120 Years The Bishop Otter College Guild 1899-2019 Bishop Otter College Guild Newsletter 2019 Guild Newsletter 2019 | 3 120 Years The Bishop Otter College Guild 1899-2019 2 | Guild Newsletter 2019 Bishop Otter College Guild President Professor Jane Longmore Vice-Presidents Dr Colin Greaves Professor Philip E D Robinson Honorary Secretary Mr Marten Lougee 11 Meadow Close Cononley, Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 8LZ 01535 636487 (mob) 07813 393381 [email protected] Honorary Treasurer Mr John Fletcher 6 Colley Rise Lyddington Oakham Rutland LE15 9LL 01572 821213 Membership Secretary and Newsletter Editor Mrs Rose Savage 14 Crouch Cross Lane Boxgrove Chichester PO18 OEH 01243 773336 [email protected] Auditor Mrs Hilary Chapman 60 Connaught Road Cromer Norfolk NR27 OBZ 01263 513711 Guild Newsletter 2019 | 3 From the Editor Welcome to the Newsletter for the 120th anniversary of the foundation of the Bishop Otter College Guild. The Guild was initiated in January 1899 by the then Principal, the Revd Edwin Hammonds, who invited current student leavers and former students to embrace the Bishop Otter College Guild. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a really big reunion this year to celebrate! To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in 1944 there is an article, written by Janet Carter, on the use of the college buildings by the military for the planning and carrying out of this momentous event. The biggest celebration this year is the 180th anniversary of the founding of the college (1839). See the Vice- Chancellor’s letter and also Marten’s letter for further information. It would be wonderful if a number of our members were able to come to this event, which is being held in May. Also, various years will be celebrating anniversaries of starting or leaving college. As you can see – a very celebratory year for everyone! Contributions for the Newsletter 2020 should be with me by Monday 20th January, please. Committee Meeting All Year Representatives able to get to the Reunion are invited to the Committee Business Meeting at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday 30th August 2018. Year Representatives 1944-46 Mrs Cynthia Aird, 1 Rosevine Road, West Wimbledon, London SW20 8RB 1947-49 Mrs Sue Pickering, 5 Berehurst, Borovere Lane, Alton, Hampshire GU34 1PA 1948-50 Mrs Pat Life, 78 Elmstead Gardens, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7BE 1949-51 Mrs Josephine Sztyber, 8 Crofton, Lion Lane, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 1JE 1950-52 Miss June Blitz, 19 Marjoram Crescent, Cowplain, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO8 9BD 1951-53 Revd Barbara Watson Hammond, 28 Church Path, Emsworth, Hampshire PO10 7DP 1952-54 Mrs Trixie Barnden, 48 Folders Lane, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 0DX 1953-55 Mrs Pamela Cahill, 50 Ridgeway, Hayes, Bromley, Kent BR2 7DE 1954-56 Miss Rosslyn Stenning, 7 Hurst Gardens, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, BN6 9ST 1955-57 Mrs Valerie Gabriel, Flat 1, 6 Dittons Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 1DN 1956-58 Mrs Lorna Edwards, 26 Queen’s Drive, Nuttall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG16 1EG 1957-59 Mrs Pauline Moss, 3 Lathallan Drive, Polmont, Falkirk, Stirlingshire FK2 0PD 1958-60 Mrs Muriel Warburton, 37a Oaklands Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9SS 1959-61 Mrs Anne Walters, 1 Wayte Court, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire NG11 6NL 1960-63 Mrs Maureen Evershed-Martin, Mile End Cottage, Cherlton Fitzpaine, Crediton, Devon EX17 4JU 1961-64 Mr Terry Turner, Copper Beeches, 6A Wood End, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 3LE 1962-65 Mr Marten Lougee, 11 Meadow Close, Cononley, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD20 8LZ 1963-66 Mr Roy Salmon, 36 Lombard Street, Lidlington, Bedfordshire MK43 0RP 1964-67 Mr Bob Norris, Exotter, 7 Ethelbert Road, Rochester, Kent ME1 3EU 1965-68 Mrs Jo Bird, Swansong, 70 Glade Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 1DH 1966-69 Mr and Mrs Peter and Rose Scott, 23 Beamish Way, Maple Farm, Winslow, Buckinghamshire MK18 3EU 1970+ Mrs H Chapman, 60 Connaught Road, Cromer Norfolk NR27 0BZ 1980+ Mrs P Cahill, 50 Ridgeway, Hayes, Bromley, Kent BR2 7DE Mrs Rose Savage has now taken over as Membership Secretary, so it is helpful if you could let her know of changes of address or any deaths, so as to keep records up to date. If you have lost touch with former friends, drop Rose an e-mail or a note and hopefully she will be able to put you in touch again. 4 | Guild Newsletter 2019 FINANCIAL REPORT 2018 From John Fletcher, Treasurer BISHOP OTTER COLLEGE GUILD Income and Expenditure Account for Year Ending 31st December 2018 INCOME EXPENDITURE Balances at 1/1/18 Cash 0.00 Year Rep's Expenses 0.00 Current Account 4928.51 Secretaries' Expenses 127.92 Deposit Accounts Membership Sec. Exp. 0.00 Treasurer's Expenses 75.00 4928.51 202.92 SUBS & DONATIONS 345.75 Newsletters 0.00 Miller, Memorial Tree 0.00 REUNION July 2018 REUNION July 2018 Receipts 249.00 BOC Shield 0.00 Sale of badges BOC Chapel 190.00 Chapel Offering 380.00 Chosen Charities 190.00 629.00 Service sheets 0.00 BOC Shield Don 0.00 380.00 BANK INTEREST Balances at 31/12/18 Deposit Accounts Cash 0.00 Current Account 5320.34 0.00 Deposit Accounts 0.00 5320.34 TOTALS 5903.26 5903.26 Checked & found correct H Chapman 09/01/2019 Guild Newsletter 2019 | 5 From the Guild Secretary Dear Fellow Otters Welcome to the Guild Newsletter 2019, and thanks again to Rose, with the support, in the university, of members of the Marketing Team, the Print Unit, the Alumni Team and the Conference Team. I am presenting things in a different way this year. Firstly I welcome, on your behalf, Professor Jane Longmore, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester, who is now our new President. Rose and I first met Jane on 3rd May 2018. She explained, most carefully, about the problems many Universities were having and that the University is now unable to pay for the printing and the postage of our Guild Newsletter from now on. This is something that has happened in relatively recent years. Your Committee discussed this and agreed that for about the next three years the Guild could continue in its present form, but that there will have to be changes and this will be properly discussed this year at our main meeting on 31st August 2019 at 11.45 a.m. Various thoughts have been mentioned at the 2018 AGM. We do not really want to disappear in 2021! Since we met in 2018 the Otter Gallery, as you knew it, is no more. I know that many of you are upset and that some of you did object to its closure. Janet Carter, the Special Collections Manager, will be doing a tour of the paintings around the Bishop Otter Campus for us at our reunion weekend. She has arranged, also, for Julie Peachey (her ex-library colleague and ex-RAF re-enactment WAAF) to talk about what happened in room E124 (the D-Day room – the old Science lab) – this room was vitally important to the war effort. May 2019 is a special year for us – its significance is mentioned in Professor Longmore’s letter. I do hope that some of you can make this special occasion including the commemorative service in the chapel at the Bishop Otter Campus. The Data Protection Act (GDPR) is now in force – if you have any objections to receiving the Guild Newsletter you must let us know. We have assumed that as you have paid for it you would like to receive it. The reunion this year is the weekend of 30th and 31st August and 1st September. The programme is as follows: 1. The Friday evening meal has been a great success and it will be repeated this year on Friday 30th August at 7.00 p.m. You will need to book this with College on your booking form. There will, however, be a minimum number of 20 people required for this to take place but that number has been easily reached since it started in 2013. You will be informed by the middle of August if it is not taking place so you can make alternative arrangements. After dinner some people will meet in college around 8.30 p.m. in the old music room for a drink. Don’t forget your own drink and something to drink it out of if possible!! 2. On Saturday 31st August the timetable will be: 9.30 a.m. Business meeting, especially for year reps and interested members 10.30 a.m. Guild Service 11.15 a.m. Coffee break 11.45 a.m. General meeting and news 1.15 p.m. Lunch After lunch there will be a talk, at 2.30 p.m., by Julie Peachey – see Guild Secretary’s letter. 3. Sunday 1st September 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion taken by Revd Dr Alison Green. Marten Lougee STOP PRESS: Oklahoma is on at Chichester Festival Theatre until 7th September 6 | Guild Newsletter 2019 Notes for the Reunion Weekend 30th August to 1st September Please note that the booking form only covers accommodation for the Bishop Otter Guild Reunion weekend dates. Any additional nights are subject to availability and can be booked directly on 01243 812120 or email [email protected] Please complete the booking form which is enclosed separately with the Newsletter. The Accommodation Office is open between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. during the Reunion weekend. Notes on the weekend Please be aware that there will be some building works taking place around campus over the weekend of the reunion and certain areas may be cordoned off.