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Michael Marwood - Meynell 1936 Richard James - Woodard 1955
Battle of the Atlantic 70th
My wife Elizabeth died suddenly
Anniversary Celebrations - My
in October so life has been a
daughter, Caroline, and I arrived
at St Paul’s and made our way bit of a blur. However I have
up the steps through a guard no wish to retire, so continue
of sailors from HMS Illustrious to run my business from
lining either side of the steps. home, and still produce Choral
My heart warmed to the more Evensongs, roughly 3-monthly,
elderly guides who seeing those in different parishes, while
wearing 2nd WW medals like playing organ regularly twice a
myself said to them “Well done month. King’s still takes up a lot
Sir. Excellent!”! We had wonderful seats just behind the of my conscious thought and
VIPs under the dome in sight of the altar and the pulpit. prayers. It was great to have my OA brother Frank over to
On my left was an Admiral who was representing Coastal stay this year.
Command and on Caroline’s right was a jovial bemedalled
officer representing Minesweepers. Peter Chubb - Meynell 1958
Michael Ellis - Meynell 1950 Some OAs may recall that five
years after leaving King’s in 1958
I now live in Florida, USA and I drove a 1930 vintage Austin on
my only real regret is that I am an overland expedition from
unable to attend the many Bristol to Cape Town, where
events at King’s. I emigrated in 1965 and still
I am, not surprisingly, retired, live. I continue to be a cheerful
although I do work a couple adventurer, and my wife and
of days a week as a Marshall I enjoy regular 4x4 camping
at Palm Beach National Golf
safaris to the Caprivi wilderness
Club - some pocket money and
in northern Namibia. I “retired”
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from a major Electrical Engineering consultancy 10 years
I have written a book which a
ago, but get called back for interesting construction-site
UK publisher has offered to publish but I feel there is much
work on current projects. As a cancer survivor I’m blessed to
more to be written and, for some reason, I cannot manage
to get around to it. It is a memoir - “This is how it was” and be still a very fit athlete, and over the past 18 months have
might well appear in Red Arrow paperbacks. competed in 30 road-running races, of 10 to 36 km. In the
“Great-Grand-Masters” age-group (of 70+) I’ve managed to
Patrick Buckler - Meynell 1950 win ⅔ of them – at this age the podium is quite low!
Reaching 80 years of age has not Peter Murray - Bishop Fox 1962
restricted my activities, though
reaching destinations takes a From April to July 2013, Peter Murray (F 62) and a team of
bit longer. Since I lost my wife British riders are cycling from Portland Oregon to Portland
to cancer I have been involved Place London - studying how cities are coping with the
in voluntary work. However
increasing interest in the bicycle as a credible form of urban
I have now, in addition,taken
to looking after working transport. The 6,500km ride starts in Portland because
farms while the farmers take a it is a cycling city and voted America’s most liveable and
deserved holiday. This takes me continues through Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago,
to places I would not normally Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Dublin,
travel to and gives me the opportunity, responsibility and Oxford and London. You can follow their progress on www.
challenge of looking after all types of animals. The advantage portlandtoportland.org
is that I can choose the location and continue my enjoyment
of hiking and climbing not too high mountains.
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