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Spring 2009<br />
<strong>Old</strong> Girls’<br />
<strong>Association</strong>
2<br />
From the Chairman<br />
Two most enjoyable reunions<br />
have been attended by OGA<br />
members during the year, the<br />
fi rst at School on 17 May 2008<br />
when colleagues entertained<br />
us with a Choral Workshop, and<br />
the second at Corpus Christi<br />
College, Cambridge on 15<br />
November, when we welcomed<br />
the Head Girl Fiona Sedgley and<br />
the Deputy Head Girl, Abigail<br />
Sands. Both reunions were<br />
well attended and members<br />
thoroughly enjoyed an update<br />
on MSJ by Mrs Ros Hayes.<br />
The opening of the Sports Centre was a highlight of the year and<br />
I would add my appreciation of the quality of music at the Christmas<br />
Carol service.<br />
Helen Sommerville, our Secretary left us after 8 years in July and we<br />
are grateful to her for her support and friendship. I would like to say a<br />
heart-felt ‘thank you’ to Lindsay <strong>St</strong>ead who for the last sixteen years<br />
has been the Honorary Editor and painstakingly compiled the News<br />
Slips each year. She has made a very important contribution and will<br />
be much missed.<br />
During the year strenuous eff orts have been made to contact old girls<br />
of <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>’s and The Abbey and all known addresses have received<br />
a letter inviting membership of the OGA. Your attendance at our<br />
reunions has been sparse and we certainly hope to welcome you to<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> on 16 May and Oxford on 14 November 2009.<br />
The past year has been an active one for me. Visits to Mexico and<br />
the United <strong>St</strong>ates in February and October included a stay at the ‘del’<br />
Coronado in San Diego (where Edward fi rst met Mrs Simpson), tennis<br />
at Enchantment Resort at Boynton Canyon, Arizona, three days in Las<br />
Vegas where technology now seems to make anything possible, the<br />
new Hoover Dam bridge, and last but by no means least, the thrall of<br />
the Presidential election, television debates, white tie speeches and<br />
the excitement of Obama’s win in November.<br />
Back home I have become a governor of OBMH our NHS mental health<br />
foundation trust, a Board member of the Bucks & Milton Keynes Fire<br />
Authority and have completed the IDeA Leadership Academy at Warwick<br />
University for Health, Care & Wellbeing. The County Council is up for<br />
re-election on 4 June so 2009 promises to be another busy year.<br />
The achievements of our alumnae are an inspiration to the School so<br />
do please continue to keep in touch and email us your press cuttings<br />
as well as visit our new Website.. The success of our old girls be it in<br />
business, the professions, research, politics or the family is all grist to<br />
the mill in <strong>Malvern</strong>! Elisabeth Rambridge will be pleased to arrange a<br />
visit to the school, research addresses of lost friends or supply material<br />
from the archive. Communication is vital in an old girls’ network and<br />
we can support your requests for news and information.<br />
Tricia Birchley<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> print reproduced by kind permission of Brenda Barratt (©2009 ).<br />
Limited Edition Prints available, please call 01825 733885. Further details on Page 26.<br />
MESSAGE FROM<br />
ROS HAYES<br />
I am delighted to announce<br />
that Elisabeth Rambridge<br />
has been appointed as<br />
School Archivist and<br />
<strong>Old</strong> Girls’ Secretary from<br />
January 2009. Many of you<br />
will remember Elisabeth as<br />
a very enthusiastic member<br />
of the House <strong>St</strong>aff having,<br />
at various times, worked in<br />
The Mount, Greenslade and<br />
as Housemistress of both<br />
The Benhams and Hatfi eld.<br />
However, Elisabeth’s true passion has always been History;<br />
she read Mediaeval History at <strong>St</strong> Andrews and successfully<br />
taught the subject for many years. More recently, Elisabeth<br />
has organised the re-creation of the “Imperial Hotel” as part<br />
of the Heritage Open Days Cultural Events. Her imaginative<br />
and historically accurate displays have attracted large<br />
numbers of visitors to the School.<br />
At <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, we hold extensive archives of four of<br />
the original <strong>Malvern</strong> girls’ schools: The Abbey, Lawnside,<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> Girls’ College and <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>’s School. Each of these<br />
schools had its own character and parent body and the<br />
combined archives provides a wealth of fascinating material<br />
about British social history, especially that relating to the life<br />
of girls and young women.<br />
I believe that it is important for our current students to<br />
develop a respect for our rich and varied history and also<br />
to make this excellent resource available to <strong>Old</strong> Girls and<br />
visitors to the School. Our aim is to preserve the archive<br />
material and develop an exciting and informative archive<br />
display recording the history of “Girls’ Education in <strong>Malvern</strong><br />
from 1885 to the Present Day”.<br />
This is an exciting stage in our new school’s development.<br />
Now in our third academic year, we are fi rmly established<br />
as <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> and feedback from our parents in a<br />
recent telephone survey was very positive and supportive.<br />
Examination results remain of a high standard and we have<br />
achieved excellence in a wide range of extra curricular<br />
activities. But most important, we have delightful young<br />
girls in school; they are courteous, enthusiastic, energetic<br />
and aim high. It is a joy and privilege to work with them.<br />
As an <strong>Old</strong> Girl, I hope that you still feel a connection with<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> and the time you spent at school here. <strong>Malvern</strong> has<br />
a special place in the history of independent education and<br />
in girls’ education specifi cally. Reunions provide a time for<br />
you to meet together and refl ect on the friendship, fun and<br />
common experiences you had, whichever school you attended.<br />
I encourage you to attend the Reunion in the Summer Term so<br />
that you can learn more about <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> and see for<br />
yourself what a special place it is. I am sure that you will fi nd<br />
some part of the new school that you can identify with, whether<br />
it is a dormitory, a name on a notice board or just a feeling.<br />
I look forward to seeing you in May.
MALVERN ST JAMES<br />
OLD GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION<br />
OGA Officers 2008/2009<br />
PATRONS<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephanie Kershaw MA, PGCE, Philippa Leggate BA, MEd, PGCE,<br />
Delme Moore BSc, Elizabeth Mullenger BA, Cert Ed, FRSA,<br />
Dr Valerie Payne MSc, ARCS, Peter Pollard<br />
HONORARY PRESIDENT<br />
Rosalind Hayes BA Hons, MA, PGCE, FRGS<br />
(Headmistress)<br />
HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS<br />
Libby Anson, Anne Borrowdale, Pam Cadbury, Margaret Jago,<br />
Pauline Newton, Joan Roberts, June Roundhill, Patricia Wilkinson<br />
CHAIRMAN<br />
Patricia Birchley (Banbury/1959)<br />
Upper Verney, Bacombe Lane, Wendover, Buckinghamshire HP22 6EQ<br />
VICE-CHAIRMEN<br />
Sarah Austin (Skinner/1987)<br />
Penny Smith (Reay/1980)<br />
HONORARY SOCIAL SECRETARY<br />
Hannah Plant (1997)<br />
SECRETARY TO THE OGA<br />
Elisabeth Rambridge MA, PGCE<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, Avenue Road, Great <strong>Malvern</strong>, WR14 3BA<br />
Tel: 01684-892288 Fax: 01684-566204<br />
Email: oga@malvernstjames.co.uk<br />
HONORARY TREASURER<br />
Margaret Wood (1960)<br />
Spring 2009<br />
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE<br />
Jenny Arrowsmith (Orwin/1971), Cate Bennett (Lockwood/1994),<br />
Di Cooley (Pascoe-Williams/1954), Fiona Jenkinson (Wright/1983),<br />
Patricia Wilkinson (Marsden/1956), Francesca Clixby and Jenny Haighton (2007),<br />
Alice Wright (ex Head Girl 2008)<br />
Honorary Editor (News slips): Lindsay <strong>St</strong>ead (Bibby/1977)<br />
OGA Council Representative: Charlotte Morrison (Page/1973)<br />
Trustees: Anne Borrowdale (Lea/1970), Veronica Blackmore (Bashforth/1959),<br />
Judith Pearman (Kenney/1971), Emma Setchell (Lowry/1987), Rowena Westacott (Evans/1979)<br />
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Present:<br />
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF<br />
MALVERN ST JAMES OLD GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION<br />
Mrs Ros Hayes (Headmistress of <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> and Hon.<br />
President), Mrs Patricia Birchley (Chairman), Mrs Helen<br />
Sommerville (Secretary), 2 Patrons, 3 Hon. Vice Presidents,<br />
10 Hon Members and 42 Members.<br />
Patricia Birchley welcomed everyone to the meeting and<br />
thanked Mrs Ros Hayes for her hospitality and Mrs <strong>St</strong>anier<br />
for the excellent lunch.<br />
1. Minutes of previous meeting<br />
The Chairman signed the Minutes having read an extract<br />
from the MGC OGA Minutes held in 1938.<br />
2. Chairman’s Report<br />
Held at <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong><br />
on Saturday 17th May, 2008 at 2.30pm in the Abbey Room<br />
Mrs Birchley congratulated the Headmistress and her staff<br />
for the excellent start at <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>. The girls were<br />
happy and achieving good results. She explained that whilst<br />
the OGA was in touch by email the Annual Newsletter<br />
would continue to keep members informed about OGA<br />
activities and the school. As Mrs Anne Borrowdale was<br />
now Chairman of Council she hoped there would be more<br />
interaction between the Council and the <strong>Old</strong> Girls.<br />
Mrs Birchley announced that the Autumn Reunion 2009<br />
would be held in Oxford. She read out the Trustees’ Report<br />
and thanked Mrs Clare John who was retiring as a Trustee for<br />
all her hard work on behalf of the OGA. It was hoped another<br />
Chartered Accountant would be found to replace her.<br />
Mrs Birchley invited Mrs Ros Hayes to speak and the<br />
Headmistress gave an outstanding account of life at<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>. In her presentation Mrs Hayes talked<br />
about the new Sports Centre which would open in<br />
September 2008 and it was hoped that the OGA would be<br />
represented on that occasion. Life at the new school had<br />
never been busier and the girls were fully absorbed in a<br />
huge variety of sports, musical and drama productions in<br />
addition to their studies. The school was well received in<br />
the Press and had signifi cantly increased its intake in the<br />
local area. The OGA thanked Mrs Hayes for what was the<br />
highlight of the day and wished her continued success in<br />
taking the school forward to new achievements.<br />
3. Secretary’s Report<br />
Mrs Sommerville welcomed everyone present and had<br />
displayed the Good Wishes List on the board in Reception.<br />
Mrs Prophet had also produced a display board on the visit<br />
to The Gambia and invited <strong>Old</strong> Girls to contribute towards<br />
the next MSJ visit at Easter 2009.<br />
Mrs Sommerville thanked Mrs Birchley for suggesting the<br />
OGA News be mailed out by Packpost which had saved her<br />
a huge amount of time. The Secretary had tickets on sale<br />
today for the Autumn Reunion in November which would<br />
be held in Cambridge. She also asked the <strong>Old</strong> Girls for more<br />
email addresses.<br />
4. Hon. Treasurer’s Report<br />
The OGA Secretary read out the Treasurer’s Report.<br />
Margaret Wood, Hon. Treasurer apologised for not being<br />
there again in person to present her report.<br />
“As you can see from the accounts, we had a successful year.<br />
I should, however, like to draw to your attention the fact<br />
that our expenses, particularly the costs of the newsletter,<br />
are no longer covered by our subscription income.<br />
Nonetheless we shall continue to support the school<br />
as best we can.<br />
At the moment we are holding more cash than usual, as<br />
three of our investments have matured, and have not as<br />
yet been reinvested by our advisors. I am sure everyone<br />
is aware of the volatility of the stock market, and can rest<br />
assured that funds will only be reinvested by the trustees,<br />
when it is right and practical to do so.<br />
I hope you all have an enjoyable meeting, and I shall look<br />
forward to seeing everyone in the Autumn”.<br />
5. Any other Business<br />
Mrs Penny Smith proposed adoption of the 2007 accounts<br />
seconded by Fiona Jenkinson.<br />
There being no other business the meeting closed at 3.41pm.
Spring 2009<br />
Letter from Charlotte Morrison OGA Representative on Council<br />
Dear Everyone,<br />
As always much seems to have happened since I last wrote<br />
for the Newsletter, but when I come to write it is diffi cult to<br />
pin down exactly what has happened.<br />
Membership of the Council has changed. Paul Guy, whose<br />
fi nancial acumen has been invaluable in deciphering the<br />
accounts and keeping us on track, has retired. Luckily, we<br />
have two new members whose business skills will replace<br />
Paul’s. Michael Maton is a chartered accountant and is on the<br />
Council of the Prince’s Trust. Bill Ballard is also a chartered<br />
accountant. As well as his business activities, he is a fruit<br />
farmer. He has connections with the school as his sister, Sue,<br />
was at <strong>Malvern</strong> Girls’ College at the same time as I was.<br />
We have a change of Bursar, who also acts as Clerk to the<br />
Council. Denis Smith retired at the beginning of 2008 and<br />
has been replaced by Adrian Davis. Adrian has been heard<br />
muttering about cost centres and training so I am sure he<br />
will run a tight ship.<br />
At the time of writing (January 2009) we are still waiting<br />
to hear whether the Dome, our former sports hall, has<br />
been listed. For those of you not familiar with its history,<br />
it is a large dome-shaped building which was constructed<br />
in 1977 to an innovative Italian design. A membrane was<br />
laid on the ground followed by a reinforcing network of<br />
girders and another membrane. In the course of a single<br />
day concrete was poured between the membranes and<br />
then the whole was infl ated from underneath so that the<br />
reinforcing skeleton opened up and a dome was born.<br />
Unfortunately, there were problems with the structure over<br />
the following years and it is no longer a true example of its<br />
type as it has been modifi ed to stop it leaking and falling<br />
down. Since the construction of the new Sports Centre the<br />
Dome has become redundant but our planning application<br />
to demolish it is awaiting the decision of the Secretary of<br />
<strong>St</strong>ate on the listing. If it is listed it will restrict our freedom<br />
to manage our property portfolio effi ciently.<br />
Three years after the merger we are undertaking a <strong>St</strong>rategic<br />
Review of both teaching and boarding arrangements.<br />
Quantitative and qualitative research is under way. We<br />
also have to bear in mind, in common with all independent<br />
schools, the requirements of the Charity Commissioners<br />
regarding public benefi t. Independent schools are coming<br />
under increasing scrutiny in this regard and we have to<br />
be up to date with their latest proposals. We do think<br />
constantly about the public benefi t which we can off er.<br />
For example the Sports Centre is used by other schools<br />
and groups, and a number of full bursaries are awarded to<br />
girls who would benefi t from the type of education that<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> can off er but who would not otherwise<br />
be able to come here.<br />
Visits from <strong>Old</strong> Girls are welcomed and I hope that you will<br />
come and see the School for yourself. Please ring before you<br />
arrive so that you can be properly looked after. If you have<br />
not visited the School lately or at all, you will notice some<br />
changes, even since the merger. Boarding arrangements<br />
are now fl exible to the point of being tailor-made to suit<br />
each individual girl. Our Junior Department is growing and<br />
the School now caters for girls aged 5 upwards. We have a<br />
new full-time Head of Careers, Samantha Marfl eet, and she<br />
would be particularly delighted to hear from you if you are<br />
able to assist with work placements of any sort.<br />
On a personal note, I was away for the whole of the summer<br />
term driving from Panama to Alaska in an Aston Martin<br />
with my husband. We were in a group of 16 classic cars and<br />
three support cars. I have written an article about the rally<br />
which is on the school’s website.<br />
With best wishes to you all,<br />
Charlotte Morrison<br />
(Page, 1973 - <strong>Malvern</strong> Girls’ College)<br />
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MALVERN ST JAMES OLD GIRLS’ DAY SATURDAY 16th MAY 2009<br />
PROGRAMME<br />
9.30 am Committee Meeting in the Headmistress’s Drawing Room<br />
11.30 am Welcome in Reception<br />
11.45 am Drinks in the Sports Centre, with music and presentation sports activities<br />
1.00 pm Lunch in the Lawnside Room<br />
2.15 pm Annual General Meeting of the <strong>Old</strong> Girls’ <strong>Association</strong>, to include talk<br />
by Rosalind Hayes, the Headmistress, followed by presentation by<br />
Elisabeth Rambridge, School Archivist and Samantha Marfl eet,<br />
Head of Careers<br />
3.15 pm Tea<br />
The Annual General<br />
Meeting of <strong>Malvern</strong><br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> <strong>Old</strong> Girls’<br />
<strong>Association</strong> will be held<br />
in the Drama Centre.<br />
The ESO Summer Concert<br />
The ESO (English Symphony Orchestra or English <strong>St</strong>ring<br />
Orchestra depending on ensemble) is a classical music<br />
organisation based in Worcestershire. It was founded<br />
in 1978 and has since developed its reputation for<br />
specialising in British music through live performance<br />
and many recordings.<br />
The ESO has for a long time shown its commitment to<br />
young people through a number of ESO organised<br />
education schemes. We are thrilled that in 2008 the ESO<br />
decided to make their home at <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, and<br />
will present a concert here each term.<br />
AGENDA<br />
1. Minutes of previous meeting<br />
2. Chairman’s Report<br />
3. Secretary’s Report<br />
4. Hon. Treasurer’s Report<br />
5. Any other business<br />
On the evening of 16th May 2009, the ESO will perform<br />
their Summer Concert, in the York Hall at 7.30pm. This<br />
will be a wonderful way to end the day for those who<br />
are able to stay and join us for an evening of relaxing<br />
summer music. Tickets can be obtained from the <strong>Old</strong><br />
Girls’ <strong>Association</strong> Secretary at the discounted price of £15.
Olympic Legend Opens Sports Centre<br />
The Imperial Hotel was recreated on the afternoon of<br />
September 13th 2008 after <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> was invited<br />
to participate in the Heritage Weekend celebrating the<br />
spirit of Victorian <strong>Malvern</strong>. John Dixon of The <strong>Malvern</strong> Civic<br />
Society described it as a ‘wonderful occasion’.<br />
Tea was served in Lawnside, the former Ladies’ Lounge of<br />
the Hotel and the Headmistress’s Drawing Room reverted<br />
to the original Conservatory with views of croquet being<br />
played on the Quad lawns. There was a grand display of the<br />
Imperial Hotel table ware, as well as the original chairs, in<br />
the ‘top’ of the Hotel Dining room, now the Abbey Room.<br />
This was a massive area ‘of noble proportions’ described in<br />
its time as ‘one of the best rooms of its kind in England’.<br />
Pamela Hurle, the well-known local historian and former<br />
member of staff , welcomed visitors in The York Hall.<br />
Amongst the most memorable exhibits were the original<br />
Hotel Notices lent by George Chesterton of The <strong>Malvern</strong><br />
Civic Society and photographs of Imperial Hotel memorial<br />
china lent by Brian Iles of <strong>Malvern</strong> Museum. A plate similar<br />
to the one shown was found on the Titanic.<br />
Spring 2009<br />
British Olympic Champion, Sally Gunnell OBE offi cially opened<br />
the <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> Sports Centre on Wednesday 1st October.<br />
The Sports Centre nestles in above the Astroturf on the<br />
North side of the Barnards Green Road, where it is easily<br />
accessed from the main building. The new eco-friendly<br />
building houses a dance studio, fully equipped gym,<br />
P E rooms, and a juice bar where spectators can observe<br />
events in the sports hall and on the Astroturf. The sports<br />
hall is well equipped and marked-out for a multitude of<br />
diff erent sports including: six badminton, three netball,<br />
two volleyball, two basketball courts, indoor hockey,<br />
fi ve-a-side football, tennis and an indoor lacrosse arc.<br />
The indoor climbing wall is the fi rst of its kind in <strong>Malvern</strong><br />
with fi ve ‘routes’ which off er varying degrees of diffi culty<br />
to stretch even the most accomplished climber.<br />
As the only woman to hold four titles concurrently<br />
(Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth) Sally<br />
gave an inspirational talk to the children and guests to the<br />
School. She proved to be an enormous hit with the girls,<br />
answering their questions after she had looked around<br />
the new facility. Sally paid a special visit to the Junior<br />
Department where the girls had an opportunity to get a<br />
closer look at her gold medal and ask their own questions.<br />
Heritage Day<br />
Mrs Hayes said: “In just 10 months we have created a state<br />
of the art, eco-friendly, modern Sports Centre. The excellent<br />
facilities and the variety of sports on off er are very much for<br />
the benefi t of both the girls at <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> and also<br />
the community in which the School is based”.<br />
Opening of the <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> Sports Centre on Wednesday 1st October 2008<br />
Sally Gunnell OBE, Ros Hayes, Headmistress and Anne Borrowdale (Lea),<br />
Chairman of Council<br />
Visitors were welcomed by members of the School Prefect<br />
team and Hatfi eld girls wore Victorian dress and won particular<br />
praise. Power point presentations traced the history of The<br />
Imperial Hotel using resources from the school’s archives.<br />
A postcard was produced for the occasion from an original<br />
Victorian picture lent by Roger Hall-Jones of First Paige Printers<br />
and it is available from me at a modest price to cover costs.<br />
Elisabeth Rambridge<br />
School Archivist and <strong>Old</strong> Girls’ <strong>Association</strong> Secretary<br />
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Careers<br />
After a term in post as the new Head of Careers at <strong>Malvern</strong><br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, I am looking ahead to the future and eager to<br />
foster links between existing students and the <strong>Old</strong> Girls.<br />
The girls, both former and current, are the School’s most<br />
valuable asset and I would love to be able to capitalise<br />
on the skills and experience of the Alumnae to support<br />
the current students.<br />
There are a range of activities during the academic year where<br />
the <strong>Old</strong> Girls could play an active role. Work Experience for Year<br />
11 students is undertaken annually and this year will be from<br />
the 22nd – 26th June 2009. This will be an opportunity for the<br />
girls to gain fi rst-hand experience of a career that they may<br />
ultimately enter, giving them a realistic view of the profession<br />
and helping them to make informed choices in the future.<br />
In the same week, Year 12 girls go out on Community<br />
Volunteers week. We look at this as an opportunity for<br />
them to enhance their skill base and for the community<br />
DAUGHTERS OF OLD GIRLS IN THE SCHOOL<br />
(Mother’s maiden name in brackets)<br />
Hatfi eld: Cara Homes (Fiona Ballard/MGC)<br />
Mount: Helen Buchanan (Linda Pollock/MGC)<br />
Katherine Panton-Kent (Mary Panton/MGC)<br />
Poulton: Laurel Buchanan (Linda Pollock/MGC)<br />
1980 Rosemary Tusa (Hattrell) sons Sebastian on<br />
13/12/1994, Tristan on 30/01/1998 and daughter<br />
Amelia on 21/06/2000<br />
1982 Emma Ramsay (Savege) sons Cameron in 1995<br />
and Caspar in 1996<br />
1984 Georgina Brown a son <strong>James</strong> Patrick Duncan<br />
on 12/01/2007<br />
Clare Rapier (<strong>St</strong>evens) a son Jacob on 30/04/1995,<br />
daughters Madelaine on 11/02/1998 and Amelia<br />
on 19/07/2002<br />
1985 Lisa Cristie daughters Ella on 13/06/2001, Alexandra<br />
on 01/05/2003 and Eve on 06/02/2008<br />
1986 Julia Hodgkins a daughter Tara on 30/10/2005<br />
Rosie Whitaker (Nickerson) a son <strong>James</strong> on<br />
12/01/1998, daughter Alicia on 25/03/2000 and<br />
son Louis on 09/08/2004<br />
1987 Sarah Austin (Skinner) a son George on 19/12/2003<br />
and a daughter Lucinda on 20/03/2008<br />
Caroline Hudson (Blackham) a daughter<br />
on 20/06/2004<br />
GENERATIONS AT MALVERN ST JAMES<br />
BIRTHS<br />
to benefi t from their enthusiasm and commitment.<br />
We are actively seeking placements for both opportunities<br />
and I am hoping that the School’s newly forged links with<br />
the Chamber of Commerce will also lead to some exciting<br />
placements for the girls.<br />
In the Spring Term of 2010, the School will be hosting a<br />
Careers Fair and this would be a wonderful opportunity for<br />
those working within a business to provide a <strong>St</strong>and and<br />
help to demonstrate the wide range of options the girls will<br />
have available to them once they complete their education.<br />
These are just some of the ways in which you can<br />
participate. If you would like to discuss these or if you<br />
have any other ideas of how you may like to get involved,<br />
I would love to hear from you on 01684 584629.<br />
Samantha Marfl eet - Head of Careers at <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong><br />
Email: marfl s@malvernstjames.co.uk<br />
GRANDDAUGHTERS OF OLD GIRLS IN THE SCHOOL<br />
(Grandmother’s maiden name in brackets)<br />
Hatfi eld: Pandora Fowles (Patricia Barrow/MGC)<br />
Benhams: Clemmie Fowles (Patricia Barrow/MGC)<br />
Greenslade: Fiona Sedgley (Patricia Greenway/MGC)<br />
1988 Lisa Smedley (Ip) a son Thomas on 04/09/2004<br />
1990 Candice Dada (Walker) a son Zac on 28/04/2008<br />
1991 Janine Clarke (Rymer) a daughter Anastasia Grace<br />
on 11/04/2008<br />
1992 Helena Mooney (Johnson) a daughter Emily Olivia<br />
on 07/09/2008<br />
1993 Virginia Temple (Watts) a daughter Florence Grace<br />
on 14/10/2007<br />
1994 Amanda Cleghorn (French) a son Toby <strong>James</strong><br />
on 16/01/2008<br />
1994 Abbie Paleologos (Franklin)a daughter Phoebe<br />
Helen on 12/06/2008<br />
1995 Sarah <strong>St</strong>evenson (Morgan) daughters Mali on<br />
16/06/2006 and Caitlin on 04/03/2008<br />
Nicola Wakefi eld (Block) daughters Daisy on<br />
13/10/2006 and Alice on 13/04/2008<br />
1998 Emily Dalzel-Job (Hutchison) a daughter Olivia Lara<br />
on 12/08/2007<br />
2000 Zakiah Zainal Abidin a daughter Siti Hawa on<br />
06/08/2008
ENGAGEMENTS<br />
2001 Lucy Brandon to <strong>James</strong> Muir on 13/01/08<br />
2002 Charlotte Prew to Michael Victor-Smith on 13/09/08<br />
2003 Aidan Parker to Matthew Lakin in June 2006<br />
MARRIAGES & CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS<br />
1963 Susan Carlyle to Andrew Fisher on 27/05/2008<br />
1966 Rosalind Carr (Owen) to Les Johnson on 13/12/2003<br />
1980 Elspeth Pattison to Allan Cramb on 1/04/2006<br />
Jane Plaisted to Paul Shea on 22/08/2007<br />
1986 Julia Hodgkins to Diana Blease on 21/12/2005<br />
1990 Candice Walker to Chris Dada on 10/09/2005<br />
1991 Janine Rymer to Jaarlath Clarke on 29/06/2007<br />
1992 Ruth Earl to Ben Craib on 29/12/2007<br />
Helena Johnson to Evan Mooney on 29/06/2007<br />
1994 Abbie Franklin to Michael Paleologos on 21/07/2007<br />
1995 Rosie Bennett-Rees to Major Alex Burt on 09/08/2008<br />
Nicola Block to Tim Wakefi eld on 25/10/2004<br />
DEATHS<br />
HONORARY MEMBERS<br />
1946 Peggie May Van Der Merwe (Duxbury) in April 2008<br />
News from Members<br />
PATRONS<br />
Delmé Moore has now moved to Perrins House and<br />
settled happily. ‘As an inexperienced cook I feel lucky to<br />
have no more shopping or cooking to do’. She enjoyed<br />
the May reunion and has been impressed by the success<br />
of the merger.<br />
Elizabeth Mullenger is now retired and enjoying the<br />
precious gifts of time and relative freedom. She is governor<br />
of two schools (one of them <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>) and sits<br />
on the Woodard Foundation Board but is also enjoying<br />
rural life and travel (New Zealand last winter and, as ever,<br />
regular trips to Italy). She is in touch with many <strong>Old</strong> Girls<br />
and would like to see more from <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>’s, The Abbey and<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>’s and The Abbey at reunions and school events, as<br />
well as contributing to the newsletter. She enjoyed seeing<br />
<strong>Old</strong> Girls at Sam Robinson’s wedding and at the “Ten Years<br />
On” Reunion organised by Georgina Banks.<br />
HONORARY MEMBERS<br />
Spring 2009<br />
MEMBERS<br />
1923 Lady Marguerite <strong>St</strong>irling (Wedderburn-Wilson)<br />
in December 2007<br />
1927 Margaret Joyce Robotham (Patrick) in February 2008<br />
1928 Edna Clements (Eaves) in September 2008<br />
1930 Marjorie Gibaud (Davis) in November 2008<br />
1931 Patricia Edmunds (Baxter) in November 2008<br />
1933 Nancy Joan Waite (Bedford) in May 2007<br />
1935 Daphne Gaynor Butler (<strong>St</strong>rong) in February 2008<br />
1939 Joyce Margaret Tesoriere (Baxter) in June 2007<br />
1943 Pamela Chester in December 2007<br />
1942 Audrey Hawkins in 2008<br />
1943 Joy Davies in 2006<br />
1944 Shirley Cotton (Davies) in April 2007<br />
1945 Lois Hunter (Anderson) in May 2008<br />
1945 Jill Swift (Bundey) in October 2008<br />
1945 Patience Trueman (Achurch) in February 2008<br />
1946 Anthea Yeomans (Collins) in July 2008<br />
1948 Jane Kember (Hayes) in June 2008<br />
1955 Felicity Armstrong Barnett (Willis) in August 2008<br />
1959 Judith Chamberlain (<strong>St</strong>enner Evans) in June 2008<br />
1965 Deborah Peta Murray Mowbray (Moncrieff )<br />
in August 2006<br />
1969 Elizabeth Rigg (Mitchell) in April 2008<br />
Pat Drew says ‘I never imagined that I would return to<br />
Cornwall but the decision to move back came out of the<br />
blue over Christmas 2007 when I was in Cornwall with<br />
family and friends. There were times when I wondered if<br />
I had made the right decision “coming home” and leaving<br />
so many dear friends in <strong>Malvern</strong> but now I am settled in<br />
Newquay I know it was the best thing I could have done.<br />
In the quiet of a sunny Cornish afternoon, sitting beside<br />
a tranquil sea, my mind drifts back over my 31 years at<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> and I see the faces of so many girls and staff<br />
and am so grateful for all that they have given me’.<br />
Elisabeth Rambridge has thoroughly enjoyed the years<br />
spent as a Housemistress, but is now looking forward to<br />
her new position and living at home which is in Berrow<br />
at the south end of the Hills. Her husband Andrew is<br />
still teaching at <strong>St</strong> Richard’s School, Bredenbury and her<br />
son Charles is in his fi nal year at Edinburgh University<br />
reading History and History of Art.<br />
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1931<br />
Nancy Poole is 94 and says she is now ‘a wheelchair case’.<br />
She sends her best wishes to all OGA members.<br />
1939<br />
Dina Brown (Russell) says that they are still enjoying their<br />
motor home in France and UK and is thankful for being so<br />
agile at 86. Seeing the subscription rates page she comments;<br />
‘when I left MGC the life subscription for OGA was £5’.<br />
1941<br />
Rene Dale (Gilston) fi nds that children, grand-children<br />
and great-grandchildren provide her greatest resource and<br />
interest. She is still in touch with Peggy Smith (Tyson).<br />
1942<br />
Sheila Hutchinson (Parkes) is trying to ‘retire’ but is still<br />
giving a few talks and photographic travel presentations<br />
in her area for charity. She went on a ‘Saga’ cruise to the<br />
central Mediterranean, visiting many countries and ports<br />
that she had not seen since her days as a part-time cruise/<br />
port lecturer for P&O in the 60’s and 70’s, and also spent<br />
a week with friends in the Italian Lake District. Pamela<br />
Kidner (Whitaker) had Ann Helliwell (Barnes) to stay whilst<br />
Ann was attending a Worcester Library County Reunion.<br />
Pamela also hears from Frances Whitehead who is still<br />
working in London at All Souls, Langham Place.<br />
1943<br />
Lois Williams (Johnson) says she has become a kind of<br />
bionic woman with replacement knees and a hip. Her<br />
hobby is creative writing, attending classes and courses<br />
‘and meeting so many interesting people’. She has a son<br />
(and great-granddaughter) in Hong Kong and a daughter in<br />
Sydney. She is in touch with Meriol Buchanan (Whittaker)<br />
in New Zealand and Ursel Hirsch in New York. She reports<br />
that sadly Pam Chester (Claff ) and Audrey Hawkins (Bligh)<br />
have both died.<br />
1944<br />
Joan Hill (Coulter) and her husband feel very settled<br />
in <strong>St</strong>ratford and enjoy the theatre and other activities<br />
including being members of U3A and going to concerts in<br />
Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. They had recently cruised<br />
in the Caribbean. She would love to hear from Barbara<br />
Robinson, Gillian Elliott and Barbara van der <strong>St</strong>raaten.<br />
Elizabeth Beetschen (Johnson) has retired from teaching<br />
Art & Ceramics and her hobby, singing. She now enjoys<br />
handicrafts, encouraged by fi ve grandchildren. Her sister<br />
Lois Williams (Johnson) remains close in both senses of the<br />
word – she lives opposite!<br />
1945<br />
Eileen Atkinson (Sales) is retired and feeling the eff ects<br />
of getting older, but is able to see more of her daughter<br />
Marian Brebner (Atkinson). Anne Fraser (McLean) is much<br />
enjoying being in Tunbridge Wells again after years in the<br />
north of England and retirement in Eastbourne.<br />
‘My sister Gwen & I are living in a very nice retirement<br />
home near my family, who were wonderful getting us<br />
through the awful moving procedure – never again we say!’<br />
Elisabeth (Achurch) is waiting to have a back operation,<br />
but if successful, she hopes to attend a future OGA Reunion<br />
in <strong>Malvern</strong>. Her sister Patience sadly died in February 2008.<br />
1946<br />
Anne Hilditch (Drummond) has been busy with domestic<br />
pursuits, grandchildren and various charities; a highlight<br />
had been a visit to Rugby’s submarine ‘Tireless’ in Plymouth,<br />
including a dive. She had heard from Elizabeth Thomas<br />
(Wall), Clare Holden (Simmons) and Anne Schwarz<br />
(Sellars). Judy Russell (Whitcher) is long retired and<br />
widowed, but has joined up with her son and his family<br />
to venture into the ‘good life’ near Bridgwater. Jacqueline<br />
Seymour (Kerr-Paterson) has recently moved from the<br />
North Yokshire moors to Cleasby and has just had Val<br />
Byrom-Taylor and Carol Pike, both teachers from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong>’s,<br />
to stay for a few days. She is in touch with Isabel Denyer<br />
(Kerr-Jarrett) and Sarah Jarrett-Kerr (Kerr-Jarrett) and also<br />
Alison Voelcker (Edwards).<br />
1947<br />
Elsie Tongue (Edwards) has moved near to Kingsbridge<br />
in Devon after over 40 years in the north. Despite the<br />
problems of moving she is pleased to be near her daughter<br />
Louise and two sisters. Jen Murray (Carter) is hoping to run<br />
down her small business and close the national society and<br />
trust she has looked after for 40 years. She is still very busy<br />
with her Norfolk holiday cottages and village activities.<br />
1949<br />
Olga Evans (Griffi ths) was looking forward as always<br />
to exchanging Christmas news with Shirley Turner,<br />
Lizzie Cook, Pat Broad and Daphne Worraker once<br />
her busiest season is over. She collects for presents and<br />
special bouquets for the lunch club helpers and devoted<br />
organizers, ‘who all join us “oldies” for a Christmas dinner<br />
locally’. Then she is asked to preside at a mince pie and<br />
auction evening.<br />
1950<br />
Elizabeth Duncan (Plumb) has moved from Wiltshire<br />
to Oxford and is busy developing the new garden and<br />
painting.<br />
1951<br />
Jane Bates (Dann) is enjoying a busy and happy retired<br />
life. Rosemary Hoyes (Mason) retired after 36 years with<br />
PGL and is now busy doing voluntary work. She enjoyed<br />
crossing the Atlantic on Queen Mary 2 in April.<br />
1952<br />
Angela Durrer (Sheraton) wrote that her mother Marjorie<br />
Gibaud (Davis) died peacefully in her sleep ‘after 96<br />
wonderful years’. Marjorie was best friend of Osra Garrish<br />
who was Angela’s godmother, and of Pippi.
1954<br />
Patricia Nicholson (Lewis) is still busy with sewing,<br />
photography and grandchildren. Her eleventh grandchild<br />
arrived over a month early on Christmas Day last year. She<br />
now has 10 grandsons and just one granddaughter! She<br />
had enjoyed a visit from Felicity Bennett (Fizzy Willis).<br />
1955<br />
Deanne Donaldson (Philp) has downsized to a house<br />
just 100yds from her old one ‘overlooking the 8th green<br />
rather than the 2nd’. She has been married for four years<br />
to Euan who was at Dollar Academy with her. ‘We have<br />
a pretty idyllic lifestyle; summer in Scotland, Fall on Lake<br />
Ontario where his home is and spring in Florida’. She sees<br />
Patricia Wilkinson (Marsden) almost annually. Patricia<br />
herself reports that she is still working, and enjoying her<br />
fi rst granddaughter with another on the way. Her daughter<br />
Sarah celebrated her 40th birthday and a number of ex<br />
MGCs attended the party. Elisabeth is still teaching primary<br />
and was moving to Norfolk in September.<br />
1956<br />
Deirdre Anne Kinloch Anderson (Loryman) is still a<br />
Director of Kinloch Anderson Ltd, now into the 6th<br />
generation of family management. From November 2008<br />
they were celebrating our 140th Anniversary year. Her busy<br />
year at work includes designing new tartans, one of which<br />
is a tartan for the new Scottish register of Tartans launched<br />
at Edinburgh Castle on 26th November. She has also<br />
been asked to speak on the Panel of the fi rst ‘Everywoman<br />
Conference’ to be held in Scotland in March 2008. Ann<br />
Payne (Nash) reported on the activities of the Mid –Wales<br />
Group: ‘Between 6 and 8 of us have met four times over<br />
the last two years. We started off meeting for coff ee but<br />
last time graduated to a lunch and in May 2009 we are<br />
incorporating meeting for lunch with a garden visit’.<br />
1958<br />
Gillian Fuller-Shapcott (Osmond) is still farming and<br />
managing to ride in the winter and sail on her husband’s<br />
boat in the summer.<br />
1959<br />
Patricia Birchley (Banbury) is a Buckinghamshire County<br />
Councillor with responsibility for Adult Social Care. Louise<br />
Pavey (Bird) wrote with the sad news of the death of Judith<br />
Chamberlain (<strong>St</strong>enner Evans).<br />
1960<br />
Suzanne Sheff er (Harris) is a self employed physiotherapist,<br />
planning to retire soon. She is in touch with Carole<br />
Crossland (Hickinbottom), Helen Wilson (Bass) in the UK<br />
and Wai Pin Benham (Chan) in Australia. Margaret Wood<br />
has fi nally retired and is hoping to have more time to<br />
visit old school friends, number one priority being Frizzle<br />
Keegan (Freda Hassan) in the <strong>St</strong>ates.<br />
Spring 2009<br />
1961<br />
Frances Henton (Morgan) is thoroughly enjoying caring<br />
for her parents who now live next door. ‘They recently<br />
celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary; we have many<br />
family gatherings, lots of fun and laughter and a full and<br />
busy life’. She would love to hear from old friends in her year.<br />
1962<br />
Margot Jacobs (Coverdale) is now retired from maths<br />
teaching and enjoying doing the school run and after<br />
school care for her grandchildren three days a week. Her<br />
driving pony is now 23 years old so sadly they have had to<br />
cut back on their carriage driving.<br />
1963<br />
Susan Carlyle is working as a social researcher carrying<br />
out interviews for various government departments while<br />
continuing to exhibit her paintings and fi ne art prints. And ‘I<br />
fi nally got married for the fi rst time!’<br />
1964<br />
Janine Smillie (Bradbury) recently retired and is enjoying<br />
more time for painting, exhibiting ‘and sometimes selling’.<br />
Her surprise birthday treat from her husband was a whirlwind<br />
trip to see family and friends including Nicola Baxter (Mason)<br />
and Liz East. Gill Muir (Thomson) phoned while she was<br />
visiting Liz. ‘It was a brilliant trip only marred by my husband<br />
breaking his scapula two days before we were due to set off ’.<br />
1965<br />
Jenny Hawkins (Tolhurst) is still enjoying retirement and<br />
playing a lot of golf. Her youngest daughter has just made<br />
her a grandmother, ‘the best sixtieth birthday present I<br />
could have wished for’.<br />
1966<br />
Rosalind Johnson (Owen) obtained an HNC Building<br />
qualifi cation as a mature student and works in the asset<br />
management section of a local housing association.<br />
She is thinking of cutting hours to help look after the<br />
grandchildren. She is in touch with Caroline Pygott<br />
(Mather) and Wendy Thain (Reynolds). Ruth Lewis<br />
(Elsom) enjoyed a momentous year; reaching Freedom<br />
Pass age group, seeing her daughter marry, and her<br />
daughter-in-law produce their fi rst grandchild. ‘Greatly<br />
enjoyed the Cambridge reunion; hope to see more of<br />
our year group again next year’. Anne Williams (McLean<br />
Bullen) had a busy career in agricultural research and is<br />
still livestock farming ‘but never going to make a fortune!’<br />
They have diversifi ed in various ways; self-catering holiday<br />
accommodation; ‘we have had several OGs to stay over the<br />
years’; training working sheepdogs; and upholstery ‘largely<br />
for pleasure but also commissioned’. She is in regular<br />
contact with Christine Day (Harpham) and also in touch<br />
with Christine Norman (Wilby) and Nina Mansen (Nixon).<br />
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1967<br />
Sarah Kuipers has been working in the fi eld of Complementary<br />
Medicine for over 20 years and is now doing a masters<br />
research study on stress in CM practitioners whilst working<br />
part time as a lecturer. Now that her three sons have left<br />
home she is enjoying living in the Hampshire countryside.<br />
1968<br />
Joan Orton (Moult) gave up work two years ago and since<br />
then her fl ute playing has improved. Her sister Angela<br />
Hollin won a prize at work and in February took her to Las<br />
Vegas which included a helicopter trip over the Grand<br />
Canyon. ‘It was a wonderful few days’. With her husband<br />
David, she enjoyed a week in Northern Ireland, visiting<br />
various cathedrals with The Friends of Cathedral Music. She<br />
has also been to Copenhagen to meet former colleagues<br />
from World Health Organisation days. She also meets Mary<br />
Partington regularly who taught music at <strong>Malvern</strong> Girls’<br />
College in the early 1950s.<br />
1969<br />
Caroline Morgan (Cornes) is now Chief Executive of<br />
Dyfed Powys Probation Trust and still enjoying working in<br />
probation after 34 years; ‘no two days the same’. She is<br />
in touch with Caro Bourne (Jenkins), Tricia Austin and<br />
Rosie Gerrard.<br />
1970<br />
Margaret Bruno (Donaldson) is still a Probation Offi cer in<br />
Lancaster. Bridget Cowper-Coles (Elliott) is back in London<br />
after three and a half years in Riyadh where her husband was<br />
British Ambassador. She misses her gyr falcons that she had<br />
to leave there but is happy to be back and able to help her<br />
fi ve children in London. Her husband is now Ambassador<br />
in Afghanistan where she is only allowed to visit ‘but each<br />
visit has been fascinating and a real eye-opener’.<br />
1974<br />
Marian Brebner (Atkinson) was looking forward to a<br />
joint celebration of her 50th birthday and 30th wedding<br />
anniversary last summer. Her mother, also an OG,<br />
celebrated her 80th in March.<br />
1975<br />
Heather Farmbrough (Mills) is still working as a freelance<br />
journalist living in London. She has one son at university<br />
and a daughter about to go.<br />
1976<br />
Margaret Sharland (Dutton) has now remained free from<br />
breast cancer for fi ve years, and celebrated her 50th birthday<br />
with an annual visit to Wimbledon’s excellent pantomime.<br />
Lindsay <strong>St</strong>ead (Bibby) and Nikki Henshaw (Marples) marked<br />
their half centuries by cycling from their homes to Caernarfon,<br />
calling in at School en route and taking in some mountain<br />
passes in mid Wales. They were sad to see Summerside empty<br />
and untended. Lindsay is delighted that Penny Greaves<br />
(Hobhouse)’s son, a godson, has got a place at Oxford.<br />
1979<br />
Claire Hall (Cave) is a full-time haematology consultant at<br />
Harrogate with children aged 18 and 11. She is kept very<br />
busy as a mother, wife and doctor as well as caring for an<br />
aged mother. She has seen Miranda Plunkett (Pascoe) and<br />
Frances von Bertele (Loudon).<br />
1980<br />
Rossy Mclaren (Lock) moved with her family to Devon<br />
in 2007 after 26 years in Cambridge. She now works as a<br />
part-time research assistant in the Psychology Department<br />
at Exeter University. ‘A great, fl exible job that allows me<br />
plenty of time with husband, two children, a dog, three cats<br />
and a huge vegetable garden’. Rosemary Tusa (Hattrell)<br />
is kept busy with three children, singing, golf and charity<br />
work. She is in touch with Alison Seaton (Jones), Nicky<br />
Milner (Jones), Samantha Schmiegelow (Clegg), Shelley<br />
Hughes (Law), Emma Froy (Gurney-Champion) and Pippa<br />
Ogilvie (Taylor-Young). Alison Robertson (Donaldson) is a<br />
surveyor in Edinburgh with three children.<br />
Jane Shea (Plaisted) married Paul in Oxford in August 2007,<br />
followed by a blessing and christening of their son Michael<br />
in Bredwardine, Herefordshire. Her sister Lydia Provest,<br />
Jane Walker, Penny Smith, Rowena Westacott and all<br />
their families were present. Jane now works as a Travel<br />
Counsellor for Travel Counsellors and would be happy to<br />
hear from any <strong>Old</strong> Girls. Jane Walker (Ashwell) has been<br />
married to Derek for 19 years. She has three children,<br />
Victoria, 16, Mark, 14 and Simon, 12, who all take after her<br />
with their sporting abilities, representing their county in<br />
various events. She continues to be a lady who lunches and<br />
keeps in touch with Alison Gardner, Penny Smith, Jane Shea<br />
and Rowena Westacott. Rowena Westacott (Evans) and<br />
Christopher celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary on<br />
5th June 2007 and were joined by Jane Walker, Elspeth<br />
Cramb, Jane Shea, Penny Smith and all their families.<br />
Elspeth fl ew in from South Africa which was a wonderful<br />
present. Rowena has spent the last two years converting a<br />
set of traditional brick and fl int barns into one house and<br />
fi ve offi ces. She has two children, William, 24 and Edwina,<br />
19. She keeps in touch with Alice Seebohm (Miller-<br />
Bakewell), Phillippa Quesnel (le Neve-Foster), Elizabeth<br />
Shillingford (Lule) and Harriet Pope. Penny Smith (Reay,<br />
Bowen) lives in <strong>Malvern</strong> with her family of six children, fi ve<br />
boys and one girl, aged from 7 to 21 years old. She has been<br />
married for 10 years to Geoff , who is a graphic designer.<br />
She teaches Mathematics at <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> and would<br />
be happy to show any <strong>Old</strong> Girls around the school.<br />
1982<br />
Emma Ramsay (Savage) is a GP in Newmarket married to<br />
a consultant ophthalmologist. With two sport-mad boys<br />
she spends most of her free time driving children to cricket,<br />
rugby and football matches.<br />
1983<br />
Fiona Jenkinson (Wright) is still a part-time dentist and<br />
juggling work with school runs for an eight year old daughter.
1984<br />
Clare Rapier (<strong>St</strong>evens) is working part-time as a Paediatric<br />
Physiotherapist.<br />
1985<br />
Lisa Cristie spent 10 years in the City as a corporate tax<br />
lawyer then joined HM Treasury in 1995 as a tax policy advisor.<br />
She has been on maternity leave with her third daughter.<br />
1986<br />
Nicola Barker (Blackham) has daughters of school and<br />
pre-school age and has started working as a playgroup<br />
assistant, so is now studying for an NVQ in Children’s Care,<br />
Learning and Development. Julia Hodgkins is still Senior<br />
Mistress at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith<br />
and enjoying life as mum to a 2 ½ year old. She is in touch<br />
with Anna Preedy and Claire Robinson (Bishop). Rosie<br />
Whitaker (Nickerson) has been a freelance journalist<br />
writing for magazines since 1995 and is writing a book on<br />
shooting to be published in 2009.<br />
1987<br />
Caroline Hudson (Blackham) is enjoying being a full time<br />
mother. She keeps in touch with Sarah Wilkinson (Yates)<br />
and Caroline Kottler (Little). Sarah Austin (Skinner) had a<br />
daughter Lucinda last March, a sister for George, now 5 who<br />
has just begun school. She lives in Wimbledon and regularly<br />
sees Suzanne Baldwin (Sharkey), Jane Pirrie (<strong>St</strong>anley),<br />
Vanessa Alexander (Bourne) and Lucy Dickson (Shone), as<br />
well as keeping in touch with Lucinda Asprey (Kinnell) and<br />
Emma Setchell (Lowry).<br />
1990<br />
Candice Dada (Walker) is still working part time for the<br />
Daily Mail and in contact with Louisa Davis and Charlie<br />
Raeburn Ward. Janine Clarke (Rymer) retrained as a<br />
Gemmologist and has been working for a gemstone dealer<br />
in Hatton Garden. She is now enjoying maternity leave and<br />
considering the options for returning to work.<br />
1992<br />
Ruth Craib (Earl) has been an Army Offi cer with REME since<br />
2003 but was due to leave the army to relocate to Oman<br />
where her husband is working. She was awarded an MBE for<br />
work in Afghanistan commanding the Task Force Helmand<br />
Light Aid Detachment for 6 months in 2007 and was invested<br />
at Buckingham Palace last May. The wedding in 2007 was<br />
attended by Emma Malcolm (Hanson), Katie Garrett (<strong>St</strong>ow),<br />
Jude Morto (Young) and Elizabeth Shawcross (Miller).<br />
Emma Smith, who has been practising as a GP since 2003,<br />
spent 13 weeks from September, as the expedition medic<br />
in India for a Raleigh International expedition.<br />
1994<br />
Amanda Cleghorn (French) is enjoying life as a full time<br />
mother and part-time student of nutrition. Abbie Paleologos<br />
(Franklin) spent 2008 in the UK but was returning to<br />
Sydney last November. She saw Eloise Aspinall and Fiona<br />
Norris (Cooke) at a wedding. She is loving motherhood.<br />
Spring 2009<br />
1995<br />
Catherine Meakin (Bennett-Rees) spent four years at<br />
Oxford and three at Cambridge before getting ordained<br />
in 2004; she is now curate of Holy Trinity Cambridge and<br />
married last April. Sarah <strong>St</strong>evenson (Morgan) is a GP,<br />
enjoying being a mum to her two girls and planning to<br />
return to work in 2009. She keeps in touch with Flutie<br />
Ravenscroft, Emily <strong>St</strong>yles (Johnson) who had her 3rd baby<br />
in March 2008, Amanda Cleghorn (French) and Emma<br />
Marfl eet (Fray). Nicola Wakefi eld (Block) is a part-time<br />
solicitor and mum, on maternity leave.<br />
Samantha Robinson (Vaughan) is setting up her own<br />
business in Herefordshire. Deborah Thomas combines<br />
acting with personal and corporate presentation training.<br />
Gemma Knowles read Italian and History of Art at<br />
Manchester and has her own Italian property company.<br />
Mary Seton is a key worker for Camila Batmanghelidjh’s<br />
‘Kids Company’ in London. Lydia White is a social worker,<br />
Victoria Murray works as a theatrical agent and Miranda<br />
Sharp is a professional photographer.<br />
1997<br />
Rosie Burt (Bennett-Rees) spent 4 years at Balliol College,<br />
Oxford and then worked as a strategy consultant with<br />
Bain; she is now innovation manager at Innocent drinks.<br />
She is still in touch with Nicky Reames (Thwaites), Celia<br />
Tedd, Amy Hargreaves (marrying last June), Helen Cooke<br />
(marrying last May), Edwina Westhead, Lucy <strong>St</strong>ockbridge<br />
and Beth Good (Green).<br />
1998<br />
Emily Dalzel-Job (Hutchison) married in 2005 with Hannah<br />
Wright as her bridesmaid. She is a biology teacher. She<br />
regularly sees Hannah <strong>James</strong> (marrying last November),<br />
Jo Jeff eries (Wharton), Louis Sydney, Hannah Wright and<br />
Helen Abrahams. Fiona Lewis had also been to stay; she<br />
was getting married last October.<br />
1999<br />
Polly Bennion has graduated from Nottingham University<br />
Medical School and was due to start work at at George’s<br />
Hospital Tooting. She keeps in regular touch with Claire<br />
Yates (Alexander), Anna Jones (Phillips), Katie Wright,<br />
Bryony Whipp and Jo Skinner. Her sisters Georgie Chick<br />
(Bennion) and Jessie De Phee (Bennion) are both now<br />
married with children.<br />
2001<br />
Charlotte Hutchison is living in Edinburgh and working<br />
for the Edinburgh Centre of Carbon Management. Lucy<br />
Brandon is working for the National Trust and training<br />
towards her MRICS to become a chartered surveyor. She<br />
got engaged to <strong>James</strong> on a fantastic holiday in New York<br />
and is due to marry in July. Sarah Gillies has set up her own<br />
business www.umicreate.co.uk. which was shortlisted for<br />
the pioneer award hosted by Girls make your marks awards.<br />
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2002<br />
Samantha Morris has a MA in music and lives in<br />
Birmingham. Julia Charnock is studying for a Graduate<br />
Diploma in Law at Birmingham University after reading<br />
English at Oxford and taking a Post Graduate Music Degree<br />
from the Birmingham Conservatoire.<br />
2003<br />
Aidan Parker completed her BA(Hons)/MSci in Natural<br />
Sciences from Cambridge, gaining a First. She specialised<br />
in geological sciences and studied rare mantle rocks from<br />
the Antarctic Peninsula (in conjunction with the British<br />
Antarctic Survey) for her master’s project. In October<br />
she was starting a PhD jointly between the Natural<br />
History Museum and University College London studying<br />
meteorites, specifi cally ureilites.<br />
Antonia Cooper is getting married to Robert Cooke and<br />
has an NVQ in childcare. Julia Leonard is in her third year<br />
at Exeter University studying English and looking forward<br />
to a career in journalism. Gemma Vandome has graduated<br />
from Southampton University with a BA (Hons) in Music<br />
and is thoroughly enjoying teaching at <strong>St</strong> Anne’s Girls<br />
School in Southampton.<br />
2004<br />
Alison Walker says ‘somewhere along the way I caught the<br />
“bug” that made me want to pursue music and songwriting<br />
in particular’. She has been working with a number of labels<br />
and had a tour in South Africa and Botswana where she<br />
sang at quite a big festival. She is hoping to have an album<br />
released this year. She also works as a part-time project<br />
manager for a multi-media education company based in SE<br />
London. They work mainly with underprivileged or ‘at risk’<br />
youth who have fallen out of the education system. ‘The<br />
courses are generally great fun as they are very creative …<br />
and it is a project I believe in’.<br />
2005<br />
Emma White is a Project Offi cer and Trainee Business<br />
Analyst within the Children Services at Worcestershire<br />
County Council. She is also studying for a Local Government<br />
Foundation Degree. Felicity Houlbrook graduated with<br />
a BA in English Literature from the University of Sheffi eld<br />
and is now studying for a year’s Post Graduate Diploma in<br />
Acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.<br />
2006<br />
Jessica Smith is at Bristol University where she has become<br />
good friends with Charlotte Allan. Alice Bendall has a full<br />
scholarship for the Musical Theatre course at the Arts<br />
Educational Professional School in London. She worked with<br />
the girls at MSJ by choreographing their production of ‘High<br />
School Musical Hatfi eld <strong>St</strong>yle’, which was a great success.<br />
Her most recent London role has been as Martha Cox in a<br />
production of ‘High School Musical’ and she has performed in<br />
‘A Chorus Line’, ‘The Gypsy King’ and ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’.<br />
2008<br />
Alice Wright took part in the Prime Minister’s Global<br />
Fellowship, a pilot project run by the British Council,<br />
designed to send 100 school leavers to India, China or Brazil<br />
for six weeks. She went to China and returned ‘with 40 close<br />
friends and a broader personal understanding of global<br />
citizenship’. Since then she has been involved in sharing her<br />
experiences with communities and schools; the Fellows’<br />
experiences have also been gathered into a book and she<br />
was one of those who went to Downing <strong>St</strong>reet to present a<br />
copy to the Prime Minister.<br />
Also heard from<br />
1930: Joyce Craufurd-<strong>St</strong>uart. 1942: Ann Helliwell (Barnes).<br />
1947: Jean Beasley (Latchford). 1954: Mary Boughey<br />
(Davies). 1975: Helen Clough. 1984: Georgina Brown. 1986:<br />
Morag Raine (Renton). 1991: Olivia Alderson (Millington).<br />
1992: Charlotte Lobb (Elstub). 1993: Virginia Temple (Walls).<br />
1998: Camilla Gregory. Leonie Hart (Osborne)<br />
OVERSEAS<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
1950<br />
Diana Rowntree (Butters) would love to have news of any<br />
classmates, especially if they live in Australia.<br />
1992<br />
Helena Mooney (Johnson) is married with a baby daughter<br />
and living in New South Wales.<br />
BRUNEI<br />
2000<br />
Zakiah Abidin graduated from Dundee Medical School<br />
in 2005 and is working as a medical offi cer in internal<br />
medicine at RIPAS hospital in Brunei, and working towards<br />
completing her postgraduate membership exams.<br />
FRANCE<br />
1946<br />
Denise Smith (Quarmby) and her husband spent 6 weeks<br />
in the Philippines, visiting their son who has a boatbuilding<br />
business. At the age of 78 they both enjoyed starting to<br />
learn to sail and dive. They still enjoy life in France and<br />
their workload, maintaining gardens and swimming pools,<br />
seems to increase despite trying to cut down. (Editor’s<br />
apologies for including this news last year under Denise’s<br />
middle rather than maiden name!)<br />
JAPAN<br />
1959<br />
Elizabeth Oliver is still running ARK, with an offi ce in Tokyo<br />
and hoping to build a sanctuary in the Kansai ‘so little hope<br />
of retirement’. She is in regular contact with Louise Wright<br />
and Christine Thornton (Chappell).
MALAYSIA<br />
1966<br />
Sandie Lenton moved to Penang last year after four years<br />
in the Philippines. She still maintains a base in Spain but is<br />
not there often. Her American partner Ted and she have a<br />
factory south of Manila that treats and processes toxic and<br />
hazardous waste that once safe can then be mixed with<br />
sand and cement to make building materials. ‘After a long<br />
and hard fi ve years or more of R&D and struggling to make<br />
sales we seem to be fi nally on our way.’ She has just fi nished<br />
a TESOL course ‘which I found fairly gruelling after so many<br />
years of no academic study so it was rewarding to complete<br />
it’. She would be happy to hear from OGs visiting Malaysia.<br />
MAURITIUS<br />
1970<br />
Deborah Wallwork (Kidner) is now Treasurer for the<br />
Mauritian Wild Life <strong>Association</strong> which she fi nds very<br />
interesting. She would be glad to see any visiting OGs.<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
1962<br />
Tania Sweet (Simpson) stayed with Theresa Cocks when<br />
visiting South Island last April, and then with Cindy<br />
Moorby (Harrington) in England and Gillian Dubois<br />
(Tanner) in France.<br />
Also heard from<br />
1944: Pam Sutton (Daley)<br />
PERU<br />
1942<br />
Lucy Temple Seminario is now living in Peru and would<br />
love to hear from any contemporaries.<br />
USA<br />
1936<br />
Marjorie Williams-Wright (Dix) is still active socially and<br />
with volunteer work particularly the English Speaking<br />
Union. She is widowed for the second time and living alone<br />
and independently. Despite coming to England every year<br />
‘I never seem to visit <strong>Malvern</strong>’. She remains in close touch<br />
with Margaret Green (Thomas).<br />
Harriet Bemus (Clay) ‘is celebrating 90 years enriched by<br />
MGC’. In a potted life history she reports: ‘Served 4 ½ war<br />
years in ATS and was a Junior Commander; returned to<br />
Leeds University; visited cousins in California; married there<br />
for 51 happy years; has 3 children, 11 grandchildren and a<br />
great grandchild on the way; graduated in Social Ecology<br />
at the University of California, Irvine; started the Victim<br />
Assistance Program in Orange County and on its 30th<br />
birthday was again recognized by California Legislation and<br />
County Government’. She served 12 years on the Juvenile<br />
Justice Commission and is still on the board of the Public<br />
Law Center and the Orange County Museum Art Council.<br />
Spring 2009<br />
1950<br />
Jean Sandford (Low) is still working as a Realtor (Estate<br />
Agent) in Concord ‘where the War of Independence began’.<br />
She and her husband enjoy travelling overseas, as well as<br />
living in the town of authors Alcott, Thoreau, Emerson<br />
‘and many new accomplished writers’.<br />
1977<br />
Ameeta Nanji has recently coauthored two books: India<br />
Sublime, published by Rizzoli, and India Color, published<br />
by Chronicle Books. She continues to study and teach<br />
yoga in Los Angeles, and welcomes visitors to contact her<br />
(www.ameetananji.com).<br />
Also heard from<br />
1966: Sally Hawkins (Spurgeon)<br />
SINGAPORE<br />
Also heard from<br />
1968: Yolande Anthony (Arianayagam)<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
1970<br />
Penny Tyler (Freshney) is based in Johannesburg and would<br />
love to get in touch with friends from her school days.<br />
1980<br />
Elspeth Pattison married Allan Cramb in April 2006 after<br />
knowing each other for 9 years – they were both married<br />
before and have children from their previous marriages.<br />
They have just had a holiday of a lifetime with 22 family<br />
and friends, including visits to London, New York, Colorado<br />
as well as the Cayman Islands where Elspeth once lived.<br />
Elspeth also fl ew over to be with Rowena Westacott and<br />
Christopher for their Silver Wedding Anniversary.<br />
1999<br />
Nhlanhla Ngozi has been settled in South Africa for the<br />
past 15 years and would love to get back in touch with old<br />
class mates. She has very happy memories and writes, ‘the<br />
life’s lessons I learned at school cannot be traded for any<br />
other life experiences’.<br />
We welcome warmly all leavers from 2008<br />
and hope they will send in their news.<br />
We are also delighted that the following<br />
have joined the OGA:<br />
Anne Laubscher (Scott)<br />
1953 - <strong>Malvern</strong> Girls’ College<br />
Jacqueline Seymour (Kerr-Paterson)<br />
1966 - <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>’s School<br />
Ellen Phelips<br />
1974 - <strong>Malvern</strong> Girls’ College.<br />
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Area Representatives<br />
Avon New Representative required<br />
Berkshire Mrs Susan Wagstaff (Smith/1970) - 50 Spring Meadow,<br />
Holly Spring Lane, Bracknell, Berks. RG12 2JP Tel: 01344 450576<br />
Buckinghamshire Mrs Jean Goode (West/1967) - Gable Croft, Chiltern Road,<br />
& Hertfordshire Ballinger Common, Gt. Missenden, Bucks. HP16 9LH Tel: 01494 837277<br />
Cambridge Mrs Frances Williams (Royals/1966) - I Coulston Close, Milton, Cambridge CB4 6ZE Tel: 01223 63134<br />
Cheshire Mrs Anne Richardson (<strong>St</strong>orey/1963), 21 Heath Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 6BH Tel: 0161 283 2992<br />
County Durham Mrs Jill Gladstone (Vernon/1958) - Larkspur Cottage, Lanchester, County Durham, DH7 0LF Tel: 01207 528114<br />
Cornwall Mrs Elizabeth Kennerley (Chivers/1957) - Penhalonga, Constantine Bay,<br />
Padstow, Cornwall PL28 8JC Tel: 01841 521122<br />
Cumbria Dr Sandra Cotterell (1960) - The Chair Workshop, 99 Main <strong>St</strong>reet,<br />
Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5AD Tel: 01539 621489<br />
Derbyshire See Nottinghamshire<br />
Devon Mrs Veronica Blackmore (Bashforth/1959) - Milestone, Newton Road,<br />
Bishopsteignton, Teignmouth, Devon TQ14 9PP Tel: 01626 776193<br />
Dorset Mrs Judy Wheeldon (Fawcett/1954) - The Maltings, 2 Abbots Quay,<br />
Wareham, Dorset BH20 4EW Tel: 01929 552092<br />
Essex Mrs Sarah Troubridge (Furber/1982) - 17 Sutton Mead, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6QB Tel: 01245 469560<br />
Gloucestershire Mrs Pamela Cadbury (Hunt/1970) - Lawn House, 11 London Road, Cheltenham GL52 6E Tel: 01242 5797770<br />
Mrs Judith Pearman (Kenney/1971) - Mitton Lodge, Bredons Hardwick, Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 7EB Tel: 01684 295556<br />
Hampshire Mrs Elizabeth McDowall (Dunn/1955) - The Priory, Rockbourne, Fordingbridge, Hants. SP6 3NA Tel: 01725 518487<br />
Hertfordshire See Buckinghamshire<br />
Herefordshire Mrs Jane Mason (Coles/1970) - Seatons, Horse Lane Orchard,<br />
Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1PP Tel: 01531 633727<br />
Kent Mrs Judy Hodges (Nott/1951) - Finches, Summerhill, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 1JT Tel: 01580 212280<br />
Mrs Christine Drury (Gilson/1965) – Woodside, Potters Corner,<br />
Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent TN26 1AE Tel: 01233 627087<br />
Lancashire<br />
Leicestershire New Representatives required<br />
Lincolnshire<br />
London More Representatives required<br />
London W/WC Ms Sylvia Francis (1960) - 6 Olive Road, South Ealing, London W5 4JJ Tel: 0208 840 4645<br />
Miss Katrin Eigener (1991) - 99 Mildmay Road, London N1 4PU Tel: 0207 254 4856<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> Miss Jean Trewin (1941) – The Chace Rest Home, Chase Road,<br />
Upper Welland, <strong>Malvern</strong>, Worcs. WR14 8HH Tel: 01684 561813<br />
Norfolk Mrs Jennifer Murray (Carter/1947) - Mariners Hard,<br />
Cley-next-the-Sea, Holt, Norfolk NR25 7RX Tel: 01263 740404<br />
Northamptonshire Mrs Ruth Thompson (Darby/1973) Home Park, Lower Catesby,<br />
Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 6LF Tel: 01327 871201
Spring 2009<br />
Nottinghamshire Mrs Priscilla Ratcliff e (Halstead/1958) - 10 Melford Hall Drive,<br />
and Derbyshire Compton Acres, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7SP Tel: 0115 984 2565<br />
Northumberland See County Durham<br />
and Tyne & Wear<br />
Oxfordshire Mrs Jane Sweeting (Perry/1954), Conduit Farm, Churchill, Oxon OX7 6NH Tel: 01608 658274<br />
Shropshire Mrs Jenny Arrowsmith (Orwin/1971) Bridleways Farm Leaton Shrewsbury Shropshire SY4 3BA Tel: 01939 291681<br />
Somerset New representative required<br />
<strong>St</strong>aff ordshire Mrs Jane Martin (Munday/1982) – 156 Newcastle Road, <strong>St</strong>one, <strong>St</strong>aff ordshire ST15 8LG<br />
Suff olk Mrs Alison Taylor (Brodie/1965) - Harleston Hall, Harleston, <strong>St</strong>owmarket, Suff olk IP14 3JQ Tel: 01359 242289<br />
Mrs Sue Key-Burr(Fyte/1954) - Ridleys, Dallinghoo, Woodbridge, Suff olk IP13 0JT Tel: 01473 737378<br />
Surrey Miss Helen Vose (1987) – Magdalen House, <strong>St</strong>. Teresa’s, Effi ngham, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6ST Tel: 01372 750217<br />
E. Sussex New representative required<br />
W. Sussex Mrs Penny Shone (Wood/1970) – Little Orchard, Jeff eries Lane,<br />
Goring-By-Sea, W.Sussex BN12 4PS Tel: 01903 241330<br />
Tyne & Wear See Co. Durham & Northumberland<br />
Warwickshire Mrs Patricia Smart (Hopper/1945) - Heronbrook Lodge, Front <strong>St</strong>reet,<br />
Ilmington, Shipston-on-<strong>St</strong>our, Warks. CV36 4QP Tel: 01608 682509<br />
W. Midlands Mrs Carolyn Morgan-Jones (Hawkins/1963) - Redcliff e House,<br />
Compton, Kinver, <strong>St</strong>ourbridge DY7 5NR Tel: 01384 872782<br />
Wiltshire Mrs Susan Bourne (Clarke/1952) - Melstock, Nunton, Salisbury, Wilts.SP5 4HN Tel: 01722 329734<br />
Wirral/ Mrs Barbara Greenwood (Walker/1967) - 10 Gayton Parkway,<br />
Merseyside Gayton. Wirral, Merseyside L60 3SS Tel: 0151 342 5885<br />
Worcestershire Mrs Brenda Fox (Cooke/1945) - Dereham House, Willersey, Broadway, Worcs. WR12 7PG Tel: 01386 852691<br />
E. Yorkshire/ Elizabeth Ticehurst (Major/1966) Rowan Cottage, Main <strong>St</strong>reet, Welburn, YORK YO60 7EE Tel: 01653 619736<br />
N. Yorkshire<br />
W. Yorkshire Mrs. Patricia Wilkinson (Marsden/1956) - Syke House,<br />
Saddleworth Road, Greetland, Halifax, W.Yorkshire HX4 8PA Tel: 01422 372594<br />
N. Wales New Representative required<br />
Mid Wales Mrs Ann Payne (Nash/1956) Bethania Cottage, Upper Chapel, Brecon, Powys LD3 3RG jandbethania@care4free.net<br />
W.Glamorgan Mrs Olga Evans (Griffi ths/1949) - Derwen Groes, Llannsadwrn Dyfed Llanwrda, Dyfed SA19 8LY Tel: 01550 777070<br />
S. & Mid Mrs Ann Simpson (Dr. Ann Cherry/1971) - The <strong>St</strong>anleys, Westra,<br />
Glamorgan Dinas Powys, S. Glamorgan CF64 4HA Tel: 029 20 512459<br />
Gwent New Representative required<br />
Scotland, SE Mrs Gillian Muir (Thomson/1965) - 4 Dick Place, Edinburgh EH9 2JN Tel: 0131 667 6431<br />
& Edinburgh<br />
Scotland, SW Mrs Susan Burr(Eve/1965) - Newbarns, 18 Mainholm, Ayr KA7 5HE Tel: 01292 269076<br />
& Glasgow<br />
N. & Central Mrs Janine Smillie (Bradbury/1964) - 6 Roseisle Drive, Elgin, Morayshire, IV30 4NS Tel: 01343 540245<br />
Scotland<br />
N. Ireland New Representative required<br />
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Overseas Representatives<br />
Argentina & Mrs Jane Wood (Williams/1972) – Estancia Huechahue,<br />
S. America Aptdo. Esp.8371 Junin de los Andes, Provincia del Neuquen, Argentina, S.A. Tel: (54) 0944 91303<br />
Australia/NSW Mrs Jennifer Shaw (Scott/1993), c/o Level 28,1 Market <strong>St</strong>reet, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: (61) 2926 5300<br />
Email: jenny_a_shaw@hotmail.com<br />
Australia/ Mrs Joy Sutton (Bowden/1965) – 6 Anita <strong>St</strong>reet, Beaumaris, Victoria 3193 Tel: (61) 03 589 2051<br />
Victoria<br />
W. Australia Mrs Jill Sweeney (Mackay/1970) – 6 Dale Place, Booragoon, WA 6154 Tel: (61) 09 364 7231<br />
Australia/ Mrs Susan Jensen (Thompson/1969) – 4/156 Bonney Avenue, Tel: (61) 07 3262 1434<br />
Queensland Clayfi eld 4011, Queensland, South Australia Mobile: (61) 04083 21745<br />
Mrs Susan Wheal (Ballard/1969) – Piccaninny, P.O. Box 95,<br />
Beachport, South Australia 5280 Tel: (61) 3 62438047<br />
Australia/ Dr Jean <strong>St</strong>evenson (Butler/1950) – Unit 2/3 Yolla <strong>St</strong>reet, Tel: (61) 6243 8047<br />
Tasmania Rose Bay, Tasmania, Australia 7015<br />
Belgium Mrs Frances Calder Hemmant (Calder/1967) – 55 Rue du Cardinal,<br />
Brussels 1000, Belgium Tel: (32) 02 23 05 217<br />
Bermuda New Representative required<br />
Botswana Mrs Anne Blackbeard (Matzen/1974) – Box 11780, Tati Town, Botswana<br />
Canada/B.C. Mrs Lisa Ballinger (Rippington/1988) – 4916 Sea Ridge Dr, Victoria, B C, Canada Tel: 250 704 0559<br />
Canada/ Mrs Gail Pearce (Smart/1964) – 204 Beech Avenue, Toronto,<br />
Ontario Ontario, Canada M4E 3H9 Email: gcpearce@sympatico.ca Tel: (416) 690 5562<br />
Canada/ Miss Margaret Macfarlane (1971) – 1745 Cedar Avenue, Apt.509, Quebec<br />
Quebec Montreal, P.Q. Canada H3G 1A7 Tel: (514) 935 3074<br />
Cayman Islands Mrs Sarah Graham(Harvey/1990). PO Box 871, Grand Cayman, Tel: (345) 946 8611<br />
KY1-1103, Cayman Islands Email: sgraham2b@hotmail.com<br />
Cyprus Mrs Christine Day (Harpham/1966) BFPO 57<br />
France Mrs Jennifer Maizener (Willis/1970) – 18 bis Quai Pierre Brossolette,<br />
94340 Joinville le Pont, France Tel: (33) 01 48 85 40 06<br />
Germany New Representative required<br />
Hong Kong Mrs Ronald Y.C. Lu (<strong>St</strong>ella Yeung/1966) – 11B Chung Hom Kok Road, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 281 32038<br />
Miss Cassandra Ng (1984) – Block A, Flat 2, 29/F Sunshine City,<br />
Ma on Shan, N.T. Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2381 3216<br />
Irish Republic Mrs Julia Lysaght (Hicks/1965), Hazlewood House, Mallow, Co. Cork, Irish Republic<br />
Italy Mrs Jill Cucco (Whitelaw/1952) – Via Castelfranco Veneto 120/8 Rome 00191, Italy Tel: (39) 06 3335062<br />
Japan Miss Elizabeth Oliver (1959) – 595 Noma Ohara, Nose-Cho,<br />
Toyono-Gun, Osaka-Fu, Japan 563-01 Tel: (81) 0727 37 0712<br />
Jordan Mrs Fiona Al-Omari (McMillan/1982) – c/o Al-Omari Trading Est.<br />
P.O. Box 786, Irbid, Jordan Tel: (962) 02 232032
Kenya Miss Betty Mwangi (1987) P O Box 30087, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya<br />
Spring 2009<br />
Malaysia Miss Izlyn Ramli (1988) – 30-9-2, Jamnah View, Jalan Buluh Perindu,<br />
Taman SA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 59000 Tel: (60) 03 2525925<br />
Mauritius Mrs Debbie de Chazal (Wallwork/1970) – Allee Campement de Reunion,<br />
Floreal, Mauritius Tel: (230) 686 0229<br />
Netherlands Ms Angela Glatston (1968) – Ammonslaantje 28,<br />
2241 BR Wasssenaar, The Netherlands Tel: (31) 070 5118608<br />
Miss C Bungay, Wolfhornkampweg 20, 9761 Bh Eelde Tel: (31) 5030 81263<br />
New Zealand Mrs Tania Sweet (Simpson/1964) – P.O. Box 46-003, Herne Bay,<br />
North Island Auckland, New Zealand Tel: (64) 09 3766 322<br />
New Zealand Mrs Clare Murray (Waddington/1987) 21 Knowles <strong>St</strong>reet,<br />
South Island Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand<br />
Nigeria Mrs Ayaba Ayo-Joseph (MacGregor/1978) – 24B, Pelewura Crescent, Tel: (234) 01 5871869<br />
Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria Home Offi ce Tel: (234) 01 2640140<br />
UK Address: 57 Flood <strong>St</strong>., Chelsea, SW3 5ST Tel: 0207 351 1867<br />
Norway Mrs Jules Crossley-Nilsen (Crossley/1982) Hesthaugen 62B, 5200 Os, Norway Tel: 0047 5630 7074<br />
Oman Mrs Mary Smith (Williams/1984) Royal Flight, PO Box 40, Sultanate of Oman<br />
Email: jmsmith@omantel.net.om<br />
Portugal New Representative required<br />
Singapore Ms Elizabeth Gwee (1991) 22 Farrer Road, No 06-02 The Wilshire 1026, Tel: (65) 646 93741<br />
Republic of Singapore<br />
South Africa Mrs Janet McClarty (Frazer/1970) 3 Sunningdale Road,<br />
Kenilworth 7700, South Africa Email: jmmclarty@mweb.co.za Tel: (021) 761 9841<br />
South Korea Mrs Jane Williams (Perrins/1975) Address from OGA Secretary<br />
Spain Mrs Sandra Forrest (Lenton/1966) – Calle Miramar, 1 Plaza de los Banos Romanos,<br />
Castillo de la Duquesa, Manilva, Malaga 29692, Spain Tel: (34) 095 2891112<br />
Spain and Mrs Melanie Conyers (Bowen-Jones/1986) – Appartado 88,<br />
Balearic Isles Santa Maria Del Cami, 07320 Mallorca Tel: (34) 971 140119<br />
Switzerland Mrs Audrey Lagasse (Pratt/1951) – Le Rucher, CH-1170 Aubonne, Switzerland Tel: (41) 021 808 6115<br />
Tanzania Mrs Zulobia Dhala (Shariff /1977) – P.O. Box 179, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Tel: (255)051 119095<br />
or (255)051 667496<br />
USA - Mrs Harriet Bemus (Clay/1936) – 2631 Waverley Drive, Newport<br />
California Beach, California 92663, USA<br />
USA - Ms June Wise (1945) – 5100 N. Ocean Blvd. Apt. 1019,<br />
Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308, USA Tel: (954) 786 1172<br />
USA - Mrs Anna <strong>St</strong>urrock (Jones/1979) – 74 Jordan Lane, <strong>St</strong>amford, CT 06903, USA Tel: (203) 609 0193<br />
New England<br />
USA - Mrs Gillian Wadsworth (Lewis/1966) – 55 Cherry Road, Memphis TN 38117, USA Tel: (901) 767 6428<br />
Tennessee<br />
USA - Mrs Sheila Hines (Auckland/1947) – 5303 29th <strong>St</strong>reet NW,<br />
Washington DC Washington DC 20015, USA Tel: (202) 362 2534<br />
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Reunion News Norfolk<br />
OGA Autumn Reunion at<br />
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge<br />
Forty three members along with four brave husbands<br />
attended the Autumn Reunion at Corpus Christi College<br />
– a magnifi cent venue. Pre lunch drinks were served and<br />
followed by an excellent lunch in an adjoining room.<br />
After lunch the Chairman of the MSJ OGA, Mrs Tricia<br />
Birchley addressed the gathering and said how good it was<br />
to see so many <strong>Old</strong> Girls present and also how particularly<br />
nice it was to have the current Head Girl and Deputy<br />
Head Girl from MSJ with us. She said how fortunate we<br />
were to be able to hold our Reunion in such delightful<br />
surroundings. Tricia then introduced Mrs Ros Hayes, Head<br />
of <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, who gave a most informative and<br />
interesting presentation. Mrs Hayes said that the past two<br />
years have been an exciting time for the new school and it<br />
is evident that girls and staff are clearly proud of their new<br />
school. Academic results have been very good from GCSE<br />
through to A level and university entrance.<br />
The highlight of the year has been the opening by Sally<br />
Gunnell of the new Sports Centre and girls of all ages<br />
have continued to excel at a variety of sports. During the<br />
summer the girls went to Canada playing hockey, lacrosse<br />
and netball and in December of this year there is a ski and<br />
snowboarding trip to Colorado, USA.<br />
Mrs Hayes said that <strong>Old</strong> Girls’ Reunions provide an<br />
opportunity to meet old friends and share memories<br />
but also she hoped that the <strong>Old</strong> Girls’ <strong>Association</strong> would<br />
become an integral part of the School’s development.<br />
Mrs Hayes concluded by saying that there is no doubt<br />
that MSJ is now a thriving, successful and happy school and<br />
she extended a warm welcome to all <strong>Old</strong> Girls to visit the<br />
school if they have not already done so in order to see what<br />
is taking place for themselves and also to take a more active<br />
part in any aspect of the School’s development.<br />
Tricia Birchley thanked Ros Hayes.<br />
A raffl e was drawn for the last MGC teddy bear and also<br />
an MGC <strong>Old</strong> Girl’s scarf. After much chatter amongst<br />
Members the Reunion closed around 4.00 pm when a<br />
number of <strong>Old</strong> Girls departed to walk round Cambridge<br />
and others left for home.<br />
The Norfolk branch lunch was held on 18th June at The Anchor<br />
Inn, Morston. It was a very happy gathering and we were all<br />
able to chat together with those present: Sheila Case (Allen),<br />
Anne Charlton (Burton), Marion Gaymer, Yvonne Griffi ths<br />
(Humphreys), Sarah Jewson (Spencer), Sue Key-Burr (Fyte),<br />
Anne and Louw Laubsher, Charlotte and John Ridler<br />
(Crossley), Angela and Paul Raywood (Smith), Patricia and<br />
John Wilkinson (Marsden) and Jen Murray (Carter).<br />
We had a very enjoyable lunch and stayed at the inn<br />
talking until well into the afternoon. It was good to have<br />
Tricia and John Wilkinson with us from Yorkshire – they<br />
are wonderful the way they keep in touch. We were<br />
delighted to welcome for the fi rst time Yvonne Griffi ths<br />
(from Hampshire) and Anne and Louw Laubshner.<br />
Tishie Bayne had met them near her home, by chance,<br />
and only then discovered Anne was an “old girl”.<br />
Sadly, several friends had to cancel due to health problems,<br />
including Tishie and Chris Bayne (Mackenzie) and Jean and<br />
Geoff Brewer (Fawkner); they hope they will be with us<br />
next year. Marianne Fry (Newman) had a clash of dates<br />
as she has won a holiday abroad in a competition!<br />
We would be delighted to welcome YOU to our 2009<br />
lunch and I hope you will telephone me for the details.<br />
Jen Murray (Carter) Tel: 01263 740404<br />
Since our lunch, I have received the very sad news that<br />
Jill Swift (Bundey) died in Holland on 13th November.<br />
Jill, for several years looked after the Norfolk OGA with<br />
me and she loved our annual lunch meetings – often<br />
coming over from Holland to join us after her move.<br />
The Thanksgiving Service in Norfolk organised for<br />
Jill’s friends was attended by several <strong>Old</strong> Girls.<br />
Norfolk Branch OGA lunch: Back row: Paul Raywood, John Ridler, John<br />
Wilkinson, Louw Laubscher Middle row: Anne Charlton (Burton), Anne<br />
Laubscher (Scott), Yvonne Griffi ths (Humphreys), Charlotte Ridler (Gorsley), Sue<br />
Key-Burr (Fyte), Sarah Jewson (Spencer), Patricia Wilkinson (Marsden) Front row:<br />
Sheila Case (Allen), Marion Gaymer, Angela Raywood (Smith), Jen Murray (Carter)
Cheshire<br />
A really splendid lunch was held at the Carden Park Hotel<br />
near Chester on Sunday August 17th, organised by the<br />
new Area Representative for Cheshire, Anne Richardson<br />
(<strong>St</strong>orey). We were fortunate to have a lovely sunny day<br />
and there were 18 <strong>Old</strong> Girls and 2 husbands in attendance.<br />
We all met for a pre-lunch drink and after lunch there was<br />
plenty of time for more catching up and a chance to walk<br />
in the beautiful gardens round the hotel. It was a<br />
thoroughly enjoyable gathering and we all look forward<br />
to the next one!<br />
Cheshire Branch Reunion organised by Anne Richardson (<strong>St</strong>orey)<br />
on Sunday 17th August 2008<br />
OGA Golfi ng Group<br />
The 2008 Public Schools’ Tassie competition was held on<br />
June 26th at <strong>St</strong>. George’s Hill Golf Club, Weybridge, Surrey.<br />
This year our team of Liz Elliott (Davies), Alison Evans<br />
(White), Lynne Saunders (MacEwan) and Jane Sweeting<br />
(Perry) played the 27-hole medal foursomes competition.<br />
There were 37 schools competing and we were thrilled and<br />
surprised to fi nd that we had come 5th. Our best result<br />
for quite some years! We are very grateful for the support<br />
given to the Golfi ng Group by the OGA.<br />
Our annual get-together, which this year was to be held<br />
at The Worcestershire, was unfortunately cancelled as it<br />
came in the middle of the September rains and fl ooding.<br />
Hoping that it cannot happen twice, we have made another<br />
date at The Worcestershire for 2009 and this is Thursday,<br />
September 10th. We hope that as many golfers as possible<br />
will be able to come - it a very informal day with a round<br />
of golf and some ‘light’ lunch. If you would like to play<br />
in either event please contact Lynne Saunders on<br />
01233-633916 or email bybrookhouse@aol.com.<br />
Class of ‘51<br />
Spring 2009<br />
A reunion lunch for our year was fi rst held in 2001 to<br />
mark 50 years since we started at <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>’s. It was such a<br />
success that we have been meeting once a year ever since,<br />
either in an hotel or at someone’s house, including one held<br />
a couple of years ago in Vienna at the home of Gertrude<br />
Harmer (von Heinrich). In 2007, the lunch was held in<br />
Sussex at the home of Sue Smyth (Swain) and was attended<br />
not only by Gertrude Harmer who had come over from<br />
Austria specially, but also by Jane Warne (Cliff ord) who was<br />
over from Australia. Many of us had not seen Jane since<br />
leaving school but she has not changed one bit. In 2008<br />
a very happy lunch was held in Oxford, organized by Pat<br />
Bowen (Hutchinson).<br />
Reunion of <strong>Old</strong> Girls born 1940ish<br />
We had a lovely time together at Katy Michael’s home<br />
and thank her so much for her generous hospitality.<br />
We were able to send donations to two of the charities<br />
closely associated with our group, so £65 were sent to<br />
Apnalaya in Mumbai via Annabel Mehta (Lancaster)<br />
and £65 to Suchana in East Bengal via Angela <strong>St</strong>oddart<br />
(Lillie) – we have previously supported both charities<br />
which are eff ective in raising living and educational<br />
conditions for their surrounding communities.<br />
2009 Reunion - an invitation<br />
Later this year we have been invited to meet at<br />
Gail Hewlett’s (<strong>St</strong>ratton) home in Harrow for lunch.<br />
This gathering will take place on Saturday October 10th.<br />
For further details, contact Jill Gladstone (Vernon),<br />
Larkspur Cottage, Lanchester, Durham DH7 0LF.<br />
Tel: 01207-528114,<br />
email: Jill_Gladstone@compuserve.com<br />
2010 Reunion - Our “Biggie”<br />
We will (almost) all be 70 - how utterly amazing is that?<br />
We will have been friends for 60 years – it is truly to be<br />
celebrated! We are planning to hold a lunch at the RAF<br />
Club on: Saturday October 9th, 2010. Please make an<br />
eff ort to come and encourage your own special friends.<br />
There is a limit of 60 places so if you know that you<br />
can come please ask Jill to reserve you a place (or tell<br />
her that you can’t come). The cost will be about £40.<br />
Her contact details are above.<br />
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />
& OGA SUMMER REUNION<br />
Saturday 16th May, 2009<br />
Please use this form if you are coming to the AGM and Summer Reunion and return it completed no later than Friday 8th<br />
May 2009, to The OGA Secretary, <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, Avenue Road, <strong>Malvern</strong>, WR14 3BA.<br />
We hope that all those who are coming will attend the AGM after lunch.<br />
Maiden & Forenames: ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Married Name: ............................................................................................................................................. Title: ...................................................................................................<br />
Address: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Post code: ...................................................... Tel No. ................................................................................ Email: ................................................................................................<br />
School attended: ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Year of leaving: ............................................................................................................................................. .<br />
Please delete where necessary:<br />
• I will/will not be bringing a guest.<br />
Name & title of guest : ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
• I /We would like to have Lunch, including reception in The Sports Centre and/or Tea<br />
Members Lunch and Tea free - Guests £10 for lunch & tea.<br />
Please send your cheques made payable to <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> OGA.<br />
Name .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
School Attended ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Nominees must agree in writing to their nomination for offi ce<br />
• Cheques for ESO Concert £15 to be made payable to <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>.<br />
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Annual Accounts 2008<br />
Spring 2009<br />
Revenue account<br />
Income 31st October 2008 31st October 2007<br />
Interest received Gross 2,129 741<br />
Interest received net 433 302<br />
Dividends received 4,270 5,020<br />
Subscriptions 5,414 5,642<br />
Donations and advertising 77 292<br />
Profi t on sales of OGA goods (2007) 281<br />
Income from summer reunion 20<br />
Expenditure<br />
12,343 12,278<br />
Newsletter costs 4,993 7,383<br />
Postage 248 25<br />
Printing letterheads 403<br />
Telephone 210 280<br />
Incidentals 585 380<br />
Reunions 141<br />
Domain name 23<br />
Subscription to AROPS 18<br />
Loss on sales of OGA goods 108<br />
Loss on disposal of investments 309 612<br />
Corporation tax 983 709<br />
Donation to the music department 170<br />
Donation to Operation Raleigh (2007 European Latin event) 100 100<br />
7,724 10,056<br />
Surplus for the year (2006 Defi cit) 4,619 2,222<br />
Balance Sheet as at 31st October 2008<br />
Net assets<br />
Government stocks and other investments 71,372 89,006<br />
<strong>St</strong>ock of brooches, scarves and placques 200 285<br />
Debtors 544 2,340<br />
Building society account 47,793 46,632<br />
Cash and bank 56,122 15,514<br />
Less<br />
176,031 153,777<br />
Creditors and accruals 2,283 1,425<br />
TOTAL ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES 173,748 152,352<br />
Financed by:<br />
General Fund<br />
Balance brought forward 15,853 13,631<br />
Surplus for the year 4,619 2,222<br />
Balance carried forward<br />
Advanced subscriptions fund<br />
20,472 15,853<br />
Balance brought forward 136,499 126,088<br />
Net subscriptions for the year 16,777 10,411<br />
Balance carried forward 153,276 136,499<br />
173,748 152,352<br />
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AUTUMN REUNION<br />
Worcester College, Oxford<br />
Saturday 14th November 2009<br />
Lunch 12.30pm for 1.00pm<br />
We look forward to welcoming you to the Linbury Building at Worcester College, which is a modern building entered<br />
through a traditional college quadrangle. This is a delightful venue and the cost will be £30 each for a two course lunch<br />
including a glass of wine. <strong>Old</strong> Girls aged 25 and under are welcome at a special price of £25.<br />
Please complete this form to apply for tickets for the Autumn Reunion and return it with your cheque for £30 or £25 made<br />
payable to <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong> OGA together with a stamped addressed envelope to arrive no later than Wednesday 28th<br />
October to the OGA Secretary, <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, Avenue Road, <strong>Malvern</strong>, WR14 3BA<br />
Maiden & Forenames: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Married Name & Title: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Address: ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Post Code: ...................................................................... Email: ...................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
School attended: ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Year of leaving: .............................................................................................................................<br />
Full name & title of guest: .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
• I have special dietary needs: .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Please let Elisabeth Rambridge, the OGA Secretary, know by the date above if you wish to come.<br />
Your co-operation in this would be very much appreciated. <strong>Old</strong> Girls who are not members are most welcome<br />
to join for one year in order to attend and application forms will be sent to them. We do hope that Hon.<br />
Members and Members living in and around Oxford will support this Reunion.<br />
PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO SEND S.A.E. FOR YOUR TICKET<br />
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NEWS SLIP 2009<br />
Spring 2009<br />
PLEASE take a moment NOW to complete this news slip and return to the OGA Secretary, <strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong>, Avenue Road,<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong>, Worcestershire WR14 3BA no later than 30th November, 2009. Without your news we cannot print a newsletter!<br />
We also need this information to keep our records up to date. Please encourage friends to send in news and keep in touch.<br />
Maiden & Forenames: . ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Married Name & Title: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
Address: ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................<br />
.................................................................................................................................................................. Post Code: ......................................................................................................<br />
School attended: ........................................................................................................................ Year of leaving: ............................................................................................<br />
Tel: ........................................................................................................................................................ Fax: ......................................................................................................................<br />
(Note: telephone nos. will not be given out without your permission)<br />
Email ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Please write very clearly<br />
Engagement date: .................................................................................................................... to: ..........................................................................................................................<br />
Marriage date: .............................................................................................................................. to: .........................................................................................................................<br />
Births date: ..................................................................................................................................... Name: ................................................................................................................<br />
.................................................................................................................................................................. Name: ................................................................................................................<br />
(Above applies only to those who have not sent this information in previously)<br />
Other news - please give details of profession, present occupation, qualifi cations obtained etc.<br />
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OGA SUBSCRIPTIONS<br />
The following are current subscription rates:-<br />
Annual ..................................................................................................................................... £12.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving 2000 - present. ............................. £180.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving 1990 - 1999 .................................... £119.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving 1980 - 1989 ....................................... £86.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving 1970 - 1979 ....................................... £65.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving 1960 - 1969 ....................................... £54.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving 1950 - 1959 ....................................... £43.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving 1940 - 1949 ....................................... £32.00<br />
Life Membership for those leaving before 1940 ....................................... £22.00<br />
PLEASE NOTE it is essential to be a Member of the <strong>Association</strong> in order to attend the offi cial Summer and Autumn Reunions.<br />
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Diary Dates<br />
Saturday 16th May ................................. AGM & SUMMER REUNION<br />
<strong>Malvern</strong> <strong>St</strong> <strong>James</strong><br />
See page 6 for programme and page 22 for reply slip<br />
Thursday 10th September .............. OGA GOLFING DAY<br />
Details from Lynne Saunders 01233 633916<br />
Saturday 10th October ...................... REUNION OF OGS BORN 1940ISH<br />
Harrow. Details from Jill Gladstone 01207 528114<br />
Saturday 14th November ................. AUTUMN REUNION<br />
Worcester College, Oxford<br />
See page 24 for programme and reply slip<br />
2010<br />
Saturday 9th October .......................... REUNION OF OGS BORN 1940ISH<br />
A special celebration at The RAF Club.<br />
Details from Jill Gladstone 01207 528114<br />
School Watercolour<br />
Brenda Barratt has produced a beautiful watercolour school portrait (pictured<br />
on front cover) and we are delighted to off er the <strong>Old</strong> Girls the opportunity to<br />
own an individually signed and numbered Limited Edition print.<br />
The print is available in two sizes:<br />
20” x 16” at £79.50 (framed), £55.00 (unframed) including UK P+P and Insurance<br />
16” x 12” at £52.50 (framed), £32.50 (unframed) including UK P+P and Insurance<br />
To order a school portrait, please contact Brenda Barratt,<br />
10 Higglers Close, Buxted, East Sussex TN22 4HE<br />
Tel: 01825 733885 • Mob: 07932 060031 • Email: brendabarratt@email.com
Photo Album<br />
OGs Born 1940ish - Back Row: <strong>St</strong>ephanie Tilley (Perry), Merrilyn Hywel Jones(Booker),<br />
Liz Kennerley (Chivers), Jenny Radice (Blagden), Isobel Williams (Simpson), Sarah Tillett<br />
(Cassey), Helen Lewis (Morgan), Virginia Wigglesworth (Lawry), Louise Pavey (Bird), Sheila<br />
Castello (Nairn), Deanna Hennessey (David), Suzanne Reese (Bird), Sandra Smith Gordon<br />
(Farley) Front Row: Gillian Hamilton (Shuttleworth), Jill Gladstone (Vernon), Katy Michael<br />
(Nairn), Rosemary Spivey (Bennison), Jose Jackson (Cutler), Carole Fitzgerald (Morris)<br />
Samantha Robinson’s Wedding: Mrs Lynne Lindner, Samantha Robinson<br />
(now Vaughan), Debbie Thomas, Gemma Knowles, Mary Seaton,<br />
Miss Elizabeth Mullenger, Lydia White<br />
Class of ‘51 - <strong>St</strong>anding L to R: Ros Barnes (Bell), Jill Phipps<br />
(Boswell), Ros Boyd (McCrone), Libby Anson (Maude),<br />
Pat Bowen (Hutchinson), Sue Smyth (Swain), Maureen<br />
Lamberth (Watt), <strong>St</strong>ephanie Manthos (Serantis)<br />
Seated: Janet Skilbeck (Munro), Jenna Lougher (Cowie)<br />
Tishy Ansdell (Ryan) entertaining<br />
Barack Obama on her porch in 2007<br />
Cambridge Reunion: Caroline Pygott (Mather),<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephanie Ingham, Aidan Parker<br />
L to R: Jane Shea (Plaisted), Jane Walker (Ashwell), Elspeth Cramb (Pattison),<br />
Rowena Westacott (Evans) Penny Smith (Rea) at Christopher and Rowena’s<br />
Siver Wedding Anniversary on 5th June 2007<br />
Spring 2009<br />
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Tel: 01684 892288 • Email: oga@malvernstjames.co.uk • www.malvernstjames.co.uk