Summer Times is the Journal of the Old Scarborians Association

would be proud), a body based in Bordeaux
which was originally chartered on the 8th July
1199 (yes, proof readers, 1199!) and whose
members are tasked with ensuring that wines
bearing the St Emilion label are of the highest
quality. Members are presented with a red wax
sealed parchment scroll written in mediaeval
French and, for formal Jurade events, a scarlet
and ermine épitoge, worn over the left shoul‐
der, is the badge of office
Whilst theatre, in one form or another, has
been an interest for most of my life, my only
claims to theatrical fame are, first, being the
Mountie in ‘Rose Marie’ at the Open Air Thea‐
tre whose Mountie hat slowly descended over
his ears, then his eyes, during a performance in
a rain storm, as the paper padding keeping the
hat up dissolved. Second, in the late 1970’s, I
was King (Eileen was Queen) in a local ballet
production of Swan Lake. I had lost a bet with
friend and Ballet School owner Susan Richards
which led to the appearance. For part of the
performance we had to sit on thrones at the
back of the stage, and it was only on the last
night that someone asked me if I realised that,
as I nodded my head to the music, reflections
from the “jewels” in my crown sent darts of
coloured light all over the theatre. And last, in
1990 I can claim a mention in Sir Alan
Ayckbourn’s play, ‘Man of the Moment’. This
refers to my interest at the time in competition
rifle and pistol shooting. Luckily I didn’t have
to play the part of myself. I appear on page 33
of the Faber and Faber edition of the play.
Present interests include the Stephen Joseph
Theatre, (which formerly, of course, was in the
old Westwood school building but is now in
what was the Odeon Cinema), Photography,
Travel, Wine, Family history, Opera – particu‐
larly Puccini, and, of course the Old Scarbori‐
ans Association.
I am also a director of two small local compa‐
nies and a trustee and Finance and Staffing
Chairman of a local charity.
Hobbies over the years have been numerous –
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possibly as I am a Gemini. I built a radio the
size of a matchbox, when domestic portables
were the size of briefcases; a very early elec‐
tronic calculator (which still works ‐ but would
be a blessing to anyone with shares in a battery
company), a black and white valve Television
set, long before transistors became the norm
and long before colour sets were available; and
a Grandfather clock which still ticks away the
hours. And that seems a timely point to bring
these ramblings to a close, or the Editor will be
sharpening his blue pencil!!
NEW MEMBERS
Welcome to the following new, or re‐joined
members. After the listing, comments appear
where these were provided.
Raymond Armstrong (1964‐70)
David Bates FCIB (1964‐71)
Roger Beaumont (1949‐54)
Barrie Kenneth Davis BSc. ARCSc. MSc. DIC
(1945‐47)
John Devine (1959‐66)
Patrick Devine (1953‐60)
Richard Allan Frenneaux MIIE (1953‐58)
Howard Geister (1964‐65)
Bernard Goulding (1959‐65)
Bernard Jones (1949‐54)
Harvey McGregor QC (1937‐44)
Richard Neighbour (1953‐60)
John Nockels BA (1955‐63)
Trevor Pepper (1959‐63)
Peter Popple (1950‐55)
Albert Stanley Robson (1935‐40)
Stanley Sedman (1950‐54)
Harold Simpson Rawling BSc(Eng) CEng MIEE
(1933‐38)
Colin Stephenson (1944‐50)
Barrie Davis BSc. ARCSc. MSc.
DIC (1945-47)
E‐mail: bkd@oransoft.com
1945‐47 Scarborough Boys High School
1947‐52 Hackney Downs Grammar School
(Grocers), London
1952 State Scholarship
1953‐1956 Physics, Royal College of Science,