Bristolienses Issue 54

Bristolienses January 2018

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Management Committee 2017 — 2018

Officers President Anne Bradley o +44 (0) 117 933 9610 m o h

+44 (0) 7788 918 906 abradley@bgs.bristol.sch.uk a7bradley@outlook.com

President Elect Melanie Guy Immediate Past President David Perkins Chairman Jeremy Parrott

Beechcroft Hannay Road Cheddar Somerset BS27 3LJ Jeremyp25@icloud.com

Vice-Chairman Dr Geoffrey Wright c/- OBs Office gdsw28@gmail.com

Treasurer and Membership Secretary Nick Fitzpatrick The Canal House 64 Murhill Limpley Stoke Bath BA2 7FQ

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Secretary Ian Southcott

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+44 (0) 7774 095 205 iandjsouthcott@aol.com

Assistant Secretary Vacancy Assistant Head (Old Bristolians and Events) Peter Jakobek pjakobek@bgs.bristol.sch.uk

AROPS Representatives Peter Jakobek

pjakobek@bgs.bristol.sch.uk

Dr Geoffrey Wright

gwright@bgs.bristol.sch.uk

OB Archivist Anne Bradley

Bristol Grammar School University Road Bristol BS8 1SR

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Committee members Careers Co-ordinator Romesh Vaitilingam

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Bristolienses Editor Vacancy Sports Club Representative Don Furze 103 Manor Road Keynsham Bristol BS31 1SF h +44 (0) 117 986 5222

Co-opted members Michael Burmester c/o OBs Office

Marcus Cryer

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Jan Duncan

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Anna Freeman

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Kate Redshaw

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Ian Rolling

24 Causeway View Nailsea Bristol BS48 2XG h +44 (0) 1275 790 580 ianrolling@blueyonder.co.uk

Richard Leonard

richard.leonard@ukgateway.net

Trustees Julian Portch Jack Prowting Richard Smith

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Bristolienses

Issue 54 — January 2018 Management Committee Editorial 1 From the President

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Thoughts from the Chair

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Treasurer's Report

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AROPS 7 Careers Event Report

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Foundation Report

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Medical Elective Report: London and Melbourne, Australia

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From the Archivist

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Global Brigades trip to Panama

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Medical Elective Report: Guadeloupe and Cuba 20 Medical Elective Report: India 23 Medical Elective Report: Colombo, Sri Lanka 27 School Leavers' Dinner Report

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Remembrance Day 2017: We Will Remember Them

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André Heintz (1920 – 2017), OB (1935) RIP

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Senior Rugby Report

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Old Bristolians Westbury Cricket Club Report

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Hockey Club Report

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Luncheon Club Report

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Luncheon Club Diary Dates

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Old Bristolians Around the World

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News of Old Bristolians

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Obituaries

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Marriages

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Honorary Members of the Society

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Society Past Presidents

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Editorial I've just been looking back over my filing for Bristolienses and I was surprised to see that I've been doing this for 11 years and 24 editions now. After having invested time and energy into something I always find it a bit difficult to let go and stand back but now feels like a good time to be handing on the reigns and I'm sure that Bristolienses will thrive.

When I proof read the submissions for Bristolienses I am always impressed by the calibre of the young people who write about their experiences at the beginning of their careers, and of their obvious excitement at setting out on a path that will hopefully be fulfilling and wonderful for them; a career that will allow them to make their contribution and their difference. We have a number of such reports in this issue (as always) and they are a pleasure to read and give great hope for our future.

Flicking back through those 24 editions I happened across this from a piece in B40 about a strong and inspiring woman, Claire Chicoteau. It seems apropos of nothing really, and yet it says everything I think, and I thought it a fine quote to leave you with, especially in these troubled times: "On facing the spectre of cancer and believing herself to be close to death, Claire wrote: 'I thought, “I have done what I had to do in my life: I have struggled against fascism during the War, I have brought up four children, all of whom are successful in their lives, I have ten grand-children and four great grand-children.

Now I can slip away into the Universe. I shall return when my time comes, to strive for a better world, without war, without injustice, without torture, and where human beings respect all forms of life'."

Finally, I'd like to record thanks to everyone involved in the running of the Society and the production of Bristolienses, especially Jan Duncan, Anne Bradley and Ron Cockitt, all of whom have helped to make my involvement an utter pleasure.

I wish you all a fine 2018 and if you would like to stay in touch then please do so - my details are given below.

Gary J Willmott (1974 – 1984) +44 (0) 7989 978 450 gary.willmott@rathbones.com

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From the President One of the unexpected engagements of my year was the invitation to drinks with the candidates for the Headmastership, which was very interesting and a very positive experience.

The Leavers’ Dinner was extremely pleasant (thank you all for the undeserved bottle of wine) but I must confess that I escaped before the occasion became seriously loud. Prizegiving was, as always, a significant testimony to the well-being of the School.

Sadly, my next engagement was the funeral of Marjorie Avery; we have lost so many people this year, including our only French Resistance fighter, Andre Heintz.

Doors Open Day was well attended, the Great Hall was never empty and the visitors included several OB families, as well as the older former pupils who either come regularly or have "never set foot in the place since they left". Open Evening, of course, looked to the future rather than to the past, and the OB stall felt neglected.

I have suggested we raise our profile next year by, for example, helping with teas or possibly with the bonfire?

But I am writing this article in mid-November, and given my recent duties and my ongoing military research I believe I can imitate Virgil and so, ‘Arma virosque cano...’

Last Friday I attended Tony Stirratt’s excellent talk on the Memorial Field and the Pavilion, their origins and history; and I laid a wreath under the World War II War Memorial, the existence of which owes so much to his research work.

On Saturday I attended the QEH Dinner and was made most welcome (the Beef Wellington in lattice pastry, was amazing), and shown their memorials; we share history there, as until about 1920 their academic boys would come to BGS for a Sixth Form education.

On Sunday morning, I was back at Failand for bacon rolls and tea. It was cold, there was mud on the ground (and on most of those present), and I could easily have spoken about conditions in the trenches and the horror of Ypres, the Somme and Passchendaele, but in fact I spoke of the photographs we hold of the rugby, 2

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hockey and cricket teams in the decades before and during the Great War, and the significant number of the sportsmen pictured who served in the army, navy, and air force, and of those who died. I found this an intensely moving experience, and I laid my second wreath.

The School Remembrance Service on Monday morning was more formal, with poetry, readings and the School Choir, and having checked where the nail was, I hung my third wreath. In this context, I should like to thank everyone who has been involved in our ongoing project to commemorate all those who served, and all those who died, in the Great War; there are significant (albeit understandable) gaps in both the Roll of Honour and the Record of War Service. The latter can probably never be completed, though we have added a significant number of names, but we have reached a stage in identifying additional casualties where it is at last possible to order the fifth bronze panel to hang in the Great Hall. I am especially grateful to the Headmaster for the interest he has shown and the advice he has offered, to staff and former pupils who have helped with the research, and to the Society members who have helped to raise the necessary funds for an enormous piece of bronze. I look forward to adding to our website brief notes on the lives and deaths of those named on the fifth panel and we shall continue to place poppies on BGS graves whenever possible.

On a less sober note, while checking some details regarding war service in The Chronicle, I came across a 1920s news item which led me to a recent (2016) publication. Most of us have heard of Allen Lane, one of our most famous Old Bristolians. But his brother Richard also attended BGS, and on leaving school went to Australia as a farm apprentice under the ‘Barwell Boys’ scheme. He later joined his family in publishing, but his Australian diaries have been published under the title ‘Outback Penguin’. Old Bristolians do get about...

I look forward to seeing large numbers of you at the Annual Dinner, and also at the Society AGM. 'Floreat Schola apud Bristol.'

Anne Bradley Old Bristolians’ Society President

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Thoughts from the Chair As I write this article, my thoughts are moving towards Christmas and the end of another busy year.

May I take this opportunity to wish all Old Bristolians and those studying, teaching and involved with BGS a very Happy Christmas and New Year.

Work at the Society has continued throughout the year and progress has been made on many fronts. My thanks go to everyone within the Society for their hard work and dedication. We have some very welcome new faces on our committee and I would like to wish them all well in their new roles.

Our focus remains on helping BGS and all Old Bristolians however we are able to do so. At this time of goodwill to all, I would urge any Old Bristolians to get more involved with your Society and experience what we do first hand – there are always roles to fill!

On behalf of the Society, I should like to thank Rod MacKinnon for his tremendous support throughout his term as Headmaster and we all wish him a long and happy retirement. Our warmest wishes go to his successor Jaideep Barot and we all look forward to working together for the benefit of the School and Society.

Jeremy Parrott (1975 – 1982) Chairman

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Treasurer's Report This is my first report since taking over from Jeremy and I am pleased to say that my initial impression is that the Society appears to be soundly funded and adopting prudent accounting policies.

Jeremy continues to work on the complex process of incorporation which is necessary to get the relationship between the Society and the sports' clubs on a formal and professional basis appropriate for modern business relationships. This is an important initiative and will be treated with the highest priority. I look forward to working with the new Sports Club treasurer who is also seeking some clarity on the arrangements.

There will also be some administration challenges to keep us busy in the coming year. New money laundering rules and changes to Direct Debit arrangements, both of which take effect at the year end, will cause us to review how we interact with the bank and our stockbroker.

As you may know, the School has generously subsidised the early period of membership to the Society for relatively recent leavers. This period has expired for the first cohort of beneficiaries and we will need to work out how to reorganise the subscription paying arrangements to reflect this change.

Singling out people to thank is always dangerous, but I would like to thank Jeremy for handing over a soundly based financial Society and I would also like to thank Jan Duncan for her expertise in dealing with the day to day administrative work; I look forward to working with her in the future as we deal with the changes we will have to implement.

Nick Fitzpatrick (1954 – 1965) Honorary Treasurer

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Insignia The Office has a good supply of OB ties and enamel crested cufflinks.

Enamelled crested cufflinks

£23.00

Maroon/dark blue crested ties

£12.00

Polyester striped ties

Silk ties

£21.00

Silk pre-tied bow ties

£21.00

Enamelled crested badge

£8.00

£7.50

All prices quoted include postage If you are interested in purchasing any of the above items, or you require further information, please contact the OBs’ Office – see back page for contact details.

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Do we have your correct email address?

The Society can save significant sums of money by using email rather than print and postage. If you are willing to allow us to email you, please let us know your preferred email address at obs@bgs.bristol.sch.uk. If you’re not sure whether we’re up to date, just email us anyway.

This small effort on you part will reduce our adminstration costs and free up more money for the causes in which we all believe. Thank you all.

Association of Representatives of Pupils' Societies (AROPS) I have now been Chairman of AROPS for a year and I am still trying to find my way around organising the AROPS Committee and fulfilling my role at school.

This year I have attended networking meetings in Liverpool, London, Manchester and Bristol and the Conference in Bath. At the recent meeting in Bristol we heard from a representative of a society that had been cut off from the school, the school choosing to set up its own association, leaving the Society to fend for itself. These stories are unfortunately not uncommon with Schools' Development Departments choosing to bypass the Society’s committee and holding all the past pupils data. Here at BGS we have a different model where the Society and the school work closely together, sharing an office and the database. The Society organises its own events with support from myself, Anna and Tony. We are very happy to add items to the Old Bristolians’ website and always willing to add content that comes from OBs. The same is true of the OBs Facebook group, where members are encouraged to share news. At AROPS we are always looking for new ideas but most of all we all want to know what our alumn want from their societies, if you have any ideas please pass them on.

The next AROPS Conference will be at St Dunstan’s College in London on 14 April, if you are interested in joining in please let me either myself or Geoff Wright know.

Peter Jakobek (staff: 1982 to date)

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OB careers event for the Lower Sixth Following the success of the last six autumn term careers events for the Lower Sixth supported almost exclusively by Old Bristolians, Justin Harford (Director of Sixth Form), Alex Humphrey and David Ruck (BGS careers advisers) invited OBs to do a repeat performance on the morning of Friday 24 November 2017. This time, we had a record 46 OBs taking part.

The OBs provided the students with invaluable insights across a wide range of possible jobs in 17 broad areas: engineering; science; computer science and information technology; medicine; healthcare; financial services; journalism and publishing; law; the civil service/government; homeland and cybersecurity; architecture and property development; business start-ups and self-employment; business and management; heritage and culture; events, food and drink; marketing and media/design; and the charity sector.

The event began with a panel on the theme of ‘careers journeys’ chaired by Romesh Vaitilingam. Accountant and heritage business manager Simon Addison, Lloyds Bank head of rectifications and regulatory technical standards Emily Bainbridge, former Tesco manager and now owner of Brockley Stores Rob Hagen and public health consultant Amy Potter each sketched out how their working lives developed after leaving school. Emerging themes included the unpredictability of career paths and the need to keep a very open mind about future opportunities.

The panel was followed by three ‘break-out’ sessions, where smaller groups of sixth formers could talk to up to four OBs in three out of the 17 broad career areas. A coffee break allowed students the opportunity to follow up on their group sessions, and to network with the OB delegates.

The morning was concluded with a final discussion among all the students and OBs, held in the theatre of 1532, the new performing arts centre. A variety of issues were covered including whether going to university should be an automatic choice when you leave school; the value of the OBs for career networking; exploring a variety of career options so as to find ‘something you really love doing’; the importance of developing skills in leadership, teamworking and communication; opportunities for women in certain male-dominated careers; and getting the balance right between a successful professional career and a fulfilling personal life.

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In addition to the chair and panel members, the following OBs (plus three additional recruits associated with the school) generously gave their time and expertise to the event: James Barry, John Bassett, Liam Birch, Alan Boyce, Sarah Bradley, Sally Brierley, Katherine Carr, Su Crighton, Marcus Cryer, Nigel Doyle, Gavin Durrant, Joe Edwards, Sophie Enever, Richard Foster, Andy Grant, Nick Hargreaves, Paul Harrod, Alex Harvey, Zosia Jakobek, James Leonard, Nick Levens, Beth Morgan, Angela Morrison, Jane O’Gallagher, Katherine Paynter, Daniel Pearce, Kate Redshaw, Wik Roberts, Vicki Rowlands, Joanne Rumley, Paul Rumley, David Sheryn, Peter Sibley, Cherry Stewart-Cserkas, Jack Taylor, James Taylor, Alex Threlfall, Mark Waghorn, Imogen Waite, Geoff Wright and David Yeandle.

The event was a very enjoyable reunion as well as being really useful for the sixth formers. A buffet lunch was laid on for the OBs in the foyer of 1532, providing opportunities for reminiscence, professional networking and catching up with teachers. Several OBs then continued their conversations down the road at Browns.

Any OBs interested in coming along to next year’s event, please contact Romesh Vaitilingam by email: romesh@vaitilingam.com.

Romesh Vaitilingam (1973 – 1979)

Foundation Report Before drawing a close on 2017 I would like to say a big thank you to all those who have supported us. During the last financial year BGS has received over £500,000 in donations and, large or small, every gift counts. It is only thanks to our fantastic BGS community, that we are able to support so many students through bursaries, scholarships, prizes and the fabric of the school. We really appreciate the support from each and every one of you.

The life changing opportunity that an education at BGS provides cannot be overstated – don’t take my word for it – overleaf, on page 14, are some comments from current pupils, parents and recent leavers.

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enforced across Europe, including the UK. The law aims to give citizens more control over their data and to create a uniformity of rules to enforce across the continent.

At BGS we know that our community cares about privacy and we have always endeavoured to maintain high standards when looking after data we hold about you.

We therefore embrace the new rules as a positive step. However we do recognise that keeping in touch is something that most of our community would like to do and know that you would be the first to be disappointed if not told about a reunion or event you wish to attend. So, if we do not already have your email address, please would you send it to the address below giving us permission to use it for Society Foundation matters.

This has provided us with an opportunity to review the Old Bristolians' Society & Foundation database and associated website and update it to integrate news, social media and a networking facility. It should also make it easier for you to manage your preferences. As mentioned, this exciting development is underway and means that the online presence of the Society will be relevant, useful and user friendly. Once the new site is launched in the next few months, we urge you to visit and login – the more people that do so, the more it will benefit the community as a whole.

If you would like more details of ways to support the School please do contact me: Foundation Manager Foundation Office Bristol Grammar School University Road Bristol BS8 1SR afreeman@bgs.bristol.sch.uk +44 (0) 117 933 9637 On behalf of us all here in the Foundation Office and School I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year.

Anna Freeman

Foundation Manager

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Great feedback from current pupils, parents and recent leavers

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Medical Elective Report: London and Melbourne, Australia Five years of medical school down, just one more to go! But before I have to face the stresses of finals and a career as a bona-fide doctor, a seven-week medical elective anywhere in the world. I decided to split my elective to try and explore two specialist areas that I might consider as a future career path.

I spent the first three weeks with the Paediatric Cardiology team at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Great Ormond Street is a world-renowned children’s hospital. Indeed, many children on the ward had come from around the world to seek medical treatment from the specialists there. It was amazing to see some very interesting and rare conditions that I may never see again in my career. For example, there were a few patients on the ward who were waiting for heart transplants as their hearts were failing. In the interim they had ‘Berlin Heart assist devices’ which are essentially mechanical pumps that sit outside the body and are connected to the circulation by tubes and help pump blood around the body.

On a typical day, I would attend the ward round in the morning and spend the afternoon in clinics or in the angiography/electrophysiology suite. There was a range of different clinics from general paediatric cardiology, arrhythmia, heart failure and cardiomyopathy, which gave me a chance to see the breadth of the speciality.

It was a privilege to observe the high standard of clinical care that the children received. The whole team made a big effort to make the child’s time in hospital as enjoyable as possible. One memorable patient would always play ‘hide and seek’ when the doctors were on the ward round. She would pretend that she wasn’t in the room. Far from finding it a distraction, the doctors got involved as well. The hospital also has its own teachers who visit children on the ward and give lessons to try and maintain some routine and normality, especially for those children who are in hospital for months at a time.

On ward rounds, I managed to listen to lots of hearts. When medics listen to heart sounds the aim is to determine whether there is any murmur or added heart sounds that may indicate something abnormal with the heart. Through my clinical years thus far, this has seemed a bit like a dark art and guesswork, but by the end of the 12

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placement I could distinguish between some of them! Aside from the placement, it was a good opportunity to catch up with friends in the evenings and get a taster of living and working in London, which is where I am hoping to work next year.

I then travelled to Melbourne where I spent four weeks at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

The ‘Peter Mac’ is the only public hospital in Australia solely dedicated to care of patients affected by cancer. The treatment of cancer and also practicechanging research is undertaken in the same building; most of the clinicians are engaged in bench to bedside research.

I was attached to a team consisting of a registrar and resident and it was nice that the team was the same for every day of my four week placement so I got to know them both well. The team looked after the melanoma, breast, urology and colorectal tumour streams. I would attend a consultant clinic for each tumour stream a week. I got a lot of good teaching from the doctors there and it was inspirational to see how they combined clinical and academic work. That is something I hope to do in my own career.

For the rest of the time I was integrated into the team on the ward. I could get involved in jobs and was treated like an intern. They got me to write the notes on the ward round, put in cannulas (venous access lines) and for some of the longer staying patients, I could review them by myself. I sent requests and got to make referrals to other teams. It was initially daunting to present a patient, succinctly, to a senior doctor and being grilled down the phone but after a couple of times I got used to it and it was a worthwhile experience.

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that I should return the favour, I would not be allowed to. They thought it was absurd that a medical student would have to buy their own coffee in the hospital. The registrar explained that the medical hierarchy was also the coffee buying hierarchy!

Whilst in Melbourne I was living with a friend from Cambridge and there was a group of eight of us medics there so we did plenty of exploring of the city in the evenings and weekends. We sampled the diverse multicultural cuisines that Melbourne offered, saw baby penguins at St. Kilda and visited many of the city’s museums. The highlight was hiring a minivan and driving the beautiful Great Ocean Road. Although it was midwinter (in the Southern hemisphere), we got lucky with the weather and there was bright sunshine and the colour of the rock forms, sea and beaches were so vivid.

After the elective, I had two weeks of holiday. My girlfriend joined me and we went to Sydney and then did a road trip on the South Island in New Zealand. Sydney was a cosmopolitan city like Melbourne but quite noticeably warmer. The combination of the harbour and beaches and bays made it feel like a very active but welcoming city.

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New Zealand has some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. Every turn of the road would lead to a new jaw-dropping view. The South Island is about twice the size of the North Island but only has half of the population and so we would drive for hours and not come across many people.

The elective was an opportunity to learn about the practice of medicine in a different setting. It taught me a lot of practical things about how to work as a junior doctor, but I also saw world leading care in two highly specialised centres on opposite sides of the world. It has given me the motivation to get through my final year and then embark on my own clinical journey. I am extremely grateful to the OBs for their generous contribution to my elective. Thank you for making this opportunity possible.

James Sun (2005 – 2012)

From the Archivist A splendid thing about our school in my day, a rather conformist age before the Sixties got up speed, was the way it supported even idiosyncratic interests. I was no kind of sportsman, but in the basement of Barton’s (which housed our modernlanguages Sixth) was a printing shop, and this became Robert Coggins’ and my domain. We had a variety of presses for different scales of job, and most of the type was the lovely Perpetua roman designed by Eric Gill, together with its italic sister which, unusually, had a separate name, Felicity (did I know that when I named my first child Felicity? I rather think not, and the name was just a happy coincidence).

Since Fiona McCarthy’s biography appeared, Gill has seemed a rather sinister figure, but he certainly knew how to make letters beautiful. To this day my heart lifts when I spot a bit of Perpetua or Felicity in a magazine.

After hours setting and printing a school play programme or suchlike, I would walk to my bus down one of the flights of steps leading to the Centre, Christmas Steps or Zed Alley, and on the one I mostly used I would see through a window and feel the vibration from an industrial-sized rotary press thundering through the print run of a Bristol newspaper. I knew I wanted to be part of that world – not journalism specifically, though I have done a little of that in my time, but involved with the Bristolienses, January 2018, Issue 54

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printed word, and not just with writing the prose but with the aesthetics of letters on paper. And indeed, probably the most widely-read of the books I eventually wrote, 'Writing Systems', surveyed the world’s different kinds of script and among other things introduced readers to the varieties of typeface, at a time before home computers when few educated people could identify any fount.

I am so glad to have had the opportunity to get my hands dirty (very literally!) with inky metal type, composing onto a stick as printers had done for centuries, fitting the material into a forme, and then after printing was done 'distributing' the letters one by one into their proper places in 'upper and lower case' – actual wooden cases. It is all a bloodless affair of computer screens and desktop publishing software today: more efficient, undoubtedly, but not so chewy.

Early experiences mould us in unexpected ways. A major interest in adult life has been heraldry; I advise NADFAS Church Recorders on how to blazon the heraldic memorials they encounter as they catalogue the contents of churches. At some Old Boys’ event I showed my wife the Great Hall. She looked up at the stone angels supporting the roof beams, and said “Now I know what led to that weird hobby of heraldry”. The angels, yes – but also Fred Perry’s wonderful library, which enabled us to cultivate intellectual interests ranging far beyond and apart from what we were studying for A-Level.

It was education as it should be.

Geoffrey Sampson (1952 – 1962)

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Global Brigades trip to Panama In September 2016 I embarked on a new chapter of my life, starting my Law LLB at the University of Exeter. During Freshers’ Week I signed up to Bracton Law Society (BLS) – the campus’ biggest student run society, never even envisaging that this would culminate in a trip to Central America. A few weeks into term I attended a talk about the pro bono opportunities BLS was offering to its members and decided to sign up for various ones. It was a great shock and an utter pleasure when I received the news that my application, to be a part of Exeter’s Global Brigades trip to Panama in Summer 2017, had been successful. The trip would be an opportunity for my fellow society members and I to volunteer in the country’s rural Darien Province, administering legal aid and making members of the indigenous communities aware of their human rights, particularly focussed around the areas of child support and domestic abuse. I have been privileged to have the education I received at Bristol Grammar School (that enabled me to study for a Law degree at university and to reach my academic potential) and, as an aspiring solicitor, I have always wanted to be able to give back something to the community which has helped me during the course of my life and so pro bono (Latin for ‘for the good’ of the community) felt like an obvious pathway.

After months of fundraising and much eager anticipation, 24 June 2017 finally rolled around and my friends and I were getting on our 16 hour flight to Tocumen International Airport. Upon arrival we had a three hour car journey to Darien Province, the most rural and most densely populated by animals and wildlife of all the Panamanian provinces. The week consisted of many legal clinics whereby Panamanians, with what they deemed to be unsolvable legal issues, could meet us and a practicing Panamanian lawyer, at the community school to discuss the problems they were facing. Panama is a Spanish speaking country so we had interpreters from universities in Panama City to assist us with the evident language barriers, as sadly my Year 9 Spanish could not assist me on this occasion. This served as an incredible show of the power that language has to connect everyone in the world. Many of the people who sought our legal assistance were women facing issues of missing child support income following divorce, domestic abuse injunctions or child recognition cases. As you can imagine with these kind of topic areas came a lot of raw emotion, and some of the details we heard were nothing Bristolienses, January 2018, Issue 54

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Ciara with one of the schoolchildren that she was lucky enough to meet during her time in Panama

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less than heartbreaking. This was made all the more real when meeting the very children in the middle of these disputes. Nonetheless it was incredibly rewarding to see the tangible impact pro bono work of this nature can have on the lives of those embroiled in legal issues and who simply do not have the facilities or money to pay lawyers to sort them out. It highlighted how important it is for lawyers to get involved with pro bono, with most firms having a yearly minimum of 50 hours that all associates must undertake.

We also devised charlas (educational workshops) for the children at the school, educating them on sensitive topics such as domestic abuse, bullying and modern gender roles. I can’t express enough how heartwarming and perspective-changing it was to meet these remarkable young people ranging from 4 to 14 years of age.

One of the days we decided to give all the left-over items of food from our group's lunch to the children at the school and the gratitude they showed was unbelievable; it really was inspiring to see how immensely grateful they were when so many of us in the UK take food so much for granted. The children’s reactions to what we deemed a mere few snacks made me realise how incredibly fortunate we all are to have had the upbringing Bristol Grammar School has afforded us, and those children will truly make me think twice next time I go to complain about not having any WiFi or my train being delayed. The Panamanians we met at both the legal clinics and the charlas all had real reasons to moan, however the fact they didn’t but were actually extremely positive, and uplifting, serves as an example to us all.

Journeying to Panama was an incredible experience and one which wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for the OBs’ generous contribution to my fundraising, so a special thanks goes to all who contributed to that for helping me with my endeavours. I now look forward to the future pro bono work I have lined up which includes the Judicial Shadowing role I was awarded by University of Exeter’s Legal Assistance Programme, which will see me follow an esteemed judge and his or her case load, whilst attempting to impart some of the knowledge which I have gathered so far on my Law degree.

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Medical Elective: Guadeloupe and Cuba The adventure started many moons ago, On the butterfly island that no-one would know.

A French territory in the Caribbean sea, She was a tropical paradise to you and me.

White sandy beaches and coconut trees, It was going to be a hard month I thought... "Oh please!"

Alas the beach would take a back seat, I was there to plaster broken bones and realign feet.

So I donned my tubes and trusty white coat, And headed into work with a lump in my throat.

Practising medicine in English was hard enough, Saving lives in French would be down right rough!

From the outside the hospital rose above all around, A dystopian looking monolith that should be pulled down.

On the inside things were not much better, With patients lining corridors and doctors under pressure.

But then again we could say the same at home, Let’s get on with it! I’m not here to moan!

And soon enough I felt part of the team, Presenting histories in French from the patients I’d seen.

One day I’d be in theatre, the next in clinic, The surgical ward rounds were ever so quick!

It was a case of the doctor talks, and the patient listens, A paternalistic approach to making decisions.

I became rather jealous of these French junior doctors, A placement in paradise, yet we can’t go to Gibraltar.

The healthcare seemed poorer than metropolitan France, But without the right funding they won’t stand a chance.

Guadeloupe as a whole though is a wonderful place, A colourful culture, and a people full of grace.

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Before I knew it, my time here did end, My medical French, from enemy to friend.

Fortunate for me my elective was only half done, It was off to Cuba to continue the fun.

If the butterfly island had opened my eyes, This land of the people was a crazy surprise.

My time was spent with a family physician, He used an effective blend of evidence and tradition.

His patients adored him from what I could see, He would treat them as if they were his family.

All this was done on minimal pay, The love for the job is what made him stay.

Primary care here was focussed on prevention, Perhaps it’s time the UK pay some attention.

Regular meets to talk about diabetes, Where the people learn it’s more than just sweeties.

With much of the country stuck in the past, Their healthcare system was close to first class.

Students and doctors from all over the globe, Flock to Cuba to wear the white robe.

Many of them are sent on humanitarian missions, It’s an island that’s never been short of ambitions.

The country is rightly proud of its education and health, They are all the more impressive considering its wealth.

I’m now running out of couplets, I’m running out of time, I think its the moment to end this long-winded rhyme.

Thanks BGS for being so generous, I’d dedicate you another verse if it weren’t so strenuous.

Guadeloupe and Cuba, you’ve been a pleasure My experience with you is something I’ll treasure.

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Medical Elective: India I recently spent eight fantastic weeks in India as part of my medical elective placement, splitting my time between two very different hospitals.

Along with three friends, I spent the first four weeks at Bel Air hospital, situated in a remote hill station village called Panchgani in the Western state of Maharashtra.

The emerald green mountainous landscape, littered with viewpoints and waterfalls alongside the cool temperate climate with clean air, is the perfect location for what started off as a TB sanatorium. The Indian Red Cross Society hospital is still best known for its specialist care of TB and HIV patients today. The non-profit organisation provides treatment to patients from far and wide. These patients, affected by TB and HIV, sometimes neglected by their families and communities, were treated free from discrimination.

The doctors lived on site with their families in hospital accommodation, ate in the doctors' mess and worked six days a week. This fostered an environment where the doctors were more friends than colleagues and had a fierce commitment to their patients, working very long hours balancing a seemingly impossible workload. It was a wonderful experience staying on campus and getting to know the doctors at a personal level, learning valuable lessons from them on the ward during the day and socialising with them over supper in the evening. As a keen sportsman I also got involved in the annual staff football fixture!

The daily medical ward round was incredibly varied and there was more time for one-one bedside teaching and feedback during the ward rounds than in the UK. Each morning the supervising clinician would allow me to examine each patient and report my findings. This helped me to improve the examination skills I have been taught about at medical school. During my time at Bel Air I also saw a number of presentations that I had only previously read about in textbooks. I feel it was both useful and interesting to see these esoteric diagnoses first-hand.

The hospital also runs regular outreach clinics to the surrounding villages, which I was able to attend; one such clinic took place in the foyer of a Hindu temple. The doctors delivered important health education messages to these communities. I helped to perform general health check ups, on both children and adults; the commonest complaints were malnutrition, anaemia and joint pain. Medications were provided if they were available but at times stock was very limited.

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Stephen ready for a shift!

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By contrast, my second four-week placement took place at Leonard hospital in the town of Batlagundu situated in the hot Southern state of Tamil Nadu. My friends and I stayed off site and took a 'tuc tuc' each morning through the bustling town centre to reach the privately run multi-speciality hospital. The journey was always event filled and a stark contrast to the tranquillity of the Bel Air campus. The hospital features two hundred beds, an air-conditioned intensive care unit, four operating theatres and a 24/7 emergency department. Although infectious diseases did present (most commonly dengue fever following a recent epidemic in the surrounding area) the doctors spent the majority of their time managing western diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease alongside their complications. As a result, my time here was more comparable to the time I have spent on the wards in the UK. Again, I was struck by how friendly and hospitable all the staff were, going to extreme lengths to make sure my friends and I were comfortable and enjoying our experience. For example, the canteen staff made a special effort to prepare our food separately so that it was not too spicy for us 'Brits'. The food was simply delicious, I’m salivating at the very thought of it!

All the clinicians were enthusiastic and keen to teach. Wanting to take advantage of this, I divided my time between the specialties to maximise exposure, and doctors would call me if an interesting patient arrived in one of the departments. I particularly enjoyed the time I got to spend in surgery, as during my time at medical school I have not had much surgical exposure. I assisted in a caesarean section, something I had not done before, which was hugely memorable. The clean horizontal incision followed by the tearing apart of the abdomen and finally the production of a wailing baby boy is not something I will forget very soon!

The eight weeks flew by and I would love to have stayed longer but sadly it was back to the UK for the next academic year. I had anticipated that India would be a fascinating country given its huge cultural, religious, political and social diversity. Safe to say, it did not disappoint. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the OB’s for their generous contribution towards my elective and encourage anyone who hasn’t been to consider visiting this extraordinary country!

Stephen Unsworth (2005 – 2013)

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Medical Elective Report: Colombo, Sri Lanka From March to May 2017 I was fortunate enough to spend eight weeks in Sri Lanka for my Medical Elective. Leaving shortly after our final exams, Sri Lanka proved to be an abrupt change of scene from Stevenage, where I had spent most of my final year on hospital placement.

Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka and this was to be our base for the elective. The city has a number of hospitals, both public and private. Healthcare is provided for all by the state, but a number of companies exist to provide large private hospitals and smaller private clinics. I was to spend two weeks in the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children on paediatrics and four weeks in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka on general adult medicine.

Lady Ridgeway is among the largest children’s hospitals in the world, with over 900 beds. The potentially pleasant 35-degree heat is spoilt slightly by the humidity and the need to wear shirt and trousers: I was struggling by the time I arrived for my first morning! Wards were separated by open corridors and were open at the sides. Bays were split up by low walls and cots for the children to sleep in and were packed quite closely together; around seven to eight cots in the space that two or three might occupy on a ward in the UK. Many of the children had Dengue fever, a mosquitoborne virus that usually causes only a mild illness, but at its worst can be lethal if the immune system over-reacts.

The doctors were welcoming and they were generous with their already stretched time. Medical education in Sri Lanka is almost all conducted in English, including when junior doctors discuss patients with the consultant. It was interesting to spend some time with Sri Lankan medical students because they clearly are taught in a different way, being able to recite a lot of textbook knowledge in a way that we aren’t used to in the UK! There were fascinating parallels with the Junior Doctors’ strikes that took place back at home, with the Sri Lankan medical students who had been on a strike for a couple of months over the Government’s plans to allow the creation of a new privately-run medical school with less stringent entry requirements. They were prepared to risk their own education to protect the reputation of the country’s medical training; an impressive commitment.

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On the adult medicine ward, our morning would begin with the ward round, during which the consultants would take a reasonable amount of pleasure in testing out what we knew. The consultants are fanatical about detail so at these points it was nice to have a few other UK medical students for company… safety in numbers!

In general, the spectrum of conditions was not dissimilar to what we see in the UK, though the severity was greater. It was both interesting and saddening to see late stage complications of diabetes, poorly controlled epilepsy and someone with thyroid disease that must have been going on for years and not been diagnosed.

Given that cases would come in to Colombo from all around Sri Lanka we also had the opportunity to see some incredibly rare cases of neurological, infectious and haematological disease.

Aside from the hospital experiences we were able to explore many areas of Sri Lanka. From the beaches of the south, to the tea-covered hills of the central regions and the dry heat of previously war-torn Jaffna in the north, there was an incredible amount to see. The highlight of the trip was being able to spend five hours climbing the steps of Adam’s Peak in the middle of the night to see an unforgettable sunrise with thousands of pilgrims. The trip was not without its trials: visas, trains and public holidays making arrangements difficult at times, but the whole trip provided an experience beyond what could be experienced on a holiday. My sincerest thanks to the Old Bristolians for their support of the trip; I hope I can also help other prospective BGS medics in the future!

James Artingstall (2004 – 2011)

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School Leavers' Dinner As has been the custom in recent years the Leavers’ Dinner took place in the Great Hall at the end of summer term on 30 June 2017. The Society makes a financial contribution towards the overheads.

The School caterers under the leadership of Michele Milton served up a delicious three course dinner while a select band of Lower Sixth formers waited at table.

The Headmaster welcomed students and staff alike and referred to past students who come back to school to talk of their university and career experiences. He hoped that this year’s group would follow a similar path. He thanked all for their legacy and wished them well for the future.

Head of School, Aarabi Canagarajah, led her peers through their seven years' 'journey', praised fellow students and thanked staff for their commitment and help.

Finally, Justin Harford, Director of Sixth Form, thanked all those who had made the evening happen and then gave brief eulogies to all staff (teaching and administration) leaving at the end of term. Bottles of wine or bouquets of flowers were presented to the staff, as they were to the Headmaster and OB President, Anne Bradley. Jane Hicks received a special mention for her organisation of the evening. Every speaker and staff leaver was greeted with rapturous applause and whoops of joy – contributed in some small measure by the odd glass of wine consumed.

Justin closed the evening with three thoughts: be true to your values; make your default answer “Yes”; and be true to your friends.

The music and dancing started and rounded off a very enjoyable and special occasion.

Mike Burmester Past President

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Remembrance Day 2017: We Will Remember Them Our acts of remembrance started at Friday lunchtime when Tony Stirratt (Past President) gave a fascinating and detailed talk to around 40 members of the monthly Luncheon Club about the origins of the memorial playing field at Failand followed by events past and present in the world of OB sport. Afterwards the President, Anne Bradley, laid a wreath of poppies at the memorial plaque.

On Sunday, junior sport halted to allow a talk by our President to hundreds of youngsters on the significance of remembrance and its relevance to Failand followed by two minutes silence and the trumpet calls.

On the Monday twenty or so Old Bristolians attended the School’s service in the Great Hall at which Captain Keith Mills DSC (RM) spoke movingly of the importance of remembrance and its roots in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts. He had served with distinction in the Falklands War. Michael Burmester (1953 – 1964)

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John Crichard (1944 – 1951), Captain Keith Mills and Michael Burmester (1953 – 1964)

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André Heintz (1920 – 2017), a hero of the French Resistance – and an OB (1935) André Heintz came to the Grammar School from Caen as a pupil for two terms in 1935 to improve his English. S J Collins, senior classics master at BGS, and his father were good friends in the profession. Arriving at BGS in plus-fours made him rather stand out, but he rapidly made life-long friends amongst his contemporaries, being given the inevitable nickname of 'Fifty-seven'. He returned to Caen to finish his education and André had become a teacher by the time of the fall of France in 1940.

He decided immediately to do all in his power to resist the Germans, initially helping POWs to escape and gathering information about the occupying forces. His excellent English was of great importance as he listened to the BBC Home Service on his homemade radio in his parents' cellar. As Communications Officer 'Theophile' (André’s code name), he reported the latest war news to his resistance leader each morning at 06:00 Mass. Code words were frequently passed down in broadcasts to warn of air drops and eventually of the D-Day invasion. The key messages "The dice are on the carpet" and "It is hot in Suez" meant that the invasion was only hours away.

Following D-Day, the siege of Caen lasted for six weeks during which the city was devastated by Allied bombing; those remaining eventually came out of the ruins to welcome the British and Canadian forces. André had spent his time working in the hospital helping his sister, Danièle. Between them, they even marked the roof of the hospital with a Red Cross from sheets soaked in the blood of the patients to try to avoid the bombs and shells. He also crossed the German lines at his peril to alert the Allies not to bomb the Abbaye aux Hommes which was sheltering civilians.

In the post siege upheaval, André’s knowledge of English was put to good use as an interpreter for Civil Affairs in Normandy. As a result he was offered a post as lecturer at Edinburgh University for two years. There followed a year at Bristol Grammar School in 1955-56 when he exchanged places with Eric Dehn. He became professor of English at the University of Caen, and as Visiting Professor organised annual student courses from two American universities to the invasion beaches. In addition, he talked to groups from all parts of the English-speaking world reminding them of the Occupation. Several visits by parties of OBs to the invasion beaches and war graves also took place when he was already over 80 but insisted on accompanying us. He played an active part in creating the Mémorial, the magnificent Caen museum of the Second World War, which contains his radio hidden in a bean can.

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Andre Heintz invested as a Chevalier de la Legion d' Honneur - 9 July 2010

In 2010, he was specially honoured by being invested as a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, adding to six previous decorations.

For those of us fortunate to know André, we remember a small, slightly-built man of gentleness and courtesy, of great faith and modesty, an unlikely-looking hero who maintained to the end the need to let people know the suffering which his beloved France had endured in the years 1940 – 1945. Paul Eluard, the great poet of the Resistance, wrote these lines which were spoken at Andre's funeral service.

The night has no end; But always, I tell you, And I tell you once again When the grieving stops A window opens My thanks to George Moody for the translation.

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The Old Bristolians’ Society Notice of Annual General Meeting Tuesday 6 March 2018 Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of members will be held at Bristol Grammar School in room M20 on Tuesday 6 March, 2018, commencing at 19:30. Please come along and support your Society.

Please bring this Agenda to the Meeting.

Agenda 1. Apologies for absence.

2. Approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 7 March 2017.

3. Report of the Society Committee.

4. Honorary Treasurer’s Report and Statement of Accounts to 30 September 2017.

5. Election of Officers of the Society.

6. Election of two representatives of the Old Bristolians’ Sports’ Club.

7. Appointment of Honorary Auditor.

8. Any other business within the scope of this meeting.

Nominations of members, duly seconded, to act as Officers of the Society should be in writing and sent in an envelope marked ‘Officer Nominations’ to the Honorary Secretary at the OBs’ Office, Bristol Grammar School, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SR to arrive no later than Monday 19 February 2018.

Officers presenting themselves for re-election do not need to be formally nominated.

Ian Southcott (1964 – 1971) Honorary Secretary, Old Bristolians’ Society

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Senior Rugby report There is a house on the edge of Clifton Village in Bristol with a covered walkway from the gate in the perimeter wall to the front door. Along the top edge of this walkway is carved the inscription ‘Conflict Tests The Warrior’, which I have found to be extremely thought provoking over the years. So much so in fact, that I have begun to research the history of the house and the inscription, to see whose hand carved it and what their inspiration might have been – I’ve been unable to find reference to the quotation anywhere. It is not biblical or Shakespeare, it doesn’t appear in the Oxford Book of Quotations, and as far as I can fathom it exists only on this walkway.

This edition’s rugby report considers the sentiment behind the inscription as it relates to the game of rugby and specifically to the Old Bristolians’ club.

The photo you see below is not one of our club senior members, or an action shot, but instead it is a photograph taken at 11:00 on Sunday 12 November when our mini and junior section, along with parents, coaches and members of the senior section amongst others stood silent to remember the soldiers from Bristol Grammar School who have fallen on the field of battle. Our clubhouse and playing facilities are named Memorial Playing Fields and they stand as a tribute to those who have lost their lives in battle defending their country and their freedom; it is a fitting tribute that so many people have enjoyed sport on the playing fields.

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and the result is obvious from the early exchanges, but for 80 minutes every facet of a team’s organisation is tested, and the warriors who pass that test are declared the victors.

It is in this very phrase however that the beauty of the game of rugby is revealed; your mettle and resolve are stressed and your abilities as an individual and as part of a team are put under the microscope throughout matches and seasons. From my own experience, you only find out how strong you are when you have a large second row bearing down on you at full pace, and you only find out your willingness to work during pre-season training. You also learn a lot about yourself and your team-mates throughout the rough and tumble of a match and a season. Each and every time you pass these tests, your inner warrior grows that little bit stronger. Those who have played the game far longer and at far higher levels than myself speak of the value that rugby has brought them in terms of developing admirable and desirable character traits, not to mention lifelong friendships and relationships.

A rugby season is one of many battles, many tests, and the Old Bristolians First XV has, so far this season passed those tests. Ably skippered by Andy Green they currently sit at the top of Western Counties North - the highest league position the club has ever held. Last week saw a 34-14 demolition of the then league leaders, Coney Hill, in what has been described by those on the field as one of the best games they have ever played in. We have won five games this season in the final phases, showing that our warrior spirit refuses to die and that our commitment to the cause is unbending.

Our Second and Third XVs have had harder battles this season and both sit in the bottom half of their respective leagues and the challenge is now for them to improve their results to begin the climb up their league tables.

Our Vets’ XV continue to play competitive friendly fixtures on a regular basis, and it’s fantastic that the club now provides rugby for all from the age of five to as old as you can put on boots. Our Vets tour to Spain later in the year has a touring party of 50 people. Tour tales are sure to be exaggerated beyond all recognition!

We also proudly put out a Ladies’ XV these days who are doing wonderful work empowering girls and women to enjoy the sport, and to show girls that rugby is not just for the blokes. The women and girls are an asset to the club and it is a marker of our development that they continue to develop as an integral part of the club.

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First and foremost, we are all proud of the club and our challenge must be to build and nurture, season on season, for the benefit of future generations - as important a responsibility now as it always has been.

The number of children attending the club on Sunday mornings and the current league success of our First XV is a testament to the health of the club and its attraction to the next generation of players and warriors. If anyone reading this has a desire to buy (or dust off) some boots and cross the whitewash into battle then please do come along and say “hello”, and we’d be happy to welcome you.

(And if anyone knows any history of the aforementioned house on the corner of College Road, I would be really interested).

Tristan Fowler (1993 – 2000)

OBWCC AGM Report The 2017 season was somewhat of a disappointment for the club. Whilst there are a number of positives that we must draw on, two relegations out of four Saturday sides was not the target set at the start of the year and there must now be a renewed focus to ensure that we are able to bounce back quickly.

The 1st XI started the season strongly, winning three of their first four completed games after an unbeaten preseason. However injuries to key players, including our overseas player Ash Streker, who returned to Australia early with a recurrence of a back problem, and some patchy availability meant that the side was unable to get any sort of consistency going. A final day victory against Stapleton which included Lisle Durrans' first hundred for the club sadly wasn’t enough to prevent relegation to the B&D Senior Division for 2018.

The 2nd XI got off to a magnificent start to the season, racking up 363-5 at home to Old Down, Alex Harris making 94 and Steve Jacobs 123 as they won by 120 runs. Five further victories were to follow, with Alex Lee’s side tending to beat those around them in the table, ensuring safety with a week left to go in the season thanks to a win against Knowle which saw Jack Harvey pick up 3-12 in restricting the visitors to 192.

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The Sports' Club committee, as mandated at the last AGM, is completing incorporation of the Club.

Effectively therefore the 2017 AGM was the last and the current Sports' Club will be redundant by March 2018.

The new OB Sports' Club Limited will not have to hold an AGM, however the new Board of Directors will put in place a Company meeting to report to the membership as appropriate. .

A full report confirming the transition and future arrangements will be included in the July 2018 edition of Bristolienses.

Richard Leonard Sports' Club Secretary

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two seasons, who took on the role when nobody else wanted it ahead of the 2016 season and performed admirably in difficult circumstances across both seasons. His willingness to blood some of our youth players at that level, a couple of whom have also gone on to play First team, is what I think gives us a positive platform to take steps forward next year.

The loss of Mark Beach to the Second XI and Paul Millward to retirement meant that the Third XI had a lot of runs to try and replace heading into the 2017 season. Despite the best efforts of Jon Sheeran in particular (two unbeaten hundreds), it proved a bridge too far and a poor run of form in the second half of the season, only one win in nine, proved costly.

The Fourth XI once again yo-yoed its way to a lower mid-table finish. Some impressive wins, including chasing down 236 in under 32 overs (Ewen Macgregor 97*), were backed up by some near misses. 13 year old Joe Durie’s first senior half century will live long in the memory – coming in at 25-3 on a drizzly afternoon and providing some much-needed stability as we eventually posted 217 against United Banks at home, enough to win by 20 runs.

The Sunday XI again had a mixed season, yet ended up winning the Three Counties League title due to the number of games cancelled by the other sides in the league. The away game at Bath will be remembered by many, whilst the all-round performance of the year certainly came at Brislington where every member of the team contributed with either bat or ball to an excellent victory on a boiling hot day!

Our Ladies team had another good season, winning five of the eight games they played including an 84 run win over YMCA which included Captain Rachel Evans’ third half century for the club and a 55 run win over Cam in which Denise Powell scored 50 and then took 4-10.

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selflessly in order to help develop the next generation of OBWCC First team players.

Gaya Barnes also does an amazing amount of work behind the scenes to keep the youth setup so organised and deserves an incredible amount of praise. Volunteers to coach or simply help organise the youth teams are always welcome.

Thanks must go to: Treasurer Peter Matthews who ensures we remain in a decent financial position; outgoing secretary Steve Jacobs and social secretary Jon Sheeran for their tireless efforts for the club throughout the last few years; Will Penny who has continued to badger people for money via sponsorship and the bonus ball scheme; Steve Williams who once again took responsibility for the ground work parties; Randal and Sally Leonard for agreeing to host, Ash Streker, for the entire summer; the school for again providing employment for our overseas player; Richard Glynne-Jones for ensuring we were successfully re-accredited by Club mark; and Phil Thorn for compiling the Club Handbook and ensuring we continued to meet our child welfare requirements.

I’d also like to record my thanks to Nick and Lisa Merrick, who once again fed and watered us fantastically throughout the season – the home-made sausage rolls being a personal favourite!

The club is grateful to groundsmen Gareth Yandell, Alex Harris and Steve Jacobs for their work on the wicket which has improved with the use of new watering equipment and the roller being available for club use.

Following the AGM I expect that Stuart MacArthur and myself will continue as First and Fourth team captains but new faces will be in place for the other teams. We will also welcome back Ross Dallimore for a second term as Secretary.

Twelve months ago when I agreed to be Chairman I had very little idea what I was letting myself in for. However I can say that with a thriving youth section, our increasing investment in coaching and some great volunteers, I am confident that the club is heading in the right direction and I look forward to 2018 All details about the club can be found on the website www.obwcc.co.uk.

Craig Strachan Chairman

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1940 Hockey First XI

Left to right: Peter Charles McEwan Brooks, John Edgar Bowell, Donald Alexander Sherrell, Philip John Daunton, Peter Basil Croft, John Charles R Hudson, Norman Thomas Cannon, Robert Mason Catling, James Bryant Ackland, Derek Walter George Aylott, David Griffiths Miles

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Hockey Club report The Hockey Club started the season enjoying the sunshine, a BBQ and bar at the Stirratt Pitch at our Club Day. We welcomed a number of new members and caught up on the summer news with a few of the longer standing members. We played about 27 small games and had a penalty shoot out and an aerial competition.

The league matches started in mid-September with our Mens 1s having a four match unbeaten run at the start. We continue to field six mens league teams but have moved to four senior ladies teams this year (although this still makes for a busy schedule with around 120 players, 12 umpires and about 80 teas to organise every Saturday). We have had a mixed start to the season on the pitch, with a number of teams having a very different group of players from last season. Our Mens and Ladies 1s are competing well in their leagues and both are in the upper half, with our Mens and Ladies 2s and Mens 3s and 4s in a comfortable mid-table position. Our Ladies 3s, 4s and Mens 5s and 6s have struggled a little, but are just starting to get more settled teams which will help with their results.

Our junior section continues to prosper and we often have over 150 players on Wednesdays and Sundays. Our U10s and U12s have both performed well in the Avon County tournaments, with our U10s winning all of their games. We have entered our U14 and U16 girls teams into the England Hockey National Championships, where they are getting some great results against top Clubs. We have re-formed the boys U14 team and they are becoming a really good team. If you have the opportunity come and watch our stars of the future; their skill level and game play is amazing.

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Luncheon Club Report October 2017 Our first guest of the new season was an OB, Dr David Proops. His talk was entitled ‘From Oral to Aural’, or, as he put it, the short distance from mouth to ear!

David was at BGS from 1956 – 1963 and recalled his days at school with great appreciation. He was a keen sportsman, appearing in the rugby XV of 1963. He also thanked David Trott, who was present, and the late headmaster, Dr John Mackay, for setting him off on his career.

He started in the School of Dentistry followed by Medicine at the University of Birmingham Medical School where he spent nine years. During this time he was able to make good use of the facilities of Cadburys at Bourneville. The next move was to ear, nose and throat surgery, which he studied, on a research fellowship for a year, in Canada at Toronto. He then went on to talk about modern surgery for deafness, showing various pictures of the ear, and highlighting the causes of disease and deafness. Deafness is a huge problem, with over 16 million sufferers in the UK and an estimated 360 million worldwide. He described some of the hearing aids on offer, and said that the latest high-tech implants were a modern miracle and very successful.

David, who has now retired, was a consultant for ENT at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and is a past President of ENT UK. We thank him for having travelled down to Bristol from his home in Worcestershire and providing us with a most interesting talk.

November 2017 This month the lunch was held at the OBs Sports pavilion at Failand, not at Redland as usual. The date was also moved to the Remembrance Weekend, and this gave Tony Stirratt the opportunity to tell us about the ground and the war memorial.

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debris before preparation for hockey, rugby and cricket matches could begin. It was a good location with excellent drainage. A prefabricated pavilion was erected and games started in the 1951 – 1952 season.

The ground has always enjoyed a good reputation with county hockey matches played there, as well as use by Bristol rugby who have hosted six-a-side tournaments involving local and county clubs and once even the touring New Zealanders!

The original pavilion gave good service but a deal to sell some land to the adjoining country club paved the way for the current building which was opened by Michael Booker in 1977.

Obviously to run a ground of this size takes a lot of time and effort and Tony was at pains to praise many who had contributed. In turn, Richard Kingscott thanked Tony for his huge effort over the years.

OBs President, Anne Bradley, placed a wreath on the memorial following the lunch (picture overleaf). The memorial contains the names of 142 OBs who were killed in World War II and subsequent conflicts.

December 2017 Form 3MC were due at our Christmas lunch, but, due to Jeremy Watkins’ illness, this was cancelled. Fortunately Tim Lewis and Sheila were able to replace them. Their offering was a ‘Countdown to Christmas’, a mixture of music and readings.

It took the regular form, with familiar tunes played by Sheila and Tim showing appropriate images on screen with lyrics to match. There were also reading and excerpts from Christmas works.

With the days beginning to count down we heard ‘It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas’ and ‘Christmas is just around the corner’. Then there was music from Tom Lehrer and readings from Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘The Diary of Adrian Mole’.

All the festive tasks were mentioned and depicted – decorating the house, writing cards, going shopping and carol singing. Music came from ‘Mame’ and ‘Pickwick’ and more readings from ‘Sir Oswald’ and ‘Wind in the Willows’. Telling the grandchildren of the Christmas Story and attending their nativity plays were a must. There was more reading from Gervase Finn and a chorus from the ‘Hippo Song’ of “mud, mud, Bristolienses, January 2018, Issue 54

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War Memorial Event, Failand, left to right: Mike Burmester (1953 – 1964), Don Furze (1955 – 1962), Anne Bradley (OB President) and Tony Stirratt (1942 – 1952)

glorious mud”.

20 December finally arrived with music from the show ‘Scrooge’ and then some community singing of such seasonal favourites as ‘Sleigh ride’, ‘Jingle Bells’, ‘Dashing through the snow’ and ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’.

It was a perfect light medley for the coming festive season and Tim ended it with ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’. In thanking them John Evans returned the compliment.

Luncheon Club Diary Dates The Luncheon Club commences again in January with John Crichard at the helm.

OBs and their guests are welcome to attend. Please note that guests may arrive at 12:30 but the lunch will start at 13:00.

Contact John on +44 (0) 117 968 7451 to book your place(s) or for further details.

2018 (all Fridays) 5 January

Speaker TBC Air Ambulance Charity

2 February

Barry Edwards

The early history of Penguin Books

2 March

Roderick MacKinnon BGS Headmaster retiring in 2018

6 April

Edward Towne The Cambridge Spies

4 May

Peter Taylor Guernsey at War (part II)

8 June

Nick Cousins Officials in Sport

5 October

Anne Bradley New war memorial tabletk

2 November

Roger Angerson Bristol’s war hospitals

7 December

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Old Bristolians Around the World The following people are keen to hear from fellow OBs in their country/continent: USA Dr Richard Mason and Peter Williams are developing a US network and are keen to hear from other OB members in the USA. For information, please contact: Dr Richard Mason (1951 – 1957) h 00 1 617 803 8425 thepaulmason@hotmail.com

Peter Williams (1951 – 1958) 112 Birchside Circle Locus Grove VA 22508-5150 h 00 1 540 872 7117 m 00 1 540 237 2627 anglodane@adelphia.net

Canada Martin Dash (1963 – 1970) is trying to develop a Canadian OB network.

Australia Phil Ohman (1972 – 1979) is keen to hear from OBs in Australia, regardless of distances. Phil is happy to be the contact for NZ as well, as he’s there a few times a year.

Contact details: 12146 Osprey Drive Richmond British Columbia V7E 3S6 h 00 1 604 275 4670 f 00 1 604 275 5684 martincharlesdash@hotmail.com

Contact details: 44 John James Loop Macgregor ACT 2615 h 00 61 422 309 455 phil@missionsupport.org.au

South Africa Chris Taylor (1952 – 1961) If any readers know of OBs living in South Africa who may not be paid-up members and do not, therefore, receive Bristolienses, it would be appreciated if they could pass on my contact details.

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News of Old Bristolians John Barnes (1988 – 1995) is Director of Rugby at Hartpury College and guided the 1st XV there in the Rugby Championship last season, the second tier of English rugby.

Rich Berry (President of the OBs' Rugby Club) was presented with the Gloucestershire Award at the Gloucestershire RFU’s AGM, in acknowledgement of extraordinary service to Old Bristolians RFC. He says it is “a great honour to be recognised alongside some real stalwarts of clubs around the County. “ AJ Dean-Revington (1996 – 2003) is touring with his band The Wandering Hearts and will be performing in Bristol at the Louisiana on 18 February, the band have had some excellent reviews and recently featured on Radio 2 with Bob Harris.

Jaryd Evans (2008 – 2015) was recently awarded the Nursery Apprentice of the Year Award at the National NMT Awards in London.

Andrew Jamieson (Staff 2012 – 2017) has moved on to teach English at Abingdon School near Oxford and has just published his second collection of poems, 'Stay'. If you want to follow Andrew on Twitter he can be found @Andrew_Jamison Chris Jeffery (1973 – 1980) Visited the School earlier this term and bumped into many of his former colleagues.

Chris is one of several OBs who have also taught at BGS and was Head of House (1991 – 1996) He is now Headmaster of the Bootham School in York.

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Katherine Kabala (1993 – 2000) is working in Paediatrics at Rotorua Hospital in New Zealand and will then go back to working in the Emergency Department. She competed again in the Age Group World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam in September, representing Great Britain, having pre-qualified after her performance last year. She suffered from various injuries during 2017 and first competed two weeks before the World Championships.

She was in the 35-39 years group. She was first out of the water after the swim and was only passed by one girl on the bike ride. She maintained that position until 1km from the end but eventually finished 5th, which was an amazing achievement considering the limited training she was able to do. This also means she has prequalified for next year when the World Championships will be held on the Gold Coast in Australia.

Emily Leonard (née Diamond) (2002 – 2009) anchored the British team to a Silver Medal in the 4x400m at the World Athletics Championships in London in August. Emily now has medals from all of the global athletics events and has just been named in the English team that will compete in the Commonwealth Games in April.

Alexandra (Alex) Saunders (2006 – 2013) is in her second year of a Masters Degree at Exeter University. She is doing research in Sports Science, specialising in sport psychology. She has had another very successful year on the golf course. In September she was a member of the Exeter University team in the European Universities Golf Championship, playing at Golf Club Liberec near Prague. The team won the Bronze medal. Soon after her return she was a member of the Gloucestershire team that played in the final of the English Women’s County Final. Gloucestershire were unbeaten until the very last match having beaten Suffolk, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire and Buckinghamshire. In the final round they played Yorkshire and a draw would have been enough to be County Champions. The result came down to the very last match and unfortunately Gloucestershire lost that by one hole and so were runners up.

Nick Shearer (1998 – 2005) and Lauren Clark (2004 – 2011) met up with the BGS Computer Science Dept on their recent trip to San Francisco, Nick works for Facebook and talked to the students at Facebook’s Head Office. Lauren now works for Google and was pleased to show the group around Google’s HQ. 54

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Sir Rabinder Singh (1972 – 1981) and Sir Timothy Holroyde (1966 – 1973) have recently been appointed to the Court of Appeal Will Tavaré (2000 – 2008) of Gloucestershire Cricket has been appointed by 'Sporting Chances' as an ambassador for the 'Lord's Taverners Sporting Chances', which enables young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with disabilities to enjoy sport.

In addition to the young people they support, they measure their impact by the 'sporting chances' they create. They supported over 216,000 young people last year.

Jordan Waller (2003 – 2010) appeared in the ITV drama 'Victoria'. He played the part of Lord Alfred Paget.

Daisy Whicheloe (1998 – 2005) recently appeared on Australian Wilderness with Ray Mears, Daisy has been living in Australia and working on dive boats and helped Ray in his quest to swim with a Whale shark.

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Professor Sir Nicholas Wright (1954 – 1960) has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Imperial College at their Commemoration Day celebrations in October. Nicholas’s studies into the early origins and biology of life-threatening tumours promise to lead to new treatments for various types of disease affecting the gut, and broaden our understanding of the role of stem cells.

With a distinguished career spanning over 50 years, Professor Wright’s research has provided profound insight into the early origins and evolution of several conditions, intricately highlighting the role of stem cells in both health and disease.

These insights promise to transform the development of future therapies for several gut and inflammation associated diseases, particularly cancer.

As one of the UK’s most distinguished physicians, Professor Wright was knighted in 2005 for his 'services to medicine.'

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Obituaries We record with sadness the deaths of the following Old Bristolians and extend our condolences to their families and friends. It is now our practice, due to constraints of space, to include obituaries of those who were Society members only.

William Beaumont (staff, 1951 – 1953)

John Mellish (1944 – 1950)

Lt. Col. Peter Brooks MBE (1933 – 1942)

Mark Ottaway (1951 – 1958)

Michael Bruton (1947 – 1955)

David Parfitt (1943 – 1949)

Ronald Budd (1936 – 1941)

John Penry (1956 – 1964)

Edward Bunker (1940 – 1945)

Simon Poulding (1979 – 1986)

Lawrence Curtis (1934 – 1937)

Alan Rees (1963 – 1970)

Paul Cunnington (1948 – 1958)

Norman Ricketts OBE (1932 – 1938)

Maj. Alan Timewell Davis MC (1932 – 1940) Ian Edwards (1943 – 1949)

William (“John”) Shaddick (1935 – 1945) John Smart (1947 – 1954)

Ashraf El-Shanawany (1991 – 1999)

Peter Stirratt (1935 – 1942)

Anthony Gale (1957 – 1963)

Rev. John Turner (1934 – 1941) Gerald Winzer (1937 – 1944)

André Heintz (1935 and staff 1955 – 1956) Edward Jones (1945 – 1954)

George Zographou (2008 – 2012)

We also record the death of Marjorie Avery, wife of Roy, member of staff in the 1950’s and Headmaster 1975 – 1986.

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Lt-Col. Peter Brooks MBE (1933 – 1942) Peter was born in Henleaze in 1924 and during his time at BGS was a keen sportsman, playing both cricket and hockey. He was captain of the hockey team (unusual for a goalkeeper) and was a prefect in his final year.

The outbreak of the Second World War changed the course of Peter’s life. Despite being too young to sign up he joined the Air Raid Precautions as a messenger. During the Bristol blitz (Nov 1940 – Apr 1941) he and fellow Bristol Grammar student, Jim Ackland (who later went on to be an architect and chairman of the Board of Governors of BGS), would patrol Bristol at night reporting unexploded bombs and any fires. On one occasion they saw a fire in a house in Henleaze, caused by an incendiary bomb, and had to throw the bed, which was in flames, out of the window to save the house from burning down!

Peter joined the Army in 1942 and was commissioned as an officer into the Royal Artillery. He deployed to Algeria in 1943 and then to Italy where he served until the end of the war. After the end of the war he decided to stay in the Army and served around the world including Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Korea, Germany, Libya and Cyprus as well as in the UK and with NATO. In 1962 he was awarded the MBE for his services.

He left the Army in 1969 and worked for British Aerospace (formally the British Aircraft Corporation). He retired in October 1987 and moved to Tavistock in Devon and later to Downton, near Salisbury. Peter maintained his links with BGS, spoke to students about Bristol during the war and attended Remembrance events at the school. In 1947 he married a fellow Bristolian, Doreen, who sadly died in 2007. He is survived by two daughters, five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

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Major Alan Davis MC (1932 – 1940) Alan Davis joined the Hampshire Regiment after leaving BGS. As the 7th Battalion Intelligence Officer he landed in Normandy soon after D-Day, saw fighting around Caen and as an adjutant served through the campaign. In command of a rifle platoon he was involved in bitter fighting in the last months of the war, most notably in the capture of a bridge (later known as 'the Hampshire Bridge') near the German-Dutch 58

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border, when he led his men under heavy fire and with his clasp knife cut the wires of explosives set to blow it up. For this he was awarded the MC. After retirement from the army he worked for Mardon Son & Hall, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco, but continued soldiering with the North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry, retiring with the rank of Major. He was an apiarist, photographer and proficient artist. One of his decoy duck carvings was made especially for Sir Peter Scott at Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust. He leaves a widow, Alison, a son (a retired Brigadier) and a daughter.

Anthony Gale (1957 – 1963) The early death of his mother led Tony to move away from Bristol and he took an electrical apprenticeship with Unilever at Port Sunlight. Later he changed direction and returned to Bristol to become a mechanical engineer. He held positions at RollsRoyce, where he worked on the Pegasus engines for Concorde, and then moved to other large engineering firms to become a highly-regarded, multi-skilled tool maker.

In later life he was beset by many health problems. He had to retire in 2002, having survived cancer, and spent the last fifteen years of his life at home suffering from increasing ill-health. He never lost his love of maths, and took an Open University course in it. He was married for 45 years; his wife, son and three grandchildren miss his fighting spirit and wicked sense of humour despite all that he suffered. He was a remarkably courageous man.

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Edward Jones (1945 – 1954) Edward Jones joined the Lower School in 1945 when he returned to Bristol after the Second World War. He left after taking his A-levels, with memories of many happy years, and went into insurance, firstly at Eagle Star and then the Imperial Group, where he became Insurance Manager. In his retirement he was a volunteer for St. Peter’s Hospice at their newly-opened charity shop in Gloucester Road. After a number of years of poor health, he died in May 2017.

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David Parfitt (1943 – 1949) David was born in Brislington, the only child of Elsie and Reginald Parfitt, where he attended the local primary school. At the age of ten he won a scholarship to Bristol Grammar School where he took up his place a year early. As a proud Old Bristolian he wore the Old Bristolians’ tie often, regularly attending their annual dinners when he played the organ in the Great Hall for the School Song for over fifty years until March this year. For this he was presented with an honorary membership of the Old Bristolians Society.

School was followed by a job in the offices of WD and HO Wills and then National Service in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, as an air traffic controller at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. After National Service he opted for teacher training at Newton Park College in Bath. His successful career in teaching began with twelve happy and fulfilling years at Avonvale Primary School. There followed appointments in several Bristol schools and finally for nine years he was Head of Marshfield Primary School.

He was responsible for organising annual music concerts in the Colston Hall involving several hundred children. In the early years he worked part-time for to supplement his salary. After taking early retirement he trained as an Ofsted schools inspector, spending nearly ten years on inspection teams travelling around the country.

David’s lifelong passions were supporting Bristol City Football Club and playing the organ, and later on included a deep interest in the USA where he visited all 50 states. The organ, however, was his abiding passion. He began lessons at the age of 12 and was appointed organist at Pensford at 16, followed by positions in several Bristol churches and lastly at Wotton-Under-Edge, where, over the last 14 years he built a fine choral tradition. In 2016, after 67 years as organist and choir master he was given a lifetime achievement award from the Bristol and District Organists Association.

David influenced and improved the lives of literally thousands of people, both young and old. As a father, stepfather, and husband, he was supportive and pragmatic. He was a true professional, much respected by those with whom he worked and those with whom he socialised. He is survived by his second wife, Margaret, his son Peter, daughter Victoria and step-daughter Fleur.

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William Shaddick (1935 – 1945) ‘John’ as he became known at BGS, was born in Knowle in 1927, the son of a cooper.

His reminiscences of his time at the School were published In Bristolienses 52. He was awarded a place to read Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford but his place was deferred until after his National Service in the Royal Signals, serving at Catterick.

He was always passionate about sport, becoming a member of his College rowing team - Corpus Christi 2nd VIII - in 1951. Throughout his life and without fail, he followed the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. No surprises for guessing where his support lay!

The family moved to Devon to take over a local post office while he was still at university. While in Paignton during summer holidays he met his wife, Rena. Her father owned a local farm on which casual labour was sought for the annual harvest and William enjoyed helping out - the rest is history! They married in April 1954 in Cockington, Torquay and set up home in Taunton, where Dad was employed by Lloyds Bank in the Executors and Trustees Department.

In 1960 they moved to Totnes, Devon to set up a retail and wholesale tobacconist and confectionery business. They remained in this business until 1982. On retirement they moved back to Paignton and he volunteered his services with the RNLI for over 25 years as treasurer, earning their Gold Service award in 2016 for his dedication.

William particularly loved to follow cricket and rugby but motor-boating on the River Dart was his major leisure-time pursuit. He is survived by his three children and five grandchildren, who will much miss his razor-sharp intellect and infinite knowledge.

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Gerald William Winzer (1937 – 1944) Gerald grew up in Horfield, and passed the entrance examination to the Upper School to start in 1937. He excelled academically but seems to have had no interest in sport: his extra-curricular activities were literary, musical and dramatic. He was a House Prefect for the Green House, Honorary Secretary of the Music Club, Editor of the BGS Chronicle 1943-1944 and of The Carrell and when the annual Shakespeare performances started under John Garrett he took the title role (‘only about a hundred lines’ he commented later) in the first production, Julius Caesar.

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He crowned his time at School with an Open Postmastership in Classics to Merton College, Oxford, and with a State Scholarship, but that had to be deferred when he was called up and sent to train at Bletchley Park for the Intelligence Corps.

Until 1947 he was in the Far East, including Singapore, as 14833623 Corporal G. W. Winzer, Intelligence Corps, 800 Special Intelligence Company, SEAC. In 1947 he negotiated with Merton and the Army for demobilisation. Writing to a friend, he said, "The Senior Tutor of Merton, Mr Deane Jones [another Old Bristolian] rather inconsiderately, though no doubt justifiably, elected to 'pass above'', as Kai Lung would say, just after I wrote to him about my Class B [demobilisation]. However, Mr Levens, the Classics Tutor... writes to say that the College will apply for me this year." At Oxford he continued acting with the Merton Floats Dramatic Society and was Hon Sec of the Merton Music Society (he was an accomplished pianist), as well as being a member of the OU Gramophone Library, Philatelic Club and Conservative Association.

He finished his Honours Degree in Literae Humaniores, completed a Diploma in Education, and devoted his working life to teaching classics. He held posts at St George’s School, Harpenden, the Dollar Academy and Glasgow Academy. Then in 1977 he joined Glasgow University as a student and research assistant in the Department of Arabic. He travelled widely, and seems to have been a natural linguist, though before going up to Oxford he regretted that BGS did not allow Classicists to study German and French as well. He tried to make good this deficiency and had to admit that ‘I can now report with great sorrow that the German course is not prospering’.

He retired to Bristol, to a house in Brislington that he filled with books and music. He kept in touch with his many friends, with BGS and with Merton and when he died he left generous provision for other boys and girls to enjoy the education provided by both his School and his College. His letters show a cultured man, with a sense of humour and an interest in people; it would have been a pleasure to know him.

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Marriages Hearty congratulations go to all of those Old Bristolians who have married over the past few months. May your lives with each other always be happy and fulfilling.

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Lucy Wood (2002 – 2007) married Jack Dahlsen

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Honorary Members of the Society J R Avery Staff 1951 – 1959

Headmaster 1975 – 1986 N A Baldwin 1970 – 1980 Mrs M Barrington R Berry OB Sports’ Club Mrs R A Booker Mrs A V Bradley Archivist 1994 – M N J Burmester 1953 – 1964 J A F Burns Staff 1972 – 2005 R J Chambers 1957 – 1964 R A R Cockitt Staff 1963 – 1997 N Cousins 1964 – 1972 R A D Cox Staff 1973 – 2013 J J Crichard 1944 – 1951 G Davies OB Society Auditor Mrs J H Duncan OB Society J C Edwards 1941 – 1950 J A E Evans 1941 – 1952 D Furze 1955 – 1962 K T Gerrish 1946 – 1957 R Gillam OB Sports’ Club D K Golledge 1959 – 1967 J E K Goodbody Bursar 1979 – 1993 G A Hodges 1953 – 1960 L R Jacobs 1930 – 1938 P Jakobek Staff 1982 – P Key OB Sports’ Club R F Kingscott 1948 – 1953 R D W Lacey 1951 – 1962 C C Luker 1962 – 1969 R I MacKinnon Headmaster 2008 – C E Martin Headmaster 1986 – 1999 D J Mascord Headmaster 1999 – 2008 70

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D Nott Staff 1968 – 2005 J R Parrott 1975 – 1982 K D J Prowting 1950 – 1958 Dr A Primrose Headmistress

Junior School 2001 – 2011 P J Revill Staff 1969 – 1998 K G Robbins 1949 – 1958 I H Rolling Staff 1970 – 2007 M Sisman 1953 – 1959 R W L Smith 1957 – 1965 N Stibbs 1964 – 1972 A F Stirratt 1942 – 1952 P M Tottle 1960 – 1968 P J Tucker 1952 – 1958 E A Warren Staff 1954 – 1988 D L J Watts 1945 – 1955 G J Willmott 1974 – 1984 D J Yeandle OBE 1964 – 1971

Society Past Presidents 1900 Herbert Ashman Bart 1901 Charles McArthur 1902 C E L Gardner 1903 Bourchier F Hawksley 1904 The Rev T W Openshaw MA 1905 Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith GCB, MA, BSc 1906 Professor H Lloyd Tanner DSc, FRS 1907 The Rev V P Wyatt MA 1908 Sir Hartman W Just CB, KCMG 1909 Philip W Worsley JP 1910 W Nicol Reid 1911 The Rev A W Oxford MA, MD 1912 T B Silcock BSc 1913 The Rev Canon F E Brightman

MA D Phil, DD, FBA 1914 The Rev A B Beaven MA 1919 Sir Holman Gregory KC 1920 Sir Cyril Norwood MA, D Litt 1921 George Langford 1922 Col T H Openshaw

CB, CMG, MS, MB, FRCS, LRCP 1923 The Rev Canon G A Weekes MA 1924 The Rev Canon Peter Barker MA 1925 D S Davies MD, LLD, DPH 1926 Col T M Carter OBE 1927 R C Hobbs 1928 Oscar Berry 1929 Sir Duncan Grey LLD 1930 Cyril Rootham MA, MusD 1931 Wilfrid E F Peake 1932 Sir Cyril Norwood MA, D Litt 1933 J Sumner Dury JP 1934 T Reaveley Glover MA, LLD, DD, Litt D 1935 Rear-Admiral V H T Weekes CB, CMG 1936 Charles W Stear 1937 E W B Gill OBE, MA, BSc 1938 Brigadier A L W Newth CBE, DSO, MC, TD,

DL, JP, Legion of Merit (America) 1939 – 1945

Col G S Castle MC, TD, DL 1946 Brigadier M Angell James

VC, DSO, MBE, MC, DL 1947 The Right Rev Henry McGowan MA,

Bishop of Wakefield 1948 The Right Hon Lord Gridley KBE, MIEE, MP 1949 J E Barton MA, Hon RIBA 1950 The Rev Canon J M D Stancomb MBE, MA 1951 Sir W Marston Logan KBE, CMG 1952 Professor T F Hewer MD, FRCP, FLS 1953 Leslie Morris MA, BSc 1954 Sir Oliver Franks PC, GCMG, KCB, CBE, MA 1955 R C W Cottle 1956 Sir W Ivor Jennings KBE, LittD, LLD, QC 1957 H P Lucas BSc 1958 The Right Rev Bishop D B Hall BA 1959 C R Setter JP, FIOB 1960 Sir Douglas Veale CBE, MA 1961 Dr John Garrett MA, DLitt 1962 C H Clements 1963 E H Totterdill FCll FIArb

1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

K W Jones ACIS The Very Reverend D E W Harrison MA Alderman L K Stevenson H C H Punchard Col J B Cossins MBE J Angell James CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCS Philip E Maggs Edward V Colman Vivian H Ridler CBE, MA, FSIA Sir Paul Osmond CB, MA, CIMgt M E Dunscombe TD FBOA, FSMC Air Vice Marshal W J Maggs CB,OBE, MA R A Dolton D J Mann CBE, MA Dr J Mackay MA, DPhil Professor B H Harvey, CBE, MA, MSc J C Higson M L Booker MA The Very Rev S H Evans CBE, MA J B Ackland OBE, FRIBA G F Jarrett TD, MA D W Williams OBE, TD, DL E H Dehn BA J R Cottle MA P F Stirratt BSc (Econ) Major General I O J Sprackling OBE, BSc K J Stidard AE, DMS, MIMgt T L Beagley CB, MA, FCIT, FIRTE(Hon) M B Nichols FCA J R Avery MA, FRSA A F Stirratt MA Professor Keith Robbins MA, DPhil, DLitt, FRSE E A Warren MA K G H Binning CMG, MA K D J Prowting FCA His Honour Judge P N R Clark MA R Lacey MA M Sisman LLB C E Martin MA J A E Evans MA R F Kingscott Dip Arch (RWA) ARIBA R A R Cockitt BSc Professor Sir Nicholas (Nick) Wright MA, MD, PhD, DSc. FRCS, FRCP D L J Watts JP, MA, FRICS D Pople MA P J Revill MA KT Gerrish BA N.A. Baldwin G E Ratcliffe BDS, DDPHRCS D Furze MBCS, CITP D Yeandle OBE, MA, MCIPD, FRSA M N J Burmester BA, ACIB J D Perkins MA

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Old Bristolians' Centre Bristol Grammar School Bristol BS8 1SR +44 (0) 117 923 7037 obs@bgs.bristol.sch.uk www.bristolgrammarschool.co.uk

During School terms, the office is normally staffed on Monday and Friday mornings.

Messages may be left on the answerphone, faxed or e-mailed.

Former pupils who are willing for their e-mail addresses to be made public are invited to record them on the School’s website.

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