THE NEWSLETTER FOR THE ALUMNAE OF ST TERESA’S EFFINGHAM 2016–17 Keeping in touch with old friends all over the world WELCOME! STOGA 2017 Welcome TO THE STOGA NEWSLETTER I am happy to say that the STOGA membership continues to increase as we locate more old girls through Facebook and word of mouth which is wonderful. We now have 1000 old girls as “facebook friends”. Look up Teresa Effi ngham on Facebook to fi nd us and ask to be a friend. You will most likely fi nd many old class mates on there and you will be able to get in touch with them if you wish. We had a fantastic turnout to the School Reunion in October and it was wonderful to see so many familiar as well as many new faces. Sadly Cynthia Snowden (ex maths teacher from the 1970/80’s) who posted a wonderful video on YouTube of staff and girls in the 1970’s and was planning to join us did not make it due to illness. Some of her former pupils below posed for a photograph to send to her along PLEASE UPDATE with their good wishes. YOUR DETAILS! Best Wishes Please visit: www.st-teresas.com/school/stoga/ and fi ll in a STOGA MEMBERSHIP FORM Jilly Cooper or email [email protected] Mrs Snowden’s Girls (1980–1986 Leavers) Back Row, left to right: Jacqui (Mc Guire) O’Sullivan, Catherine (Slattery) East, Siobhan Hand, Frances (McCarthy) Turko, Beckie (Christie) Alphe, Emma (Hammond) Fennelly, Juliette (Thompson) Stuart, Bridget (Page) Cordy, Ingrid Gossage , Kate McCall-McCowan, Nikki (Walker) Fisher, Lizzie (Bramwell) Holder, Niki (Fyson) Cox. Front Row, left to right: Mary Matthews, Jenny Williams, Bridget Williams, Tina Pauro, Alison Sindon, Alex Colette, Lucy (Lambert) Kindon, Kirstie Ainslie 2 REUNIONS & EVENTS STOGA 2017 Reunions & Events ANNUAL REUNION Saturday 1st October 2016 1 2 3 4 1 Some 1980’s girls: 5 Sue (West) Pugh- Morgan, (Catherine Blackman ) Flo Batt, Alex (Vaughan) Harvey, Fleur (Bettison) Davey, Catherine (Slattery) East 6 2 Lindy (Graham) Williams 1953 centre with her 2 daughters Jenny and Bridget 3 Mrs Gardner with 1996 leavers: Jane Lackenby, Manal Mitri and Sophie (Meeson) Grimaldi 4 1950’s girls: Tessa (Stone) Nash, Marian (Ococks) Corrigan, Lindy (Graham )Williams 5 The young ones: Sophie (Harding) Nicholls and Rosemary Butler with their children. 6 A few words from the Bursar Alan Miller before we went off on tours of the school with guides from the sixth form. 3 STOGA 2017 REUNIONS & EVENTS ANNUAL REUNION continued 1980’s girls: Tina Marie Pauro, Belinda (Maynard) Gannon, Xanthe (Stewart) More 80’s girls visiting boarding: Niki (Fyson) Cox, Emma (Howard) Cunningham, Ponsford, Jane (Quirke) Keough Liz (Hand) Chilcott, Jane (Quirke) Keough, Lucy (Lambert) Kindon, Tina Marie Pauro SPRING COUNTRY WALK – CHILWORTH/ST MARTHA’S 8th March 2016 This was a very enjoyable circular walk with a real variety of scenery and terrain. Ranging from woodlands, open fi elds with magnifi cent views to grapevines and lakes. We walked up the hills, past cows with bells and rested at St Martha’s church before descending to Chilworth and walking along the gunpowder route to the Percy Arms for a Jackson the dog welcome lunch. Irene Mallinson 1964, Lyndsey Thynne - mum of Catherine 2012, Fiona Patterson Knight - mum of Olivia 2012, Anne Jackson - mum of Helen 2012, Maggie Nakkas, Percy Arms: Simone Ellis, Diane Humphrey - Ex Librarian, Dawn Horrill, Carol Walker, Simone Ellis 1972 Brenda Gazzard, Sue Mason mum of Ellen (2013), Diane Humphreys ex Librarian 4 REUNIONS & EVENTS STOGA 2017 OLD KENSINGTON – LONDON’S ROYAL VILLAGE 21st April 2016 Right: Margaret Cadman ex school accountant, Stephanie (Darling) Wilson-Carey 1969, Sue Jackson ex bursar’s assistant, Cheryl Smith mother of Lara-Ann, Diana (Ward-Smith) Cheveley 1969, Clare (Lockett ) Dawson1969 Below Right: The girls couldn’t resist a bit of window shopping! Irene Mallinson 1964, Sue Jackson OLD KNIGHTSBRIDGE VILLAGE PUB WALK 6th May 2016 On a Friday evening in May we ventured out from South Kensington to explore hidden parts of Knightsbridge and notably some pubs, entertained by our Blue Badge Guide Richard II who as usual had many a fascinating tale to tell. Back Row: Derek Read, Vicky (Bennett) Read 1962, Sandie Prentice, Irene Mallinson 1964, Simone Ellis 1972 Front Row: Jilly Cooper, Di Cherry The Grenadier 5 STOGA 2017 REUNIONS & EVENTS OLD PALACE GUIDED WALK Friday 25th November 2016 This fascinating walk took us through all sorts of delightful nooks and crannies and secret courtyards around St James’s and The Old Palace Quarter of London. We saw the magnifi cent Spencer House overlooking Green Park built for John, The First Earl Spencer and ancestor of Lady Diana, Princess of Wales. We visited the secluded courtyard around the back of The Stafford Hotel beautifully lit with fairy lights. The Stafford is where Princess Diana took refuge when news of her impending divorce was leaked. Around the corner is Dukes Hotel of the Martini “shaken not stirred” fame, a catchphrase of Ian Fleming’s James Bond, and the area around St James’s is also home to many gentlemen’s clubs including: The East India Club, on St James’s Square, Boodles: which was reputed to be where Beau Brummel’s last bet took place before he fl ed to France. Brookes – where gambling all night was The Stafford common and Whites, founded in 1693 – the oldest Courtyard and most exclusive Gentlemans’ club in the world with current members including Charles, Prince of Chopin Wales, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. David Cameron was a member but resigned over the club’s refusal to admit women. (Margaret Thatcher was made an honorary gentleman). Finally, we saw the In and Out Naval and Military club is in St James’s Square next to the former Libyan Embassy where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot in 1984 during a protest. See the memorial to her, right. Dukes of Martini “Shaken not Stirred” fame Walkers: Di (Ward Smith) Cheveley – old girl 1965, Annabel (Balls) Gardner – old girl 1965, Clare (Lockett) Dawson – old girl 1969, Stephanie (Darling) Wilson-Carey – old girl 1969, Phillipa (Dennis) Bottomley – old girl 1976, Julie Penny – Friend of Phillipa, Lindsay Thynne – former parent – Catherine 2012, Anne Jackson – former parent – Helen 2012, Sandra Layton – former parent - Francesca 2012, Deborah Wagstaff – former parent – Antonia 2012, Vernonica Reed – ex receptionist and former parent Natasha 2013, Nathalie Blackwell – ex Head’s PA, Sue Jackson – ex Bursar’s Assistant, Margaret Cadman – ex Accountant and me Jilly Cooper – Alumnae Manager Lindsey Thynne, Anne Jackson, Sue Jackson, Nathalie Blackwell Berry Bros wine merchants One of Fortnum and Mason’s magnifi cent Our guide Peter outside the Stafford Hotel where Princess Christmas window displays Diana stayed after news of her divorce broke out. 6 REUNIONS & EVENTS STOGA 2017 1979 REUNION Chantal (Purden) Witten 1979 organised a reunion in September. Kathryn (Holdsworth) Rodbert, Anne-marie (Watkins) Gilbert, Judy (Williams) Renuchi, Jane (Halliday) Rooke, Lucy (Buckley) Rogers, Nicoletta (Lenatati) Mccarroll and Frances Flee Notton Gailey-White. Inset: Helen Backhouse and Chantal Witten VISITORS OLD GIRLS’ REUNION CHOIR Tim Caister, Head of Music got together a group of old girls to sing Christmas Carols at St Nicholas’s Church in Bookham and they had a wonderful time. Above left: Pippa (Twort) Smith 1987 and Heidi (Thorpe) Williams-Richardson 1989 came to visit school in May Left: YoYo Ng (2011) Visited in June: Susie Coughlin (Head of Art) YoYo Ng and Sophie Shear, Art Teacher Right: Gill Nelson (Head of PE) with Margaret Ford, Ex Deputy Head 7 STOGA 2017 FAMILY NEWS Family News GRADUATIONS ENGAGEMENTS Clare Bryant 2010 (right) Gemma Boreham 2004 I got engaged last year Katy Smith (below) under the Eiffel tower Graduated from in Paris and I am getting Huddersfi eld University married in June 2017 to with a degree in Jonathan Errington. He Performing Arts. works in IT and I work at the YMCA. Eloise Smith (bottom) Hannah Croy 2007 (right) Graduated from UCL, with a fi rst class BSc I recently got engaged (Hons) in Psychology to my boyfriend of three and a half years (right). He proposed on the rather damp banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland, and we get married in Dorset in 2018. My fi ancé is called Will Rottenburg and is a civil engineer working for Kier Services and I’m a Science Grants Offi cer working in Pirbright. WEDDINGS Natalie Coyle 2005 to Zafar Rushdie as featured in Hello Magazine (below & opposite) Classical singer Natalie married Zafar Rushdie, celebrity publicist and son of Sir Salman Rushdie in New York. The ceremony took place at St Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan and the three day fairy tale wedding included a boat trip down the Hudson, Pre wedding party in Manhattan hosted by Sir Salman and a Reception in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Natalie Coyle photos courtesy of Brian Dorsey Studios 8 FAMILY NEWS STOGA 2017 Natalie’s sisters were maids of honour and her bridesmaids were all old girls. From left to right: Danielle Coyle, Olivia Mitchell, Tamsin Ridgwell, Lucy Palmer, Paula Coyle 9 STOGA 2017 FAMILY NEWS WEDDINGS continued Adriana Marcela Quintero Grijalba 1990 (below & right) Adriana Marcela married Ignacio Gavilan who is Spanish and from Madrid on 24th September, in Toledo, Spain. They met in Colombia and now live in Paris. You will probably remember Adriana as Marcela Quintero Grijalba. Her sister, who also attended St T’s, is Johanna Grijalba. Carmen Pang 2007 Clare Louise (Bartlett) Campbell Harding 2000 My husband, Doug Barrow, and I married in Tithe Barn in Petersfield on Friday, 13th May 2016 surrounded by friends and family – including one of my close friends Léonie Collingwood- Johnson, who I met at Grove House Preparatory School and we continued on to St Teresa’s together.