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The Old Ratcliffan 2011 | Old Ratcliffan news prints for an online-based T-shirt gigs to see how they are run. Working thirty-two people for their business, company funded by a work colleague, at Sonisphere Music Festival also Kiowa Ltd. Both the brothers still but it is only in its early stages at the shed some light on gigs at a larger farm like they did in their Ratcliffe moment. I look forward to completing level. Now I just can’t wait to get out days. Many of you may remember my third year of university and then I into the real world and be involved in Justin being picked up from school plan to travel.” music 24/7!” in a plane, which usually landed on the rugby pitches…and once on the Beth Savage (06) wrote: “I’ve just cricket square! He got married in graduated from Oxford Brookes with a 2004 to Rachael, who is Head of 2:1 in Early Childcare, Education and Maths in a local grammar school, Human Development. I am now going to Australia until next September, and they live together with their four year old son, Sam. when I will start a PGCE to become a primary school teacher. I lived with Richard Jee (10): “Since leaving Trudie Underwood (07) at university Ratcliffe, I have been on a gap year. I and I’m still in touch with a lot of spent ten months at St Kevin’s, our Ratcliffe friends.” sister school in Australia and then I Elisabeth Barker-Carley (10) moved on to travelling ‘the wrong way back’, seeing many different countries Will Bentley (06): “I am now a fully- and cultures on the way.” certified ski and snowboard instructor working in Zermatt, Switzerland this year. I was in Australia last year ski instructing, as well as Portugal the year before doing surf instructing. Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two weeks before Beth Savage (06) my 21st birthday, but apart from that, life has been good since I left Ratcliffe. I have been all around the James Marvin (10): “After I left Ratcliffe, I went to Australia to teach world teaching and I’m looking at Richard Jee (10) opportunities to start my own ski at St Kevin’s College in Melbourne, school in the next few years!” which was the most amazing Nicole Richardson (01): “It only experience. While I was out there, I seems like yesterday that I was at got the chance to visit lots of different Ratcliffe, although a lot has happened countries, including Fiji, New Zealand since leaving and life has definitely and Canada. The experience also gave been busy! More recently, I took some me an insight into teaching, which time out and went travelling through I am now pursuing. I am currently Asia, Australia, New Zealand and studying an Access to Teaching course America, staying with a few Old at South Leicestershire College, which will lead me on to university in September 2012.” Will Bentley (06) Justin Needham (87) got his pilot’s license shortly after leaving Ratcliffe, and now enjoys his hobby of flying in air shows. The 1988-89 recession meant that he didn’t have the opportunity to fly commercially, so Nicole Richardson (01) with Sven instead he went into business with Goran Eriksson his brother, Martin Needham (86) in January 1991. Twenty years later, Ratcliffians en route and catching up James Marvin (10) with my brother, Alistair Richardson they’re still there – they now employ (00), who now lives and works in New Elisabeth Barker-Carley (10): “Since Zealand. Since my return, I have I left Ratcliffe, I’ve been studying been working at The Star Inn 1744 Marketing with Events Management in Thrussington assisting with the at University College Birmingham. project management of its refit. I’m I’ve been trying to figure out what sure a few of you have memories direction I want to take in life, and of the old place! It has now been I believe now that it is the music lovingly updated and has a great new industry that I want to be a part of. restaurant, remodelled bar and seven I joined ‘Kids Can’t Fly’ for part of bedrooms. We have just hosted a their tour to learn the ins and outs of successful charity evening with Sven band life, as well as attending other Justin Needham (87) Goran Eriksson and Alan Birchenall 26