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T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 8 0 REUNIONS Class of '44 16th July 2014 - Piccadilly, London On a very sunny summer day 12 Old Stationers arrived at the RAF Club (courtesy of John Miles - member) in Piccadilly for a lunch to celebrate some 70 years since the group of eleven year olds waited on the top terrace in the company of the school captain to begin a new life as pupils in the first form at Stationers'. The previous night there had been an air raid by 'VI doodlebugs', so that the lack of sleep combined with excitement and some fear of the unknown meant we were somewhat subdued. These memories though did not disturb us as a pre lunch drinks were imbibed. We were sad to hear that Mike Butterfield, Ray Mansfield and Gordon Rose were unable to attend as they were unwell. All present sent their very best wishes for a speedy recovery to them. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Alan Aris of our year lately living in Crouch End, please contact me. A delicious lunch proceeded and copious glasses of wine flowed together with reminiscences and days and events gone by. John Miles designed and had printed a celebration menu as below, complete with the school emblem. Another lunch has been booked for Wednesday the 15th July 2015. The photograph shows standing Stanley Ward, Brian Kill, Ernie Stone, Brian Cranwell, David Mariano, Alan Powell, Arthur Field, John Miles and John Sparrow - seated - John Sheen, Bill Croydon and Tony Tight. Tony Tight class of '51 14th October 2014 - Cheshire Cheese, London The 1951 intake enjoyed yet another Reunion, at the Cheshire Cheese, Little Essex Street, off Fleet Street/The Strand. Those present were: L to R (see photograph): Anthony Cirsch (out of shot), Dave Cowling, Richard Wilson, Dick Hersey, John Partridge, David Turner, Don Bewick, Alan Marshall, Ian Moore & Alan Canham With our number somewhat reduced, we did not have the first floor of the pub all to ourselves, the other long table being taken by a group of ladies from “down under”. But it was an amicable arrangement, introductions were made, and the ladies only just escaped our rendition (if that’s the right word!) - of the school song - as they were the first to leave. A good time was had by all – with some of us, reverting to the downstairs bar, delaying our departure until around 4.30. As regards absentees: Steve Ling had hoped to attend but was unable to as suffering from a kidney complaint, awaiting dialysis; Dave Rowland was still in recovery from having operations on both knees and Bob Howis, from Switzerland, who came to our initial Reunion, was in recovery from his recent hip replacement operation. Of the others, Michael Brady was making the most of his new boat in Malta; John Taylor away in Australia; both David Coville and Les Reardon were in Spain most of October (although not to each other's knowledge!) and Bill Scherer in Jersey; Roy King was Class of '44 – Standing l to r: Stanley Ward, Brian Kill, Ernie Stone, Brian Cranwell, David Mariano, Alan Powell, Arthur Field, John Miles and John Sparrow seated - John Sheen, Bill Croydon and Tony Tight 12
T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 8 0 Class of '51 – L to R: Dave Cowling, Richard Wilson, Dick Hersey, John Partridge, David Turner, Don Bewick, Alan Marshall, Ian Moore & Alan Canham in Amsterdam giving a paper on the Dutch supermax prison - and catching up on the remodelled Rijksmuseum - and Keith Woodley – recently honoured with an OBE, for services to Bath University, was in York, due to family commitments. Other apologies were received from: Michael Davis (from Adelaide), Roger Croughton, Mike Bonner, Dave Hall, Bill Houldsworth, Brian Whitehouse, Peter Lloyd, Ray Stavrou, Terry Weatherley, David Davies and Michael Facey. Nigel Wade very much regretted he was unable to attend because: “....Rita and I are attending the 120th anniversary celebrations of the Women Writers and Journalists Society. This consists of a service at St Brides off Fleet Street at 11.30 am. However, the Stationers connection will not be forgotten, because we shall be joining the WWJS membersand their guests for luncheon at Stationers Hall at 1.00 pm. We shall raise a glass to toast the Class of '51 and sincerely wish that you all have a jolly good time.” Don Bewick Dear Geraint, 1952 Cohort canondavidfinch@btintemet.com 9th January 2015 I append below a report of the meetings of the 1952 cohort held during 2014. I have been encouraged to arrange further meetings during 2015. We have lost one member, John Harris, and one has "disappeared", George Malynicz. I have been given the email address of Keith Buckley but he has never responded. For the rest of us, it seems an email circulated among us gains responses from across the globe! My report: Fellow Old Stationers (1952 etc), I am writing to report the meetings of this past year, 2014. Monday, 21st July, six of us met in the Premier Inn Restaurant, York Way, Kings Cross. The date was to coincide with a visit to the UK by Les Humphries, that veteran cyclist who even today can be found pedalling on either side of the Atlantic. Les is now a Canadian and lives in a rural area west of Ottawa. He retains a rich sense of humour. Present were myself, Les Humphries, Richard Osborne, Michael Shaw, Michael Smithwick and Roger Woollett. Photo attached. I had not seen Roger since 1959 and here we were sharing a lunch table 55 years later. Saturday 4th October again, six of us met for lunch at Kings Cross. Myself and Cidge Cole, David Jowitt, David Maclean,Terry Pearson, John (Bill) Williams. Two of our party were in London briefly, David Maclean who I had not seen since 1959 - was in the UK on a brief visit from Australia - I had forgotten his gift of mimicry and we had a great deal of laughter - and David Jowitt who was also visiting the UK briefly from his home in Northern Nigeria where he is the Professor of English and a serious author on Catholic matters. A feature of these lunches is the way the years fall away and we are able again to enjoy the friendships of our school days and to learn the way the years have or have not treated us. Tuesday, 9th December. I met with Les Humphries in Kingston, Ontario. Visiting my granddaughter, Ellie, in Toronto where she is studying for one term as a part of her BSc course at Keele University, Les and I had lunch together. Joining us was Arthur Morewood from the 1955 Stationers intake. He was acting as Chauffeur to Les. It was a good lunch - so good that I missed my 13
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