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my parents final home alongside which a
close friend has just passed on at 100 years;
you have move went to Harrogate
Grammar so we got to know the area quite
well in the two years we were there and
visited Harewood on a number of
occasions. They were happy years. I now
have an Australian great grand-daughter
living and working in York. Tony
Hemmings lives in Cheshunt a short
distance from my brother and my sister is
in Stevenage as is Peter Thomas so all
those mentions gave rise to much mental
activity.
Page 5 referred to John Partridge walking
in the snow from Finsbury Park where I
spent my early years off Stroud Green
Road.
As usual I enjoyed all your content even
though so many names and faces were
long past my generation. A great picture of
Taffy Hempstead on pages 18 and 19. He
was a great fellow in his dedication
particularly to the cadet corps which he
headed and in his years with us in Wisbech.
When I got to page 21 Cedric Street
referred to Les Wingrove and Tony Budd.
Les was one of my Corporals in the 2049
Squadron of the ATC. His father was the
local manager of the British Legion Hall
by town hall and ran the Friday and
Saturday night dances in the Town Hall. I
had organised a fund raising dance on for
the squadron on New Years Eve in the
Legion Hall in 1944 but the band did not
turn up so Les arranged with Dad to allow
us to move to the town hall for free by
which favour I met my wife of 65 years.
Tony was the youngest of the three Budd
brothers all of whom were great achievers.
Dereck was two years ahead of us and
Brian went right through with the A
stream to the sixth form with me and went
on to become the European manager for
Monsanto Chemicals of the USA.
And so on to another great family of the
era, the Moningtons, who again I
remember well, his departure letter was
another great trigger for my memory. In
Wisbech the three boys were my
predecessors at a billet in Victoria Road.
The Bell family of parents with a teen age
daughter found the combination rather
overwhelming so they were moved on and
I was transferred in and spent three years
in their home. The 17 year old daughter
wanted to attend the weekend dances at
the local town hall which was attended by
military members posted in the district but
her Victorian parents would not permit
without a chaperone so she taught me to
do ballroom dancing so that I could
perform that function and dancing became
a fascination for the remainder of my life
until 10 years ago.
The travel articles, especially the Baltic
were interesting particularly the Baltic area
where I again gained and maintained
connections.
I guess that's enough of my mytherings as
they would say in Yorkshire so I will close
with best wishes for a long and happy stay
there.
Ron
Hi Ron,
Could you resend your email to Geraint
(24/03/2018) as I have inherited the printed
copy with strange double spacing.
I would like to include it in our next issue.
Thanks,
Tim Westbrook
Congratulations Tim on your tribute
edition No 87.
I would be interested to know whether
there are any other survivors in the
Association from my era of 1937-43.
Ron
Michael Brady
mgb@bradyestates.co.uk
You will no doubt be aware that Stephen
Platten was made Under Warden of the
Stationers’ Company on Tuesday evening
and is in line to be the first Old Stationer
to be Master of the Company in I think
2020. Strange isn’t it how the pendulum
swings… Hope you are both well.
Sincerely,
MichaelJ
mail to: Peter.Sandell@hotmail.co.uk
30th May 2018
The Old Stationer magazine number 87
Dear Fellow Old Stationers'
Please see below a note from our acting
Magazine editor. Will you please respond
directly to Tim at the e mail address
shown.
As you will know from recent OSA magazines,
class reunions are now very popular events in
our social calendar and are proving to be an
effective source for new members.
The reunions all take place around September
time being the anniversary of joining the
school. Our next magazine, issue 87 will be
published in July and is therefore an ideal
platform to promote forthcoming reunions to
the membership.
Would you please notify me of any reunions
that are planned for later this year, or even for
future years so I can include the details in our
“reunion update” in the magazine and on the
web site.
Tim
mail to: george_copus@btopenworld.com
Dear George (Copus),
It was a pleasant if unexpected surprise to
receive your phone call this evening.
Did you know that all the school magazines
during your time at school are now
accessible on The Old Stationers web site.
Go to www.oldstationers.co.uk and click
the Library option, enter password,
0335OS-wwwOSA.
Volume 20, issue 3 has all 100 class mates
in your year group listed alphabetically by
surname.
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