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Arnold House School Magazine 2005

CONTENTS

Staff List

From the Headmaster

Valete

The Pre-Prep School

The Lower School

The Middle School

The Senior School

The Gallery

Competition Winners

Music Department

Centenary School Concert

Music Examination Results

Sports Results

Sports Day

Special Events and Trips

Staff News

Charitable Giving

Old Boys’ News

The Parents’ Association

Headmaster for the Morning

Prize Giving

Centenary Events Highlights

EDITOR Caroline Shepherdson ART EDITOR Lesley Ralphs DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Connie Armstrong PHOTOGRAPHY Leonie Flynn, Caroline Shepherdson, Iain Armstrong and Mr Shojiro Sekine FRONT AND BACK COVER Iain Armstrong

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Arnold House School Staff List

Arnold House School 1 Loudoun Road St John’s Wood London NW8 0LH

Headmaster: Nicholas Allen

Teaching Staff Annabel Batty Angela Cohen Andrew Cuthbertson Susie Dart Kate Davies Rachel Ferhaoui Leonie Flynn Elena Gregoriou Andrew Hagon Edward Harrison Clare Hayter John Hill Chere Hunter Laura Hutchings Carol Ioannis-Antoniou Kim Jackson Charles Keal Christopher Kerr Patricia Legan George Lester Rick Martin Jody Odlin Lucy Parrott Michelle Pickard Simon Rae Lesley Ralphs Andrew Reid Liz Smith (maternity cover) Sebastian Stones Andrew Turpie Francesca Urquhart (maternity cover)

Visiting Teaching/Coaching Staff Stephen Aitken Darren Altman Richard Bagnall Nicholas Bricht Clive Carroll Matthew Chataway David Clewlow Tom Elliott Matthew Lee Richard Pope David Rock Felicity Sadler Emily Sutcliffe Administrative Staff Anja Feuk Michelle Hurley Penny Martin Caroline Shepherdson Geoffrey Simm Marina Tsangarides Lorna Wint

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From the Headmaster This special edition of the Arnold House School Magazine reflects and records the unique events of the School’s Centenary Year. In addition, this year’s magazine provides the reader with a brief history of the School’s first hundred years and the chance to enjoy recent and more distant memories and reflections of pupils and staff. I am as grateful as ever to all those who have contributed to the magazine, particularly to its editor, Caroline Shepherdson, who has carried off the remarkable feat of compressing not just the multitude of events of one school year, but those of a whole century, into one slim volume. Nicholas Allen

Valete Leavers from Year 8:

Leavers from other Year Groups:

Max Arevuo Henry Armes Guy Bennett Luke Birch Elliot Bowden Philip Bronk Harry Cooke Oscar Dub Haydn Elliott Arthur Fokschaner Edmund Higham Hamish Johnson Max Jones Sam Julius Ben Koerner John Penny Nicholas Price Leo Rifkind Henry Sether Luke Shelley Jamie Sparks Matthew Stahl Max Toomey Alexander Turdean Sahil Vaswani Charlie Williams Christian Young Jamie Yuan Nicholas Zehner

Year 7 Nathaniel Blakeway-Phillips

Westminster Mill Hill Haileybury Eton St Edward’s Westminster St Paul’s Westminster Haileybury Mill Hill Shrewsbury University College School Eton University College School Winchester City of London Mill Hill St Paul’s Highgate Mill Hill Harrow Latymer Westminster St Paul’s Jumeirah College, Dubai Mill Hill Shiplake University College School Eton

Year 6 Daniel Harrington Year 5 Joseph Djanogly Year 2 Louis Chapple Hal Wilkinson Oliver Wilson Year 1 Hasnain Lakha Oliver Pritchard

University School, Ohio

University College School

Cothill House

Trevor Roberts Colet Court Orwell Park

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ Beaudesert Park

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The Pre-Prep School A Year in the Life of the Pre-Prep • September – Thirty-six new boys and one new temporary teacher. Anxious mums, but happy boys. • October – Harvest Festival – Poems, Art Work, Music and lots of money raised. • November – Auditions begin for the play. Mrs Hayter and Miss Legan are busy gathering costumes together and doing lots of sewing.The boys loved the Christmas Fayre and saw Father Christmas in his grotto. • December – Two performances of the play. Another triumph for Miss Parrott, with Mrs Dart as her assistant. We say goodbye to Mrs Smith who has covered a maternity leave in Year 1. We shall miss her. • January – A new term and a New Year and Mrs Pickard returns. She now has two little boys! It’s also the beginning of our Centenary Year and the centenary flag is raised on the first day of term. Fire drill the first week of term! The fire alarm bell is VERY scary when you are only five. We have a special assembly for the Tsunami victims. • February – Cold and dark, but the boys in their new red fleeces get out to play almost every day as there is very little rain but some snow. • March – The Book Sale makes lots of money to give to the Tsunami appeal.Thanks, Miss Cohen, for organising it. Easter comes early and the boys make Easter and Pesach cards. • April – A Maths Workshop is enjoyed by all. So too, is 123 Splosh, a play given by the Titch Theatre Company, about the seasons. • May – Year 2 visit the Hendon Air Museum in connection with their Science Topic on Flight. Preparations are under way for the End of Term Concert. We all have our photographs taken and there is a big party on the day that half term begins. • June – A busy month for the boys.Year 1 visit the National Gallery to view paintings that have been mentioned in their topic lessons. Sports Day takes place this month and we hope that the weather is good. Mrs Dart and Miss Cohen do all the organising for this event.The concert happens, too, at Canons Park. We can’t have it at School anymore because so many people want to come to hear the budding musicians in the Pre-Prep. • July – Prize Giving. It’s hard to sit still for such a long time and do all that clapping, too! We are sad to see Mrs Pickard leave because she is moving to the country with her family and I say ‘au revoir’, having run the Pre-Prep School for twenty-five years.The end of a busy year, but here’s to the next when Mr Rae will be the new boss. Chere Hunter, Head of Pre-Prep

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The Lower School What the Lower School Got Up To • 7th September – First Games Day of the year. The football boots were laced up and we were ready to hit the pitch at Canons Park. It had been a long summer away and the boys were keen to get back into some team sports; especially the Year 3s, who were experiencing their first ‘Lower School’ games session. • 21st September – First football match, against Hereward House, at Canons Park. A great start to our football season with some good early form shown by the boys, which resulted in Arnold House walking away with some great wins. • 22nd September – Year 4 went on a trip to the Science Museum. The boys saw a brilliant 3-D film on space travel, experiencing life as an astronaut. I have no doubt that future NASA employees are now walking the corridors of Arnold House. • 28th September – Football v The Hall. Seven teams in total battled against the boys in black on their home turf at Wilf Slack Memorial Ground. We continued our early season form to walk away with four victories. • 6th October – Year 4 trip to Lullingstone Roman Villa. A day trip back in time as the boys headed to Kent. As they stepped off the bus they were surprised to find themselves back in AD 100.The boys were fortunate in visiting a fantastic site and they returned to the 21st century with a memorable experience. • 12th October – Football v North Bridge House at Canons Park. The boys had worked hard during training sessions and the wins here proved this. A great afternoon for the Lower School. • 13th October – Year 4 Astrodome Presentation in the Gym. We had visitors to the School who brought along the galaxy with them.The boys learnt about stars, planets and constellations. Our NASA contingent was seen leaving with massive smiles on their faces and scribbling furiously on to tiny notepads. • 18th October – A visit to the School from author Caroline Lawrence. A memorable day for many of the boys who got to meet one of their favourite authors and discover more about ancient times, including learning about the

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instruments and tools they used to use. • 2nd November – Football v The Hall at Canons Park. Always a tough test against The Hall and, despite some terrific team performances, they were a little too strong for us on this occasion. • 9th November – Football v North Bridge House at Canons Park. Not to be put off from the week before, the boys bounced back for a couple of impressive victories. • 27th November – Christmas Bazaar. A non-stop day of games, food and fun.The boys did extremely well to organise and run their own stalls that included Scalextric races, beat the buzzer, draw a teacher competition and guess the teachers’ ages. It is truly amazing how many twenty-oneyear-old teachers we have working at Arnold House! • 6th December – Year 3 trip to The Living Rainforest at Newbury. A great day had by all, we could actually see at first hand what it would be like in the Amazon rainforest – the sights, the sounds and even the smells. • 11th January – First Games Day. The footballs have been swapped for rugby balls and the winter chill has certainly set in. • 5th February – Under 9 Novice Gymnastics at Lady Eleanor Holles School. Mr Martin and Mrs Davies had worked long and hard with the gymnasts and these boys may be future Olympians! In fact, the boys walked (or should I say tumbled) away with gold medals. A fine achievement. • 7th March – Year 3 History trip to The British Museum. A very enjoyable day out, seeing at first hand the Egyptian exhibit that helped to turn study into reality.The boys moved from looking at mummies, tools and artefacts to watching a 3-D movie about the process of mummification. • 10th March – Guitar Concert. Mr Carroll has certainly got some talented youngsters on his hands.The boys performed exceptionally well to a very receptive audience. • 11th March – Red Nose Day. Another well-supported charity event by the boys in the Lower School. • 14th–15th March – Suburban Circus dress rehearsals. The boys finally get to work on the stage and under lights. Well that was until the lights decided to blow. I guess that is why we have rehearsals. Very long days for all involved, though seeing the performance come together was worth all the effort.

• 15th March – Rugby v The Hall. It was a quick costume change from our circus outfits into our rugby kit.This time we would be more prepared for our visitors, plus we had the home ground advantage.The boys performed very well against strong opposition and things ended up fairly even come the final whistle. • 15th–16th March – Suburban Circus Performances! The big nights! All the hard work and practice has paid off and the boys put on a sensational show. • 19th March – BISGA (Gymnastics) Port Regis, Dorset. AH produced some very good results in such a demanding competition. • 12th April – First Games Day. The boys do their final kit swap.This time they will be wearing the cricket whites and enjoying the summer heat. Well it was warmer than the winter, anyway. • 21st April – Year 4 trip to West Stow. Another exciting day out for the boys.This time they experienced life as it was in an Anglo-Saxon village.The day was action-packed, including a fire-making lesson in the Grand Hall. • 17th May – Under 9 Cricket v The Hall at Wilf Slack Memorial Ground. A big day for our Under 9s. After some very close contests, The Hall managed to come out on top, winning three out of four matches. • 19th May – Centenary School Concert at St John’s Wood Church. An opportunity to display some already developing

talents. Everyone performed extremely well in such grand surroundings. It was also a great opportunity to see how the Senior boys have carried on with their music and have taken it to the next level. • 24th June – Sports Day at Canons Park. The scene was set for a fun-filled day. Canons Park was looking impressive, the sun was shining and numerous activities were set up across the field. Mr Kerr’s seemingly endless energy levels were needed to organise such an event. We are pretty sure parents had no problems in getting the boys to sleep that night! • 4th July – Prize Giving at Moritz Gertler Hall. All the hard work throughout the year has come down to this night. Congratulations to those who managed to earn awards. For those who did not, there is always next year! • 8th July – Final day of School. It is all over for another school year! How quickly it all seems to go by.Then again, when you add the occasional English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, French, ICT, PE, Art, Music, RS and Library lesson into the equation, it is not surprising the school day seems to disappear. It is now time to re-charge our batteries in the summer sunshine, ready to do it all again come September! Simon Rae, Head of Lower School

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The Middle School

Reflections from the Middle School I asked the boys of Year 6 and Year 5 to come up with their personal highlights of the year. Here is a selection of what they said: 5K Getting really muddy at Hindleap Warren. Games has made it a really amazing year. Doing Compass Course. Going on the ski trip and learning to ski. Starting Latin: when you translate the sentences, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a puzzle. The French Day-trip to Boulogne. Doing well in the Religious Studies exam. 5L Not getting a Time Penalty for over half a year. Being in the Under 10 A team and being one of the key bowlers. Playing with a straight bat. Coming top in the History exam, twice. Winning a Merit Badge. I reached a decade (my tenth birthday). Coming first in the mud race at Hindleap Warren. Passing Grade 2 with merit.

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6F Gaining the best mark in the History project on the First World War. Making new friends. Learning new things. Winning my Rugby Colours. Being in the running team. Playing in the 1st XI Under 13 Cricket team and scoring 49 runs. Playing in the 1st XI Under 13 Cricket team with my older brother. Studying predators in Science. 6H Keeping my locker relatively clean. Scored loads of tries in rugby. Hitting a four for the Under 11 C Cricket team. Playing in the Jazz Band in the Christmas Concert. Visiting the Imperial War Museum. In Latin, I got 86 per cent in my exam. Getting 1A in my English report. Krispy Kremes on birthdays. As you can see a good balance of work and play.The boys have been a great bunch and the dreaded Time Penalty Book has rarely been called into use. I am pleased they have had such a successful and enjoyable year. Well done to all of you! John Hill, Head of Middle School

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The Senior School The Senior School – a Year’s Review I write this article in July with only three days to go. On Friday the Year 8 boys will leave St John’s Wood Church no longer as AH boys.They have achieved much. Many of them have been in our care for eight years. Where has the time gone? When one of the leavers was in Year 1 he took my hand as I walked across the yard and said,‘Mr Martin, I love you’. I have threatened to reveal the name of the boy on Friday. No. Even I am not that cruel. So what have we done this year for the time to have flown so quickly? We have been busy.The academic work takes priority. ‘Can I have the Time Penalty Book, please, Sir?’ ‘Johnson do you know how many working weeks there are to CE?’ ‘No Sir.’ ‘Three!’ Pale-looking boy! ‘Elliott. Stop talking boy! Do you realise in five working days you will be sitting CE.’ Even paler-looking boy!

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The academic work is the bread and butter.The jam comes from the other activities: the music, sport and trips. The rugby team played eight and won six. Unbelievable commitment. The Jazz Band is one of the best ever, especially the Year 7 saxophone section. It has been my pleasure to help organise a number of trips this year. With the Year 8s, I have been to France (speaking), Belgium (battlefields) and Cumbria (outdoor education). I assisted on Year 7’s Dorset adventure (Geography).The boys’ behaviour and attitude was a fantastic credit to themselves, their parents and AH. I could have mentioned every boy by name but space does not allow.There are fifty-seven fantastic lads who have made every day interesting. I wish them all well.Year 7 have big boots to fill next year.They will do it. Finally, a thank you to the form teachers; Mr Reid, Ms Hutchings, Mr Stones and Mr Keal, who have kept everything together, and to the Head Boys, Leo Rifkind and Henry Armes. Rick Martin, Head of Senior School

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Seascapes

The Gallery

Year 1

Hasnain Lakha

Harry Orwell

Robert Keith

Bruno Pujos

Max Vernon-Powell

Luca Perper

James Wallace

Tom McMahon

Angelos Lemos

Jack Snell

Jordon Spiro

Sajjad-Ali Irvani-Pour

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Cityscapes and Jungles

The Gallery

Year 2

Sam Sether

Max Hart

Cameron Cross

Benjamin Waller

Simon Soros

William Evans

Flinn Andreae

Oliver Joseph

Seth Dunford

Jahan Sahni

Toby Lowenstein

George Beckman

Oliver Wilson

David Thomas

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Butterflies

The Gallery

Year 3 James Huston

Edward Strang

Spencer Johnston

Jake Curtis Finn Constantine

Harry Tudball Alexander Newburg

Tommaso Cuniberti

Hugo Fry

Ned Lutyens

Alex Rabinowitz

Oscar Tehrani

Archie Enfield Alistair Milne

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The Gallery

Wilbur Law

Alexander Bouchier

Julian Godding

Name Designs

Year 4

William Stevens

Kemal Eyi

Edward Hatter

William Lowe

Albie Richardson

Sam Winters

Alexander Barakat

Julian Meir

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The Gallery

Australian Aborigine Dreamtime Maps

Year 5

Alec Badenoch

Joseph Djanogly

Tom Shepherd

Max Fosh

Alexander Joseph

Faisal Hizami

George Nevett

Christopher Huston

Rishabh Watts

William Ripley

Harry Dent

Leo Nelson-Jones

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Buildings and Trees

The Gallery

Year 6

Charlie Cooke

Sebastian Clark Louis Metcalfe

Nicholas Maguire

Tom Julius

Yiannis Fafalios

Ben Jacobs Piers Plowman

Oscar Coleman

Anthony Pulsford

Timir Weston

David Franklin

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The Gallery

Ashwin Oberoi

Adam Jones

Matthew Gartry

Ideograms

Year 7

Edward Japp

Christopher Liu

Tom Drayton

Preston Thompson

Milo Astaire

David Bard

Alexander Carn

Naim Kalaji

Nathaniel Blakeway-Phillips

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John Penny

Jamie Yuan

Leo Rifkind

Philip Bronk

Guy Bennett

Arthur Fokschaner

Matthew Stahl

Harry Cooke

Pop Art

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Charlie Williams

Jamie Sparks

Nicholas Zehner

Sahil Vaswani

The Gallery Year 8

Competition Winners Photography Competition Winners This year we decided to try something new and offered the boys the opportunity to enter a photography competition with a difference.The theme was to be ‘A Winter Scene.’We asked pupils to think about what ideas this title conjured up for them, whether it be a landscape of frosty grass, leafless trees, a dozing relative after Christmas lunch, frozen fountains or huddled cattle … the possibilities seemed endless. Anyway, judge for yourself as here are the winning entries. Lucy Parrott

First Place, Junior Section: James Millett, 2P

Second Place, Junior Section: Toby Lowenstein, 2P Third Place, Junior Section: Callum Wainstein, 1P

Highly Commended, Junior Section: Douglas Law, 1D

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First Place, Senior Section: George Warren, 7S

Second Place, Senior Section: Alastair Darwood, 7S

Third Place, Senior Section: Freddie Pegram, 6F

Highly Commended, Senior Section: Edward Fry, 7S

Verse Speaking Competition – A Review The return of the Verse Speaking Competition. Spiffing! Great! Fantasmorgorical! This year I thought that the standard of poetry was really great, with loads of very funny entries right through the School. I had entered the synagogue full of dread, expecting two hours of total boredom punctuated by the occasional bout of yawning. I was grievously wrong. It seemed that the Lower School had really put their backs into it, as both in the individual and the class poems there was a draw. In the Middle School section there were some brilliant entries that got me chuckling, but Steven Daly’s Goodness Gracious struck me as brilliant as well as giving me hiccups. His performance, actions and accents were almost perfect. The class poems were good, though perhaps a little too reliant on props and not performance. The judge, Mr Richard Curtis, really showed that he knew what he was doing by announcing my form’s poem as the winner. Losers, never mind – better luck next time! I personally … JUST CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR! Alex Carn, 7S

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Competition Winners The Poetry Competition The Poetry Competition was good fun for all classes this year, and a great success for 7S. Not only did we win the Form Poem Prize in the Senior School doing the poem The Story of Edward Burke, Alex Carn also won the Individual Senior School Prize performing the poem Ozymandias.The other winners from other parts of the School are as follows: Lower School – Joint Winners: 3R (The Scorpion), 4J (The Leisure Centre). Middle School – 5L (The Playground Blues). Senior School – 7S (The Story of Edward Burke), 8R (The German Guns) Hamish Johnson. The individual poems were also very good, and the results for the winners were as follows: Lower School – Jack Dent (Talking Turkeys), George Freud (Jeremy Kettle). Middle School – Steven Daly (Goodness Gracious). Senior School – Alex Carn (Ozymandias). Well done to all those boys who participated and a special congratulations to those who won. All the poems were excellent but here is my personal favourite, as read by Jack Dent.

Talking Turkeys Be nice to yu turkeys dis Christmas Cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked An every turkey has a Mum. Be nice to yu turkeys dis Christmas, Don’t eat it, keep it alive, It could be yu mate, an not on your plate Say, Yo! Turkey I’m on your side. I got lots of friends who are turkeys An all of dem fear Christmas time, Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it An humans are out of dere mind, Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys Dey all hav a right to a life, Not to be caged up an genetically made up By any farmer an his wife. Turkeys just wanna play reggae Turkeys just wanna hip-hop Can yu imagine a nice young turkey saying, ‘I cannot wait for de chop’, Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch Christmas TV, Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain In many ways like yu an me. I once knew a turkey called … Turkey He said ‘Benji explain to me please, Who put de turkey in Christmas An what happens to Christmas trees?’, I said ‘I am not too sure turkey But it’s nothing to do wid Christ Mass Humans get greedy an waste more dan need be An business men mek loadsa cash’. Be nice to yu turkey dis Christmas Invite dem indoors fe sum greens Let dem eat cake an let dem partake In a plate of organic grown beans, Be nice to yu turkey dis Christmas An spare dem de cut of de knife, Join Turkeys United an dey’ll be delighted An yu will mek new friends ‘FOR LIFE’. Benjamin Zephaniah

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Music Department I would just like to say that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my two terms at Arnold House; it really has been a wonderful place to work. The boys are great and the entire staff, particularly those in the Music Department, have been incredibly supportive, which has made all the difference to my job. Many occasions stand out, but I have to admit that the highlight – for which I have to thank Kate Davies’s programming – was getting my first opportunity to conduct the theme tune to Star Wars at the end of such a fantastic Summer Concert. Happy memories! Francesca Urquhart, Acting Head of Music

Congratulations to Our Music Scholars This year congratulations go to Luke Birch on his Exhibition to Eton, Oscar Dub and Philip Bronk on Exhibitions to Westminster and Edmund Higham on a Scholarship to Shrewsbury.

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Centenary School Concert Roll Call of Performers Thursday 19th May 2005 St John’s Wood Church Senior Choir Arthur Fokschaner Max Jones Luke Birch Philip Bronk Oscar Dub Edmund Higham Matthew Stahl Alexander Carn Jacob Flax Edward Fry Andreas Hadjipateras Chris Liu Eiki Sekine Charlie Orwell Tom Drayton George Warren Matthew Gartry Robert Huston Henry Linnett Ashwin Oberoi Yiannis Fafalios Nicholas Maguire Freddie Pegram Richard Law Anthony Pulsford Steven Daly Edward Millett Tom Julius Piers Plowman Alexander Stirling Middle School Choir William Stevens Michael Davin Alexander Pulsford Sebastian Daly Sam Winters Jack Dent Joe Weiland Alec Badenoch Adnan Dajani Sam Tyler Christopher Payne Alexander Newburg Arthur Faulks Clyde Moss Edward Strang Alistair Milne Brock Boyd-Taylor Senior Orchestra Violins First Oscar Dub Eiki Sekine Andrew Barakat Anthony Pulsford Edward Millett

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Second Matthew Stahl Nathaniel Blakeway-Phillips Benedict Honey ’Cello Max Arevuo Alastair Darwood Andreas Hadjipateras Edward Carter Flute Charlie Orwell Alexander Carn Nicholas Maguire Clarinet Philip Bronk Matthew Hutton Trumpet Edmund Higham Rick Martin Trombone Luke Birch Matthew Gartry Richard Law Percussion Henry Linnett Saxophone Edward Fry Junior String Orchestra Violins First Benedict Honey Cameron Macleod Brock Boyd-Taylor Tom Shepherd Alec Badenoch Hugo Darwood Second Alexander Barakat Alexander Salomon Adam Meyer Toby Lowenstein Third Matthew Stokes Joe Weiland Joseph Djanogly Alex Khalil ’Cello William Ripley Rishabh Watts Jack Dent Sam Winters Michael Davin Gus Branth Double Bass Adnan Sachee

Senior Recorder Group Leo Nelson-Jones Andrew Lewis Harry Dent Robert Mason George Freud Jonah Mendelsohn Charles Newman Sam Lowenstein Alexander Joseph Richard Law (treble) Edward Carter (tenor) Jack Dent (‘cello) Junior Recorder Group Sebastian Daly Jack Dent Albie Richardson Alistair Milne Kemal Eyi Wilbur Law Matthew Stokes Hugo Fry Jimmy Huston Andrew Lewis Christopher Payne Brass Group Edmund Higham Rick Martin Harry Cooke Luke Birch Matthew Gartry Sax Group Edward Fry Edward Millett Charlie Orwell David Franklin Henry Linnett Clarinet Group Matthew Hutton Christopher Turdean Leo Nelson-Jones Flute Group Nicholas Maguire Freddie Pegram Piers Plowman Jacob Flax Charlie Orwell Alexander Carn

Special thanks go to all the instrumental teachers who have worked so hard and with such dedication and particularly to those who have accompanied, coached and directed ensembles. Well done to all the boys involved in the night’s performance!

Junior String Orchestra Spring Chinese Street Festival Philip Bronk (Clarinet) Divertimento No 3

Vivaldi Mary Cohen

Oscar Dub (Violin) Air Varié (On a theme by Donizetti) Junior Recorder Ensemble Ode to Joy Tango La Pampa Saxophone Group Ain’t She Sweet Edmund Higham (Trumpet) Sonata

Mozart

Britten

Flute Groups Air James Bond Theme

Anon M. Norman

String Quartet The Great Western A. Hewitt-Jones Violins: Edward Millett, Anthony Pulsford, Andrew Barakat; ’Cello: Andreas Hadjipateras Charlie Orwell (Flute) Gavotte

Prokovieff

Clarinet Group Big Rock Candy Mountain

Trad

Beethoven J. Pitts

Senior Recorder Group The Wombling Song

M. Batt

M. Ager

Luke Birch (Trombone) Just That Minute

C. Norton

Purcell

Oscar Dub (Viola)/Chamber Orchestra Concerto in G minor Telemann

C. Danda

String Quartet Quartet in G Mozart (1st and 3rd Movements) Violins: Oscar Dub, Eiki Sekine, Matthew Stahl; ’Cello: Max Arevuo Senior Choir Sailing Music of the Night Spiritual Medley

Tears for Fears

Eiki Sekine and Andrew Barakat (Violins) Prelude in G minor F. Wolfahrt

Piano Trio Trio for Piano (1st Movement) J. Klengel Piano: Eiki Sekine; Violin: Andrew Barakat;‘Cello: Alastair Darwood Middle School Choir The Foggy, Foggy Dew O Waly Waly

Brass Group Mad World

Senior Orchestra Dambusters March Star Wars March

E. Coates J. Williams

Many thanks to the Reverend Dr Anders Berquist for allowing us to use St John’s Wood Church. G. Sutherland Lloyd-Webber Traditional

The retiring collection was in aid of the Delhi Brothers, who help build and run schools in India.

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Music Examination Results Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (D) denotes Distinction; (M) denotes Merit Mrs Carol Ioannis-Antoniou’s pupils PIANO Grade 3: Matthew Hutton (M), Naim Kalaji DESCANT RECORDER Grade 1: Sebastian Daly (D), Andrew Lewis (D), Jack Dent (M), George Freud (M), Robert Mason (M), Sam Lowenstein, Charles Newman Grade 2: Harry Dent (D), Andrew Lewis (D), Alexander Joseph (M) Grade 5: Edward Carter (M), Richard Law (M) TREBLE RECORDER Grade 1: Leo Nelson-Jones (D) Grade 3: Edward Carter (M), Richard Law (M) SINGING Grade 5: Luke Birch (M) THEORY OF MUSIC Grade 1: Harry Dent (D) Grade 3: Matthew Hutton (D), Edward Millett (D), Edward Carter (D) Grade 4: Anthony Pulsford (D) Mr Cuthbertson’s pupils PIANO Preparatory Test: Jeremy Assouly, Louis Chapple, William Evans, Ben Green, Max Hart, James Millett, Joel Sharp, Simon Soros Grade 1: Alexander Barakat (M), Jack Boardman, Fabian Garcia-Miller, Armaan Israni Grade 2: Ashwin Oberoi (M), Samuel Tyler (M), Adnan Dajani Grade 4: Alexander Stirling (M) Grade 5: Alexander Male THEORY OF MUSIC Grade 1: Alexander Carn (D), Henry Linnett (D), Nathaniel Blakeway-Phillips (M) Mrs Sadler’s pupils VIOLIN Grade 1: Adam Meyer (D), Toby Lowenstein (M), Alec Badenoch, Brock Boyd-Taylor, Alexander Salomon Grade 2: Cameron Macleod (M) Grade 5: Andrew Barakat Grade 6: Eiki Sekine (M) PIANO Grade 1: Shariq Varawalla Mr Bricht’s pupils FLUTE Grade 2: Nicholas Maguire (M), Piers Plowman (M) Grade 4: Charlie Orwell (M)

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Mr Carroll’s pupils GUITAR Grade 1: Steven Daly Mr Clewlow’s pupils TRUMPET Grade 1: Tom Julius (D), Benjamin Jacobs (M), Sam Grabiner Grade 2: Ben Jacobs (M) Mr Aitken’s pupils TROMBONE Grade 1: Oscar Notley (M), Daniel Harrington Grade 2: Richard Law (D), Benedict Honey (M) Grade 3: Matthew Gartry (M), Richard Law (M) Grade 5: Luke Birch (M) TUBA Grade 2: Sam Julius Mr Elliott’s pupils CLARINET Grade 2: Matthew Hutton SAXOPHONE Grade 1: Jon Coller (M) Miss Sutcliffe’s pupils CLARINET Preparatory Test: Toby Lowenstein Grade 1: Leo Nelson Jones (D), Sam Lowenstein (D), Alexander Pulsford (D), William Ripley (D), Christopher Turdean (D) Grade 3: Matthew Hutton (D) Mr Lee’s pupils ’CELLO Grade 1: Samuel Winters (M) Those Pupils Learning out of School ’CELLO Grade 1: Jack Dent (D) PIANO Grade 1: Edward Strang (M) Grade 2: Harry Dent, (M), Julian Godding, Matthew Tabor (M) Grade 3: Alexander Pulsford (M) Grade 4: Anthony Pulsford (M) Grade 6: Eiki Sekine (D) THEORY OF MUSIC Grade 1: Matthew Tabor (M) Grade 2: Alexander Pulsford (D) DRUMS Grade 2: Sebastian Clark (Guildhall Drum Kit)

Sport Football 1st XI The A’s had a mixed season in 2004.They started very strongly with some excellent performances against Highgate, Hereward House and Bishop’s Stortford College – a game in which we scored seven! In the latter part of the season we failed to maintain winning ways but, throughout the season, the boys played with determination, passion and a good deal of skill. All the team gave of their best. Special thanks should go to Nicholas Zehner who captained the side, Jamie Sparks who defended resolutely and Haydn Elliott who was ever skilful on the wing. In the End of Season Presentation Evening Leo Rifkind scooped the Players’ Player Award.The Manager’s Player Award went to Jamie Yuan and the Golden Boot Award went to Preston Thompson. Squad: Nick Zehner (Captain), Sam Julius, Leo Rifkind, Guy Bennett, Jamie Sparks, Max Arevuo, Haydn Elliott, Jamie Yuan, Henry Sether, Preston Thompson, Milo Astaire, Luke Birch and Nicholas Price.

AH 10 v Hereward House 0 AH 6 v St Anthony’s 1 AH 5 v Lyndhurst 1 AH 1 v Westminster US 4 AH 3 v The Hall 0 AH 4 v Devonshire House 0 AH 1 v Orley Farm 1 AH 3 v Durston House 0

Won Won Won Lost Won Won Drawn Won Richard Bagnall, Coach

Rugby 1st XV Squad: Jamie Sparks (Captain and Player of the Season), Luke Birch (Vice-Captain), Haydn Elliott, Sam Julius, Henry Armes, Edmund Higham, Luke Shelley, David Bard, Robert Huston, Guy Bennett, Edward Japp, Hamish Johnson, Edward Fry, Jamie Yuan, Henry Sether, Tom O’Brien, James Byfield, Alistair Darwood, Andrew Barakat, Max Arevuo and Arthur Fokschaner. Played eight, won six, lost two.

Over the course of the season the team won five, drew two and lost five. Chris Kerr, Coach 2nd XI Squad: Charlie Williams (Captain), David Bard, Henry Armes, Andrew Barakat, Robert Huston, Luke Shelley, Edward Japp, David Franklin, James Byfield, Tom O’Brien, Nick Price, Tom Julius, Edward Fry, Henry Linnett, Luke Birch, Henry Sether, Guy Bennett, Andreas Hadjipeteras and Oliver Layton.

AH 35 v St Anthony’s 5 AH 17 v Lochinver 16 AH 45 v St Martin’s 0 AH 47 v Westminster US 5 AH 25 v The Hall 10 AH 17 v Kingsland Grange 12 AH 5 v Felsted 15 AH 5 v Elesmere College 15

Won Won Won Won Won Won Lost Lost

Played six, won one, drawn two, lost three. AH 1 v Lyndhurst 1 AH 1 v Highgate 4 AH 0 v The Hall 1 AH 1 v St Anthony’s 2 AH 4 v Kingsland Grange 1 AH 1 v Durston House 1

Drawn Lost Lost Lost Won Drawn

Colours: Charlie Williams; David Bard; Robert Huston; Henry Linnett; Edward Japp; Tom O’Brien and James Byfield. Andrew Turpie, Coach Under 11 Squad: David Franklin (Captain) (three goals); Nick Maguire (eight goals); Tom Julius (ten goals); Adam Rose, Richard Law, Sebastian Clark and Piers Plowman (three goals); Joe Alexander, Freddie Pegram, Anthony Pulsford and Jamie Caplan (two goals); Sam Grabiner and Alex Stirling. All boys qualify for Football Colours Played eight, won six, drawn one, lost one.

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Sport Colours: Guy Bennett, Edward Japp, Hamish Johnson, Haydn Elliott, Henry Sether, Edmund Higham, Luke Shelley, Sam Julius, Luke Birch, Jamie Sparks, Jamie Yuan, Henry Armes and Robert Huston. Rick Martin, Coach 2nd XV Squad: Alexander Turdean (Captain), Tom O’Brien (ViceCaptain), Eiki Sekine, Charlie Orwell, Arthur Fokschaner, John Penny, Sahil Vaswani, Oscar Dub, Harry Aaronson, Milo Astaire, Nathaniel Blakeway-Phillips, Preston Thompson, Andrew Barakat, Alastair Darwood, Andreas Hadjipateras, Adam Jones and Elliot Bowden.

AH v Hereward House AH v Highgate AH v The Hall AH v Orley Farm AH v Westminster US AH v Lochniver AH v Durston House AH v Beechwood Park AH v Aldenham

Won by 40 runs Won by 9 wickets Won by 8 wickets Lost by 150 runs Lost by 2 runs Lost by 5 wickets Won by 81 runs Lost by 7 wickets Lost by 2 wickets

Colours: Sam Julius, Haydn Elliott, Jamie Sparks, Henry Sether, Max Arevuo and Luke Birch. Richard Bagnall, Coach

Played three, won two, lost one. AH 7 v St Anthony’s 15 AH 20 v Westminster US 0 AH 20 v The Hall 15

Lost Won Won

Colours: Alexander Turdean, Tom O’Brien, Eiki Sekine, Arthur Fokschaner, Sahil Vaswani and Oscar Dub. Richard Bagnall, Coach Under 11 Squad: Oscar Coleman, Jamie Caplan, Daniel Harrington, Sam Grabiner, Jack Millar, Piers Plowman, Tom Julius, David Franklin, Seb Clark, Joe Alexander, Freddie Pegram, Anthony Pulsford, Alexander Stirling, Nicholas Maguire, Alessandro Sant-Albano, Christopher Huston and Ralph Manners. Played five, won two, lost three. AH 12 v Lochinver 14 AH 21 v St Martin’s 42 AH 54 v St Anthony’s 21 AH 14 v The Hall 28 AH 7 v UCS 5

Lost Lost Won Lost Won

Colours: Oscar Coleman, Jamie Caplan, Daniel Harrington, Sam Grabiner, Jack Millar, Piers Plowman, Tom Julius, David Franklin, Seb Clarke, Joe Alexander, Freddie Pegram, Anthony Pulsford and Alexander Stirling. Andrew Turpie, Coach

Cricket 1st XI Squad: Sam Julius (Captain), Haydn Elliott (Vice-Captain), Jamie Sparks, Henry Sether, Max Arevuo, Luke Birch, Tom O’Brien, James Byfield, Oliver Layton, Preston Thompson, Henry Linnett, Edward Japp, Tom Julius, Jamie Caplan and David Franklin. Played nine, won four lost five.

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Under 11 A Team – Played seven, won seven. B Team – Played four, won three, lost one. A Team: Squad: Tom Julius (Captain), David Franklin, Jamie Caplan, Piers Plowman, Adam Rose, Sam Grabiner, Joe Alexander, Leo Nelson Jones, Nicholas Maguire, Richard Law, Seb Clark and Daniel Harrington. AH 118 (David Franklin 50*) v Hereward House 55 AH 176 (Sam Julius 52*) v Orley Farm 112 AH 120 v Westminster US 76 AH 182 (David Franklin 50*) v St Anthony’s 72 AH 140 v City of London 37 AH 77 v Highgate 76 AH 164 v Lochinver 124 (*Denotes not out)

Won Won Won Won Won Won Won

Colours: Tom Julius, David Franklin, Piers Plowman, Daniel Harrington, Seb Clark, Nicholas Maguire, Leo Nelson Jones, Jamie Caplan, Richard Law, Adam Rose and Sam Grabiner. Rick Martin, Coach

Arnold House Cricket Tour, 2005 Played five, won three, lost two. v Potters Bar, won by 12 runs v Dereham, won by 88 runs v Litcham, won by 118 runs v Copford, lost by five wickets v Bishop’s Stortford High School, lost by 37 runs Runs for, 748; runs against, 570. Squad: Sam Julius (Captain) (137 runs, one wicket), Haydn Elliott (139 runs), Henry Sether (15 runs, eight wickets), Jamie Sparks (29 runs), Max Arevuo (66 runs, ten wickets), Ollie Layton (22 runs, seven wickets), Tom O’Brien (21 runs), James Byfield (26 runs, Preston Thompson (25 runs, five wickets), Henry Linnett (one run, three wickets), David Franklin (54 runs), Tom Julius (27 runs) and Jamie Caplan (nine runs, six wickets). Many thanks to all boys for a successful and enjoyable tour. Also to Mr Martin and Mr Pope for all the invaluable help. Richard Bagnall

Hockey Senior Squad: Philip Bronk (Captain), Nicholas Price (Vice-Captain), Max Toomey, Elliot Bowden, Nick Zehner, Charlie Williams, Harry Cooke, Franklin Peacock, Oliver Layton, Henry Linnett, George Warren, Matthew Stahl, Ben Koerner, Alexander Carn and Ashwin Oberoi. AH 1 v St Anthony’s 3 AH 6 v Durston House 0 AH 0 v The Hall 7 AH 0 v Westminster US 1 AH 2 v Beechwood Park 2

Lost Won Lost Lost Drawn

Colours: Philip Bronk, Nick Price, Max Toomey, Elliot Bowden, Charlie Williams, Nick Zehner, Harry Cooke and Franklin Peacock. George Lester, Coach Junior Squad: Jack Boardman (Captain),Yiannis Fafalios, Benjamin Jacobs (Vice-Captain), Charlie Cooke, Max Fosh, Harry Dent, Joe Djanogly and Alexander Joseph. UCS Hockey Tournament: AH 0 v Hill House A 2 Lost AH 0 v Belmont 0 Drawn AH 0 v St Anthony’s 0 Drawn AH 0 v UCS B 0 Drawn

Tennis The Tennis Club at School has gone from strength to strength over the past few years. At Under 11 and Under 13 level more than thirty boys regularly turned out for training sessions. Over the course of the season we played a good number of fixtures. As you can see from the results below we enjoyed a fair amount of success.The Player of the Season was Leo Rifkind. The award for Most Improved Player went to Elliot Bowden and the prize for Young Player of the Year went to Steven Daly. The names of the boys who played in matches at Under 13 and Under 11 level were: Nicholas Zehner, Nicholas Price, Jamie Yuan, Robert Huston, David Bard, Leo Rifkind, Steven Daly, Elliot Bowden, Naim Kalaji, Alexander Barakat, Jon Coller, Christian Young, Philip Bronk, Guy Bennett, Alessandro Sant Albano, Christopher Huston, Jack Millar and Jacob Flax. v Highgate (home): AH three sets, Highgate five sets v Highgate (away): AH five sets, Highgate three sets v The Hall: AH five sets, The Hall three sets v Westminster US: AH one set, WUS seven sets Under 12 Vs: v City of London School: AH four sets, CLS four sets The Hall (away): AH four sets, The Hall four sets Under 11 Vs: v Westminster US: AH four sets, WUS five sets, with Jamie Yuan, Guy Bennett and Leo Rifkind all playing fantastic games. Under 12 Vs: v Lyndhurst: AH four sets, Lyndhurst five sets, with Jon Coller, Alessandro Sant Albano and Sebastian Clark all playing great matches. The climax of the tennis season saw more than thirty boys at three different age levels battle it out to be crowned AH School Singles Tennis Champion.The honours went to: Steven Daly – Under 13 Steven Daly – Under 11 Sebastian Daly – Under 9

Colours: Jack Boardman and Yiannis Fafalios. George Lester, Coach

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Sport Match Results: 1st team: Played ten, won four, lost six. Under 11 team: Played six, won six. Schools’ Congresses North-West London Inter-Schools’ Congress – 1st team fourth place; Under 11s ninth place. Norfolk House Under 11 Team Tournament – AH Winners. Keble School Team Tournament – fourth place. Hampstead Prep Schools’Team Championships – Under 11s third place; Under 9s second place.

Gymnastics The gymnasts at Arnold House continue to make an impact on the schools’ gymnastics scene although we have not taken part in as many competitions this year.They have, nevertheless, had success at both regional and national level.The Under 11 B team took part in the Under 11 Novice Competition at LEH and performed well, although not quite well enough to win. The team: Jon Coller, Max Fosh, George Nevett, Adnan Dajani, and Joseph Djanogly. The Under 9 team won gold team medals at their Regional Novice Competition and also did very well to gain silver team medals at the BISGA National Competition at Port Regis. The team: Sebastian Daly, Alexander Pulsford, Nikhil Sood, Harry Tudball and Sam Winters. The Under 11 A team also competed well to finish a very respectable fifth in a tough competition. Team members: Anthony Pulsford, Tom Julius, Sebastian Clark, Steven Daly and George Nevett. The Lower and Middle Schools’ Gym Club is a popular activity and boys have enjoyed gaining their BAGA awards. Kate Davies, Coach

Chess The 1st team: Philip Bronk (Captain), Daniel Harrington, Nathaniel Blakeway-Phillips, Alexander Male, Richard Law, Matthew Holder-Biziou, Jacob Flax, Harry Dent, Benedict Honey and Alexander Joseph. Under 11 team: Alexander Barakat, Adnan Sachee, Shariq Varawalla, Julian Meir, Gus Branth, Ivan Kirwan Taylor, Wilbur Law, Jack Dent, Matthew Tabor, Simon Thackray and Edward Hatter.

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Arnold House School Events: School Individual Championships – Winner: Daniel Harrington. Under 11 Winner: Daniel Harrington. Under 9 Winner: Shariq Varawalla. Speed Chess Championships – Major Winner: Nathaniel Blakeway-Phillips; Minor Winner: Benedict Honey. UK Chess Challenge – Winner: Daniel Harrington; Richard Law and Adnan Sachee second place. Endgame Championships – Major Winner: Nathaniel BlakewayPhillips; Minor Winner: Harry Dent. Inter-House Team Championships – Winners: Nelson; Runners-up: Brunel.

Sports Day The forecast was for very warm weather with thunderstorms in the afternoon; as usual no decision to postpone or cancel was to be made before 8 am. At 8.02 the School phone rang with parents wondering whether Sports Day was still on.Yes it was. And the morning, with Years 1 to 4 competing in different events in different parts of the fields, was a great success. Nobody, apart from Chris Kerr and his team and the boys, seemed to know who was doing what and where but everyone was busy for the whole morning. By lunchtime, reports were filtering through from the Glastonbury Festival that a stage (as well as the beer tent) had been struck by lightning and that concert-goers were wading their way through water and mud up to their waists. As picnics were eaten, increasingly closer claps of thunder could be heard but, as the afternoon events opened, the rain stayed away. It was only as the prize-giving ceremonies started that the heavens opened but by that time everyone was safely in the hall. Many thanks to the Head Boys’ mothers, Mrs Armes and Mrs Rifkind, for giving the prizes away and to Chris Kerr, Rick Martin, John Dawson and Penny Martin for organising such a pleasant day. Andrew Reid

… and from some of the competitors and supporters came these thoughts … ‘But most of all it’s about having fun.’ – Olly ‘The tug of war was really exciting and Wellington won!’ – Matthew ‘Many cups and medals were given out by the Head Boys’ parents, Mrs Armes and Mrs Rifkind.’ – Jacob ‘Friday 24th June.The Clash of the Titans: Pitt, Nelson, Wellington and Brunel.’ – George ‘Pitt were ecstatic, they were on the track to victory!’ – George ‘An immense array of sporting ability came together, organised by Mr Kerr.’ – Tom ‘My highlight of the afternoon was in the 1500 metres when Edward Japp just beat Jamie Sparks at the finishing line. It was so close after such a long race!’ – Preston ‘Alex Carn used his hunting skills to win the Year 7 javelin.’ – Preston ‘Maybe the weather on Sports Day wasn’t great, but there is no doubt that it was an enjoyable, long day with prizes at stake … I didn’t win anything but there is always next year!’ – Naim

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Special Events and Trips ‘Suburban Circus’ By Cenarth Fox When the Spring Term arrived in January, it brought with it one of the biggest events on the Arnold House School calendar – the ‘Lower School Production’. This year we looked into our own backyards and decided that we needed to have a good laugh at ourselves.The play was called Suburban Circus, and for good reason! The performance consisted of eleven skits portraying everyday life in a light-hearted manner. Our jugglers were the trash men; our road workers showed us how busy their day is; the average family took us into their home; acrobats showed off their skills in delivering food for ‘Meals on Wheels’; train travellers showed their frustrations; our tight-rope walker battled traffic (and schoolchildren!) and, of course, the clowns just happened to be our friendly traffic wardens. The stage was constantly being transformed, at times needing only a solitary performer, right up to several whole cast skits. Who better to organise this than our four Ringmasters, who kept the show rolling beautifully. Putting on a performance such as this takes time and, more importantly, patience from all concerned. Credit must go to the boys who put up with seemingly endless rehearsals during and after school. All the hard work finally paid off on the night, when the boys managed to battle their weariness to put on two action-packed, fun-filled performances. Special thanks must go to all involved behind the scenes, particularly Mr Andy Hagon as Assistant Director and Miss Francesca Urquhart as Musical Director. See you again next year! Simon Rae, Director

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From Mangoes to Kumquats! On 6th December 2004, some of the pupils from Year 3 visited the Living Rainforest in Newbury. I think that the photographs speak for themselves.The boys all had a great time, so did the adults. Andrew Hagon,Year 3 Class Teacher

Year 5 Trip to Boulogne I am delighted to report another happy and successful day-trip to Calais and Boulogne. We followed our well established programme for the day and great fun was had by all. Mr Hill, Mrs Zinkin and I are most grateful for the expert help of this year’s team of ‘mères courageuses’ who kindly volunteered their services, namely Mrs Huston, Miss Jackson, Mrs Boyd-Taylor, Mrs Manners and Mrs Cross. What the boys liked best … – Getting up really early at 5.15 am. – Doing our booklets on the bus. – The shuttle was wicked. – Doing our project at Cité Europe and buying bonbons. – Mr Hill’s very interesting history lesson about Bishop Alain Nicolas. – Our picnic and football on the beach – I loved being the bouncer for our sandcastle. – The Cathedral was huge and it had a secret bit at the back that no one had seen before. – Buying souvenirs for our families – we bought tea sets and bling bling. – Ordering our food and drinks in French at the café. – Doing our booklets in the Old Town. – Watching The Incredibles on the coach. Many thanks to all for their part in ensuring the success of this day. Rachel Ferhaoui, Head of French

Year 4 History Trip

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Special Events and Trips English Trip to the National Theatre On 25th May,Year 7 visited the National Theatre to watch the performance of Henry IV part 1. They had the wonderful opportunity after the performance of meeting actor David Harewood (who played Hotspur in this production) and asking him questions about his career. Here, too, are some of the boys’ thoughts of the day: ‘This year we studied Henry V, so why go to see Henry IV part 1? Well, we had a look at what Henry was like as a prince: in the pubs! It proved a successful and entertaining trip. We were even lucky enough to meet Hotspur, played by actor David Harewood.’ – Andrew ‘The battle scenes were incredible. Special effects were used and I’m sure that some of the oldaged pensioners sitting there jumped out of their false teeth when the pistols went off!’ – Edward ‘We met David Harewood, the actor playing Hotspur. We asked him all sorts of questions and he signed autographs. It was a very memorable day.’ – Eiki ‘We went to see Henry IV part 1 as deep background for our study of Henry V.’ – David ‘Henry IV part 1 was by far the most interesting play I have seen since Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials. David Harewood was in both productions and we met him after the show. We asked him questions such as: “Which is harder – acting on stage or in front of the camera?” and “How do you remember your lines?”. One of the things that he told us was that it had taken almost six months to learn the sword fight in Henry IV. He also said that he preferred acting in the theatre rather than acting on television.’ – Matthew G. ‘The production was funny, exciting and full of dead people, kings in particular!’ – David ‘The sword fighting was spectacular and it looked very hard to perform. Even though the swords were blunt if you hit something with one of them it would hurt.’ – Matthew H.

Caroline Lawrence’s Visit to the School On a Monday in the Autumn Term, Caroline Lawrence, author of the Roman Mysteries series, visited the School to give talks and do workshops for different classes at various times during the day. She came into the Gym, in her full Roman toga outfit, ready to talk about her books, answer questions, and talk about the infamous ‘poo stick’, used for wiping your behind – basically, just a stick with a sponge on the end. For all the lucky people that answered relevant questions correctly, a signed bookmark was awarded.There was a sale of Caroline Lawrence’s books, at a very reasonable price, and every copy on sale was signed by the author, with a message.The best part of the day, for me, was the Year 7 workshop, which included a PowerPoint presentation about writing a good book, and about the Roman Mysteries series. Oh, and we missed an entire day of lessons! David Bard, 7S

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Blue Peter

Year 7 Trip to Mountfitchet

Every year the TV show Blue Peter awards prizes for the best books and, luckily for us, Leonie Flynn, our librarian, had her book The Ultimate Book Guide shortlisted in 2004. So, Miss Hutchings, Arthur Fokschaner, Alex Turdean and I spent the day watching the ceremony. We started with lunch in Pizza Express and then headed off to the studios and I, for one, couldn’t wait. All of us really hoped Leonie’s book would win. After meeting up with the other editors, Danny (as he is known) and Susan Rueben, we headed off to a rather large and imposing building, the BBC. I was amazed at how much hustle and bustle there was going on – people with badges saying things like ‘second cameraman for BBC News’. In truth, it was a lot like School!

Leonie and her fellow editors went off to make-up and the rest of us hung around the BBC lounge, before being seated high up in the small audience. We had a perfect view, and then it started. First the presenters and the Blue Peter dogs arrived, then the judges – all of whom were children. On a big screen we saw the authors waiting back-stage, and we spotted Leonie looking happy (and a bit more nervous than usual!), and then it began. Man in the Moon snatched Best Picture Book, Montmorency got the award for being a Good Read and Leonie’s book won Best Book With Facts! Sadly for us, Man in the Moon won best overall book, but Leonie still won her category and brought back a nice trophy, and lots of honour, for herself and for the School. Edward Fry,Year 7

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Special Events and Trips The Year 8 Battlefields Trip Almost as soon as Common Entrance was over, the Year 8 boys, accompanied by Mr Martin, Ms Hutchings, Mr Hill, Mr Julius, Mrs Elliott and Mrs Bennett, departed for the Belgian town of Ypres. This now calm and pretty provincial town today masks its violent past role in the pages of military history. It was one of the most bitterly contested areas on the Western Front during the First World War. Between October 1914 and November 1917, three bloody battles were fought in the region, as well as scores of smaller, though equally wasteful, skirmishes. Our guide, Nick Fear (a most unsuitable surname for such a gentle and kind man), had the difficult job of trying to bring home the reality of the awful conditions in the trenches as well as the numbers killed. He did this in an excellent way. We visited many graveyards (almost all on the locations of the former battlefields) and at each we went to the grave of one soldier, whose story Nick told us. We learnt of a fifteen-year-old boy soldier who was killed at the same spot where the famous poem In Flanders Fields was written. We saw where two great poets, one Irish and one Welsh, lie buried, almost side by side. We visited the grave of a soldier shot at dawn, in what most would now consider a hideous farce of justice. We also saw the staggering number of graves at Tyne Cot – 35,000 in one place. Amid such disbelief there were more personal and poignant moments. Haydn Elliott and his mother, Linda, visited her grandfather’s grave at Hooge and we also visited a memorial to one fallen Old Boy, Hubert Green, and the grave of another, Jack Tayler. At each memorial a poppy cross was placed. For me the highlight of the visit was attending the nightly ceremony at the Menin Gate. After this beautifully observed event, one of the old soldiers who had taken part as flag bearer, came up to me and asked me to thank the boys for coming.‘They will keep the memory of my fallen comrades alive,’ he explained. I am sure all in Year 8 will have been touched by what they saw and learnt and will undertake his request with honour. John Hill, Head of History

Some reflections from the boys … ‘I think we now know and have been told the story of people in every graveyard known to Man!’ – Ben ‘An interesting and moving trip … The Leonidas chocolate shop provided me with brilliant presents for ma famille.’ – Harry ‘Caterpillar Crater showed me how terrible the war was and gave me a sense of what happened.’ – Max T. ‘I was deeply moved by the amount of people dead.They really deserved our visit.Tyne Cot cemetery was amazing.’ – Anon ‘Now I understand how much the soldiers deserved to be thanked and how grateful we should be.’ – Leo ‘It was very moving and, at the same time, very enlightening.’ – Max J. ‘When you read about the death toll it is only a figure, but when you visit the graveyards you get some understanding of how many people were killed.’ – Edmund

Cumbria It was an early start to the week, leaving the School at 6 am. Everybody, including the teachers, would have preferred not making the tedious six-hour journey but we all found ways to enjoy ourselves, whether it was watching a film, sleeping or even making up songs. Once we arrived in Cumbria our schedules were very packed and we were quite lucky with the weather. We had a wide range of activities, from canoeing and mountain biking to mountain climbing and abseiling. I, for one, was very tired in the evening especially after our eight-mile walk on the Wednesday. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole week and returned with some happy memories and a big bag of dirty clothes. Thank you to all the staff, especially Mr Martin for organising the trip and Mr Bagnall, Mr Turpie and Mr Rock for looking after us. Max Arevuo,Year 8

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Swiss Ski 2005 The time: As ever – Saturday to Saturday in the first week of the Easter hols. The place: Haut-Lac International Centre – a huge converted nunnery near Gstaad, Saanenmoser, and Chateau d’Oex. The programme: Ski/Snowboard all day; fun activities all night – including crazy games, DVDs, pool/football/table tennis tournaments, swimming, prize giving and disco. The verdict: ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! This year’s cast list – The boys: Andrew Barakat, David Bard, Adnan Dajani, Harry Dent, Joseph Djanogly, Arthur Fokschaner, David Franklin, Sam Grabiner, Daniel Harrington, Benedict Honey, Robert Huston, Hamish Johnson, Tom Julius, Alexander Khalil, Constantin Kirwan-Taylor, Oliver Layton, Simren Maloni, Amrit Maloni, Louis Metcalfe, George Nevett, Adam Rose, Eiki Sekine, Matthew Stahl, Alexander Stirling, Christopher Turdean, George Warren and Edward Millett.The girls: Harriet Dart and Antonia Curtis.The Staff: Rachel Ferhaoui, Susie Dart, Elena Gregoriou, Chris Kerr, Lucy Parrott, Ricky Bagnall, Simon Rae and Sebastian Stones and family. The year 2005 was to be the last at Haut-Lac but, owing to popular demand, the trip lives on. And here’s looking forward to it already! Rachel Ferhaoui

Year 8 Trip to the South of France

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France Frontières Une semaine en France avec année 8!

Le dimanche, nous avons voyagé à Carcassonne. D’abord, nous avons vu le Canal de Midi avec ses neuf ecluses, puis nous avons voyagé au Centre de Vacances Batîpaume près d’Agde. Après avoir mangé, nous avons joué au basket.

This was our second year in the South of France having surrendered our slot at the Château de la Baudonnière in Normandy.This year we flew into Carcassonne and our programme was as follows: Every morning – Language activities. Afternoon trips The nine locks of the Canal Midi at Béziers. Treasure hunt and shopping in Agde. Beach games and aquarium at the Cap d’Agde. Trip to French Collège and activities with French children. Black Mountains, Le Pont du Diable, Les Grottes de Clamouse and Saint Guilhem le Désert. Agde market for ‘buy your own picnic’ activity. Evening fun Basketball tournament. Boules tournament. Talent competition. Needless to say, a marvellous time was had by all! Rachel Ferhaoui

Le lundi, après avoir pris le petit-déjeuner, nous avons eu une leçon de français avec notre instructeur, Giles. Cet après-midi nous avons fait la ‘Course au Trésor’ à Agde. C’était intéressant. Après le diner, nous avons écrit les journaux. Mardi matin, nous sommes allés à la plage, où nous avons joué au rugby et nagé dans la mer. Après çela, nous nous sommes promenés à l’aquarium. Nous avons vu les animaux de mer. Pendant l’après-midi nous sommes allés au collège de Marseillan. Nous avons rencontré les élèves français, et nous les avons appris à jouer au cricket. Après la visite nous sommes retournés au centre. Mercredi matin, nous avons fait les cours de français au centre. Après le déjeuner, nous sommes allés au Pont du Diable et aux Montagnes Noires. Nous avons visité les Grottes de Clamouse. Les Grottes étaient très bizarres. Après çela, nous nous sommes promenés à St. Guilhem le Desert où nous avons fait du shopping et nous avons mangé les crêpes au café. Le soir, nous avons joué dans une compétition de boules; mon équipe de boules s’appellait ‘The Mighty Moojoos’. Jeudi matin, nous avons fait une excursion au marché. Au marché nous avons acheté un pique-nique. Mon pique-nique a gagné la competition. Après le pique-nique nous sommes allés à la plage. Nous avons nagé dans la mer et nous avons joué au foot. Le dernier soir, nous avons fait un grand spectacle de comedie – c’était très drôle. Le Vendredi nous sommes retournés à Londres par avion. Nous avons passé une semaine superbe! Oscar Dub,Year 8

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Staff News Goodbyes … Chere Hunter It’s not easy to calculate with accuracy the total number of boys who have passed through Arnold House during Chere Hunter’s time as Head of PrePrep. Over the past twenty-five years, it’s my guess that more than 600 boys have arrived at Arnold House as five year olds.That’s a lot of boys. In recent years, we have often been told that we will always remember a great teacher.The converse is also true: great teachers always remember us. Chere Hunter has an excellent memory for faces and names: she learns to combine them quickly and accurately and, once learnt, neither name nor face is forgotten. An infallible gift for remembering people’s names is an endearing and useful quality and is one of Chere’s many great gifts.

Chere Hunter

Chere will long be remembered at AH for her kindness and concern for others. Her talents as a musician, combined with her love of drama, have been key elements of the Pre-Prep over the past quarter century – that’s a lot of nativity plays and a great many shepherds, kings and innkeepers to marshal on stage and to train to sing with full voice. Chere has acted as mentor to many young teachers and has always insisted on high standards in the early years. She enthusiastically embraced the introduction of base-line assessment and Key Stage 1 testing as ways of raising and maintaining academic achievement. Throughout her time at AH, Chere’s teaching has been of the highest standard. Her own strong Christian faith informs her every thought, word and deed. We are all glad that Chere will continue to teach Religious Studies for the foreseeable future to Senior classes and will, therefore, maintain contact with the School to which she has given so much over her long career. So it’s not ‘adieu’, Chere, or even ‘au revoir’. It’s just ‘see you next term!’ which is a very good thing indeed. Nicholas Allen

Lesley Ralphs

which allowed each boy to find his own.The Art Room quickly became a hive of industry and an oasis of calm and order. With her meticulous eye for detail nothing was ever left to chance, not just on the organisation front, but in every detail of her carefully-planned lessons. Always seeking to find new ways of doing things in paint and pottery, she has kept the Art at School fresh and exciting. From pop art to aboriginal cave paintings; from impressionism to the decorative gold work of Gustav Klimt … and on to cubism. The most amazing art has emerged. And then there is the pottery. Plates of food, animals, treasure islands and dishes inspired by seashells. And who could ever forget those wonderfully, handsome salt and pepper pots! All fabulous, and now adorning walls and mantelpieces all over North London and beyond.The endless extra hours Lesley has given up in break times for boys wanting to do more work on their art says so much about her as a person and as a teacher. Always wanting to do things better, coupled with a genuine love of teaching Art, has set her apart and been the mainstay and secret of her success for so long. One could go on and write about her Catholic sense of duty, which has never allowed her to miss a School concert, play or event in twenty-three years! Her consistency, day in and day out, never letting the boys down; the endless hours displaying the boys’ art so carefully around the School, which has probably more than anything else helped to promote the School to prospective parents and visitors.The years of running the old Arnold House Tutorial System, and the ten years spent so diligently as a Year 8 Form Teacher.

Lesley has so many talents and worn so many caps. It may surprise some to know she used to shoot for London as a marksman in rifle and pistol. Very bright, too, with a First Class Honours Michelle Pickard Degree in Social Anthropology from the LSE. But this is just typical of her and the quiet way she has, never blowing her own trumpet, never feeling she has arrived as a teacher. Cultured and yet so down to earth and friendly; she has always been a very valued and respected member of the staff Lesley Ralphs room. Astute, sassy, demure, fiercely independent, loyal, decent, Lesley retires this summer after many years of teaching, and Arnold discreet, and a wonderful friend of twenty-three years’ standing, House loses one of its most gifted and dedicated members of staff. whom Arnold House and I will miss terribly. Without question she has been an exceptional teacher, a true George Lester professional and, quite simply, will be irreplaceable. Under her care and guidance, boys of all ages and abilities have flourished and Michelle Pickard produced the most amazing art year after year. When I first interviewed Michelle in the summer of 2001, I was struck by her calm approach to life and her obvious love for small Before Lesley, Art didn’t figure that highly at Arnold House. At her children.The lesson she had prepared was full of potential for appointment way back in 1982, almost overnight it seemed, she someone who was newly qualified and I was able to say to changed everything and set in place a standard of excellence

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Nicholas Allen before her interview with him,‘This one will do very well!’

day! We had a deal and the ‘lady of leisure’ began work at Arnold House!

After marrying her husband, Matt, they moved to London from Cardiff and, after a fairly short while, her first child was on the way. Lucas was born in October 2002 and Michelle returned to work in Year 1 the following January.

Liz came to us with wide experience in the maintained sector and found that the Pre-Prep was a wonderful place in which to work. She forged instant friendships with her Year 1 colleagues and was an immediate ‘hit’ with the boys and their parents.

Lucas was still a baby when her next child was on the way, but Michelle, ever professional, is the only colleague I have ever had who worked up to literally a few hours before giving birth. We were all delighted when Zak was born in May 2004. Michelle’s children are her joy, but she has given so much love, care and learning to other children, too. Each boy has benefited hugely from her calm, methodical approach, her amazing artistic gifts and her kind but firm way with those in her care.

Francesca Urquhart

I respect her decision to give up teaching temporarily to be a full-time mum. We wish them all well as they begin a new life in Little Chalfont in Buckinghamshire. Chere Hunter Francesca Urquhart My first impressions of Francesca were of an intelligent, lively and enthusiastic woman – she had experience of teaching boys at prep-school level and is a professional bass player. She is also an avid supporter of Chelsea which made her very popular with some of the boys! She has run the Music Department with confidence, sensitivity and huge amounts of energy and personality. She is a natural teacher and administrator and has been popular with staff, parents and boys alike. Francesca is off to the Institute of Education in September to undertake a PGCE for secondary teaching. I know that she will walk straight into a head of department post on completing that year and her new school should consider themselves very fortunate. Kate Davies Liz Smith Liz was a friend of mine from Hertfordshire who had announced that she was ‘retiring’ from teaching and becoming a lady of leisure. When the school needed maternity cover for Michelle Pickard’s second pregnancy, I approached Liz. Her first response was ‘I’m not getting up at that time of the morning and driving all that way!’, but having seen our lovely Pre-Prep and the special people in it, she changed her mind on the proviso that I would do the driving and pick her up each

Liz Smith

Liz is always full of fun, full of lovely ideas and full of empathy and encouragement for the boys in her care. I am personally so grateful that she stepped into the role with such good humour and commitment.The experience taught her that it was not the time to ‘retire’ and we wish her well as she takes up her new appointment in a primary school in St Albans. She doesn’t have to get up early and it’s not far to drive – I’m sure she will be very happy. Chere Hunter Marina Tsangarides Marina came to Arnold House a year ago and, during that time, made a fantastic contribution to life at the School. We will miss her amazing commitment to charitable giving, conservation and recycling and her endless patience with all the constant interruptions of office life at Arnold House. We wish her tremendous luck as she travels Europe teaching English as a second language. Bon voyage! Keep in touch, Marina. Penny Martin Edmund Grouse Edmund was an enthusiastic pupil. Solid academically, desperately keen on games, even if he was not always the best on the pitch, and a consummate thespian.

Marina Tsangarides

His time as a gap student at AH ran along similar lines. He worked hard. Ninety hours of typing Latin grammar lists for Mr Reid, I believe! He put a lot of effort into helping games and his assistance to Mr Rae for the Middle School Production was invaluable. It is often difficult to ‘qualify’ as a successful gapper but our extremely posh bloke did. We missed him in the Summer Term when academic pressures forced him to concentrate on his studies and we will miss him in September when we have to break his replacement in.

Edmund Grouse

Thank you Ed. I’m sure we will see you at ‘choir practice’ for a jar or two. Rick Martin.

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Staff News / Charitable Giving Natalia Havrylyuk Natalia has been a valued member of the kitchen staff since November 2004. She is leaving Arnold House to start her maternity leave. We shall miss her a great deal. Natalia is hard working and totally reliable and was nominated employee of the month for independent schools. We wish her and her family all the best for the future. Lorna Wint, Catering Manager

… and Welcomes

From September we say hello to two new members of staff; Samantha Forrest, who joins us as Head of Art, and Jessica Wells, whom we welcome as Year 1 teacher.

… and not forgetting New Arrivals Congratulations to Kate and Huw Davies on the birth of their son, Freddie Rhys, who was born on 23rd March 2005, 6 lb 8 oz.

We take this opportunity to welcome Michelle Hurley who joined Arnold House in May as Receptionist. We also would like to welcome back Netti Denes as Playground Assistant.

Charitable Giving, 2004–05 Jeans for Genes Day Christmas Church Collection (Hope and Homes) Crazy Badge Day and Pre-Prep Harvest Festival (Hope and Homes) Crazy Mask Day Red Nose Day (Comic Relief ) The Centenary Ball (Hope and Homes) Small Change Big Change

£753 £1196 £1048 £322 £1285 £6500 £250

Other charities that we supported St John’s Palliative Care Centre The Royal British Legion UNICEF (Day for Change) UNICEF UK (The United Nations Children’s Fund) Royal National Lifeboat Institution (London Flag Week 9–15th May)

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£169 £303 £1493 £478 £ 58

Old Boys’ News GCSEs. He has already gained an A grade in Mathematics, which he took a year early. He is in the school basketball, hockey and football teams. Constantine’s interests include art, cars, technology, music and sport. He still keeps in touch with Christos Lemos and sees Michael Beyts and Tom Mills at school. Ben Collier is thriving and blossoming at Arts Ed. in Tring. He is enjoying both performing and working on other aspects of theatre and his burning ambition is still to be a theme park designer. His organisational skills are coming into play at school where he is the chair of the Mitford Volunteer Group for Fundraising. He has prevailing memories of all the fun times at AH and recently went on a ski trip with Tom Leigh and Oscar Lamont.

2004 Leavers’ reunion at Zizzi’s

Old Boys’ News After nearly a decade of teaching French at Arnold House, I decided that I knew enough Old Boys to make a reasonable attempt at stepping into Jane Darcy’s shoes in co-ordinating some of the Old Boys’ news and events. Jane has spent a tremendously happy and fulfilling year doing her MA at King’s College London and will be spending the next three years studying for her PhD. We are always delighted to see any Old Boys who have time to pop into School. We particularly like to encourage attendance at the Fête Champêtre.This event was, however, sadly cancelled this year owing to the tragic unfolding of events in the capital on July 7th. I am steadily working on increasing the number of Old Boys’ reunions.The first of these was a very relaxed and well-attended evening just before Christmas, with recent leavers, a few parents and staff at a restaurant in St John’s Wood. I am particularly eager to keep up to date with everyone so that I can continue to arrange such events. If you have any news or ideas or you just fancy getting in touch, please e-mail me at oldboys@arnoldhouse.co.uk. Rachel Ferhaoui

This year we received the following news … Oliver Boyle is about to embark upon his A-level course at Bryanston. He will be taking French, Business Studies, ICT and AS History. He has gained his Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award and he plays tennis and squash for the U16 A teams and for the school Frisbee team. His interests include playing the guitar, languages, BMX biking, surfing and skiing. He remains in touch with Joe Cawley, Freddie Fox, Christos Lemos and Joss Haynes. Constantine Coccolatos is in Year 11 at Highgate studying for his

William Cooke, who left Arnold House in 2002, will be entering Year 9 at Saffron Walden County High School. He is keen to keep in touch with all 2005 leavers. Ivo Cunningham has also completed his first year at Marlborough. He has played in the 1st XV for rugby and the 2nd XI for hockey and, on the music front, he has played in the concert band; he continues with the clarinet and is now tackling the drums. He is still a social animal who keeps up with Ben Stokes, John Linnett, Edward Drayton and Francisco Fonagy. Ivo is still haunted by Mr Martin’s loud, booming voice! Sammi Ferhaoui is just completing a year of being Deputy Head Chorister at Lichfield Cathedral School. He gained a Music Award to Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, where he will don another long frock from September. Music (mainly hip-hop), cinema and travel are his main interests and he is enjoying playing the piano, violin and, particularly, the drums. He is still in regular contact with Alfie Saunders, who is thriving at Portland Place, and Sami Winton, who has become a keen rower at Latymer. Freddie Fox is also at Bryanston and has just completed GCSE exams in nine subjects. He is heartily involved with the extracurricular life of the school. On the sports field he is still a keen cricketer, playing for the 2nd XI. He is progressing well on the piano and ‘cello and still singing in the choir. On the drama front he has played Baptista in Kiss Me Kate and he is trying his hand at scriptwriting. Freddie is still in contact with the other Bryanston boys above but also keeps up with Patrick Alexander, Marcus Yuan, Tom Badenoch, Nick Kelly and Niels Larsen. Dan Grabiner is at St Paul’s and is currently studying for his GCSEs. He has already passed his French with a well-deserved A* grade. He is captain of the A football team, and plays in the rugby 1st team. Other sporting achievements include being a finalist in the Daily Mail Cup and playing for the Middlesex Rugby Academy. He will also be visiting Canada this year on a rugby tour. Dan still keeps in touch with Justin Gartry. Daniel St Johnston (1965–72) a Bye-Fellow of Peterhouse College and Professor of Developmental Genetics at Cambridge, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Remember he had his first science lesson at Arnold House!

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Old Boys’ News Gregory Lass has already taken parts of his Latin, French and English GCSEs at Eton. He is enjoying playing tennis and rugby and, by all accounts, is seizing every opportunity to develop his theatrical talents and has even starred in an independent play at the Edinburgh Festival. His hobbies include playing the drums, sailing, cinema and travel. He looks back at his time at AH fondly, remembering the friendly, accommodating atmosphere. John Linnett has thoroughly enjoyed his first year at Marlborough. He is playing lots of rugby, hockey and cricket and still managing to squeeze in a bit of acting, and Grade 6 Piano and Grade 7 Sax. He has decided to take a break from his illustrious singing career for now! Above all, he enjoys seeing his friends – especially Ben Stokes, George Birch, George Cooke, William Faulks and Ivo Cunningham – playing tennis and sailing. One of his most abiding memories of Arnold House is playing cricket with Mr Gray. James Male is soon to enter the fifth form at Westminster where he is clearly thriving on all fronts. It is no surprise to hear that he reached the final of the illustrious Hans Woyda Mathematics Competition and is enjoying such activities as chess, bookbinding, piano playing and a diplomacy club. James still sees Jason Wuenscher, Edward Drayton and Hans Larsen. Matthew Parritt is at St Paul’s and having recently completed his GCSEs, he gained an A* in English and an A in Mathematics.This June he took his AS-levels in English Literature, History, Economics and Italian. Matthew enjoys playing squash and swimming and enjoys Drama – working mainly backstage, supervising the technical side of any performance/show. Matthew also helps his school to organise rock concerts and charity events and, outside school, works for an events company. He still keeps in touch with Ed Smith and Alex Stockler, who are both at St Paul’s and reported to be doing well. Tom Parritt is just starting his GCSE year at Highgate. He has achieved a prestigious Silver Award in the Intermediate Mathematics Challenge and has a consuming new passion for flying remote-controlled helicopters. He has recently returned from Antigua where he gained his PADI Open Water Diver award.Tom’s abiding memory of AH is doing games with Mr Hill’s infamous 4th XI and losing every game! Jesse Peacock is studying at UCS and will be taking his GCSEs this year. He is particularly enjoying his cricket and is playing for the U14 and U15 B teams. He also plays football and is still a keen skier and snowboarder. He still sees John Law, Charlie King and Freddie Marquis out of school. Jack Pegram is at Highgate where he is about to join the Upper Sixth Form. Jack got nine GCSEs – three A*s, three As and three Bs. He is interested in photography and is currently working on a number of new exhibitions. He is in the Middlesex and Highgate Under 19 water polo teams, is in the 1st XI football team, runs for the Haringey cross-country squad and also represents his school at swimming, athletics and cricket. Jack still sees Dean Merali, Daniel Ambrose and George Warshaw.

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Hugh Pemberton is at Rugby and has just completed his GCSEs. He is hoping to study Chemistry, Biology, Latin, Philosophy and Photography at A-level. Hugh gained a Silver Prize in the National Chemistry Olympiad and remains a keen sportsman – he is in the 1st VII rugby team and last year while in the 1st XV rugby team he tried for the Welsh Exiles. He is also in the 1st athletics team (100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m) and plays for the 1st V basketball team and enjoys cross-country. His other interests include stage managing for various school plays and musicals, powerboating, music, neuroscience and he hopes to study medicine in due course. Hugh still keeps in touch with Josh Gray, Sam Moores, Rahul Talwar, George Warshaw, Bruce and Arthur Yates, Dean Merali, all of whom are reported to be very well. Jamie Potter is enjoying life at Rugby. He continues to achieve well academically and has so far gained prizes for French and Latin. His passion for horses and dogs prevails and he plays polo for the school. He is also a keen member of the army section of the CCF. For any boys starting out at Rugby he recommends School Field House as you are given your own room from the first year. He recently met Tom Parritt and John Law while skiing at Zermatt and he has fond memories of science, library with Leonie and his French lessons – bien sûr! James Ravden will be entering Year 11 at UCS in September. He continues to thrive on the sporting front; he is captain of the U15 tennis team and in the B team for football and rugby. He enjoys art, tennis, cars, music and socialising – he still keeps up with many of his AH contemporaries. He has fond memories of the ski trips to Haut-Lac and school lunches! Charles Salmon is having a fantastic time at Mill Hill playing in various cricket, hockey and rugby teams and he was the Boys’ Champion in 2005 for Chandos Lawn Tennis Club. He is also continuing to pursue his musical interests in the school orchestra and choir. Kirk Vernegaard is at The Baylor School in the United States and in his final year. He plays tenor sax in the school jazz band and is involved in editing the school newspaper. He also enjoys being involved in the political round table and is a dorm prefect. Kirk is hoping to go to Paris in November to visit his sister. We hope he will spare some time to perhaps pop by and visit the School if he comes to London.

Old Boys’ Open House event

The Parents’ Association This was a special year for the Parents’ Association. We were extremely busy with many events, most notably assisting the School in celebrating the Centenary Year. The main highlights were The Ball at the Dorchester, the Boys’Tea Party and the Family Fun Day at Canons Park. A big thank you to all the parents who slaved in the blazing sun on a late May afternoon, blowing up balloons, making sandwiches and serving 250 hungry and excited boys at the School’s Centenary Tea Party. It was a great success and a good time was had by all. As I am writing this, we are busy planning an exciting and fun-filled Family Day at Canons Park this September. Hopefully on another warm sunny afternoon.

Staff Travel Grants This year the Parents’ Association are very happy to support Rick Martin and John Hill in their applications for travel grants. Rick Martin intends to cycle around the coast of the British Isles and has already completed the first leg – Maldon in Essex to Berwickupon-Tweed. We are helping towards his costs for the second leg – Berwick-upon-Tweed to Northumbria then down the west coast of England and Wales to Bristol. His wife will be recording the trip photographically and he will share these and his adventures with the boys on his return. John Hill, Head of History, is planning a trip to New York, next Easter. From there he will travel to Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore, where he plans to visit historical sights and museums. Next year some of the boys will be studying events in US history, such as the Revolution, the Civil War, the opening up of the West and the Civil Rights Movement, so we felt it appropriate to support Mr Hill on his travels.

The Christmas Bazaar As always, we organised our very popular annual Christmas Bazaar.This year we decided to focus on the boys making a bigger contribution to the day.There were more stalls run by the boys and lots of games that they could enjoy. A huge thank you to all boys and parents who helped and donated so generously to this happy family event. We raised £8000, of which £6000 was given to the School to purchase digital/interactive equipment for the classrooms.The remainder was donated to the School’s chosen charity,‘Hope and Homes for Children’, which creates loving familybased homes for orphans in war-torn countries. Our other annual fundraiser was the Christmas Wrapping Paper Sale, which raised £780. Finally, I would like to thank this year’s Committee and all the parents who helped to make 2005 such a successful year. Marian Lowe, Chair 2004–05

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Headmaster for the Morning Being the Headmaster

Appraisal

This year, for the first time, the School ran a competition and gave the winner the chance to be Headmaster for the Morning. All the applicants had to hand in a statement about why they wanted to do it and pay £5 (in support of charity).The short-listed applicants also had to go through an interview. In the end, I won.

Mr Hadjipateras was observed in the role of Headmaster for the Morning on Friday 21st January 2005. Mr Hadjipateras undertook all his duties conscientiously. He was smartly and professionally dressed. He showed the ability to keep to a timetable while retaining a degree of flexibility and responsiveness when it came to meeting the needs of others.

The day began with me standing in the courtyard greeting teachers, pupils and parents.Then I prepared myself for a tour with parents.This involved me taking a parent around and discussing the curriculum and facilities that the School offers. By this time, I was getting very nervous at the prospect of what was still to come. In free time I took my Pre-Prep Assembly.That went rather well and it prepared me on a small scale for the big Assembly, which was immediately afterwards. I sat up in my office with my cup of tea shaking and waiting for the message that I was to come down. As I entered the Gym, the pupils rose and clapped which only made me feel more nervous! I had prepared my speech and said it better than I thought I could. I enjoyed shouting at the teachers tremendously and felt justice was served when I fired Mr Hill and banned Latin! Before lunch, I also went on a safety inspection of the School with the Bursar, which I discovered is one of the less interesting aspects of the job. All in all, the experience was interesting in many different ways. I learned that being a headmaster was harder than I expected it to be, although the power was quite nice! I enjoyed the day immensely. Andreas Hadjipateras, 7S

Mr Hadjipateras had a remarkably busy morning. His initial period on duty at the beginning of the day was comparatively uneventful, but he did show a good knowledge of boys’ names and an even better knowledge of the names of his new colleagues. He was very vigilant and observant. He was a stickler for neat dress and was quick to reprimand boys – quite severely – if they arrived at School untidy. Mr Hadjipateras showed round a prospective parent at 8.45 am. He was most courteous and charming in his dealing with the prospective parent and also displayed a good knowledge of the workings of the School and of its ethos, handling questions on bullying and corporal punishment easily and clearly. Over the course of the morning, Mr Hadjipateras faced a stream of visitors to his study and suffered constant interruptions. He remained remarkably calm. He could have shown a little more praise to those boys who came to him for commendations. As Headmaster for the Morning, he had to conduct two assemblies which he did with poise and good humour. A short tour of the School with the Bursar detected one or two Health and Safety considerations which were immediately addressed. A teacher’s broken chair was consigned to the dustbin as soon as it was discovered. Mr Hadjipateras did remarkably well to complete all the work that awaited him in his in-tray. He showed the ability to delegate and was not too proud to seek advice when he needed it. He did show a tendency to agree rather too easily to requests from staff, especially to those that had complex timetable and expensive cost implications. Mr Hadjipateras answered two letters with polite firmness and tact. His report to Governors was succinct and to the point. Throughout the morning, he was ably supported by the admin team and senior teachers. At the end of the morning, he remembered to thank them for their support, guidance and help. Mr Hadjipateras has shown that he has the ability to hold down a complex professional job calling for excellent communication and administrative skills. His target for the future should be to adopt a slightly more encouraging tone when talking to others. He has a charming and engaging character and shows remarkable generosity when it comes to offering incentives to colleagues and pupils in the form of sweets and cakes. Nicholas M Allen, Headmaster All the Time

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Prize Giving Monday 4th and Wednesday 6th July Both Prize Giving evenings this year went very well. For Years 1 to 4 the guest of honour was Mr Richard Field, Registrar at Shrewsbury School, who spoke in very amusing terms of how everyone contributes to making a success, whether they are prizewinners or not.The Headmaster at both evenings reiterated the number of occasions on which boys are able to celebrate their successes and demonstrated a blazer decorated with bars and badges like a Russian general. Major-General Sir Michael Hobbs, our guest of honour on Wednesday evening, picked up on this military theme with two stirring tales of courage, going on to point out the need for us all to face the fear of making a fool of oneself. All boys in Year 8 picked up at least one prize and the Headmaster also attempted to foresee their future careers, from spy to one-man band; from parliamentarian to international playboy. We look forward to seeing how true his predictions were! Andrew Reid

Our Centenary Year School Photo

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Centenary Events Highlights

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THE ROLL CALL OF PUPILS

September 1905: G.J.B. Ritchie • J.A. Benjamin • L.H.A. White • W.H. Vignoles • F.H. Vignoles • J.W. Borradaile • G.F. Delmar Williamson • G.C. Baker • G.M. Eady January 1906: B.I. de Segundo • A.W. de Segundo • H.E. Knapp Fisher May 1906: F.E. Walker • M.F. Cock • C.P. Parigoris (Wilson) • O.R. Brinbaum (Burney) • W.K.C. Tayler (Chevallier) • J.A.C. Tayler (Chevallier) • J. Da E. Andrade • R.M. Stephenson • R.F. Armstrong • J.B. Burnell January 1907: C.C. Holt May 1907: R.C. Baker • R. Burns • F.C. de Segundo September 1907: C.R. de M. Fisher • J.H.W. Scharlicb (Shirley) • A.M. Bell • R.L. Jebb • J.C. Lister • K.H. Preston January 1908: J.S. Morgan • H. Stewart May 1908: R.F. Worthington • G.E. Meek • A.H. Jebb • G.T. Burns • J.E. Ritchie September 1908: R.P. Burnett • H.F. Turney • C.J.P. Parkinson • R. de W. Morrison • G.N. Stephenson • H.B. Green • H.F.C. Von Bohn • B. Hussey • C.N.L. Lomax January 1909: E. Martineau • B.W. Magee • R.H. Higgins • C.M. Twist • B.Y. Twist • G.W. Orford-Smith • S. Perez-Triana May 1909: W.P. Hancock • C.N. Macleod • W.H. White September 1909: W.I.C. Copeman • R.E.G. Morgan • B.H. Belfrage • L.J.H. White • C. Newman • C.M. Vignoles • P.A. Sainsbury January 1910: B.G. Luff • G. Carson Roberts • C.J. Mower-White • H. Brooke • V. Eardley Beecham May 1910: R. Ince • J.F. Sandwith • O.H.H. Jones September 1910: J.H. Wintringham • D.P.E. Foulerton • H.G. Michels • N.H.M.R. Monro • P.P. Stephens • G.R. Bruce-Smith • E.C. Thorne • T.R.A.M. Cork January 1911: C.N. Smith • D.H. Belfrage • E.L. Yealman May 1911: W.H. Olivier • A.S. Galloway • G.L. Foulerton • C.H. Barnes • C.H. Belfrage • C.S. Morgan • G.H. Bell • H.A. Womack September 1911: F.T.O. Reich • W.D.U. Urwick • R.E. Bagnell-Wild • G.D. Wall • G.R. Lockyer • G.N. Morice • J.S. Knapp-Fisher • V.G. Moore • F.J.C.O. Rothschild • J. Naylor Smith • J. Bouchier • C. Baker • A.G. Robinson January 1912: W.B. Buchnel • W.H.M. Snell • G.H. Forrester • D.B. Magee May 1912: W.G. Eady • G. Telley • J.W. Harling • G.L. Worthington • P. Manzi-Fi • C.H. Kearley • I.F. Clifford September 1912: S.A. Scorer • J.A. Peck • E.J.H. Corner • J.E.H. Fraser • J.D. Bicknell • C.W.P. Uhlig • T.A. Workman • A.W. Gibbons • L.W. Prale • H.H.S. Harris • R.W. James • H.G.B. Knight • E.A. Gibbs January 1913: H.C.C. Dauncey • C.M. Price May 1913: R.E. White • G.P. de M. Blacker • F. Perez • R.F.G. Raphael • L. Tetley • J.S. Westcott • A.F.B. Standfast • H.O.D. Morrison September 1913: P.I. Buchel • R.A. Kaye • O.T. Murless • B.H. Bartlett • R.M. Weston • J.B. Pickering • C.R. Platt • J.G. Gatli • C. Gatli • N.F.C. Forsyth January 1914: G.C.T. Morice • A.H. Vernon Griffiths • E.J. Harris • P. Price • R.K.L. Walker • J. Bruce Thompson • R.W. Watson May 1914: R. Strauss • J.H. Dobbs • G.C. Gibbs • R.J. Pumphrey • J.D. Mansfield Robinson • O.L. Oppenheimer • L.M. Davidson • M.C. Hampton • L.G. Shrubsole • T.M. Edols • R.J. Horley • J.A.S. Calderon • H.S. Long • J.H. Norman • P.R. Simpson September 1914: L.H.N. Middleton • A.H. Galloway • G.W. Hall-Smith • C.J. Hall-Smith • N.C.H. Barrett • E.B. Hamp • H.G. Sutherland • J.B. Fernald • J.I. Seabrook • R.J.H. Melhuish • R.J. Cornyns Carr • L.R.W. Bird • S. Curtis Brown • G.P.D. Bolterell • E.G.M. Bouvet • P. Wise January 1915: F.C.E. Juard • G.R.M. Garratt • M.Q. Long • J. Land • W. Ofisomer • J.A. Fard • H.W. Littlelon May 1915: C.C. Harris • C.R.D. Porter • E.W. Bartley • C. Clover Brown • J.H. King • B.C. Murless • H.R. Thompson • H.C. Lea • R.J. Butler • E.A.J. Glynn • W. Sand • M.R. Grieffenhagen • F.R. Cox September 1915: J.D. Evans • R.B. Ruriére • T.J. Williams • N.F. Henkel • J.G. Daubeny • M.H.S. Hancock • J.A.D. Wilson Young • G.P. Eves • A. Haardt January 1916: V.J. Allen • R.J. Handley (Sampson) • L.C.E. Dawson May 1916: C.A. Wall • F.P. Piolrkwoski • J.G. Stacey • A.G. Hildesley • F.M. Vaughan • J.D. Botterill • L.W. James • J.L. Willis • R.L. Strauss • P. Prilchard September 1916: R.H. Fassett • A.B. Evans • A. Skellon • T. Worth • R.G. Pethick • T.F. Pethick • R.D. Morrison • G.B. Rust • K.M. Scott • C.B. Booth • A.K.D. Butt • G. King • J.M. Carrigan • J.C. Hanbury • P. Greeves January 1917: G.H. Marillier • R.J. Allen • P.M. Morgan • J.M. Horder • L.P. Weaver • L.N. King May 1917: W.H.M. Roberts • C.W.H. Jeapes • C.A.F. Furth • P. Charlot September 1917: H. Butterworth • E.B.B. Cunning • J.G. Murray • D.A. Smith • D.F.S. Clogg • D.M. Scott • D.R. Passmore • J.K.D. Chivers • N.C. Marshall • B.W. Cross • G.B. Musson • A.C. Harris January 1918: G. Dermot • E.S. Handley (Sampson) • R.M. Haines May 1918: G.R. Whitehead • G.L. Williams • W. Swain Bennett • E.B. Amass-Ray • J. Cammridge • G.O. Suffery • P.F. James • C.C. James • E. Heard September 1918: J.K.D. Chisholm • P.J. Calvert • E.J. Winch • B. Beveridge Mackenzie • C.L. Oliver Streelon • L.M. Fronde • J.R. Weaver • W.R. Trotter • P.G.W. Graves • D.S. Handley (Sampson) • E.L. Lemon • E.C.A. Bang • D.A. Head • H.C. 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Golding • I.R. Lovell • P.M.W. Telley • A.R. Jones • J.M. Archibald • W.F. Hastings • J.M. Beswick • E.F.G. Edelsten September 1927: D.J.C. Ackner • E.G. Spenser-Scott • P.N. Davies Colley • D.H. Gluckstein • M.F. Quin • R.L. Parkinson • D.L.C. Thomas • M.G. Manners • V.M. Leveaux • S. Moller • D.C.A. Simmons • R.B. Davidson • A.F.R. Hatfield • D.H. Sinclair • M.D.S. Hood • I.N. Forsyth • P.T. Forsyth • G.L.D. Kremer • D.M. Phillips • P.E. Ellen • D.B. Poole • A.L. Thornhill • D. Richard January 1928: J. Boys • J.R. Godley • M.S. Adams • B.L. Sloan • T.H. Allen • D. Clark • B.P. Dawbarn May 1928: M.N. Williamson-Noble • M. Waghorn • A.D. Roy • R.G.B. Sparkes • I.G.L. Critchett • R.F. Williams • P.E.H. Grayson • B. Nordon • P. Newman • J.S. Kingsley • F.E.M. Bennett • T.H. Bates • J.O. Stanley-Clarke • N.S. Dankels • M.F. Odling • J.U. Crichlon • R.D.P. Triefus • L. Rapson September 1928: C. Wright • M.P. Wright • J.L.B. Cohen • G.T.A. Davies • J.C.G. Stewart • J. Ackner • J.N.G. Wyatt • P.D. White • B.A.J.C. Gregory • A.N.O. Long • J.L. Corcos • J.R. Davis • A.N. Simons • M.G. Corcos • L.E.W. Byam • A.F. Pam • E. Crutchley • E.A.D. Boyd • D.S. Adams • A.L. Ward • O.W. Mandl • F.P.M. Hurdis-Jones • A.D. Barrington • E.G. Pool January 1929: Charles Marquis of Granby • M.P. Twiston-Davies • D.A.N. Allen • J.S. Morden • D.B. Cherniavsky • R.H. Pelly • P. Connor • J.H. Gluckstein • K.C. Morriss • J.G.W. Budd • F.B. Bollon May 1929: J.G. Temple Smith • S. Birch • A.G. Adgey-Edgar • L.R. Karler • J.H.B. Roy • C.H. Rauft • N.P.D. Wintle • J.L.M. Morris • P.M.P. Cramplon • A. Batty-Shaw • J.M. Wintringham • E.P.W. Dillon • D.L. Rees • A.D.H. Sinclair • P. Vincent • J. Teauiver • J.G.H. Paterson September 1929: P.J. House • T.G. Brocklebank • J.H. Cooling • D.T. Davies • D. Lloyd George • P.F. Chubb • J.F. Seddon • D.J. Sharland • R.W. Reford • D.M. Lee • D.I.B. Macbean • D.J. Longstaffe • G.W. Howarth • P.A. Riddoch • J.T. Philipson • H.H. Green • R.S. Kirby • R.G. Woodwark January 1930: P.N. Loring • L.L. Lane • R.F.H. Smith • M.B. Jones • R.G.S. Sprigge • F.C.A. Edge • Lord John Manners • G.F. Saffery May 1930: W.M. Aitken • R.H.N. Long • G.O.P. Burnett • C.W. Smith • G.H. Davis • O.J. Peck • R.J. Spilsbury • R.H. Myer • G.M.C. Toft • M.J. Abrahams • P.R.C. Dickinson • J.B. Abel September 1930: F.B. Kaufman • F. Lykiandofwlo • L.L. Rea • R.C. Aitken • A.N.A. Bowlby • V.W. Hall • D.J. Mitchell • P.F. Lewis • J.D.W. Hunter • M.C. Conrad • P. Bromhead • M. Balcarce • L. Balcarce • M.M. Clifford January 1931: J. Moller • G.M. Woodwark • R.K. Archer • G.A.H. Baker • H.F. Wetherbee • P.G. Pitt • S.H. Kevill-Davies • J.R.S. Adams • D.W.E. Bell • J. Denham May 1931: R. Joel • M.J. Froomberg • J.G.A. Gatti • P.C. Newman • F.L. Greenland • G.E. Williamson-Noble • J.Q. McMasler • N.R. Paterson • J.L.W. Marshall • K.H.G. Milne • J.H. Milchell • A.G. Clarke • E.I.A. Horniman • J.E.G. Orlch • H.B. Paterson September 1931: E.H.L Scott • R.H. Rattray • J.F. 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January 1932: F.J.I. Shepherd • D. Paterson • J.N. Paterson • M.J.H. Fairbairn • J.B. Morten • J.A. Robinson • D.C. Kendall • R.A. Dauney • C.R.B. Joyce • C.R. Graves April 1932: K.P. Abel • J.R.D. Cherniaosky • J. Clayton • J. Denham • J.L.A. Holden • H.H. Morris • J.F. Reid Dick • I.G. Murray • F. Spooner • W.F.W. Southwood • D. Saville • J.W.S. Wallon • M. Wornum • S.H.W. Partridge September 1932: M. Barnes • J.R. Blake • B.C.C. Blythe • V.H. Boger • G. Bos • J. Bowden • M.T. Davies • R.E.M. Elboence • J.J. Fingard • P.C. Goodhart • C.A.A. Greenwood • P.D. Hare • M. Hare • K.J. Hang • J.P. Honour • J.F. Hart • L. Jacobs • D.W.S.S. Lane • C.B. Paterson • M.S. Scott • G.J. Symes January 1933: E.L.D. Joll • B.M.P. Thomas • K. Mollison • P.J.S. Slokes • G.V. Tregarneth May 1933: M.B. Bromhead • J.I.G. Capadose • I.H. Dunlop • A.K.R. Dickinson • C.W. Cross • J.A. Clark • M.W. Clark • K.M. Glenny • A.G.I. Jacobs • J. Macdonald-Buchanan • J.E. Mackintosh • H.K. Morris • D.R. Morris • R.G. Otter • I.S. Pemberlow • R.J. Reid • H.C. Samuel • C.C.P. Tennant September 1933: J.M. Abrahams • W.A.C. Adie • R.R. Baden • P.H. Blanchard • L.H.M. Clift • R.A.G. Courage • M.E. Foxell • P.F. Gardiner-Hill • P.J.L. Howe • J.M. Kalmanson • H. Michaels • J.B. Mackenzie • T. Neal • R.E.C.F. Parsons • J.W.N. Scott-Miller • J.G. Orr • K.B.S. Smith • W.W.E. Truscott • H.J.L. Wilson • M.A. Gardiner-Hill January 1934: G.C. Pulman • R. Peel • T. Matsudaira • G.A.E. Evans • R.W.D. Holland • F.D. Holland • D. Lazarus • R.M. Sayer May 1934: R.E. Hardy • G.E. Thompson • M.C. Brain • C.L. Brain • P.W.J. Buxton • P.D. Collingwood • D.L. Donne • J.N. Durnford • J.D. Scott-Miller • C.M. Stevenson • F.H. Townshend • J.F. Tweddle • R.J.M. Wilson • J.C.N. Wakeley • D.P.G. Wyatt • C.N. Collingwood September 1934: B.S. Benabo • P.P. Boenders • J.H. Barraclough • G.F. Corti • A. Dodd • R. Elliott • R. Greenwood • P.W. Gibbings • H. Kleeman • J.H.L. Keyzor • J.S. Landan • N.A.J. Levitt • M. Landsberg • A.D. Lockhead • G.A.D. Moor-Radford • J.H.E. Mendl • A. Mawer • L.J. Moss • J.H. Neame • I.M.J. Petrinovic • C. Parsons • J.B.I. Pedler • A.H.F. Royle • J.D.I. Parson • R.E. Sheriff • L.A.F. Slokes • G.H. Smith-Wright • J. Smedslund • M.A.E. Triefus • P.C. Thomas • D.C.L. Wharry • B.S. Mailer January 1935: T.J. Lloyd • C.B. Budd • C.M. Brewerlon • M.D. Crichlon • G.T. Smith • J.G. Broomer • G.C. Holdsworth • C.E. Darwin • L.R. Murray • J. Hobbs • E.J. Barlon • A. Kalmanson • R. Gluckstein • G.R. Schneider • N.C. Royds • T.K. Wheeler • R.B.W. Wheeler May 1935: C. Boylon • H.B. Boardman • A.R. Calvert • J. Denza • J. Freemantle • T.G.R. Garland • P. Hopkins • R.B. Jarman • A.J.L. Jacobs • J.N. Mendelsson • F.D. May • D.A. Reid • R.W. Spielman • T.C. Wood September 1935: A.G.F.C. Blyth • T.S.S. Cashmore • J.N. Coope • W.R. Cotton • H.D. Doherty • A.C. Foxley • A.W. Ingham-Clark • J.D. Jacobs • J.G.M. Lockhead • G.B. Menell • S.S. Myers • R.M. Oldershaw • S.S. Parsons • G.A.H. Pearson • R.H. Pringle • E.D. Ross-Hume • O.N. Scholse • J.H. Simonds • P.J. Spira • J.S. Strang • O.G. Taylor • H.F. Taylor January 1936: F.N. Althaus • D.R. Anson • J.W.K. Brown • C. Herbert • W. Lloyd George • C.C. Moore • G.M. Morton May 1936: C.L. Brook • C.E. Bunting • P.L. Bunting • N.A. Gibbs • R.S. Langrish • W.H.C. Langrish • M.C.O. Mayne • D.K. Neville • M.B. Ogle • B.R.B. Paterson • T. Pevsner • E.C.R. Richardson • J.P.J. Scott • J.G. Tennant • C.R. Winser • R.A. Woolf • J.P. Carrigan September 1936: J.B.A. Barton • C.L.B. Baxter • T.D. Brinton • R.M. Burman • E.L. Burman • P. Chalkley • T.J. Colwill • M.G. Chatterton • R.M. Davis • J.R. Denton • M.D.Y. Eccles • J.D. Eccles • H. Emmons • R.J.F. Gerber • N.J. Glensy • J.E. Grey • D.J. le Grew Harrison • J.D. Howard • M.F. Jenkins • A.F. Kahn • G.J. Levy • J.M. Morris • C.S. Neame • A.D. Nicholson • J.F. Northcott • J.G. Oakshott • R.W. Payne • D.J. Payne • W.R. Peance • N.J. Rowe • T.L.F. Royle • A.G. Strubi • R.D. Whitby • L.G. Wolfson • M. Willis • M. Willis January 1937: J.F. Andrews • R.M. Chubb • R.G. Gossip • P.T. Lewis • D.J. Morgan • D.J. Morris • C.A. Morris May 1937: J.H. Atherton • M.D. Allorn • H. Bosch • G.P.H. Blake • C.J.H. Blake • J.G. BeyFus • W.W. Cross • P. Finzi • J.H. Forbes • M.G.D. Graham • A.R.K. Hardcastle • M.H.K. Irwin • A.J. Kent • C. Leyland-Naylor • S.S.R. Pitamber • J.R. Shepherd • C. Tickell • R.J.R. Whitehead • P.J.P. Whitehead • A.A.C. Wells September 1937: P. Beecham • J.C. Belfrage • J. Bennett • M.H.H. Chisholm • T.O. Conran • C.J. De Vere • R. Drage • J.G. Esplen • T.M. Farrer • D.W.C. Gifford • D.L.V. Gluckstein • A. Goodman • M.C. Hughes • I.R.P. Josephs • D.F.D. Knollys • D.J.C. Peppercorn • J.P. Pralle • M.M.G.P. Slot • J.M. Selby • G.V.R. Summer • S.J. Twist • C.N. Villiers • A.S. Williams • G.H. Wilson • R.J. Ogier-Ward • D.R. Young • S.B.E.L. Araby January 1938: C.R.W. Adiane • D.F. Carnegy • P.W.M. Copeman • A.T. Cooper • D.M. Deyong • J.J.H. Harrison • P. Millard • A.W.P. Stenham • G.I.H. Traiee • D. Williamson • B.A. Ogier-Ward • N.C. Warshaw • J.R. Carnegy May 1938: M.J.W. Ansley • D.V.A. Barbour • P.E. Baring • M.L.O.H. Builey • M.H. Clausen • J.B.G. Courage • G.H. Gordon • R. Harris • R.L.V.B. Johnstone • D.J.H. Prosser • A.C. Reynell • P. Slot • J.W.J. Slesinger • H.K. Twitchell • R.M. Walmsley • A.H. Ziveingenthal • D. Elwes September 1938: E.J. Bey-el Anaby • D.W. Ash • M.A. Briggs • M.B. Caplin • P.M. Eadie • B.H. Filch • S.J. Friedman • A. Goloditz • W. Grey • L.V. Henslon • J.D. Howard • E. Kulukundis • C.H. Lezard • T.M. Moore • N.C. Nichols • M.S. Pougatch • A.J.H. Salmon • T. Smith • D.B. Smith • P.J.L. Thornhill • B.I. Tweddle • M.C.J. Whitby • F.C. Worlock • W.D.E. Wallenfels January 1939: A. Brockman • R.G. Gee • K.L. Hwa • R.Q.M. Morris • R.R. Moser • D.B.A. Pappin • F. Seelberg • J. Sieff • N. Clavering • P. Adeane May 1939: J. Macdonald-Buchanan • R.T. Gardineo-Hill • J.M. Higinett • W.R.G. Horton • D.J. Kahn • C.N. Lothan • R.W. Lack • J.M.G. Michelsen • R. Ogilvie • J.H. Phillipps • D. St Cyr Sands • A.G.A. De Vere • I.V. de Wesselow • C.J. Wills • J.B. Waldron • P. Berry • R.T. Gardiner-Hill September 1939: P.R. Chalmers • O. Golodetz • A.D. Houston • J.K. Houston • M.S. Houston* • J.S. Jacobs*• J.O.W. Nicol* • A.J.W. Nicol • A.W. Stewart • R.H.B. Wallace January 1940: J. Deyong* • H. Gordon • R.M. Knight* • J.D.B. Smart • D.R.W. Whiteley May 1940: R.H.B. Calvert • W.M.E. Calvert* • J. Chandler • R. Davis • A. Freemantle* • R.A.P. King • H.J. Marks • J.G.C. Uxborrow • S. Pappin* September 1940: D.C. McKean January 1942: J. de Salis Winser May 1942: P.J. Tickell September 1942: D.A. Caine • S.H. Dent* • G.E. Gilchrist • D.C. Gilchrist* • T.C.C. Gilchrist • S.J. Handﬁeld-Jones* • M.R. Handﬁeld-Jones • C.M. Hardman* • N. Head • P.M. Howard • D.A.C. Lipscomb • S. Lowe* • R.L.S. Norris • P.G. Palumbo • J.C. Phillips • R.J. Philpott • D.W.K. Philpott • G. Pinckney* • I. Prooth • P-G-P. 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A.D.G. Gordon • M.G. Kullman • M. Macfarlane • A.J.P. Morton • D.M. Muir • I.M. Oer Ewing • R.F. Pappin • M. Samuel January 1944: J.M. Diack • A.C.B. Hunter • S.L. Hunter* • L.I. Murray • D. Page-Thomas • P. Paul • C.G. Richardson-Bryant • M.J. Tapper • J.N. Thornlon • B.W. Williams May 1944: E. Burston • P. Chelwode • G.B. Freeman • R.B. Friedman • R.A. Green • C.T.J. Hoskin • N.W.R. Jeef • A.D.C. Norris • S.W. Pett September 1944: N.C. Adamson • J. Bealson-Bell • W.T.C. Bent • T.C.G.J. Elves • J.D.G. Gradidge • R.M.K. Horne • M.R.E. Mordant • P. Strang • E.D. Whitehill January 1945: C.L. Jones May 1945: R.J. Bingham • H.R. Calmann • R.M. Clyde • T.M. Clyde • D.M.A. Davidson • S.B.B. Davies • J.H. Grifﬁths • T.D. Grimes • N.W. Lyell • L.G. Marks • D. Pinckney • H.P. Raingold • A.A.V. Rudolph • P.G. Schleyer • D.A. Sinclair • R.J.J. Willis • S.A. With • A.R.L. Wreford September 1945: J.J.A.A. Brown • M.G.M. Baker • W. Bedford • J.M.K. Black • J.R. Black • B.R.F.S. Bonas • M.A. Boyd • N.A. Boyd • C.H. Carpenter • C.D. Chapman • P.E. Cohen • D.M. Coppin • J.R.L. Dent • S.C.H. Douglas-Mann • A.F.B. Guiness, Viscount Elveden • J.A.F. Wilson • S.A.C. Francis • R.J. Freeman • M.P. Gasper • R.S. Geoghegan • J.P. Geoghegan • I.M. Gimblett • J-C.P. Gommes • J.J. Gordon • D.P. Gordon • M.J. Hare • N.A. Hummel • A.S. Japhet • H.E.A. Johnson • P.J.H. Kemp • A. Kirilloff • M.R. Klaber • G.E.C. Lankester • W.N. Livingstone • D.P.V. McLaughlin • R. McLaughlin • J.W. Miller • J. Naylor-Smith • Naylor-Smith • J.A. Nicoll • J.T. Parkinson • J.J. Parkinson • H.C. Pattinson • E.J. Pearson • T.H.W. Piper • M.A.G. Rena • R.A.N. Reynolds • T.F. Richter • P.W.W. Ridley • A.W.W. Roques • R. Samuel • M.P. Sayers • A.S. Sinclair • D.F.J. Smith • A.C. Robert, Lord Stewart • J.G. Ungley • J.R.E. Warren • I.N.S. Wheeler • A.S.W. Winkworth January 1946: J.H. Carlton • N.J.B. Colledge • J.R. Dymott • J.H. Flemming • A.D. Grimes • R.D. Higham • G.S. Hodgson • J. Colclogh-Hoey • P.L. Levy • J.A. Macfarlane • M.J. Parker • D.L. Perridge • O.P. Plowright • R.J. Potter • N.A. Purry • P.L.C. Ribeaux • A.A. Speelman • A. Ulusan • R.C. Wheeler May 1946: J.D. Ayer • H. Bingham • E.D. Campbell • D.E. Caswell • G.G.P. Coppen • M.S. Crawford • J.R. Dickinson • Sheridan, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava • V.I. Falk • N.H. Gregory • E.C.A. Hobden • D.A. Hogarth • C.D. Jefferiss • C. Macfarlane • D.A. McDougall • R.L.H. Merton • C.R. Ormerod • H.L. Paine • J.G. Rawson • G.J.F. Rowland • A.J. Smith • N.R. Southward • I.F.L. Straker • M.J. Tatum • C.N. Waller September 1946: M.J.B. Brett • C.H. Carlton • C.J. Carras • N. Cohen • J.E. Dean • H.L. Ernden • R.G. Faber • W. Fairweather • P.B. Gurdon • J.B. Kieffer • J.A. Lloyd • W.M. May • J.H.T. Meynell • C.N.A. Mims • M.T. Myers • J.H.C. Nicholson • N.E.L. Norton • P.G. Nyhus • A.E.G. Raphael • D.J. Sainsbury • I.B. Sharp • D.D. Sieff • J.A. Trevor • M.E.S. Venables • F.M.C. Wade • M.G. Warren • W.D.S. Wells • D.A.S. Willis January 1947: T. de Vere Green • L.J.P. Hunt • T.W. Parker • E.G. Robson • A. Syme • R.C. Tooth • N.A. Tooth • J.S. Webster • T.D. Wilson-Smith May 1947: A.J.E. Beavis • A.N. Bolsom • M.C.C. Boyle • C.J. Davies • A.G. Dillabough • R.D. Kerner • C.L. Lassen • A.T. Lean • D.A. McDougall • H.J. McDougall • J.B.S. Philpott • N.H. Pollitzer • J.J. Ullman September 1947: S.J. Barclay • J.V. Bedford • P. Chapman • A.F.B. Clark • R.H. Coddington • P.L. Davies • R. de Vere Green • C.S. Edmonds • F.A. Falk • G.A. Falk • D.M. Fingleton • P.E. Hammond • C.B.E. Jaque • M. Lightfoot • S.R. Ling • A.R.D. Lorenz • D.J. Macaulay • R.D. Macleod • E.C.B. Mocatta • R.W. Michaelson • R.L. Morris • V.H. Parness • M.W. Pott • T.R.D. Powell • F.M.B. Rugman • A.J. Shaffer • D.A.K. Simmonds • R.T. Smith • A.D.W. Stout • R.H. Whitcombe • N. Gomme • C.H. Wilson • M. Scorer January 1948: R. Atkin • S.D. Challis • I.D. Currie • B. Edmonds • S. Hunt • D.M. Loisson • E.P. Kerner May 1948: R.G. Adler • A. Goodfellow • M.C. Grainger • J.C. Hargreaves • H.J. Harris • J.W.P. Hazell • P.M. de Teissier-Prevost • E.A.M. Price • G.B. Raingold • S.C. Redfarn • D.A.S. Roberts • R.M. Rosenfeld • P.A. Salomon • O.B. Schack • T.W. Tennant September 1948: D.P. Assersohn • C.S. Buchman • H.C.P. Coppen • J.C. Corp • C.C.C. Golding • J.B. Goodbody • R.D. Hirsch • M.G. Hoare • D.G. Kleeman • R.S. Leigh • D.J. Lentaigne • J.D. Lerner • J.J. Levy • R.J. Lorenz • A.A. Loxton-Peacock • A.J. Mackray • M.M. Pearson • A.R.E. Rodgers • P. Sinclair • T.R.H. Sowler • C.S. Stewart • R.D. Tanner • P.D.A. Tarrash • P.A. Weber January 1949: R.M.W. Clarkson • J.A.H. Hall • J.D. Heydon • R. Lightfoot • T. Nelson • C.P.W. Read • B.D. Schottlander • H. Whiteley May 1949: J.S. Andersen • D.M. Balfour • D.O. Elton • M.C.J. Elton • G.A.D. Emerson • N.R. Gluckstein • D.I. Horsburgh • J.H. Coddington • Q.G. Livingstone • A.G.C. Markby • M.A. Norton • I.F. Smith • A.M. Stewart • E.N.T.M. Tickell September 1949: A. Atkin • A.J.H. Blumenthal • H.C.L. Baker • J.L. Cohen • R.S. Corbett • N.D. Davidson • M.J. Franks • J. Freeman • W.E. Falk • D.A. Graham • K.M. Gill • C.H. Hackman • L.J. Hirsch • S.E. Hirsch • T.M. Hunt • S.M. Kerner • J.T. Lean • L.B. Levy • J.R.H. Loudon • C.W. Macleod • M.A. Mattana • P.B.I. Milnes • Prince Mufukhan Jah • M.V.F. Pennington • P.F. Scorer • A. Walford • C.E. Warshaw • D.A. Wershof January 1950: J.H. Deen • A.N. Fenton • D.C.R. McLeod • N.A. Levi • N.A. James • A.J. Stranger-Jones • C.D. Rayne May 1950: G.C.P. Behrman • M.J.L. Brodrick • J.W.M. Crawford • R.P. Corbett • S.R. Hyer • A.B. Lane • J.D. Lloyd • R.M. Matheson • B.S. Mocatta • J.P. Norton • D.B. Pearl • A.L. Paine • T.L. Paine • J.B. Read • D.J. Sylvester • S.F. Stern • M.T. Thornton • H.W. Thornton • J. Whiteley September 1950: R.J.R. Elias • R.D. Forrest • B.S. Goldstein • O.L. Grainger • B.J. Lipman • R.M. Meyer • S. Potter • R.M. Peskin • A.M. Rentoul • H.M. Smith • S. Marks • W.T. Stockler • C.R. Ruskowski • L.C. Petrie • D.J. Weaver January 1951: G. Ritchie • I.A. Rudolf • M.L. Smith • M.J.C. Wilson May 1951: D.A. Ashworth • N.J.E. Bankes • A.J. Champion • D.R. Crawford • L.P.J. Davis • D.C. Eaton • V.M. Green • M.K. Kennedy • R.K.M. Kennedy • M.R. Leon • B.E. Merton • P.E.F. Newbold • R.J. Sinclair • N.L. Smith September 1951: C. Allen • N.D. Bohm • A.D. Carroll • R.P.H. Cohn • L.D. Corp • D.L. Franks • G.R.P. Gibberd • P.J. Gollop • A.M. Grainger • D.A. Herbert • M.R. Horsburgh • D.M. Lass • J.D. Lass • R.G. Lassen • M.D. Leanse • A.C. Macaulay • R.M. Gill • P.N.T. Phillips • D.A. Phillips • D.R. Raingold • R.M.E. Riley • R.E.B. Roney • J.H.B. Roney • A.P. Solley • A.P. Warshaw • A. Zaphiriou January 1952: M.H.C. Chamberlain • D.T. Matheson • R.M. Slowe • G.J. Still • N. Whiteley May 1952: I.P. Barnett • R.G.A. Behrman • P.C. Carroll • N.H.M. Coppin • N.F. Cosin • J.A. Forrest • J.H. Goldsmith • C.G.E. Hunt • J.P.H. Hunt • R.C. Jacobs • E.F. Levy • F.E. Norton • B.H. 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September 1953: P.B. Bourdillon • D.N. Brenner • A.R. Dent • A.R.G. Walker • R.C.G. Walker • A.C. Holston • S.G. Hopkinson • M.D. Humphreys • N.J. Jacobs • D.J. Levin • L.G.H. Mordant • R.B. Packard • P.C. Phillips • A.J.H. Pott • M.S. Ross • A.E. Stern • M.L. Thompson • J.L. Walker-Haworth • J.C. Wiles January 1954: R.M. Dunbar • C.R.W. Stanley May 1954: C.H.G. Davis • C.G.R. Evans • R.C. Ede • T.J. Forrester • J.E. Harris • C.A. Klean • M.E. Mason • N.R. Osner • N.J.A. Parker • S.R. Porter • M.G. Prentice • N.G. Sherriff • O.B. Thompson • C.A. Ward September 1954: R.M. Aickin • M.T. Angel • A.B. Bennett • R.M. Collins • M.A. Craddock • J.A. Fingleton • R.M. Fierstone • J.A. Greenwood • A.J. Hayhurst • M.V. Hodin • J.C. Mayor • J.D.S. Paton • A.H.L. Rose • C.M.E. Riley • P.H. White • H.R. Williamson January 1955: H.R. Holme • N.G.G. Scott May 1955: R.J. Crosfield • A.R.W. Cross • D.W. Cross • H.J.E. Davis • F.E.G. Davy • J.P. Dean • B.D.L. Jacobs • P.W. Lee • I.C. Magnus • R.J.M. Pott • H.M. Sebestyen • C.R. Stern • J.M.H. Simon • G. Sprigge • A.C. Tooth • R.E. Tavener • N.M. Viney September 1955: C.G. Bartholomew • P.T. Calvert • W.A.C. Edmiston • N.C. Ede • D.A. Edgerley • P.A. Hay • R.J. Hayman • P.J. Herbert • N.D.C. Hodges • R.F. Mackenzie • A. Nerdrum • C.P. Raymond • T.I. Rose • G.J. Seed • N.A. Sharman • C.L. Sheen • A.P.J. Stamp • N.L. Stone • D.M. Thompson • P.D.R. Venning • M.A. Walker-Smith January 1956: D.M. Birch • P.M. Cooper • D.J. Davies • J.W. Stanley May 1956: S. Bailey • E.M. Birn • J.M. Crosfield • R.L. Curtin • P.H. Dean • S.M. Gardner • M.D.J. Kenig • R.P. Leon • J.P. Lyons • P.C.Q. Mallett • P.J.N. Mole • S. Pearl • D.G.A. Ridley September 1956: D.J. Aitken • P.W.H. Burton • M.J. Brompton • J.P. Craddock • P.K. Crawford • J.M. Davis • C.P.C. Dix • N.P.H. Easton • N.D. Franklin • P.T. Crossman • R.T.W. Jones • C.L. Pike • J.E. Porritt • The Hon: J.H.T Russell • M.I. Williams • M.G. Williams • J. Whittaker January 1957: W.R.G. Bell • N.E. 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Dick • B.M. Diner • B.A. Ellis • C.T. Evans • S. Fafalios • D. Fernyhough • C.R. Fitzgerald • T.H.J. Fogg • A.C. Freedman • H.M. Gaskell-Taylor • B.J.A. Gil • J.R. Grabiner • H.H. Ghias • E.W. Hobey-Hamsher • B.J.L. Hunter • N.F.A. Japp • R.V. Khadem • D.A. Lorenz • R.I. Mabey • M.E.R. Marsden • A. Matolcsy • M. Matolcsy • J.G. Oldershaw • A.L. Slade • J-W.P. Smith • E.J. Springall • J.H.B. Tabor • S. Ueno • J.E.K. Walden • J.A. Whiting • C.J. Wood

April 1992: O. Bateman • P.A.R. Wood September 1992: C.O. Balcombe • T.A. Bozek • S.E.C. Branson • J.R. Brooks • B.J. Brook • A.W. Budge • A.T. Coomaraswamy • A.P. Dacre • B.M. Deanfield • R.D.C. Duncan • N.J. Edstrom • H.C.H. Fogg • D. Gartry • E.D. Grouse • B.C.M. Hawkins • D.F. Haywood • S.C.I. Hendry • J.C.A. Higham • S.A. Jewel • A.R. King • C.P. Kollakis • M. Lacey • D.G. Lemos • T.A.R. Owens • M.E. Pasha • P.G.C. Robinson • B.A. Rosewood • B. Scheuringer • A.A.J. Sever • J.G.W. Simison • G.W. Stephen • N.R. Warner April 1993: Z.V. Berry • H.J. Gooding • J.M.C. Kightley • A.F.R. Peacocke September 1993: T. Adams • D. Ambrose • T. Badenoch • D. Baer • A. Barrett • R. Budge • T. Cahn • W. Castle • D. Coffey • H. Dickinson • H. Duncan • Z. Ebrahim • A. Gibson • W. Green • R. Grender • N. Hudson • O. Hunt • S. Kollakis • Y. Kudsi • J. Lane • T. Leyland-Collins • C. Little • J. Marslen-Wilson • S. Moors • M. Parritt • H. Pemberton • A. Scharf • W. Scharf • R. Simpson • C. Smith • W. Smith • A. Stockler • G. Warshaw • B. Yates • C. Zehner • W. Zehner April 1994: M. Beyts • E. Smith September 1994: P. Alexander • H. Allen • R. Allen • O. Boyle • T.A. Brown • J. Cawley • J. Cook • E. Dabney • J. David • G. Denniston • F. Fox • J. Gartry • D. Grabiner • N. Hawkins • P. Higham • E. Kains • O. Kains • N. Larsen • A. Lass • C. Lemos • R. Licalzi • M. Maltby • A. Merali • D. Merali • T. Mills • N. Niarchos • E. Radcliffe • P. Reihill • T. Revell • O. Rifkind • A. Garcia-Miller • T. Rudd • D. Slowe • N. Tickell • H. Wadsworth • W. Wong September 1995: C. Baker-Munton • T. Brook • J. Bronk • R. Clough • J. Coccolatos • M. Costley • A. Dalamal • J. Fassam-Wright • L. Felber • E. Fokschaner • J. Gray • A. Green • J. Harrington • J. Haynes • G. Hicks • R. Israni • R. Japp • G. Lass • J. Law • F. Marquis • A. Mason • S. Melgaard • C. Minotto • C. Murphy • W. O’Brien • T. Parritt • J. Peacock • L. Petrikas • J. Potter • E. Rich • J. Rothschild • J. Shelley • C. Simon • D. Stewart • R. Stone • M. Taylor • T. Trope French • M. Tsuruta • K. Vernegaard • F. Warshaw • M. Webber • W. Weymouth • M. Willis September 1996: J. Alexander • O. Barron • E. Bellamy • G. Birch • R. Bourne • M Bye • T. Byfield • G. Cooke • F. de Stefano • E. Drayton • T. Edwards • R. El Husseiny • R. El-Khazen • W. Faulks • F. Fonagy • R. Gallagher • M. Gibson • L. Glick • G. Gluck • V. Jatania • Y. Jatania • J. Julius • N. Kelly • T. Kelly • C. Kightley • C. King • H. Larsen • J. Male • G. Mikniche • C. Newman • R. Orme • M. Rose • C. Rubin • C. Salmon • A. Saunders • S. Vaswani • A. Viall • G. Winstanley • S. Winton • J. Wuenscher • A. Yates • M. Yuan January 1997: S. Ferhaoui • A. Sodhi • K. Sodhi April 1997: R. Talwar • B. Kent September 1997: T. Akerele • M. Arevuo • E. Armstrong • G. Bennett • L. Birch • E. Bowden • P. Bronk • H. Budge • C. Coccolatos • B. Collier • H. Cooke • E. Eban • H. Elliott • A. Fokschaner • J. Glick • B. Goff • E. Higham • T. Inoue • M. Jones • O. Lamont • T. Leigh • F. Lewis • J.H. Metter • J. Pegram • N. Price • J. Ravden • L. Rifkind • H. Sether • L. Shelley • A. Simaan • M. Speelman • B. Spiro • M. Toomey • M. Tsai • S. Wilson • C. Young • J. Yuan • N. Zehner January 1998: F. Zenker April 1998: J. Sparks September 1998: H. Aaronson • A. Allegretti • D. Bard • H. Bhalla • N. Blakeway-Phillips • J. Byfield • G. Carter • A. Carn • N. Clark • I. Cunningham • A. Danilovich • A. Darwood • T. Drayton • G. Fenton • J. Flax • E. Fry • M. Garty • A. Hadjipateras • M. Holder-Biziou • W. Huish • M. Hutton • R. Ibbetson • E. Japp • A. Johnson • H. Johnson • A. Jones • N. Kalaji • C. Kelly • O. Knights • A. Knights • O. Layton • H. Linnett • J. Linnett • G. Macleod • S. Maloni • A. Niarchos • T. O’Brien • C. Orwell • F. Peacocke • O. Robert • E. Sekine • S. Sereda • B. Stokes • P. Thompson • G. Warren • L. Winstanley • K. Yokoyama September 1999: J. Alexander • H. Armes • J. Boardman • G. Bud • L. Cahn • J. Caplan • E. Carter • S. Clark • O. Coleman • J. Coller • C. Cooke • W. Cooke • S. Daly • O. Dub • Y. Fafalios • D. Franklin • S. Grabiner • D. Harrington • B. Jacobs • S. Julius • T. Julius • A. Julius • R. Law • A. Liu • C. Macleod • A. Male • H. Mikniche • E. Millett • V. Mound • O. Notley • J. Penny • P. Plowman • M. Pugh • A. Pulsford • A. Rose • A. Said • R. Sharma • D. Byam Shaw • S. Shelley • M. Stahl • A. Stirling • A. Turdean • C. Williams • H. Zaman • S. Zamkow September 2000: A. Badenoch • L. Barrett • B. Boyd-Taylor • L. Cross • A. Dajani • H. Darwood • H. Dent • J. Djanogly • C. Drayton • M. Fosh • N. Friend • J. Frydman • S. Glick • G. Goldwater • B. Honey • H. Johnston • C. Kirwan-Taylor • B. Koerner • E. Kropman • B. Levinson • J. Lloyd Lyons • A. Maloni • R. Manners • J. Mendelsohn • G. Moore • L. Nelson Jones • G. Nevett • A. Oberoi • W. Ripley • W. Roberts • J. Rubin • S. Sekhar • J. Stonehill • A. Stonehill • C. Turdean • R. Watts • T. Weston • A. Goldwater • A. Joseph September 2001: A. Barel de Sant Albano • A. Bouchier • G. Branth • T. Costain • S. Daly • O. Darwin • M. Davin • J. Dent • G. Freud • J. Godding • B. Hannam • E. Hatter • R. Huston • C. Huston • A. Israni • I. Kirwan-Taylor • W. Law • O. Leyens • S. Lowenstein • W. Lowe • J. Mackenzie • B. Mason • J. Meir • F. Garcia-Miller • J. Millar • C. Newman • F. Notley • F. Pegram • A. Pulsford • A. Richardson • M. Royston • A. Sachee • A. Salomon • N. Sood • W. Stevens • M. Tabor • S. Thackray • S. Varawalla • S. Winters • B. Woolf September 2002: M. Astaire • T. Buchanan • F. Constantine • T. Cuniberti • J. Curtis • A. de Nassau • J. Dewinter • A. Enfield • A. Faulks • J. Freud • H. Fry • G. Gordon • C. Graham • O. Green • F. Hizami • J. Huston • S. Johnston • N. Keatley • C. Lawson • J. Leek • A. Lewis • N. Lutyens • L. Metcalfe • P. Metcalfe • O. Meyer • A. Milne • C. Moss • A. Newburg • N. Philipps • J. Philippsohn • A. Rabinowitz • C. Rockall • T. Shepherd • M. Stokes • E. Strang • J-R. Tan • O. Tehrani • H. Tudball • S. Tyler • J. Weiland • W. Wheeler April 2003: A. Barakat • A. Barakat September 2003: F. Andreae • G. Beckman • G. Bouchier • L. Chapple • E. Crocker • C. Cross • S.B. Dunford • W. Evans • K. Eyi • D. Fried • L. Georgiadis • B. Green • M.D. Hart • O. Joseph • A. Khalil • E. Khalil • T.M. Lemos • K. Lipman • T.O. Lowenstein • B. Mee • A.N. Meir • J.H. Millett • A. Naqvi • A. Parry-Davies • C. Payne • R. Ragoowansi • J. Ripley • J. Sahni • P. Salinas • S.L. Sether • J.D. Sharpe • S. Soros • E. Tabor • D. Thomas • S. Vaswani • F. Villiers • J. Villiers • B.C. Waller • H.J.O. Wilkinson • O. Wilson • C. Zehner September 2004: L. Akerele • Z. Cutner • B. Dellal • S. Dhir • J.A. Dicker • C. Dryer • Y. Fafalios • H. Flatau • C. Green • T. Green • J. Green • S. Irvani-Pour • G. Jones • R. Keith • H. Lakha • D. Law • Y. Lemos • A. Lemos • N. Markantonis • T. McMahon • A. Murray • S. Oberoi • H. Orwell • L. Perper • O. Pritchard • B. Pujos • A. Railton • J. Sieff • E. Sharma • J. Snell • T. Soros • J. Spiro • A. Stonehill • M. Vernon-Powell • F. Wade • C. Wainstein • J. Wallace • O. Zakaria September 2005: Q. Bagheri • D. Billings • O.T. Frisby • J. Curtis • D.A. Fafalios • C.H.D. Flax • S.G Franks • H.J.B. Gestetner • A.L. Gold • J. Gold • F. Gordon • B.R. Gunn • T.A. Gunn • M. Hameed • M.A. Hatter • N. Joukovski • F.T. Kane • L. Kearsey • A.T. Laws • Y.G. Lemos • J.E. Leof • J. Lowenstein • C.B. McQuater • J.S.G. Milne • M. Monibi • J.C. Moore • M.D.C. Perper • M. Rabinowitz • D. Sachee • H. Shah • A.O.A. Soleye • F.B. Tudball • W. Watts • E.A. Whitley • B.R. Wilkins • A.J.A. Wissen *Denotes girls enrolled at the School. These names are a record of all boys (and girls) admitted to the School during the last 100 years. They have been transcribed from handwritten records in the School’s Holy Books. If there are any omissions or spelling errors we apologise. Please do contact us should you know of any mistakes that require correction.

IMPRESSIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL

PROLOGUE The end has come, as come it must To all things; in these sweet June days The teacher and the scholar trust Their parting feet to separate ways. They part: but in the years to be Shall pleasant memories cling to each As shells bear inland from the sea The murmur of the rhythmic beach. At School Close (J.G. Whittier)

CONTENTS

Prologue

Introduction

Life in 1905

From Modest Beginnings

Voices from the Office …

Voices from the Staff Room … a Look Back One Hundred Years – Five Heads

Arnold House School During the War Years – the First World War and the Second World War

Alumni Relations and the ’42 Club Notable Old Boys

One Hundred Years – Ten Decades and Ten Old Boys! Memories and Anecdotes from Other Old Boys and

Former Staff

Drama and Music

Sports of All Sorts The Art Room

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The Arnold House School Coat of Arms

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Epilogue

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One Hundred Things That Make Arnold House Arnold House Some Juxtapositions

102

Food at Arnold House

104

Uniform

106

School Bills

109

Charitable Giving Reading Lists

School Magazines – Old and New

And to Conclude … Acknowledgements

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LIFE IN 1905 Miss Hanson is preparing to open her new school: Arnold House. King Edward VII is on the throne today, though he hasn’t been for long. The first intake into Miss Hanson’s school, though young boys, were all born in the dying years of the reign of his formidable mother, Queen Victoria. The last brutal Boer war is lately over in South Africa, and people everywhere are relieved. Britain’s conduct in the war was not widely admired, and the results were an embarrassment; it’s time to build bridges with our Allies now – France and Russia in particular. Over 5000 Britons died during this war. Never again, we say, never on that scale. I’m sure you’ll be pleased to know that James Joyce is alive and well, too (back from Paris, and settled in Dublin), as is Sir Edward Elgar (who’ll soon be moving to South Hampstead, not far from Miss Hanson’s new school); and, farther afield, Leo Tolstoy and Mark Twain, Mahler, Henry James, Conrad and Kafka; Matisse and Picasso and Monet and Rachmaninov. Ibsen and Cézanne are alive, too. They only have a year left but, of course, they don’t know this yet … It’s the centenary of Trafalgar this year and the tricentenary of the Gunpowder Plot. On opposite sides of Europe Messrs Salvador Dali and Graham Greene are celebrating their first birthdays. Walt Disney is four; Sherlock Holmes is turning 18; P.G. Wodehouse is 24; Sigmund Freud, hard at work in Vienna, is 49. In Hunan province in China there is an ambitious 12-year-old boy who one day will be known as Mao. Karl Marx has been dead for 20 years now, and Engels for ten, but they are not forgotten; in particular, they are alive in the memory of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, the 35-year-old firebrand better known as Lenin. Virginia Woolf is around these days, too, though as yet unpublished; E.M. Forster began this year unpublished, but finally found his way into print at last with Where Angels Fear To Tread. Sherlock Holmes’ fans will be relieved this year to discover that he didn’t really die at the Reichenbach Falls after all. Somewhere pastorallooking Kenneth Grahame is telling his son stories about Mole, Badger, Ratty and Mr Toad. And at the summit of the world of letters, we find Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate. He is largely considered a very bad poet indeed. I’m afraid this reputation may still be with him a century from now.

1905

‘Bloody Sunday’ massacre in Russia.

It’s a great year for the theatre. The New Year opened with a brand-new play by J.M. Barrie at the Duke of York’s Theatre. The play is called Peter Pan, and features Gerald Du Maurier in the role of the villain, the improbably named ‘Captain Hook’. In May Bernard Shaw brings his new play, Man and Superman, to the Court; and there’s even a new Puccini opera at Covent Garden. The sad tale of a Japanese girl and her doomed affair with an American lieutenant, he’s called it Madame Butterfly. Yes, a very good year for the stage, then. If the legitimate theatre isn’t to your taste, what about the movies? They’ve been around a whole decade now, so are a pretty established art form; purists will be delighted to learn that they won’t have sound for two decades still to come. But how to choose what to see? The first Oscars won’t be awarded for another 23 years, so you’ll have to make your own mind up. How about the new Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? Or Reuben in the Opium Joint? Or The Athletic Girl and the Burglar? Tempted? Your choice, it must be said, is limited – 100 years from now a website (a what?) called IMDB will have a record of only 238 films made in 1905 (compared to some 13,000 a year in a century’s time). Nobel Prize winner, Philipp Lenard, has won the physics prize for his work on cathode rays; but though the cathode ray tube has been around since 1898, we’ll have to wait till the Twenties for television. But then, the first transatlantic radio communication was only sent four years ago – even the widespread use of the portable wireless is a thing of the future. Marconi’s working on it, though, even as I write. In Bern, Switzerland, this year, Albert Einstein is talking about his special new ‘relativity’ theory, whatever that may be. But there’s still no Big Bang, and even the most savvy of doctors have never heard of penicillin. Aspirins have been around for six years and, finally, this year they’re going on general sale for the first time. We’ve had X-ray technology for about a decade but, in truth, we still don’t really know how to use it. The arrival of the first electric light is long past, but Thomas Edison still has a good couple of decades’ inventing ahead of him. And there’s still much progress to be made. London is still mainly lit by gaslight (though this won’t last). Most houses are heated with coal. The word ‘smog’ is first recorded this year, which is hardly a surprise.

The School flower is the carnation and its patron saint is Saint Michael since the School was originally founded on St Michael’s Day – 29th September 1905.

1905

Monday 25th September the School was opened by Miss Hanson with just nine pupils.

Ah, and what of the glorious motorcar? It has had quite a year. For the first time a car has exceeded a speed of 100 mph – in Daytona Beach, if you’re curious. Here, in London, things are a little tamer, of course, in part due to the abominable traffic. Motorcars are still not entirely reliable, though, which is why you’ll be pleased to hear of a new organisation also founded this year; they’re called the Automobile Association. If you’re having trouble with your motorcar, just send for them and they’ll take care of it. What a clever idea! There are plenty of horse-buses on the roads, and now motorbuses have been licensed to run on the capital’s streets, too, which is tremendously exciting for all us Londoners And the better-heeled among you will have welcomed last year’s first licence granted for petrol-driven cabs. Now you can travel in the greatest comfort and style (if you don’t mind the smell and the noise); a quick jaunt to Harrods, to admire its celebrated new Brompton Road façade perhaps? You could also go to Hatchards, Harvey Nichols, or Whiteleys (still under the control of William Whiteley himself). An American called Gordon Selfridge is in London today, too, by the way; of course, he’s unemployed just at present but, if you believe the rumours, he has some very ambitious plans. Oh, and Mr Hamley’s toy-shop, Noah’s Ark, is about to announce a move to Regent Street. While you’re swanning around London by cab on your great shopping spree, for the rest of us, the Underground Railway will have to do. Unusually, someone has decided to rearrange the trains so there are now only two classes, not three. Rather thrillingly, the District and Circle Lines (their trains doubtless still sporting the old manual doors) are to be ‘electrified’ this year – among some controversy, no doubt, not least because the network’s being run by an American … The new electrified lines aren’t much help for the St John’s Wood parents, though, who won’t have a Jubilee Line for 70 years. It’s just as well they’re taxigoers on the whole …

The population of the capital today is a staggering 4.5 million – 6.5 if you count Greater London. Life expectancy isn’t

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Incidentally, if you can scrape together the money, £6 will buy you a third-class passage by liner to the United States or, for a massive £21, how about a luxury European cruise?

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high, and working conditions are often intolerable; but, look on the bright side, the economics of the labour market are good. Agriculture and industry and mining are all

(Incidentally, if you can scrape together the money, £6 will buy you a third-class passage by liner to the United States or, for a massive £21, how about a luxury European cruise?)

1912 1914

Titanic sinks on maiden voyage. First World War begins.

thriving – these are the things that make Britain great. (And the Empire, of course.) And there’s more good news. A British man, H.L. ‘Laurie’ Doherty – one of the sensational Doherty brothers – has won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship! For that matter, the Brits have won it every year since 1877; though, to be fair, pretty much no one else has entered … The winning streak will be broken in a few years, I’m afraid, and then we’ll have to wait till Fred Perry in the 1930s before we get to win again. And after him, well, we’ll just have to wait and see …

Aston Villa fans will be delighted at their defeat of Newcastle in the FA Cup Final in March. But they’d both better watch their backs. Several new clubs are being formed this year; the most promising are called ‘Chelsea’ and ‘Crystal Palace’. No doubt England would win the football World Cup, except that there isn’t one yet. And we might do well in the cricket, too, especially since all the countries that play are still part of the Empire. Our King Edward, remember, is Emperor of India, too. And, in case you were wondering, we’re not giving it up in a hurry. London has not been awarded the next Olympic Games, scheduled for three years hence. But by a quirk of fate the plans to host them in Rome will fall through, and London will step bravely into the breach. At the London Games, diving and field-hockey will be included for the first time. Born this year, a brand-new ideologicallybased political party, which they have called ‘Sinn Fein’, meaning ‘We Ourselves’. (Personally, I think it’ll never last.) In other political news: Theodore Roosevelt has just completed his first term as US President; he was re-elected in the spring of this year. Across the world, Lenin’s revolution is still far off – these are still the days of the tsars – but another revolution of sorts is under way in Russia this year. In June, at the height of the unrest, there is a dramatic mutiny by the crew of the Russian naval battleship Potemkin. Now that would make a good movie.

Back in Britain, Arthur Balfour is Prime Minister. Recent controversies have split his party, and made him personally deeply unpopular. No doubt he worries about facing Liberal leader Sir Henry CampbellBannerman in the upcoming General Election. The Election is less of a concern for Miss Hanson, though – women still aren’t allowed to vote. What does she think of Mrs Pankhurst and her newly-founded Women’s Social and Political Union, I wonder? Balfour will be remembered, among other things, for his new Education Act, just lately passed. A woman in Miss Hanson’s line of work must at least have taken an interest in that, surely? This radical legislation created a national education system, answering to newly-formed ‘local educational authorities’, whatever they are. A quality education experience common to all, that’s the idea. Of course, Miss Hanson’s own boys are not typical – they can aspire to Westminster and Eton, Harrow and Winchester; and then to Oxford and Cambridge, Durham, UCL, Edinburgh and St Andrews. It would be different if they were girls, of course. Though at least forward-thinking Oxford and Cambridge do by now have two women’s colleges apiece. Oh, and the Boat Race was won by Oxford this year. Again. They’re currently in the lead by 35 to 28. But there’s always next year.

So, into St John’s Wood, Miss Hanson with her nine pupils move. It’s quite a place these days, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema is around; he’s been living at 34 Grove End Road for the past 20 years. (A century from now the building will be intact, though the number will have changed to 44, and flat conversions run riot.) At No 1 Abbey Road is another long-term resident, painter, John MacWhirter. No, St John’s Wood definitely didn’t used to be this respectable. Even Loudoun Road had come a long way since the days of Mrs Meres … Now it’s just the place for a good preparatory school for the right sort of boys. Daniel Hahn – former pupil and Head Boy of Arnold House (1980–87)

The School was opened on Monday 25th September 1905 with just nine boys. By 1910 there were 65 boys at the School. Currently, there are over 250 pupils attending Arnold House.

1905–14 Arnold House was housed at 51 Wellington Road, St John’s Wood.

INTRODUCTION If an Arnold House pupil were transported back in time 100 years, to the School of those days, how might he feel, what would be familiar and what would be strange about the place? The pages of this volume of impressions and recollections will awaken in the younger reader, I hope, the fascination for history which so many older people enjoy. What better place to start understanding the past and its inhabitants than in the familiar territory of one’s own school! L.P. Hartley began The Go-Between with the words, ‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’. What this publication succeeds in achieving is to give a modern perspective on the people who have made Arnold House what it is today. Over a period of 100 years, thousands of boys have passed through the School. Some have gone on to make a name for themselves in the world but many will have spent their lives in decent obscurity. Nevertheless, all past pupils of Arnold House will have been influenced to a greater or lesser extent by the formative years they spent here. It is interesting to read of the influence of a few great teachers and great Heads who have had such an impact on their pupils over the years. One distinguishing mark of Arnold House is the fact that the School has only had five Heads in 100 years. Stability or stagnation? Evolution or revolution? When I arrived at Arnold House, in 1994, it was not long before I developed an understanding of my predecessors’ achievements and of the School’s unique ethos which each in turn had developed. Arnold House was founded by a woman. Miss Hanson’s feminine sensitivity and maternal instincts must surely have contributed to the School’s reputation for having a caring environment in which the best interests of the individual are cherished. Miss Hanson’s scrapbooks, recording the careers of her pupils, indicate that they were more like sons to her than Old Boys. Not that Arnold House is in any way ‘soft’. In Miss Hanson’s day, and right up to the 1970s, boxing was a major sport at Arnold House! Arnold House is a family school. Generations of the same family have sent their sons here, reassured to know that, though the School has changed immeasurably in terms of curriculum and facilities, the values of academic and pastoral excellence have remained the same over the decades. This publication can only strengthen the spirit of Arnold House as it will allow us to understand more clearly its unique position as one of London’s leading preparatory schools, a position which comes from its sense of continuity and firm purpose. On behalf of all those who read this volume, may I thank the editorial team, led by Caroline Shepherdson, the editor, for their hard work which has led to its successful publication. Particular thanks to all those who have contributed their memories to this permanent record of Arnold House’s first 100 years. Nicholas Allen, Headmaster (1994-present)

1917

Russian Revolution.

FROM MODEST BEGINNINGS

(Extracts of notes made in 1981 by George Smart) Arnold House, named after the great Rugby Headmaster, Dr Thomas Arnold, began its life in a house – now demolished – in Wellington Road in the autumn term of 1905 and, barring two brief periods during the last war, has been in St John’s Wood ever since. What differentiates it from the run of boys’ preparatory schools is that it was founded by a woman. Miss Hanson (later Mrs Montagu Hunt) set out to show that she could compete successfully with headmasters who, till then, had a monopoly in preparing boys for the public schools. She did not intend to be content with running a pre-preparatory school and, long before 1939, she had achieved her aim and confounded those who had scoffed at her project. The School was established to prepare boys between five and 14 years of age for the Royal Naval College, and the Common Entrance and Scholarship Examinations to Public Schools. There were nine boys in the School in the first term and the new venture had very little money behind it. Miss Hanson used to tell how a well-known St John’s Wood doctor, who was a friend of hers, used to lend her his carriage occasionally so that she could be seen driving in the neighbourhood. While this may have helped to bring her to the notice of parents, it was entirely due to her quite exceptional personal qualities that boys continued to arrive, and, by 1914, the School had grown to proportions which meant finding larger premises.

There was a tradition of each of the three Houses – Pitt, Wellington and Nelson (prior to Brunel being added in 1981) – producing their own annual reports. Inside were contained news stories, reports and jokes such as: Taxi man: ‘Why didn’t you sound your ’orn?’ Chauffeur: ‘Why don’t you sound your Hs?’ (from 1934)

1905–14 The School was moved to 1 Loudoun Road with 45 Grove End Road – also known as ‘The Cottage’.

At that time, 1 Loudoun Road, then known as Loudoun House School, and the home of another preparatory school, came on the market and Miss Hanson bought the goodwill and moved to the present big schoolhouse. The School was hardly installed in its new quarters before war was declared. Nothing daunted, Miss Hanson moved the boarders to Northwood, North London, for in those days there were a few boarders with dormitories in two rooms at the top of No 1 – having the matron’s room between them. The dayboys continued to be taught in Loudoun Road and Miss Hanson divided her time between the two schools. The years following the First World War saw a steady increase in the numbers and, by 1935, the School was some 150 strong so, when 3 Loudoun Road was built, Miss Hanson added it to the School and it was opened in 1937, just after I joined her. At that time the School also included a small house, known as ‘Cottage’, on the corner of Grove End Road, with two classrooms and rooms for one or two resident members of the teaching staff. In the garden was a prefabricated classroom ‘Sunhouse’. Both ‘Cottage’ and ‘Sunhouse’ disappeared when the synagogue was built and the School was compensated by being given what is now the lower playground, which was laid on part of the gardens of other houses on the synagogue site. In 1938 came the Munich Crisis and, as there seemed every danger of war, a large number of boys travelled north – in every comfort in second-class sleepers – to an hotel at Edzell near my own house in Angus, ready to be there as long as necessary. No sooner had we arrived than Neville Chamberlain returned from Germany promising ‘Peace in our time’. It had been quite exhausting enough making all the plans for evacuation and executing them, without having to face an immediate return, so the boys and staff enjoyed what was more or less a fortnight’s holiday in Scotland in term time.

1918

First World War ends.

As war still seemed a distinct possibility, arrangements were made to return to Edzell should the need arise and very many parents undertook to send their boys north. Perhaps, unfortunately, from the point of view of the School, war was declared in September 1939 when so many people were on holiday in the country and, understandably enough, decided to keep their boys with them. This meant that term started in Scotland with some 60 boys. It would be idle to pretend that an hotel with other residents, however well disposed, makes an ideal place for a school. Not all the teaching staff were able to leave London and suddenly to turn day boys of all ages, who had never been away from home before, into boarders presented other problems. Moreover, the fact that the School was so far away from London during the early months of the war did not make life easier, especially when added to a certain vagueness in some parents’ mind – about geography of Scotland – on the morning following one bomb being dropped near the Forth Bridge, 100 miles to the south of Edzell, no fewer than three parents appeared to rescue their offspring from the danger zone. It became apparent that Scotland was not the best choice at that stage of the war for a London school, so arrangements were made to move the boarders to Northaw, the school in Kent at which I had been a senior master before coming to Arnold House. We had only just been welcomed by Mr and Mrs Wonten when, three days later, the Low Countries were invaded and a further move on the part of both schools became an urgent necessity. Luckily, Loton Park, a large country house near Shrewsbury, was found – the boys went home for a week before everyone moved to Shropshire. That saw the end of our travels and the boys were able to stay there happily till the war ended, though, by then, many of them had gone on to their public schools while others remained at Northaw on its return to Kent till the end of their preparatory school days. In London, the School remained open in 3 Loudoun Road until 1940 when the bombing began. No 1 was requisitioned by the WAAF whose tenure did not altogether improve it. However, they built an imposing air-raid shelter – now demolished – in the playground and we were glad to make use of it during the flying bomb attack as the day boys – with a few girls! – had returned, somewhat optimistically, in 1942. Our only casualty was a boy who was slightly bruised when, in a needless act of heroism, a mistress flung herself on top of him as a flying bomb cut out immediately overhead, before exploding in Wellington Road. Latterly, more time was spent in the bomb shelter than in school and, fearing that the shelter would be struck while I was safely working in my study next door in No 3, we closed Loudoun Road once more. This meant that I could be with the boarders in Shropshire all the week instead of only at weekends. We had wondered how the School would fare after the war ended but, when it reopened in September 1945, following the derequisition of No 1 by the WAAF, there were 60 new boys, not an experience one would wish to repeat every term. It was difficult that first morning to establish the identity of the five-year-olds, with unmarked pullovers, who only knew their father’s Christian names. It was some comfort at the end of the day that mothers were equally at a loss to pick out their sons, in the glory of the unaccustomed school uniform. Miss Hanson, who had retired early in the war, died in 1947. She was a remarkable woman and there was nothing she would not do for the boys, keeping a complete record of their lives for years after they had left Arnold House.

1918

The earliest record of the French play was in 1908 (16th December), Les Petits Chanteurs des Rues and Monsieur L’Hiver. Today, the School celebrates the end of the academic year by hosting the annual Fête Champêtre (first introduced in 1995) at Canons Park in July – a day when the Year 8 leavers perform a series of sketches in front of the audience of staff and parents. The jazz band performs and the gymnastics team vault and somersault to the Dam Busters March, while picnics are enjoyed on the grass.

9th April 1918 after lunch, the Head decided to remove the boarders to a new school at Northwood. Notices were sent to all the parents.

The years that followed the war were uneventful when compared with those during it. Games were now played at Canons Park, and not as previously at Eastcote, while the younger boys continued to go to Hampstead Heath. A laboratory was built in 1968 when Science became an obligatory examination subject, and a steady stream of boys continued to pass on to their public schools, either through the Common Entrance, Westminster Entrance or Scholarship examinations. No account of Arnold House, however brief, would be complete without mention of one or two former members of staff. Miss Musson who, for 30 years from the earliest days of the School, was Miss Hanson’s Matron, Housekeeper and friend. Miss Hasenclever, a mathematical teacher of distinction, and many a middle-aged man will today remember being dubbed by her as ‘brain lazy’. Then Mr Castello, responsible for a succession of classical scholarships and much loved by his sixth form boys of whom he was wont to enquire ‘Do you want to madden me?’ His interest in the School was maintained until his death in 1980. Mr Smith was for many years a deservedly popular Senior Master and an indefatigable games coach who contributed enormously to the smooth running of the School as, indeed, did the late Miss Rigby, for long my secretary. John Smart, my brother, was invaluable teaching English to the top forms, achieving success in that somewhat elusive subject. The work of all those who taught in the Senior School was made easier by Miss Oakley who, as Head of the Junior School, ran it so efficiently and exerted such an influence for good on the younger boys. To

1919

Treaty of Versailles.

her, and to others of the School who worked with her, I shall always be indebted. Finally, there was Miss Beauchamp, for nearly 30 years the School Housekeeper, who could not have devoted more time to her very responsible task had she owned the School. There can be little doubt that 1966 saw a very important development in the life at Arnold House for, in the autumn of that year, it passed from private ownership to become a Charitable Education Trust under a Board of Governors, of whom, at present, eight are Old Boys. This was in line with the policy of many other preparatory schools which thus escaped the charge of being run for profit. Much more importantly, it meant that schools were no longer dependent on the policies of one man alone and provided a surer guarantee of continuity to parents. In our own case, on my retirement in 1969, Mr Pepys was appointed in my stead and he, in turn retiring, was succeeded by Mr Clegg in 1977, so giving Arnold House its fourth Head in 72 years.

1980 saw the 75th anniversary of the School, and it is fitting that it should have been celebrated by the completion of the new building which has been under construction for more than a year. Valuable as the four additional classrooms will be, it is probably the Art and Crafts room and the Sports Hall which are most likely to provide the boys with facilities they have never enjoyed before. That the project, so long anticipated, became a reality was due entirely to the response to the Appeal to which so many past and present parents, Old Boys and friends of the School contributed so generously. The opening ceremony was performed so delightfully by HRH the Duchess of Gloucester on 10th February 1981 and it was an afternoon which will always be remembered with gratitude both by boys and everyone else who was present. A landmark, indeed, in the history of Arnold House, encouraging all those connected with the School to look forward with confidence to its Centenary early in the 21st century. George M. Smart – Headmaster (1939–69)

VOICES FROM THE STAFF ROOM … A LOOK BACK Arnold House down through the years – so many changes, so many memories … Boys of all shapes and sizes; nice ones, naughty ones, barmy ones. Revolting runny noses, disgusting table manners.

Chauffeurs carrying boys’ bags! Grace said before and after school

dinners and a toast to Queen and Country at the leavers’ farewell do. Brilliant scholarships won, poetry and Shakespeare wonderfully recited, incredibly talented musicians, never-ending prizes and cups, half-centuries scored, pavilion windows broken, sunny sports days, pretty au pairs and who could ever forget those highly charged and very competitive mothers’ races? So many colleagues, too, who have come and gone, some now headmasters and others no longer in education. In the field of sport we have had two Scottish internationals. Two have gone on to direct in theatre. Another two who had previously taught the Queen’s children. A Mastermind contestant, even a King’s singer; and, currently, we have one of the top classical guitarists around. Colourful characters from all walks of life who have helped to keep the Staff Room in good humour, free of the over-earnest and PC-minded. And then there were those legendary staff parties, including one or two thrown by parents, which have all gone down in Arnold House folklore. Amid all these fragments, an abiding memory is of noise and a lack of space. The noise, of course, blissfully remains. The top playground, particularly, was a battleground, having to share its space not only with the rickety wooden Music rooms, but Science and cloakrooms, too. All at the mercy of demented boys directing footballs at their windows. Many a time an exasperated music teacher would glare out helplessly on this mad demonic seethe of activity played out on tarmac. Strange explosions, too, would occasionally erupt from the Science Block and a curious tale of gunpowder secreted and peddled by one or two enterprising boys. This, of course, long before the onslaught of men in hard hats armed with drills and hammers competed with the boys’ clamour; when dust covered us as the School buildings underwent a major facelift under Nicholas Allen’s leadership. Before this there was no room for IT or a Library. No locks on any doors or gates, either. The School Office, with just one secretary (no Bursar, please note), and the Headmaster’s Study were housed on the upper floor of the Year 1 classrooms. These were the days before endless admin, strategic planning and fundraising dominated Headmasters and their time. Days when Johnny Clegg held forth, dispensing wisdom, teaching Latin to Common Entrance and dishing out sweets from his sweet jar to all and sundry, the deserving and the not so. Looking back, then, so much has happened, so much has changed, so many have passed through but, when the door is finally closed, the noise of boys being boys will surely hang long in the air. George Lester (teacher at Arnold House 1982–present)

1918

In a notice to parents written in October 1936, Miss Hanson wrote ‘The boys are carrying far too much about with them in their satchels. Would parents be good enough to co-operate with the school in this matter?’ A.M. Hanson What would she make of matters today I wonder?

Under the name of Arnold House School ‘The Thorns’, Northwood, was opened on Saturday 11th May 1918. 3 Loudoun Road was added.

VOICES FROM THE OFFICE … The Arnold House School Office has had many changes over the years, from a lone school secretary to a busy, vibrant office of four. When I first started at Arnold House I worked four days a week typing letters for Mr Clegg, running errands, printing envelopes for mass mail-outs and many other jobs. Long before the computer and sticky labels, we printed our own envelopes manually, using a large machine and brass plates that we had specially made for us. How my heart sank when a parent moved! The former Bursar, John Allain, Rachel Sutherland, Mr Clegg and I beavered away above the Year 1 classrooms. The day of the typewriter and carbon paper were very much with us. All the bills were manually written and ledgers kept of everything that moved, from food and drink to stationery, as well as all the bills that required payment. This was the time when it was far from easy to get to the Staff Room or Library, which was tucked away in the ‘Gods’ (or the attic). You travelled up and down stairs over and over again as all the buildings were separate – no link block in those days. We had our own coffee- and tea-making facilities and never went to the teachers’ Common Room; we kept ourselves to ourselves, only joining in at the end-of-year staff parties. How we enjoyed the singing of the Pre-Prep as they practised for their concerts; we were word-perfect! One of the two features that have remained the same over the years is the constant stream of lost blazers, ties, tracksuits, etc. I often wonder, as I open my office door in the morning, how the trail of fleeces, watches, shoes, etc, have got there overnight. In the old days I could quite easily empathise with the boys in losing their games jumper as it was a rather scratchy woollen polo neck. I could think of nothing worse than an itchy jumper against my skin. Then came the tracksuit, modified and adjusted, easy to wear and wash. The other feature that remains is the stream of boys in search of a plaster, an ice pack or just a little reassurance and a hot-water bottle for ‘anxious tummy’. Bucketloads of sympathy, empathy and love have been handed out over the years. I am sure Miss Rigby, George Smart’s secretary in the forties and fifties, did exactly the same. The role of the School Office worker has evolved, too, over the years. My title is now ‘Office Manager’ and, despite minor modifications and enhancements, the job is still, in many ways, very much the same. The children and parents come first, administration, etc, comes second. Even in years gone by, the School Secretary, Office Manager, whatever you like to call them would have been found working in the holidays, catching up with letter writing and filing still to be done because of constant interruptions, however large or small during term time. As this is my 17th year at Arnold House I wouldn’t change my job for a minute, it is still the same old place. Staff have come and gone, the buildings have changed and ICT has progressed us all, but the boys still remain the centre of our lives. Penny Martin (Office worker, 1989–present)

1938

Hitler annexes Austria.

THE BURSARY During the entire history of the School there is record of there only ever having been three Bursars. Captain Denis Rowe, OBE, RN (1983–89), was the first Bursar to be appointed. After graduating from Leeds University (BSc Engineering) in 1947, he joined the Royal Navy. He rose to the rank of Captain and served abroad for many years. He was awarded the OBE in 1967 and was Naval ADC to Her Majesty the Queen in 1981. Captain Rowe’s successor was former Metropolitan Police Commander, John Allain, QPM (1989–97). Although now retired John remains very involved with the School through the teaching of chess, an activity increasingly popular with many current pupils. The School’s third and current Bursar is Geoffrey Simm (1998–present). Geoffrey was a former Commander in the Royal Navy and has travelled the world many times. He was educated at Bryanston and Worcester College, Oxford, and is married with four children. Prior to the appointment of Captain Rowe, Miss Terri Strong served as Jonathan Clegg’s secretary and was responsible for all financial matters.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS – FIVE HEADS AMY HANSON (HEADMISTRESS FROM 1905–39) Miss Hanson must have been a most remarkable woman. We know a surprising amount about her and, perhaps, it is best to start with her physical appearance. In her day, I am sure Miss Hanson would have been described as ‘a handsome woman’; her photograph reveals a strong face, firm of purpose, but kindly, not without beauty, and with a neatness in her apparel which she no doubt considered important. It is said that she was seldom to be seen without a hat and a fur tippet about her shoulders. The School’s records, from its foundation up until 1937, exist largely thanks to Miss Hanson. She was a dedicated collector of ephemera and her scrapbooks bulge with newspaper cuttings, photographs, newsletters and Christmas cards. The newsletters are particularly revealing of Miss Hanson’s character. How a modern-day Head envies her power to write to parents, at short notice, telling them that there will be no half term after all and that term will ‘probably’ end on a certain date! Like all good Heads, Miss Hanson was concerned with the outward appearance of her pupils, and her newsletters often have things to say about uniform. It worried Miss Hanson that, from time to time, AH uniform appeared on the backs of poor children in St John’s Wood and parents were duly cautioned about the correct disposal of old clothes. (However, Miss Hanson was not uncharitable; she set up a fund to support ‘The School Waif’, a deprived child who regularly wrote to the pupils of AH to thank them for their gifts of pennies and shillings – such largesse!) She was very keen to provide hard-wearing and economical uniform to allow for the vagaries of English weather. I have always been enchanted by the idea of a summer shirt, described by Miss Hanson as being made of a light material of ‘about the same weight as a nun’s veil’. But what a browse through the archive reveals most of all about Miss Hanson was her love of her pupils and her love of her school. Although she married in later life and became Mrs Hanson-Hunt, she never had children of her own. Her maternal instincts found full expression in her pupils, hence all the records of their achievements at school and in later life. A deep religious faith informed every aspect of Miss Hanson’s life and outward expressions of her faith can be found in the altar canopy and the School’s war memorials at St Cyprian’s Church. Perhaps the most touching to read of all Miss Hanson’s papers, is the letter she wrote to the boys of AH on 10th November 1918, hours before the end of the Great War. It is reproduced elsewhere in this publication and from it we can gain a sense of Miss Hanson as a person: passionate, earnest, every fibre of her being committed to the education of ‘her boys’.

1938

Her obituary in The Times in Spring 1947, contributed by an Old Boy, said, ‘In 1905 a young woman adventurously started a small preparatory school for boys in north-west London. It might have survived for a time and then withered and died like many a school before it. But experience established that Miss Hanson had brilliant aptitudes as head of a boys’ school. She saw (life) right with clarity and was not afraid to hold on to it with tenacity. A very womanly woman in a man’s career, she combined remarkable administrative capabilities with a magnetism of character which won the devoted unquestionable respect of boys. ‘In later life a new happiness came to her through marriage with Mr William Hunt, a widower, who never stood between her and her work, but freely gave his own loyalty to the School which his wife had created. Her responsibility was not lessened, but the loneliness of it was relieved at last. It was not until 1940 that she handed the School on to a worthy successor. All her personal belongings, her records and her souvenirs of the boys were soon afterwards destroyed when the depository where they were stored was bombed. Her husband died in 1945 and she was left alone, yet not alone, because of her abiding interest in Arnold House and all the boys, who had passed through it.’

During the Munich Crisis, the School was partially and temporarily evacuated (for those who wished to leave) to the Panmure Hotel, Edzell, in Scotland.

GEORGE MILNE SMART (HEADMASTER FROM 1939–69) George Smart was born in the same year Arnold House was founded and died 95 years later in 2000. For a short time, he worked in conjunction with Miss Hanson before he took the School over from her as Headmaster and proprietor. He was Headmaster for over 30 years and was instrumental in turning the School into the educational charitable trust, with a Board of Governors, that it is today. His influence was felt at Arnold House long after he ceased to be Headmaster. He served on the governing body into his nineties, until his deafness became too much of an impediment. His memorial service in October 2000 was attended by many Old Boys of the School, many of whom counted George as a personal friend. Much has been written elsewhere about George Smart, not surprisingly, as he was a fascinating and somewhat paradoxical man. Born of Scottish stock, he was a man of independent and very considerable means, with a taste for the high life that he never lost. Countless tales abound of his love of the turf, the casino, of dining in the finest restaurants and of staying in the best hotels. It was George’s habit at Christmas time to take recent leavers to tea at Claridge’s and this was typical of his generosity. Old Boys and friends of George always speak of his kindness, generosity and gentleness, to which one might add his eye for detail and his sense of tradition. George had the most beautiful handwriting and one of the great pleasures of Christmas for his many friends was to receive a handsome card from him, inscribed with a personal message of good will. As a Governor, he could never quite let go of the reins best held by the Head. I believe my predecessors were often called to account for every penny spent on postage and were, indeed, regularly sent off to bring ‘The Wine Book’ to Governors’ meetings to check that School entertainment had not been too lavish. When I arrived in London, in 1994, George was very kind to my young family and me, taking an interest in my sons who were at AH and continuing to visit the School regularly. He came to dinner once, aged near enough 90 and, characteristically, travelled from his flat in Baker Street to Hampstead on a No 13 bus. He arrived rather early so, with customary humility and good manners, he walked up and down the street for 15 minutes before making his perfectly-timed entrance.

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He was Headmaster for over 30 years and was instrumental in turning the School into the educational charitable trust, with a Board of Governors . . . his influence was felt at Arnold House long after he ceased to be Headmaster.

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I only crossed swords with George once. I changed the date of Prize Giving from its traditional position at the end of the Michaelmas Term to the end of the Summer Term, an executive decision that I was sure fell to me. He was outraged, fought a fierce rearguard action, but was magnanimous enough to accept my decision and my apologies at the next board meeting, once I had devoured a generous portion of humble pie. George Smart was certainly a very influential Headmaster. He was simply a great man and, above all, a gentleman.

1939

Second World War begins.

Roger Langrish (former pupil and member of staff) has these personal recollections of George Smart to add: George Smart joined Arnold House in the summer of 1937 when I was a boy there. He was, to us boys, a ray of light, for he had a puckish sense of humour; his lessons were both businesslike and full of fun, in sharp contrast to the austere Hanson approach. On my last day as a boy at Christmas 1937, George asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. ‘A schoolmaster,’ I replied. George said prophetically: ‘Perhaps you’ll teach here one day.’ And that, of course, is exactly what did happen, way on in 1950. Viewing George now in 2005, one sees a somewhat different figure. The humour and wit were there, of course, but now one met the urbane, immaculate bachelor, the inveterate firstnighter, the keen racing man, who owned – certainly – one horse. He was totally absorbed, though, in Arnold House, and he strove successfully to keep it in the ‘top ten’ of preparatory schools throughout his tenure of office. Naturally, we staff accepted the Arnold House way of life but we were all united in one grouse. Because of limited playground space, crocodile walks round the streets of St John’s Wood were obligatory. Naturally, he expected the highest standards from his teaching staff, and he was not above rebuking any of us if we had failed at any point. Indeed, he could be ‘awkward’. In addition, he was tone deaf, so that music was quite lost on him, and on many occasions he would ask if some musical item was up to standard, particularly if it was to form part of the programme of the annual lavish Prize Giving. It was on these weighty occasions that his wit and humour came to the fore, and his annual address to the parents was the event of the year. He was not gifted with his hands, and once when I pointed out to him that a cupboard door was coming adrift, he said: ‘I’ll get the builders to fix it.’ I said, ‘Oh, I’ll do it. Any old fool can do that.’ His laconic reply was: ‘Any old fool except me!’ One of the Hansonian traditions that George perpetuated was the appreciation of poetry. Boys had to learn a fresh poem each term, and every form learnt a termly poem for competitive recitation. The top form usually won, though I disturbed this tradition by inspiring ten-year-olds to blaze their poetic way to the top. A spin-off from this was a light entertainment presented on the last day of the Easter Term, when short sketches – even 15-minute comic operettas – skits on stories like Alfred and the Cakes were performed. The fun value of these shows was limitless, and they were much more enjoyable than the formal efforts laboriously prepared for the ponderous Prize Givings. Yet, George would never allow the parents to come, not even the ones whose boys were performing. George made a special science out of reports. All one’s subject reports had to be submitted for approval and correction a fortnight before the end of term. Furthermore, he liked to go over his own final comments with a staff member, and this could lead to lengthy discussions lasting until late into an evening, and there were occasions when I didn’t leave for home until 10.30 or even later. An exacting experience! How do you sum up George Smart? He could be waspish, openly and embarrassingly critical, yet always ready to see the funny side. He could be wonderfully compassionate, as he was to me when my wife was dangerously ill for months on end. He could ‘drive you up the wall’ but yet inspire loyalty and affection. The boys loved him, and many staff were with him for a decade or more, always a reassuring sign. I was there for 14 years and I left only to explore a more rural way of life.

1939

On 2nd April 1918, at the beginning of term, the Head decided that a troop of scouts should be formed among the boarders. It was decided that the troop should be the ‘9th Marylebone’ (a school troop) and the smallest troop in London. Three Saturday picnics were greatly appreciated – fire-lighting, paperchasing and cooking being the chief joys.

Mr George Smart was appointed as Headmaster (1939–69).

JOHN PEPYS (HEADMASTER FROM 1969–77) John Pepys (pronounced Pepiss) was first appointed in September 1967 as Deputy Head to George Smart. He was educated at Sherborne and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. John Pepys had been Head of Colet Court, St Paul’s Junior School, from 1946–55 and had then worked abroad for a time in Trinidad as Headmaster of St Peter’s School. He returned to England semi-retired before coming to Arnold House. In John Pepys’ early days as Headmaster, George Smart continued to have a study and continued to meet parents, so up to a point Mr Pepys worked out his role as Headmaster permanently under the shadow of George Smart. By all accounts, John Pepys was the most self-effacing of men. He seems to have managed to contrive to be absent from almost all school photographs of the period and, sadly, all other school records of the period have also been destroyed. Nevertheless, a complete generation of Arnold House pupils passed through the School in his eight years as Head. Those Old Boys of the Pepys era that I have met have happy memories of their school days at AH and speak warmly of their Headmaster, who had that most difficult of professional tasks – following a hard act … Carol Mathison (formerly Miss Watson) has these personal recollections of John Pepys to add: John Pepys was a quiet, distinguished and gentle man. Although at times he could appear cold and detached, he had a dry sense of humour and, when least expected, a warm, wide smile would light up his otherwise serious face. On the occasions when he left his office to teach French lessons in the main school he seemed to move silently and stealthily around the corridors, suddenly looming large over some hapless boy caught in the act of, or in the plotting of, some misdemeanour. I will always remember him for his calm disposition, great wisdom and unswerving support.

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Diccon Swan (former Head of English) also has these personal recollections of John to add: John Pepys was a tall, lean, elegant man with the look of an eagle: he had slightly hunched shoulders and his head could jut forward so that his searching eyes, swept-back hair and trimmed eyebrows could scrutinize you piercingly. More often than not he would look at you kindly but if he found you wanting he hardly had to say anything to show his disapproval. He wore his jackets with all three buttons done up – a curious sartorial habit in the Seventies, when I knew him – and he never troubled to buy expensive shoes or Jermyn Street shirts (his collars were often too big), but he was every inch the gentleman. He almost invariably spoke quietly and gently, so that on the occasion when he did raise his voice it had a disconcerting and quelling effect. He was not given to grand gestures, bluster or mateyness. He was contained and calm and he looked on all around him with amused affection. He was immensely likeable and you simply didn’t want ever to jeopardise his kindly view of you. Maybe his greatest asset was that he was always, in the sometimes seething and excitable world of the little prep school, the still centre of the storm. He was, of course, physically detached from most of the School, his office being over the junior classrooms the other side of the playground in those days, but he was generally above the fray and, when problems that seemed outrageous or explosive were brought to him, he could defuse them with an Olympian word or two of wisdom. He might not have fired people up in a burst of enthusiasm – he didn’t need to: he gave you the confidence to do your best – but he was brilliant at calming people down. When Edward Usick burst into the staff room one break and screeched, ‘Fire! Fire!’ (some clothes that were drying in front of the fire in Miss Watson’s classroom had become singed) there was a minor hubbub and an emissary was immediately despatched to the Headmaster. But, instead of rushing over,

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he strolled across the playground and eventually arrived to find everything under control: people had behaved sensibly, as he’d trusted them to, and there wasn’t a flame in sight. ‘Miss Watson,’ he said, ‘why is everything so wet?’ ‘Well, how do you think I put the fire out?’ she replied. He was not an authoritarian but he was quite correct. He was direct and clear and could even be acerbic. A mother once collapsed into my classroom during a parents’ evening. She lit up a cigarette and said, ‘Do you know what Mr Pepys has just said about my Gideon? I can’t believe it. He said he was a pain in the neck! My Gideon, I ask you, with his daunting grasp of the universe!’ There was so much to find amusing in prep-school life and John Pepys found it all as amusing as anybody else, if not more so. I remember his delight in walking up the fire-escape one morning into the main school and passing James Dalton who had pinned another nineyear-old against the wall and was saying to him, ‘… and I won’t let you go until you tell me the story of Goldilocks’. It was very sad when John Pepys and his lovely wife, Zita, left (Zita who said she really should have married a duke but had landed up with a prep-school headmaster who had to wear socks in bed because his feet were so cold). The whole School stood in batches in the playground on his last day, spelling out the word ‘Goodbye’. Mr Pepys was not given to emotion, but he smiled. That wonderful kindly smile.

JONATHAN CLEGG (HEADMASTER FROM 1977–94) Jonathan Clegg served 17 years as Headmaster of Arnold House and, if that wasn’t enough leadership for one career, he went on to start the Phoenix Nursery School on his retirement from AH and ran that for a further nine years. Jonathan Clegg epitomised the prep-school headmasters of his generation. The kindliest of men; staff and pupils of all ages warmed to him and were captivated by his generous and compassionate nature. Educated at Shrewsbury and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he read Law, Jonathan began his teaching career at Holmwood School, a boys’ preparatory school in Formby, his native Lancashire. There he remained for 23 years, first as schoolmaster and then as deputy head, before accepting the offer of Headship at Arnold House. Right up to the end of his time at AH, Jonathan taught a full timetable of Latin, but would have been the first to admit that his teaching was often disrupted by the demands made on him by the overriding responsibilities of headship. Heads of Jonathan’s generation were spared many of the pressures created today by government’s growing demands for regulation and society’s demand for ‘transparency’. I seem to remember Jonathan telling me that he had never once been inspected as a teacher or head in his entire career. A comparative freedom from paperwork allowed Jonathan, and heads like him, time to do what they were good at: relating to people: pupils, staff and parents. Jonathan was, and remains, a convivial guest and a generous host and his network of contacts throughout the public schools of England must have helped him to place many a pupil. In Jonathan’s time as Head, Arnold House grew in numbers and the first phase of modern building work was completed. The School benefited enormously from having a purposebuilt Gymnasium, changing rooms, new classrooms, art studio and science laboratory. For some reason, the success of heads is often measured by the amount of building they do so, on this score, Jonathan must rank with the all-time greats. However, heads themselves prefer to measure their success in other ways. Jonathan Clegg’s greatest achievement and lasting legacy to Arnold House was to maintain and enhance the School’s ethos in a rapidly-changing world. He did this by valuing each pupil as an individual; by protecting pupils from unrealistic ambitions that can lead to academic pressure, and by ensuring that the education on offer at Arnold House in his time was as broad as it could possibly be. Chere Hunter (Head of the Pre-Preparatory School) has these personal recollections of Jonathan to add: My first meeting with Johnny, as he was affectionately known, was in the summer of 1980. I have always felt that my first impressions of people have mostly been accurate and, in this case, I was completely correct. I was met by a smiling, warm, charismatic middle-aged man. He interviewed me for the post of Head of the Junior School. I was far too young for such a responsibility, but he told me I had come ‘from the right stable’ and would do ‘just nicely’. This was an interview like no other, for we drank sherry and laughed a lot in his study, resplendent with flowery loosecovered armchairs and his precious carriage clock – a leaving present from his previous school – and, of course, the famous sweetie jar! There is a story about the carriage clock which remains a source of guilt for me. One afternoon, in my first term, I opened the door to No 3 to a well-dressed, well-spoken gentleman who greeted me with the words ‘I have an appointment with Jonathan Clegg’. ‘Come in!’ was my response and I showed him up to the landing on the first floor to take a seat outside J.C.’s office. Sadly, the gentleman did not remain on the seat, he walked into Johnny’s office and, in his absence, filled a bag with all kinds of goodies, including the precious carriage clock! As cool as a cucumber he walked back down the stairs, thanked me for my kindness and shot off down Loudoun Road. This was my first experience of a ‘gentleman burglar’. J.C. was none too pleased with me, but later saw the funny side of it. The carriage clock was never seen again.

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Lesley Ralphs (Head of Art) has these personal recollections of Jonathan to add: Jonathan Clegg had a warmth of character which touched everyone he met. He was kind and generous to a fault, and his jovial charm, which diffused many an awkward situation, was legendary. He was totally dedicated to Arnold House and to his position as Headmaster, possessing a special gift for getting the best out of staff and pupils. In return for the trust he placed in them, they loved and respected him, always willing to reciprocate with more than he asked of them. Parents sometimes entered his office worried, anxious or annoyed, and inevitably came out smiling. Many past pupils returned to the School to visit him or ask his advice, and he always had time for them. He still counts as his friends many teachers who worked for him, even though he is now retired and no longer living in London. While he was Headmaster, he also taught Latin to the Senior boys, knew them and their families so well, and was able to place them in the right schools with unerring accuracy. He was, in fact, known by many in northwest London as ‘the Oracle’. At his daily assemblies he repeatedly emphasised the importance of the three ‘c’s – courtesy, care and compassion, qualities he believed to be of primary importance, and which he possessed in abundance. Jonathan Clegg’s Arnold House was a happy school, with days that were ‘fun-filled’, just as he wanted them to be.

War was declared on 3rd September and the School witnessed another evacuation to Edzell in Scotland and then to Northaw School in Kent.

NICHOLAS ALLEN (HEADMASTER FROM 1994–PRESENT) Regarding his time as Headmaster of Arnold House, Nicholas Allen has observed that history must be his judge. He has been proud to have been Arnold House’s Headmaster for one-tenth of its existence and has been fortunate enough to be able to steer the School with a light hand on the tiller because of the quality of the teaching staff. In the words of a distinguished prep-school head who was away from his school for extended periods while he was Chairman of IAPS, ‘Who runs the school while the head is away? The same people who run it when he’s there, of course!’ Nicholas Allen has never much cared for the cult of personality that is associated with prep-school heads as he believes it is easy to overestimate their influence. If Arnold House is a successful school as it celebrates its centenary, he believes that success may best be attributed to the happy combination of constituencies who play an active part in its life: above all, the pupils and staff, the parents and Old Boys, and the Board of Governors. The quality of teaching and learning, the breadth and range of activities, and a real sense of the School working together as a supportive community are all far more important than the biography of the School’s present Head.

POSTSCRIPT At the end of June 2005, the Board of Governors announced the appointment of Mr Vivian Thomas as the next Headmaster of Arnold House. Mr Thomas will take over in September 2006 when Nicholas Allen moves to Newton Preparatory School in Battersea. Mr Thomas was Deputy Head and Head of Mathematics at Arnold House between 1997 and 2001. Since then, Mr Thomas has been Headmaster of Keble School, Winchmore Hill.

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Battle of Britain.

ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL DURING THE WAR YEARS

THE FIRST WORLD WAR Arnold House School had only existed for nine years when the First World War started. When the war ended, seven Arnold House boys were dead. Miss Hanson kept a scrapbook-cum-diary throughout her time as Headmistress of Arnold House. In between the long list of exam results, she gives us tiny glimpses of school life. It is refreshing to think that all through the terrible years of the First World War, children were continuing with normal life, acting in school plays, competing for prizes, raising money for charity and taking part in sports. We also read of great epidemics of illness. One such swept through the School in the midsummer of 1914 – where boys fell ill with mumps, German measles and suspected whooping cough. This was also the summer that Arnold House moved to its future home at 1 Loudoun Road. By the Christmas of 1914 there are accounts of parcels being sent from the School to men at the Front and raising a collection of £3 8s 3d for them. There was no Prize Giving that year, the boys deciding – one suspects encouraged by Miss Hanson – to donate the money to the Red Cross Society. During Zeppelin raids, the boarders were brought down from their dormitories for safety. One such raid interrupted the School’s Hallowe’en party. In the summer of 1916 one of the masters, Mr Elliot, was called up for active service. There is no record of what happened to

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him, but we know that another master, Captain Mummery, was killed. Miss Hanson’s scrapbook tells of a School expedition to ice skate in Regent’s Park at Easter 1917. One of the Old Boys, Panagaris, who changed his name to Pat Wilson, came back to help out at School while on leave from the RAF. That December, Arnold House had a sing-song to raise money for the war and boys donated £1 to buy sweets for wounded soldiers. They repeated this concert at the Artist Rifles’ Hospital where soldiers were given the sweets and a boy named Hampton presented Mrs de Segundo, mother of three boys at the School, with a posy. The School had, in addition, raised money to support a ‘waif and stray’. ‘We heard’, Miss Hanson writes, ‘that Ernest Vincent Evan was the “waif” we were to adopt.’ In December 1918, Panagaris, who had been wounded, returned to visit Arnold House and got married the following June in Winchester. We also hear of another Arnold House boy, Eady, who survived. Presumably, there were several other Arnold House boys who fought in the First World War who came home safely, but it is much more difficult to trace them than the boys who died. But with the help of Miss Hanson’s notes and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, we were able to discover the following and reports appear overleaf.

Number 1 Loudoun Road was requisitioned by the WAAF for the rest of the war.

ARTHUR DE SEGUNDO

Two of the three De Segundo brothers joined Arnold House in January 1906. Bertram, the oldest, is always referred to as Segundo I and Arthur as Segundo II. Later they are joined by Segundo III – Freddie – who came back to help out with games at school when on leave and after the war. Their parents were Major and Mrs de Segundo and they lived in Howitt Road, Hampstead. Miss Hanson’s brief notes give the distinct impression that Bertram, Segundo I, is her favourite. She records his many successes, including his winning a scholarship to Ipswich School which he passes up in favour of an exhibition to Gresham’s in Norfolk. Meanwhile, she records more bluntly that

Segundo II, Arthur, has passed into the Royal Naval College Osborne in October 1912. Her scrapbook contains a photograph of Arthur in his naval cadet’s uniform – his is the only photograph that exists of the boys who fought in the war. It is strange to reflect he may well have been there at the same time as the boy whose real name was Archer-Shee who was to be immortalised as Ronnie Winslow in the play The Winslow Boy. In 1916, Arthur joined HMS Vanguard. He was on board when it was blown up in July 1917. He was 17 years 10 months old. A service was held for him at Bryanston Square; his name appears on a memorial at Chatham.

JACK AND WILLIAM TAYLER John was christened John Churchill Tayler and known as Jack and his brother was really William Ulric Chevallier Tayler. They joined Arnold House in the autumn of 1906 and, by the April of 1907, Jack was Captain of Football. We know they left Arnold House in the autumn of 1908 but, although Miss Hanson records them as going to Stoneyhurst College in Lancashire, their plans must have changed, as Stoneyhurst has no record of them. All we knew was from the war memorial was that Jack died in August 1918. We had thought that was all we were going to be able to discover about Jack, but then, on the Year 8 Battlefields Trip in June 2003, one of our guides found out more about him. Jack had been a lieutenant in the 213th Squadron, 61st Wing of the Royal Air Force. It was a spine-tingling moment when we realised that Jack was buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery and that we could alter our itinerary so that we could find the grave. We did so one summer morning, in a small cemetery near the sea. The gravestone recorded that Jack had died on Wednesday 7th August 1917 at the age of 18. We held a short service of remembrance. The names of the seven Arnold House boys who had died in the First World War were read out and the Head Boy recited They Shall Grow Not Old. Additional poignancy came from the realisation that Jack’s brother, William, was to die almost exactly a year later, killed in action on 10th August 1919 at Archangel, during the North Russia Expedition. HUBERT GREEN Hubert started at Arnold House in the autumn of 1908. He became a captain in the London Regiment of the Royal Fusiliers at Malta. He served at the Front for some time. Then, in April 1917, when he was leading his men at Neuve Eglise, he was ambushed by German soldiers. Nearly all his men were killed and he himself was riddled with shot. Miss Hanson records, ‘The Germans went in and covered the ground where they all fell and no one has any news of them’.

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Pearl Harbour.

JOHN TOWLSON MORGAN John – Morgan I – joined Arnold House in January 1908 when he was eight, followed by his younger brother, Morgan II, in September 1909. They lived at St Andrew’s vicarage in Willesden Green. He, too, took part in one of the French plays, acting the role of Louisa (‘petite marchande de violettes’) and appeared versus Frederick Walker in a boxing display in December 1910. He went on to Haileybury and from there to the RAF, where he became a captain in the 70th Squadron and 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He died on Tuesday 29th October 1918, aged 19 – we don’t know the details – and is buried in Nieppe, near Armentieres. There was a memorial service for him shortly after his death, and Miss Hanson remembers him in her diary as a ‘bright and merry member of Arnold House’.

The School operated a ‘Waifs and Strays Society’. The chosen School Waif would receive money from the School, collected by the pupils. In early December 1917 a grand sum of £12 was collected for the School Waif – quite a considerable sum, even in those days.

GEORGE DELMAR-WILLIAMSON George was one of the nine boys who started at Arnold House the day the School first opened at its original address, 51 Wellington Road, St John’s Wood. He left a couple of years later to go to school in Cheltenham when his family moved to Leckhampton in Gloucestershire, where he attended Glyngarth School and then Cheltenham College. Even though he was at Arnold House for only a short time, there are several references to him in Miss Hanson’s diary. He came first in the Reading exam with a boy named Ritchie when he was six and then won a prize for Scripture – a copy of The Pilgrim’s Progress. He was obviously an adventurous and daring boy. He enlisted at 15 as a dispatch rider, but was sent back when his age was discovered. Like many Arnold House boys of the time, he was fascinated by aeroplanes. He spent all his holidays working in aerodromes, hoping to join the RAF. In 1916 he passed into Sandhurst, where he was the youngest boy there, ‘in’ everything, as Miss Hanson records. He considered joining the Scots Guards but, in order to fulfil his ambition of joining the RAF, joined the Black Watch instead. He became a lieutenant and was sent out to France in January 1917. On 2nd August 1917, he had a ‘bad smash’ and was invalided out with severe concussion. Having survived the fighting in France, George died in a tragic accident back home on 12 July 1918. As Miss Hanson puts it, ‘while flying in Chippenham, Wiltshire, George Delmar-Williamson met his death owing to the collapse of his machine’. Like most of the other Arnold House boys who died in the war, he had just turned 19. He is buried at the church of St Peter’s in Leckhampton.

FREDERICK CLOETE WALKER Frederick joined Arnold House in May 1906 and stayed until the Easter of 1912 when he left for Gresham’s School in Holt, Norfolk. There is a lot about him in the scrapbook. He won a Boxing Prize – boxing was a major sport at Arnold House then, with a professional coming in to teach the boys. In the much-mentioned French plays of 1908 he played ‘un garcon frileux’. He won a Conduct Prize along with the Prize for Best Holiday Work in December 1910. The next year he won the Prefect Prize and the Prize for Shooting. Miss Hanson refers to him as ‘Deric’ and it sounds as if she was particularly fond of him. She records in her diary in the summer of 1914 that he had won his cricket colours at Gresham’s and had kept wicket for the school. Frederick joined the Royal Naval Air Service as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant in 6th Squadron straight from school. Like George Delmar-Williamson, he died because his plane’s engine failed. In March 1917 he was flying towards the Somme, having only been in France for five weeks, when the accident happened. A historian at Gresham’s, which lost over 100 boys in the First World War, wrote, ‘he became the second of Gresham’s 15 airmen to die … Walker was probably a victim of the inadequate training received by pilots in the spring of 1917. It was not for nothing that the April of that year was called “Bloody April”. He took off, climbed, the engine stalled and his machine hit the ground in a spinning nose-dive in which he was, of course, killed immediately.’ Miss Hanson clearly feels devastated by the loss. She writes a long article in her scrapbook, quoting at length from a newspaper obituary for him. ‘He was last with us on 25th July,’ she remembers, ‘when he was one of the judges at the sports at Wembley.’ She goes on to state that he was ‘the finest athlete that Arnold House has ever had’.

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Frederick’s was the other grave we had the privilege of visiting in June 2003. A group of Year 8 boys who had just finished their Common Entrance exams, together with four teachers and several parents, stood in the morning sunshine in a pretty cemetery on the edge of fields in Aubigny near Arras. We had wandered among the neat rows of white headstones as we searched for Frederick’s, admiring the profusion of flowers: lavender and roses and delphiniums. When we found his, we were sad to see there were no flowers there. Someone picked a yellow rose and we laid it there. He had died at 18, an only child. We wondered how long it had been since anyone else had stood there, thinking about him.

Witnessed the move from Northaw (since Kent was no longer considered as a safe haven for pupils) to Loton Park, Alberbury, in Shropshire.

REMEMBRANCE

The names of boys at Arnold House who lost their lives in war are marked with a small ink cross in the School’s Holy Books, leather-bound volumes which record every pupil’s name at the School. We remember the war dead at our church services at St John’s Wood Church when the Holy Books are taken up to the altar by the Head Boys. We remember them especially at the anniversary of Armistice Day at the School’s Remembrance Day Service in St Cyprian’s Church in Baker Street, where Miss Hanson had a memorial made where the names of the boys are inscribed. Jane Darcy – former Head of English (1993–2004) Old Boys who gave their lives during the August 1914–November 1918 World War (and period of subsequent fighting): Frederick Cloete Walker Hubert Green Arthur William de Segundo George F. Delmar-Williamson Jack Chevallier Tayler John Towlson Morgan William Chevallier Tayler Leslie Hansford White Staff: Captain Mummery

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Battle of El Alamein.

March 1917 April 1917 July 1917 July 1918 August 1918 October 1918 August 1919 May 1921 (died in India)

Among the many letters and ephemera kept by Miss Hanson in her scrapbooks, this letter was found pinned to a page. The envelope is marked ‘Log Book, November 11 1918’. The letter inside, six closely-written sides in Miss Hanson’s hand, is dated Sunday 10th November 1918, the day before the end of the First World War. The letter is addressed to the pupils of Arnold House.

‘10th November 1918 ‘My Dear Boys, ‘These are very solemn hours for all the world that we are passing through now – and I do not like to think that you are thoughtless and careless about them. All the world is standing breathless as it were, waiting for the peace and the victory that perhaps God will give to us. You must remember all the time that if we had not been fighting in the righteous cause – and if the God of all Good had not been with us, we should have been the conquered people. And you must remember that we have only won this victory through years of suffering that you may never understand – through the sacrifice and martyrdom of thousands upon thousands of boys not much older than yourselves – who, with a smile on their faces went forth to buy it with their lifeblood, your country and your freedom for you. ‘Therefore you must hush yourselves sometimes and get inside your hearts and thank God over and over again that he raised up such a band of heroes – greater heroes than the world has ever seen before – to lay down their lives in the greatest crusade the world has ever lived through. And you must think with most loving thoughts of all those who have given their dear ones – of all those who have lost their fathers, and their brothers, and who will go lonely all the days of their life. You can never repay your debts – none of us can – so from this time forth – right – and your country – and your homes must be the dearest things to you on earth – for they were bought for you with such a terrible price. ‘You must never forget – and when the moment comes that we hear peace is signed, the first thing we must do is give our thanks to the Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, and keep in remembrance the Beloved Dead who gave their lives that peace might come, and those who have suffered all the cruelties of war –so do not be thoughtless or noisy when the moment comes, but look upon it as the most wonderful solemn moment in the history of our country – and of our Allies – and be grateful that you have been called to live in a time that is so great. ‘Yours, ‘A. M. Hanson’

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The School reopened at Number 3 Loudoun Road (some boys remained at Northaw).

THE SECOND WORLD WAR To the boys currently at Arnold House, the Second World War is history. But for the generations who preceded them, the impact was immeasurable, whether they experienced it directly, or lived in its aftermath, the shadow of war dominated so many lives. The long list of names inscribed on the war memorial at St Cyprianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, shows that many Old Boys were killed in this war, a far greater number than died in the First World War. Most war memorials in British churches and on village greens usually show a far greater number of First World War dead but, in the case of Arnold House, simple mathematics combined with the sad cost and the ultimate sacrifice of military service to give the list of war dead we remember proudly each Armistice Day and within the pages of the Holy Books at church services. It would be beyond the scope of this section to chronicle the experiences of the Old Boys who died during the Second World War, a more ambitious volume than this is needed to provide proper and fitting tribute to these men. Instead, this section will concentrate on the lives of the boys and staff at the School during the years of the war. Although the official start of the Second World War was 3rd September 1939, for months before this date, preparations for war were being made in Britain. Indeed, Miss Hanson wrote to the parents in the September of the previous year telling them of the arrangements she had already made at that time for the evacuation of pupils from London to Scotland. During the Munich Conference in late September 1938, at which Britain and France eventually agreed that Hitler should take over German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia, the boys were sent to Scotland, fearing an immediate outbreak of hostilities. However, when Chamberlain returned from Munich, all seemed safe again and the boys returned to London after only a few days away. Despite Chamberlainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optimism, however, during 1939 the Government made plans for evacuation and defence, the need for this becoming all the more obvious when Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, in defiance of the deal reached at Munich. His invasion of Poland in September 1939 would lead to the start of British involvement in the war. London in the summer of 1939 was being transformed for war. Sandbags appeared around public buildings, gas masks were issued to everyone, young and old, and plans for the evacuation of children were made. Miss Hanson must have been pleased that her plans to move those boys, whose parents wanted it, to a hotel in Scotland were already long in place. Not all parents, of course, wished to send their sons away, so when the war did start, Arnold House operated on two, far-separated, sites: Loudoun Road and a hotel in Edzell, near Perth in central Scotland. The Scottish location soon became inadequate and, once the Loudoun Road site closed due to the London Blitz, the School was moved, first to Kent (which was soon realised to be a far from ideal location due to the threat of a cross-Channel German invasion), and then to the more suitable location of Loton Park in Shropshire. The Loudoun Road site did reopen for part of the war years, but was later closed again due to renewed bombing in London. Anecdotes of the slightly chaotic but, thankfully, safe and happy experiences of pupils at these places can be found elsewhere in this publication, among the reminiscences of Old Boys who experienced them.

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D-Day landings.

Whether in London, Scotland, Kent or Shropshire, the experiences of the boys would have been governed by the same need to adapt to the wartime situation. Rationing, air raids, blackouts, ‘utility’ clothing and furniture, growing your own food, making do and mending clothes would all have been a part of the lives of Arnold House boys at this time, just as they were for the rest of the population. War is a great leveller and, despite the fact that most boys were from privileged families, they were probably closer in experience to their poorer contemporaries at this time than they would be at any other time in their lives. It seems that, as far as possible, the grim realities of the war at home and abroad were hidden from the boys but, obviously, they must have been very anxious. Perhaps to some modern minds, the idea of the British ‘stiff upper lip’ seems somewhat dated, but it was, no doubt, something that helped many to pull through these days of uncertainty and worry.

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One can also gather from what Old Boys have said, that Miss Hanson, Mr Smart and the other teachers did much to establish the comforts of stability, continuity and familiarity for the boys in their care. While we rightly focus on the ultimate sacrifice made by those who died during the war, it is well to remember the enormous amount of support given by people like Miss Hanson and Mr Smart. Boys separated from their families, fearful of the fate of their fathers in the Forces and their mothers back in London, must have needed the surrogate love and support of the Arnold House staff. Although she retired during the war, the personal toll on Miss Hanson must have been all the greater as the long years of the conflict brought in news of more and more casualties and fatalities among the Old Boys. Sadly, many of the scrapbooks she had kept, which detailed the lives of these Old Boys after they left the School, were destroyed during the bombing of London – a valuable part of the School’s history and another victim of the war. One can only imagine the pain that Miss Hanson must have felt. Perhaps we have in Miss Hanson a perfect example of the effect of war on the individual; her life’s work, Arnold House and, more importantly, its pupils, had had lives scarred by two world wars. In the charred remnants of those scrapbooks, tossed, along with so much else, on to a skip in a bombed London street one day during the Second World War, we have encapsulated the personal loss and emotional pain of one woman, that can be replicated a thousandfold throughout Europe and the wider world at this time. However, the strength of character and strong faith that characterised Miss Hanson must have been a source of comfort to the boys and the rest of the staff. Once the war was over, life had to return to normal, and this was symbolised for Arnold House by the reopening of the Loudoun Road site in September 1945, a few months after the defeat of Germany and only weeks after Japan’s defeat. For most of the war, the Loudoun Road site had been used by the WAAF, the women’s branch of the RAF, while the educational role of the School was taking place elsewhere in the country. After such a dramatic event as the war it was decided that a memorial was needed for those who had died and the current memorial at St Cyprian’s was commissioned. The experiences of Miss Hanson, the staff and boys during the Second World War, again, were all too common during the war and many people suffered much greater hardships and losses. As Arnold House was reopening, on the other side of Europe the vile truth of the concentration camps was becoming evident to the whole world. There was, however, one form of memorial that Miss Hanson commissioned that was quite unique to Arnold House. She ordered that the silver sports cups that had been won by Arnold House pupils between 1905–30 should be melted down and recast into Communion Plate, that is the chalice and paten (cup and plate) used by the priest in the Eucharist. The names engraved on the cups (of which there were 106) are documented in a book which is kept at St John’s Wood Church. Miss Hanson was a very devout High Anglican and she wished the fallen Old Boys of the School from both world wars to be remembered when the special service for the dead, the Requiem Mass, was said using these items. They are still used today by one of the Governors of the School, who is an Old Boy and a priest. This would, no doubt, be a great comfort to her. She would also doubtless be pleased with the way that the School observes Armistice Day each year, with the older boys taking part in a solemn service at St Cyprian’s, a building she herself did so much to help beautify. During the two minutes’ silence on this occasion, while we remember those who died, we should also consider those who survived and all that they did and endured, chiefly, not a boy nor a man, but one woman, Amy Mary Hanson. John Hill (Head of History)

During the ‘flying bomb campaign’ (one of which landed on Wellington Road, just south of St John’s Wood tube station) the School was again closed temporarily.

ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL SAINT JOHN’S WOOD N.W.8 26th September 1938

In the event of general mobilisation the School here will be immediately closed. We have made arrangements to take over an hotel in Scotland about 50 miles beyond Perth. It is considered one of the safest places in the British Isles, and we are assured on good authority that there will be greater food facilities there than in England, and certainly it will be a restful and quiet spot – the boys need know little of the war and should be able to get on with their work. The place has the added advantage of being near to Mr Smart’s home and he and his people are well known in the village. We are making a special inclusive fee of 45 guineas per term. Payments already made this term will be treated as an account. Will those parents who wish to send their boys please let us know at once so that other necessary arrangements can be made. This is urgent. We wish to make it very clear that the School at Loudoun Road will only be closed during the danger period of the war and will be re-opened exactly on its present basis the moment it is possible to return. An adequate Staff is staying behind at Loudoun Road, and the classes will go on as usual for the benefit of those parents who do not wish to send their children to Scotland, until a general evacuation of Council Schools has been ordered by the Government. It is quite possible that the School here will be reopened after a short interval. This taking of the boys to Scotland is merely a precautionary measure. Boys travelling should be on the platform at 7.0 o’clock. A.M. Hanson. George M. Smart.

THE SCHOOL PRAYER ‘O Everlasting God, who has ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels always do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord’. Amen The Collect of St Michael and All Angels

1945

Second World War ends.

Old Boys who gave their lives during the September 1939â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 1945 World War: Philip Pembroke Stephens Vincent Mark Pam Brian Proctor Dawbarn Michael Clark Michael Granby Manners Richard Owen Price Steel Herbert Wales Jacomb Trevor Hamilton Allen David Herbert Jacobson Patrick George Percy-Pitt David Marshall Richard Edmund Symes-Thompson Robert Peel Robert Parkinson Geoffrey Trevor Aked-Davies Eric Martens John Eric Goodrich George Bertram Musson Peter Nixey Sydney Alan Grant Watt Michael Savage Heming Stewart Engert Conrad Cherry Patrick James Emerton Ritchie Paul Neville Davies-Colley Rowland Gascoigne Musson Peter Dillon Brian Ludlow Sloan Oscar C. Browning Ian Duncan Sydney Ian Norman Patterson Robert Ure Michael John Reynell Richard Graham Addis Gerald Toft George Alan Hill Baker James Henry Adrian Tanner Derek Michael Lester Dimitri Galitzine H. Stanger Bouchier Cyril Anthony Strauss Jeremy Ernest Mackintosh Robin Macleod Cuthbertson Arthur Lionel Trewby Christopher Thompson David John Longstaffe Miles N. Williamson-Noble John W. Borradaile Paul Lidgett Bunting Michael John Reynell Anthony Robert Jones

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Staff John Edmund Seaton Macalister Constance Oliver

1945

The School reopened following the derequisitioning of Number 1 by the WAAF.

ALUMNI RELATIONS Miss Hanson’s abiding interest in her pupils, long after they had left prep school, is reflected to this day in the School’s dealings with its alumni and in the work of the ’42 Club, the Old Boys’ Association.

THE ’42 CLUB – A SHORT HISTORY At a celebratory dinner held in 1956 to mark the School’s Golden Jubilee, the idea was floated for the forming of an Old Boys’ association. This was encouraged by George Smart, the then owner and Headmaster of the School, and a small committee was created for the purpose. What resulted was the ’42 Club, formed to enable Old Boys to attend social gatherings and maintain contact with other Old Boys and with the School and its staff. It was felt at the time that the membership would essentially comprise pupils who had been at the School since its return to London in 1942 – hence the name by which the Club has always been known. The Club has held an Annual Dinner in central London since its foundation, the first being in 1957. Various other social gatherings have been arranged, both at the School and elsewhere, including a cricket match against the School 1st XI. In addition, the Club has made presentations to the School and, more recently, has provided prizes for boys on their leaving. The Club is run by a Committee with a Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary. The Committee tries to encourage involvement in all activities of the Club and is always keen to recruit younger members. The Club looks forward to furthering its aims in the 21st century. Colin Winser, Chairman of The ’42 Club

Pupils used to perform a ‘Swedish Drill’ at the School, marching with dumbbells and club swinging.

1947

Independence for India.

NOTABLE OLD BOYS Notable Old Boys include: Sir Crispin Tickell, the diplomat; Lord Wolfson, the philanthropist; Sir John Tavener, the composer; Baron David Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation at the DTI; Sir Terence Conran, the retailer, restaurateur and designer; Dr Desmond Morris, the zoologist; David Davies, the journalist and Executive Director of the FA; Baron Peter Palumbo, promoter for the arts; Hugh Johnson, food and wine writer and critic; and Lord Griffiths and Lord Ackner, both in the judiciary. The polymath, Dr Jonathan Miller, and Sir Jonathan Porritt, the conservationist, were at Arnold House in the Fifties and Sixties. The elusive Lord Lucan – Richard John Bingham – also attended the School from 1945. Up and coming recent leavers include James Wellwood, Wasps team member and also an international player, member of the Welsh Rugby Team, 2003, and Christian Coulson, film, television and theatrical actor, whose credits include Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 2002, and Raleigh in the 2004 West End production of Journey’s End. The School’s Honours Boards record many scholarships and exhibitions to senior schools since the School’s inception in 1905. This distinguished list speaks of the School’s firmly-established tradition of academic and musical excellence.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS – TEN DECADES AND TEN OLD BOYS! 1905–14 L.H.N. Middleton – Our Oldest Old Boy’s Recollection (taken from an article written by Mr Middleton appearing in the 1982 School Magazine) ‘I joined the school in September 1914, by which time it was comfortably settled in Loudoun Road. Everything was of course much overshadowed by the war, but we did not get involved in much war work. I can recall putting together rather pathetic parcels of comforts for the troops; cigarettes, writing paper and jigsaw puzzles were the main constituents. We were also asked to supply lists of combatant relations to be prayed for on suitable occasions. This put me into some difficulty, as I was the only son of a widow, but I contrived to amass a list of cousins, which was found to include a V.C. and a brigadier general, so honour was satisfied.

L.H.N. Middleton The Rt Reverend Dr David Say Hughie Green Sir Rowland Whitehead Sir Nigel Southward David Davies Robert Max Paul Kassabian Christian Coulson Lukas Petrikas

‘Miss Hanson was of course a real character, and her influence pervaded the whole school. I recall one particular occasion, we were all awaiting a Wembley train, while Miss Hanson made a stately progress up and down the platform attended by her staff. She stopped in front of a small group consisting of myself and two or three other boys. “Birds of a feather flock together” she declaimed twice, and then passed on. To this day I have no idea as to the nature of our delinquency. ‘It must have been very difficult to enlist staff in war conditions, but there was always at least one competent master on the permanent staff. There were a number of visiting teachers too, of whom the most picturesque was Mr Pearce, or “Percy” as he was known as. Percy taught a small group to prepare them for scholarships, and his method was one of sheer terrorism. He would work himself up into paroxysms of fury at our stupidity, leaving us speechless with horror. I remember him jabbing his forefinger at each of us in turn crying “fool”, “utter fool”, and “idiot”. In spite of his methods he really taught us quite a lot. Later on Percy came to my home to give me individual coaching and I got to know him better. He remained however a man of mystery and all we ever discovered about him was that he had been educated at Rugby and I think Oxford, and that at some stage had earned his living as a street corner bookie. He spent his last days at Charterhouse, where my sister visited him and found him very cheerful. ‘Another rather ferocious visiting teacher was Mlle Bontemps who taught us French. Her somewhat uninhibited reports had to be censored sometimes – one of them read “Eleve détestable”.’

1947

Miss Hanson died.

1915–24 The Rt Revd Dr David Say, KCVO – A Distinguished and Dedicated Ecclesiastical Career Born in 1914 in St John’s Wood, London, David joined Arnold House in 1921, attending for two years. He recalls that his parents couldn’t really afford his education at the School, since his father’s working life had been disrupted by the war, so David transferred to UCS. After UCS David attended Christ’s College, Cambridge (BA, MA), and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. David first got interested in the Church aged about 14. As a day-school pupil at UCS he regularly visited Holy Trinity Church near Marylebone. He became a children’s churchwarden and was further encouraged when a thoughtful and wise parish priest and a good friend of his was ordained. David has had an impressive career in the Church; becoming a deacon in 1939, a priest in 1940, and a bishop in 1961. He was, in fact, the 104th Bishop of Rochester for an amazing 27 years, from 1961–88. He was Lord High Almoner to HM The Queen from 1970–88 and assistant Bishop of Canterbury in 1988. He was also a member of the House of Lords from 1969–88. From 1984–92 David was a member of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved and Vice-President of the UN Association of Great Britain in 1986. He has been patron of Age Concern England and, indeed, Chairman from 1986–89, and was awarded the KCVO in 1988. ‘I think my greatest achievement was probably being Bishop of Rochester. I had responsibility for 300 members of clergy and 200 parishes – so it certainly was enough to keep me busy. My time in Rochester brought me much happiness and many valuable experiences. It also gave me a chance to make many friends. I still correspond with over 100 of my former clergy. I also feel privileged to have been around and be in time to have seen the first ordination of twenty-two women in 1997!’ My school memories: ‘The thing I remember most about my Arnold House days are the crocodiles that they made us walk everywhere in from Acacia Road up to Primrose Hill where we had many sporting and games activities. My grandmother lived in Acacia Road and loved to watch us all walk past, forbidden as she was to wave at me through the window, for fear of embarrassing her grandson aged seven!

‘What do I think that people will remember me by? The message that came out of the many letters I received after my retirement and following my 80th birthday was that I have been a caring person – my interest has been in people rather than in structures and organisations. I genuinely feel that I have led many very happy teams in my life and I have enjoyed the challenges of team building and human resource management. ‘My ambitions are now very simple – to grow old gracefully and enjoy the time I have left.’

‘My pals at school were chaps by the names of Cleminson and Cherry. We weren’t particularly strong on Christian names we were so used to being called by our surnames. ‘I recall a Mr Campbell, Senior Master who wielded the cane on rare occasion – although the school wasn’t really all that tough on physical punishment. Miss Hanson was quite a formidable lady I recall and always immaculately turned out. ‘I remember Arnold House as a happy school, with good standards of teaching. I maintain that if I’d have stayed on I would have become fluent in French and regret not being able to have stayed longer.

1966

England win Football World Cup.

The 8th Annual Athletic Sports Day, 26th July 1913 – notable activities included the Fathers’ Race (orange and teaspoon), the Chauffeurs’ Race and the Boys’ and Ladies’ Race (potato and handkerchief).

1925–34 Hughie Green – An Astonishing Child Performer

Extracts taken from a newspaper interview article with Hughie Green – the Daily Sketch, Thursday 31st January 1935:

Hughie Green was born in February 1920 in Kent and in September 1929 he was enrolled at Arnold House. Afterwards he attended St Margaret’s School in Bromley, Kent, as a boarder.

‘I was, I suppose, an average schoolboy, and was known as the “boy with the best excuses”. We moved to London when I was seven and, two years later, I got my first “break”. My father had to go to America and he decided to take me with him. On board ship I took part in my first public concert. And it nearly ended in tragedy. I had decided to do my Scots act, and so with a kilt pinned on my short trousers and a Scots hat I gave a recitation and then commenced a Scots jig. The trouble was that neither I nor the pianist had arranged anything, and I went on dancing as long as he played. And he played as long as I went on dancing, both of us expecting the other to cease. I shall never know how long I went on dancing. It seemed ages. And then I realised that my trousers were slipping. So I had to give in and, with one hand clutching the descending “breeks” I went off the stage. Dad’s comment to my mother on his return was “You know we have got a comedian in our family”.

Miss Hanson’s scrapbooks contain many newspaper clippings, programmes and photographs relating to Hughie and his entertainment successes. She was clearly very proud of his incredible achievements. Sadly, there is little record of his brief time while being a pupil at Arnold House. Hughie’s grandfather had been the famous music hall entertainer, Harry Tate, and it wasn’t long before young Hughie started showing the same talent: he was regularly appearing in music halls before his tenth birthday, and had a respectable film career by his mid-teens. At the age of 13, he also toured as the producer and leader of a group of child entertainers, known as ‘Hughie’s Gang’. Hughie became one of the country’s youngest ever actor-producers. His career was prevented from becoming even more successful overseas when, in 1934, he was stopped from going to Hollywood to play in Cavalcade by a Home Office Ruling. The ruling under the then Children (Employment Abroad) Act, 1913, decreed that no child under the age of 14 shall be permitted ‘to go out of the UK for the purpose of singing, playing, performing, or being exhibited for profit.’ Although reported to have been heartbroken at the time, not perturbed, Hughie became one of England’s most successful comedians and entertainers.

‘I am going to work hard so that I may be able to entertain people for the rest of my life. Can you think of a better job than that?’

By the time he was 14 Hughie Green had landed himself the leading part in a radio play. This was the first time in British broadcasting history that a child actor had played so big a part in a broadcast dramatic production. The play was Emil and the Detectives, from the story by Erich Kästner. His career grew and grew, and by the time he was 19 years old, he had a staff of 100 and a weekly radio show which he wrote and produced himself. It was around this time that the radio version of Opportunity Knocks first emerged, but it was short-lived. The BBC decided that the show didn’t have a future, and so the young star was quickly snapped up by the new ITV network. His first show was the hugely popular Double Your Money, one of the first TV quiz shows. This, coupled with the later The Sky’s The Limit, proved he was an entertainer with an uncanny knack with ordinary people. However, he will probably be most remembered for his role as the presenter of the TV version of Opportunity Knocks. Eventually, in 1977, after almost 21 years of being broadcast, Hughie’s Opportunity Knocks came to an end. Try as he might, he could not find a way back into television and he spent the last years of his life in comparative obscurity. Hughie Green died on 3rd May 1997.

1966

Arnold House School became an Educational Charitable Trust.

1935–44 Sir Rowland Whitehead, Bt – The Red and the Green Sir Rowland remembers his red and green belt, clipped with a silver snake as being a real symbol of belonging. The red jerseys, the red blankets on the bed, the red and green caps, ties and blazers all contributors to a formal visual identification which has remained with him always. Sir Rowland joined Arnold House in 1937 with his twin brother. After leaving in 1940 to join Durlston Court Preparatory School he progressed to Radley College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He has a degree in Zoology, Botany and Geology, together with the History and Philosophy of Science. From Cambridge he took a job as a commercial traveller selling razor blades and quickly progressed to be Advertising and Public Relations Manager at Gillette Industries. Thence to Alfred Pemberton as Account Executive for advertising and public relations to a number of national and international companies, including SIGMA to do market and company research in the early days of computing and operational research. He left there wondering what to do and wrote to Jacob Rothschild reporting that he’d like to be a merchant banker. ‘If you feel like that you’d better join us’, he replied, and spent many happy years in the city at N.M. Rothschild & Sons. Later he went on to work for other banks and in 1988 retired. Sir Rowland created a ‘business incentive scheme’ in Romania in 1997 which continues today. Its patrons are Margaret Thatcher and the President of Romania. Sir Rowland was given the Order of Merit of Romania (Commander) for this achievement. Sir Rowland is Trustee of the Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe, and Trustee to Kelmscott House in Hammersmith associated with William Morris. He is also Vice-Chairman of the Tyndale Society which celebrates the life and work of William Tyndale, translator of the Bible to English.

1969

First man on the moon.

My school memories: ‘Most special of all to my twin brother and me was that, Miss Hanson used to invite us to afternoon tea, with fine china and silver pot with silver strainer; she had a plate of long and thin-leafed lettuce upon which she sprinkled sugar! This was truly eccentric. Perhaps because she had known our family and particularly my uncle she referred to us as “my twins” and made a fuss that must surely have irritated our school friends though they were good enough not to show it. ‘My brother and I were weekly boarders together with a lovely rascal called Chalkley. The three of us created mayhem. His high spirits were infectious with teachers and senior boys his target. ‘The senior weekly boarders, only a few, slept at the other end of the gabled roof of Number 1. Between was the Matron’s room. She was a very large and comfortable figure who, at the end of our day, sat in an equally large and comfortable armchair with my brother and me on the floor at her feet. Thus we said our evening prayer. We, of course, knew these prayers by heart but to spice things up a bit we had discovered in a country “junk shop” a miniature Prayer Book, smaller than a match box, whose tiny writing we insisted that Matron should read. Poor dear! ‘On the teaching staff I recollect Mr James because he taught us more or less everything from “Amo, Amas, Amat” to “Un Deux Trois” to “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” to Addition and Subtraction to a modicum of History. Mr James was a serious young man with horn-rimmed spectacles and the look of an Arthur Miller. He commanded respect and never had to raise his voice. There was also a Miss Mussen who presided over PT at about 11 o’clock every day in the playground. “I want you to be agile”, she would say to us and we’d reply “and not fragile” which seemed funny at the time. ‘Singing lessons came once a week under Dr Aitken, an elderly man with something of a foreign accent, who prepared us for the annual concert at the Rudolph Steiner Hall in Finchley. “You two Whiteheads are not to open your mouths – you sound like foghorns and will spoil everything” he rasped at my brother and me. ‘Finally every term we had “Fire Drill”. This was especially for we boarders lodged at the top of the house who, in the event of a fire, would have no other way down except through the windows of the upstairs bathroom. An ingenious canvas tube was lowered from this window to the ground and each of us had to jump down it and slide down. At the top it was vertical and terrifying. “Hold your elbows out to slow you down,” cried Mr James. At the bottom the canvas was held out so that the final six feet were more of less flat. I have to say that it was an event that we dreaded each term. “Well that wasn’t so bad was it?” said the teachers but it was …

‘Lessons were conducted in the dining room after breakfast and the smell of hot rolls lingered. The napkins and tablecloths were starched. Billy Wallenfels’ Eau de Cologne soap perfumed our bedroom. ‘On Sundays we went to the little stone church opposite the hotel. One day my mother came up to see us and sat at the back of the church. Aware that she was a selfconfessed “heathen” and also a very heavy smoker I dreaded the possibility that she might light up during the service. Mercifully she didn’t. ‘When the crisis was over we returned to London. By then it was clear to my parents that a school in London was unlikely to be a very good thing if we lived in the country and we were told that the Easter Term of 1940 would bring us to Durlston Court Preparatory School in Swanage. So it was goodbye to Green and Red, welcome to Grey and White, goodbye to Loudoun Road and welcome to a pretty seaside town soon to be in the line of enemy bombers ravaging Portsmouth and thus necessitating a further move to safer Somerset. Memories are precious. ‘What do I think people will remember me by? I will read The Times Obituary (Heavenly Edition) when I make the ascent or the Sun (Hellish Special) if I descend … till then best not to speculate.’

‘Unknown to us the Munich Crisis occurred. The School was moving to Scotland! There was huge excitement and much speculation when we learned that we were to live in a hotel at a place called Edzell. Our parents drove us to the railway station at Bletchley late one Sunday evening, though where that place was we had no idea. Bletchley Park, which was immortalised just a year later by the arrival of Alan Turing, almost still a schoolboy, on a bicycle from Shenley Brook End to start work on the Enigma Machine and help win the war. So Bletchley seems a suitable starting point for the adventure and adventure it was both for boys and staff. Next morning we opened the blinds and saw the gentle Scottish countryside slipping past and soon we were at Forfar Station and boarding a bus to Edzell. The Panmure Hotel was rather grand, set at the end of the village whence an open road led to who knows where. Pine trees gave off a delicious scent. The air was crisp and clean. The Finchley Road seemed aeons away.

1969

Mr John Pepys was appointed as Headmaster (1969–77).

1945–54 Sir Nigel Southward – The Queen’s Apothecary Sir Nigel joined Arnold House in 1946 at the tender age of five after his family moved to London from Skelmorlie near Glasgow. Some years later his father, a GP, was offered the prestigious post of ‘Apothecary to the Queen and the Royal Household’ – a post which Sir Nigel, some years later, would take up. My school memories: ‘My family lived just around the corner from the School in Hill Road and so every day I walked to and from School and spent lunchtimes at home. I’m sure this wasn’t a reflection on the quality of school lunches at the time! The teacher I remember with ease was Mrs Spooner who is still alive and well and remains as lovely as she ever was. All the boys liked her – she was simply the most attractive teacher you’ve ever seen. ‘I remember Sports Days at Canons Park and the dreaded boxing that we were forced to participate in. My House was Nelson – perhaps this encouraged me in some way to take to the seas as I have in later life.’ Sir Nigel left Arnold House, aged nine. He and his two brothers attended The Old Hall, in Wellington, Shrewsbury. From there he attended Rugby where he excelled at swimming, indeed, he became captain of the swimming team for two years. Cambridge (Trinity Hall) was next on the agenda where Sir Nigel studied ‘Natural Sciences’, otherwise known as Biology. Three years was then spent at Middlesex Hospital and Sir Nigel then returned to Cambridge to complete his medical examinations. Sir Nigel’s passion for water sports continued at Cambridge where he took up rowing and rowed in their first boat for a year. A decision to ‘quit while your ahead’ was made in his second year at Cambridge so Sir Nigel decided to take up modern pentathlon instead and in this, too, he excelled. After qualifying in 1965 and becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1968, Sir Nigel began working with his father. Then, in 1970, he moved to a practice in Devonshire Place, London, where his mother still lives. After his father’s retirement in 1975, Sir Nigel was offered the post of Apothecary to the Queen and Apothecary to the Royal Household which included its entire staff. Sir Nigel recalls of the 28 years that he held the post that it was ‘absolutely fascinating and I had many happy times’. ‘Now I’ve retired, sailing has become my passion. I’m a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, my rather grand title is “ViceCommodore”, which involves me looking after things on the ground – equipment, etc. I’ve also sailed across the Atlantic and survived the Fastnet Race during the fateful competition in 1979 when 15 people were drowned in the Irish Sea.’ Sir Nigel’s association with Arnold House certainly didn’t end when he left, aged nine. His son, Nick, attended the School in the 1970s. He remembers vividly telephoning the School to register Nick on his first birthday and being told by George Smart (his former Headmaster) that it was ‘rather late for new applications but that he’d try and squeeze him in!’ Sir Nigel was then asked to join the governing body and was involved as a Governor for over 20 years, retiring from the Board a little over three years ago.

1975

End of the Vietnam War.

What do you think people will remember you by? ‘I hope for simply being a good doctor although I don’t ever think about this sort of thing.’

1955–64 David Davies – A British Broadcasting Champion After attending Francis Holland School with his sister, David came to Arnold House in 1955, aged seven. His parents owned a grocery and sandwich shop near Euston Station, an area in which he had been born and brought up. His father was in charge of air-raid precautions and, sadly, died very soon after David was born. He had been a Mason and so after spending two years at AH, David was entitled to attend the Royal Masonic School, Bushey (but only after turning nine years of age), and here he remained and boarded until 1966. After attending school, David went to Sheffield University (1966–69) to read Politics. After graduating, David went on to Oxford and trained and qualified as a teacher. He remembers receiving a letter from the then Minister for Education, Margaret Thatcher, offering him £920 a year to take up a teaching position. Needless to say, he declined the offer and took a post as a trainee journalist on the Belfast Telegraph for a reduced £902 a year. From here he was hired by BBC Wales, believing that the attributes of being young, having a Welsh surname

and, above all, being cheap to employ got him the job! This was the beginning of a 23-year relationship with the BBC, later becoming presenter and correspondent in Manchester for 11 happy years on Look Northwest. From Manchester he moved to London and became their first political correspondent and then education correspondent in the days of Kenneth Baker. His last job with the BBC was in Birmingham where he now lives.

‘My love of football had already started by the time I reached AH. My take on sport is to enjoy it and not become obsessed by it. Sport is fun and can have great potential. In the book and the film Kes sport is portrayed in a less than favourable light, through images of endless, windswept football pitches. For children sport is fun or nothing at all. I remember that I could never throw a ball, especially in cricket where I used to have to field close to the wicket, as I had weak arms.

David had always supplemented his income at weekends with football reporting and journalism, which grew and grew in terms of the importance it played in his life. He very modestly says that his sole claim to fame was being the only person in the BBC to report regularly both on General Elections and World Cups.

‘Arnold House I remember as being very much dominated by the character of the Head, George Smart. “Tough and tender” would be the words I would use to describe him. Austere on the outside, but really kind on the inside. The other thing I remember very vividly about the School was that we all would sing incredibly loudly in school assembly. I feared for the hearing of the residents of Loudoun Road.

‘It was John Burke, a good friend of mine, who said that I simply couldn’t continue. I would be rushing from one reporting job to the other with literally only minutes to spare. I’d be on Saturday Grandstand and then popping up in a classroom reporting on the latest teaching strike.’ David then had a chance in his forties to come to the FA in 1994 to become Director of Public Affairs (a time when Terry Venables was coach for the England team). David reports that in those days the FA was blamed for everything but the weather so he had quite a job on his hands to help change attitudes. David’s current job is as Executive Director of the FA with responsibilities for international relations, government relations and relations with the top clubs. ‘I guess you could call me the elderly statesman of the FA. ‘In the 20 years I’ve been with the FA it has changed enormously as an organisation as has, indeed, the game itself. Many of us are now involved in many activities and roles. The game has become huge, with 20–25 per cent of the FA crowd now being female. I’m very proud of the fact that women and families are now very much involved. ‘Our role at the FA is to give the guys on the pitch a good chance of winning. One of my ambitions is that I’d like to see England win a major title before I retire.’

1975

My school memories: ‘I remember my time at Arnold House with great happiness and fondness. I believe that I personally got a lot out of my schooling and schools such as AH gave me an excellent start. Good teachers who inspire and enthuse you make a huge difference. They can change your life. ‘When asked what are my most vivid memories of Arnold House my reply would be the uniform that we had to wear. For a then ginger-haired ruddy complexioned little boy to have a red and green uniform – well let’s just say I must have looked a picture. Whilst travelling on the No 13 bus past Lord’s Cricket Ground and down to Baker Street, the colour combinations were guaranteed to attract anyone’s attention. Especially when one also considers much of the clothing of the post-war era as being rather austere, the AH uniform was certainly bright! ‘Sport used to be on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Ricards Coaches taking us up to Hampstead Heath for various games. There would always be two coaches to take us. One would be quite posh, the other looked like it had been stuck together at the local hospital, so we always used to race to try and get on the better coach. I have a vision in my head of having to get changed in the bushes up on the Heath. Activities would last until 3.30 and we’d be back at school for 4.00 – always sweaty and hot!

‘Of my academic classes I recall every week having to learn a poem and recite it in front of my class. This put me off poetry for almost 40 years as I used to hate having to do it and remember having to practise for hours on end in our dining room which had a large curtain that I could perform in front of. I have since rediscovered poetry which gives me amazing pleasure in life.’ What do you think people will remember you by? ‘I’d like people to remember me, above all, for being a human being. I hope that my education and upbringing taught me to care and not to take things for granted. And I hope that I’ve managed to find some humour, even on those really dark days, and not ever taken myself too seriously. My view on life is that one mustn’t outstay one’s welcome. Some people get their departure wrong and if you’ve had a good innings then you should bow out gracefully. I sincerely hope that I can do this when the time comes.’

Today, after-school activities include: judo, chess, cricket nets at nearby Lord’s cricket ground, running, tennis, even origami with Mr Allen!

The School underwent and passed an inspection by the Department of Education and Science.

1965–74 Robert Max – Several Strings to His Bow! Robert came to Arnold House in 1973, aged five, and left in 1978, aged nine. After St Paul’s he attended the Royal Academy of Music. The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester then offered him the opportunity to study for a postgraduate diploma and having completed this he went to the world renowned Julliard School in New York to complete his studies. Robert’s career as a professional cellist, with a specialism in playing the ‘Saveuse’ Stradivarius ’cello of 1726, has taken him all over the world. He has played solo concert performances throughout Europe, the United States and Russia. As cellist of the Barbican Piano Trio: recording for ASV 1989, 1994 and 2000, Guildmusic 2000, he has toured extensively in Europe, the United States, South America and Asia. He has been guest principal ’cello for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, London Symphony Orchestra and the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. He was Chairman of the charity Music Aid, 1992–95, and Musical Director of the Nonesuch Orchestra, 1993–96, and the Zemel Choir from 1994–98. Since 2001 he has been conductor of symphony and string orchestras at the Royal Holloway University of London. Robert was also Musical Director of Pro Corda from 1998–2000 and is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the European String Teachers’ Association. He is also Hon Professor at the Rachmaninov Institute, Tambov, Russia. My school memories: ‘I remember while being taught addition downstairs in the Junior School building that a little man would carry over the extra “tens” and I remember learning how to tell the time sitting at a desk in an upstairs classroom. But has milk ever tasted so good as it did out of a glass bottle and through a straw as it did then? We mostly enjoyed lunches in the Junior School but I think everyone detested rice pudding and there was a huge outbreak of nausea once a week when, horror of horrors, semolina pudding was served. ‘School assembly in the Senior School was a very formal affair. Mr Pepys was a saintly man who never seemed to raise his voice and he led us through the Lord’s Prayer and assorted other offerings with dignity. The whole register was read out each day and we knew it by heart. There was a sense of tradition behind all of the School’s public events and Prize Giving and Sports Day were especially starchy affairs. Sports Day at Canons Park consisted of sitting for hours in immaculate gym kit in immaculate class rows in the roasting heat. When summoned for a race it was over almost before it started and then everyone went back for more row-sitting. Prize Giving at Seymour Baths (these were covered over for the occasion) was a remarkably intimidating affair with long speeches and a very high stage at one end. We had to sit in complete silence upstairs for hours and hours waiting to be presented with whatever honour we had earned because the slightest sound reverberated through the whole building.

1977

Elvis Presley dies.

‘I didn’t take part in any drama, but I remember being entranced by the AH productions of Oliver and Toad of Toad Hall on the stage of the American School. One particularly gruesome memory is of Bill Sykes (played by John Watts) bludgeoning Nancy (played by Carol Watson) to death just off stage. On another occasion I believe that both Richard (my brother) and I played ’cello solos in a School concert; I suspect that although several years younger I probably played rather more fluently and this would have greatly annoyed Max I. ‘Mrs Diack taught the piano at the School and sometimes accompanied me, she was a constant source of encouragement. Mr Gibbons was the music teacher and, apart from remembering his beard, I recall him as a rather kind man who struggled against all odds to instil some musical knowledge into the aural Philistines who populated my class. Philip Ruhemann played the violin rather well and both of us enjoyed being taught the recorder. Everyone else seemed to squeak uncontrollably and this really tested Mr Gibbons’s patience. I think Raphy Todes was in the year above, he has since made quite a success of playing second violin in a couple of distinguished string quartets. I enjoyed art lessons and spent a whole term embellishing an “ER” picture in honour of the Jubilee. The art teacher, Mrs Sen, was very encouraging and thought I had a lot of talent – I never felt aware of this myself – and let me use lots of gold paint. I still have the picture.

‘There was always a race to be the first to arrive at school each morning. My father drove us to school most days. One season we all crammed into the topless Alfa Romeo with two and a half seats that he bought to annoy the in-laws. On the day we got to school encountering no red traffic lights from Hampstead Garden Suburb we arrived first, so there was double cause for rejoicing. Dad used to test my brothers on their Latin or coach them on whatever poetry they had had to learn over the weekend; then we used to go in the gates and play chasing games between the Science Lab and the Portakabin classrooms until we had to line up form by form. There was no supervision in those days and there were rarely any problems. Excepting the one break-time when the rather formidable School Secretary had the tyres on her car let down (major scandal, though I don’t think many among the staff were crosser than they were amused). There was a big tarmac play area beyond the playground behind the Synagogue which iced over one winter and was used for sledging games. One summer it got so hot that the tarmac melted and it became sticky and unusable. Boys regularly got into trouble for scaling the playground walls to retrieve balls from the Synagogue premises.’ What do you think people will remember you by? ‘Well, I hope some people will remember me for making a nice sound on the 1726 Stradivarius ’cello I am fortunate enough to play while others might remember me as the architect of several momentously lavish dinner parties.’ 1975–84 Paul Kassabian – A Follower of Brunel! Paul joined Arnold House in September 1981 to discover that he had been placed in a new House called ‘Brunel’, which obviously affected him more than he realised as he’s now a civil and structural engineer! Paul was Head Boy, a responsibility he shared with his close friend, Daniel Hahn, with whom he still keeps in contact. School lunches are an abiding memory for Paul. In particular, the bowls of chocolate blancmange which he termed as ‘scary stuff’. School lunches he remembers as ‘always noisy but, once in a while, everything would go quiet (no doubt each pupil had just happened to take a mouthful of blancmange at the same time) and then the place would erupt with laughter’. After Arnold House, Paul went to Westminster School and then Cambridge University where he studied for a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering. After working in London and Hong Kong, in bridge design and construction, he now lives in Boston where he is studying for a second Master’s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he also teaches and lectures. Currently, he’s working for a Boston-based firm, Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger, on structural designs, earthquake analyses and collapse investigations. Paul’s greatest achievement so far has been to work on the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in the North of England. He was second-incharge on the job back in 2000. Paul hopes that his profession is something at which he’ll keep getting better and better, commenting that ‘many senior people in the profession are well into their seventies and still designing structures and writing technical papers’.

‘I always thought Canons Park looked great on Sports Days (so much better than on those random Tuesdays and Thursdays). I wasn’t a great sportsman but could always do the 100 m sprint pretty well. My main memories were watching the mothers’ race (St John’s Wood mothers running in heels will always be amusing) and Mr Williams giving a spelling test to the parents (I remember thinking that “diarrhoea” was rather unfair even for them!). ‘I loved the plays and concerts. They were always held at the American School across the road. I played the recorder and guitar at a few concerts but quickly found I was better at doing the lights backstage. The most memorable play for me was Drake as it was near the end of my time at Arnold House and lots of my friends were in it. However, the night Drake was being filmed, I dimmed the lights halfway through a scene by mistake (I really did think the scene was finished) so I’d like to take this opportunity now to say sorry!’ How do you think people will remember you? ‘Hopefully, whatever the memories, they will be happy ones!’

My school memories: ‘Arnold House was such a wonderful place to be for those years. I had fun, I learnt a lot and I matured into a non-arrogant 13-year-old (which couldn’t have been an easy feat for the teachers). Whenever I think back to the School, or tell people about it here in Boston, I truly see it as the foundation stone for my education. Somehow, even though it wasn’t the first school I went to, I see the path of my life as starting there and I couldn’t have wished for a better beginning.

1977

Mr Jonathan Clegg became Headmaster (1977–94).

1985–94 Christian Coulson – Camera, Sound, Action! Christian was at Arnold House from 1985–92. After leaving he attended Westminster School, then Clare College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA Hons Degree in English Literature. Since graduating, Christian has already gained some considerable success in the competitive world of acting. He recently played the part of Raleigh in the 2004 West End production of Journey’s End. Other credits include Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and James, Duke of Monmouth in television’s Charles II – The Power and the Passion (2003). He has also appeared in various television roles including one in the ‘Miss Marple’ series. My school memories: ‘Because I joined the School “late” (i.e. not at pre-prep level), my first day was an introduction to the other three boys who were starting in “Remove S” (Mrs Stern’s class). There was a tea-party laid on for our families in one of the classrooms. When we subsequently met the rest of our classmates, who were an exceptionally close-knit group, I remember feeling intimidated (and repeatedly being told I was very small!) but not much else of that day. Oh, and being scared of Mrs Stern, who was able to mix real warmth and discipline brilliantly. ‘I used to love Sports Day. For the first year or so, I entered the least events possible and did terribly. Then Mr Grey let me be his helper instead, so the day involved setting up everything, and then being in charge of timing the results, which made me feel very important. And the parents all used to cheat by lifting their sons off the ground for the wheelbarrow race. The whole day successfully combined fun and purpose – even if Canons Park seemed like the other side of the world. ‘My clearest memory of School assemblies are of Theresa Burman playing the hymns on the upright piano and finally getting to sit along the benches at the side when we were senior enough. ‘The new Science Block was built while I was there. In fact, a lot of construction was going on continually, so I don’t think there was a year where there weren’t Portakabins somewhere. The science cabin became the music cabin. And more cabins appeared to become cloakrooms. Also, I think the kiln arrived in the Art Department quite early in my time there, so all of a sudden Miss Ralphs was able to teach us pottery – suddenly, our creations seemed to cover every spare surface. ‘Lunchtimes were interesting. Each table was a specific teacher’s territory, and pupils were assigned to a table for a term at a time, each table having a mix of ages from throughout the School. I think the food was probably OK, but having to eat “a bit of everything” probably made it seem worse because all I remember are the things I hated. Also we always had to say a short grace before and after; I was sent to the Headmaster once for refusing to say it on the grounds that I was “an atheist”! ‘Every Christmas the choir would go with Mrs Burman to sing carols at the local old folk’s home, and we were always rewarded with fantastic mince pies.

1981

Wedding of Charles and Diana.

‘There was an annual School Play which was performed in the American School (except during the Gulf War, when Treasure Island had to be cancelled). I think I was involved with almost every play I could be, so I had no experience of watching them, but being in them was great. Something about the American School (perhaps the airconditioning and the moulded plastic seats) made it feel like a very different, grown-up space, which added to the excitement of being on the stage. Some of the plays were very ambitious – The Mikado probably the most so. They were always very big enterprises, with a lot of people involved from all through the School. I remember when we did Sweeney Todd, spending a weekend or two painting the set because otherwise it wouldn’t all get done. ‘The concerts were fantastic – the quality of the solo performances was very high while, at the same time, people who were not brilliant musicians could get involved if they wanted to. ‘As a senior boy I recall sitting in the Junior School kitchen with Mrs Hunter and the other teachers, hearing all the gossip! Oh, and not having to go outside during break time if I didn’t want to.

Christian in The Mikado ‘I recall many of my teachers: Mr Clegg – dry put-downs in Latin class. His jar of sweets for when bonuses were signed during break. Mrs Burman – her book of old British folk songs which we would often sing through. Mr Stobbs, a funny man when in a good mood; terrifying when not! Mr Lester throwing the blackboard eraser when a boy didn’t know the years of a particular “voyage of discovery”. Miss Ralphs, who as well as encouraging our own art, gave great talks in which she explained why famous paintings were important or how they were composed. Mr Grey, whose exacting science notes were (as one ex-AH boy pointed out at Westminster) almost enough to get you through your science GCSEs. Mr Martin, who worked very hard even with those boys like myself who had little interest or capability in sport. Mr Ward, always being fed-up and grumpy. Mr Murphy, who was scary in the classroom but wore unusual leather neckties. ‘Obviously, a love of performing was nurtured at AH, particularly by Mrs Burman, and the numerous teachers who directed plays while I was there. There was a general encouragement given to people learning to express themselves in whatever way by a staff who all seemed to care very much about the people they were looking after.’ What do you think people will remember you by? ‘I hope for something that I haven’t already done!’

1995–2004 Lukas Petrikas – From Loudoun Road to Lithuania and Back! Lukas attended Arnold House from 1995–99. He then spent two years in a Lyceum in Lithuania, then moved to Geneva in Switzerland where he completed his A-levels at an international school. He’s now looking forward to starting at Warwick University to study Management. His ambitions are to eventually work in the UK and to see plenty of the world through his travels. My school memories: ‘The first thing that comes to mind when I think back on Arnold House are the red uniforms, but there is so much more to it than that, especially after some years of reflection. It was probably the best and most unique education experience of my life, as AH became an irreplaceable stepping stone into my future. It is fantastic how the School has managed to maintain such a high level of discipline, friendliness and achievement over the years, and it continues to expand and flourish. AH is much more than a school, it is a way of life, and the way it harmonises its own stable traditions with the dynamic outside world is simply remarkable. ‘How awful we all were at hymn practice … Mr Allen reading the same passages over and over and over, Mr Prosser reading the detention list every Friday. I also remember fighting over scarce hymn books. ‘There were always plenty of charity events going on, but the one that comes to mind first is the annual Christmas Bazaar which was so much fun. ‘I was once sick for a week or so and the class thought I had become radioactive, so my locker was decontaminated with about 20 layers of sticky tape and all sorts of nuclear warnings … I think the School was going through some major changes already during my time there, as many “veteran” teachers left and many new ones arrived. Common Entrance was a tense time, but it was great to get through it.’ What do you think people will remember you by? ‘This interview is a good start …’

1981

The link block building provided four additional classrooms, a new Art Room and a Gymnasium and was officially opened by HRH The Duchess of Gloucester.

OTHER INTERESTING MEMORIES AND ANECDOTES FROM OLD BOYS AND FORMER STAFF Professor Dick Joyce: (1933–37) (A voice from the Thirties) Extracts taken from a letter written to the School in December 1994:

Frederick Selby in AH uniform

‘I remember Miss Hanson prowling the corridors and classrooms like a fearsome visitor from the Brontë country. Though she was never seen, summer or winter, without a voluminous brown topcoat assembled from the fur of several animals of unknown variety, she was hardly ever seen with her reputed husband, a moustached individual called Mr Hunt. ‘In the playground, before school began on Monday mornings, the massive rote learning that had ruined our weekend – the Collect, Gospel and Epistle for the day, as well as a chunk of Longfellow, Masefield or Poe – had to be “heard” by a member of staff. No Ted Hughes or Seamus Heaney then, of course: but no Auden, Spender or Macneice either, or even Eliot, though all these were at or coming to the height of their powers. Yeats himself did creep in once, with “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”.’ Frederick Selby (1938–39) Extracts taken from a letter written to the School in April 2003:

Church attended by AH boys, Edzell

‘I had recently arrived in London, victim of Germany’s Hitler regime. “Fritz Peter Seelberg” became “Fred Selberg” at school, it was then changed to “Frederick Selby”. ‘Arnold House accepted me, though I spoke little English. My father was halfEnglish, half-German and my mother was a Swiss citizen. During the week I was a boarder; at weekends I lived with friends of my father in Highgate. Miss Hanson was “Headmaster” – we called her “Head” or “Sir”. Invitations to tea were command performances – in our minds equal to a beckoning to Buckingham Palace. ‘It was not easy for me when war broke out. As far as the boys were concerned I was a German – and Britain was fighting the Germans. In time I ingrained myself – a task made easier when I won prizes in races on “Field Day”. ‘Barrage balloons flew over London; gas masks were issued. The masks were always near wherever we went. They were slung over our shoulders in handy leather containers or canvas bags. ‘Being a boarder during wartime proved an inconvenience. Heating fuel was dear. We three boarders shared the bathwater. The lucky one washed first. It’s a wonder there are any sheep left in the world, we were served mutton so often. We’d go off to the local parks to play “one, two, three removed”, also known as “capture the flag” a game I loved. ‘As my English improved so did my grades. Report cards were interesting. The graders always gave a positive spin to efforts of the pupil. I am still amused, today, by a report from a teacher who termed me “quite plucky” at games. I never stumbled over the term “plucky” in the States.’

1989

Berlin Wall torn down.

Panmure Hotel, 1939

Original publication 1950. Copyright: Express Newspapers 2005 Tony Foxley (1935–41) Extracts taken from a letter written to the School, 12th September 2003: ‘I recall little of my early education except that we did a great deal of drawing and I’m sure were taught the 3 Rs. I think it was the school philosophy to devote every afternoon to sports, soccer, cricket and athletics. For football we took a London Bus to Golders Green bus station, walked up the hill towards the Spaniards Inn and half way up, turned left to some playing fields. For athletics and cricket we travelled by a Metropolitan Line train to Eastcote from St John’s Wood Station (now closed, on the corner of Wellington Road and Queen’s Road) where there were large playing fields. For swimming we used the Hampstead baths in Finchley Road. When the playing field was unplayable we walked in a crocodile to Primrose Hill where we played games. I particularly remember one called “Hill Sixty”. ‘For boxing instruction, the semi-basement of The Cottage was our ring. We were taught by the Gutteridge brothers, Jack and Dick. Jack Gutteridge was also known as Jackie Pallo – a professional wrestler often appearing on television). They presented a prize, “the golden glove”, to be awarded each year. The boxing competitions were held annually at the Rudolf Steiner Hall in Baker Street, a week before the time of Prize-giving. I won no awards but kept up boxing until my public school but “retired” after being beaten by a boy half my size! ‘Prize-giving was held once a year at the Rudolf Steiner Hall when each class sang a well rehearsed song. Miss Hanson made a speech and introduced a guest who was to present the prizes and Mr Montagu Hunt (Miss Hanson’s husband) usually slept in the background in his black suit and starched collar! ‘For church services we went to St Cyprian’s off Baker Street (lots of incense). However for the 11th November First World War memorial service we walked as a whole school to the church (just north of the present St John’s Wood underground station). All of us wore dark armbands on that day as a mark of respect to the fallen. ‘In September 1938 the “Munich Crisis” occurred. On the 1st September a number of boys and staff were evacuated to The Panmure Hotel, Edzell near Brechin in Scotland. Almost a year later War was declared, on Sunday the 3rd of September 1939. We were told of this in the middle of the minister’s sermon (which usually lasted an hour) and we were all provided with a couple of Pan Drops (peppermints) to keep us quiet and out of mischief. Whilst in Scotland we went to church every Sunday. Mr Smart was usually accompanied by his Mother, a large lady who wore black and spoke in a strong Scottish accent. Of the masters I only remember Mr Smith whom we teased mercilessly and who dealt out punishment with a smack on the hand with a table tennis bat belonging to the table which we used for lessons. Some of us were taken as a treat to Mrs Smart Senior’s home in Easter Ogil, not so far away where she had this tree with very soft bark that we could punch without damaging our fists. Mrs Smart also ran a knitting class in which we were taught to produce long scarves for the servicemen’s comfort. We all stuck to it as we were rewarded with a chocolate biscuit (scarce at the time) from a large tin.’

1989

The Science Laboratory was completed and opened.

Arnold House and Northaw Schools swimming in the Severn at Loton Park Terence Cashmore (1935–43) Extracts taken from a letter written to the School, 10th May 1997: ‘The only memories of the Panmure Hotel were of breakfast with porridge and Scottish baps. Recreation consisted of long walks up the glen and the old ruined castle where we were allowed to play. Nearby was the Esk river and the sights of the river, frozen solid in winter and in full spate in spring were indeed memorable. ‘At Loton Park lessons were conducted in the main hall, on the stage and in the side dressing room. (A version of the modern open plan classroom). There were dormitories in what used to be the servants’ bedrooms located over the hall. The beds made excellent trampoline practice possible, but why nobody was injured will never be known. Toilet paper was in short supply and that given out was usually inadequate for the purpose. Bathing was done in groups organised by the Matrons who were in attendance to see that all were scrubbed and dried. As usual, in boarding schools, there was a sick room or Sanatorium set aside for the various ailments that might afflict the pupils. There were the usual run of the mill coughs and colds. Occasionally one boy would bring back one of the epidemic diseases that he had been hatching and this would spread rapidly to the rest of the boys who had not had the disease. ‘As we now know one of the worst was full-blown measles, which could lead to serious infections, requiring hospital treatment. While the fever was on, the room was kept dark to protect eyesight that was known to be affected by the disease. Serious infection was treated by the Sulpha drug M&B693. The tablets bore a strong resemblance to horse pills. To stop side effects, it was forbidden to eat either eggs or onion. There was no penicillin available then. At one time half the school was down with the disease which must have worried the staff and parents. ‘The food was ample throughout as there was a very large kitchen in full working order and the pupils were recruited to pick gooseberries and raspberries at the right season. Gooseberry fool and lashings of roast potatoes have stuck in my memory. Sweets and chocolates brought from home were impounded by the staff and handed out in very small doses until they were all gone. It was not permitted to take your bag of sweets off to a quiet corner to eat them all at once. Picnic at Loton Park by the Severn

‘A large Deer Park on the estate provided space to roam and join the School Scout troop. Wood was collected for the fires in the hall and house and the pupils were trained to cut up large logs using a full-size cross-cut saw. The fire in the hall provided an excellent place to roast chestnuts in the autumn, which were picked from the woods on the way back from the sports field. This was shared with the cows and was full of natural hazards. A nearby haystack provided illicit entertainment where one could burrow into the centre. Why nobody suffocated is one of the minor miracles. In summer, a picnic party to go swimming in the nearby river was usually organised, much to everyone’s delight. ‘Indoors there were amateur dramatics with the plays produced by Mr Winter who took the lead in a production of Scrooge. Once, everybody was gathered together in the main hall to hear a lecture by a military gentleman with an artificial hand. His subject was ‘Breathing and how to breathe properly’. As he demonstrated this art all were required to practise. A longforgotten item until I happened to see the same subject demonstrated as Yoga breathing on a recent morning Television show. ‘Mr James presided over those who were avid philatelists and supervised the stamp swaps with the aid of the Stanley Gibbons catalogue to make sure no one was cheated.’

1993

Clinton elected US President.

Swedish drill, circa 1916

Anonymous notes discovered entitled ‘A Recollection of Arnold House in the Thirties’ (found in the back of the archive cupboard) ‘In its teaching Arnold House relied heavily on the carrot rather than the stick. I do not remember any punishments, but prizes existed in profusion. ‘The shortage of space restricted opportunities for outdoor games, at least in the lower reaches of the school. “Football” which consisted of occasional visits to Primrose Hill with Miss Wells, a muscular lady, was but poor fun. Our instructress would boot the ball into the middle distance, and our role was to retrieve it for her to repeat the process. It was more interesting to fall out and look for traces of the mangled remains of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, found there two hundred and fifty years earlier. But “Football” was at least harmless. The same could not be said of “Swedish Drill”, a daily occurrence in the playground. It was conducted by Miss Britell, a lady of uncertain nationality (she didn’t look Swedish) and a gnarled and wizened appearance. She was a disciplinarian, and her relations with our family had already been poisoned by her attempt to persuade my father, a local doctor, that my elder brother, later a distinguished neurologist, had a lack of enthusiasm for Swedish Drill that could only be explained by mental deficiency; my father had not been amused. And there was boxing. I remember returning home in tears having received a stern reprimand from our burly instructor for hitting him below the belt. Very reasonably I pleaded that at my height it was impossible to reach above that lofty belt. ‘But the big event of the athletic year was the School Sports. These were held at Eastcote, and for the purpose a special train would be laid on from Marlborough Road Station. Once more prizes for all were the order of the day. One year the Japanese ambassador, a then current parent, was to give away the prizes and there was no small difficulty in finding something his son, a distinctly overweight Japanese boy, could win. I fancy a tug of war team was organised to solve the problem. ‘The most important thing about a first school is that the children on balance should enjoy it. I did, and it was with no light heart that I discarded my red and green cap and packed my bags to depart to my boarding preparatory school.’

1993

Canons Park Sports Ground was purchased by the School.

Cricket at Canons Park Adam Raphael (1946–51) (A voice from the Forties) Taken from an article written by Mr Raphael appearing in the 1981 School Magazine:

Alistair Boyd (1945–47)

‘I arrived at Arnold House just after the end of the Second World War, aged seven, not knowing how to read or write. After Mr Smart, the Headmaster, had taken my mother and me around the school, he turned to me with that kindly creased smile, which was his trademark, and asked, “Now tell me Adam, what do you know?” I replied, “I know everything”. ‘That misplaced self-confidence carried me through a very happy time at Arnold House. Not much has changed, it seems. The buildings were, perhaps, a little shabbier in those days, the chairs and desks a bit more scarred. The thing I remember most vividly during the first days at school were the squatters, families, who had lost their homes in the war and who perched in ruined houses along the way to school in Regent’s Park Road. To a seven-year-old they were frightening. ‘Apart from Mr Smart who was much too kind ever to get really angry, despite considerable provocation, there was Mr Smith, his right-hand-man. A small neat man, he taught us games with patience and skill. I much preferred this to work. I was particularly keen on football. In the summer there were long and happy days of cricket at Canons Park. And after school some of us used to go off to Lord’s to watch Middlesex. The summer of 1947 was a particularly glorious one and Bill Edrich and Denis Compton, my two heroes, scored six after six. ‘On wet afternoons we used to be entertained by a boy, a few classes above, who was brilliant at train noises; everything from the train pulling into the station to the scream of a high speed express. His name was Jonathan Miller, and from amusing us, he went on to become a star in the Cambridge Footlights, the West End Stage (in Beyond the Fringe), and finally one of our best known producers. So look around; Jones Minor in the next seat may not seem much to write home about but he could conceivably be P.M. in the year 2020! ‘I only won one prize during my five years at Arnold House … For boxing. We used to be coached by an old prize fighter with enormous cauliflower ears called Mr Gutteridge. He would urge us on to combat with East End shouts of encouragement. I was so keen on not getting hit that I used to dance around the ring like Puck. In any case, I somehow managed to win my fight on prize day and was rewarded with a cricket ball. ‘During my last few days at Arnold House Mr Smart warned me that life outside was a good deal tougher. He was right. My next school was quite a shock. Arnold House was a very friendly and happy school and in that most important characteristic it does not seem to have changed.’

1994

Mandela wins South African elections.

‘My identical twin, Adrian, and I were at Arnold House for only a couple of years, 1945–47, having had a very disrupted wartime education, like so many others, before that. They were however memorable, as amongst others we came to know both Jonathan Miller and John Bingham (later Lord Lucan). ‘Even at the age of eleven Jonathan was clearly preparing himself for a career on the stage. Adrian and I lived at No 16 Wellington Road where our mother had a large bedroom which incorporated a makeshift stage. It was there that Jonathan honed his skill in mimicking Danny Kaye. On rainy days in Arnold House when sports were cancelled we assembled in what is now the library to listen to Jonathan’s expert rendering of the Secret Life of Walter Mitty. ‘Both he and Adrian were also intensely interested in chemistry and after rehearsing at No 16 they retired to our grandfather’s laboratory to conduct experiments. Several Arnold House boys were asked to witness what happens when potassium and sodium are mixed with engine oil. Not a good idea! The explosion caused panic amongst the neighbours and a fire at No 16. ‘The staff at Arnold House were a bit mystified as to why Bingham, Miller and Boyd should arrive early for school on Wednesdays. They were not aware (I think) that on the top floor of No 1 we ran what today might be termed a foreign exchange bureau. There were heaps of high denomination (but worthless) bank notes floating around after the war and we managed to persuade other boys that these were collector’s items. That kept us alive with pocket money for the term. Perhaps this also laid the foundations for Lord Lucan’s gambling inclinations.

‘Bingham was related to Field Marshal Lord Alexander of Tunis so his inner circle at school occasionally enjoyed the hospitality of the Bingham residence in Eaton Square. The elegant five-storey house had installed the latest in fire escape equipment on the top floor. That allowed us to descend, not so gracefully and to the consternation of onlookers, down the front of the building. We made sure the system was well tested. ‘Memories of my two years would have to include Jerusalem at the annual prize-giving, an appreciation of poetry, an unimaginative and slightly frightening classics teacher, but otherwise an extremely sympathetic and helpful bunch of teachers who no doubt reflected the benign and yet inspiring leadership of the much loved Head, George Smart. ‘Those were two memorable and enjoyable years. Although I did not appreciate it at the time, Arnold House helped me, and I am sure many others, to develop interpersonal skills which have remained with me through my life. It’s a bit late to say thankyou for what the school did for me 55 years later but appreciation comes with age.’

Anthony Rudolf (1950–53) (A voice from the Fifties) Extracts from a book entitled The Arithmetic of Memory by Anthony Rudolf: ‘I remember the women teachers at Arnold House were addressed as “Sir”. ‘My first teacher, Miss Spooner, used to powder her nose in class. Miss Bluett was Australian, Miss Hasenclever, who was very old, was known as “Crabapple” because of her wrinkles. ‘I remember the Latin teacher, Mr Gardner, with his military moustache. He would say to pupils who made a mistake – “The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon!” I did not know that Mr Gardner’s curse was a quote from Macbeth. The French teacher was Mr Oliver Uren but it was George Smart who conducted our first French lesson: “Madame Souris a une maison” said the class in unison. ‘Amongst other boys I remember Prince Mufkham Jah, the heir to the Nizam of Hyderabad, known as “Muffer”, who went home in a Rolls-Royce. One day Muffer came into the gym during boxing and interrupted the proceedings with the announcement that the Tories were leading in the General Election – and everybody except me cheered. John Tavener, when the music teacher was away, played the piano accompaniment for the hymn sung at assembly.’ Jon Gray (1999–2004) former Head of the Middle School ‘My favourite memories of Arnold House are, unsurprisingly, mainly based around the summer game. One lasting image is of Wednesdays and Fridays in that best and swiftest term when a succession of fine first elevens, imperfectly coached by myself, played matches on the Canons Park square. Around the central pageant a series of sideshows in the form of minor games, some with plastic bats some with full kit. George Lester would always be taking one of these games and seemed to answer every appeal for lbw by walking several steps down the wicket while raising his finger aloft to send the batsman on his less than merry way. ‘At around 3.35–3.40 these other temporary games would drift away and quite suddenly the grounds would fall almost silent. Each individual sound became suddenly apparent, whether bat on ball or the bowlers’ footfalls. That was always a magical moment for me.’

1994

Mr Nicholas Allen was appointed as Headmaster.

SPORTS OF ALL SORTS While times have changed, the School’s sporting spirit has not. Season after season and all year round, men and women – of all shapes and sizes – wrap up and go and coach the boys. Hopefully, many will continue to play the sports they enjoyed at Arnold House in whatever circumstances they choose, but some will reach the higher echelons of their game.

THE RANGE OF SPORTING ACTIVITY AT ARNOLD HOUSE I joined the staff of Arnold House, as Director of Physical Education, in September 1989. I was soon impressed with our pupils’ love of all sport. During the time that I have been here I do not suppose much has changed in the way games has been organised since the 1950s and before. There are, of course, one or two exceptions. Boxing, for example, is no longer a school activity – ceasing in the earlyto-mid 1980s and the intriguing Swedish Drill is, of course, a past memory. Groups of boys used to travel to a number of venues, including Canons Park, Regent’s Park and Hampstead Heath, to do their sport and games. The vast majority of staff were expected to coach games and, although most took their responsibilities seriously, Wellington boots and umbrellas were much in evidence during the dank cold days of December and January.

Tours and trips have become a feature of the games programme. In recent years, our rugby and cricket teams have enjoyed successful tours while Year 5 have had an exiting Outward Bound week in the Autumn half term. Year 8, since 1995, have finished their time at Arnold House with ‘The Cumbria Trip’, a fun-packed week that mainly involves getting wet and having fun. I am sure that during the past 100 years, pupils have many fond memories of sport at Arnold House. I am confident that the sporting programme will go from strength to strength and that future generations of boys will continue to enjoy their sport as they always have done. Rick Martin

The purchase of Canons Park in 1993 saw a change in the way the School approached the games programme. Now all pupils could go to one venue. The attitude towards staffing changed and, in the main, only the keen, sports-orientated staff made the twice or three times a week trip to Canons Park by coach or by tube. Today we employ three, well qualified, sports coaches to supplement the dedicated team led by Christopher Kerr, our present Director of Sport. When I began I was disappointed that only the 1st XI, 2nd XI and U11 teams played competitive fixtures, so I introduced 3rd and 4th teams and ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ teams lower down the School to compete with our neighbouring preparatory schools. Mr Kerr has expanded this philosophy and in the 2005 football season the U9 boys will play seven-a-side football from ‘A’–‘G’! The range of sports played has not changed greatly. Cricket, rugby and football dominate, but hockey, inspired by veteran coach, George Lester, tennis, athletics and cross-country running have also retained their popularity due to enthusiastic coaching by our staff. PE lessons have traditionally been based in the School Gymnasium. When I began, many pupils were bemoaning the fact that boxing was no longer to be found on the curriculum. Judo was introduced to take its place and has been run as a successful extra-curricular activity for over 20 years. Basketball and volleyball have been favourite indoor activities and competitive fixtures are organised for the older boys in these sports. Gymnastics was introduced with the building of the Gym in 1981. I introduced it as a competitive sport in 1990 and, since then, we have had success at regional and national level.

2001

Chess How many of the boys in the first intake at Arnold House in 1905 could play chess? And what provision was made 100 years ago to promote chess as a school activity? We shall probably never know. We do know that in January 1879, some 26 years earlier, George Andrew Hutchinson founded the Boys’Own Paper which was published weekly at a price of one penny. A month or so later the editor gave to every subscriber a chessboard, a set of pieces and a promise that chess lessons in the BOP would follow. In October of that year lessons began with articles on the rules, basic strategy and tactics, games to play through, problems to solve and a ‘question and answer’ column. So we may guess that it is quite likely that some of the first boys at AHS were BOP readers and could play chess.

Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dies.

It is a big leap from those early years to 1989 when AHS Old Boy, Jonathan Speelman (1956–64), by this time a Grandmaster, played in the semi-finals of the World Chess Championship. During the intervening years chess had been taken up in most schools, receiving endorsements from educationists generally and, in the United States, from none other than Benjamin Franklin. From educational research there is clear evidence that chess contributes directly to academic performance by teaching children a wide range of skills such as concentration, visualisation, thinking ahead, planning, analysis, anticipating trouble, abstract thinking, weighing options. The list is almost endless but it is now accepted that the successful development of such skills in children improves their problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making capabilities. And the social benefits of school chess are also considerable, bringing together, as it does, children of different ages, genders, races and religions from private and state schools, to participate in a game which they all enjoy. It fosters healthy competition, team spirit and good sportsmanship. Boys from Arnold House play against other schools, compete in local, regional and national championships and take part in sponsored events fundraising for charity, In recent times, Arnold House boys have won the National Prep Schools’ Individual Championship, the National Prep Schools’ Speed Chess title and the London Under 11 Open title. One boy was selected for the England Under 14 team. It is no wonder that teachers, parents and the children themselves regard chess as a wholly positive activity with many beneficial side effects. Long may it continue to be so. Rugby Old Boy, James Wellwood, continues to make a successful career from the sport – now a professional rugby union player, currently playing for the London Wasps, who also represented Wales during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Days gone by: Rowing John Conrad Cherry, after attending Westminster School, became Oxford’s Boating President in the mid-1930s. He attended Brasenose College, Oxford, and, in the Christmas Log, 1928, Miss Hanson wrote: ‘Conrad Cherry, the only old Arnold who is a water man.’ Cricket C. Clover Brown was captain of cricket at Harrow and then went on to play for England in the 1930s. C.R. Maxwell became cricket captain at Brighton College. In a newspaper report by the Star, Thursday 5th May 1927, the author wrote: ‘The School is proud of these two cricketers, because Arnold House has limitations of grounds and coaching which are not experienced in the big public schools. These two learnt the A.B.C. of the game on an asphalt pitch adjoining the school.’ Boxing Dick and Jack Gutteridge, arguably the most famous twins in British sport, worked at the School teaching pupils to box, a popular sport at Arnold House which continued until the early 1980s.

2001

The School underwent a major refurbishment – providing new and extended classrooms, a new ICT Room, new Music Suite and Library.

DRAMA AND MUSIC We all like performances – successful and spectacular ones, anyway. Today, theatre is not only part of an industry of entertainment, but also part of the intellectual tradition on stage and at university; it is also at the heart of education in schools. During the summer of 2005 comprehensive work began at Canons Park to create, among other facilities, a much-improved performance and seating area with new stage and retractable raked seating for our audiences. With these new facilities, due to be completed in summer 2006, Drama will, we hope, become an ever more important part of the curriculum at Arnold House, bringing joy and excitement to many pupils. John Bernard Adie Barton, respected theatre director noted especially for his productions of Shakespeare, attended Arnold House in the mid-1930s. Sir Peter Hall invited him to become Assistant Director when he founded the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. For the next 30 years John was an RSC Associate Director and today he is an RSC Advisory Director. Throughout his career, he has written and adapted works for theatre, notably The Hollow Crown (1961), The War of the Roses with Sir Peter Hall (1963), The Greeks (1980), Morte D’Arthur (1983) and Tantalus (2000). Michael Pennington is an accomplished and highly-regarded theatrical and television actor whose career has taken him from the RSC to playing Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman and, more recently, starring in The Madness of George III. He has also directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Christian Coulson is a young actor with many interesting roles under his belt already, including: Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and James, Duke of Monmouth in television’s Charles II – The Power and the Passion (2003). Music has become an important component at Arnold House and, for many pupils and staff, a way of life. The Music Department continues to flourish under the current leadership of Kate Davies and her team. Increasingly, there are more and more opportunities for pupils to get involved in music-making, both on an individual and collective level. Whether playing for fun or with a view to becoming professional one day, there has never been a better time to pick up an instrument and play. Recent refurbishment of the large music classroom, which houses a new suite of computers together with an interactive whiteboard, has meant that today’s pupils have the opportunity of learning music using the latest advances in ICT. Of course, traditional teaching of music, whether learning ’cello, violin, or piano, or using one’s own voice, continues to be an important component of everyday teaching, and will we hope continue to give pleasure to many future generations of pupils, parents and staff. Over the past five years alone Arnold House has helped ten boys to receive music exhibitions to their senior schools and also produced five music scholars. Increasingly, numbers of Arnold House pupils are going into the music profession, with quite a number of Old Boys already having established successful names for themselves in the music world. Sir John Tavener is perhaps the most notable – a worldclass composer with an interest in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Michael Reed is a conductor and composer with the BBC and Royal Philharmonic. Robert Max is a cellist and musical director. Rafael Todes is a professional violinist currently playing with the Allegri String Quartet. James Bugden has been a freelance musician and musical director working in the West End on shows such as Mamma Mia and My Fair Lady.

2001

‘9/11’ attacks in US.

2001

The School underwent a major refurbishment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; providing new and extended classrooms, a new ICT Room, new Music Suite and Library.

THE ART ROOM For the past 21 years, Lesley Ralphs has headed up the Art Department. In her time at the School she has introduced pottery into the curriculum, an activity enjoyed by all pupils across the School. The extraordinarily high standards that Lesley has brought and applied to the Department have helped boys of all abilities enjoy the subject and flourish under her direction. Visitors to the School often comment on the sheer variety, quality and quantity of art produced by pupils which adorns many a corridor and shelf. Sadly, Lesley retired this year but we are sure that the Department will flourish under the new leadership of Samantha Forrest.

May 1933

Old Boys who have Flourished in their Artistic Fields John Lloyd is a graphic designer and is currently creative director for many major corporate identity projects, including BAA, BNFL, Courtaulds and John Lewis. Andrew Stahl is a successful fine artist in his own right and Head of Undergraduate Painting at the Slade School of Fine Art. Andrew Stahlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then and now

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2002

Launch of the Euro currency.

THE ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL COAT OF ARMS (granted to the School in August 2004) In the spring of 2004, in anticipation of the School’s centenary in 2005, the School applied to the College of Arms for a Grant of Arms. The rationale of the arms is as follows. Its design makes reference to the four School Houses: Brunel, Pitt, Wellington and Nelson, and to the School’s founder, Miss Amy Hanson. The background colours are those of the School, namely red and green. In the centre of the shield is a silver cross flory, which is an allusion to the arms of Lord Nelson, Britain’s greatest admiral, who bore for his arms a black cross flory on a gold background. The cross flory is also a reference to Miss Hanson, a devout Christian. Around the cross are 12 bezants, or gold discs, arranged in a saltire. These allude to the arms of the first Duke of Wellington, the victor of Waterloo, who bore a cross between five plates (white discs) in saltire in each quarter. The Crest wreath and mantling are red and white, the principal colour and metal of the arms. Above the helm is the crest, which consists of a stork resting one foot on a ship’s propeller. The stork is an allusion to the arms of William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. In Pitt’s crest, the stork rests its foot on an anchor. The stork is also a symbol associated with childhood and with the duty of care a school has for its pupils. The propeller alludes to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the celebrated Victorian inventor and engineer, after whom the School’s fourth House is named. Brunel designed the SS Great Britain, the world’s first steam-powered, propeller-driven passenger liner. The propeller was a technological breakthrough with far-reaching applications; today’s jet engines have, at their core, a series of closely grouped propellers. The Motto, ‘Conquer We Shall’ is an abbreviated version of that chosen for the School at its foundation by Miss Hanson and inscribed in ‘The Holy Books’, which record the names of every pupil who has attended Arnold House since 1905. The full version of the motto is as follows: ‘Conquer we shall, but first we must contend, ’Tis not the strife that crowns us, but the end.’

2002

Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

The School’s website was introduced.

Robert Herrick worked initially for his uncle as an apprentice goldsmith in London before attending Cambridge. In 1623, he was ordained as a priest and acted as chaplain to the Duke of Buckingham on the expedition to La Rochelle. In 1629 he was appointed to the living of Dean Prior in Devon by Charles I, but was ejected in 1647 under the Commonwealth for refusing the Solemn League and Covenant. He was restored to the living in 1662 after the restoration of the monarchy, having lived in the meantime in Westminster. Herrick wrote some 2500 poems, publishing his major collection, Hesperides, in 1648, which contains about half of them. His poetry shows considerable diversity of form and ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying’ are perhaps his best-known lines. He died a bachelor at the age of 83.

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ONE HUNDRED THINGS THAT MAKE ARNOLD HOUSE ARNOLD HOUSE During the Summer Term of 2004 we canvassed all the pupils and staff at Arnold House asking them to name ten distinguishing features about the School. Here are 100 of the best replies: The Houses – Brunel, Pitt, Nelson and Wellington The Headmaster of ‘immeasurable age’ The sports Canons Park The interactive whiteboards Year 8 The red blazer The name Too much homework! Peace Yellow doors The library The Fête Champêtre Assembly The Climbing Frame Art Nice cups and Prize Giving The Colours that are awarded Named bricks Pasta for lunch Cricket nets and practice at Lord’s The teachers The bouncy playground The trip to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream All my brothers were here before me My friends The lovely music The four different schools within the School Common Entrance! The office Lunch ladies The register Getting called the wrong name! Tests The same clocks everywhere Commendations Friends My teacher’s aftershave! Trying new things Time penalties The School magazine The trip to Cumbria The big red mini-bus Football in the rain The Christmas Bazaar The whole School photograph The scrum for biscuits at breaktime The running races that make your heart beat like hell!

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2003

Second Gulf War.

Prizes every Friday Assembly Different ties Merit badges Citizenship bars The displays around the School The building The School dinners! The founder, Miss Hanson The computers The fun projects The standard 100 per cent The after-school activities The concerts The School Plays (Snow White this year) Form periods The Disco Charity days End of term Hymn practice Origami with Mr Allen Going to church every term Snow fights Inter-House competitions Sports Day The puddings Our own sports field Fun lessons The curries Using fountain pens Brilliant chess The good reading books The importance of sport The teachers are very funny Gymnastics All boys Eight years The knowledge We’re a small school The Head Boys The Science Lab Bonuses – chocolate bars The rules The Headmaster Golden Time in the Pre-Prep Red hymn books Staff smoking behind the bikeshed The School flag The great teachers St Michael, our patron saint The Honours Boards The Armistice Day Service. 100 years!

EPILOGUE

Let us now praise famous men, And our fathers that begat us. The Lord manifested in them great glory, Even His mighty power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, And were men renowned for their power, Giving counsel by their understanding, Such as have brought tidings in prophecies: Leaders of the people by their counsels, And by their understanding men of learning for the people; Wise were their words in their instruction: Such as sought out musical tunes, And set forth verses in writing: Rich men furnished with ability, Living peaceably in their habitations: All these were honoured in their generations, And were a glory in their days.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) The Old Testament

A statue of St Michael was presented to the School in the 1920s. It was sculpted by William Reid Dick, RA, whose son, John, was at Arnold House at the time. Mr Reid Dick had his studio in Grove End Road for many years and allowed some of the boys to visit on occasion. The statue is made of plaster and is the maquette for the finished version which can be found in St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral. For many years, the plaster statue of St Michael stood high on the south wall of Arnold House. In 1999, the statue was taken down and repaired and was placed inside the School building in March 2001.

2003

The School underwent and passed an inspection by the Independent Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Inspectorate.

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FOOD AT ARNOLD HOUSE Typical Menu of Today: Monday: Chicken or vegetable curry with rice, cucumber raita Arctic Roll Tuesday: Cheesy pasta bake with garlic bread, seasonal vegetables Banana sponge and custard Wednesday: Roast lamb or vegetable filo parcels with roast potatoes and fresh vegetables Raspberry yogurt Thursday: Lamb or vegetable bolognaise served with pasta and Parmesan cheese Doughnuts Friday: Homemade pizza with potato wedges and carrot sticks Pineapple rings with cream

Cricket Tea Menus â&#x20AC;&#x201C; days gone by: Beef steak pie Sausages Ham Veal and ham pie Cold mutton Boiled fowl Salad with mayonnaise Anchovy eggs New potatoes Jellies Trifle Cakes Ices and wafers Sweets Lemonade

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2004

A tsunami kills over 250,000 people in Asia.

CHARITABLE GIVING Ever since its inception, Arnold House has tried to be mindful of those less fortunate in the world. In the early years, the School used to support a ‘School Waif’. In this case it was Peter Macgregor, who was known to the boys and whose report used to be sent regularly to the School.

In recent times the School has maintained a tradition of providing charitable support and, in 2005, the charities we have chosen reflect many diverse needs and good causes both nationally and on an international scale.

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Hope and Homes for Children The Shooting Star Trust Comic Relief Jeans for Genes Day St John’s Hospice The Royal British Legion The Royal National Lifeboat Institution

2004

The School adopted a new logo.

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UNIFORM PRESENT DAY Supplied by John Lewis (of Brent Cross) Regulation items: 1 black School top coat 1 blazer 2 polo shirts – Summer Term only 1 cap (Years 1 and 2 only) 1 tie 1 belt – optional 1 pullover 1 scarf Games clothes and PE kit Standard items: Draw-string bag for gym kit (Pre-Prep School) Games duffel bag (Lower, Middle and Senior Schools) White trainers (non-marking soles) – one pair Red track suit White gym shorts – two pairs White gym socks – two pairs House gym shirt – two Your son will be assigned to one of four Houses for his time at Arnold House. House colours are as follows: Wellington Pitt Nelson Brunel Green Red Blue Yellow Art overall: Boys need an old shirt or overall for Art Other items: Shorts All boys in Years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 wear mid-grey school shorts for the first half of the Autumn Term and the whole of the Summer Term. Shorts are optional for older boys. Mid-grey long trousers All boys may wear mid-grey long trousers during the second half of the Autumn Term and during the Spring Term. Boys in Years 6, 7 and 8 may wear long trousers throughout the year. Shirts In the two Winter Terms, all boys wear mid-grey longsleeved shirts. In the Summer Term, all boys may wear the School pattern green polo shirt. Socks Plain, long, mid-grey socks should be worn with shorts. Short, mid-grey socks with long trousers are acceptable. Shoes Boys should wear black lace-up shoes. Black trainers are not acceptable.

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2004

Malaria Vaccine proves promising.

Regulation items – Winter Term: 1 track suit – used for PE as well 1 reversible rugby shirt 1 pair navy blue shorts – (boys in Years 3 and 4 should wear shorts with an elasticated waist 1 pair rugby shorts with draw-string waist, if required 1 pair red long socks 1 pair football boots 1 pair outdoor trainers Non-regulation items: Shin pads – essential Games bag – essential Hockey stick – optional Regulation items – Summer Term: 1 white cricket shirt 1 pair white shorts or long white trousers 1 pair white cricket shoes or white trainers 1 plain white cricket sweater 1 pair white socks Gym clothing: 1 pair white trainers or gym shoes – non-marking soles 1 pair white shorts 1 House gym shirt

UNIFORM OF YESTERYEAR Supplied by W.M. Rowe and Co Ltd (106 New Bond Street W1) In a letter to parents, dated 1931, Miss Hanson writes about the School uniform in a bid to update it. It makes for interesting reading and provides a detailed insight into what the boys, of 70+ years ago, would have worn for school.

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I wo infinite pains th day boys also ly very uld suggest parents who take as making of started, is real ce this for on it, tf ou an th e e uniform an Th outfit. in price with the regulations. inexpensive Su t to be compared no nt d da nday an ten ar “at we eir Th in th e grey flanne economical , etc., and all l sun hat wi and flannel suits re th ma eed it tw in s s of ba th it nd tf e ou same. The cap of School co lours has been slig super-quality The regulation htly revised extras.” to give the same ted dr ra ab in shape. pe -o tw co eir ee th ve d r wi fo im nt at pr er th ov so ed ov er Rowe and Co. ha ice up coat could no on either in wn in pr t be smartness or ing them all do “wearing neve can be in its everla things and to br r-show-the-d d garments that ice pr sting est ed low at ir e eg th t ri e va qu ar al e al th lo ey it r we th ie fo d s.” ity se fo al cu And turnings r the coats qu be no ex to be “let ou are ere should now times, which ol.” There is a t” and “let do obtained, and th is of great ance of the “Scho ar wn” three pe ap in e th ect pr s gl ac oil ne sp ti to ca ich se l Fo wh wi va t r nt lu no th me e. e summer a li ele it is ght trench co in “Dress” which advisable, bu in their at for wet we great moral asset t this must form many things to ather is es go e. be the regula ich lif wh ter d la an in ys Th bo ad e g ste tion drab. re un od yo d sweater re go in em th nd mains the same sta ll wi ch at mu th n be s ve en much improved except that it character d Co. has gi in shape. We has ctors of Rowe an s, and I economical th find it very One of the Dire all these detail of g in an ect much more rf a pe wh e th it e to on n e tio d fo ten re r ma at ide ny purposes. London and it personal these well-cons It takes the answers be pleased with place of a sc weather on th think you will l for any little arf in cold efu at e gr to ps ry ve e of ar be s l om al der ni sh or bu I al s. se en s (the boys ar couraged to alteration before the fin use other scar e not may care to make ur ves at all), an “quick and fr glad to have yo suggestions you y rl la d it is very ee icu ” rt pa fo ad r be ste l sl in al ip r sh ve pi I ng llo d pu an on fo r games or af in the playgr sent out, ion – the grey ter or at ma ound or one vital alterat ny odd times round. opinion on the all the year e th . of sey ity jer al qu een e Long white fl of the gr though th annel trousers is old-fashioned, the past. First XI only are worn by The green jersey r is a thing of lla co e Th . the for matches. ch d oa an pr , re ial d ter on ma bey me is sa e th Or garment di tly ac na ex ry in fo de ot ma r ba r lou ve ll co llo bo or pu ots are not t wool except by the We had a green to be worn is not the righ First Game, an at all well. It d must have sey “cut down.” st jer ud a e s. it did not look lik Co d mf ke bars not ortable walk loo It r. ve d an llo pu sey ing boots wi better for yo to make a good th bars are ap the green jer scr ld ou sh un ge we much r boys. White at blazer if boots are wo cricket shoes I now suggest th shorts (and the rn by the Fi or nnel shirt and grey a rs of t ion XI le dit on at ad wear the grey fla ly. Brown her shoes with th the crepe soles ar e year round wi er introduced the other bo e recommende required) all th as a small bord een gr ys d . d for an d ey re gr e e pullover with th winter wear. Th You will see a the cuffs), for th in on at d be an th ll m e wi tto re le bo ally vital qu the substituti at the made a samp estion is on of the gr Rowe & Co. have ry best ey pullover fo green jersey, pullover of which wool is of the ve e th ; r the els nn an fla e d th I an sh d. th ou tee ld ey an gr be very glad your opinion darker wearing are guar d to have an ar g ab ye in ou e sh t th wa th e is within two days. quality and th nnels throughout or three ing the grey fla ar re we mo of be d an ul pl wo This shing, but it ther oftener wa e bought, it would entail ra Yours sincerel flannels” etc. ar ion at ul eg “r y, e th if d, it. an tf ou ic g in ar hygien we glon l ry economica ey flannel gr e th of e ad would prove a ve A.M . Hanson to change the sh ion of the It is not possible from the distinct tly ea gr ay aw without taking

2004

The School’s Coat of Arms was granted in August.

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READING LISTS 2005 YEARS 3 AND 4 War Diaries of Alastair Fury Fergus Crane Dream Master The Falcon’s Malteser How to Train Your Dragon Count Krinkelfiend’s Quest Kensuke’s Kingdom Midnight for Charlie Bone Night of the Haunted Trousers

YEARS 7 AND 8

Across the Nightingale Floor Hatchet Skarrs Harlequin (The Grail Quest Trilogy) Ryland’s Footsteps Coraline Martyn Pig Fire-Eaters Private Peaceful

Jamie Rix Paul Stewart Theresa Breslin Anthony Horowitz Cressida Cowell Gary Morecambe Michael Morpurgo Jenny Nimmo Susan Gates Lian Hearn Gary Paulsen Catherine Forde Bernard Cornwell Sally Prue Niel Gaiman Kevin Brooks David Almond Michael Morpurgo

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