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School Notes
As I write this, I am sitting in my study just five years after we first moved to Worcester - and that makes one realise not merely how fast time passes in a position which one enjoys but also how much has happened in those five years Amongst other things, the School is significantly larger, and so is the staff; there are twice as many girls in the Sixth Form; public examinations at 16+ have changed out ofall recognition; a great deal has been built, and more is planned At the same time, the key aims of the School and the central values which it strives to impart remain the same, just as the vital academic core of our curriculum stays unchanged despite the way in which fads and fashions among educational theorists come and go This combination of what is central and unchanging with the best of the new is essential - and symbolised by the fact that our building work has included essential renovation of our old buildings, including College Hall, as well as vital new projects like the Theatre.
Last year saw two very significant innovations The first was the commissioning and use of the Theatre There have been some excellent productions, led by Joseph Andrews, and the year was greatly enlivened by the House Drama festival and the Staff Pantomime; you will read about them elsewhere in The Vigornian. But it is used in many other ways It is a pleasure to be able to talk to large groups in comfort and to listen to lectures or have General Studies sessions there rather than in the difficult acoustics of College Hall or the crowded environment of Passey Hall Stephan Le Marchand and Peter Diamond have been at the centre of a great deal of activitywhich has made all this possible
The second dramatic change reached its climax with the first set of GCSE examinations Preparing for them has proved to be hard work for all involved, pupils and staff, but in a number of subjects it has been liberating and stimulating We have faced most of the problems which have been aired (and often exaggerated) in the Press, but nothing has proved insuperable The results, which have just arrived, have justified our confidence in our pupils and shown how well the staff have adapted to the new demands made on them and acquired the necessary new skills The A-C rate (the equivalent of the old 'pass rate', a concept which has now been officially abolished) is 3% up on previous O level results, and 64% of all the grades awarded were As or Bs This is excellent At A level, too, we have had a very successful year - a record 96% pass rate, and 50% A and B grades - up on last year It is particularly encouraging that such excellent A level results were achieved with a larger number of pupils taking more subjects than in the past Outstanding results included those of Ian Nicholls (A1A1A1), Shyam Ranganathan (AA A A), and Lindsey Matthews and John Padley (both A l A l A B); in addition to them, Carmen Chan, Susan Cutbill, Julian Dixon, Mark Edwards, Mark Lewis, Tim Randle and Adam Thompson got at least three A grades. At the time of writing, not allUniversity and Polytechnic places have been sorted out, but it is clear that at least 14 of this year's A level candidates have places at Oxford and Cambridge, and approaching 100 in total are going on to degree courses. This is a record of which any school would be very proud, and one which reflects the high level of commitment of staff and pupils
The year has also been busy in many other ways and you will find the details later I was particularly delighted by a first class year for the Boat Club, including three major
victories for the First VIII, a very successful Rugby season, and some excellent results in Hockey and other games
There has also been an active social programme The Centenary of School House was celebrated in February with an excellent dinner and an impressive gathering of old members of the House; it was a very happy evening and the House is now decorated with an excellent plaque commemorating the event It was made by Martin Lorenz (OV), and presented to Marc Roberts at the dinner Then there was the best Fete ever This was the last School Fete to be run by Peter Underwood, who has been on the Development Committee for over 25 years, and its Chairman for 14 He has been tireless in his support of the School, and we are more grateful than we can say for all that he has done for us
Other changes have also occurred John Turner has given up Chappel House after over 19years He has run an excellent House, and has been a wise counsellor and friend to many generations, as well as a stalwart in staff discussions and Housemasters' meetings. Ian Brown too has given up Choir House after 10 years during which he and Maureen have been tireless in their care of those in Choir, and run the sort of House which all parents wish to have their boysjoin It is excellent that we shall still benefit from the expertise of John and Ian in the years to come John is now free to give his formidable attention fully to the new post of Senior Master, and I look forward to working closely with him in the years to come Ian still has much to do here, not least on the Appeal Stephan Le Marchand is taking over Chappel and Russell and Sue Mason have moved in to Choir; I am sure that they will maintain the high standards of their predecessors
Tributes appear elsewhere to all the staff who have moved on; here I shall single out two of them. Martin Worster has only been with us for three years, but has had a considerable impact, both as a respected member of a strong Geography department and also as a rowing coachmuch of the success in that area which you will read of later in The Vigornian is due to his enthusiasm and drive Donald Anderton has retired after 30 years here, for 24of which he has been Housemaster of Bright I shall not attempt to summarise in the brief space available to me all that he did over that period Suffice it to say here that I have valued enormously his devotion to his House and care of the members of it, and his wide-ranging and thoughtful teaching, as well as his skill in so many extra-curricular fields. We shall miss him greatly, and wish him and Freda a long and happy retirement
Finally, a word about the Appeal As I said on King's Day, the situation at the moment can be summed up as 'so far, so good' We are immensely grateful to all those who have contributed already We are about halfway to our target, and have therefore decided that Ian Brown should continue for another year as Appeal Director He will be chasing those who have not yet contributed I cannot stress too much that we are not necessarily looking for big donations (though they are of course more than welcome!); a large number of small covenants is allthat we need to achieve our target - and it is our objective to get there by next June
So, a lot is happening, and there is a great deal more to do The School is in good shape, and looking forward confidently to the challenges of the next twelve months
John M Moore
Martin Worster
'Tin 1 , as his first crew knew him, came to us as a trained-teacher 'accountancy-dropout' who had earlier studied Geography at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He had learned to row at Cambridge, and it is significant that he, though a novice, was elected Captain of his college boat club - a severe testing ground and perfect preparation for the slings and arrows which were to assail him here
Martin came to join the Geography department where he was promptly given the task of teaching Atmospherics - a notoriously challenging topic customarily assigned to newcomers as a never-ending initiation rite. Martin survived and flourished. He also flourished on the river, proving himself an excellent coach and a wise leader. In his final year with us he ran the Boat Club with firm but tactful grip. In his short spell as tutor to Creighton House we were impressed though not surprised by the energy and care he put into his pastoral work
He is a man of integrity and humour whose openness, unselfishness and pure enthusiasm for hard work has made a deep impression. Both he and his wife Sylvia will be missed by us all. We wish them a safe journey across the deserts of Africa and a happy two years at Hillcrest Secondary School in Nairobi.
T.E.W
Julie
Bennett
Julie taught in the Chemistry department for two years during which time she attacked the task with enthusiasm and energy She used her contacts in the universities and in industry to arrange a series of interesting visits and lectures for pupils, which we hope will continue, was involved with the production of 'The Biz', and was a stimulating General Studies tutor
She has decided to leave the teaching profession to work as a financial advisor.
J.L.K.B.
Simon Fletcher
Simon Fletcher's relatively short stay at King's proved the truth of the notion that quality rather than length of service is of the essence In his year with us he chose to involve himself in a large variety of activities; one could always guarantee a chance meeting with a pupil who had been excited by his own brand of scholarship or by his peculiar and challenging concern with the broadening aspects of a liberal education He questioned, in a spirit of civilised enquiry, the fundamental assumptions on which schools such as King's are based and, at the same time, contributed wholeheartedly to its ethos On the games field, in the theatre, beavering away at the independent newspaper, 'The Biz', on a Friday afternoon, as a house tutor in Hostel house, let alone as a conscientious and inspiring teacher in the English classroom, Simon always proved a loyal colleague and a rich influence on the lives of the young people with whom he came into contact George Bernard Shaw has, often enough, been enjoyed as the jibester of the teacher who can't do; Simon, proved himself well able to teach in the very best and broadest sense of the word, and now goes on to do, too, as a
freelance writer. With publications to his credit already, he can expect the success which is born both of craft and perception and of the humanity and care which he showed to colleagues and students alike while he was here We all wish him well and thanks P.G.D
Derek Smith
When Derek joined us in the September 1987 he brought with him a mixture of recently gained teaching experience and a wealth of industrial knowledge. At a time when the relevance of Chemistry to our everyday lives is becoming so important, his knowledge of the Chemical 'Real world' was particularly valuable Indeed, his background not only helped with Chemistry teaching but also allowed him to make a very positive contribution to the teaching of General Studies
Derek put a lot of effort into his first year in teaching and his charges gained a lot of insight into the subject through his endeavours He managed to combine the normal subject matter with much of interest from industry Derek's appearance on the school video illustrated his liking for the more spectacular demonstrations (The black marks on the roof of the advanced lab bear witness to this) After this performance it was rumoured that Derek was the first member of the Chemistry Department to obtain an Equity card
Derek's connection with the performing arts did not end with the School video He ran the Worcester Schools' Sixth Form Cin ema Club whilst he was with us
Derek contributed a lot to the Chemistry Department during his brief stay here, and we all wish him well in his new appointment at Dean Close School, Cheltenham
Paul Essenhigh (O.V.)
It seems only a short time ago that I was pestering Paul for his 'past history' to publish in the new staff section of last year's Vigornian. He returned to King's, having been at the school as a boy, on a two term temporary contract (which, happily, was extended to the full year) to teach P.E. and Games, and it wasn't long before he was living up to his school nickname of 'Keen Paul'
He threw himself into the life of the school and left a favourable impression on all who came into contact with him, boys and staff alike
He adapted his teaching well; from extreme patience with the eight-year-olds in the Sports Hall, to enthusiasm and good humour on cold and wet Fifth Form Games sessions
He made outstanding contributions to school Rowing and Rugby and approached his role of School House tutor with his usual commitment and energy Apparently Bishop's School Hereford is keeping him busy - but I don't imagine 'K.P.' minds too much We wish him well
D.P.I
J.T.W.
Community Service
This past year, as in previous years, the small Fifth Form Community Service group was active on Friday afternoons, as part of the Friday afternoon activities programme. While the weather held out, a great deal of time was spent in digging and tidying the gardens of old people in need in the city and outlying villages When the weather closed down and gardens had ceased to offer us any work, the group was very profitably engaged in the 'Access Project', a survey undertaken to find out the facilities offered by the shops and other buildings in the city centre to handicapped people and people in wheelchairs As part of the group's preparation for this project, the organiser, himself in a wheelchair, got each member to sit in his wheelchair and to operate it, or attempt to, so that they could see for themselves the difficulties experienced by handicapped persons in some of our public buildings Just this brief experience alone may well have been a considerable educational experience for some of the group Due to the great concentration on this survey, most of the shops in the city have now been covered Other activitiesincluded our regular service with the meals service at Newton Hospital One boy assisted Thornton House specialschool in its activities at the Arts Workshop
I would like to appeal to any parents or friends who know of needs to let me know at the School While Friday afternoon suits the School, not all the social services activities in Worcester require our services on Friday Several projects have had to be discontinued over the years because of lack of funds for social service It is not always easy to marry the needs of people to the service that our boys can offer, but there is a great deal of talent available and the group is able and willing to be of service, ifonly for an hour and a half on Friday afternoon G.N L
Newsday 1988
The 'Newsday' project is run by the Times Newspaper Network on a specified day each year when schools and colleges compete with each other to produce their own daily newspaper from news sources which include a direct computer link with a network in London This year's day was 29th September and, for the first time, King's was one of 100+ schools from all round the world chosen to take part
The terms of the competition were fairly liberal and, because of the postal strike which happened just when preparatory material was due to be delivered, rather vague We set out to:-
i) produce our own newspaper with a run of 500 copies by 5 p.m that day;
ii) produce an edition of 12 pages in tabloid form;
iii) sell the copies at 20 p each both directly to members of the school and their parents who would have ordered their copies in advance and through commercialoutlets in the city which we had already invited to distribute them;
iv) imitate the normal processes of newspaper publishing by selling our own advertising
The project could not have gone ahead without the advice and enthusiasm of David Griffin of the Worcester Evening News which proved invaluable, nor without the benefit of a 'Dry Run' day the week before when we were able to make all manner of mistakes and to learn from them
The team of reporters, newsmen, editors and designers was directed firmly and good-naturedly by Emma
Robinson with J.M.R. with the technological expertise, and P.G.D., supplying a literary ambience, holding a watching but by no means interventionary brief. From 8 a.m there was a business-like activity in the newsroom From the daily newspapers, Teletext, BBC radio and the network the news poured in for editing, rewriting and shaping to suit the format and the house style of 'The King's Herald' Each reporter has his own story and its required length, say 350 words; the sub-editors and designers worked away at deciding how much copy they wanted, where in the paper it would go, the style and disposition of the pages, how to accommodate advertisements and photographs which, even then, our own photographers were developing and printing ready for inclusion
It was efficient, excitingand, at times, quite tense. Overin the corner was the last line of production - Nick Balch making up the pages on the Apple Mackintosh pagemaker programme. Decisions were made; the centre spread was approved and printed - the cathedral appeal, articles on martial arts and freemasonry and a fashion page were included in those fixed elements which were unlikely to change whatever the days news - and by lunchtime we had half a newspaper, almost The sports pages were easy, too, once Daley Thompson's unsuccessful defence of his decathlon title in Seoul was resolved; the Olympic news provided ample national interest There were some agonised moments when reporters saw their favourite interest axed before the storm of more topical issues; an interview with Jack Bannister about the abortive, and now aborted, MCC tour of India, fell prey to the more newsworthy England hockey team's bid for gold We waited anxiously for the latest bulletin about the Japanese emperor's health - would he change the front page? After lunch a hiatus; the raw material was all in, headlines written and a logjam developing as the pages were made up and then printed
We knew, by now, that good newsmen print the front and back page last but, also, that you had to have deadlines for that operation, too Emma had decided to lead with the space launch of the American 'Discovery' which that morning had been planned to take place well within our deadline As it happened it was delayed and we committed ourselves to print with the rather un-newsworthy information that the lift-off had been held back by high winds At 4.37 p.m we were well on target for our 5 p.m deadline when we heard that the spacecraft had at last taken off To go for our intended schedule or reorganise the whole of the front page and catch the hot news? We went for the latter The final hour was an agony of excitement; the front page changed, re-shaped, re-printed and the whole paper stuck together - A3 sheets had to be attached to each other by hand to produce a tabloid format 5.55 p.m and the first copy of the first, possibly the only edition of 'The King's Herald' is out on the streets; the newsagents to whom we had promised an allocation were selling that evening As 1 bought my copy of a national newspaper the following morning on my way to a very early London train, I noted with some quiet satisfaction that it did not even mention the successful space launch. A scoop or not, the newsday 'Herald' was a tremendously exciting venture; like the dragonfly, news survives in all its glory for such a short time Sic transit gloria mundi but, boy, was it worth while!
P.CD
Brittany Trip Easter 1987
This trip promised - at least in the advance publicity - to 'bring to life' the imaginary world of the French text book and broaden the minds of the 41 boys of the Upper and Lower Fourth who participated The first problem was, however, simply to get the group safely into France Simple enough on the face of it, but as any teacher will tell you, it is often difficult enough to get three boys from classroom A to classroom B without major incident As it happened, nobody forgot their passport - not even a member of staff - nobody was ill, nobody was injured (except Gary Murphy, but that doesn't count because it happened before he arrived at school) Since the coach had to leave at 4.30 in the morning I (naively in retrospect) agreed to turn the gym into a dormitory and give parents the opportunity to bring their sons into school that night before wc left. Let us simply say of the night that young boys are clearly able to survive on much less sleep than rapidly ageing members of staff
The crossing was safely negotiated - well, it was by the staff anyway I wouldn't like to vouch for the girls who were hunted round the ship by packs of King's School boys who had apparently come across the female of the species for the first time (This fascination had not worn off by the time we made the return journey It wouldn't be fair to single out individuals in this respect so I won't mention David Tulacz or Simon "Would you like a photograph of me?' Blyth). When we arrived at the hotel we found everything living up to our expectations - although some of the boys were not entirely sure about sharing a double bed with their classmates. I certainly won't mention any of the names brought up in some dubious discussions about the possibilities raised by this arrangement There was also clearly a degree of trepidation about what might be served for our first meal, but the hotel had obviously catered for British schoolboys before and produced a blend of French and English cuisine which appealed to the boys
Over the three full days of our stay we made a number of visits - to Mont St Michel, to the Bayeux tapestry, a trip
unfortunately sabotaged to some extent by the presence of a party of girls, but which was appreciated by the boys as a piece of living history We also had a guided tour inFrench of the historic town of Dinan I'd like to report that all the boys were fully able to understand this tour without help Unfortunately that would be completely untrue (Actually I'd like to report that the author understood some of the technical terms used by our guide, but that would also be untrue Never mind - I don't think the boys noticed) We also spent time in the old part of St Malo where the boys were able to buy gifts for parents, brothers and sisters (or was it newly acquired girlfriends?)
In the absence of a local market, the daily lunch buying ritual centred round a nearby hypermarket It may surprise those parents who have had to endure the ordeal of dragging their sons kicking and screaming on shopping trips to Tesco that the idea of pushing trolleys round French supermarkets seemed fascinating The fact that they were French seemed to make a difference - all part of the mind-broadening exercise I mentioned at the start I think that they were safely kept away from the shelves of wine, largely because they would have had to push their way past the staff as they tried to decide whether to buy the local plonk at three francs a litre or splash out on something really expensive at ten francs I'm not sure how much French was used on these occasions but most of them seemed to end up with what they wanted so whatever system they used must have worked
The other activities all seemed to go down well The talent contest threw up some star performers - David Lloyd and Ewan Jeffrey whose comedy routine 'Alas Lloyd and Jeffrey' was a unanimous winner; various magicians, most of whom seemed as baffled by the intricacies of their tricks as the audience, and an interesting sketch involving the impersonation of a dog, the exact details of which escape me At the end of the day I'm not sure whether their text books were brought to life - there were no reported sightings of Monsieur Marsaud or Marie-France or Monsieur Lafayette the absent-minded professeur. The boys who came on the trip did, however, seem to enjoy the experience, which was the main aim of taking them Let us hope they are encouraged to return in the future.
I should like to give special mention to James Forrester and James Eaves, who five months ago promised to write this report from the boys' point of view They didn't That's why I am writing it five days after the deadline for articles for The Vigornian Mentioned in despatches also is Philip Turner who confounded medical science and got into the Guiness Book of Records by talking non-stop from the moment he arrived until the moment he was gratefully returned to his parents Thanks to those who came with me to supervise and help - my wife, who I must mention otherwise she'll probably stop my pocket money, to Anthony Clemit, particularly for pretending to know less French than he actually doesjust so I could show off and to Martin and Sylvia Worster, whose departure from King's in July hopefully had nothing to do with their experiences in France
Lower Fourth Old Chapel Trip 1988
The adventure began when after School, everybody changed into 'camp clothes' Trouble with the trailer's lamps delayed the trip, but after many a fiddling with the wires, we got going. One minibus was laden with various knapsacks, hiking boots and other adventure equipment.
After driving for about 2 hours the minibuses rolled up at the Old Chapel No, sorry, not at the Old Chapel but about a hundred yards away which meant lugging bag after bag down the fairly steep slope We were exhausted by the time we had finished and a mountain of backpacks and luggage lay in front of the Old Chapel We were told then to sit on the wet grass (!) and listen to the teachers It was great fun assembling the medley of coloured tents We worked up an appetite, so it was lucky that sandwiches were supplied Afterwards, we had a brief exploration of the stream The water was ice-cold A dark forest lay over on the other side which circulated rumours of a ghost The forest was our main source of firewood. The Chapel was an old grey-stoned building The inside was full of dusty beams, and a small balcony overlooked the main section of the building For breakfast we had small packet cereals, which tasted delicious, and we had to rinse our plates and the breakfast bowls in the river The bowls were easy to rinse out, but the plates took ages! We were split into 3 groups We all did the activities, but at different times
The first group went abseiling, rock-climbing and ponytrekking The abseiling involved lowering yourself down a 120 foot viaduct
it was scary, but only if you looked down. Sometimes the wind blew you round the pillars' said Alex Jenkins 'The rock-climbing was difficult, because it rained' said Marcus Gibson
The scenery was great around the rock-face, there were trees and mountains everywhere Next we went ponytrekking I had a horse called 'Flicker' which wouldn't slow down It rained again Some of the ponies were extremely slow, whilst others raced along It was a good day, but extremely wet! Next day we did a walk under some waterfalls We followed the stream as it wandered down the valley, stopping at some rocks to eat lunch After this, surprise, surprise, it rained again There were huge muddy puddles everywhere! We did some orienteering later
It was, in my opinion, a great 4 days!
Ewan Jeffrey
Upper Fourth Hadrian's Wall Trip: A Diary 1988
Tuesday 12th July
We left Shrub Hill early in the morning for Birmingham, where we missed the train for Newcastle; so we had to catch the next connection, which caused us to be an hour behind schedule After finally arriving at Newcastle we walked to the Museum of Classical Archaeologywhere we saw, amongst other things, a huge model of Hadrian's Wall After this we went to Corbridge on the train We walked about a mile to see the remains of a fort Then we walked a further 5 miles to Acomb Youth Hostel, where we played football with some Geordies who beat us 17-1
Wednesday 13th July
Today was the day everyone dreaded, a 16 mile walk to Once Brewed YH : en route we visited Chesters, Brocolitia, and Houseteads Forts When we arrived at Once Brewed we discovered it was luxury compared to the previous night's hostel
Thursday 14th July
Two people left us at breakfast to go home, due to migraine and nausea, respectively We went to the settlement of Vindolanda, and then walked back through Once Brewed to get to the wall. En route to Greenhead Y H (8 miles) we saw Greatchesters fort, the 'Nine Nicks' and the Roman Army Museum When we arrived at Greenhead YH we were greeted by Germans and asked if we would like to go to the pub with them!
Friday 15th July
We walked 9 miles to Brampton and visited Poltross Burn fort and Birdoswald settlement Poltross Burn fort was interesting because it is the best preserved Roman remains in the area When we got to Brampton we got on to a bus which took us to Carlisle We had some spare time and then caught a bus to Carlisle YH Here, some ordered Fish and Chips from the snack meal service
Saturday 16th July
Last Day!!! We went into Carlisle to buy final souvenirs We left at midday and spent all afternoon on the train B Reeves and T Pawsey.
The 1988 Trireme Trials
The school noticeboard was the starting place for my own interest in the trireme As the shortest oarsman in the (King's School) First Eight, my attention was naturally drawn when an advertisement for short oarsmen appeared, under the auspices of a mysterious organisation known as the Trireme Trust. After a few months of correspondence I found myself in Greece in the second week of the summer holidays with a suitcase full of rowingkit and T-shirts from Spartan Sports, ready to board the reconstructed warship that had formed the backbone of the naval fleet in the Aegean five hundred years before Christ After experiencing the difficulty in getting eight oarsmen to row together, I envisaged with some horror the problems with a hundred and seventy, rowingon three different levels But let us start at the beginning, for the story leading up to my own Trireme adventure is as fascinating as rowing in the Trireme itself
The Trireme Adventure really began with a correspondence in 'The Times' in 1975, consisting of some twenty eight letters from the Vesta Rowing Club, professors, mariners, thriller writers, and peers; people, in short, from all professions with varying degrees of knowledge about the relevant issues and sources The main correspondent was John Morrison, the originator, in reaction to an article dismissingthe use of the Trireme as a rowing ship John Morrison replied that the ancient Greeks would never have passed up the opportunity to use oars to control what was described in Greek literature as a spear, fifty tons in weight and capable of speeds of up to twelve knots Mr Leach, the author of the article, replied, with incredulity, that the Trireme could never be capable of speeds of up to twelve knots under oar Vesta Rowing Club vowed to replace their existing racing fleet with triremes should this prove true The correspondence was extended into many different areas such as the design of the quinquireme, made popular by John Masefield's poem 'Cargoes', the use of hashish as a stimulant for the crew, and Spanish galleys, but the main part of the correspondence was concentrated on a detailed analysisof maximum speeds Mr Desmond Bagley stated that 1090 oarsmen would be required to propel a trireme at such speeds Professor Gordon of the University of Reading agreed with John Morrison that 170 oarsmen could propel the ship at eleven and a half knots in short bursts No conclusion was reached but eventually the correspondence was concluded by John Morrison and the 'Trireme controversy', as it was later called, was brought to an end
Some years later, in 1982, Frank Welsh and John Morrison got in touch with a retired naval architect John Coates, the designer of the County Class destroyers used by the Royal Navy John Coates' enthusiasm and optimism, matching as it did that of John Morrison and Frank Welsh, were as essential as his expertise There is no space here to describe in detail the construction of the Trireme, the raising of half the costs by the Trireme Trust or the international conferences, which are alldescribed in detail in 'The AthenianTrireme' by J.S. Morrison and J.F. Coates (Cambridge, 1986) and 'Building the Trireme' by Frank Welsh (Constable, 1988) This is an account of the Trireme Trials in 1988, which followed extremely successful trials in 1987
The Trireme as it was originally constructed was a wooden ship slightly over 37 metres, with three levels of oarsmen, with about 85 people on each side The original Greek naming system for each layer was retained, the top tier being called the 'Thranite' layer, the middle tier the 'Zygite' tier and the bottom tier the 'Thalamite' layer.
Cramming so many people into such a limited space created severe height restrictions. The thalamite layer, in the bilges of the ship was especially handicapped by the existance of hull beams before and behind every oarsman, so the thalamian found himself hitting these beams as he swung forward at the beginning of the stroke The thranite oarsmen had their own problems since they had to coach the other two layers, who could not see the water or of course their own oars
My own application was made following a school notice, but the majority of the oarsmen were recruited through rowing magazines and club notices The Trials were to take place, as last year on the Greek Island of Poros about thirty miles from Athens and a popular tourist spot The huge range in heights of last year (4TJ"-6'4") had to be eradicated to make more efficient use of the ship, and some experience outside river rowing was needed There were some fifty American oarsmen and women in the crew, about half of whom came from the whaleboat area of San Francisco, recruited to share some knowledge about rowing in these peculiar craft. There were Frenchwomen, Canadians, Germans (including a journalist from 'Der Spiegel'), and a smattering of other nationalities
The organisation of the oarsmen followed a traditional pattern, with the ship being split into about fifty 'triads', groups of three, one oarsman from each layer Each triad was responsible for coaching itself to row without clashing oars, and this naturally fell to the thranite as the only person who could see the oars This initial learning experience was very frightening for the bottom layer, for the thalamian oars could easily be trapped in the water and carried back to pin the rower against the hull beam behind The screams of pain and fear were only matched by the callousness of the resident photographer and doctor, who roamed the bilges insearch of 'a good juicy crab' as she put it. Needless to say, this was not an attitude entirely encouraged by the Thalamian layer, for the threat of injury due to this occurrence was real
After the lower decks had got used to the feeling of rowing blind, coaching was concentrated on those groups who had difficulty rowing together without hitting each others' oars. The experience gained last year was very valuable and after two sessions in the bay. the ship was already rowing, somewhat unsteadily, with all three tiers Compared to last year this was quite an achievement, but the targets for the trials had been set and those who came last year were doubtful Ten knots in a sprint (seven last year), a trip between islands, turning trials and ramming simulations were all on the agenda
On the following morning as we lost vital wickets in the middle order, Duncan Hughes showed great maturity with a half-century preventing a partial collapse The rest of the day did not produce the finish both teams had hoped for having played two days of cricket Still, a comment from Mr Callaghan summed up the team's feelings 'at least it wasn't a loss' Duncan's birthday was celebrated with his father, as was, it seemed, the result
On Friday morning Aidan Thompson introduced several members of the tour party to a unique round of one hole golf, which naturally yielded no result, unlike the game in the afternoon against a select XI from the Island A n achievable total was set in an innings which saw Mr Le Marchand caught behind, graciously accepting that the 'gag was on him' In reply, 'Skip', confident as always of the younger players' abilities, gave up his wicket after a memorable last innings score of 0 It was John Jessop that succeeded in clinching the victory for us in a thrilling climax to a splendid match, in which Duncan Hughes scored the first Century of the season
Our last night was spent, thanks to Mr Iddon, in a restaurant where we 'fined and dined' together It was a pleasant end to an enjoyable and rewarding tour, which saw the team return undefeated - hopefully a state of affairs which will continue next season
Neil Robinson.
Characters of the XI
Colours
Andrew Underwood (capt.): He is to be congratulated on the amount of work he put in as captain and on his building of an impressive team spirit He matured as a batsman and also took some useful wickets as a change bowler Neil Robinson (secretary): He kept wicket tidily and efficiently and also scored useful runs in the middle order
Non-Colours
Richard Tomlinson: He had a disappointing season, failing to pass 50, despite looking well set on many an occasion If lie works hard at one or two weaknesses in his technique I have no doubt he will turn into a fine player
Duncan Hughes: He had an encouraging season with both bat and ball; he gradually grew in confidence and some of his innings late in the season promised for next year
Aidan Thompson: A n inconsistent first full season in the XI, though I have no doubt that as he matures he will develop into a good attacking batsman On our slow wickets he perhaps preferred the back foot too much
Rob Dow: When in form and confident of striking through the line of the ball he looked a good player He had a bad patch in mid-season though when he was reluctant to hit the ball off the square
Marc Jelfs: When he played regularly he proved an asset as an accurate opening bowler and athletic fielder.
Robin Bishop: A disastrous season The slow, green wickets didn't suit his style of batting and he lost confidence dramatically
John Malins: On wickets that suited him he could be quite hostile as an opening bowler; he promises much as a 'wristy', attacking batsman, too
Aoim Cra!"' s: Not quite consistent enough to be a good iS t XI bowler, but when performing well he had the best batsmen in trouble
Chris Goodman: He played to his limitations and did a sound job as an opening batsman
Ben Jones: He could move the ball appreciably off the seam and in the air but did not have the control or the extra yard of pace to worry good batsmen
Rod Poulton: When pressed into service he was as accurate as any of our bowlers, but it was as a hard hitting batsman that he did the most damage to opposition morale
2nd XI
This was our least successful season for some years We bowled and fielded well enough to keep most opponents in check, but our batting was often woeful The nadir of the team's fortunes came in the second match of the season Dean Close scored 182 rather easily, though Chris Goodman managed a spell of 5-22 in the final thrash We were then skittled out for 21! At one stage we were 6 for 7, but then emergency selection Robert Yate 'saved' the situation with a forthright innings of 12 For the record, the next highest score was 1, and there were 6 ducks 3 of them golden
There were occasions when the batting did reach respectability In the very first game John Malins made 55 not out - enough to transfer him permanently to the First XI! - and Lawson Higgins made a promising 31 Apart from the game against KE CStourbridge, where a borrowed Under Fifteen batsman, Philip O'Neill, scored 76 and we lost by only one run our other decent scores were due to one player, Rod Poulton. Solihull would have won before tea had Poulton not made a hurricane 36 which included 3 sixes and 4 fours: wherever the fielders were moved, he hit the ball either between them or over their heads Poulton's real tour de force, however, came at Bablake where he first took 7-27 as the opposition ground to 97 all out, and then, with the help of Andrew Huntingdon (27), saw his side to victory with a Bothamesque 40 not out His other big innings - 68 against Hereford Cathedral School - was responsible for our only other match-winning score He took 4-26, too, though upstaged on that occasion by Simon Dobbins's analysis of 2 overs, 2 maidens, 0 runs, 4 wickets!
There were some other promising batsmen too Higgins Matthew Wheeler and Nick Pomeroy all looked capable, though seldom fulfilling their promise Tim Viner has a good technique, though in his running (as well as his now famous fielding!) he seems to be part of a universe where time moves at half the speed of ours (or should I say twice the speed? Well you know what I mean!) Richard Allum and John Jessop both showed excellent defensive techniques and temperament in those all-toofrequent situations where the game needed to be saved; against Wycliffe, for example, when we had slumped to 63-6 while chasing 170 those two hung around for the last half hour and earned an unexpected draw But special mention should go to Mark Richards, who was bowled by the only ball he faced in the Second XI all season, and to Deepak Parekh, whose one innings lasted two balls; he was clean bowled by both! The first, of course, was a no ball, but an interesting philosophical question arises: was he 'out first ball'?
The brightest aspect of the season was the bowling Again Poulton starred, bowling long, sustained spells of nagging accuracy In the opening match he gave away 2 runs in 8 overs, and he never had a bad analysis The other consistently dangerous bowler was Allum, whose high, supple action can generate prodigious swing He often bowled well for little reward, the catching being decidedly suspect While Poulton was taking 7-27 at Bablake, Allum bowled 19 overs at the other end in which, though taking only one wicket, he con-
ceded a miserly 20 runs He did manage 4 wickets at Bromsgrove, the one bright spot in a match we lost by 94 runs The support bowling too often let the opposition off the hook Having got RGS into deep trouble at 46-5 (Allum took 4 wickets) we allowed them to score 162, this was a pity, as we then succumbed for a mere 70 Charles Annable was not usually fit enough to bowl, and Dobbins sometimes seemed innocuous: nonetheless he looks really dangerous when he's on song, as in his 4-0 spell at Hereford Jessop experimented with leg-breaks, which proved rather expensive - here again, however, sharper catching and fielding might have transformed some of his analyses Jessop himself was outstanding in the field, but the 'fielder of the season' can only be Viner! Man of the season was undoubtedly Poulton, who sometimes seemed to be the only member of the team who could play And, finally, woman of the season was our loyal, efficient, ever-cheerful scorer, Lisa Edwards
R.N.G.S
3rd XI
Another season of 'Tigers' cricket provided extrovert members of the School the opportunity to display eccentric dress sense and incompetence at cricket Such was the competition for places that Ben Byram-Wigfield managed to bribe players to feign injury so that he could play His influence was such that the two games in which he played were won although he contributed two 'Ducks' and fielded as if his legs were tied together
Batting was a hazardous business and the only innings of real note was a 50 run slog by Mark Richards during which he was dropped five times Bowling was rather more successful with 'Arthur' Daley recruited from playground cricket to take the new ball with 'Chucker' Parekh who returned the astonishing figures of 5 for I against Bromsgrove
Richard Owen captained the team with such skill that a close finish to each game ensured great excitement My thanks go to him and the girls who scored, especially Rae Bell, who even allowed Colin Hill to plav twice
M.J.R
Under 16 XI
We enjoyed a very successful season which resulted in the winning of the South Worcestershire C.A Evening League Particularly entertaining performances came from the batsmen, Rod Poulton often caused piay to be held up while forlorn opposition fielders searched for the balls he hit into the County car park Because of the pressures of the G.C.S.E exams only a few members of the Fifth Form played regularly - David Merlin, Nic Pomeroy Mark Richards, Lawson Higgins, Poulton and myself Despite good performances from allof these boys, the contributions from the Upper Remove boys were invaluable - notably J.J. Richardson, Phil O'Neil Jamie Rogers and Richard Chong
Altogether it was an enjoyable season of good cricket and team spirit Finally, a word of thanks to Mr Iddon who gave up numerous evenings to guide us to victory Aidan Thompson
Under 15 XI
For most of the season our batsmen seemed to think that a team total of between 80 and 90 was a winning score, and against Warwick it almost was, but too often it restricted our bowling options Probably the most disappointing result was against Solihull when we bowled them out for 107 (six bowlers were used, all of whom bowled well), and then only Philip O'Neill (29) and Mark Edwards (lino. )
HUSK % DRAHA
Music Report 1987-1988
This has been another busy year, at the start of which rehearsals were soon under way for the House Music Competition and the School Concert In addition the first Keys Society concert was arranged by Mark Edwards and took place on October 9th The availability of the new theatre helped greatly in arranging rehearsals for the Music Competition and a revised booking system was organised to give the various Houses a fair share of the times and places available The competition took place on October 19th and the adjudicator was William Llewellyn. His long experiences as Director of Music at Charterhouse for over twenty years, as well as his work with concert performances such as the Linden Singers meant that he was able to make many perceptive comments on the performances he heard It all had to be done at break-neck speed though, in the short time left at the end of a long afternoon The winners of the Unison Song and the Ensemble sections were Hostel and Wulstan respectively, and Daniel Anthony's Horn Solo won the Solo section. These items, together with other highly placed performances, were heard again in the Winners Concert on October 22nd
The programme for the School Concert on November 11th featured music from the 18th and 20th centuries. It was especially good to hear 'Canzona' by the contemporary composer John McCabe, expertly played by senior members of the Wind Band, since modern music is often difficult to play and this inevitably limits the choice of works which can be attempted Other items in the programme included the last two movements of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony, a showstopping performance of three Irish Dance Tunes by the Junior Orchestra and Handel's colourful oratorio 'Alexander's Feast' performed by the School Choir.
Also in November, a number of pianists entered for the Piano Competition run by Malvern Girls' College; at the end of the month several of the School's musicians provided the music for 'Joseph Andrews' which was the opening production in the new theatre; there was a Keys Society concert on November 18th; and the Carol Competition organised by the Universityof Warwick was won by Paul Thomson with a setting for choir, organ and brass ensemble
The new electronic organ in the cathedral arrived in time to be used for both the Junior and Senior Carol Services. There were large congregations at both of these to round off a very full term
Proper rehearsal time during the Spring Term proved difficult to find and this presented several problems Nevertheless there were four concerts. The Keys Society gave concerts on February 5th and March 4th These were followed on March 15th by a concert of chamber music given as part of the Worcester Spring Festival It was entitled 'The King's School Music Department in Concert' and was performed jointly by members of the Music Staff and pupils The programme included Gounod's 'Petite Symphonie' for wind instruments, Purcell's 'Chacony' for strings and Mozart'sPiano Trio in E, K.542. The following week, on March 22nd, the School Concert contained a
programme of orchestral music. The Junior Wind Band was trained and conducted by Daniel Anthony, who was also one of the four soloists in the first movement of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Wind, K 297b Other items included Albinoni's 'Adagio' played by the Chamber Orchestra with John Harris as organ soloist, and Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony played by the School Orchestra
Also during March, numerous pupils entered classes in the Worchestershire Orchestral Society Music Festival and notable successes were gained by the Junior School Chamber Group (aged 9-11 years), which won the K, Westwood Shield for Chamber Music up to 16 years! John Elleson-Hartley won the Intermediate Piano Cup for the Piano Solo to 14 years, and Paul Thomson won the Florence Holt Memorial Prize of £60 for the Piano Sonata Class to 20 years
At the start of the Summer Term, Robin Thurlby and Malcolm Drummond gave a violin recital to Junior School Parents in the Junior School Library It was the first of several concerts in the next few weeks to be followed by wine and cheese, a practice which is evidently gaining in popularity. The last Keys Society concert of the year, on May 13th, was traditionally a platform for those senior musicians who were leaving the school, and contained fine performances from Mark Edwards, Clare Le Fort, Fleur Brooke, Jonathan Villis, James Robertson and Alice Cameron-Mitchell
The School Concert took place on May 17th The opening work was Beethoven's Romance in F major for violin and orchestra, played by Clare Le Fort. There followed Bach's Suite No.2 in B minor for flute and strings in which the soloist was Alice Cameron-Mitchell The final work was Britten's cantata 'St Nicolas', performed by the School Choir and the Cathedral Choristers The impressive tenor soloist was Philip Salmon As with the two other school concerts earlier in the year, this one was well attended and we are grateful to Mrand MrsCarslake, who once again organised the refreshments which enabled many of the audience to stay on and chat after the concert.
The GCE exams began even earlier this year, and it was something of a race against time to include all the concerts that were planned before the end of May, when College Hall was filled with exam desks The Junior School Concert on the 20th May included the massed violins of the First Year Violin Class, the orchestra and choir, and, to finish, a concert performance by the whole school of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.' Finally, before half-term, there was a Jazz Evening on May 24th, given by 'Hot Air' under the direction of Julian Smith, who provided a well varied programme of vocal and instrumental items to a large and appreciative audience
Activities paused briefly at the start of June whileschool exams were taking place, after which the Fourth Forms prepared for an evening of Music and Drama in the theatre on June 24th as part of the Appeal The Fourth Form Music Competition was held on 28th June and the adjudicator was Paul Brough, Organist of Tewkesbury Abbey. For the first time, this too was held in the theatre and meant that both the music and also the adjudicator's
a chilling evocation of moral corruption which is all the more telling for being evoked through the musical rhythms of the Church Mass Far from glorifying sexual licence,this scene, not present in the novel, underlines the moral standpoint adopted by Fielding as Joseph flies in on a rope to save his sweetheart Later on, when Mrs Slipslop, who has had designs on Joseph from the beginning, sings 'I've lost him, damn it..." the song movingly expresses all the frustration and sheer loneliness of spinsterhood which is another side to her rather comic pursuit ofJoseph; the tone of farce and sadness is superbly combined.
The production concentrated on character and achieved its effects from the performances of individuals There were no elaborate sets to evoke eighteenth century London or Booby Hall; occasionallypieces of furniture set the period but the actors themselves were responsible for the mood and the setting Caroline Absolom was a convincing Lady Booby, splendidlythreatening in a black stuff dress as she used allthe power of her social rank to ensnare her footman, Joseph Andrews Her housekeeper, Mrs Slipslop (April Mackison), openly devious in attempting to outwit her mistress, also retained our sympathy in a performance distinguished in its detail - the way she held her apron, the way her hands clasped and unclasped as Lady Booby decides to send Joseph away made the character believable As Justice Droppem, Nick Fawbert was suitably manic seeing Fanny as another potential victim to his wishes, but occasionally his rendering of the self exposing 'You can stuff your boringbenches' threatened to be indisciplincd and a little indulgent. Another figure of corruption. Doctor Dopewell (Rupert Bader), showed how much power was a factor in the encouragement of corruption
Jeremy Davis was Joseph Andrews, and his performance was notably efficient and well done It has to be said, though, that the part was not particularlydemanding; Joseph is someone to whom things happen rather than someone who initiates events himself and he seems hurled from one catastrophe to the next. The same can be said for Fanny Goodwill (Becky Nott), who is subjected to the attentions of a number of unpleasant admirers whom she tries to avoid despite her vulnerability Parson Adams accompanies these lovers on their journey to London and appears at several crucial moments His naivety in accepting the world as it presents itself was fully apparent in Gwilym Williams's performance; the audience looked forward to his appearances on the stage and laughed at his antics
A large Chorus complemented the main characters playing a variety of roles - ostlers, wenches, coachmen, bridesmaids, highwaymen, lawyers etc They created much of the atmosphere of the piece, suggesting alternately the varieties of greed and hypocrisy to be found in London, the inmates of Bedlam, the occupants of a stagecoach and enacting in mime the various events in Mr Wilson's life There were some good ensemble numbers too: 'Joseph Andrews' and 'Booby Hall', for example, as well as backing for Justice Droppem and Doctor Dopewell
Joseph Andrewswas a large, ambitious undertaking but there were moments when the exciting potential of the script was not realised in performance There were so many different styles inthe script, each demanding a range of dramatic techniques, that sometimes there was a lack of integration as some parts worked better than others Some of the scenes of dialogue at Booby Hall between Joseph and Lady Booby were rather static and the pace tended to sag Events in the story were pushed along by a number of narrators - often, though, their speaking of the lines lacked
animation I was not altogether happy about the inclusion of Wilson's story; this was an interesting idea: the elder Wilson (Jason Gorman) told his life story which was enacted in shadow behind a gauze It was not always clear what was taking place and the inclusion of another pieceof narrative in a play that already had its fair share of narration seemed excessive
Many of these minor quibbles have more to do with the difficulty of effectively dramatising a novel than with the quality of the performances For most of the time, though Joseph Andrews was effective as a musical drama in its own right It made many people aware of Fielding for the first time, and, I suspect, encouraged one or two to read the novel on which the musical is based
Joseph Andrews
It seemed a bit presumptuous lo write under the title 'The Making of Joseph Andrews' so I didn't although that's what I wanted to talk about. It was Nick's idea really. I had some huirbrained scheme about an adaptation of 'The Great Gatsby' which could never have worked and he saw the tremendous potential of working with an ebullient eighteenth century text which had head beatings, ravishings, daylight and every other kind of robbery, a huge castof pedlars, pickpockets, whores and gamblers and a strongly naive but so positive moral line that you could follow it almost blindfold. 'Joseph Andrews' it was. Nick was, bv now, in his third year at Oxford which worried me a bit;the project very quickly assumed enormous proportions which should have terrified anyone, let alone an undergraduate withcrucial examinations none too far ahead. (Many of mv readers will know that the 'Andrews' collaboration seems to have done little lo hamper what has turned out to be a spectacular academic career.) People have often asked me how we worked; I'd meetNick sometimes in Oxford orat his parents' home in Droitwich and I'd say 'Well, I'd like something a bit like thisfor so-and-so.' He'd think a moment and then without batting a finger plav a complete melody. 'How's that?' he'd ask. It was always spot on. And I'd give him the most awful metrical patterns to work with and he'd modestly suggest ashift hereand a nudge there and Slipslop or Droppem would be born. He'd always worked with a sort of pastiche of styles before, with a strong predilection for the twenties and thirties (remember 'Mystery and Merriment'?) and, withsome twenty different numbers here, he moved naturally towards an amalgamation of styles which wereentirely appropriate to the characters for whom he was writing. What betterthan Piaf for Slipslop's lament, Sullivan for Droppem and Coward for Dopewell?
It was a heady and exciting time. The other constituent was the adaptation of the idea to a completely new theatre in which we hadn't worked before. My memories are of an intoxication of activity, of going to bed little and seeing my family less. Brian Griffiths was a tremendous support; rehearsals would be taking place in three different areas of the building; a sword fight in thefoyer, a chorus number on the stage, a love scene in the green room. I wonder if we all knew how precarious it all was and, even had we done so, whether the resilience, good temper and enthusiasm of the large cast and production team would have been any the less. I remember one day, closer to thefirst night than Icare to make public, travelling down to Oxford withthe proposal for a new musical number in my pocket, anxious that a gauze which we had planned to fit high above the stage might not be delivered on lime and might not fit if it was, hoping to be back in timeto spend yet another constructive,
SOME VERSES FROM 'JOSEPH ANDREWS'
DR DOPEWELL
I'm a wily concocter, they call me a doctor I know all the symptoms and medical terms I've learnt all the phrases for bubonic phases For fractures and strictures and terminal germs. But my oath as a surgeon I'll never disown Unless they can pay, leave the sick well alone
I know nephromesia, otitis, amnesia
Phlebitis, magnesia and that sort of stuff
It may be cirrhosis or bad halitosis
If I can't see the guineas then I've had enough My oath as a surgeon I'll never disown Unless they can pay leave the sick well alone
A client in Esher has bad alopecia
And terrible tonsils a lady in Kew I've seen psitticosis and done diagnosis Of flatulence, corpulence, gallstones and 'flu
But my oath as a surgeon I'll never disown Unless they can pay, leave the sick well alone
I cure brucellosis, pnuemoconiosis,
The pharynx, the larynx, the pyxis, the pox. I'll do amputations for wealthy relations Or tickle your fancies and settle your shocks
But my oath as a surgeon I'll never disown Unless they can pay, leave the sick well alone.
JUSTICE DROPPEM'S SONG
You can stuff your boring benches - I get far more fun from wenches:
She provokes my sense of justice with her titillating face
It's like those ruddy foxes that we catch and put in boxes
With the foxes and the fillies the excitement's in the chase
Chorus of Lawyers In country, court or boudoir, though, this dictum will suffice
It's the gents who get the justice and the poor who pay the price
When I sit at the assizes with a clerk who recognises
All the jargon from the text books and their legal turn of phrase
I'll drink a pint of porter and convict the parson's daughter
Dispensing all my judgement through an alcoholic haze
Chorus When it comes to litigation then I'll offer this advice
It's the gents who get the justice and the poor who pay the price
Court procedures warp us when it's habeas or corpus
And I never grasped the nuances of stirps or even tort
But I understand the shilling you hand over if you're willing
And I'll sign for your release without a second legal thought
Chorus If you ask me for a ruling then I'm always quite precise
It's the gents who get the justice and the poor who pay the price.
The cases they are losing while I'm burbling and boozing
Are easily adjusted if they pay a little tip
For half a glass of brandy I'd canonize a dandy
Or deify a drayman for an extra little nip.
Chorus I find this little motto quite remarkably concise
Its the gents who get the justice and the poor who pay the price
SLIPSLOP'S LAMENT
I've lost him, damn it, lost him
With the largesse that I tossed him he was open-eyed
But that little strumpet has tickled his trumpet
And again I amthe bridesmaid and I'll never be the bride.
It's always been the same and I don't know why I'm gracious, flirtatious and still quite spry.
In the ballroom and the boudoir I use my female guile
And I end up as the gooseberry with a fruity smile
I've missed him, damn it, missed him, I hoped I might have kissed him and much else beside I'll never be wedded and not even bedded And I'll always be the bridesmaid and I'll never be the bride.
I'm the daughter of a curate and respectable
And though my fortune's modest I'm collectable. With intelligence and elegance I'm only forty-five
A little bit of this and that would keep my charms alive
I need him, damn it, need him
I tried so hard to feed him with titbits on the side I'll remain on the shelf and fancy myself
As a very bonny bridesmaid who'll never be the bride.
When I was scarcely seventeen I nearly got my way
Enough at any rate to know how nice it is to stray
Since then I've tried so hard to err in avenues I've known
But I haven't yet succeeded and you can't love on your own
I've lost him, damn it, lost him, And I'll never more accost him with my arms spread wide I'll die an old maid and never be lovely
An everlasting bridesmaid and the once-and-future bride.
J.A.G.Tyson (Ca.72-74) to Miss Dawn Elizabeth Cusson at Aboyne Church, Kincardineshire, Scotland on 19 September 1987
Captain R.J.Westiey (W.72-81), 1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers, to Miss Jane Guest (Co 79-81) at St John the Baptist Parish Church. Hagley, Worcestershire on 7 May 1988
J.N.White (B.72-77) to Miss Carole Louisa Field at St.Martin's Parish Church, Holt, Worcestershire on 19 September 1987
J.M.J.Williams (Ch.73-82) to Miss Cathy Kaye at the Priory Church of St Peter and St Paul, Leominster on 3 September 1988
V.P.Woodward (Ch.62-68) to Miss Pamela Jeen on 8 June 1988
Births
Dr P.B.Barker (W.73-77) To Naomi and Peter on 17 March 1988 at the Huntingdon Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California, U.S.A a daughter, Catherine Ann Mrs Elene Burjan (nee Karvik, Co 78-80) To Elene and Attila on 16 December 1987 a son, Oliver P.G.Dane (Ch.63-68) To Maureen and Peter on 8 September, 1987 at Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, a daughter, Katie, a sister for James.
Mrs Janice Dee (nee Gazard, S.73-75) To Janice and Michael in Colchester on 27 June 1988 a daughter, Sarah Louise.
I.S.Duthie (Ch.67-74) To Kimand Ian at King's College Hospital, Londonon 9 August 1988 a son, Neil Alexander, a brother for John and Mark
J.W.L.Fellows (B.62-72). To Sally and Bill on 26 April, 1988 at Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester, twin sons, Charles Thomas and Tobias Michael, brothers for Henry Mrs Louise Gerald (nee Ward, Co 75-77) To Louise and Kevin on 18 March 1988 at Wythenshawe, Manchester, a daughter, Rebecca Louise
S.P.OIdroyd (Cr.72-77) To Gillian (nee Boyle) and Simon on 13 February 1988 in Gloucestershire, a second son, Benjamin Peter, a brother for Jamie Simon
M.S.Rowling (H.52-58). To Josephine and Martin on 24 July, 1987 at the Barrett MaternityHome, Northampton, a son, Rupert
Dr D.M.Smith (H.61-72). To Doctors Julie and Mark on 10 September 1987, a daughter, Helen Rosemary, a sister for William
M.E.Spencer (W.65-70) To Julie (nee Mayoss) and Martin at Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester on 27 June 1988 a son Peter William Mayoss, a brother for Pippa.
Deaths
Dr A.D.Baly (S.26-31) on 27 July 1987, at Colombus, Ohio, U.S.A After being headmaster of St.George's School, Jerusalem, he lectured on Religion and wrote books at American Universities.
J.H.L.Beard (DB.27-29) in October 1987 at his Norton home The third of three O.V brothers, he spent his working life in the family grocery business in Worcester and Droitwich He and Margot were leaders in Norton-juxta-Kempsey Church and he helped to found the new Village Hall and was its Chairman
G. T. de Blaby (S.06-10) went to Hertford College, Oxford with a Meeke Scholarship and in the 1914-18 War was a Captain in the 1st Leicesters We have only just heard that he died in 1985 His name changed long ago to Tempest-Radford
H.F.Blandford (DB.25-29) in September 1987 at Midhurst, Sussex
Rev.E.B. Bridger (H 15-19) on 23 August 1988 at Ottery St Mary Hospital, Devon, aged 87 He was a Worcester Chorister and went on to Keble College, Oxford and Cuddesdon Ordained at Winchester, he worked in the Exeter diocese mainly and celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of his priesting at Whimple, Exeter in 1986 He became a Patron of the Appeal in 1987-8
W.E.A.Brown (S.24-26) on 14 May 1988 Wilfred came from a long line of Browns of Banbury and ran the baker's business there that produced the famous Banbury cakes His brother David was in School House with him (23-26) R.E. Coomber (DB.13-18) in November 1987 "Bobbie" joined the family retail electrical and radio business on leaving school and after gaining his AMIEE qualifications he became a partner. The business developed into an electronic manufacturing one, specialising in equipment for schools This is now managed by his two sons One of his grandchildren, William, is now in Choir House
Hugh Creighton, younger son of Rev C.Creighton, on 2 June 1988, aged 68 A full notice is printed below T.K.Dinsdale (S.37-41) on 14 December 1987, aged 63 He had already been captured by pirates in China before he came to the school. After leaving, he flew in the R.A.F. and as an engineer worked for De Havilland and Rolls Royce His photo of the Loch Ness Monster in 1960 made him famous on TV and as a lecturer and author
A F.Drake (S 18-22) on 7 June 1988 A dental surgeon by profession, he married Mary in 1936, with Edward Benton-Evans (13-22) as his best man, and the only postwar O.V Dinner the two friends missed was the one in 1986 that coincided with Arthur's Golden Wedding To Mary and her children we send our sympathy
G.R. Edwards (H.78-82) on 7 October 1988, in a road accident near Worcester
Dr W.M. Graves-Morris (S 19-23) on 1 December 1987 at his home at Feock in Cornwall, aged 82 The eldest of the three School House sons of H.W Graves-Morris (189094), he followed his paternal uncle Cecil (00-03) into dental practice and was a Lt. Col. in the R.A.M.C. in the war. He was afterwards Director-General of Health in the Kingdom of Libya, but retired to Restonguet near Falmouth, when Gaddafi seized power There he published a History of Restonguet
M.M. Hallett (S.25-28), C.B.E., on 27 June 1987 suddenly, at his home in Shenstone, Staffordshire He was a distinguished metallurgist and a most loyal O.V. His brother, Captain A.R Hallett, D.S.O., R.N., followed him into School House (1927-30)
E Hamilton (N.19-22) in 1987 His great interests were Regimental History and the East India Company The former began as a cadet at school in the O.T.C and lasted all his life His blindness towards the end did not blunt his memory for regimental details or sour his outlook
B.H.B. Hopkin (Ca.28-31) at Nottingham City Hospitalon 29 January 1988 aged 72 Brian was the fourth of five brothers in Rammell's House 1918-32 and came from Mansfield Grammar School He practised as a solicitor at Mansfield allhis working life and was very highly regarded He served in the R.A.F in the war
R.G. Meers (S.26-29) on 10 November 1987 A swift wing three-quarter at school, he later played for Blackheath Commissioned in the H.A.C before the war, he was quickly on active service in the Royal Artillery and was badly wounded at Dunkirk, losinghis right eye and the free use of his right arm He then graduated in History at Cambridge and became a Schoolmaster Along with his school friend B.L Ford (S.26-29) he attended everyO.V Dinner 1947-87 and will be keenly missed
The First Fifty Years of School House
Just as the Middle Ages provided every parish with a church and parsonage house, so every Tudor or Stuart endowed school was given its school room and school master's house We at the King's School had College Hall as the school room and our headmaster's house stood north of the Biology Block (see photo facing p 115 in the History)
All Bolland's predecessors lived there, but he soon found it insanitary and in 1881 the Governors gave him leave to rent a house elsewhere He and Mrs Bolland and their six children and a handful of boarders took Cripplegate House in St John's until an up-to-date School House could be built In January 1888 it was ready
Evan Christian, the architect, had been told to provide bedrooms for 30 boys and a dining hall for 45 boys and 'a small SittingRoom and Bed Room for the House Masterin the boys' quarter' So a House Tutor to relieve the Headmaster was always part of the plan He would have to be a bachelor, of course
Once the Governors had settled the architect's and builders' final accounts, they were finished with the inside of the building The furnishing and equipping and victualling and staffing of it were Bolland'saffair It was for him to find boarders and he took the profits or put up with the losses His colleagues on the Headmaster's Conference were nearly all in the same positions He differed only in having three sons in his School House Very talented boys they were too!
When Bolland left Worcester for a northern rectory in 1896, he sold the furniture and equipment on the boys' side to Chappel, who came from Marlborough College but not from a housemastership there. Chappel pushed hard to increase the proportion of boarders in the school and the social tide flowed in his favour He rented Castle House from the Dean and Chapter in 1902 and put Rammell, the Second Master, in charge, and in 1903 he brought Castley on to the staff to start Hostel House By 1916 School House had 41 boys, Castle House 28 and Hostel 18 They added up to nearly half the 180 in the School
When Chappel moved to Coventry Cathedral and Creighton came in 1919, the same sale of the contents of School House took place, though Creighton came from an Uppingham housemasterhip and may well not have needed all that Chappel had to offer Wilding, however, in 1936 did need everything He came from St Edward's Oxford and had not been a housemaster there
In those fifty years, 1888-1938, School House boys gained enormously by being so close to their Headmaster And likewise Chappel and Creighton gained by constant contact with boys and parents In fact both men brought sons of friends and relations into School House who might otherwise never have come to the School Both were remarkable men and it isgood that two day boy Houses are named after them
University Distinctions 1988
Five O.V undergraduates gained Firsts in June 1988 At Durham Donna Cocklin (Co.83-85) gained a First in English Language and Literature At BirminghamJ.E. Lidsey (Ch.80-85) gained a First in Physics and Astrophysics At Christ Church, Oxford, N.J. Owen (Ch.75-85) had been the runner-up in 1987 for the Gibbs Prize in Politics, a University Prize, and his First in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1988 was not unexpected, but in the event he gained first place among the 27
Firsts in this large School, and in Philosophy he was first in the University, including the takers of Classical Greats, and won the Henry Wilde Prize The British Academy awarded him a Major Studentship, which has taken him to Nuffield College, Oxford, for postgraduate research
In his second year at Magdalene College, Cambridge K.Y Leung (S.84-86) gained a First in the Engineering Tripos and P.N Durkin (0.85-87) at the end of his first year at Trinity College, Oxford gained a First in Honour Moderations in English To these five, and the many who achieved Upper Seconds, we send our congratulations
O.V. Notes Pre-1949 Leavers
Dr J.L. Adlington (DB.26-32) saw Canon Fenwickwearing an O.V tie at Harare Airport, Zimbabwe and is now in touch again as a result He has been a doctor there since the war and has three grown-up children in South Africa and one in Australia His address is 47 Argyle Road, Avondale, Harare
R. Annis (DB.34-39)spent the Criccieth year at the Royal Grammar School and the years 1940-46 at the Wigan Mining Technical College. After taking an external London University B.Sc., he worked for the National Coal Board, mostly on Pneumaconiosis Field Research in Sunderland and Edinburgh,where his wife and he now live in retirement He enjoys bridge and gardening and a growing number of grandchildren
Sir Christopher Benson (DB.43-47) was knighted in the 1988 New Year Honours He heads a number of business concerns
J. Bentley-Walls (S.41-48) lives in Birmingham and is a Senior Associate with Bosworth Associates there. Address: 43 Daisy Road, Edgbaston. He rowed at 4 in the School House O.V Eight, the second oldest in the crew
M.I Blake (Cr.42-45) turned from farming in New Zealand to teaching and drama there and then returned to England in 1962 He lectured on English and Drama at Bromley in 1965-79 at the Stockwell College of Education and is now at the Warren Road Primary School, Orpington His son graduated in English at New College, Oxford in 1988 and his daughter is reading History at Newnham College, Cambridge
W.P Buckland (S.31-34) worked in insurance for the Commercial Union 1934-76, except for six Army years, first in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, then in the Royal Armoured Corps in India and Burma He played first-class cricket in India He and his wife live at 106 Oak Hill Road, Sevenoaks They married in 1941
Rev J.E. Cocke (DB.42-44) graduated in History at Wadham College, Oxford in 1949 and was ordained priest in 1953. Since 1957 he has been Chaplain at the Wingfield Morris Hospital (Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre). Address: 85 Old Road, Headington, Oxford
J.G.Downes (DB 16-23) livesin Exmouth,a widower, with one son He holds the Territorial Decoration From 1927 to 1967, except for War Service, he worked for the brewers Bass in Hull and Exeter. His elder brother H.B. Downes (10-13) was an early Secretary of the O.V Club Both brothers rowed for the school
P.D. Fourdrinier (Ca.35-38) was an officer in the Pioneer Corps in the war and ajournalist after In 1969 he became a free-lance specialist in trade and industry, with Rugby Football as a sideline, nursing Waterloo, Liverpool, St Helen's, and Orwell. Now in retirement this is his main line Address: 60 Bowness Avenue, Ainsdale, Southport
Dr J.W Graves-Morris (S.27-33) lives in retirement with his wife Mary at Sampford Peverell, Devon In the war he was a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Navy and he is still in touch with Captain A.R Hallett (S.27-30) R.N retd
Major A.O. Hall (S.29-32) came to the Centenary Dinner and after it drove straight back to Worthing to play the organ for the Sunday services He marched with the Veterans of the H.A.C in their June Parade in the City and then flew with his wife to the U.S.A for the 350th Anniversary Parade of the Honourable Artillery Company of Boston He visited Zali Win(H.78-80) there in response to an invitation much appreciated
Lt Col C.V Hodgson (S.25-28) entered R.M.A Woolwich in 1928 and played cricket against Sandhurst In the war he was a Brigade Major in the R.A and served in India for ten years after it His address is Martins, Redlynch, Salisbury
L.R. Huband (DB.43-46) is the third Verger in Worcester Cathedral and Deputy Churchwarden at Whittington
R.A. Irving (DB.40-45), O.B.E., graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was a Director of Shell from 19521975, when Venezuela nationalized his company. He served another nine years there and is now retired. Address: Quinta, Borundon, Calleb (Ciega), El Hatilla, Caracas 1081, Venezuela
E.S. Kemp (H.37-39), A.F.C., was a pilot in the R.A.F in the War and has just renewed contact with us Address: 15 Bullfinch Road, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent
W.H.B. Key (Cr.37-39) retired in 1988 from Bethany School, Goudhurst after 23 years there, the last 19 as Second Master Address: Merry Court, Maidstone Road, Horsmondon, Tonbridge
Dr N McKerrow (S.36-41) has worked in Cumbria for many years, but recently visited Worcester and was shocked by the number of his school contemporaries in the College Hall Roll of Honour
J.A.H. Mitchell (S.43-47) lives now at 30 Evergreen Lane, Hadlock, Washington, U.S.A., but was in Worcester in September with his Alice Ottleian wife Heather (nee Sherwood)
H.D. Poths (H.34-37) was an officer in the Royal Field Artillery in the war and served in North Africa, Italy and the British Army of the Rhine He was severely disabled permanently He and his wife live at 26 Holway Road, Sheringham, Norfolk
J.D. Poths (Ca.34-37) served in the war at General Eisenhower's HQ at Versailles and in Berlin and after the war ran a prime hotel in Jersey He is now far from well E.E. Price (H.41-43) took early retirement last year from Alitalia Airlines with whom he had spent 20 years on the marketing and sales side He had heart surgery inJuly 1988 and wrote soon after Address: 184 Old Woodshill Lane, Wokingham.
D.A Webb (Cr.44-47) is a Design Engineer for the Ministry of Defence at R.S.R.E Malvern and lives in Worcester
J.V.T. Wilson (S.38-42) has in retirement set up his own Agricultural Merchant Trading Company on a partnership basis. From 1966 to 1987 he had worked for a subsidiary of Unilever's He enjoyed the School House Centenary
Post-1948 Leavers
D.G. Atkins (S.54-59), F.C.A., lives in Macclesfield at 10 Hibel Road and is a Director of Rands Video there It is good to be in touch with him again.
D. Barlow (CI.58-64) was a Lecturer in Further Education and is now running a furniture recycling project in Worcester Since 1985 he has sat on the City Council in the
controlling Labour group and is a Governor of the King's School
P.J. Barrett (Ch.76-86) passed out of R.M.A Sandhurst on 14 December 1987 and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers.
P.R.K. Beaumont (W.81-83) rowed 3 in the Eight that won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta and went on to represent Great Britain in the 1988 Olympic Games at Seoul in South Korea They were fourth in the Final
D.R. Bell (S.56-58), M.B.E., five times winner of the annual Le Mans 24 hours Endurance race, again drove a Porsche in the 1988 race, but was this time second to a Jaguar, beaten by 2+ minutes only
M Bell (W.77-84) is selling shoes at Kingston-on-Thames and playing ice hockey for the Richmond second team Catherine Boulton (Co.80-82) is an editor of geography, economics, sociology and English textbooks for schools with Thomas Nelson at Walton-on-Thames We thank her for her five years on the O.V Committee
D.I. Boulton (W.77-84) added an Upper Second in Engineering Finalsat Magdalen College,Oxford to his two Boxing Blues
A.J. Boyle (Cr.70-77) is a sales director of a computer and marketing company in the Blue Chip Group based on Avon He is Simon Oldroyd's brother-in -law
Harry Bramma (Master 63-76), after twelve years as Organist and Master of the Choristers in Southwark Cathedral, is to succeed Dr Lionel Dakers in January 1989 as Director of the Royal School of Church Music
D.R.W Bryer (H.51-62) is Overseas Director of Oxfam and broadcasts frequently
Dr C.P.S. Calcott (CI.76-83) qualified in medicine at Birmingham in June 1988 and is working at Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester till February 1989 when he is to be commissioned in the Royal Army Medical Corps
S.H. Cawdell (S.78-83) graduated in Economics at Durham University in 1986 and is working for Coast Securities, a subsidiary of a Kuwaiti investment company in London.
N.K. Chance (CI.57-66) is workingin Leeds where he lives at 13 Kirkhill, Thorner, Leeds LS1143JD
S.J Cleobury (Ch.58-67) is in his seventh year as Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge and now has a new Choral Scholar in John Bowley, O.V.
N.A. Cluley (Ch.60-67) teaches Economics and Business Studies and is a housemaster at Solihull School He is an Elder of the Elim Pentecostal Church at Solihull and Director of the Heart of England training group His wife Jean is a primary school teacher
Dr J.H. Coombs (H.74-79) completed his Cambridge Ph.D in 1987 and has since occupied a post-doctoral appointment at the IBM Zurich Laboratories in Switzerland
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.M Crowcroft (W.62-69) is now site manager at Milton Keynes for Hoechst, the German chemical company, and has moved house to 3 Willow Hill, Bradden, Towcester He asks if there is another O.V thereabouts
P.G Dane (Ch.63-68) hosted a wine-tasting party in his London office to meet Ian Brown and muster support for the School Appeal. It was in all respects a great success. C.C. Davies (Cr. 62-65) has two sons, Daniel and Matthew, in the school
Sophie Douglas-Pennant (Co 81-83) grand-daughter of Mrs D.M Annett, is engaged to be married
I.S. Duthie (CI.67-74) now runs his own dental practice at East Croydon
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.W.L Fellows (S 62-72) is practising in Hartlebury on his own account as a Chartered Surveyor and lives at The Old Rectory, Wilden
Dr D.H. Malcomson (Ca 57-68) has joined Dr T.M Wadsworth (S 56-61) in general practice in Kidderminster So has Dr T.C Campion (Ca 68-70) who had been working in Chelmsford under Dr G.L.S Rankin (Ch 42-46)
J.N Marsh (CI 74-78) graduated at the Birmingham School of Music in 1981 and, after travelling in Australia and India, spent 1983-86 in the Benedictine Abbey of Douai, near Reading In 1986-87 he took the postgraduate certificate of education and teaches now in a special school in Slough
Carolyn McNamara (Co 82-84) graduated last June at Loughborough University with a Lower Second in Chemistry and Management and is now working with I.B.M at their Nottingham branch.
C. E. Matthews (W 67-74) moved to Canada in May 1987 and is Senior Chemist with Powder Coatings at Valspar Inc., West Hill, Toronto
K.J.R Morgan (B 74-82) is with the merchant bankers Shearson Lehman in the City and was in the news in April because he had been challenged to a boxing duel by another man in the same firm. The result was not in the news Morgan boxed for Oxford against Cambridge three times and was unbeaten
D.K. Morris (W. 68-71) teaches Physics at King's School, Rochester and coaches their First XV He was playing cricket in a staff match aqainst Chiselhurst and Sidcup Grammar School and found Michael Hardyman (CI 6975) playing for them What is more, Michael teaches Physics too and lives in Rochester
H.J. Morris (CI. 49-55) has two market gardens in the Kempsey area and is Treasurer of the parish church His son D.J Morris (CI 76-79) is in the R.A.F and stationed at Odiham
Dr M.J. Morris (W. 71-78) has been a Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at Sheffield University since October 1988
R Mortimer (CI 55-59) served in the Fleet AirArm and is now working for Ferranti, mainly in the Middle East.
D.J. Nicholls (B. 70-77) married June in 1985. They both work for Lloyds Bank David is the Assistant Manager in the Worcester branch in St John's
I H Noakes (Cr 63-70) graduated in 1974 at the Hatfield Polytechnic with a B.Sc in Aeronautical Engineering and then joined HawkerSiddeley Since 1980, he has workedin the aircraft industry in South Africa and lives near Johannesburg He is a licensed pilot and keen on photography and wild life conservation. Address: P.O. Box 6326, Dunswart 1508, Transvaal, R.S.A.
Dr Kate North (Co 81-83) qualified in medicine, M.B., B.Sc., in June 1988 along with seven other O.V.s, six of them in the accelerated space of five years, three of the six being College House girls
Alison Nott (Co 81-83) after her Birmingham First in English in 1987 spent a year at the Guildford School of Music and Drama and had her Diploma presented by Rik Mayall (CI 68-75)
Kate Ogden (Co 81-83), between graduating in Geography at London University in June 1987 and taking her first-year accountancy exams inSeptember 1988, spent July to October 1987 with Operation Raleigh in the Moluccas, returning in late December by way of New Zealand and joining the School skiers at once. In March 1988 her engagement was announced
Sally Ogden (Co 84-86) is back at Lancaster University after a year in the University of California with a British Universities Scholarship She studied marketing and worked in a post-graduate group
S.P. Oldroyd (Cr 72-77) is national sales manager of an office equipment company based in Bristol
N.J. Owen (Cr. 75-85) has begun research into 'The Decline of British Power in India' After his first in P.P.E he was elected to a Research Studentship at Nuffield College, Oxford
Dr Susie Panton (Co 81-83) qualified in Medicine in June 1988 and is now a House Physician at Hemel Hempsted Hospital
J.H Parry (S 66-73) is working with Glenny, a firm of Chartered Surveyors in East London He was in the Inland Revenue Valuation Office until July 1987 He is in touch with Clive Stubbington (Ca 66-73), Steve Cowper (W.6373) and others Address: 61 Lyndhurst Gardens, Barking
B.R. Parsons (Ca 51-55) still works for a Trans-Pacific container company in Auckland, New Zealand and is still in touch with schoolfriends there and inSweden, Australia and England Auckland celebrates her 150th anniversary in 1990 and will host the Commonwealth Games Basil is involved in the new Maritime Museum that is to be opened
A.J.T Perigo (Ch 48-54) returned to England in 1988 after working abroad for 32 years, first in Zimbabwe when it was Southern Rhodesia, then in the Near East and Middle East where he ran a manufacturer's representative business with offices in Beirut, Teheran, Dubai and Bahrain New address: Flat 14, Grand Sanders House, Hurst Lane, Sadlescombe, East Sussex.
James Pettifer (Ca. 63-67) has two plays coming into production in 1989 One is based on the 14th century Langland's poem Piers Plowman, with a Malvern setting The play will be performed on tour in the Malvern Festival and in Stratford-on-Avon's Swan Theatre
T.J. Pettifer (CI 69-76) is living in Worcester at 11 Ombersley Road and is General Manager of the Fownes Hotel in City Walls Road, the old Glove Factory magnificently adapted and handy for the King's School
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.E.A Phillips (Cr 76-83) has qualified as a dental surgeon and is practising in Sheffield
Rev. M Powell, Ph.D., (Cr 68-75) after three years as curate in Evesham is now vicar of Exhall in the Coventry Diocese. A distant predecessor of his was the seventeenthcentury King's School headmaster John Wright
Captain J.C Preston (Ch 75-80), Lieutenant S.D Preston (S 77-82) and Lieutenant R.A Preston (S.80-85) all played in The Duke of Wellington's Regimental team that won the Army RugbyFootball Sevens at Aldershotin May 1988 Robert also played for the Combined ServicesUnder 21 Fifteen.
A.W. Rankin (W. 74-84) gained a credit Higher National Diploma at the Harper Adams Agricultural College and worked in their RidgewayFarm at Powick until he went to Australia in November 1988 for a year
Captain A.K Ridley-Jones (B 64-74) is serving in The Royal Corps of Signals His younger brother Lieutenant B D Ridley Jones, R.N., (Cr, 66-76) is in the Instructor Branch and has been on the Armilla Patrol in the Persian Gulf.
Dr M.W Saunders (W 75-82) qualified in Medicine in June 1988, a memorable medical year for O.V.s
G.M.M Scott (CI 67-77) has begun a two-year course for the M.B.A degree at North Western University near Chicago, Illinois and means to take up rowing again He was formerly in the Wolfson College, Oxford first eight He worked in 1985-88 in London for Strategic Planning Associates, an international firm of business consultants
S.J. Scott (H 58-65) is Head of Sixth Form at Cheltenham Ladies College where he also runs the Electronics Department.
MLJ. Senter (Cr 46-54) was appointed O.B.E in the 1988 New Year Honours List, for services with I.C.I Europe He is their Manager in Prague Dr J.P Shervington (CI 73-83) qualified at St Thomas's Hospital, London in June 1988 and is a Houseman at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Birmingham, but will return to St Thomas's.
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.C. Shervington (CI. 75-85) spent 1987 travelling round the world and is now at University College, London, studying Geography
A.J. Simpson (W 61-88) is a Production Controller for Wellcome Diagnostics in Dartford, Kent He also commands the Biggin Hill Squadron of the Air Training Corps, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Champions of Kent in 1986 and 1987
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.S.R. Skevington (Ch 76-81) returned to the Far East in 1987 and is running a night club Pat Pong, Bangkok, where any contact with visiting O.V.s would be welcome He has business interests too in Hong Kong.
I.J.C. Skevington (Ch. 76-80) has completed a trip round the world and returned to Hong Kong for a second tour with the Royal Hong Kong Police Force
A.J Smith (B 69-79) graduated in 1983 at Imperial College, London with an Upper Second in Mechanical Engineering After 3+ years as an engine designer with Ricardo, consulting engineers, he is now managing the engineering design advisory and information section of the Design Council
C.J. Tarrant (Ch. 61-64) hosts the Capital's breakfast TV show in the independent sector (Chris Tarrant) Cathryn Taylor, now Mrs Lyons, (Co 79-81) is a Senior Staff Nurse in the High Dependency Unit at Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester
D. L.L. Taylor (Cr 48-54) is founder and senior partner of a firm of solicitors in Headless Cross, Redditch He and his wife Mary Elizabeth have four children, Simon, Sara, Penny and Olivia He still swims and skis and plays golf Address: 30 Champfield Lane, Webheath, Redditch
C.J.L. Thorne (Ca 69-74) is now working for Haggett Brothers in the Blue Arrow Group He is a headhunter with an Executive Search and Selection Consultancy.
S.M. Tomlinson (H. 63-70) is a Queen's Counsel. At Worcester College, Oxford he gained a First in Jurisprudence in 1974 and won the Eldon Law Scholarship He was the youngest of the 57 who took silk in March 1988
J.D.T Wall (S 65-70) has moved from the Deputy Headship of Durston House, Ealing to the Headship of St Edward's School, Reading He has worked in preparatory schools since graduating in classics at Bristol University
Dr G.P Wallis (B 64-74),Ph.D, is a Lecturer in Genetics at the University of Otago in New Zealand, to which he moved with his wife Lisa and their toddler Megan in April 1988.
Dr G.T Wallis (B 66-76) has a Fellowship in Dental Surgery and an M.Sc in Orthodontics and is working in Guernsey. Their father's address, 3 St Peter's Road, Malvern will find either of the two brothers.
J.R. Warren (b 77-84) is working for a Textile Degree in Leeds
H.D. Watson (Ch 48-58) was Senior History Master at Dean Close School, Cheltenham 1969-83 and then moved to Canterbury as housemaster of St Edmund's Junior School, in which the Choristers are educated In September 1988 he took up his duties as the new Headmaster of the Clayesmore Preparatory School in Dorset.
J.A Whitehead (Ch 52-57) has been in Hong Kong since 1973 and travels extensively in the Far East on business with textile manufactories He has a daughter at Warwick University and two daughters at secondary schools in Hong Kong
J.M.J. Williams (CI 73-82) has for the last two years been researching at Oxford University for a D.Phil, in Chemistry. He gained a First at York University in 1986. He married Cathy in September 1988.
D.M Wolfendale (W 58-68) works for British Rail and is based in Malvern He and his wife have two children Thomas (9) and Amy (5), and live at 15 The Moorlands, Hanley Road, Malvern
V.P. Woodward (CI. 62-68) is a director of a Glasgow firm supplying instruments to hospitals and science-based industries. In June 1988 he was married to the Business Development Manager of Stylo Financial Service, Glasgow
Rev. M.H. Weaver (Cr 49-56) is Vicar of Arundel with Tortington and Stoke in the Chichester Diocese and Rural Dean of Arundel and Bognor Regis He read Architecture and then Theology His three sons are 20, 18 and 14 years old
Rev. A.J. Wright (Cr 59-65), the new President of the Club, was ordained deacon in Worcester Cathedral on 3 July 1988 and has moved with his family to Kidderminster where he is Curate in the Parish Church Team Ministry Address: 44 Broadwater Drive, Kidderminster
APPEAL NEWS
It seems such a short tim e since I wrot e last year's article and yet so muc h has happened W e have, so far, over £330,000 in o r promise d - perhaps no w is th e tim e fo r the promises t o be kept! W e are half-way t o ou r target an d althoug h th e amoun t raised is significantly higher tha n previous Appeal s achieved w e d o need mor e so that w e can produc e th e facilities that will enabl e King's t o remai n in th e forefron t of Independen t schools
This year's target is 1,000 covenants of £4 a month for 4 years
Less than the cost of a gin and tonic a week at Worcester prices
Wit h well over 3,000 OV s an d 750 parents, surely not to o muc h t o ask an d yet such a vital ingredient fo r ou r progress toward s th e 21st century. I have take n th e liberty of partly completin g a covenan t for m whic h yo u will fin d at th e en d of this report If yo u have no t already contributed , PLEASE COMPLETE IT AND RETURN IT TO THE APPEAL OFFICE
A video of th e school was produce d by on e o f ou r parents, John Guy , wh o is in fact a Surgeon ! The original intentio n wa s t o mak e a short video tha t could be used t o remin d OV s of th e school This develope d into a 'typical day ' at school fo r a Sixth Form girl an d a Lowe r Remove boy , the n a tou r fo r ne w parents of
bot h th e Senior School and th e Junior School was added W e eventually picked point s fro m all of these ideas an d th e finishe d product has becom e a 35 minut e feature !
Parents' evenin g have been hel d throughou t the year wit h Houses formin g th e units for invitations in th e Senior School , and Forms in th e Fourths an d Junior School The patter n for these evenings been : drinks in th e Green-roo m followe d by th e video , a talk, the n win e an d cheese. Even thoug h th e groups have been small, th e atmospher e has been good , althoug h financial response at th e meetings has not alway s been forthcoming However , almost all of those wh o atten d these meeting s give somethin g eventually Th e girls of Colleg e House wer e joine d by thos e in Eliot an d their yearly concert becam e their Appea l Evening The parents responde d wel l t o bot h th e invitation an d the appeals ! Ove r 150 parents wer e present an d it was an extremel y goo d evening The Fourt h Forms followe d th e same pattern as the girls in presentin g music and dram a t o thei r parents Backgroun d music t o th e eating an d drinkin g is supplied each evenin g by various individuals an d groups fro m withi n th e School , fro m who m a group , 'The King's Jazzmen' , have been formed
The response fro m OV's continue s t o be very goo d an d their contributio n is approachin g 50 % o f th e total so far raised, althoug h once agai n the numbe r of individuals wh o have given is still only a small proportio n of thos e wh o wer e contacted . The first O V t o see th e vide o was L F H Woodcoc k (School House) wh o left in 1919. He though t it was marvellous an d as a result attende d th e School House Centenar y Dinne r an d was th e oldest person there Mos t of th e OVs tha t I met durin g last year had left School in th e 30's o r before an d wer e therefor e at hom e durin g the day Visits wer e almost always successful thoug h rarely o n th e day Everywher e ther e wer e genuinel y goo d feelings expressed abou t th e School an d almost always some small mementoe s of tim e spent at King's wer e evident The visits wer e tie d in wit h University interviews (my daughter's!) an d included th e Nort h East, wher e I met or contacte d all 11 OVs, an d the n the Sout h West wher e individua l visits no w nee d grou p meeting s in orde r t o cover th e large number s wh o have move d South t o retire. There is indeed a North-South divide as far as OVs are concerned !
David Wrigh t (Creighton, wh o left in 1961 an d is no w a School Governor ) was able t o fix a House of Common s drinks party wit h our President an d this the n became th e focus fo r a 'Londo n week' W e have 109 OVs wit h addresses in London ; these wer e writte n t o an d over 30 replied They gave names of othe r OVs wh o worke d in th e City an d so by the end of th e wee k I ha d contacte d over 70 an d produce d forth e Appea l wel l over £20,000 wit h mor e still comin g in. Peter Dan e (Choir, left 1969) was th e host t o a grou p of 60's leavers at his officesan d becam e a Vice-President o f the Appeal ; Fred Underwoo d (Choir, left 1979) go t togethe r late 70's early 80's leavers at his flat an d also at a pu b in th e City; Geof f Mulcah y (Chappel, left 1960), Chief Executive of Woolworth' s Holdings, attracted a wid e rangin g grou p of City OVs t o drinks at Woolworth' s H.Q - an d on a Friday afternoo n too ! The Headmaster , Donal d Howel l (School, left 1961, an d the Chairma n of th e Governors) an d David Annet t wer e all present at th e House of Common s and , wit h Tim Hickson , ou r Secon d Master, also attende d othe r gatherings durin g th e week Each
meeting , apart fro m that at th e House of Commons , sa w th e video , an d agai n th e response t o it was excellent
Durin g th e days in Londo n I continue d t o visit old OVs an d me t th e oldest O V so far in Frank C Davis (Castle, left 1911) wh o still, at 96, writes th e article 'Talkin g abou t Salerooms' for Countr y Life - an amazing man I me t Rik Mayall (Chappel , left 1975) as he cam e off stage an d he hopes t o be able t o 'open ' the Theatre whe n his 'horrendous ' filmin g an d T V schedule permits In th e euphori a after tha t night's performanc e he asked if I wante d 'loadsamoney' I, of course, said yes an d he agree d t o becom e a Vice-President of the Appeal !
Othe r hosts have included Hug h Scurfield (Day boy, left 1954) - Grou p Chief Executive of Norwic h Unio nwh o laid o n a super b buffet lunch for 20 OVs in the City I must ask Hug h if the cheques tha t he signs o n the advertisements fo r retirement pensions are cashable for th e Appeal !
To mark th e en d of th e first yearo f th e Appeal , a Ball was held in Colleg e Hall on th e evenin g befor e th e O V dinner The postal dispute caused number s t o fall belo w those expecte d but an enjoyabl e tim e was had by man y wh o have supporte d th e Appea l so far The postal dispute also ruined th e plannin g fo r gatherings of OVs fro m Worceste r and Herefordshire . Invitations wer e in the post fo r the day th e postal worker s wer e du e t o resume wor k after thei r 24 hou r stoppage ; they remaine d in th e Post Office fo r anothe r tw o weeks ! By th e tim e som e of the m wer e delivered , tw o of th e four dates wer e fast approachin g an d had t o be cancelled W e shall try again
The rest of this year is goin g t o be spent meetin g as man y OVs as possible So if yo u receive an invitation to see th e vide o an d have a drink, please com e along I wil l en d this report as I bega n by asking yo u foryou r suppor t in keepin g King's a grea t School Every gift is greatly appreciated
A list of all thos e wh o have given t o th e Appea l is include d wit h this report I than k them , an d thos e wh o wis h t o remai n anonymous , agai n for thei r support. Agai n I ask tha t if yo u have no t already give n -
PLEASE COMPLETE, AND RETURN, THE COVENANT FORM
Results so far: Total in or promise d £326,400
Mad e up by: 18 Vice-Presidents £49,600
134 Patrons £159,000 12 Charities £40,700
249 Othe r covenants + gifts £77,100
Tota l numbe r o f gifts 429 Averag e gift £760
W e have fir m promises - in writing ! - fro m a furthe r 35 peopl e LB
Mr & Mrs M Abraham
G.M.B Adams
M.G.R Adams
Arthur H Aldridge
D.M Alexander
N.V.B Alexander
V.J.L Alexander
A.B Allen
J.J Allen
R. Allum
Mr & Mrs D Anderton
Guy D Andrews
Mr & Mrs R Annable
D.M. Annett
Anon
A D Arbuckle
B. A.J. Arthure
C F Assheton
Mr & Mrs P.D Aydon
P.W.M Badams
Mr & Mrs T.G Bader
L.M. Bailey
Mr & Mrs M Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. C.C. Baker
Very Rev Dr T.G A Baker
Miss Peggy Baldwin
Mrs Jill Banbery
Mr & Mrs C.N Baria
Peter B Barker
R.B Barker
P.J. Baseley
R.W Bayliss
J.D Beavan
Dr T.E.D Beavan
D. R. Bell
I.D Bell
Mrs. B.C. Bellingham
G Bennett
AJ Bentall
M.W Bentley
R.H. Birkett
Mr & Mrs D.A Birtwhistle
Mr & Mrs G Bishop
Mr & Mrs M Bishop
P.J Blackham
R.M & G Blakeway
Mrs. C. Jane Blaydes
M.A.B Boddington
A.B Bolland
A.D Bolland
M.J Bolton
Mr & Mrs J Bowler
Mrs J.A Bradshaw
Harry Bramma
A.E.N Branch
Rev E.B Bridger
J.L.K Bridges
C B Briscoe
K.C. Bristow
Mr & Mrs Alan Broderick
Mr. & Mrs. P.J. Brooks
P.C Brooks
S.R Brooks
David G.W Brown
Mr & Mrs I Brown
Mr & Mrs D.A Bryan
D R.W Bryer
Lt.Col. W.S.D. Burke
E R Burkill
Rev L.L Burn
Harry Bury
H B Carslake
Mr & Mrs M.C Cathery
E.A. Cave
N.M Chambers
Mr & Mrs R Clark
Brian S Clarke
Mr & Mrs G.W Clarke
A.E Clemit
Stephen Clcobury
Dr Margaret C Clifford
D.G. Clubley
C Clutton
Mr & Mrs J.C Cole
R.J & W.A Comyn
Philip A. Congrave
Barbara I Cookson
M.R Craze
Mr. & Mrs. G.D. Crompton
W.G.H Cullis
J.S Cummins
Mr & Mrs M.P Cunliffe
Mrs Barbara Curie
Mr & Mrs I.H Cutbill
Peter G Dane
M.G Davenport
Dr M.B Davies
Mr &Mrs C.C Davies
C J Davis
A I Denison
Mr & Mrs P.G Diamond
Mr N.J Dixon
S Dobb & R Lampitt
Mr. & Mrs. K. Down
Mr & Mrs C.J Dredge
J.M.R Drummond
M.R Dudley
Mr & Mrs D.J Eaves
P.J.A Eccleston
B S Eckersley
P.W Edwards
Ven Canon & Lady Eliot
Capt & Mrs T.D Elliott
J Exton
D. R. Elt
Mr & Mrs R.W.G Fenton
G. H.J. Evans
Canon G Fenwick
H Ferrar
Mr & Mrs P Fitzjohn
Mr & Mrs R.A Fleming
S Fletcher
Mr & Mrs D.M Forrest
Mr & Mrs M.J.A Forsyth
Mr & Mrs H.M Freeman
R.A Fry
C H Fyson
R.C Gabriel
Rev B.L Gant
Air Com T Garden
Ian G Gardiner
N.C Garland
P.J Garland
Mr & Mrs J.K George
P. Ghalamkari
Mrs P Gibbs
Richard Gibbs
E S (J J & M.H.) Gilbert
M.R Gill
M.B Glossop
K.P Gorman
Margaret Greaves
T.J Greenhough
A.M Grier
J.K. Grieves
Mr & Mrs D.S Grinned
J.G. Guy
A.D Haigh
A.J Haigh
Mr & Mrs M.V Haines
Mr & Mrs D.E Hale
T.W Halford
A.O. Hall
Mr & Mrs G.G Hall
Andrew Hambling
R.J.T & P.R.J Hardyman
E T.C Harris
Mr. & Mrs. G.A. Harris
Mrs C Harris
P.M Harris
F L Harrison T.D
Lt.Col.A.R Harrison T.D., D
Mr & Mrs J.N Hartley
J.F.V Harvey
Dr P.C Hassan
A.R Haynes
Dr. P.J. Heath
D Hershman
Peter F. Hewitt
W.M Hewitt
Mr. & Mrs. S.D. Hickey
Brian Hicks
J.B Higgins
Rev & Mrs F.D Hillebrand
Mr A Ho
T.F.J Hodgson
C R Hodson
Mr & Mrs Holmes
Mr & Mrs R.S Holt
Derek J Hook
M.E.R Hook
J.P. Houlbrooke
T.D Houlding
Mr & Mrs D.T Howell
Mr & Mrs J.B Howell
Mr & Mrs J.M Hubert
R.S Hume
Dr I.H Hutchinson
D P.lddon
R.A Irving
C.A.W Ive
Mr & Mrs K Izmajlowicz
A.G. Jackson
Dr A.P.F Jackson
F.W James
W.J.F Jeff
Mr & Mrs M Jeffs
Daryl Jelinek
Lt.Col.A.L.O Jerram M.B.E
Mr & Mrs R.W Johnson
Mr & Mrs P.A Jones
W.F. Jones
M.H Judd
M.J Kirk
Mrs F Knapp
Stuart R Knee
Mr & Mrs P.J Knight
R.J Knowles
Mr. & Mrs. M . Lacey
R.A Lambert
J.D. Langdon
P.L.G Langford
Annabel Large
W.F Alan Lau
Sara Lawson
Mr & Mrs J Le Fort
David E Lewis
Mrs M.L Lewis
Rev Elvet Lewis
S.J. Lloyd
Sir Jack Longland
Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Lowe
Mr & Mrs F.J MacCauley
Mr & Mrs G Mackison
Mr & Mrs R Mack Smith
E.F Mackie
G.V Marshall
R.P Mason
Rik Mayall
Ian McAndrew
Mr & Mrs P.P McCarthy
J.F.R McDevitt
Richard Mcintosh
R.S Mendolsohn
Mark Meyrick
Dr N.R.H Millard
D.R Mills
Andrew & Nicola Milne
M.C.W Minchin
P.D Miyazaki-Ross
Dr & Mrs J.M Moore
M.J Morris
N.A Moss
Mr & Mrs J.E Murfin
Mr & Mrs P Mutter
D.T Naish
S Nash
Mr & Mrs M.R.J Newitt
M.E Nicholls
Mr & Mrs P.J Nicholls
Mr. & Mrs. P.J.O. Norbury
J.M Norman
Mr & Mrs P.W.H North
Mrs M.A Nott
E.P Oates
Mr & Mrs A.R Oates
Clive T O'Donnell
R.T Ormerod
Dr A.H Osmond
Mr & Mrs D.A Overton
Miss V.M.H. Owen
Mrs C.A Padley
B.R Parsons
Adrian Partington
J.B Partridge
Mr & Mrs T.J Patterson
A.S Phelips
J.H.C Phelips O.B.E
Mr & Mrs D.F Phillips
C.J. Pickford
M.St.J Pimley
Harry G. Pitt
Marc Plesse
M.J Points
Mr & Mrs R.W Powell
Peter & Christine Powell
Rev M Powell
I.G Power
P.B. Preece
H.L Preedy
Michael D Price
Stephen C Pugh
Dr J.R Quiney
Mr & Mrs R Ranganathan
C.R Rayers
E Reeves
P.L.J Rex
Col.J.D Reynolds
Dr & Mrs Eurfyl Richards
D.T Richardson
N Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Rix
M.J Roberts
Andrew P. Robinson
D.G Robinson
Keith Robinson
Mr & Mrs J.M Roe
l.G. Rogers
Mr & Mrs C.W Rogers
Dr & Mrs M.D Rosewarne
C.F. Roslington
J.M Roslington
Mr & Mrs J.T Roughton
Mr & Mrs J.G Ruddock
D.C Savage
Mr & Mrs J.C Savage
R.J. Savage
Mr & Mrs C.H.W Schwalbe
G.M.M Scott
H.H Scurfield
James Shepherd
J.P Shervington
T.C Shervington
D.J. Shrimpton
Mrs A Simcock
I.R.M Singleton
J.P Sington
Mr & Mrs J.G Small
R.A.F Smith
J.J Snewin
Dr & Mrs A Spencer
R.F.J Spier
Mr.& Mrs M.A Starr
M.H Steene
M.A Stevens
R.N.G Stone
O.T Storrs
Mr & Mrs R.D Stote
G.W.PStretton
P.A.J Sturge
Dr. &Mrs. R.O. Summers
Mr & Mrs R.S Swift
Mr & Mrs B Tait
P.G Taylor
Julian Thake
D.F./T.G./Wilf/Mary Thomas
Dr & Mrs Ian McKim Thompson
P.C Thompson
Mr & Mrs I.R Thomson
R Thorn
H.R Thurlby
Christopher Tolley
Dr M.S Tolley
Rev Canon & Mrs G Tolley
S.M Tomlinson
J.H.R Trape
Major J A.R Trape
N.E Trape
Mr & Mrs D.J Trill
Dr & Mrs P.J Tufton
Mr. & Mrs. B.J. Turner
Mr & Mrs J Turner
Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Turner
Wg.Cdr & Mrs G.E Tyack
P.C Underwood
Mrs H.M Valpy
Dr J.D.C Vardon
Mr & Mrs R.I Vaughan
J.R Wadley
Dr T.M Wadsworth
Mr & Mrs J.C Waits
Mrs D Wake
T.P Walker
Mr. & Mrs. B.J. Ward
D Webb
P.D Webster
Dr J.E Weiss
Mr & Mrs R.A Westcott
Mr & Mrs P.R Wetherall
Dr R.E Wetson
J.T Wheeler
J.A Whitehead
M.G.S Wilesmith
Dr & Mrs B Williams
F.T.C Williams
D.G Wilmer
Z Win
Mr & Mrs C Windsor
Mr Wing-soWong
Mrs A Winter
N.H. Witherick
M Worster
D.G Wright
A.S Yarnold
Dr M.R Young
M Young
Astons Coaches
Avern Industrial Chemicals
Tom Bader Photography
Bain Clarkson pic
Barnsley, Hewitt-Mallinson
Bennetts Dairies
Brintons Ltd
Thomas Broad Ltd
H.H Bushell
Stan Davis
Dowty Group pic
Deansway Catering
Embroiders Guild
B.A. Higgins (Halesend)
Holder & Ashman
Jeynes Freezer Centre
Kay and Co
Lloyds Bank pic
Malpas Stallard
The Modern Heating Co
H.G Perry (Electrical) Ltd
Premiere Products
Rigby Taylor
Spicers Ltd
Underwood & Co Ltd
Victoria Carpet Co Ltd
Worcester Frozen Food
Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust
W.A Cadbury Charitable Trust
Sir Hugh Chance Charity
S & D Lloyd Charity
J.F. & E.A. Measures Charity
Arthur Pyke Charity Trust
blame and address of donors bank
(a) Date on which first payment is to be made. This must be on or after the date of execution of the deed
* Yearly payments
Covenant Form
King's SchoolDevelopmentTrust
Individuals and Firms
BANKER'S ORDER
To
On (a)
.please pay the sum of £ _ (amount in words ) to Lloyds Bank Ltd., 4 The Cross, Worcester, for the credit of King's School Development Trust Account (No 0655584) and thereafter make like payments on the day of in each of the following t. years making payments in all
'Quarterly payments on the usual quarter days each year fort year's making payments in all
'Monthly payments
{'please delete and initial the inappropriate lines) on the _day of the month fort years making payments in all
Signature
Name (in block letters)
Address
Date
IMPORTANT This complete form should be sent to The Bursar, 5 Edgar Street, Worcester WR1 2LR, immediately after execution It should NOT be sent to your Bankers It will be sent to your Bankers after it has been recorded
Note: The date on which the gift will be made, shown as (a) on the deed of covenant and the banker's order, should always be on or after the date on which the deed is executed, show as (b) below
DEED OF COVENANT
Name and address of donor.
In the case of a firm, all partners must sign the deed and T should be altered to 'we* as appropriate (a) Date on which the first payment is to be made
Enter here the actual amount donor will pay each year/quarter/month (b) This date must be the same as, or earlier than, (a) above of
hereby covenant with the Trustees for the time being ofKing's School Development Trust for a period oft years from the (a) day of 19 or during my life whichever period shall be the shorter I will pay each year/quarter/month to the said Trustees such a sum as will after the deductions of income tax at the standard rate for the time being in force leave in the hands of the said Trustees a net sum of £ (the sum in words ) such sum to be paid from my general fund of taxed income so that I shall receive no personal or private benefit in either of the said periods from the said sum orany part thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this (b) day of 19
Signed sealed and delivered by the said (block letters) Signature in the presence of Signature Occupation
Address f N.B — Under the 1980Finance Actthe minimum period is four years
