NEWS & NOTES
NEWS AND NOTES 1940s
HENRY SANFORD (1940, F) I am now aged 97. Most of my peer group have gone to rest. I have just completed my memoirs which has an account of Radley. JOHN CLEMENTS (1946, E) Memories of my time at Radley are always with me. Especially my time as Stroke of the 2nd VIII and taking part in the Marlow Regatta for two years (1949 & 1950). After leaving Radley, I started my National Service with the Devonshire Regiment. I left with a commission and at my request, I joined the Kings African Rifles in Zomba, Nyasaland (now Malawi) – the town of my birth in 1932. After a short period, I joined the Nyasaland Police where, after attending Senior Police training in the UK, my career began; I achieved the Rank of Acting Superintendent. My service included running various Police Districts, prosecuting, and keeping close liaison with the Provincial and District Administration and various Government departments. In Nyasaland, I met my wife, Joyce (Jo). She was the governess to the Chief Secretary’s children. We married in December 1954 and had two daughters: Bridget and Marilyn, both born in Nyasaland. In 1960, in view of the political changes in Nyasaland, I resigned and our family moved to Kent in the UK. But Africa was in my blood so in 1968 we sailed for South Africa. I have lived in the same town of Somerset West (not far from Cape Town) ever since. I was a director of a small Placement Company in Cape Town until my retirement. I actively served for 18 years with the National Sea Rescue Institute in Gordons Bay, after which I received a shield for ‘Long and Loyal Service’. I attended 79 callouts. I have been blessed with good health, a very active life, and numerous hobbies. Unfortunately, my legs are very weak now and I need the assistance of a walker. I loved hiking in the mountains and joined the Mountain Club of SA, where I also led their Rescue Team and took part in many rescues. I also became an active member 74
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of the Bird Club and obtained my Bird Ringing License. I helped run a local bird nature reserve and did bird ringing for 16 years. I am now an honorary member. The one hobby I am still able to enjoy is painting. I originally painted in oils but for the last few years, I have changed to watercolour. My passion is the sea and yachts. I have been an avid sailor and have taken part in various yachting ocean races. So, I mainly paint yachts and the big clippers. I undertook several commissions in respect of yacht portraits. In recent years I have specialised in painting scenes on board various ships from the age of the clippers. I also paint birds, and my bird paintings are still being used in our local nature reserve to help people with bird identification. I now live in a retirement village in a comfortable little cottage. Sadly, my wife died in 2012 and my daughter, Bridget, died in 2018. My daughter, Marilyn and son-in-law, Niel visit regularly and we go on drives and still do a bit of birding. I have four grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. My grandson, Matthew, lives in Yorkshire but all the rest are here in South Africa. DAVID GIRLING (1948, E) I’m still going strong and living in Cornwall. I survived a hip operation in 2021, and a heart pacemaker in 2022. Still playing golf at St. Enodoc, and enjoying the Cornish scenery. Best wishes to any of my contemporaries who remember me. NICHOLAS JACKSON (1948, H) I met a lovely French girl in Paris when I was giving an organ recital at Notre Dame in 1972. We have now been happily married for over 50 years. Our 42-yearold son Graham is a Liveryman of the Drapers’ Company and a Governor of his old school Christ’s Hospital. We have a duo playing two harpsichords together. Although I shall be 89 next month, I am still quite busy. I continue to be involved with organising the annual concerts at Drapers’ Hall, which I inaugurated when I was Master 30 years ago. I also organise the ‘Monday Night is Music Night’ recitals
John Clements (1st exhibition, aged 91). at the Oxford & Cambridge Club. I am an Hon Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, and Patron of the College Music Society. My most recent opera (the 3rd one) ‘Le Petit Prince’ was performed by students of the RCM and can be viewed on YouTube. My most memorable experience at Radley was beating Ted Dexter in a racquet competition, which wasn’t quite as amazing as it sounds as he had entered the competition without having ever played before! LINDSAY PHILLIPS (1948, B) I live in the centre of the Var in Provence in Lorgues 83510 and have my old classic 36 ft motor boat in Sainte Maxime. If any ORs are passing by, I would be pleased to take you out around the Gulf of St Tropez. Contact: www.stmarcdesomedes.com. MARSHALL RUTTER (1949, D) I was extraordinarily fortunate to have attended Radley for one year (1949-50) after being awarded an English-speaking Union Exchange Fellowship from The Hill School in the US. It was the most illuminating year of my formal education. I returned to the US and attended Amherst College (as in, Lord Jeffery Amherst) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. I spent many years of my adult life helping form and support the now world-famous Los Angeles Master Chorale that opened the Salzburg Music Festival in 2019 and 2023. I have a much-loved and loving family. I have recently retired from practising law for 60 years. I have supported and will continue to support the Radley Foundation for what Radley did for me.
