Colin Callaghan joined the School in September 1985 after four years' teaching at Chigwell School in Essex Heis himself a Londoner and was at school at St Dunstan's College, Catford, before going on to study French and German at Exeter University M y most vivid memory ofthe day he came forinterview is that he had broken his leg just shortly before It was thefirst time I hadever known anyone come for interview with a broken leg! But even this handicap didn't quench his ebullient, boyish enthusiasm which came across at the interview Hewas clearly the man for the job
Though it was obvious from his record that some of his sporting interests lay rather away from the mainstream of King's School sporting activity - he wasa good footballer and a keen fives player- he threw himself with great energy into the sporting life of the School, coaching the second eleven at cricket and the Under 13 rugby team with his customary energy and enthusiasm In his first two or three years he also did agreat deal to revive fives as a junior sport in theSchool and created a great deal of interest in the game among Fourth Formers
He succeeded as Head ofModern Languages in time to see the results of the national change to GCS E in 1988, and he tackled the new curriculum and examination structure with the same energy and panache He also presided over changes in theA leve syllabus andexamination in French within the School, combin-
Rosemary Endacott
Rosemary Endacott joined the English Department in September 1990 and in her two years with us she impressed us with her enthusiasm and scholarship, particularly in Shakespeare Studies which was her speciality
She was a fresh and delightful presence in the School, always giving boys and girls credit for the best motives and taking a sympathetic interest in their problems
Rosemary's family life was always of great importance to her
Madeleine Kirke
Madeleine Kirke brought her dog, herVolvo, her experience of engineering/teaching and her conversation to join thePhysics department for a year Thedog fought with Tigger, the Volvo upgraded the image of the department, her enthusiasms and
Irmgard Reichholf
Irmgard Reichholf joined the Modern Languages department on an exchange basis for Gordon Leah wholeft us to teach in Regensburg, Germany, fora year Shetaught both German and French, and being a native speaker, proved invaluable to the Germanists During her stay she attended many School activities, liking in particular music and the theatre I am sure she will be as glad to get back to the German teaching timetable as Gordon was loathe to leave it Wewish her well
M.D.R
ing energy and drive with a lot of care over administrative detail He organised a very successful visit to Brittany for Fourth Formers and devoted a lot of time to establishing a new School French exchange link following the end of our long-standing contact with Vichy and the shortlived link with Bordeaux He also assisted with the School's skiing programme One of the things for which he will be remembered by his departmental colleagues was his reorganisation of the Language Centre and its facilities and the introduction ofvideo andcomputing facilities into the shape of language teaching
At a time of change and reorganisation Col in was always very busy andfull of very good ideas, some of which, unfortunately, he didn't manage to bring to fruition before he left us for a comparable post at The Royal Hospital School, Ipswich He had a great deal of vision, and a lot of imagination in his teaching methods It was good that his responsibilities didn't lead tothe loss of his natural boyishness andto a premature assumption of a kindofgravitas that would not have become him He made a lot of friends in all sections of the school during his six years with us before he left last Christmas, and he certainly made his mark on the School - in his department, in games and extra-curricular activities and inCommon Room He and his family will be very much missed, and wewish him, his wife Kim and their two girls, Lucy and Jessica, every happiness in their new life G.N.L.
and, when her husband, Norman, gained a place on an educational course inSweden, she felt that it was right that sheand her three children should accompany him We are sorry that this meant that she must leave us and wish the family good luck and happiness in their venture
We will miss her friendly good humour in the department and we still have an appointment with her to consume a 'Heroic Hallucination', a feat which she didn't quite manage at our departmental dinner
experience were not asappreciated by classes as they might have been and her conversations kept all of us continuously up to date Life is always poorer for less contact with those who have passed through Wewish her well
Pauline Powell, an experienced senior teacher, worked with us part-time for two terms last year, partly replacing CT C who left after the Autumn term It was no easy task to be expected to take over at short notice, particularly as a GCS E group was involved The fact that she coped admirably bears witness to heT teaching ability and professionalism We were most grateful for her contribution to the department at such a difficult time and wish her well for the future
Pauline Powell
and an early idea to examine the bubbles in glasses of beer fell flat when we left the bottle open all night, a lot of serious research was completed and in the end, after a hectic week of after-school activity and even one nocturnal session, a four page report was duly faxed off to BAY S headquarters with barely an hour to spare
Now that the King's branch of BAY S is one of the largest in the country, we decided that it would be foolish not to tap the reserve of support for our team which was obviously present in large quantities, and so the world famous "battle bus" was resurrected and 50 members of the School were transported down to London to see us defend our title for the second year running The team had to travel in a separate car to avoid being mobbed by amorous Fourth Form girls, but we still managed to bump into our supporters at Heston Services near London, even though we had set off an hour and a half later than them To my great surprise I happened to peer through the plastic foliage, only to see David Bellamy eating his breakfast at the next table This prompted numerous impressions of the well known biologist throughout the day, mostly by M r Wheeler The hilarity was greatly increased when we discovered on arrival at the Natural History Museum that Sir David Attenborough would be posing the questions in the grand final Now it was Jon's turn to try and impress us with his impressions
As we waited for our heat to start the tension mounted, but all the questions seemed to be reasonably answerable - until, that is, it came to our heat Suddenly all the questions seemed harder than before, with very few going our way and the lights seemed hotter and brighter We fell behind but due to another great effort by Jon, combined with our bubble investigation (top-scorer with 8/10) we ended up at the last question just two points behind We had to answer the last question correctly to be in a tiebreaker before we even had a chance of winning
The tension was unbearable Finally, the questionmaster began to speak:
"Name the allotrope of carbon "
At which point we buzzed in There are in fact three allotropes of carbon, diamond, graphite and Buckminster fullerene - only recently discovered The answer to a
SCIENCE CLUB
The Science Club has had another very good year, continuing to be one of the largest branches of the British Association Youth Section (BAYS) in the country Many members took part in trips to places of scientific interest such as The Exploratory and The London Science Museum
On the competition front we again performed well in the Masterminds of Science and Chemistry Quiz competitions In the Chemistry quiz our quartet equalled the best ever performance by a team from KS W by being beaten
similar question in the previous heat had been graphite, and we discounted Buckminster fullerene because it is so new, so the answer had to be diamond Unfortunately, however, our idea of the right answer did not agree with the right answer and so that was it - there was no way we could win It really was a catch-22 situation As a matter of interest, the team which went through from our heat by two points eventually won the title of BAY S Masterminds 1992, so we were fittingly beaten by the new champions
Our defeat meant that we could spend some time looking around the rest of the museum, which we'd never had the opportunity to do in the past On our travels we bumped into yet another celebrity - Bob Simes, who occasionally appears on "Tomorrow's World" However, nobody could do a passable impression of him, so he escaped the trauma of hearing himself courtesy of Jon or Mr Wheeler
Once we were on our way home, doom and gloom set in as there was little to do save looking at a lovely early evening view of the Hammersmith flyover It was up to Jon to come up with something to cheer us up and yet again he succeeded
At the time of the quiz Britain was gripped by election fever, and it didn't take Jon long to realise that his rosette (used to identify the teams) was identical to those being sported by members of the Conservative party Jon duly doctored his by removing the British Gas logo and replacing it with a very well drawn flaming torch and the words "Vote Conservative" He dreamed up a fictional name and together with a clipboard and a blue folder he looked the picture of an ideal Conservative candidate He swore that if we stopped for a cup of tea (as promised by M r Wheeler), he would remain in the foyer of the Service station to canvas support Unsurprisingly, M r Wheeler then studiously avoided every single Service Station and cafe between Kensington and Worcester, and Jon never got his chance to alter the voting intentions of the people of a small village near Oxford
In the mean time,just because we were beaten does not mean we cannot enter again, and enter again we shall In fact, the first practice is scheduled for next week
James Fawcett
finalists (opposition identity withheld - well done RGS) for the third time in the four years that we have entered the competition Maybewe can go one better next year Whilst our Chemistry quiz record has usually been to come second, our record in the Masterminds of Science competition has been second to none National champions for the last two years This year, however, we slipped up - losing to the eventual winners in the national semi-final
CHEMISTRY QUIZ
After what seemed like aeons revisingChemical knowledge in Mr Wheeler's lab, the Chemistry Quiz team (consisting of Jim Fawcett, Edward Schwalbe, James Roslington and Gary Hemming) was finally on its way for its first match of the West M id lands Chemistry Quiz for the Canning Trophy Hasty last minute revision was taking place (Last year's travesty, where King's lost in the first match was still niggling at the back of our minds.) We were up against an unknown foe, and we required an emphatic win to boost our confidence
In the first match, in Leek, aided by James Roslington's seemingly infinite knowledge of 19th century Chemical names, we opened up a commanding lead over our opponents which we held until the end So far, so good
The next match was against a small girls' school We played at home, and this coupled with our legion of supporters provided us with a sound platform for a second win
We had now progressed to the finals night at Birmingham University After much more fevered Chemistry revision, the finals night arrived Looking around the foyer of the Howarth Building at the University, we could see ourold rivals across the room, the Royal Grammar School Worcester
"Don't worry," said Mr Wheeler, "we've beaten them every time that we've played them in the Chemistry Quiz." Somwhat relieved, we commenced our first match against
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for girls Again we gained the lead in the opening few questions and held it to the finish
We discovered that the Grammar School had also won their first match of the evening Our semi-final engagement was very close until we had to guess the name of an element We took a risk, which paid off, and we were into the final!
During the pre-final refreshments, we discovered that we would be up against Worcester Royal Grammar School, We nervously awaited the start of the match and then we went to pieces Perhaps it was because we were up against our main rivals, or because we were mentally exhausted after our previous matches, but our Chemical knowledge deserted us We were well beaten and had to settle for second place, the Grammar School being worthy victors on the night
We glanced into the audience, and could see M rWheeler collapsing Although the School has reached the finals of the Chemistry Quiz before, the School has never won the competition However, there was some consolation when we received our prizes, which were book tokens and trophies
All the team thank Mr Wheeler for helping us to prepare for the competition. Perhaps 1993 will finally bring a King's triumph? 1 wish the Chemistry Quiz team of next year the very best of luck
Edward Schwalbe
inside TUNISIA
UPPER SIXTH FIELDWORK - JANUARY 1ST - 8TH 1992 12 STUDENTS (WITH BLANK MINDS) ACCOMPANIEDBY ERB , LMG , MJ GAND MR G
Freya Stark in her 'Baghdad Sketches', 1938, wrote: 'The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands on his own perambulating doorstep - but if you discard all this and sally forth with a leisurely and blank mind, there is no knowing what may happen to you.'
This was the approach we hoped to foster, that of travellers and researchers, exploring this Arab culture in an attempt to understand Tunisia and her people better The following phrases are taken from the tour operator's guide to Tunisia Alongside a few of the 'happenings' we experienced
WINTER SUNSHINE. We had a glorious week of sunshine and temperatures of 60-65 F Two staff members can vouch for the strength of the sun, requiring blockout cream on those parts of their anatomy where the density of their hair follicles is rather sparse
UNCROWDED BEACHES. Of course, we only used the beaches as short cuts into the local city of Sousse Julia Bull and Caroline Barski developed excellent interpersonal skills conversing with and escaping from over zealous beach hawkers And yes, camels do do what they say they do in brochures We had hoped to give Kate Nancarrow an extended camel ride as a birthday present but she neatly sidestepped the experience
THE FRENCH EXCHANGE
Travelling by bus from Worcester to La Rochelle was certainly a new and interesting way of starting our Spring half-term There were forty of us and four members of staff - most of the time (one of them had a slight tendency to fall asleep). When we arrived after apparently eighteen hours of non-stop chattering and eating we all felt pretty tired and stepped from the bus expecting to be whisked off to our respective hosts Not a bit of it We were taken into a basement in the school and presented with 'jus d'orange' and as many 'pain au chocolat' as we could devour Ewan Purcell, having eaten non-stop since he left the Tuck Shop at King's, managed to finish off that which remained We met up with our correspondents, were told how much we had changed since their visit to England in October, and were taken away to meet their parents The first night is always hard, but with a little courage, the marvellous preparation afforded by GCS E French (e.g Pour la gare, s.v.p) and the wonderful delights of French coffee, I found mixing with the family very easy The next day we all met up and were able to swap stories of how they don't know how to make tea and all the peculiar habits these French
people have Visits to the Town Hall, the Chateau de Clemenceau and the Grottes de Savonniere had all been arranged for us by the French school We even went to Cognac and visited Maison Otard where samples had to be politely refused (by the pupils) as the majority of us were under 18 - (and it was not a rugby tour) Most of us also had the pleasurable experience of attending lessons - naturally in French A gift and thanks were conveyed to the French headmaster in appreciation of the trouble he and his staff had gone to, to accommodate us during term time The journey back was full of memories - some people naturally went straight to sleep again, the rest of us chattered constantly about our correspondents and our plans to return We were persistently reminded by Simon Russell that there was to be 'no sleep until bed time!' The trip reinforced my view that exchange visits of this kind are not only great fun, but also an excellent way of improving language skills and allowing an insight into the life styles in other countries
Bartholomew Borchardt
On Exchange in a German School (1991 - 1992)
Any teaching exchange requires a lot of adjustment
My year teaching English at a Gymnasium (Grammar School) just outside Regensburg in Bavaria was no exception No exchange teacher receives training in teaching his or her own language, but there was a two-day conference in Bonn in the preceding May where we were given some tips and good advice,following which 1 went to Regensburg to see the school in which I was to teach Whereas my exchange partner was able to observe The King's School in action and meet many colleagues, the German school was on holiday when I arrived, and Ionly met one teacher And the school building, large and modern, looked like a factory, and Iwondered what Ihad let myself in for Added to that was the fact that we would be living quite a long way from school, which would necessitate a motorway drive of about 10-12 miles each way
But we all know that it is people who make a school, and as soon as I arrived at the school, the Gymnasium Neutraubling, on the first day of term and met my colleagues in the English department, I immediately felt very welcome and very much at home It was a relatively young teaching staff, most of them on Christian name terms, which is unusual in Germany, and I was very happy to slip easily into this mould During the year, I got to know up
to a dozen colleagues well, and most of our social life was through them This was just as well, as my wife and I found it rather hard to get to know many families outside the school in Regensburg itself But in a school of 1300 boys and girls, the largest in eastern Bavaria, with a staff of about 100, there were enough colleagues interested in making us welcome, though in an English department of 21, there were still some whom I never got to know.
The attitude to school and the place of the school in the life of German children are totally differentfrom what we know at King's School starts at 8.00 am and for the first six classes, from the age of 10 to 16 there are six lessons of 45 minutes each, with a break of a quarter of an hour after the second and fourth lessons School finishes at 1.00 pm when the majority of boys and girls go home for the day For the older students there are afternoon lessons going on until after 4.30 , making it a very long day for some There are nodining hall oreating facilities at all, and the only opportunity for older students to congregate is in a small smokers' corner in the basement (Smoking is allowed among pupils in their equivalent of the Sixth Form.) Though there are lessons for games on the timetable, there is no inter-school sport and very few extracurricular activities at all, the exceptions being a little
RUGB Y 1st XV
This was another satisfying season and could have been even better had the scrummaging laws for schoolboys not changed to prevent us from pushing more than 1.5 metres Our power in this department was displayed only in Ireland where three pushover tries were scored in the two games Without wishing to detract from the achievements of the team it must be said that the strength of some of our opponents has become considerably weaker in recent years I am able to sit down at the start of every season and pencil in 6 banker wins without too much thought
Of the traditionally strong opponents, Cheltenham and Solihull were certainly the best teams we met during the season and the greatest margin of defeat of 14 points by Cheltenham was no disgrace The most memorable victories were those over Christ College Brecon, Bromsgrove
and R.G.S The performance of the forwards in the first two games was admirable whilst the method of success against R.G.S with two drop goals by Murray Lythgo a little unusual Lythgo had a tremendous kicking season scoring 145 points in all, which I believe is a School record
There were 10 Upper Sixth players in the team which was an obvious advantage in terms of strength and physical maturity Tim Summers, realising he was not quite quick enough for the back row changed to prop with remarkable success, and along with the experienced and reliable John Marchant and the mobile Bill Kerton formed a sound front row The second row of Tony Thomas, the captain, and Jason Best was athletic strong and skilful The back row of Ollie Lerna, Rupert Thomas and Torn Davies was always hungry for the loose ball, tackled strongly and was always in support to continue, attacks
VS Queen Mary's Walsall
vs Grange School, Chile Won 20 -A
VS Christ College Brecon Won
vs King Henry VIII, Coventry
vs Cheltenham College
vs Solihull School
vs K.E.S Birmingham
vs Dublin High
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vs R.G.S Worcester
Played 18 : Won 14 : Lost 4
Points for 349 : Points against 146
Tries for 53 : Tries against 22
Bill Jenks played scrum half in his own inimitable fashion and he, along with Lythgo at fly half, provided the vision of the team, invariably choosing the right option and executing it efficiently Neil Bowler was converted from a flanker to form a solid midfieId partnership with Toby Lee The elusive Matthew Smith and pacy Jonathan Parker played on the wings and although the distribution was not good enough to give them as many chances as I would have liked, they consistently acquitted themselves well Neil Adams was plucked from the obscurity of the 3rd X V and although his defence was suspect at times he improved markedly as the season progressed and was skilful in attack
Neil Bowler returns next year as captain with fourotherregularteam members but a lot of key positions have no obvious candidates so it could be a year for rebuilding
1st XV TOUR TO IRELAND
After the exotic location of Portugal the previous year, Mr Roberts decided that we should go to Ireland or the Bahamas Due to the lack of surfwax for Tony Thomas' surfboard, Dublin seemed the obvious choice
The intellectual capacity of the tourists was doubled by the introduction of Mr Gwilliam, but then considerably reduced by the last minute call-up of Edward Sutcliffe We arrived safely at Holyhead thanks to the knowledge of tour guide Mr Gwilliam, whose family seemed to live in most of the places on route His general knowledge also helped to double Toby Lee's spending money for the tour by winning numerous times on the trivia machines
After negotiating the outskirts of Dublin, which seem to exist without any road signs, we eventually arrived in the sleepy seaside town of Bray and our hotel which bore the original name of 'O'Sheas'
The first match was against Dublin High School and during the journey to the game Will Kerton made a new friend, Leppy the Leprechaun, that was visible only to him Heproceeded to follow us on our travels and worried Mr Roberts about the substances that Dr Kerton was giving his son for travel sickness
The match was very tough and we finally scraped home 12-9 thanks to a late pushover try by Rupert Thomas Celebrations were held at the seafront amusement arcade
The next day was free but the All Blacks were intown and we went to see them train Steve Perera made his contribution to the tour by getting a ball signed by many of their World Cup team, including the
M.J.R
GIRLS
"Still losing when I saw myself to
Shakespearedid not play inThe King's Girls' Tennis Team last year, but this line from one of his sonnets would have been very appropriate for our after-match reflections
It would be nice to think that we enjoyed playing, played well and returned successful Wecertainly enjoyed playing, and everyone gave maximum effort; but if success is measured in results, or more technically 'rubbers', then we did not do quite so well
Exam pressures and other commitments meant that regular pairings were sometimes hard to come by, but it was encouraging to see so many people willing to dust the cobwebs off their racquets when called upon
Nicola Litherland Lilla Barnes and Victoria Bentley represented the school regularly in the Midland Bank Schools' Tournament In addition, several matches were played on a purely friendly basis!
We were all encouraged by one particularly memorable result - a 7 rubbers to 2 win over Wrekin College
Other close results, which naturally caused great excitement, were achieved against Cheltenham College Ellerslie and Dean Close It was good to play some mixed tennis, too - even if the result
TENNI S
against Worcester Sixth Form College is best left unmentioned! The pairing of Nicola Litherland and Matthew Keating was particularly effective
At the end of the season Half Colours were awarded to Nicola Litherland and Victoria Bentley
With Mrs Anstey's continued support and encouragement, the courts resurfaced, and valuable experience behind us, we hope to build on last year's limited (!) success
Memories of our victory over Wrekin will doubtless spur us on And who was it said, "It is better to light one small candle than to complain about the darkness"? We hope to be lighting several candles in 1993
Victoria Beritley
BOYS
All in all, this was a ratherdisappointing season Although we had the luxury of being able, on most occasions, to turn out the same team we could not convert this advantage into victories Our first pair throughout consisted of the seasoned campaigners Matthew Keating and Edward Nixon, our previous year's second pair Their experience of partnering each other proved to be pivotal, and they were on a couple of occasions the only pair to register a win The second pair of Charlie Crow and Russel I McGettigan proved to be more than capable, even though the unorthodox and exuberant style of McGettigan was at times at variance with the more measured approach of his partner The third pair of Tony Thomas and Anthony Ellison took some time to develop, and they never really got to the stage where they had a clear understanding of the intricacies of doubles play Although they played with determination success proved very elu-
sive, and their efforts went largely unrewarded
The first outing of the term was, as usual, against Malvern College Having had a victory there last year we were hopeful we could repeat the result However, our team was still largely experimental, and it became clear as the match progressed that our 2nd and 3rd pairs were unbalanced We consequently lost by the margin of 7-2 Our second match was against Warwick School, who somehow manage to produce very strong teams year after year Their first pair proved to be formidable opponents, and contributed substantially to their 7-2 victory Against Christ College, Brecon, normal ly an easier proposition than either Warwick School or Malvern College we were without Crow, a fact that turned what would have been a certain win into a closely contested draw (4-4) Our one and only win of the season came at Wrekin College where, despite a somewhat lethargic performance by the first pair, due in no small measure to Nixon being a little off-colour, we ran out fairly convincing victors 6-3 Our final match of the season was against a Dean Close School team that was much stronger than normal Our first pair played well, and our second pair more or less held their own, but our third pair failed to register a win and we lost 7-2
Apart from the disappointing results, another downside is that of the regular team members all except Crow have left this year This leaves a big gap to fill for next season There aren't too many younger players coming through the system, a significant exception being Matthew Small, and we will inevitably be short of experience Things may not prove too easy
D.G.W.
HOUSE BASKETBALL COMPETITION
The Senior competition was once again enjoyable and well-supported The nine team format was replaced by two leagues of four following the temporary demise of School House From these two leagues Hostel, Choir Oswald and Kittermaster went through to the final stages Hostel and Kittennasterprogressecl to the final Hostel dominated the final
from the outset and eventually ran out fairly comfortable winners The Hostel House team of Lythgo, Adams, Clubley, Flower-Ellis and Church was a worthy winner
The four semi-finalists in the Junior competition were Hostel, Choir, Chappel and Wulstan The first semi-final between
the two Boarding houses was worthy of a final in itself and went lo an exciting replay The threat of Beaumont under the basket was eventually controlled by Malsumotoand Hostel prevailed Wulstan rather surprisingly defeated Chappel, but failed to stop Hostel House from achieving a famous double
On 7th December the School Choir and Cathedral Choristers sang Parry's inspired setting of Psalm 120,1 Was Glad, and Herbert Howells' Collegium Regale Te Deum in the first of several cathedral services marking the $50th Anniversaryof Refoundation Soon after this we were back in the cathedral for the Carol Service,opening and closing memorably with senior girls singing the Introit to Britten's Ceremony of Carols in procession Also sung were Warlock's Adam lay Y'bounden and Mathias' Sir Christemas by the full choir and Arnold Bax's challenging I Sing of a Maiden by the Chamber Choir.
This year Mr Loveder had arranged a tour of Upton-on-Severn's pubs for the Chamber Choir's carol singing in aid of charity Suffice it to say thatall who took part hope it takes place every year! Much the same could be said for the Chamber Choir's "field trip" to the Brecon Beacons in the Lent Term This was the second such weekend to take place and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone taking part Caving, pony trekking and river walks (in them, not by them!) placed quite a strain on the field centre's drying facilities. Our thanks go to Mr.Loveder for the arrangement of this most enjoyable event
The March School Concert was favoured with many performnces of high order The String Orchestra played works by Sheila Nelson and the Wind Band played Franck's Panis Angelicus and Scott Joplin's entertaining Maple Leaf Rag The Chamber Orchestra gave a memorable performance of Hoist's St Paul's Suite, a work that he wrote for the school were he was Director of Music, St Paul's Girls' School The Chamber Choir, accompanied by the imperturbable piano duet of Malcolm Drummond, Esq and Ray Johnston,Esq sang eleven of Brahms' Liebeslieder Walzen First Orchestra excelled itself in the third and fourth movements of Beethoven's Second Symphony.
Perhaps more than one work should have been included in May's School Concert For this, the writer of this article takes full responsibility; next time he will time things more meticulously! However, the performance of Haydn's darkly powerful Nelson Mass was so well sung and played by the schools' musicians aided by Mr Fisher's trio of blazing clarino trumpeters and the quartet of soloists, Luise Horrocks, Stephen Shellard, David Barry and Tom Hunt that length of concert was a minor consideration
Services for Ash Wednesday and Ascension gave the Chamber Choir further opportunities to sing what they had learnt in Wales, and the full choir with the Cathedral Choristers sang Alleluia Psallat from the Worcester Fragments, Vaughan Williams' O Clap Your Hands and Britten's Jubilate in C major at the 450th Anniversary Service of Friday, 22nd May,1992
Commemoration Day, Friday, 3rd July, 1992, was marked by the cathedral service at which the
anthem was Rutter's O Clap Your Hands, and by what was for a splendidly supportive group of U VI singers their final performance with the Chamber Choir after lunch in the marquee It is always a sad day, saying goodbye to a departing group of senior pupils of such talent, enthusiasm and obvious joy in each otheris company; they will be sorely missed
Also to be much missed from the school's instrumental teaching staff will be Geoff Allen and Ann Kok Geoff Allen had probably taught for longer than any other present visiting teacher, teaching clarinet back in Harry Bramma's early days as D of M. Ann Kokhas been with us since the 1970s, teaching the piano to the very highest of standards during that time During this year she has had the great pleasure of seeing her son, Nicholas, a former pupil at the King's School and organ scholar of New College, Oxford, make his conducting debut at London's Coliseum, and the immense pain of hearing the news of her husband Felix's train accident in Spain. She continues her teaching work, but nearer her home in Derby, so that she can better look after Felix, who is now recovering well and beginning to resume his career as a professional violinist Our best wishes go to them both
D.E.B
Keys Society
In a season featuring largely English Music, the Keys Society performed five concerts and entered the second Elgar Choral Festival In this, a National competition, the choir won the cup for the most promising choir in the whole competition Such an accolade was in no small measure down to the efforts of MrBridges.
The concerts throughout the year, organised by Rachael Draper and Claire Ould, William Carslake and Giles Gasper, Thomas Carslake and Ralph Williams, John Hartley and Peter Clasen and the final one conducted by Mr Bridges, were also all of high quality Although it is extremely difficult to select individual performances, no report would be complete without mention of the Thomas Carslake / Ralph Williams duets The imagination, some would say audacity, with which they manipulated pieces from our musical heritage, was equalled only by their dexterity and agility at the keyboard.
Thanks must be extended to all those who arranged concerts, to Mrs Bridges for organising the coffee and to all those who supported us throughout the year The end of this season saw the departure of many valued members, but the 1992/3 programme should provide some challenging performances of an equally high standard
P.P Clasen and G.E.M Gasper
sang well as Venus I was very tickled by the arrival of Ian Cowden in a balloon He was Icarus, that wellknown test pilot, and in addition to innumerable balloons, he sported a moustache which was bigger than the G-stringhe wore for the Enters at Creighton House Supper last year (You missed it? Ibelieve there are photographs ) Robert King, as Bacchus, had an effective cameo role and looked very fetching in a white tunic with leopardskin drapes and a garland of flowers. Colette Clarke was a melodious Diana, Richard Powell a suitably long-legged though rather embarrassed looking Mercury - something about the tights, I think; Glyn Dore an appropriately burly Vulcan; and Tom Carslake,Pluto's servant, Styx, had a dusting fixation Pete Clasen, as Mars, in Doc Marten's and toga, danced a wonderful 'Cherchez la Femme' with Styx, Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto
It was a production that required a large chorus For most of the time they sang well and looked as though they were enjoying themselves, though there remains in my mind a memory of Rob Gilbert at the extreme end of a chorus line, looking as though he was facing death by firing squad They began as nymphs and shepherds in the Tuscan landscape; for the rest of the time they were gods and goddesses There were some very attractive costumes which, particularly in the last act, were most effective
visually I felt that there were one of two chorus numbers which had been blocked too far back to allow the audience to hear them to best advantage, but on the whole, the sound was mellifluous and we enjoyed the spectacle that FJL's direction allowed them to provide Sensibly, in the case of a production where there were so many changes of scene, he had chosen to derive his effects mainly from blocking and from costumes rather than from elaborate scenery That was kept to a minimumand we did not miss it There was rather a distinguished orchestra led by David Brookshaw, who played with one hand and conducted with the other, changing hands ambidextrously as the fancy took him. Lighting and sound were provided by the thoroughly professional team of Messers Jansen, Griffiths, Lancey and Austen, who turned in their usual impeccable results There's a notice in the lighting box which reads, 'Being a lighting person is like wetting yourself in a dark suit You get a warm glow and nobody notices' I would like to assure those gentlemen that we do notice, and we appreciate the warm glow very much We're very lucky at King's in that the back-up teams - and this goes for the stage crew as well - can always be relied upon to be both dedicated and reliable Well done all of you, for a most enjoyable Offenbachian evening
Twelfth
It might have been the piazza of any Southern Italian town; a fountain played laconically in the centre of a brilliant white pavement overlooked by Olivia's house with balcony on one side and a bar on the other Four archways backstage with, overhead, their own shower led out into the seashore and the open sea, inviting and sunlit A surprise setting for Twelfth Night and certainly an arresting one
From the moment that Rowland Jenkins appeared, tanned and self-aware from an impromptu early morning dip to take a refreshing cold shower, the idiom established itself as appropriate to a lively and original production Even at this stage late in October, the pictures remain; a bitter swaggering Toby Belch in lightweight,stained suit and panama balancing glasses and Chianti bottle in one hand and tweaking Maria suggestively with the other; Malvolio, still clutchinghis brief case and mobile 'phone, stalkingawkwardly in garish Bermuda shorts and fashionable shades in the easy expectation of charming Olivia into something equally seductive Andrew, yet again resolved to leave without a properly pressed suit, weighed down with picnic basket, sunshade and all the accoutrements of the pool-side gigolo; Feste, Toby and Andrew holding anything but their peace wallowing tunelessly and fully clothed, beneath the gushing arches It was all
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ingenious and tremendous fun though on one or two occasions the business detracted from the quality of the poetry, most notably when Viola's applying suntan oil to Orsino's naked torso became a picture in itself rather than sauce to the main meal But a warm, even hot, busy production whose atmosphere was appropriate to this tale of misplaced love, misunderstanding and pretentiousness
In contrast to the sunshine of carnival, however, this production emphasised the dark side of the comedy Andrew Aguecheek, whose buffoonery was
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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 1992 AGM was held in the School Theatre on 19th September before the Dinner Michael Craze presided and 27 were there After the Silent Memory and after the Apologies, the Hon Treasurer, R.A Franklin submitted the Accounts for 1991, audited by J.I Wagstaff, Hon Auditor Expenditure of £7,915 slightly exceeded Income of £7,863, but only because a larger transfer than usual had been made to the Bursary Fund The Accounts were passed together with thanks to Treasurer and Auditor
On the School Garden Appeal, the Hon Treasurer had so far received £5,657 towards the £10,000 required to replace the Summer House So far 208 had contributed Michael Craze proposed the name of Peter Blackham as President 1992-93 and he was unanimously elected Michael thanked all present for the strong support he had had throughout his year of office and handed over the Chair to Peter Blackham The re-elections of A.L.O Jerram as Vice-President and of Sally Ogden, Dickson Bailey and Peter Burnham to the Committee concluded the business
THE DINNER
The 1992 Dinner had the distinction of closing the 450th anniversary celebrations: Michael Craze presided over 150 OVs and guests They covered, between them, every year from 1913 when E.B Benton-Evans entered the School to 1992 when Tom Newitt was Head of School He and a senior girl, Zoe McPherson, were guests The greatest concentration was in the eleven 1982 leavers whom Rupert Parsons had gathered together There were also nine Past Presidents and, most welcome, Mr and Mrs David Annett
Before the interval, Keith Bridges accompanied seven of his School Male Voice Choir who sang the Victorian Latin School Song to Edgar Day's setting for Tenors and First and Second Bass voices-this was loudly applauded After the interval came the Toast of the School proposed by Brian Wilkes, Vice-President The Headmaster replied most happily The President spoke then of his own schooldays and of the Guests He had round him the Headmaster and Mrs Moore; the Second Master and Mrs Hickson;Donald Howell, Chairman of the Governors; the Chairman of the Old Elizabethans' Association and Mrs Duke, and Ian Brown and Mrs Brown The Toast to the Guests was honoured and Ian replied He had been a Master 1968-89 and, like the Headmaster he spoke of recent school life It rounded off a perfect evening, perfectly arranged by Roy Padden and Mrs Padden
THE O.V.COMMITTEE 1992-3
Ex- Officio
President P.J Blackham (54-59)
Chairman
T.E.A Mackie (47-56)
Vice-Presidents B.E Wilkes (43-49)
M.J O'Neill (44-49)
A.L.O Jerram (50-55)
Hon Secretary M.R Craze (19-25)
Assisted by M.J O'Neill (44-49)
Hon Treasurer R.A Franklin (43-49)
Hon Social Secretary R.T Padden(46-52)
Hon Auditor J.L Wagstaff (52-61)
Cricket Club
T.E.A Mackie (47-56)
Development Committee. P.J Blackham (54-59)
Elected Members
Elected 1990-93 M.J Hickling (65-72) DA Hershman (68-77)
Member Emeritus J.P Pimley (31-39)
Elected 1991-94 P.C Thompson (Hon O.V.) Charlotte Bridges (85-87) T.W Halford (52-61)
Elected 1992-95 Sally Ogden (84-86) G.D Bailey (43-54)
P.H Burnham (72-77)
UNIVERSITY HONOUR S
First classes gained in 1992 include one at Girton College, Cambridge by S.J Martin (B 81-88) in Natural Sciences Part 2 (Psychology) and one at Corpus Christi College by S.P.D Judd (B 82-91) in Natural Sciences (1A)
Anna Diamond (E 87-89) gained a First in Anthropology (Part 2) at King's College, Cambridge
Natalie Timberlake (Co 82-84) gained a First in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex
At Queens' College C.J Charlton (Cr 82-89) in his second year gained a First in Computer Science
At Durham I.D Wright (Cr 81-91), as a freshman in Classics, won the Blair Prize in Greek and gained medals in Ancient History and Moral Philosophy
J.W.N. Smith (B 82-89) gained a First in Geology and Susan Cutbill (Co 86-88) a First in Engineering
At Bristol I.S. Fisher (CI 79-89) gained a First in Physics It has also come to light that B.A Valpy (0.78-87) gained Firsts at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1990 and 1991 in Engineering and was made a Scholar
ENGAGEMENT S
D P Andrews (S 83-88) of Hawford, Worcester to Miss Deborah Atkins of Halesowen
Dr Sarah Andrews (C 84-85) to Dr Neil Gittoes, both of Birmingham University Medical School
M.C.G. Baxter (S 70-80) of Pirton, Worcester to Miss Julie Lumsdon-Cook of Great Tew, Oxfordshire
S Cathery (O 79-89) of Wolverley, Kidderminster to Miss Nicola Longley of Harpenden
M.A Edwards (CI 78-88) of Malvern to Miss Juliet Duncombe of Studham, Bedfordshire
Dr R.P Hobson (Cr 76-82) of Waltham Abbey Rectory, Essex to Miss Emma Bainbridge of Cambridge
Dr P.S Hughes (O 76-85) to Miss Margaret Isobel Heal of Portage la Prairie, Canada
R.A Latham (B 85-87) to Miss Rachel Webb of York
A.C.V Palmer (B 77-81) of Peopleton, Pershore to Miss Julie Blythe of Durham
R.H Phillips (Cr 76-83) of Worcester and Milton Keynes to Dr Kate North (Co 81-83) of Fladbury, Worcestershire
N.T.W Pomeroy (CI 83-90) to Miss Bryony Edwards (E 89-91) of Malvern
A W Rankin (W 74-84) of Powick, Worcester to Miss Margaret Louise Hammond of Bedingfield, Suffolk
E A Reeves (K 80-90) to Miss Katherine Glanville of Southwold, Suffolk
D.St.J Richards (Cr 75-82) to Jennifer Ellis (Co 80-82)
Belinda Worlock (Co 77-79) of Fladbury, Worcestershire to Dr John Bulsing of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
MARRIAGES
Sarah Foley (Co 78-80) to Mr Stuart Inglis on 18 April 1992
R.A. Latham (B 85-87) to MissRachel Webb in Bromsgrove on 5 September 1992
Lieut R.J Matthews, R.N (B 77-84) at St Stephen's Parish Church, Worcester to Kirsty Glenister (Co 83-85) on 1 August 1992 Andrew Mackelvie (B 7784) was Russell's best man Philip Glenister (Ch 7787) sang two solos
B.A. Perks (Cr 83-85) to MissGeorgina Harland in Carlisle Cathedral on 22 December 1991
Dr C.E Perks (Cr 80-82) to Dr Gillian Johnstone at Buxhall Parish Church, Suffolk on 15 June 1991
R.E.A Phillips (Cr 76-83) to Miss Suzanne Maguire in the United Reformed Church, Doncaster.on 1 September 1991
R.H Phillips (Cr 76-83) to Dr Kate North (Co 81-83) in St John the Baptist Parish Church, Fladbury by the Rector, Canon John Champion (H 41-45) on 1 August 1992 Elizabeth North (Co 82-84) and Josephine North (Co 85-87) were bridesmaids
R.L Richards (Cr 79-84) to Miss Heather Segasby at Marchwood, Southampton in September 1992
S.F. Turner (CI 67-74) to Miss Aileen Carroll in St James' Parish Church, West Malvern on 5 September 1992 Dr Patrick Statham (CI. 67-75) was Stephen's best man Leonard Hawkes (S 67-75) sang during the signing of the Registers
BIRTHS
Dr N. Boyle (Cr 54-63): to Rosemary Angela (nee Devlin) and Nicholas on 12 June 1992 a daughter, Elizabeth Doran, a sister for Rose
C.N Brentnall (Ca 72-77): to Sarah (nee Dupay) and Christopher at Bridgnorth on 3 March 1991 a son, Jonathon James
Capt C.J Claydon (W 77-82): to Alison and Christopher in Germany on 9 April 1992 a son, Thomas William
Janice Dee (nee Gazard) (S 73-75): to her and Michael at Colchester on 1 July 1992 a daughter, Rebecca Leanne, a sister for Sarah
C.N. Duckworth (CI 67-74): to Julia and Colin on 10 April 1992 at Cambridge a son, William Hugh
J.B.C. Elt (Cr 67-76): to Julie (nee Dickinson) and Crispin on 2 December 1990 a son, Matthew
G.H.J. Evans (Cr 71-78) to Aleksandra and Gareth in Roehampton on 1 July 1992 a daughter, Katterine, a sister for Deniel
M.P. Fardon (H 60-68): to Anne and Michael in Worcester on 3 December 1991 Ben and Tom, twin brothers for Cathy, Robert and Sarah
G.H Jenkins (W 75-80): to Helen and Guy on 2 June 1992 a daughter Hannah, a sister for Oliver
Dr N Koehli (Cr 70-74): to Carol and Nicholas on 26 March 1992 a daughter, Philippa Hanna
P.W.F Letcher (S 74-80): to Elaine and Peregrine at Lymington, Hampshire on 17 July 1992 a daughTer, Sarah Jane
M.St. J. Pimley (H 61-71): to Kim (nee Jensen) and Michael at Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.,on 23 September 1992 a son, Oliver Jensen
F N Robertson (CI 70-77): to Sallie and Fraser in June 1992 a son, Guy, a brother for Duncan
M.V. Thompson (H 74-79): To Jane and Mark on 4 August 1990 a son, George
A.C.J. Windsor (Ca 71-80): to Emma (nee Johnson) and Alastair on 4 September 1992 in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A a son, Jack Duncan
DEATHS
G.A. Baker (30-35) on 6 July 1992 at Worcester He had been a Chorister and he remained a musician and organist to the end Our sympathy goes to his widow and three daughters
F. Gill (17-22) on 4 Novermber 1991,father of R.G. Gill (3844) and grandfather of R.P Gill (87-92) He was a most faithful O.V
P.H Graves-Morris (20-25) on 15 November 1991, aged 84, a most distinguished soldier Full notice below
R.W.T. Hall (28-32) in Kidderminster on 5 May 1992 He and his brother J.S.R Hall (17-23) from Australia came to the O.V Dinner recently Our sympathy goes to his widow
T.M Howard-Davies (49-58) on 11 July 1992 in Capetown, South Africa Full notice below
G.E. Rackstraw (25-32) on 24 May 1992 in the Isle of Wight, aged 77 He followed his father into the Antiques business and developed his own Reproduction line In the war he served in the R.A.F
G.W Seabright (15-19) on 5 January 1992 in his ninetieth year He was in the furnishing business in Worcester, Cheltenham and Guildford Our sympathy goes to his widow
J Sutton (33-39), F.R.S., Ph.D, Professor, on 6 September 1992, aged 73 Full notice below
J Wagstaff (27-32) on 6 July 1992 A leading Worcester Accountant in the firm Bowen, Dawes and Wagstaff and the father of J.I Wagstaff (52-61)
D Webb (20-23) on 25 May 1992 at Malvern in his 87th year Full notice below
BRIGADIER P.H. GRAVES-MORRIS, D.S.O., M.C.
Philip was a King's Scout at St Gregory's School, Luton and entered hisfather'sand brother's School House in May 1920 He won a King's Scholarship and when he left in December 1925 with a King's Cadetship for RMC Sandhurst, he was C.S.M., O.T.C., Head Boy and Captain of Boxing and Rugger, an outstanding centre-threequarter He was commissioned in The Worcestershire Regiment in September 1927 and by the time war broke out in 1939 he had served in Germany, Malta, China and Palestine, where he was Mentioned in Despatches He had also married his Colonel's daughter He won the Military Cross in the Eritrean Campaign at the Battle of Gogni, but was wounded at the Battle of Keren; indeed he was left on the field for dead but recovered consciousness and crawled back to his men In India with the 70th Division and fully fit, he was given command of the Second Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment in November 1943 and they became Chindits under General Wingate in Burma, operating in long-range columns hundreds of miles behind Japanese lines There he was awarded the D.S.O There also occurred the event for which in 1946 he was Courtmartialled in London, the caning of a private soldier for stealing other men's rations General Wingate was by then dead, but Graves-Morris was acting as his General had ordered and with the man's written consent, in terrain which admitted no other sentence The Courtmartial acquitted him absolutely In the House of Commons, where the row had started, Clement Atlee's Secretary of State for War said that General Wingate had undoubtedly exceeded his powers and other instances of caning had occurred, but no further action would be taken War was War and Burma was unique Graves-Morris's career continued unimpaired for another sixteen years He commanded the First Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment in the Malayan Campaign 195153 and on either side of that was British Military Attache in Stockholm 1948-51 and in Madrid 1957-61 as well as being Brigade Colonel West Mercian Brigade at Lichfield 195357
He was buried at Putley, near Ledbury and at a thanksgiving service there on December 4 his family and friends joined with his Regiments in a memorable tribute His daughter and son read lessons and his son-in-law gave the address
He was from first to last a fine character of whom the School has every right to be proud
Michael Craze
TUDOR HOWARD-DAVIES
A day-boy from Malvern, Tudor packed a lot into the 34 years allowed him after leaving King's in 1958 In 1959 he enlisted in the First Battalion, Grenadier Guards, became a Small Arms Instructor and went on to the Guards Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service He served in Germany, North Africa, Cameroons and Cyprus Demobilised, he went to Zimbabwe in 1970 There he became a professional hunter and a free-lance writer From 1982 to 1989 he edited MAGNUM, the South African hunting magazine His book on the African Antelope is nearing publication
In 1989 he moved to Canada to work for an Outfitting Company for whom he travelled to the high Arctic to assist and guide hunters and tourists in difficult climate and terrain He tracked polar bear, musk ox, caribou and grizzly bear and ran fishing camps He was a strong conservationist and inculcated selection and control
Cancer brought him back to South Africa and he died in Cape Town He left a widow, Elizabeth, and two sons, James and Adam, and his sister, Mrs Lynn Coles, who lives in Worcester
PROFESSOR JOHN SUTTON, F.R.S
The Sutton who sent his son to The King's School in 1933 was head of Sutton's Seeds and when he retired in 1983 this distinguished O.V made a wonderful garden in a Dorset manor house
In 1937 he had entered Imperial College, London to study Geology and, except for Army service in 1939-1946, that was his centre all his working life He became Ph.D in 1948 and married another geologist in 1949 when he was a Lecturer there He became Reader in 1956 and Professor in 1958 and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968; he was its Vice President in 1975-77 He and Dr Janet Watson, his wife, worked together on the geology of the Scottish Highlands and were jointly awarded the Bigsby Medal in 1965 She died in 1974 By then he was involved in North Sea exploration for oil, but was also Dean of the Royal College of Mines He died on 6 September 1992, aged 73
DENIS WEBB
Denis was the younger brother of Martin (1915-20) and joined him in Castle House in January 1920 Their O.V father lived then in Bath Road but both boys were boarders They were also both Captains of cricket Martin went to Hertford College, Oxford with a Meeke Scholarship in Classics and after graduating in 1924 entered the Sudan Cotton Syndicate Denis graduated in Engineering at Birmingham University in 1926 and after a post-graduate year at Cambridge took a job in the British-owned Shanghai Water Works Company in China Except for the Second World War years, Shanghai was his base until the Communists kicked him out in 1951
In Shanghai he and his friend, Stowell Kenyon, in the pre-war years sailed in their boat Daphne and won many prizes They also served in the Armoured Car Company of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps which went into action when the Japanese invaded China in 1936 In the same spirit in 1939 Denis went to India and joined the Royal Engineers He served in Ceylon, Burma, Malaya and Borneo and rose to the rank of Major
Michael Craze
S Ahmed (Ch 67-68) is a counsellor in the London Embassy of Pakistan since July 1991
G.M Aldridge (Cr 59-69) has moved from the American British Academy in the Sultanate of Oman and is teaching A level Chemistry at the Doha College, 7506 Doha, Qatar, an international school for expatriates both boys and girls from 11-18
R.N Alexander (H 70-78) is still working with UK AEB but is now based in Poole, Dorset
T.P Allman (B 77-87) graduated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in Botany in 1990 and is working for Hampshire C O as a Nature Conservation Assistant
Dr Sarah Andrews (Co 84-85) a Senior House Officer in Birmingham, is advancing her medical studies and aims to specialise in Diabetes
Fiona Armitage (E 86-88) joined the Diplomatic Service after leaving school and is now working at the Foreign Office as a home based Civil servant, at the same time training as an Internal Auditor at the City University Business School She worked in Jordan, Dubai and Egypt in 1992
Lieut. P.J. Bassett, R.E (Ch 76-86) is now stationed at Chattenden Barracks, Rochester
M.A. Beasley (B 71-76) is now Botany Librarian at the National History Museum in South Kensington
A.J.R Bowley (Ch 77-87) continues his singing career in London where amongst other things he is a deputy in the Westminster Abbey Choir
Dr N Boyle (Cr 54-63) was awarded the Hennemann Prize of the Royal Society for the first volume of his Goethe: The Poet and the Age (1991) The presentation was made by Lord Jenkins on 18 June, Nicholas' birthday His six day old second daughter was present
C N Brentnall (Ca 72-77) is a partner in a company specialising in the supply of computer manufacturing and their distribution systems and lives with his wife and young son at Ousley Farm, Aston Eyre, Bridgnorth, renovated by him
M.L. Brockway (H 69-79) is still in Chester with ICI but spent 1992 on secondment to train as a mountaineering instructor and hopes in 1993 to move into leadership and personal development training
N.P.A. Brockway (Cr 70-78) is teaching and living in Bristol
D.R.W. Bryer (H 52-62) was appointed Director of Oxfam in November 1991
M.E. Bundred (Ca 70-77) has been successfully selling earphones in SouthAfrica Address, P.O Box56528, Arcadia, Pretoria 0007
S.T Bundred (Ca 69-74) was awarded an M.Phil degree at Nottingham University in September 1992 He has been a Research Fellow in the Mining Department there Other interests include selling Bonsai trees
D.M Burgoyne (DB 43-53) is a Director of a Building Firm in Gloucester and has recently moved house to Broadway
C.C Bush (W 69-75) after 10 years in the Defence Industry joined Lloyds Bank as Dealing Systems Manager Now in Worthing as Systems Manager of Lloyds Registrars He and his wife have two young daughters, Chris and Carol
J.D Buston (Cr 73-83) graduated at Cambridge in 1987 and then spent four years in Florida Last year he got an M.B.A at Insead in France Now with a firm of
International Consultants in London , Rev G Chapman (B 67-74) moved on 1 June 1992 from the Vicarage of Penwers to St Martin's Vicarage, Barton, Torquay
P.J. Chase (Cr 74-81) in his fifth year with Cooper and Lybrand Deloitte in the City
Dr S.N. Clay (S 70-81) has duly returned with Sarah his wife from their 1991 year abroad and is now a partner in an eleven partner Sutton Coldfield practice Sarah is a physiotherapist
Capt. C.J. Claydon (W 77-82) The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Was mentioned in Despatches for services in Northern Ireland, November 1991 Obtained his wings as a helicopter pilot and is serving with the Army Air Corps in Germany
Major M.N Claydon (W 70-79) Worcestershire Regiment in Cyprus, is due to enter the Staff College in India in 1993 He and Cherry have a daughter, Amber
S.T Claydon (W 69-77) a Director of Billington Agricultural and General Manager of their business in Carlisle
J.B Clayton (B 67-76) gained an M.B.A degree in Business Studies at Cranfield in 1992 and is Operations Manager for Bryant and May at High Wycombe
S.C. Cleobury (Ch 58-67) took his King's College choir to the USA in 1991 and at a concert in the Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles he enjoyed meeting with R.I.W Atkins (W 57-67), grandson of Sir Ivor Atkins, who was a chorister at Worcester with Stephen
A.C. Clee (Ch 78-86) graduated in Geography with an Upper Second at Swansea in 1992 and is now at RMA Sandhurst having been sponsored by the Royal Engineers Was in Uganda in July 1992 and climbed some of its highest peaks on a project for Uganda National Parks
A.J Collins (Master 60-62) taught Physics here under John Frisby and has his own consultancy business in Stoke Poges His wife was recently in the Princess Margaret Hospital at Windsor where her excellent physiotherapist was Sue Bomford (Ca 73-75), now Sue Cooke
A.V Cook (Ch 57-66) is now running his own engineering company in Birmingham and in his business travels has been in touch with R.G Payne (Ch 61-65) a schoolmaster in New Zealand
Barbara Cookson (H 71-73) a Chartered Patent Agent and Chartered Engineer (M.I.E.E.) was admitted as a Solicitor in January 1992 She was one of the first four girls to enter the Sixth Form and her niece Hannah Simpkins was one of the first seven year olds to enter St Alban's in 1991
Dr J.H Coombs (H 74-79) met and married his Swiss wife Agnes when working in Zurich with I.B.M Now with Philips in Eindhoven, Holland
Professor A.J. Culyer (Ch 57-61) Head of the Economics Department, is now Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of York In 1991 he had a sabbatical year which he spent as a visiting professor in Munich and Toronto
R.S. Darke (Ca 44-53) has retired from Lloyds Bank but still lives in Princes Risborough Has not been too well but is able to enjoy fishing to which he was introduced by Dan McTusk
Dr C.H.H Davies (Cr 83-85) qualified in Medicine at Birmingham University in 1990 and divided 1991
