to the Annual Fund The

January 2012
The termly alumni newsletter for Latymer Upper School
The Latymerian Council (UK)
1941 George Terry
1957 Norman Donkin
1961 John Wynne Williams
1969 Geoff Lavers
1973 Steve Faktor
1978 Matthew Bond
1983 Peter Kasic
1990 Harmeet Ahuja
1996 Talat El-Sherbiny
1998 Lotte Jones
1999 Alastair Lauder
2002 Jenny Baskerville
2007 Taymoor Atighetchi
2009 Ciara McEllin
U6th Sidney Stein
The Asian Latymerian Council
1966 Victor Apps
1990 Arif Anwar
The Australasian Latymerian Council
1946 Basil Walby
1949 Terry Ball
1955 Clive Trotman
1956 Jim Tilley
1969 John King
The Canadian Latymerian Council
1955 Trevor Jones
1955 David Havard
1960 C. Hugh Grant
1962 Jeffrey Simons
1963 Peter Basey
1982 Jimson Bienenstock
US Friends of Latymer
Board of Directors
1957 Ron Phillips (Treasurer)
1963 David Godfrey
1964 David Talbot
1969 Michael Freeman
1974 Bill Marchbank
1976 Jamie Grant (Chair)
1980 Mark Bullimore
1981 Rory Curtis
1993 Richard Davidson
Jennifer Evans Casey
The Development Office Team
Amanda Scott
Director of Development
0845 638 5965
ams@latymer-upper.org
WHITTON
At the OLA EGM held on November 25th it was agreed to pass ownership of the OLA’s
assets to the Latymer Foundation including the playing field at Whitton.
T
he Old Latymerian Association
(OLA) playing fields at 180 Wills
Crescent, Whitton is the home of
the Old Latymerians’ Football and
Tennis Clubs as well as being used by
Chiswick and Latymer Cricket Club and
more recently the Whitton Lions RFC.
The OLA’s field was opened with much
pomp and ceremony on November 19th
1928 by the Lord Mayor of London and
former cricketer Sir Kynaston Studd Bt.
The Headmaster, The Reverend Dr Edmund
Dale, pronounced a Benediction and there
were speeches by Alderman Sir Marshall
Hays JP, Chair of Governors, also by the
OLA Chairman, W. F. West, and the Mayor
of Twickenham (Ald. J. Wills). A salute by
the band of the School’s Cadet Corps and
a “present arms” also greeted the
dignitaries in attendance.
The ground was named the ‘C. J. Smith
Memorial Ground’ in recognition of the
Upper School’s first Headmaster (18951921), The Reverend C J Smith, who had
been a keen sportsman himself. In the
early Latymer years ‘CJ’ personally paid
the field rents to secure a playing field at
Wood Lane for the School. He keenly kept
an interest in old boys’ sport until his
death in December 1926.
Whitton consists of almost 8 acres, and
has two soccer pitches, a cricket square
and 4 grass tennis courts overlooked by a
pavilion and squash court.
Sadly, in recent decades the usage by
Latymerians has declined and membership
of the sports clubs are now predominated
by community members. The pavilion is
also booked for private social functions
and by a playgroup. If truth be known the
grounds were not well used from the
outset with the Association’s notes of July
1933 questioning why the ground was not
being used or supported sufficiently by
old boys!
The land is one of the remaining parts of
Whitton Park, a 200 acre estate that, at
one time, belonged to the 3rd Duke of
Argyll, but was built over for homes. The
field was purchased freehold for £2850 in
1928. The expense and extensive work to
build a pavilion and make it a good sports
playing surface was carried out by ‘old
boys’ who volunteered hundreds of hours
of labour, efforts that continued until
1950. Trees had to be felled, a fence built,
fields seeded and maintained and 2000
tons of soil imported to fill a moat than
ran the fields’ length.
The EGM motion effectively winds up the
OLA. Organising alumni activities and
maintaining an alumni membership
directory has been conducted by the
School for over a decade by the Director
of Alumni Relations, via the Latymerian
Office and now the Development Office.
There is no subscription and membership
is automatic for all Latymerians.
The Latymerian Councils, both in the UK
and abroad, have replaced the role once
performed by the OLA Committee to
advise the Director of Alumni Relations
and give leadership to the alumni body.
Nigel Orton
Director of Alumni Relations
0845 638 5811
nro@latymer-upper.org
Jane Myerson
Assistant Director of Development
0845 638 5970
jfm@latymer-upper.org
Adwoa Winter
Development Co-ordinator
0845 638 5969
ajw@latymer-upper.org
Jordana Berk
Development Assistant
0845 638 5966
jdb@latymer-upper.org
Adriana WILLIAMS
Development Assistant
0845 638 5726
adw@latymer-upper.org
Consultant
Chris Hammond
Latymer Upper School,
King Street,
Hammersmith W6 9LR
0845 638 5800
www.latymer-upper.org
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Whitton clubhouse.
SOCIAL NEWS
We are delighted to share the happy news and activities of these Latymerians. If you have celebrations to feature in this
section for future editions please contact Nigel Orton. We warmly add our congratulations to the following members:
Joel BLACK (formerly LIVINGS;1999) married Veronica
Matheus-Raffalli at Farm St. Church, Mayfair on 6th
August 2011 and their reception was held at the
Hurlingham Club, Fulham. The couple met in 2008 in
Spain during Joel’s MBA studies. Joel tells us of his
guests, that “Needless to say this bunch of Latymerians
was suitably misbehaved.”
Sylvia and John PEMBERY (1956)
celebrated their Golden Wedding
Anniversary in November. John’s
best man when they married at St
Lawrence’s Church Eastcote in
1951 was Martin PURSER and he
attended the Anniversary Party in
Wisbech along with many family
and friends who had also
attended the wedding those sixty
years ago. John’s five sons and ten
grandchildren were also in attendance.
Needless to say, it was a very large party.
Martin, John & Sylvia; 1951
After their marriage, John and Sylvia spent several years in
Australia and New Guinea, before returning to the UK. John’s
career was in education, and most of that time was spent in the
role of Head of Science. John says that the inspiration for that
career was A.P. Graham, his form teacher in 6S.
Paul JAFFE (1998) married Dr Charlotte Holbrook on 20th
August 2011 at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. Paul was
supported by his Best Man, Toby BROWN (1998) and other
Latymerians – Vishwas GUPTA, Joe BONNELL, Julian FAUBERT
(all 1998) and his brothers, David JAFFE (2000) and Daniel JAFFE
(2010).
[All 1999 unless specified; + = Kneeling] From the left: Paul COWARD,
Katherine WILLIAMS (1998), Lisa Newton (Ex-staff; Economics), Martin
COWARD (+), Fred SCHOFIELD, Joe MILLER (2000), Andrew DIMITRUK (+),
Jamie HARVEY, Sam MILLER, Veronica, George GARDINER (top), Joel, Scott
CHATERTON (top), Joe MAYHEW, Vasiles POLYDOUROU (+), Christos LIVESEY
(2000), Alastair LAUDER, Thomas DWYER, Jonathan Newton (Ex- staff; English),
Alex KIEHL and Tara COLLIS.
Lucia BARBATO (2000)
married Matthew Whalley
in July 2010 at Farm St.
Church, Mayfair and then
held their reception at the
University Women's Club,
London. Angel GRANT
(née WATSON; 2000) did
her hair and make up, and
other Latymerians from her
year in attendance were
Sophie KEFI and Lucy
SULKIN. We apologise to
Lucia for the delay in
reporting this happy event;
however, we are delighted
to announce that on June
13 2011, they celebrated
another joyful occasionthe arrival of their son
Alessandro, who was born at
the Chelsea and Westminster
Hospital. Our warmest congratulations!
After reading English at Sussex, Paul
spent 3 years teaching in China,
returning in 2005 to study at the
Cass Business School. There, he
obtained a Masters in Real Estate
Investment and is now a chartered
surveyor and a Director at LaSalle
Investment Management, based in
the West End. Charlotte is a
paediatric surgeon and a registrar
at St Thomas’s Hospital. They live
in Earlsfield, South West London.
Paul and Charlotte
Matthew and Lucia
Our congratulations go to Eunice and Jim MILLEN (1935)
who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on the 21st
September. The happy couple were married 70 years ago in
St Paul’s Church in Hammersmith. Thirty eight members of
their family gathered to celebrate the occasion on the
following Saturday at a luncheon in Ruislip, followed by a get
together in the early
evening at the home of
a niece in Chorley
Wood. Jim has chaired a
retirement fellowship
and chaired his local
residents’ association
since he retired in 1982
from the HQ of the UK
Atomic Energy Authority.
Congratulations to Anna FLETCHER-SMITH (1999)
who has recently become Mrs Waterman.
Eunice and Jim
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Latymerians’ Social Page continued
Sam SKINNER (2001) married Sophie Parmenter at All Saint's
Church, Churchill, Oxon on the 9th July 2011. A number of
Latymerians attended and are pictured (left to right): Vicky
CLARFELT, Mr John Gilbert (Head of Politics), Oliver
DUNNETT, Stuart BERESFORD, Andrew ORMEROD, Lindsay
Chadwick (née FREEDMAN), Robert KRAMER (best man),
Tom FRICKE, Guy ASPIN, Chris HOLMES, Ella SUNYER, Tim
NESLEN and James SALTER-DUKE. Sam is a barrister.
Students Get ‘Stuck
in’ to the Annual Fund
By Charlotte Monguel and Jen Davies (U6th)
Last term, pupils began an Annual Fund Club to help raise
money for means tested scholarships at Latymer. Since then,
the club has organised 4 fundraising events and has recruited
30 members.
T
After almost 29 years together, Tim GUILBRIDE (1973) and
Alan Moran have registered their partnership at a simple
civil ceremony in Dublin on 21st September; as always,
paulatim ergo certe.
On 21st October JeanMichel WU (1992)
married Desiree Ng in
Heng Shen Church,
Shanghai followed by a
reception at their
favourite Yunnan
restaurant, Lost Heaven,
which was attended by
120 guests. Guests
included Hugh HALEY
and James BROOKPARTRIDGE. JeanMichel and Desiree have
lived in Shanghai for 5
years, and in Asia for 7.
Jean-Michel has been
with WPP for the past 8
years where he is the
Regional Talent Head
for the marketing
communications
company.
he Annual Fund
Club has been
busy this term
organising events
to raise money for means
tested scholarships at
Latymer. Of the 82 students
currently on free places at
Latymer, 14 of these are
funded by the Annual Fund’s
previous campaigns. These
scholarships make a
significant difference to the
lives of the students they
support and through the
Annual Fund Club our aim is
to raise awareness for this
very important cause. Last
year, for the first time,
students became involved
in the Annual Fund
campaign and this term, we
have undertaken two
events, collectively raising
£540 for scholarships.
In October, students ranging
from year 7 to the Upper
Sixth helped to organise a
Halloween fair for the
Latymer Prep School pupils.
This proved a great success
with many pupils enjoying
such activities as pumpkin
painting, pin the wart on
the witch and fortune
telling. In preparation for
the Christmas season,
several groups of students
ran a stall on behalf of the
Annual Fund at the Parents’
Gild Christmas Fair. Club
members sold gingerbread
cookies, ‘reindeer food’, and
had a ‘mobile candy cane
unit’. The club yet again
achieved success and raised
an impressive £280 for the
Annual Fund.
These events take a good
deal of organisation and we
continue to meet regularly
to discuss ideas for future
fundraising events. The
success of these events is
solely down to the students
who decide what they think
will be the most effective
way to raise awareness and
money for the Annual Fund.
The wide range of
participation from all the
years in our club has been
inspiring, demonstrating the
charitable attitude of
Latymer students and their
appreciation of the
privileges that Latymer
provides. This term has
been a great success and we
hope that this will continue
as we plan more events in
2012!
Jean-Michel and Desiree
Jon and Katie Winwood (née
STORER) (2000) announced
the birth of their first
daughter, Daisy, born on 25th
June this year, weighing 7lbs
13oz. Katie is working as Head
of Business Studies at
Ounsdale High School in
Birmingham.
Jon and Katie with Daisy.
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Natalie Klepacova (yr 8), Sidney Stein and Joshua Reilly (U6th)
at the Christmas Fair.
The 9/11 Project
by Lily Rosengard
Lily Rosengard is a current a L6th student, who in
this article writes about her father Peter
ROSENGARD (1964) and how they together have
helped London remember 9/11.
Peter and Lily.
That is why we walked into that hangar that
day, which made us the first Brits to have
ever seen the steel since 9/11.
Automatically, I was struck by what lay in
front of me. Thousands of pieces of mangled
steel were organized in clusters around the
80,000sq feet space.
The steel was disordered and chaotic, and I
certainly felt like an intruder on the scene in
front of me. It was eerily silent in the
enormous space and in the three hours that
it took us to walk around the hangar, I was
overcome by emotion. There truly are no
words that could explain what we were
witnessing and therefore we did not attempt
at any either. We walked around with the
curator in total silence as we passed
disfigured fire engines, contorted police cars
and twisted steel that had once stood so tall
as one of the most famous emblems of the
strength of the United States of America.
A
We left the hangar four hours later with our
emotions strewn and our mission
completed. Our mission was to choose one
piece of steel that we found the most
t10am on April 10th 2010, I arrived
outside Hangar 17. I am sure that
most do not even know about the
existence of this significant storage
space. For my Dad and I, our next year and a
half was forever connected to this day.
Hangar 17 is a huge airplane hangar at New
York’s JFK Airport. It is no ordinary hanger, it
was where the New York Port Authority,
owners of the Twin Towers, had stored
historic artifacts and 2,000 pieces of World
Trade Center steel they had secretly
recovered in the months following the 9/11
attack.
Although the steel no longer stood proudly
above the New York skyline, all that was
recovered from the rubble had been stored
in this hangar. The reason that we visited this
hanger was due to a newspaper article my
dad, Peter, had read six months earlier of a
boy scout in Florida who had suggested to
the Major of his small town of Windermere,
that a piece of the World Trade Center steel
should go on display in his town. That scout,
Jeff Cox, raised $72,000 and won a top Eagle
Scout prize.
The story of Jeff Cox made its way to the
front page of the International Herald
Tribune in September 2009 when my dad,
Peter, stumbled across it. He was moved and
truly in awe of Cox and that’s when he
decided that as a dedicated and passionate
Londoner, he too would bring steel from the
World Trade Center for London in time for
the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11.
Mayor Boris Johnson with Peter Rosengard
After over a year’s hard work, which included
creating a charity called the “9/11 London
Project” and producing a fantastic online
resource, developed with the help of the
London’s Institute of Education, to teach
children about the attack and the causes
leading up to the tragedy. This project was
led by our Education working group
chairman, Professor Geoff WHITTY (1964).
We also organized for the steel to be
transformed by NY steel artist Miya Ando,
who polished the central panel that joins
the three steel columns leaving a reflective
surface. Then funds had to be raised for the
transportation of this 27 ft tall piece of
WTC steel, titled ‘After 9/11,’ to travel by
ship from New York to London. All in all, it is
safe to say that it has been a very busy year
filled with obstacles for Dad and me yet my
dad continued to lead a year filled with
remarkable achievements as chairman and
trustee of the project.
On 5th September 2011, just six days before
the Tenth anniversary of 9/11, and with
scout Jeff Cox attending, the Mayor of
London, Boris Johnson, unveiled ‘After 9/11’
to the public in Battersea Park. ‘After 9/11’
remained in the park for a month, but now
the 9/11 London Project is looking for a
permanent site in the centre of the city for
the steel, where it can be seen and admired
and hopefully educate the thousands who
will pass it daily from all over the world.
powerful and moving that could be
transformed into a piece of public artwork
to act as a beacon of hope for the 9/11
London Project, an education project that
was to be launched in September 2011. The
piece of steel we chose that day was then
given to London on the condition that it
must be put on permanent public display.
This symbol strives to create hope out of
tragedy whilst teaching children about what
really happened on that catastrophic day.
It is vital to remember the 2976 innocent
people who left for work that day and never
came back. London, New York’s sister city,
lost the second largest number of lives (67).
This remarkable steel work of art is all that
London has to show from that terrible day
and recognizes our everlasting support for
America. Through the project we are
showing one of the most important values,
which is that in hard times, we must all stick
together.
To find out more, or if you would like to
donate to the project please go to
www.911londonproject.com and to find out
more about the education project go to
www.911educationprogramme.co.uk
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NEWS OF LATYMERIANS
If you have news to share please submit your stories, volunteering, career moves
and achievements or news relating to other Latymerians to Nigel Orton.
Dr Nigel PEYTON (1969) has been Archdeacon of Newark in
the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham since
1999. Last May he was elected as the new, Right Reverend
Bishop of Brechin, in the Scottish Episcopal Church, an office
that dates back to 1153; Nigel being the 54th Bishop.
His consecration took
place on October 8th
in Dundee with a large
congregation that
included civic and
church leaders and was
led by the Most Rev,
Bishop of St Andrews.
Nigel enjoys grandparenting, writing,
eclectic reading, music,
gardening, supporting
Nottingham Forest FC
and enjoying real ale! His
book, Managing Clergy
Lives: Obedience,
Sacrifice, Intimacy
(Continuum) has recently
been published.
Gideon SHAWYER (1997) is Finance Director at the Delamar
Academy of Makeup, a school training make up artists.
Douglas BRODIE (1993) obtained his DPhil in Molecular
Immunology from Oxford and a decade on he is now a fund
manager with Bailey Gifford where he is Head of the Global
Discovery Investment Team.
Martin ROWLANDS’ (1967) career after leaving Latymer was
with Martins Bank Ltd followed by the Commercial Banking
Company of Sydney Ltd, and then the Kenning Motor Group.
In 1972 he joined the Michelin Tyre Co Plc and went on to
form his own thriving company, Tyrefair Ltd in 1994. He now
enjoys life in rural Scotland with his wife Catherine and
pursuing his hobbies of fishing and golf.
David KAUDERS (1963) launched his book, The Greatest
Crash: How contradictory policies are sinking the global
economy on November 1st with a signing at Waterstone’s
Economists Bookshop in Portugal Street, London WC2A.
Andrew SOLOMON (2000) is a solicitor with law firm,
Kingsley Napley. Vivek KUMAR (1986) is a lawyer currently
working in the Attorney General’s Office.
Nigel
Richard FOLLETT (1989) was appointed Headmaster of
Vinehall Preparatory School in East Sussex. Adrian HALLETT
(1978) is a Schools’ Inspector and lives in Altringham. Ben
PRESTON (1999) is now teaching at Helston Community
College and he is Head of KS4 Science. Paul STRONG (1964)
has retired after 25 years as Head of William Farr
Comprehensive School, Lincoln.
Neil ROBERTS’ (1963) book A Lucid Dreamer, the biography of
the poet Peter Redgrove, will be published this month. At the
same time Redgrove's book Collected Poems, edited by Neil,
will also be published, both books by Jonathan Cape. Many of
Redgrove's collections of poetry have also been published by
Rupert LOYDELL (1977).
In December, Michael NELSON (1948) published his book,
Castro and Stockmaster: A Life in Reuters (Matador).
Nigel SMALES (1968) was an architect who moved into
business change management and has marked his retirement
by publishing When You’re Smiler, which is the story of his
father Eddy ‘Smiler’ Smales, a pioneer cine-cameraman in
British feature films, wartime combat filming and BBC TV
News.
Dr Sutharsan VIVEKANANTHAN (2000), having completed his
medical foundation years in Chelmsford and at London’s
Homerton Hospital is now training in psychiatry. Following the
last three years of ‘rotations’ in Wessex, San is now practising
at the Springfield Hospital, Wandsworth.
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Henry BUCKLEY (1998) and his business partner appeared in
the Dragon’s Den on BBC 2 on August 28th with a successful
pitch, getting offers from four dragons! Henry is MD of Jog
Post, and the company received £50k investment backing from
dragon, Deborah Meaden for a 20% stake.
Jeremy MILLAR (1971) was elected a conservative councillor
for the Hampton Court Ward on Herefordshire County
Council last May.
The two School Vice-Captains from the year 1995-96 had a
pleasant, albeit random meet up in the queue for Costa
coffee in a M6 service station a few months back. Neil
BALLARD was on his way to a wedding when his pit stop led
him to a surprise reunion with Tom DAVEY.
Campbell CHRISTIE (1974) proudly showed his long-standing
close friend Martin KNIGHTS (1974) around Bracknell and
Wokingham College on taking up his position as Principal.
Martin is a consultant at Frimley Hospital.
Martin and
Campbell
Allegra STRATTON (1998) has been appointed as the political
editor on BBC’s Newsnight.
Tom HARPER (2000) is a journalist currently working on The
Evening Standard. John SUNYER (2004) is also a journalist
who has had articles published recently in The New
Statesman.
Martin BOOTH (1982) is now Head of Content Management
at Ladbrokes following previous roles over two decades as
Deputy Sports Editor of the Sunday Mirror and then Digital
Head of Sport at the News of the World, where he had a
ringside seat for the closure of
the paper last July.
Martin COWARD (1999)
met Barrie GORE (1954)
at a celebration dinner for
his girlfriend’s parents’
40th wedding anniversary;
Barrie being one of their
family friends. Barrie is a
retired lawyer; and enjoyed
sharing memories of
Latymer with Martin, for
whom wedding bells
beckon in 2012!
16. He went on to a music college and soon after turned
professional; Bob has toured, gigged and recorded ever since.
From the late ’80s, he has played with Colin Blunstone, Princess
Stephanie of Monaco, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Hazel O’Connor, Chris
Farlowe and Toyah Willcox, as well as
played sessions with other bands. He
has also recorded TV ads and radio
jingles.
Bob then joined Andy Powell in
Wishbone Ash. Recently, Bob has been
performing in the hit musical, We Will
Rock You, the Queen story produced
by Brian May, in London's West End.
He is pleased to have played on a
track for Alabama 3's (of The Sopranos
fame) new upcoming album.
Bob
Peter PEGNALL (1967) writing on November 9 in the Daily
Telegraph about his ‘inspiring teachers’ kindly singled out his
English teacher, Brian Binding from his schooldays for mention
alongside his university tutors.
Barrie and Martin
Jing LU (1998) is a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City
University’s Institute of Architecture and Design. She is also a
founding partner of Midlands based design firm, Black
Country Atelier.
Dan GILES (1984) is owner of D Giles Ltd, a leading book
publishing and design company, based in central London,
supplying services to international museums, galleries and
historic sites.
Dr Clive CHEESMAN (1984) is still working at the College of
Arms where he was recently promoted to Richmond Herald.
He was formerly Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in
Ordinary. He co-edits the journal, The Coat of Arms. In these
tough economic times it is
interesting to note that a Herald’s
salary is just £17.80 per annum! He
also continues to work on ancient
history and is currently writing a
book on personal names in the
Roman world, to be published by
Bloomsbury.
Clive
Nick FRANK (1981) has been regularly representing
Luxembourg in international touch rugby tournaments. Nick
scored against Scotland in the over 30s section of the Touch
Rugby World Cup in Edinburgh in June. Nick is on to his 4th
career having become a management consultant specialising
in services to manufacturing and technology companies. He
still lives in Luxembourg and has an 18 month old daughter,
Katy, and a son aged 9 yrs.
Bob SKEAT (1974) was born into a musical family and he
started playing in school bands, and was gigging by the age of
We were delighted to touch base for the first time ever with
award-winning director Paul DUFFELL (1938). After Latymer and
an English degree at Oxford, he entered the film industry
through documentaries and TV commercials. In 1981 he won
the BAFTA for his direction of the film Caught on a Train.
Other successful projects included Les louvers and a feature,
England Made Me, based on Graham Greene’s novel; also
Experience Preferred But Not Essential which enjoyed a six
month run in one New York cinema!
His much acclaimed six-hour television epic The Far Pavilions
was filmed in India and starred Omar Sharif, Sir John Gielgud,
Christopher Lee, Ben Cross and Amy Irving. He has also
scripted and directed films based on the work of other major
novelists and written many other screenplays for cinema and
television. Directing credits include: The House that Dripped
Blood, Inside Out, King of the Wind, The Avengers, Man in a
Suitcase, The Strange Report, Inspector Morse, Space Precinct,
Journey to the Unknown and Black Beauty.
John MARTIN (1956) turned from PR man to artist on January
1, 2009 and held his first one-man show at the Garden Suburb
Gallery, Willifield Way, London NW11 6YD in November last
year. His work can be viewed on his website www.hotpr.biz
The late Tom Mower (Head of
Maths) with London Marathon
winner, Hugh JONES (1990) watch
Michael HANRECK (1993) finish the
1989 Bandstand Cup. Michael
fondly recalls Tom who sadly died
many years ago in a cycling
accident.
Kenji TAKEDA (1989) is
Solutions Architect and
Technical Manager for the
Microsoft Research
Connections EMEA team.
He was previously Co-Director of the Microsoft
Institute for High Performance Computing, and Senior Lecturer
in Aeronautics, at the University of Southampton.
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News of Latymerians continued
Dr Richard BARRAS (1962) is an urban economist who was
Visiting Professor in the Bartlett School of Planning at
University College London in 2011. From 2001 to 2010 he
acted as Property Advisor to the UK’s Coal Pension Funds. He
is one of the founding partners of Property Market Analysis,
which is now the largest independent property consultancy
in Europe. His book entitled Building Cycles: Growth and
Instability was published by Wiley-Blackwell in September
2009.
Following August’s riots in London, Jamie HARVEY (1999)
started a campaign to try and say thanks to all of the hard
working Emergency Service workers who were caught up in
the violence. The campaign was called ‘Buy a Bobby a Beer’
and so many people
pledged to buy a drink
that Fullers brewery in
Chiswick spotted the
campaign and decided
to assist by giving away
over £7000 worth of
free drinks to Police
Officers, Firemen and
Paramedics!
Jamie is spending the thanks to
some grateful bobbies
Artist Nicolas GRANGER-TAYLOR (1981) had an exhibition
from 28 September to 15 October 2011 of his recent work at
the Park Walk Gallery, SW10.
More success for Nicky JHOOTI (1997 – aka Jay Sean), who
won the Lebara ‘Outstanding Achievement in Music Award’ at
October’s British Asian Awards 2011. Jay has recently
appeared in an episode of the legendary TV series Sesame
Street and played live in front of an audience of 200 million
people on India’s, X Factor TV show!
Jay is playing with Sir Paul McCartney and Britney Spears at
the F1 Championship in Abu Dubai and he played live at the
opening of the Nokia 2011 ‘20 Cricket Series’ to an audience
of 200 million in 24 countries. Mistress, is a recently released
free mix tape collection of his 15 r’n’ b songs.
IVAN SHEPPARD (2000) is on his 5th tour playing the drums
with Mitch Benn and The Distractions, which takes them all
over the UK between now and next May. Dates can be found
at Mitchbenn.com.
As a group, they host ‘The Distraction Club’, described as a
fantastic night of musical comedy on the first Tuesday of
every month at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square featuring
them, The Segue Sisters, along with guest acts. Past shows
have seen many of the best in the business appear on their
bills. View distractionclub.com, or follow them on
@distractionclub.
We had an email from Ian MATTHEWS (1960) thanking us for
the last edition of OLNEWS; apparently it is very welcome
reading in the hills of North Afghanistan where Ian is working!
Peter STEVENS (1967) was a School Vice-Captain who went
on to read law at Manchester before having a city based
career specialising in planning law. Peter wrote to the editor
enquiring about the brick honouring his namesake that was
on the cover of our last edition. This was purchased in
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grateful recognition for Mr Stevens, an inspiring mathematics
teacher and master i/c of golf who retired in 2000.
Peter recalls playing lots of sport at School, especially soccer
with Des GARDINER, MacIVER, Jamie MORTIMER and Barry
THORN (goalkeeper) with whom he often went to watch
Fulham FC after their matches. He writes, “…following a
dislocated kneecap (ambulance on the pitch at Wood Lane) I
took up squash and played that in the Sixth Form. At that time
tiddley winks was very popular in the Prefects’ Room as was
bridge playing amongst the linguists”.
“I remember with great affection several members of the staff:
Fred Mayo for encouragement at cricket and soccer in my early
years, Derek Bone who coached squash, Jim McCabe who
ironically called me "lightning" when I was about 12, and Mike
Robinson whose relaxed manner and teaching skills improved
my linguistic ability and got me interested in modern German
literature; and many more.”
John DEWEY (1960) was given a flying start in languages at
Latymer by three outstanding teachers: 'Wally' GRAUBERG
(French), 'Phil' Brady (German) and 'Fred' Gregory (Russian). After
studying at Cambridge, he taught German and Russian in schools
and FE for many years. Early retirement brought an opportunity
to start a new career as freelance translator and writer. His most
recent publication, Mirror of the Soul, a biography of the
Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev, with John's own verse translations
of the poems, has received excellent reviews in the Times
Literary Supplement, Literary Review and elsewhere. He has been
interviewed by Radio Liberty and The Voice of Russia, and
recently gave a talk about the book at St Antony's College,
Oxford.
Dr Zain ODHO (2002) returned to talk to sixth form biologists
about protein expression and Robbie LEY GREAVES (2008), who
is studying medicine at Imperial, gave career advice about
studying medicine.
We have been pleased to meet and show the following
Latymerians around School last term: Johnny (1991) and Steve
GORDON, Danny KESSLER (both 1988), Richard REDMAN
(1951), John BEAVIS (1940), Mark HONIGSBAUM (1978), Andrew
(2005) and Charles SCHERER (2009).
Mark HONIGSBAUM (1978) is a journalist and author based in
London. Specialising in the science and history of infectious
disease, his work appears in the Guardian, the Observer and the
Lancet. His latest book, Living With Enza: The Forgotten Story of
Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918 is part of an ongoing study into the social, cultural and psychological impacts
of pandemics; he kindly donated a copy to the Library.
Paul HARRIS (aka ‘Harry the Piano’) (1984) gave a master class to
6th formers and then an enjoyable and fun evening’s concert on
10th November to a sold out Edward Latymer Theatre at School.
Less than ten years out…
George HOBSON (2004) was called to the Bar by the Inner
Temple in October 2010. Since then he has been pursuing a
pupilage. Meanwhile he is working as a paralegal for Lexisnexis
in the Property, Planning and Environment Law practice areas. He
is still rowing activity and was a member of the London Rowing
Club’s Wyfold ‘C’ Crew, which made it to the Friday of Henley
2011.
Griff FERRIS and Alex HODGKINSON (both 2011) are playing
rugby this season for Wasps Amateur FC 1st XV.
Ryan ROBINSON (2006) is studying for a Masters in Space
Physiology and Health at King’s College, London.
Will RODERICK (2009) is in his final year reading Geography at
the University of Leicester where he has been elected President
of Sport.
Andrew WHITESTONE (2007) is in Shenzhen, China where he
is working in corporate and guest relations at The Mission Hills
Golf Club and Resort in their sports department. Archie
PRESTON (2009) is studying at Beijing University this year as
part of his Oxford degree.
Harrison DUNK (2007)
signed for Cambridge
United FC over the
summer and so far this
season has played
regularly on the left
midfield for the
Conference Premier
League side, scoring
on several occasions.
Harrison was
previously at Bromley
FC where he won the
2010 -11 supporters',
manager's and
committee's ‘Player of
the Year Award’.
Harrison
Filip LJUBICIC (2007) is the CEO of Baylif, a company he runs
together with Josh NATHANSON (2007) specifically for students
and graduates who have old text books to sell. Filip describes it
as “a sort of eBay upside down - a Dutch auction”;
www.baylif.com.
Charlie WATSON (2006) is working for Good Housekeeping
magazine. Elizabeth CURTIS (2006) is now Head Chef with the
caterers, Sugar and Spice.
Justin BUGEJA (2006) is serving in the Royal Engineers. Luke
AUTY (2006) is working at The Engine Group, a marketing and
advertising company, and is specialising in sponsorship.
Alice DAVIDSON (2010) appeared during
November as Caggie’s cousin in Made in
Chelsea, the reality soap screened on E4.
Alex ROE (2009) has recently filmed the
role of Sam in 4 episodes of The Jury for
ITV1 and Connor Lane in Holby City for
BBC1, prior to this he completed playing
the regular role of Elliott in series 2 of
the BBC’s The Cut.
Alex
Clara PAGE (2006) after completing her Royal College of Music
degree, in Music, is now training to be a nurse at City
University.
Lois REID (2006) joined the graduate program at Logica, working
specifically within their Space department, with a technical role
on the Galileo project. This involves writing and testing software
for the 30 satellites that will be used to create a non-military
owned European GPS-style service.
Tom HATTON (2006) has graduated from the Glasgow School
of Art where he was awarded the Roger Ackling Prize for Fine
Art and the Student Life Prize. He has subsequently been
selected for the 'New Contemporaries' Exhibition at the Royal
Scottish Academy in Edinburgh in March 2012. Last term he
held his debut solo exhibition at the Profile Gallery.
Tarun PATEL and Tom FRENCH (both 2006) completed the climb
to Macchu Picchu in Peru after finishing their graduate diplomas
in law last September; they then commenced work as corporate
lawyers, at the same firm – Slaughter and May.
Peter WILSON (2006) has completed a postgraduate diploma
at the Royal Academy of Music and is the Associate Musical
Director on Cameron McIntosh’s tour of Oliver!
Tom BUSH (2006) has finished his postgraduate Music degree
at Goldsmith’s. He had the honour of captaining the College’s
University Challenge team to victory over his alma mater –
University of Leeds - by 220 -115 points. The TV programme
was broadcast in September and attracted news as the BBC
banned his team from having a kettle as their mascot to
highlight their protest to police kettling tactics, used in
controlling the 2010 student fees demonstration.
Tom and Tarun at Macchu Picchu
Jeremy Paxman with Tom’s Goldmith’s team
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News of Latymerians continued
Tom STEWART (aka Tom BYAM SHAW) (2006) played
Ariel in Trevor Nunn’s production of The Tempest at
the Theatre Royal Haymarket this autumn, alongside
Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Slavica DELEVIC (2006) has been working on the X
Factor TV show as a production runner. Lily COLE
(2006) appeared at the Old Vic in a short new musical
for The 24 Hour Plays, the theatre's fundraiser; her
performance was very well received.
Imogen POOTS (2007) is appearing in 5 TV/ film
productions scheduled for showing in 2012. During
2011 the prolific
actress appeared in
six productions.
These included,
Fright Night, and
Jane Eyre. She was
previously in the
TV series, Bouquet
of Barbed Wire.
Imogen
James BLACK (2010) has become a Ley Clerk at King’s
College, Cambridge.
GRADUATE
CORNER
We congratulate the following Latymerians on their
recent academic achievements.
Have you professionally qualified, gained a Masters or
graduated recently? Then please share your
achievements with others! e-mail Nigel Orton to be
included in the next edition of ‘Graduate Corner’.
Class of 2000
Inaam-Ul HAQ PhD, Microneedle Drug Delivery, Cardiff University.
Gareth JONES MSc, Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Systems, Kingston
University.
Class of 2001
David LEAKE PhD, Financial Psychology, University of Warwick.
Christian VINCENTI BSc, International Hospital Management, Ecole
Hoteliere De Lausanne, Switzerland.
Class of 2003
Hugo TURNER MSc, Management Economics and Strategy, London School
of Economics, University of London.
James REID (2006) is now Business Correspondent for
the Turkish daily news, Today’s Zaman.
Class of 2004
Andrew SCHERER (2005) in his role as marketing
manager for inspiring interns has written a guide to
internships, Brilliant Intern. Andrew kindly donated a
copy to the School Library.
Class of 2005
Aleco LAZARIDIS BBiomedSci, LLB, Biomedical Science and Law, Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia.
William BALMER BA, Sociology, University of Leeds.
Emma BOYLING MSc, Real Estate, London South Bank University.
Amelia DAVIES BA, English Literature, University of Manchester.
Class of 2006
Terri McCargar, the School Librarian
receives Andrew’s book.
Philip GARDNER (2010) travelled to Israel over the
summer and took the opportunity to contact
Latymerians living there. This resulted in him meeting
up with Dan KOSKY (1996) who lives in Tel Aviv and
works in public relations. Philip is currently in
Washington DC studying at Georgetown University.
Matt WHITEHOUSE (2008) having graduated from
Leeds is now at St George’s in London training to be a
paramedic.
Hugo GULLIVER (2007) has rejoined the school staff as
a rowing coach. Tally LAZARUS and Nkenna
IBEAKANMA (both 2011) are working at the school as
GAP year students.
Tom BUSH MMus, Composition, Goldsmith’s College, University of London.
Annie FIRTH BA, Fine Art, University of Leeds.
Tom HATTON BA, 1st, Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art.
Daniel KAMINISKI MSc, Human Factors, University of Nottingham.
Simon MIKKELSON BA, Social and Political Sciences, Selwyn College,
University of Cambridge.
James REID BA, Politics, Philosophy and Economics, St. Peter’s College,
University of Oxford.
Michael STONER MSci, Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College,
London.
Leyla WILLIAMS BSc, Psychology, University of Birmingham.
Class of 2007
Jessie CLARK BA, 1st, Music, University of Lancaster.
Roseanne FAWKE BA, 1st, English, University of Sussex.
Louis MOLE BA, 1st, History, University of Manchester.
Maudie POWELL-TUCK BA, English, Girton College, University of Cambridge.
Richard REASON BSc, Economics, University of Sussex.
Philippe van STRATUM MSc, Management, London Business School.
Oliver TATTON-BROWN BA, Mathematics, Trinity College, University of
Cambridge.
James WALLEY BSc, Media Technology, Oxford Brookes University.
Class of 2008
Louisa JONES BA, Theology, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
Hasina PATEL BSc, Physiotherapy, University of West of England.
Matt WHITEHOUSE BSc, Biomedical Science, University of Leeds.
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LATYMERIAN CODE-BREAKERS
One might say that 2011 was the year of the code-breakers. This past year, the country has been riveted
by television programmes and books chronicling the many men and women who helped win World War
II by deciphering Nazi and Japanese coded messages. While these fascinating stories evoked fantasies of
spy adventures amongst viewers, there were a handful of people watching who could crack a covert
smile of recognition – viewers who where actually there. And five of these remarkable people were
Latymerians.
I
n September, Captain Jerry
ROBERTS (1939) visited
Latymer with his wife and
addressed all the Year 8
pupils on the code breaking
work he was involved in as a
senior shift leader and codebreaker in military intelligence
during WWII at Bletchley Park.
The students had previously
worked on a code breaking
project, which culminated in
seeing an Enigma machine.
They where enthralled by
Jerry’s role in the ‘Testery’,
working on Tunny and as a
team leader deciphering by
hand over 1.5 million
messages that passed
between the German High
Command and their field
commanders. This work led,
for example to giving an
early warning of the Nazi
attack on Russia, which
allowed the Russians to
prepare defences and
increase their tank
production. The Bletchley Park
unit also created ‘Colossus’, a forerunner of modern-day
computers, to automate the deciphering.
This past year, the School has also been in contact with Eric
COPSON (1941), currently living in Switzerland, and recently
learnt from him that he also had a very important role in the
code-breaking story. After training at Bletchley Park, Eric, a
young RAF officer, was stationed in the Far East at the
Wireless Experimental Centre, serving as a Japanese codebreaker and, like Jerry, ended up as a shift leader.
On the morning of 14 August 1945 Eric was brought the latest
intercept. The message was in a high-grade four-figure code
with double encipherment, but as it was very short, Eric
stripped it down quite quickly to the original Japanese, which
he then translated. It was an order for all Japanese military
forces to cease fire at midnight. It took Eric a moment or two
to realise the significance of the message, namely that the war
was suddenly over!
Jerry.
This important codebreaking work has
been widely
acknowledged as being
responsible for
considerably
shortening the war and
saving millions of lives!
Jerry has only spoken
of his role since the
declassification of this
Tunny machine.
war time code-breaking work,
just a few years ago. Those
involved in the project have had little public recognition for
their significant national contribution, but Yr 8 ‘got it’ at once
and praised Jerry with loud extended applause as he concluded
his very interesting presentation. A spokesman for 8M said, “We
all owe Jerry and his colleagues a great debt of gratitude!”
In the audience was a very interested Year 8 pupil, Isabel von
Stauffenberg. Isabel is the great, great niece of Colonel Claus von
Stauffenberg, the officer who attempted to assassinate Hitler in
1944.
Official notice of the surrender was given that evening by the
Japanese Minister in Switzerland to the Swiss authorities and
the British Prime Minister announced it at midnight. Thus Eric,
a Latymerian, was probably the first person on the Allied side
to know that the Second World War was over!
Eric was very interested to hear that Jerry Roberts had been
interviewed about the Testery and Tunny at Bletchley Park in
the BBC2 produced programme on code-breakers, screened
October 25th. He asked us to help him get in touch with
Captain Roberts and informed us that he was very keen to get
his hands on the BBC2 programme.
The publicity for the code-breakers also brought Derek
THOMPSON (1933) out of the woodwork. Derek began
working at Bletchley Park in 1940 and worked in the Air
Section, under Josh Cooper on a variety of weather systems
originating from European countries.
Derek writes, “I met my wife at Bletchley. She was in the
WAAF and also worked in the Air Hut. Later, I continued
working with GCHQ in London and after 1954 in Cheltenham”.
Derek tells us that other Latymerians working at Bletchley in
WWII were Henry DRYDEN and Reg PARKER (both 1934).
Henry was a code-breaker who went on to lead the
Operations Division of GCHQ, and was awarded a CBE. He
died in 2005.
These extraordinary Latymerians should be commended for
their service to the country. Their efforts saved many lives and
helped shorten the war by at least two years. It really is a
shame that these stories have only recently come to light and
that there are now so few survivors left to tell the tale.
Robin SARFAS (2011) is the grandson of Jerry Roberts. Robin
is currently reading Engineering at Corpus Christi college,
Cambridge.
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NEWS of LATYMERIANS
LIVING OVERSEAS
Australia
United States
Lindsay MUIR (2005) is working as a physio in a
private practice in Sydney. After leaving Latymer she
represented Great Britain as part of the U23 rowing
squad and at the World University Championships in Serbia. Now
she has given up still water for surf boat rowing. Similar, but a bit
bouncier! During the summer months, she is a lifesaver on Manly
Beach.
Changes have taken place in the US Friends of Latymer: Ron PHILLIPS (1957)
is now the Treasurer replacing David TALBOT (1964). Ken ADAMS (1979) has
stepped down as Chair. Mark BULLIMORE (1980) has been leading on the
drive to support a US Friends funded scholar at Latymer. We thank Ken and
David for their service.
Rod LUMER (1947) rightly says, “Life is for living…”; he lives in
Brisbane. “…and I'm currently playing Doktor Bessner in a
production of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile, so at 82 it can't
be too bad.”
He recalls that at School he sang at a Jantaculum, accompanied by
John CLEGG (long before his illustrious career as a concert pianist).
“The song was "The Donkey Serenade” and halfway through the
long "Heehaaaaaaaaaaw" my voice broke and I wished the floor of
the stage in the Great Hall would open up and swallow me. Ah,
memories!”
Gabriel TEO (2011) has moved from Latymer to complete his sixth
form in Redhill, in the Australian Capital Territory.
Emma BOYLING (2005) completed her Masters in Real Estate and
has been working in Sydney for the last year as a property analyst.
Canada
John WOTTON (1971) was in Toronto during August for a
conference and used the opportunity to meet up with
Trevor JONES (1955) and Hugh GRANT (1960)
Trevor, John,
and Hugh.
Mark, Joel, Max, Amanda, Philip and Ken.
Amanda Scott, Latymer’s Director of Development, used her trip to
America in October as an opportunity to meet up with Latymerians
living in Washington DC. Joel POZNANSKY (1975) kindly made
arrangements for a lunch in the University Club, which was attended
by Ken HERLINGSHAW (1961), Philip WRIGHT (1994), Mark
EDWARDS (1982), and Professor Max MAKSIMOVIC (1972 ).
Joel records the lunch in this way, “Washingtonians divide the world
into ‘Inside the Beltway’ and ‘Outside the Beltway’, but at the
University Club, two blocks from the Whitehouse, a gathering of
Latymerians divided it into those who remember the Tuck Shop and
those who don't! I do, and maybe it is the quest for a perfect sugar
bun that has me moving every ten years, most recently to
Washington DC from NYC, where I now run a publisher ‘Inside the
Beltway’ covering American politics and the non profit world. Our
principal startup competitor is a racy media group whose slogan is
"Almost never boring". If we have a competitive strategy it is that we
strive to be their complete opposite".
Philip WRIGHT’s cycling hobby started when he rode his bike to
Latymer everyday in the 6th Form. It was this that spurred him to
take up cycling now he is married and based in Washington as a
licensed professional mechanical building systems engineer,
currently designing and commissioning mechanical building systems.
The nearby Shenandoah Mountains beckoned as a ride destination
and this led to Philip winning the 12 hour solo Cranky Monkey
Mountain Bike Race last June. Now he has to consider defending the
title!
Nick HALEY (1989) is widely regarded as an
inspirational and very successful rowing coach
who teaches teenagers about life both on
and off the water at Portland's Rose City
Rowing Club.
Nick was the subject of a glowing tribute
featured in November on Oregon Live.com
Nick attributes his Latymer teacher Jim Clark's test-yourmettle method of coaching him rowing at school as just one reason
why rowing enthralled him, "Jim Clark taught me how to be tough
and inspirational," he says. "He didn't coddle me. He spoke to me as if
I was worth the straight story." Nick was USA Junior Team Manager
last summer for the World Junior Championships in England.
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Nick’s brothers also live in Oregon, Lucas HALEY (1992) is an
animator at Mongadillo Studios and Brian HALEY (1991) is an
Assistant Professor in Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry at
the Oregon State University.
Ed NISSEN (1999) has relocated from Cambridge, England to
America where he will continue to research earthquakes and
tectonics on a research fellowship in Phoenix, at the Arizona
State University.
Paul CUTLER (1986) is now Director of the Geomorphology
and Land Use Dynamics program at the USA’s National Science
Foundation in Arlington, VA. Paul received his PhD in Geology
from the University of Minnesota, and taught and conducted
post-doctoral research in Geology and Geophysics at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research is on glacial
processes and prior to joining NSF, Paul was with the
International Council for Science in Paris.
Professor Ron BALLARD (1965) is now the Associate Director
of Laboratory Science at the Centre for Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta, GA. His own research has been in
sexually transmitted diseases. He was previously Branch Chief,
Division of AIDS, STDs and TB at the centre.
John PLOTZ spent his year at Latymer in 4X, and retains
friendship links with some mates in the class of 1984.
Currently he is Professor of English at Brandeis University in
Boston, MA specialising in Victorian literature. Awarded the
Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fellowship at the Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Study for 2011-12 he is presently on
sabbatical. His publications include, Portable Property:
Victorian Culture on the Move: Princeton University Press,
2008 and The Crowd: British Literature and Public Politics:
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
Peter BARRETT (1987) is the COO at Frontera Geosciences in
Houston, Texas.
Louis MOLE (2007) is on a course at the New York Film
Academy this year studying documentary film making.
We reported in the last edition that Leila BELLIENI (2010) was
studying in Florida, but her plans changed and she is at
Western Texas College. One rationale for going so far south
was to escape the cold, but Leli emailed us in mid-December
from her snow clad campus!
Hong Kong
David EASTLAKE (1981) rejoined PricewaterhouseCoopers in
2010, thirteen and half years after leaving the firm to work
initially in industry and then in banking. He was admitted to the
partnership of the HK/China firm of PwC on 1 July 2011 with
the additional role of Head of Corporate Finance, Hong Kong.
South America
FAMILIAR FACES
SIGNING LETTERS
FOR FREE PLACES!
The Annual Fund for means tested
scholarships 2011 – 2012
Here in our Development Office
overlooking King Street, life becomes very
hectic in the autumn when we begin the
Great Annual Fund Mailing. This yearly task
involves preparing and posting well over
10,000 appeal letters to the Latymer
‘family’. Many hundreds of these letters are
personally signed by someone relevant to
the recipient, and this is where volunteers
play such a vital role.
For some years the number of Annual Fund
parent and alumni volunteers has been
growing and now I am very pleased to
report that the number of teachervolunteers is also on the increase. Chris
Hammond and Nigel Orton have been
leading the way for several campaigns and
now they have been joined by Graham
Bearman and, most recently, by Malcolm
Smith and Robert Orme, all very keen to
add their inky endorsements to letters to
former pupils and to lend their support to
this most worthwhile of appeals.
This year’s target is to fund is to fund up to
three full scholarships for bright and able
eleven year olds to start their Latymer
careers in the Upper School next
September; children whose family
circumstances would otherwise prevent
them from taking up their hard-won place.
The current total currently stands at just
under £113,000 so there is some way to go
– a gift of any size will bring us nearer to
this goal.
Chris: Chris Hammond,
former Assistant Head
signing his letters on the
move!
Graham Bearman former
Head of History; Happy to
be en route to a ‘signing
session’
Frank McMorrow (former Head of PE) wrote to say how he
enjoyed attending Dan TORRES (1997) concert in Sao Paulo,
Brazil where Frank now lives. He reports that his ex-PE
colleague Andy Weston is teaching in Santiago, Chile. Dan
continues to be a successful pop artist in Brazil.
To make your gift to the current Annual Fund appeal please log on
to Latymer’s website: www.latymer-upper.org/annual-fund.html or
send your gift to The Development Office, Latymer Upper School,
King Street, London W6 9LR
United Arab Emirates
If you are interested in becoming part of the team of Annual Fund
volunteers please contact me on 0845 638 5970 or email
jfm@latymer-upper.org
Tim HARRISON (1984) is Head of Communications for HSBC
Middle East, based in Dubai. He enjoys coaching rugby in the
desert with his son’s U13 team.
Jane Myerson
If you live abroad and wish to share your news please
contact Nigel Orton.
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The Cambridge
Latymerians’ Dinner
ALUMNI
EVENTS
We report on recent gatherings of Latymerians.
REUNIONS
Pimms in the Piazza
On September 9th the classes of 2009 and 2010 assembled in
the Piazza to swap stories about their fresher and ‘gap’ year
experiences. They were joined by members of the classes of
2005 and 2006, who, having recently graduated from university,
were busy chatting about their early career moves and post-uni
experiences.
Julian GREY (2008) took the chair and led the
31 undergraduates who were amongst the 50
guests, a record number who enjoyed a lively
evening in Christ’s College’s Hall for the annual
Cambridge Dinner swapping stories about
events at School and life at Cambridge.
Julian
A number of school staff attended along with three
Governors, James GRAHAM (1976), Trevor WOOLLEY (1971)
and Prof Jim SMITH (1972); all Cambridge graduates
themselves. The Head proposed the toast to Cambridge
Latymerians, and Julian proposed the toast to the School.
A number of their former teachers joined the party to hear of
their former students’ news and show them around the more
recent additions and refurbishments to the school buildings.
Joe JAMES, Luke CAVENDISH, Sam
MINSHULL-BEECH, Marius NIGOND,
and Nic HAYMAN (all 2009).
Despite being scattered
around the UK and the world,
there was a great turn out for
this reunion. A good time was
had by all, with many
continuing on to local pubs.
Cambridge Latymerians’ Dinner, November 5th at Christ’s College.
Louise ARMOUR, Jo PAKULSKA,
and Ginny GALE (all 2006).
Sunday Brunch in Cambridge
The ‘Latymer road show’ goes out each year to meet
Latymerians around the UK. This November we went to
Cambridge for an informal Sunday brunch attended by a number
of Latymerians and their partners. A small gathering heard the
School’s news and enjoyed lunch at the Holiday Inn,
Trumpington. Among guests were: Jim SMITH (1972), John
HARDY (1945), Ian WEITZEL (1971), Geoffrey BRINTON (1961),
Ron PLASCOW (1974), Paul HILL (1970), Philip WELCH (1948)
and father and son duo, Ted (1956) and John MARTIN (1983).
Sarah WHITE, Charlotte ASSAEL,
Elizabeth CURTIS and Amanda
DARTFORD (all 2006).
Mr Orme with Will BALMER (2005).
Paul HILL,
Ted MARTIN,
John HARDY,
and John
MARTIN.
Anna SHERIFF, Shiv CHANDE,
Simon ANDERSON and Steve
SHAW (all 2006).
Geoff BRINTON,
Ian WEITZEL,
Mrs Brinton, and
Philip WELCH
The Head with El KRAJEWSKI
and Gus PREW (both 2006)
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The Annual Latymerians’ Dinner
On the last Friday in November Latymerians of all ages come
from far and wide for the Annual Latymerians’ Dinner. The dinner
is always a very enjoyable event that many use as opportunity to
reunite with old friends.
This year a notable group was in attendance – members of the
Prep Department’s 1961 intake. The group gathered at the dinner
to mark their 50th anniversary.
This year’s guest speaker was Simon MANLEY CMG (1984) who
had fond memories to share of his time at School and stories of
his teachers. Now as a parent, with his daughter Chloe in Year 7,
he was able to give some added insight about the school. In his
speech, Simon also touched on his career, where he has held a
number of key diplomatic posts within the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office. He is currently the Director, Europe and
is concerned with the Eurozone crisis, but until recently he was
responsible for counter-terrorism.
The biggest celebration of the evening was to congratulate Bill
BROWN (1927) on turning 100 on the previous weekend. Bill
was in remarkable form and addressed the dinner in response to
being presented with a bottle of Glenmorangie whiskey and a
specially baked birthday cake, by the School’s Head Boy and
Head Girl.
From L-R: Paul HODGES,
Martin MORTIMER, Peter
FIELDER, John NICHOLS
and Geoff LAVERS
celebrating 50 years since
joining the Prep together.
Another group played
together in the 1970s
for the OLA Soccer
Club and spent the
evening recounting their
glory days.
Bill’s cake
presented by
Sidney Stein
(senior prefect)
Brian WERNHAM (1979) and
Marc Da COSTA (1991)
Graeme NEWLANDS,
Andre SAWYER, and
Alex MATIC (all 1995).
Derek ATKINSON, Alan
PINNOCK, Ian CONACHER,
Alan HAYTER and Ted
DEELEY all class of 1945
and remaining in touch!
Bill addresses the dinner in reply to Head Boy, Steven Daly.
Everyone was envious and marvelled that Bill looks no more
than an 80 year old and he was almost the ‘first in and last out’,
spending the evening busily chatting and viewing the School
memorabilia with others.
However Bill is not the oldest Latymerian, as George
SHEPPARD has reached 103. Perhaps more centenarians will be
attending future alumni dinners? The 2012 Dinner, (the 99th),
will be on Friday November 30th.
James GRAHAM (1976) and
Steve FACTOR (1974) flank
former Head of History
Graham Bearman.
An extract from Bill’s thank you letter to the Head for the
dinner…
LtoR Owen FRANCIS, Dino
ANTONIDES, John
MATTHEWS, Dan RADICE,
Rajun MATHER, Vic
DHILLON. Back row Toby
BORGER and Jon LOWRY
(all 1985)
“Many, many thanks for such a splendid celebration on the
hundredth anniversary of my birthday… I thoroughly enjoyed
my evening at my old school and memories came flooding
back as I recalled the daily climbing up those same old steps
that at the time I did not fully understand that they were steps
to my future and were the foundations of what was to be a
very full, eventful life with all its ups and downs with some
pride of achievement – thank you Latymer Upper School.
I was almost overwhelmed at my reception at the Dinner and
now as I look back over the years the last thing that small
schoolboy ever thought that such would one day be his turn…”
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SCHOOL
NEWS
One of the changes at Latymer last term
was the introduction of a biometric entry
system to the site. All staff and students
are now recognised by electronic readers
at the gate turnstiles by their finger’s
image. The system gives an accurate list of
occupants and manages school
registration; very soon gone will be the
days of calling the class register. Now it is
very difficult to pretend you were not late!
The term was very busy with a full
programme of sport and music alongside
many other extra-curricular activities.
A first day at Latymer – Do you
remember yours? Year 7 start
their Latymer career by spending
their first day at an activity centre,
bonding with each other.
F1inSchools Challenge
Latymer students participating in the 'F1inSchools' challenge made a
visit to Imperial College, London to meet Sam HUTCHINSON (2007)
who gave a lecture on team organisation, communication and added a
few tips for using Solidworks (a CAD programme). Sam then took us
down to the 'Imperial Racing Greens' garage, where the students saw
the car his team is working on, relating what he had learnt to our
students' challenge.
Sam with Latymer students.
The October half term has recently shrunk from two weeks to ten
days, but it was still long enough to be a very busy for school trips and
expeditions. On one such trip, the Art Historians, led by Messrs
Mumby and Orme, went on a study tour to St Petersburg, Russia.
“Half term - two weeks!” I can hear some of you say as you remember
when it only lasted a week.
Charitable causes who have benefited from the active support from
Latymer’s generous and energetic students so far this school year have
included Amnesty International and we raised funds for the British
Red Cross, BBC’s Children in Need, Wells for Africa, Age Concern, and
the World Wildlife Fund. We also entertained 230 of our Borough’s
local senior citizens to a Christmas Supper, supervised by Dr Hardy.
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Latymer hosts a Disabled Sub Aqua Club.
On 19th November we staged an
underwater classroom lesson to raise
money for the club.
After weeks of preparation and rehearsal a
fun event for all was produced. Chairs,
tables, a wheelchair and even a window
were sunk to create a classroom set.
Latymer staff, Sub Aqua instructors and
Sophie Simmonds (year 11) then performed
a music lesson underwater based on the
composer Vivaldi ending with Sophie
playing the Four Seasons on a violin 3m
under water! It could be heard from the
side clearly too. Along with ‘Try dives’ and
divers paying to dive down and view the
performance we raised £25 for the charity.
Yr 9s have been supporting the Amnesty
International ‘Kites for Women’s Rights’
campaign.
The School’s soccer team led by
Freddie Meredith had a good run last
term, reaching the 3rd round of the
Independent Schools Cup’. Although
they played very well they came
unstuck when they met a strong
‘college X1’ composed of recent
leavers at Whitton on December
29th. The ‘college’ side ran out 5-1
winners; their players were pooled
from Max BREWER, Chuck
DAVIDSON-HOUSTON, Sam JONES,
Marcus BURLING, Preston
THOMPSON, Orlando DEL
MAESTRO, Sam EARLE, Tom
FAKTOR, (all 2011), Ammani ZAFAR,
Charlie CONNER, Sushil THOMAS,
James ROBINSON, Guy ANSAHPALMER (all 2010), and Jack
FOREMAN (2004). Two players,
Hamish PEARCH and Raf FELLNER
(both 2011) are playing regularly for
the OLA Soccer Club’s 1st X1, but
were away skiing for this match.
The rugby 1st XV had a good run in
National RBS/Daily Mail cup.
Natasha & Toby
In Debating our top School pairing of Toby
Nonnemacher and Natasha Rachman, won the
Dulwich School Competition. Natasha was later
selected to represent England in the World
Schools’ Debating Competition in South Africa
to be held during January 2012.
Mix of school (sky blue) and recent leavers
with Mr Gibson at Whitton.
Drama
The School play last term was
The Rover by Aphra Behn and
earlier in the term the Sixth
Form production was The
Libertine. Both were well
received by appreciative
audiences.
The cast of The Libertine.
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OBITUARIES
It is with deep regret that we note the passing of the following Latymerians:
Maurice LEO (1935)
Peter ECKETT (1945)
Malcolm John MARTIN (1943
Peter Gerald DENNIS (1958)
Peter Cravie LEE OBE (1958)
Peter was School Captain and left to
study Geography at Keble College,
Oxford where he was heavily involved in
college dramatics. He had been in the
National Youth Theatre alongside Helen
Mirren and many other famous actors.
He was also a very witty speaker. Peter
was an Instructor Lieutenant in serving
on HMS Ganges and, after leaving the
Royal Navy, he became a further
education tutor at the Newmarket
Centre.
Peter was a leader of the Cambridge
Liberal Democrat party in the 1980s and
led them well in difficult days when the
Lib Dems were in coalition with Labour.
During the merger of the SDP and the
Liberals in the county, he was
instrumental in making the new party
work well together. He was also a key
player when the Lib Dems ran the
County Council from 1985-1989. He was
the brains behind the devolution of
budgets to schools. He was also a key
player in the party’s national activities
and was Paddy Ashdown’s campaign
manager in his successful bid to lead the
party.
Denis MATTHEWS (1933)
Denis passed away last August, aged 94.
In WWII he served in the Royal
Engineers in the Middle East. After a
long career in wholesale fruit and veg’
based in Bristol he retired to pursue his
hobbies of elderberry wine making and
gardening.
John Frederick Charles SPRINGFORD
CBE MA (1937)
four years in London. He was awarded
the OBE in 1970 and the CBE in 1980, at
the end of his distinguished career.
John enjoyed sport (swimming, tennis and
squash) and had a great talent for music.
He was organist and choirmaster in most
of his postings abroad and locally in
Sussex. In retirement, he conducted the
Battle Choral Society and became
President of the Society. He also pursued
his interest in history and archaeology in
Sussex through the Battle and District
Historical Society, of which he became
Vice - Chairman.
He married Phyllis in 1945 and is survived
by a son, two daughters and four
grandchildren. He will always be
remembered for his fine intelligence and
sense of order, his courage, generosity
and wicked sense of fun and acerbic wit.
Timothy George WEBSTER (1971)
Tim rowed in the 1st Vlll and he had
always thought himself lucky to have
been at Latymer at the same time as
inspirational teachers such as Colin
Turner, who imbued a generation with a
love for the performing arts. He took this
skill and enthusiasm with him into his
adult life, appearing in many AmDram
productions ranging from serious drama
to panto dame in his home area of
Chiswick. In his professional life he
worked as a production manager for
McKenzie Clark in London. It was only
within the last decade that he
reconnected with his old school, but had
made the most of the reunions that he
attended, and had happily reacquainted
with many of his contemporaries as a
result. He died of prostate cancer at a
very young age leaving his wife Lesley and
two adult daughters.
Written by Geoff Lavers
Former Governor
Jack Edelman CBE DSc PhD
John attended Latymer from 1930 –
1937. He would say regularly in his later
years how he'd never forgotten his
school-life, could vividly recall the bus
journey to school and felt indebted to
those teachers who had stretched him,
and helped him achieve his scholarship
and get to Christ’s College, Cambridge
University. He gained a first class degree
in Archaeology, which remained a lifelong interest wherever he was in the
world.
In the war he was posted to Northern
India in the Royal Armoured Corps.
Then after the war he started his career
in the British Council – he worked in
Iraq, Iran, Tanganyika (now Tanzania),
Sudan, Jordan and Canada, in addition to
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Jack played a pivotal role in Latymer’s
history as Chairman of Governors from
1990 to 2000, appointing Colin Diggory
to the Headship in 1991. He had joined
the governors in 1983 as parent of Alex
(1977) and Daniel (1979). We extend our
sympathy and condolences to them, to
his wife Joyce and his step son Simon
LUNDY (1972) on Jack’s peaceful passing
last 30th November
Jack was Professor of Botany in the
University of London and a respected
research scientist, working on enzymes in
fungal yeasts. This ultimately led him to
join Rank Hovis McDougall plc where he
became a Board Director. He served on
numerous academic, biological and food
research committees and councils. He
was also the author of various text
books and children's science books. He
received the CBE in the 1987 Birthday
Honours List.
(1956), Laurie
Michael LEEFIELD (1957), Lance LEONARD Manfred
ld,
Elliott, George TERRY (1941), Molly Leefie .
1956)
MICHEL, Jim TILLEY , John GUTHRIE (all
Further memories
of Laurence Elliott
Further tributes flowed after we
published Laurie Elliott’s obituary in
September. Laurie served on the staff
from 1949-84 and was Head of
Geography from 1955.
John GUTHRIE (1956) writes, “Laurence
was a great guy. He first taught me as a
student teacher in Mrs Wiggins’ class,
in 1948. He was called ‘Bubbles’ from
the onset as there was another Mr
Elliott at the school nicknamed ‘Soapy’.
A year or two later another Mr Elliott
appeared and he became ‘Frothy’.
Laurence made Geography so
interesting and I took it all in; most
useful with my later career as a
shipbroker.”
Jim TILLEY (1956) “I too was one of
those fortunate pupils who was
educated by Laurence and encouraged
to progress further to make good of
myself. My mother always said that I
migrated to Australia, encouraged by
Lawrence's enthusiasm for this country
after his spell at Melbourne University
from which he returned in the early
50's to soon take our Geography and
Economics class!
We met Laurence at Michael's home,
some 8 years ago for a class reunion
which was also attended by George
TERRY and 4 others from the same
class, which had included MURRAY
SMITH (1956), who I notice also
featured in the latest OLNEWS. Murray
unfortunately was unable to attend the
reunion, which was attended by John
GUTHRIE, Manfred MICHEL and
Lance LEONARD. It was a great
weekend and will always be
remembered.”
Whatever Happened to…
We are pleased to introduce our newest feature, to give you news about former staff
A former Head of Latymer Prep in
the 1990s, David Plummer is
currently Headmaster of Notre Dame
School in Kingston-upon-Thames.
Joan Chandler describes
her Life After Latymer…
Joan joined the Prep Department in
1978, and was Head of the Prep from
1986-1995. She also ran the School’s
34th Hammersmith Cub Scout Pack
“I know that it is an old cliché, but I
really cannot believe that it is fourteen
years since I retired from teaching at
Latymer. However, I have kept in close
touch with the school and have been
pleased to return for various functions.
I meet old friends and colleagues on
these occasions and naturally enough
they ask what I am doing these days.
The short answer is not a lot! Yet, the
weeks seem to fly by (maybe like
policemen getting younger, that’s a
sign of old age). So how do I fill the
time?
I worked at Godolphin and Latymer
for a couple of years in their
Development Office. I am an old pupil
of the school, so was very pleased to
be asked to act as coordinator with
alumni to raise funds for the school’s
Millenium Fund. We did amazingly
well and the money raised helped to
swell their Bursary Fund – a cause very
close to my heart. I have continued to
be involved with events at G&L,
chiefly stuffing envelopes and helping
at the Christmas Bazaar.
I have done a bit of travelling and
visited Florence, Rome and Venice. I
went on a cruise down the Nile
visiting ancient tombs. Another trip
that I really enjoyed was to North
America in the Autumn. The flaming
red of the trees was simply gorgeous
and I developed a taste for lobster in
Maine. I have a house in Portugal so
make several trips a year to the
Algarve. It is in a small, quiet village
with very kind Portuguese neighbours
and my family and I love being there.
It’s a great place to relax! Many of you
will recall John Butterworth a biology
teacher, Scout Leader of the 34th
Hammersmith and Head of Lower
School, who moved to the Algarve
back in 1990 and is Headmaster of The
International School there. I am still in
touch with him and he likes to hear
news of Latymer when we meet.
In 2006 I moved to a much smaller
house which suits me perfectly. I love
it and had great fun planning and
furnishing it with some new stuff, a bit
like a child with a doll’s house. I am
still in Chiswick and have very friendly
neighbours with whom I share the
occasional glass of wine. The grounds
at Chiswick House are just around the
corner, so there is plenty of
opportunity for fresh air and exercise
even if I don’t have a dog!
My most important occupation is
being involved with my family. I have
two daughters and two sons (both
Latymerians) and seven grandchildren.
Dividing my time between them is
made easier by the fact that two live
in Chiswick and the other two in
Cheshire, life would be much more
difficult if they were widely scattered.
My grandchildren (to whom I answer
to the name of Lala – those of you
who remember the Gild and
Jantaculum will guess why) are a great
source of joy to me. Their ages range
from seven to seventeen so there is a
wide scope of interest with which to
be involved. I love all their enthusiasm
and although I don’t always share their
taste in music and don’t have a
fraction of their understanding of IT,
nevertheless we do have fun and enjoy
being together. They keep me
connected with children, which, I
guess is why I went into teaching in
the first place.”
Back Row:
Nick (1981)
Richard (1985)
Joan
The Reverend Peter Simpson, our
former Chaplain and Economics
teacher moved to Scotland when he
retired from LUS. He currently is
lecturing at Inverness College and is a
GCE Economics Examiner at CCEA.
From the 1980s Caron Evans-Evans
(PE) who married Annie O’Connor
(Physics) is now the Senior Master at
Merchant Taylors’ School,
Northwood and they have two
children.
Also teaching at Merchant Taylors
are Richard Hobson (Director of
Music), who is their Director of
Music and who is retiring this
summer. Andrew Bannister (Design
and Technology) is a Head of House
at Merchant Taylors’. Andy is married
with three children, he plays hockey
for OMTHC and loves sailing.
Malcolm Smith who retired last
summer as Head of Classics from
Latymer has just spent a couple of
months teaching Classics at
Merchant Taylors’.
Jon Newton (English) is a House
Master at Eton, Jon is married to Lisa
McKeith (nee McKeith) (Economics)
who teaches at Westminster.
Marion Nott (Head of Biology) is
now married to Jon Brownridge
(Physics). Marion and Jon are retired
but Marion still helps at Godolphin
and Latymer with interviewing and
admissions. Jon remains passionate
about rugby.
Paola Wingrove (Head Master’s PA) is
married to Shane O’Brien (PE and
Head of Rowing) and they have two
sons. Shane became Deputy Head at
Shiplake College, but moved in
September to the Jumeriah English
Speaking School, UAE where he is
Head of Secondary School.
Alan Simons (Head of PE) is Deputy
Head and Head of Blocks at
Dunhurst, Bedales Junior School as
well as running the Ist XI football and
teaching PHSE. Marcus Cliff-Hodges
(Head of Middle School and English)
is Deputy Warden at Forest School,
Essex.
We welcome news of other Latymer staff to
share in our next edition when we plan to
feature two popular masters
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Attention all golfers!
YOUR NEWSLETTER
We regularly invite comments on the style and content of
OLNEWS and we once again welcome your feedback.
Please e-mail Nigel with your views.
VOLUNTEERS
We are seeking class volunteers to help us organise your events
and maintain connections within each year group. Interested? –
contact Nigel Orton
Want to help us with our fund raising? Jane Myerson is recruiting
Annual Fund Volunteers. To find out more contact Jane.
We welcome support with our careers programmes from
Latymerians who can offer to be mentors, speakers or can offer
work experience or internships to recent leavers and current
students. If you can assist please contact Adriana Williams
UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
February 6 - City & Legal Latymerians' Reception
A City & Legal Latymerians' Reception will be held at The Law Society
from 6.30-9pm. Our host will be the President of the Law Society, John
WOTTON (1971). Network and socialise with other Latymerians whowork
in the City in finance and legal areas. There is a small charge for tickets
for this event: book online now*!
March 3 - Oxford Latymerians’ Dinner
The Oxford Latymerians' Dinner will take place at Wadham College at
7pm. It is open to all Oxford and Oxford Brookes students and dons. There
are also a few tickets for other Latymerians to join us. Black-tie. Go online
to book now*!
March 4 - Annual Round the River Jog
Jog for your fitness, for fun or to raise money for your favourite charity!
It's only 4 miles, and you can enjoy fantastic views on the river. After the
jog the group will reconvene over a pint and in the Auriol Boat Club. An
event for all the family and for those of all ages and abilities! To take part,
e-mail Barry DORN (1950) on Barry.dorn@virgin.net
March 25 – Scratch Regatta
The Boat Club are holding a scratch regatta to which Latymerians are
welcomed. To express an interest and receive more details please email
Adwoa Winter: ajw@latymer-upper.org
March 30 - Dinner in the House of Lords
Open to all, with your partners. Enjoy a Friday evening dinner in the House
of Lords’ Cholmondeley Room and Terrace with our host Lord
BLACKWELL (1969) and fellow Latymerians. Tickets are £80 per person,
and places are limited so go online or contact Adriana to book now*!
April 28 - Classes of 1990-92 Reunion
There will be a reunion for the classes of 1990-92 at School at 3pm,
moving on to The Old Ship for an early evening buffet. Partners welcomed.
Tickets £25. Go online to book your place*!
The Charity Golf Event – The Latymer Foundation Golf
Day in aid of means tested scholarships will take place
on Friday April 27. Join us for a convivial afternoon of
golf on the famous Coombe Hill Golf Course, followed
by a dinner in the clubhouse, all for a good cause.
Contact Adriana Williams on adw@latymer-upper.org
for more information.
Alisha PATEL (2010) asks fellow Latymerians to
support her fundraising efforts to raise money
for the Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF).
She is currently at Warwick University, and in
her 2nd year studying Biomedical Science.
Among her various fund raising projects, she will
be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in September.
Her target is £2500, and if you feel you can help
Alisha and the MRF please go to
www.justgiving.com/alisha-patel0
Tom DEARDEN (1998)
completed a 1000km cycle ride
from Lhasa, Tibet which is 4000m
above sea level (asl) to
Kathmandu, Nepal (1300m asl)
via Everest Base Camp (5300m
asl) in 2 weeks in May 2010,
raising £1300 for Cancer Research
UK. You can still donate at
www.justgiving.com/tomdearden
After a challenging year on the health front, he is planning all sorts
of charity work for 2012, including the Moonwalk, Coast to Coast,
and London to Brighton rides. He is currently living in a converted
warehouse in North London and writing his third novel and third
sitcom. His website and contact details are below if anyone wants to
get in touch; it would be good to reconnect: www.tomdearden.org.uk
James WALLEY (2007) and a couple of his friends are running the
Paris Marathon on April 15th 2012, in aid of Help for Heroes, the
charity that helps our wounded military: www.helpforheroes.org.uk .
James invites your help!! You can support him at
www.bmycharity.com/JamesWalley
The Alumni Shop
Visit our Online Alumni Shop for Latymer-themed gifts like:
mugs, ties, blazer badges, bow ties, cufflinks, golf umbrellas, and
a copy of Nigel Watson’s book, A History of Latymer Upper
School. New editions to the Alumni Shop include a stylish
silver bangle and a rowing vest. To see our selection, go to
www.latymer-upper.org.
May 25 - Annual Latmerians’ Golf Day
The Annual Latymerians’ Golf Day will be at Hoebridge Golf Club in
Woking. E-mail Denis JONES (1967) denisjones@btinternet.com for details.
June 16 - Reunion Classes of 1970-72
A drinks reception, followed by lunch then tours of the School. A chance
to view memorabilia and to meet former classmates and teachers. 12.30 5.30pm, partners welcomed. Tickets £30, or £50 for you and your partner.
Book your place now*!
*To book for our events you can send Nigel Orton or Adriana Williams (2004)
a cheque made payable to Latymer Upper School, or book and pay online via
the link on the School’s web site. (www.latymer-upper.org).
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If you have any queries or wish to advise us of any mobility or dietary issues,
please ring Adriana Williams on 0845 638 5726 or email her at adw@latymerupper.org.
The online Members’ Directory –
The Latymerians’ Network
Your online directory will be up and running again during
January. For those who we have an email address we will
issue your log on details so you can access this via former
pupil page on www.latymer-upper.org. This is a good time
to please ensure we have your latest preferred email.