Old Greshamian Magazine CONTENTS Calendar of Events ......................................................................................................3 Chairmans Notes ........................................................................................................4 Minutes of A.G.M....................................................................................................5-7 Accounts..................................................................................................................9-10 Staff Lists...............................................................................................................12-14 Obituaries..............................................................................................................16-41 News.......................................................................................................................43-55 The Edinburgh House Dinner .................................................................................56 Class of 1989 Reunion...............................................................................................56 The Old School House Dinner.................................................................................57 Reunion Dinner in Newquay ...................................................................................59 Philip Newell Awards...........................................................................................60-64 Marriages and Engagements ....................................................................................65 Honours and Distinctions .........................................................................................65 Headmasters Speech...........................................................................................66-70 Speech of the Chairman-Elect .................................................................................71 The Chairmans Speech ............................................................................................72 James Dysons Speech .........................................................................................74-77 Greshams and Freemasonry ....................................................................................78 50 Years of the Scott Trust........................................................................................79 A Dark Horse .......................................................................................................81-82 Jottings...................................................................................................................84-87 Hollywoods Tribute...................................................................................................88 With the Approach of War ..................................................................................89-92 Brittens Duet with a Poet ...................................................................................92-94 Matt Dickinson .....................................................................................................94-96 Family Connections..............................................................................................96-97 O.G. Concert..............................................................................................................98 Sport/O.G. Golf Tournament.............................................................................99-104 Letters to the Editor ........................................................................................105-106 Miscellaneous....................................................................................................107-109 Destinations of School Leavers..............................................................................110 Exam Results............................................................................................................111 O.G. News/Change of Address ..............................................................................112 2 Outline Calendar of Events 1999 - 2000 CHRISTMAS MEETING Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th December 1999 Cocktail Party together with O.G. Art Exhibition 6.00 - 8.00 in the Cairns Centre HOCKEY: O.G.s v THE SCHOOL (Boys Teams) Tuesday 14th March 2000 NEWQUAY REUNION Saturday 8th April 2000 O.G. LECTURE Friday 28th April 2000 O.G. RECEPTION Thursday 25th May 2000 SUMMER MEETING Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June 2000 O.G. CONCERT Saturday 9th September 2000 RECEPTION AT FISHMONGERS HALL Thursday 19th October 2000 CHRISTMAS MEETING Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th December 2000 including Reunion Lunch for 74-76 Leavers For full details see enclosed Calendar Suggestions, articles and information for the O.G. Magazine should be sent (with the writers house and school dates please!) to the Editor J. S. Rayner at School or at Chaucer House, Saxlingham, Nr. Holt, Norfolk NR25 7LD (Tel: 01328 830564) O.G. Club mail via [email protected]. M. J. Baker will be pleased to receive enquiries about advertising in the Magazine. Rates are £120 per A5 page or £150 for the inside back cover (and work to be supplied by the advertiser). His address is: 8 Market Place, Holt, Norfolk NR25 5BW (Tel: 01263 712244) 3 CHAIRMANS NOTES Welcome to the 1999 edition of the Old Greshamian Club Magazine. Having completed his two years as Chairman Richard Atherton left the Committee at the AGM in June. His time in the chair ended a long period of service on the Committee and I was pleased to have to opportunity to thank him at that meeting. The Old Greshamian website, which is maintained by David Horsley under the address of: HYPERLINK http://www.holtsch-bio.demon.co.uk, goes from strength to strength. I encourage those of you who have access to the Internet to visit this as it has useful information about OGs which will inevitably be more up-to-date than the Magazine as time passes from publication date. Your committee continues to strive to provide a variety of events that it hopes the Members of the OG Club will wish to attend and enjoy but we can still be disappointed by poor attendance at some of these. Personally, I greatly enjoyed the Tallis House Reunion, as it was a chance to meet again some contemporaries whom I had not seen for about 25 years. I only wish I could say that none of us had changed! That aside, it would help us a great deal to have your opinion about the events that are planned, for example, whether you prefer focused events such as house, year or area events or ones of more general appeal. Please will you take the time to give any feedback on events that you have attended, or ideas for other events, to John Rayner at the School. Or, of course, e-mail us via the website as above. Whilst mentioning future events, please may I commend to your diary a reception to be held at Fishmongers Hall in the City of London in October 2000. It is some time since our last event was held there and we are very grateful to the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers for allowing us to use the Hall in such a busy year. No, I am not going to mention the much-hyped Millennium! Finally, may I commend to you a visit to the School? Living, as I do, only a few miles away I go there reasonably frequently and I find it a happy and vibrant place. Not only does it continue to do well academically and sportingly but in other ways as well. Music and drama have always been important to the School but are now at a very high standard indeed. The strength and depth of the many music groups made up by pupils that appear at events in Norfolk never fail to impress me and the Auden Theatre has put drama into another league. I hope to see you at the School or at other OG events. Iain Mawson Tallis House (68 - 73) 4 Minutes of the 115th Annual General Meeting of the Old Greshamian Club Held on the 26th June 1999 Present: R. Atherton (Chairman), C.I.H. Mawson (Vice Chairman), J.S. Rayner (Club Co- Ordinator), J. Arkell (Headmaster), M. Goff (Treasurer), J.A.D. Mumby, P.G. Corran, J. Blackburn, M. Buckingham, P. Peal, Mrs B. Neville, F. Gedge, P. Bodington, M.B. Everitt, J. Ramuz, J Hutchence, S. Mayoh, H. Jones, D. Spencer-Jones, one or two others whose names were illegible, and the Secretary A. Payne. Apologies Apologies for absence were received from R.N.K. Copas, Miss F. Gathercole, Mrs F. Thomas, R. Young, F. King, D. Horsley and N.C. Flower. The Minutes of the previous AGM These were approved. Treasurers Report The accounts were produced and after discussion the proposal for adoption was made by J. Ramuz and seconded by J. Blackburn. The accounts showed a firm financial base and the Treasurer paid thanks to J.B. Rolph who is the Honorary Auditor. He also mentioned that the increased membership of the Club thanks to the Club Co- ordinator was having a very healthy effect on the Clubs finances. Chairmans Report There are now more than 4,000 Members of the Club living in over 50 countries and ranging in age from teenagers to nonagenarians. Around 200 Members each year take the trouble to pass on to us news of their activities through various media, including increasingly by e-mail. Regrettably, we do not have current addresses for about one fifth of the membership. The Committee meets three times per year. The attendance level is high, the discussions constructive and good-humoured. We do however labour under the difficulty of trying to ensure that the programme of Club activities does offer something for everyone. In one area, one hopes the only one, we do not achieve success. I refer to the