Issue 15
Forthcoming Reunions
Silver for Iain Percy at London 2012
56-63 Fundraising Celebration Dinner 11th December 2012:
Richard Langdon/RYA
KES
Edwardian Girls v KES Senior Netball Team 23rd March 2013: KES
Oxbridge Reunion Spring 2013 TBC: Oxford TBC
Iain Percy (KES 1992) and his team mate Andrew Simpson claimed Team GB’s first sailing medal of London 2012 when they won Silver in the Star class at Weymouth and Portland. The pair knew that Bronze medal position was all but sewn up as they headed into the double points medal match needing only a sixth-place finish to defend the title they won in Beijing 2008. They held an eight point advantage over nearest rivals Robert Schiedt and Bruno Prada of Brazil. However, Sweden’s Fredrik Loof and Max
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Salminen were also a threat, and the Swedes controlled the fleet from the start of the race. The Team GB pair gave their all in their battle for sixth and looked as though it was certain with just 200 metres to go. But a sudden gust of wind propelled three boats past Percy and Simpson, dropping them to the Silver medal position with Sweden claiming Gold and Bronze going to Brazil. Despite admitting their disappointment at missing out on a second consecutive gold medal, both sailors insisted that they were proud of their efforts over the course of the week. The Silver medal makes Iain Percy the joint second most successful British Olympic sailor of all time, equalling Rodney Pattisson’s achievement of two Golds and one Silver medal. Percy won his first Olympic medal in the Finn class at Sydney 2000 before claiming Star Gold with Simpson at Beijing 2008. Richard Langdon/RYA
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From the Editor
It has been a busy year so far with six reunion events taking place since January. As well as our regular annual events such as the Poole Veterans’ and pre-1939 leavers’ luncheons, we have also held a Bristol, Bath and Cardiff dinner and another fundraising event
for our 56-63 cohort. In each case we have been thrilled to see so many of you attend and to hear about what you have been up to. Sport has also been active with the Edwardian boys playing the 1st XI cricket team in June and we were delighted that the girls, under the captaincy of Alex Morgan (formerly Williams), raised a formidable team of hockey players for a pre-season match against the School’s senior team in September. The next six months will see a fundraising celebration dinner for the 56-63 cohort in December, the Class of 2002 10 year reunion in October, a girls’ netball match in March and a Spring Oxbridge event. I have been pleased by the amount of you who have sent in news since the last edition. Our snippets section gives you a chance to see if there is news from anyone you knew at School. Please do keep your news coming, big or small and we will endeavour to publish it in the next edition. Edwardians continue to achieve
amazing things once they leave the School. This summer saw two of our community compete in the London 2012 Olympics. Rob Moore played for the GB hockey side but sadly just missed out on a medal with the team coming 4th, whilst Iain Percy represented Team GB in the sailing, winning a Silver medal in the Star class. We will watch them and other up-andcoming future Olympians, such as current 5th Year pupil and rowing star Harry Uglow who in August became the youngest person ever to row the English Channel, with interest over the coming years. I hope you enjoy this edition of the Edwardian and we look forward to meeting many of you at the forthcoming reunions. Happy Reading!
Suzanne Hooper Development Officer
From the Head Master The academic year 2011/12 has been a particularly significant one with the acquisition of Stroud School in May 2012. This represents a major strategic change for King Edward’s as the School expands its reach to include children from the early years in a combined community of nearly 1300 pupils. A great deal of work has already taken place to cement the relationship between the two schools and arrangements for joint governance and a shared vision for our mutual future development are well underway. Stroud is a successful preparatory and pre-preparatory school and will be well known to many Edwardians. For some years it has been one of our principal
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feeder schools both for our entrance at 11 and 13+. Its acquisition will provide greater security for the future and will allow us to develop increased educational continuity from the early years to the Sixth Form. We have also achieved a key objective of the SangerDavies family by providing a secure long term future for the school they have built up over the last 50 years. Our short term objective is to improve or replace a number of the buildings on the Stroud site, whilst leaving the excellent educational standards in the hands of the current Head and his team. Governance will be covered by a Governors’ sub-committee consisting of four senior King Edward’s governors
together with a number of the former Stroud directors, thus bringing continuity to the future development of our new preparatory school. At King Edward’s we began the year with 975 students on the roll with demand at every level of entry. The senior school has made a number of changes to its facilities including refurbished classrooms, a refreshed pavilion at Wellington and an expanded music rehearsal area to cater for
increased numbers. Excellent teaching and the highly motivated nature of our students has resulted in another impressive set of academic results. The weather has not been kind to our summer sports with their Olympic theme but we were very proud to have two Edwardians representing their country. Rob Moore was a key member of the hockey team and just missed out on a Bronze medal. Iain Percy added to his tally as a sailor with a Silver medal. We escaped the worst of the weather at Sports Day and hosted a mini-Olympics for local schools on our Wellington site. There have been some outstanding performances in a number of team games as well as some very impressive individual achievements. The School has continued with its wide-ranging programme of School visits and expeditions. This year KES students have enjoyed visits to the USA, South Africa, Mexico, the West Indies, Czech Republic, Spain, France and Germany. The proximity of the New Forest and Dartmoor provide plenty of opportunities for the hundreds of students who participate each year in the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The arts have had a high profile particularly with the spectacular concert at The Anvil in Basingstoke with over 500 musicians from a range of our partner schools filling the house with orchestral and choral music including a new composition from Dr Leaman. Another spectacular production of ‘That Certain Uncertainty’ written and directed by Mr Herklots and Dr Leaman was also performed in the Theatre Royal, Winchester. The annual art exhibition
continued to impress all who attended with a blend of sculpture, drawing, painting and photography. Charitable and community work remains a key feature of the School. In the past year over £26,000 has been raised by the students themselves for a range of different organisations and our Green Team has good reason to be proud of its success in securing the coveted Green Flag for King Edward’s. Edwardians have enjoyed numerous reunions organised by our Development Officer, Ms Hooper, including a very successful project, led by those at the School between 1956 and 1963, to raise funds for a bursary. The King Edward VI Foundation, which helps students applying to King Edward’s from disadvantaged backgrounds, goes from strength to strength. King Edward’s has had another very successful year marked by a major investment in its future with the joining of Stroud School to the King Edward’s family. KES students have continued to distinguish themselves in many ways but manage academic and sporting achievements with an unusual commitment to the broader community as they develop into impressive young adults fully committed to playing their part in the wider world.
AJ Thould Head Master
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News from the School Cross Channel Record Breaker
On 9th August 2012, 15 year old King Edward VI student, Harry Uglow, became the youngest person to row the English Channel solo. A keen rower, Harry is a member at Coalporters Rowing club but had specific sea based training with Mike Gilbert of Langstone Adventure Rowing. Harry rowed for just over 4 ½ hours to complete the crossing from Dover to Sangatte. He had mixed weather which proved difficult at times. Harry left Dover in sunshine and then encountered fog. At about three quarters of the way across the weather worsened and a force 3 wind produced swell of 4-5 feet which Harry struggled through, capsizing at one point and having to haul himself back into the boat. Harry noted after the event that it was a good job he had done so much training including lots in tough weather and capsize drills. “It was great to reach the French coast at last after all the months of training I had done. During the tough patch of rough water I thought of all the ‘wishes’ that could be granted as a result of the money I was raising.” Harry’s challenge was one he set himself to raise money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation UK, a charity which grants wishes to children with life threatening illnesses. Harry’s brother Ollie, also a King Edward VI student, had such a wish in 2009 after being diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Thankfully, Ollie’s illness was beaten and he was given the all clear last December. To date Harry has raised more than £14,500 and donations are still being received – to read more about his challenge or make a donation please visit: www.justgiving.com/harryuglowrowing.
KES students in Mexico The School’s customary biennial contribution to the world conservation effort was this year once again organised with Operation Wallacea; this time with a group of fifteen students from the Lower Sixth accompanied by two members of staff. This summer, the destination was the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where Operation Wallacea has established a new project looking at the biodiversity in the Mayan jungles at the northern end of the forest that extends south as far as Guatemala and Honduras. The group carried out habitat surveys, working in huge quadrats measuring vegetation. There was particular significance at this new site as the data collected over the next couple of years will be used to persuade world bodies to contribute very large sums of money towards protecting the forest and providing a way of life for those living there. For the second half of the expedition the group swapped hiking boots and grubby jungle trousers for flip-flops and swimming shorts in the coastal resort of Akumal, a couple of hours south of Cancun. The contrast was stark, with comfortable air conditioned rooms beside a white beach and clear warm sea. Operation Wallacea is working with other groups in this area to find ways of protecting the offshore coral reef and the large community of turtles living in the bay. The students were fortunate to be able to help with a project that captured and tagged the turtles for future monitoring. Much of the beach is a protected turtle nesting area and they saw females laying eggs in the dead of night whilst some were lucky enough to see hundreds of baby turtles pouring out of a nest and heading for the sea.
KES awarded Eco-Schools status Towards the end of the summer term, KES was delighted to announce that it had been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag following its official assessment. This is a prestigious international award demonstrating that the School has taken significant steps to becoming and remaining a sustainable institution. “Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life.” 4
2012 Exam Results The School continues to produce excellent academic results at A level and GCSE. 87.6% of King Edward’s students in 2012 passed their A levels with grades at A*, A or B with over 22% at A*. 46% of students gained 3 A grades or more. These results have ensured that our students are able to proceed to a range of competitive institutions in Higher Education with 96% gaining places at their chosen universities and over 81% of the Upper Sixth achieving places at the top 25 universities. 13 students obtained places at either Oxford or Cambridge representing 12% of the total application. It is expected that over three quarters will proceed to Russell Group universities. 98.9% of GCSEs and IGCSEs awarded in 2012 were at grade C or above with 74.7% of all grades at A* and A. 93% of all grades were awarded at A*, A or B. 100% of students obtained the minimum 5 GCSE passes including IGCSE mathematics and English, the usual DfE measure of high standards although, given our adoption of the more demanding IGCSE, this is not given official recognition in the government’s league tables.
Thank you and Farewell! At the end of the summer term 2012, the School said Goodbye to several longstanding members of staff.
Mr Derek Kelly Mr Kelly worked at KES for 24 years. He taught French & Spanish to A level and was a legendary figure within the Faculty. Mr Kelly made a significant contribution to IT whilst at KES and worked hard to establish the Sanako media centres. He led trips and exchanges abroad and was a very popular colleague with an inimitable and shrewd sense of humour who was supportive to all.
Dr Stephen Hoskins and Mr David Price The Biology Department also said goodbye to two longstanding and highly valued members of staff, Dr Hoskins and Mr Price, after 20 and 32 years of service respectively. We wish them all the best in their retirement.
Mrs Noreen Lovegrove Mrs Lovegrove retired in 2012 having taught at KES since September 1994 and as Head of Biology since 2004. She is a very able biologist, an excellent communicator and a consummate professional and led the Department through the revision of the A level course, the change to teaching IGCSE and a major refurbishment and restructuring of the teaching area. She was also an outstanding tutor, organised numerous biology field trips and participated in the Operation Wallacea trip to South East Indonesia.
Mrs Eileen Mayes Mrs Mayes joined the School in September 1995. She quickly established herself as an outstanding teacher of mathematics teaching across the whole spectrum of abilities and ages. She guided many newly appointed teachers and was a great support to members of the department. For many years she organised the Junior Maths Club, the Monthly Puzzle Spot and the UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge and Olympiad follow-on rounds. Her pastoral skills were also exemplary and she has been hugely influential on her pupils who have appreciated her abundance of patience and willingness to ‘get the best out of them’. 5
Discovering the past on our doorstep The gravestone of James Fewings, former Head Master of King Edward’s, was recently discovered less than 300 metres from the current School site in the cemetery the other side of Hill Lane. A volunteer group called ‘the Friends of the Cemetery’ have recently cleared and restored it. James Fewings was Head Master of King Edward’s from
1880 - 1918 when there were only 49 boys in the School. He wore a bright blue waistcoat on his first day and was known as “Old Blue” by the pupils. He rejuvenated the School and numbers increased. The School moved from Bugle Street to Havelock Road in 1896 and he brought discipline and high standards and was a keen sportsman.
Memoirs of Mr Fewings “It was in January, 1882, that I first appeared before Mr. Fewings at the Entrance Examination. He had then been Headmaster for rather more than a year, and already his reputation had extended into Hampshire and reached my home near Romsey ten miles away. There was, I believe, 56 boys in the School at that time. The buildings were in Bugle Street and consisted of two rather gaunt rooms, one next to French Street in which Mr. Fewings taught Forms VI. and V. in all subjects. The other room, a larger one, was divided by a green baize partition. On one side Mr. P. J. Colson taught Forms IV. and III., and on the other side Mr. H. Williamson was in charge of Forms II. and I. For 14 years I was in close association with Mr. Fewings, 5 years as a boy in the School, and 9 years as an Assistant Master, and I believe that no one can speak with greater knowledge and appreciation of his character, and with so much gratitude for his influence. He was born in 1851 and educated at Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol, where he was one of the most brilliant boys during the Headmastership of the late Mr. T. W.Cayzer. In the Cambridge Local Examination he gained First Class Honours, and was placed first among the Distinctions in Mathematics. In June, 1869, he passed the London University Matriculation Examination, being placed sixth in order of merit among those who gained Honours, and was awarded a University
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Prize. A course at Cambridge was obviously now his due, and accordingly he was elected, after the usual examination, to a Foundation Scholarship at Sidney Sussex College. But he was not destined to take, as he doubtless would have taken, a high place among the famous Wranglers of Webb’s year (1872); for circumstances arose which made Cambridge out of the question. He then joined the Staff of Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital as an Assistant Master, and in his spare time studied for the two degrees of B.A. and B.Sc. at the University of London, securing Honours in Mathematics at both Intermediate and Final Examinations. By 1874 both of these degrees had been conferred upon him, and it is noteworthy that he took the Intermediate and Final B.Sc. Examinations in the same year. Before coming to Southampton as Headmaster in 1880, Mr. Fewings held for a short time the position of Second Master at the Roan School, Greenwich, but the great work of his life was naturally in our own School, and extended as we all know to the length of 38 years.” He is gone, but his work remains. His memory is enshrined in the hearts of his Old Boys and of those who served under him. Present Boys will think of Virgil’s lines…. “primo avolso non deficit alter aureus” but to us Old Boys “ He was a man, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.” H.G.W 1920
“FEWINGS, our late Headmaster, passed away on August 20th. He was taken suddenly ill in March, and in spite of an operation, he gradually sank. Until a few days before the end he received visitors, and many old boys from all parts called for a few moments' chat in which he showed all his old interest in their doings. I last saw him on the day before I left for my holidays, never dreaming that the end was so near. His last words to me were, " I should be very glad if you could spare time to write." My letter must have reached him two days before his death. I, in common with many others, lost one whom I can never replace. Our friendship was one of forty years' duration, and never once had I known him to depart from that course of rectitude which formed such a noble trait in his character. In my boyhood he gave up his evenings to teach me Greek, and to him I owe the inception of my love for the ancient languages. He was patience personified in correcting my many mistakes when I was first appointed a master at the School. In his heart he was proud of his nickname " Old Blue " by which he is endeared to hundreds of old boys. I can remember peeping through the door, with many others, in September, 1880, to catch my first glimpse of the new Head. He was wearing a bright blue waistcoat, and he was dubbed at once with his title. Reforms started at once. In the old days when the School bell rang the boys would straggle into prayers in ones and twos, taking quite five minutes for the forty odd boys to assemble.
Thereafter we fell up in the cloisters and marched into School. The School gate was then locked by the head boy, at that time Sam Emanuel (now Recorder of Winchester). The morning interval, which used to last half an hour, was, horrible dictu, curtailed by half. The whole staff consisted of three masters, including the Head. But, under Mr. Fewings the School rapidly increased and soon a fourth master was necessary, and that was I. The other two were Mr. Colson and Mr. Hugh Williamson. So together we worked, and year by year my admiration for my Headmaster grew. He found the School singularly lacking in sport of all kinds. He immediately revived the rugger team, and in the following summer the cricket team. We had no ground, but played our matches on awful pitches on the Common, where 30 or 40 was a winning score. I remember the School eleven making three runs in one memorable game with the Boys' College. But before many years he had got together a team which was equal to that of many a Public School. Whatever we are now in games, we owe to his fostering care, and he instilled into us the spirit of true sportsmanship. It is sad to think that after such a noble life, and within two years of retirement for which he never yearned, he should have been cut off so suddenly. But there are hundreds, even thousands, to whom his life and character have given ideals at which they aim, although they may never attain them.” J. E. B. November 1920
The Best Possible Start… reaching the target!! Over the last year, a group of Edwardians who were at KES from 1956-1963 have been working tirelessly to raise money (in their cohort’s name) for the King Edward VI Foundation. 1963 leaver, Peter Feltham originally came up with the idea and enlisted the help of a small group of former classmates who have worked together as a steering group to take the project forward. Together with the Development Office they set a target of £300,000 (enough money to fund a bursary in perpetuity) and have set about raising this sum in Legacy and donation form from the other members of the cohort. The response has been phenomenal and last term the total had already exceeded that of the original target prompting the steering group to aim towards another £300,000 and thus a second bursary. The project will continue until the middle of the autumn term when the group hope to have set a benchmark for other cohorts to topple. The School is immeasurably grateful to all those who have contributed to the King Edward VI Foundation ensuring that more places can be offered to able applicants regardless of their financial circumstances. If you would like to find out more about leaving a gift to the King Edward VI Foundation in your Will and/or how to make a one off or regular donation then please contact the Development Office on edwardians@kes.hants.sch.uk or visit the alumni section of the school website. You can also make donations direct to the Foundation at our Virgin Moneygiving page. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage. action?uniqueVmgCharityUrl=kes
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50 years later….. what have you done? So many of the 56-63 cohort have generously donated to ‘The Best Possible Start’ project but what have they been doing for the last 50 years???
From KES to the Music Industry I left KES and in 1969 qualified as a solicitor. After Law School I was articled to a firm in Winchester called Slater and Gibbons where the firm did a lot of criminal work as the Assize Courts were in Winchester. I was regularly appearing for clients in both the Magistrate Courts and the High Courts. However, I had always loved music and when I was in the Sixth Form at KES was a member of a group called The Red Diamonds in which I sang and played the 5-string banjo…very badly! We all wore black trousers with white shirts and one of our mothers sewed a red diamond on our shirts. The pinnacle of the The Red Diamonds’ career was opening for Cliff Richard at the Ballroom in Winchester. With a love of music and knowing that I didn’t want to do criminal law in Winchester for the rest of my life I decided to try and become a lawyer in the music industry. I did a lot of research and at that time in 1970 there were only three firms in London that specialised in the music business. I had already started acting for Southern Television in Southampton (which looked good on my CV) and so all three firms offered me a position. I chose Balin and Co. and from 1970-1973 worked with clients such as Led Zeppelin and The Moody Blues. In 1973 I was headhunted by CBS to become a director of CBS UK with all the lawyers and the A&R staff reporting to me. Given that CBS was a huge American media company and that New York was the centre of the music industry, it was a great opportunity as there was the promise that if I did well in London I would be moved to the New York office. In March 1976 I moved to New York to take a number of international positions culminating in becoming Vice President, Administration CBS Records International. At this time we were instrumental in bringing Julio Iglesias to CBS records and I was responsible for commencing the operations of CBS Music Publishing internationally. In August 1979 I was promoted to Managing Director, CBS Australia, based in Sydney where I spent 2 ½ years before returning to the UK to become Managing Director, CBS Records UK. From 1985 to 1989 I progressed from Chief Executive Officer to Chairman during which time we signed an exceptional roster of local artists including Bros, Des’ree, Terence Trent D’Arby, Deacon Blue, Jamiroquai, the Manic Street Preachers, George Michael, Alison Moyet, Sade, Wham! and Paul Young amongst others. Of all the artistes I have signed, the most momentous on the male side would have to be Wham! out of which 8
came George Michael. Of course this ended in a very acrimonious lawsuit several years later which CBS won. On the female side it is definitely Sade who remains a huge worldwide star today. As far as a likely coup is concerned, a friend of mine in Paris recommended a Spanish guy called Julio Iglesias. He learnt to speak English and then became a huge star. People often think that artistes have lots of weird and wonderful contractual demands but nowadays they are represented by experienced music business lawyers so this generally isn’t the case. However, I remember Terence Trent D’Arby who insisted that he had written into his contract that any meetings held with him had to be at the Groucho Club in Soho! In 1987, the Sony Corporation purchased CBS Records from CBS Inc. and the company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment. Subsequently, I had to oversee and direct innumerable changes in the UK company until appointed President, Sony Music Entertainment Europe, in January 1993 and then to the newly created position of Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment Europe, in January 1999. In January 2000 I moved to New York as Senior Vice President, Sony Music Entertainment Inc, and also as worldwide Chairman of Sony ATV, the company’s Music Publishing Division until 2003 when I left Sony after 30 years. Since 2003 I have remained busy by, amongst other things, advising a media investment fund on their overall strategy, acquisitions, integration and executive staffing and acting as a consultant to International Law Firm, Allen and Overy. In 2005 I formed R2M Music with co-founders Richard Rowe (former president of SonyATV) and Phil May (former Head of Worldwide Admin SonyATV). Since 2005 we have been involved in the acquisition and amalgamation of 19 separate publishing catalogues. Nowadays I live in Barbados (a long way from KES) and enjoy the sun, sea, great restaurants and beautiful golf courses. It’s an ideal location as there are several daily flights to London/Miami/New York and Barbados is also on the same EST time zone as New York. So with an office in my house equipped with a computer, fax, telephone and printer it is an extremely convenient and lovely place from which to work, although the real reason is to be able to swim in calm warm blue sea for 12 months of the year. Paul Russell
1962 Dr Stroud in his study
1962 School Orchestra
From KES to Medicine Following a lazy year in the third year sixth at KES, doing biology A and S level, I went up to Kings’ College, London to study medicine. Digs in south London provided little in the way of pastoral care but one soon learned how to survive. A very enjoyable but exam intensive two years was spent at The Strand; London was certainly a fun, vibrant place to be in the sixties. Following these two pre-clinical years, I moved on to Kings’ College Hospital in Camberwell, where for three years there was plenty of time for sport and social activities, as well as clinical studies. In 1969 I took my finals, married my childhood sweetheart and then two sixth month house jobs at KCH and Stafford General Infirmary followed. We promptly moved back to London where, after a spell as resident house pathologist, I embarked on four year training in clinical haematology. This was a very exciting period in a new clinical discipline, coinciding as it did, with new anti-leukaemia drugs with at last, a very significant impact on disease outcomes especially in children. In 1976 I accepted a research fellowship at the University of Nice and Le Clinique Medical de Cimiez. The latter incorporated a bone marrow transplant unit which provided facilities for this very new form of treatment and the post provided a wealth of experience and responsibility in clinical practice, whilst at the same time providing the necessary time for research and consequent publications. This was vital if one was to become competitive in the job market. In 1978, we returned to London where I resumed my work at Kings’ College Hospital as Senior Lecturer/Consultant and we added a fourth child to our family. The time had come to decide about the long term future as neither of us had ever intended to spend the rest of our lives in London.
After careful consideration, I applied successfully for a Consultant post at The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital and we moved to the West Country in September 1979. This was a new post to develop clinical haematology as a stand-alone discipline and was an exciting challenge. Partly due to the experience gained in France, I set up bone marrow transplantation in 1981, while generally developing the clinical haematology service in all its aspects. In service development terms, the most exciting project was the design and build of a brand new haematology unit, opened in 2002 by HRH Princess Anne. The overseeing of this project was a massive challenge, as was the fundraising necessary to provide it. The new medical school in Exeter was another development around this time and it enabled me to resume undergraduate teaching, something I had missed to some degree since leaving Kings. I continued in my role as Head of Department until 2008. During this period, the workload continued to increase, with the consequent appointment of two further Consultants and the amalgamation of haematology services with North Devon. I became part-time in 2008 and then retired finally from the NHS in 2010 and from private practice in 2011. I look back on a career which encompassed a very exciting period in medicine and in particular, haematology. The development of new treatments during this period has had a huge impact on disease outcomes, transforming what had in many instances, been fatal illnesses, into cures. I enjoyed clinical freedom in a way which allowed me to put patients’ needs first and I consider myself very fortunate in this regard. Miles Joyner 9
From KES to Law When I started at KES in September 1956 I came from a much smaller school of only 120 boys. KES had 750 boys and 120 in our year group alone. I settled in very quickly partly because the master in charge of rugby, on learning that I had played rugby before, decided to make me captain of the year group side. I’m not sure if he knew whether or not I was any good. The presumption was that I knew the laws of the game and might pass them on to the others on the field. The School gave me plenty of confidence and at the time I thought I was doing well academically. It was only recently, when I was presented with my school reports that I realised that I was not as smart as I thought I was! I left KES prematurely at the end of my third year. On the last day of the summer term a boy with the same surname as me attacked the Headmaster. My father was away at sea at the time but on his return, later in the summer, he decided that I was not to remain at KES and he went to his bank and borrowed the money to send me away to boarding school. Years later, at a reunion at KES, it was clear that some of my fellow pupils thought that I was the miscreant because of my early departure from the School! I went to Canford in Dorset which I loved and I achieved high office in the school and was forever grateful to both KES and Canford for setting me up so well and to my father who was still paying back the school fees 20 years later. As I had been away from Southampton for the best part of five years, I decided to take up an offer to read Law at the University of Southampton. The Law Faculty was well respected but my acceptance had to be upon the basis that I would not live at home. My mother had for many years taken
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in two female university students and it was thought to be inappropriate for me to be living at home as well. Mother kept the girls and I lived in Hall. After University and an LLB, it was then Law School in Guildford. In those days the solicitor’s training was a six month course and after passing the Solicitors Finals (as they were then called) we had to spend two years in a solicitor’s office as articled clerks, learning the practicalities. I joined a local firm Bell Pope and Bridgwater for my articles and after qualifying as a solicitor I stayed with them for two years until I was approached by Cecil Paris, the senior partner of Paris Smith and Randall who persuaded me to join his firm. At Paris Smith (as it later became known) initially I spent my mornings in the Magistrates’ Courts or in the local County Courts and the afternoons in the office, seeing clients and dealing with correspondence. When I first joined the firm we were a group of general practitioners but we soon decided to specialise and I developed a divorce practice. There were no other divorce specialists in the City and gradually I was able to build a team of family lawyers who became well known and well respected across the south. In the 1980s I became the staff partner responsible for recruitment and the wellbeing of our staff. In 1997 after the firm had moved to much larger offices in London Road I became Managing Partner, a position I held for seven years. I then became Senior Partner for the last four years before I retired at the end of 2008. During those 11 years leading the firm, we doubled in size and built a reputation as a leading regional law firm. Richard Smith
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King Edward VI School, Southampton, In the Twentieth Century (Hardback):
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Reunions Bath, Bristol and Cardiff Reunion Dinner In April KES held a reunion at the Grand Hotel, Bristol for those Edwardians studying at Bath, Bristol and Cardiff. The event was well supported and provided a good chance to catch up for all those who attended.
Poole Veterans’ Luncheon On Sunday 24th June (a little later in the calendar this year due to the Jubilee and Father’s Day) the Poole Veterans’ annual reunion luncheon took place. This year over 40 alumni and their guests met back at the School for what is always a very enjoyable and wellattended event. This year the furthest travelled guest came from over 4,000 miles away from the West Coast of America whilst the nearest walked from Wilton Road!
Pre-1939 leavers’ Luncheon The pre-1939 luncheon is always a relatively small gathering but it is never any less convivial for the numbers. In June, six former pupils along with their guests attended the reunion and enjoyed a very pleasant and sociable lunch.
Old Edwardians’ Association Past Presidents’ Club The idea of forming a Past Presidents’ Club, was conceived by Tony Rowthorn, following a change in the Constitution which precluded Past Presidents from further active involvement in Association affairs. The idea was enthusiastically received and it was agreed that Past Presidents should meet for lunch annually with their wives or partners. The first luncheon was held at the White Horse Hotel, Romsey in June 1974. John Bevan (President in 1959) chaired the first luncheon, and subsequent lunches have been chaired by Past Presidents in rotation of their year in office. After a series of unavoidable cancellations, this year's 30th annual luncheon was held at the White Horse Hotel in Romsey, on Sunday 13th May, when Peter Slade (President in 1995) and his wife Liz, welcomed 16 Past Presidents and their Ladies together with the President in office John Rogers and his wife Jo-Ann. 11
Sport Golf The Interhouse Shield The first running of the Interhouse Challenge Shield was held at Rowlands Castle Golf Club on Tuesday 1st May 2012. 13 entries representing five Houses took to the fairways under a clearing sky. Watts were conspicuous by their absence and it was unanimously decided NOT to draw lots to form an “honorary” Watts team! The scoring was reasonable with no one setting an
Hockey Edwardian girls v KES 1st XI On Saturday 8th September a team of Edwardian hockey players took on the current 1st XI girls’ hockey team at Wellington. It was a fiercely contested match which looked to be heading for a 2-2 result until the KES girls scored within the final 5 minutes of the match resulting in a 3-2 victory for KES. It was a gloriously sunny day and everyone had lots of fun. The Edwardian girls played extremely well together as a team given that they had never done so before. Thanks to Alex Morgan (2001) née Williams for organising the Edwardian team and better luck next year girls.
outrageous target. Steve Potter emerged as the overall individual winner on 36 points beating the current Wally Kemp Cup holder Andrew McNaught on countback. Reynolds No.2 Nick Creal contributed 35 points, to give Reynolds House the honour of being the first House to win the handsome shield donated by Peter Cooper Volkswagen Group.
OE Golfers take Triangular Cup
Wally Kemp 2012 2012 attracted 18 players hopeful for victory in the prestigious The annual Triangular golf match between the Old
Wally Kemp Cup. Played on a very green and extremely soft
Symondians, Old Tauntonians and Old Edwardians
Stoneham Golf Course the standard, nevertheless, was
was held, as is customary, at Hockley Golf Club on the
higher than recent years with three players breaking par. The
5th July 2012. This was the 64th running of this keenly
outstanding round was by Nick Lawton (playing off 14 and no
fought event.
sleep for weeks, due to the arrival of a new baby) who cruised
The OEs were determined to field a very strong side. A
to victory with 42 points, Jonathon Porter was two points
vigorous pre-qualifying process had self-selected the
adrift and Peter Feltham finished 3rd on 37 points.
stalwart eight to take on our old rivals. Unfortunately,
In one of the new innovations Peter Amey vied with Tony Lees
the postponement (due to rain) meant that three of the
to secure the dubious honour of being the first to receive the
original squad were unavailable. However, because of
Wally Kemp wooden spoon. With both scoring a handsome 20
the strength in depth of the OEs the newly formed team
points, the Rules Committee eventually decided that Tony was
had a fine balance of highly competitive players and it
the winner as Phil had to leave early!
was a great surprise and terrific final boost for the team to be greeted before the start by Pam and Ray Paull. In the balmy and windless conditions, ‘Team OE’, slowly but surely, put the pressure on the opposition and ran out winners with a score of 12.5 pts to OS 7.5 pts and OT 4.0 pts. It was with great satisfaction that as our rivals had shared the honours last year both their captains had to endure presenting the cup to Team OE captain Peter Feltham. The winning team was: Joe Sach, David Collins, Howard Hilliker, David Creal, Nick Creal, Keith Gladstone-Millar, Andrew McNaught and Peter Feltham. 12 12
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Cricket KES 1st XI v Edwardians One of the biggest fixtures of the season took place on a typically wet and windy day this summer. Luckily, both sides had assembled specific wet weather specialists and were able to play through the conditions. Once again Tom McCormick-Cox was the key protagonist for the Edwardians but we were sadly denied a second McCormick-Cox vs McCormick-Cox match. However Chris Ratcliffe was an excellent self-appointed replacement. The Edwardians won the toss and chose to bat and the tone was set for the day when consecutive boundaries were plundered from the first two balls. The School recovered well, Ralph Amos dismissed both openers cheaply and the 1st XI were well placed for a real push. The class of the class of 2010 was not, however, hidden for much longer. Superb knocks from both Cook (45) and Wilkinson (63*) put on an imposing 189-6 in the twenty overs. Wilkinson in particular impressed, he started slowly and despite a barrage of abuse from his own team about ‘boring’ cricket he showed how to construct an innings. The School had not bowled badly and it was a real demonstration of excellent cricket. The second innings began with the School in a little trouble, the big hitting of Toby Edwards was not able to make an impact and after Simon had left a ball that knocked back his off peg the Edwardians were definitely on top at 26-3 after just 5 overs. The 1st XI attempted to rally and several people chipped in with a few runs but it was not until Jamie Rhodes and Jasper Evans came together that the team looked competitive. They put on 50 runs together before Jamie was out trying one shot too many. KES had made a very respectable 159 all out but, in truth, were outclassed on the day by an excellent side. Pleasantries were exchanged between the teams throughout the day and it was pleasing to see the number of spectators of students past and present turn out to support the School in this endeavour. The Edwardians retained the cup for a second season but the spirit of the game remains very much alive.
Mind over Marathon The School’s Charities Commission continues to support Edwardians in their charitable ventures when possible. This year the School donated £250 to the charity Mind by sponsoring Adrian Reynolds in his bid to run the marathon. Adrian writes, 'I decided to take on the London marathon as a personal challenge having come late to running and not thinking it was ever something I could achieve. I have used running to boost my physical and mental health, benefiting from increased confidence and self-esteem. As an advocate of exercise in battling depression and mental health problems, I was delighted to have the opportunity to raise funds for Mind by running the marathon. Supporting mental health charities also helps to increase awareness and reduce the stigma that still exists around many conditions. By sharing my own experiences and discussing the benefits of running, I hope I've been able to encourage others to do likewise and hopefully raise awareness just a little. Each week in the UK 108 people will take their own lives and by 2020 depression will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide, so it's vital that more people support the fantastic work Mind is doing. Completing the marathon with just 10 weeks training time has been an amazing journey personally and I've been lucky to receive support, advice and sponsorship from a wide range of people. I'd thoroughly recommend taking on a similar challenge to anyone, particularly for such a worthy cause'. Adrian finished in 4 hours 28 minutes raising approximately £2000 for his nominated charity. 13
Obituaries Oliver Steven Ball (1987-1994)
Dr Mark Fussell (1939-1943)
died at the age of 35 in February 2012 after battling pancreatic cancer since May 2010. Oliver had been living and working as a Chartered Surveyor in Hong Kong and was a Director at Jones Lange Lasalle. Oliver returned to the UK just two weeks before he died and his funeral, which his family wished to be a celebration of his life, was held on March 1st in Chandlers Ford.
died in December 2011 aged 82. He joined King Edward’s in 1939 and was subsequently evacuated to Poole during the wartime years. He attended the School of Veterinary Medicine in Cambridge where he became the first graduate of Sidney Sussex College at the newly opened Veterinary School, studied for his PhD on Poultry and in 1958 met his future wife. Mark travelled extensively throughout his career working for 3 large companies in their Animal Health Divisions. In 1983 Mark returned to Cambridge and started up his own business. He retired at 70 and started his lifetime wish to start a garden from scratch which he did and enjoyed 12 years of seeing it gradually mature. He is survived by his wife, Olwen, his 3 children and 8 grandchildren.
Stuart Matheson Kennedy (1955-1962)
1930 KES Cadets
Stephen Berry (1956-1963) Brian Edward Cunio (1947-1954) passed away in June 2011. A member of Lake house, he enjoyed his time at KES playing rugby and acting in school plays. After he left he went to Southampton University to read physics. Upon graduation, he entered the then new industry of computing firstly with the English Electric Company in Leicester and then the Central Electricity Generating Board at Marchwood power station. He retired in the early 1990s and set up his own consultancy, helping small businesses with their IT challenges and teaching many people in local libraries how to access the internet. Brian succumbed to dementia in his later years but is survived by Carol, his wife of more than fifty years, his six children and thirteen grandchildren.
passed away in October 2011, aged 67. He had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2009 and was successfully treated for it. However, he developed secondary liver cancer in 2010 which, although treated successfully, returned in 2011 and he sadly died following complications after surgery to remove it. Stuart was Head Boy in 1963 and following King Edward’s went onto Birmingham University to study maths after which he had a very successful career in the food industry. He worked for Jacobs and Northern Foods and his last role was as General Manager running Elkes Biscuits in Uttoxeter. Stuart retired aged 62 but remained active as consultant. He leaves a wife, Pat and daughter Katie.
Michael Brinsley Shaughan Higgins (1947-1952) passed away in November 2011.
Alastair Keir (1991-1995) died on 17th August 2012. Alastair was a keen rower and travelled extensively writing detailed diaries during his travels. A memorial service in celebration of his life was held at St Thomas’ Church, Lymington. 14
1931 2nd XI Hockey Team
William Wallis (1935-1938) passed away in February 2012 aged 88.
Construction of the Hill Lane Site
Latimer John Ralph Martin (1947-1953)
Thomas Richard Pearce (1931-1935)
was born in Wales before his family moved to Southampton in 1939. He joined KES in 1947 where he commenced a lifelong involvement with sport, principally rugby and cricket. After his playing days Ralph moved to refereeing, finally becoming a referees’ assessor. After completing his National Service, Ralph studied accountancy, and joined the Inland Revenue, later moving to Jordan Brookes, a firm of accountants in Winchester. Ralph was an active member of St. John’s Church, Hedge End, where he sang in the choir, and was a member of the Parish Church Council and a Church Warden. He was a member of the OE Lodge, becoming Master of the Lodge in 1989 and was later promoted to Provincial rank. He is survived by his wife Heather, daughters Susan and Karen, and son David and several grandchildren.
passed away shortly after his 92nd birthday. Born in 1920, he was brought up by his grandparents in the docklands area of Southampton before attending King Edward’s in 1931. After leaving school he served his engineering apprenticeship with the Red Funnel Steam Packet company before serving as a merchant seaman under naval control during wartime. When peace was restored he got a job as a draughtsman at Smith’s Dock Ltd, South Bank where he spent the rest of his working life, eventually rising to be Chief Estimator and travelling extensively in Europe, Israel and Scandinavia. Thomas’s wife Betty predeceased him 8 years ago and he leaves a son, Thomas.
Edward (Ted) Horatio Nelson (1925-1939) was born on May 15th 1923 in Southampton. He attended KES from 1934-39 and to avoid being evacuated to Poole, he ran away returning a month later. Ted ‘understated’ his age on his RAF application so he could join at 17 and for the next 6 years he served in the RAF as a wireless operator/air gunner, surviving 87 operational flights spread over 698 operational flying hours. In total he completed 717 flights covering 1658 hours, flew with 125 different pilots in 25 different aircraft. In 2009, Ted wrote a book entitled A Survivor’s Tale: the true life story of a wireless operator/air gunner - which detailed his life from enlistment in 1940 to demobilisation in 1946. Before he retired, Ted worked as the area manager for a local company of agricultural suppliers. He leaves his devoted wife Ona, three children Jill, Nick and Ian, seven grandchildren and one great grand-daughter.
Arthur Rule (1926-1931) died on August 28th aged 98. After leaving KES, Arthur went to work for Woolwich Building Society. In January 1939 he joined the Universities Mission to Central Africa working in Kenya, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. He served in the Colonial Forces during the Second World War in Africa and India and in 1947 he returned to Southampton to work in the family engineering company. He was an active member of St James’s Church, Shirley and St Jude’s Church Shirley Warren and was Secretary of the Friends of St Michael’s Church Southampton. He leaves two sons, David and Peter who both attended the School.
Roy Spencer (1945-1949) Leslie Robert Malcolm Tibble (1935-1940) was a chartered accountant. He was President of the Old Edwardians’ Association in 1973 and also a member of the OE Lodge becoming Master of the Lodge in 1968 and later being promoted to Provincial rank.
Anthony Talbot Lee (1956-1963) 15
David Easton (2002) has started a new job in Geneva and has relocated permanently to Switzerland (living in Lausanne). He is looking to get back in contact with old school friends. Email the Development Office to be put in touch. Hannah Newton (2002) is now living in Cambridge, working at the university as a postdoctoral fellow, researching and teaching the history of seventeenth century medicine. She has published her first book, ‘The Sick Child in Early Modern England, 1580-1720’.
Ronald Stewart (1940) left KES to attend the Southern College of Art. After the war he worked at the Ordnance Survey as a cartographer and, whilst there, joined Southampton City Council. In the late sixties he was Chairman of the Education Committee and a Governor of the school, with George Gould as Chairman and John Stroud as Headmaster. Geoffrey Cockett (1943) retired as a consultant physicist in the mid-nineties, and switched to evolutionary biology. He is now widely recognised as an expert on Charles Darwin and family, giving lectures and contributing to radio and TV programmes. Frank Fielder (1944) and his wife Marian celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary this year receiving a congratulatory card from the Queen. Rod Hamon (1959) is now living in Australia and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Michael Halls (1961) has retired from Employment Tribunals in Nottinghamshire and has moved to Shaftesbury, Dorset to live. He is a member of 3 tennis clubs and is an active member of 3 U.3.A. groups for cycling, walking & swimming. He will be 70 in June.
Nick Williamson (2002) took part in the UK Iron man competition in July raising money for the Rotary Club charities. He finished in 66th place. Georgia Walters-Help (2004) and Toby Park (2004) are off travelling again planning to be away for up to 18 months visiting India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Indonesia and potentially Russia before South America later in the year. They have a blog at http://www.getjealous.com//toby.georgia Ilya Zheludev (2004) is currently working as a PhD Researcher in Financial Computing at the UK PhD Centre in Financial Computing researching how social media predicts financial markets and macroeconomic variables. He is also the co-founder of an investment fund called Rapture Research which is the commercialisation of his PhD work. Helen Smith (2005) is on another research cruise currently heading towards Perth, Australia after a brief nod at the Antarctic. http://greatbeltresearchcruise.com/ Jenni Butler (2009) is now a ‘Blue’. The Oxford boat beat Cambridge by 1 ½ lengths (from the start) at Henley. Chris Morgan (2009) played the part of Cinderella’s Prince in a youth theatre production of Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” at The Quays Theatre, Salford Quays this summer.
John Scriven and Neil Forsyth (1962) recently discovered they were both living in Switzerland. Neil looked John up after teaching his final class in Zürich in 2011. Both are now retired. John worked for many years as a corporation lawyer, among others for Dow Chemical, and Neil has been in university level teaching (English and Comparative Literature). The connection was made via Facebook and Rob Scallon, also 1962, who lives in London. Neil Ferris (1995) has produced his first recording with the Naxos label. It includes a number of first recordings of the music of Jonathan Dove.
Sam Capper (2011) ran the Bath Half marathon in March. He finished in less than 2 hours.
Rob Moore (1998) scored the goal to give GB the Bronze medal against India at the Olympic test event on Sunday 6th May at the Riverbank Arena and competed for Team GB at the Olympics with the Men’s GB hockey team finishing in 4th place.
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