January 2011 The termly alumni newsletter for Latymer Upper School

January 2011
The termly alumni newsletter for Latymer Upper School
Classified
GRADUATE CORNER
We are happy to promote appropriate services and charitable
activity of members, where space permits and subject to
negotiation with the editor.
We congratulate the following Latymerians on their recent
academic achievements.
Jim’s Journey by Sir James SPICER (1942) costs £10, with all
proceeds going to support the ‘Help for Heroes’ campaign. Jim
told us it’s the perfect present for the mother-in-law you are not
fond of! If you wish to buy a copy we can put you in contact.
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Former maths teacher Jeanne Socrates is attempting to sail
nonstop, single-handed, unassisted, around the world, starting
mid-October 2010 to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care
and would really appreciate your support. Simply go to her
JustGiving page: www.justgiving.com/jeannesocrates
Michael GOWERS (1982) ran in the Auckland 2010 Marathon in
an effort to raise funds for The Heart Foundation. He invites your
support for this cause at www.heartracer.org.nz/MichaelGowers/
Latymer & Godolphin Choral Society – open to all! Rehearsals
of the choral society have restarted on Tuesdays at 6.30pm at
Latymer and will continue term-time only until the next concert
on May 7th when we will be tackling, Elgar’s rarely performed
oratorio The Kingdom, published by Novello. There are NO
auditions, previous experience useful but not obligatory, and all
are welcome. For more information e-mail
ednalewis@blueyonder.co.uk , do come and join us, just turn up!
The Alumni Shop
Looking for ideas for birthday present? Then why not visit our
alumni shop for Latymer-themed gifts like: mugs, ties, blazer
badge, bow ties, cufflinks, golf umbrellas, and a copy of Nigel
Watson’s book, A History of Latymer Upper School. We also have
a stylish new addition, of a silver bangle
2002
Jenny BASKERVILLE ACA
Emma BREMNER LEITAO ACA
Nilesh PANDIT BSc, International Business and Management,
Aston University.
2003
Zein JA’FAR MA, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
2004
Rahul CHANDHYOKE BSc, Management Science, Queen
Mary College, University of London.
Yayha IBRAHIM BSc, Neurophysiology, University of Bristol.
2005
Francesca BAILEY BA, History of Art and French Studies,
University of Warwick.
George FRATER MSc, Climate change and protected area
networks, University of Durham.
Saskia KANE BSc, Biological Sciences (Infectious Diseases),
University of Edinburgh.
Emily MAY BSc, 1st, Natural Sciences, Imperial College,
London.
Robin McINTOSH BA, Human Geography, University of
Sheffield.
Alasdair MURRAY MA, Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
2006
2007
The call for Latymerian authors in our last edition added to our
collection of books in the Library written by former masters or
students. It is the librarian’s intention to create a reference
section to house this special collection. The genres covered are,
as expected, very diverse from poetry to farming experiences
and from fiction to very technical academic works.
We still welcome further contributions!
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by Ted Loveday, Deputy Head Boy
Michael DORÉ PhD, Mathematics, University of Warwick.
Ali EISA BA, 1st, Art Practice, Goldsmith’s College, University
of London.
Max HURFORD BA, Advertising, University of
Gloucestershire.
Giles MAFFETT BA, 1st, History of Art, University of
Manchester.
Leonid ROMANENKO BA, Physics, Merton College,
University of Oxford.
Anna SHERRIFF BA, Economics, University of Nottingham.
Stuart TAIT LLB, Law, King’s College, University of London.
Library Books
The New Science and
Library Building
Tom BUCKLAND BA, History of Art, Queen’s College,
University of Cambridge.
Daniel CATER BSc, Economics, University of Durham.
Frazer COMLEY BSc, Sport, University of Durham.
Emma DARKE BA, Management Studies, Murray Edwards
College (formerly New Hall College), University of
Cambridge.
Amy KINROSS BA, English, University of Warwick.
Sophie PESKIN BA, French Studies, Institute Paris, University
of London.
Saul RAMSON-WILLIAMS BA, English Studies, University of
Nottingham.
Jack SILBY BA, Philosophy, University of Southampton.
Charlie STRANGEWAYS BA, Arts, Mountview Academy of
Theatre Arts, University of East Anglia.
Graduated recently? Share your achievements with your friends,
e-mail Nigel Orton to be included in the next OLNEWS. Thanks again
to some proud parents for highlighting their children’s achievements!
The recent completion of the Science and
Library Building marks the end of a
remarkable building programme at Latymer
which started just over 10 years ago. The
building’s opening ceremony took place on
Saturday 16th October, when a plaque
commemorating the occasion was unveiled
by Professor Sir John Walker FRS, who is
Head of the Dunn School of Nutrition at
Cambridge University.
Sir John won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
in 1997 for his work on the structure of the
enzyme ATP synthase. He spoke to the
invited guests gathered in the library about
the importance of a proper scientific
training for children in this country today.
The new building should prove invaluable in
encouraging and enriching the study of
science at Latymer. There is a dedicated
floor each for Physics, Biology and
Chemistry, complete with 13 shiny and well
equipped laboratories, lizards, a tropical fish
tank and a giant interactive Periodic Table.
On the night of the opening, Sixth Form
science students were on hand to perform
experiments and to demonstrate the labs in
action.
When you think of libraries, what do you
think of? Books? Studying? Touch-screen
PCs? Well, the new library provides all of
this and more, as befits a resource centre
for the 21st century.
It offers students a quiet alternative to
social and common room areas – a tranquil
place of purposeful independent study.
Reading for pleasure is also encouraged, and
a comfortable reading area is available. In
addition to the 13,000 and growing book
collection and a wide range of newspapers
and journals, it also provides links to
curriculum-relevant websites, DVDs, e-books
and access to online subscription resources
that includes reference works, journals and
newspaper articles. There is ample space,
with over 100 individual study table places,
most with a touch-screen PC.
The new Science and Library Building was
designed by Van Heynigen and Haward and
as you might expect contains many of the
latest eco innovations.
One of the most popular and exciting
features is on the Chemistry floor, which is
home to the interactive Periodic Table. This
amazing feature was designed and installed
by RGB Research Ltd and, as well as the
stunning visual display of all 118 elements,
the accompanying screens allow our
students to click on any element and to
read about it as well as to watch an
experiment using that particular element.
The permanent cluster of pupils around the
table bears testament to its popularity..
elements within the table. A donation of
£1,000 reserves a particular element for the
sponsor, whose generous gift is
acknowledged within the display itself. We
still need additional sponsors in order to
fund an exciting project for the Physics
floor, namely an interactive kinetic light
sculpture. To find out which elements are
still available for sponsorship, please
contact Adwoa Winter on ajw@latymerupper.org
www.element-collection.com/html/
installations.html
Yet another brick in the wall!
Last year, many Latymerians and their
families engaged in sponsoring a named
brick to raise funds for the new library.
Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to
complete the external landscaping,
incorporating these bricks, by the
September term start. This will be remedied
in the summer so there is still time for you
to name a brick! Contact Jane Myerson
jfm@latymer-upper.org
The cost of this wonderful feature, along
with that of the life size model in Biology of
a Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, was met
through the sponsorship of individual
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SCHOOL
NEWS
DANCE
Two Year 11 Latymer students, Matteo Del Maestro and Anna
Wirszycz together with their teacher Barbara Dutrieu,
travelled to China to take part in a performance at the
Shanghai Expo.
by Isabel Adomakoh Young U6th
SPORT
Senior Girls’ football won the St Paul’s five-a-side tournament
after a successful season and all players have been invited to
participate in the International ISFA tournament next year. The
senior boys, ably captained by Max Brewer trained hard and won
all but one match this season. They have battled through to the
sixth round of the English Schools’ National Cup and hold the
fort in two London Cups too.
An Australian Wallabies training session at
Latymer’s Playing Fields
The autumn rugby internationals saw New Zealand, Australia and
South Africa’s teams using Wood Lane for their training and
preparations.
In rowing, we are proud to announce that thanks to the
spectacular dedication of Molly McGrath, Sky Ritchie and Klara
Weaver. Latymer is the only school to have had three girls
invited to the GB training day. Latymer doubles were the fourth
and ninth fastest women's crews in the Pair’s Head regatta. The
netball team has been training at Wood Lane despite extreme
weather conditions, with Mia Baise, head girl Becca Cran and
Nikki Maksimovic leading our girls to victory.
A senior games option: riding
at Teddington stables.
Continued
This year’s school play was Jerry
Herman’s Mack & Mabel, a comedy
musical drama set during the times of
the silent movies - and we had not
one but two chorus lines, with rows
of Busby-Berkely-style Bathing
Beauties in silver shorts and tassled
lurex cloches, and ranks of
charlestoning Chorines in pink silk.
Cescie Humphreys and Matt
Witchurch were an all-singing alldancing lead couple, directed by head
of drama, Justin Joseph, with strong
support from Issy du Plessis and Tom
Hanson-Atkins, and costumes by
Katerina Karimakis. In the production
of Anna Karenina we rather
extravagantly had not one but two
Annas, but audiences are said to have
found both Gemma Sort-Chilvers and
Tabby Powell-Tuck captivating in the
tender and intense drama.
Anna and Matteo with Prince Andrew
A scene from Mack & Mabel.
ACADEMIC
Examination results last summer, at both A-Level and GCSE
were the best ever achieved by Latymer students.
• At A-Level, over 91% of all papers sat were graded A*-B,
with 87% of our students going on to their first choice
university or college
• The most popular destination was Cambridge (17), followed
by Manchester (15). The 29 places won at Oxford and
Cambridge is the best performance for over 30 years. Seven
students are taking up places on medical courses and, as
always, Latymerians will move on to an excellent variety of
courses at universities and art colleges
• At GCSE, our students beat last year’s record with 52% of
all papers graded at A*, with 86% at A*/A
The Head, Peter Winter, said: “We are all thrilled with this
resounding confirmation of the strong upward trend in our
results at every level. These are the best ever GCSE results. I
congratulate students and staff alike – a winning
partnership.”
September Prize Giving’s guest of honour was renowned
economist, Nick STERN (1963). Lord Stern gave an inspiring
address in front of a packed gathering of parents, staff and
governors and warmly congratulated the many successful
students.
Head Boy Jack Thompson, Head Girl Becca Cran, Lord Stern,
Deputies Tally Lazarus and Ted Loveday.
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DRAMA
The performance was the
end result of two year
collaboration between the
Royal Albert Hall, English
National Ballet and
WebPlay. It was an
inspirational, cross cultural
dance education project
offering pupils the
opportunity to dance,
perform and learn about
other cultures. At the Expo
the students met HRH
Prince Andrew.
It’s been another fine year at Latymer. The first ever girls
who arrived as Year Sevens have now reached the Upper
Sixth, so none of us has to say anymore “Yes, I’m at
Latymer, yes, the boys’ school, no, yes, they have girls now,
yes, all the way up.” Now, Latymer is a completely and
successfully co-educational school.
The rugby team have had a
mixed season, triumphing for
the first time in seven years
over St. Benedict’s, and
winning the Middlesex Cup
against Haberdasher’s, but
struggling at times because of
unlucky injuries. Strong
players Griff Ferris, Alex
Hodgkinson and Kai BraderTan deserve commendation;
Griff was one of four to make
the Middlesex Squads.
SCHOOL NEWS
MUSIC AND
CHARITY
In December we held the Choral Concert (masterfully
overseen by our warden Mr Malcolm Smith) at St.
Paul’s Church Hammersmith, where the Chamber
Choir and Schola Cantorum sang Vivaldi’s energetic
Domine Fili Unigenite.
Lower School Chamber Choir moved us with J.
Rutter’s Star Carol, and the very sweet and more than
a little talented Prep Choir sang a traditional Donna
Nobis Pacem, though to be honest there wasn’t a lot
of pacem about, what with all our carolling and Mr
Niblett’s rousing solo in the 16th-century Spanish
song Riu Riu Chiu. The audience was respected elders
from the baileywick; parents, and local senior citizens
fresh from a turkey, sprout and potato feast, provided
at school where each received a gift that had been
lovingly wrapped by our splendid elf helpers - year
sevens and eights knee-deep in tape and ribbon after
school. This Christmas dinner was funded by
Charities Week (during which we raised the funds by
eating donuts, playing Blind Date, wearing our own
clothes to school and competing in a basketball
tournament).
Envision saw a very positive response to its ‘Bra
Campaign’, where (mostly) girls brought in good
quality bras, which totalled two huge bin bags-full to
be sent off to Ghana with documentary film-maker
Zoe Young, who took them to camps in the North
where women and girls accused of witchcraft are
held. A film is being compiled to show the inhabitant’s
joy at the gift of good-quality “bodices”. Year Eight’s
charity team too worked hard this year, raising £800;
partly with a ‘guess how many sweeties are in the jar’
game. Another enterprise was Envision’s Candy Canes,
where for a pound you could attach a message to a
candy cane and have it hand-delivered.
CAREERS
Both sixth formers and
some recent leavers who
attended a careers “speed
dating” evening at school in
December were lucky
enough to gain the
expertise of Latymerians
who had willingly
volunteered to offer
guidance. They included:
Dan RADICE giving advice to a student.
Alex BONNOR-MORRIS
(1987) a senior HR
executive; Duncan BLACK
(1980) a partner of Field Fisher Waterhouse; Alvin JACKSON (1978)
founder and director of Mulberry Consulting; Jason HOWARD (1990) a
sales director at an IT software company and Giles HARTHILL (1999) who
is a design manager for defence contractors.
Chris DORN (1984) head of future programmes at Space UK, QinetiQ;
Rhys EDWARDS (1995) consultant in Formulae One racing and Dan
RADICE (1985) general manager Eastern Europe at Diageo.
KPMG accountant Jenny BASKERVILLE and Crown Agents auditor Rajit
GHOLAP (both 2002) were joined in advising on financial areas with Rishi
BHUCHAR (1994) who is managing director of MGPA a real estate private
equity fund and Eric CLARK (1986) who is global head of treasury product
control at Barclays Capital.
Doctors Leo MONZON (1996) and Pritpal RUPRAI (1997) with soon to
qualify Torath AMEEN (2006) covered medical interests with Sameer
MISTRY (1994) a physician now working for Johnson and Johnson and Ed
RADKIEWICZ (1980) global MD for the United Health Group.
Media aspects were represented by Dr Samir SHAH (1970) head of
Juniper TV; Tom GREEN (2000) a BBC 1 radio producer; Actor Ian HARRIS
(1988) and Chris MOONEY (1992) head of digital on BBC TV’s Top Gear.
The School was grateful to all these former students who kindly gave
generously of their time and expertise.
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OBITUARIES
He was very proud to also send his son, David
(1985) to the school.
It is with deep regret that we note the passing of the following Latymerians:
Peter John ACKROYD (1945) ARIBA
Roy Victor CHATFIELD (1942) BSc MIEE
Thomas Henry FURNELL (1938)
Douglas GENTRY (1932)
Douglas HURLEY (1950)
Colin Denis MILES (1961)
Robert Charles MATTHEWS (1938)
Geoffrey WINTON (1954)
Alan Beverley BUNCE (1949)
Alan served in the RAF before spending 18 years as a
pig buyer for Harris (Colne) Ltd. He then established
as a pig farmer annually fattening up to 3000 pigs.
He retired to Suffolk.
Clifford George COOK (1934)
We have been informed that Cliff made the stone
fire place in the music room at Sandringham.
Francis Charles JACKSON (1938)
Francis spent his career with the Meteorological
Office, serving there for more than forty years.
Derek Stanley WEBBER (1939)
Derek served in the Royal Navy in WW2, played
cricket for the OLA and had a career in re-insurance
as a Lloyds broker that involved much travel in India
and Japan.
Charlie Gordon BARTLETT (1971) BSc MB BCh FRCR
Charlie attended Latymer as a scholarship student,
and always appreciated the opportunities that this
school opened for him, and the friendships he made
there. After completing A-levels and leaving school
at age 17, he worked for a year in a commercial
laboratory, before going on to study medicine at the
University College of Wales, Cardiff. He obtained a
degree in Medical Biochemistry, before qualifying in
medicine in 1978.
In the years following, Charlie worked as a
radiologist, becoming head of department in
Carmarthenshire, where he worked up to his
retirement in 2004.
Throughout his life, Charlie had a rich diversity of
interests, from cooking through music and
photography to wood-turning, but most especially
he loved sailing. Charlie died suddenly of a heart
attack part way through a dream voyage - a
circumnavigation of Ireland with his partner Jo on
board their yacht, ‘Dark Star’ in July 2010. The
couple had kept a blog of their journey www.sailblogs.com/member/dark_star.
Charlie leaves his mother, Elizabeth, father Charles
(Bob), step-mother Olwen, daughters Annie and
Charlotte, ex-wife Jennie and much loved partner Jo.
Reverend Leslie Reginald BURT (1938)
Les was the oldest of three Burt brothers who all
came from a humble, but close, family where both
parents were deaf from infancy; and yet all three
boys won LCC scholarships to Latymer. They owed
much to the broad education they received there,
most of the time with Fred Wilkinson as the
inspiring Head.
Les joined Shell Petroleum when he left school, and
when war broke out he was evacuated with the firm
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to Bournemouth. On call-up, he joined the Royal
Tank Regiment which later became part of the 6th
Airborne Division.
On a very dark night within yards of their targeted
river bridges a Hamilcar glider landed Les in a
Tetrarch light tank several hours before the main
landing on the beaches on D-Day. He was tasked to
secure the inland bridges in order to stop the
Germans reinforcing the beach defences. The
division went on later to take part in the heavily
contested crossing of the Rhine, where Les’s tank
was hit, and he and his fellow crewmen were badly
wounded.
On demobilisation Les married his cousin, Betty, and
returned to Shell. They raised four children; and
later moved with Shell to Venezuela. After retiring
from Shell, Les entered the church and was ordained
to a curacy at Petersfield, Hampshire. Being unable
to raise four children on a curate’s stipend, Les
returned to industry for his last few working years
before finally, retiring again and returning to the
church as a priest in the Portsmouth area.
Les ran special services for both the Portsmouth
Deaf Association and the airborne veterans in that
area. There were many representatives from both
groups at his funeral to testify to his unfailing
willingness to help others. Les
was an exemplification of the
supremely beneficial effect of
a Latymer education on a boy
from a disadvantaged
background; he is sorely
missed by his two siblings,
Gerry (1942) and Arthur
(1945). He died at the age of
88.
Harvey DIPPER (1938)
Harvey served as a Lieutenant in the RNVR from
1940-6. Then from 1946-75 he worked in HM
Colonial Service in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, North
Borneo and Seychelles. He recently related very
pleasant memories of his time at school. He recalled
that to a small boy the headmaster, Dr Dale, was
rather terrifying and that Mr Wilkinson was a very
pleasant replacement. “Sports were somewhat
limited by present standards, yet a strong and
enthusiastic swimming team flourished”. Harvey died
in August 2010, aged 89.
Emil FRANKLIN (1939)
Emil died in August aged 89. After leaving Latymer
he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot and became
a member of the Air and Sea Rescue Force
operations in Egypt and Aden in the Second World
War. After the war he trained to be an optometrist
and after qualifying he eventually opened up his
own successful practice in Chorleywood,
Hertfordshire until his retirement in 1986. He then
retired to Dorset with his wife Ruby, but continued
working part time as a locum for another twelve
years. His wife Ruby died in 2008 after 64 years of
marriage. He is survived by his two children, David
and Susan and many grandchildren.
Philip Charles HILL (1936) MA DipEd
Philip was on the Gild committee
(curi) and played in the 2nd X1 soccer
at school. He read Classics at King’s
College, University of London and
entered teaching after gaining a
DipEd. He taught at the Perse School
in Cambridge and then at the
Manchester Grammar School from
1944-83, eventually as Head of the
Classical Side.
Claude Eric HITCHCOCK (1935)
Claude was born on 8th November
1918 in Shepherds Bush. He was the
youngest of five children. His father
and two brothers worked in the film
laboratories in Lime Grove, so it was
no surprise that he chose to work in
the film industry. Claude started as a
clapper cum tea boy in 1936 and then
progressed to become a successful
sound engineer until his retirement
in1988.
Emil in back row 2nd from left.
Roy James DANIELS (1951) FCIS FCMA
Roy was born the son of a GWR railway engine
driver. He won a scholarship to Latymer, which
supported a long and successful career in
management accountancy.
Eric FULLILOVE (1940)
Eric died on October after a
very long and rich life, which
included service with the
Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry in Normandy in
1944 and filmmaking.
He held a number of positions of considerable
responsibility both in the City and abroad in the
private and public sectors. It was typical of Roy’s
altruism that whilst working and at his own expense
he successfully obtained an MSc in Charity Finance
so that he could contribute to society in retirement.
That led to giving his time free and freely for seven
years as honorary treasurer of a national charity
Eric was born into a working-class family in 1925, in
St Marylebone, London, and won a scholarship to
Latymer. On leaving school he joined the Crown film
unit in Denham, returning to that job after WW2
and he later worked for Pathe. Eric went with the
Royal Navy to film the detonation of the first British
atomic bomb, in the Montebello Islands off the
West Australian coast.
The school prospectus in 1946 concluded that if
“Latymer offers a place to a boy he will become a
member of a larger community
than he has so far in his life
experienced….He will be treated
as a person unique in himself
who has not only to earn a living,
but to enjoy life as well. He will
be valued for his fellowship and
for the Spirit that is within him.”
Roy Daniels greatly valued his
time at Latymer Upper and
Roy
referred to it often during his life.
After filming around the world he decided in 1964
to emigrate to Australia, as a ‘£10 Pom’. Eric became
a leader in the development of the Australian film
and television industry, directing programmes such
as Barrier Reef, Boney and Song for Melbourne,
which won a ''Sammy'' award for best documentary.
In 1979, he became one of the original creative
consultants at Channel 0/28, forerunner to SBS. As
an executive and later a freelancer, he directed and
produced wonderful programmes for SBS, including
the current affairs shows, S*C*O*O*P* and Forum;
the mini-series City West; and The Liberation of
Skopje, which won a Penguin award for best drama.
Les
grandchildren.
His best-known production was
directing the Australian TV show,
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo which was
shown around the world. It was
personally significant as he met his
wife, Paddy on the set to whom he
was married for 40 wonderful years.
Eric is survived by Paddy, his children
Julie, Michael and Christian and their
partners, and seven grandchildren.
Claude
Eric
His career was put on hold in October
1939, when he was called up to join
the Army. He saw service with the
Royal Artillery in North Africa and
Italy, until in autumn 1943 he was
brought home, a bit like Private Ryan,
kicking and screaming, but both his
brothers had been killed, (William
(1928) shot down over Hamburg and
Leslie (1933) killed handling an
unexploded bomb in East London),
which resulted in his mother’s health
spiralling downhill, so his father pulled
strings to get him home to join the
Army Cinema Corps.
He met Beulah whilst ice skating in
Richmond-upon-Thames, and they
married in April 1947. Claude died
peacefully in his sleep on the 4th
October 2010, after a long illness
provoked by a major stroke in
November 1999, and leaves his widow
Beulah, a son, Craig (1966), and two
daughters Annette and Gaynor, also 8
grandchildren, and 2 great-
Claude’s film career spanned some 55
years, and included such memorable
films as Zulu, The Dirty Dozen, Blue
Max, and Born Free and TV series: The
Avengers, The Persuaders and The Far
Pavilions.
Andrew HOLMES (1978) MBE
Andy died on October 24th 2010 in
King's College Hospital from a blood
infection believed to be Weil’s
disease. At School, he had been part
of the successful Latymer crew
coached by Jim Clark that became J16
National Champions in 1976. At 19, he
won the Thames Challenge Cup for
the Leander Club at Henley Royal
Regatta.
But Andy will always be best known as
a member of the Great Britain coxed
four which won Olympic gold at the
Los Angeles Games in 1984, where he
rowed alongside Steve Redgrave,
Richard Budgett and Martin Cross in a
boat coxed by Adrian Ellison. Four
years later, at the 1988 Seoul
Olympics, he teamed up with Steve
Redgrave again to win gold and
bronze medals in the coxless and
coxed pairs, adding to the two golds
they had won at the 1986
Commonwealth Games and the
consecutive gold medals they won at
the World Championships in 1986 and
1987. His success in Seoul was
rewarded with an MBE.
Andy broke from rowing in 1990, set
up a removals business in south
London and, with his first wife, Pam,
had a family of four children. They
survive him, along with his second
wife, Gabrielle, and their daughter,
Parker, born just a month before his
death.
Encouraged by some of his Latymer
contemporaries, Andy had returned to
rowing a few years ago and become
director of rowing at both
Hammersmith’s Furnivall Sculling Club
and at the Langley Academy by the
Dorney 2012 Olympic lake.
In recent years he had been in regular
contact with the school, attending a
recent Annual Latymerians’ Dinner and
rowing, regularly and enthusiastically,
in an ‘Old Boys’ VIII made up of
Latymerians of similar vintage. In
September 2009, with Andy just a
month short of his 50th birthday, that
VIII took on the School’s first VIII - and
won! His last visit to school came in
July when he returned to give a
tribute at Jim Clark’s retirement party.
A celebration of his life was held in
the Main Hall at Latymer in
November, where the many warm
tributes were led by his brothers and
by his fellow Los Angeles gold
medalist, Martin Cross. There was a
big turn-out from the Class of 1978,
with Henry BLYTHE, David JONES,
Nick PETERS and Matthew BOND
among those paying tribute and
Lincoln PAYTON travelling from
Connecticut, especially for the
occasion. More than once that day,
Andy was described as “not just the
greatest rower Latymer has ever
produced but the greatest sportsman
the school has ever produced”.
Martin was the proud father of three
boys and in September 2008 the
Patersons were once again
represented at Latymer when Oscar
joined the Prep School, followed a
year later by his brother Luke and
hopefully Finn will follow suit. His
wife Emma, works at Latymer as our
examination officer.
Our condolences extend to his many
friends and family that include
brothers, Simon (1973) and Peter
(1976) and his nephews, Raphael
(2003) and Reuben (2004).
Reginald John SHACKLEFORD (1947)
Reginald passed away recently aged
79. He was the youngest of three
brothers who attended Latymer
between 1936 and 1947 and he left to
join Barclays Bank for a short period
before moving on to Royal Exchange
Assurance (later G.R.E.) where he
spent his working life until retiring in
senior management at the age of 62.
At the Royal Exchange he met his
widow, Eileen, whom he married in
1956 and they have a family - Richard
and Gillian, and four grandchildren.
His brother Ron (1940) describes him
as “a good family man, easygoing with
a sense of humour and wide interests
including music, travel and sport.”
Andy
Martin Geoffrey PATERSON (1986)
BEng LLB
Not only was Martin an academically
talented and popular pupil at school,
he was also a successful sportsman.
He was a key player in his year’s
Middlesex Cup winning rugby 1st XV.
In recent years he
returned to the
School sharing his
skills and
experience as an
active and inspiring
member of both
the Latymerian
Martin
Council and the
School’s Development Committee.
Martin graduated from Bristol with an
engineering degree; subsequently
qualifying and practising as a solicitor
with the City law firm Simmons &
Simmons and specialising in corporate
finance, mergers and acquisitions and
commercial agreements.
In 1997 he joined Cazenove as an
investment banker, initially working as
an executive in the engineering and
capital goods team. His elevation
through the ranks did not take long,
and within three years he had been
elected a partner. During his eight
years with Cazenove he held a variety
of positions within Corporate Finance,
including Head of UK Financial
Sponsors Group, Head of US Equity
Capital Markets, and responsibility for
UK Financial Sponsors (private equity)
and US Equity Capital Markets. In
2005 Martin decided to plough a
more independent/entrepreneurial
furrow and he set up, and/or became
involved with, a variety of innovative
small businesses.
Sadly Martin lost a long and bravely
fought battle against cancer last July.
Peter William WARREN (1942)
“Our dad was one of those ‘poore
boyes from Hammersmith’ whose life
course was changed by getting a
scholarship to Latymer, just as the
country went to war. He was born and
brought up a stone’s throw from the
school. His father was unemployed
through the last great depression and
our dad spoke eloquently of queuing
for stale bread, of his mum eking out
food and fostering babies to make
ends meet, of rickets and occasional
shoelessness, and his mum stitching
him up when a dog bit him.
On leaving Latymer, dad joined the
RAF on a deferred basis, which let him
go to St Andrews for a much loved
year. At the end of the war he came
back to London, to support his
parents and took an office job with
Greenwells, a stockbroking firm in the
city, from which he retired as a
member of the Stock Exchange some
30 years later. In 1950 he married
Angela and they had four sons – John
(1969), Colin (1971), Tony (1977) and
Tim (1979).
On retirement our parents made their
home in Compton Dundon, a village
in Somerset, to which they gave
generously in time and commitment.
In August 2010, just a few weeks
before he died they celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary, surrounded
by friends, children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren. He died
peacefully at home in September
2010, after a long illness which he had
borne with great dignity.” Tribute
provided by Colin Warren.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
1624 Society
The Inland Revenue –
one of Latymer’s most
generous donors!
by Richard PERHAM (1955)
My understanding of the tax treatment of charitable donations was
pretty patchy so I decided to take a closer look at the scheme.
Having recently stepped down as Chair of Governors, I am
very honoured to have been invited by the School to
become the first President of the 1624 Society. The 1624
Society meets once a year and its members include some
of the School’s staunchest supporters, all of whom have
made known their intention to leave a legacy to the
Latymer Foundation. The annual 1624 Society reception is
an opportunity for the School to thank the members and
to inform them of the Governors’ plans and the latest news
of the students’ activities and achievements. This year’s
event is scheduled to take place on the 14th May and I look
forward to seeing many of you there.
I have to say that it is difficult to fault – the concept is simple and
straightforward and the incentives available to donors at a minimum
are worthwhile and for higher rate tax payers positively generous. In
essence every penny of tax paid by the donors is reimbursed in hard
cash, in part by direct payment to the charities (the 25% uplift of Gift
Aid), and in part by way of tax relief to the higher rate tax payers.
Example (based on a £800 donation)
Donor
Donor’s Income band p.a. (£’000) 0 - 40
Current tax rate
20%
40-150
40%
Above 150
50%
Latymer Foundation
Original Gift
25% Gift Aid
Total received by Latymer
800
200
1000
800
200
1000
800
200
1000
Actual Division of Cost
Donor’s original gift
Less tax relief
800
0
800
200
800
300
Net cost to donor
Inland Revenue contribution
800
200
600
400
500
500
Total received by Latymer
1000
1000
1000
Richard is Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at the University of
Cambridge. He is a former Master of St. John’s College and former
Head of the Biochemistry Department at Cambridge.
I was fortunate enough to attend Latymer on a statefunded scholarship and be granted an education that
changed my life. By leaving a bequest to Latymer in my will,
I am happy to be able to help the School to continue to
offer a fine education to future generations of children,
irrespective of their parents’ financial circumstances.
If you have stories, achievements or information to share please contact Nigel Orton. The date following a
member’s name refers to their ‘year of leaving,’ which doesn’t always equate to ‘Class of’ – (many members
belong to more than one ‘Class of’ due to either ‘removes’ or fast streaming).
Jonathan
ITV appointed Jonathan LEVI (1996) as its new
Head of Arts and Popular Culture. He was
previously executive producer of the South
Bank Show and has been working with
Andrew Lloyd Webber on a new arts show
about the Pre-Raphaelites for ITV1. Most
recently Jonathan created and produced The
Parent Trip for ITV2 featuring stars such as
Abbey Clancy taking life-changing trips to
extreme locations with their families.
After a degree in Philosophy, Jonathan began his career at
BBC Radio 4 as a researcher, then radio producer for Jeremy
Paxman and Melvyn Bragg before joining LWT in 2001 to
produce a series of discussion programmes for Channel 4
called, The Big Idea. He joined the South Bank Show team in
2003 and has since directed some of their highest rated
shows in recent years including the Disney Pixar; Nick Park &
Aardmann and Ronnie Corbett episodes, as well as executive
producing the last three South Bank Show Awards
programmes.
Wyn BAPTISTE (1988) is head of production at Silverfish
Media. Roy PLAYER (1978) is a BBC programme director,
based in Leeds.
Nick JORDAN (1977) has become a governor of the School.
Prof Richard PERHAM (1955) has handed over the chair of
governors post to James GRAHAM (1976). Richard is staying
connected as president of the 1624 Society… see page 8.
These figures exclude the 3% extra that the charity currently
receives in the form of Transitional Relief but which will no
longer be applicable after April 2011.
I doubt whether too many likely donors are fully aware of the
benefits attaching to Gift Aided donations. As can be seen, the
contribution from the Revenue (i.e. the incentive to give
encouragement to the donor) covers a range from 20% to 40% to
50%. The £ for £ split at the top end is virtually the same as a “Buy
one get one free” offer – who said the Revenue was grasping and
tight fisted?
Tasmin CARMICHAEL (2000) is a marketing manager on Sky
Broadcasting’s Sky Player, their online television service.
To complete the picture, you can of course enlist the Revenue’s
support in other ways. A lifetime gift of shares can attract both
income and capital gains tax relief. Similarly, as a registered charity
(no. 312714), any bequest to the Latymer Foundation is itself
exempt from inheritance tax at 40% and reduces the amount of
your estate that is liable for tax (above the 2010/11 threshold of
£325,000). Any such gift can be designated for the support of
means tested scholarships at Latymer or left to the School’s
discretion.
Ibs TAGURI (1997) is the head of fund raising for the
Liberal Democrat Party.
Over the August bank holiday,
Ben LINSTEAD (1985) and his
wife, Susan, entertained Peter
and Adwoa Winter at Guards
Polo Club in Windsor Great
Park, where Peter also met up
with Chloe RIDLEY (2005).
Charlie WIJERATNA (1986) has left the London 2012
organising team to join Tottenham Hotspur FC as executive
director. Harry HORSLEY (1998) is a regional sales manager
for Manchester United FC.
Chris, Richard and Adam.
John BEAVIS (1940) Annual Fund supporter
Editor’s note: As always, we recommend that you contact a
professional tax advisor who can advise you on your personal tax
situation. If you’d like to find out more about how to support the
Latymer Foundation either through the Annual Fund or by leaving
a gift to Latymer in your will, then give Jane Myerson a call on
0845 638 5970.
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NEWS OF LATYMERIANS
I look forward to working with the Development
Committee Legacy co-chairs, Chris Hammond (staff member
from 1966 – 2007) and Adam TOOP (1984), to encourage
other Latymerians to remember the Latymer Foundation in
their wills. If you would like any further information please
contact Jane Myerson in the Development Office at
jfm@latymer-upper.org
Ben and Susan Linstead with Peter and
Adwoa Winter
Inaam HAQ (2000) is chair of
Muslim Youth Wales and a cubscout leader in Cardiff, where he is completing his PhD in
micro needle-based drug delivery in the university’s pharmacy
school. Inaam visited School last term to see the new science
facilities.
Dr Stewart CARNALLY (1999) visited School to talk to the Sixth
Form biologists on major scientific discoveries and what
challenges still lie ahead. Until recently Stewart was researching
nanotechnology at the University of Cambridge, investigating
the atomic structure of neurone ion channels. He is currently
writing a science fiction novel.
It’s a small world: Dr Keith ELLIOTT (1966) met both Sir John
Walker who opened our Library and Science Building and Prof
Richard PERHAM (1955) at the FEBS Congress in Gothenburg in
June. Sir John was one of the invited speakers, and Richard
attended as editor of the FEBS Journal. After the congress he
and wife Lin then went on to Stockholm where in the queue for
the Vasa Museum they turned to talk to another English couple.
“Eventually conversation touched on where we went to school and I think you might guess what happened next! He was Mike
ROLLS (1966) who was in the science Sixth Form at the same
time as me.”
Dr Paul CUTLER (1986) is the science officer at International
Council for Science, based in Paris.
Professor Philip MURRAY (1972) has been made president of
the Midland Ophthalmological Society. He still is involved with
a jazz band, the Out of the Blue Jazz Orchestra based in
Birmingham, where he plays the baritone saxophone. You can
visit www.outofthebluejazz.com to find where they are playing
next.
Dr Jeremy DRAKE (1993) has become a consultant in anesthetics
at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Dr Stephen MILLAR (1969) is still consultant anaesthetist at
Queen’s Hospital, Burton-upon-Trent and is now also the lead
governor of Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and
president of the Midland Society of Anaesthetists. He has also
been appointed associate postgraduate dean for the NHS in the
West Midlands.
Aisling VLASTO (2000 nee
BLYTH CORCORAN) returned
from a spell in the Caribbean
and with her husband of just
over a year, they now live near
Wandsworth Common. Aisling
(aka Ash) is working for an
estate agency.
Ash and James on their wedding day
Vaughan POMEROY (1969) has spent more than 30 years with
Lloyd's Register, most recently as technical director, marine. He
has now left full-time employment and taken the opportunity
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to pursue his own agenda, working part-time with the University
of Southampton, where he has been a visiting professor since
2004, and in the maritime research community in Singapore. He
was also elected an honorary vice president of the Institute of
Marine Engineering, Science and Technology in recognition of
his long association with the professional body including spells
on Council and as chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Nick LEACH (1969) is now based in Hong Kong. James BROOKEPARTRIDGE (1992) has moved from Hong Kong to Singapore.
Toby CROUCHER (1990) has moved from Madrid to be head of
environment with Maersk in Copenhagen.
Ed JERVIS (1987) is the chief executive at Paternoster. Mat
BURKITT (1990 – aka at school as DOWELL) is working for
BlueCrest Capital in Geneva. He is proud that his family’s
Catherine Jones Foundation is sponsoring four more schools for
deprived children in India.
Mike STANNARD (1980) is a non-executive director of the
Buckinghamshire Building Society and financial director at
Hallmark IP Ltd. Mike was elected to the Chiltern District
Council in 2009 and is a member of the cabinet as portfolio
holder for financial and resource management. He has two
children and lives in Chesham in Buckinghamshire.
Graeme SMITH (1990) spent nearly two years in Croatia with
Tony MARINOVIC setting up a property management business,
but then Graeme returned to his old bank, ING and has moved
his family to Moscow on a two/three year secondment.
Rowland MYNORS (1986) recently made contact with us for
the first time. He is the client services director at Dunnhumby, a
marketing company based in Ealing. He is one of the leaders at
St Paul's Church in Hammersmith, and is a former chairman of
the Hammersmith and Fulham Deanery Synod.
to measuring the London Marathon course and later carried
out the same role at the 1998 European Championships in
Budapest and 2000 Sydney Olympics. He is now one of the
world’s leading IAAF elite course measurers.
He uses a bike fitted with a mechanical counter and he uses
this to ride the road course, often in the small hours, from
start to finish, taking about four hours. The bike also allows
Hugh to take the shortest route in the same way that runners
take. Hugh has discovered discrepancies in road race
distances in anything from a few metres to two miles that he
then arranges to correct on the route plan.
Gerry RANDELL (1949) an emeritus professor of the
University of Bradford, has won the prestigious Lifetime
Achievement Award in the 2010 awards of the Division of
Occupational Psychology, part of the British Psychological
Society. Gerry was presented with his award at an event held
at the British Medical Association in London.
His long and successful career has many highlights, among
them editorship of the International Review of Applied
Psychology, president of the 20th International Congress of
Applied Psychology in Edinburgh in 1982, and adviser to the
governments of Algeria and
Singapore on the teaching
and application of
occupational psychology
within their universities.
His book: Staff Appraisal: A
First Step to Effective
Leadership has been
through four editions and
is also translated into
Spanish.
Gerry
Ian FINLAY (1980) was recently appointed group CIO of
Claranet Ltd., one of the UK's oldest internet companies. He is
responsible for all their internal systems and processes across
the group, covering Europe.
Brigadier Jon MULLIN (1975) is now working for the European
Defence Agency as capabilities director.
Paul STRONG (1964) has completed 25 years as head of
William Farr School in Lincolnshire and in his penultimate
year achieved their best ever results, being in the top 50 of
all 3300 state comprehensives at both A and GCSE. WFS is
one of only 50 of 21,000 state schools to have been awarded
OFSTED’s 'outstanding' status on three consecutive occasions.
Andrew DIMITRUK (1999) is still in the US Marines; he has just
returned from a tour in Afghanistan where he was flying Cobra
helicopters with the HMLA-369, a U.S. Marine Corps light attack
helicopter squadron.
Paul would welcome any Latymerian to his school, which his
dear late friend and master, Fred MAYO (1939) once referred
to as 'very Latymeresque,' which he regards as “a compliment
indeed”.
Campbell CHRISTIE (1974)
received his CBE from the
Prince of Wales at an
investiture last November.
Campbell was the assistant
chief of staff (training) at the
Royal Navy’s HQ, until
December when he retired
with the rank of
Commodore.
Paul COWARD (1999) is currently working in a primary school
in Abu Dhabi. Michael BONNEY (1992) is also a primary
school teacher.
Campbell receives his CBE
Huw JONES (1978) was the 1982 London Marathon winner and
after retiring from serious athletics in 1994, he quickly graduated
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He has recently published his novel, Between Boy and Man
(Authorhouse: ISBN 9781452039312), available on Amazon at
Waterstones, or directly from Peter.
Professor Julius WEINBERG (1972) has been appointed Vice
Chancellor of Kingston University. Julius has been Deputy Vice
Chancellor at City University; he takes up his new post in the
spring.
Geoff NEWMAN (1972) was
selected to represent Great
Britain in the World (age
group) Duathlon
Championships held in
Edinburgh last September.
The 10K run - 40K bike - 5K
run took place around
Holyrood Park. Geoff, who
works as a veterinary
surgeon in Fleet, Hampshire,
cut his teeth on "round the
river" runs under the
guidance of maths teacher,
Tom Mower and has been
competing ever since. His
only real regret is that,
sadly, Tom is no longer
with us to see the seeds he
planted come to fruition.
At Latymer Eric was active in the Gild, from Wilkie's "MAD"
evenings onward and he has continued in that theme in
operatic societies, choirs and drama groups all over the world.
Still treading the boards he recently finished playing Sir
Anthony Absolute in Sheridan's The Rivals at the Warehouse
Theatre in Ilminster.
Nicky JHOOTI (1997) [aka Jay Sean] was
on stage performing a medley of his hit
singles at the 2010 MOBO Awards where
he was a nominee for Best UK Act, losing
out to JLS. Earlier in the year he won four
awards at the UK Asian Music Awards: Best
Male Act, Best Video, Best Album and Best
Urban Act! He recently appeared on US
MTV’s When I Was Seventeen show where
with the help of friends he recalled his
school times. His new hit, 2012 (It Ain’t the
End) was released in November.
Geoff
Jay Sean
Jamie KERR-CLEMENSON (1995) works for Aviva in Norwich
and helps Future Radio, a small volunteer organisation that
helps local children in getting a foothold in media. Jamie
presents a radio sports show and writes about sports for local
pages/websites in his spare time, often to be found in the
press box at Carrow Road.
Dan KOSKY (1996)
currently does PR
and communications
for a football
scouting agency. He
also writes political
opinion columns for
some of Israel's daily
papers in his spare
time!
Peter FARQUHAR (1965) having retired from Stowe as Head
of English and 'senior sixth form tutor', he now lectures parttime for the English Faculty at the University of Buckingham.
Felix DUNNING (2000) is company stage manager of the Gúna
Nua Theatre in Dublin.
Rufus JONES (1993) has been the voice
of Nelson in the first urban, multispecies, adult puppet comedy
Mongrels, screened on BBC3 last
summer.
Charlie EVANS (2000) is a guitarist in
the alternative rock group, the Ben
Williams Band.
The 1966 shot LtoR: Chris, Rick, Laurence EDKINS and Nick.
Natalie MILSOM (2000) went to Edinburgh University to
study Business Studies with Spanish. After graduating she
relocated to China to teach English as a Foreign Language and
later worked there as a foreign manager for almost three
years. Returning to London in 2007 she established Galaxy
Learning, a private tutoring agency which has been running
successfully since. Natalie welcomes enquiries from
Latymerian families!
Eric BECKLEY’s (1954) career has been diverse, combining both
hotel school lecturing and management in the hotel and
tourism industry. Furthermore he helped design and open the
hotel school in Fiji and for 12 years was head of human
resources at the Savoy Hotel, London. He has an honorary
fellowship of the Academy of Food and Wine Service. Eric
recalls in 1976 being offered the appointment of UN advisor
for tourism in Afghanistan, which he declined just before Russia
marched in!
Rick NEWMAN (1967) sent us before and after photos: He with
Nick STANBURY (1966) and Chris TOTTY (1966) reunited at
the Bluebell Railway's 50th
anniversary on 7
August. Nick is the
Bluebell's longestserving guard with
45 years' service. For
comparison, he
submitted an earlier
shot from July 1966,
which also includes
Laurence EDKINS
(1966).
Producer, singer/songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist Seb STONE
(2000) is celebrating the release of his
second solo album, Mr. Controller.
You can read explore more at
www.sebstone.co.uk
Seb
And news of younger latymerians
Adriana WILLIAMS (2004) has joined the School staff as a
development assistant. Louis GEARY and Stephen CONACHER
(both 2010) have been working at the school as gap year
students in the music and PE departments respectively.
Andrew SLAUGHTER’S (1978) re-election as MP for
Hammersmith at the 2010 General Election is in part due to
James GOLDSTONE (2004) who was his election agent and
Dominic DALGLISH (2004) who was one of his campaign
officers. Andrew is the shadow Justice Minister.
LtoR: Rick NEWMAN (1967), Nick STANBURY (1966) and Chris TOTTY (1966).
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News of Latymerians Continued
Josh LLOYD-WATSON (2008), Arthur DELANEY (2007) and
Tom McFARLAND (2007) have formed the band, Born Blonde,
which is signed to Hideout, a part of Mercury. They are
currently recording an album.
Raphael HOLMES (2003) is studying medicine at Manchester
University and rowing with their boat club.
Adam BOOTH (2004) has gone on to start a PhD at Cambridge
as part of the Energy Efficient Cities Initiative in the
Department of Engineering.
Francesca BAILEY (2005) completed a
one year internship as the executive
coordinator for the Association of
Executive Search Consultants (AESC) in
New York and gained her postgraduate
certificate in International Business
Practice with the Mountbatten Institute
and St. Mary's University College
Twickenham. 2011 for Francesca has
started with the excitement of a new
job with financial service head hunters,
Odgers Berndtson.
A number of recent leavers have started playing regularly for
the Old Latymerians’ Football Club, where they create the 2nd
X1 and some play in the 1st X1. They include: Simran SAGOO
(2003); from 2004: Mo TAGURI, Vitushan EHANTHARAJAH and
Jack FOREMAN; 2005: Simon ALLISON, Dan BEAN, Matt
DAWE, Sam HEKMAT, Rob McINTOSH, Ollie PHILLIPS and
Marcos SANZ DE ACEDO; 2006: Lewis TOSEY, Harry
TRUSSELL, Jeevan SAGOO, Charlie WILD, Simon ANDERSON,
Ben WHYTE, Nick SEE, Seb SINGH and Jonathan ROBERTSON;
2007: Frazer COMLEY, Sam JACOBS, Jamie LISTER, Nichal
SETHI, Will MIDDLETON-SMITH, Luke TIERNEY and Jack
WALDOUCK; 2010: Conor KENNEDY, James ROBINSON,
Sushil THOMAS, Harry HORNE and Ammani ZAFAR.
Memories
Warwick CLEVERLEY (1953) wrote to us from Sydney
delighted to see the Wallabies training at Wood Lane this
autumn. He also sent in a team photo of the Old Latymerian
Football Club 1st X1, circa 1957.
Francesca
Tom SMITH (2003) works at the Bank of England. Taymoor
ATIGETCHI (2007) is currently working with Vestra Wealth.
Jasper HOSSACK (2010) has received the Jubilee and Millhayes
Scholarship from the University of Exeter to read Geography.
Amy KINROSS (2007) captained the University of Warwick’s
ladies football team in the 2009-10 season, she has now
graduated.
Zein JA’FAR (2003) works for Sky News on the Sunday Live
with Adam Boulton programme.
Ali EISA (2006) is working for Albert and Friends Instant Circus
and has also been exhibiting in both Southall and London’s
Victoria.
Tom STEWART (2006) is working under a stage name of Tom
Byam Shaw and recently played Michael in Les Parents
Terribles at London’s Trafalgar Studios.
Augustus PREW (2006) has been busy in 2010 with four of his
films being released: The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud,
Hated, The Kid, and Sophie.
Sean TEALE (2010) is about to be star in a world of sex, drugs
and troublesome teenagers - and may soon find his face
featured on posters in girls’ bedrooms across the
country. He has been unveiled as one
of the stars in E4’s new series of Skins.
The series follows the trials and
tribulations of a group of teens in
Bristol, as they go through the two
years of sixth form. Sean has deferred
his place at Manchester University to
pursue this acting opportunity.
Sean
Robin NGAI (2003) is based in Hong Kong as a marketing
executive at Fiducia Management Consultants.
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Standing LtoR: ‘Dish’ ATTWATER (president) Don MAUGHAN, Warwick, Peter ACKROYD,
John DRYSD ALE, Peter WARREN, Tom Oakley (secretary). Seated LtoR: Tony LEWIS,?,
Peter MART, Geoff THOMAS, Patric k CARROLL
Peter BURKE (1953) has sent in a photo of a group of his class
mates on Snowdon taken Easter, 1952. It includes masters,
Laurence Elliott and Wally GRAUBERG (1941) and “then from
left to right: Ian PETTIFER, the McBAIN twins Ian and Stuart,
yours truly in the leather jacket, Phillip GOWER (in black
beret),?,?,?, Doug TAVENER, John CLARKE in front and right of
Doug. HILLIER is on the extreme right front. I recently reestablished correspondence with Laurence Elliot.”
Peter lives in Sydney and adds, “I am in close touch with Doug,
who visited me 5 years ago. Philip Gower married Doug’s sister.
In 1963 I hitchhiked to Venice
with Phillip and
then more
recently he and
his wife visited me
in Sydney just
before he sadly
passed away.”
Group on Snowdon
Easter 1952.
Peter looks back with gratitude on Latymer. His family were
refugees from Nazi Germany in May 1939, and he joined
Latymer in class 3C, run by the terrifying Major Stewart! “With
time I integrated in; rowing and swimming for the school must
have helped.
The 6th Form was the best time for me, doing Economics with
Mr Forsyth, Geography with Laurence Elliot and History with the
donnish Mr Sopwith. Those joint 6th Form double-period classes
where we learnt to speak in public were invaluable. I still count
2 of my classmates among my closest friends! “
Dave MAY (1953) writes in, “Further to Hugh Grant's item in the
September 2010 issue of OLNEWS, I also have fond memories of
Tony "Milky" Parish. After leaving I kept in touch with him, being
a frequent visitor to Woodlands Road. My wife and I knew his
family well. I last saw Milky in his nineties shortly before his
death.
Securing the tradition
of free places at Latymer
for future generations
by James MM GRAHAM (1976)
Chair of Governors and of the Development Committee.
James at Founders Day
Service October 2010.
Lessons with Milky were always interesting, interspersed at the
least excuse with a word or phrase of French or Latin. A
favourite ploy of his was to arrive at the classroom after the
class had arrived, apart from a few stragglers. With a finger to
his lips to warn us to keep mum, Milky would head to the far
corner of the room and sit down on the floor out of sight
between the rearmost desks. As stragglers arrived, seeing no
master, they would often make a disrespectful, mocking or even
outrageous remark about Milky or another master. Milky would
then rise up majestically and proceed to the front of the room,
to the discomfort of the miscreants and the amusement of the
rest of us. No reference was ever made to anything that had
been said. In the lower forms, his marking was always
exceedingly generous, to encourage us, but by the upper fifth
form, with O levels looming, marking was much tougher.”
William WARNER
(1942) seeks one name
to complete the
caption on Dr Briault’s
school athletics team
of 1940/41 of which
he was a member, but
now his memory for
names has faded; can
anyone assist?
LtoR Back row: Brian DAY,?, Sydney BEATON, Ian MUMFORD, ?, Arthur MONK, Dr Briault
Middle row: Maurice QUENOUILLE, Dennis CORNWALL, Guy SMITH, Eric WALLER, Edgar
BARNETT
Front row: William WARNER and John LUCAS
Eric COPSON (1941) sent in several photos to enrich our
archives. Thank you! They included photos of his model aircraft
contribution to a handicraft exhibition the school hosted in the
Hall in 1938 and some CCF groupings, including of the officers
(staff) and NCOs of 15F Squadron – the School’s Air Defence
Corps. Eric was a sergeant and had his glider pilot wings.
Spotted in a strange place
Andy BARSBY’s (1970) daughter Vicki met John SUNYER (2004)
in Shanghai where both where working for Time Out magazine,
John as a features editor. John’s
interesting photo is of a
hanging T shirt in their
exploration of the ‘Old
City’ streets has an image
from a 2003 editorial shoot
in Italian, Vogue of Lily
COLE (2006) and our school
name.
Huge thanks go to all those who have supported the School’s
efforts to increase the number of free places at Latymer.
As usual, most of the fundraising efforts last year were directed
towards increasing the number of means tested scholarships at
Latymer. In total during 2009/10, over £1.3 million was donated to
the Latymer Foundation of which some £1.2 million was given to
ensure that the doors of Latymer remain open to children from all
financial backgrounds.
The Governors were very pleased to have been able to award a
total of 18 means tested places for entry to the School in
September 2010. 11 means tested places were awarded at 11+
entry to the School in September 2010 (10 at 100%; 1 at 25%), 6 at
Sixth Form entry (3 at 100%; 1 at 80%; 2 at 50%), and 1 100% award
at entry to the Prep School. As a consequence the number of
pupils who have entered Latymer on a free place has risen to 64,
with a further 6 who received support of at least 75% of tuition
fees. In addition, several children each year receive bursarial
support from the School if their parents encounter financial
difficulties whilst they are a pupil at Latymer and 54 children
received means tested travel awards from the Horizon Fund. This
fund is financed by fundraising activities of the Parents’ Gild and
awards are made to pupils who would otherwise not be able to go
on School sports trips or take part in Activities Week.
Many of us were lucky enough to receive a fine education free of
charge thanks to the Direct Grant system and it seems only right
that we ensure that this same opportunity is available for today’s
children. With annual fees currently £14,460 ( which compares
favourably to many independent schools in London), this requires
large amounts of money and the School will continue to need our
help if the number of means tested scholarships available at
Latymer is to continue to rise.
Many thanks again to everyone who has helped current and future
Latymerians with their wonderful generosity.
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ALUMNI EVENTS
We report on recent gatherings of Latymerians.
Reception for 2008
and 2009 Leavers
Members of the classes of 2008 and 2009 returned to School
on September 3rd to meet up with teachers and friends and to
see the new buildings at the School. Held on the Piazza there
was a big turn out for the evening reception and many others
still travelling sent their best wishes. This new event is the last
get-together of the summer before university starts and a
great opportunity to help everyone keep in touch before they
all go their separate ways, dotted around the country. Those
who have already finished their first year share their
experiences, and Gap Year students tell stories of all the travel
and volunteering they took part in whilst they were away.
Definitely one to be repeated for the classes of 2009 and 10!
ANNUAL LATYMERIANS’
DINNER November 26th
The Distinguished
Latymerians’ Dinner
To celebrate the addition of Latymerians to the School’s
Distinguished List in 2010 a dinner was held on September
17th in the Hall at which both the Head, Peter Winter and
Chair of Governors Professor Richard PERHAM (1955) spoke.
Among the many guests we were delighted that Philip
LAUNDY (1940) was able to attend. He lives in Ottawa and
combined his trip to London with a visit to stay with old
school friend John BEAVIS (1940) who then accompanied him
to the dinner, for his first visit to Latymer for 70 years! John
retired as chief executive of Laing Properties after 30 years
with the company and its subsidiaries around the world.
Philip’s distinguished career included being Librarian of the
Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia,1953-64, Director
of the Research Service of the Library of Parliament, Canada,
1965-81 and Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons,
Canada, 1981-1994.
Brian WERNHAM (1979), Mike PILCHER (1980)
and Jona tha n HIGHAM (1980).
Professor Robert
CARR-HILL (1961).
Ranko VRCELJ (1983) and Kelvin MENON (1982).
This year’s Annual Dinner was held again in the Main Hall with all the history and
memories that this entails. This event is always on the last Friday in November, and
is very well attended. As usual, there were many regulars to be spotted amongst
the crowd, but also many new faces, particularly amongst Latymerians from the
1990s. This year’s guest speaker was amongst them; Kulveer RANGER (1993), Mayor
of London’s Director of Transport Policy, gave a heartening speech about his time at
Latymer and the grounding it had given him for political life.
The most striking aspect of the Annual Dinner is the variety of people who attend:
Desmond THAIN (1937) was the most senior Latymerian present, whilst the
youngest were the School’s senior students (class of 2011).
Next year’s dinner will take place on the 25th November, so save the date!
Toby BORGER (1985) and James GRAHAM (1976).
Bob GARNER (1958)
and Harpal KUMAR
(1982) chat with
other guests.
Jim STANNARD, Alex JONES and David WAKE (all 2009) catch up in the new library
Jack LAWRENCEBROWN and Ha rry
MCVEIGH (both 2006)
who are part of the
alternative rock band
White Lies.
Jack SENNET and Sam MEREDITH (both 2009) chat with Robert Orme.
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Derek ATKINSON, Ted DEELEY and Ian CONACHER (all 1945)
Kulveer RANGER (1993).
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Alumni Events Continued
Reunion
An evening gathering in the Latymer Arts Centre was held in
October for the Classes of 1996-2000 and their partners. This
informal supper and drinks reception was attended by both
current and some former members of staff who enjoyed sharing
news with their former students.
Doctors Leo MONZON
(1996) and Hanney GONNA
(1997).
NEWS of LATYMERIANS
LIVING OVERSEAS
The Cambridge
Latymerians’ Dinner
This event traditionally brings together Latymer staff and
Latymerians studying or working at Cambridge University. It was
very well attended by students who were entertained to an
excellent meal in the Hall of St. John’s College, jointly hosted by
the college’s former Master, Professor Richard PERHAM (1955)
and Kieran CHOPRA
(2010) who is reading
economics. The
socialising continued
after the meal in the
college bar, and then
at the staff’s hotel
bar.
Sian TOMLIN (2007),
Olivia QUIRKE (2009)
and Chloe HOLE (2007).
Ibs TAGURI (1997) and
Talat EL-SHIRBINY (1996).
James Mc KNIGHT,
Ethan VERRALL and
Arthur WESTWELL
(all 2010).
The Head,
Graham Bearman
and Chris
Hammond
Dr Graham Hardy and
Kieran CHOPRA (2010).
Tony Henwood talks
to Boutaina Cansick
nee SIDD LE (1999)
and her husband.
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
Hugh Grant (1960) a Board
member, with his wife Trudy are
pictured at the celebration of the 40th
birthday of CODA
(Council on Drug
Abuse) in November
2009. Hugh was head
of marketing and head
of market research for
PepsiCola in London
in the 1970's, and
owner/partner in
Hugh and Trudy.
Canada Market
Research Ltd - the largest customer research
company in Canada in the 1980's and 1990's.
We were delighted to
have David STILES
and Michael
HELLYER (both 1957)
visit Latymer in
November. Michael’s
career with Canada
House in London was
David and Michael locate
associated with
Michael on the Vice Captain’s
forging links between boards in the School Hall.
British and Canadian
universities, a role he still connects to with
the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the
UK. David had a distinguished academic career
cantered at Acadia University as head of
chemistry, a Dean for environmental science
and he served on the Senate and Board of
Governors.
Some members of the Canadian Latymerian
Council met up for a holiday lunch recently at
the Toronto Cricket Club.
Sam MIKKELSON,
Nick MOCK and
George WATSON
(all 2006).
Will GUARD
(2000), John
Gilbert and David
JACKSON (2000).
David CRESSY (1963) already a professor of
history, became the King George III Chair in
British History at the Ohio State University in
November. His investiture was marked with a
lecture by David, “George III, Civil Liberties,
and the Birthright of an Englishman” followed
by a reception in his honour.
John CLARKE (1957) has been living in the
USA on and off for the last four years and as a
permanent resident since March 2010 based in
Mathews, VA. In 2009 he married Meryl, a US
citizen for the last 35 years. They were
classmates in elementary school in Ealing, but
went their separate ways after the 11+. Both
were widowed in the early 2000s and made
contact via FriendsReunited in 2006.
AUSTRALASIA
Australia
Peter Winter, and his wife
Adwoa, arrived in Perth, Australia
on 15th December 2010 and were welcomed
at the airport by Terry BALL (1949).
After freezing weather in London, two days in
brilliant sunshine watching the third Test at the
WACA came as a very pleasant change – unlike
the result of the match when England were
soundly defeated by Australia!
Tony Fella and
Simon JACQUES
(1999).
Archie PRESTON (2009), Madame Dutrieu, Nick MARCH (2009) and Harry WHOMERSLEY (2009).
Janice to the Margaret River wine region of
Western Australia and enjoyed lunch at the
Amberley Estate winery.
Adwoa & Peter Winter, Terry & Janice Ball.
The Winters left Perth on the 20th December for
Adelaide and then flew on to Melbourne and
Sydney (and the remaining two Test Matches),
which we will report on in our next edition!
In Adelaide they met John KING (1969) and
Dr John BYE (1955)
John BYE visited Latymer early in November. He
was in Europe on three month collaboration with
the KlimaCampus of the University of Hamburg
as part of his research into how the seasons will
change with climate change. He is an honorary
principal fellow in Earth Sciences at the
University of Melbourne.
Peter READ (1952) left Latymer because his
family emigrated to Australia. He spotted himself
in a 1951 rugby photo in our last edition, but
incorrectly captioned as J Reid, (our apologies!)
Peter recalls the teams’ results may not have
been too impressive and included playing on
patchily snow-covered, wet, muddy, suburban
grounds without changing or shower facilities,
but he loved it. Peter went on to play for the
Melbourne University Victorian State
Championship team, gaining a Blue in 1960
against Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
As the Australian Rugby Union combined the
1963 Wallaby Trials with the Australian State
Championship that year, he can claim,
technically, to be a Wallaby triallist, although he
acknowledges he wasn’t good enough.
John LODGE PATCH (1986) is married to Lorna
and they have two young children and live in
Canberra. John works in international
development, on education policy and setting up
and managing aid funded programmes in Asia
and Africa. Currently he is working with the
Australian aid programme.
L to R: Peter BASEY, David HAVARD, David STILES,
Trevor JONES, Hugh GRANT with Gwen Jones, Linda
Basey and Vickie Stiles.
United States
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Wellington University. Then following a post
graduate degree at Yale, after which Keith
settled in New York and joined the
commercial world. He has given that up now,
and has a thriving organic farm near Port Jervis,
NY and sells his produce in the NYC Union
Square Farmers’ Market. He writes articles on
his farming experiences and his
book It’s a Long Road to a
Tomato has been donated to
the school library. A fantastic
read it is too!
LtR Terry BALL (1949), Owen FRANCIS (1985), Peter, John
FISHER (1978 -standing) and Frank GARDINER (1968).
Daniel HENDERSON (2005) is
now living in Washington DC. Ed
TAYLOR (1990) has relocated to the States to
live in New Hampshire.
Saturday evening saw Perth Latymerians host
a dinner for the Winters at Fraser's Restaurant
in King's Park, which was thoroughly enjoyed
by all those attending.
We have recently been reunited with Keith
STEWART (1959) who was only at Latymer for
a couple of years; he is class of 1961. Keith’s
family subsequently returned to their native
New Zealand and he graduated from
Peter also met up with Nick DUNCAN
(1964) in Perth, who is now retired and is
founder and president of Save Foundation saving rhinos in Africa. On Sunday, Peter and
Adwoa accompanied Terry and his wife
Nick PERRY from our lower sixth has relocated
to Melbourne where he will study at Scotch
College; we wish him well.
New Zealand
Nigel JONES (1969) is the referee
education officer for Tasman and
Buller Rugby Unions based in Nelson. He is
involved with preparations for next year’s rugby
world cup where two games will be played in
Nelson. If any Latymerians are over for this event
he recommends Nelson as a base and would
welcome meeting up.
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LATYMERIANS’ SOCIAL PAGE
Rebecca and
Nick
We are delighted to share the happy news and activities of these Latymerians. If you have celebrations to feature in this
column for future editions please contact Nigel Orton. We warmly add our congratulations to the following members:
We congratulate Suzie BLYTH CORCORAN (1998) and her
partner Sam LECOEUR (1997) as the first Latymerians to
come to our attention to have had a child together! Their
daughter Amelia Rose Lecoeur safely arrived last year. The
couple are planning to marry during 2011; Suzie is a teacher.
Edward de VROOME (1997) married Madeleine McLeod during
August in Hackney Town Hall followed by a reception and party
in Trinity Buoy Wharf at Leamouth, London. His brother Henry
(1999) with Leo GREENSLADE, Ari MOLAIE (both1996), Alex
PHOUNTZI (1994), Emyr WILLIAMS and Jack ROBERTS
(both1999) together with many of his ‘Class of 97’ friends
attended: Charlie JOHNSON, Chris HOLBROOK, Joe CAREY,
Simon HABBA, Matt TURK, Jonny GORDON, Jonny WILES, Max
PHOUNTZI, Sam HOOPER, Neil McCARROL, Jody NECKLES,
Tom BRUCE, Nick MATTHEWS all making quite a reunion!.
Edward and Madeleine with
their many Latymerian guests.
Dan KOSKY’s (1996) brother Ben (1993) was his best man and
dad David (1966) was also present when Dan married Natasha
Remington on August 15th at the Saba's Well function hall near
Tel Aviv, Israel.
Another Golden Wedding
celebration last September in
Rio de Janeiro was that of
Stella and Patrick FINN
(1951) who were joined by
their daughter Kathleen, son
David and grand-daughter,
Jessica. Although retired,
Patrick continues to work as
a freelance translator.
Haresh
MULCHANDANI
(1992) was married on
the 22nd August 2010
in a Hindu ceremony
in Kuala Lumpur to
Gomy Kandasamy
after an earlier civil
ceremony in London.
Haresh has recently
returned from a
fellowship in Toronto
and is now a
consultant
anaesthetist at the
Homerton Hospital in
Hackney, London.
Haresh and Gomy.
Nick DAVIES (2003) married Rebecca at St Clement’s Danes on the
Strand on August 28th. Also in attendance were Latymerians, Max
SMITH (best man), Rory MILLER-CHEEVERS and Chris SPEARPOINT
(ushers), Alex STRATTON, Peter BEEDHAM, Amy TROTTER (all 2003),
Sophie ALMY (2002) and Allegra STRATTON (1998).
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Mike and Vicky in the School’s
Chantry Chapel.
Keith POHL and Ellie BUCK (both 2009) were recently married
and have had a baby boy, Rory Pohl born 3rd September 2010.
Michael (Ginger) COLLINGWOOD
(1956) and Patricia (nee Hutchings),
who attended Burlington Grammar
School (1951-56), celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary on
24th September 2010 with a party
in Eastbourne. Among the guests
were: Gerard SULLIVAN (1956),
John IOANNOU (Michael) (1956),
David HOLMAN (1956), nephews
Paul COLLINGWOOD (1978),
Roger COLLINGWOOD (1981),
Bruce COLLINGWOOD (1983), and
not forgetting Charlotte, great
niece currently at Latymer.
Regrettably his brother Jim
COLLINGWOOD (1952) died in
2007.
Annie STURGE (1999) was
married to Ian Heath on 2nd
October in Alfriston, East
Sussex. Rhiannon PHILLIPS and
Tara COLLIS were two of the
bridesmaids. Other ‘Class of 99’
Latymerians present included:
Faisal AL-JAWAD, Joe
MAYHEW, Daniel KOHN, Jamie
WILMOTT, Sarah BAGNER,
Mark LEICESTER, Catherine
SAUNDERSON, Laura SMYTH,
Ben KOHN and Thomas
DWYER. The couple are both
doctors and are based in
Brighton; Annie currently is
working in paediatrics.
Annie and Ian.
LtoR: Nicholas, Mary,
Mark and John.
Gavin DOWLING (1987) moved to Sydney in 2003 continuing
his career working in the international education sector. In
2007 he set up a business which promotes Australian
education in the growth markets of Europe and South America
and now runs 8 offices in 5 countries. In July of 2010 Gavin
married Margaret Ferrante and was joined at their wedding in
San Giovanni Battista Church in Aci Trezza, Sicily by 3
Latymerian friends, Quin JESSOP, Barnaby HALL and Rupert
MAY (all 1987).
Barnaby, Gavin and Quin.
Marc de Pear (1965) was married to Mrs Mary Finn on 25th
August 2010 at Weybridge Register Office. Mark's brother John
(1963) was best man and Mary's elder son Nicholas was the other
witness. The couple honeymooned in Barbados and they will
continue to live in Virginia Water.
Geriant ANDERSON (1990) married Emma Wood on 11th
September in The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Knights
Town on Valentia Island, Kerry, Eire. His best man was Toby
CROUCHER and the two ushers were Nick CUNARD and Alexis
KERSEY (all 1990). Both his brothers Robert (1982) and Huw
(1986) were present. Their amazing day involved a Mardi Gras
party in an Indian tent on the beach, with Guinness on tap! The
happy couple then enjoyed a three month honeymoon in South
East Asia. Geriant is an ex-stockbroker and author of the bestselling book Cityboy - Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile! His
next book, Just Business, is out in June.
We congratulate: Lisa and Michael CHIVERS (1999)
who were blessed with a daughter, Emma Chloe
Chivers, born on 13th July 2010.
Jenny and Peyman
with Dara.
Patrick and Stella at their house in
Miguel Pereira in the mountains
behind Rio de Janeiro.
Harry HORSLEY (1998) got married last year to Charlotte Tetley
at St Enodoc Church, Trebetherick, Cornwall. Jon COLLINS
(1996) and Nick STYRING (1998) were the best men and the
ushers included Alex PERKINS (1998), Ben (1996) and Tom PUGH
(1994).
Mike PILCHER (1979) was married to Vicky Cunningham and they had
their wedding blessing in Latymer’s Chapel on 16th October with a
reception afterwards in Auriol Kensington Rowing Club. The bride’s
mother officiated. Mike’s step-daughter Ally, who attends the Prep
School, was among the family and friends who witnessed the happy
event.
Christopher DEAN (1987) was married to Lynva ClementAdams on the 30th October in St. Leonards Church, Heston,
with a reception held in the Harte and Garter in Windsor.
The couple live in Tunbridge Wells.
LtoR: Nick, Toby, Geriant and Alexis.
Peyman OWLADI
(2003) was
married to Jenny
in March 2009
and they now
have their first
child, a son
named Dara, who
weighed in at
3.5kg and is
growing fast!
Joe ELLISON (1999) was married earlier last year to Elissa.
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NOTICEBOARD
Forthcoming Alumni Events 2011
February 7
February 27
March 5
March 6
Reception for Latymerian Scientists 7-9.30pm at School. Include tours of the new
Science and Library Building until 8pm. No charge. To book contact Adriana
adw@latymer-upper.org (aimed at all connected with science including engineers,
mathematicians, dentists, doctors, physicists, psychologists, chemists, pharmacists and
any other scientists).
Brunch in Bristol. A Sunday brunch for Latymerians living in the West or SW of
England. Partners are welcome. Venue is Racks Bar and Kitchen, Clifton, Bristol. No
cost other than purchasing your own refreshment. Email Nigel nro@latymerupper.org to attend.
Oxford Latymerians’ Dinner at St Peter’s College. A black tie college dinner for all
who work or study in Oxford, but especially Latymerians at the two universities.
Guest tickets are £55, but reduced to £19 for students and dons’ and some £45
tickets are available for any other Latymerians who would like to join us. Book now*.
Annual Round the River Jog. A fun run open to all, including family members,
organised by Barry DORN (1950). Meet 10.30am at the School Sports Hall. Followed
by refreshments in Auriol Boathouse. Commit to keeping fit now, by e-mailing
Barry.dorn@virgin.net to join in.
March 25
Choral concert. Latymerians can also attend selected School events, e.g. The Spring
Choral Concert in St. John’s, Smith Square. Details from Jane Myerson jfm@latymerupper.org
March 27
Latymerians’ Scratch Regatta. For further details of this event see our website or
contact Adwoa (ajw@latymer-upper.org)
May 6
Latymer Foundation Golf Day. Join us to play in this charity fundraiser at Coombe
Hill Golf Club. Contact Nigel.
May 7
Spring Lunch Reunion for all who left before 1960. Come and see the school and
meet friends – your partner is also welcome to attend. Tickets £20 each or £35 for a
couple. Online booking now or send a cheque to Adwoa.
May 14
May 28/ 29
June 7
June 11
1624 Society Meeting.
California BBQ / Brunch Gathering. This is a two day family event organised by the
US Friends of Latymer. On Saturday 28th May a BBQ at a Latymerian’s Oceanside
home and it is planned to hold a brunch on Sunday 29th. To register interest contact
Nigel Orton nro@latymer-upper.org or directly to US Friends of Latymer
alumni@latymerians.us. Open to all Latymerians and their families.
Latymerians’ Golf Day at Hoebridge, Woking. To play contact Denis JONES (1967)
denis_jones@tiscali.co.uk
Reunion Classes of 1984-86 A drinks reception, followed by lunch then tours of the
School. A chance to view memorabilia and to meet former classmates and
teachers.12.30-5.30pm. Tickets £30; Book now*.
1941 George Terry
1957 Norman Donkin
1961 John Wynne Williams
1969 Geoff Lavers
1973 Steve Faktor
1978 Matthew Bond
1983 Peter Kasic
1990 Harmeet Ahuja
1996 Talat El-Sherbiny
1998 Lotte Jones
1999 Alastair Lauder
2002 Jenny Baskerville
2007 Taymoor Atighetchi
2009 Ciara McEllin
U6th Lexi Whomersley
US Friends of Latymer, which assumes
the functions of the US Latymerian
Council
Board of Directors
1957 Ron Phillips
1964 David Godfrey
1964 David Talbot (Treasurer)
1969 Michael Freeman
1974 Bill Marchbank
1976 Jamie Grant (Chair)
1979 Ken Adams (Secretary)
1980 Mark Bullimore
1981 Rory Curtis
1993 Richard Davidson
Jennifer Evans Casey
The Australasian Latymerian Council
1946 Basil Walby
1949 Terry Ball
1953 Peter Burke
1955 Clive Trotman
1956 Jim Tilley
1970 John King
The Canadian Latymerian Council
1955 Trevor Jones
1955 David Havard
1960 C. Hugh Grant
1962 Jeffrey Simons
1963 Peter Basey
1982 Jimson Bienenstock
The Development Office Team
Amanda Scott Director of Development
0845 638 5965
ams@latymer-upper.org
* For all our events you can send Nigel Orton or Adwoa Winter a cheque made payable to
Latymer Upper School, or book online via the link on the former pupil page of the School’s
web site.
If you have any queries or wish to advise us of any mobility or dietary issues, please ring
Adwoa Winter on 0845 638 5969 or email her at ajw@latymer-upper.org
Nigel Orton Director of Alumni Relations
0845 638 5811
nro@latymer-upper.org
Latymerians’ Online Database
Jane Myerson Assistant Director of Development
0845 638 5970
jfm@latymer-upper.org
To log on to the Members’ Directory go to www.Latymer-upper.org.
Follow the “former pupil” links then click onto the blue icon, “Members Directory”.
Enter your username and password. If you need a password email Nigel Orton.
There is no membership fee to be part of our alumni community. Everyone who
attended Latymer Upper School is welcome. All Latymerians on the database receive:
• Event invitations
• Termly newsletters and other communications
• Access to the online directory to manage your profile and search for friends.
Why not spring clean your profile now?
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The Latymerian Council (UK)
If you have any news to share in future editions of OLNEWS, or wish to comment on
our stories or you would like to organise a visit to tour the School then please contact
Nigel Orton, Director of Alumni Relations.
Adwoa Winter Development Co-ordinator
0845 638 5969
ajw@latymer-upper.org
Jordana Berk Development Assistant
0845 638 5966
jdb@latymer-upper.org
Adriana Williams (2004) Development Assistant
0845 638 5762
adw@latymer-upper.org
Consultant
Chris Hammond
Latymer Upper School,
King Street,
Hammersmith W6 9LR
0845 638 5800
www.latymer-upper.org