PETER MURRAY - Bishop Fox 1962
KIM HILLS-SPEDDING - Woodard 1955
Kim Hills-Spedding (Woodard '55)
worked for Shell Mex - BP, BP Oil UK
Ltd for 27years and was seconded to
the Oxfordshire Enterprise Agency in
1986. As Chief Executive he ran the
Agency for 10 years, and together
with his small team helped over 3500
businesses to start up and develop
by providing business advice and training . He gave up
running the Agency due to ill health in 1996.
He has been a freelance Business Adviser, Mentor and
Business Trainer for the last fifteen years, working locally
for the Chambers of Commerce at Milton Keynes, Luton
and Bedfordshire , and the Enterprise Agencies in Berkshire
and Hertfordshire, helping a further 1,000 business to start
up and develop
He has recently published his book 'he Really Practical
Guide to Starting Up Your Own Business' (ISBN 978-
14520-6156-6), based on his 25 years of practical 'coal face'
experience in this field.
It is the most practical guide on the market - most other
books telling people what to do but NOT how to do it.
FRANCIS JAMES - Woodard 1958
TONY ROBINS - King Alfred 1949
Humorous stories based on events
and facts of the Second World War
in South Dorset. (Similar to Dad's
Army.) he book is about West Bay
fishermen whose boat was sunk by
a Stuka dive-bomber in 1940. For
revenge they made a torpedo and
launched it into Roscoff harbour,
injuring two German soldiers & a
French man. he same characters
made some brandy from very rough cider. he old codgers
then made a tank from spare parts for the defence of
Bridport & nearly killed a British officer. Evacuees on a
farm near Burton Bradstock built a pilot-less aeroplane
to bomb the enemy. A story about the Americans forces
stationed there in 1944. he same fishermen salvaged
some American equipment after D-Day. hey then
tried smuggling. he time they became lost in the fog
& captured some German soldiers. hen one is shot. A
bad penny turns up. A macabre story of a burial at sea.
he secret Wellington bomber of 1942. Finally my own
memories as a schoolboy 1939-1945.
OA Books
I have spent the greater part of my life in historic building
restoration, coupled with antiquarian book selling, and
subsistence farming. I have written a number of books,
but am best known for 'he EMG Story', being the history
of the firm which made the finest gramophones in the
world. At 72, am contemplating retirement, but am still
looking for one more project.
I have written a timely novel
about an Olympic-style
event.
A Passion to Build follows
the meteoric careers and
tangled love lives of two
leading architects and their
iconic designs for a major
international athletics
event - the EuroGames,
which is to take place in
the fading northern city of
Frampton-on-Tees. Frampton's energetic and scheming
Mayor believes the investment and legacy of the Games
will restore some vitality to the once-booming economy
of the area.
he design teams struggle to create great buildings and
have to fend off critics like the conservationist Duke of
Frampton who would prefer to see the stadia designed in
the traditional style.
he lives of the architects unravel as they compete to
design the best building and to win the much-vaunted
Frazer Prize. heir struggle reaches a dramatic climax at
the spectacular opening ceremony of the EuroGames
watched by millions around the world.
he book is available from Amazon and other sites for
information see www.clip-kit.com