Lusimus THE RADLEY BROADSHEET
www.radley.org.uk
Issue 30, February 2015
A great foundation to build on
more than that. So, as I reflect on the whirlwind that was my first term at Radley, I am keen to identify what underpins it, what makes it all worthwhile. And I pick out just a few moments to highlight.
boys moved from respectful good behaviour to genuine appreciation of the sacrifices made and the importance – the collective and moving importance – of the moment and what it represented.
A Monday afternoon in November, shortly after the clocks went back: a French lesson in the dark with a lower ability Remove set . . . the graveyard slot. And yet a vibrant, fun, successful lesson that I am sure would have carried on for another half an hour without the boys complaining.
An afternoon in the Coffee Shop: standing room only as boys gathered – voluntarily – to listen to a talk about the threat of ISIL. Organised by a member of 6.2. The overwhelming support to collect clothes for refugees in Northern Iraq. Organised by a don.
The Midgets’ 3 Rugby match v Tonbridge. Not the greatest rugby spectacle (with respect to them), but a fierce determination to win very much in evidence. Ahead with minutes to go, behind with seconds to go, level with the last play of the game. A towering – and much celebrated – conversion to win.
A visit to a Social followed by an invitation to play chess. As I did so (victoriously, I hasten to add), some boys watched. Others made cheese toasties with a don. Others sat around chatting. Seniors and Juniors alike: nothing contrived.
The standing ovation at the Saturday performance of The Producers. Not some polite, slightly patronising, recognition of a good school production but a stunned acknowledgement of the work, talent and ambition that went into a memorable show. The service to lay up the Colours of the Grenadiers in the College Chapel: an imperceptible but very real shift as the
A snapshot. There were myriad such moments in the term; I could easily have identified others. It will, I trust, ever be thus. A school where there is a love of learning, a will to succeed, the very highest of expectations; a respect for what has gone before and an interest in the world beyond our gates; and all the above in the context of a happy community . . . such a school has a real purpose. As we are already well into another term, and we are busy again, it is good to know. And as we look to the future, it is a great foundation to build on.
John Moule, the Warden reflects on his first term: One’s feet rarely touch the ground in any new job for the first few months. That is to be expected, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it is a permanent feature of life at Radley: it is an extraordinarily busy place. My only irritation with that is that I simply cannot get to everything I want to, though I try. As I followed some Shells around in the first few days of the academic year, as they were exposed to the plethora of opportunities for the first time, my overwhelming feeling was one of jealousy: cliché though it is, they are extraordinarily lucky. But as they are, so am I; it genuinely is a privilege to be able to go to all the talks, events, matches, concerts, productions . . . and call it work. Being busy in and of itself, however, is not enough. There has to be a purpose to what is being done; it is emphatically not just about filling time, collecting experiences and ensuring that the right hoops are gone through to get to the next stage. We are about much
Foundation – pages 3-5
The Producers
The Silver Ball – pages 6-7
Desborough – pages 8-9
Christopher Kaye – page 18
Sport – page 20
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Bearskins, Bayonets & Body Armour Special Centenary History of the Welsh Guards
Based on original documents and exclusive interviews with senior figures Lavishly illustrated with photographs and paintings from the Regiment’s extensive collection
About the Author: Trevor Royle is an author and broadcaster specialising in the history of war and empire. He has written over 30 books including Anatomy of a Regiment: Ceremonial and Soldiering in the Welsh Guards which marked the regiment’s 75th anniversary. For the first six months, all proceeds go to the Welsh Guards’ charity (which helps support those who have been disabled or maimed on operational service, as well as offering support to those who suffer psychological problems and also to those families who have been bereaved). Buy the book through the Welsh Guards by going to: www.welshguards2015specialevents.org.uk and click on Centenary Book A documentary film (of cinema standard) is also being made, in which Marcus Scriven (1975) is involved, facilitating the interviews with the great men of the World War II vintage, as well as co-writing the script.
Roger Shaw
The Welsh Guards, the regiment of the late Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe MBE (1983), have been at the forefront of British military history over the past hundred years. Bearskins, Bayonets & Body Armour traces them from their foundation in the First World War and their baptism of fire at the Battle of Loos in 1915, through their fighting at Dunkirk, in the Western Desert, Italy and Normandy in the Second World War, the Cold War and the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War (when heavy casualties were suffered when the Sir Galahad was bombed and sunk in controversial circumstances), the Balkans, up to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 21st century. As well as the Regiment’s operational history, this book also offers a unique insight into its high-profile role in ceremonial events in London such as the Changing of the Guard and Trooping the Colour, which have made the Guards one of the best-known symbols of Great Britain. This book will be required reading for all those interested in the history not just of one famous regiment, but of the British Army over the past century.
Publisher: Frontline Books ISBN-10: 1848327358 ISBN-13: 978-1848327351
The Grenadier Guards lay up their colours in Chapel, September 2014 2
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Foundation – The Rowing Centre Fund Rowing is in Radley’s DNA: William Sewell and Robert Singleton, the founders of Radley, wanted their new school to be close to a river so the boys could row; the Radley College Boat Club (RCBC) was established in 1849, only two years after the College was founded; the first schoolboy race to be held at Henley was between Radley and Eton in 1858; between 1938 and 1998 Radley crews have won eight events at Henley.
The 1858 Radley Eight at Henley
An artist’s impression of the new Rowing Tank
Many Radleians have represented GB at Junior level – the most recent being Robbie Wendin (2009) and Charlie Elwes (2010). Old Radleians have won Olympic gold and silver medals, World Championship medals, International honours, Oxford and Cambridge Blues and many Henley events. Only last summer Ollie Wynne-Griffith (2007) and Tom George (2008) were members of the GB Under 23 Eight that reached the final of the World Championships in Italy. Tim Crooks (1962) and Chris Baillieu (1963) have the distinction of winning, between them, a total of sixteen titles at Henley between 1968 and 1984.
A construction team moved in last September to start building Phase One of The Rowing Centre – a rowing tank close to the Athletics Track. Progress has been rapid and all the ground work is now finished; the tank has been created and only the walls and roof remain to be put in place. Having a tank on the main Radley campus is a mouth-watering prospect for all current wet-bobs – something that many former generations would have wished for. It will be a most valuable training aid for both junior and senior wet-bobs not only when the river is in flood but when crews need to sharpen their skills, fitness and togetherness away from the water.
ingeniously invented the ‘Decalogue’ as a water-based coaching platform and, more recently, the ‘Octopunt’ was introduced on College Pond. This tank is the brainchild of John Gearing, the current 1st VIII coach, who set out his vision for the future of Radley rowing shortly after being appointed in 2007. It will finally provide a facility that has been needed for a long time.
A Russian rowing tank similar to the one being built at Radley
The Radley boathouse surrounded by floodwater in the Lent Term, 2014
The tank has been funded by The Radley Foundation, thanks to the generosity of more than 200 Old Radleians and parents who have given nearly £400,000 specifically for this project. An official opening is planned for a weekend in September when all donors will be invited to celebrate the occasion in style. A number of RCBC and OR crews will demonstrate how the tank works as an VIII (with eight rowers) and an octuple (with eight scullers).
a realistic feeling of unsteadiness; this combination results in the whole experience being very similar to rowing on a river or lake.
Tim Crooks (1962), Chris Baillieu (1963) and Paul Bircher (1944), all Olympic Silver medallists, pictured at Henley in 2012
Charlie Elwes (second from left) in the GB Junior Coxed Four which won Silver at the 2014 World Junior Championships
Successive generations of rowing coaches have experimented with different training aids: in the 1960s Ronnie Howard, the father of modern Radley rowing,
The Decalogue on the river at Radley in 1966 3
The tank is of Russian concept and the design, created by Valerie Kleschnev, has been adapted slightly by the current Radley coaches. The whole ‘boat’ moves up and down on rails with each stroke, reducing the weight of water on the end of the blade and producing
Phase Two of the Rowing Centre project, a Fitness Centre next to the tank, will follow in due course and will be funded by the College. If you would like to contribute towards the Rowing Centre project, please use the gift form printed on the back of the address page or go to: www.radley.org.uk/MakingGift.aspx
The Rowing tank under construction, January 2015
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Foundation Progress Report from Anthony Robinson
A record £3.1m raised and pledged during 2013/14 financial year; 800 attend The Silver Ball and raise £300,000 for the Armed Forces Fund; Rowing Tank nearing completion; Colin Dudgeon appointed as next Development Director Fundraising For the second year in a row the Foundation has received record donations: an unaudited total of £3.108m in cash gifts and pledges and legacies received or committed. More than 430 kind and generous people have made this possible and we are deeply indebted to them all; their support will change the lives of talented boys who, against all odds, will now be able to enjoy a first rate education at Radley. If we can keep this momentum going, we may well be able, in the near future, to increase the number of Foundation Award Holders above the current record level of thirty seven boys. Gifts were also received for other Foundation Funds, notably the Armed Forces Fund, the Rowing Centre Fund and the Hugo Rutland Memorial Fund. Each of our donors has been thanked personally but we would also like to thank them publicly for their most valuable support. More than 4,500 people have now made a gift to the Foundation since it was created in 2000 and almost £16m has been raised or pledged. Our initial target remains at £50m.
THE CURRENT FUNDS WITHIN THE RADLEY FOUNDATION Entry Bursaries and Scholarships: SILK FUND
A capital fund to widen entry and fund talented boys whose families could not otherwise afford the fees RICHARD MORGAN AWARD
An ‘immediate use’ fund to widen entry and fund talented boys whose families could not otherwise afford the fees ARMED FORCES FUND
Funding the education of sons and daughters of Forces Personnel killed or wounded while serving their country SCHOLARSHIP & BURSARIES FUND
An opportunity to name your own scholarship or foundation award after a loved one
Helping current parents: HUGO RUTLAND MEMORIAL FUND
Help for current Radley parents facing unforeseen crisis and financial difficulty
Helping current boys: MALCOLM ROBINSON MEMORIAL FUND
Providing awards for Radleians in the Sixth Form to travel to William and Mary College in the USA to study American History during the school holidays
Sport: ROWING CENTRE FUND
A rowing tank and training facilities on the main campus CRICKET NETS FUND
The addition of all-weather surfaces in the main cricket nets
Spiritual: CHAPEL FUND
Improving the beauty of the building, the quality and sound of the organ and the comfort of the worshippers
General: ENDOWMENT FUND
A long-term home for legacies and capital gifts TRUSTEES DISCRETION
The Foundation Trustees decide how to make the best possible use of your gift in line with the priorities prevailing at the time
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The Coldstream Guards
Armed Forces Fund The powerful support for the Armed Forces Fund was keenly felt at The Silver Ball, held last November in Will and Di Bailey’s impressive Terranova location in the Embankment Gardens. The Silver Ball was a tremendous success and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. £300,000 was raised on the night and further gifts are still coming in; it was heartening to feel and see such enthusiasm and support for our Armed Forces Fund amongst the 800 guests. The Coldstream Guards and The Welsh Guards (the regiments of Lt Dougie Dalzell MC and Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe MBE) turned out in uniformed numbers to help on the night and to honour the memory of the two Old Radleians who lost their lives in Afghanistan. Many supporters of the three schools – Radley, Downe House and St Mary’s Calne – had donated exceptional prizes for the Live and Silent Auctions; the four tickets for the semi-final of the Rugby World Cup fetched a mind-boggling £17,000 in the Live Auction! We would like to thank all those who helped to make The Silver Ball such an unforgettable evening, especially The Silver Ball Committee, its Chairman Richard Huntingford and Jo Walker, an H Social parent, who masterminded every detail of this memorable event. It has been a privilege over the last four years to meet and to get to know the families of the killed and wounded; their courage, resilience and determination in the face of extreme adversity is truly humbling. We recently made a fifth AFF Bursary Award to a boy who will enter Radley in 2016 and we are processing more applications, including one from a severely disabled father who competed in the Invictus Games last year and hopes to win a place in the British team at the Paralympics in Rio.
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The Rowing Tank under construction
Hugo Rutland Memorial Fund
Rowing Centre
A gift of £25,000 last autumn enabled the Hugo Rutland Memorial Fund (HRMF) to reach the £500,000 mark. The HRMF exists to help the families of current parents who are hit unexpectedly by death, serious illness or injury. Sometimes one parent has to give up work to look after his/her other half; in these circumstances, where two incomes may be lost, the HRMF can step in and pay the fees for their son. The HRMF was set up in memory of Hugo Rutland (1974) who drowned tragically on a family holiday in Portugal one week before his son Archie (2005) was due to start at Radley. Three awards have been made to date.
Phase One of the Rowing Centre project, the building of a Rowing Tank near the Athletics Track, is taking shape rapidly and will be completed within a few months. A full report on this Fund can be found elsewhere in this edition of Lusimus. Nearly £400,000 has been raised for this project from more than 200 Old Radleians and parents who feel passionately about Radley rowing. We extend our deepest gratitude to them all.
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The Rutland family
Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, MBE
Colin Dudgeon – New Director
Lt Dougie Dalzell, MC
David Cameron with Christopher Shale in June 2011
Christopher Shale University Prize
Richard Huntingford, Chairman of the Committee
The Stanley Foundation has again supported The Radley Foundation’s ‘Christopher Shale University Prize’ which offers fee support at University to those young Old Radleians struggling to afford the costs of tertiary education. Five awards have been made in each of the last two years and further applications will be sought from 6.2 leavers during the Easter holidays. Christopher Shale was a former Radley parent who died suddenly at the Glastonbury Festival in 2011; he enjoyed nothing better than watching cricket on the Radley pitches with friends and a glass of wine.
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I believe that, after seven wonderfully rewarding years, 2015 is the right time for me to hand over to a successor and I am delighted that Colin Dudgeon has been appointed to take over as Development Director in August 2015. He is a charming and able person who is highly regarded at Stowe where he has been running their Foundation for the last ten years. He and I will work closely together during a detailed handover, and I am confident he will take The Radley Foundation on to even greater heights in the future. Colin and John Moule, the new Warden, have worked together at Stowe in the past; their renewed partnership will be immensely important to Radley in the years ahead. I offer my full support to them both. In the meantime, there is much to achieve before I retire in August; if there is anything you would like to discuss or complete, do please get in touch. Anthony Robinson Development Director, OR and Former Parent
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET The Silver Ball – November 2014
800 attended the Silver Ball held at Will and Di Bailey’s impressive Terranova location in the Embankment Gardens
Charlie Ross the brilliant auctioneer
Rupert Henson (1975), Chairman of the Radleian Society, with Caroline
Guests seated for the auction
The Earthlights Boogie Band 6
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A frame from the short film about the Armed Forces Fund, shown at The Silver Ball, made by Robert Hall (1967) and featuring Rowley Gregg MC (1997)
Lt Col Toby Till MBE (1982)
Corps of Drums, The Coldstream Guards
Hélène & David Edwards , formerly of H Social
The Ned Truman/Alex Baker table 7
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Radley and Desborough College
Since 2012 Radley has been the educational partner of an 11-18 academy for boys, Desborough College in Maidenhead – a recently converted comprehensive school. Financial responsibility falls to the sponsor, The Education Fellowship, and Radley’s role has been to work with a school which – in OFSTED parlance – ‘requires improvement’ and to seek to bring our experience of striving for excellence, in teaching and beyond the classroom, to bear on Desborough as it battles to turn itself around. We have hoped from the outset that Radley itself would benefit – its dons, and its boys. We are not the only major public school engaged in such a partnership, but the strength of our engagement has been cited as a model for others; only last month another sponsor recruited eight top independent schools to assist with its multiacademy programme.
poor behaviour and attendance were consistently addressed; and a new sense of esprit de corps, of pride in belonging, was created, connecting itself to the great days when Maidenhead Grammar School (Desborough’s earlier incarnation) had been a formidable place. The numbers have stabilized and are nudging upwards, though finance is still a big issue; a school needs money most at this lowest point in the cycle, to invest in the best teachers it can buy, and to resource them properly. After a dramatic improvement of over 10 percentage points in 2013’s GCSE results for 5 A*- C, this summer it was the turn of the A Level results with A*- B improving by 16%. OFSTED came calling with a 24 hour-warning inspection in September 2014. The overall judgement was ‘Good’, a major step forward towards the eventual goal of ‘Outstanding’, and in itself a really encouraging achievement for the new team.
Turning a school around can be a Sisyphean task and Desborough’s excellent new principal, Paul Frazer, a Yorkshireman with all the famed directness of his breed, has had to cope with the legacy of a dramatic fall in numbers, and its corollary, a sharply declining income, for government financing reflects the pupil roll. He inherited a school in which expectations were low, much teaching inadequate, and as a result, exam results were poor. Too many pupils failed to fulfil their potential, and discriminating parents were voting with their feet. The change in just two years is dramatic. Constant lesson observation (‘learning walks’) was instituted; underperforming teachers faced competency procedures;
In making what has been a considerable contribution to Desborough’s transformation, it has been important not to appear patronising nor to suggest that everything Radley does is innately better than that which goes on at its partner school. Nevertheless, there are enduring truths about academic achievement which are transferable, and which apply to every institution in the land and Radley has been able to demonstrate their efficacy over many years. Senior managers, and heads of department, have spent time at Radley observing lessons, and Radley dons have run revision classes for Desborough GCSE boys in Maths, the Sciences and Modern Languages. Dons have exemplified precepts all too often forgotten: the importance
of pace, of meticulously preparing every lesson and ensuring that each lesson is as good as it can be, of marking and assessing constantly and thoroughly, and most important of all, of expecting a great deal from every pupil. The infectious belief that boys from even the lowest sets can achieve extraordinary results by the time they leave has been a hallmark of Radley, as has been the acceptance that working hard is of itself a good thing, that – in the modern idiom – ‘it is cool to work’. These are basic truths and they have provided a model for Paul Frazer and his team. The means by which those truths have been propagated have been by links at head of department level – nearly every department at Radley has been able to help by hosting visits,
and reciprocating. But it has been important that there are Radley representatives on the Desborough Governing Board (Rob King and myself) to help the Principal hold his teachers to account and to scrutinize target-setting and the making of grade predictions; and, above all, for Paul Frazer the Radley link has been invaluable in providing for him professional INSET and advice. A really significant moment was the secondment of a Radley Maths don, Chris Lee, to be a member of the Desborough Senior Management team and Head of Sixth Form, for the academic year 2013-14. He took over a Sixth Form with a terrible attendance record, and with poor AS and A Level results. Boys at the end of their GCSEs could see little reason to stay on at the school, so that numbers were small. He has effected a
remarkable metamorphosis. He brought the expectations of Radley : that study periods were for work (not indoor football), that hard work was necessary and rewarding, that boys should aim high, that they could go on to good universities, and that the Sixth Form could be a coherent body, modelling high standards of behaviour for the younger boys and positively leading the school. In a word, he has re-structured the entire Sixth Form. Those striking A Level grade improvements this summer are his very real legacy. A number of Old Radleian visitors to Desborough over the last year (including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Radley Council) have met the boys and commented on the quality of their behaviour and their engagement. Demand for Sixth Form places has risen sharply.
Top: Desborough College buildings – the Radley groundstaff helped with some of the flower beds Above: Andrew Strauss with Andrew Reekes at Desborough 8
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Radley has made a profound difference in other areas too. Desborough had always had a strong sporting reputation – it was a USP (Unique Selling Point) of the only single sex maintained boys’ school in the area. But the standard of its rugby had slipped away. John Sparks, Tutor of C social and a former Bigside coach took up the challenge; he has coached the Desborough 1st XV squad weekly, brought in Richard Greed and other dons to do specialist sessions, and most importantly, hosted summer training camps for the past two seasons at Radley, the boys staying over in C social. They have experienced the disciplines of boarding – and of fitness and skills training – under JMS’s eagle eye. Last year it made a huge difference: the Desborough 1st XV won 10 out of its 12 matches, the best return for
many years. More than that, the buzz in Maidenhead Rugby Club, and among parents in the area, has helped re-burnish a tarnished reputation for sport that is already having a positive impact on recruitment. In cricket, Andy Wagner ran an indoor coaching session for the best Desborough cricketers, and Adam King advised on the relaying of a 1st XI square. Rob King, Head of Chemistry, has been equally important from the outset in generously inviting over 20 Desborough GCSE boys weekly to be taught all three Science subjects and Maths at Radley late on a games afternoon. He was assisted by other Science and Maths dons and by Andrew Ashton, the Bursar, who found the funds to enable the boys to travel weekly from Maidenhead. These sessions – most valuable with
the ablest Desborough students – stretched them as they had not been before, and many of their parents were extremely grateful for the experience the boys had. Radley dons have contributed by sharing their expertise – in UCAS advice, Learning Support, Music practical assessment – and have brought Radleians and Desborough students together in a Drama workshop, in shared Art gallery and exhibition visits, in Politics lessons and in the Radley/St Helen’s Conference. This latter initiative, to be broadened to involve 40 Desborough sixth formers next year, highlights an important area in which Old Radleians have made a notable contribution. Chris Lee, the Principal and I were all clear from the start that a good Sixth Form
Top: Ian Yorston gives an IT talk at Desborough Above: The Desborough Rugger Squad training at Radley with John Sparks 9
education involved enrichment. At Radley the impact of academic societies, debates and regular visiting speakers is, over the five years at school, incalculable in broadening the mind, and the horizons, beyond the confines of the exam syllabus. We wanted to do the same for Desborough sixth formers and, with the help of Anthony Robinson, Jock Mullard and Hamish Aird, I identified and wrote to a number of ORs I knew would contribute to a stimulating and diverse lecture programme. I was not disappointed. It helped that Andrew Strauss (1990) – who talked with great candour and fluency about both captaincy and about performing at the highest level – was a crowd-pulling visitor at the start of the programme in the autumn of 2013. Rory Tapner (1973) talked with passion and experience about the Challenge of China; John Bridcut (1965) spoke fascinatingly about filmmaking, especially of royalty and of classical music; Charlie Mayfield (1980) impressed by his willingness to come down amongst his audience and answer questions about the workplace, about interviews and applications, as well as about John Lewis; Oli Hunter (2002), fresh from the finals of Masterchef, really connected with his audience as he spoke about street food, cooking, and setting out in business; Oli Broom (1993) got the boys thinking about challenging themselves physically as well as emphasizing the importance of doing things for others, the value of charitable work; and Ben Lambert (2001), another young OR, talked the language of the social media and showed the boys how they might develop a career in one of the new technologies. Richard Huntingford ran an excellent seminar on careers and the
next step. In comments made subsequently it was apparent how much Desborough sixth formers both enjoyed, and valued, these lectures. I am very grateful to all who gave up their valuable time and who planned their talks so carefully to help to get Desborough’s sixth formers to raise their sights and think about larger issues. Although I cannot replicate the programme every year, a number of ORs and dons will be part of a lecture cycle this autumn. So – what of the future? The Desborough/Radley link is now well established, and we have learnt that the most effective thing we can do is respond to needs identified by the Principal and his team rather than try to impose any initiative we might think desirable. The governors of Desborough at their last meeting of the year fulsomely expressed their gratitude for what Radley had done and Paul Frazer loves the partnership – this in itself is a hugely positive thing, for so often such relationships can founder through suspicion or resentment. I am aware of how much a relatively small group of committed dons does to make the link real, and hope that this group can be augmented in the future. I am also conscious that we need to develop more opportunities, like our shared Politics classes and the Radley/ St Helen’s Conference, where boys from the two schools can mix and Radleians can learn from contemporaries from vastly different backgrounds and perspectives. These are the challenges. Thanks to the efforts of committed parties from both schools, the foundations of the partnership are solid and secure. Andrew Reekes formerly Sub Warden i/c Radley’s link with Desborough
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Paddy Montgomery (2000) and Saddle Sand Sea to enable them to take part in this ultra-triathlon. Their aim is to fulfil a long-held dream to raise over £300,000 to fund their challenges and most importantly, support their chosen charities – The Prostate Project and The EY Foundation.
Paddy Montgomery and Seamus Crawford Paddy Montgomery has invented the world’s toughest ‘triathlon’, Saddle Sand Sea, a challenge for the next three years. Saddle is the 2015 Race Across Europe (www. theraceacrosseurope.com): A 2933 mile cycle race to be completed within 12 days, starting in Calais and finishing in Gibraltar. Sand is the 2016 Marathon Des Sables (www.marathondessables.
co.uk): a six day ultra-marathon covering 250 km in the Sahara desert. Sea is the 2017 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (www. taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge. com): a 3000 nautical mile rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean from La Gomera to Antigua. Paddy and his equally insane non-OR fellow entrant are looking to obtain support, financial, logistical or practical,
Guthrie Fenton (2005) Cycling up the west coast of South America
All three events are well organised and well established, each one of which has received, and continues to receive, a great deal of media interest. The Prostate Project is a registered charity established in 1998 by prostate cancer patient Colin Stokes and his consultant urological surgeon, Mr John Davies. Their ambition is to give men a better chance of beating prostate cancer. The EY Foundation is a UK charity that helps young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, find alternative routes into employment and education, or even set up a business.
www.saddlesandsea.com
Geneva to Paris Guthrie Fenton celebrated the New Year with three friends from Durham University in an unusual way: they flew to the most southerly town in the world – Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego at the very bottom of South America. Next stop: Antarctica. From Ushuaia, the scene of Top Gear’s Christmas special/ debacle, they will ride bicycles up the length of the Andes, through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. They plan to finish at Faro Punta Gallinas, the most northerly point of mainland South America. Total distance as the condor flies, is 8,000 miles. They will be following warming weather up the length of the Andes, hoping to finish around mid-June.
Left to Right (all 2010): Ed Sayer, Archie Wilson, Charlie Purton, Rory Hanna, Bobby Hanna (Parent at the back who supported the team for the last two days), Will Swift and Thor Winkler Von Stiernhelm at the Eiffel Tower on the completion of their Geneva to Paris ride in July for Cancer Research and Save the Children. Will Swift writes: It was a tough five days but everyone, in hindsight, thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. Each day presented different challenges for us and there was never an easy day. For example, one day we found ourselves only cycling 50 miles but climbing over 3000 feet. Fortunately, the only major thing that went wrong was the appalling weather we had throughout the whole trip: except the first and last hour of the last day. We figured out that we had obviously tempted fate back in September when we decided to cycle in Europe
rather than the UK 'because the weather in the summer will be rubbish in the UK compared to France and Switzerland'. How wrong we were! But eventually, after cycling 405 miles and spending five nights in budget youth hostels, we arrived in Paris under the Eiffel Tower. The sign held in the picture was part of a deal between Rory Hanna and his godfather in which an extra £250 donation to our JustGiving page was offered if it was completed!
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Cycling unsupported for an average of 50 miles a day, carrying up to 50 kilograms of equipment, Guthrie and his friends will have to adapt to the adversities of altitude while
being potentially far from help if trouble arises. Also, dealing with the more mundane but no less significant inconveniences of everything from poor road quality, mechanical failure and saddle sores, to fighting off jaguars will only add to what will certainly be a stern test of resilience and character. Guthrie and his comrades are taking on this formidable physical and psychological challenge in an attempt to raise £80,000 for four causes: The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust, The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Headley Court, The Mark Donegan Fellowship and Cancer Research UK. They would be very grateful for any support you may be able to offer, and no donation is too small! Guthrie is also hoping to inspire others to take up their own challenges, so please do spread the word. www.uppingtheandes.com
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET From Frances, Michaela and Leonora Hopkins Dear All,
James Tufnell (2007) Marathon des Sables In April 2015 James will be taking part in the Marathon des Sables and hoping to raise £9,500 in aid of Mencap.
Michaela, Leonora and I wanted to thank all who donated towards Sarcoma UK in memory of Mike/Hoppo, and to let you know the amount stands at above £15,000! Sarcoma UK have written to us to say how thrilled they are, and the donation is now on their “special amount” list which is fantastic. We are so very, very touched by your kindness and generosity and know that Mike/Hoppo would have been too.
Mencap aims to provide greater equality for the mentally handicapped. The charity works with people with a learning disability to change laws, challenge prejudice and support them to live their lives as they choose. The charity is the leading voice of learning disability. Everything the charity does is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers. The Marathon des Sables is a 250 km self-sufficient ultra marathon, described by the Discovery Channel as ‘the hardest footrace on earth’, which takes place annually in the Moroccan Sahara. James will be running a marathon length or greater each day for 6 days, carrying his kit and food across the dunes while trying to cope with sandstorms, blisters, sunburn and high temperatures.
The girls join me in wishing you all great happiness and success in the future. With much love, Frances (Mrs H), Michaela and Leonora Oh, and of course Rufus!
Fundraising page is: www.justgiving.com/James-Tufnell2015 Blog is at: http://jamestufnell.wordpress.com
Mississippi Million Achieved – John Pritchard (Current Parent) part of his Herculean challenge by Old Radleians Tom Barry (1974) and Will Docker (1993). Right To Play is a global organisation that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing adversity. It was founded in 2000 by Johann Olav Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medallist. Through sports and games, it helps children build essential life skills and better futures, while driving social change in their communities. Tom Barry (above, at bow) and Will Docker (below) join the crew
In summer 2014 former Cambridge Blue, Olympic Medallist and Current Radley Parent, John Pritchard, rowed the length of the Mississippi River in a Victorian skiff to raise $1m for Right To Play.
2320 miles, 10 US States, 86 days, a challenge that meant rowing up to 30 miles a day. The journey from the source of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca to its end in New Orleans was split into a number of stages and John was joined for
Bringing sport and play to children facing poverty, conflict and disease means that they can learn key life skills, such as self-confidence, leadership, respect and fair play. Right To Play programmes teach young people how to guard against deadly diseases and help them develop physically and psychologically. John said: “As I made my way down the Mississippi, through endless days of wind, rain, commercial traffic and flying, biting insects, my overwhelming concern was whether we would make it to the $1,000,000 mark. It seemed as insurmountable as the distance I was facing. The staggering tide of goodwill and support that the Mississippi project has engendered, from hundreds of ordinary people around the world, has achieved that unique target. In doing so we 11
have raised vital funding to support tens of thousands of children. Every extra dollar we raise now will exponentially increase our ability to fund the programmes, and every single donor should swell with
pride at what they, not I, have achieved”. To see a brief video go to YouTube and search for: Mississippi Million www.mississippimillion.com
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Star of Australia restored at Radley Star of Australia is an early sculling boat connected to the first challenge by an Australian sculler for the title of World Champion in 1863. The tubular shaped boat, about 32 feet long, was built in 1863 by Henry Green and sent to England in 1863 for his brother, Richard Green, to use in a challenge race against the champion English sculler, Robert Chambers. This was the first challenge attempt by an Australian sculler. After trials, Green discarded the Star of Australia as it was considered too light for the English conditions, and he used another craft for what became a spirited but unsuccessful challenge on the Thames. In 1865 another English sculler, C.B. Lawes, also tried the craft but did not use it in competition.
Above and below: The blackened, fire-damaged Star of Australia being repaired at Radley by Ray Underwood
The sliding seat arrangement – no wheels – greased rails up a challenge for a race to be held in Sydney. No one came forward to accept the challenge, and Green’s backers were reluctant to send him to England to race in an event they could not witness.
The unique tapered circular section hull form, from a design by another family member George Green, appears to be a first attempt at a streamlined shape for a scull. It also featured a sliding seat arrangement, another novel feature for the period.
Sport between England and Australia was evolving fast – the first tour by an English cricket team had just taken place in 1861-1862. Sculling was a sport with international significance, and the Sculling Champion of the Thames was considered unofficially the Champion of the World. Against this backdrop Richard Green, supported by his family, decided he would go.
Richard and Henry were champion scullers in Sydney, and by the early 1860s Richard had proven himself to be up to international standard with wins over prominent English scullers who had emigrated to Sydney. They were competing in wager races where significant sums of money were put up by the backers of the rowers involved as the prize for the race. Green’s supporters felt his abilities were good enough for a wager race against the best in England, and they set
The challenge race was billed as ‘The Championship of the World’ in media reports and Green lost the event against the reigning champion Richard Chambers of Newcastle-uponTyne. He collapsed while in front, and finished four minutes behind in a time of 29 minutes. He attributed his collapse to illness during that week and spasms during the race. Green took part in another regatta shortly after and won two events, but Chambers declined to race against him again.
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Richard Green then returned home defeated by the reigning champion, but his challenge had stirred emotions at the time and was the stepping stone for a future winner Edward Trickett in 1876, who was coached by Green. It was the beginning of what became a long series of success by Australian scullers that continues to this day. The Star of Australia was eventually abandoned, and lay under Marlow bridge for some years before being rescued by Marlow Rowing Club and put on display in their clubhouse. In August 2011 a major fire broke out at the Club at 3 am, either caused by an electrical fault or thieves bending a security light to steal tools from a nearby shed. The fire destroyed the 1896 Marlow clubhouse beyond repair. The Star of Australia was seriously damaged but with Ray Underwood’s skill it has been lovingly repaired and is now back in the bar at Marlow Rowing Club. Below: Star of Australia ready to return to Marlow
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Adrian Goldsmith (1967) Charity Piano Concert for Prostate Cancer UK Adrian Goldsmith is organising a unique event at the Cadogan Hall on 9th April featuring the Orion Orchestra and three different piano concertos played by three different artists and his own composition, Fantasy. Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Evelina Puzaite Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A major Aisa ljiri Interval Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 in C major Grace Mo Goldsmith Fantasy for orchestra & piano World Premier Evelina Puzaite Conductor: Toby Purser The evening is sponsored by: Prestigic Holdings Ltd
Programme: 6.00pm Cocktail party/Raffle 7.00pm Concert Ticket Prices £50, £40, £20 or £100 VIP Premier which includes pre-concert champagne party, best seats, contribution of at least £40 to Prostate Cancer UK, meet the artists, one free raffle ticket per person. Booking is via either The Cadogan Hall Box Office www.cadoganhall.com/event/ charity-piano-concertoconcert-150409 Tel: 020 7730 4500 or Cheque or cash to Prestigic Holdings (and you will be assigned a seat) c/o Adrian Goldsmith Prestigic Holdings 42 Albemarle Street London W1S 4JH Tel 0207 629 1110
A message from Adrian: The evening will mix music with the intent to raise as much money as possible for Prostate Cancer UK. I and my hard working committee started on the concept over a year ago. We hope that the nature of three charismatic and internationally renowned lady pianists playing three very different concertos leaves you amazed at their virtuosity. It is true that this evening is something of a personal journey. Having survived prostate cancer and having been operated on by Professor Roger Kirby, who will be in the audience, I set myself a target to do something seemingly impossible (not having had a piano or composition lesson in my life). The result is the last piece on the programme – Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, divided into three parts. My wonderful, helpful teacher, Evelina Puzaite, has been good enough to play the Fantasy for you – I decided playing it myself might be a step too far, never having played with an orchestra before!
The Helen Clarke Fund We’ve made it!
I’m delighted to announce that the Helen Clarke Fund has more than reached its £150,000 target, and we have already embarked on a 3 year research project based at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Biology in Oxford. The project will make a huge contribution to the search to understand and develop treatments for ovarian cancer. A Helen Clarke Scholar has been appointed, and the trustees are meeting up with the scientists over dinner after the end of term to hear about the progress they have made to date – I’ll keep you posted. This is a superb achievement in such a short time and a testament to the generosity of so many. A huge thanks to everybody from the Radley Community for supporting the fund in so many ways. Many 10s of £1000s were directly contributed by Radley staff, boys, parents and friends.
Evelina Puzaite
Aisa Ijiri
Many friends and family have also been very kind in bringing
Grace Mo
this all together and putting their weight behind it – both financially and otherwise. I’d like to thank the Trustees as well for giving so much time and expertise – Helen’s sister Jane, and Laura Wade-Gery and her husband Simon Roberts – we really could have done none of this without them. A large part of the effort and fundraising came as a result of the Garsington Opera Messiah Concert in July. Garsington Opera welcomed the scheme with open arms and contributed time and expertise to the cause, as did Edward Higginbottom, the Choir of New College, Oxford, New College itself, as well as the Prep School, and a fabulous line up of soloists. Garsington Opera members and supporters also gave extremely generously too – my thanks to all. It was an unforgettable evening and a wonderful tribute to Helen by those who loved her. Stephen Clarke
Alex Ledger (1997) Flying for Heroes
Alex Ledger and his team completed the first Flying for Heroes expedition in association with the Dougie Dalzell Memorial Trust. See the video on YouTube – search for Flying for Heroes 13
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET The John Scott Collection – Decorative Arts from the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries John Scott’s remarkable collection shows the genius of progressive British architects, craftsmen and manufacturers working in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period which saw the birth of the professional designer. Responding to the products and energy of an expanding Empire and modern industry, he has assembled a collection which illustrates, brilliantly and fully, one of the richest and most innovative chapters in the history of design. The Fine Art Society is presenting a series of seven spectacular exhibitions of works from the collection, which is now offered for sale. Nearly 50 years in the making, it is perhaps the finest collection of British objects and design from the period 1830-1930 in existence, and one that maintains a rigorously exacting standard of excellence throughout its one thousand items. Although British works predominate in the collection, John also has a strong interest in Art Nouveau and continental design, which will be shown in March 2015.
‘Modern English’ Design from the 1860s and 1870s
The Fine Art Society in association with Michael Whiteway 148 New Bond Street London W1S 2JT Tel: 0207 629 5116 www.faslondon.com
John Scott (1948)
John donated his extensive Tile Collection to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Coalbrookdale Telford Shropshire TF8 7DQ
British Art Pottery
Tel: 01952 435900 The collection is now on view in the John Scott Gallery of the Jackfield Tile Museum. The 1,300 individual tiles and 310 tile panels feature a roll call of prestigious design names including Pugin, Dresser, Morris, De Morgan and Bawden.
Architect-Designers from Pugin to Voysey
The star of the collection is possibly a magnificent tile panel by William De Morgan (shown at the bottom of the facing page) featuring a stylised deer, from Battersea Old House. Made up of a total of 42 tiles and standing over a metre in height, this design is evocative of all that is associated with the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s. 14
Art Nouveau and Continental Design
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Rugby Reflections a reunion at Radley in 2010 with seven present (and JMB) that brought back strong and fond memories particularly for the hardcore that had played together consistently from Midgets upwards. Happy Days!
Mark Dwerryhouse Captain 1983
The following two ‘memories’ were not included in the Rugby Centenary Brochure. Michael Lewis Captain 1964 “It’s on the plate” was the cry of ‘64. I have vivid memories of James Batten (JMB), our coach, frequently shrieking (yes shrieking) these words, but I have completely forgotten what was supposed to be on the plate! Alastair Ross (front row stalwart) remembers, “There it is….. poached egg…..pick it up”. Perhaps “it” was the poached egg (the ball?) and we really should have scored. Memories fade, but no matter; we had some hilarious times, much success, a few disasters, but above all a fantastic coach (JMB) who drove us hard but always with humour and fun.
I have never been fitter! Memories….Al (Hairy) Ross, a very mature young man in the front row who forgot to shave on match days, and what a strong front row it was (McCowan, McCallum, Ross); Andy Blackwell “running like a stag” (JMB again); Simon Bielby injured at Teddies; Robert Seward (Secretary) an outstanding wing having to move to flanker, poor bloke, or was it the other way round! Infuriating but close losses to Teddies, Downside and Stowe; tight draws against Wellington and Sherborne, but we did beat Pangbourne, Eastbourne, Cheltenham, Uppingham and Rugby. My summary: we excelled on occasions but were probably never quite as good as we should have been. We had
I was lucky enough to play for the 1st XV for three seasons from 81-83. I still have my team shirt after all these years which gets an outing in the gym occasionally!
to arrive at Radley via the transfer market – he played for Northampton – Peter Johnson's old club! James "shooting stick" Fawcett, hooker to my scrumhalf, went on to be my best man and has never forgiven me for the forward pass that prevented him scoring his (only?) try!! We played eleven and lost one that season – stuffing Marlborough 32-0 the highlight. The other highlight was beating Wellington 10-8 the previous season having
been 8 nil down at half time. That was the most meaningful game I ever played in. My final memories are of Kenis Barker in the San – she administered quantities of ice packs and ultrasound to get us back on the road and the touch line chant of give us an “R”, give us an “A”..and what have you got and of course, Oggy, Oggy, Oggy, ... Oi, Oi, Oi! Fond reflections indeed and many more linger on. Thanks Huddy!
Memories are many – preseason training "bullet" Johnson style in Dorset running up and down the Bovington tank tracks, log races to boot. As the army saying goes "train hard – fight easy"! I remember the pre-match rituals – the Friday night dinner in the kitchen back room normally consisting of steak. I had my own warm-up ritual which still gives me a buzz now, driven by ACDC's "If you want blood" after which I was ready for war. Getting to the pavilion, the smell of deep heat, lanolin and the nerves. Team mates in 83 included the likes of Adam "Foxy" Fox and Chris Sheasby – both went on to play for Harlequins and Chris for England. Ashley Johnson, fly-half, the first pupil
Panel by William De Morgan in the John Scott Gallery of the Jackfield Tile Museum 15
If you would like a copy of the Centenary Brochure which includes the memories of Clive Carr, Tony Hole, John Fuller-Sessions, Peter de Sausmarez, Trevor Grove, Jon Henderson, Philip Sergeant, David Willis, Michael Hodgson, Stephen Stubbs, Gerry Hughes, Tim Marvin, Adam Fox, Paul Manson, Adam Wylie, Richard Wates, Ben MacDowel, Henry McCowen, Ross Jennings, Edward Lethbridge, Henry Reynolds, Paul Mann, Andrew Jennings, James McDonald, Jamie Brownlee, Charlie Oakes, Will Hill, Daniel Lumby, Jack Hibbs, Charlie Goodwin, Daniel Brownlee, Ollie Wynne-Griffith, Toby Swift and Thomas West, please email GMADS.Delbury-Seabrook@radley. org.uk or phone 01235 548538
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Angus McPhail portrait
Henry Reily Collins (1997)
Hotel owner Lana de Savary said: “We are delighted to be the first hotel in the country to invest in this technology.
Henry Reily Collins and his company, Hallidays Hydropower, has installed an Archimedes Screw at The Old Swan and Minster Mill Hotel near Witney.
“We continually look at every area of our business to become more considerate.”
From The Oxford Times, November 2014:
They were joined by Minister for Environment and Science Lord de Mauley, who turned on
Oliver Johnson (1999)
Lord de Mauley added: “Developments like this are making an important contribution to decarbonising the UK’s energy mix.”
A £200,000 hydro-electric turbine was switched on in Minster Lovell, near Witney, with the help of a Government minister. Staff at The Old Swan & Minster Mill Hotel, which sits alongside the River Windrush, claimed it was the first hotel in the country to use the technology.
A portrait of Angus McPhail (Warden 2000-2014) by Keith Breeden now hangs in Hall
the five-metre long Archimedes screw. It will have a peak output of 10kW and generate 48,000kwh each year.
The Archimedes Screw has a low impact on the river’s ecosystem. The two by five metre screw is turned as water flows through it, activating the turbine and harnessing up to 87 per cent of the energy from the falling water.
Dr Oliver Johnson has been working for the King’s Health Partners at the centre of the Ebola crisis in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Professor Chris Bulstrode (1963) has been working for Save the Children at the Kerry Town Centre built by British troops in Sierra Leone.
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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Sir Andrew Motion (1966) Fiona Graham-Mackay
John Lubbock (1959) – OBE
John Lubbock (left) received an OBE in the New Year Honours for services to the Orchestra of St John’s and People with Autism and Learning Difficulties in Shillingford, Oxford.
John Bridcut (1965) Karajan’s Magic and Myth
“Engrossing ... tremendous archive footage” Sunday Times “Excellent” The Times “One of the best docs about classical music BBC Four has ever aired” Radio Times (Documentary of the Week)
A Portrait of… Andrew Motion. A BBC Radio 4 documentary in December followed portrait painter Fiona Graham-Mackay as she painted the former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.
Ben Hatt (2005) – The Broker
Fiona Graham-Mackay at work
Ben Hatt has been finishing a film project during the Autumn. He is in his last year at Duke University and was lucky enough to receive a partial grant towards a short film, The Broker, which he wrote and directed. He raised, through
Kickstarter, the extra funds needed for the film. The film is about a financial broker, who tries to maintain his family lifestyle as his own finances fail. He has to make a choice – go down honourably or swindle his clients for the necessary cash.
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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Christopher Kaye (1942) – Knight, First Class, of the the Order of the Lion of Finland Travelling around the country I visited the many mills we represented – and some we did not! My struggles with the language were greeted with great friendship and quite a lot of new business. As a reward one company chief presented me with two tickets in the Helsinki Stadium for every day of the 1952 Olympics. The Finns gave me the great compliment of calling me ‘half a Finn’ and Finnicised my name to Risto Keinänen. I had been accepted! In August 1952 I was summoned back to London to act as interpreter to five sawmill owners who were part of a large and important cooperative. None had been abroad before and Finnish was their only language. I soon discovered that the only way successfully to conclude a negotiation and finalise a deal was not always to translate accurately. The interpreter had power! Back to Finland as a resident representative I lived there about another year, travelling widely and procuring business. We bought/sold very large quantities of Finnish timber to the UK and later to the Middle East. I finally returned to London and promotion to Assistant Manager of the Finnish department. When my Boss retired a few years later I was put in charge and became a Director. The Anglo-Finnish Society, which had become dormant during the war, was revived and my Boss was Chairman. He suggested I should join. After a few years I was elected to the Council. This gave me a chance to repay all that the Finns had done for me. In that capacity I was able to help in various ways such as providing a meeting room and refreshments at the Society’s disposal. The Anglo-Finnish Society was founded in December 1911; amazingly six years before Finland became independent. After much debate in the Council as to how we should celebrate our Centenary I proposed that we should approach the Grocers’ Company (of which I am a longstanding liveryman) to hire their Hall and arrange a Dinner. All was agreed and they put me in charge.
Three ORs at the Finnish Embassy in London – Nicholas Kaye (1973), Christopher Kaye (1942) and Gerald Kaye (1971) In November 2013 the President of Finland appointed Christopher Kaye a Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
main contribution was coding and decoding telegrams – the only means of communication in those days! I was getting very bored.
Chris Kaye writes:
One day my Boss summoned me and said that the Board had decided to send me to Finland. My instructions were to learn Finnish, to learn the Finnish culture and to cultivate those Finns who played a leading part in the Timber Trade; all this to be done in four months!
Why Finland? On demobilisation from the Army in late 1949 I urgently needed a job. My requirements were travel and adventure – not a desk job. Without any experience or contacts I could only seek the help of Ivor Gilliat, the Careers Master at Radley. As I had discovered from many conversations during my last year, 1947, he had a wealth of contacts and was only too happy to help. The first two suggestions of canning corned beef in South America and of teaching Africans to chain smoke for a large tobacco company came to nothing. The third was an introduction to one of the leading firms of Timber Agents and Brokers in the City. They agreed to take me as a trainee. It was a new, challenging and very friendly environment. After almost two years of sitting at a desk, learning what I could of Timber Trade jargon and practice, my
In January 1952 I arrived in a very cold and dark Finland to be in the care of the Managing Director of a medium-sized Sawmill close to the Russian Frontier. The Finnish spoken there is virtually ‘text-book’ and without dialect. Gradually I absorbed the language, which is unlike any other and has a very complicated grammar. After four or five months hard work I was released having enjoyed enormous kindness and hospitality and indoctrination into Finnish drinking habits and weekly sauna rituals. After the steamy hot room I had to bow to the culture and roll in the snow or immerse myself in the lake through a hole in the thick ice to be invigorated and cleansed. My liver surprisingly survived! 18
We invited our Patrons, the President of Finland and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and they, together with about 130 Anglo-Finnish Society members and important guests enjoyed an unforgettable evening on 22 May 2012. The next major challenge is how do we celebrate the Centenary of Finland’s Independence in 2017? My Knighthood was awarded for services to Finland. Hopefully what is written above explains what some of those have been!
Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Radley College Chapel Choir Reunion Evensong and Dinner Saturday 16th May
Calendar of Events 2015
Roger Shaw
Radleian Society & Foundation Overseas Parties to be attended by John Moule, the Warden Hong Kong Party Thursday 26 March Singapore Party Monday 30 March Kuala Lumpur Party Wednesday 1 April *** Choir Reunion Saturday 16 May AGM (7 pm) & Committee Dinner at the Army & Navy Club 36 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5JN Wednesday 20 May Vyvyan Hope Lunch at Radley Sunday 21 June (to be confirmed) Rowing Tank Opening Sunday 6 September (to be confirmed)
I would like to invite all past members of the Radley College Chapel Choir to join me and current members of the choir in a celebratory evensong in chapel, followed by dinner in hall. Partners are warmly invited to attend the service and dinner.
OR Dinner Late November/Early December
This will be a superb opportunity to sing again in chapel, alongside the current choir (together with Radley Choristers singing the treble line). We will perform a full choral evensong, followed by the chance to both catch up with friends, and reminisce about music at Radley in your time, and talk over reception and dinner in Hall to current members of the choir, both Dons and boys. I do hope very much that you can join us.
Young OR Drinks About 150, rather difficult to count, ORs gathered at 11 Pimlico Road before Christmas for a party hosted by Rupert Henson, Chairman of the Radleian Society. Fortunately nobody took any photographs.
Harry Parker at the National Portrait Gallery
A portrait of Harry Parker (1996), ex-soldier and Princes Drawing School student, in Catherine Goodman’s exhibition, Portraits from Life, at the National Portrait Gallery in 2014
3.00pm - 5.00pm 5.15pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm
Rehearsal in Chapel Tea in Mansion Service starts Drinks Reception in Mansion Dinner in Hall
I do hope to see many of the boys who sang in the choir during my time at Radley of course, but would particularly also love to hear from past members of the choir from any era whatsoever. If you would like to attend please register at: https://foundation.radley.org.uk/rad-soc-events/ choir-reunion2015 Stephen Clarke (Precentor 2002 - ) Roger Shaw
©Catherine Goodman
We will provide all music, as well as tea and dinner; we only ask that we bring what voice you have, and a suit to wear for the service and dinner – nothing more!
The schedule for the day will be:
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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Adam Davy/PA Wire
Oliver Sherwood (1969) – Hennessy Gold Cup
Ben Boddington (2007) – Real Tennis
Many Clouds (right) trained by Oliver Sherwood and ridden by Leighton Aspell (right) jumps the last to win the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury in November
Ben Rodford Photography
Sean Morris (1957) – Scullers Head
Ben Boddington (on the right) with Conor Medlow winners of the National Under 21 Doubles in January
Contact Details Radley College, Abingdon, OX14 2HR Web: www.radley.org.uk Sean Morris won the Masters H Class (70-75) at the Scullers Head on the Tideway at the end of November
Anthony Robinson, Development Director Tel: 01235 543151 Email: anthony.robinson@radley.org.uk
Roger Shaw
Cricket
Lucy Johnsson, Administrator & PA to Development Director Tel: 01235 548543 Email: lucy.johnsson@radley.org.uk
Kim Charlton, Database Manager Tel: 01235 543172 Email: kim.charlton@radley.org.uk
Hamish Aird, Foundation Philosopher Tel: 01235 548574 Email: hha@radley.org.uk
Jock Mullard, Publications Tel: 01235 543103 Email: jock.mullard@radley.org.uk
Andrew Strauss with the 2015 Captain of Cricket, James Todd (left) and Vice Captain, Mungo Fawcett (right) 20
The Radley Foundation – Registered Charity No. 272671 The Radleian Society – Registered Charity No. 309243