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The Old Ratcliffan 2011 | Old Ratcliffan news RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk. I’m now Manchester for the last ten years. I three years, and after being awarded living a contented life with my partner will be celebrating my second wedding ‘Beauty Therapist of the Year’, I had and our four dogs in deepest, darkest anniversary in October and I currently a job waiting for me at the end of it rural Norfolk near Kings Lynn.” run my own pub in Worsley just at a prestigious salon in Ashby De outside Manchester.” La Zouch. In 2009, I married Simon Benjamin Connell (05): “For the past three years I have been studying Oliver Patterson (08): “Since leaving Muldoon at St James the Greater Church in Oaks in Charnwood. Simon Sport and Exercise Science at Ratcliffe, I have been working for a is a restaurant owner, and throughout Coventry University. In May this year, Leicestershire-based design agency my college training and to date, I I completed my degree and have gone called Mynt. We work all over the have helped out in his Loughborough- on to become a Learning Support world on big retail design projects, Assistant at a school in Hinckley. I including European showrooms for based restaurant. I am currently also working towards building up my own am now aiming to complete my PGCE, lifestyle brand Vans, concession clientele and starting my own beauty starting in September next year, designs for Beyonce’s ‘House business. There is a group of us from before hopefully going on to become a of Dereon’ Collection and a new Ratcliffe that still meet regularly to PE teacher.” childrenswear brand called ‘Mom & Me’ (which we created from a blank catch up and there have been a few Old Ratcliffian weddings in the last piece of paper), opening seventeen couple of years!” stores in Dubai and other parts of the Middle East. I’m currently in the process of creating my own lifestyle brand with another Old Ratcliffian, Declan Carroll (08). We haven’t launched the business yet, but when we do, we’ll let you know more about it!” Benjamin Connell (05) Vivek Saundh (08): “After graduating, I worked full time until about February Laura Fidler (02): “I’m currently 2008, then I went travelling around Luanne Muldoon (née Fairbrother) (05) working for Next in their Head Office North America, including Vancouver, buying childrenswear, and I’m also Pittsburgh, New York and California. Charlie Clapham (08): “After leaving busy organising my wedding, which In 2009, I started studying Economics Ratcliffe, I moved to London in pursuit is next August. Adrian Fidler (98) at the University of Sheffield, and I’ve of a career in acting. Three years is training to become an officer in been here since then.” on, I have featured in The Bill, Choose the Merchant Navy, currently at sea Sharmila Malla (10) is at Bangor around Europe. Rachel Dodson (née University studying Criminology and a Different Ending (an internationally screened short film for MTV), Fidler) (96) is working as nurse in Sociology. She has just moved into several short films and a couple of the Lincoln Intensive Care Unit and a new house and has recently joined features. I have also ventured to the running around after her kids, Jack a lacrosse team. She still keeps in Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the and Emma, now 4.” touch with several Old Ratcliffians. play The Penelopiad and also enjoyed success on the London Fringe scene Katy Campbell (10): “I’ve been studying Maths and Philosophy as an actor and director with The at Warwick University - it’s been Bubble and Squeak Collective. I’m fantastic, and I’m just going into currently with Felix De Wolfe, one of my second year. I’m involved in the the industry’s leading agents, having publicity for student cinema and, of recently finished working on the film course, doing lots of work!” Community and due to start filming a new feature entitled Passengers.” Philip Remedios (81): “Having lived in the Los Angeles area for almost Laura Fidler (02) two decades after my return from Germany, my family and I decided Kelvin Wu (10): “When I left to relocate to beautiful Tampa Bay, Ratcliffe, I joined the University of Florida in 2002. We live on the Gulf Herefordshire, studying Environmental of Mexico waterfront and love the Management. I have been on a laid-back, boating lifestyle here! I co- number of field trips related to own an industrial design consultancy my subject, visiting places like the called Black Hagen Design and we Lake District and, more recently, specialise in medical device research Charlie Clapham (08) Switzerland. In my own free time, I and development. We have two enjoy travelling to Europe to explore daughters in university and high Libby Gray (10): “I’ve just started as new places, as I come from Hong school.” an undergraduate student at King’s Kong. These kinds of visits help me Luanne Muldoon (née Fairbrother) College London, reading Philosophy; to open my eyes and improve my (05): “After leaving Ratcliffe, I went personal knowledge.” straight on to study Beauty Therapy previously I was on my GAP year taking a full English A Level. During Dave Clifford (00): “I have lived in at Loughborough College. I trained for that time I had a taste of the big wide 22