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T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 8 When my father was in the airforce during the Second World War, she left her comfortable house in Grange Park and moved to live with him in one room near Turnhouse Airfield, Edinburgh. Whilst she was there she got a job at what she thought was a garden landscaping firm. As it happened it was a turf accountants! Later she sailed to Belfast and went to live in the wilds of Fermanagh near a little village of Ballinamalid. Her intrepid spirit came to the fore when the flying bombs rained down on London. My father had been posted to Ceylon, where he was based for over two years in his job as an operations mapper. The real worry was that he would be sent to Burma, but thankfully the nearest he got to it, was Calcutta. So I was put in a folding pram, plus one suitcase and a couple of brown paper parcels, and off we went to stay with various friends and relatives all over the country. Having been a stalwart support for my Father in all his years of enthusiasm about cricket and athletics, at the age of ninety she became his carer for nearly two years. But she had always plenty of stamina and had worked till sixty as a secretary at the local Barclays Bank. However, it was lovely having her living down the road for four years being beautifully cared for by the staff at Boulters Lock Home. I shall miss her terribly and it will take a long time not to think 'I must tell Mum that'. But her pithy common sense still automatically bubbled to the surface almost to her last few days . As she said herself, “All in all a long and happy life!” Gill Curry A very full obituary of JACK MARTIN appears in The Old Stationer Number 68 – Winter 2008/2009, having celebrated seventy years of marriage to Bess. Bess was a great suppoprter of Jack and she was ever present at the Old Stationers Cricket Club matches particularly at Barnet when Bess with others, prepared the teas for the teams during the afternoon. Ed. JoSHuA BEADoN BA Hons. 1979-1984 Caxton House The Linhay BRAMPFORD SPEKE Exeter, Devon EX5 5DR The Linhay Brampford Speke, Exeter Devon EX5 5DR July 2013 Dear Geraint, Thank you so much for your letter, it was lovely to hear from you. I am pleased to be able to tell you that I have completed my OSA membership form and passed it on to Gordon Rose who is processing it as I type. I have already received a copy of the magazine, which is most efficient. I imagine that I would be one of the youngest members of the OSA, and of course very few people to keep it going! I still consider it a travesty that such a respected school, and one so steeped in history should be closed. It was a great, but sad honour to sound the Last Post on the school steps all those years ago. To memories then. My time at Stationers' was generally a happy one. I had moved from rural Suffolk to South Tottenbam just a few days before I started my first year - quite a culture shock I can tell you. I was a member of Caxton house and starred in September 1979, finishing with the completion of my '0' levels. I know that technically my last year was as a student of the newly formed Langham school, but I had noth ing to do with it at all and consider myself a Stationer through and through. My first year form teacher was Dick Farrow who successfully managed to put the fear of God into us on that first day. I have been trying to remember the names of the other teachers, but as it is nearly 30 years I'm struggling a bit. Here goes: Art - Miss Prior; RE - Young; Geography - Davies, Pritchard, Farrow and a younger female teacher too who accompanied us to Malham, Miss Burrows; History - Miss Johannes, Hudson; french - Zarb, German - Rumney, Music - Miss Dungate, Levy; English - Davis, Qgashi, Maths - Murray, Mrs & Mrs Court; Chemistry - Fitch, Physics - Grant, Leeming, Murray; Biology - Dr. Khokar, PE - Hubbard, Steele. RD Baynes himself took us for one lesson a week during the first year, but what he taught us I couldn't tell you now! NEW MEMBERS Being musical, I naturally joined the school choir and sang in the annual Carol service at Crouch End. Much grander was the yearly visit to Stationers' Hall for a slap up luncheon (the same every year - sausages, beans and mash) before being given 50p and walking the short distance to St. Paul's Cathedral to sing in St. faith's Chapel sited in the bowels of the great building. I surprised my two sons by being able to quite clearly remember the school song! "old boys and new boys we're proud to be Stationers', Bolt Court and Hornsey have taught us our trade". I point-blank refused to go to Langham for my A levels, so went to Woodhouse Sixth Form College in Barnet instead. In truth I hated it there and decided to leave fulltime education without completing my A levels. My mother was most upset by this decision, but I have no regrets. With the cessation of my schooling however, my scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music ceased - which I do now regret. In 1986, my mother remarried (having divorced my father back in 1981) and bought a small pub in Mid Wales (in the village of Cilmery, just west of Builth Wells, Powys). I decided that it would be an exciting new adventure and went with them. It was here in Wales that I met Anne who subsequently became my wife. We married in 1992 and moved to Exeter to allow me to study Graphic Design at Exeter School of Art and Design. I specialised in typography and graduated with a first class bonours in 1995. After a few years working in the design industry, I went back to university and completed a postgraduate teaching certificate and started lecturing in typography and graphic communication at the Art Institute at Bournemouth and at my former college in Exeter. For many reasons I became steadily disillusioned with Higher Education teaching and in January 2000 I started my own graphic design agency (www. toucandesign.co.uk). It has grown over the years. Anne and I run it together (Anne gave up her legal career to join the business in 2003) and we now employ a dozen people. We have two boys. Jacob (17) is studying for his A levels and is keen to pursue a career in medicine and Oliver (13) who at the moment fancies being a barrister! We 52
T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 8 live in a small and picturesque village just north of Exeter and feel that we have properly put down roots - baving lived here nearly 21 years. You asked about my music. I still regularly practice and play the trumpet, joining various groups at different times of the year to perform in concerts etc. I lead a small brass group at Christmas to perform carols in our local church followed by a gentle meander around the village on Christmas Eve - we usually raise a good sum for various charities and somehow Christmas wouldn't be the same without it! I haven't been back to Hornsey since I left the school all those years ago. I see from the OSA website that the Mayfield Road site been made into a park and that even some of the terracing walls remain - still it's such a shame that such a fine building was demolished. Do you get to the OSA luncheons? perhaps we could meet up then. Or if you are ever in the West Country do make contact, as it would be great to meet up with you. I do occassionally get to London on business so that might also be a possibility. If you see Fitch, Leeming or any of the others, do remember me to them and send them my very best wishes. I may not have been a model student, but it all came good in the end!! With very best wishes Josh Beadon PS If you ever want an old boy to redesign and rebuild the OSA website let me know, it would be an honour. Work: 01392 438463 Home: 01392 841031 Mobile; 077 3636 7772 Ernaii. josb.beadol1@toucandesign.co.uk PHiLiP CHARLES HiLL 1958-1963 Bishop House My wife was recently contacted by a penfriend from her school days and this got me to think about my time at school. In the loft I found a 1961 panoramic school photo. I could not put a name to anyone. One good friend was JAMES MULLEY whose friendship continued for a couple of years after leaving. Look forward to accessing the OSA website once my membership is confirmed. Yours in Friendship P.C.Hill DouGLAS STuART BECKWiTH FRiCS 1967-1973 Norton House 34 Eland Way CAMBRIDGE CB1 9XH I left SCS in February 1973 to start work as a Trainee Quantity Surveyor. I qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1979. Married to Susan in 1976, I now have four grown up children aged, 33,31,31 and 27. The family spent 20 years or so living and working in several states in Australia returning to the United Kingdom in 1996, but then had a further spell out there between 2006 and 2009. Now working in the field of Construction Law where I provide arbitration, adjudication and mediation services to industry clients and contractors. Was an organiser of a Reunion in 2001/2002 and look forward to the prospect of a 50th year Anniversary Reunion in 2017. Welcome contact from Old Stationers. JoHN BRACKLEY oStJ 1954-1958 Hodgson House 3 Oakwood Road HIGHCLIFFE Christchurch Dorset BH23 5NY JoHN STANLEY BRoWNiNG DPi (Plastics institute) 1947-1953 Meredith House 10 Oakdene Gardens MARPLE Stockport SK6 6PN Worked in the Plastics Industry as a Technician most of my employed time. Redundant at the age of 40 so set up my own business making long lasting, high strength glass fibre signs with my own unique manufacturing process. Main hobbies bridge and motorcycling. DAViD ARTHuR CHELSoM 1962-1967 Hodgson House Hall Cottage WHITELACKINGTON, Ilminster Somerset TA19 9EF PETER RoNALD CHARLES WiNTER BSc MBA CEng FiMechE MioD 1963-1970 Hodgson House, then Meredith House from 1967 5 Oaklays, WARRINGTON WA4 5HD A lifetime in a few words... precising at its best!!!! Life has been good to me.....Met Gillian at University in 1971....married over 38 years now....produced Anna (31), Jenny (28), William (24) …. Anna had our first (and only) grandson in November 2012. Did 30 years in the nuclear industry, with great variety....Sellafield Shift Manager, Atomic Energy Counsellor (British Embassy in Tokyo), VP Commercial of a multinational radioactive Waste Disposal Company in Australia. In 2000 switched to higher education, enterprise and innovation: included being Pro-Vice Chancellor at Loughborough University. Lived in the NW since graduation (Warrington for a good chunk of it; 7 years in the Western Lakes)......we all had 3 years in Japan (1992-1995) and I did a lot of 1998 and 1999 in Melbourne....just taken severance from Southampton... decided not to retire just yet: now at Manchester Metropolitan University. The running.... had a serious year at university in the first year (English Cross Country Union Junior Men's team title) but more recreational after that. Since 1995 (on return from Japan) I have been a regular at Old Trafford for my soccer, but the people around me know (but definitely do not understand) that I may react oddly when Spurs visit. Stationers' certainly launched me brilliantly... it just goes all too quickly. RoGER TuRKiNGToN 1962-1968 Bishop House The Bishop's View STRADBROKE Suffolk IP21 5JG I have been living in the North Suffolk village of Stradbroke with my wife Gill for 12 years. We spend a lot of time working in and enjoying our 1 acre garden and I am very active with various local community and charitable trusts. I have two daughters and two granddaughters. Hobbies and interests include; tennis, badminton, walking, DIY and travel to exotic places. In May we had tea at Buckingham Palace. After leaving Stationers' in 1968 I took up an apprenticeship with what was then the GPO Research Station at Dollis Hill. In 1975 the job moved to Suffolk and I spent many years working on various aspects of visual telecommunications. In 1986 I took on overall responsibility for BT's videoconferencing business. The job moved back to London and I commuted for nearly 10 years before leaving to set up 53
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