Spring 2015 - King`s Oak Academy

KOSA NEW5
NUMBER 46 - SPRING 2015
The Magazine
Magazine of
Grammar
The
of the
the Old
Old Scholars
Scholars of
of Kingswood
Kingswood Grammar
School and its successors
Editor: Mike
Mike Bendrey,
Bendrey, 26
Bristol, BS16
BS16 2RT
2RT
Editor:
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Overndale Road,
Road, Downend,
Downend, Bristol,
Tel/Fax:
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EDITORIAL...
As
you will
take
As you
will see
from the
AGM will
will take
see from
the Diary
Diary Dates
Dates below,
below, the
the AGM
11 April
2015. Along
KOSA’s membermemberplace
April 2015.
Along with
with KOSA’s
place on
on Saturday,
Saturday, 11
ship your
your Committee
Committee is
is not
not getting
getting any
any younger
younger and
and itit is
is keen
keen to
to
ship
Ideally,
recruit
recruit some
some younger
younger members
members to
to maintain
maintain our
our activities.
activities. Ideally,
we would
we
would like
who started
like to
to recruit
recruit some
some members
members who
started school
school in
in the
the
you would
like to
60s
would like
60s or
or 70s.
70s. If
If you
you think
think you
to make
make a
a contribution
contribution to
to
the running
running of
of KOSA,
KOSA, please
the
with our
please get
get in
in touch
touch with
our Secretary
Secretary or
or
the
Editor so
we can
theEditor
so that
that we
can arrange
arrange for
for your
your name
name to
to be
be put
put to
to the
the
AGM
AGM for
for election.
election. Contact
Contact details
details are
are in
in the
the centre-spread.
centre-spread.
The commitment
commitment would
annum,
be for
for a
a maximum
maximum of
of three
three Committee
Committee meetings
meetings per
per annum,
The
would be
more usually
‘NEWS
more
the ‘NEWS
usually two,
two, in
in the
the Kingswood
Kingswood area,
area, and
and assistance
assistance in
in distributing
distributing the
at
at two
two of
of those
those meetings.
meetings. We
We also
also have
have a
a very
very pleasant
pleasant Committee
Committee lunch
lunch at
at
Christmas! We
hearing from
you.
We look
look forward
fon/vard to
to hearing
Christmas!
from you.
The
The Editor
Editor
DIAR Y DA TES‘:
SPRING LUNCH
LUNCH &
& AGM:
SPRING
AGM:
The AGM
is booked
booked for
SATURDAY, 11th
11th APRIL
2015 at
at LINCOMBE
LINCOMBE BARN,
BARN,
The
AGM is
for SATURDAY,
APRIL 2015
Downend BS16
BS16 2RW.
2RW. We
drink from
the
Downend
from the
We meet
meet at
at 12.00
12.00 to
to 12.30
12.30 for
for a
a chat
chat and
and a
a drink
bar and
and sit
sit down
down for
for lunch
lunch at
at about
about 1.00pm
1.00pm after
after the
the AGM.
|t’s your
your opportunity
opportunity to
to
bar
AGM. It’s
have
form enclosed
have your
your say
say about
about KOSA.
KOSA. Please
Please complete
complete the
the form
enclosed and
and send
send itit to
to our
our
Treasurer, MARTIN HARRYMAN, 5 Brecon View,
View, Bleadon Hill, Weston-SuperWeston-SuperMare, BS24
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01934 812315.
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payable to
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All cheques
46ers REUNION:
REUNION:
46ers
May lunch
lunch at
at KATHLEEN
KATHLEEN HARDWICK’S
HARDWlCK’S farm
farm down
down in
in Clapton-inC|apton-inThe date
date for
for the
the May
The
her on
on 01275
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Gordano has
has not
not yet
yet been
been fixed.
you started
started at
at KGS
KGS in
in 1946
1946 phone
phone her
Gordano
fixed. IfIf you
0783 7528427
7528427 or
or PRISCILLA
PRISCILLA POWELL
POWELL (now
(now MAGUIRE)
MAGUIRE) on
on
853180
853180 or
or Mobile:
Mobile: 0783
01235 851966
851966 to
to get
get the
the date.
date. Always
a very
very pleasant
pleasant occasion.
occasion.
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Always a
AUTUMN
LUNCH:
AUTUMN LUNCH:
at Lincombe
Lincombe Barn,
Barn,
Already booked
Already
booked for
for SATURDAY,
SATURDAY, 10th
10th OCTOBER
OCTOBER 2015
2015 at
Downend. Please
Please book
book the
the date
date in
in your
your diary
diary now,
now, especially
especially ifif you
you started
started at
at KGS
KGS
Downend.
60 years
years ago
ago in
in 1955.
1955.
60
a
Burgess,
with a
Burgess, another
another grand-daughter
grand-daughter with
sang Ave
Maria
particularly
fine voice,
voice, sang
Ave Maria
particularly fine
by
were projected
by Schubert.
Schubert. Slides
Slides were
projected
showing Jim
Jim over
over the
the years.
showing
years.
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JIM BURGESS
BURGESS (1928-2014)
(1928-2014)
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was particularly
We learned
learned that
that Jim
Jim was
particularly
gardening and
and green
keen
keen on
on gardening
green activities
activities
(being known
known locally
Man’).
(being
locally as
as ‘Badger
‘Badger Man’).
After
leaving KGS
KGS he
After leaving
for the
the Old
he played
played for
Old
Boys RFC,
RFC, trained
Boys
trained as
as a
a teacher,
teacher, taught
taught
woodwork
woodwork and
and art,
art, eventually
eventually becoming
becoming
He
a
a peripatetic
peripatetic teacher
teacher of
of the
the deaf.
deaf. He
in
the
Royal
Navy
spent
time
in
the
Royal
Navy
and
did
spent time
and did a
a
Masters
Masters Degree
Degree at
at Manchester
Manchester and
and later
later
he
joined the
Y’s Men’s
was a
he joined
the Y’s
Men’s Club
Club (he
(he was
a
of ProProPast
was a
Past President),
President), was
a member
member of
On moving
moving
bus and
and a
a WVS
WVS volunteer.
bus
volunteer. On
Wick in
in 1966
1966 he
to
joined the
the local
to Wick
he joined
local
church and
church
A full
full
and served
served on
on the
the PCC.
PCC. A
life indeed.
life
indeed.
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KOSA NEWS
NEWS has
KOSA
has rather
rather belatedly
belatedly rereBILL KNIGHT
KNIGHT (48(48ceived
that BILL
ceived the
the news
news that
2009. WILLIAM
WILLIAM
55)
55) passed
passed away
away in
in 2009.
ARTHUR
KNIGHT left
left KGS
KGS to
read
ARTHUR KNIGHT
to read
of Bristol.
Bristol. AcMedicine
AcMedicine at
at the
the University
University of
cording
cording to
to various
various editions
editions of
of Kingswood
Kingswood
Chronicles, he's in the A-level
A-level list of
1954-55
with passes
1954-55 with
passes in
in Chemistry,
Chemistry, ZoZoand
in
ology
ology and
and Botany
Botany and in the
the previous
previous
year he
he passed
passed in
in Physics
Physics and
and Biology,
Biology,
year
which
makes 5
5 A-levels
which makes
A-levels in
in total
total - excepexceptional and
and almost
almost unheard
unheard of
of in
in those
those
tional
days!
days!
Although
JIM BURGESS
BURGESS (39-45)
Although JIM
(39-45) passed
passed
away in
in July
July and
and reported
reported in
in the
the last
last
away
a memorial
memorial service
service was
edition,
was postedition, a
postParish
poned until
until 13
13 September
September at
at Wick
Wick Parish
poned
many from
from overseas
Church
Church to
to enable
enable many
overseas
to
to attend.
attend.
The church
church was
The
we learned
was packed
packed and
and we
learned
very full
life. One
One of
of
much
full life.
much about
about Jim’s
Jim’s very
his sons,
sons, Stephen,
Stephen, gave
gave the
the Eulogy
Eulogy and
and
his
children contributed
Jim’s
Jim’s talented
talented grand
grand children
contributed
of Jim.
Jim. Tributes
greatly to
to memories
memories of
Tributes
greatly
were
given
by Grace
Grace and
and Louise
Louise BurBurwere given by
gess
gess and
and Hana
Hana Jones
Jones read
read the
the lesson
lesson
from St
St Matthew.
Matthew.
from
Bill also
also acted
acted in
in the
December 1953
1953
Bill
the December
production of
of Much
Much Ado
Nothing
production
Ado About
About Nothing
in which
he played
in
which he
from
played Claudio,
Claudio, a
a Lord
Lord from
Florence.
Florence.
Bi||’s medical
medical qualifications
qualifications included
Bill’s
included
MRCS (1961)
(1961) Royal
Royal College
College of
of SurSurMRCS
England, LRCP
LRCP (1961)
(1961) Royal
Royal
geons of
of England,
geons
of London
London and
and MB
MB
College
College of
of Physicians
Physicians of
ChB (1961)
(1961) University
University of
of Bristol.
Bristol. We
We
ChB
know
he
practised
during
in Plymouth
Plymouth during
know he practised in
part
part of
of his
his career.
career.
Jim was
Jim
was a
a very
very talented
talented person.
person. Poems
Poems
which
he had
had written
read by
by the
the
which he
written were
were read
grandchildren and
son, Anand his
his other
other son,
grandchildren
Anof his
his work
drew, and
and examples
examples of
as an
an
drew,
work as
artist were
exhibited on
on the
the walls
of the
the
artist
were exhibited
walls of
church. He
He also
also wrote
plays. Imogen
Imogen
church.
wrote plays.
2
ROSALIND CAMERON
CAMERON (54-61)
(54-61) now
now
ROSALIND
Vernon
has informed
informed KOSA
Vernon has
KOSA of
of the
the death
death
of
Reed:
of JEAN
JEAN BRIDGES
BRIDGES (54-60)
(54-60) later
later Reed:
‘It is
is with
with great
‘It
great sadness
sadness that
that II report
report the
the
2014. II have
have
death
August 2014.
death of
of Jean
Jean in
in August
known her
her since
since we
known
we were
were eleven
eleven years
years
in MISS
MISS HORSEMAN’S
HORSEMAN’S class
of
of age
age in
class at
at
KGS.
KGS.
Training College
College
she
she attended
attended St.
St. Mary’s
Mary’s Training
in Cheltenham
Cheltenham for
in
for two
two years.
years. She
She began
began
her
career
at
Begbrook
Primary
her teaching
Primary
teaching career at Begbrook
In 1954,
1954, she
she emigrated
School
School and
and In
emigrated to
to
Canada
Canada to
to take
take up
up teaching
teaching at
at Bassano
Bassano
of Newell
Newell in
School
School in
in the
the County
County of
in southsouthern Alberta.
ern
Alberta. There
There she
she met
met and
and married
married
George
They
George Timko,
Timko, also
also a
a teacher.
teacher. They
moved
moved to
to Scandia
Scandia and
and taught
taught together
together
School, where
at
where George
was
at Jenny
Jenny Lind
Lind School,
George was
principal
principal (headmaster).
(headmaster). In
1972 they
they
In 1972
bought
farm just
just outside
bought and
and moved
moved to
to a
a farm
outside
of Brooks,
Brooks, though
of
though both
both continued
continued teachteaching. They
They had
life.
ing.
very busy
full life.
had a
a very
busy full
‘After leaving
leaving school,
in the
the
‘After
worked in
school, Jean
Jean worked
Civil
Civil Service
Service in
in Bristol
Bristol and
and South
South Wales.
Wales.
There she
she met
until
There
met John
John and
and lived
lived there
there until
married. They
They then
then moved
she
she married.
moved back
back to
to
Nottingham.
John’s
John’s hometown
hometown of
of Nottingham.
‘As we
lived in
‘As
we lived
families
in Leicester,
Leicester, our
our families
six
started
started to
to see
see one
one another
another every
every six
months. This
This continued
continued when
months.
when they
they
moved
moved to
to Lichfield,
Lichfield, and
and our
our meetings
meetings
have continued
and will
have
over
40
years,
will
continued over 40 years, and
continue
without Jean.
continue but,
but, sadly,
sadly, without
Jean. She
She
two children,
children, Ian
and John
John had
had two
Ian and
and SuSuand
san.
san.
‘Mona
‘Mona returned
returned to
to England
England many
many times
times
her family
and friends,
to
family and
friends, sometimes
to visit
visit her
sometimes
accompanied
family
accompanied by
by George
George and
and the
the family
on her
her own.
own. The
The last
and
and sometimes
sometimes on
last
in
2013
for
the
funeral
occasion
was
in
2013
for
the
funeral
of
occasion was
of
Pamela Nash,
Nash, when
Pamela
when she
she also
also attended
attended
lunch.
the KOSA
KOSA Autumn
the
Autumn lunch.
David,
‘She had five children: Dorothy, David,
Mona Faye,
Faye, Michelle
and Patrick.
Patrick. The
The
Michelle and
Mona
three girls
girls live
live in
in Alberta
three
Alberta and
and between
between
them have
have Mona’s
Mona’s nine
nine grandchildren.
grandchildren.
them
David and
and his
his wife
live in
in Singapore
Singapore and
David
wife live
and
Patrick lives
lives in
in North
North Wales.
Wales. Over
Patrick
Over the
the
family and
and friends
Engyears her
her family
years
friends from
from England also
land
to Canada.
also made
made visits
visits to
Canada.
‘Jean did a lot to help others, working
working in
a
Arthritis Care,
a voluntary
voluntary capacity
capacity for
for Arthritis
Care,
of LiLiShe
She was
was also
also an
an active
active member
member of
chfield Methodist
chfield
Methodist Church.
Church. One
One thing
thing that
that
her
Jean
will be
for were
were her
Jean will
be remembered
remembered for
one of
of the
the highlights
highlights
cakes. They
They were
cakes.
were one
of visits
visits to
of
to her
her home.
home.
knitting, sewing,
sewing,
‘She especially
especially enjoyed
enjoyed knitting,
‘She
her plants
plants and
and flower
retirher
After retirflower garden.
garden. After
ing from
teaching in
in 1985,
ing
from teaching
for some
1985, for
some
in a
a fabric
shop where
years she
she worked
years
worked in
fabric shop
where
her
sewing
skills
were
her sewing skills were often
often displayed
displayed in
in
Her travelling
travelling to
to visit
the windows.
the
windows. Her
visit
and family,
now included
included
friends
friends and
family, which
which now
her children and grandchildren, continMemphis, TennesTennesued: Newfoundland,
Newfoundland, Memphis,
ued:
Trinidad and
and Tobago,
see, Australia,
Tobago,
see,
Australia, Trinidad
Holland, Mexico,
Mexico, Hong
Hong Kong
Kong and
Dubai,
Dubai, Holland,
and
Singapore.
Singapore.
‘Jean fought
fought cancer
cancer bravely
bravely and
and posiposi‘Jean
tively before
miss
tively
before she
she succumbed.
succumbed. II shall
shall miss
her dreadfully.’
her
dreadfully.’
From her
her daughter
daughter Dorothy
From
Dorothy in
in Canada
Canada
of MONA
MONA
comes the
the news
news of
of the
the death
death of
comes
BLANCHE OWEN
OWEN (41-48)
(41-48) (later
(later Timko)
Timko)
BLANCHE
on December
on
December 18,
18, 2014
2014 at
at the
the age
age of
of 84:
84:
‘MONA OWEN
OWEN was
was born
born in
in Swindon,
Swindon,
‘MONA
Wiltshire and
and as
Wiltshire
as a
a young
young child
child moved
moved to
to
Downend,
Bristol.
She
attended
Downend,
Bristol.
She
attended
Downend Primary
Primary School
School where
she met
met
Downend
where she
her lifelong
lifelong friend
friend PAMELA
PAMELA NASH
NASH (d.
(d.
her
2013). After
at KGS
September 2013).
KGS
September
After finishing
finishing at
‘Mona was
52
in 2007
2007 after
after 52
‘Mona
was widowed
widowed in
years of
of marriage
marriage and
and for
the past
past four
years
for the
four
3
been living
living in
in a
a retirement
retirement
years
years she
she had
had been
home
where her
home in
in Okotoks,
Okotoks, where
her oldest
oldest
lives. She
She had
had a
a rich,
daughter,
daughter, Dorothy,
Dorothy, lives.
rich,
full
life and
and will
full life
will be
who
be missed
missed by
by all
all who
knew
knew her.’
her.’
lived in
in
but
but Hitler
Hitler had
had other
other ideas!
ideas! She
She lived
Tower
Warmley all
with her
Tower Road,
Road, Warmley
all he
he life
life with
her
uncle Bert
uncle
was good
well
Bert and
and was
good at
at sport
sport as
as well
lovely girl
girl with
as
A lovely
with
as academic
academic classes.
classes. A
beautiful
beautiful red
red hair
hair and
and so
so capable.
capable. Her
Her
four
children had
mother. II
four children
wonderful mother.
had a
a wonderful
her.’
do
do hope
hope others
others have
have remembered
remembered her.’
ANITA
FOX (59-64)
(59-64) (now
(now Manning)
Manning) has
has
ANITA FOX
informed KOSA
of
informed
KOSA of
of the
the passing
passing of
DELICE LOCK
LOCK (47-51)
(47-51) (later
(later Rawle):
Raw|e):
DELICE
News has
News
has also
also been
been received
received of
of the
the
of
KATHLEEN
TOWNSEND
passing
of
KATHLEEN
TOWNSEND
passing
NORA HILL
HILL (33-38),
(33-38), and
(48-53),
(48-53), NORA
and JIM
JIM
(29-34). Your
Ed had
COKAYNE
Your Ed
COKAYNE (29-34).
had the
the
of working
Jim at
pleasure
working with
with Jim
pleasure of
at South
South
Western Electricity
Western
Accounting
Electricity Board’s
Board’s Accounting
Department
which was
was
Department back
back in
in the
the 50s,
50s, which
where
Jim spent
spent most
most of
of his
his working
where Jim
working
career.
career.
have been
‘I‘I have
been asked
asked by
by Del’s
De|’s husband
husband to
to
inform you
you of
May 2014.
2014. II
inform
of her
her death
death in
in May
didn’t know
know her
didn’t
was
her at
at school
school as
as she
she was
before
we have
before my
my time
time there
there but
but we
have allotallotments in
in Downend
Downend and
ments
we discovered
and we
discovered
history when
our mutual
mutual history
chatour
when we
we were
were chatting one
ting
was a
one day.
day. She
She was
a very
very kind
kind lady,
lady,
willing
to share
share surplus
she
willing to
which she
surplus plants
plants which
had grown
grown in
in her
her greenhouse.
greenhouse. In
had
we
In fact
fact we
eating her
spent
spent the
the Summer
Summer eating
her courgettes
courgettes
—
– abundant
abundant is
is an
an understatement.’
understatement.’
We
those
We pass
pass on
on our
our condolences
condolences to
to all
all those
who
have lost
who have
lost a
a loved
loved one.
one.
BIO ‘48...
Ed met
met Del
Del when
Your Ed
when we
we were
were both
Your
both
working
for Bristol
Bristol Business
Business School
School at
at
working for
the University
of England.
England.
the
University of
of the
the West
West of
Del was
of
Del
was a
a secretary
secretary in
in the
the School
School of
& Finance.
Finance. Very
efficient, but
Accounting
but
Accounting &
Very efficient,
someone
who earned
someone who
earned a
a reputation
reputation as
as
one not
one
not to
to be
be crossed!
crossed!
The photograph
photograph below
below is
is an
an informal
informal one
one
The
of the
their
of
with their
the Biology
Biology Group
Group of
of 1948
1948 with
Biology Mistress.
Mistress. However,
Biology
we do
However, we
do not
not
have
have the
the names
names of
of its
its members.
members. Could
Could
a list
list of
anyone oblige
oblige with
of names,
names,
anyone
with a
or Aplease?
Aplease? Perhaps
Perhaps itit is
is an
an O-Level
O-Level or
Level class.
know.
Level
class. Please
Please let
let us
us know.
KATH HAWKINS
HAWKINS (33-37)
KATH
(33-37)
(now Mountstephen)
inMountstephen) has
has in(now
formed
of MARGAMARGAKOSA of
formed KOSA
RET PEACOCK’s
PEACOCK’s death.
RET
death.
‘Margaret Peacock
Peacock (later
(later EdEd‘Margaret
wards)
me
wards) was
was at
with me
at KGS
KGS with
from
1934 to 1938. We refrom 1934
mained friends
mained
friends over
over all
all the
the
grumyears
years and
and she
she never
never grumshe lost
lost her
bled either
either when
her
bled
when she
husband
husband Ronald
Ronald or
or at
at school
school
and afterwards.
aftenNards.
and
‘She
was the
‘She was
the youngest
youngest and
and
the brightest
brightest in
in the
the class
class and
and
the
we
knew she
she would
go far,
we knew
would go
far,
4
group
the Open
group at
at Cambridge
Cambridge and
and then
then the
Open
University. The
The aim
aim of
of Beagle2
Beag|e2 was
University.
was to
to
search
for life
life on
on Mars
Mars using
using instruments
instruments
search for
to
for substances
to test
test for
substances including
including methane
methane
the mission
mission failed
gas.
Although the
failed itit caught
gas. Although
caught
and gave
gave new
the
the public
public imagination
imagination and
new
impetus
impetus to
to the
the British
British space
space industry.
industry.
P05THUMOUS A WARD...
The following
following is
is taken
taken from
from the
the Bristol
Bristol
The
We were
Post
were
Post of
of 17
17 October
October 2014.
2014. We
pleased
on
pleased to
to read
read this
this to
to the
the 54
54 reunion
reunion on
Colin would
18
which Colin
would have
18 October,
October, which
have atatlived:
tended
tended had
had he
he lived:
COLIN PILLINGER
PILLINGER (54-61)
(54-61)
Scientist
Scientist COLIN
was
was given
given a
a posthumous
posthumous lifetime
lifetime
achievement
achievement award
award at
at a
a ceremony
ceremony to
to
honour
honour those
those who
who have
have accomplished
accomplished
exceptional
exceptional feats
feats in
in space
space technology.
technology.
Prof. Pillinger
Pillinger continued
Prof.
continued to
to put
put pressure
pressure
on
follow,
on space
space agencies
agencies in
in the
the years
years to
to follow,
to
what he
‘unfinished
to complete
complete what
he called
called 'unfinished
He was
business
was appointed
business on
on Mars.'
Mars.‘ He
appointed a
a
CBE for
his services
CBE
for his
services to
to higher
higher education
education
and
and science.
science.
Born in
in Kingswood
Kingswood in
in 1943,
1943, the
Born
the planetary
planetary
man
scientist
scientist was
was best
best known
known as
as the
the man
lander, which
behind
which
behind the
the Beagle2
Beag|e2 Mars
Mars lander,
on the
the red
red planet
planet in
in
crashed
crashed on
on landing
landing on
2003.
2003.
Prof. Pillinger
Pillinger became
became well-known
his
Prof.
well-known for
for his
Bristol accent
Bristol
accent and
and ability
ability to
to enthuse
enthuse the
the
public
public about
about planetary
planetary science.
science.
failing, Professor
Professor PillPillDespite
Despite Beagle2's
Beagle2's failing,
inger enjoyed
enjoyed a
inger
a prolific
prolific career
career in
in the
the sciscience
ence of
of space
space exploration,
exploration, and
and he
he has
has
now
with a
now been
been honoured
honoured with
a prize
prize at
at the
the
2014 Sir
Sir Arthur
Clarke Awards.
2014
Arthur Clarke
Awards.
is
His
His other
other space
space instrument,
instrument, Ptolemy,
Ptolemy, is
part
which was
was
part of
of the
the Rosetta
Rosetta mission
mission which
due to
to touchdown
touchdown on
on a
a comet
comet nucleus
nucleus
due
It will
last
will carry
last November.
November. It
carry out
out subatomic
subatomic
measurements.
measurements.
The awards
awards were
were established
established by
by the
the
The
Arthur
2005, in
in
Arthur C
C Clarke
Clarke Foundation
Foundation in
in 2005,
recognition of
recognition
of notable
notable or
or outstanding
outstanding
achievements in
in all
all space
space activities.
activities.
achievements
BEA GLE2...
As we
we go
As
go to
to press
press there
there is
is much
much media
media
comment both
both in
in the
the newspapers
newspapers and
and
comment
that COLIN
COLIN PILLINGER’S
P|LL|NGER’S Mars
Mars
radio/TV
radio/TV that
explorer, Beagle2,
Beagle2, has
explorer,
found
has now
now been
been found
by NASA
NASA on
on Mars
Mars just
Colin and
and
by
just where
where Colin
Co|in’s wife
his
would land.
wife
his team
team said
said itit would
land. Colin’s
Judith said
said that
that Colin
Colin would
have dedeJudith
would have
scribed this
this as
as ‘hitting
‘hitting the
the cross-bar
cross-bar rathrathscribed
er
that
er than
than the
the goal’.
goal’. It’s
|t’s a
a great
great pity
pity that
Colin died
died before
before this
this discovery
discovery of
of
Colin
Beag|e2.
Beagle2.
The award
award was
David
The
was presented
presented by
by Dr
Dr David
Parker, the
the chief
chief executive
executive of
of the
the UK
UK
Parker,
Pi||inger's
Space
Agency to
Space Agency
to Professor
Professor Pillinger's
daughter Shusanah.
Shusanah.
daughter
A statement
A
statement released
released by
by the
the awards
awards
committee read:
read: 'Space
‘Space science
science is
is poorpoorcommittee
Colin. This
This award
award
er, and
and quieter
quieter without
er,
without Colin.
is an
amazis
an appropriate
appropriate accolade
accolade for
for his
his amazing career.'
career.‘
ing
Apparently,
only two
two of
of the
the four
solar
Apparently, only
four solar
the remaining
remaining closed
panels
panels opened,
opened, the
closed
panels obscuring
obscuring the
the receipt
receipt and
and transtranspanels
mission of
of radio
radio messages
messages necessary
necessary for
mission
for
the
the discovery
discovery and
and control
control of
of the
the spacespacecraft. Just
Just bad
bad luck!
luck!
craft.
Prof. Pillinger's
Pi||inger's early
early work
on the
the
Prof.
work was
was on
analysis of
of lunar
lunar rock
rock returned
returned by
by Apollo
analysis
Apollo
Bristol University
University and
astronauts,
for Bristol
astronauts, for
and
NASA.
NASA.
Much has been written
written about the reinstatement of Colin as a ‘national hero’
He
He later
later established
established a
a leading
leading research
research
5
my
would be
my contemporaries
contemporaries at
at KGS
KGS would
be
dead,
featuring much.
much. How
How
dead, or
or at
at least
least not
not featuring
wrong
wrong I was,
was, and familiar
familiar names keep
up. DAVID
DAVID EWINS,
EWINS, STUART
STUART
cropping
cropping up.
HUGGET,
were
and ROY
ROY HUBBARD
HUBBARD were
HUGGET, and
and Roy
particular
particular friends,
friends, and
Roy and
and Stuart
Stuart
indirect influence
influence on
on my
my peripaperipahad
had an
an indirect
tetic
after leaving
leaving school.
school.
tetic hippy
hippy lifestyle
lifestyle after
very envious
envious when
II was
was very
when Roy
was choRoy was
choHunt's expedition
sen
join John
sen to
to join
John Hunt's
expedition to
to
Greenland, and
Greenland,
and Stuart
Stuart set
set off
off to
to Ethiopia;
Ethiopia;
both
way off
both destinations
destinations way
off the
the travel
travel agenagenda
da in
in those
those days,
days, and
and my
my ambition
ambition to
to
ignited.
travel
was ignited.
travel was
and
and suggestions
suggestions have
have been
been made
made that
that a
a
statue
statue in
in his
his honour
honour should
should be
be erected
erected
in Millennium
Millennium Square,
in
Square, to
to accompany
accompany that
that
of Fairfield
Fairfield
of
of Cary
Cary Grant,
Grant, an
an old
old scholar
scholar of
Grammar
Another suggestion
Grammar School.
School. Another
suggestion is
is
school which
replace
that
which will
will replace
that the
the new
new school
School in
in Warmley
Warmley should
the
the Grange
Grange School
should
be
Colin.
be named
named after
after Colin.
I
It
I
-‘T
‘_" --...--—
.E,
‘I‘I also
was one
also was
one of
of the
the 'mediocre'
'mediocre'
(HEADMASTER RIDLEY
RIDLEY would
(HEADMASTER
would have
have
said
said less
less than
than mediocre!)
mediocre!) pupils,
pupils, as
as
school was
not really
really to
to my
my taste,
taste, and
and
school
was not
imthere
far imthere seemed
seemed to
to be
be many
many more
more far
portant
portant things
things to
to be
be doing.
doing. II did
did spend
spend a
a
lot of
lot
window
of my
my time
time staring
staring out
out of
of the
the window
playing tennis
tennis and
and wondering
at
wondering
at the
the girls
girls playing
how II could
how
–
could escape
escape to
to New
New Zealand
Zealand —
away! A
that
far away!
A wellwellthat seemed
seemed sufficiently
sufficiently far
aimed
from Music
aimed board
board rubber
rubber from
Music Master
Master
ERIC HILTON
HILTON or
or whoever
had the
the mismisERIC
whoever had
knowlfortune to
fortune
to be
be trying
trying to
to instil
instil some
some knowledge
into
me
that
day,
would
shock
edge into me that day, would shock me
me
long.
out of
of my
my reveries
reveries —
but not
not for
out
– but
for long.
.-=~ -'*5
the second
IfIf the
second suggestion
suggestion is
is adopted
adopted then
then
two
would be
two schools
schools in
in the
the area
area would
be named
named
after Kingswood
after
Kingswood Old
Old Scholars,
Scholars, the
the other
other
after Sir
Sir Bernard
Bernard
school
school being
being named
named after
Lovell. What
think?
Lovell.
What do
do you
you think?
The photograph
photograph above
signing
above is
is of
of Colin
Colin signing
The
his
when he
his latest
latest book
book when
he attended
attended the
the
KOSA Autumn
KOSA
Autumn lunch
in
October
2004.
lunch in October 2004.
to DEREK
DEREK BAILEY
BAILEY (49-53)
(49-53)
Our thanks
thanks to
Our
one.
of
of Colorado
Colorado for
for this
this one.
‘Breaks between
liberally
‘Breaks
were liberally
between lessons
lessons were
punctuated with
‘escapades’ which
usupunctuated
with 'escapades'
which usually ended
‘interview’ in
in
ally
ended in
in yet
yet another
another 'interview'
Rid|ey‘s office
office and
and gave
gave him
him more
more opporopporRidley's
his skills
skills with
dap or
or cane.
tunity to
to hone
hone his
cane.
tunity
with dap
To my parents’ horror, the word
word
‘expulsion’ was
bandied about
about after
after one
one
'expulsion'
was bandied
smoking
such event
event when
caught smoking
such
when II was
was caught
underneath
with,
underneath one
one of
of the
the classrooms
classrooms with,
think,‘ SCRUFFY'
SCRUFFY‘ (CLIVE)
(CLIVE) LOVELL!
LOVELL!
II think,'
Somehow
was smoothed
Somehow itit was
smoothed over
over and
and anan—
other punishment
punishment was
handed out
out – well
other
was handed
well
the fire
risk in
in
deserved of
of course,
course, given
given the
deserved
fire risk
smoking career
those
was
those huts,
huts, and
and my
my smoking
career was
time!
curtailed
for
some
curtailed for some time!
KOS/I LIVES...
never fails
he
ItIt never
fails to
when he
to amaze
amaze your
your Ed.
Ed. when
exciting lives
lives
hears of
of the
the interesting
interesting and
and exciting
hears
many people
people from
from KGS
KGS have
have led.
led. A
letter
many
A letter
from JEFF
JEFF CHALK
CHALK (53-59)
(53-59) gives
from
gives a
a very
very
good example:
example:
good
‘I‘I was
was interested
written
interested to
to see
see the
the poem
poem written
ROY HUBBARD
HUBBARD (53-59)
(53-59) in
in the
by ROY
the recent
recent
by
KOSA NEWS,
NEWS, and
and have
have been
been prompted
prompted
KOSA
to write
(and pay
pay some
some of
of my
my dues!).
duesl).
to
write (and
‘When my
my sister,
sister, BRENDA
BRENDA CHALK
CHALK (54(54‘When
61) (now
(now Ewins)
Ewins) signed
signed me
me up
up to
to receive
receive
61)
the bulletin,
bulletin, II had
had thought
thought that
that most
most of
of
the
6
by is
is Millfield
Millfield School,
School, and
by
and II spent
spent 20
20
years
working as
with
a technician,
technician, with
years there
there working
as a
frequent
frequent interruptions
forinterruptions to
to visit
visit more
more forbefore retiring
retiring in
in 2005.
2005. HowHoweign
eign lands,
lands, before
ever, I still hear the call of the wild,
wild, and
the
just been
the Mercedes
Mercedes van
van has
hasjust
been convertconvertknows where
ed
– who
who knows
where the
ed to
to a
a camper
camper —
the
us next......
next.... ..
open
will take
open road
road will
take us
‘Naturally
‘Naturally the
the upshot
upshot of
of this
this lack
lack of
of attenattention
leaving
tion to
to lessons
lessons resulted
resulted in
in me
me leaving
only 3
3 O-levels.
O-levels. Well
Well done
school
with only
school with
done
MR SAMMONS
SAMMONS (Chemistry),
MR
(Chemistry), MISS
MISS
WATTERS (English)
(English) ,and
,and MISS
WATTERS
MISS JACOB
JACOB
(French and
and Music)
(French
– against
Music) —
against all
all the
the odds!
odds!
‘My main
main ambition
ambition after
‘My
after leaving
leaving school
school
was to
was
to become
become a
a racing
racing driver,
driver, an
an outoutlandish
with a
Iandish idea
idea received
received with
a distinct
distinct lack
lack
of
who were
were
of enthusiasm
enthusiasm by
by my
my parents,
parents, who
probably
probably beginning
beginning to
to despair
despair of
of me
me by
by
then. With
With no
no job,
then.
job, no
no money,
money, and
and no
no
—
knowledge of
knowledge
what
of cars
cars or
or mechanics
mechanics – what
to
After a
to do?
do? After
a brief
brief hiatus,
hiatus, II got
got together
together
with
two friends
who were
very skilled
skilled
with two
friends who
were very
at Downton
Downton Engineering,
Engineering, and
and
mechanics
mechanics at
tuning busiwe started
we
started a
a small
small engine
engine tuning
busiin Bristol
Bristol and
and we
racing. II got
ness
we went
went racing.
ness in
got
married to
married
importantly,
to Deana,
Deana, and
and
importantly,
thanks to
to the
the patience
patience of
of my
my colleagues,
colleagues,
thanks
and my
my wife,
acquired a
and
wife, II acquired
a skill
skill as
as a
a memechanic which
chanic
which subsequently
subsequently equipped
equipped me
me
to work
work in
and California
California while
in Australia
to
Australia and
while
circumnavigation
on
on a
a 3
3 year
year overland
overland circumnavigation
with
Deana and
with Deana
and infant
infant daughter
daughter Sonya.
Sonya.
to
also proved
proved to
to be
be an
an essential
essential skill
skill to
ItIt also
vehicles rolling
rolling through
through distant
keep
keep our
our vehicles
distant
lands!
lands!
‘Still
‘Still in
in possession
possession of
of health,
health, hair,
hair, and
and a
a
count myself
myself very
great
great family,
family, II count
very lucky
lucky to
to
have had
life.
have
varied and
had such
such a
a varied
and exciting
exciting life.
All
this seemed
All this
seemed a
a pretty
pretty remote
remote prospect
prospect
the
that II
the day
day II departed
departed KGS.
KGS. I'm
I'm sure
sure that
and
were born
and my
my contemporaries
contemporaries were
born at
at the
the
'right' time,
time, and
and we
'right'
we have
have mostly
mostly enjoyed
enjoyed
a
world, untroubled
a relatively
relatively peaceful
peaceful world,
untroubled by
by
now confront
confront our
the
which now
the problems
problems which
our
children and
and grandchildren.
grandchildren. II hope
hope their
their
children
education
the
education equips
equips them
them to
to handle
handle the
challenges confidently
confidently and
coming challenges
and sucsuccoming
cessfully.
cessfully.
still don't
don't know
know what
PS
what II want
want to
PS II still
to do
do
when
leave school
havschool —
anyone else
else havwhen II leave
– anyone
ing that
that problem.....?’
ing
problem.....?’
ROGER DONE
DONE (55-62)
(55-62) has
has been
been discovdiscovROGER
ered
ered in
in darkest
darkest Spain
Spain and
and he
he has
has sent
sent
his thoughts
thoughts of
of his
his time
time at
at KGS:
KGS:
his
have recently
recently discovered
‘I‘I have
that the
discovered that
the older
older
get the
the more
more my
my thoughts
thoughts go
go back
back to
to
II get
gosh! Dropping
Dropping
my
my school
school days.
days. Then
Then gosh!
through
through the
the letter
letter box
box arrives
arrives a
a copy
copy of
of
KOSA NEWS,
NEWS, (well
(well not
not literally
literally because
because
KOSA
happen in
in rurudoorstep
doorstep deliveries
deliveries do
do not
not happen
ral Spain)
Spain) thanks
MIKE
thanks to
to contemporary
contemporary MIKE
ral
CARTER, who
me in
in the
the Physics
Physics
CARTER,
who joined
joined me
College.
lab
lab at
at Imperial
Imperial College.
left KGS
KGS with
no qualifications,
‘I‘I left
with no
qualifications, but
but my
my
time there
there had
had given
given me
me a
a good
good all
all round
round
time
basic
basic education,
education, and
and taught
taught me
me how
how to
to
learn, (if
(if only
only to
learn,
to avoid
avoid yet
yet another
another detendetention) and
and to
to be
be practical
practical and
and adaptable,
adaptable,
tion)
although
of
course,
this
legacy
was only
although of course, this legacy was
only
later. The
The French
French instrucinstrucrealised much
much later.
realised
is still
still proving
proving useful
useful also,
tion is
also, decades
decades
tion
later,
later, on
on a
a recent
recent visit
visit to
to the
the D-Day
D-Day landlanding beaches.
beaches. Six
Six years
years ago
ago II drove
drove a
a
ing
Transit van
van to
in MonMonto Mongolia.
Mongolia. Lessons
Lessons in
Transit
golian at
in handy!
handy!
golian
would have
at KGS
KGS would
have come
come in
of my
my
‘So II thought
thought II would
put a
a few
‘So
would put
few of
memories in
in writing:
memories
writing:
this
Coming up
up to
to Christmas
Christmas when
Coming
when II write
write this
my memories
memories are
are of
of the
the procession
procession down
down
my
the long
hall, singing
singing
long corridor
corridor to
to the
the hall,
the
HODSON
Adeste
Fideles, and
and of
of MR
MR HODSON
Adeste Fideles,
getting redder
redder and
and redder
redder in
in the
the face
as
getting
face as
‘Strangely, II ended
ended my
my 'career'
‘career’ ifif you
you can
can
‘Strangely,
call itit that,
that, back
back at
at school.
school. II needed
needed a
ajob
call
job
close to
to an
an old
old derelict
derelict farmhouse
had
close
farmhouse we
we had
bought to
to renovate
renovate in
in Glastonbury.
Glastonbury. NearNearbought
7
he
with the
the
he tried
tried to
to get
get us
us back
back into
into sync
sync with
singing in
in the
the hall
hall (a
singing
(a practical
practical demonstrademonstration of
tion
of the
the speed
speed of
of sound).
sound).
at
4 years
years at
College. Then
Then 4
at Imperial
Imperial College.
at BAC
BAC
in Manchester.
Manchester. II
and
and 2
2 years
years at
at Ferranti
Ferranti in
Physthen
then started
started teaching
teaching (Maths
(Maths and
and Physics)
early retirement
retirement Decemics) until
until II took
took early
December
1993.
ber1993.
‘My first
first class
class was
(MISS WATTERS)
WATTERS)
‘My
was 1W
1W (MISS
in the
the last
playin
last hut
hut at
at the
the bottom
bottom of
of the
the playground.
we really
wear short
ground. Did
Did we
really wear
short troutrousers? Then
sers?
Then getting
getting promoted
promoted to
to 3L1
3L1 and
and
taking O
year.
taking
O levels
levels at
at the
the end
end of
of the
the 4th
4th year.
My form
form teacher
teacher in
in 4L1
4L1 was
MR HILTON,
HILTON,
My
was MR
‘Hit|er” to
‘Hitler”
to us
us non
non musicians,
musicians, despite
despite that
that
his son
son PETER
PETER HILTON
HILTON was
in our
our class,
his
was in
class,
MARGARET SQUIRES
together
with MARGARET
together with
SQUIRES
LYNETTE DAVIES.
DAVIES.
and
and LYNETTE
During
was also
During that
that time
time II was
also a
a County
County
Councillor
for Greater
Councillor for
Greater Manchester
Manchester CounCouncil
cil and
and Secretary
Secretary of
of Manchester
Manchester City
City LaLaprobably explains
explains why
bour
why
bour Party
Party (which
(which probably
II was
was burnt
burnt out
out at
at 50!).
50!).
‘However, after
rest II am
am filling
my rere‘However,
filling my
after a
a rest
tirement as
tirement
as a
a full
full time
time Deputy
Deputy Mayor
Mayor of
of
my small
small town
town in
in southern
southern Spain.
Spain. My
My web
my
web
address
www.arboleaslive.com’
address is:
is: www.arbo|eas|ive.com’
‘An amusing
amusing event
event was
‘An
was when
when TONY
TONY COCOCHRAM had
had his
his bushy
bushy hair
hair shorn,
CHRAM
shorn, to
to
reveal that
ears. A
that he
he had
had protruding
protruding ears.
reveal
A
character
who opted
character who
opted out
out of
of Uni
Uni and
and II later
later
heard,
heard, somewhat
somewhat to
to my
my surprise,
surprise, that
that he
he
finished up
finished
And
up as
as a
a religious
religious minister.
minister. And
buzzing our
our playing
playing
of
ALAN QUARTLY
of ALAN
QUARTLY buzzing
field in
in his
his tiger
tiger moth
moth on
field
on a
a Wednesday
Wednesday
afternoon. He
pilot.
afternoon.
He later
later became
became a
a fighter
fighter pilot.
MR DEPUTY MA YOR...
We asked
asked Roger
Roger to
to recount
recount the
the story
story of
of
We
how a
a Brit
how
Brit became
became Deputy
Deputy Mayor
Mayor of
of a
a
Here’s Roger’s
Spanish
Spanish town.
town. Here’s
Roger’s response:
response:
is very
very long
long and
and when
‘The
when one
‘The story
story is
one day
day
retire II will
II retire
will try
try to
to put
put itit in
in a
a book.
book. So
So this
this
is a
a short
short version.
version.
is
‘The advantage
advantage of
of taking
taking O
O levels
levels and
and
‘The
then
As a
was that
then As
a year
year early
early was
that we
we had
had a
a
for University,
University, while
year
while
year to
to ‘prepare’
‘prepare’ for
spending most
most of
of our
ourtime
in the
the 6.3
6.3 playplayspending
time in
ing table
table tennis!
ing
waste of
tennis! What
What a
a waste
of time
time
that
that was
was in
in retrospect.
retrospect.
‘We retired
retired to
to our
our holiday
holiday home
home on
on the
the
‘We
Peniscola (El
(El Cid)
Cid) in
beach
beach in
in Peniscola
in 1993,
1993, but
but
after
we got
fed up
with beach
after 4
4 years
years we
got fed
up with
beach
life, tourists
tourists in
in the
the summer
summer and
and cold
cold and
and
life,
wet Valencian
winters. So
we built
wet
Valencian winters.
So we
built a
a
an olive
olive grove
grove in
in Almeria
provhouse
Almeria provhouse in
in an
ince (spaghetti
(spaghetti western
territory).
ince
western territory).
“BUNNY’ AUSTIN,
had a
a boring
of
‘‘BUNNY’
AUSTIN, had
way of
boring way
Physics, 11 to
to 10,
10, improved
improved to
teaching Physics,
to 11
teaching
to 20
20 when
we started
started A
levels! But
But he
he
to
when we
A levels!
the chalk!
chalk!
was
with the
was an
an excellent
excellent shot
shot with
JIMMY WILDE’S
W|LDE’S dap
dap was
famous as
as was
JIMMY
was famous
was
his Welsh
Welsh opinion
opinion of
of football
“football is
is
his
football “football
a
a game
game for
for gentlemen
gentlemen played
played by
by ruffians,
ruffians,
game for
ruffians played
rugby is
is a
a game
played by
by
rugby
for ruffians
However my
my time
time in
gentlemen”.
gentlemen”. However
in the
the secsecond 15
15 did
did take
take me
me to
to such
such exotic
exotic places
places
ond
as Lydney
Lydney and
and Midsomer
Midsomer Norton,
Norton, alalas
though
we almost
though we
almost always
always lost.
lost.
‘For over
over 700
700 years
years this
this area
area was
Muslim,
‘For
was Muslim,
first
under the
the Caliphate
Caliphate of
of Al
first under
Al Andalus,
Andalus,
then
fall of
then after
after the
the fall
of Cordoba
Cordoba under
under the
the
Moorish Kingdom
Kingdom of
of Granada,
Granada, until
until itit was
Moorish
was
armies in
in
conquered by
by the
the Christian
Christian armies
conquered
1488. Many
Many Muslims
Muslims left,
1488.
left, others
others convertconverted back
back to
to Christianity
Christianity and
and settlers
settlers came
came
ed
from
northern Spain.
Spain. The
The Moorish
Moorish past
past
from northern
is a
a sensitive
sensitive subject
subject even
even though
though there
there
is
is the
the statue
statue of
of a
a Sufi
Sufi prince
prince in
in the
the square
square
is
annual Al
Fiesta.
and an
an annual
and
Al Arbuli
Arbuli Fiesta.
‘Well, to
CV:
to complete
complete my
my CV:
‘Well,
After KGS
After
KGS (55
(55 to
to 62),
62), II studied
studied Physics
Physics
‘When we
we came to Arboleas
Arboleas there were
were
8
ruption
ruption and
and issuing
issuing illegal
illegal documents.
documents.
‘The cases
and will
‘The
will
cases are
are still
still in
in the
the courts
courts and
be
for some
be for
some years
years to
to come.
come.
just 1500
just
1500 people
people spread
spread over
over 62
62 square
square
kilometres and
4
kilometres
with just
just 4
and 32
32 hamlets,
hamlets, with
British families.
families. For
For 7
7 years
British
we spent
years we
spent our
our
time
time creating
riding,
creating a
a garden
garden and
and horse
horse riding,
to ignore
ignore the
the invasion
invasion that
and
and trying
trying to
that
In 7
7 years
years the
the town
started
started early
early 2000.
2000. In
town
tripled in
in size,
size, with
many hamlets
hamlets extripled
with many
expanding with
British owned
owned bungalows.
bungalows.
panding
with British
‘Meanwhile together
‘Meanwhile
we built
together we
built a
a team
team of
of
and British
British to
to fight
the 2011
2011 elecSpanish
fight the
Spanish and
election. It
tion.
was a
It was
a bitter
bitter campaign
campaign against
against a
a
had run
strong
which had
strong power
power base
base which
run the
the
Government from
Seville since
Regional
from Seville
Regional Government
since
Franco. We
We won,
taking 7
7 of
of the
the 11
11 CounFranco.
won, taking
Councillors
on
cillors on a
a proportional
proportional vote.
vote. The
The elecelectorate
now around
and
torate is
is now
around 50%
50% Spanish
Spanish and
(mostly British)
British) plus
50%
50% non
non Spanish
Spanish (mostly
plus
many holiday
holiday homes.
many
homes.
the 4
4 yearly
yearly municipal
municipal elec‘2007
‘2007 saw
saw the
elecBritish
tions,
were 500
tions, and
and this
this time
time there
there were
500 British
registered
registered to
to vote.
vote. So
So after
after the
the election
election
(in which
which the
the PSOE
PSOE were
(in
were re
re elected
elected dedethe former
former
spite
from the
spite a
a strong
strong challenge
challenge from
PSOE Mayor
PSOE
Mayor Cristobal
Cristobal Garcia)
Garcia) II offered
offered
my
my services
services to
to the
the Mayor
Mayor Paco
Paco to
to act
act as
as
liaison
liaison between
between the
the Town
Town Hall
Hall and
and the
the
new English
English speaking
speaking residents.
new
A year
residents. A
year
later
later Paco
Paco died
died with
with a
a brain
brain tumour
tumour and
and
Garcia, ifif
II asked
Angel Garcia,
asked the
the new
new Mayor,
Mayor, Angel
Desk in
in the
the
II could
weekly Help
could set
set up
up a
a weekly
Help Desk
Town Hall.
Hall. He
He agreed,
Town
worst
agreed, probably
probably the
the worst
political decision
decision anyone
anyone has
has ever
ever made!
made!
political
immediately inundated
II was
was immediately
with people
inundated with
people
with problems
problems II did
illewith
did not
not know
know about:about:- illegal houses,
houses, no
no documents
documents for
for houses,
houses,
gal
temporary
water
temporary or
or unsafe
unsafe electric
electric and
and water
services,
was endservices, unmade
unmade roads,
roads, the
the list
list was
endless. This
This is
less.
is the
the practical
practical result
result of
of corrupcorruption.
tion.
‘It
‘It has
has been
been 4
4 years
years of
of exceptional
exceptional hard
hard
work
and stress.
work and
stress. The
The political
political process
process in
in
the whole
the
whole of
of Spain
Spain is
is based
based on
on corrupcorruption, private
private interest
tion,
interest and
and a
a total
total lack
lack of
of
concern
for people’s
We are
concern for
peop|e’s problems.
problems. We
are
corner.
trying
trying to
to change
change that
that in
in our
our small
small corner.
‘As for
for the
my wife
thinks II am
am
the language;
language; my
‘As
wife thinks
fluent.
can read,
read, write
fluent. II wish
wish II was.
was. II can
write and
and
speak
when itit comes
speak OK,
OK, but
but when
comes to
to underunderstanding the
the local
local dialect,
dialect, no
no chance.
chance. So
So
standing
the
the Spanish
Spanish usually
usually understand
understand me
me but
but II
them. Interesting!
Interesting!
struggle
struggle understanding
understanding them.
We inherited
inherited a
a 3
3 million
million debt,
We
debt, a
a rejected
rejected
urban plan
plan which
left most
most houses
houses in
in
urban
which left
urban limbo,
urban
factories
limbo, most
most houses
houses and
and factories
not
for council
tax colnot registered
registered for
council tax,
tax, a
a tax
colof
lection rate
rate for
for car
car tax
tax and
and council
council tax
tax of
lection
70%, a
just 70%,
who walked
walked
just
a legal
legal secretary
secretary who
no adminadminout
out after
after a
a month,
month, essentially
essentially no
aristration, and
and the
the electric
electric company
company aristration,
rived
rived to
to turn
turn off
off the
the electricity
electricity because
because
the bill
bill had
had not
not been
been paid
paid for
6 months.
months.
the
for 6
‘By summer
summer 2009
‘By
2009 II decided
decided that
that nothing
nothing
would
would change
change unless
unless II made
made itit change,
change,
the former
former Mayor
Mayor
so II joined
up with
so
joined up
with the
Cristobal.
Cristobal. Cristobal
Cristobal had
had been
been Mayor
Mayor
left University
University in
in 1983
1983 when
he
since
when he
since he
he left
returned to
to Arboleas
to overthrow
overthrow the
the
returned
Arboleas to
Francoists who
running the
the town.
town.
Francoists
who were
were running
He retired
retired in
in 2003
2003 to
to do
do other
other things,
things, but
but
He
when he
he saw
saw what
happening to
to the
the
when
what was
was happening
town he
town
he built
built he
he tried
tried unsuccessfully
unsuccessfully to
to
return in
in 2007
banner.
2007 under
under the
the PSA
PSA banner.
return
‘We have
‘We
financialhave turned
turned things
things around
around financialIy, we
have legalised
legalised almost
almost all
all the
the houshously,
we have
es, registered
registered all
all property
property for
council tax,
tax,
es,
for council
set
set up
up an
an efficient
efficient in-house
in-house tax
tax collection
collection
system, built
built 4
4 sewage
sewage treatment
treatment plants
plants
system,
for
the new
new houses
houses (there
(there were
none),
for the
were none),
started a
a network
network of
of cycle
cycle and
and footpaths
started
footpaths
connecting the
the hamlets
hamlets using
using teams
teams of
of
connecting
‘A significant
significant event
‘A
was the
event was
the raid
raid on
on the
the
Town Hall
Hall by
by the
the National
Police in
in NoNoNational Police
Town
vember 2009,
2009, seizing
seizing computers
computers and
and
vember
files. 3
3 months
months later
later II saw
saw the
the confidential
confidential
files.
police report,
report, listing
listing huge
huge issues
issues of
of corcorpolice
9
unemployed workers,
unemployed
workers, opened
opened a
a municimunicipal gym
gym and
and fitness
pal
fitness centre,
centre, connected
connected
everyone
water and
everyone to
to legal
legal water
and electric,
electric, carcarimprovements to
ried
ried out
out major
major improvements
to the
the road
road
network and
rarely rains
rains
network
flood control
and flood
control (it
(it rarely
but
when itit does
a municipal
municipal
but when
does …!!),
...!!), set
set up
up a
wifi system
system serving
serving all
all the
wifi
the hamlets,
hamlets, and
and
have almost
have
almost completed
completed the
the new
new medical
medical
centre
centre (despite
(despite the
the builder
builder appointed
appointed by
by
off
the
walking off
the previous
previous administration
administration walking
him make
make
site
we would
would not
site because
because we
not let
let him
excessive
excessive profits,
profits, and
and despite
despite the
the regionregionreneging on
on their
their writal
writal health
health authority
authority reneging
us with
ten
with
ten agreement
agreement to
to fund
fund it,
it, leaving
leaving us
a
a bill
bill of
of 500k).
500k).
over my
my life,
life, 7
7 days
days a
‘It has
has taken
taken over
a week,
‘It
week,
morning,
afternoon
sorting
morning, afternoon and
and evening;
evening; sorting
incompeout
with incompeout a
a huge
huge mess,
mess, dealing
dealing with
tent
with
tent lawyers
lawyers and
and builders,
builders, dealing
dealing with
and financial
issues. Being
Being
complex
financial issues.
complex legal
legal and
in Spain
Spain is
is not
not like
like the
a
a Deputy
Deputy Mayor
Mayor in
the
UK. Here
Here you
an
UK.
you are
are both
both a
a politician
politician and
and an
with a
a multi
multi
executive
executive of
of a
a corporation
corporation with
million turnover.
turnover.
million
‘Next May
May we
‘Next
we are
for
are up
up for
for re
re election
election for
Will II stand
stand again?
again? When
When
another4
years. Will
another
4 years.
thousands
thousands of
of people
people depend
depend on
on you
you there
there
is
from
is no
no choice.
choice. We
We have
have 100%
100% support
support from
British and
and over
the British
over 50%
50% support
support from
the
from
the Spanish, so it looks like 4 more years,
but hopefully
hopefully the
the worst
is behind
behind us.
us.
but
worst is
‘Why do
do II do
do it?
it? To
To make
‘Why
make a
a difference;
difference; to
to
return people
people their
their dream
dream of
of a
a safe
safe and
and
return
in the
the sun,
sun, where
peaceful retirement
retirement in
peaceful
where
a Town
Town Hall
Hall who
help them
them
they
who will
will help
they have
have a
when they
they have
have a
a problem.’
problem.’
when
THE HIGH LIFE..!
BRIAN ILES
ILES (45-50)
(45-50) drops
drops KOSA
KOSA a
a comcomBRIAN
plimentary line
plimentary
line on
on the
the last
last edition:
edition:
was 80
80 this
this year,
year, and
and the
the picture
picture on
on
‘I‘I was
me (with
(with my
my wife
page 11
11 shows
shows me
page
wife ANN
ANN
COLES
COLES (49-54)
(49-54) at
at my
my side)
side) doing
doing one
one
thing II had
me
had to
to do
do before
before ‘popping
‘popping me
thing
clogs’
– popping
clogs’ —
popping a
a cork
cork at
at Glyndebourne.
Glyndebourne.
‘My
‘My next-best
next-best present
present has
has to
to be
be KOSA
KOSA
NEWS 45.
45. I’ll
|’|| leave
leave the
NEWS
the extra-special
extra-special reareason why
till last.
last. Before
Before that
son
why till
that here
here are
are
some
some others.
others.
‘Obituaries
‘Obituaries are
are sad,
sad, but
but sometimes
sometimes they
they
can
too. Take
can make
make you
you happy
happy too.
Take sister
sister
DOREEN’S stirring
stirring tribute
DOREEN’S
tribute to
to COLIN
COLIN
PILLINGER. It
It brought
brought home
PILLINGER.
what
home to
to me
me what
a privilege
privilege itit is
is for
a
for KGS
KGS to
to have
have as
as old
old
boys
world-important sciboys not
not one
one but
but two
two world-important
scientists.
entists.
‘JIM BURGESS
BURGESS (see
‘JIM
was also
(see page
page 2)
2) was
also a
a
talented chap.
chap. I’m
|’m happy
happy to
to possess
possess one
one
talented
of
his
of his pictures,
pictures, and
and years
years ago
ago II rather
rather
convert his
enjoyed
enjoyed helping
helping convert
his shed-cumshed-cuma granny
granny flat.
garage
flat. What
What tickled
garage into
into a
tickled
me
was that
me most
most was
that itit incorporated
incorporated an
an
artist’s
artist’s studio
studio upstairs.
upstairs.
never knew
knew KEITH
KEITH CULLEY
CULLEY (51-58),
(51-58),
II never
but II know
know now
now we
had a
a common
common bond.
bond.
but
we had
Mention of
of his
Mention
his sense
sense of
of humour
humour made
made me
me
grin. It’s
|t’s essential
grin.
essential to
to all
all us
us Gasheads!
Gasheads!
(That’s a
a Bristol
Bristol Rovers
Rovers supporter
supporter -- Ed.)
Ed.)
(That’s
There’s a
There’s
a tiny
tiny consolation
consolation at
at least:
least: Keith
Keith
avoided
avoided the
the end-ofend-of- season,
season, end-of-anend-of-anera anguish.
anguish.
era
loved Colin’s
Co|in’s article,
article, particularly
particularly the
the bit
bit
II loved
SIR BERNARD
BERNARD
about his
his chat
chat with
about
with SIR
LOVELL. (I’ve
(|’ve filed
LOVELL.
filed itit under
under ‘Giants
‘Giants of
of
|’m still
still pinching
pinching myself
myself 16
16
Sciencel’). I’m
Science!’).
years on
on that
that II actually
actually interviewed
interviewed the
the
years
myself. On
On behalf
behalf of
of 1st
1st Take
great
great man
man myself.
Take
Video
‘invited’ him
him to
to contribute
contribute to
to the
the
Video II ‘invited’
video Kingswood
Kingswood Revisited
video
Revisited and
and to
to my
my
astonishment he
he agreed,
agreed, on
on the
the condition
condition
astonishment
Jodrell Bank.
Bank. What
What a
we
to Jodrell
a huge
huge
we went
went to
chore
was!
chore that
that was!
GORDON JACKSON
JACKSON (55-62)
(55-62) reminds
reminds
GORDON
me of
of my
my only
only recollection
of MR
MR HILTON
HILTON
me
recollection of
(Music). It
It concerns
concerns the
the composer
composer who
(Music).
who
had made
made my
my dream
dream come
come true
true at
at
had
10
10
T
is even better. Especially for
an atheist (for whom God is
simply
who can
simply a
a metaphor)
metaphor) who
can
never understand
never
the
understand how
how the
same
same man
man can
can have
have both.
both.
—.
Like so many other books,
- MISS
MISS QUINTON’S
ScientifQU|NTON’S Scientif*
Religious
Knowledge
ic
and
Religious
Knowledge
ic and
was
was no
no help
help to
to me,
me, and
and II
REV. JOHN
JOHN
don’t
don’t expect
expect REV.
LOXTON(40-47)
would -- or
LOXTON(40-47) would
or
explain things
things eieicould
could - explain
ther.
to test
test
ther. Science
Science is
is open
open to
and
and discussion;
discussion; Faith
Faith is
is not,
not,
full
full stop.
stop.
think the
Glyndebourne.
Glyndebourne. II don’t
don’t think
the topic
topic of
of
his 1940s
1940s talk
though.
his
was Don
talk was
Don Giovanni
Giovanni though.
All
remember is
is him
him saying,
saying, ‘Now
‘Now MoMoAll II remember
zart
was a
zart was
a man,’
man,’ then
then pausing
pausing - possibly
possibly
for effect.
effect. Before
for
Before he
he could
could go
go on
on there
there
was
a stage
stage whisper
whisper from
from the
the back
back of
of the
the
was a
didn’t think
think he
he was
class:
we didn’t
was a
class: ‘Well,
‘Well, we
a
woman,
sir.’ My
woman, sir.’
My diary
diary does
does not
not record
record the
the
effect!
effect!
‘CHRIS BRYANT
BRYANT (54-59)
(54-59) speaks
‘CHRIS
speaks of
of the
the
good old
old days
days when
boys wore
daps, and
and
good
when boys
wore daps,
teachers
were glad
wield them
– and
teachers were
glad to
to wield
them —
and
days ‘JIMMY’
‘JIMMY’
get away
away with
with it.
it. These
These days
get
WILDE (Sports)
(Sports) would
hung
WILDE
would have
have been
been hung
my point
point of
of view
view his
his far
out
far
out to
to dry.
dry. From
From my
worse
sin was
to cancel
cancel football
at the
the
worse sin
was to
football at
hint of
of rain,
rain, while
making us
us play
slightest
while making
slightest hint
play
arrived, in
in all
all the
the mud
‘rugger’,
when itit arrived,
‘rugger’, when
mud
God made.
made.
God
preferred his
WILhis colleague,
colleague, ‘WOODY
‘WOODY WIL‘I‘I preferred
LIAMS (Woodwork),
(Woodwork), who
sometimes
LIAMS
who sometimes
doubled
was a
doubled up
up as
as games
games master.
master. II was
a
so II think
think itit must
dunce at
at woodwork,
woodwork, so
must
dunce
have
him
been his
his footwork
that made
made him
have been
footwork that
my favourite.
favourite. He
my
was once
He was
once on
on the
the books
books
of Rovers,
Rovers, you
you see.
see.
of
‘Nothing’s better
in
better than
than a
a bit
bit of
of balance
balance in
‘Nothing’s
a mag.
mag. Religion
Religion as
as well
as science
science for
a
well as
for
example. The
The two
two together
together in
in one
one article
article
example.
‘Now to
‘Now
to the
the main
main reason
reason II so
so love
love number
number
45.
has given
45. ItIt has
given me
me at
at last
last the
the opportunity
opportunity
off my
my chest
chest which
to
which has
to get
get something
something off
has
like blazes
blazes for
many years.
been
for many
been itching
itching like
years.
My heartfelt
heartfelt thanks
RICHARD
My
to RICHARD
thanks go
go to
STRANGE (54-59)
(54-59) for
the chance.
chance. And
STRANGE
for the
And II
shall reward
reward him
him with
the gruesome,
shall
with the
gruesome, yet
yet
—
of ‘BRIZZLE’
‘BRIZZLE’ – son
son of
of ‘Bristle’.
‘Bristle’.
true
true story
story of
‘Once
‘Once upon
upon a
a time
time (around
(around the
the 60s),
60s), a
a
aka ‘Dirk
‘Dirk
chap
chap called
called Derek
Derek Robinson
Robinson (( aka
Robson’) had
had a
a hit
hit with
a comic
comic book
book
Robson’)
with a
spoke. It
It was
about
was funfunabout how
how Bristolians
Bristolians spoke.
ny, but
but disastrous,
disastrous, because
because of
of just
one
ny,
just one
‘Bristle’
word foisted
foisted on
word
on the
the Bristol
Bristol public.
public. ‘Bristle’
was meant
was
meant to
to be
be a
a comic
comic representation
representation
pronunciation of
of Bristol,
of the
the local
local pronunciation
Bristol, but
but
of
(a novelist),
novelist), Robinson
Robinson
as
writer (a
as a
a proper
proper writer
knew full
that itit did
knew
full well
well that
did not
not convey
convey the
the
—
sound that
that anybody
anybody in
in the
let
sound
the world
world – let
—
alone Bristol
in saying
saying
alone
Bristol – had
had ever
ever made
made in
‘Bristol’. ‘Bristle’
‘Bristle’ sounds
and
sounds like
like hair
hair and
‘Bristol’.
nothing more.
more.
nothing
‘The sad
ignorant
sad thing
thing is
is that
that not
not only
only ignorant
‘The
‘blow-ins’ but
but also
also Bristolians
Bristolians in
in the
the local
local
‘blow-ins’
media
this silly,
media trumpeted
trumpeted this
silly, pointless
pointless
word,
and in
in time
time itit escaped
escaped to
the outside
outside
word, and
to the
world.
world. Worse
Worse came with
with ‘Brizzle’, its idiot
son. The
The same
same media
media muppets
muppets put
put itit
son.
spoken in
in ‘Bristle’.
‘Bristle’.
about as
as the
the lingo
lingo spoken
about
Again
escaped, and
and it’s
it’s chilling
chilling to
get
Again itit escaped,
to get
11
11
confirmation that
that itit has
confirmation
has now
now reached
reached at
at
least
far as
Nottingham.
least as
as far
as Reading
Reading and
and Nottingham.
‘So
‘So there’s
there’s the
the true
true ‘Just
‘Just So’
So’ story,
story, RichRichard.
words
ard. Two
Two of
of the
the ugliest
ugliest and
and silliest
silliest words
in modern
modern English
English are
fault of
of ‘Dirk
‘Dirk
in
are the
the fault
Robson’
Robson’ and
and his
his local
local media
media muppets.
muppets.
‘That ‘slang’
‘slang’ from
‘That
which
from the
the 20s
20s and
and 30s
30s which
you
you mention
mention is
is almost
almost certainly
certainly the
the Bristol
Bristol
which is
is a
a different
different kettle
LL which
fish altokettle of
of fish
altogether
working class
gether - authentic
authentic working
class usage,
usage,
from middle
not
not made-up
made-up rubbish
rubbish from
middle class
class
sources
who ought
You
sources who
ought to
to know
know better.
better. You
may
be
interested
to
know
that
the
Bristol
may be interested to know that the Bristol
Centre for
Centre
for Linguistics
Linguistics accept
accept that
that the
the L
L
can
can now
now be
be dated
dated as
as far
far back
back as
as 1857
1857
(on information
information from
from KOSA
KOSA member
member DO(on
DOREEN PILLINGER
PILLINGER (48-53)
(48-53) (now
(now LindeLindeREEN
gaard).’
gaard).’
AN APPEAL...
DOREEN PILLINGER
PILLINGER is
is hoping
hoping to
DOREEN
to proproduce
duce a
a book
book on
on the
the 60th
60th anniversary
anniversary of
of
VE Day,
Day, which
which takes
VE
takes place
place this
this year
year
(2015). This
This could
could well
(2015).
well include
include the
the contricontrito WWII.
WWII.
bution of
of KGS
KGS Old
Old Scholars
Scholars to
bution
However, Doreen
Doreen is
relevant
However,
is collecting
collecting all
all relevant
memorabilia and
and ifif KOSA
KOSA members
members have
memorabilia
have
anything suitable
suitable we
can pass
pass on
on
anything
we can
Doreen’s contact
Doreen’s
contact address.
address.
she is
is working
on Brislington
Brislington
Currently, she
Currently,
working on
in the
the Great
in
Great War
War and
and hopes
hopes that
that a
a hard
hard
in a
a Coalpit
Coalpit will
copy of
of her
her book
book Killed
Killed in
copy
will
be available
available soon.
soon.
be
QUERIES...
PHIL DARKE
DARKE (47-52)
(47-52) has
has written
PHIL
written with
with
some
some queries
queries and
and comments:
comments:
‘Whilst in
in conversation
conversation with
an Australian
‘Whilst
with an
Australian
friend
and
erstwhile
of mine,
mine,
neighbour of
friend and erstwhile neighbour
who once
who
once attended
attended Kingswood
Kingswood SecondSecondfor Girls
Girls (Hanham
(Hanham Road),
Road), she
ary School
School for
she
ary
mentioned that
as KingKingthat KGS
KGS was
known as
mentioned
was known
swood Glamour
Glamour School
School because
because a
a female
swood
female
pupil had
had achieved
by winning
achieved notoriety
notoriety by
pupil
winning
a
would have
a beauty
beauty contest.
contest. This
This would
have taken
taken
place
40s as
friend emigratemigratplace in
in the
the late
late 40s
as my
my friend
this enened
ed in
in 1950.
1950. Can
Can anyone
anyone identify
identify this
terprising beauty
terprising
beauty and
and the
the location
location of
of the
the
contest?
contest?
‘Regarding the
the vivid
‘Regarding
vivid and
and outspoken
outspoken corcorrespondence
from DOREEN
DOREEN PILLINGER
PILLINGER
respondence from
Lindegaard), II have
(48-53)
vague
(48-53) (now
(now Lindegaard),
have a
a vague
girls
recollection
recollection of
of Doreen
Doreen as
as one
one of
of the
the girls
in the
the intake
intake from
the Kingswood
Kingswood area
in
from the
area
vision of
of her,
her, wearing
a
and
wearing a
and an
an indistinct
indistinct vision
white
white overall, in connection with a shop
in Kingswood.
Kingswood. Perhaps
Perhaps II have
or
or bakery
bakery in
have
Howevconfused
her
with
someone
else.
Howevconfused her with someone else.
er, what
er,
what II found
found most
was that
most interesting
interesting was
that
lived in
in Victoria
Park and
and reshe
Victoria Park
she once
once lived
relives of
of her
her neighbours.
neighbours.
searched
searched the
the lives
‘Doreen would
have known
known my
my
‘Doreen
would certainly
certainly have
Darke, and
and his
his wife,
Eva; the
uncle,
wife, Eva;
uncle, Sam
Sam Darke,
the
Sealy
Sealy brothers
brothers (Albert,
(Albert, Harold,
Harold, Gilbert)
Gilbert)
lived in
in
and
who lived
and the
the ‘Crackpot’
‘Crackpot’ (Werret?)
(Werret?) who
the
the fortified
fortified house
house backing
backing onto
onto the
the end
end
of
With the
of the
the street.
street. With
the exception
exception of
of the
the
eccentric
was
eccentric guardian
guardian of
of the
the Fortress,
Fortress, II was
familiar
these characters.
characters.
familiar with
with these
knew the
the street
‘I‘I knew
well as
street well
as II assisted
assisted one
one
of Henry
Henry Attwe||’s
roundsmen to
to deliver
deliver
of
Attwell’s roundsmen
This
bread
bread there
there on
on Saturday
Saturday mornings.
mornings. This
RIDwas a
with Headmaster
was
a sore
sore point
point with
Headmaster RIDLEY and
and II was
daring
once punished
punished for
LEY
was once
for daring
priority over
over some
to
weekend priority
to give
give my
my weekend
some
required
KGS Saturday
Saturday function
KGS
function which
which required
From Mr
Mr Ridley’s
Rid|ey’s viewviewmy attendance.
attendance. From
my
point pupils
pupils were
point
were expected
expected to
to regard
regard
Incidentally,
school affairs as paramount. Incidentally,
this
job taught
this humble
humble job
taught me
me much
much about
about
the
the geography
geography and
and social
social structure
structure of
of
Kingswood and
It
and its
its surrounding
surrounding area.
area. It
Kingswood
was an
was
an early
early introduction
introduction to
to the
the problems
problems
encounter after
after II left
left KGS
KGS and
and
II would
would encounter
a life
life of
of full-time
employcommenced a
commenced
full-time employment.’
ment.’
Apologies
for the
the poor
poor reproduction,
reproduction, but
but
Apologies for
the‘ Find
Find my
my Past’
Past’ web
according
web site
according to
to the‘
site
12
12
the left
left carrying
carrying the
the number
is
fourth from
from the
is fourth
number
13!
13! Lucky
Lucky for
for some.
some.
A NEW BOY...
TERRY
ANSTEY (55-62)
TERRY ANSTEY
(55-62) has
has discovered
discovered
KOSA thanks
KOSA
web site
thanks to
to our
our new
new web
site (details
(details
him
below)
from him
below) and
and a
a couple
couple of
of emails
emails from
Terry now
now lives
lives in
in
have
have been
been combined.
combined. Terry
Canada:
Canada:
RICHARDS
‘A
‘A couple
couple of
of years
years ago
ago TONY
TONY RICHARDS
KGS pal
pal with
(54-61)
with whom
whom II
(54-61) (the
(the only
only KGS
have maintained
maintained contact)
have
that
contact) advised
advised me
me that
KGS
KGS had
had an
an alumni
alumni association
association that
that sent
sent
Foolishly II didn't
didn't give
give
out
out newsletters.
newsletters. Foolishly
more
a
more thought
few
thought to
to the
the matter
matter - until
until a few
a verb
verb when
days
when II
days ago,
ago, Googling
Googling (not
(not a
Grammar
was at
was
at school)
school) Kingswood
Kingswood Grammar
School,
website entitled
School, II came
came across
across a
a website
entitled
‘Kingswood Old
'Kingswood
Association/
Old Scholars’
Scholars’ Associationl
King's Oak Academy‘
Academy' and, lo and behold,
halfyour
four halfyour email
email address
address and
and the
the last
last four
Now II knew
knew
yearly
yearly KOSA
KOSA Newsletters.
Newsletters. Now
that KGS
KGS had,
had, after
after II left,
left, become
become a
a socsocthat
cer-playing elementary
cer-playing
then
elementary school
school and
and then
burned
burned down,
down, but
but II had
had no
no knowledge
knowledge of
of
Oak Academy.
a succeeding
succeeding King's
King's Oak
a
Academy.
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photo and
and story
story came
came from
from the
the WestWestthe
ern Daily
Daily Press
Press of
of 22
22 August
1949.
ern
August 1949.
Kingswood’s first
first Beauty
Beauty Queen
Kingswood’s
was
Queen was
MARGARET ANN
KGS schoolgirl
schoolgirl
KGS
MARGARET
ANN
BRAIN, then
then aged
aged 15.
15. She
She was
crowned
BRAIN,
was crowned
in front
front of
Owen,
of 3,000
3,000 spectators
spectators by
by Bill
Bill Owen,
in
who
later famous
for his
his performancperformancwho was
was later
famous for
the Summer
Summer Wine.
Wine. Margaret
Margaret
es in
in Last
Last of
of the
es
‘Downloading the
‘Downloading
the Newsletters
Newsletters brought
brought
of many
many of
of my
my
back pleasant
pleasant memories
memories of
back
therein, and
and II
contemporaries
contemporaries mentioned
mentioned therein,
was
surprised to
to see
see three
three photographs
photographs
was surprised
of myself!
myself! How
How could
could II
and two
two mentions
mentions of
and
not
thanks
not contact
contact you?
you? Especially
Especially since,
since, thanks
DOWN (55-61),
(55-61), one
to TONY
TONY DOWN
one of
of the
the phophoto
me in
in drag!
drag! II hasten
hasten to
tos
tos showed
showed me
to add
add
that
was not
future
that this
this was
not a
a precedent
precedent to
to future
inclinations.
inclinations.
left Kingswood
Kingswood in
universiin 1962;
1962; first
to universi‘I‘I left
first to
ty, earning
earning (or
(or should
should II say
say scraping)
scraping) a
a
ty,
BSc in
in Civil
Civil Engineering.
Engineering. My
My parents
parents were
BSc
were
person in
in my
my
staggered -- II was
the only
only person
staggered
was the
extended family
to have
have attended
attended school
school
extended
family to
years. Those
Those were
beyond
were
beyond the
the age
age of
of 14
14 years.
university entrance
entrance was
the days
days when
the
when university
was
competitive, attendance
attendance a
a privilege,
privilege, and
and
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(for us)
us) reproduced
reproduced some
some unusual
unusual phopho-
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tographs of
of sport
sport at
at KGS.
KGS.
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There appear to be few photos of a
tennis group of as many as eleven players. The shot is undated, but we believe
‘
in 1953.
1953.
it’s taken
taken in
it’s
- .3 Rugby
through
Rugby ruled
ruled at
at KGS
KGS from
from 1949
1949 through
many
the 50s
50s and
and we
have published
published many
the
we have
shots
shots of
of various
various Rugby
Rugby sides.
sides. However,
However,
Soccer was
reintroduced in
in the
the 60s.
60s.
was reintroduced
_ Soccer
The shot
shot of
of Fencing,
The
Fencing, taken
taken by
by the
the Old
Old
‘Oak
is definitely
definitely unusual
unusual and
and we
are
Oak is
we are
more information.
information.
appealing
for more
appealing for
shot, the cirIf you are able to date the shot,
cumstances
cumstances and
and name
name the
the girls,
girls, please
please
you have
have any
any inincontact KOSA.
KOSA. Also
contact
Also ifif you
formation
concerning the
the introduction
introduction of
of
formation concerning
Fencing into
into the
the school
school sports,
sports, please
please
_Fm_M W
H“ mmmm M W Fencing
IiIn;III'nud'I loyll Inn-st
let us know.
15
15
a
worth somea bachelor's
bachelor's degree
degree really
really worth
something. Today
Today a
thing.
a Master's
Master's degree
degree is
is an
an entry
entry
requirement
requirement to
to my
my profession,
profession, and
and a
a docdoctoral
toral degree
degree advisable
advisable to
to get
get ahead
ahead -Eventually, after
times
times change.
change. Eventually,
after much
much
globe-trotting, I settled in Vancouver,
Vancouver, British
ish Columbia,
Columbia, Canada.
Canada.
a continuing
continuing lifetime
lifetime proc‘Education
‘Education is
is a
process,
ess, but
but II am
am grateful
grateful that
that II had
had a
a good
good
at KGS.
KGS. If
If only
only II had
foundation at
foundation
had better
better
appreciated
it
at
the
time
I
have
a
school
appreciated it at the time I have a school
report wherein
‘CHIPS’ RIDRIDreport
wherein Headmaster
Headmaster 'CHIPS'
LEY had
had written
LEY
written "I
''I cannot
cannot abide
abide laziness
laziness
in boys"
boys" (I'll
in
(I'll abide
abide by
by that).
that). Not
Not entirely
entirely
fair
though - itit was
fair though
was bloody
work getbloody hard
hard work
getting Latin
Latin O-level
O-level after
ting
after less
less than
than two
two years
years
in the
the Latin
Latin stream.
stream.
in
‘Yes indeed,
the KingKing‘Yes
indeed, II did
did hang
hang around
around the
YMCA in
in Frank
Frank Dyer's
Dyer's time.
time. Table
swood
swood YMCA
Table
tennis
tennis and
and snooker
snooker upstairs.
upstairs. Rugby-netRugby-netball
ball and
and tennis
tennis outside.
outside. II did
did the
the Duke
Duke of
of
Edinburgh's Award
there. II didn't
Edinburgh's
Award there.
didn't go
go on
on
or French
French trips,
any
any Swiss
Swiss or
trips, but
but II did
did go
go on
on
a co-ed
co-ed trip
trip to
to Norway
NonNay chaperoned
chaperoned by
by
a
Frank Dyer
Dyer -- sometime
(?)
Frank
sometime about
about 1959-61
1959-61 (?)
think.
II think.
‘You were
were right
in
‘You
right about
about needing
needing O-level
O-level in
Latin to get into university; in fact, in one
ancient language
language as
as well
as one
one modern
modern
ancient
well as
foreign
language - even
engineering.
foreign language
for engineering.
even for
That's why
only
had to
to get
get Latin.
Latin. But
But the
the only
That's
why II had
way
me to
to achieve
achieve that
that was
by learnlearnway for
for me
was by
ing the
the prescribed
prescribed 500
ing
500 lines
lines of
of Julius
Julius CaeCaewas itit Virgil?)
Virgil?) so
so that,
that, prompted
sar (or
(or was
prompted
sar
by the
the Latin
Latin (but
(but without
understanding
by
without understanding
the
words), II could
the actual
actual words),
could recite
recite a
a perfect
perfect
English translation. Thus, in the translathe exam,
exam, all
tion
tion question
question of
of the
all II had
had to
to do
do
was
was recognize the start and end points,
the miniminiand just
write away.
away. II obtained
obtained the
and
just write
pass mark.
mark. My
My theory
mum
mum pass
theory is
is that
that II scored
scored
full
marks on
on that
that question
question (rendering
(rendering
full marks
40%
and
of available
available marks)
marks) and very
very little
little
40% of
from
the the
from the
the rest
rest -- but
but sufficient
sufficient that
that the
the
examiners had
Mission
had to
to let
let me
me through.
through. Mission
examiners
accomplished.
accomplished.
KOS/I ON THE WEB...
CHRIS SAWYER
SAWYER of
of King’s
King's Oak
Oak Academy
CHRIS
Academy
very kindly
kindly contacted
very
with the
the most
contacted KOSA
KOSA with
most
generous
offer
to
add
KOSA
to
their
webgenerous offer to add KOSA to their website.
time
site. We
We hope
hope to
to develop
develop this
this over
over time
of KOSA
KOSA NEWS
NEWS
but
but initially
initially the
the editions
editions of
Nos: 42
42 to
Nos:
to 45
45 have
have been
been put
put there
there by
by
Chris.
Chris.
The URL
URL is:
is:
The
wvwv.kingsoakacademy.org.uk
www.kingsoakacademy.org.uk
When you are on the site, click on ‘The
Academy’ on
Academy’
on the
the menu
menu along
along the
the top
top and
and
then
then scroll
scroll down
down to
to ‘Kingswood
‘Kingswood Old
Old ScholScholyou will
the
ars’
Association’ where
where you
will find
find the
ars’ Association’
NEWS.
back
back copies
copies of
of KOSA
KOSA NEWS.
Yes,
Yes, we're
we’re in
in the
the 21st
21st Century
Century at
at last!
last!
AN OVERSEAS VIEM/...
WILSON BARRETT
BARRETT (48-55)
(48-55) our
our man
man in
in
WILSON
afar. His
His
Strasbourg
from afar.
Strasbourg looks
looks at
at things
things from
email was
received in
in October
October 2014,
2014, bebeemail
was received
fore
fore the
the Scottish
Scottish referendum:
referendum:
note that
that you
you have
have doubts
doubts about
about politipoliti‘I‘I note
cians' knowledge/interest
knowledge/interest concerning
concerning ededcians'
is difficult,
difficult, from
this side
side of
ucation.
from this
ucation. It
It is
of the
the
Channel, to
to follow
in detail
detail educational
educational
Channel,
follow in
policy (if
(if one
one exists)
exists) in
in England.
England. II am
am far
policy
far
from
being convinced
from being
convinced that
that academy
academy stastahave the
imprestus is
is an
an improvement.
improvement. II have
tus
the impression
first step
sion that
that itit is
is a
a first
step towards
towards an
an
expansion of
of privatisation,
privatisation, that
that the
govexpansion
the government (of
(of whichever
party) is
is trying
ernment
whichever party)
trying to
to
shirk
its
shirk its duty
duty to
to provide
provide the
the best
best possible
possible
all. Excessive
Excessive recourse
education for
recourse to
to
education
for all.
testing and
and league
league tables
tables doesn't
doesn't appeal
appeal
testing
to
to me
me either.
either.
‘Here in France, education fares
fares no better. There
There have
have been
been three
three Education
Education
ter.
Ministers since
since the
the presidential
presidential election
election
Ministers
of 2012.
2012. The
in
The post
post has
has become
become a
a pawn
pawn in
of
16
16
government
government reshuffles.
reshuffles. None
None of
of those
those apappointed
pointed have/had
have/had any
any special
special compecompetence
tence as
as regards
regards educational
educational matters.
matters.
Jobs
for the
Jobs for
the boys,
boys, although
although actually
actually it's
it's a
a
girl at
at the
girl
the moment.
moment.
‘If the
‘If
for independence,
the Scots
Scots vote
vote for
independence, then
then
the inhabitants
the
inhabitants of
of Corsica,
Corsica, Brittany,
Brittany, Savoy
Savoy
... might also wish to have a referendum.
Perhaps not
Perhaps
Alsace on
not in
in Alsace
on account
account of
of the
the
for autonomy
movement
movement for
autonomy in
in the
the 1930s
1930s
which
which got
got tinged
tinged with
with national
national socialism,
socialism,
which is
is still
still in
in the
the political
political memmema
a tinge
tinge which
ory.’
ory.
THE EARL Y YEARS...
Lord Mayor
Mayor KATH
KATH HAWKINS
HAWKINS
Past
Past Bristol
Bristol Lord
(33-37)
(33-37) (now
(now Mountstephens)
Mountstephens) tells
tells us
us how
how
itit was
was in
in the
the 1930s:
1930s:
‘Kingswood was
‘Kingswood
was a
a happy,
happy, easygoing
easygoing
school in
girls -school
for the
in my
my time,
time, at
at least
least for
the girls
the boys
boys got
got the
the cane
cane for
for misdemeanours!
misdemeanours!
the
MAJOR EATON
EATON was
Headmaster
was quite
Headmaster MAJOR
quite
and ifif we
autocratic
we worked
worked we
we
autocratic but
but fair
fair and
were left
left to
to get
get on
on with
it. Of
Of course,
course, the
the
were
with it.
exceptional
exceptional subjects
subjects MR
MR BROWN
BROWN refused
refused
MISS QUINto
to teach
teach me
me and
and sent
sent me
me to
to MISS
QUINextra Latin,
Latin, which
TON for
found so
so
TON
for extra
which II found
all
of
my
days.
useful
useful all of my days.
‘BERNARD LOVELL
LOVELL was
mentioned and
and
‘BERNARD
was mentioned
indeed he
indeed
was a
who
he was
a great
great personality
personality who
The Lovells
Lovells
came back
back quite
quite frequently.
frequently. The
came
and PERCY
PERCY LOVELL
LOVELL of
of
were
were a
a big
big clan
clan and
my
was a
wonderful musician
my years
years was
a wonderful
musician and
and
charm. II believe
believe he
person of
of great
great charm.
he bebeperson
came
came a
a teacher
teacher of
of considerable
considerable repute,
repute,
well deserved,
deserved, I’m
|’m sure.
sure.
well
‘KGS was
‘KGS
was tatty
tatty and
and cold
cold but
but the
the teaching
teaching
was great;
great; II shall
shall always
always be
be grateful
grateful for
was
for
my years
years there.
there.
my
‘As to
to fees,
my father
father paid
paid because
because II came
came
‘As
fees, my
late from
from the
the new
new Senior
Senior Speedwell
Speedwell
late
School in
in order
order to
to get
get Matriculation.’
Matriculation.’
School
FEES...
In
edition TONY
TONY FELTHAM
FELTHAM (43(43In the
the last
last edition
48)
48) enquired
which were
were
enquired about
about the
the fees
fees which
BERENICE
charged
charged to
to attend
attend KGS.
KGS. BERENICE
DYER (44-50)
(44-50) (now
(now Robinson)
DYER
Robinson) has
has reresponded:
sponded:
‘I‘I do
do not
not remember
remember the
the half
half scholarships,
scholarships,
but
full fees
fees were
were £9
but the
the full
£9 per
per annum
annum or
or £3
£3
per term.
term. Half
Half fees
fees were
per
were charged
charged in
in some
some
cases
father’s income
level
cases based
based on
on the
the father’s
income level
the income
and
fees were
were waived
waived ifif the
and some
some fees
income
level was
level
was particularly
particularly low.
low. Scholarships
Scholarships
were
were awarded
White
awarded under
under the
the Samuel
Samuel White
uniforms were
Trust
were
Trust arrangement
arrangement and
and uniforms
paid
were believed
paid for,
for, but
but these
these were
believed to
to be
be
to pupils
pupils living
living in
in Hanham.
Hanham.
awarded
awarded only
only to
The charging
charging of
The
fees ceased
of fees
ceased in
in 1946
1946
when
the 1944
1944 Butler
Butler Education
when the
Act came
Education Act
came
into effect.’
into
effect.’
Does the Samuel White Trust still exist?
If so, what
what are the funds
funds used for?
for? -- Ed.
ONE FROM DOWN UNDER...
MARY MILES
MILES (42-49)
(42-49) (now
(now Bentley)
Bentley) has
MARY
has
been
write from
from New
been prompted
prompted to
to write
New South
South
Wales:
Wales:
have not
many
‘I‘I have
for many
not been
been back
back to
to the
the UK
UK for
a few
years, but
but have
have kept
kept in
in touch
touch with
years,
with a
few
contemporaries,
visited over
the
contemporaries, and
and been
been visited
overthe
years by
by some
some of
of them.
them. Sadly
Sadly some
some of
of
years
them have
have made
made the
the big
big journey,
includthem
journey, including TONY
TONY PERDUE
PERDUE who
ing
who used
to leave
used to
leave
England
during
the
winter
months to
to enjoy
enjoy
England during the winter months
JOHN PENNY
PENNY has
has family
in
our
family in
our summer.
summer. JOHN
sti||.....and of
of course,
course, my
Sydney
Sydney still.....and
my brother
brother
John now
now lives
lives quite
quite close
close to
to me.
me.
John
‘My memory
memory could
could be
be faulty
but II believe
believe
‘My
faulty but
the 11+
11+ did
did not
not come
come into
into being
being until
until about
about
the
1944; KGS
KGS did
1944;
did have
have some
some sort
sort of
of selecselection process,
process, but
but II seem
seem to
to have
have avoided
avoided
tion
it! II remember
remember a
MAJOR EATON
EATON
a chat
chat with
it!
with MAJOR
—
in his
his office
office shared
shared with
– in
with an
Alsatian dog
an Alsatian
dog
—
might have
have been
been one
one of
of the
the first
posi– itit might
first positions II achieved
achieved through
through the
the recommenrecommentions
17
17
happened several
dation
dation of
of a
a canine...it
canine...it happened
several
in my
my life.
life.
times
times in
‘I‘I started
started in
in 2A
2A under
under the
the care
care of
of Miss
Miss
Stevens
– an
Australian trapped
Stevens —
an Australian
trapped by
by the
the
war
worked my
VI form
war -- and
and worked
to VI
form
my way
way up
up to
with the
the help
help of
with
of Misses
Misses Watters,
Watters, Biggs,
Biggs,
Wycherley, Price, David, Tarrant, Morrison,
Adenell,
son, Quinton
and Powell,
Powell, Messrs
Messrs Adenell,
Quinton and
Britton, Salmon,
Salmon, Howard,
Howard,
Keyte,
Austin. Britton,
Keyte, Austin.
Winterton, Jones,
Winterton,
Jones, Bloom,
Bloom, Dempsey
Dempsey and
and
Watts.....there were
were others,
Watts.....there
others, of
of course,
course, but
but
their names
their
names escape
escape me
me for
for the
the moment.
moment.
David II owe
owe my
my lifelong
lifelong interest
To
To Miss
Miss David
interest
in theatre,
theatre, and
in
and Miss
Miss Watters
Watters is
is responsiresponsible for
for my
my love
ble
love of
of Shakespeare
Shakespeare and
and ChauChaucer. II wonder
school still
cer.
wonder ififthe
the school
still encourages
encourages
all
visits
– we
we were
were all
visits to
to the
the Bristol
Bristol Old
Old Vic
Vic —
Club
Club members.
members.
in the
the archives
archives there
‘Somewhere
‘Somewhere in
there are
are
photos
photos of
of the
the classes
classes that
that included
included me,
me,
even
even hockey
hockey teams
teams and
and Prefects.
Prefects. II seem
seem
to
to remember
remember sending
sending some
some over
over after
after the
the
fire, to
to replace
fire,
those
lost
in
that
event.
replace those lost in that event.
And
still have
have the
the School
School photo
photo from
And II still
from
seems II was
in
September
when itit seems
was in
September 1948,
1948, when
VI i.i. —
but itit is
VI
– but
is a
a bit
bit big
big to
to send!
send! I’m
|’m between
between
MARGARET VAGG
VAGG and
and VALERIE
VALERIE
MARGARET
HANDY.
HANDY.
‘Following on
on from
from our
our ‘conversation’
‘conversation’
‘Following
have been
been co-opted
about
about ‘education’.....
‘education’..... II have
co-opted
of Alan
to assist
assist in
in the
the production
production of
to
Alan
is
Bennett’s
Although itit is
Bennett’s The
The History
History Boys.
Boys. Although
funsupposedly
supposedly intended
intended to
to be
be hilariously
hilariously funny, II do
do not
not find
find itit so!
so! All
the arguments
arguments
ny,
All the
in teaching
teaching are
about
about fashions
fashions in
are covered,
covered,
and
for going
and reasons
reasons for
going to
to Oxbridge
Oxbridge versus
versus
Redbrick are
are aired
aired without
without any
any real
real conconRedbrick
clusions
clusions being
being suggested
suggested other
other than
than the
the
final
line
“Pass
it
on,
Boy”.....
I
shall
be
final line “Pass it on, Boy”..... I shall be
how
interested to
to see
see how
how itit turns
turns out
out and
and how
interested
—
of my
my own
own age
the
folk of
the audience
audience – mostly
mostly folk
age
—
receive it.
it.
– receive
‘It was
long way
‘It
was written
written in
–a
way from
from
in 2006
2006 —
a long
the 1980s
1980s when
is supposed
supposed to
to be
be haphapthe
when itit is
pening! Distance
Distance lends
lends enchantment?’
enchantment?’
pening!
ALL IN THE FAMILY...
SHEILA
SHEILA PARSONS
PARSONS (54-59)
now WilliamWilliam(54-59) now
moment with
KOson
with KOson shares
shares a
a historical
historical moment
SA:
SA:
and my
my grandgrand‘2nd
‘2nd September
September 2014
2014 and
daughter
daughter has
has started
started senior
senior school,
school,
namely King’s
King’s Oak
Oak Academy.
When II saw
saw
namely
Academy. When
her in
in her
her school
school uniform
uniform II was
her
was quite
quite
up all
all of
of
choked
choked up.
up. She
She looked
looked so
so grown
grown up
a
was thankful
thankful that
a sudden,
sudden, although
although II was
that she
she
brown knickknickdidn’t
with brown
didn’t have
have to
to contend
contend with
ers. However,
However, the
ers.
school
still
has
the school still has strict
strict
uniform is
is concerned
concerned —
guidelines
where uniform
–
guidelines where
even gum
PE.
even
for PE.
gum shields
shields for
‘The reason
reason II am
am writing
is that
that she
‘The
writing is
she is
is the
the
fourth female
to get
fourth
female generation
generation to
get a
a place
place at
at
all four
four of
of us
us still
still alive
alive and
the
with all
the school,
school, with
and
almost kicking.
kicking. My
My mother,
mother, IRIS
IRIS WILLalmost
WILLMOTT (now
(now Parsons)
in
MOTT
Parsons) started
started at
at KGS
KGS in
1931, then
then in
in 1954
1954 II started
started there.
there. II had
had
1931,
JANE WILLIAMSON
WILLIAMSON (now
(now
a
a daughter,
daughter, JANE
Ireland) who
Ireland)
who started
started at
at Kingsfield
Kingsfield in
in 1988,
1988,
followed
IREby her
her daughter
daughter CERYS
CERYS IREfollowed by
LAND in
in 2014.
2014.
LAND
‘My mother
mother is
is now
rememnow 94
94 and
and can
can still
still remem‘My
ber her
MAber
her days
days at
at the
the ‘cowsheds’
‘cowsheds’ under
under MAEATON.
I
wonder
if
any
family
can
JOR EATON. I wonder if any family can
JOR
be very
beat
would be
to
beat this,
this, II would
very interested
interested to
know. To
To cap
know.
cap the
the coincidence,
coincidence, my
my grandgranddaughter is
is in
in the
the same
same colour
colour house
house as
as
daughter
II was
was (red),
(red), although
although the
the names
names have
have
changed.’
changed}
EXTRA-CURRICULAR...
DAVID ANN
(55-63), who
DAVID
ANN (55-63),
who was
was Head
Head of
of
School in
in 1962-63,
1962-63, has
has sent
sent us
us a
a couple
couple
School
of programmes
programmes of
tenof events
events during
during his
his tenof
He writes:
ure.
writes:
ure. He
‘The Carol
Carol service
service programme
programme lists
lists ROGROG‘The
ER GARLAND,
GARLAND, then
then a
a KGS
KGS pupil,
pupil, as
as the
the
ER
Pianist. Roger's
Roger's principal
principal instrument
instrument was
Pianist.
was
the violin
violin and
and at
at that
that time
time he
he was
leader
the
was leader
of the
the National
National Youth
Orchestra. Roger
Roger
of
Youth Orchestra.
on to
to Fitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam College,
College, Camwent
Camwent on
he has
bridge, after
after which
has had
had a
a career
career
bridge,
which he
18
18
and for
several years
as
for several
was a
as a
a violinist
violinist and
years was
a
Principal in
in "The
"The Academy
Principal
Academy of
of St
St Martin-inMartin-inthe-Field",
a major
major British
British orchestra.
orchestra.
the-Fie|d", a
A cursory
A
cursory search
search on
on the
the Web
Web reveals
reveals that
that
Roger Garland
violin with
Roger
with
Garland studied
studied the
the violin
Parikian. His
His early
early career
Manoug
Manoug Parikian.
career as
as a
a
of the
the English
English Chamber
Chamber orchesmember
member of
orchestra
Academy of
tra and
and as
as a
a principal
principal of
of the
the Academy
of
Fields took
took him
him all
all over
over
St
St Martin-in-the
Martin-in-the Fields
the
world, appearing
the world,
appearing as
as chamber
chamber musimusician
cian and
and soloist
soloist in
in such
such prestigious
prestigious venvenues
ues as
as Conservatoire
Conservatoire Hall,
Hall, Budapest,
Budapest,
Sydney
Sydney Opera
Opera House
House and
and the
the Carnegie
Carnegie
Hall, New York.
York.
He has
in his
his
He
has been
been a
a frequent
frequent broadcaster
broadcaster in
role
role as
as leader
leader of
of the
the Park
Park Lane
Lane Sextet,
Sextet,
the
the Gagliano
Gagliano Trio
Trio and
and the
the Guarnerius
Guarnerius
Recent solo
String
String Quintet.
Quintet. Recent
solo appearances
appearances
‘Four
include
Vivaldi's 'Four
include performances
performances of
of Viva|di's
Seasons‘ at
at Petersfield
Petersfield Festival
Festival and
and MoMoSeasons'
zart's
zart's Violin
Violin Concerto
Concerto K
K 219
219 at
at Chichester
Chichester
Cathedral.
Cathedral.
KINGSWDDD GRAMMAR SCHDDL
‘When you
you look
‘When
look at
at the
the Garden
Garden Fete
Fete proprogramme,
you'll see
see that
that no
no expense
expense was
gramme, you'll
was
spared
spared to
to obtain
obtain persons
persons to
to perform
perform the
the
draw in
in the
opening who
masses
opening
who would
would draw
the masses
from
and wide,
from far
far and
wide, thereby
thereby causing
causing traffic
traffic
gridlock in
in Brook
Brook Lane
Lane and
and Tenniscourt
gridlock
Tenniscourt
Road!
Road!
CAROL SERVICE
Thllrsday, Deeemher 19th, 1963
TJ5 pm‘.
in the KINGSWODD PARISH CHURCH
by .|!.i'u;- Chairs of
KINGSWGOD GRAMMAR SCHUDL
Conductor and Organist:
—
Mr. D. Reade-H, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., F.R.C.fl.
Pianist:
Roger Garlamf, Esq.
.1 Cnifsctisn with‘ be miter: in aid .-if the
“Pestaluzzi Children's Village Trust ’’
Pregramrne Price 1]Aelrnewledgment is made It: the Vicar ef‘ liingweerl for his kind
imritstien be held this Sc-nriec in the Parish Chuifuzh.
undertaking
‘Much
when undertaking
‘Much to
to my
my surprise
surprise when
the task,
task, II saw
saw my
my parents
parents in
in the
the audience.
audience.
the
Surprised
they were
were at
Surprised because
because II thought
thought they
at
- home
home serving
shop in
in
serving customers
customers in
in our
our shop
Regent Street,
Street, Kingswood
Kingswood at
at a
a time
time of
of
Regent
year when
year
when we
we would
would have
very busy.
have been
been very
busy.
transpired that
GEOFFREY
that my
my brother
brother GEOFFREY
ItIt transpired
ANN
(47-53) and
and his
JUDY BEAVER
BEAVER
his wife
ANN (47-53)
wife JUDY
kindly minding
minding the
(49-53)
were very
very kindly
the shop
(49-53) were
shop
for
a couple
couple of
of hours
hours or
or so
so to
to enable
enable Mum
Mum
for a
and Dad to attend the event. Furthermore,
May, which
the date
date was
25 May,
Geofthe
was 25
which was
was Geoffrey's
birthday!’
frey's birthday!’
19
19
Although
we have
have only
only shown
shown the
the front
Although we
front
page
page of
of the
the Garden
Garden Fete
Fete programme,
programme, the
the
features
from usufeatures advertised
advertised inside,
inside, apart
apartfrom
usua free
free film
film show
show in
in the
the
al
al stalls,
stalls, included
included a
Geography
(remember those?),
Geography Room
Room (remember
those?),
Cup Final
Final
teas
teas in
in the
the Canteen
Canteen and
and the
the FA
FA Cup
on TV
TV in
in the
the library.
library. ‘Gentlemen,
‘Gentlemen, you
on
you need
need
not
Final...’ itit advertises,
advertises, in
not miss
miss the
the Cup
Cup Final…’
in
an
an endeavour
endeavour to
to meet
meet the
the objection
objection that
that
the
was an
the Cup
Cup Final
Final was
an excuse
excuse to
to avoid
avoid the
the
Fete.
would be
Fete. It
It assumes
assumes that
that no
no lady
lady would
be
interested. . . ..
interested…..
TOP FLIGHTERS... .7
MARGARET ILES
ILES (42-47)
(42-47) (now
(now Venn)
Venn)
MARGARET
early
has
has resurrected
resurrected her
her feelings
feelings on
on the
the early
days
days at
at KGS
KGS prompted
prompted by
by the
the correspondcorrespondence
ence in
in the
the last
last few
few editions
editions about
about
‘mediocre majority’
flightmajority’ versus
versus the
the ‘top
‘top flight‘mediocre
ers’.
ers’. It
It seems
seems that
that many
many of
of those
those of
of the
the
former come
former
come good
good later
later in
in life
life and
and there
there
performare often
often hidden
hidden reasons
reasons for
for poor
poor performare
ance
ance at
at school:
school:
‘Top Flighters?
Flighters? I`ve
myself,
‘Top
|‘ve been
been asking
asking myself,
the criterion.
criterion. What
What marked
what was
was the
what
marked out
out
don‘t know
know
one student
student from
from another?
another? II don`t
one
only know
know at
at the
the
the answer.
answer. II only
the close
close of
of
that
forty two
that September
September day
day in
in forty
two II had
had a
a
in the
the hierarchy
hierarchy of
of
pretty good
good idea
idea where
pretty
where in
the next
next five,
five,
students
for the
students I`d
|‘d be
be standing
standing for
six years.
years.
possibly
possibly six
remember catching
am
‘I‘I remember
catching the
the eight
eight thirty
thirty am
Blackhorse Road
Road (first
bus from
from Blackhorse
(first day,
day, best
best
bus
and walking
leave the
the bike
bike at
at home)
home) and
head
leave
walking head
held high
high through
in my
my
held
through the
the school
school gate
gate in
home-made blouse
felt II
blouse and
and gymslip.
gymslip. II felt
home-made
had reason
reason to
to be
be proud.
proud. Eleven
Eleven years
years of
of
had
age
age and
and I`d
|‘d made
made it,
it, the
the transition
transition bebe|‘d gently
gently
tween Junior
Junior School
School where
tween
where I`d
shone and
and here.
here. II was
actually here.
here.
shone
was actually
willing and
and determined
determined to
Ready and
and willing
to sucsucReady
ceed.
ceed.
favourite hymn.
hymn. Made
Made me
‘Assembly. A
me
‘Assembly.
A favourite
my
feel at
at home.
home. But
But then,
then, who
called my
feel
who called
name? Who
Who led
and my
my form
name?
form
led myself
myself and
mates
Who
mates into
into a
a large
large bright
bright classroom.
classroom. Who
found me a desk, told me to sit, to put my
things away
again,
things
away and
and be
be quiet?
quiet? Then
Then again,
with
with whom
whom did
did II speak
speak at
at break-time?
break-time?
Potential
flighters` maybe?
Potential `top
‘top flighters‘
maybe? Maybe.
Maybe.
Was
wasn`t
Was there
there laughter?
laughter? II certainly
certainly wasn‘t
laughing. Or
Or telling
telling anyone
anyone II had
laughing.
had a
a probproblem.
A visual
Iem. A
visual problem.
problem. That
That II could
could see
see
some
forty per
what the
some forty
per cent
cent of
of what
the others
others
were seeing.
from every
were
seeing. Or
Or that
that from
every desk
desk I`d
|‘d
sat
far II could
sat in
in thus
thus far
could not
not see
see the
the blackblackhaving
board.
board. Was
Was II too
too proud
proud to
to admit
admit to
to having
that in
in my
my naivety
naivety II
a
was itit that
a disability?
disability? Or
Or was
imagined everyone
imagined
way, and
everyone saw
saw that
that way,
and no
no
complaining... Yet
again,
one
was complaining…
Yet again,
one else
else was
the morning
morning
there
was one
there was
one blessing,
blessing, the
moved
were
moved on
on at
at a
a furious
furious pace.
pace. We
We were
constantly
constantly on
on the
the move
move up
up and
and down
down an
an
endless corridor,
corridor, passing
passing God-like
God-like creacreaendless
looked like
like
tures,
who looked
tures, older,
older, experienced,
experienced, who
they knew
they
knew the
the ropes,
ropes, although
although heaven
heaven
help me,
me, II never
nevertruly
Mind
help
truly saw
faces. Mind
saw their
theirfaces.
you,
you, my
my other
other senses,
senses, hearing,
hearing, sense
sense of
of
smell (cheese
smell
for
(cheese and
and potato
potato pie
pie again
again for
lunch - well
is wartime!)
lunch
well itit is
wartime!) were
were acute.
acute.
‘A month
month or
or two
two on
on II began
began to
to understand
understand
‘A
my role.
role. My
My daytime
daytime world
my
world was
was bearable
bearable
saw itit as
ifif II saw
was pleased
as a
a stage.
stage. II was
pleased as
as an
an
adult to
to read
read that
that John
John Mortimore,
Mortimore, judge
adult
judge
and writer
of plays,
plays, held
and
writer of
held that
that he
he could
could
manage life
life providing
providing he
he saw
manage
saw itit as
as a
a dradrama, with
with characters acting out their parts.
No sight
sight in
in
II believe
believe that`s
that‘s how
how II survived.
survived. No
one eye
eye and
and reduced
reduced sight
sight in
in the
the other
other
one
meant poor
poor co-ordination.
co-ordination. How
How unfortuunfortumeant
nate
where sport
nate then
then II attended
attended a
a school
school where
sport
all. I`ll
|‘|| refrain
refrain from
offering the
the games
was
games
was all.
from offering
mistress‘s comments
of
comments about
about my
my fear
mistress`s
fear of
in the
the gym,
gym, my
my inability
inability to
heights
heights in
to use
use a
a
a ball
ball with
a stick
stick
tennis racquet
racquet or
or striking
striking a
tennis
with a
orjumping
or
jumping over
over a
a stuffed
stuffed horse.
horse.
‘In my
my one
one eyed
eyed world,
saw my
my day
daytime
‘In
world, II saw
time
as
as difficult,
difficult, something
something to
to be
be endured
endured and
and
my recourse
recourse was
to became
became the
the class
class
my
was to
comedienne. In
In consequence
consequence II spent
spent
comedienne.
quite
few hours
quite a
a few
hours standing
standing outside
outside HeadHead-
20
20
EATON’S door.
door. In
master
master MAJOR
MAJOR EATON’S
In conseconsequence
lived for
for the
the evenings
evenings and
quence II lived
and
holidays, for
for
holidays,
for the
the BBC
BBC Home
Home Service,
Service, for
the
the books
books II could
could read;
read; for
for my
my piano
piano pracpracsinging lessons,
lessons, reciting
tice,
tice, my
my singing
reciting at
at the
the
eisteddfod,
eisteddfod, acting
acting in
in the
the local
local chapel`s
chapeI‘s
group. There
There were
bike rides
drama
were bike
drama group.
rides to
to
There
take.
Woods
and
fields
to
explore.
There
take. Woods and fields to explore.
were
friends to
to visit,
visit, fellow
fellow pupils
pupils who
may
were friends
who may
or
or may
may not
not have
have turned
turned out
out to
to be
be `top‘topnotchers`.
when I was
was free I
notchers‘. Then later, when
Workers‘ Educould
could really
really start
start to
to learn.
learn. Workers`
Edunight school
school classes
cation
cation programmes,
programmes, night
classes
and
A-levels to
and as
as time
time passed
passed A-levels
to take
take and
and
degree in
an
an Open
Open University
University degree
in Psychology
Psychology
and Criminology.
Criminology. The
The OU
OU offered
and
offered a
a demdemone felt
ocratic
where one
felt an
ocratic way
way of
of teaching,
teaching, where
an
individual who
individual
who mattered,
mattered, whose
whose needs
needs
would be
well attended
where there
would
be well
attended to,
to, where
there
was equality
was
equality between
between student
student and
and tutors
tutors
who
gave praise
praise where
due and
and
who gave
where itit was
was due
criticism where
positive
where
positive but
but encouraging
encouraging criticism
necessary.
necessary.
‘Kingswood Grammar
Grammar School?
‘Kingswood
School? II guess
guess
simply saying
saying `I
simply
‘I was
was a
a student
student there`
there‘ has
has
am extremely
extremely proud
opened a
a few
few doors.
doors. II am
proud
opened
to
to have
have been
been part
part of
of an
an institution
institution that
that
PILLINGER and
and SIR
SIR
produced COLIN
COLIN PILLINGER
produced
BERNARD LOVELL
LOVELL and
and II take
BERNARD
take great
great
pleasure in
pleasure
in reading
reading the
the success
success stories
stories in
in
magazine. Maybe
Maybe my
my interests
our school
school magazine.
interests
our
learning at
and
and desire
desire to
to continue
continue learning
at my
my great
great
having
age
with having
age have
have something
something to
to do
do with
Nevertheless II
‘passed the
the scholarship`.
scholarship‘. Nevertheless
`passed
cannot
were the
cannot say
say those
those were
the happiest
happiest years
years
of my
my life
life - although
although II have
have to
to admit
admit that
that
of
had II been
been a
a teacher
teacher there
there II would
not
had
would not
like me.
me.
have
have enjoyed
enjoyed tutoring
tutoring someone
someone like
POET’S PA GE...
ROY HUBBARD
HUBBARD (53-59)
(53-59) who
ROY
who is
is one
one of
of the
the
KGS poets
poets has
has contributed
contributed the
the poem
poem bebeKGS
low, suitable
suitable for
for the
the six
six nations
nations season.
season.
low,
‘It is
is a
a pun
pun on
on he
he who
exceedingly
‘It
who wrote
wrote exceedingly
from
good stories,
stories, etc
etc but
but a
a bit
bit of
of fun
good
fun from
of
a local
local Welsh
Welsh supporter
supporter to
to any
any ex
ex pupil
pupil of
a
Northern descent.
SN'IF
VERSION
SN'lF -- THE
THE BRISTOLIAN
BRISTOLIAN VERSION
believing in
in your
England,
IfIf you
your England,
you can
can keep
keep believing
Not
winning, and
Not winning,
and blaming
blaming itit on
on the
the team,
team,
officials,
IfIf you
you can
can trust
trust in
in Twickenham
Twickenham officials,
But
for their
But make
make allowance
allowance for
their honest
honest dream,
dream,
IfIf you
wait for
for yet
you can
can wait
yet another
another era
era
longer ifif you
you have
Or
Or even
even longer
have to
to do,
do,
Then you
you will
know how
how we
across the
Then
will know
we across
water
the water
green, yellow,
yellow, black
Love
white, green,
Love beating
beating white,
black and
and
blue.
blue.
you can
IfIf you
can keep
keep the
the leisure
leisure that
that you
you savour,
savour,
you can
can think
think that
that work
IfIf you
work is
fun,
is sometimes
sometimes fun,
you can
IfIf you
with true
failure
can meet
meet with
true success
success and
and failure
And
And treat
treat those
those two
two opposites
opposites as
as ifif one.
one.
you can
the willow,
IfIf you
judge red
willow,
can judge
red leather
leather on
on the
Enjoy good
good sport
sport whatever
shape the
the ball,
ball,
Enjoy
whatever shape
on the
the pilpilThen
Then as
as your
your head
head sinks
sinks heavy
heavy on
low,
low,
You'll
realise that
all.
that results
results mean
mean now't
now't at
at all.
You'll realise
you can
lovely Yorkcan leave
leave behind
behind your
your lovely
IfIf you
Yorkshire,
shire,
Northern
Boycott
with its
Boycott pudding,
pudding, shoddy
shoddy with
its Northern
grit,
grit,
To
To spend
spend your
your days
days in
in sleepy
sleepy Kingswood,
Kingswood,
Where
life was
Where life
was full
full of
of G
G &
&S
S and
and schoolboy
schoolboy
wit.
wit.
IfIf you
field of
you can
can grace
grace the
the field
of oak
oak and
and laughter
laughter
Albeit
Albeit for
for such
such a
a short
short span
span of
of time,
time,
Then you
you will
never lack
lack the
the soul
soul of
of friendThen
will never
friendship
ship
be for
ever thine.
Of
will be
for ever
thine.
Of schoolfriends
schoolfriends that
that will
you can
IfIf you
family,
can gird
gird around
around yourself
yourself your
your family,
you can
can last
last another
another five
ten,
IfIf you
five times
times ten,
Then
will be
for everyone
to envy,
Then yours
yours will
be for
everyone to
envy,
ken.
The unity
unity that
that only
only some
some will
The
will ken.
you can
can sit
sit and
and over
over past
past times
times ponder,
ponder,
IfIf you
laugh,
Recalling
good
and
bad,
each
with
Recalling good and bad, each with a
a laugh,
all its
its splensplenThen yours
yours is
is the
the world
Then
world with
with all
doun
dour,
And
is more
Dai
And -- which
which is
more -- you'll
you'll be
be a
a Man,
Man, Dai
bach!
bach!
21
21
Below is
is the
Below
the circular
circular (expurgated)
(expurgated) sent
sent to
to parents
parents
of the girls at the same time by Headmistress MISS
‘QUINNIE’
mainly covering
covering dress,
hair
QUINTON, mainly
dress, hair
‘QUINNIE’ QUINTON,
and
wearing of
jewellery. Another
Another age!
and the
the Wearing
Ofjewenen/_
age!
In KOSA NEWS 44 we published the
.
, . .
,
In 1954.
1954.
Headmaster’s
for Parents’
Headmasters ‘Guidance
Guidance for
Parents sent
sent in
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obtainable now.
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Pixie hoods are not
to be worn, except in bad weather.
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shade.
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The rather
rather poor
poor quality
quality photo
photo (above)
(above) is
is of
of
The
in 1975.
1975.
the
the entrance
entrance hall
hall at
at Christmas
Christmas in
Over many
many years
Over
years we
we have
have been
been asked
asked ifif
we have
have any
any information
information about
about the
the HonHonwe
ours
ours Boards
Boards which
which were
were situated
situated there.
there.
The photo
photo shows
shows the
the boards
boards behind
behind the
the
The
Christmas crib
Christmas
crib and
and Christmas
Christmas tree
tree but
but ununIt
fortunately
fortunately the
the list
list of
of awards
awards is
is unclear.
unclear. It
appears that
that there
there were
also notice
notice boards
boards
appears
were also
in the
the entrance
entrance hall.
in
hall. Does
Does anyone
anyone have
have
hall,
clear
clear photographs
photographs of
of the
the entrance
entrance hall,
including the
the Honours
Honours Boards?
Boards?
including
After the
the fire
fire in
in August
1976 a
a survey
survey was
was
After
August 1976
sent out
out to
to Old
Old Scholars,
Scholars, for
for whom
whom contact
contact
sent
for details
details of
of their
their
details
were held,
details were
held, asking
asking for
respective qualifications.
qualifications. These
These were
enrespective
were enKingsfield
tered into
into a
a large
large tome
tome held
held at
at Kingsfield
tered
School.
School. We
We presume
presume that
that it’s
it’s been
been taken
taken
over by
by King’s
King’s Oak
Oak Academy.
over
Academy.
IN THE MEDIA...
In recent
have
recent editions
editions of
of KOSA
KOSA NEWS
NEWS we
In
we have
ROBERT
WILLIS
(58-65)
featured
who is
featured ROBERT WILLIS (58-65) who
is
now The
The Very
Very Reverend
Reverend Dr
Dr Robert
Robert Willis,
Willis,
now
Dean of
The BBC
BBC
of Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral.
Cathedral. The
Dean
have
just completed
have just
completed a
a series
series of
of three
three proprogrammes about
in
grammes
about life
life in
in the
the Cathedral
Cathedral in
which
Robert was
promiwas featured
featured very
very promiwhich Robert
nently throughout
nently
throughout as
as the
the man
man in
in charge
charge
Dean in
in 1,416
1,416
as
as the
the Cathedral’s
Cathedra|’s 39th
39th Dean
years.
years.
a new
new girls’
girls’
Robert was
shown announcing
announcing a
Robert
was shown
choir —
the first
first in
choir
– the
in 900
900 years
years -- and
and discussdiscussing matters
matters with
ing
with the
Archbishop of
the Archbishop
of CanterCanterbury, Justin
Justin Welby.
Welby. He
He also
also stood
stood in
in for
for
bury,
the Archbishop
Archbishop at
the
at Christmas
Christmas to
to deliver
deliver the
the
Sermon when
the Archbishop
Christmas
when the
Archbishop
Christmas Sermon
was
diagnosed with
pneumonia.
was diagnosed
with pneumonia.
shown chairing
chairing a
a meeting
He was
was also
also shown
meeting to
to
He
for £12
£12 million
million
consider an
an application
application for
consider
from the
the Heritage
from
which was
was
Heritage Lottery
Lottery Fund,
Fund, which
ultimately successful.
successful. He
He also
also welcomed
ultimately
welcomed
the Lord
Lord Mayor
Mayor of
of Canterbury
Canterbury to
to the
the CaCathe
thedral
thedral and
and operated
operated food
food bins
bins over
over Easter
Easter
in Dover.
Dover.
distributing food
food in
distributing
Dr Willis
Willis was
also interviewed
interviewed extensively
extensively
Dr
was also
lengthy article
article in
in
by the
the Radio
Radio Times
Times in
in a
a lengthy
by
23
23
the 13
13 December 2014 edition about the
girls’ choir
choir at
girls’
at Canterbury.
Canterbury.
EXAMS...
A LITTLE LA TE..!
DEREK BAILEY
BAILEY (49-53),
(49-53), from
from Colorado,
DEREK
Colorado,
has
has informed
informed us
us that
that his
his contemporary
contemporary
DAVID FOICE
FOICE (49-56)
(49-56) and
Jan
DAVID
wife Jan
and his
his wife
Wedding in
in DeDecelebrated
celebrated their
their Golden
Golden Wedding
cember
a dinner
dinner at
at the
the St.
St. Pierre
Pierre
cember 2010
2010 with
with a
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Hotel, near
near Chepstow.
Chepstow. David,
David, (second
(second
from the
the left)
left) , was
was in
from
in charge
charge of
of the
the Second
Second
along with
Severn
with the
Severn Crossing,
Crossing, along
the old
old
in 1999.
1999. The
The phophobridge,
bridge, before
before he
he retired
retired in
the John
John Laing
Laing Employees’
Employees’
to,
to, taken
taken from
from the
News of
News
of the
the time,
time, shows
shows David
David and
and Jan
Jan
with their
their sons
with
sons and
and grandson
grandson on
on the
the happy
happy
occasion.
occasion.
CILLA POWELL
POWELL (46-51)
(46-51) (now
(now Maguire)
Maguire)
CILLA
was one
first to
was
one of
of the
the first
to take
take O-level
O-level exams
exams
when they
were introduced
when
they were
1951. Prior
Prior
introduced in
in 1951.
to
to that
that pupils
pupils matriculated
matriculated only
only ifif they
they obobtained
tained 5
5 passes
passes in
in the
the School
School Certificate
Certificate
with Maths
foreign
with
Maths and
and English
English and
and a
a foreign
language. From
language.
From the
the date
date of
of the
the O-levels
O-levels
pupils were
pupils
were given
given a
a pass
pass and
and certificate
certificate
subject
subject by
by subject.
subject.
of
On
we reproduce
On page
page 25
25 we
reproduce the
the bulk
bulk of
Maths II -- there
Maths
were three
there were
three maths
maths papers.
papers.
Cilla has
copying
Cilla
for copying
has also
also given
given KOSA
KOSA for
French II and
and II,
II, Latin
Latin II and
and II
II and
and the
the EngEngFrench
Iish Language
Language papers.
lish
papers.
The Maths
Maths paper
paper is
is quite
quite a
a high
high standard
standard
The
and there were
were no calculators in those
days!
days!
PREFECT3...
In the
the 1962
1962 photograph
photograph of
In
of the
the Prefects
Prefects
DAVID ANN
(back row
row second
(below), DAVID
second
(below),
ANN (back
from
right) and
and TERRY
TERRY ANSTEY
from right)
ANSTEY (second
(second
row,
row, also
also second
second from
from right)
right) are
are both
both conconKOSA NEWS.
NEWS.
tributors
tributors to
to this
this edition
edition of
of KOSA
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Two
Two sad
sad phophotos
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taken shortshortly after
after the
fire
ly
the fire
in
August
in
August
1976. The
The only
only
1976.
original buildbuildoriginal
ings left
ings
left after
after
fire being
the
the fire
being
the
the gymnasium
gymnasium
and the brick
buildings
buildings at
at the
the
girls’ entrance.
girls’
entrance.
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APOLOGIES...
family of
of ZENA
ZENA RALPH
RALPH
Apologies to
Apologies
to the
the family
for spelling
spelling their
their name
name as
in
for
as Foweracre
Foweracre in
the
the obituaries
obituaries in
in the
the last
last edition.
edition. It
It should
should
FOWERAKER. Also
SPRAThave
Also SPRAThave been
been FOWERAKER.
MAN was
wrongly spelled
MAN
was wrongly
spelled as
as SprackSprackman in
in the
the same
man
same piece.
piece. We
We try
try hard
hard to
to
get spellings
get
fail.
spellings correct,
correct, but
but sometimes
sometimes fail.
WELCOME...
KOSA since
since last
To
joining KOSA
To those
those joining
last time,
time,
names where
using
where appropriate:
using maiden
maiden names
appropriate:
Stewart
Stewart Lear
Lear (53-59)
(53-59) (Bradford-on(Bradford-onAvon),
Christine Sawyer,
Avon), Christine
Sawyer, on
on the
the staff
staff of
of
King’s Oak
Oak Academy
King’s
Academy and
friendly
and our
our friendly
web-keeper, Michael
web-keeper,
Michael Carter
Carter (55-62)
(55-62)
(Nottingham), Roger
Roger Done
(Nottingham),
Done (55-62)
(55-62)
(Spain), Terry
(Spain),
Anstey (55-62)
Terry Anstey
(55-62) (Canada).
(Canada).
you know
know of
of anyone
anyone who
might like
like to
IfIf you
who might
to
the KOSA
KOSA NEWS
NEWS just
receive
just let
receive the
let us
us
know -- with
with their
their permission,
permission, of
know
of course!
course!
L 08T/FOUND...
We have
have found
We
who
found two
two ex-members
ex-members who
Britton (52(52dropped
dropped off
off our
our radar:
radar: John
John Britton
and Jill
Jill Alexander
59) now
now in
in Cowbridge
Cowbridge and
59)
Alexander
now Fuentes,
Fuentes, who
now
was on
who was
on the
the staff
staff of
of
Kingswood and
and Kingsfield
(62-77), still
still in
in
Kingswood
Kingsfield (62-77),
Spain.
Spain.
We have
have lost
We
whereabouts of
lost the
the whereabouts
of Mary
Mary
Fudge (now
(now Theobald)
Theobald) (57-64),
(57-64), last
last adadFudge
If anyone
anyone
dress
dress in
in Westbury-on-Trym.
Westbury-on-Trym. If
knows of
of her
her new
knows
new address,
address, please
please let
let us
us
know.
know.
you are
are moving
moving to
to pastures-new,
pastures-new,
IfIf you
know of
of
please don’t
don’t forget
forget to
to let
let KOSA
KOSA know
please
your
your change
change of
of address.
address.
55 - REUNION...
are making
making the
the Autumn
We
Autumn Lunch
We are
Lunch at
at the
the
Barn on
on Saturday,
Saturday, 10
10 October
October 2015
2015 a
a
Barn
reunion for
for those
those who
started at
at KGS
KGS in
in
reunion
who started
1955.
1955. It’s
|t’s 60
60 years
years this
this coming
coming SeptemSeptember when
when they
they entered
entered the
the gates
gates of
of KGS
KGS
ber
and
we will
will be
and we
their
be commemorating
commemorating their
anniversary at
anniversary
at the
the lunch.
lunch.
Individual
will be
Individual letters
letters will
be sent
sent out
out somesomethis year
year inviting
inviting 55ers
time
time later
later this
55ers to
to reply
reply
year who
be handling
handling
to
who will
will be
to one
one of
of their
their year
the
your
the event.
event. Please
Please put
put the
the date
date in
in your
now.
diaries
diaries now.
However, before
Spring
However,
before that
that there’s
there’s the
the Spring
Lunch and
11 April
Lunch
AGM on
April
and AGM
on Saturday,
Saturday, 11
2015 and
why you
1
and there’s
there’s no
no reason
reason why
you
should
You
should not
not also
also come
come to
to that.....!
that.....! You
would be
welcome.
would
be made
made very
very welcome.
WEB ADDRESS...
Those
who are
wired to
Those members
members who
are wired
to the
the
up KOSA
KOSA NEWS
NEWS on
on
web
may now
now look
look up
web may
the King’s
King’s Oak
the
Academy web
web page.
Oak Academy
page.
The URL
URL is:
is:
The
www.kingsoakacademy.org.uk
www.kingsoakacademy.org.uk
When you
on ‘The
‘The
When
you are
are on
on the
the site,
site, click
click on
Academy’
on the
the menu
menu along
along the
the top
top and
and
Academy’ on
down to
to ‘Kingswood
‘Kingswood Old
then
then scroll
scroll down
Old
Scholars’
Association’ where
where you
you will
will find
find
Scholars’ Association’
NEWS.
the back
back copies
copies of
of KOSA
KOSA NEWS.
the
think.
Let
what you
Let us
us know
know what
you think.
BA CK PA GE...
The photo
photo on
on the
the back
back page
page shows
shows the
The
the
old oak.
oak. The
The
buildings taken
taken from
the old
buildings
from the
in splendid
splendid isolaoak
was in
oak at
at that
that time
time was
isolation, but
but those
those who
have been
been to
to the
the site
site
tion,
who have
more recently
recently will
be aware
aware that
that nowanowamore
will be
days
days itit is
is surrounded
surrounded by
by buildings.
buildings.
The photo
photo was
taken in
in the
Summer
The
was taken
the Summer
is a
a reminder
around
to those
around 1973
1973 and
and is
reminder to
those
who,
on sunny
sunny days
days in
in Summer,
Summer, carried
carried
who, on
revision around
around the
out their
their exam
exam revision
old
out
the old
oak.
By August
of tranquility
tranquility
1976 this
this view
view of
By
August 1976
was
lost forever.
was lost
forever.
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