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Roger Marcuson (Sc 55) has moved to London after 40 years in Manchester, where he was a vascular surgeon. He recently spoke to his Zoology teacher, Ioan Thomas. Roger and his wife now live near their two children and six grandchildren, none of whom went to Oundle. He has recently taken up horology and finds there are quite a lot of octogenarian horologists, although he has not located any OOs with a similar interest. He remembers that some pupils made a clock in the workshops back in the 1950s and wishes he had not missed the opportunity!
Jules Mountain (S 84) writes to say that he attended the excellent OO London Dinner with his brother, Richard Mountain (S 82), at a great venue. He also attended the OO Sports Lunch in London and had a good catch-up with Steve Carr (S 84), Justin Cheatle (St A 85) and Dave Jinks (Lx 85). Jules has continued his adventures after Everest and his book recounting the tale, Aftershock Everest, and headed to Kulusuk, Greenland, to climb and ski off some untouched peaks. Kulusuk is the heart of polar bear territory, which made the overnight camping very interesting, with trip wires and flares! He skied some beautiful untouched peaks and reports that the scenery and solitude were amazing.
Alan Moore (C 62) reports that for 25 years he singlehandedly ran a book publishing company, which at one stage was producing 20 new titles a year. Now, at the age of 74, he has self- published his own book. It is a thriller with the theme that unless something is done to reverse the destruction of
the ecosystem, nature will retaliate by deploying the horrifying forces at her command. Her first step in wreaking revenge on mankind is to instigate a reign of terror by the deadliest creature on Earth. On the home front, Alan now has five grandchildren and next year he and his wife, Amber, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
Mandy George (W 97) was thrilled to see so many people at a reunion organised in September 2017 to mark 20 years since leaving Oundle, with a particularly great turnout from Wyatt 1997 leavers. Mandy is working for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and occasionally the Red Cross, and splits her time between London and Geneva, with regular travel to Myanmar.
Philip Wilson (Sn 89) continues to be busy as a freelance theatre director. His recent productions have included a Jeeves and Wooster comedy, Perfect Nonsense – currently running at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick – and Strange Orchestra by Rodney Ackland at LAMDA’s recently-opened Sainsbury Theatre. He is also developing a new musical, Séance, to be staged at The Other Palace in London this autumn. Earlier this year, he launched a website, www.philipwilsondirector.com, which gives further details of all his work, both as a director and as a writer. His paths recently crossed with Adam De Cruz (D 90), who is now an internationally-renowned make-up artist. Philip has also continued to bump into fellow director Jeremy Herrin (D 88) and lighting designer Bruno Poet (N 90) at various first nights.
Sarah Evershed (D 02) has been
enjoying a new fundraising job at Crisis, having joined from St Mungo’s, another homelessness organisation, in November 2017. In May she was offered a position as a trustee of a small running and fitness charity for homeless women, A Mile in Her Shoes. That was a good month in which she also completed a five-day, 217-mile run along the Severn. She will be trying to complete her first single-stage, 100- mile run in December and, to join all the dots still further, hopes to fundraise through that for Crisis and AMiHS!
Matthew Thornton reports that in May this year he, Jon Cope and I (plus two interlopers from Shrewsbury and Sevenoaks) conquered seven Munros in a day. What started out two years ago as a charity National Three Peaks Challenge has evolved into an annual event. Last year we tackled the Yorkshire Three Peaks and this year we travelled to Loch Tay in Scotland for our challenge. Seventeen miles and 5,500 vertical feet later, we found ourselves in a pub having a well-earned pint!
Chris Pollard (G 96) informs us that he visited Nick Woolley (G 96) in Kinshasa in March, as Nick is working in the British Embassy there. Chris was accompanied by several other OOs, including John Baddeley (B 96), Will Zimmern (Ldr 96), Simon Norris (Sn 96) and Greg Wilcox (C 96). Chris has recently started up a sports consultancy business called Good Sport, which has worked with the International Olympic Committee, Football Association, Team Sky and the International Tennis Federation in its first year.
Edward Troup (B 72) reports that he retired as Executive Chair of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in December 2017. He was subsequently awarded a knighthood in the 2018 New Year’s Honours List.
Another year slides by for Richard Tett (B 87). He wonders if life as a partner at law firm Freshfields will ever let up – as do his children Isabelle (20) and James (18), and his wife (no age given!). That said, the restructuring and insolvency legal work remains excellent fun and very stimulating – though the demands made by clients who, by definition, are facing a crisis results in curious working hours. Aside from
William Howard (C 67), David Bailey (N 83) and Catherine Bailey at the Oundle Society’s ‘The Club at the Ivy’ in London last December
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