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Mead Road, South
Willesborough, ASHFORD, Kent TN24 OBT
Tuesday. 6th October
1992
Mr. John leach,
Holly Road,
NORTHAMPTON,
Northamptonshire NNl 4QW
Dear John.
First things first. it was so nice meeting you again
at the 'Goldings' Reunion last Saturday for the first time for at
least 38 years, it might well have been more - but I was able to
enjoy the long conversation we had together and I was also pleased
that at least one photo proved so very interesting for you. I hope
that you enjoyed the evening event just as well and that you are now
back in Northampton, feeling that the weekend was indeed well worth
while for my part. I was so pleased to be able to visit the school
again after all these years and to see that in some ways the place
had changed very little though I do think that
the old Sick Bay has
seen better days, it would never have been allowed to deteriorate to
such an extent in our days there!
You asked me if I could find names of various House
Masters and boys of the time you and I were there and I have gone
for the year 1948. Most of these names were the same throughout the
period that you requested, with of course, some minor alterations.
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Headmaster: |
Mr. R. F. Wheatley
B.SC., M.R.S.T |
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School Chaplain: |
The Rev. S. C. Corbett |
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Head Matron: |
Mrs. L. E. Tabb |
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Head Chef: |
Mr. Jack Nicholls |
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School Captain: |
G. Vallance |
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SOMERSET HOUSE |
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House Masters: |
Mr. Patch.
Mr. L. Embleton.
Mr. W. Purkis. Mr. R. Moss |
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House Captain: |
J. Samson |
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House Prefects: |
D. Moore. S. Wilson. J. Knight |
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CAIRNS HOUSE |
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House Masters: |
Mr. White.
Mr. Tempest, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Fogg |
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House Captain: |
A. B. Johnson |
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House Prefects: |
Culliford, Moss, R. Howitt |
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ABERDEEN HOUSE |
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House Masters: |
Mr. R. Purkis. Mr. L. Amos.
Mr. R. T. Stackwood |
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House Captain: |
N. McKinney
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House Prefects: |
L. E. Nice. H. Clay. I. Watson |
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MOUNT STEPHEN HOUSE |
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House Masters: |
Mr. H. Randall,
Mr. H. Petherbridge,
Mr. F. Tordoff |
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House Captain: |
J. G. James |
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House Prefects: |
R. Gane, L. Greenough, G. Brown |
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BUXTON HOUSE |
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House Masters: |
Mr. W. H. Riley, Mr. G. Penny, Mr. C. Howell |
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House Captain: |
D. W. Green |
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House Prefects: |
P. McCarthy, M. Snowden, E. Watts |
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McCAll HOUSE |
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House Masters: |
Mr. P. F. East,
Mr. W. H. S. Millar,
Mr. H. deBoeck |
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House Captain: |
G. F. Bousfield |
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House Prefects: |
S. Jode, F. Forbes (and ex School Captain Carr) |
OTHER BOY'S NAMES MENTIONED IN GOLDONIAN FOR SUMMER
1948
Derek Newham, Brian Winter, Peter Bloor, William
Hamilton, Stephen Leacock, Roy Dean (C), David Godfrey, Stewart,
Orton, D. Morgan (C), R. Crane (MS), D. Smith (MC), D. Moor (S), G.
Brown (MS), N. F. Woodcock (B), E. J. Watts (B), C. Pawley (MC), D.
M. Lee (C), J. Fields (S), J. Gee (MS), P. G. Deadman (A), R. Prato
(MS), T. Carson (A), S. Hodges (MS), E. Deal (A), P. Taber (MS), F.
Roberts (A), S. Dean (C), E. Chick (S), R. Horton (B), J. Baggeridge
(C), P. Arends (MC), D. Allington (A), A. Couzens (MS), W. Blampied
(S), E. Deal (A), South (A), F. Steyart (A), M. Barden (MS), N. Webb
(B), A. Bradshaw (B), V. Montgomery (B), D. O'Brian (B), N. Woodcock
(B), L. Mott (B), S. Fitzwater (B), W. Turnbull (B), J. Baxter (B),
J. Mainprize (B), P. Addinall (B), J. Littler (A), I. Bishop (A), D.
Hodgson (A), V. Foley (S), R. Hindmarsh (C), W. Cotton, J. Langdon,
T. Cotton, J. Goode, A. Marston and many more.
ABERDEEN HOUSE NOTES FOR SUMMER 1948
We greet the end of another Summer Term-with our
usual cheerfulness It has been a fairly successful term for
Aberdeen.
Though we gained the wooden spoon in the athletic sports, we have a
few successes to record. In the cross country race, for example, we
gained third place. Boy South did well in this race. We have had
some notable victories in the cricket and water polo competitions,
particularly in the games against Cairns.
In May we surprised everybody by winning the monthly
House Competition for the first time. The condition of the dormitory
is not so good that it cannot be improved and next term we hope to
bring it to a state of perfection.
We have some very promising juniors in the House and
we rely on them for future successes. Love, our smallest junior,
proved his worth by winning the mile race in the Cadet Battalion
Sports, and by gaining second place in the County
Sports.
Carson, another promising junior has given good displays in boxing
and cricket.
We all hope for a very successful Winter Term and
then we shall be able to wear our tartan kilts without a care in the
world.
F. Steyart
I hope the information that I have included on the
previous pages will be of some assistance to you, if you would like
any more details, please don't hesitate to ask, and if it is
possible I will try to help you find the gen you require. As I have
said, I have used the summer edition 1948 for all that has gone
before. I noticed that names changed very little in the following
years, and not till the early fifties did they change at all and by
that time you would have left the school. But as I have said, if
there is more information required, I might be able to supply it.
Hoping that I will hear from you in due course, and
again, it was so nice meeting you last Saturday. I am enclosing a
photo copy of the 1949 Ball Boy photo, the smaller version was on
show on Saturday, I noticed. This might be of some assistance to
you, and I will not forget to try and get a copy of that photo taken
by the swimming pool for you. Keep well, and my Best Wishes to you.
Yours sincerely,
Roy D. Dean
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