The Salopian no. 157 - Winter 2015

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OLD SALOPIAN NEWS
David Wynn Millward (Rt 1957-62)
lives in Llangynyw, mid-Wales and has
been included in a new Welsh Arts
Council publication, ‘Post-War to Post-
Modern: A Dictionary of Artists
in Wales’.
He studied Law at Queen’s College,
Dundee, University of St Andrews
1963-66 and went on the Royal
Academy Schools, London 1971-74,
where he won the Griffin Prize 1972,
Print Prize 1972, 1973, Connoisseur
Prize (Oil Painting) and the Landseer
Scholarship 1973. After some years
spent working as a copywriter/
visualiser for an advertising agency in
London and then as a freelance artist
and cartoonist, he arrived in Wales
in 1980. In 1982 he set up summer
schools in painting, with permission
of the Secretary of State for Wales and
Peter Greenham, then Keeper of the
Royal Academy Schools. Commissions
include Deri Woods Park, Llanfair
Caereinion 2000; Welshpool High
School 2003-04. Group exhibitions
include Summer Exhibition, Royal
Academy, London 1985; Royal West of
England Academy, Bristol 1985, 1986.
One-person exhibitions: Oriel Davies,
Newtown 1976; Oriel Ty Cornel,
Meifod 2000, 2001; Screenprints:
Caereinion Leisure Centre 2003-
06; Montgomery Landscapes and
Faces 1969-2006. The first book he
wrote and illustrated was The Feast
of the Balloon Fish King (1971). He
has subsequently illustrated a great
many children’s books. Collections
include Brecknock Museum and
Art Gallery, Brecon; Royal Gwent
Hospital, Newport. His work has been
purchased by the Welsh Arts Council.
Robert Crabtree (I 1957-61) writes:
“After thirty-something years, I
retired in 2007 from being a full-time
vigneron and winemaker here in South
Australia. I then moved to the city
and went back to university. Working
in the Department of International
Politics, I was awarded my MA at the
University of Adelaide for a thesis on
self-determination in Abkhazia. I then
went on to work for a PhD on the selfdetermination
of the island of Mayotte
and its becoming a département of
France. This was awarded to me last
month, so I have joined at 71 the ranks
of older Old Salopian Doctors. I was in
Ingram’s from 1957 to 1961 (with little
distinction or enjoyment, I have to say).
I owe a huge and continuing debt,
however, to two great teachers who
awakened intellectual curiosity and
academic interest: Michael Hart and
Arnold Ellis.”
Timothy Bigland (Rt 1960-64)
emailed to tell us that since he retired
in 2005 he has developed an interest
in bird watching. “Earlier this year 99
Little Terns fledged in an enclosure on
Gronant Dunes, which is adjacent to
a LNRR on the Dee Estuary. 135 pairs
of Little Terns scraped 135 nests in the
sand, with 424 Little Terns there at a
given time. It is believed that Sand Eels
were plentiful this spring in the Dee
because the colony thrived to become
the biggest in the UK. At Point of Ayr
there were two additional Little Tern
Sternula Albifrons fledglings.”
Dr Robin Brooke-Smith (S 1961-66)
writes that the Kindle and Hardcover
Editions of Storm Warning: Riding the
Crosswinds in the Pakistan-Afghan
Borderlands are available on Amazon
and through the publisher I.B. Tauris.
1970 - 1979
Matthew Bowcock (Ch 1970-74)
was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s
Birthday Honours 2014 for Services
to Community Philanthropy. He was
also recently appointed as a member
of the Governing Body of Arts Council
England for a five-year term. His wife
Helen was awarded the OBE.
Nick Randall (O 1972-76) saw his
daughter Victoria married on 16th May
2015. The couple’s “go away” vehicle
was PER65 – Michael Hall’s old 1955
Land Rover. It was driven by Andrew
Racz (G 1992-97) and Victoria was
accompanied by her OS brothers, Philip
(O 1999-2002) and Christian (O 2007-
12), so it was a truly Salopian event.
Paul Vlissidis (Rt 1974-79) writes
that “it may interest my fellow OSs to
know that I am currently appearing
in the Channel 4 show Hunted. I lead
the cyber team (I have been doing
cyber security for 20 years) tracking
the ‘fugitives’.”
Richard Stone (O 1977-82)
had the very good fortune to be
married to Yuliya Teplyuk on 16th
April in the Seychelles.
Mark Williams (Staff 1977-86)
Former Mathematics Master & Masterin-Charge
of Cricket and Fives at
Shrewsbury, Mark has recently retired
from Eton College and has taken up the
position of Laws of Cricket Advisor with
the MCC at Lord’s.
1980 - 1989
Revd Steve Davies (R 1979-83)
followed up news of his engagement
in the last edition of The Salopian:
“Please find photographic proof of two
astonishing events in July, the wonder
that Miss Julia Briggs was willing to
marry me and the fact that there was a
day last summer when the sun shone
gloriously throughout.” Now living in
Royal Leamington Spa, Steve continues
to combine working as a teacher
with being Academy Chaplain at
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
Charles Hill (SH 1980-84) writes:
“On 1st September I was given a
new posting as Chief Superintendent
for Local Policing West - giving
me responsibility for policing in
Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford
& Wrekin. On almost the same date my
eldest daughter, Jenny, joined the Sixth
Form at Shrewsbury, in Mary Sidney
Hall. So once again I will be paying
regular visits to Shrewsbury - both
to see Jenny and to ensure that West
Mercia Police continues to look after
everyone in Shropshire.”