MHS Society Newsletter 2011-2012 - Marlborough House School

have tried to play more golf in the last year and
partially succeeded but the garden still takes much
looking after in the summer.’
Anthony ULOTH (35-42) Anthony and Margaret
have lived in the same house at Nether Wallop in West
Hampshire since 1956 apart from a couple of years
abroad. While Margaret still breeds horses, Anthony
keeps his turn-out of sculpture ticking along. ‘My main
outlet for animal pieces is the Dogs in Art Gallery in
Stockbridge. I also exhibit in the Fisherton Mill
Gallery in Salisbury. Both are reasonably local as is
the bronze foundry I use at Quarley. Recently I took up
portrait heads particularly of children. I have plenty of
models because we now have eight grandchildren, six
of whom are fairly local and who we see much of.
Inevitably we don’t see as much as we would like of
the two who live in Northumberland. However they are
all an endless source of interest and pleasure.’
Michael WAINWRIGHT (54-58) Michael emailed
to say how much he gets real enjoyment from reading
the Newsletter. He edits a monthly newsletter himself
and enjoys reading about the doings of his excolleagues.
‘Must be an old age thing wallowing in
nostalgia! For some reason today I am thinking of
MHS in the snow. The tin tea trays were much in
demand for use in sliding down the path from the main
buildings, down the steps and into the dell. We did see
snow earlier this year when we had a fantastic coach
trip from the burning heat of Las Vegas to the rather
cooler atmosphere of the Yellow Stone park where
snow was still on the ground. At 65, childhood has
returned to me and Valerie and I have spent a great deal
of time this year creating a model railway village and
country scene. Actually it is precision stuff. Being N
gauge, the people are tiny and I certainly could not
afford this expensive hobby as a child.’
Footnote from James: This year we had a pleasant
surprise when Mr Richard Weguelin contacted John
Waters (MHS Registrar) to say that he was always
delighted to receive the Newsletter on behalf of his
three sons John, Robert, and Christopher who were all
at MHS between 1959 and 1970 before going on to
Worth Abbey. Mr Weguelin is 96 and he says that
reading this Newsletter brings back happy memories.
‘We owned Barnfield Farm in those days and the land
ran round the back of the school. Tommer lived in the
house almost opposite the school. One or two of the
masters found their way down here to Lymington,
Walhampton and Hordle. John is now 61 and just
retired from a banking career, Robert and Christopher
I hardly hear from, though Robert lives nearby. He
does some yacht designing, whilst Christopher lives
and works in Zurich with Hogg Robinson.
I come to Hawkhurst about once a year as quite a lot of
the family are buried up at the Moor.’
SECTIONS C & D (Leavers 70 – 81)
Correspondent: Andrew Cloke
(andrew.m.cloke@btinternet.com)
Julian BALL (76-81) My wife Lynda and I are living
in the South Island of New Zealand. Over the last ten
years we have been slowly establishing a vineyard and
winery, with accommodation in the Waipara Valley.
We released our first wine under the House of Ball
label in 2009 and every vintage, we produce 4 or 5
different wines. Every 3 years we travel back to
England to soak up some history, suffer a "people bath"
and now we are looking forward to standing on some
solid ground after a year’s worth of earthquakes and
aftershocks.
Guy L'ETANG (69-73) I had lunch with Christine
and Mike Pardoe on Sunday and they encouraged me to
send my news for the 2012 Newsletter! I am now
working in the House of Lords as a Political Research
Assistant for Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
(Paralympian athelete) and Baroness Jane Campbell of
Surbiton (distinguished campaigner on all disabiity
issues). When I have any spare time (which is not
often!) I enjoy running, playing tennis, walking, theatre
and cinema
Michael POCKLEY (75-80) I came out to Africa, to
Nairobi, with my family last summer; my wife and I
taking up teaching posts in a prep school. My job didn't
work out, so I switched to teaching in the Kibera slum,
which has been rather more spiritually fulfilling, if
somewhat dangerous. This summer we are returning to
Europe, almost certainly to Prague, where we both have
friends from previous years spent there and where I
have built up a great many contacts through my editing
and copy-writing business. I suspect we shall both end
up teaching, her full- time and me part-time whilst I
continue to build the editing work. Out here in Africa I
have continued with my art and have managed to sell
quite a few pictures, which has kept the wolf from the
door. That's about it, really. One of these days I will be
in the right country at the right time and will get to one
of these reunions!
SECTION E (Leavers 82-85)
Correspondent: Marcus Gault
moshgault@hotmail.com
Brad KIRKLAND (78-82) returns to Kent from
Singapore in the summer.
Patrick MUIRHEAD (76-82) has completed his 2
years in Paradise as a pilot for Helicopter Seychelles
Ltd. He returns to England in the summer.