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EOG NEWS
Several senior EOGs have found comfort in the last few months in sharing their news with friends from school. Verity Eminton (née Prideaux) writes that she is delighted to be able to spend time with her family, especially to have been able to meet her third grandchild before lockdown.
Wendy Bartlett (née Hargreaves) writes of her continuing gratitude for the support of her many EOG friends following the death of her husband several years ago, in particular Pen- ny Lederer (née Wood), Helen Leith, Helen Greehy (née Powell), Danielle Maimone (née Powell), Linda Wynne-Davies to mention but a few. She writes, ‘I can only count my bless- ings that those friendships formed many years ago helped me process my loss.’
Jill Charnley (née Collins) speaks for many in bemoaning restrictions on visits to the theatre and to art galleries. Still, she and husband John have been able to meet their first grand- child. Of course, Jill has some way to go to catch Juliet Lees (née Douglas) who finds herself busy keeping track of her 14 grandchil- dren, including an engineer, a pilot, a nurse, a linguist, a TA volunteer, a midwife, a lawyer, a wine bar manager and three at university!
Tessa Coker writes that she has enjoyed be- ing at home in Mammoth Lakes since March, apart from the smoke from the California for- est fires, of course!
Jenny Farr writes that she is glad she has a garden that keeps her busy. She has been in Contact with Gill Charnley (née Collins) and Sue Davies (née Hill). She reports that daugh- ters Elizabeth and Susannah are both well.
Pam Figures (née Timmis) writes that Pa- mela Anstey and Julia Davenport (née Scholfield) are both well. Sandy Crone (née Figures) is enjoying life in New Zealand where she is playing lots of golf and during the year achieved a hole in one, so having her name on a plaque on the wall of the clubhouse. Pam’s sister, Carole Tovey (née Timmis) is current- ly not well, suffering with heart and walking problems.
After some ten years in Cape Town, Emma Hamel loves being back in the UK, and lives near Banbury with her husband, Grant. Emma is the distributor of Africology Products in the UK; these are organic, cruelty-free and 100%
natural skincare and lifestyle products. She writes that she is doing her best to educate people that what they put on their body is just as important as what goes in their body. A Wellness coach since 2006, she has been busy supporting people through challenging times.
Vicki Bateman continues to run a small kitch- en-table charity supporting three schools in rural Uganda. She is looking for support to get the girls across the three schools back into class post lockdown. If you would like to know more, search st.michaels@live.co.uk.
Sad to report that Judy Hamm (née Williams) lost her husband of 53 years in July. With the support of their two children, five grandchil- dren and their great-grandson, she is keep- ing active by visiting her sister, Libby Glov- er (née Williams), in Wales, and has recently taken over a plot in a community garden, and has also enjoyed doing Art and Stitch class- es on Zoom. She keeps in touch with sever- al EOGs: Jo Rothwell (née Taylor), Michèle Edwards-Clark (née Edwards), Jenny Ever- ingham (née Dale) and Heather Richardson. Judy enjoys coming to reunions and seeing old friends, so roll on the next one!
Sarah-Jane Hamilton (née Platt) has spent this challenging time working at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital as an MRI radiographer. Still living near Blackheath, Sarah-Jane is making the most of the beautiful open spaces nearby and visiting Cornwall whenever she can.
Elizabeth Holmes (née Reeves) reflects on how this enforced quiet time has given us all an opportunity to consider what is really im- portant in our lives. Quiet, but no less busy: Elizabeth has built a miniature rock garden in- spired by the Chelsea Flower Show, clearing out the summer house and doing some cook- ing with her granddaughter. Her daughter has been undergoing chemotherapy, and is feeling stronger every day, and they are all able to go forward.
Furloughed from her job at Malcol from March to July, Anthea Nakorn went into creative overdrive and filled up her home with assort- ed Harlequins and dancing characters, all of whom found their way into the tops of (curious- ly) empty fizz bottles! She’s back to her day job now and still producing work for, she hopes, an exhibition at some point. Anthea is in touch with several EOGs – Juliet Carter (née Fisher) and Diana Stockford (née Dodd), Sue Rees (née Thornhill), Sue Wolfendale (née Phelips) and Mary Singleton.
Since early retirement at the end of May 2019, Sally Sparrow has had more free time to catch up with some Ellerslie old girls: she has met up with Julia Dalton in St. Ives, Olivia Battye (née Watkins) in the Cotswolds, to- gether with Julie Payne (née Carlyle) whom she sees on a regular basis as she lives near-
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