NEWSLETTER 2007 - Old Brutonian Association

OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION 

NEWSLETTER 2007

OBA NEWSLETTER 2007 

Many of you must be wondering why the first page 

of this OBA Newsletter is looking like the cover of 

a DIY manual. The reason is that I wanted to 

celebrate the achievements of two Old Brutonians who 

have become internationally renowned as authors of the 

finest DIY encyclopaedia since the great Readers’ Digest 

tome that is now several decades old. 

Julian Cassell (O80/85) and Peter Parham (O80/83) 

became friends when they were at School, sharing a study 

in Old House during their Fifth Form year. When Peter left 

after O-levels, he went through several experimental 

careers, including a spell in the Army and a period 

farming in South Africa. Julian, by contrast, remained for 

the Sixth Form, moving on to Portsmouth Polytechnic to 

read Sociology. 

Peter had always shown an aptitude for painting and 

decorating and eventually set himself up in business. 

Julian helped out during the holidays in an attempt to pay 

off his student loan, finally joining Peter full-time in 1989. 

Gradually they expanded into building and renovation, 

learning as they went. In 1995 they found themselves 

working on a building project for the publicity director of 

Haynes Publishing at Sparkford. At the time, he was in the 

process of trying to develop new areas for the publishing 

house, away from its previous speciality of car manuals. It 

was he who suggested that Peter and Julian should 

consider writing about their work for the benefit of those 

who wanted to do their own painting and decorating. The 

particular distinction of our two OB friends was that they 

would bring their own practical experience to the books, 

not – incredibly – something that was common in DIY 

publications. 

Thus, armed with a three-walled ‘room’ at the Haynes 

headquarters in Sparkford and a professional photographer, 

Peter and Julian together prepared three manuals for 

IN PRAISE OF D.I.Y. 

publication: one on interior painting; one on wall-papering 

and one on exterior painting. Each manual ran to 25,000 

words, contained 400 photographs and ended up being 

marketed in seven countries. 

An approach eventually by the more prestigious 

publishing house, Dorling Kindersley, gave rise to 

Decorating Hints, and Tips which sold over a million copies 

around the world. At this stage, Peter and Julian were still 

running their own renovation company. Then Dorling 

Kindersley suggested the DIY Bible, the cover of which is 

shown on the front page of this Newsletter. It took two 

years of full-time work in the making; it runs to 300,000 

words (whittled down from the original 400,000) and 

contains 3,500 of the 10,000 photographs taken in 

preparation. Peter and Julian did all the setting-up, and the 

photo shoots were conducted on a week on/ week off basis. 

During the week ‘off’, Peter prepared more examples for 

photographing while Julian wrote the text. The original 

budget was £650,000 but close on a million pounds was 

spent before the book arrived in the shops. The book is 

selling well, not only in Britain but also in the US, Canada, 

France, Denmark, Germany, South Africa and Australia. The 

Russians signed a contract for publication, even as this 

Newsletter was going to press, and Peter and Julian are 

keen to open up a market in China. Shortly, various sections 

of the book will appear as separate publications: the first, 

DIY Doctor, is intended to deal with problem-solving, like 

blocked drains.One final impressive statistic: the first printrun 

for the DIY Bible was 120,000, where an ‘ordinary’ 

illustrated book would merit a print-run of probably only 

10,000. I hope all Old Brutonian DIY enthusiasts will be 

rushing out to purchase a copy as soon as they put down 

this magazine; it's a bargain at £25 and instantly 

recognisable because it looks like this year's Newsletter! 

David Hindley 

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SWORD OF HONOUR 


On Friday, August 11th, 2006, His Majesty King Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan represented the 

Queen at The Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. His Majesty presented the Sword 

of Honour to Jamie Edwards (B96/01). We would like to offer our warm congratulations to Jamie on having 

won this particularly distinguished award. 

OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2007 3


LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 

e-mail address: RandJMSullivan@aol.com THE MEMORIAL HALL 

Dear Old Brutonians, 

The appointment of President is for a term of 3 years. I 

welcome the publication of this Newsletter which gives me 

the opportunity to report on my second year in office. 

The 2007 Newsletter is the last to be edited by David 

Hindley, our Honorary Secretary, who in retirement is 

busier than ever with his magisterial and other duties in 

the voluntary sector. His final edition is in itself a tribute 

to him. How this publication has improved in style, 

presentation, format and content over the years under his 

direction! 

I wrote last year enthusiastically about the Old 

Brutonian Association being on “the crest of a wave” and 

the message this year is just as positive and optimistic. 

This also reflects the attitude and direction of the School, 

under the Headmastership of Mr. Nigel Lashbrook. He 

could not be more supportive of the OBA and we, your 

Committee, see him on a regular basis to bring the OBA 

membership and the School into closer affiliation, with 

assistance from Mr. Richard Claas, his Development 

Director. 

OLD BRUTONIAN WEEKEND 23RD/24TH JUNE 2007 

An example of this and an exciting new addition to the 

OBA Annual Programme is the Old Brutonian Reunion 

Weekend planned for 23rd/24th June, the flagship social 

event of the year, which is reported on in more detail 

elsewhere. The main event will be the Dinner in the 

Memorial Hall on the Saturday evening. It would be a 

dream come true not only to see the Hall full of Old 

Brutonians that night but also at all the different venues 

and in the town over the weekend. 

Please do now consider attending this event and 

bringing your partners with you. Some might wish to 

contact their year and make arrangements to make up a 

party. We really do need your support to ensure this is a 

success. 

THE APPLE GROWERS SPORTS CLUB 

Some of us have wondered over the years if more could 

be done for our younger members’ requirements for more 

social and sporting activities, in addition to the traditional 

Old Brutonian fixtures against the School, in the first 

decade or so after they leave school. This void has been 

most admirably filled by The Apple Growers Sports Club, 

whose activities are reported on in detail elsewhere in this 

Newsletter. 

The Apple Growers are entirely independent of the OBA 

Committee but I am pleased to say that they know that we 

are very much in support of their objectives and wish to 

help in any way we can. The excellent relationship and 

spirit of cooperation which has developed between us, and 

which we much appreciate, is reflected in their 

appointment of Kate Sedgman to be their liaison officer on 

our Committee and we are always pleased to see her at our 

meetings. 

I am pleased to report that plans for the redevelopment 

and refurbishment of the Memorial Hall, the shrine to our 

fallen Old Boys, are making progress and your Committee 

is being kept informed. 

These plans are indeed ambitious and include a gallery 

to be built at the opposite end to the stage with a kitchen 

and servery underneath. This will increase the scope for 

use of the Hall for social and other events, without the 

food having to be brought up from the School kitchens, 

and provides the opportunity to increase revenue from the 

corporate and private sector. 

The Vice President has been able to obtain the flags of 

the three Services and The Royal Tank Regiment and 

continues his quest to obtain the flags of Line Regiments 

and particularly The Dorset Regiment, to which our CCF 

was originally badged, and which was amalgamated some 

time ago to become The Devon and Dorsets and is now 

part of a larger Regimental group called The Rifles. Some 

of you will remember that the Service and Regimental 

flags, previously a major feature of the Memorial Hall, 

were taken down in the 1970’s. They will be replaced as 

part of the refurbishment programme, which we are told 

could take place in the next 18 months. 

OBA BRIEFING EVENING FOR THE UPPER VI TH 

With the support of the Headmaster we are ramping up 

the briefing to the VIth Form on the OBA. For the first 

time for some time all those leaving will be required to 

attend. This power point presentation on 18th May will be 

given by Kate and Lizzie Sedgman and Adam Nunn. I 

think the image of the OBA is best represented to the 

leavers by young and successful Old Brutonians, with 

whom they can identify and relate. 

THE LONDON LUNCH 

This will be reported on elsewhere but I did want to 

record my thanks to all those who attended at 

Ironmongers’ Hall in the City of London on 1st December 

and indeed to Harry Witherby for carrying out his 

secretarial and administrative responsibilities with such 

diligence. It was another record turn out and some sadly, 

who applied late, had to be turned away. 

It was difficult for us to think of a form of 

entertainment to rival The Corps of Drums, Ist Battalion 

Irish Guards, who performed at the Lunch in the previous 

year. However, although very different, the Hazlegrove 

Chamber Choir, recently voted one of the best children’s 

choirs in the BBC Choir of the Year Competition, were a 

match for anyone. It was emotional for many of us to hear 

the remarkable performance by some 50 pupils from our 

Prep School, with the Crown and Dolphin on their blazer 

pockets, and this was recognized by a much deserved 

standing ovation. 

I am not sure why, but, following the School Song, we 

ended up singing “Bread of Heaven”, led by the soprano, 

Emily Rowley-Jones - possibly because her grandfather had 

been President of the Welsh Rugby Football Union! The 

volume was exceptional, the quality possibly not so! It 


eally was a memorable occasion. 

PARISH NOTICES 

Honorary Treasurer 

I announce the forthcoming retirement from the 

Committee of our Honorary Treasurer after 10 years in 

office. Colin Hughes was Head Boy in my day, a triple 

colour, and we were in the same rugby team before he 

went up to Cambridge. I was rather in awe of him then 

and I think I probably still am. He will hand over in June. 

Colin, in his quiet and modest way, has been a tower of 

strength on the Committee not only in managing our 

funds so efficiently but also as a voice of calm and reason 

giving considered advice and wise council on a wide range 

of subjects to a succession of Presidents including this one. 

It has been a remarkable record of service to the Old 

Brutonian community and we are most grateful to him. 

Retiring Members 

Kate Sedgman and Francis Luard have retired from the 

Committee after three years service. We thank them both 

for the contribution they have made and welcome Kate 

back in a different guise. 

Jamie Reach had already retired from the Committee 

but continued until late 2006 to be an “invited” member. 

His outstanding record of service includes having been 

responsible for the OBA regalia, Bruton Dinner Secretary, 

and having been much involved in OBA and career 

briefings for leavers. A former Head Boy, now Head of 

Mathematics at Clayesmore School, and recently married, 

he has a very busy life and we are sorry to lose him. 

New Members 

We welcome on to the Committee in their place Mary 

Stonham-Ask and Adam Nunn. 

Honorary Secretary 

None of this would be possible without David Hindley, 

who continues as Honorary Secretary with great 

distinction, so ably supported by Jan Juneman, We 

congratulate him on his recent appointment as Chairman 

of the Bench. 

CONCLUDING REMARKS 

We are in good shape, represented by an enthusiastic 

Committee with the right balance, I think, between the 

elder statesmen and the younger generation. The 

youngsters’ positive views and the aspirations of their 

older colleagues together mean that we have a Committee 

accurately representative of the wide age and interest 

range of the Association’s membership. I would like to 

express my thanks to all of them. 

I do hope that the arrangements for the Old Brutonian 

weekend in June will appeal to many of you and that I will 

have the opportunity of welcoming you back to Bruton. 

With best wishes, 

Richard Sullivan 

President , Old Brutonian Association 

HEADMASTER'S LETTER 

The links between King’s and Kenya go back many years 

– in fact, it was my predecessor but two, Hubert 

Doggart, who was the first Headmaster to formally visit 

Kenya to recruit pupils. There had been Kenyan students at 

King’s for many years before Hubert Doggart’s visit, but the 

numbers grew significantly, as you might expect, after the 

Headmaster had personally been to see many prospective 

pupils at their prep schools, notably Pembroke House which 

continues to send talented boys and girls to King’s and will 

hopefully do so for many years to come. 

During the last two years I have had the pleasure – as did Tony 

Beadles and Richard Smyth – in following in Hubert Doggart’s 

footsteps around the horn of Africa. My first visit, twelve 

months ago, disappeared in a whirlwind and it was only on my 

second trip in early March this year that I began truly to 

appreciate the magnificence of Kenya. It is a land of stunning 

geography, wonderfully endearing people, appalling roads, 

non-existent hire cars, and, most importantly, many old 

Brutonians! As you can tell, I was not impressed by arriving at 

Nairobi airport, expecting to collect my hire car (booked online 

in this age of global communication) and finding that no-one 

was in too much of a hurry to find the ‘man’ who supposedly 

knew all about our hire car! I say ‘our’ as on this trip I had the 

pleasure of being accompanied by Richard Fenwick, 

Headmaster of Hazlegrove who, in a previous life, was 

Headmaster of St Andrew’s Prep School, Turi. It is always nice 

having a driver who knows where he is going – once one has 

managed to get a car that is! 

Our trip involved visiting a number of excellent schools – The 

Banda, Kenton College, Pembroke House, St Andrew’s, Turi and 

Pepponi Prep School. It was a pleasure to meet many 

prospective parents who will hopefully continue the 

King’s/Kenya connection in the years to come. As many 

current parents have commented, King’s is an ideal school for 

students from Kenya, given our genuinely holistic approach to 

education, especially with regard to sport and outdoor 

activities. We are also a school that has a genuine boarding 

community at weekends. It is always very pleasing to see so 

many day pupils at King’s return to school on Saturday nights 

and indeed on Sundays. In fact most of our Inter-House sport 

is played on Sunday mornings. This year saw an innovative 

inter-House netball competition bring out some of the most 

competitive boy/girl rivalry that has been seen for a long time. 

Wellesley House won in the junior competition relatively easily 

but the senior tournament went down to the wire with Old 

House (playing in skirts for the occasion!) just pipping 

Wellesley in a fiercely fought final – and I thought netball was 

supposed to be a non-contact sport! 

Talking of houses, many old Brutonians may already be aware 

that we will be opening our third girls’ house in September: 

Arion. This was originally a girls’ house but in recent years has 

been home to a small number of sixth form boys. Arion will 

become the third 13 – 18 girls’ house under the leadership of 

housemistress, Rose Vigers. I am sure that the rivalry between 

Wellesley, Priory and Arion in the years ahead will certainly 

match that which exists between the four boys’ houses! 

Before the memory of my visit to Kenya fades behind a 

plethora of paperwork and end-of-term reports, I must thank 

those parents and old Brutonians who helped make my visit to 

their spectacularly beautiful country so welcoming – seeing so 

many at the Muthaiga Club at the end of my trip reminded me 

just how much warmth there is in many corners of the world 

for this wonderful school of ours. 

Nigel Lashbrook 



LETTER FROM THE HON. SECRETARY 

Dear Old Brutonians, 

If you have already read the President’s letter, then I’m afraid this will have a distinct air of déjà vu about 

it, but then, if you’ve seen Canaletto’s views of London, there’s probably no harm in seeing Turner’s as well. 

Firstly, may I say how sad I am that Colin Hughes is to step down as Honorary Treasurer to the Association. 

For ten years now he has been not only an ultra-efficient purser but also the wisest of counsellors. Himself 

more Canaletto than Turner, he has sometimes been exasperated by my woolly vision of finance and 

numbers, but he has been the most forgiving and generous of colleagues and has invariably found something 

to chuckle about in my fiscal incompetence. His clear vision and sharp intellect will be a tremendous loss to 

the Committee’s deliberations. 

The consolation in all this is that my great friend and former pupil, James Spinney (L97/99) has agreed to 

take over the OBA treasury. James joined the School in the Lower Sixth and very quickly made a strong 

impression with his lively mind, genial disposition and instant commitment to the Bruton way of life – so 

much so that it was obvious by the end of his first year that he should be the next Head of School, that taxing 

role, to which he brought both maturity and a welcome sense of humour. James is a Durham graduate and a 

qualified accountant, currently working for PriceWaterhouseCoopers in London. He is engaged to Zoe, and 

they are to marry in December. 

The President also mentioned that this Newsletter is the last that I shall edit. When I accepted the 

chairmanship of my Bench at the end of last year, clearly something had to go, in order to leave more time for 

my new responsibilities. The Newsletter was a neat package to hand on, and I am delighted that another 

former pupil and much-loved friend, Sally Snook, our first (and so far only) lady President, will take the 

magazine over. Sally worked with me on the first edition of the new-look publication in 2001, so she is familiar 

with the procedures; furthermore, she lives locally and will be able to continue the valued connection with our 

gifted and ever-patient designer, Trent Nicholson of Graphic Examples in Sherborne. 

Meanwhile, the epic tale of OBA insignia continues, and it really does seem as if the gods are playing their 

wily games with us over this. For literally years we have been trying to develop the regalia and souvenirs 

available for OBA members, and with each edition of the Newsletter I have confidently predicted that very 

soon something exciting would be happening, only to find that it didn’t. We certainly appear to be nearer that 

happy outcome now than we have been before: we remain in negotiation with Schoolblazer Ltd., which is 

currently developing the School’s uniform website before moving on to ours. James Wills (B64/68) is working 

with Robin Horsell, the founder of Schoolblazer and, as soon as our website is fully functional, then obviously 

we can begin trading. At the moment OB ties and brooches are available from the School Shop. 

I should like to pay tribute once again to Jan Juneman who works so hard for the Association. It is thirty 

years now since Jan joined the School, as Hubert Doggart’s secretary, at the start of the Summer Term, 1977. In 

all that time she has never been far away from some supporting role in the School, and I am perfectly sure 

that, without her regular help, the proceedings of the OBA Office would simply grind to a halt. At the moment, 

she is busily processing, amongst other things, all the new information that we are receiving as the result of 

advice on use of the internet from the School’s Development Director, Richard Claas. You will notice, for 

example, the huge number of changes of address that we have logged in the past year. 

Finally, I should alert you to a new practice that we have introduced this year. You will be aware that not 

all alumni of the School are members of the Association. So, throughout this magazine, where we have 

recorded news about a non-member, we have begun to use the abbreviation ‘FP’ – former pupil. Non-members 

do not receive a copy of the Newsletter but we have assumed that their friends who are members will, 

nevertheless, want to hear about them. 

My very best wishes, as ever, to you all, 

David Hindley 


AGM AND BRUTON DINNER 

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2006 

The Annual General Meeting of the Old Brutonian Association was held 

in the John Davie Room at King’s School, Bruton at 6 p.m. on Saturday, 

June 24th, 2006. The President, Mr Richard Sullivan was in the chair and 

20 members of the Association were present. Apologies were received 

from James Burrell (O41/46), Peter Canning (O53/57), Colin Jones (Hon. 

Member), Keith Lilly (O39/42), Peter Phillips (L60/65) and Peter Squire 

(P59/63). 

1. The Minutes 

The Minutes of the last AGM, held on Saturday, June 25th, 2005, 

having been circulated with the Newsletter for 2006, were agreed 

and signed as a true record. 

2. Matters Arising 

There were no matters arising. 

3. President’s Items 

a. The President thanked the Hon. Secretary for another outstanding 

annual Newsletter. 

b. The President wished to record the very healthy state of the 

Association. He expressed his thanks to Harry Witherby for the 

success of the website and the email address book; the sound 

financial position of the Association was due to the careful 

husbandry of Colin Hughes and his immediate predecessors; sport 

was thriving under the stewardship of the Applegrowers (who now 

boasted 174 members) and John-Kai Fleming; the London Lunch had 

proved another success, with 168 members present. 

c. Inspired by the enthusiastic attendance at the Lunch, the President 

would like, in conjunction with the School, to promote and develop 

the Bruton Dinner. 

4. Hon. Secretary’s Report 

a. The Hon. Secretary reported that a new database had been installed, 

which would be shared with the School and the Foundation. It is 

much more detailed and flexible than its predecessors and has the 

advantage of being compatible with the School’s database of current 

pupils. Searches for specific data can now be run much more easily. 

b. It was also reported that the School had been in negotiation with 

Schoolblazer, a company that produced high quality school uniforms 

and dealt mainly online. It had been decided that the company 

would supply King’s School uniform from 2007, and consequently 

the Committee had agreed that Schoolblazer should also supply OBA 

regalia. 

5. Hon. Treasurer’s Report 

Copies of the full accounts were distributed at the Meeting, as only 

abbreviated accounts had appeared in the Newsletter. The Hon. 

Treasurer then took the Meeting through the Accounts of the 

Association and of the Charitable Trust. Adoption of the Association’s 

accounts was proposed by Harry Witherby and seconded by Nick 

Evelyn (L56/59); adoption of the accounts for the Charitable Trust 

was proposed by John Longman and seconded by Jamie Reach. Both 

sets of accounts were unanimously adopted. 

6. The Charitable Trust: Vice-President’s Report 

a. The Committee, with appropriate advice from the Headmaster, had 

awarded the 2006 scholarship of £3000 p.a. for five years to Emma 

Burgess. 

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b. The Vice-President announced the names of those who had been 

awarded the OBA School Prizes for 2006. The OBA Prize for 

excellence in GCSE had been awarded to Lucy Clark (P) and 

Alistair Mills (O). The OBA Progress Prizes had gone to James 

Rizzi (B), Thomas Archdale (O) and Ryan Murray-Bruce (A). 

c. The OBA Graduate Prize for 2006 had been awarded to James 

Knoedler (New House 1998-2002 and Keble College, Oxford) who 

was awarded both the top First in English at Oxford in 2005 and 

the University Gibbs Prize. 

7. Officers and Committee 

a. The Meeting unanimously endorsed the Committee’s 

recommendation of two new members: Mary Stonham-Ask 

(79/81) and Adam Nunn (B91/96). 

b. The President acknowledged the valuable contribution made 

over the last four years by the two retiring members of the 

Committee: Kate Sedgman and James Holland. He stressed how 

important it was for the Committee to have Old Girls and young 

Old Brutonians on its strength. 

c. Both the Hon. Secretary and the Hon. Treasurer agreed to serve 

for another year, as did the Hon. Auditor. 

8. Election of an Honorary Member 

a. Upon a proposal by the Committee in accordance with 2 (c) of 

the rules of the Association, Mr Cliff Lowe, Estates Manager of 

the School was unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the 

Association. 

9. A.O.B. 

(a) The President told the meeting that he was ambitious for the 

Association to assist in the planned refurbishment of the 

Memorial Hall. It would be a large financial challenge but he 

hoped that we could play some part in the venture. 

(b) Adam Nunn raised the possibility of Peter Rudorf’s (L90/96) 

name being added to the list of the Fallen in the Memorial Hall. 

The President explained that we had visited this suggestion 

before and that while Peter’s death occurred in a war zone, he 

was not himself serving in HM Forces. 

(c) Roger Gallannaugh (O54/57) spoke from his perspective as a 

governor of the School: he paid tribute to the work of Peter 

Squire (P59/63) as Senior Warden, to Norman Robson (O54/59) as 

chairman of the F&GP and to the Headmaster. He felt that there 

was a new vibrancy in the School. The President endorsed 

Roger’s tribute to the Headmaster, and Edwin Bristow (O44/48) 

reported that Nigel Lashbrook’s recent recruiting visit to Kenyan 

prep. schools had a been a notable success. 

(d) Part of the plan to refurbish the Memorial Hall had been the rehanging 

of the flags that had once been such a feature. The Vice- 

President reported that his research had shown that some of the 

flags of the old Infantry battalions were no longer in production 

and that to make new copies would be very expensive – 

something in the region of £500 per flag. 

The meeting closed at 6.45 p.m. 



THE BRUTON DINNER 2006 

MEMBERS ATTENDING 

Guests in italics 

Honorary Members 

Mary Tyndall 

Jean Bryant 

Ena Blazier 

Martin Barber 

David Hindley (Hon. Secretary) 

Tony Smyth 

1940 

David Hickley 

1941 

Michael Harvey 

Margaret Harvey 

1942 

Jim Vigar 

1944 

Edwin Bristow 

1945 

Tim Harcombe 

Chris Rhys-Jones (Past President) 

1947 

Peter Crimmins 

Stuart Musgrove 

1948 

Allen Whittaker 

Shirley Whittaker 

1951 

Robert Baker* 

Richard Sampson 

Rebecca Walker (O.B.) 

Helena Sampson (O.B.) 

Peter Whitelaw 

1954 

Roger Gallannaugh (Past President) 

Judy Gallannaugh 

1956 

David Evans 

Helen Evans 

Colin Hughes (Hon. Treasurer) 

Gill Hughes 

Nick Evelyn 

1957 

David Watson 

Caroline Watson 

John Longman (Vice-President) 

Penny Longman 

1958 

Richard Sullivan (President) 

Jan Sullivan 

1960 

Mike Kyle 

Chris Kyle 

John Baker 

Sue Baker 

Nigel Purchon 

1962 

Robert Snook 

1963 

Harry Witherby (Committee) 

1964 

James Wills* (Committee) 

Frances Wills* 

Addison Redley 

Jennifer Redley 

1968 

John Graves (Hon. Auditor) 

1969 

Kirsten Cooke 

1972 

Sally Snook (Past President) 

1979 

Andrew Bown 

Samantha Bown (O. B.) 

Mary Stonham-Ask 

1980 

Chris Bown 

Anthony Duguid 

Justin Floyd* 

David Nealon 

1981 

Ian Stuart 

1987 

Jeremy Fry 

Sarah Fry 

1991 

Neil Bowen 

Ian Clothier 

Andrew Molyneux 

Adam Nunn 

Jamie Reach (Dinner Secretary) 

Alex Slezak 

1996 

William Crawshaw 

George Mellery-Pratt 

1997 

Claudia Knight* 

Keith Lilly (1939) had intended to be 

present but is sadly unwell. 

*Those who had booked to attend but were unable 

to do so on the day. 

Apologies: 

Monica Ashton (retiring member of Staff) 

James Knoedler (Graduate Prize Winner) 

Ms Patricia Bremner (Bursar) 

Nigel and Deborah Watts (Housemaster, Old 

House) 

Charles and Camilla Oulton (Housemaster, 

Blackford House) 

James and Olivia Shone (Housemaster, New 

House) 

Rose Vigers (Housemistress, Arion House) 

Nick Todd (Deputy Head of School) 

Tim Fish (Captain of Hockey) 

Tom Heal (1st XI Cricket) 

GUESTS OF THE ASSOCIATION 

Nigel and Jill Lashbrook (Headmaster) 

Roger and Janet Lowe (Retiring after 38 years, 

Head of Science, former Housemaster of Old 

House) 

Cliff and Carol Lowe (Estates Manager – 

appointed Honorary Old Brutonian, 2006) 

Gareth and Jillian Evans (Deputy Headmaster) 

Rob and Julie Lowry (Retiring as Housemaster 

of Lyon) 

Richard and Katie Fenwick (Headmaster, 

Hazlegrove) 

Ann and David Crowcombe (Housemistress, 

Priory House) 

Angela and Ian Ashworth (Housemistress, 

Wellesley House) 

Glynn Jenkins (Director of Music) 

Jan and Colin Juneman (Assistant Secretary to 

the OBA 

and President of Common Room) 

Richard Claas (Development Director) 

Nigel and Zanna Wilson-Brown (Chaplain) 

Kate Flavell (Head of School, Captain of Girls’ 

Hockey, 

1st teams for Netball and Tennis) 

Millie Deaney (Deputy Head of School, 1st team 

for Netball) 

Matthew Sollars (Captain of Rugby) 

MENU 

Smoked Salmon served with 

Brown Bread and a Watercress 

and Horse Radish Cream 

• 

Peppered Rib of Roast Beef 

Glazed Gammon 

Seafood Medley 

Cream Cheese and Cucumber 

Terrine 

• 

Hot Minted and Buttered New 

Potatoes, Selection of Salads 

• 

Strawberries and Clotted Cream 

Fruit Salad 

Choux Pastry Swan with Praline 

Cream 

• 

Cheese, Biscuits and Port 

• 

Coffee and Mints 

The wines served were a French 

cabernet sauvignon, a Chilean merlot, 

a Chilean chardonnay and a Touraine 

sauvignon blanc. 


ACCOMMODATION 

There are a few places offering bed and breakfast 

accommodation within easy walking distance of the 

School: 

Brue House 01749 813524 

already booked 

Bruton House 01749 813395 

Blue Ball Inn 01749 812315 

Within about ten minutes’ drive of the School, bed 

and breakfast is available at: 

Clanville Manor* 01963 350124 

clanvillemanor@aol.com 

The Montague Inn 01749 813213 

Gants Mill 01749 812393 

Holbrook House Hotel 01963 824466 

holbrookhotel@compuserve.com 

The George Hotel 

Castle Cary 01963 350761 

There is a more comprehensive list on the Bruton 

town website: www.bruton-town.org.uk 

*run by Old Brutonian, Sally Snook 

OBA SUBSCRIPTION RATES 

The Rules of the Association stipulate that the 

current OBA subscription rates should be published 

in the Newsletter. The following information is 

given to comply with this requirement. 

The life subscription rate for those joining the 

Association on leaving the School or within ten 

years thereafter is £252. The life subscription rate 

can be changed by the Association in general 

meeting. 

The life subscription for those joining more than 

ten years after leaving the School is related to the 

life subscription rate for leavers in the year of 

joining on a sliding scale laid down in the 

Association’s Rules. 

Associate membership is available to staff at the 

School on payment of an annual subscription rate 

equal to one-tenth of the life subscription rate for 

leavers in the year of joining. After payment of ten 

annual subscriptions an associate member 

automatically becomes a life member. 


NOTICE OF ANNUAL 

GENERAL MEETING 2007 

The Annual General Meeting of the Old Brutonian 

Association will be held in the John Davie Room at 

King’s School, Bruton on Saturday, 23rd June 2007 at 

6.00 pm for the following purposes: 

1. to receive the accounts and reports of the Committee and of 

the Honorary Auditor acting as an independent examiner for 

the year ended 31st December, 2006; 

2. to receive the accounts of the Old Brutonian Association 

Charitable Trust and the reports of the Trustees and of the 

independent examiner for the year ended 31st December 

2006; 

3. to elect members of the Committee; 

4. to elect an Honorary Secretary for the ensuing year; 

5. to elect an Honorary Treasurer for the ensuing year; 

6. to appoint an Honorary Auditor to act as an auditor or 

independent examiner as appropriate for the ensuing year; 

7. Election of Honorary Members of the Assoociation 

That, upon a proposal by the Committee in accordance with 

Article 2(c) of the rules of the Association, Mrs Ann 

Crowcombe, Housemistress and Mr Rob Lowry, formerly 

Housemaster be and hereby are elected Honorary Members. 

By order of the Committee 

David Hindley 

(Honorary Secretary) 

AGENDA FOR THE 2007 AGM 

1. Minutes of the last Meeting 

2. Matters Arising 

3. President’s Items 

4. Hon. Secretary’s Report 

5. Hon. Treasurer’s Report 

6. The Charitable Trust: 

The Vice-President’s Report 

7. Officers and Committee 

8. Election of Honorary Members 

9. A.O.B. 

THE LONDON LUNCH 2007 

The 2007 London Lunch will be held in the 

Ironmongers’ Hall on Friday, December 7th. Harry 

Witherby will again be organising the event, and 

nearer the time, he will contact all those who have 

attended in previous years with details of the Lunch 

and a booking form. If you know that you are not on 

Harry’s list and would like to attend, please email 

him at harry@witherby.net . 

To update addresses or to inform us of news 

please contact: 

The O.B.A. Office, King’s School , 

Bruton, Somerset BA10 0ED 

Telephone/fax: 01749 813253 

e-mail: oba@kingsbruton.com 



THE OBA WEEKEND – 23RD AND 24TH JUNE 2007 

As you see from the title of this piece, the OBA AGM 

and Dinner have become a weekend. We hope this will 

lead to bigger and better weekends in following years. 

Some Old Brutonians, perhaps less attached to the School 

than others, have suggested that Bruton is a long way to 

come just for dinner; so, with great help and enthusiasm 

from the Headmaster, we have set up a package for the 

weekend which we hope you will find attractive and 

interesting. 

You are invited for coffee at the School at 11 am on 

Saturday 23rd June. King’s School, Bruton’s oldest cricket 

fixture, against Monkton Combe for The Ashes (of the old 

scoreboard) begins at 11.30am on Hyde and all are 

welcome to come and murmur “Well bowled” and “Good 

shot, sir!” at appropriate moments. There will be a buffet 

lunch available for Old Brutonians and their guests. 

In addition to the cricket, the 1st, 2nd, U15 and U14 

Girls’ Tennis teams will be playing against Prior Park and 

would be grateful for your support. After the games, you 

are all invited to the Match Tea in the Dining Room from 

3.45pm. 

The OBA AGM will be in the John Davie Room (the old 

Library) at 6.00pm. Drinks will be served in the 

Millennium Circle from 7.00pm and the OBA Dinner will 

be held in the Memorial Hall at 7.45pm. Carriages at 

midnight! 

On Sunday 24th June, morning-service at St Mary’s 

Church at 9.10am will be followed by morning-coffee for 

those intrepid souls who appear. There will be tours of 

the School at 10.00am which will be interesting for those 

who have yet to see all the improvements and new 

buildings which have appeared since our own days of 

✁ 

yore. These tours will be conducted by some of the 

current pupils so you will have a chance to get from the 

horse’s mouth, so to speak, just how terrific KSB has 

become. 

At 11.30am a cricket match begins on Hyde between 

KSB and St Peter’s School, Adelaide, Australia. From next 

year and thereafter, we hope to arrange a KSB v OBA 

match on the Sunday. Lunch will be available at the 

school for OBs and their guests and the weekend finishes, 

officially, at 3.00pm. You get all this for just £25! 

However, there is more…… 

On Sunday evening there is a Jazz concert at King’s 

(Jazz for a Summer’s Evening) starting at 7.30. If you tick 

the appropriate box on the form below, the School will 

send you details on how to purchase tickets. The School’s 

jazz concerts have become something of an institution 

and are nearly always over-subscribed so you need to 

respond soon to have a chance of getting in. 

This is a wonderful opportunity to get together with a 

group of your contemporaries and spend a pleasant 

weekend together, so please do ring around and persuade 

as many of your friends to join you in Bruton. Obviously, 

we need to have some idea of how many are likely to 

attend each event, so please tick all the right boxes on 

the form below and send it to me as soon as possible. 

Applications for dinner must be made on this form and 

sent to me with a cheque (made out to the OBA) for £25 

per person to reach me by 7th June (the address is on the 

form). 

Honorary Old Brutonians and Old Brutonians over 75 

years old come to dinner for free! See you all there. 

Harry Witherby 

APPLICATION FOR OBA DINNER PLACES BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE 

NAME…………………………………………………………………………………………............................KSB DATES……...................................................HOUSE............................. 

ADDRESS……………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………............................................................................................................................ 

…………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………................................................................................................................................... 

TELEPHONE ...............................................................................................E-MAIL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 

NO OF PLACES .................................................. (You may bring one guest who need not be an Old Brutonian) 

NAME OF GUEST…………………………………….…………………………………………………………….................................................................................................. 

I will also attend – Saturday Lunch ............... Saturday Match Tea ............... Sunday School Tour ............... Sunday Lunch ............... 

I would like details of the Jazz Concert on Sunday 24th June ............... 

Send this form with your cheque for £25 per person(unless you are an Honorary OB or over 75) to: 

Harry Witherby, Velwood House, Barnes Lane, Milford on Sea, Hampshire SO41 0RR. 

Telephone (in dire emergencies) 01590 641958 Applications will be acknowledged only by email 


Thomas ANDERSON(P/L) The Old Rectory, Holton, 

Wincanton, Somerset BA9 8AN 

Thomas ARCHDALE(O) Church Farm, Motcombe, 

Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9NT 

Alexander BAKER(B) Catbells, 22 South Meadow, South 

Horrington, Wells, Somerset BA5 3DJ 

Adrian BARROS(N) c/o ASTEX Hermanos Becquer 7, 28006 

MADRID, SPAIN 

Jack BARTHOLOMEW(O) Hope Farm, Buckhorn Weston, 

Gillingham, Dorset SP8 5HL 

Georgina BATES(P) Treacle House, Chicklade, Hindon, 

Wiltshire SP3 5SW 

Davide BELLUCCO(O) Corso Buenos Aires 56, 20124 MILAN, 

ITALY 

Daniel BISSETT(N) Forge House, 3 Stocks Lane, North 

Wootton, Somerset BA4 4EP 

John BLANDY(O) Quinta das Voltas, Ladeira de Casa Branca 

16, P.9000-099 Funchal Madeira PORTUGAL 

Sholto BONHAM THOMAS(L) Priory Leasow, Titley, Kington, 

Herefordshire HR5 3RS 

Stephanie BROMAGE(W) 5 St James's Park, Yeovil, Somerset, 

BA20 2EX 

Marion BURGE(W) 9 Raford House, 49 Kenilworth Road, 

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 6JJ 

Lucas CANADAS(L) Romero Giron 12, 28036 MADRID, SPAIN 

Thomas CARLTON(L) 23 Avenue Auguste Galtier, Domanine 

du Castellet, 06230 VILLEFRANCH-SUR-MER, FRANCE 

Samson CHAN(L) 6/F Flat H Block 11, Royal Ascot, Fotan, 

NEW TERRITORIES, HONG KONG 

Steven CHEN(A) Rm 301, Bldg A, Jijing Yuan, Xinwen Road, 

Futain District, 518034 SHENZHEN, CHINA 

Richard CHESTER(N) Dawn Cottage, Drummond Road, 

Swanage, Dorset BH19 2DX 

Kenny CHEUNG(N) Flat B 27/F, Block 5, Belair Monte, No 3 

Ma Sik Road, FANLING, NEW TERRITORIES, HONG KONG 

Tom COOMBES(L) Manor Farm, Milton, Martock, Somerset 

TA12 6AL 

Ross DAVEY(L) PO Box 24530, Karen, NAIROBI, 00502, KENYA 

James DAWSON(O) Moorlands Cottage, East Knoyle, 

Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6BN 

Milly DEANEY(W) Clearbrook, High Street, West Lydford, 

Somerton, Somerset TA11 7DG 

Constantin DIESCH(A) Bocksredder 7, 24229 STRANDE, 

GERMANY 

Philippa DOWDELL(W) Yew Tree Cottage, Corton Denham, 

Sherborne, Dorset DT9 4LS 

James EDWARDS(L) Traist House, Camel Street, Marston 

Magna, Somerset BA22 8DB 

Timothy FISH(A) Le Jardin, Rue du Torval, Castel, GUERNSEY 

GY5 7DD CHANNEL ISLANDS 

Kate FLAVELL(W) Old Leake, Gold Street, Stalbridge, Dorset 

DT10 2LX 

Edward GARDINER(N) 46 Portland Street, Staple Hill, Bristol 

BS16 4PT 

Katya GONASTAREVA(W) Flat 5, House 15, Martunova 

Embankment, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA 

Thomas HEAL(L) 9 York Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 7AP 

Gerold KEMPTER(A) Von-Weckenstein-Strasse 11, 88639 

WALD, GERMANY 

Emily KINSEY(P) 50 Highfield Rise, Shrewton, Salisbury, 

Wiltshire SP3 4DZ 

Markus KREIPE(N) Hagenkamp 36, 30982 PATTENSEN, 

GERMANY 

Stanislas LAZARSKI(N) 96 Rue de Miromesnil, 75008 PARIS, 

FRANCE 

New Members 2006 

NEWS OF OLD BRUTONIANS 

Tracey LEVITAN, (A/P) PO Box 24983, Karen, NAIROBI, 

00502, KENYA 

Lydia LU(P) c/o Mrs Christine Lai, 12/F Devon House, Taikoo 

Place, 979 King's Road, QUARRY BAY, HONG KONG 

Rory LYNCH(B) Hill House, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, Wiltshire 

SP5 5DJ 

Nicholas MAMULAISHVILI(L) 15 Chavchavadze Avenue, 

0179 TBILISI, GEORGIA 

Simon MAUGHAN(B) Muston Farmhouse, Hazelbury Bryan, 

Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 2EE 

James MCGREGOR(B) Kennet House, 44 London Road, 

Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2AA 

Gabby MILES(W) Higher Farmhouse, Limington, Yeovil, 

Somerset BA22 8EG 

Sam MILES(N) Higher Farmhouse, Limington, Yeovil, 

Somerset BA22 8EG 

Emma MORGAN(W) Cosgarne House, Sharvells Road, 

Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire SO41 0PE 

Ryan MURRAY-BRUCE(A) 14 Homstead Road, Hatfield, 

Hertfordshire AL10 OQL 

Sarah NORRIS(W) Elm Green, Cole Road, Bruton, Somerset 

BA10 0DD 

Cassandra PAULL(W) 41 Esplanade House, The Esplanade, 

Porthcawl, South Wales CF36 3YE 

Guy PICKTHALL(B) Orchard House, Westcombe, Shepton 

Mallet, Somerset BA4 6ER 

Vicente PRADO(L) c/o ASTEX, Hermanos Becquer 7, 28006 

MADRID, SPAIN 

Henry SAGE(B) 1 Old Mill Way, Wells, Somerset BA5 2JU 

Guneet SANDHU(N) 128 Basildene Road, Hounslow, 

Middlesex TW4 7LU 

William SMITH(L) Cape Farm, Badminton, Gloucestershire 

GL9 1ES 

Johnny SO(O) Lau Miu Kiu, No 1 19th Street, Hong Lok Yuen, 

Tai Po, NEW TERRITORIES HONG KONG 

Matthew SOLLARS(L) 1 Otter Close, Okehampton, Devon 

EX20 1TT 

Matthew STOCKWELL(N) Ardmore Cottage, 16 Ardmore 

Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset BH14 8SA 

Thomas STOCKWELL(O) Ardmore Cottage, 16 Ardmore Road, 

Parkstone, Poole, Dorset BH14 8SA 

Arthur TAM(A) Flat 207 2/F Block 2C Villa Lotto, 18 

Broadwood Road, Happy Valley HONG KONG 

Nicholas TODD(L) Cottis, Fore Street, West Camel, Yeovil, 

Somerset BA22 7QW 

Eduard VON OLDERSHAUSEN(N) Durerstrasse 6, 22607 

HAMBURG, GERMANY 

Luke WAKEHAM(P/L) Five Bells House, Piddletrenthide, 

Dorcester, Dorset DT2 7QX 

Jonathan WILLIAMS(B) 47 Spring Street, Wool, Wareham, 

Dorset BH20 6DB 

Nicole WONG(P) Flat 3501 35/F Hoi Wang House, Kwong 

Yuen Estate DSQs, 72 Siu Lek Yuen Road, Shatin, NEW 

TERRITORIES, HONG KONG 

Andreas WURFL(A) Am Steig 4, 86938 SCHONDORF, 

GERMANY 

Pan Pan XUE(N) Toby Eady Associates Ltd, 3rd Floor, 9 Orme 

Court, London W2 4RL 

Jeffrey YANG(O) 5/F Zhong Hoi Building, No 399 FuHua 

Road, SHENZHEN, CHINA 

Man YIP(B) 10B Block 6 Beverley Villas, 16 La Salle Road, 

Kowloon Tong, KOWLOON, HONG KONG 

Honorary Member: 

Clifford LOWE, Red House, Sunny Hill, Bruton 


ACCOUNTS 

OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION & CHARITABLE 

TRUST ABRIDGED REPORTS & ACCOUNTS 

The following are abridged reports and accounts of the 

Association and its charitable trust for the year ended 31 December 

2006. The full reports and accounts, which have been examined by 

the Honorary Auditor acting as an Independent Examiner, were 

approved by the Committee and trustees on 3 March 2007. Copies 

are available from The Honorary Secretary, Old Brutonian 

Association, King’s School, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0ED and will be 

available at the Association’s AGM on 23 June 2007. Copies can also 

be accessed on the OBA website www.oldbrutonians.com. 

ABRIDGED REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006 

Objects 

The general objects of the Association as contained in the Rules 

are to promote union amongst Old Brutonians and to further the 

interests of King’s School, Bruton. In particular the Association will 

arrange an Annual Dinner at the School, publish an Annual 

Newsletter and establish and maintain a Charitable Trust for 

charitable purposes connected to the Association’s objects. 

Committee 

At 31 December 2006 the Committee consisted of the Officers: 

Richard Sullivan (N 58/62) President until 2008, John Longman (P 

57/61) Vice President until 2008, David Hindley (Staff 63/00) 

Honorary Secretary until 2007 and Colin Hughes (L 56/61) Honorary 

Treasurer until 2007, and eight ordinary members: Trevor Albery (B 

83/88) and Francis Luard (P 92/97) to serve until 2007, Hannah 

Carew-Gibbs (W 96/98) and James Wills (B 64/68) to serve until 

2008, Lizzie Sedgman (W 97/99) and David Graham (O 60/65) to 

serve until 2009 and Adam Nunn (B 91/96) and Mary Stonham-Ask 

(79/81) to serve until 2010. John Kai Fleming (B 88/93), Sports 

Coordinator, Jamie Reach (L91/95), Dinner Secretary until 4 

November 2006 and Harry Witherby (B 63/67), London Lunch 

Secretary, Newsletter Advertising and Website Maintenance, and 

Dinner Secretary from 4 November 2006, attended committee 

meetings by invitation. 

Under the current Rules two ordinary members of the Committee 

are elected each year for a term of four years. Ordinary members are 

not eligible for re-election until the year following that in which they 

retire. At the general meeting on 24 June 2006, James Holland (O 

83/88) and Kate Sedgman (W 95/97), who had been members since 

2002, retired by rotation and Adam Nunn and Mary Stonham-Ask 

were elected to replace them. John M Graves (P 68/73), Honorary 

Auditor, was re-elected to serve for a further year. 

Membership 

70 members joined the Association during 2006. The Association 

was notified of the deaths of 16 members during 2006 and at the 

end of the year the total membership was 3,693. The active 

membership for whom current addresses are known is now 2,451. 

Activities 

(a) Promotion of union among Old Brutonians 

The annual general meeting and the Bruton dinner were held on 

24 June 2006. 20 members attended the meeting. The dinner was 

held in the Memorial Hall and was attended by 52 members, 22 

guests of members and 26 guests of the Association. The annual 

reunion lunch in London was held in the Ironmongers’ Hall on 1 

December 2006 and was attended by 165 members. The reunions in 

Bristol continued. 

Old Brutonian teams competed against the School at hockey, 

cricket and golf. An Old Brutonian cricket team participated in the 

Brewers Company Cup competition. The Committee maintained 

contact with the Apple Growers Sports Club, which is run by Old 

Brutonians principally for Old Brutonians. 

The forty-seventh annual Newsletter was despatched to 

members for whom addresses were known in April 2006. The 

Newsletter was edited by David Hindley. Harry Witherby was 

responsible for the procurement of advertising for the Newsletter 

and for the maintenance of the OBA web-site 

(www.oldbrutonians.com). Over half of the active membership has 

registered email addresses with the site. 

(b) Furthering the interests of the School 

The Association donated its investment income under a deed of 

covenant to the Old Brutonian Association Charitable Trust. In 

addition the Association has established two further covenants in 

favour of the trust linked to the provision of scholarships at the 

School, each for £1,500 per annum for five years, the first 

commencing in September 2005 and the second in September 2006. 

The abridged report and accounts of the Trust give further details. 

Richard Sampson (P 51/55), James Burrell (O 41/46) and Michael 

Robinson (N/P 40/44) represented Old Brutonians on the council of 

the Friends of King’s School, Bruton. Roger Gallannaugh (O 54/57) is 

the Governors’ representative. Michael Barnfield (N 69/74) is the 

current President of the Friends. Four members of the Association 

are currently serving on the Governing Body of the School. 

Finance 

In the year ended 31 December 2006 the Association had 

incoming resources of £17,794. Resources expended amounted to 

£21,311 and the value of investments appreciated by £12,473. Overall 

net assets rose to £140,347. Further details are given in the abridged 

accounts below. The figures have been affected by a change in 

accounting practice. 

Appreciation 

The Committee is extremely grateful to those members of the 

Association who have served as past and present members of the 

Committee, the representatives of the Association on outside bodies, 

the Honorary Auditor, the editor of the Newsletter and the 

organisers of the Bruton Dinner, the London Lunch, the regional 

reunions and the increasingly varied and numerous sporting 

activities. Without the assistance of these members the Association 

would be unable to fulfil its objects. 

OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION 

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2006 

2006 2005 

Incoming resources £ £ 

Subscriptions 12,877 20,528 

Investment income 3,972 3,530 

Other 945 1,304 

Total incoming resources 17,794 25,362 

Resources expended 

Newsletter publication 6,052 6,961 

Donations 1 1,472 1 1,047 

Administration 2,527 1,880 

Other 1,260 1,420 

Total resources expended 21,311 21,308 

Net incoming resources (3,517) 4,054 

Gain on investments 12,473 19,481 

Net movement in funds 8,956 23,535 

Fund as at 1 January 131,391 107,856 

Fund as at 31 December 140,347 131,391 


Balance Sheet at 31 December 2006 

2006 2005 

Long-term assets £ £ 

Investments 108,868 96,395 

Current assets 

Deposits 56,360 37,298 

Debtors 0 8,036 

Cash 107 131 

Total current assets 56,467 45,465 

Creditors: amounts under 1 year 15,488 4,969 

Net current assets/(liabilities) 40,979 40,496 

Total assets less current liabilities 149,847 136,891 

Creditors: amounts beyond 1 year 9,500 5,500 

Net assets 140,347 131,391 

Fund 140,347 131,391 

ABRIDGED REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITABLE 

TRUST FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006 

Trustees 

The current trustees are the Officers of the Association, 

namely Richard Sullivan, John Longman, David Hindley and 

Colin Hughes 

Objects 

The objects of the trust are set out in the trust deeds. In 

summary they include the relief of poverty amongst former 

pupils of King’s School, Bruton and their immediate dependants, 

the provision of scholarships to pupils at the School, prizes 

based on educational merit to pupils or former pupils and 

awards to pupils showing outstanding ability in art, drama, 

music, sport and leadership, and such other related charitable 

purposes as the trustees unanimously agree. 

Activities 

During the year the trustees made the following awards to 

further the objects of the trust: 

(a) two scholarships, each of £3,000 per annum, the first for 

five years from September 2006 and the second for three 

years and two terms from January 2007, 

(b) five educational prizes of £25 each to pupils at the School 

(c) two further education prizes totalling £900. 

A total of £7,750 was paid out in 2006 in respect of 

scholarships awarded. The amount committed for future years 

rose to £43,000. 

Donations 

The covenanted donations received from the Association in 

respect of 2006 amounted to £5,972 and a further £5,500 was 

credited being the increase in the amounts receivable in future 

years. Other donations amounted to £1,775 for the Unrestricted 

Fund, £1,700 for the Restricted Fund and £641 for the Permanent 

Endowment Fund. These figures include the benefit of any tax 

relief under Gift Aid. 

The trustees gratefully acknowledge all these donations. 

Accounts 

The accounts have been affected by a material change in 

accounting practice arising from the adoption of a new 

Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice for Charities. 

ACCOUNTS 

The full commitment for scholarships is now included in 

resources expended in the year in which the scholarship is 

awarded. On the new basis net incoming resources amounted to a 

negative £9,543 for the year 2006 compared with an adjusted 

positive £4,359 in 2005. These amounts are after making 

charitable expenditure of £27,025 in 2006 and £13,600 in 2005 

respectively. At 31 December 2006 the net assets stood at £30,922, 

of which £18,143 belonged to the Unrestricted Fund and £12,779 to 

the Permanent Endowment Fund. 

Independent Examiner 

The trustees gratefully acknowledge the work carried out by 

John Graves as Independent Examiner of the trust’s accounts. 

OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST 

Registered Number: 284570 

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2006 

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total 

Fund Fund Fund 2006 

£ £ £ £ 

Incoming resources 

Donations 13,247 1,700 641 15,588 

Investment income 1,894 0 0 1,894 

Total incoming resources 15,141 1,700 641 17,482 

Resources expended 

Charitable expenditure: 

Grants payable 24,325 2,700 0 27,025 

Total resources expended 24,325 2,700 0 27,025 

Net incoming resources ( 9,184) (1,000) 641 ( 9,543) 

Gain/(loss) on investments 2,246 0 1,695 3,941 

Net movement in funds ( 6,938) (1,000) 2,336 ( 5,602) 

Funds as at 1 January 25,081 1,000 10,443 36,524 

Funds as at 31 December 18,143 0 12,779 30,922 

FUNDS AS AT 31 DECEMBER Balance Sheet at 31 December 2006 

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total 

Fund Fund Fund 2006 

£ £ £ £ 

Long-term assets 

Investments 16,047 0 12,638 28,685 

Covenanted receipts 9,500 0 0 9,500 

Total long-term assets 25,547 0 12,638 38,185 

Current assets 

Deposits 25,892 2,700 70 28,662 

Debtors (under 1 year) 7,057 0 71 7,128 

Cash at bank 146 0 0 146 

Total current assets 33,095 2,700 141 35,936 

Creditors: under 1 year 11,799 900 0 12,699 

Net current assets 21,296 1,800 141 23,237 

Total assets 

less current liabilities 

Creditors: amounts 

46,843 1,800 12,779 61,422 

beyond 1 year 28,700 1,800 0 30,500 

Net assets 18,143 0 12,779 30,922 

Funds 18,143 0 12,779 30,922 

(Comparative totals for 2005 have been omitted from the above figures due to lack of space) 



I so thoroughly enjoyed my first City of London OBA 

Lunch on Friday 18th November 2005, meeting old school 

friends, enjoying the fabulous lunch and the impressive 

surroundings of the Ironmongers’ Hall, that I promised in 

the last edition of the OBA magazine to attend the 2006 

Lunch !! And, despite being in the final stages of house 

renovation in SW France, I was determined to be at the 

Ironmongers Hall again for the 2006 Lunch. 

KING’S SCHOOL, BRUTON REVISITED 

I felt that I really ought to go back to KSB, so for the 

first time in many years I went back to KSB one Sunday in 

October 2006. Bruton is still as I remember from the 

1960s, but familiar old buildings now mingle with newbuild 

everywhere. The Dovecot, the Art School, Pack-Horse 

Bridge and even the old wooden CCF hut are still the 

same. But gone are the shabby old carpentry sheds and 

rifle range. The gardens by the Brue, for me the route 

between Priory House, classes and food have been long 

grassed-over. 

The food then was truly awful and we had to 

supplement rations at a corner café at the top of the High 

Street opposite the Library. Now I am sure the food is 

Michelin standard! 

No! Not everything at Bruton then was wonderful - 

‘Green Paper’, roll-calls, prep, poisonous prefects and 

chemistry are best forgotten. But life in Bruton was 

brightened by pop music - Elvis, The Beatles, Rolling 

Stones, Dusty Springfield and Lonnie Donnegan – great 

popular music which had the added benefit of enraging 

the older generation…and the masters!! Now in the 21st 

century the old Priory House ‘Dumps’ are sealed up but 

memories of Joe Wiles our Priory Housemaster, ‘Tubby’ 

Vallins, the English master and John Neal come flooding 

back. Also Robert South and Ken Kennaway - music 

teachers who imbued in many our continuing deep love 

of classical music. 

When I was at KSB, ’58 to ’63, the only legal way to see 

a girl was a long Sunday walk up Lover’s Lane or the 

railway line to Sunny Hill Girls School. And we only had a 

couple of Sunday exeats each term. Now the boys and 

girls seem to go home each weekend. On that Sunday in 

October 2006 KSB was deserted. Luckily, whilst at KSB, for 

my many and frequent sins, I became expert at the Park 

Wall punishment run!! So my familiarity with Bruton 

short-cuts and by-ways enabled us to take to the backlanes, 

unhindered by the major road-works which 

completely disrupted Bruton last October!! 

CITY OF LONDON LUNCH 2006 

So Friday 1st December 2006 arrived and, inspired by 

my recent visit to KSB, I donned my suit and, escorted by 

John Wood (Old 56), took the train to Waterloo and the 


REFLECTIONS ON A SUPER OBA LONDON LUNCH – 1 DECEMBER 2006 

City. Anton Schooley (Old/Blackford 58/63) joined us at 

Waterloo and then we took The Drain to the City. There, 

all 168 of us Old Brutonians, of all ages, of all sexes, 

assembled under the watchful gaze of our President, Lt 

Col Richard Sullivan. A great friend from Blackford, Jamie 

Wood (Old/Blackford 58/62) was there too. Fortunately we 

60-somethings were not able to enjoy too much prelunch 

white wine as we were promptly marched in to the 

magnificent Ironmongers’ Hall by the Master of 

Ceremonies, Robert Young, Beadle of the Girdlers' 

Company (whose every reference to ‘Old Brutonians’ 

induced huge cheers throughout the lunch!!) 

After the Selwyn College Grace, said by David Hindley, 

we enjoyed an excellent lunch of Priory Crab – a gateau of 

white crab and beetroot on blinis with a caviar dressing, 

then Old Fowl Matron (how dare they, she was lovely) 

delicious roasted tender breast of guinea fowl stuffed 

with foie gras and mushrooms in a tarragon sauce. This 

delight was followed by a terrific pudding (how I hated 

those awful puddings years ago) the so-called ‘Squire’s 

Dream’ – a lovely pear in white chocolate crème anglaise 

and cinnamon ice cream with coffee and mints. Fabulous! 

This fare was all accompanied with some superbly 

drinkable Western Cape South African wines!! We fed 

‘until we wanted no more’ and then there were coffee, 

chocolates and some magnificent Dow’s late bottled 

Vintage 2000 port. 

After the Loyal Toast we sang The National Anthem 

vigorously and Richard Sullivan proposed the toast to ‘The 

Guests’. In his reply the Headmaster, Mr Nigel Lashbrook, 

gave a us a brief and amusing insight into events at KSB 

over the last 12 months, reflections on government 

education policies and targets, and how the School valued 

the need for engendering ‘common sense’ in its students. 

Mr Christopher Rhys-Jones, Past President, then proposed 

the Toast to ‘The School’ ;this done, we sang Carmen 

Brutoniense accompanied by Miss Emily Rowley-Jones 

from The Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the 

King’s School Bruton Chamber Orchestra, Director, Dr. 

Glynn Jenkins. The President, reflecting on the Welsh 

flavour of the lunch, and to celebrate a famous Welsh 

Rugby Grand Slam in 2005, then proposed we all sang 

Cwm Ronda (Bread of Heaven). 

The lovely lunch ended at about 4 pm. I soberly 

repaired to the Hogshead Tavern over the road for drop of 

English ale, in my case kindly provided by Adam Nunn 

(Blackford 1991-1996) and then home. A great time was 

had by all, old acquaintances renewed. 

Finally, our most grateful thanks must again go to 

Harry Witherby for his superb organisation of the City of 

London Lunch…see you next year! 

Tom Suffolk 


The following members of the Association attended the London Lunch 

1939 John Burnett (N) 

Geoffrey Collins (N) 

Keith Lilly (O) 

1940 Michael Robinson (N/P) 

1942 Richard Coward (P) 

Edwin Harris (P) 

Arnold Stevenson (O) 

1943 Mike Hooper (P) 

1944 John Beauchamp (O) 

Edwin Bristow (O) 

Tommas Graves (O) 

Edward Prance (P) 

Jim Vigar (O) 

1945 John Coleman (N) 

Geoffrey Jarman (N) 

Joe Palmer (N) 

Chris Rhys-Jones (O) 

1946 David Chalke (P) 

George Warry (O) 

1947 Peter Crimmins (N) 

Tim Harlow (N) 

1948 Dick Howell (N) 

John Hudson (N) 

Keith Loney (O) 

Stuart Mann (N) 

James Roe (P) 

John Webster (N) 

1949 David Beresford-Jones (O) 

Peter Nisbet (P) 

1950 Peter Bond (P) 

John Mauger (P) 

Michael West (O) 

1951 Richard Winter (P) 

1952 Michael Read (P/L) 

1953 Michael Allen (P) 

Ian Maitland (P) 

1954 George Comer (N) 

Roger Gallannaugh (O) 

Colin Lloyd (P) 

Norman Robson (O) 

1956 Martin Hamblin (P) 

Stephen Jenkins (L) 

John Wood (O) 

1957 Robert Berry (P) 

John Longman (P) 

Vice-President 

Anton Schooley (O/B) 

1958 Edward Cloete (P) 

Mark Fenwick (N) 

Charles Foot (N) 

Geoffrey Hayward (N) 

Keith Read (P/B) 

Tom Suffolk (P/B) 

Richard Sullivan (N) 

President 

Edward Waltham (N) 

James Wood (O/B) 

1959 Jeremy Hall (L) 

John Irving (L) 

Peter Squire (P) 

1960 

Roger Beach (N) 

Richard Cloete (P) 

David Graham (O) 

Marcus Hill (O) 

Richard Hogg (O) 

Nigel McCrea (O) 

Peter Phillips (L) 

Charles Pointon-Taylor (N) 

Michael Roberts (L) 

1962 Aidan Mills-Thomas (P) 

1963 David Hindley 

Hon. Member 

James Waterman (B) 

Harry Witherby (B) 

1964 Peter Moreton (B) 

Addison Redley (B) 

James Wills (B) 

1965 Richard Brazier (B) 

Colin Williams (P) 

1966 Norton Sims (N) 

1968 John Graves (P) 

Paul Tweedale (O) 

1969 Lionel Frazer (N) 

1970 William Sims 

1972 David Fleming (B) 

Dominic Wood (O) 

1975 Adam Helliker (B) 

John Townley (P) 

1977 Jan Juneman 

Hon. Member 

1981 Jonathan Cox (O) 

Ben James (O) 

John Miles (N) 

1982 Matthew Howell (N) 

Peter Warren (O) 

1984 Daniel Graham (O) 

1985 Tony Beadles 

Hon. Member 

Jolyon Jago (P) 

Ben Newman (P) 

Helena Sampson (W) 

Chris Squire (P) 

Duncan Stewart (O) 

Mark Waltham (O) 

1986 James Lloyd (O) 

James Strevens (N) 

1987 Tresham Graham (O) 

James McKinlay (L) 

James McNeil (P) 

Daniel Newman (P) 

Tom Robson (O) 

Richard Squire (P) 

Fraser Stewart (O) 

James Waltham (O) 

Philip Williams (P) 

1988 Sophie Kirke (W) 

Mark Lloyd Davies (L) 

Karen Menzel (W) 

1989 Douglas McKenzie (L) 

Daniel Nutburn (L) 

1990 Russell Allen (N) 

Edward Beresford-Jones (O) 

Mark Bowen (N) 


Matthew Gresham (P) 

Chris Hyde (L) 

Tim McCallum (O) 

Simon Morris (L) 

Robin Phillips (O) 

James Ricketts (B) 

George Robson (O) 

James Thomas (L) 

1991 Neil Bowen (N) 

Ian Clothier (N) 

Andrew Molyneux (N) 

Adam Nunn (B) 

Alex Slezak (N) 

1992 Jonathan Case (O) 

Oliver East (B) 

1993 Charlie Campbell (P) 

William Pitt (L) 

Edward Squire (P) 

Richard Stacey (B) 

Edward Thomas (L) 

1994 James Burrage (P) 

Andrew Harris (P) 

James Knowling (L) 

Adrian Thompson (L) 

1995 Simon Burrows (O) 

Louisa Crang (W) 

Mark Dunn (P) 

Matthew Green (P) 

Kate Sedgman (W) 

1996 Hannah Carew-Gibbs (W) 

Suzie Franklin (W) 

Sandy McKenzie (L) 

Giles Sedgman (P) 

1997 Lizzie Sedgman (W) 

James Spinney (L) 

Guests of the Association: 

Nigel Lashbrook (The Headmaster) 

Richard Fenwick (Headmaster of 

Hazlegrove) 

THE HONG KONG 

LUNCH 2006 

Friday, December 1st was also the 

date for the first Bruton Hong 

Kong Lunch, organised by Tom 

Phillips (O86/91). The venue was 

the Café des Artistes on the first 

floor of the California Tower in 

D’Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong. 

The following, were also present: 

Tony Daintry (B61/66) from 

Singapore; Alex Hughes (P87/92) 

from China; James Lawrence- 

Brown (N89/94), Patrick Lines 

(O77/82) and Ted Oulton (N90/95), 

all from Hong Kong. 



OLD BRUTONIAN INSIGNIA 

The cost of Old Brutonian items is as follows: 

Crested ties in polyester £6.95; Striped ties in polyester £4.95; Crested ties in pure silk £25.00; Striped ties in pure 

silk £17.95; Striped bow-ties in pure silk £25.00 

Old Brutonian ties and brooches may be obtained from the School Shop which is run by Mrs B. Sorapure and is 

open on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10.30-11.00 am and on Fridays from 1-2 pm. Items may be ordered by 

post (King’s School, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0ED) or by telephone: 01749 812557. 

SOUVENIRS OF THE SCHOOL 

ORDERS FOR THE ITEMS BELOW SHOULD BE SENT TO: ANDREW LEACH (Registrar), 

King’s School, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0ED. E-mail: abl@kingsbruton..com 

Items ordered may be collected from the School, or they can be sent. If you wish to have items sent, please add 

p&p as follows: KSB Remembered £3.50, Four Hundred Years A School £1, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants £1, 

Golf umbrella £5, Watercolour prints £4, Cards 50p. (Overseas p&p will be charged at cost.) 

Cheques should be made payable to ‘King’s School, Bruton’. 

The following items are available from the School: 

King’s School Bruton Remembered, ed. Basil Wright £10; 

Four Hundred Years A School, by Geoffrey Sale £5; Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, by Henry Hobhouse £4; 

Golf Umbrella £15; Watercolour Print of Old House by W. S. Blackshaw £5; Cards 35p each, or 5 for £1.50 

Blank inside, so useful for any occasion. There are 5 different cover photographs – 

(A) an aerial view of Bruton (B) pupils on the River Brue stepping stones (C) pupils on Abbey (D) a pupil playing the 

piano in the John Davie Room (E) two rugby players in front of Hyde Pavilion 

B.J.R. MORETON 1918-2007 

Many Old Brutonians will be sad to hear of the death 

on March 21st of Jock Moreton at the age of 89. 

Jock was a boy at Stowe in its early days under 

Roxburghe and then went up to Magdalene College, 

Cambridge to read Classics. There he was a direct 

contemporary of John and Mary Tyndall. Mary clearly 

remembers the red-haired young man that was the pre- 

War Jock dashing out of Magdalene just as she was 

arriving there for her weekly history supervision. 

During the War, Jock became one of the decoding 

specialists at Bletchley Park, having been selected on the 

strength of the First he had gained at Cambridge. At the 

end of the War he was posted briefly to the British 

Embassy in Prague where he met his wife-to-be, Lois. 

Their marriage brought them eventually to Bruton in 1946 

where Jock was employed to teach Latin and Greek. 

In 1954, Jock became the first housemaster of Lyon 

House, a post that he retained until 1972. By then he had 

also become responsible for the School time-table, a task 

that suited admirably his sharp, classically-trained mind. 

As the demand for Latin and Greek diminished, Jock 

would sometimes find himself with time on his hands. 

Intent on helping any other members of Staff who were 

feeling rather more under pressure, he once posted a 

notice in the Common Room, ending with a 

characteristically pithy epigram : “Have gown, will drivel”. 

Retiring from King’s School in 1978, he and Lois went to 

live in Castle Cary, where Jock created yet another 

beautiful landscaped garden, as he had done previously at 

Lyon and on the long bank running between Plox and the 

Orchard Block. With Lois’s death he moved to Bathampton. 

Jock was a reserved and apparently austere man but 

one of great courtesy and gentleness and with a 

wonderfully dry sense of humour. He is survived by his 

sons, Stephen and John, and by his daughter, Jane. 

Since Jock was unwavering in his atheism and had 

scant regard for ceremony, a memorial service, at the 

moment, looks to be unlikely. 

David Hindley 


RECENT GRADUATES 

Tom BAZZARD (B96/01) 2:1 Cardiff (in 2004) 

Robert CHILD (P97/02) 2:1 UCL: History 

Matthew CROWCOMBE (P97/02) 2:1 Swansea: History & 

Politics 

William CROWCOMBE (P96/01) 2:1 Imperial College, 

London: Mech. Engineering 

Robert HARNESS (N97/02) 1st Nottingham: Mathematics 

Craig HAZELL (L97/02) BA (Hons) Leeds: History (in 2005) 

Dan HOLLAND (B93/98) 2:1 Nottingham: Neurosciences 

BIRTHS 

BLACKMORE, to Dominique, nee 

Ashton (W92/94) and John a 

daughter, Thea Charlotte, on February 

26th, sister for Emily 

de BRAUW, to Jan (O90/94) and Ruth 

a daughter, Scarlett, on February 2nd, 

2007 

FITZGERALD, to Colin (O84/88) and 

Clare a son, Harvey Alistair on March 

29th, 2006 brother for Rachel 

GARBUTT, to Alastair (85/90) a 

daughter, Daphne, sister to Archie and 

Harry 

GRAHAM, to Tresham (O87/92) and 

Stephanie a son Thomas David on 

June 5th, 2006, brother to Lea 

HATTON, to William (L77/82) and 

Melissa (nee Alexander) a son, Charles 

Herbert, on September 7th, 2005 

HELLIKER, to Adam (B72/75) and Lucy 

(nee Naylor) a daughter, Marina Daisy 

Barnsley on May 24th, 2006 

HOSKINS, to Mark (B89/94) and Steph 

(nee Gudgeon) a daughter, Grace 

Olive in April 2006 

MATTHEWS, to Samantha (nee 

Jenkins, W89/91) and Steven a son, 

Max William, on September 27th, 

2006 brother to Bradley and Zack 

SQUIRE, to Christopher (P85/90) and 

Nathalie (nee Bachich) a son Nicholas 

Ted, on December 19th 2006 

ENGAGEMENTS 

FULLER, Simon ((64/68) to Dr Christa 

Hill on April 22nd 2006 in South 

Africa 

GRAHAM, Daniel (O84/89) to Sophie 

Kirke (W88/90) on January 21st, 2007 

Daniel is the son of David GRAHAM 

(O60/65) and Sophie is the daughter 

of W.R. Anthony Kirke (O50/56) and 

niece of Malcolm Kirke (O42/47) 

LUARD, Francis (P92/97) to Serena 

Jane Dawson-Brown on March 21st, 

2007 

MEGILLEY, Marc (P91/96) to Polly Agg- 

Manning 

RUSSELL. Andrew (N78/82) to Micha 

Harding in May 2006 

SCOTT, David (00/05) to Charis 

Chittick in September 2006. 

SPINNEY, James (L97/99) to Zoe 

Davidson in August 2006 

WHITE, Edward (B95/00) to Camilla 

Smyllie on February 22nd, 2007 

Edward is the son of Richard White 

(B67/72) and Sally Snook (72/73), a past 

President of the Old Brutonian 

Association; he is also the stepson of 

Robert Snook (B 61/64) 

BENNETT, Katy (W97/99) to Duncan 

Weddell in April 2007. 

MARRIAGES 

BARTON, Nick (P71/77) to Polly on 

February 14th, 2007 

HATTON, William (L77/82) to Melissa 

Claire Alexander in September 2004. 

Andrew RUSSELL (N78/82) was Best Man 

PERRY, Richard (P73/77) to Lorna 

(formerly Roberts) in August 2006 

PHILLIPS, Robin (O90/95) to Jane Muir 

on April 14th, 2007 

WATSON, Charles Mark (O80/85) to 

Susannah Gilmour on June 17th, 2006 

Tim LELLO (O80/85) was Best Man 

GLAZEBROOK, Sam (P94/98 FP) to 

Kelly Baron on September 23rd, 2006 

in Bermuda 

UPTON, Chris (N88/93) to Emma 

Holder on 27th May, 2007 in Bruton 

Church. Martin BERNIER (N88/93) and 

Chris GAMMON (P87/92) were Best Men. 

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP 

GAU, Justin (P79/83) and Geoffrey 

Wheat on May 6th, 2006 

DEATHS 

BALL, Major (Richard) Allen (O55/59) 

on May 13th, 2006. Uncle of 

Georgina, ‘Dordie’ Ketley nee Baker 

(80/82) 

BISHOP. John (O44/49) in 

September/October 2006 


Elen HOWELLS (A) 2:1 Swansea: English 

Jeremy JOHNSON (L00/02) 1st UCL: Medical Sciences & 

History of Medicine 

James SEALY (N95/00) 2:1 Harper Adams: Rural Enterprise 

& Land Management 

Charlie WHITE (B97/02) 2:1 Leicester: Law 

Alastair WILSON (N97/02) 2:1 Reading: Mechanical 

Engineering 

(These are the graduations that we have heard about. 

There were undoubtedly others.) 

BROWN, Alan MBE (N41/43) on 

February 28th, 2006 

BROWNING, Michael (N48/51) in 2006 

BURKITT, Peter (O49/52) on May 2nd, 

2005 

CARPENTER, (Robert) Mark (N27/30) 

on May 2nd, 2006 Father of Paul 

(N66/70) 

CHIVERS, Peter (N48/51) on April 20th, 

2006 

CRUTTWELL, Christopher (O45/50) on 

July 4th, 2006 

DIPPLE, John (N39/44) on Christmas 

Day 2006 

FROST, Lieutenant Colonel John, 

AMBIM, AIWSP, AITA (O31/34) on 

January 22nd, 2007 

GORDON, Ian (N39/42) in December 

2006 

HEMING, Christopher (O55/58) on 

May 10th, 2006 

HEWLETT, Jeremy John Meyrick 

(N51/55) in September 2006 

NEWLANDS, Edward (N55/60) on 

October 13th, 2006 

OSBORNE, Kenneth (40/42) in March 

2006. Father of Jonathan (O77/82) 

PRICE, Keith (P47/51) on February 24th, 

2006 

SEDDON, E Jeremy (N54/58) in 2006 

SELLAR, James (B81/85) on December 

29th, 2005 

Former Pupil 

HISCOCK, Richard (N53/54) in 

September 2006 

Honorary Members 

DAVEY, Roy former Headmaster 

1957 -1972 

MORETON, B Jock R Staff 1946 – 1979, 

Housemaster Lyon House 1954 - 1972 

OBA Annual Newsletters were 

returned marked ‘Deceased’ for: 

BARKBY, Neil (P59/61) 

COOPER, Anthony (O46/50) 

HANSON, R B (P47/52) 


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The Hong Kong Lunch 2006 


NEWS OF OLD 

BRUTONIANS 2006/7 

1947 

DOWNING, Mike (N47/51) has taken 

on several roles post retirement. He 

has been actively involved in the 

merging of the European and 

International professional bodies 

within his own profession and he 

now acts as a scientific advisor on a 

project financed by the European 

Union reviewing the work of ‘Le 

Notre’ (Erasmus Bureau Thematic 

network). This involves over 100 

European universities in exchanges of 

information, staff and students 

throughout not only the European 

Union but also broader Europe. He is 

also working with the Council of 

Europe on its Convention on Landscape 

which has resulted in meetings 

in a number of European cities. 

1951 

ROBERTS, John (N51/54) writes that 

he still lives for most of the year in 

Mangalore, India where he is the sole 

European resident. He and his wife 

would welcome any Old Brutonians 

for one or two nights on their way 

through India. Although not one of 

India’s most interesting cities, it can 

be used as a base to visit Mysore and 

Hampi, besides being on the route 

down from Goa to Kerrela. Mangalore 

has recently opened an international 

airport with direct flights from the 

Gulf, Dubai and Sharger; it has no less 

than four teaching hospitals, has 

become a centre for cosmetic surgery 

and is the centre for the best silk in 

the world. 

1952 

COOMBS, Chris (O52/59) has written 

from the Dutch West Indies where he 

distributes Carlsberg, Miller Lite, 

Presidente, Ting and Old Jamaica 

Ginger Beer. He would like to contact 

David SEAGRIM (O52/56) 

1955 

GRIFFITHS, Dr John (L55/57) wrote 

from Australia that he was an 

Engineering Lecturer at Monash 

University, Melbourne from 1971 to 

1992 before moving in 1992 to join 

CSIRO (in Brisbane) who have ‘a nice 

system of Post-Retirement 

Fellowships’ where he works in a 

foundry metallurgy group, ‘mostly 

trying to improve things in the 

aluminium and magnesium foundry 

industry’. On a working visit to the UK 

in September/October 2006 (at 

Harwell) he was hoping to make 

contact with Michael Read (P/L52/57) 

1957 

WALLACE, Harold (N57/61) was 

working as an Insolvency Senior 

Manager with Ernst & Young but, 

following ill health, has now retired. 

He spends his time gardening and 

racing dinghies from Lyme Regis. 

1958 

GRIFFITH WILLIAMS, Judge John 

(P58/63) has been appointed a Justice 

of the High Court, assigned to the 

Queen’s Bench Division. A knighthood 

has been conferred on him by H.M. 

The Queen. 

1962 

BARTON, Brian (O62/67) is a 

Chartered Civil Engineer working as a 

Group Manager responsible for Safe 

Road Operations on trunk roads and 

motorways for the Highways Agency 

based in Dorking. He and his wife, 

Jackie, have two grown up daughters, 

Louisa and Sarah. 

1964 

FULLER, Simon (O64/68) has very 

kindly sent us the original 

programme of the First Annual 

Dinner of the Old Brutonian Society 

of Cambridge University held on 

Saturday, April 27th, 1929 at which 

they dined on Hors d’Oeuvres, 

Consomme Printemps, Potage St 

Germain, Filets de Soles Morny, 

Cotelettes d’Agneau with Pommes 

Nouvelles and Petit Pois, Poulet Roti 

with Pommes Sautees and Salade a la 

Francaise, Peche Melba and coffee. He 

has also sent a copy of the Second 

Annual Dinner programme that took 

place on Saturday, April 26th, 1930, 

when their menu was “Grape Fruit, 

Puree d’asperges, Blanchailles, Filets 

de Canard with Salade d’Orange and 

Legumes, Bombe Creole and Cafe” . 

Simon’s father, Lieutenant 

Commander William A FULLER, DSC 

(N20/24), was the President of the 

Society. 

1966 

CARPENTER, Paul (N66/70) when 

sending details of his father, Mark 

(N27/30) who sadly died in May 2006 

(see Obituary) reports that he is 


himself still working as a consultant 

civil, structural and conservation 

engineer in the firm that he set up in 

1979, with work primarily in the West 

Country and London. 

1967 

SAXEY, Richard (O67/70) and his wife 

Pauline have three children: Tracey is 

a pharmacist, Stephen is in the British 

Army and Christopher is hoping to 

join the Army when he has finished 

at College. 

1971 

BARTON, David (P71/77) left the RAF 

in September 2005 and is now 

working as Operations Director at 

Girlings Retirement Options based in 

Taunton. The company employs over 

35 staff and manages 2,000 properties 

in the United Kingdom which are 

rented to people over 60 on an 

assured tenancy basis. David and his 

wife, Judy, live in Devon (see Change 

of Address) and would be delighted to 

see any Old Brutonians who are in 

their area. 

BARTON, Nick (P71/77) continues his 

banking career and is now working 

for Barclays Private Bank as a Director 

in Nairobi, Kenya. In May 2005 he set 

up the Nairobi office which reports 

directly to London, dealing with the 

management of offshore funds for 

high network individuals based in 

East Africa. Nick would welcome 

contact from any Old Brutonians in 

Kenya; his contact telephone number 

is 020 4450885/6. Nick and his wife 

Polly were joined by family and 

friends from England when they 

were married in a bush wedding 

ceremony, (see Marriages). 

Nick’s U.K. address (see Changes of 

Address) should be used for any 

postal contact. 

STRETCH, Ken (N71/74) is in touch 

with ZARNEGAR, Farid (N71/73) who 

now lives in California and works in 

Saks, Fifth Avenue, San Francisco, 

U.S.A. 

STALLARD, Mark (B71/76) is now 

working in Gloucester for a property 

company 

WOOD, Nick (N71/76) left Coventry 

Building Society in November 2004 to 

set up his own company, Customer 

Excellence Ltd, website: 



www.customerexcellence.co.uk 

Its first year, 2005, involved a lot of 

hard work which paid off with a very 

busy 2006. 2006 also saw him made 

an Associate of the Market Research 

Society as well as a Management 

Member of the Institute of Customer 

Service. Nick and his wife, Sarah, have 

two sons, Thomas (15) and Jonathan 

(11) who are both musical. 

1973 

NEWTON, William (L73/75) former 

jockey, now artist and equine 

sculptor, helped to honour one of 

horse racing’s most well-known stars 

with the unveiling of his bronze 

statue of Lester Piggott in September 

2006. The one-third life-size bronze 

was made at William’s Wincanton 

studio and has been sited between 

the paddock and the grandstands at 

Haydock Park Racecourse. The bronze 

depicts Lester as a young jockey from 

1948 riding The Chase, following an 

adult Lester from 1994 riding 

Palacegate Jack. William stated that 

he “aimed to capture the unique 

riding style of Lester Piggott which so 

many followers of horse racing can 

identify and recall. Though he was 

riding almost 50 years apart, the way 

Lester holds the reins was remarkably 

similar. The two horses are vehicles 

for Lester because it is he whom I am 

celebrating.” 

1974 

NEAL, William (B74/77) writes from 

Western Australia where he is a fulltime 

musician. 

1975 

REID, Ian (N75/80) records that his 

business now very much covers the 

‘Met’ line in the Herts/Middx/Bucks 

area with the opening of offices in 

Northwood (2006) and Pinner (2007). 

He and his wife, Adele, and two 

daughters, Mary and Julia, are all 

enjoying life. 

1976 

MASSEY, Adam (L76/81) wrote to 

update his address and to report that 

he has three children, aged from 3 to 

17, “too many horses and an obsession 

with golf and cricket”. He has worked 

for Smee Timber Ltd for over eighteen 

years. 

SHEFFIELD-PARKER, Ian (N76/80) has 

written from his home in Cairns, 

Australia that he is currently working 

in the Zambia/Congo area 

constructing a new mine. 

1978 

SOAR, Major John (P78/83) writes 

that “I emigrated to Australia last year 

(2005) having been successful in 

being selected for a lateral transfer 

from the British Army to the 

Australian Army. I was previously in 

Australia as a UK Exchange Officer 

(2000 – 2002) when I bumped into 

Colin Juneman at the 2001 ANZAC 

day dawn service! I thoroughly 

enjoyed the country, the lifestyle and 

the work environment, hence the 

decision to return here on a 

permanent basis, which I haven’t 

regretted for a moment, although I do 

hope that England manages to retain 

the Ashes. I am working in central 

Melbourne, living in our own house 

on the city’s western fringes and am 

very content with my lot in life as is 

my wife Annie. I expect to remain in 

Melbourne for the next couple of 

years and the stability is a welcome 

change after the turbulence of the 

British Army over the last couple of 

years where I was averaging around 

about a move per year. On a lighter 

note I had cause to be in Canberra the 

other week and as I had a couple of 

hours to spare dropped by New 

Parliament House to check on the 

copy of the Magna Carta held by 

Australia and originally found in Plox 

at Bruton. Quite appropriately I had 

chosen to wear my Old Brutonian 

Association tie that day too!” 

VICKERY, David (O78/82) writes that 

he is married, has two sons and a 

daughter and is currently working as 

a consultant in emergency medicine 

at Queen’s Medical Centre in 

Nottingham. 

1979 

BRUCE, Jonathan (N79/84) “(Jono or 

John) joined King’s Christmas 1979 

and left summer 1984. Very much a 

New House man! Best days of my life 

and always look back with fond 

memories…. Spent more time in 

sports kit than obligatory school 

uniform, led astray by the lure of 

indoor five aside, early morning 

cricket nets with Ian Stuart (N81/84) 

and the odd visitation to the “The 

Black Bull” on a Sunday!! Happy days 

with Robin Gainher (L79/84) and his 

brother Jeremy (L78/81) and their 

fantastic parents. A big hi to David 

Nealon (N80/84), Andy Bown 

(N79/84) and the boys! Anyway, got 

married to my beautiful Danish wife 

(Pernille) in October 2003 in central 

Jutland, Denmark. Have been very 

involved in restaurant operations over 

the last ten/fifteen years, ending up 

in Cornwall, looking after the wine 

department with Rick Stein and his 

ever growing restaurant empire in 

deepest Padstow. Very partial to the 

odd 9/18 holes at Trevose Golf Club 

(my second office) and when the surf 

was pounding getting knocked 

sideways by the Atlantic rollers in my 

quest to ride the ultimate wave! A 

beautiful part of the world to live and 

work in but exciting new 

lifestyle/challenges beckoned in 

Denmark where we have been living 

now for ten months. Currently living 

in central Jutland just north of 

Silkeborg (Denmark’s equivalent of 

the Lake District). Have been studying 

hard and successfully mastering the 

language with a view to embarking 

on a career with a wine/delicatessen 

emporium. Great to be away from the 

rigours of interminable restaurant 

hours and have much more balance 

with home and work time. A great 

environment to live and to raise 

children, but (be warned) beers are 

expensive, so might look into making 

my own! Wish I’d spent more time at 

those Physics/Chemistry lessons now 

and less time connecting the Bunsen 

burner tubing to the high pressure 

taps!” 

DUNLOP, Robin (P79/84) writes that 

he and his wife were married in May 

1992 and they have two children, 

William, born in 1996 and Megan, 

born in 1998. Robin and his family 

live on the edge of the New Forest 

from where he has been commuting 

to his work in France since April 1997. 

WOODWARD, Tim (P79/83) writes 

that he is now working in London and 

New York as a Managing Director of 

the Swiss Bank UBS and that by a 

strange coincidence he has moved to 

a home within four miles of Bruton – 

not something that he could have 

predicted when he left King’s 24 years 

ago! Tim is in contact with 

Christopher Norman (P78/83), 

Blake Rose and Stephen Marsh 

(both B78/83). 


During a recent New Year visit they 

all took the opportunity to return to 

King’s and had a wander around, 

which invoked much reminiscing. 

1980 

BEDDOE, Alexis (L80/84) spent ten 

years in the Royal Navy after 

graduating with a degree in 

Economics from Bath University. After 

suffering a severe head injury he had 

to leave the Navy and spent some 

time cycling around France, locating 

the fault-line in what Wordsworth 

referred to as the ‘meddlesome 

intellect’. He has now completed a 

move from sea to the soil and works 

in organic and forest-gardening in 

Scotland, where he is also undergoing 

a yoga teacher training course. 

BROWN, Jeremy (N80/83) is living in 

Chichester and works as the Property 

Manager for a well-known restaurant 

group. He and his wife are expecting 

their first child in June. Jeremy writes 

that his brother, Simon (N82/87), is 

well and also works for a restaurant 

group but not the same one. 

DALLAS, Tim (N80/85) writes that he 

and his wife are living in Bristol 

where Tim is currently working for 

France Telecom. Tim is Vice-Chairman 

of the Anglo/Polish Society in Bristol 

and Honorary Polish Consular Officer. 

1981 

PIRIE, Mark (O81/86) writes that he is 

currently living in Chamonix, France 

where he is renovating a ski chalet 

(nine double bedrooms) that should 

be ready for next season. After 

leaving the Army, he joined the HALO 

Trust, working on mine clearance in 

Cambodia and Angola but had to give 

it up when he spent three months in 

a coma with cerebral malaria. He 

then spent some time as an Army 

Reserve and worked in Vietnam 

creating a mine awareness 

programme, in Afghanistan doing 

security and logistics and a few 

months in Juba, Southern Sudan. A 

security contract for an engineering 

company in Saudi Arabia is a current 

possibility. 

1982 

ROPNER, Dominic (L82/84) has a 

landscape monument company and 

amongst many sculptural 

installations at schools around the 

country has recently installed some 

unusual inscribed standing stones at 

Harrow School. 

1986 

BLAKE, Paul (O86/88) writes that he 

has been living on Grand Bahama 

Island since February 2004 with his 

wife, Donnah and sons Thomas(7) 

and Daniel(4). After working as a 

Technical Superintendent for a 

London based shipping company, an 

offer to become a Project Manager at 

Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited 

arose when he took a ship into the 

Shipyard for repair in November 2003. 

PHILLIPS, Tom (O86/91) wrote from 

Hong Kong to report that the 

inaugural OBA 

Hong Kong Lunch arranged to 

coincide with the London Lunch on 

December 1st, 2006 was a great 

success and was attended by the 

following Old Brutonians: Tony 

DAINTRY (B61/66) living in 

Singapore; Alex HUGHES (P87/92) 

from China; James LAWRENCE- 

BROWN (N89/94) and Ted OULTON 

(N90/95), both based in Hong Kong. 

“We met at the Café des Artistes, 

D’Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, 

Central Hong Kong and enjoyed this 

menu: Appetizers – Dry ham and 

melon with mesclun and basil 

dressing/Salmon tartar with 

cucumber and tomato salad in 

walnut oil; Main – Grilled striploin 

with auvergne blue cheese sauce 

and sautéed potato/Roasted duck 

breast in pink peppercorn sauce 

with mashed potato; Dessert – 

Chocolate pancake soufflé with 

fresh fruits and caramel 

sauce/Platter of French cheeses.The 

wines were a Cabernet Sauvignon, 

and Marsanne both 2004 from Les 

Jamelles, Vin de Pays d’Oc”. 

1987 

HUGHES, Ben (L87/92) is now living 

in Australia where he works as an 

Operations Director for a Pacific 

recruitment company. He married 

Nikki from New Zealand and they 

have a baby daughter, Tilly. 

1988 

HARRIS, Lucy (W88/90) has been 

living overseas for extended periods 

and in 2006 was living in Thailand, 

where she has been on and off for five 

years 


1989 

RUSSELL, James (N89/94) has written 

from Chile where he is working at 

The Grange School in Santiago. 

1990 

De BRAUW, Jan (O90/94) runs his 

own website design company 

(www.names4design.co.uk) but, 

following the birth of their daughter, 

Scarlett, he and his wife, Ruth, are 

dealing with the joys of sleepless 

nights. Jan and Ruth see Mark 

HOSKINS (B89/94) and his wife who 

also have a new baby, Grace who 

arrived in April 2006 and Jan says 

”that instead of getting up to the 

things we used to at Bruton, we are 

swapping nappy stories as the wives 

go to town”! Jan and Mark were each 

other’s Best Man at their respective 

weddings in 2002 and 2003 and Jan is 

now godfather to Grace. Jan reports of 

his sisters that Anna (Kiki) (W86/88) 

is married to Chris Andrews, has two 

children and is expecting their third 

child; Francisca (Cisca) (W88/90) 

works very hard in interior design. 

LEGGETT, Oliver (B90/95) writes that 

he rarely visits England now that he 

works abroad where he has been 

teaching English for the last five years 

but has fond memories of acting in 

plays during his time at school. 

1991 

LINDSTROM, Ake (L91/96) has spent 

the last six years in East Africa, mostly 

in Tanzania, working for Hoopoe 

Safaris who won the Conde Nast Eco 

Tourism Award for Best Tour Operator 

2004. Ake is on the cusp of setting up 

his own adventure travel company 

and is still in contact with Tobin 

HEDDERWICK (B91/95), Daniel 

JOTCHAM (L90/96) and James 

BEDFORD (FP) (L91/96). 

1993 

MOLYNEUX, Edward (N93/98) is 

currently sharing a house in 

Wimbledon with his brother, Andrew 

(N91/96) prior to moving out to 

Singapore later this year where he 

will be setting up an office with his 

boss. Ed is working as a Ship Broker, 

specialising in the offshore market. 

Andrew is currently renovating his 

new home. 

TUNG, Adnan (O93/98) runs two 

businesses in Mombasa, Kenya. 



1994 

ANDRE, Katinka (W94/95) enjoyed 

seeing so many old friends at the 

2005 London lunch and now works 

as a qualified architect. 

LEE, Yue Man (W94/96) graduated 

in PPE at Oxford University, then 

worked as a Management 

Consultant in London and Europe 

before working in South Africa for 

four years with the Governments of 

Botswana and South Africa on 

public health issues, specifically HIV 

and AIDS prevention and treatment. 

She is currently studying for a 

Master’s degree in Administration in 

International Development at the 

Kennedy School of Government, 

Harvard University. 

TICKNER, Ben (O94/99), following 

his graduation from Exeter 

University, is currently at 

Birmingham University studying for 

a PGCE He came 7th in the same 

race as younger brother Frank 

(P97/02), helping the team achieve 

their second consecutive gold medal. 

Ben obtained his TEFL qualification 

from Oxford University, spent a year 

teaching English in Australia and as 

a classroom assistant in England. 

WALTON, John (O94/99) writes that 

“I left the Treasury’s Debt and 

Reserves Management section in 

August 2006 to join the consultancy 

Detica, where I am now working in 

business and IT consultancy for the 

public sector, based in London but 

with the occasional reverse 

commute to Guildford. It’s been a 

fascinating year of travel for me, 

with weekends and holidays 

ranging from Granada and Venice to 

north-western Russia, Riga, 

Stockholm and Fjordland, Norway 

via car, plane and local Russian 

train. I shall also be singing with my 

choir, Chantage, in the Adult Final of 

the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 

competition in Cardiff on 11th 

November, 2006, which will be 

broadcast on Radio 3 and BBC Four.” 

And they won! [Ed.] 

1995 

HISCOX, Matthew (L95/00) writes 

from Shandong, China where he has 

been living for the last two years, 

initially studying Mandarin but now 

working there. 

TILLBROOK. Martin (P95/00) writes 

“I now work for a small IT 

consultancy company based in 

Slough who provide IT support to 

primary schools in and around 

Slough. These are usually smaller 

schools who don’t have a technical 

member of staff on site so call us 

when they have a problem. It is 

certainly different from my last post 

which was network manager at 

Hazlegrove; I was sorry to leave 

Hazlegrove but I thought it time to 

move on to bigger and better things! 

I’m living in Reading with some uni 

mates, which is working out great; 

things are generally looking up!” 

1996 

DAVIS, Christopher (L96/00) is now 

living in Street and teaching Physical 

Education and Geography at St 

Dunstan’s following his graduation. 

1997 

TICKNER, Frank (P97/02) ran at 

Sefton Park, Liverpool on 25th 

November, 2006 in the European 

Trials for the selection of the Great 

Britain team – just under 10 km – and 

won the race in 31 minutes 18 seconds, 

four seconds ahead of the second 

placed runner. He qualified to 

represent Great Britain in the 

European Championships that were 

held in San Giorgio su Legrano, Milan 

on 10th December, 2006 as number 2 

in the British team, there having been 

one pre-selection.There are six in the 

team. 

On February 3rd, 2007 Frank 

comfortably retained his BUSA 

(British Universities Sports 

Associations) cross-country title in 33 

minutes 13 seconds over a distance of 

nearly 12 km. He also won the Great 

Britain Senior Men’s trial for the 

World Cross-Country Championships, 

to be held in Mombassa in March. 

Regrettably, however, Frank has had 

to turn down his place in the team: 

UK Athletics are organising a 3 week 

acclimatisation training camp for the 

team in Durban, but Frank cannot 

afford that much time, with his finals 

in French and English at Birmingham 

University fast approaching. Instead 

he is hoping to make an early start to 

his track season to try to improve in 

an area where he feels he has 

underperformed in the past. Frank 

then went on to win the Inter- 

Counties Cross Country 

Championships in Nottingham on 

February 24th, representing Somerset 

and Avon and becoming the 

youngest winner for ten years. 

2000 

FADUGBA, Olufemi (L00/05) played 

in the winning Oxford Under-21 

Varsity rugby team against 

Cambridge in December 2006, with 

the senior Varsity match being won 

by Cambridge. 

SCOTT, David (B00/05) is to be 

married (see Engagements) on July 

23rd in Edinburgh where he has 

changed his course of study at 

Edinburgh University from 

Scandinavian Studies to Social Work. 

For a while he joined the RN Reserves 

and formed part of the Guard of 

Honour at the 2005 Edinburgh 

Military Tattoo. His sister, Emma 

MILLEY (A97/01) is living in Canada. 

2001 

THOMAS, Haydn (L01/02) has been 

signed by Bristol Rugby Club from 

Gloucester. 

LAM, On Ni (W01/03FP) returned to 

King’s at the end of April 2006 to give 

a piano recital in the Memorial Hall. 

Her programme included Bach, 

Mozart, two pieces by Jenkins and 

three by Chopin. On Ni began playing 

the piano at the age of twelve in 

Hong Kong where she was born. After 

her first major performance here at 

King’s with the Wessex Strings and 

the School’s wind and brass players, 

she then went on to Chetham’s 

School of Music in Manchester. She 

has continued her music studies at 

the Royal Northern College of Music, 

has given recitals in Manchester, 

Preston, Newcastle and Oxford and 

was a finalist in the Ryszard Bakst 

Memorial Award for performing 

Chopin. 

Celebrations of the tenth year of 

full Co-Education at KSB were 

attended by the following Old 

Brutonians : 

Kirsten Cooke (Hall69/71); Fiona 

Chinn, nee Bordass (77/79); 

Deborah Meyer, nee Bennett 

(78/80); Libby Chambers and 

Nicola Jones (W94/96); Faye 

Johnson (W97/99) and Emma 

Evelyn (W98/00). 


ROY DAVEY 

MEMORIAL SERVICE 

A memorial service for Roy Davey will be held 

in St Mary’s Church, Bruton on Saturday, May 

19th at 11 a.m. Members of the Association are 

very welcome to attend. Refreshments will be 

served afterwards in the Memorial Hall. 

ROY DAVEY – THE STORY OF A GENTLEMAN 

(This address was given by Jane Cargill, Roy Davey’s younger 

daughter, at his funeral in Buckland Newton Church on 

January 11th, 2007.) 

My father, Roy Charles Davey, was born in Bethnall 

Green in the East End of London. He lived there with his 

father and mother, his younger brother, Arthur, and his 

Scottish grandmother. There was not much money to 

spare, but he always spoke fondly of his childhood. It was 

obviously one in which family ties and loyalties played a 

central role, and this they continued to do for the rest of 

his life. With encouragement from his parents and the 

local school, Roy won a scholarship to Christ’s Hospital in 

Horsham. The family moved to Roylands about this time, a 

house built largely by Roy’s father, in Great Bookham. It 

was not a large house, but somehow, over the years, it 

managed to be a home to many members of the family at 

various stages of their lives. It had a large garden and 

orchard, lovingly tended by my grandfather, and it was 

there that the seeds were sown for Roy’s lifelong love of 

gardening. 

At Christ’s Hospital Roy excelled academically and at 

sport, and, under the influence of an inspirational history 

teacher, David Roberts, he won an Open Scholarship to 

Brasenose College, Oxford. There he revelled in the 

academic atmosphere, made many friends, played rugby 

and fives, worked for his history degree and spent his 

summer vacations with friends on reading holidays in 

Germany where he was also able to pursue his other 

hobbies of walking and botany. 

Having taken full advantage himself of the academic 

opportunities that came his way, Roy decided to pursue a 

career in education, and he took up his first teaching post 

at Weymouth College in 1937. He loved it from the word go 

and again made many friends, including a certain Joyce 

Sumner. Then came the war, and Roy’s life, together with 

the lives of so many others, was suddenly interrupted and 

turned upside down. He was called up in 1940 and was 

billeted to the barracks in Dorchester. Owing to the lack of 

facilities at the barracks, some of the men were sent out to 

have baths in the homes of local people. Lo and behold, 

Roy found himself taking baths at The Gables, the home of 

the aforementioned Joyce Sumner! Without further ado, 

Roy and Jo were married on August 10th, 1940, and so 

began their 62 years together. It was not an easy start to 

married life, as Roy was sent to different places all over 

England, with Jo following whenever she could, first on 

her own, then with Jenny in a Moses basket in 1941, and 

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me in 1943. Finally, Roy was sent overseas, and before long 

he was posted missing, presumed dead. However, my 

mother never lost hope, and, after an anxious time of 

waiting at Roylands, the news came through that Roy had 

been captured in Normandy and was in a prisoner camp in 

Germany, where he remained until the end of the war. They 

were cold and hungry there, but, once again, education 

played a major role in Roy’s life as he helped to organize 

activities and classes within the camp. He taught himself 

and gained a School Certificate in German and sang in a 

choir under Bernard Rose. Many of the letters and parcels 

which were sent from home were delivered by the Red 

Cross only after the war, but some got through, including a 

photograph of Jenny and myself, looking extremely plump 

in our winter clothing, but all that his fellow prisoners of 

war could say when they saw it was: “Wouldn’t they roast 

well!” 

Finally the war ended and then came the difficult time of 

readjusting to civilian and family life. Roy never forgot his 

wartime experiences nor the friends and colleagues that he 

lost, and Remembrance Day remained for him one of the 

most important days of the year. I should like to quote 

some words of his from a sermon he gave at Yetminster 

church on Remembrance Sunday in 1985: “Our other prime 

duty to the fallen is to look after their families and those of 

their comrades who were not killed but maimed.” It is for 

this reason that Jenny and I have chosen The Royal British 

Legion to be the charity to which you can make a donation 

in memory of Roy, should you so wish. 

Jenny and I, aged five and three in 1946, were somewhat 

suspicious of this strange man who had come into our lives 

and was taking up a great deal of our mother’s attention, 

and Jenny was heard to remark on one occasion that it was 

“time for Daddy to go now”! However, Roy was soon 

absorbed back into the family and the business of finding a 

job. In 1946 we moved to Histon where Roy took up the post 

of Senior Master at Impington Village College. The village 

colleges were the brainchild of Henry Morris and were set 

up to act as focal points in their villages in the difficult 

post-war years. As well as being a secondary modern 

school, it also had an adult education wing, and the whole 

concept was one with which Roy really identified and a 

challenge which he eagerly accepted. He went on to 

become Warden of the College from 1949 until 1957. During 

that time he helped to widen the horizons of so many 

children by the wide range of activities offered to them in 

addition to the basic education – music, drama, painting, 

pottery, sport of all kinds, outward-bound trips to 

Derbyshire and Yorkshire, and so much more. In his 

personal life, Roy pursued many interests – music and 

theatre in Cambridge and botanical trips around 

Cambridgeshire, Dorset and Scotland being among them. 

He compiled a remarkable list of plants found and 

identified by him, and he always knew the Latin names, my 

favourite as a child being Veronica beccabunga – a type of 

speedwell! We nearly lost Dad on many occasions as he had 

an alarming knack of disappearing into the landscape as he 

bent over patches of bog, looking for elusive plants! 

Gardening was Roy’s other great love. We had a large, 

established garden at our first house in Histon, where 

Jenny and I and our friends could run wild. Then, when we 



moved to the Warden’s house in Impington, Roy created a 

garden from scratch out of a field, and it was soon filled 

with flowers and vegetables. 

In 1957 we moved to Somerset where Roy was 

appointed as headmaster of King’s School, Bruton. There 

he was able to get back to some sixth form teaching 

which he so enjoyed. He taught history, English and 

German and took an active part in coaching rugby and 

cricket teams. He steered the school through some tricky 

financial times in the late 1960’s and introduced girls into 

the sixth form. Park Wall, my parents’ home in Bruton, was 

the centre of much hospitality to people in the school and 

town alike. At times my father nearly drove my mother to 

distraction by announcing at the last minute that so-andso 

was coming to dinner that day; but it would be sorted 

out, and everyone was made welcome. Apart from his 

inspirational teaching, Roy’s success as a headmaster came 

from the fact that he knew every boy and girl in the school 

and most of their parents, and he took a personal interest 

in all his staff. I should like to quote now from a letter 

received quite recently by my father from somebody who 

was at the school from 1964 until 1968: “I just wanted to 

say how much I appreciated your influence in my 

education and life at that time. I remember how you 

seemed to notice who I was and showed a real interest in 

my desire to go into the army.” Later in the letter he says, 

“Seeing your faith in God at the time impressed upon me 

the idea that God was knowable, and I am sure this was 

an important step in my faith journey.” What a wonderful 

way to be remembered by someone who was at school 40 

years ago! Roy’s faith in God did indeed seem to grow with 

the years and, whilst in Bruton, he became a lay reader in 

the diocese of Bath and Wells, and this was later 

transferred to Salisbury. 

And so we come to Buckland Newton. When Roy 

retired, my parents came to live at Fir Trees, the house that 

my grandparents bought in 1947. Roy and Jo were already 

well known in the village as we used to spend many 

holidays with my grandmother. Fir Trees was a wonderful 

house with a large, prolific garden and has been much 

loved by successive generations of our family. Roy was 

active in the village in so many ways. Years ago, when my 

grandparents were still alive, he regularly played cricket 

on the village green in the summer holidays. Then, when 

he came to live here permanently, he worked tirelessly for 

the church, taking services, preaching and fund raising; he 

wrote articles for The Western Gazette; he was a member 

of the P.C.C., a school governor and a founder member of 

The 77Club; he was active in setting up and running the 

village hall; he frequented and supported the village pub 

(aided and abetted by my husband), and he sang with my 

mother in the Dorset Bach Cantata choir, though how they 

ever accepted him, with his propensity for not quite 

hitting the note, is a mystery! He continued to read widely, 

write poetry and garden and, of course, he made lots of 

time for his family. He took a great interest and pride in 

the activities of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren 

and was always ready to give advice. 

The celebration of Roy and Jo’s golden wedding 

anniversary in the village hall in 1990 was a highlight of 

their later years in Buckland Newton. Sadly, old age and ill 

health began to take their toll, and Roy found himself 

having to take over most of the household chores and look 

after my mother. He remained as devoted to her as ever, 

and, when he could no longer manage her at home, he 

went with her to Marley House Nursing Home. Shortly 

after arriving there, they were able to celebrate their 

diamond wedding anniversary in the year 2000 with 

family and many friends. After Jo’s death in 2002, Roy’s 

mental and physical health deteriorated, but he managed 

to retain some of the dignity and courteousness which he 

had had all his life, and the old, kind smile was there to the 

end. I remember how delighted the staff at Marley House 

were in his early years there when he would rise to his 

feet at the end of the Christmas dinner and propose a vote 

of thanks to them. In this, as he was throughout his life, he 

was the perfect gentleman. 

After this service, Roy will be buried in Buckland 

Newton cemetery, alongside his own father, William 

Davey, his parents-in-law, Fred and Helena Sumner, his 

brother-in-law, Bill and, of course, his beloved wife, Jo. I can 

think of no more suitable place for him to be buried than 

in the village which he loved and served and where he 

was loved and respected by all who knew him. 

May he rest in peace. 

In a very full church, the OBA and the School were 

represented by the Headmaster and the Hon. Secretary, 

Tony and Heather Beadles, Mary Tyndall, David Hickley, 

Andrew Leach, Martin Barber, Roger and Janet Lowe, Richard 

and Denise Hastings and Colin Juneman, President of 

Common Room. 

LT. COLONEL J.A.A.R. FROST (O31/34) 

(8th October, 1916 – 22nd January, 2007) 

John (Jack) Frost entered King’s School in 1931 with the 

top Open Scholarship. He gained School Colours for rugger 

and hockey and House Colours for running and passed the 

Higher School Certificate (now A-levels) at 16. Eventually, 

he headed the School in History, French and Latin, 

winning several Governors’ Prizes. He was a regular 

speaker at the Debating Society and also edited the School 

Magazine (The Dolphin). However, lack of money 

prevented his going to Oxford (as he had hoped to do). His 

widowed mother had two younger sons to educate. They 

both came to King’s School: H.D. Frost and J.E.T. Jennings 

(half-brother). Both became Naval officers and both were 

killed in World War II. 

So, in 1934, John Frost joined, as a management trainee, 

E.S. & A. Robinson Ltd. (paper and box manufacturers and 

printers) at Bristol The work and prospects proved 

uncongenial, and in 1936 he returned to teach at his old 

preparatory school (Wychwood, Bournemouth) while 

studying for an external degree at London University. On 

the outbreak of war in 1939, he promptly joined the Army 

and was soon commissioned in the Royal Artillery. 

After periods on anti-aircraft duties and instructing at 

an OCTU (Officer Cadet Training Unit), he was posted to 

the Italian theatre of operations and moved with his unit 

into Austria soon after the end of hostilities in 1945. His 

knowledge of German, which he had studied at School and 

subsequently, and a transfer to the RASC, led to his 

becoming Head of Transportation in the Military 

Government of Carinthia. In 1946 he was granted a regular 


commission and was appointed Controller of Restitution 

as a T/lieutenant-colonel (aged 30) at the Allied 

Commission for Austria in Vienna. There, for two years, 

he organised the return to claimant countries of large 

quantities of valuable and miscellaneous property 

looted by the Nazis. 

He remained in the Army until 1965. His service 

included tours of duty in SHAPE (Supreme HQ Allied 

Powers Europe), Egypt, the Sudan, Cyprus, the War Office, 

Belgium and Germany (OC Troops, Dusseldorf). He 

retired early, as a lieutenant-colonel, in 1965 to become a 

senior civil servant in the Ministry of Transport, having 

been successful in a competition for the Administrative 

Class of the Civil Service. In the Ministry, he was 

concerned mainly with policy on nationalised industries. 

He retired from the Civil Service in 1981. 

In retirement, his main interests were foreign travel, 

the local Conservative Association (chairman), the 

Hampton (St Mary’s) parochial church council and the 

Civil Service Retirement Fellowship, for which he was a 

welfare visitor. 

He married Alison Hardy from Galway in 1960. They 

had a daughter and a son, who became a King’s Scholar 

at Eton and an exhibitioner of Queens’ College, 

Cambridge. 

(This account of his life was written by Colonel Frost 

himself and sent to the OBA Office some while ago for 

publication at the appropriate time.) 

MARK CARPENTER, M.C., T.D. (N27/30) 

(1913 - 2006) 

Although both his parents had farming backgrounds, 

at the time of his birth Mark’s father was a banker in 

Bridgwater. By the time he came to start school, his 

parents had been relocated to Ilminster, where Mark 

attended the Grammar School. The final three years of 

his schooling were at King’s School, Bruton. He was in 

New House and always spoke warmly of his school days, 

including the ice on the inside of the windows in New 

House and the cross country runs that seemed to go on 

for ever! He left school at Christmas 1930. 

It had been intended that Mark would follow his 

father into banking, but the effects of the economic 

recession in 1931 determined that the bank stopped 

recruiting new male clerks. Consequently, Mark joined a 

firm of solicitors in Ilminster, Duke & Son, as an articled 

clerk for five years. 

Always a keen sportsman, Mark played golf with his 

father in Wells, as well as tennis, hockey and the odd 

game of cricket. At this time he got around on a 

motorbike with a sidecar, in which his young sister, Jean, 

was often a passenger. 

While on holiday with friends in Belgium in 1934, he 

met his future wife, Beryl English, a Geordie who was 

holidaying there with her parents. They were married on 

23rd December, 1939, by which time Mark had qualified as 

a solicitor (1937) and joined a law practice in Hay-on-Wye, 

upgraded the motorbike for an MG, and joined the 

Territorial Army (July 1939) as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 

Brecknock Battalion of the South Wales Borderers. 

In April 1940, Mark was attached to the 1st Battalion, 


the Royal Scots, as part of the British Expeditionary Force 

to France. He was one of those soldiers on the front line 

behind Dunkirk who was ordered to fight to the last man, 

so as to delay the German advance for as long as possible. 

Without the bravery of these men (who themselves had 

no possibility of getting back to the beaches), the 

evacuation would not have been possible. In spite of his 

helmet being pierced by a falling brick, Mark was one of 

those lucky enough to survive the fierce action against a 

vastly superior enemy using tank and mortar fire, and was 

eventually captured by the Germans on 30th May 1940. 

He was later awarded the Military Cross for the courage 

and leadership he demonstrated during this action. For 

him, the remaining five years of the war were spent as a 

prisoner, being moved around between about six POW 

camps in Germany and Poland. 

After the war, Mark needed several months of 

convalescence before he and Beryl could resume their 

normal lives in Hay-on-Wye, where in their spare time 

they won various trophies in golf and badminton, and 

Mark joined the Town Council and became Commander of 

the local TA troop with the rank of Captain. 

In 1950 they, together with their young daughter, 

moved to Somerset where Mark joined the Langport office 

of the solicitors’ practice, Louch, Willmott & Clarke. Living 

in a rented house in Drayton for two years, they then 

moved to Huish Episcopi, from where Mark was able to 

walk to and from the office twice a day (he usually came 

home for lunch), unless he needed a car to attend court or 

visit clients. This regular walk during the remainder of 

his working life no doubt contributed to his good health 

and longevity. 

Mark was always interested in people, and relished the 

variety of work (conveyancing, litigation, matrimonial and 

divorce cases, wills and probate, boundary disputes, etc.) 

covered by a general legal practice and the many people 

with whom it brought him into contact. In those days it 

was considered very important that local solicitors should 

actually live within the community they served, and there 

will be many in the Langport area that benefited from his 

help and wise counsel, as well as his friendship. His 

service to the local community also included active 

involvement in various local organisations, including the 

OBA, which continued after he retired from the law some 

25 years ago. He was a Rotarian for 50 years, and served 

on the Parochial Church Council of St. Mary’s Church 

(where he was Treasurer for 18 years) and the Langport 

Town Council. He was the founding Treasurer of the 

Langport Youth Club, a post he only relinquished at the 

age of 91! At the time of his death, he was still an active 

member of Probus, the Langport Area Development Trust, 

the Hext Almshouses Trust, the Annie Tite Trust, Rotary 

and the Hub Club (a social gathering of older, less active 

Rotarians), as well as the Langport History Society. 

From all the many kind letters received by the family 

following Mark’s death, various themes stand out: that he 

was not only a gentle man, but a true gentleman; a 

person who was always modest and charming, loyal and 

reliable, and who had a lively sense of humour often with 

a twinkle in his eye; someone who was highly respected 

and will be greatly missed. 

The Obituary was kindly written and sent to us by Paul 

CARPENTER (N66/70) 



ALLEN BALL (O55/59) 

(1942 - 2006) 

A man’s life can be considered in two parts which we 

can usefully call the ‘what’ and the ‘who’. 

The ‘what’ is but a recitation of events of his journey 

through the world. Many people will have made part - 

perhaps a large part - of that journey with him, but only 

he covered the whole distance. So what of Allen’s journey? 

He was born in Cumberland during the Second World 

War. When peace came the family moved to Somerset 

where he was brought up in comfortable circumstances 

with his sister Liz. He was sent to King’s, Bruton for his 

education and there became a prominent member of the 

Cadet Force. It is not clear if the sobriquet ‘Colonel’ arose 

because of his authoritative and mature bearing and 

manner, or because he had already grown the moustache 

that remained with him throughout his adult life. 

After school, Sandhurst. In 1962 he was commissioned 

into his father’s old Regiment - the Twenty-second of Foot, 

The Cheshires. He joined them in Ballykinler and 

subsequently served with the First Battalion in Germany, 

Lichfield, Warminster, Berlin and Weeton. Between times 

he was seconded to the Trucial Oman Scouts and fitted in 

a tour in America. 

The Cheshire Regiment is noted for its athletic prowess 

and Alan became very much part of that tradition. He was 

a runner: a fine long distance and cross country runner. 

Orienteering was a natural progression and he competed 

in the Army team and narrowly missed a place in the 

National team. 

In 1975 Allen transferred to the RAPC and was almost 

immediately sent to be Paymaster of the Blues & Royals, 

first in Windsor and then Detmold. Here his chief concern 

was the officers’ champagne consumption - not the 

quantity you must understand, but the lax accounting for 

it. Cheques were always produced to balance the books, 

but it was an affront to his assiduous accounting that the 

proper arrangements were not followed. 

After further tours in Cyprus and at Winchester and 

SHAPE, he was invalided back to England and left the 

Army in 1990. 

Not unusually for a Paymaster, his second career was as 

a school Bursar at Moyles Court in the New Forest and 

Parson’s Mead in Surrey. Increasingly debilitated by 

leukaemia he was forced to give up full time employment 

and joined the Royal British Legion team. 

Meantime at Christmas 1965 he met Margaret Main at a 

drinks party in Somerset. It took him a while - a whole 

tour with the ToS - to come to terms with the significance 

of the meeting, but in 1970 the couple were married. Two 

years later their daughter Kristina was born. 

So much for the events of his life, but what of the ‘who’? 

What of the man himself? In fact his story reveals much 

about him as a person. Service was at the heart of his 

being. Born into a family serving in war; educated in the 

public school tradition of service; serving in the Army; 

finally still serving others in the RBL. 

Serving requires loyalty and demands 

conscientiousness. Allen was always scrupulously diligent 

in everything he did. He was a kindly man, infinitely 

caring of others. Patient and uncritical in accepting 

others’ weaknesses and limitations. Self-contained and 

self-effacing: he would have been surprised, if delighted, 

that so many people turned out at his funeral to mourn 

his passing and celebrate his life. Quiet, courteous and 

polite, he seems an unlikely candidate for life with roughy 

toughy soldiers and their colourful vocabulary. Not so! 

Rarely raising his voice and never, ever swearing, he led 

from the front and his soldiers loved and followed him. 

They recognised a determination to the point of 

stubbornness that was best not tested! I fear that his 

failure to compromise on matters of principle were less 

than popular with his superiors. 

He had a great enthusiasm for gardening, stamps and 

steam trains (he volunteered to lay track for the 

Watercress Line), but he never imposed his enthusiasms 

on others lest he bored an unwilling listener. 

Unsurprisingly he scored well at tact and diplomacy. 

The affair of the Regimental pullover is worth recalling. 

The Cheshires’ working dress was a cerise pullover on 

which, following a long Regimental tradition, no rank 

badges were worn. While visiting a strange mess a fellow 

subaltern was upbraided by a senior officer at breakfast 

for not wearing ‘proper’ uniform. The confrontation 

threatened to become ugly, but Allen arrived on the scene 

and with a few calm and authoritative words defused the 

situation. 

And there was courage. Of all the athletic disciplines, 

long distance running is the most demanding of that 

quality. Nothing speaks more eloquently of courage, 

character and spirit than his struggle with first 

polycythaemia and then leukaemia. The first 

(unrecognised) signs came in 1975. By 1990 he was 

sufficiently unwell to leave the Army and there followed a 

sixteen year battle. It was a personal struggle, not to be 

noised abroad, and never to be an excuse for not making 

the best of the job in hand. 

Even at the painful end there was minimal imposition 

on those around him. He accepted doctors’ and nurses’ 

help with grace, but with few demands. I remember being 

amazed that little gestures of comfort were never asked 

for - just gratefully and graciously accepted. All he sought 

was to preserve as much dignity as possible. An 

appreciation of Allen cannot omit Margaret. For 36 years 

they were true soul mates: her qualities so very closely 

matched his. Through the long years of illness and the last 

difficult months, the struggle was a joint one. Few can 

even guess at the depth of her devotion nor that of 

Kristina. 

Allen Ball was a lovely, lovely man. We who knew him 

can take pride, not in our knowing him, but in his 

knowing us, and in our loss find comfort that he has come 

to well earned peace and rest. 

RICHARD VENESS BROOK (N44/46) 

(June 17th, 1930 – February 6th, 2006) 

Richard Brook was a son of the Raj: father a career 

colonel in the Indian Army Corps, half-brother a veteran of 

the Mediterranean campaigns and of Malaya. There is a 

lovely photograph of young Richard and his father, 

striding along the promenade of probably Torquay. He and 

I met at Seafield Park, a Services prep., feeding regularly to 

Bruton. It was evacuated from Lee-on-Solent to Endsleigh, 

the Duke of Bedford’s country lodge near Tavistock. 


Richard became the senior survivor from Lee, yet he clearly 

rejoiced in the famous Endsleigh estate, and in the fish and 

herons of the River Tamar. 

In New House, our new bugs’ dormitory was a great 

place for nicknames: Richard was Brookenzy, from 

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Richard Thomas regaled us with 

Victorian fiction after lights out, and on town leave, 

‘Daddy’ Early’s malt loaves were popular. Until after the 

War, few public boarding-schools provided to any extent 

the applied sciences or the technologies, and Dick plainly 

needed these. 

His father had expanded a nineteenth-century Army 

background into remarkable skill as a water-colourist and 

photographer, and therefore was willing to fund Dick at 

the Collwyn Bay Wireless College; Dick following this by a 

short-service engagement with the Royal Signals out East, 

and a first-class diploma in Aeronautical Engineering at 

Chelsea College of Technology. 

Thus, after posts with the Wiltshire School of Flying, the 

Hunting Group (1957-65) and British Air, Dick was invited 

back to Huntings as Chief Engineer of Hunting 

Aerosurveys (1967-79) – an appointment combining 

perfectly photography, landscape, technology and the Third 

World, and when oil- and mineral-prospecting was rising 

to global importance. 

With the Hunting operation ended and some further 

employment complete, Dick spent his retirement to 

impressive effect: local life, golf, fishing, gardening (orchids 

especially), rainfall records – and woodwork ranging from 

bird- and mail-boxes to pen-holders of museum standard. 

His love for Endsleigh, combined with the archival work of 

Sam Smart, an Old Shirburnian, has brought into being an 

active Old Seafieldians’ Association, and Dick also 

masterminded a Huntings reunion for staff and board. He 

married Bridget, a nursery nurse with a wealth of 

experience. Their daughter is a consultant in child cancer, 

their son a chemistry don in California. The ruby wedding 

was a memorable service and celebration. 

Dick faced gallantly a sudden diagnosis of leukaemia 

and left detailed instructions for his funeral; these 

reflecting his membership of the Friends of Cathedral 

Music, and especially his love of organ pieces and the great 

hymns. A lasting memory for me will be his delight in 

today’s Bruton science, when we attended one of the fundraising 

week-ends and were able to tour the laboratories 

and workshops. 

Altogether I treasure a unique person and friend: Godfearing, 

honest, loyal, generous, amusing and with 

beautiful manners. 

Stephen Shell (N44/48) 

HUGH MOORE (P58/62) 

(This appreciation of the life of Hugh Moore was delivered at his 

memorial service in St Mary’s, Bruton on March 5th, 2006) 

I feel very honoured to be asked to speak at this Service of 

Thanksgiving. I hope that I can find the words to bring alive, 

in all our minds, the nature of the man – Hugh Moore. Sally 

was kind enough to let me read a sample of the many letters 

she has received from former colleagues, parents and pupils – 

as well as friends – all of whom had reasons to record what 

Hugh meant to them. From these letters emerges a number 


of consistent themes. 

Without doubt, Hugh Moore was an inspirational teacher 

with a passion for his subject – English. He was someone 

with vision and a man of principle. He was a modest, 

unpretentious man with a keen and sometimes irreverent 

sense of humour. He was a tower of strength in his profession 

and to his family, in an understated way. Many of these 

qualities were evident when I first met Hugh – a year junior 

to him in Priory House in September 1959. An early 

imperative was to separate Hugh from his twin brother 

Richard, who was so alike in looks and not so very different in 

nature. It was quickly clear that Hugh’s integrity, loyalty and 

generosity of spirit would equip him well whatever path he 

chose as a career. Interestingly, teaching – for which most 

would consider him a natural – was not his first choice. 

Instead, he entered the Town Planning Office in the City of 

Bath, not far from the family home at Mells, north- west of 

Frome. However, he quickly realised that the life of a civil 

servant would not provide the fulfilment he sought, and so he 

changed course, went to University and, subsequently, into 

teaching. Those of us as former parents are delighted that he 

did so. 

Following two years at Romsey and a further two in 

Leatherhead, cutting his teeth in the classroom, he returned 

to Hazlegrove, where he would spend the next 32 years. With 

him, he brought a young wife – Sally – whom he had met 

some two years previously. Sally tells me that she was not 

immediately struck on their first encounter – something to do 

with burnt toast and a gruff manner – but, as in so many 

ways, Hugh knew his mind and within a month they were 

destined to be married. 

Hazlegrove became his home and life and, to both 

institutions he was single minded in his belief and 

commitment – albeit, that commitment in the home did not 

include DIY, despite the conflict this gave with his principle of 

never accepting “no” or “can’t”. 

For the young, he provided inspiration, whether in the 

classroom or on the sports field or, indeed, on those poetry 

evenings in his home, where he would exchange a cup of hot 

chocolate for shoes left at the door. 

To parents, he gave confidence and encouragement while, 

to colleagues, he offered advice and support – increasingly 

with a sense of leadership in arguing for change to curriculum 

and teaching methods. That support was, I know, much 

appreciated by all the Heads under whom he served. As 

Hazlegrove flourished, so too did the Moore family, with Laura 

born in the hot summer of 1976 and Jessica in the deep winter 

of 1978, when snow closed the A303; and then the twins – 

Alex and Rob – a few years later. Despite, his commitment to 

teaching and his love of sport, Hugh ensured that his family 

benefited also from his enthusiasm for adventure, through 

which he stimulated their knowledge and imagination. 

When making reference to his love of sport, hockey, of 

course, comes first to mind. But Hugh was also very keen on 

both cricket and rugby, and many under 10’s will vouch for his 

coaching technique. Hopefully, not too many of the under 10’s 

would have participated in his games of cricket at midnight, 

played with bat and ball coated with luminous paint. This 

was fine for the bowler and batsmen, and the fielders to a 

point, but they would have no idea where to throw the ball, 

other than at the batsman! 

But it is his involvement with hockey, in various guises, 

that most will remember, not least his focus on stick skills: 



“Hold out your stick. Rotate your wrist,” he used to urge. 

Hugh’s involvement with the game was not constrained to 

within the School. In the late 1970’s he was organising mixed 

hockey – mainly within the Young Farmers – before becoming 

involved with the Castle Cary Occasionals and, of course, the 

staff team – The Strollers. 

That he liked winter sports at all is surprising, for he had a 

marked dislike of the cold; indeed, he suffered from it, and the 

Hazlegrove sports fields in January and February can be a 

bleak experience. However, food was always the restorer and I 

suspect that the prospect of a Hazlegrove sports tea was 

sufficient to spur him on. That and the habit of his to sit 

exceedingly close to the fire which, on at least one occasion, 

nearly saw the end of a faithful sports jacket. 

On leaving Hazlegrove in 2004, Hugh still had energy to 

use for the benefit of young people, and he was appointed the 

head teacher within the Quantock Educational Trust of the 

Plymouth Brethren School in Yeovil. Here he was responsible 

for the education of secondary pupils; some challenge after so 

many years in the primary sector. The school in Yeovil 

subsequently merged with other similarly based schools in 

the West Country to establish a 450 pupil school in Tisbury. 

Hugh was engaged to teach English, Geography and 

possibly History but, sadly, his early death robbed him of that 

experience and fulfilment as well as denying his aspiration to 

own a family retreat in the Republic of Ireland where his 

mother, Elizabeth, retains family connections. 

Never one to sing his own praises, he was intensely proud 

of what his family – and specifically his children – had 

achieved. Throughout their married life, Sally provided that 

rock of support, so frequently needed by people of 

imagination, commitment, energy and vision, who are 

sometimes too busy to order their own lives. 

At the end of the hockey match organised to mark his 

retirement (a match between the staff and the Hugh Moore 

XI, which resulted in a 4-4 draw), Hugh summarised its 

outcome with his customary modesty with the words: “It 

shall be known as the great match”. Hugh’s life will be 

remembered as a great match, in which he combined 

outstanding qualities as a school master, husband and father 

in a life of distinction and service; one that is recalled by us all 

today with much affection. 

Peter Squire (P59/63) 

JEREMY JOHN MEYRICK HEWLETT (N51-55) 

October 1937-September 2006 

Jeremy died of Multiple Systems Atrophy, a very rare 

form of Parkinson's. He was a School Prefect, played Rugby, 

Cricket and Hockey for the School, he also excelled at 

Athletics and was a Sgt in the CCF. Throughout his life he 

retained a love of sport and carried on playing for many 

years and also took up Golf. 

After leaving school he joined a large insurance 

company in London and then moved on to another Life 

and Pensions company in Jersey and Maidstone. In 1985 he 

moved to the Isle of Man where he was appointed General 

Manager of an offshore Life and Pensions Company which 

he helped to set up. In 1990 he retired and returned to his 

home in Jersey. 

Jeremy leaves a wife and two sons. He was the son of 

Maurice Hewlett (FP N19/25) and nephew of Richard 

Hewlett (FP N26/27) 

EDWARD JEREMY SEDDON (N54/58) 

(1941 – 2006) 

Edward Jeremy Seddon, who has died at the age of 65, 

was a City man who excelled in a number of fields but 

who made his greatest contribution as a worldwide 

pioneer of privatisation. 

As founder of the BZW privatisation and government 

advisory business, he led the teams that advised on some 

of the biggest privatisations in Britain under the Thatcher 

government, as well as abroad. 

Among these were British Steel, Shorts Aircraft 

Company, London Buses – he always preferred travelling 

by bus – Australian Federal airports and National Steel in 

the Philippines. 

From a standing start, under him BZW achieved the 

largest market share in privatisations. The group offered 

its government clients a one-stop service from feasibility 

study to final sale or flotation. 

His personal style was a mixture of charm and singlemindedness. 

As one colleague put it: “He was an 

extremely pleasant, slightly old-fashioned City type who, 

if push came to shove, could be reasonably ruthless.” 

This combination stood him in good stead at BZW and 

later at British Invisibles, which was responsible for 

promoting the UK’s financial services industry. 

Describing the running of an internationally 

recognised, open financial services market, he once 

remarked “We call it Wimbledonisation – you run the 

tournament but all the players are foreign.” 

Mr Seddon went on to become a panel member of the 

Competition Commission and chaired a number of highprofile 

inquiries, most notably that into the potential takeover 

of the London Stock Exchange by either Deutsche 

Borse or Paris-based Euronext. 

His presentation of the inquiry’s findings drew 

spontaneous applause from his fellow commissioners, 

with one saying that he understood how the Exchange 

worked for the first time. Mr Seddon had always been 

interested in how things worked. 

He was born in 1941, the son of an army colonel and 

descendant of four generations of soldiers. His father was 

posted to India after the Second World War to help split 

the army between the emerging nations of India and 

Pakistan. 

Educated at King’s School, Bruton, he did an 

engineering apprenticeship with Associated Electrical 

Industry that included three years at Southampton 

University. 

He left AEI to become corporate planning manager for 

Dalgety and then in 1974 joined the newly-founded 

Barclays Merchant Bank, which became BZW after Big 

Bang. Later in his career, Mr Seddon helped establish the 

investment arm of Barclays in India and also in some of 

the newly liberated East European countries including 

Poland and the Czech Republic. 

In 1975 he married Prue Clarke who survives him, as do 

their son and two daughters. 

This Obituary was written by Sue Cameron and sent to us 

by Joe PALMER (N45/49). 


1935 

GIBSON, John (N35/40) Room 17, Monmouth 

House, St Thomas Street, Lymington, 

Hampshire, SO41 9NA 

1938 

BROGDEN, Vivian (O38/47) Wellington House, 

Dixter Road, Northian, Rye, East Sussex TN31 

6LB 

WEBB, Geoffrey (O38/40) Room 43, Crowmoor 

House, Frith Road, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, 

Shropshire 

1943 

RAMMELL, Jack (N43/47) 44 Gerrard Street 

West, Apt 504, TORONTO ON M5G 2K2, 

CANADA 

1944 

THOMAS, Dick (N44/48) 120 Beech Road, 

Headington, Oxford OX3 7SJ 

1945 

MOORE, Brian (O45/48) Rivercourt, 1 

Gossmore Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, 

SL7 1QQ 

WILKINSON, Peter (N45/50) 3 Ty Gwendoline, 

Marconi Avenue, Penarth Marina, Vale of 

Glamorgan, CF64 1SS 

1946 

KIDD, James (O46/51) Avenida Ayrton Senna 

Da Silva 13, Quinta da Lago, 8135-024 

ALMANCIL, PORTUGAL 

RICKETTS, Timothy (N46/49) 37 Hughes 

Stanton Way, Lawford Dale, Manningtree, 

Essex, CO11 2HQ 

SHAW, Nigel (P46/51) Fosland, Green Lane, 

Poundisford, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 7AG 

WARRY, George (O46/51) Dormers, 64 Church 

Road, Bramshott, Liphook, Hampshire, GU30 

7SH 

1948 

HUDSON, John (N48/52) 6 Heathfield Close, 

Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9PF 

MAFFEY, Dudley (O48/53) 4 Chester Court, 

Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 2SB 

1951 

GLASCODINE, Peter (N51/54) Groom's Cottage, 

Steepleton Lodge Farm, West Haddon Road 

Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, NN6 7PH 

SNELL, William (P51/54) Minty's Barn, 

Longcroft Farm, Stone Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, 

BA21 4NU 

1952 

COOMBS, Christopher (O52/55) 4 Madame 

Estate, Philipsburg, ST MAARTEN, DUTCH 

WEST INDIES 

ELPHICK, Charles (O52/55) 23 Beechways 

Drive, Leiston, Suffolk, CH64 6TS 

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Trebudannon, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4LP 

STIRLING, Robert (N52/56) Drummond House, 

Gainsborough Drive, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 

6DS 

1954 

SWANTON, Peter (P54/57) Rest Harrow, Great 

Wishford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 0PQ 

THORNHILL, Christopher (L54/59) 16 Bartle 

Road, London, W11 1RF 

TOOKEY, Christopher (O54/57) 47 Drake Road, 

Wells, Somerset, BA5 3LE 

VAILE, Ian (N54/57) Bramleys, 12 Fountain Hill, 

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1955 

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Close, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3XR 

1956 

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Close, Slapton, Leighton Buzzard, 

Bedfordshire, LU7 9DS 

GRAVES, John (N56/61) 8 Beckford Road, 

Mistley, Manningtree, Essex, CO11 1LB 

PONTIN, Jeremy (N56/60) Wintershill, 

Barlavington Lane, Sutton, West Sussex, RH20 

1PN 

1957 

MAY, Hugh (L/B57/62) Selah, Down, 

Axminster, Devon, EX13 7JU 

WALLACE, Harold (N57/61) The Red House, 

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WARREN-PRICE, Peter (P/B57/61) Tudor 

Cottage, 114 High Street, Chalgrove, 

Oxfordshire, OX44 7ST 

1958 

BRADFORD, Nicholas (N58/63) Rimaillo, Bouit, 

32110 NOGARO, FRANCE 

GOODERHAM, Jonathan (O/B58/62) PO Box 

33-745, Takapuna, AUCKLAND 0740, NEW 

ZEALAND 

HUDSON, Chris (L58/62) Achray, 5 Conigar 

Close, Hemyock, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 3RE 

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Road, London, NW5 4PN 

VINCENT, David (O/B58/61) 6 Diana Way, 

Corfe Mullan, Wimborne, 

Dorset, BH21 3XE 

1959 

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CLONTARS NSW 2093, AUSTRALIA 

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SUN CITY WEST AZ 85275, USA 

ROBINSON, Dickon (L/B59/63) 4 Morgan 

House, 127 Longacre, London, WC2E 9AA 

1960 

GIFFORD, Simon (N60/64) Brissenden Farm, 

Swain Road, St. Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, 

TN30 6SN 

PARIS, Thomas (B60/64) P O Box 1106, NORTH 

ADELAIDE SA 5006, AUSTRALIA 

PHILLIPS, Peter (L60/65) Hedges, Trent, 

Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 4ST 

RAWLES, Norman (N60/65) The Old Grange, 9 

rue Lio Lagrange, 64800 COARRAZE, FRANCE 

SALMON, John (O60/65) 71 Jalan Ara SD7/3E, 

Bandar Sri Damansara, KUALA LUMPUR 

52200, MALAYSIA 

1961 

SCOTT, Peter (B61/65) Moorland Farm, 

Moorland Street, Axbridge, Somerset, 

BS26 2BA 

1962 

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Row, Horley, Surrey, RH6 8NH 

SWALLOW, Philip (B62/65) 7 St James Road, 

Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2DE 

1964 

TYRRELL, Simon (N64/69) Pasaje Ginebrosa 7, 

44500 ANDORRA (TERUEL), SPAIN 


1965 

FLEMMING, Adrian (B65/70) 36 Rookes 

Crescent, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3GF 

FRASER, Andrew (N65/68) 43 Greywethers 

Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 1QG 

HOLLOM, Mark (N65/70) Chastock Cottage, 

Chastock, Woking, Surrey, GU22 0RH 

KEMP, Hugh (B65/67) Underhill, Fore Street, 

Wylye, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 0RQ 

SIMMONDS, John (B65/70) Belstone Cottage, 

Durley Street, Durley, Southampton, 

Hampshire, SO32 2AA 

1966 

COATSWORTH, Andrew (N66/70) 3 Ruskin 

Way, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6TQ 

NEWLOVE, Graham (P66/71) 23 Remuera 

Street, Willoughby, SYDNEY NSW 2068, 

AUSTRALIA 

1967 

DRANE, Roland (B67/72) 58-62 Rue Pasteur, 

92150 SURESNES, FRANCE 

INGRAM, Robert (O67/70) 10 Wellington 

Square, South Brent, Devon, TQ10 9AG 

SAXEY, Richard (O67/70) 17 Wheatlands, 

Titchfield Common, Fareham, Hampshire, 

PO14 4SL 

THORMAN, Hugo (L67/69) 12 Chancellors 

Wharf, Crisp Road, London, W6 9RT 

VICKERY, Richard (O67/71) 65 Bradwell Road, 

Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1GH 

1968 

HUGHES, Jeremy (N68/72) Kilima, Lincoln 

Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9TG 

1969 

COOKE, Kirsten (69/71) 18 Parish Mews, Yeovil, 

Somerset, BA21 3AS 

WATERMAN, William (B69/74) 2790 

Wiseman's Ferry Road, MANGROVE 

MOUNTAIN NSW 2250, AUSTRALIA 

1970 

SIMS, William (N70/74) 7 Round Oak Grove, 

Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3BW 

1971 

BARTON, Nicholas (P71/77) 20 Great Woodcote 

Park, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3QS 

BARTON, David (P71/74) Beal Close, Culmstock 

Road, Hemyock, Devon, EX15 3RJ 

CRESTANI, Chelso (L71/74) 48 Bath Road, Wells, 

Somerset, BA5 3LG 

CURTIS, Jo (O71/74) 45 Marguerite Drive, 

Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1NN 

HUDSON, Richard (N71/75) 2 Melstock Road, 

Peacemarch, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4FQ 

STALLARD, Mark (B71/76) 8 Beale Close, 

Bussage, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 8DF 

ZARNEGAR, Farid (N71/73) 1075 Shell Bl, Apt 8, 

FOSTER CITY CA 94404, USA 

1972 

BRITTEN, Graham (P72/75) c/o Rimex Metals, 6 

Warringah Close, SOMERSBY NSW 2250, 

AUSTRALIA 

HELLIKER, Adam (B72/75) Flat I, 26/28 

Queensgate Gardens, London, SW7 5RP 

RADFORD, Philip (P72/77) Brigdmoor, 1a 

Moorend Road, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, 

Gloucestershire, GL5 3OE 

1973 

HALE, Edward (O73/78) 2 The Vale, Hythe, 



Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 5ET 

HOWELL, Guy (N73/76) Via N. Bocassino 7, 

31049 VALDOBBIADENE (TV), ITALY 

PASHLEY, Sharon (73/75) Orchard House, 

Myddle Hill, Myddle, Shropshire, SY4 3RW 

PERRY, Richard (P73/77) Welock, Long Street, 

Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3DD 

SAEBI, Sassan (B73/76) 114 Fereshteh Avenue, 

TEHRAN, IRAN 

STRAW, Steven, (P73/77) 24 Cleaves Avenue, 

Colerne, Wiltshire, SN14 8BX 

1974 

DRYDEN, John (P74/79) Travel Editions, 69-85 

Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4BD 

KEEPING, Bruce (L74/76) 130 Porthpean Road, 

St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 4PN 

MURRAY, Catriona (74/76) Catalpa, 

Bendarroch Road, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, 

Devon, EX11 1JX 

NEAL, William (B74/77) 42 Koolinda Street, 

FALCON WA 6210, AUSTRALIA 

SHETLIFFE, James (N74/77) 270 Camp Hill 

Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0JN 

1975 

JEWELL, Philip (B75/79) 152 Marryat Road, New 

Milton, Hampshire, BH25 5JF 

REID, Ian (N75/80) Deer Pond Cottage, 117 

Wolsey Road, Moor Park, Northwood, 

Middlesex, HA6 2EB 

1976 

MASSEY, Adam (L76/81) 56 Prestbury Road, 

Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1BL 

SHEFFIELD-PARKER, Ian (N76/80) P O Box 640, 

Edge Hill, CAIRNS QLD 4870, AUSTRALIA 

1977 

ASKINS, Stephen (B77/81) Buggs Barn Farm, 

Little Glemham, Suffolk, IP13 0BA 

BROOKER, Julian (B77/81) 33 Harbut Road, 

London, SW11 2RA 

LADELL, Alwyn (L77/78) Flat 4 "Denewood", 55 

Alum Chine Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, 

Dorset, BH4 8DU 

LINES, Patrick (O77/82) Elsing Hall, Elsing, 

Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 3DX 

PRETTY, Bill (N77/80) Dragonfly, Golden Cross 

House, 8 Duncannon Street, London, WC2N 

4JF 

1978 

BURNET, Andrew (O78/81) Bay Cottage, 

Peveril Point Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2AF 

DEBENHAM, James (P78/80) 26904 Midland 

Road, BAY VILLAGE OH 44140, USA 

ROSE, Blake (B78/83) 43 Corsehill Street, 

London, SW16 6NE 

SOAR, John (P78/83) 4 Classic Court, Sanctuary 

Lakes, MELBOURNE VIC 3030, AUSTRALIA 

VICKERY, David (O78/82) 11 Poplar Hill, Walton 

on the Wolds, Loughborough, Leicestershire, 

LE12 8JD 

VIGAR, Giles (O78/81) 2 Crane Street, 

Cranborne, Dorset, BH21 5QD 

WAKEFIELD, Simon (B78/80) 12 Paddock Way, 

Woking, Surrey, GU21 5TB 

WATTS, Andrew (L78/83) Anglesey Bungalow, 

Sutton Road, Haddenham, Ely, 

Cambridgeshire, CB6 3PS 

WHITMORE, Jonathan (B78/80) Tower 

Cottage, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, 

Surrey, KT24 6RL 

1979 

ALBIN, Christopher (N79/84) 1 Roebuck Rise, 

Purley-on-Thames, Reading, Surrey, RG31 6TP 

BRUCE, Jonathan (N79/84) Vejlevej 46C, 7330 

Vejle, Denmark. 

GAINHER, Robin (L79/84) Edgefield House, 

Edgefield Close, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8PX 

GAU, Justin (P79/83) 27 Arlington Square, 

London, N1 7DP 

HANSON, Thomas (N79/83) Kye-An-Bical, 

Tolskithy, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SQ 

ROBINSON, Peter (N79/82) Inglenook High 

Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6EX 

STONHAM-ASK, Mary (79/81) Orchard 

Cottage, Broadway, Charlton Adam, Somerton, 

Somerset, TA11 7BB 

WALKER, Andrew (N79/82) 46 Morris Lane, 

Bath, BA1 7PR 

WOODWARD, Timothy (P79/83) Brickhouse 

Farm, Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, 

Somerset, BA9 8EX 

1980 

BEDDOE, Alexis (L80/84) 30/G2 Craighall 

Crescent, Edinburgh, EH6 4RZ 

BROWN, Jeremy (N80/83) 35 The Broadway, 

Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6QR 

CAMPBELL, Grahame (B80/85) 44 Latimer, 

Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, 

MK11 1HY 

CASSELL, Julian (O80/85) 2 Whitley House, 

The Avenue, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AJ 

DALLAS, Tim (N80/85) 30 Alma Court, Clifton, 

Bristol, BS8 2HH 

DEWEY, Nigel (O80) Springhill, Flaunden 

Lane, Bovington, Hampshire, HP3 0PA 

ENDERBY, William (O80/84) Priory Barn, Post 

Office Lane, Flax Bourton, Bristol, BS48 4QE 

ENDERBY, Jonathan (B80/84) 12 Pound Lane, 

Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2AW 

EWMETT, Gary (B80/83) Old Barn, High Street, 

Bramley, Surrey, GU5 OHS 

FAIRBAIRN, Matthew (O80/84) 105 The Keep, 

Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 9PR 

HITCHES, Robert (N80/82) 6 Albany Villas, 

Hove, Sussex, BN1 2RU 

NEALON, David (N80/84) The Anchorage, 23 

Kivernell Road, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, 

Hampshire, SO40 0PP 

OSBORNE, Thomas (O80/85) Gooduick Barn, 

Ston Easton, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 

4DW 

QUIN, Dominic (P80/85) 29 Hercules Street, 

Chatswood, SYDNEY NSW 2067, AUSTRALIA 

READ, Sam (80/82) Clematis Cottage, Great 

Milton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7NF 

RHYS, Julian (L80/84) 37 Talfourd Way, Royal 

Earlswood Park, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6GD 

1981 

CANNING, Simon (O81/86) c/o Ennerdale, 8 

Ladywell Close, Hempsted, Gloucestershire, 

GL2 5XE 

GENT, Angus (L81/86) The Manse, 7 Barley 

Road, Great Chishill, Royston, SG8 8SB 

KAINES, Matthew (O81/85) 65 Penhale 

Gardens, Titchfield Common, Fareham, 

Hampshire, PO14 4MN 

LEE, Patrick (L81/86) 65 Derwent Road, 

Harpenden, Herefordshire, AL5 3NY 

MALFIN, Simon (B81/86) 10 Rutherford, 41 

Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, 

BH4 9JT 

MAYSON, Anthony (B81/86) Greywalls Lodge, 

Hillbrow, Liss, Hampshire, GU33 7QF 

PIRIE, Mark (O81/86) c/o 2 Nutcombe Hill, 

Hindhead, Surrey, GU26 6AZ 

PITT, Toby (P81/86) Mallorys, 6 Warminster 

Road, Beckington, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6SP 

VUGTS, Arjan (N81/86) 5. vd. Oyeweg 106, 

2645 CC DELFGAUW, NETHERLANDS 

WINTHER, Angus (O81/85) 116 Huron Road, 

London, SW17 8RD 

1982 

HITCHES, Petri (N82/84) 6 Heron Close, 

Uckfield, Sussex, TN22 5QF 

HOWELL, Matthew (N82/87) 53 Deerings Road, 

Reigate, Surrey, RH2 OPW 

JOHNSON, Peter (L82/86) Mell View, 9 

Thirlmere Park, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 8QS 

WARREN, Peter (N82/87) 26 Alwyne Road, 

Islington, London, N1 2HN 

WIGGINS, Martin (B82/87) Tudmore Cottage, 

South Cerney, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL7 

6DA 

WILLCOCKS, Timothy (L82/85) 38 Ravenscroft, 

Ridings Mead, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 8DL 

1983 

BALL, Christopher (B83/87) 3/1, 21 Botanic 

Crescent, Glasgow G20 8QJ 

CHAMBERS, Nicholas (B83/87) 54 Torrington 

Drive, Thingwall, Wirral, Cheshire, CH61 7UY 

CULLUM, Neil (N83/88) 58 Mortimer Way, 

Witham, Essex, CM8 1UJ 

SAMPSON, Rebecca (W83/85) 3 Stag Meadow 

Cottages, St Leonard's Road, Windsor, 

Berkshire, SL4 3DU 

1984 

ASHFIELD, Rob (L84/88) Flat 5, Graphic House, 

Station Approach, Chipstead, Surrey, CR5 3TD 

BIRD, Anthony (P84/87) Knotty Grove Farm, 

Aston Cantlow, Henley in Arden, 

Warwickshire, B95 6JS 

BRADLEY, Robert (N84/89) 1 Manor Avenue, 

Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6EA 

BURREE, Kevin (O84/89) 6 Miller Drive, 

Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5RP 

CHARLES, Thomas (P84/89) No 2 Harvey 

Gardens, Addison Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 

3QJ 

CORNISH, Nicholas (B84/89) Parkridge, 116 

Oaklands Park, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 

0BW 

CULVER, Simon (L84/87) Field House, Brackley 

Avenue, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire 

RG27 8QU 

GARBUTT, Angus (O84/88) 6 Turner Road, St 

Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3EG 

GOUGH, David (N84/89) Capel Cottage, 

Nettlebridge, Oakhill, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 

5FA 

HARDEN, Daniel (N84/89) 113-115 Bridge 

Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED 

HENDERSON, Robert (O84/89) 24 Quarry 

Road, St Giles Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, 

SO23 0JG 

HOLNESS, Richard (P84/89) 42 Ramsthorn 

Close, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2TZ 

KEEP, Matthew (O84/87) Flat 5, 16-25 Bastwick 

Street, London, EC1V 3PS 

MOORE, Andrew (B84/89) 1 Collingwood, 

Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6LY 

SNELL, John (P84/88) Longcroft Farm, Stone 

Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NU 

1985 

BENTLEY-MARCHANT, Justin (N85/89) Flat B, 


9th Floor, No 1 Star Street, WAN CHAI, HONG 

KONG 

STEVENS, Julian (P85/90) Lark House, 

Laverstock Park, Laverstock, Salisbury, 

Wiltshire, SP1 1QJ 

TOUT, Matthew (P85/88) 25 Queens Court, 

New Road, Kingston, Surrey, KT2 6SQ 

TRIMBOY, Jonathan (N85/88) 2 Bledisloe 

Street, Cockle Bay, AUCKLAND 2014, NEW 

ZEALAND 

WHITTY, David (B85/89) 96 Parkwood Road, 

Bournemouth, Hampshire, BH5 2BN 

1986 

BLAKE, Paul (O86/88) c/o Grand Bahama 

Shipyard Limited, PO Box F-42498-411, 

FREEPORT, G.B, BAHAMAS" 

CONCI, Alexander (B86/89) Flat 5, Sterling 

House, Burston Road, London, SW15 6AR 

HALSTEAD, Mark (O86/91) 80 Penlon Place, 

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3QQ 

JAMES, Andrew (B86/91) Flight Operations, 

Royal Brunei Airlines, PO Box 737, BANDAR 

SERI BEGAWAN BS 8671, BRUNEI 

DARUSSALAM 

MACEWEN, Alastair (L86/91) House on the 

Hill (G), Bradfield College, Bradfield, Reading, 

Berkshire, RG7 6AN 

MCKINLAY, Craig (L86/91) The Craigton Coach 

Inn, Craigton of Monikie, Broughty Ferry, 

Angus, DD5 3QN 

MEEKER, John (L86/90) Aberfeldie, Peckons 

Hill, Ludwell, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0PN 

PHILLIPS, Thomas (O86/91) 2A-8 Victoria 

Garden, 301 Victoria Road, Pokfulam, HONG 

KONG 

STREVENS, James (N86/91) Dilnot Farm, West 

Street Lane, Maynards Green, East Sussex, 

TN21 0DA 

1987 

AUBERTIN, Guy (N87/92) 7 Curlys Way, 

Swallowfield, Berkshire, RG7 1QZ 

COOPER, Mark (N87/92) 97 Sydney Road, 

London, SW20 8EG 

CROFTS, Russell (L87/92) Pineapple Cottage, 3 

St Vincents Hill, Redland, Bristol, BS6 6UP 

FRY, Jeremy (O87/92) 3 Curtis Avenue, 

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3TT 

GRAHAM, Tresham (O87/92) 63 Holmdene 

Avenue, Herne Hill, London, SE24 9LD 

HORN, Helen (W87/89) 10 Ivy Lane, 

Westergate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 

3RA 

HUGHES, Ben (L87/92) Flat 72, 1 Sandilands 

Street, SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205, 

AUSTRALIA 

LAU, Hilda (W87/88) 8 Heritage Court, 

MORRIS PLAINS NJ 07950, USA 

MCKINLAY, James (L87/92) 3 Sandhurst 

Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey, KT5 9BS 

MCNEIL, James (P87/92) Old Nails Cottage, 38 

The Village, West Tytherley, Salisbury 

Wiltshire, SP5 1NF 

SAVAGE-BAILEY, David (N87/92) Knowle Park 

Farm, Shepton Montague, Wincanton, 

Somerset, BA99 8JA 

STEVENS, Jeremy (P87/92) P O Box 115, 

DUNCRAIG EAST WA 6023, AUSTRALIA 

1988 

BERNIER, Martin (N88/93) 47 Highcliff Drive, 

Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 1DQ 

DOUGLAS, Euan (L88/93) 6 Glen Ashton, 46 

Rowlands Hill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2QH 

FLEMING, John-Kai (B88/93) The Old Cottage, 

28 Combe Road, Bath, BA2 6AH 

HAMMOND, Daniel (L88/93) The Old Cottage, 

28 Combe Road, Bath, BA2 5HX 

JACKSON, David (O88/93) 22 Willow Close, 

Uppingham, Rutland, LE15 9RD 

OBERTHUR, Christopher (B88/91) 18 Kempton 

House, Phillipp Street, London, N1 5PE 

1989 

BENNETT, Alex (N89/92) 1 Althrop Grove, 

Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 

1UF 

DEAN, James (L89/92) F1 Eastcliffe Lodge, 57 

Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 

3PA 

GRANTHAM, Christopher (N89/94) 60 

Braycourt Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 

KT12 2BA 

LAWRENCE-BROWN, Jamie (N89/94) 

Apartment 2/E, The Regalis, 21 Crown Terrace, 

Pokfulam, HONG KONG 

MATTHEWS, Samantha (W89/91) Fern 

Cottage, Upper Froyle, Alton, Hampshire, 

GU34 4LB 

MILLER, Victoria (W89/91) 13 Linden Gardens, 

Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1HG 

PATERSON, Katrina (W89/91) c/o John 

Dingley, UXO Lao, UNDP, PO Box 345, 

Vientiane, LAO PDR 

POINTON-TAYLOR, Samuel (N89/94) Penn 

Cottage, Church Road, Penn, 

Buckinghamshire, HP10 8NU 

RUSSELL, James (N89/94) The Grange School, 

Drama Department, Principe de Gales 6154, La 

Reina, SANTIAGO, CHILE 

UREN, Peter (B89/94) 85 Boscombe Grove 

Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 4PQ 

WATFORD, Benjamin (N89/94) 28 Bellamy's 

Court, Abbotshade Road, London, SE16 5RF 

WHARTON, Barnaby (O89/94) 5 St Margaret's 

Road, Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8PL 

1990 

BURROWS, Henry (O90/95) 2/3 Wiston 

Gardens, Double Bay, SYDNEY NSW 2028, 

AUSTRALIA 

DE BRAUW, Jan (O90/94) 26 Glanville Road, 

Tavistock, Devon, PL19 0EB 

GOUGH, Thomas (O90/95) 301 Royle Building, 

31 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7SH 

GRESHAM, Matthew (P90/95) 35 Disraeli 

Road, London, SW15 2DR 

HILLMAN, Richard (N90/95) 51 The Gateway, 

Marine Parade, Dover, Kent, CT16 1LG 

HYDE, Christopher (L90/95) 9 Hawthorn Road 

West, Cardiff, CF14 2FL 

JENNER, Simon (L90/95) 11 Pembroke Lane, 

Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4EA 

LEGGETT, Oli (B90/95) 17 Henbest Close, 

Canford Point, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2EX 

LINDSAY, Anna (W90/92) 74 Grove Road, 

Freemantle, Southampton, SO15 3GG 

RICKETTS, James (B90/95) 1-3 Haven Road, 

Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7LE 

ROBSON, George (O90/95) 10 East, 29th Street, 

Apt.21k, NEW YORK NY 10016, USA 

SHILLAKER, Thomas (P90/95) 20A Udney Park 

Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 9BG 

TURNER, Alexander (P90/95) 37 Linden Lea, 

Down Ampney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, 

GL7 5PF 


ZOLLER, Cian (N90/95) 155/410 "Space 

Building", Northbourne Avenue, TURNER ACT 

2612, AUSTRALIA 

1991 

BAILEY, Charlotte (W91/93) 23 Pleasant Road, 

Southsea, PO4 8JU 

BAIRSTOW, Robin (O91/94) 140 W Granada 

Blvd, ORMOND BEACH FL 32174, USA 

CROFTS, Lewis (L91/96) Rue du Trone 232, 1050 

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 

EASTHAM, David (N91/96) 12 Clark Crescent, 

The Shires, Towcester, Northamptonshire, 

NN12 7AG 

LINDSTROM, Ake (L91/96) PO Box 2047, 

ARUSHA, TANZANIA (UNITED REP.) 

LUARD, Hannah (W91/93) Pip Willow, 10 

North Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7AU 

MATHEWS, William (B91/96) 9 Coburg 

Dwellings, Hardinge Street, London, E1 0DZ 

MOLYNEUX, Andrew (N91/96) 22 Cannon Hill 

Lane, London, SW20 9EP 

NUNN, Adam (B91/96) OMD Inernational UK, 

Seymour Mews, London, W1H 6BN 

REACH, Jamie (L91/95) 21 Sandbourne Avenue, 

Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7XY 

WATFORD, Timothy (N91/96) Velvet Strand 

East, Bracklesham Drive, Bracklesham Bay 

Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 8JH 

1992 

BALDWIN, Alexander (O92/97) 25a Reading 

Road, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8LN 

CUTHBERT, David (B92/97) 15 Leach Road, 

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8LG 

EAST, Oliver (B92/95) 57 Sidney Road, St 

Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 1JP 

MICHELL, Jeremy (P92/97) 7 Garside Close, 

Thamesmead, London, SE28 0EX 

ROOKE, Thomas (O92/97) 13A Belle Vue Road, 

Wandsworth, London, SW17 7EG 

STYLES, Timothy (B92/97) 24 Tenth Avenue, 

Filton, Bristol, BS7 0QL 

WHARTON, Julian (O92/97) 5 St Margaret's 

Road, Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8PL 

WILLIAMS, Alan (B92/97) c/o 14 Brue Close, 

Bruton, Somerset, BA10 OHY 

1993 

BARNES, Oliver (O93/98) The Old Post Office, 

Byworth, West Sussex, GU28 0HL 

MOLYNEUX, Edward (N93/98) c/o 22 Cannon 

Hill Lane, London, SW20 9EP 

TRIGG, Charles (B93/98) 15 Burbage House, 

Southfield Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 

1UF 

1994 

ANDRE, Katinka (W94/95) Jahnckeweg 23, 

21465 REINBECK, GERMANY 

BURRAGE, James (P94/99) 84A Farm Lane, 

London, SW6 1QA 

ETHERINGTON, William (O94/99) 37 Hound 

Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AB 

FERBER, Fran (W94/96) Albrechtstrasse 2, 

80636 MUNCHEN, GERMANY 

HARRIS, Andrew (P94/99) 59 St Joseph's Vale, 

Blackheath, London, SE3 0XG 

JONES, Nicola (W94/96) 12b Sylvan Road, 

Exeter, Devon, EX4 6EW 

KNOWLING, James (L94/99) Ground Floor 

Flat, 42 Hampton Road, Bristol, BS6 6HZ 

LEE, Yue Man (W94/96) 7 Story Street, 

Apartment 3, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 USA 

MINTY, Charlie (B94/99) No 4 Stable Court, 



Wood Street, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, 

Wiltshire, SN4 7BB 

PRITCHARD, Andrew (N94/99) 55 Alexandra 

Road, Hendon, London, NW4 2RX 

STILES, Philip (B94/99) 30 St Michael's Road, 

Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6HZ 

1995 

BIERBRAUER, Karolin (W95/97) Veit-Pogner- 

Str 38, 81927 MUENCHEN, GERMANY 

MOORE, Christopher (N95/00) 109 Albion Hill, 

Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 2PA 

MOORE, Edward (N95/00) 33 Ewhurst Road, 

Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 4AL 

PALMER, Antony (L95/00) 6 Old Station Lane, 

Cole, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0PT 

SEDGMAN, Kate (W95/97) 64B Parma 

Crescent, Clapham, London, SW11 1LU 

TILLBROOK, Martin (P95/00) 97 Fulmead 

Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 1JX 

WHITE, Edward (B95/00) Ware Lodge, 

Woodhall Park, Sacombe Ware, Hertfordshire, 

SG12 0HZ 

1996 

CAREW-GIBBS, William (B96/01) 189c 

Latchmere Road, Battersea, London, SW11 2JZ 

CAREW-GIBBS, Hannah (W96/98) 11b 

Broomwood Road, Battersea, London, SW11 

6HU 

COWARD, Christopher (O96/01) 69 Glan 

Rhymni, Windsor Village, Pengam Green, 

Cardiff, CF24 2TW 

DREYER, Patrick (O96/01) Higher Fernworthy, 

Bridestowe, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 3EU 

FRANKLIN, Suzie (W96/98) Upper Flat, 10 

Goldstone Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3RL 

LOCHNER, Chris (O96/98) Mecklenburger Str 

15, 53797 LOHMAR, GERMANY 

1997 

BARNES, Jemma (W97/00) 14 Union Street, 

Wells, Somerset, BA5 2PU 

CHESTER, Alexander (N97/02) Dawn Cottage, 

Drummond Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2DX 

CHILD, Robert (P97/02) 2 Cricket View, 

Westbury, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3RE 

ETHERINGTON, Olivia (W97/02) 37 Hound 

Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AB 

LEE, James (N97/02) Cranbrook Street, 

Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AL 

MILLEY, Emma (A97/01) 451 - 2175 Salal Drive, 

VANCOUVER BC V6K 4V2, CANADA 

PUDNEY, Gemma (A97/02) Flat 5, 49 Great 

Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 4DP 

SEDGMAN, Lizzie (W97/99) 26B Cato Road, 

London, SW4 7TX 

SPALTON, Chris (O97/02) 4 Dumnow House, 

Newburn Street, London, SE11 5PS 

SPINNEY, James (L97/99) 56d Claverton Street, 

London, SW1V 3AX 

ZAMBELLAS, Edward (L97/04) Court Farm, 

Kennels Lane, Glanvilles Wootton, Sherborne, 

Dorset, DT9 5QJ 

1998 

CORAM, Sebastian (B98/02) Orchard House, 

Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, HR2 6LU 

GALICA, George (L98/01) Flat 25, Grange 

Court, Boundary Road, Newbury, Berkshire, 

RG14 7PH 

JOHNSTON, James (P98/01) 2B Admiralty 

House, Admiralty Road, Felpham, Bognor 

Regis, West Sussex, PO22 7DN 

KNOEDLER, James (N98/02) c/o Rachel 

Knoedler, 6 Catharine Place, Bath, BA1 2PR 

NEWELL, Sara (W98/00) 51 Trinity Street, 

Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1BY 

OBOLENSKAYA, Polina (W98/00) 229 New 

North Road, London, N1 7AT 

PARKER, Rory (O98/00) Flat 464, 8 St George's 

Wharf, Vauxhall, London, SW8 2LW 

1999 

BAILLON, Max (O99/04) c/o Lt Col R Baillon, 

S01 J5 Plans, JHQ Lisbon, BFPO 6 

CHOI, Alan (N99/02) PO Box 736, Shatin 

Central Post Office, SHA TIN, NEW 

TERRITORIES, HONG KONG 

GILLINGHAM, Russell (N99/02) Elmwood, 

Langport Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HX 

HILLIER, Kate (A99/03) Rectory Farm, 

Hornblotton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 

6SF 

OLIVER, Merlin (L99/04) 2 Silver Street, 

Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9AW 

PARKINSON, Juliet (W99/01) Vine Cottage, 

Long Street, Galhampton, Yeovil, Somerset, 

BA22 7AY 

2000 

CHILD, Lucy (W00/05) 2 Cricket View, 

Westbury, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3RE 

FADUGBA, Femi (L00/05) 79 Lympstone 

Gardens, Bird-in-Bush Road, London, SE15 1AZ 

HOCKEY, Siana (P00/04) 1 Hill View, 

Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6PZ 

MOXON, Claire (A00/02) 7 Elgar Court, 

Rainbow Hill, Worcester, WR3 8NF 

2001 

CHESTER, Richard (N01/06) Dawn Cottage, 

Drummond Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2DX 

GONASTAREVA, Katya (W01/06) Flat 5, House 

15, Martunova Embankment, ST PETERSBURG, 

RUSSIA 

MCGREGOR, James (B01/06) Kennet House, 44 

London Road, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 2AA 

VON ROGALL, Denise (W01/03) 

Friedbergerstr.18, 63691 RANSTADT, 

GERMANY 

2002 

BONHAM THOMAS, Sholto (L02/06) Priory 

Leasow, Titley, Kington, Herefordshire, HR5 3RS 

CHAN, Sin-Cho (N02/04) Eastwood E11.05, 

University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7JX 

FISH, Timothy (A02/06) Le Jardin, Rue du 

Torval, Castel, GUERNSEY, GY5 7DD, CHANNEL 

ISLANDS 

MEACHER, Thomas (N02/04) 39 Collingwood 

Drive, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, CB4 5GW 

MURRAY-BRUCE, Michelle (P02/04) 17a 

Commercial Avenue, Yaba, Lagos, NIGERIA 

2003 

MORIARTY, Aine (W03/05) Lyme, The Avenue, 

Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AH 

2004 

CARLTON, Thomas (L04/06) 23 Avenue 

Auguste Galtier, Domanine du Castellet, 

06230 VILLEFRANCH-SUR-MER, FRANCE 

SOLLARS, Matthew (L04/06) 1 Otter Close, 

Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1TT 

THE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION 

PRESIDENT 

Richard Sullivan (N58/62) 

VICE-PRESIDENT 

John Longman (P57/61) 

HONORARY SECRETARY 

David Hindley (Staff 63/00) 

HONORARY TREASURER 

Colin Hughes (L56/61) 

Trevor Albery (B83/88), Hannah Carew-Gibbs (W96/98), 

David Graham (O60/65), Francis Luard (P92/97), 

Adam Nunn (B91/96), Lizzie Sedgman (W97/99), 

Mary Stonham-Ask(79/81), James Wills (B64/68) 

By invitation: 

Harry Witherby (B63/67), 

John-Kai Fleming (B88/93), 

Kate Sedgman (W95/97) 



STORMY WEATHER – WITH ANY LUCK 

While most people were happy to witness last 

week’s thunder and lightning from the safety of 

their homes, one Winchester resident was out 

and about – and loving every minute of it. As the weather 

front crossed the English Channel, Alastair Wilson 

(N97/02), 22, from St Cross, received a phone call from 

storm-chasing colleague, Martin Lawrence, who had 

taken up the pursuit from his home in Poole. 

Alastair had been taking photographs of lightning 

from his house but soon he had joined Martin on the road 

and they were hard on the heels of the series of electrical 

storms that tore across the South-East on the evening of 

Wednesday last week. 

Alastair, a former Pilgrims’ School pupil, furthered his 

education at King’s, Bruton in Somerset before studying a 

degree of Mechanical Engineering at Reading University, 

where Martin studies Metereology. 

They make the perfect team, says Alastair: “We share 

the same passion for severe weather. Part of Martin’s 

course was to study at Oklahoma University and, at the 

end of his academic year, I flew out to join him to chase 

tornadoes on the U.S. Great Plains. We covered over 4,000 

miles, chasing storms in Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri 

and Kansas.” 

He said that they would drive for hours to make sure 

they were well placed to be in the centre of the most 

spectacular storms they could find. He remembers lying 

in wait for one in North Missouri after hearing storm 

warnings from the U.S. Storm Prediction Centre. He said: 

“The storms immediately crossed over the border where 

we chased the largest and most furious-looking one. A 

wall cloud developed beneath the storm, which is a good 

indication that it has become tornadic. Without any 

warning, a funnel cloud began to form, but without any 

visible circulation on the ground, so, unfortunately, it 

could not be defined as a tornado.” 

The pair are now hoping to set up their own stormchasing 

business. “We are in the process of becoming 

regular U.K. storm-chasers and hope to obtain 

photographic and video images of all manner of extreme 

British weather,” said Alastair. “Currently, the construction 

of our website, www.ukstormchasers.co.uk , is under way. 

It will enable people to follow our storm-chasing 

adventures and, hopefully, see footage of British 

tornadoes.” 

They also hope to go back to the U.S.A. in 2008 in 

pursuit of more bad weather. 

(Reproduced with permission from The Hampshire 

Chronicle, where it appeared on August 3rd, 2006.) 



THE APPLE GROWERS 

SPORTS CLUB 

The Apple Growers Sports Club continues to enjoy a successful time on and off 

the sports field. 

Summer 2006 saw an expanded cricket season with matches in July, August 

and September. A defeat by The Hornets at Milton Abbey was remedied with 

two excellent victories against strong opposition in Compton House CC and 

Hampshire Hogs CC. 

The summer also saw the Growers’ first mixed hockey event at Bath University 

in August with 20 participants enjoying a weekend of social hockey and many 

reliving their student days in the Student Union nightclub. 

The 2006/2007 rugby season started with a tour to Cork in September with a 

win over Cobh Pirates U20’s and the Growers remain unbeaten with five wins 

from five. The highlight for many was the victory at Bruton in October against 

Sherborne Pilgrims RFC 53-34. With two matches still left to play at the time of 

writing, the club hopes to achieve an unbeaten season. 

More players continue to get involved. However, many of the original members 

are starting to age a little, particularly on the rugby field. For some the bones are 

starting to creek and the club is desperate for the younger generation of leavers 

to become involved. It must be stressed that the standard you play, or used to 

play, is irrelevant. It has to be remembered that the Growers choose their own 

fixtures according to their own standard. Many current members were not 1st or 

2nd XV or XI sports players at School and many never played sport while at 

university but have used a monthly match for the Apple Growers not only to 

maintain a minimal level of fitness but also to keep themselves happy in the 

knowledge they play active sport, and also to have a chance to rediscover old 

friendships and more often than not create new ones. 

Please visit the club website www.applegrowers.co.uk for all the latest on 

fixtures, results, history, news etc… Thanks to the hard work of Rhys Wynn 

(L97/02) the web site is slowly becoming the focal point of the club and acts as a 

virtual clubhouse. 

THE OLD BRUTONIAN 

GOLF SOCIETY 

The Old Brutonian Golf Society 

continues to flourish with an 

useful increase in our 

membership numbers and strong 

participation at both our Spring & 

Autumn meetings. All our 

objectives for 2006 were met 

including inviting, as the Society's 

guest, Adam Bell - the Captain of 

golf at KSB - to our Autumn 

meeting at Woking G C & making 

a donation to KSB golf of £250. A 

range of Glenmuir golfing attire 

carrying the OBGS logo was 

advertised to members which has 

now resulted in sales exceeding 

£2500 - a very welcome but 

unexpected figure. 

We have a great many plans 

for the future. In 2007 we will 

hold our first match against the 

School at Woking GC on Friday 

29th June and will continue to 

invite the Captain of KSB golf to 

our Autumn meeting. 

Finally a word of thanks to our 

sponsors. The cost of inviting the 

School six to play against us at 

Woking plus the invitation to the 

Captain of KSB golf to our Woking 

meeting amounts to £650 +/which 

has been covered by the 

very generous sponsorship we 

receive from among our members. 

OBA HOCKEY 

The OBA played three matches 

against the School on Sunday, March 

18th. The School 2nd XI played the 

OBA Veterans and won 7-1. An Old 

Girls’ team played the Girls’ 1st XI 

and won 3-2. The OBA team, playing 

the Boys’ 1st XI, won 7-1. 

THE BREWERS’ CUP 

Having won the Cup last year, we 

were unable to muster a team for 

the early stages of the tournament 

this year and so forfeited our place. 

It has been agreed by the organisers 

that this will be the tournament’s 

final year as it has proved 

increasingly difficult to raise teams 

amongst those schools taking part. 

John-Kai Fleming, the OBA’s Sports 

Co-ordinator is investigating other 

possible cricket tournaments. 


Old Brutonians present at Chris Upton’s wedding 

Bruton Dinner 2006: from left: Andrew Molyneux, Neil Bowen, Adam Nunn, Ian Clothier and Alex Slezak 


Photograph by David Watts (O95/00). More examples of David’s photography may be seen on www.flickr.com 

EDITOR: DAVID HINDLEY. © DESIGN & ARTWORK: GRAPHIC EXAMPLES, SHERBORNE. OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2007

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