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16On the question of support for local eventsthroughout the year, I think that this dependsupon their nature having regard to the agerange. At my age I am very happy with thetwo main events as they are at present and Iwill continue to support them as long as I amable.Once again, my congratulations to the Committeeon the excellent work that they all dofor us.Ronald Hutchinson writesfrom Malvern (1945-53)Having been Head of History in a schoolwhose Head was GR Hovington I becameHead Master of Hanley Castle GrammarSchool in Worcester, which I turned into aComprehensive and discovered that LesBrown had taught there. I retired from the ratrace in 1991. I have a holiday home in Normandywhere I spend half the year, and amstill very happily married.(Editor: Ron’s article appears on page 44?)John (Dave) Hudson writesfrom Llanelli (1958-63)Although I still return to Scarborough four orfive times per year I have lost touch with allmy old friends. If anyone remembers me andwould care to get in touch my address is:-ERW DEG32, Greenfield TerracePontyberemLlanelli, SA15 5AWA brief resume of my life since leaving school:1963-69 An engineering apprenticeship withRolls Royce in Derby. Qualified as DesignDraughtsman. HNC Mechanical Engineering.1969-71 Bishop Lonsdale College, Derby(Nottingham University).1971-76 Teaching at Parkfields ComprehensiveSchool, Derby. (B..Ed)1976-2001 Teaching at Ysgol Rhydygon SpecialSchool in Camarthen, South Wales forchildren with behavioural difficulties. (Ishould say that most of my teachers at SBHSwould have said that I was eminentlysuitable for this kind of work!)John Hunter writes fromBrampton Cumbria(1941-46)Thank you for your invitation to join the OldScarborians and for the latest issue of SummerTimes. What a great read!The article about the Chess club broughtmemories flooding back. I was not a greatplayer nor was I able to attend after school ona regular basis, as I had to collect the eveningpapers from the Press Office and take them toour shop for the evening deliveries. I did,however, learn the basics. Frank Binder wasmy form master in my last year at school.Margaret, my wife, and I both enjoyed theOld Girls’ Reunion Dinner and look forwardto the next time. (Editor: See enclosed bookingform)My membership is long overdue, but mycheque will cover for a tie and CD. I am impatientto explore previous copies of SummerTimes.Mike Hunter writes fromEdinburgh (1959-66 )For Mr PottsYou must have been my physics teacher in the1960s, for which many thanks.I have two strong memories: you had degaussedminesweepers and told us that colourTVs, then a marvel, needed degaussing too; Icontested with you that it was possible for acar to decelerate at more than 1g.(Bill Potts replied: As David Fowler says, inhis reply, Iʹm old (67 today, as it happens),but not that old. If my father were still alive,heʹd be looking forward to his 98th birthdaynext May.The fact is that he fell apart (medically
17speaking) at the end of 1975 and diedwithin a short period (early January, 1976).His widow (and my stepmother), Priska,eventually married Jack Speight, whoseown wife died a few years after my fatherʹsdeath. They still live in the house at 32 LadyEdithʹs Avenue where I lived as a child(with an eight-year gap from 1941 to 1948).Jack Speight (who I sometimes refer to asmy step-stepfather) is now 81; Priska is 80.The house was built in 1935 by my UncleJack Fell [my motherʹs first cousin] and occupiedin early 1936. The price was £1400!Its market value today is probably morethan £150,000.Unlike my father, I agree with you that a carcan decelerate at more than 1G (not g, whichis the SI symbol for gram). It happens allthe time in head-on collisions.Incidentally, Iʹm one of a handful of OldScabs who went to university (ImperialCollege, in my case) and then dropped out.Notwithstanding that, I became a Fellow ofthe British Computer Society in 1969 (whileliving in Canada). Iʹm one of very few peopleto have achieved that status from outsideBritain.Unless I suffer a deceleration of many Gs, Iexpect to live much longer than my fatherdid. He suffered from asthma (as you mayremember) for most of his adult life. I canʹtknow for sure, but I suspect his poor medicalcondition (heart, kidneys, liver, all inbad shape) leading to his death may havebeen brought on by his fondness for a patentmedicine he took daily for his asthma,even after it had apparently (and spontaneously)ceased to be a problem. For a physicist,he made a surprising number of irrationaldecisions.David Fowler and I go back a very longway. While my father was doing his warwork, degaussing ships, my mother died.After a somewhat disappointing experiencewith a combination housekeeper/babysitter,whom he found recumbently entertainingan American serviceman on the sofa lateone evening, he sent my sister and me tolive with our maiden Aunt Mabel Cromack(of Scarborough Corporation Catering DepartmentFame) on Throxenby Lane. Thatwas early 1943. The Fowler family (parents,plus David and his sister, Phoebe) lived onThroxenby Grove. I was 7 and David was aprecocious 4-1/2. We both joined in streetgames with other kids in the neighbourhoodand I remember one particularlymemorable picnic organised by Davidʹsmother.)David Andrews writes fromLeicester (1958-63)Update on my situation. Taking early retirementfrom Ordnance Survey after 39+ yearsservice on 31st March 2003. Next appearancein the dole queue, (not ready for the pipe andslippers yet!)Rowland Bruce writes fromAdelaide, Australia(1949-54)Iʹm pretty sure you must be the D G Fowler,with whom I vied for Chemistry marks beforeI left to live in York in December 1954 Ifso, fancy getting in contact?(Editor: after the above approach from theFriends Reunited web site I contacted Rowlandand he replied:)You have it right. I lived in Heworth until Iwent to work in Huddersfield for ICI in 1957,but my parents lived in that house until 1972and I used to go ʺhomeʺ most weekends.You tried to persuade me to turn the metalwire clothes line into a dipole and reflector.I married in 1965 and we set up in Levennear Beverley. I was now a medical rep withBeecham Laboratories. Had a son there,b1966, moved to London in mid 68 when I
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Page 6 and 7: 4Does anyone out there have any mem
Page 8 and 9: 6many years of faithful support and
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Page 24 and 25: 22and Blackpool.In those days there
Page 26 and 27: 24cold cocoa for which he was famou
Page 28 and 29: It was lovely down at MYTON on the
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Page 36 and 37: 34CAMPSRobin Hoods’ Bay where we
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Page 40 and 41: 38there I topped up my qualificatio
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Page 44 and 45: 42opposite to yours. I sidestepped
Page 46 and 47: 44sion Les paid a nostalgic visit t
Page 48 and 49: 46Drabble & CoSolicitorsOld Rose Co
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