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exhausted by our strenuous day we were soon asleep. For the first night we were really warm and were forced to shed our thick jumpers and thermal vests.
We woke quite late, setting off after breakfast to survey the two further optional routes. On the way we picked wild raspberries, strawberries and blackberries, enjoyed the many plants and insects around including a couple of snakes and many bright green lizards. We had walked a very long way and our only contact with other people had been on the perishablefood runs and the knowledge that Mr Zeuner was probably watching us through his X20 binoculars. Although very enjoyable in retrospect, at the time there were moments when we would have done anythingfor the luxury of a loo or a bath - or even a bucket of clean water.
Ourgroup's exploration had been particularly successful as we had found proof that this was indeed the most likely route that Hannibal had taken. Limestone is very rare in thispart oftheAlps and according to Livy, Hannibal's men had come to a sheer cliff edge that was so steep that many men and horses, due to pressure from behind, had slipped and perished in theirfall. Hannibal had therefore decided to call a halt and construct a zig-zag path through the rock, breaking the rock by heating it withfiresand then saturating it with the soldiers' soured wine rations. The rock, thus weakened, was relatively easily broken with picks. Since limestone is the only rock affected in this way we were instructed regularly to test by using hydrochloric acid which effervesced ifthe test was positive.
Miraculously, due to the scarcity of limestone in the area, we found a largepatch of this rock through which a zig-zagpath had been cut which exactly fitted with Hannibal's reported time schedule, so we spent quite a long time accurately sketching, plotting and testing the rockface. Our exploration hardships were rewarded with a day in Susa and a large meal and then we had two more days of consolidation before returning home.
In 1981 Wolf Zeuner took an elephant across his proposed route exactlyfollowing accounts by Livy and Polebius. In 1986 he proposes to do the same, except with six elephants and we are proud that our research has helped to confirm this route and make the expedition possible. Neil and I may be joining him again and perhaps afew more King's people will be inspired as well as it really was an unforgettable experience. As Mr Zeuner himselfsays "Operation Hannibal is designed to introducepeople to a mass of new experiences and skills." In fact he and I were subjected to a new and unexpected experience on the return journey when, just outside Paris, we visited a mansion forrnerly occupied byfriends of Mr Zeuner. Wefound it was now in the possession of the Hare Krishna sect and they welcomed us as their special guests. We were invited to be present at a religious ceremony in their temple, were shown round their house, had their religion explained to us, were given sweets, offered a meal and even invited to stay the night. It somehow seemed a perfect finish to three weeks of unusual and unforgettable experiences.
I would like to thank MrStacey and Mr Thompsonfor helping me out with essential equipment, and very special thanks to Mr Humphreys for the time and trouble he took with my initial training thereby making the expedition possible.
Emma Douglas
SILVER AWARD
Having completed a Road Safety course and 50% of the skill section in our Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award it was time to tackle a 30 miles, three day trek in the wild country of the Brecon Beacons. Already greeted by snow during an October practice expedition in the comparative comfort of Worcestershire, we were ready for the inevitable, three days of continuous rain.
As we began to walk so did the rain and it didn't take long
before people were wondering about the significance of the dateApril Ist. Nevertheless we continued towards ourfirst destination, waterlogged, rock-ridden moorland some 900ft. above Crickhowell, which was to serve as ourfirstcamp site. We were then ready to attempt the impossible - to put up the tents in a driving gale and barely two inches of soil.
The second day was much the same with appalling weather, a diet consisting of pot noodles and sausages and an equally bad camp site on the edge of a disused railway line. The weather went from bad to worse with two tents blown down during the night, and the relief on reaching the mountain centre the following afternoon was immense. We arrived wet and miserable but the fact that we had achieved our goal brightened the gloom to some extent.
We have since completed a six week Physical Achievement course to finish the award and we are now preparing to embark on the even tougher Gold Award.
The group's thanks go to Mr. Brown, Mr. Iddon and in particular Mr. Humphreys for their help and guidance throughout the year.
Andrew Briscoe
Christian Union
Visit to the Old Chapel
A very large number of school members have been to the Old Chapel... so what made this visit different? The visit really only lasted three days, arriving on Sunday afternoon, and returning on Wednesday, the day before term started So that's why Mr Faux wasyawning..
The three evenings were spent listening to Phillip Loe talking about various Christian matters, which was very relevant and meaningful to all of us. We went walking during the daytime; on Monday along a river and behind a waterfall, and up on top ofPen-Y-Fan on Tuesday Despite this, and a run early on Tuesday morning, the quiet ofthe night was disrupted well into the small hours with quizzes, jokes and mysteriously changing night-wear Always, however, throughout never-ending games of a deathly nature and the occasional musical (?) outburst, there was friendship, fellowship and happiness inthe knowledge that God was watching over us and keeping us in His love
We would always welcome anyone who is interested to our meetings whoever you are
Skiing
This year's trips to Soil and Zell am Ziller were once again very well supported The standard of skiing is now quite high and we have over three hundred pupils presently in the School who have been skiing with the School Ski Club
We are sad to lose two 'keen' staff skiers - both past presidents of the 'Gnomes Society' M.H and D.E.H We wish them luck in their new posts but are sure that they will continue to turn up on Ski Club trips to help to control the instructors!
Chess Club 1984/5
Captain of Chess: R.N.Anderton (CI)
Secretary: J.RL. Bywater(Br).
The season started rather uncertainly with a heavy defeat by Malvern College and a narrow defeat by Cheltenham College in the following week Thereafter things improved rapidly as the teams got into their stride We had one more
narrow defeat by the Royal Grammar School and then no more losses for the rest of the season The return matches against Malvern and Cheltenham were both won; that against the Royal Grammar School was, rather disappointingly, only drawn Our final figures were: Played: 12, Won: 7, Drawn: 2, Lost: 3 This is the best final result that the club has enjoyed for some years
In the Sunday Times Championship we drew a bye in the first round In the second we defeated Lacon Childe School In the area semi-final we drew against Dean Close (the eventual area winners), but lost on age handicap
The Senior House Championship was narrowly won by Wulstan on a first board replay after the final with Chappel was drawn The Junior House Championship was won by Chappel who beat Bright convincingly in the final
In the coming season we shall have to do a great deal of regrouping as we shall have lost most of our experienced players The Club meets on Tuesdays after School in the Library; and we shall be very glad to welcome new members whether they are experienced chess players or not
Sailing
The past season has not only been eventful but also most enjoyable for everyone who has taken an active interest in the Club Sailing takes place every Wednesday and most Saturdays at The Severn Sailing Club, Bredon's Norton, near Pershore The addition of a Laser to our fleet of six Larks has meant that we can now experience high performance sailing as well as improving our own racing techniques
Under the captaincy of Louis Stephen, we took part in seven team racing meetings against other schools We lost three, won three and drew one
The Club has continued the tradition of a dinner in the Autumn Term Mr Anderton, a former master i/c sailing, and Mrs Anderton came as guests to the dinner which took place in the Annett Room
Although there was no club sailing during the Summer holidays, M r and Mrs Roslington ventured across the Channel, beyond Ushant to the Quiberon Peninsula (South Brittany) in their yacht, whilst I took part in a Round Britain Rally with The Ocean Youth Club The OY C owns ten boats, the majority being 72' ketches I was placed on the 'Spirit of Bodecia', as part of a crew of eighteen TheOY C provides the boat, skipper and two mates, and the rest of us relative landlubbers, no previous experience being necessary
The first day was spent largely in dock, a crash course in sailing being given by the mates. Everything was goodhumoured and the crew, because they live and work so close together, soon became a close-knit community.
The rest of the week we spent at sea with the crew learning by their mistakes under the close scrutiny of the instructors We were taught a wide range of skills, including navigation, keeping log and how to clean the heads (loos)
Setting off from Ipswich at 0300, we sailed continuously through the early morning and day, arriving at the mouth of the Medway at about 2200 that night. This was a fairly typical day, if somewhat longer The crew usually just had enough energy to crawl into the nearest pub for a quick drink before collapsing in their bunks
The holiday was a fantastic introduction to 'big boat sailing and helps to develop all sorts of talents you thought never existed
Once again the members of the Club would like to thank Mr & Mrs Roslington for their continued support and hard work I would also like to thank Louis Stephen for the effort
he put into the club
With a new influx of talented youth, we hope that the new season will be at least as successful as last year Andrew Rix Captain of Sailing
A View of China
After accustoming oneself to the surprise of being placed in a 'Foreign Devils Only' carriage - at an extra cost, rural China is encountered immediately on leaving Hong Kong The scene is like imagining farming in the medieval period; no machinery, farm buildings or transport network Instead, oxen pulling wooden ploughs, a large labour force scattering seed by hand, and an intricate but primitive irrigation system
On arrival in Canton (the major city in southern China) the old, crumbling architecture is striking and is in stark contrast to modern Hong Kong Milling between these small brick structures are incredible numbers of shabby, sullen people who stop and stare at any tourist intruders with curiosity and incredulity. Because China has only been opened to foreigners since 1978, we were a relatively rare spectacle! The general lack of wealth in this classless society emphasises to the traveller the disparity between Hong Kong and China
The best way to see Canton is to hire a bicycle for 27p an hour, and simply to ride around amongst the unruly traffic. The continuous sound of bells is occasionally strengthened by the horns of the few cars around (There are only 250,000 cars in the whole of China) Shops and markets are few and sparsely stocked The latter are squalid and dirty, selling frogs, birds, fish and tortoises Eager stallkeepers press you to purchase their goods while old men and women bask in the sun on benches There is no sense of fashion or luxury, so colours are dull and monotonous
The numbered tourist attractions can be seen in a day, mostly memorials to Dr Sun or Mao Tse Tung The Pearl River which bisects the town down the middle, however, is alive with hundreds of sampans, junks and ferries hurrying to trade and transport goods Small industries are huddled together, belching out black smoke which hangs over the city Apart from these few enterprises, which to some extent reflect Canton's history as a major opium-trading port, the people in general seem to drift around lethargically with no sense of purpose or hope Mao's Communism has had its effect on this unhappy race, and one wonders if the same will happen to Hong Kong in 1997 The western visitor will certainly be surprised at the difference in civilisation between China and the developed countries of the world.
Rohan Kit!
Letter from Kenya
Caroline Robertson was given a grant by the school to helpher with voluntary work in Kenya. In the following letter she recounts her experiences
So much has happened in the last four months. The culture shock, times of depression and times of great happiness. My arrival at theJomo Kenyatta Aitport, Nairobi marked a complete new stage of my life. A time of independence, exploration, insight and appreciation.
Tired and disorientated, I eventually arrived at the Institute of Cultural Affairs' Headquarters in Kawangware. Kawangware is a shanty town which has grown up on the outskirts of Nairobi. I was shocked by the sight I was confronted by. Mud, wooden and tin shacks were built on top of each other in which children and parents lived with chickens, goats and sheep. Piles of rubbish lay in
the tiny dirt streets. The noise and smell choked my senses as I finally staggered through a bar to reach the ICA house on the second floor.
Thefollowing day I attended a training session at one of our project houses called Mugurioini, in Muranga division, about 80 miles north east ofNairobi. Mount Kenya could be seen on a clear day rising above the clouds, towering above the lower mountains on the horizon.
Planning
The ICA teaches a planning process to villagers. Planning rural development and not waitingfor thegovernment to begin projects which often never happen. Calling the village together to a meeting is often the first time they have met together to discuss village development. They decide what they would like to do in their village, their visionsfor thefuture, and with help they draw up a step by step schedule to implement their projects. Common projects include building, toilets, primary schools, water tanks, demonstration farms etc. We also teach practical health such as nutrition, sanitation, common diseases and prevention. We train health care-takers for each village.
At the beginning ofthe New Year my first assignment was in a district called South Nyansa (Western Province near Lake Victoria). The project house was very isolated, a mud hut in bad condition where I lived with four Kenyan ICA staff. We were reopening theproject which had been closed lastyear, conducting a survey of the surrounding villages. It was interesting talking to the village people finding out about their way oflife, educational, health and agricultural standards.
Kenya is made up of over seventy tribes, each having very contrasting traditions and languages. Only afew tribes such as the Massai and Turkana remain in traditional dress and comprise a smallpercentage ofthe totalpopulation (the Nomads ofthe semiarid Northern districts). The tribe in South Nyansa is predominantly Lvo who tend to have many wives andform a very tight community, speaking little Swahili (the common National language as well as English). Whilst conducting the survey I met a Lvo with 48 wives and 350 children, a completely different concept. However, this was an exception, most other Lvos having two or three wives. Families are large, usually seven or eight children from each wife.
The water situation was difficult, water being drawn from polluted over-used wells. However it made me appreciate how precious and vital water is and how it is often abused with unthoughtful wastage. After the survey we began to set up village meetings to introduce ourselves and our methods. I remained in South Nyansa for approximately one month and then travelled to our main training centre near Nairobi, for a volunteer meeting to discuss experiences and comment on the ICA methods and structures. Because of a skin infection, I could not attend the meeting and was transferred about 100 miles North, nearKisumu (the third largest city) to the main section house for Western Province. I was assigned to Seneni, about 100 milesfurther North, to become part of the Section team, travelling to the otherproject houses to help with programmes.
Training
Our programmes include residential training schools lasting from two days to two weeks, introducing ICA methods to village leaders and finishing with training village leaders to take over work in the village, so as not to create dependency on the ICA. We circuit over 80 villages around the project houses, conducting meetings and training sessions, on both village and sub-locational levels. At these training sessions I taughtpractical health to village leaders; common sense health knowledge which is vastly lacking in rural areas; prevention ofdiseases through a balanced diet and good sanitation. I also spent a large proportion of my time 'fund raising. This consisted of going into Kisumu and introducing myselfand the ICA to local businessmen to askfor donations of
timber, glass, cups, plates etc. for our village projects and training facilities.
We recently had a village leaders conference which proved very successful. Guest speakers included the District Officer, Chiefs, Assistant Chiefs, agricultural and livestock officers and over a hundred village leaders from eighteen local sub-locations. The Conference wasfeatured in three national Kenyan newspapers. It allowed people to share their problems and new ideas whilst giving the ICA a chance to recruit for the VLTS (the Village Leaders Training School).
Western Province has very characteristic landscape. Around Kisumu and the lake towards the North, rolling green hills and highland area predominate. Trees grow asfar as the eye can see, flowering bushes bursting into blossoms of red, yellow and pink, mountain streams gushing over boulders and winding between mud huts and maizefields. The landscape is so diverse, much of the area is mountainous, with newridgesand mountain ranges springing up at every turning \n the road. The semi-arid areas of the North with scrub and thorn bushes, the Savanna plains and grasslands which stretch jbr miles, the lush green meadows and flowers of Western Province and parts of Central, the coast with stretches of golden sand and coral reefs, the rolling tea estates which carpet the hills in an exact patchwork of lush green intermingled with vast areas ofrainforest where tropical birds live and breed, andfinally the Great African Rift Valley, an area of subsidence with huge derelict volcanic cones rising from the base.
I admire the women ofKenya greatly. They are beaten without complaint and they toilfrom morning to night. They are expected to fetch water,firewood,work in the fields, cook, clean, wash clothes, sell produce in the market and still produce about eight children.
Drought
Recently I travelled to Lake Baringo (approximately 200 miles North of Nairobi) to visit afriend working with Kenya Freedom From Hunger'. As a result of the drought overfiftypercent ofthe livestock belonging to the Pokot Tribe have died leading to starvation and death. The Pokot are one of thefew traditionally dressed tribes in Kenya living in the semi-arid lands towards the North. They are mainly Nomadic people wandering between water holes in this harsh and inhospitable environment. They rely totally on their livestockfor meat, milk and blood. Camels are especially common in these semi-arid areas. Kenya Freedom From Hunger has introduced Food for Work' programmes, giving seeds, tools and advice to encourage the growth of maize, beans etc. during the drought and the use of hardy strains in a spacious area. I helped with a survey being conducted in this area.
I will always remember the experience of travelling in a small truck jammed between Pokot warriors. The women whose ears, weighted with heavyjewellery, touched their shoulders, had cow hidestiedaround their waists and beads lavishly decorating their necks and heads. A ten foot spear was balanced across my shoulder. They are friendly and curious people. Being the only European in the back of the truck, I was being watchedjust as much as I watched them in complete awe and disbelief.
The rainy season had arrived late causing great agitation and worry amongst thefarmers. Luckily the rains have reached these semi-arid areasfor thefirsttimein a couple ofyears thus allowing the maize and other crops on the Foodfor Work' to take root and grow. The heavy rains also bring widescale destruction to these delicately balanced ecosystems. Saturation point is reached rapidly with rapid runoff. Rivers appear suddenly, destroying tarmac roads, bridges, houses and causing massive soil erosion and the collapse of cliffs and embankments. The Pokot have learned to adapt to their environment - the harsh heat, aridity, heavy rains, flooding and destruction. I admire their way oflife as much as I admire these intelligent, hardworking sensitive and caring people who make Kenya what it is today.
his particular brand of batting - helped Perks to clinch the draw 51 for 8 wickets in 33 overs: it sounds awful, but the tension aged everyone who took part -one inthe eye for all that limited overs nonsense!
In summary, some memorable matches Thanks must go finally to Mr Vivian for coaching the side, to Davidson for keeping the scorebook in reasonable order, to Morgan for his keen, sensible and sporting captaincy - and not least, to the ladies who week after week provide such splendid teas for all the participants
determination of final positions, and the side could consider itself unlucky to finish only third behind Worcester City and Malvern Ramblers
Four comfortable victories were achieved, against one defeat when the side were weakened by the loss of players for a first eleven game
The batting relied principally on Preston, Mills and Cooper who all played some good innings, with Thompson giving occasiona I rustic support Thompson took the most wickets and bowled well at times, although his line was not generally consistent enough Mills and Preston also took wickets, troubling most batsmen and giving away few runs In the field some memorable catches were taken but the ground fielding sometimes let theside down Underwood and Smith shared the wicket-keeping and both had good moments, but also lacked consistency Overall, the side approached the games with considerable enthusiasm and provided much enjoyable cricket during the term
Team Members
Mills (captain) Preston Cooper S Thompson Rogers A
Underwood M Smith Bishop Roe Briscoe Jessop D Taylor
Bannister J Underwood
Scorer Pearce
ThirdXI
This wasthe third season of'Tigers' cricketand proved to be just as memorable as the previous two, resulting in more victories than experienced in the past The team was comprised, as usual,of redundant rugby players plus a biased selection of willing members from School House The standard ofdress reached the usual heights with varying types of blazers, cravats and hospital doctor's whites on display at each fixture
The players were handled with great sensitivity by Tom Shervington who tried to ensure that all either batted or bowled even if they didn't want to The quality of the batting of the team ranged from the inept to the rustic agricultural Nick Westley, Richard Wilkes and Stephen Alexander scored many runs in the latter style and we occasionally saw more cultured application from Shervington and George Biakeway The fielder most worthy of mention was Rick Ormerod who invariably fielded with his legs apart resulting in a trudge to the boundary yet again, whereas Jon May, Andrew Brunyee and Wilkes often pulled" off catches which were quite out of keeping with the standard of the game
Chris Jaques and Richard Virr were the main 'strike' bowlers who often had to bowl very long spells as few other members of the team were competent enough to bowl on the wicket
Whatever the result, the team enjoyed turning out on a Saturday afternoon and there was always plenty of incident to savour My thanks go to them and to Gerry Webb who scored very competently
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Warwick School
Solihull School
KES Birmingham
RGS Worcester
Bromsgrove School
Old Tigers
Lost by 5 wickets Lost by 80 runs
by 8 wickets
Won by 49 runs
Won by 8 wickets
Lost by 5 wickets
Under 16X1
The Under 16 team continued to take part in the SWCA evening league this season, with all matches limited totwenty overs for each innings The weather played an important role in the
Under 15X1
The record for the season speaks for itself: Played 8; Lost 7; Drew 1 One could catalogue at great length the shortcomings ofthe team, from batsmen who consistently played across the line, to bowlers whose stock ball was the beamer or the wide, and fielders whose tactics were to evade the ball rather than stop it Most disappointing of all was the difficulty at times of finding eleven players available, let alone committed to the game This particular year group seems to have more than the usual number of'opters out'
But there are some positive things tosay about the season - after all, it wasn't all completely disastrous O f the batsmen Bannister, our overseas player, was the most consistent, andit was pleasing to see him bat well forthe First XI at the end of the season Butterworth, when available, was always capable of pushing the score along quickly, and Packwood, Amiable and Underwood all had at least onegood innings Of the bowlers Butterworth certainly bowled very much better than histwo wickets forthe season would suggest The most successful wicket-taker was Annable, but his direction seemed to be astray in the last few games, and Packwood surprised everyone by taking seven wickets against Dean Close The fielding was always liable to serious lapses, but Owen wasoneof the most consistent
Team Members
Packwcod (captain) Annable, Owen Bannister Buttcrwonh, Underwood Crabbe Burfield Parekh Huntingdon Canwrighi Taylor Hill Plan
Under 14X1
As Under 13's this side made some excellent progress in many aspects of the game These trends continued this year but unfortunately not to the same extent, even though results were a little better
The fielding continued to improve and it was the highlight of the season with the occasional good batting performance such as Tony Evans' 50 coming at a time when it was most needed The batsmen did have the ability but not the concentration or the application necessary Cliff Holloway led by example, often holding innings together with steady doggedness at the crease Few others followed suit except for Richard Tomlinson who played well throughout, the role of 'anchorman' not lending itself to the scoring
of the runs he is bound to make in the future The arrival of county player Jeremy RoseCooper promised much and his bowling was accurate and nippy at all times His skills at batting were self-evident but until he develops the patience to build up his score, he will continue to miss the type of score he is obviously capable ofgaining
The return of Robinson did bring some enthusiasm for batting back into the game and it was a delight to seea player relish the prospect of hitting the ball However, the side did have a 'lemming' instinct for throwing wickets away and ifonly this can be eradicated they will be able to give the bowlers far more encouragement Matthew Bourne waseasily the best and most rapidly improving bowler, developing real 'liveliness' on occasion RoseCooper, Tomlinson, Holloway, Jones, Goodman, Clarke and others all contributed good performances but again the consistency was lacking The biggest lack was that of an effective spinner, though there is some skill available Goodman, Clarke and Jessop never had the time or the runs available to play with and until they do then their development under match conditions will continue to be erratic
It was in spite ofall frustrations an enjoyable season though andended in marvellous weather with a fixture against the Dads who avenged their defeat of last year
D.E.H./PAH
Under 13 XI
Bearing in mind the number of games lost because of inclement weather, the Under 13 team were fortunate enough to be involved in some good games of cricket and enjoy a fairly successful season
The side was basically the same as last year but it wasnice to see some ofthose players who usually tend to take something of a back seat role, playing more prominently inthe success of the team Outstanding performances with the bat came from Thompson and Tomlinson, who scored 129 and 101 against Bredon School and Tasker Milward School, respectively Their achievements should not be underestimated, since toscore a century or more in any company and atany level is a commendable achievement Pomeroy continued to hit the ball harder than anyone and Wheeler began to show good solid technique as a middle order batsman On the bowling side, Allum and Dobbins bowled a good line and length and Bull began to emerge as a promising off spinner
The most disappointing result of the season was the defeat by The Royal Grammar School in the semi-final of the county cup However, the boys performed as well here in defeat as they had in their other matches, the majority of which ended invictory
Finally a word of thanks to all the ladies who prepared teas and to all the parents who provided that much needed element in schoolboy cricket - encouragement
R.P.M
Under 12 XI
This wasa very good season for this age group The team were unbeaten in alltheir matches but, more importantly, they played well in every game Early season wins against Christ College, Brecon and Bablake were followed by hard fought draws against Warwick, Solihull and WRGS One of the final games against KES Birmingham was very exciting, resulting in a win for us by two wickets after they had lost seven wickets for ten runs and we, chasing a target of 148, lost five wickets for ten All players played well but the captain,JJ .
R.F.H
Richardson deserves mention for his consistently liigh standard of play and captaincy
Staff Cricket
When the staff, captained by Iddon, lost the 1984 match against the First XI, having won every single one of their previous games under the late lamented T.M Mason's leadership, few of us got the message No reason, we thought, why Iddon could not in 1985 manage the simple job of organizing a few fixtures and leading a talentpacked side to a succession of victories Well, the light began to dawn before the first game had even started: in fact the first game never did start as, owing to what we charitably called a "misunderstanding", only one member of the opposition turned up
A seven-a-side match between the over-35s and under-35s — featuring, incidentally Allum vs Allum was hastily put together, in which Iddon's supposedly athletic young men (including Vivian, given out LB W by umpire Anslow first ball - the controversy rumbles on) were outplayed by Stone's cunning and experienced geriatrics "Never mind, Iddon it was only a muckabout game; let's hit the sandwiches and plan for the next one." One might have thought that, whereas the winning of a game depends to some extent on subtlety of intellect and even the procuringofan opposition at the right time in the right place entails a modicum of organization, the transporting of two trays of sandwiches from school dining-hall to cricket pavilion might not present insurmountable difficulties even to the Common Room's cricket captain But it did, and we went hungry Iddon being a gentleman if nothing else, resigned: but by then his credibility had sunk so low that no one took even that seriously
Why, you may be thinking, do I dwell on such extra-cricketing trivia? Well, one of the effects of this year's what for want of a better word I'll call "organization" is that the two scorebooks which record our matches contain only a selection of the season's scores For example I can distinctly remember a minibus journey to the village of Himbleton on June 19, followed by a victory for our team (surprised? don't worry Winter was captain that day); I recall the opposition being all out for not very many, and Stevens and Vivian knocking off almost all the runs for the first wicket Also missing from the.records is our home match against the Masters of KES Birmingham Actually, that is not quite accurate: it was against ten masters and one England schoolboy, who scored 50 (in about 5 overs, mostly Vivian's) and bowled one deadly over of leg-spin The result was well, let's just say that Iddon was captain
And now for some more games we lost The Royal Grammar School, who are rumoured to stipulate first-class player status as a condition for membership of the Common Room, beat us comfortably despite Hope's 2 for 12 and 26 from Stevens Stevens in fact was consistent enough to score 20 or more every time he batted during the season: there comes a time in life, it's said, when it is best to settle into a gentle groove Abraham also excelled with 24* and reminded us that he is an all-rounder with a spell of 3 for 32 in the next match against the Old Vigornians Unfortunately our reply to their 147 for 5got into a spot of trouble at 59 for 7 but honour - if not the match - was salvaged by the tail-end efforts of Anslow and Haigh, who scored 21 apiece in taking us to the just respectable total of 1 18 for 8
There was a slight hiccup in the season's progress on July 2: we won a match under Iddon's leadership In fact his 19*(equalling the number of times he resigned during the season)
helped to clinch victory over the "Lamb and Flag" after our innings had been given a sound start by the dashing opening pair of Mason and Stone; but the real tours de force were Hope's 2 for 11 spell and Hunt's matchwinning40* Back to form against Pershorc RFC: we lost this time under Roberts's captaincy - though it is only fair to him to point out that the key player Stone was confined by injury to umpiring In fact we were in with a chance at one stage: despite, or because of, PA Humphreys's 2 for 16 off 2 overs (not to mention Hope's 1 for 20 also off 2 overs) Pershore had made 136 for 5 A 'punishing knock'of 64 from R.F Humphreys, with Homer (21*) in support, seemed likely to clinch the match; but he was out, and we fell seven runs short
So to the final match against the school Iddon's subtle handling of the bowlers and his inspired field-placing — for several overs he had Stone covering the entire offside in front of the wicket, a role he performed in a style which reminded those spectators privileged to witness it of Clive Lloyd in his prime - caused the school to lose 9 wickets in a mere 31 overs, a splendid striking rate: Winter took 3 of the scalps, Vivian 2 In the process, however, the school had scored some runs - 189 to be precise - and those proved rather more than the staff, already exhausted by the responsibilities of King's Day,could muster Stevens scored 29 R.F Humphreys 24 and Vivian 30* but the real turning point came when Mason opening the innings and attempting to score as many runs as he had let byes through, was bowled for 7 (just under hall) when the score was 53
So another game was lost (5 out of 7 unless a further unscored match escapes my memory) Not perhaps the most successful season, but great fun, and it's just a pity that as the aforementioned Iddon is also co-editor of this magazine, you will never be allowed to read this report
R.N.G.S
Third man both ends next season please Bob Ed
Boat Club
Captain: R Tu I lis Secretary: PL Faulstroli Maintenance: P Hughes Coaches: T.E Watson (6th Form) R.C Gabriel (.5th Form) R.A Fleming(UR) N.A Faux (LR) B.L Gant (5th LR) G Ward-Allen D Willatt
We have just enjoyed the marvellous September of'85: riverconditions perfect, a squad ofsixteen Lower Sixth girls making rapid progress in out two new Alden Sculls, enough Middle Sixth girls to promise at least one competitive four this year, and considerable interest from the bovs in their Sunday boating slot Morven Leggott has jusl qualified as an AR A Rowing Instructor, following those who did the same last yearRichard Tallis, Ashley Vickers, Alister Hill and David Barr
All this follows a Summer Holiday programme of two or three morning sessions a week on top of the four regattas at which the more advanced members competed Among the holiday boaters was Krisrina Huntingdon who went to Cambridge last year where she started rowing for the first time - and won her oar in the Bumps It was a pleasure to see her progress throughout August from a complete novice sculler in an Alden to competent technician in a fine boat Many of our new girls promise to do just as well
In August we collected the two new wooden tub-trainers from the Bath Boating Company These have back-to-back swivels which allow quick conversion from oars to sculls, and provide plenty of pitch-gauge practice
Our season's endeavours resulted in only five events won but several more narrowly lostincluding two sculling finals given away by poor
steering and another lost through capsize while ahead and with only ten strokes to go That was at Bewdley when Lianne Greaves took her second ducking of the summer Her other immersion had been just after the start of her very first race at Ironbridge: her opponent fell in first followed immediately by Lianne who however got into her boat unaided and went on to win the race Ironbridge on the Sunday was a hectic day: seven crews, two of them doubling up, and not one of them losing a race until the end of the day: the sort of thoroughly satisfactory expedition which mere statistics do nol disclose
Other highlights include the First Eight's win in their Child-Beale heat, followed by their gutsy row in the final in which they came last but only a few centimetres behind Pangbourne and well up with the other crews (Earlierat Birmingham Pangbourne had beaten them by V* length in School Eights and by 2 feet in IB Fours.) Then there was Marlow where they lost to Radley II by V* length in stormy conditions Worcester was a day to forget - except to be reminded that balls are for putting on bows and not for going to the night before a regatta
The Firsts, rowing lifelessly, lost to a crew they had roared past at Reading Head - who were themselves trounced by Monkton Combe in the final. So it gave us special satisfaction to beat Monkton from behind at Nottingham - and convincingly
Matthew Norman joined the First Eight in the Summer Term after a period of coaching by Geoff Ward-Allen in Worcester's tub-pair He had only started sculling when he joined us in the Sixth Form but made such impressive progress and showed such strength and stamina on the ergo, that it became obvious he should be in the Eight Throughout May he stroked the Sixth Form Novice Four whose finest day was at Monmouth where they lost the Final narrowly to King's School Gloucester, after an umpire had wrongly warned them for Gloucester's bad steering That was one of five pieces of incompetent umpiring from which we suffered this season, two of which led to collisions- the worst of them at Hereford Schools when Norman in his sculling race was mown down by a Radley Eight steaming out of control to the start Matthew recovered from his nasty bruising but the aluminium boat will never be the same again
The Fifth Form squad was prevented by sickness and other commitments from training as hard and as long as they should have done, but they are tall, strong, handsome and technically sound oarsmen whom we look forward to having in the top squad next season Their best race was in Novice Fours at Stratford where they lost narrowly to the eventual winners In other races and in ergo tests they showed spirit and courage
The Upper Removes lost several of their previous season's big men so began the year at a disadvantage - a fact rubbed in by WRGS at the Worcester Head in March It was therefore heartening to see them train so cheerfully and to race so bravely against bigger people at Birmingham and Ironbridge Mr David Willatfs assistance as a coach was greatly appreciated
The Lower Removes, all 44 of them, were the best bunch of novices we have had since this year's leavers joined the Club NA F and BL G had to work hard to satisfy their enthusiasm, and it was especiallygood to find so many competent young scullers among them
I thank all coaches for their hard work, and the senior members of the Club for their loyalty and perseverence in an unspectacular season
The Boat Maintenance squad, under Peter Hughes, gave particularly good service Captain and Secretary did a splendid job and they were backed by a remarkably fine bunch of young
The Teardrop
A teardrop shimmers on a new year morning, Crisp and alone
Like a single pebble washed up on an empty beach, Gently resting in the arms of the wave— Secure; This teardrop-cascading
From the end of a shining silver knife, Sharp to the touch; It bites, it snarls, It cuts the morning air with a harsh cruelty— The teardrop showers an array of colours, It laughs, it cries, It twists as it tumbles through the morning air; Shimmering, confused, It winks at the fresh peace of the day-break fields, Clear, silent, undisturbed by life, Free: like the pebble on the empty beach.
From a Crystal Blade
At the first incision from this crystal blade, Pure and precise in a way so professional, Into the corpse-like form under your nose; Not moving, motionless (Save for the rhythmic expansion common to life), Life will spill from its fleshy housing, As if years didn't matter anymore. And the gas swimming around inside Keeps the corpse-like form from painSurrounded by green coats wearing green masks, And pure white walls:
All immaculate to the finest degree, As if death had glossed over that first incisionLife still spilling from its fleshy housing— And a life-time could be lived in thirty seconds In a way so precisely and offensively professional That it makes you want to convulse. And precision will live on After the corpse has been taken away; Even as it burns, precision will take control, With its sweating, bleeding hands— Ever-ready with their precise, professional strangle-hold From which one can never escape; Helpless and unforgiving, Wondering what will come next. But back to the corpse, For I am too premature, too precise: Yet may it not be a corpse!
At this second incision from another crystal blade: With another professional at work; But the old man of time is so impatient— He has a job to do, So life will no longer spill from its fleshy housing, And the green coats wearing green masks Surrounded by pure white walls
Could never have existed in the eyes of the corpse, Now merciless at the hands of precision, With its perfected, professional strangle-hold Never to be escaped from.
Laurence Harrison
MUSIC & DRAMA
Music Report
This has been a busy and successful year in all spheres of the musical spectrum throughout the school, with many memorable moments Everyone must be congratulated on working hard to achieve and maintain a high standard of performance in solo, orchestral and choral works
The House Music Competition this year was adjudicated by Guy Woolfenden, and set very high standards with excellent performances in both ensemble playing and unison singing School House, however, turned out a performance well deserving their first place In the Solo Competition there were well prepared and excellent performances, but Alastair Marshall's sensitive Guitar solo won him the Elgar Trophy
In the Middle School Competition Upper 4C were triumphant with an admirable performance of a movement from a Mozart Symphony
The Scale Playing Competition has now become an annual event, and was this year won by Stephen Reeve playing the piano with great accuracy All the competitors turned out well prepared, enthusiastic and sometimes interesting interpretations of scales
The School Orchestras and Wind Band provided us with two very enjoyable concerts including works by Handel, Bartok, Mendelssohn and Dvorak Mention here must be made of the soloists including Michael Mui, George Subiotto, Ashley Vickers, violins, and Jeremy Place, piano The School Choir and soloists sang well in a performance of Samson, the major choral work performed this year A very creditable and enjoyable occasion
Outside school our musicians participated in various Festivals with much success. In the Worcester Orchestral Society Music Festival Michael Mui's violin playingwon the CT Home Challenge Cup for String Solo and in the Under 11 Vocal Solo Jamie Coleman was placed first, Richard Powell second and Stephen Hopkins fourth, all pupils from St Albans In the Pershore Festival Jocelyn Lee won the Ronald Edwards Shield for best Amateur Pianist under 21 and Julian Smith was successful in winning the Joan Phillips Cup for Keyboard Composer under 21
The Keys Society Concerts continued to provide us witha varied diet of music throughout the year Some notable individual performances were given by Susan Cole, Michael Mui and Alastair Marshall, who also conducted the Keys Society Choir in some fine performances The Society moved venues to give a successful and enjoyable concert at the Hereford College for the Blind, where we were all made to feel most welcome
As in other years we must congratulate and wish every success to those students embarking on further musical activities at university or music college Andrew Lawson won an Organ Scholarship to Girton College, Cambridge Choral Awards were won by Edwin Simpson to Christchurch, Oxford and by Joyce Renney and Christopher Dyer to Trinity College and Jesus College, Cambridge, whilst Alastair Marshall goes to the Guildhall School of Music to study the Guitar
It only remains to thank everyone for their tremendous effort this past year, both staff and pupils, and to look forward to another rewarding year
R.T
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance was the third of the full-length operas put on by Richard D'Oyly Carte at the Opera Comique Once a permanent cast hadbeen established for The Sorcerer (1877), the later operas, beginning with H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) and The Pirates of Penzance (1879), were written and composed with the same players in mind Since that time, it has been a favourite with amateur companies, being a comparatively straightforward specimen of the genre It is not, however, without its difficulties musically: for example, the difficult Major-General's song was written knowing that George Grossmith would undertake the role, and the role of Mabel places great demands on the soprano
Its more recent stage history has shown it to be susceptible to unorthodox interpretation. Sir Tyrone Guthrie's production at Stratford, Ontario in 1961 was well-polished, and hilariously funny, with touches of inventiveness almost the equal of Gilbert's A recent revival in Drury Lane featured Tim Curry as the swash-buckling Pirate King, and Pamela Stephenson in the role of Mabel
When The Pirates of Penzance took to the stage in College Hall at the end of the Christmas Term, the style of production was traditional With a large appreciative audience on each of the four nights it overcame all the acoustical and technical inadequacies of the hall and provided two hours of entertainment in true Victorian style The background of 'a rocky seashore on the coast of Cornwall' was simply rendered by the ingenious painting of flats, against which paraded members of the Lower Sixth transformed by authentic costumes into marauding pirates, blue-uniformed policemen and impressionable young ladies
The male chorus work was solid and mostly reliable:there was sufficient action to provide visual interest and enough communal energy to carry the pace along Closer inspection revealed a variety of physiognomy and individual invention Matthew Daines, Derek Evans and Dominic Peberdy had sufficient presence to impress themselves individually on members of the audience, and led their peers with customary prowess. The chorus of ladies began uncertainly but improved with the stimulus of an audience. Their singing was delightful at its best, and their dancing was elegant and graceful
If the chorus seemed a little conventional at times in its presentation, the production was distinguished in its principals Edwin Simpson brought maturity and experience to the role of Frederic, one of the most taxing tenor roles in Gilbert and Sullivan His singing seemed effortless but diction and intonation were audible even at the back of the hall. From his first appearance he established a strong stage presence which did not falter throughout the evening Joyce Renney as Mabel was a joy to listen to: her singing of Poor wand'ringone was performed every night with admirable consistency The long scene between Frederic and Mabel with a series of duets in Act II was compelling and always well-delivered It is hard to imagine both these roles being better sung
Susan Cole as Ruth did well in the difficult role of a middle-aged woman; she enlisted the audience's sympathy and sang with confidence The role of the Major-General demands acting ability - singing in the classical style is less needed For this (role) there was an excellent choice in
Matthew Edwards He created a genuine comic character, with a strong sense of timing and the ability to arouse the audience's humour Alastair Marshall was a tyrannical Pirate King with John Bowley in excellent voice as his lieutenant Rupert Harvey played the Sergent of Police, hesitant, bumbling and preoccupied.
With two elected Choral Scholars in its front rank, the production was unique in the array of musical talent it could call upon This was completed by the two pianists, Andrew Lawson and A.F.P., who not only played with complete certainty but also conducted when the occasion demanded The inspiration of the enterprise was P.C.T., whose formidable understanding of Gilbert and Sullivan was much in evidence in this production Deliberately avoiding the pitfalls of idiosyncratic interpretation, he presented an authentic Victorian evening, Gilbert and Sullivan in the traditional style,and in so doing providedgreat pleasure for both participants and audience
A.E.C
Hard Times
Hard Times is an important document of English social history as well as a goodish novel; its distinctive narrative voice whips and lashes, both explicitly and indirectly, the stifling effects of a mechanisticphilosophy on the hearts and minds of the population of nineteenth century Britain The focus of our attention is Coketown, a Lancashire mill community; in a series of parallel episodes, the mill workers strike against their employer, Josiah Bounderby, and Tom and Louisa Gradgrind make an attempt to rebel against the restriction of their father's upbringing Dickens's view of the world is harsh and uncompromising
HARD TIMES
BY CHARLES DICKENS
This seemed a good novel for Anthony Clemit to choose to adapt for the stage It has a good, strong narrative line, its themes are no less relevant to today's audience than they were at their conception and there is ample scope for characterisation The nucleus of his cast was the Joseph team one year on; they worktogether well and already had a sense of discipline and teamwork that such a project required. The combination of play and cast was a good one, from the start
In the event, the results were verypleasing. It was played in the round in the Old Library; it's never an easy task to hold
the attention of an audience, part of whom, of necessity, will have to look at someone's back The blocking was skilfully conceived with that in mind and, often enough, the supporting characters i.e those who were listening rather than speaking were sufficiently aware of the importance of their role to help sustain a scene which did not allow the whole audience a complete view of the action throughout. Similarly, it was good to see a comparatively inexperienced set of actors taking its audience on; in such a confined and immediate setting there just is no room for modest apology; the initiative is with the actors but only for a short opening period; it's easily lost
This group kept it by acting to those who had come to see and to hear them It was, too, a complete production; everything belonged to an overall conception; particularly was this true of the lighting and the music (written by James Davis), which were convincing, and sometimes very moving, complements to the action rather than necessary afterthoughts The efficiency of the project was apparent everywhere, not least in the sustained control of this young cast
I wondered about one or two things, too The text was, perhaps, rather too long; the duplication of some of the parts was occasionally misleading and the narrative line wasn't always easy to follow Just once or twice I fancied that the cast weren't themselves altogether convinced about what they were doing; such lack of assurance is, of course, eminently noticeable in such a tight physical setting; the voice falters or the eye wonders momentarily and instantly our confidence is threatened That didn't happen too often
Full marks to those who played the female parts; Jeremy Rix, particularly, seemed to me to have thought his way into the role rather than stuck a dress on and hoped that the trappings would do the trick It would be more than usually invidious to single anyone else out for special comment; it was a production distinguished by the definition of its teamwork
One of the most exciting and educationally instructive aspects of the whole venture was the short tour which followed the home run There were performances in three different schools - Bromsgrove School, the Harry Cheshire School in Kidderminster and Worcester's Elgar High School The business of adapting to new and quite different audiences and their needs as well as to a completely new physical environment was, as one member of the cast had it, "like the first night all over again." It was a highly instructive experience and very rewardingfor everybodywho took part Sometimes, I suspect, we become rather too comfortably cocooned in our own corner of the city and, more especially, the physically delimited bounds of College Green It's good for us to get out and, we hope, for others, too, to see what we're up to; I would like to think that this is only the beginning of a large number of such two-way exchanges.
P.G.D
Guys and Dolls
The production of Guys and Dolls must have given College Hall one of its most unusual transformations - from ancient Guesten Hall to the sleazy but lively streets of New York, with its gangs of crap shooting men and scantily dressed night spot dancers The scaffolding structure and fine lighting effects gave a good flavour of tenement blocks and Manhattan malaise
Against this background the story of Guys and Dolls, Damon Runyon'sshort story adapted for the stage, is played out To be honest there isn't a great deal to the plot It's a simple story of gangster eventually making good through the
masque for a summer's evening in July
It's of great pleasure to me that our diet remains so varied that we can provide the opportunity for a reasonably large number and broad cross-section of our pupils to take part in drama of one kind or another, either in full-scale productions or in regular weekly workshops, or both One innovation which is proving popular is a video-filming group whose aim is to produce not only a record of the school's activities such as plays or sporting occasions but also to develop more original creative projects. An English Sixth Form group made The French Lieutenant's Woman (second attempt) last year and a version of The Reeve's Tale filmed entirelyon location in an old chapel somewhere near Crickhowell will, we hope, be on general release in the near future
P.G.D
Davi d Hop e
An appreciation of David Hope's contribution to the life of the school appears elsewhere inthis edition I want to find a small niche in the arty corner to include a mention of one aspect of
The Dog and the Shadow
A dog, a bony hound and homeward bound, passing a butcher's shop
Sneaked through the door and snatched from the floor a succulent mutton chop.
With heaving chest he stopped to rest on a bridge which straddled a stream....
And there by chance he took a glance at the water's reflecting gleam.
He saw, of course, himself.
'You mangy cur! More scoff! I'm off to flay your fur.'
With that he plunged, meanly, keenly, greedily he lunged
At the empty dream. Snap! an open mouth, a silly scheme; the meat he had was gone.
He believed his eyes and lost the prize he'd set his hopes upon.
his considerable activity which might otherwise go unsung.
David had a finger in a large number of pies; but it was not there for poking and tasting He prodded, then stirred Where he saw a job to be done he took it on; where he had either interest or abilitieswhich were appropriate, he did itvery well. He is a man with a keen feel for literature - he prepared for, and passed 'A' level English literature with distinction while he was doing 1001 other things here - and his enthusiasm for creative writing was on public view in the columns of this magazine which he also edited and at library evenings
His involvement in drama gave the lie to that unkind but not necessarily untrue adage about teachers who teach rather than do I remember with pleasure his production of The Lady's not for Burning not because it did much for Fry - it's a play I don't greatly care for - but for the admirable way in which he produced his team and, most of all, for his grotesquely inebriated performance as Matthew Skipps Oh, yes, he can do as well as teach Whether directing his own team or as a part of one he was an invaluablecolleague. I'm sure it won't be long before he's immersed in the creative stream at Bath. It's precisely because generations of people like David have fed it generously and expertly that it flows on here
The Two Cockerels and the Eagle
In the fiercest of contests two cockerels fought one day Until at last the keenest had his way
And the vanquished rested, worsted, on his wretched roost.
The victor, flying high, a cheerful chant unloosed, Crowing, wings clapping, at his clever ruse
Unaware that, high above, an eagle would abuse
And tear him limb from limb if given half the chance. And this he did; so blind the cockerel in his showy dance That whoosh! and whip! a flash of feathers and he's for lunch.
The other bird sneaks out, bleeding; he's a hunch
That he is free; with ever steady steps he'll creep
To take possession of the once disputed - and surrenderedheap.
The
Hare and the Tortoise
'You clumsy old oaf,' jeered an arrogant hare, 'With a house on your back and those legs,' I declare 'You'll scarcely go far and you'll never go fast.'
But the tortoise replied that he'd always outlast And outdo such a smug little beast in a race
And he set off at once at a lollopping pace.
'There's time for a kip before I begin,'
Thought the hare; 'a nice little snooze and still I can win.'
And so he slept on through the heat of the day While the shambling tortoise went on its way And arrived at the finish with minutes to spare. Too late and less proud came the arrogant hare.
Three poems for a new metrical version of Aesop's Fables by Peter Diamond
does time mean to any but the youngest clove?) we were off once more. I had heard that rail travel was meant to be relaxing but only halfway through an enlightening argument about the antibiotic, antiseptic and expectorant qualities of garlic I was violently and, to my mind, heroically sick from stalk to base.
By the time I came round from my bout of nausea I had missed Rome and woke to the strains of 'O sole mio' on a secondhand, sham Balaika. "Milan." I thought and went back to sleep.
The next time that I woke was at some point on the Swiss border, where I was rudely aroused by some officious customs official who insisted on checking every sack for Communists and the like. Having made a tour of Switzerland, we passed through Metz, (too wet), Brussels (what more can I say?), and stopped in Ostend where we were manhandled off the carriage and onto the fair ship, H.M.S. Townsend Thoreson. To the starboard lay H.M.S. Sealink, worthy vessels each.
As we adjusted ourselves to this new position I found that, to my dismay, my velvet waistcoat, of which I'd hitherto been so proud, was on the point of falling apart. I hastily pulled together the shards of my vanity and contemplated the uses to which I was to be put. Was I to end my days as an astringent or an antibiotic or in Harley Street as an expectorant or as an INTESTINAL ANTISPASMODIC!! Perhaps, and I stood erect at the thought, I was to be refined for my 0.1% essential oil to supplement the Brent field in the North sea. That I was going to Britain was patently obvious. It was much to my surprise then when the entire Garlic complement of the good ship H.M.S. Townsend Thoreson were unloaded onto a supermarket lorry!! I'm a mild clove usually but such indignity was beyond merit. We were driven literally face to face along the winding Dover roads to a large processing factory just outside London "Now, this looks exciting," I thought, and then I saw the signs and thought again.
One read, "To Soup Dept" and another read "To Shredder"....
Well it was that I had kept my overcoat in shipshape condition, for it was this atone that saved me from the soup bowl, the inspector took one look at my coat and hurled me onto the conveyor belt to the "Whole" department. There I was carefully packed in antiseptic surroundings (although I was a bit worried about the lice in the packer's beard) and catapulted onto a lorry with my nephew, Garlic. We were, then driven two hundred miles to an out of the way place called Worcester. Never heard of it, I thought.
On January the thirteenth I was plucked from the shelves by a man, evidently of erudite disposition, wearing white curly hair and a tweed jacket. Now began the most peculiar episode in my career. No sooner had I been exchanged for thirty pieces of silver than Judas ran out of the supermarket, his route taking him precariously to some speeding chunks of metal, and he hustled me up some never-ending flights of stairs. I entered a room full of noise and pandemonium and soon gathered the impression that 'Judas' was a man of some authority for no sooner had he entered the room than the entire class stopped their recreational riot and formed into some semblance of order. To my amazement he took me out ofmy bag and, handing me to a lad in front of him, advised him to separate me from the family Garlic and hand me round. I put up my stoutest resistance but to no avail. I was duly handed round and otherwise made fun of before returning to my plastic bag thoroughly defeated. The only casualty of this operation was young Garlic, missing, presumed digested.
There was little more to tell. The man took me home for his dinner. It was then I realised that all my fine dreams had come to nothing. Now no specialist would ever use me as an antispasmodic, no chemist would ever extract essential oil from me. As I entered the front porch I saw the name of my Judasian captor. Let all the chemists and all the specialists find their oil and antispasmodics somewhere else. I would be flavouring the food of none other than Mr. S le Marchand!!! WHAT JOY, WHAT RAPTURE!!!!!
I was so convulsed with triumph that I hardly felt the knife.. (Translated from the Garlish by R.T. Bader)
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O.V. Committee 1985-86
President Chairman
Headmaster
Vice-Presidents:
Hon Secretary
Hon. Treasurer
Hon. Social Secretary
Hon. Auditor
O.V. Cricket Club
Dev. Campaign
Elected 1983-86:
Elected 1984-87:
Elected 1985-88:
D.G Wright (54-61)
J.D Reynolds (35-39)
J.M. Moore
M.R Dudley (51-59)
A.J Wright (57-65)
M.R Craze (19-23)
OR Craze (26 -30)
R.T Padden (46-52)
J.I Wagstaff (52-61)
TEA Mackie (47-56)
P.C Underwood (42-47)
A F Partington (66-76)
D.L Green (63-70)
Catherine Boulton (80-82)
B J Vivian (71-81)
R.H Biakeway (48-55)
N.J Sproson (71-76)
Angela Lloyd-James (78-80)
K.J Morgan (74-82)
R.H Phillips (76-83)
Births
C.M.C. Andrews (Ch.63-68) To Lindsay and Colin at Odstock on 9 January 1985 a third son Christopher, a brother forNicholas and Peter
T.N Gazard (Cr.62-71) To Pauline and Trevor on 5 August 1985 a sonChristopher David, a brother for Nicholas Peter and Stephen Michael
Dr. C.R. Hamilton (S 67-72) To Penny (nee Watkins) and Charles atSt Thomas's Hospital, London on 30 March 1984 a son Ben, a brother for Thomas
M.J. Hickling (Ca.65-72) To Yvonne (nee Butler) and Matthew on 26 March 1982 a son Benjamin, a brother for Daniel
A.R. Hitchman (Cr.69-76) To Angela Jane and Andrew in Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester on 28 December 1984 a son Ian Richard
Dr B.B Letham(Ch.64-74) To Sandra and Brian in October 1984 a daughter Louise
Dr. R.E. McCune (DB.54-59). To Catherine and Ronald at King's College Hospital on 27 August 1985 a son James Benjamin
S.J. Pimley (H.63-73). To Alison and Simon at Sutton Coldfield on 30 May 1985 a son Samuel
C R Rayers (Cr.67-74) To Judy and Chris on 11 October 1984 a son Matthew Robert
J.J Snewin (Ch.64-71) To Jayne and Jeremy at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford on 12 July 1984 a daughter (Catherine Elizabeth
M.E Spence (W.65-70) To Julie (nSe Mayoss) and Martynat Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester on 2 March 1985 a daughter Pippa Robyn
A.W.J Taylor (B.67-74) To Susan and Andrew at Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester on 5 November 1984 a daughter Anna Sheila, a sister for Michael
D.H. Taylor (Cr.59-69) To Valerie and David on 28 December 1984 at Shepton Mallett Cottage Hospital a son James Alexander, a brother for Robert N.A. Young (Ch.66-71) To Elizabeth Rosemary (nee Schilling) and Nicholas Andrew on 26 May 1984a son Andrew Peter
Engagements
R.W.L. Edmonds (Ch.75-80) of Colwall to Miss Caroline Jane Porter of Barnes, London
J Waugh (S.78-82) of Edinburgh to Miss Elizabeth Haig of Yarrow Court, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland
Marriages
R.N Baylis (Ca.63-71) to Ms Ryta Anna Hylewicz on 8 September 1985 at Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, Cambridge Philip Baylis (Ch.68-78) was his brother's bestman
N.A Cluley (Ch.60-67) to Miss Marjorie Jean Pedler at the Renewal Christian Centre, Solihull on 30 March 1985
CM . Covins (W.72-79) to Miss Nicola Jane Stevenson of Long Eaton, Nottingham on 6August 1983 at St Edburga's Church, Leigh, Worcestershire by the Rev Michael Nott (Chaplain, 70-79)
Dr G.J Cox (B.68-76) toMiss Celia Golodez, M.R.C.V.S., at Norbiton, London on 6 July 1985
O.J Davidson (H.68-72) to Miss Rosemary Elizabeth Rowson at Friston, Sussex on 29 September 1984
R.W.L Edmonds (Ch.75-80) to Miss Caroline Jane Porter at the Parish Church of St Mary, Barnes, London on29 June 1985
Elene Karvik (Co.78-80) to Mr Attila Burjan at Broadheath Cheshire on 25May1985
J.M.H.P Raban (S.53-58) on 4 May 1985 to Miss Caroline Cuthbert ofWest Witton, Leyburn, North Yorkshire
R.J Smith (B.69-76) to Miss Morag Elizabeth Neil Maclean on 9 March 1985 at Abingdon, Oxfordshire
N.J Sproson (W.71-76) to Miss Shan Parry in Brecon Cathedral on Saturday, 27July1985
N.A Young (B.70-78) to Miss Andrea Heaton on 5 October 1985 in Worcester Cathedral Nicholas's best manwas his brother Alex (Ch.72-82)
S.M Young(Cr.70-80) to Miss Julia Muir on 22 June 1985 in St James the Less Parish Church, Pangbourne Stephen Kings (Cr.73-80) was Simon's best man
Deaths
Rev A.J Day(Ca.07-14) in his ninetieth yearon 3 November 1984. A lay headmaster in Market Harborough, he was ordained in 1944 and broke all records by serving asVicar of Mersham, Burton onTrent until January 1982 when he was 87 He visited College Green in 1983
M.W Fitz-Gibbon (DB.14-18) on 12 June 1985 He was one of the Newland Choirboys who came daily to the King's School during the First World War and after He delighted in news of the school and was a regular and generous correspondent
P.G.F Higginson(H.40-42) in Malta in October 1984 Peter was Head Chorister in 1940 He served in thewar and made his career in Kenya and South Africa
A
.R.W. Key(H.77-81) was fatally hurt in a car crash on Saturday 8 December 1984 We offer ourdeep sympathy to his family and friends
Brigadier K. Pearce Smith, O.B.E., (Ca.09-16) at Lymington, Hants on 25 July 1985, the eve of his 87th birthday He commanded the First Malta Brigade throughout the seige from December 1941 to May 1943 and then commanded 183 Brigade of the Third Division, which landed in Normandy on D Day with Caen as its objective. Inthe First World War he went from school toa commission in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, was gassed in 1918, fought the Bolsheviks in North Russia in 1919 and the Sinn Feiners in Dublin in 1920 His autobiography was printed in 1984 under the title 'Adventures of an Ancient Warrior' (Stone Printers, 87 High Street, Milford on Sea) He took the keenest interest in the King's School to the last
S.J. Pimley (H.63-73) tragically in North Wales in September 1985 Simon was a solicitor and a golfer and was held in the highest esteem Our deep sympathy goes to hiswidow,his parents and brother and sister.
Dr. E.P.K. Rushton (DB.26-33)on 27 May 1985, aged 71 He was brought up at Upton Snodsbury and from the King's School went to the BirminghamUniversity Medical School He captained the University at Rugger and played for the North Midlands When he had qualified, he spent six years in Sierra Leone in the Colonial Medical Service Then for 36 years he was in general practice at Pilning, near Bristol, and was highly regarded there.
F.H.C Shorting (H 16-20) on 31 March 1985 at Hastings, Sussex, aged 82 He was the third of five brothers from Herefordshire, all cricketers and allin Hostel House and the First Eleven
Rev. S.W. Whitehouse (Master, 21-25) in May 1985, aged 91 He taught French and German exceedingly well and joined in everything He went on to Lancing and then was headmaster in turn at Wigan Grammar School and Alsop High School,Liverpool There he was ordained in 1945 and subsequently worked as a priest in the Chichester Diocese till retiring to Bury St Edmunds in 1975
Brigadier C.J.C. Molony
Chartres Molony (S.22-26) died in 1976, but it was only in 1985 that we heard this Belatedly we now send our sympathy to his widow Barbara and his sister Molly
At school he was Captain of Rugger, Captain of Rowing, Cadet Officer in the Corps, an actor, a poet and a wit He went up to Oxford with a History Exhibition, stroked the Queen's College first eight and graduated in Military History,just missinga First He then joined the Indian Army (his father was in the Indian Civil Service), was commissioned in the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Sikhs, was adjutant to Colonel Rob Lockhart (later Commander in Chief, India), was Instructor in the Staff College at Quetta, and on the outbreak of war came to the Mediterranean theatre as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Division He ended the war and entered the peace as a Brigadier and Director of Military Intelligence in Singapore
Professor J.R.M Butler of Cambridge had been made General Editor of the Official Histoiy of the Second World War and under him General Playfairnowselected Brigadier Molony as the Army member of the inter-service quartette researching and writing the six volumes of the 'Mediterranean And Middle East Campaigns' Playfair wrote the first three volumes; Molony took over from Playfair in the fourth, wrote the fifth and most of the sixth before dying of lung trouble; General Sir William Jackson then finished it
Molony's monument is thus the great Volume Five (H.M. Stationery Office, 1973; 931 pages, 40 plates). It stretches from the landing in Sicily in 1943 to the pause in the Italian Campaign at the end of March 1944 The Times Literary Supplement on 14 December 1973 gave the book a tencolumn review which began: "Havingmade himself master of the North African shores in his fourth volume, C.J.C Molony, with his combined team of the three services, has now crossed the Sicilian Narrows and begun the invasion of Europe." It applauded Molony's "consistent distinction of style" and "the practised skill and soldierly relish" with which Molony had described the severe battles in Sicily "Battles such as those for Centuripe or Agira or Regalbuto are described here with an eloquence unparalleled since Napier on Albuera." Napier's Historyof the Peninsular War had been completed as far back as 1840; so this was very high praise
Michael Craze
1939-45 Roll of Honour
As a result of the researches of J.A Lawrey(H.33-36) we now learn that the name of F.G.G Rashleigh (H.33-34) should be added to the College Hall Roll of Honour The Times on Saturday, 9 October 1943 recorded Flight Lieutenant F.G.G Rashleigh as 'Missing, believed killed' Burke's Landed Gentry (1952) subsequently gave his date of birth as 19July 1920 and reported that he did not come back from the flight over Germany on 30 September 1943.
O.V. Notes, Pre-1946Leavers
J.S Bagenal (S.29-34) lectured to the Art Workers Guild in London last January on the architectural work of his father, the late Hope Bagenal, and included the King's School Creighton Memorial Garden designs and execution and the Alice Ottley School Gates Hugh Creighton, the Rev C Creighton's younger son, was present Hope Bagenal also designed the War Memorial Panels on either side of College Hall
J.G. Beavan (Ca.26-28) served with the 4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the Second World War and then worked in the National Westminster Bank till retiringin 1971 Beagling on the South Downs near Arundel in March last, he spotted an O.V tie and its wearer proved to be J.W Hoggard (Ca.33-35) and they had a good chat
K.C. Bristow (Ca.22-25) worked for a Merchant Bank from 1926 to 1968, interrupted by War Service with the 2nd Worcestershires, including three years in India He is a widower living in Folkestone.
Dr D.M Curtis (DB.37-41) has retired from general medical practice and moved to Quarry Bank, Valley Road, Hayfield, Stockport, SKI2 5LP
D.M. Forrest (S 19-22) lives in Hove with his wife Molly (nee Molony), the sister of the late Brigadier C.J.C. Molony (S.2226) and the late D.W.A. Molony (S.22-27). Denys Forrest trained as a journalist at King's College,London and in the War was Deputy Divisional Food Officer for Southern England in the Ministry of Food He became an authority on tea and isjust seeing his fifth book The World Tea Trade through the press He has started writing A History of St James's Square He chairs the Hove Civic Society
F.M. Goddard (S 16-23) came to light through two articles printed in Berrow's Journal on 29 May and 5 June on The Wagstaffs of Wyre' His address is 25A South Street, Cuckfield, West Sussex He was a Major in the Royal Artillery in the War and later was Manager of Lloyds Bank in Hove.On a visit to School House last June he was able to find his name under layers of paint in the study bookshelf where he cut it in 1923
F.L Harrison (DB. 15-21) has become Hon. Treasurer of the Friends of Bristol Cathedral He was formerly Manager ofa Barclay's Bank branch
C. Havard (Ca.38-41) had a notable career as a surgeon in Bridgend where he was a Consultant In retirement he has had a first novel, 'Blood And Judgment', published in hardback by Heinemann It is about to be published in paperback by Pan Bishop E.G. Knapp-Fisher (S.27-33), Archdeacon of Westminster, preached in Worcester Cathedral on 30 June 1985 at the Ordination Service
CM . Lavender (S.30-38) is enjoying his retirement At a dinner of the Pheasant Tail Flyfishers in 1985 he met Noel Richardson (S.34-41) and P.J Henshaw (Ca.42-46), but says he did not swallow their tall fishing stories
E.S. Sherwood (Ca 19-25) has been living in Spain since his retirement from the Colonial Police He visited Worcester last year and in the Cathedral North Transept he
photographed the memorial tablet to his great-greatgrandmother, the authoress Mrs Henry Sherwood (17751851) "College Green still looks lovely", he says Rev. K. Wedgwood (S.35-39) has retired from the vicarage of the Iwernes and Sutton Waldron in the Salisbury diocese He had been there since 1977
O. V. Notes, Post - 1945 Leavers
C.W. Anderton (Cr.58-64) has for the last two years been the Life Development Manager in Bristol of the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Company He is Vice-Chairman of the Clevedon Chess Club and publicity officer for the Clevedon Tennis Club
C.M.C. Andrews (Ch.63-68) is a Commercial Partner of Austin and Wyatt, a South Hampshire firm of Chartered Surveyors. He will gladly advise any young O.V. on a career in surveying Ring Southampton (0707) 334868
Dr M.J Andrews (W.66-72) has since September 1983 been working at Warwick University in the Macro-Economic Modelling Bureau and in March 1985 was awarded a Ph.D in Economics at London University where he was already M.Sc
M.J. Annable (Cl.68-78) has, since graduating in Mathematics at Oxford, been working with Bacon and Woodrow and at the early age of 27 has become a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
Sheena Asthana (Co.80-82) is in her third year reading Geography at St John's, Oxford She spent the Long Vacation in the Himalayas on a travel grant in connection with her studies
S.M. Bagnall (B.68-75) isworking as a Senior Stress Engineer for Rolls-Royce Ltd,Bristol He married Alison Manwaring (ex-W.G.G.S.) in 1982 and their son Mark is two years old. Stephen gained an M.Sc. at Birmingham University in July 1985 for research into 'Damping of Blade Vibration'
C.K. Bailey (B.74-81) obtained his B.Sc.. Honours degree at Exeter University in Botany and Geology in 1974
D H Bardsley (W.62-69) went out to Boulogne in 1984 to build a museum (Pompidou) and stayed in 1985 to build another (Louvre)
R.N Baylis (Ca.63-71) won the 1985 Cambridge Rock Band Competition as The Detective', the film of which was shown on B.B.C TVs 'Whistle Test' After working from Cambridge on the pre-construction stages of the main Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong and several visits there, he is now working for the Test Valley Council on remedial works
R.W. Baylis (Cl.56-64), once a mathematics master at St Paul's School, has graduated in Theology at the London Bible College and is now a fulltime elder at Coley Park Free Church, Reading
P.R.K. Beaumont (W.81-83) is in his final year at Queen Mary College, London, studying Engineering Geomorphology He rowed in the winning Trial Eight on 14 December 1984 and then in the London University Eight that won the National Championship and raced in Amsterdam, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland
A.J Bentall (Cr.53-64) has become Deputy Headmaster of the Lanesborough School, Guildford, the Junior School of the Royal Grammar School
G.W.T Bishop (DB.40-46) is headmaster of a very big primary School at Cannock, Staffordshire His son graduated at Cambridge last June
M.A.H. Boddington (S.55-58) continues as a consultant in agriculture and rural land planning at home and overseas His computer system was installed by Jeremy Nicholls (Cl.70-80).
Catherine Boulton (Co.80-82) was one of the Cambridge
University Undergraduate Geographical Expedition that spent ten weeks in Fiji and carried out four research projects She is now in her final year at St. John's, Cambridge.
T. Bray (Ca.56-59) established his own firm of Estate Agents at Kenilworth in 1982 He and his wife Maureen have two children, Jonathan (18) and Joanna (15)
C N Brentnall (Ca.72-77) graduated with an Upper Second at Birmingham University in 1981, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in July 1984 and is currently working for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co
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.T. Bridges (B.72-82) gained his B.Sc in Engineering Science and Technology at Loughborough University in 1985 and is in the Mechanical Engineering Department at M.E.L in Crawley, Sussex
T.J Bridges(W.69-79) added an M. A in Medieval Studies at York University in 1984 to his B.A in History at Exeter and has been Keeper of Archaeology in the Worcester City Museum since January 1985
Lt. Col. W.S.D. Burke (S.57-65) is commanding H Q 24 Transportation and Movements Regiment (London Gazette, 28 January 1985).
S. Campbell-Taylor (Ca.79-84) lives in Bearsden, Glasgow and is studying Agricultural Economics at Wye College, University of London
T.C Campion (Ca.68-78) is a house surgeon in Chelmsford, Essex under Mr Lloyd Rankin (Ca.42-46)
D.J. Carrell (Ca. 47-50) is a Group Personnel Director for the Littlewood Group and lives at Gayton, Wirral.
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.R Carter (Cr.68-70) is selling computers in London and supplied us with R. A Warburton's missing address
Dr. P.D.T. Cattermole (Master, 63-73) gained a Doctorate at London University in the Faculty of History for research into Norfolkchurches He is the Senior Mathematics Master at Norwich School and has two books on the stocks. He and his wife have two small daughters and live at Tharston. He has been taking boys to the Old Chapel A bad back has limited his bell-ringing
C.Y Chung (S.78-82) has spent the last year working in N.C.R Malaysia and now goes back to Huddersfield Polytechnic to complete a final year for his degree in Computing
S.J. Cleobury (Ch.58-67) Director of Music and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, took his famous choir to Canada and U.SA for three weeks last summer He and his wife Penny have two daughters, Suzannah and Laura. N.A. Cluley (Ch.60-67) continues to teach at Solihull School where he is Careers Master He is an active member of the Elim Pentecostal Church
J.J Cobley (S.75-80) is at Goldsmith College, London and coxed the winning Eight (with Peter Beaumont in it) in the University Trial Eights
W.A. Comyn (S.57-61) is back in the Midlands with Touche Ros and Co after fifteen years with them in London and abroad He is living in Barnt Green
S.R Connellan (W.75-82) graduated in Law at Reading University last July and is a trainee accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co. in Birmingham.
S.A Coward (B.74-81) completed an engineering apprenticeship with Heenan and Froude at Worcester and is now second engineer on the International Mission Society ship Doulos He is married to a German wife and domiciled in Germany
Dr G.J Cox (B.68-76) has added the medical degrees M.B., B.S to his London degree in Dental Surgery He gained a Certificate of Merit at King's College Hospital, London in medicine
R.A.K Cox (Cr 61-71) works in West Berlin for the educational publishers Cornelsen-Velhagen and Klasing He has been running for pleasure since 1984 and last May
ran the Frankfurt Marathon in 3 hrs 35 minutes, a time he hopes to better in the Berlin Marathon later He and his wife and son Daniel (10) have a flat next to the Grunewald Forest, where wild boars abound
S.M. Crowcroft (W.62-69) is working for I.C.I, as an Engineer on Pharmaceutical Division projects in the U.K and overseas His home is in Macclesfield where his wife Glenys and he have their two daughters Laura (5) and Julia (10)
M.J Darlington(H.40^16),a graduate of DurhamUniversity, taught at Rydal School till his recent retirement and now collects pictures and breeds roses at his home The Oaks, Berrow, Malvern
S.M Darlington (C1.60-70), Organist and Master of the Choristers at St Albans Cathedral, returned last September to Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford as Organist and Master of the Choristers and Student of Christ Church. It was there that he went with an Organ Scholarship from King's in 1970
O.J. Davidson (H.68-72) graduated B.Sc. in Agriculture at Bangor University, North Wales and in 1976 went back to Kenya as manager of a farm growing coffee and pineapples In 1983 he had a working holiday in Australia and New Zealand He and his wife are now living at Oxford
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.M.T Davies(H.69-80) graduated in English at Cambridge in 1984 as a Choral Scholar of St John's College and has now begun a four-year course at Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music with a view to an operatic career as a baritone
Lt Col C.R Day (CI 48-55) has moved to Headquarters (BR) Corps (London Gazette, June 85)
Dr. J.L. Derry (B.65-72) joined a group medical practice at Witney, Oxfordshire as a G.P in May 1985 and is living at Hailey, a village near by His wife Sheena is the sister of Dr D.I Lauckner (Ch.62-65)
Dr. J.M Dickinson (S.61-65) graduated in Sociologyat Kent in 1969, then gained an M.A in America at Washington in 1974 and then a Ph.D in Canada at Toronto He is now teaching at RiderCollege, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, U.S.A., but returns frequently to Shropshire
R.W.L. Edmonds(Ch.75-80),a Sussex University Geography graduate in 1984, is now working in Sutton Hospital as an Assistant Administrator and he and his wife live at 61 Bournemouth Road, Merton Park, London SW19 3AR
M.P Fardon (H 59-68) is nowa Lecturerin Business Studies at Worcester Technical College and lives in Lower Broadheath He published a banking book in September 1985.
A.M. Fegan (S.64-68) became an Australian citizen in 1984 and works in the Corporate Planning Division of the Victoria State Electricity Commission His address remains as in the 1984 Register
A.P Gale (W.56-66) trained at Harper Adams Agricultural College and then worked for companies involved in animal health and dairy hygiene products In 1984 he became his father's partnerat Flyford Flavel in LowerChurch Farm. He lives at 10 Elm Road, Drake's Broughton
D.A Gale (Cr.59-69) set up his own home-building business in the Notts/Derbyshire area in 1983, having had ten years working for large companies He gained a First in Civil Engineering at Birmingham University after leaving King's
Group Captain T. Garden (Cr.52-62) has assumed command of RA F Odiham in Hampshire, the centre of helicopter operations in the south He has completed his time as Director of Defence Studies at Bracknell and immersed himself in experience of Puma and Chinook helicopter flying
Rosalind Goodrich (Co.82-84) is reading Law at Girton
College, Cambridge She spent several months in Zimbabwe between school and college
N.P.W Grainge (S 66-73) is an architect working with Architects Co-Partnership at Exeter, where he lives with his wife Hilary and their two sons Edward (3) and Samuel (D-
G.H.W Griffith (S.65-70) is a chartered accountant and a partner in his family's firm at Sutton Coldfield and plays cricket and golf for Sutton Coldfield. He and his wife have three small sons.
Alison Gunton (Co.79-81) gained a Diploma for Personal Assistants and operated as one for a time, but has now begun a teacher training course at Wolverhampton Polytechnic
M.J Gunton (B.71-78), her brother, graduated in Modern Languages at Queen's College, Oxford and in 1985 gained the Master of Archive Administration degree at Liverpool University. He is now Assistant Archivist in the County Record Office at Norwich and enjoying himself
A Hambling (S.43-48) has been a master at Haileybury College since 1956 and a housemaster there from 1968 to 1983 and Head of History since 1970 Hislatest portfolio is as the College Appeal Director He and his wife Helen have a son Roderick (21) and daughter Philippa (19) He is a prominent Rotarian
Dr. C.R. Hamilton (S.67-72) qualified in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in 1977, married Penny in 1979 and spent 1983-5 on the staff of the Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada as a practising Radio Oncologist He will be back in 1986
Brigadier P.F.B. Hargrave, C.B.E., (H.44-52) has completed his tour of duty as Director of Army Recruiting and is now Second in Command at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
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.A.R.M Harris (Ca.47-55) directs his own furniture manufacture company He and his wife Anne have two daughters Catherine and Victoria and a son who entered King's with an Exhibition last year
S.C Harvey (H.69-79)graduated at Loughborough University of Technology in 1984 in Electronic Computer and Systems Engineering and has since been a Research and Development Engineer with Froude Consine's at Worcester
M.J Hershman (CI.67-74) has gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons and lives in Hackney
J.E Hewitt (Ch.66-71) has come back after six years in Africa as a civil engineer on irrigation and rural water supply projects. He will now spend a year taking an M.Sc. at the London Business School by way of re-training
M.J Hickling (Ca.65-72) is a Detective-Sergeant in the West Mercian police which he joined in 1974 He is on his way to an external London University LL.B degree He and his wife Yvonne have two sons, Daniel (6) and Benjamin (3), and they live in Hanbury Park, Worcester
N.P Hiley (Cr.69-76) has gained a Ph.D at Cambridge with a thesis on 'Making War : the British News Media and Government Control, 1914-16' He now has a Fellowship at Darwin College, Cambridge and is extending his media research backwards to 1895 and forward to 1960 His wife is a sister of M.C Smith (B.69-79) and R.J Smith (B.69-76)
J.W Hill (Ch.50-60) is teaching Modern Languages at Kenilworth School and holds a part-time lecturership at Warwick University
A.R Hitchman (Cr.69-76) lives in Worcester with his wife Angela and their one-year-old son Ian and works for Christian Salvesen (Food Services) Ltd. at Droitwich.
B.J Holbeche (S.63-68) serves the National Farmers Union as Parliamentary Secretary and spoke to good effect in the B.B.C. 'You The Jury' programme last year in defence of farmers versus planners
ML Homer (Cr.68-73, Master 79-85) has moved to Rossall School as Head of German He did much valuable work for the O.V Club on the Committee in the six years he taught at King's Lt Col. C.G Hook (H.50-59) has retired from the Army and taken up an appointment as Emergency Planning Officer at County Hall, Worcester. He and Pauline his wife would welcome O.V.sat Barton Cottage, Harcourt Road, Mathon, particularly O.V.s of the Fifties
D.E. Hope (Master 75-85) has moved to Bath to be Head of Geography at Prior Park
H.E Howell (H.45-50) is a dental surgeon and the father of A.F. Howell (H.81-84). They have lately moved house to 5 Castlegate Mews, Prestbury, Cheshire
A.W. Jackman (Cr.71-73) moved to New Jersey in 1984 and is Finance Director of a Trafalgar House Subsidiary in New York
C.N Jaques (Ch.75-85) has entered R.MA Sandhurst with an Army Scholarship Midshipman
D.A. Jaques (Ch.75-83) passed out of Dartmouth in April 1985 with distinction, winning the subject prize for Science and Mathematics and the Herbert Lott award for the best Combined Professional and Academic results for Full Career Midshipmen
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.M. Jones (Cl.49-54) moved early in 1985 from Retford to Leeds to continue his career with Rank Hovis Macdougall in West Yorkshire
Elene Karvik (Co.78-80) qualified as a nurse and is a children's Nanny in Manchester
E T Kemp (H.74-83) continues to act in O.U.D.S productions at Oxford, including Pride and Prejudice
D K Kennnedy (S.46-51) is an Associate in a West End firm of architects and his wife Kay teaches part-time and raises funds for churches and muscular dystrophy Their son Christopher took 'A'Levels and their daughter Sheena 'O Levels last summer
T.J.A. Key (Cl.64-73) after veterinary practice in London and Bristol is now at Wolfson College, Oxford in order to research nutrition and cancer at the Radcliffe Infirmary
M.J. Kirk (Ca.53-63) lives at 603 Drew Lane, Carmel, New York 10512, U.SA, and markets high power electron tubes to the American radio and television networks for E.E.V Incorporated (a subsidiary of G.E.C.)
J.D Langdon (H.52-61), a former Organ Scholar at King's College, Cambridge, provided 'additional material' for the two Radio 4 hilarious performances by the Cambridge Buskers on 7 Aug and 14 Aug 1985
J.P.A. Larkin (S.78-83) led the St Edmund Hall Christian Union at Oxford and rowed in the Hall first eight and in the Cherwell Eight (a Universitycrew) at Henley He is reading Geology and spent August in Italy as part of his course
N.B.P. Lawson (S.74-79) completed his lengthy Recruit and Commando Royal Marine courses last June and is now stationed at Arbroath with45 Commando R.M., the Norway Commando.
Major N.G.P Lawson (S.43-47) has added a commission in the Home Service Force to his commitments with the Territorial Army at Grantham, Lincolnshire
Dr. B.N.T Leeman (Ca.59-64) was awarded a D.Phil, with Distinction by Bremen Universityin December 1984 for his thesis on guerilla movements in Lesotho and South Africa and spent 1985 in New Guinea writing course material for Distance Education
Dr. B.B. Letham (Ch.64-74) qualified in medicine at Bristol University in 1979, married in 1981 and since 1983 has been in general practice at Newbury
Angela Lloyd-James (Co.78-80) graduated BA with a First in Applied Photography at Middlesex Polytechnic and is winning awards and building a reputation as an ace
photographer based on Hereford and Worcester She lives in Great Witley
I.R. Ludwig (B.69-77) is in his second year as the Manager of Trentside Insurance Brokers Ltd in St Nicholas Street, Worcester
P.G Mackie (Ca.73-84) is reading History at Goldsmith College, London University and is in his second year
N.J.H Matty (B.61-68) graduated at Aston University and was a site manager for Bovis He was then a computer analyst and programmer at G.C.H.Q Cheltenham and is now a senior systems analyst for Inter-Europe Technical Services in Cheltenham and lives near by at 4 Wyatt Close, Shepton Oliffe
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.M. Mayall (Cl.68-75), as RikMayall, runs the Group called The Young Ones' with enormous success.
Dr. R.E. McCune (DB.54-59) is a General Practitioner in London and Medical Officer to the Surrey County Cricket Club at Kennington Oval He trained in King's College Hospital
R.H. Metcalfe (H.57-62) works mostly offshore for a hydrographic survey company based on Aberdeen. He lives in Durham and in his leisure time onshore he rows at Aberdeen and at Durham He met Ian Bomphrey (Ca.67-70) rowing at Aberdeen and would be happy to meet any O.V at Aberdeen or Durham His brother, Philip Metcalfe (H.6368), also lives at Durham
Dr. N.R.H Millard (Ch.64-69) is a GP in Malvern and was one of the three G.P.s who ran in a Half-Marathon at Redditch last September to raise money for the Asthma Society's research programme with Fison Pharmaceuticals as sponsors
Dr M.C.W Minchin (Cr.59-66) is now Section Leader in Biochemical Pharmacology at Wyeth Research, Taplow, Maidenhead He continues to live in Oxford and lecture in Pharmacology at Queen's College, Oxford which he entered with an Open Exhibition in Biology from King's in 1967
K.J Morgan (B.74-82) boxed for Oxford University in 19834-5 and is now Captain He has been on the edge of the University Rugby team and he rowed for Balliol in Torpids last March
Dr. M.J Morris (W.71 -78) followedup his First in Chemistry at Bath University with a Ph.D in 1985 after research into organometallic chemistry
T.J. Morris (Ca.67-71) qualified as an architect in 1978 from Manchester Polytechnic, lives at 69 Campbell Road, Twickenham and practices with D.M. Davies Associates in Richmond, Surrey He deals mainly with office, industrial and retail development He and his wife Julia married in 1980
R Moss-Norbury (S.57-60) lives in Canada in Kanata, Ontario and plays cricket still, though he has given up keeping wicket His son Pat (16) also plays when he can spare time from baseball. He has opened a restaurant two blocks from Parliament Hill and has his eye on the Governor General's lawn for future cricket
R.W Needham (B.55-62) is the Customer Service Engineer for the Midlands Electricity Board at Shrewsbury He was again an umpire and linesman at the L.T A Championships at Wimbledon In October he played the title role in the musical, Hans Andersen.
A.R Oates (Cr.68-75) spent last year at York University adding a postgraduate Certificate of Education to his modern languages degree at Stirling and his years on the continent He is now teaching French, Spanish and Russian at Eton College
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.C Owen (Cl.75-84) worked in New Zealand in the first nine months of 1985 and is now a freshman reading Modern History at Oxford
R.B. Parkes (Cl.60-68), after graduating at Cambridge, was a
abroad with the Overseas Development Authority.
Father Martin L Smith, S.S.J.E (S.62-65) has taken United States citizenship after some years in the American branch of the Society of St John the Evangelist He wrote the centenary history of the Society and his new book 'Reconciliation' was published in U.SA last September and will be published in the U.K
R.J Smith (B.69-76) is now working for Logica, having worked before that for Marconi He read German and Philosophy at Oxford, gained a First in 1981 and enjoys applying his mind to computers.
M.E. Spence (W.65-70) works for the Hereford and Worcester County Council developing a Property Information Data-base in the Computer Department Dr. P.F.X. Statham (CI.67-75) is now a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and works at Hull as a Registrar in Neurosurgery
R.F. Subiotto (Ca.74-79) has been awarded a Kennedy Scholarship at Harvard University 1985-86 to read for a Master of Laws degree there. These scholarships were founded in 1966 as a British memorial to President John F Kennedy and are tenable by British graduates under the age of 26 at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology There were seven this year
F.S. Sutcliffe (Master, 53-68) is Head of Biology at the Scarborough Sixth Form College and is to spend the Hilary Term of 1986 at Queen's College, Oxford as a School Teacher Fellow researching into the history of Biology Rev A.C Swindell (Cr.59-69),Rector of the Harlaxton Group of parishes near Grantham, Lincolnshire has been made Rural Dean of Grantham
A.W.J Tayldr (B.67-74) graduated M.Sc in Pharmaceutical Studies at Aston University and works as a Pharmacist at Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester
Catherine Taylor (Co.81-83) rowed at Oxford in the St. Catherine's College Ladies First Eight
D.H Taylor (Cr.59-69) graduated in Science at Nottingham University and runs a factory in Somerset
D.F. Thomas (S.56-66) has been with Standard Telephones and Cables since 1980 and general manager of the Falkirkbased S.T.C Exacta since 1981 The Scotsman carried a fullpage article about him on 13 December 1984, the day a 30,000 sq.ft. factory was opened to manufacture the high technology multi-layer printed cricuit boards in which the company is the U.K market leader
C.N Thompson (H.61-65) lives at 76 Brookside Drive, New Providence, New Jersey 07974, U.S.A., with Judy his wife and works for Merck and Co, the pharmaceutical company
C.J.L Thorne (Ca.69-74) is still with Belling, Lee Inter Ltd of Enfield, but has changed from Projects Engineer to Sales and Marketing Contractor for the firm's specialist high performance electrical radio frequency filters. His son Jonathan (1) has T.D Houlding (Ch.69-74) as a godfather.
Rev. P. Towner (Master, 73-78) has moved from the Southwell Diocese to be Vicar of St Owen, Jersey in the diocese of Winchester
D.G.H Townsend (S.68-73) is already a Bank Manager in Barclays Bank
P. Trepte (Master, 76-81), who left to be Director of Music at St Mary's, Warwick and a master at Warwick School is the new Qrganist and Master of the Choristers at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk.
D.T. Tudge (CI.44-52) was Treasurer of British Telecom, but has now moved to Washington D.C as Deputy DirectorGeneral of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation.
J.A.F. Tyson (Ca.72-78) was in the air in his balloon over his father's farm at Llanbedr on 13 July 1985 when he spotted the King's School minibuses crawling below! It was in fact
the first day of the school holidays and they were on a Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition
R.F. Underwood (Ch.68-79) is a market research executive in, London, currently working for Survey Research Associates in Covent Garden He had previously worked for National Opinion Polls.
T.L Vivian (Master, 57-77) has made a beautifully designed and painted map of Pershore which is posted on the picnic site near the bridge, and near the Vivians' home, 47 Bridge Street
P
.D.C. Vyvyan-Robinson (S.74-76) works in the City with l.C.L as Account Manager for the London Lloyds Insurance market, having spent 1978-80 in a Lloyds syndicate He has dived for treasure off the Azores and worked on oil rig construction off N W Scotland Currently he is commissioned in the Honourable Artillery Company and won the Best Young Officer Prize in 1984
R.A. Warburton (W.63-73) is a stockbroker in London with Laurie Milbank and lives at 40 Cromford Road, SW18
J Watkins (Ch.52-59) has taken The New Inn at Bridgnorth in St Mary's Street, the street where his home has been for some time when on leave from the Middle East or Indonesia or Papua New Guinea
A S Watson (Cr.58-67) lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent where he is a partner in the firm of Solicitors Thompson, Snell and Passmore
H.J. Watson (DB.41-48)retired last August after long service with the Standard Chartered Bank ending as General Manager with responsibility for European operations. He is now settling down at Warminster in Wiltshire.
J Waugh (S.78-82) plans to marry next August by which time he should have gained his M A degree at Edinburgh University His fiancee is a student nurse at Inverness
S.S Wetherall (Cl.78-83) left Welbeck in July with prizes in mathematics, workshop practice and adventurous training He enters R.M.A., Sandhurst in January 1986
Dr. R.E. Wetson (W.60-65) is a General Practitioner at Steyning, West Sussex
C.J Whittingslow (W.80-82) gained an Upper Second in Economics at Bath University and is working for a stockbroking firm in Bristol
B E Wilkes (DB.43-49)is Technical Sales Director of Metal Construction in Worcester He is also President of the Worcester R.F.C., for whom he played scrum-half and for the North Midlands
M.B Wilkes (W.72-77) is an estate agent in Bournemouth with Bullock and Mead He and his wife live at 40 Fenton Road, Southbourne
D.K. Winter (B.75-82) has joined Dowty Group Services Ltd at Arle Court, Cheltenham on an approved four-year training scheme that leads to his becoming a Chartered Engineer He will go on playing hockey for the Worcester Norton Club.
Lord Wolfson, formerly Sir Leonard Wolfson (Cr.45-52), was created a Life Peer in April 1985 He is Chairman of the Wolfson Trust and of Great Universal Stores Merchandise Corporation. He is married with four daughters.
A.C.C. Wong (S.75-82) graduated in Chemistry at Imperial College, London in 1985 and is now researching there for a Ph.D
P Wong (S.75-78) graduated B.Sc in Nuclear Engineering at Queen Mary College, London in 1981 and M.Sc in Nuclear Physics at Birmingham University after that He is now working for the Sabah Gas Industries in Malaysia and his address with them is "Locked Bag II, Labuan FT., East Malaysia"
CM Wood (DB.45^19) is Director of Paragon Print Ltd at Barbourne Road, Worcester and before that was Chief Administrative Officer of Bromsgrove District Council
N.R. Woodward (DB.43-46)joined Barclays Bank on leaving
School House Missing Addresses
With the Centenary of School House only two years away it would be helpful if the addresses of the following missing Life Members from School House could be communicated to Michael Craze
