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2 Minutes with:VICTORIA MATTHEW (née Farrow)I came to Oswestry in 1992,finishing sixth form in 1997 whenmy brother Michael joined theschool. After leaving Oswestry, Iwent to Robert Gordon University inAberdeen to study EuropeanBusiness Administration. Whilethere, I got involved in studentpolitics, serving as Societies Officerand Council Convenor amongst others and earned a FullBlue for services to charities. I moved to Suffolk afteruniversity to work for a German beauty company, helpingto train nail technicians. My dream job - regular visits toGermany and as many free cosmetics as I could handle!After a few years, I moved back up to Aberdeen and amworking for Schlumberger, an oilfield services company asa Technical Administrator. I have recently got married tohusband Liam.What are your interests?I've become involved in the art of burlesque and have beentaking lessons for about a year. It combines glitz &glamour, dancing & cocktails - all my favourite things! I alsobelong to the Aberdeen Aces roller derby team, it's arelatively unheard-of sport but great fun. Other than that Itry to keep up with my copious shoe-buying andsocial-networking habits!Favourite teachers?Mrs Mary Smith was a brilliant German teacher; I amindebted to her for making my university years so mucheasier. Mr Hooper was a hoot with his tie collection - weonce bought him a flowery tie in Littlewoods andconvinced him we had got it on the Boulevard St. Germainewhile on a school trip to Paris. I think he still wears it toSpeech Day. And of course Mrs Leonard - she always knewwhat you were up to, no matter how devious you thoughtyou were being. Guinevere House office was her centre ofoperations and woe betide if you thought you could getpast the front door without some kind of comment!Favourite Memory of Oswestry School?There were many memorable occasions - of which few areprintable! Valentine's and Summer Balls always ended up inMr & Mrs Leonard's flat for a post-mortem and bacon rolls. Ialso took part in two sailing expeditions to the Solent but myfavourite memories are of the days when the day pupils gotsnowed in and only the boarders were left at school -timetabled hot chocolate breaks and snowman buildingcompetitions and then the whole school had English for theafternoon as only Mr McCrea could make it in!Famous last words?“To realise your dreams, you have to wake up”Contact Details:Victoria Matthew 31 Mastrick Rd, Aberdeen AB16 5QDTel: 01224 698656 Email: glam_chick@hotmail.comCaught in Time1988 CRICKET X187/88 Team - Top L to R: Liz Moore (Scorer), Luke Webster, Guy Wilson, Darren Humphreys,James Woodward, Dan Bromage, James BebbBottom L to R: Mark Evans, Andrew Gilchrist, Gareth Evans (Capt), Andrew Price, Des MorrisThis was the year of the draw with eight draws in total, seven of which were intoday’s cricket language winning ones. Two wins against Tettenhall College and StDavid’s, Llandudno completed the fixtures. The team was captained by theCorinthian Gareth Evans who was top in the batting averages with 45.4 and alsoheaded the wicket taking with 28 wickets at an average of 11.4 runs. This teamwere in the main part of the football team that for the second year running had wonthe Shropshire Cup for Senior Teams under 18.A highlight of the innings was at St David’s, Llandudno, when the schoolneeded one run to win with the last pair in. Due to Des Morris the victory wasobtained by 1 wicket. There were personal records for four members of the teamwho for the first time scored over 50 runs in the first X1 (Gareth Evans, Mark Evans,Darren Humphrey and a century for Andrew Price) against the Old Oswestrians.Gareth Evans - Captain. The really true Corinthian who left school for a career inthe pay corps in the army. He was a truly outstanding sportsman and in the view ofPeter Jones and John Huins could certainly have become a professional rugbyleague football player.Mark Evans - Principally a batsman who went on to read Business Studies atLiverpool University and worked for British Aluminium for 8 years, now PurchasingManager for local Metal Section Shutters Business.Andrew Price - The Centurian who now lives near Aberystwyth working for HMCustoms & Revenue.Darren Humphreys - Plays for Oswestry Cricket Club with his brother Stephen.Darren has always been in banking for NatWest, Prudential & presently with HSBC.James Woodward - James starred in the match against Cae Glas where he bowled11 overs of leg spin and took 6 for 33. After school he studied Business & Financeat Stafford and is presently Managing Director of Cold Move, Oswestry.Guy Wilson - Son of OO John Wilson. Second in the batting averages.Des Morris - One of four brothers who attended school. Des works in finance andis presently based in Switzerland.James Bebb - from Alderbury, went on to be Director of a Milk Co-operative whichhe sold and is presently Purchasing Manager for Meadow Foods in Wrexham.Luke Webster - Luke was principally an opening bowler who took 14 wickets in theseason. Originally from Sri Lanka, was last heard of managing a motor racing teamat Brands Hatch.Andrew Gilchrist - An all rounder who lives in Battersea, London.Dan Bromage - One of three Bromage brothers who is parent of daughter Emily acurrent Oswestry School pupil.page 14
Royal Links for OO Burnaby ...Colonel Fred Burnaby (Old Oswestrian) appeared on the front page of The Times newspaper on 14thNovember 2008 in the celebrated, elegant portrait of Burnaby by James Jacques Tissot of 1870 which nowhangs in The National Portrait Gallery, London. The reason? The Times reports that it was this portrait thatinspired the official photo of Prince Charles released to mark his 60th birthday.Frederick Gustavus Burnaby was born in 1842 in the parsonage of St Peter's, Bedford, where his father wasvicar. Burnaby, who would grow up to be a soldier, adventurer, would-be politician, hot air balloonist and evenTimes correpondent, was a colourful character who came to Oswestry School after his time at Harrowproved to be less than successful. During his time at Harrow, Burnaby wrote a piece to "Punch" magazinecomplaining about the system of fagging that ruled there. After 2 years there, Burnaby was removedand placed under the personal supervision of the Rev Stephen Donne, headmaster at Oswestry School,half-brother of Rev James Donne, the rector of St Paul's, Bedford - the connection with Bedford. Both theDonne brothers were Old Oswestrians, being sons of Dr Donne, possibly, our school's finest headmaster.Burnaby was at Oswestry from 1857-1859/60, at the same time as the Rev Canon W A Spooner, of'Spoonerism' celebrity and appears to have been a much loved figure; there are several stories of strength,bravery, bravado and sporting deeds from this period and, upon his death, funds were raised to install an organin the school chapel in his honour. His name lives on in the life of Oswestry School as one of our four Houses.Colonel FredBurnaby whoseportrait appearedin the Times14/11/08linked toPrince Charlesofficial phototo mark his60th birthdayShammasian’s DVDUK's foremost young film directors shoot a promotional DVD of Oswestry SchoolIn the autumn, thanks to an introduction from OO Peter Edwards, OS Director of Recruitment CathyHopkins managed to secure the services of two of the UK's foremost young filmdirectors to shoot a promotional DVD of Oswestry School. They are London-based brothers Paul andLudwig Shammasian and their most recent short film, 'Romans 12:20', has won major awards this yearat prestigious film festivals in Rhode Island, New York and most recently Los Angeles; the film is tippedto be nominated for 'best short film' at this year's Hollywood Oscars.The Oswestry School film is in its final stages of production and should be available fordistribution by the end of the year; visit the OO Noticeboard www.oswestryschool.org.uk/oldNews/where details will be posted when a clip will be available to watch online. It will be a useful marketing tool bothin the UK and especially overseas. The School is grateful to the OO committee who have agreed to donate£1,000 towards the cost of shooting the film.View clips of The Shammasian brothers' work at www.romans1220.com/shammasianCrew andDirectors onlocation atOswestry SchoolNational Library of Wales buys Giggs’ PortraitThe National Library of Wales recently bought a portrait of Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, by artistPeter Edwards.Giggs is one of United's longest established players, having turned professional in 1990, and has won 20 majortrophies and awards with the club. Giggs also captained Wales, winning 64 caps for his country.The portrait was painted in 2007 and shows Giggs the man, rather than Giggs the footballer. Peter Edwards,the artist, believes that the portrait shows a person with a lot of personal determination and special charisma.Edwards is also famous for his portraits of another Manchester United icon Sir Bobby Charlton (The NationalPortrait Gallery), who sat for him in 1990 and the poet Seamus Heaney (National Library of Wales Collection).Library buysRyan Giggs O.B.E.portrait 10/12/08by Peter EdwardsKeep up to date with what’s happening via the OO Noticeboard on the Oswestry School websitewww.oswestryschool.org.uk/oldNews/page 15
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