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THE NOTES I SUMMER 2020
NEWS DUNSTONIAN
Roy Payton (’53) Busy during lockdown! Roy joined the 2.6 Marathon challenge to raise funds for Chestnut Tree House Children's Charity, completed the marathon and raised nearly £500 for the Charity. He is the oldest recipient of the BBC Sussex Community Heroes Award. Roy now walks a marathon each week and during lockdown he has walked over 200 miles around the grounds of Bernhard Baron Cottage Homes where he lives. He intends to keep walking until he celebrates his 84th Birthday on Trafalgar Day (21st October). He also decided to read one book a week during lockdown.
Shark Conservationist Greg Holder (’10) SDC welcomed back former pupil Greg Holder to the College. During the day Greg spoke to pupils about his work in shark conservation in South Africa near Durban and the part we can all play in protecting them. He was also the guest of honour at the Year 13 Scholars’ Symposium and had the hard task of judging the Sixth Formers’ displays. You can find out more about Greg’s work including the possibility of internships at www.sharklife.co.za.
Jeremy Burton’s book published (’61) Jeremy’s first (and last!) book of travel, “We never sleep- who does in economy class?”, a collection of anecdotes spanning more than 25 years was recently published by Austin Macaulay Publishers ( www.austinmacaulay.com.)
Christmas drinks 2019 at the Jubilee Ground Christmas drinks at the Jubilee for the last ten years’ leavers has now become a staple in the Dunstonian calendar of events – all attendees were given a goodie bag containing the College’s 2019 Chronicle as well as a branded power bank and a copy of The Shield. They were joined by suitably Christmassy deers…
