine November 2019 • Number 158 Old Greshamian Magazine November 2019 Number 158 Cover Photo: Olivia Colman with her Academy Award at the 2019 Oscars ceremony © PA Printed by The Lavenham Press 2 Contents Contact Details and OG Club Committee ........................................................................................ 4 GUY ALLEN Messages from the Chairman and the Headmaster ........................................................................ 5 Headmaster’s Speech Day Speech 2019 ....................................................................................... 8 The London Children’s Camp ........................................................................................................ 14 RECENT WORKS Reunions and Events in the Past Year .......................................................................................... 16 Friends of Gresham’s (FOGs) ....................................................................................................... 28 The Dyson Building ....................................................................................................................... 30 Development and The Gresham’s Foundation .............................................................................. 33 Gresham’s Futures ........................................................................................................................ 36 Honours and Distinctions............................................................................................................... 39 Engagements, Marriages and Births ............................................................................................. 44 OG News ....................................................................................................................................... 50 Ferblanc......................................................................................................................................... 70 A Headmaster’s Centenary ........................................................................................................... 72 Sidney Steer – another victim of the First World War? .................................................................. 77 An Indian Railway Pioneer ............................................................................................................ 81 The Cycling Parson ....................................................................................................................... 83 The Fake Parson ........................................................................................................................... 92 Sundials at Risk of Dying Out ........................................................................................................ 94 The Broxbourne Clock ................................................................................................................... 96 The Genesis of Dave’s Diner ......................................................................................................... 97 Recollections of Life in the “New San”......................................................................................... 100 Does Artificial Intelligence Worry You? ........................................................................................ 102 “The Monarch” ............................................................................................................................. 108 OG Travel Grant: A Cricketing Gap Year Programme ................................................................. 114 The Philip Newell Memorial Fund ................................................................................................ 116 Volunteering in Nepal ............................................................... 116 The Institute for Women in Migration in Mexico City ................ 121 Volunteering in Ghana .............................................................. 123 Turtle Conservation in Sri Lanka .............................................. 127 Projects in Ecuador .................................................................. 129 SLV Psychology Placement in Sri Lanka ................................. 135 OG Sport: .................................................................................................................................... 138 Cricket ...................................................................................... 138 Hockey ..................................................................................... 138 Golf ........................................................................................... 139 Original Etchings from The Artist’s Studio Swimming ................................................................................. 143 Begin by Asking Why ............................................................... 144 OGRE ....................................................................................... 145 17th – 30th November ‘19 Round Norfolk Relay ................................................................ 152 Open Daily 10.00 – 5.00 (Sunday 11.00 – 3.00) Obituaries .................................................................................................................................... 154 The Kitchen Cabin ....................................................................................................................... 194 Letters.......................................................................................................................................... 196 The Old Greshamian Club ........................................................................................................... 206 Communication and Social Media ............................................ 206 THE Reunions .................................................................................. 207 Merchandise ............................................................................. 207 RED DOT GALLERY Advertising ............................................................................... 208 Club Overview .......................................................................... 210 7 Fish Hill,7 FishHolt, Hill, Norfolk. Holt, Norfolk. 01263 01263 710287 710 287 thereddotgallery.com thereddotgallery.com GUY ALLEN RECENT WORKS Original Etchings from The Artist’s Studio 17th – 30th November ‘19 Open Daily 10.00 – 5.00 (Sunday 11.00 – 3.00) THE RED DOT GALLERY 7 Fish Hill,7 FishHolt, Hill, Norfolk. Holt, Norfolk. 01263 01263 710287 710 287 thereddotgallery.com thereddotgallery.com 4 Contact Details The OG Club Gresham’s School Cromer Road Holt Norfolk NR25 6EA Tel: 01263 714500 (main switchboard) Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.greshams.com/old-greshamians/ Jo Thomas-Howard (Alumni Manager) [email protected] Tel 01263 714620 Mary Cokayne (Development Administrator) [email protected] Tel 01263 714629 Richard Peaver (OG Magazine Editor) [email protected] Old Greshamian Club Committee Chairman: Charlotte Coventry (née Goff) ([email protected]) (O 1996 – 01) Vice Chairman: Robert Dale ([email protected]) (T 1979 – 84) Treasurer: Kate Olby (née Seymour) ([email protected]) (c & O 1991 – 98) OG Governor: Sir James Dyson (OSH 1956 – 65) Club Secretary: Jo Thomas-Howard (Alumni Manager) Staff Representative: Mark Seldon ([email protected]) (S 2002 - ) Headmaster: Douglas Robb ([email protected]) OG Magazine Editor: Richard Peaver (S 1971 – 2009) Alex Bartlam (née Buch) ([email protected]) (c, E & B 1990 – 97) Duncan Baker ([email protected]) (W 1993 – 98) Alexander Cann ([email protected]) (k & H 2001 – 06) Sam Curtis ([email protected]) (c & H 1986 – 93 & S 2006 - ) Chris Deane ([email protected]) (H 1979 – 84) Hannah Jones ([email protected]) (c & O 1991 – 04) Charlie Mack ([email protected]) (k & F 1988 – 2003 & S 2015 - ) James Morgan ([email protected]) (c & W 1980 – 89) Stephen Pask ([email protected]) (F 1956 – 61) 5 From the Chairman Dear OGs, It is hard to believe a whole year has passed since I wrote the last report, and it has been another busy one for the OG Club. Within the office we have produced a new range of merchandise, which is available both online or in the school shop – we hope you like it, and would welcome any feedback. More excitingly, we have launched a new platform called Gresham’s Global Connect. This is a private website only for OGs, which I urge you all to sign up to. It has a careers focus and allows OGs to search for others via name, location or job description. You can decide how much information you give, whether you are happy to be contacted by others, and how you want that contact to be made. We are really hoping this will offer help and support to OGs in the workplace; after all, we’ve all needed a helping hand at times. Outside the office, OGs have been active as always; the HOGs have had a good season and are making plans for their forthcoming 25th Anniversary Dinner, OGRE completed a successful tour of Jersey, and Olivia Colman was presented with an Oscar for Best Actress in “The Favourite”! Others have been running marathons, cycling across mountains and travelling to far corners of the world. It is always interesting to hear about your adventures and achievements, so please send any pictures and information to the OG Club office. On that note, I would like to thank Richard Peaver who does a wonderful