Giggleswick Autumn Ball

November 2009

No. 56

staying in touch with Old Giggleswickians

OGs Attending Bob Barker (S 58-63) Chris Bean (C 59-63) Mark Birkin (C73-78) Tom Booth (S 65-70) Tessa Boult (C 01-06) James Burns (P 03-07)Andrew Butt (C 62-67) Oliver Corrigan (M 97-02) Amber Cruse (C 01-03)Antony Duckworth (S 69-75) Joanne Feeley (née Barker, C 84-91) BeverleyFlint (St 83-89) John Flitcroft (P 06-08) Peter Fraser (M 72-75) MichaelGeorge-Powell (C 53-59) Frances Gillibrand (C 97-02) Keri Gray (C 90-92)Roger Hargreaves (S 53-62) John Hartley (C 46-51) Chris Harwood (C 64-71)Simon Horsfall (N 98-03) Charlotte Ingle (C 99-03)Nick Jefferies (C 65-70) Phoebe Lebrecht (St 03-08)Andrew McNaughton (P 63-66) Laura Monk (C 98-00)

Nick Moody (M 70-75) Iain Murphy (M 66-71) Lauren O’Toole (St 01-03)Alex Paxton (née Hague, P 87-89) Dina Pejcinovic (N 82-84) MiaPejcinovic (C 84-93) Caroline Proctor (St 84-90) Mark Sampson (M 66-71)Charlotte Selka (St 01-03) Jamie Snape (St 81-90) David Stockdale(Governor, S/M 60-69) Sarah Stone (St 01-03) Angela Sutcliffe (C 84-88)Hayley Thomas (C 06-08) Hon OGs and Staff Geoffrey Boult(Headmaster) Andrew Brocklehurst Nimble Thompson Giles Bowring

Andrew Beales David Fox Margaret Fox AlastairScholey Emma Wharton Sarah Williamson Sian DriverAngela Griffiths Dot Lambert

Visitors are most welcome. Please contact the school for further details on 01729 893000.

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During the evening a £10-a-ticket draw raised £530 forMacmillan Cancer Care, in support of two OGs who are aimingto break the record time for rowing across the Atlantic and alsoto raise £10,000 for their chosen charity. Luke Grose (M 00-04)and Alex Macdonald (M 99-04) will be taking part in theWoodvale Atlantic Rowing Race in December. We wish themsuccess and a safe return. OGs who would like to find out more, track their progress andsupport their charity can find all the details on their website www.rowatlantic2009.co.uk

Autumn Ball Successa tradition revived?

Coniston Hotel – Saturday 3 October 2009

They said it would never happen, but…Two younger OGs – Frances Gillibrand (C 97-02) and Angela Sutcliffe (C 84-88) (or

as one OG put it ‘KirkbyLonsdalelass and Wessexwoman!’ – took up the challenge of reviv-ing the idea of an OG Ball, which, a generation ago, attracted up to 500 people every yearto the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley in early January. The idea had been floated in MillenniumYear as well, but with no success.No such problems this time! By dint of hard work, dozens of phone calls made by a few

people to their friends and contemporaries, and excellent organization, almost 100 peopleenjoyed an evening of good food and even better company. OGs and their friends and part-

ners were present from the last six decades andfor quite a number it was their first return to aGiggleswick function since they left school.

DATES for YOUR DIARY12 December End of Michaelmas Term

5 January 2010 Easter Term begins

25 January 7.00 pm OG Committee MeetingHobson Room

19 February 7.00 pm OG Reception Hong KongPool Bar, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong

25 February 7.30 pm OG Reception DubaiKempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates

20 March End of Easter Term

18 April Summer Term begins

19 April 7.00 pm OG Committee MeetingHobson Room

23 April OG London Dinner in the House of Commons[for details see insert in this newsletter]

29 May Speech Day

3 July OG Day at School and Special Reunionfor all former members of Nowell House

The Old Giggleswickian ClubFounded 1897

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

PresidentRobert A Barker

President ElectSimon C R Wilkinson

TreasurerEdward H M Sissling

SecretaryJ Anthony L Briggs

CommitteeAndrew Fraser (Chairman)

Michael J W BarrGeoffrey P Boult (Headmaster)

Robert G DrakeDavid P Fox (OG Liaison Officer)

Chris W HarwoodNick W JefferiesAngela M MillsDina PejcinovicT Ian Roberts

Alastair W R Sames

New OG President, Bob Barker (S 58-63)For those OGs who don’t know anything about their new President for 2009-10, Bob

writes:

Born 9.12.44 in Colne, Lancs (near

enough to Burnley to be a life-long

Clarets supporter!). Giggleswick Jan

58-July 63. Head of Shute 62-63. XV

colour, XI colour, Fives colour, Colour

Sergeant 1963. OG rugby and cricket

tourist from 1963 to places such as

Geneva, East Anglia and Gloucester.

Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell (now

KPMG) and qualified as a CA. Worked

in Leeds, London and Birmingham and

became a partner on 1st April 1980 (the

only one in the country so I did half

think it could be a wind-up because of

the day it was announced!!); moved to

Middlesbrough where I still live. Left

KPMG in 1988 to become director of

several companies, but now

concentrate on running a small print

company on Teesside.

Both my children went to Gigg. Joanne was Head of Carr in 1991 and Richard was

a XV and XI colour in Morrison two or three years later. One claim to fame was that I

acted as coach to the XV at Stonyhurst in ’93 or ’94, when Neil Gemmell couldn't

travel because Christine was ill; the team was convinced that my half-time talk and

tactical plan was the reason for turning the result around for a win – the last time a

victory was recorded over Stonyhurst until this year, I think.

I also helped out at Giggleswick with squash coaching for about 10 years (1997

to 2007), joined the OG Golfing Society in 2000 and was Captain for the two years

Sept 06 to Sept 08.

Other things I have done over the years include being Secretary of the Teesside

Society of Chartered Accountants for 5 years, Secretary of Durham and Cleveland

Squash Racquets Association for 10 years, Captain of Middlesbrough Golf Club in

1995, as well as being Treasurer and Deputy Chairman of the club for 5 years there-

after.

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Many hills make light workStudents, parents and OGs from Giggleswick School gave moneyraised from the 2009 Gigg2Gigg 3 Peaks Walk in May to funddevelopment at the Ananda Marga children’s orphanage andschool in Mombasa, Kenya.

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Famous OG SeriesWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootprints in the sands of time.HW Longfellow

D KEITh DuCKwOrThOBE BSc (1933-2005)

CH/N 1942-51Head of House, Praepostor, Swimming Colour, Librarian

OG President 1970-71Co-founder of Cosworth Engineering,

designer of F1 racing car engines

The second son of Blackburn-based engineer, FrankDuckworth, David Keith Duckworth followed his brother Brianto Giggleswick in 1942 and ended as Head of Nowell in hisfinal year. At school he developed a strong interest in modelaeroplanes, using his father’s workshop to design and build hisown from scratch. On leaving school, he did his NationalService in the RAF intending to become a pilot. Bizarrely, theuse of an Elastoplast brought on an allergic reaction and lossof consciousness during a training flight, so he finished his tourof duty as a navigator; but even that ended prematurely whenhe challenged his astro-navigation tutor’s teaching: ‘I don’tcompromise easily and I simply won’t accept theories that arewrong!’

After the RAF, Keith went to Imperial College. When askedwhat he had been like to teach, one of his lecturers said he‘had no idea… Keith was always off on some madcap scheme,but he was obviously a genius so we gave him a degreeanyway.’ Fellow students at Imperial had introduced Keith tomotorsport, but after a couple of outings in his Lotus MkIV, herealised he would never be a racing driver, so joined ColinChapman’s Lotus company, based in London. There heformed a close partnership with Mike Costin, the TechnicalDirector, with whom in April 1958 he established CosworthEngineering in Kensington, though initially Keith worked on hisown because Mike could not be released from his contractwith Lotus.

Rival companies were not impressed by the apparent arro-gance of the 25-year-old Duckworth and christened thecompany Cosbodge and Duckfudge Ltd. When a first contractto make a jig for the Vanwall F1 cockpit was won, the laughingstopped! Later in 1958 the team moved to larger premises andKeith decided to concentrate on engine preparation. Followingthe inaugural win of the Cosworth Formula Junior Lotus inMarch 1960, in the capable hands of Jim Clark (whose namewas to become interwoven with Cosworth throughout hiscareer), the engine went on to outclass all comers in F3 andF2. So Chapman at Lotus and Hayes at Ford bought into thegenius of the company with the ambition of doing likewise inFormula 1.

The British F1 challenger, linking the names of Ford, Lotusand Cosworth, was announced to the world in October 1965.Keith divorced himself from the day to day running of the busi-ness and for the next nine months worked 9.00am to midnight,

mostly seven days a week, to design his engine; the result wasa masterpiece. On 4 June 1967, at Zandvoort, Holland, JimClark won the Dutch Grand Prix in the new Ford-poweredLotus 49 and Grand Prix motor racing changed for ever. Theengine designed by Keith Duckworth became the mostsuccessful in the history of Grand Prix racing – the CosworthDFV. Initially it was exclusive to Team Lotus, but within sixmonths the first customer engine had been delivered to Tyrrelland the era of the ‘garagistes’ was born, bringing new namesto the F1 circuits, such as McLaren, March, Brabham, Surteesand Williams. By September 1972 the engine registered its50th victory, in Jackie Stewart’s Tyrrell at Mosport Park, the100th came in 1977 and eventually 155 in all. The businessmoved into the tuning of road car engines for Ford, Mercedez-Benz and General Motors, the design of a motorcycle unit andthe constant stream of new customers from the motor racingworld, including Indycars.

Keith’s services to motorsport earned him the OBE in 1984.He believed his forte was engineering and the management ofthe business was a chore from which he took little satisfaction,so he eventually handed over the chair to his business partner,Mike Costin. Described as ‘multi-talented, super-confident,often combative, dismissive of fools, gregarious but danger-ous in argument, a one-off in every respect,’ Keith was neverlikely to fit the mould of big business.

Following marriage to his second wife in 1988, he began hisnext great project, to rescue (single-handedly) the British lightaircraft industry. Having rescued Cyclone (a microlight manu-facturer) from the receivers, he later bought the only othermanufacturer of such aircraft, then merged the two companiesas P&M Aviation, which was then sold to its employees.

Keith, probably unwittingly, changed the face of motorsportfor ever and the industry in which he spent his working lifeowes him a deep debt of gratitude… and his first steps on thatmost remarkable journey were taken at Giggleswick School.

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“How time flies” is an oft-used adage andcould certainly be uttered about this year’sannual Giggleswick Dinner in the House ofCommons. I, for one, found it difficult tobelieve that this momentous event seemedto be occurring so soon after the last one in2008.So, off we went to London, having put

the dogs into kennels – one tail waggingquite merrily and the other twitchingbetween the hind legs! She had obviouslylearnt how to make her owner feel veryguilty! We arrived in London feelingrefreshed, having stayed overnight in Leedsat our son and daughter-in-law’s house. Bythe time we had walked miles along theplatform at King’s Cross, trailed to find ataxi, queued for the same and endured acrawl through the streets of London, we

began to experience that refreshed feelingebbing away, slowly. The cure was to findour usual little wine bar, situated in theopen air close to the Embankment – alovely way to unwind and to look forwardto a great evening.It was a great evening – having been to

numerous of these special dinners, onecannot expect anything less. We arrived,what seemed far too soon, at the House ofCommons, but Anthony and I were able torelax in the Riverside Bar and watch theworld go by as we quickly had the menussitting prettily on the tables, had pinned upthe Table Plan and sorted out the finerdetails with the Head Waiter.The evening then commenced and went

very much according to plan. For onceAnthony did not need to get his stop watch

out, as the speeches were shorter thanusual, though excellent and to the point;and we thoroughly enjoyed listening to SirIan Blair, our Guest Speaker.Afterwards, we chatted in the dining

room till we were encouraged to return toour lodgings at The City Inn, Westminster –alias The Gigg Hotel – where we took overthe bar and stayed there till the smallhours.All in all, another excellent and memo-

rable occasion. As requested each year –please book early for 23rd April 2010, asthis helps Angela enormously and stopsAnthony from losing more of his precioushair!!Elizabeth Briggs

OG Club Presidents’ Lunch

At the instigation of new Club President,Bob Barker (S 58-62), the inauguralPresidents’ Lunch was held in The HobsonRoom on Saturday 26 September. Sevenformer Presidents were able to make it onthis occasion, along with several of theirpartners. They were welcomed by theHeadmaster and Mrs Boult, the OGLiaison Officer and Mrs Fox, and theFoundation Director, Andrew Beales.On a beautiful autumn day, a very

good lunch was enjoyed by everyone,after which Bob Barker thanked allconcerned with organizing the eventand Geoffrey Boult spoke briefly toupdate those present about progresson several fronts in the school and toemphasize his thanks to the OG Clubfor all their continuing support of theschool, which continues to be vital.Afterwards, several profited from theweather to go for a walk, or play a

round of golf, or watch the rugby andhockey matches being played at home. Wehope that more will be able to attend asimilar event at about the same time nextyear – past Presidents please put it in yourdiaries now…

OG Lancashire Dinner

12 November at 7.30pm

Pleasington Golf Club, Blackburn, is

once again the venue for the

Lancashire Dinner.

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From Guy W ill iams ( S 61-66)I ’ve had a lot of fun as a reporter, whetherit’s been working for the BBC, YorkshireTelevision, Sky News or for various news-papers and magazines since I leftGiggleswick in 1966. I have worked as anews reporter, but for many years havebeen lucky to cover rugby union. T he newrugby union season is already underwayand this will be the 22nd season I havecovered for national and provincial news-papers. Now that Leeds Carnegie havereturned to the Guinness Premiership, I willbe at Headingley penning away for RupertMurdoch’s shilling. In the late 1980s andearly 1990s, I wrote regularly for theSunday T imes on cricket and rugby; thesedays I am in the press box on Sundays forT he Sun… you don' t get as much in, butwriting for a tabloid (T he Sun’s standardsare demanding) requires similar skills.

��������Cyril Harr ingtonI was greatly saddened to read of the deathin February 2009 of Cyril Harrington. I owehim a great debt as perhaps the most form-ative influence in my time at Giggleswick.A number of his pupils in our time weredrawn into architecture due to his quietinfluence: Henry Binns, Peter Kempsey, JonW impenny, myself, my brother Mark andIain Murphy to my knowledge.

W ithin that quiet manner there was astentorian voice that could blast off at thefoolish and wayward, very strong on justiceand fairness, with an impatience with arro-gance ( reflected in his frustration withDouglas Bader, with whom he shared aPOW camp) .

In the second half of the 60’sGiggleswick was changing quite radically,like much else in society. Owen Rowe wasa liberalising and modernising Headmasterand Cyril was a quiet but large influence inthat mood and landscape. His connectionwith the likes of Norman Andrews,Clapham Art Group and the opportunitieshe made for visits to Abbotts Hall, Kendal,Arts Council Films and Manchester Schoolof Art were significant and cumulative.

I was able to visit him with my childrenin Woodbridge on two occasions in the lastfew years and delight in his wry humourand gentleness. We exchanged notes andcards for over thirty years and I was bothhumbled and impressed when not so longago his Christmas card to me was anabstract composition. His style and hispractice were evolving even at great age.

I mourn his loss and am so thankful forhis life and influence.

Hugh Massey ( C 65-70)

A nthony Stott ( CH/St 75-81) writes:Catteral Hall was a true turning point forme. I arrived as a young 10-year-old boyfrom Zambia, sent off to school half wayaround the world with nobody to turn tofor comfort – a typical ex-colonial scenariomaybe. Kenneth and Sheila Green were,however, amazing; true surrogate parents,you might say. ‘Big School’ proved rathermore challenging for a shy boy, as I was atthe time. Disappointing A level results, anda move abroad to Johannesburg, gave mechance to take a fresh look at opportunities.I moved to Cape Town, read English at Unithere and graduated with an MA in 1986.Enormously satisfying, but oddly notenough. Following many a ‘stage’ at highprofile restaurants in London, I grew up abit and felt confident to go it alone, aidedand abetted by my boyfriend. We both gaveup the day jobs and in August 2004 tookthe plunge. We are now T he CakesistersCake Company! Best wishes to you all…

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colleagues.The date was then set for Friday 29th

May 2009 at the White Bear in Masham,North Yorkshire. Reza attended along withhis wife Young, to meet up with fellow ex-Shute men Chris I’Anson, James Roberts,Eddy Buckingham (CH/S 72-80) andJulian Williams (S 75-78). A most enjoy-able evening was had by all, especiallysince none of us had seen Reza for 31years!On the Saturday morning Chris kindly

gave Reza and his wife a guided tour of theschool and his old house; I think Rezafound it a very emotional experience , espe-cially when he bumped into his oldHousemaster, John Mayall (staff 71-82),who now lives in the village!Kind regards…

Make one mistake in your copy and you areout.As well as covering Leeds, I will be kept

busy reporting on Rotherham Titans whoare playing in the new Championship, thecompetition just below the Premiership.My match reports and news copy appear inthe Yorkshire Post, The Star (Sheffield’sevening paper), The Green ’Un (theSaturday sports paper which remainshealthy although its equivalents in otherUK cities are long gone) and The RugbyPaper.Provincial papers in particular are going

through a hellish time… declining circula-tion, a failure to attract new readers, whoprefer to get their news from the internet,falling advertising revenue, job losses andother cuts which arguably damage thequality of the product. The future is uncer-tain.In the last couple of years, I’ve been

fortunate to write several rugby and cricketfeatures for Sports Illustrated, a SouthAfrican magazine published in Cape Town;before the British and Irish Lions begantheir tour to South Africa in the summer, Iinterviewed Ian McGeechan twice, whichwas a great thrill. Not only is Ian one of thegreat coaches, but he's also an outstandingindividual. The magazine also carriedquotes I did with players Stephen Jones,Joe Worsley and Stephen Ferris, the youngUlster and Ireland flanker.On my travels to rugby clubs, I’ve

bumped into several OGs, includingRichard Trickey, David Oddie and DavidGrant. As well as trying to earn a crust fromthe media, I also train the next generationof journalists; currently I am teaching atDarlington College and Teesside Universityon courses approved by the NationalCouncil for the Training of Journalists. Inrecent years, one of Darlington's studentswas the OG son of Bob Barker, one of myShute contemporaries in the 1960s. Duringthe last rugby season I acted as PressOfficer for the Yorkshire RFU.I’m still bashing out stuff at 61 and

intend to do so for a bit yet, and am glad Idid not take the advice of my headmaster,Mr Rowe, who suggested I should sell cars;if I had, I don’t think I would have had thefun of a media career and the experience ofdoing stories with many national figures inpolitics and sport.If I can be any help to any present

Giggleswick students keen on a career injournalism, I’m more than happy to do so.Guy Williams (S 61-66)

James C Roberts (S 75-80) wrote in earlyJune this year:‘Chris I’Anson (Shute 75-78) wascontacted by Reza Mostofi (Shute 75-78)recently, to propose that he would be inter-ested in making a nostalgic visit fromWashington DC to England to visit his oldSchool, along with some of his old

Chris Holmes (CH/S 98-05) writes:I enjoy reading the OG magazine, and dolook back on my time at Giggleswick asgreat years. As you’re aware I was racingwhilst I was at School and still do.Since Giggleswick, I have raced in

France, Spain, USA, all over and qualified as a performancedriving instructor working on track days across the UK. I nowalso have a car review column which is interesting. My racingcareer has been very promising and I am still working hard toachieve my first professional contract.My racing season for 2009 finished three weeks ago, I was

competing in British Formula 4, winning 8 races from 11 starts,with six new lap records, so it was a good year. I have sincebeen offered a job working in Marketing and Sales for aBodycare company, which I have found very interesting and ismaking good use of the skills learnt at Giggleswick.I was hoping to attend the Coniston Cold Dinner with

Richard Barker, but to behonest we have both had a loton; I am hoping to get up tosee my brother and see theschool, and any changes.If you would like to follow

my racing my website is Ifyou would like to follow myracing my website iswww.chrisholmesracing.comand my Twitter for any pupilswishing to follow is www.twit-ter.com/chrisholmesp1Regards to everyone…

PS: I recently visited my stepsister at Rugby; the Chapelwas not as impressive as Gigg!

Hugh Sharpe (C 34-39) wrote in June fromBottesford, Notts:‘Thanks for sending along the latest

Gigg:news. As a very Old Boy I turn first tothe obituaries where, sadly, I usually seethe name of a contemporary. This time Iwas intrigued by the piece about CyrilHarrington in its reference to Mr Bartlett,who was my first Housemaster (Carr)when I joined in 1934. But I’m sure he wasactually Philip Bartlett – Philip NoelBartlett to write it out in full and alwaysknown to the boys in the house as ‘PNB’.He didn’t leave until the summer of 1935,when he was appointed to the staff atEpsom College and not heard of again byme until now; a great guy and a fineHousemaster. In his last summer at Gigg,PNB changed his (much admired and verysnazzy) MG sports car for a big, old Lanciatourer in order to take more boys out on thepot-holing, climbing and rambling outingsthat were his special interest. He wassucceeded as Carr Housemaster by NSTBenson.Best wishes…’

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The CCF had its Annual Inspection on Friday 25 September and on the sameevening a Dining In for senior cadets. The Lead Inspector was Sqn Ldr TomHenderson from RAF Cranwell. He was accompanied by Major Harrap from theYorkshire Regiment and the Governor’s representative, former Army Officer AndyMullins.

Major Harrap wrote: ‘It was most encouraging and a great pleasure to see theCCF in such strong health and led by a team of interested, committed staff all ofwhom had a bank of useful experience to draw on. I have no doubt this was themajor factor in creating the enjoyment and sense of achievement I saw in somany of the cadets’ faces.’

However, 2010 will be the Centenary Year of the Corps at Giggleswick. Theapplication to form an OTC (as it was then called) was made in January 1910 andthe first contingent was established at the beginning of the Autumn Term in thatyear. To mark this occasion we hope to welcome a major VIP as InspectingOfficer and to hold a CCF Centenary Dinner in the Dining Hall to which all OGswill be invited. The date in September cannot be confirmed yet, but we hopethat it will be, in time for it to be announced in the next edition of Gigg:news inMay. Those who know they will be interested in attending might like to make aprovisional note of this in their diaries now.

As part of the plans to celebrate

Giggleswick School’s Quincentenary in 2012we would like to invite OGs to submit designs for

a special 2012 logo

Your design, if selected, will be used on everything from the School’s letterhead and

business cards, to various types of merchandise or banners at events, and so should look

good in a range of sizes and in both full colour and black and white.

The 2012 Committee will decide on a winning entry in early 2010, so we need your designs

no later than 4 January 2010. You can submit your design either on CD or as a sketch on

paper to:

The Foundation Office, FREEPOST RRRS-UBEH-JRJE, Giggleswick School, Settle, North

Yorkshire, BD24 0DE.

If you would like to know more please contact Andrew Beales on

01729 893 008 abeales@giggleswick.org.uk.

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OG Day Saturday 4 July 2009

Paley Reunion in 2009

On OG Day, Saturday 2 July 2010the

Special Reunionwill be for all former members of

Nowell HouseA DATE NOT TO BE MISSED!

Main photograph W N Bartlett

Over 90 OGs plus Hon OGs and guests – 170 in total – joinedoutgoing president Mike Barr in welcoming Bob Barker as thenew OG Club President at OG Day 2009. As well as lunch anda tour of the School, OGs were able to take part in a range ofactivities including tennis, shooting and cricket (which theSchool XI won with something to spare). Many others not onthe official list just turned up during the course of the day. Afull range of ages was represented, from last year’s leavers tomen in their 80s.There was also an exhibition of the work of Cyril Harrington,

former Head of Art who died earlier this year (see tribute onp.??) We would like to thank David and Margaret Blackburneand Barbara Gent for their work in mounting this exhibition.The day was a special reunion for Paley House and we were

pleased to welcome two distinguished former Housemasters:Warwick Brookes and David Thornton. Copies of the reunionhouse photograph are available from:dpfox@giggleswick.org.uk (or tel 01729 893123), price £3

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70sBrook Anthony P 72-79Barr Michael M73-77Shepherd Christopher M75-78King Charles P 76-80King Robert P 76-81Sames Alastair N 78-82Sugden John S 71-77Westhead Paul P 75-8280sClark Ilena C 86-95Feeley Joanne (née Barker)

C 84-91Gray Malcolm P 81-87Harper Gilly (née Brookes)

P 84-86Pejcinovic Dina N 82-84Percival Mark M81-88Proctor Caroline St84-90Ratcliffe Neil P 89-94Wilson Stephen P 86-8990sClark AllanClarke Duncan M91-94Gawith Christopher P 93-98Hammond David P 93-96Marsh Charles P 97-03Steel David P 93-98Whitehead Tom M99-01Wigfield Simon P 95-0600sBoult Alice C 02-04Cheung Victoria St03-05Drysdale Christian P 01-07Drysdale Imogen St00-07Ferran Victoria C 00-07Heap Richard P 01-09Lord Sam N 06-08Matthews Bryony St01-08Cricket TeamBousfield Ross S 02-07Canaway Tom S 96-01Canaway Ally S 95-05Crosby Greg M99-04Harrison Mark N 96-04Illingworth Stuart N 01-06Jenkinson Ian P 97-07Macdonald Alex M99-04Stamper Teddy P 05-07Thursby Nick M97-07Topham Ben M99-04

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In the first week of the summer holiday, thirty-three students, four teachers and threefamily members embarked, early one morning, on a 32-hour coach journey, eventuallyarriving at their destination – the Italian Lakes. We would go on to spend over seventyhours of the following week in the coach! But what an amazing week! With a backdrop of Lake Garda, the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream gave three truly

remarkable performances, one in a marquee, one in a piazza and one in a camp site! Thechoir performed four recitals, one of which was in a church in Venice, Chiesa San GiovanniElemosinario, which an American tourist pronounced the most beautiful thing he had everheard. There was even an impromptu performance in the marvellous amphitheatre (theArena) in Verona.There were many sightseeing opportunities in Venice and (fair) Verona, including Juliet’s

famous balcony. We went on a boat trip to a stunning hill-top castle; we visited a waterpark with a particularly ferocious and terrifying slide that I certainly did not attempt (whichinvolved a 32-metre nose dive), and we took several pedalo trips on thelake itself. Dom enjoyed the microphone provision; the Year 10 girls were very

successful at busking; the beard club entertained; the hat club grew daily;the slices of pizza were amazingly large and the flavours and scoops ofgelati were plentiful. It was fantastic to be joined and supported by somany parents and it was certainly a pleasure to go on this trip.He said, she said, who said what?“What an amazing way to end my time at Gigg” (Dom Blake.)“Beards to the back” (Miss Lindley, at an under-14-go-free destina-

tion.) “Thank you so much for that guys, it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve

ever heard” (An American in Venice after concert.)“I think I’ll have to count to ten” (Miss Wood.)Helen Lindley (Drama Dept)

Drama and Choir Tour to Italy

Performing Arts

Latitude Festival, Henham Park,SuffolkOver the summer, Tom Coxon (P 04-09)took part in the Latitude Festival in Suffolk.He performed alongside acts including ThePet Shop Boys and the Royal ShakespeareCompany as part of Britain’s leading artsfestival.Tom was part of a troop of actors from

the National Student Drama Festival whostaged a new play, Touched, written byChris Thorpe and directed by Ruth Carney.After eight days of development andrehearsal, the group showcased their workin Oxford at the North Wall Festival.‘I was a little worried about how I would

be taken, as I had just finished school andwas working with degree students,’ saidTom. ‘To my delight I found my feet andwas able to get into the thick of it.’ Tom had little cause for concern as the

piece was well received, and he was given

good reviews: ‘Tom Coxon managed tocomplement his more intense momentswith gentle and authentic comedy.’ –Oxford Info.The group then reworked their piece to

perform at Latitude. They were helped withthese preparations by Jonathan BroadbentOG (CH/P 88-95) who worked with Tomand the others on a range of practical work-shops and exercises.The group went on to perform their

shows to packed audiences of over 600. ‘Itwas great to get different ideas on dealingwith script; and having the chance toperform a show in different venues wasalso an interesting experience,’ said Tom. ‘Itwas a great opportunity and now as I headoff to London it’s good to know I will bemet by friends.’

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Oliver raises £3,500 for R W Twith Windermere swimOn 20 September Oliver Merrick (u6 N) swam

the 17km (10.5m) length of Windermere in 7hrs

47mins – raising over £3,500 for the new

Richard Whiteley Theatre in the process.

Oliver endured water temperatures as low as

13°C without a wetsuit for nearly 8 hours to

conquer England’s longest lake.

Geoffrey and Katie Boult joined Oli’s family

by the mist-shrouded lake for the 7 am start.

Many more

friends, teachers

and pupils

turned out at

W a t e r h e a d ,

Ambleside to

see Oliver return

to dry land in the

a f t e r n o o n

sunshine.

‘This is a

remarkable day for Oliver and Giggleswick

School’ said Headmaster Geoffrey Boult. ‘Oliver

is the first pupil in the five centuries of our

School’s history to complete this arduous chal-

lenge. We are very grateful to him and his efforts

Giggleswick cause a storm withThe Tempest at ShakespeareSchool’s festivalThe Year 10 and 11 pupils who planned,marketed, designed sound, lighting andmake-up, and acted in the performance ofThe Tempest at The Old Laundry Theatre,Windermere in early October, produced apiece which, in the words of theShakespeare Schools’ Festival compère,was truly ‘extraordinary.’They owned the stage, commanded the

space and told this magical intricate tale onall its levels, drawing the audience into thecomplex relationships that exist betweenthe characters on the island.From the moment that Prospero clicked

her fingers we too were enchanted. It was avisually stunning production.This was acoherent performance by a cohesive groupof players.The depth of this young Giggleswick

ensemble’s performance comes from therange of emotions that it induces in theaudience. They bring a physicality andenergy to their interpretation of a playwhich ensures a rapt audience from begin-ning to end.

Isobel Jones as Prosperowas spellbinding. Her maturity and physi-cal presence on stage made it impossible toremember that this was a school produc-tion taking place in a professional theatrespace. Her assured and quietly controlleddelivery of the play’s final words drew afinal gasp from the audience. This produc-tion was not just ‘extraordinary;’ it was‘such stuff as dreams are made on.’Sarah Williamson (Hon OG).

OGs tackle Étape to support

Richard Whiteley Theatre

Congratulations and thanks go to NickHutchinson (CH/N 76-84) and AlastairSames (CH/N 78-82) who joined forces toraise nearly £2,000 for the RichardWhiteley Theatre by taking part in the 2009Étape Caledonia back in May this year.This annual event is a 130km (81 mile)

closed-road cycle race, and took place inHighland Perthshire on Sunday 17 May.Étape Caledonia is Britain’s only closed-road event. The total ascent over the courseis 1,949 metres, which takes some doing ona pushbike! If you would like to support Nick and

Alastair, please make a donation throughJustgiving.com; it’s quick, easy and totallysecure. Justgiving.com is the most effectiveway to become a sponsor, because theGiggleswick School Foundation will receiveyour money faster and, if you’re a UKtaxpayer then Justgiving.com ensures that25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, areadded to each and every donation.For details on how to make a donation

by cheque, please contact either Alastair orNick through the OG Office.

SportMore National SelectionsCongratulations to Lauren Moorehead

(u6 C) from Settle, winner of a Sports

Scholarship to Giggleswick in 2008, who

has been selected for the U18 National

Talent Development Group for Ladies’

Rugby Union. Lauren plays in the second

row, and is now counted amongst the top

30 players in the country. She is now

aiming to play well enough to be invited to

play for England Under-20s.

Congratulations also go to roberta

Jenkinson (L6 C) who came 2nd in the

British Modern Pentathlon Championships

and competed in Turkey in the European

Championships in September. In October

she will be travelling to Budapest to

compete in a selection round for the Youth

Olympics in Japan in 2010.

Sporting newswill Smith (Ct Y8) represented Yorkshire &

Humberside in the London Mini-Marathon

on 26 April. Out of more than 200 competi-

tors in the 11/12 year old race, Will was

the second Yorkshireman over the line and

9th overall. The Y & H team took 3rd place

and the bronze medal.

Joe Mitchell and Michael Portnell (both

S Y10) have been selected for the U16

Boys' Hockey Junior Academy Centre.

Director of Studies, Anna wood,

completed a 42,195m Marathon Row in

the School fitness centre during the

summer term and clocked an amazing

time of 3 hours 43 minutes, raising funds

for the British Heart Foundation.

Two OGs, Tom Cokell (P 06-08) and Tom

Davidson (S 06-08) represented Yorkshire

U20s v Gloucester at Twickenham,

Yorkshire’s eighth successive appearance

in the County Championship final.

Kieran Illingworth (Ct Y7) has been

awarded a black belt by the British

Taekwondo Association of Great Britain.

He has been training for the last five years

and has his sights set on the British

Taekwondo squad.

Callum Lockett (Ct Y8) was selected to

play cricket for North Yorkshire U13s.

Meeting your futurepartner on a golf course?Sounds bizarre doesn’t it, meeting your

future wife or husband on a golf course,

but with many couples divorcing every

year and golf being one of Britain’s most

popular sports, I suppose its not so

surprising that someone had the bright

idea of connecting the two up – and so the

Singles Golf Society was born

It’s the brainwave of former Managing

Director, Chris Bean (C 59-63) from

will benefit the generations of pupils who follow

him at Giggleswick.’

Oli’s father Tony, owner of the Queen’s Head

Hotel, Hawkshead, oversaw his five week train-

ing programme and was joined in the support

boat by fellow hotelier and long distance swim-

mer Thomas Noblett.

Anyone wishing to help Oliver raise money

for the Theatre should visit http://www.justgiv-

ing.com/oliver-merrick/

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Another England call-up forChrisChris Gemmell (CH/M 00-09), one of the

stars of last year’s 1st XV, has received an

England U18 Conference squad call-up.

16-year-old Chris is now studying at

Prince Henry’s School in Otley and is

contracted to the Leeds Carnegie

Academy.

‘Matthew Bould (M 1985-90) competes in the SprintTriathlon World Championships 2009, Australia!’In May 2008, I raced in my first Triathlon, a fun event starting in an open air swimming

pool with my family watching. Much to my surprise, I did quite well and instantly got the

bug. Although I finished 2008 in style by running the inaugural Nice to Cannes Marathon,

I increased the intensity of my training and concentrated specifically on Triathlons this

year and a few key races.

Ambitiously, I set myself the rather large goal of trying to qualify for the World

Championships this year. I surprised myself and managed to qualify at the first time of

asking (finishing in the top 4 in a big race qualifier). I had not even told my family I was

attempting it! And so before I knew it, I had a place on the GB squad at the Sprint Triathlon

World Championships on the Gold Coast of Australia in September of this year.

A Sprint Triathlon consists of a 750m open water swim, followed by a 20km bike

section and finishing with a 5km run, so pretty fast and furious and completed in just over

an hour!

Although pretty nervous, arriving in Australia in my Great Britain kit felt great. I was

soon soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying every minute of this incredible dream come

true: training in the sun by the sea, staying in the Team GB hotel, mixing with seasoned

professionals, and of course, the fast approaching reality of actually representing my

country!!

Race day brought out thousands of

enthusiastic supporters, and a perfectly

clear and dry day meant a fast race. It

went as well as I could have hoped for and

I got a personal best time, even with a

large transition (twice!) and a swim against

the current. Crossing the finish line was

the best feeling in the world! I was over the

moon with my result as it was only my first

serious season. I finished in the middle of

the pack, 33rd out of 60, and pleasingly, I

was the 3rd Brit in out of the 10 racing,

with a time of just under 1 hour and 8

minutes. The first beer never tasted so

sweet! But I am already now thinking how

I can improve my times to get closer to the

leaders for next year…

Matthew Bould

Guiseley, Leeds. Chris has been a member

of several local golf clubs and hit on the

idea 10 years ago, but put it on the back-

burner until now.

A date on a golf course – whatever

next! Imagine the situation: after all, it’s

stressful enough handling a new date, but

meeting on a golf course could be poten-

tially really scary. I recently joined Chris for

a game of golf and asked him how it all

worked. ‘I should make it clear,’ said Chris,

‘that we are not a dating agency, nor are

we an introduction agency; we arrange

meetings for our members at fabulous golf

courses, where two couples play in a

mixed fourball. The question of “how good

are you at golf?” doesn’t really arise.’

‘Every four weeks or so,’ said Chris,

‘our members meet up at courses around

West Yorkshire where members play a

round of golf, then retire to the clubhouse

for lunch or dinner.’ There are no speeches

since Chris likes to keep it very relaxed

and in that way members can decide

whether they wish to meet off the golf

course at a future date.

The Singles Golf Society is very new

and so far men outnumber the ladies,

which gives the fairer sex a slight advan-

tage, but nobody has complained so far.

Annual membership is £75.00 plus a one-

off joining fee of £20.00.

As we approached the 18th fairway, I

realized that my poor golfing prowess

hadn’t taken anything away from the

pleasure of the day. Chris said that his

members are strict about the etiquette of

golf and that they always demonstrate

good manners on and off the course,

which is a good foundation for any poten-

tial relationship.

You can contact The Singles Golf

Society on 01943 873 639 or e-mail:

info@singlesgolfsociety.co.uk

Picture Conundrum 14Coming more up to date, can anyone name all ‘the young ladies’ in this chorus line?

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Picture ConundrumsWendy Richmond (C 91-96), Claudie Baker-Park (St 94-96) and Leona Puxley (née Maley,C 91-95) have between them provided all the names for Picture Conundrum 10:Back row: Eric Zane Grey (ESU Scholar, P 94-95), Claudie Baker-Park and Hamish Foulerton (P91-96).Middle row: Sally Holt (St 94-96), Hannah Pennell (St 91-96), Collette Whittaker (C 91-95),Carrie Williams (C 91-95) and Martina Schmidt-Rakovic (St 94-96).Front row: Chantel Leaver (St 91-96), Jonathan Broadbent (P 90-95) and Julia Murphy (néeHole, St 93-95).

Picture Conundrum 11 has been almost totally resolved by Charles Faulkner (C 74-79):L to R: ??, Michael Holdroyd (N 74-82), Julian Vilarrubi (St 77-82), Tim Barritt ? (St 74-79), ??,Colin Mitchell (C 74-79), ??, Hugo Milne (M 75-79), Charles Faulkner, Andrew Clements (M 76-81), Max Perry (P 76-81), James Faulkner (C 74-79), Dominic Wish (P 76-81), RichardTindall (N 74-80), Jeremy Hughes (M 70-79), Christopher Bramhall (St 73-79).

Andrew Walker (CH/C 74-83) writes, concerning Picture Conundrum 12:‘I can name most, but not all, of the 1960 band:Back row: J C Whaley (N), ??, (Pinkie)? Browne (N - bass drummer);Second row: P G Coleman (N), D Seybould (S), R A F Bennett (P), C A Ellison (St);Third row: L Clarke (C), D C Ridgeway (C), ??, D H Cole (P), ??, A D Walker (C), ??,Wilson (St), W S Howarth (C), J C Brook (S);Fourth row: F Swinnerton (P), W N V Spencer (St), W P Dennis (C), J R Empsall (S), JG Pawsey (C), M J Napper (St), J A Stead (C), D R A Curry (P), C J Smethurst (C), CPaige (C);Seated: ?? [2nd bugler], J S Ware (P - Tenor Drummer), M E Linley (C - Solo Drummer),D G Crossley (St - Drum Major), D Young (St - Silver Bugler), G E Baskerville (N - TenorDrummer), J A Cosgrove (P - Second Drummer).

Picture Conundrum 13Geoffrey Dyson (CH/N 39-47) has sent one pictureconundrum for this edition, taken at Catteral Hall in 1940or 1941. I wonder how many older OGs can put names toany of the staff and pupils on this photograph. Geoffreywrites:‘I also remember a great many of the boys’ names.

Sister Martin, who was usually brought in to help withepidemics of ’flu, was a great favourite with us boys. Sheprovided a certain loving kindness to which we wereunaccustomed, even calling us by our Christian names –unheard of. I didn’t even know anyone else’s Christianname…I wonder if you have a record of the mystery of the bee

orchid. Mr Holligan, a mathematics master, was a keennaturalist. He made it know that during the summer term(about 1945) he was going to search for a bee orchid, arare wild flower which he was certain grew in the area,and he recruited the schoolnaturalist society to helphim. All term they trampedthe scars and searched thelikely places, but failed tofind an orchid. However, afew days before the end ofterm one appeared in thenarrow strip of grasswhich separates the drivefrom The Flat. Doesanyone know how it gotthere? Is there anyone leftto ask?I read the newsletter

with interest and greatlyadmire the school’sprogress and wonderfulfacilities. I wish you all thebest of luck in the future.’

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Lucy Rushton (St 07-09) has secured aplace on the prestigious Year in IndustryProgramme (YINI), which provides high-quality, paid place-ments for studentsin their gap year; itis for students inter-ested in all areas ofe n g i n e e r i n g ,science, business, e-commerce, finance,marketing, IT andlogistics.Lucy was one of

30 applicants interviewed for a marketingrole with the Heart of England NHS Trust inBirmingham and was appointed over theother two students shortlisted for a finalinterview. Her role will involve promotingthe Trust in schools and colleges as anemployer. The Trust has agreed to sponsorLucy during her university studies and hasguaranteed her a job on graduation.‘It’s wonderful to have the security of a

job in the area in which I want to workbefore I even start my degree,’ says Lucy,who is holding a conditional offer to readgeography at Edinburgh in 2010, ‘and thefact that they are going to sponsor me atuniversity is definitely a bonus.’ Only aquarter of YINI students receive universitysponsorship..

Dr David Moses (S 84-86) has beenappointed Housemaster of St John’s House,Ampleforth College. He took up the role inthe new academic year 2009-10. Davidjoined the English Department atAmpleforth in 2005. He is currently Head ofMusic Scholars and is involved in a widerange of activities at Ampleforth. He is afamiliar sight in a kilt on Burns Nights andat Ceilidhs, as well as on the Rugby field!David has a DPhil in Medieval Literatureand Theology from Edinburgh University.In his time at Ampleforth he has main-tained an academic research profile,publishing articles in journals on Scottish,Mediaeval, and Early Modern Literature.

Rob King (P 76-81) writes: Left Gigg in1981 and joined the Met Police, where I hada varied and interesting career lastingalmost 20 years, incorporating: publicorder, vice, undercover work (acting skillshoned at Gigg assisted here) surveillanceand ultimately investigating police corrup-tion. Whilst in the police, my wife and I setup and ran a successful equestrian busi-ness in Buckinghamshire. I then left thepolice following a head injury received onduty and went to work for the Jockey Club,investigating corruption in horse racing;fairly busy here, ending up running theIntelligence Section in London. I now workfor William Hill, the bookmaker. Based inLeeds, I am responsible for retail security

across the estate. Married and now living inYork with three children, the eldest is atNewcastle University.

Interests: stilling running, due toall those 30 and 15 drill runs Ireceived! I would like to runScarrig; couldn’t do it a couple ofyears ago as I was recovering from abroken leg. I am still interested inacting, and was involved in thepremiere amateur production of themusical, The Full Monty; a smallpart!Charlotte Carter (St 90-95) works

in Buckingham Palace as a project manager(‘…not terribly exciting, but a lovely placeto work!)Marcus Long (S 94-99) is currently actingas a consultant to Prof. K H Park inGyeongsang National University in SouthKorea. He and his wife, Yimon Aye, haverecently had a highly acclaimed chemistrypaper published in one of the top Europeanjournals. They are both very successfulresearch chemists working in the USA.

Julian Leakey (C 65-69) is a leadingbiomedical scientist in the USA, with manytop research publications to his name. Helives in Little Rock, Arkansas. His brotherRay Leakey (S 74-75) is also a prominentscientist and took part recently, as chiefscientist, in an expedition to the ArcticOcean, organized by the ScottishAssociation of Marine Sciences (SAMS), onboard the UK’s Arctic research vessel, theJames Clark Ross, with reports on the expe-dition broadcast by the BBC Newsnightprogramme. Their mission was to investi-gate the tine life forms that live in the icyArctic waters in order to gain a betterunderstanding of the effects of climatechange.Alex Driver (CH/M 86-94) is the latestChampion Slipper-flicker of France (Oh yeshe is!!).On a short holiday to La Rochelle with

his French girlfriend, they went to the local‘Festival of the Bean’ where there was aslipper-flicking competition. His competi-tive OG instincts got the better of him andhe entered, along with about 30 others.Standing on one leg, with a slipper on theother foot, he managed to flick it 32.80metres, beating his nearest French rival by48 cms and becoming the first Englishmanever to win this prestigious event. He hopesto defend his title next year…Nan Cheng (S 00-03) has been awardedthe degree of MSc in Electronic CommerceTechnology by the University of Aberdeen.

Emma Hynd (née Wish P 83- 85) lives atLinton-on-Ouse with her husband Andrewand two children. Jamie Wish (P 77-82)works for Chesterton International andlives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and

two children; and Dominic Wish (P 76-81)and his family now live in Chesterfield. Tim Mason (CH/St 79-85) Married, withtwo daughters, Tim has run his own busi-ness for the past 15 years, supplyingartwork to the greeting card industry,mainly in the UK, but also in the USA andFar East – “I seem to be designing forChristmas continually!” He has been rally-ing for the past 12 years. Having competedin the RAC Rally three times, he now rallyshistoric cars (pre-’74) and in June this yearwas lying third in the BritishChampionship.Bayo Okupe (CH/S 79-85) Following along stint in the IT industry, Bayo nowowns an oil and gas company (EnergyCulture Ltd) in Nigeria with two other part-ners, importing refined petroleum fromEurope and exporting petroleum productsalong the west coast of Africa. He has beenmarried since 2003 and has one son. Hisbrother Adetunji (CH/S 79-87) also lives inNigeria and is married with one child.

Mark Rushworth (CH/M 74-83) and hiswife Christina live in Cromwell, CentralOtago in New Zealand’s South Island – ‘theadventure capital of NZ and one of theworld’s leading alpine resorts.’ He is apolicy analyst for Queenstown LakesDistrict Council, dealing mainly with plan-ning and strategic growth issues.Dan Arnold (P 02-06) is currentlyemployed by BA as a First Officer on theAirbus fleet flying out of Gatwick.Penelope Walker (St 99-00) is also a FirstOfficer with BA at Gatwick, but she flies737s.After leaving Gigg, Neil Swift (N 76-78)became a trainee manager at a largejewellers in Blackpool, where he met hiswife. They entered the licensed trade in1981 and after running pubs all over theNorth West, they finally settled at The Bullin Poulton-le-Fylde 14 years ago.

Dominic Clegg (St 80-83) has worked for avariety of companies in the motor tradesince leaving Giggleswick and is now anauditor for Mercedes-Benz, covering anarea stretching from Birmingham toInverness… ‘After 26 years I have finallyfound a job I enjoy!’Warwick Holmes (N 79-84) and his wifeJanie Dixon-Barker Holmes (C 82-84)have lived in France for the past six years.Their daughters are bilingual, Waz is now abuilder and Janie helps him in the businessas well as managing a number of propertiesfor UK residents.

Fiona Hipkin (née Bagshaw, St 88-90)lives in Basle with her two children andhusband James, who works for Novartis.

News…News…News…

CONGRATULATIONS to Lt Col BenBaldwin (S 78-83) of the ParachuteRegiment, who was awarded the OBE inthe Queen’s Birthday Honours list in Junethis year.

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Richard Wellburn (CH/N 81-89) lives innorth London with his wife Laura and twoyoung children. He is Director of Financefor the Cobra Group, a sales and marketingcompany.

Denis MacKellar Chadwick (S 32-37) diedon 11 May 2009, aged 90.

Fergus D Cameron (C 44-47) died on 11May 2009, aged 80.

F A (Bill) Jackson (Music Staff 61-67)died on 25 July 2009, aged 88.

Hugh Stalker (Director of Music 60-67)writes, ‘When I was appointed Director ofMusic in 1960 it was apparent that some-thing had to be done about instrumentalteaching if music was to be taken seriouslyin the school. ‘Bill’ Jackson proved to be theideal teacher. He could teach (and play) allwind instruments and very soon started afine school orchestra. His son David (St 61-65) gave a very moving eulogy at thefuneral, extracts from which follow below.’My dad was christened Frederick Arthur

but given the nickname Billy by his mumand ‘Bill’ stuck for the rest of his life. Howwould I describe my dad? – a gentleman,courteous, polite, gentle (unless you playedE instead of E Flat!), a military man, amusician, a teacher (actually more aninspiration), a hockey player, golfer, aracing man, but first and foremost a familyman… Everyone loved him, he was thatkind of man.His military career started at the tender

age of 14. when he was put on a train andheaded off to the Ox & Bucks Light Infantryto become a band boy. This was where helearned his music, where he learned to playthe oboe – and what an oboe player hewas, as anyone who heard his rendition ofDanny Boy in a darkened GiggleswickChapel at the end of term service wouldtestify.He became Bandmaster of the Middlesex

Regt, a position that held a very specialplace in his heart. After postings with theband to Hong Kong, Austria, Cyprus(during the Eoka troubles) and Germany,WO1 F A Jackson, LRAM ARCM PSM, leftthe Army in 1961.He decided to become a music teacher

and was offered two positions, one atHarrow, paying the princely sum of £820p.a.; the other at Giggleswick slightly betterat £1,200 p.a.My dad didn’t join Giggleswick because

of the money. He wasn’t like that. It was,rather, the challenge of joining a schoolwhere the teaching of wind and brass wasnon-existent. He was helped enormously inthis position by the Director of Music, HughStalker. Hugh taught piano, organ andconducted the choir; my dad taught wind,brass and percussion; this great team wasthe foundation of music at Giggleswick.In 1967 he took up a new challenge as a

peripatetic woodwind teacher forBedfordshire LEA, as well playing 1st Oboein the Bedford Symphony Orchestra. Whilstin Bedford, he taught some exceptionalpupils, whom I sure would say he was theirinspiration.

BirthsTo Richard Wellburn (CH/N 81-89) andhis wife Laura, a daughter, Anna Elizabeth,born 14 March 2008, a sister for Thomas.

To Amy Hooper (née Cramphorn, C 94-96) and her husband Jonathan (S 91-96), ason, Frederick Joseph, born 26 April 2009.

To James Nisbet (M 83-88) and his wifeAlexandra, a daughter, Camilla Rose, born3 August 2009.

To Clare Charles (née Ashwin, C 93-95)and her husband George, a son, BarnabyMichael, born 11 August 2009.

MarriagesNicole Slater (C98-01) marriedMark McGoldrickat the Bali Hyatt,Sanur Beach,Bali, on 22August 2009. Hersister Sheryl(CH/C 98-04)was her brides-maid.

DeathsJohn David Bromley (St 67- 71) died on 24August 2008, aged 54.

Stewart R Rudette (S 75-77) died on 11October 2008, aged 47.He is survived by his widow Susy and

children Jamie, Alex and Gemma.

Harrison Preston (S 37-42) died on 14December 2008, aged 85.After Giggleswick, Harrison joined the

Royal Engineers and served in Burma andIndia, rising to the rank of Capt. At the endof the war he took his BSc in CivilEngineering at Queen’s University Belfastand joined WC French constructioncompany, with whom he worked until hisretirement.

Dr Frank Wynn (N 36-40) died on 16December 2008, aged 87.

MW Hoyland (N 40-44) died on 29December 2008, aged 82.

Mark W Colley (S 78-83) died in a motor-cycle accident near Bolton Abbey on 13April 2009, aged 44.

Alan T Spencer (T/P 37-43) died on 21April 2009, aged 80.

Like fathers and sons do, we sharedmany things, in particular our love ofracing. We owned many good horses overthe years, but dad was especially fond ofAlbuhera (named after the Middlesex Regtbattle honour in the Peninsular War). Oneof my favourite photographs is of dad lead-ing in Albuhera after a win on the JulyCourse at Newmarket, beaming from ear toear and with his Middlesex tie matching thehorse’s colours.He would have been so proud that so

many of you are here today.’

Malcolm S Davidson (T/S 42-49) died on16 September 2009, aged 77.Malcolm Davidson (known to all as

Mac) was a pupil at Giggleswick from 1942to 1949. A keen sportsman, Malcolm wasawarded colours for both rugby and cricket.He joined the 1st XI in 1946, aged 14, andplayed in it for four years. Bowling mediumpace cutters and late out-swingers, he took56 wickets in the 1949 season, a recordwhich stands to this day. He loved hiscricket, often at the expense of academicstudy.On leaving school, Malcolm worked on

local farms before studying at AskhamBryan College and eventually gainedemployment with Fred Mattinsons Ltd. Hegained promotion with the agriculturalpharmacy group Merck, Sharp and Dhome(MSD!) and continued to rep for them andlater for Laycocks of Skipton.In addition to the local farming commu-

nity, Mac will be remembered by the widersporting community. He made his debut forSettle CC 1st XI in 1946, aged 14, and wenton playing into his mid-40s. He captainedthe 1st XI for a number of years and wasalso captain of the Ribblesdale League XI.He holds the Settle club senior bowlingrecord (9-17 v Blackburn in 1962) and theRibblesdale League record for most runs intwo overs (52 v Earby in 1967). His last actas Settle CC President was to present hisyoungest grandson John with his YorkshireSchools’ U11 cap.His commitment to North Ribblesdale

Rugby Club was equally strong. Captain forseven seasons, Mac was Club Presidentfrom 1977-80, as well as committeemember and selector. Hugely proud of histwo sons, Andrew and Gavin, he was evenmore delighted when grandson Tom (S 06-08) gained his cricket and rugby colours atGiggleswick and was selected for theYorkshire U18 Rugby XV; and when grand-son Jack (S 03-08) was chosen asGiggleswick’s Head of School.The funeral took place in front of a

packed congregation in the School Chapelon Thursday 24 September.

Mary Armistead, who looked after thecleaning in Style House for over 20 years,died on 8 September 2009, aged 77. Shewas the widow of the former School Joiner,Ronnie.

Mr AP Millard, Mr KM Mitchell, Mr SJ Mitchell, Mr N Moody,

Mr GW Moore, Mr WHJ Mordy MBE, NE/NW Standing Committee for Science, Mr JD Nickson, Mr & Mrs M O'Connell, Mr WH Oddie,

Mrs M Okrafka, Mr J Ormerod, Mr MA Parker, Mrs D Parker, Mr MH Parkinson OBE, Mr P Patel, Mr VF Patel, Mr JE Platt, Mr & Mrs HH Pourzand, Mr SJ Proctor, Mr NJD Proudlock,

Queen's College Oxford, Mr HM Ra�an, Mr N Ratcli�e, Mr DG Raw, Mr DA Reay, Mr AE Reif, Mr TW Richards, Mr JC Riddiough,

Mr & Mrs EST Roberts, Mr JW Robinson, Mr & Mrs R Rushton, Mr AWR Sames, Mr DW Sames, Mr M Scales, Mr W Scorer,

Mr DC Searle, Mr NC Severis, Mr R Sharp, Mr & Mrs S Sharp, Mr & Mrs NA Shaw, The Sir George Martin Trust, Mr EHM Sissling,

Mr PB Smith, Mr VW Smith, Mr PJ Spencer, St John's College, Mr DA Stockdale, Mr RD Summers, Mr JM Taylor, Mr AC Tetlow,

The Ven. WJ Thomas, Mr P Thompson, Mr & Mrs A Thursby, Mr & Mrs AP Turner, Mr AD Walker, Ms Z Wanamaker

CBE, Mrs M Wells, Mr RC Whelan, Mr HW Whiteley, Mr WH Whiteley, Miss SL Williamson,

Mr A Wilson, Mr JA Wilson, Mrs GM Winter, Mr & Mrs D Wood,

Mr GH Wooler, The Foundation for Sport & The Arts

*List correct as of 10/10/09 Giggleswick School is a Registered Charity - No. 1109826

THE GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL FOUNDATION

GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL

Thank you to everyone who has already made a gift to support the Richard Whiteley Theatre. Your support means we have been able to start work on the �rst phase of the Theatre this summer. This work will create the auditorium, stage and seating.

We still need your help to raise the £1.1m needed to complete phase two and create back stage facilities, sound, lighting and front of house facilities.

If you would like to make a gift to help us �nish the job please contact: Andrew Beales, Foundation Director Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24 0DE or visit our website www.giggleswick.org.uk

Alongside the names of those who have contributed * we would also like to thank the supporters who wished their gift to remain anonymous.

We would also like to thank everyone who has supported the Theatre through organising and taking part in events, wearing wristbands or pledging in kind support.

Thank You

Mrs D Abbott, Mr M Alen-Buckley, Dr DH Alltree, Dr SJ Alltree, Mr AW Angus, Mr DG Angus, Mr RM Bagshaw, Mrs R Ball, Mr R Bancroft, Mr TAF Barnes OBE, Mr MJW Barr, Mr WGH Barrington

Binns, Mr A Beales, Mr & Mrs F Beaumont, Mr RA Bell, Miss M Bilton, Mr GP Boult & Family, Mr GR Bowring, Mr JAL Briggs & Family,

Mr RAP Brocklehurst MA MBA,Mrs P Burgon, Mr I Burns, Mr CWM Bury, Mr KJ Bury, Mr CJ Butter�eld, Miss L Campbell OBE,Mr JG Cartmell,

Mr WP Chadwick, Mrs H Clarke, Mr BH Court, Mr M Crosby, Mr M Cubbon, Mr P Dale, Mr A Davies, Dame Judi Dench & Family,

Mr M Dixon, Mr & Mrs RG Drake, Mr JL Ellacott, Mrs P Ewbank, Mr &The Hon Mrs P Figgins, Mr CD Ford, Mr TH Foxcroft,

Mrs IA Frost-Pennington, Mr R Galloway, Mrs L Glaister, Mr AJ Hallitt, Mr & Mrs M Hancock, Mr & Mrs RJ Hargreaves, Mr RA Hargreaves,

Mr & Mrs A Harris, Mr & Mrs PJ Harrison, Mr CW Harwood, Mr R Hawes, Mr R Howson, Professor R Hunt, Mr N Hutchinson

Miss EL Hutton, Mr M Ingle, Mr & Mrs A Ioannou, Mr & Mrs I Isa, Mr PJ Jones, Mr & Mrs R Jones,

Mr & Mrs Kayser, Mr J Kirkpatrick, Mr RD Landgrebe, The Langcli�e Singers, Mr S Laverick, Mrs A Lee,

Mr HJ Loveday, Mr & Mrs P Lowe, Mrs S Ludlam, Mr AJ McNaughton,

Mr RAC Meredith, Mr & Mrs A Merrick,

Mr O Merrick,