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The Old Ratcliffan 2011 | Old Ratcliffan news Jane Laurie (01): “I work as Alex Keyworth (10): “I’ve spent most Campaign Director for a social media of the last year training to become a agency in London, creating campaigns ski instructor, ending in a two-week for Bacardi, P&G and Barclays. I live course in Val d’Isere. I’m now a fully near Tower Bridge in London with my qualified BASI Level Two Instructor. fiancé, Stephen, and we’re actually The rest of the time I have been getting married at Ratcliffe next June.” playing rugby for Syston Rugby Club and working at the Stretton 2000 Kart Track.” James Fagence-Browne on holiday with Matthew Pike, Hollie Stone, Alice Pulford, Charlotte Dolan, Joseph Charles & Luke George (07), Alice Pulford (07), Charlotte Dolan (07), Joseph Charles (07), Luke George (07) – and I went to the Algarve and had one of the best weeks exchanging stories about our Ratcliffe times and wishing that we Jane Laurie (01) could be back there again.” Myles Jackson (09): “During the last Alex Keyworth (10) Andrew Frisby (82): “I’m living in two years, whilst studying Business Hampshire and working for a finance Management at Leeds Metropolitan, I Sophie Yell (10): “I’m still really company. I’ve been married to decided to learn Chinese. Eventually I enjoying my Sports degree at Bath Amanda for twenty years and have two want to move to China to further study University and I recently took park in boys, Alex (6) and Harry (4).” business in the Chinese market place. the Bath Half Marathon, which I plan Miles Walton (73): “Last year, I I’m about to embark on the biggest to do again with some Old Ratcliffian retired as a tax partner in Allen and adventure of my life and I can’t wait.” friends.” Overy LLP. My wife, younger son and Laura White (06): “I’ve just returned I then spent a year in the south-west from a year studying abroad, having of France (the Bearn) and we have just spent the first half in Lyon and the moved to the north-east of England second half in Shanghai. I am now (Whitley Bay). Currently, I work part starting my final year of French and time for Investec Bank. Two or three Mandarin in Liverpool.” times a year, I meet up in London with Tom Redfern (73), Simon Fox (72) and Gerald O’Coffey (46): “My wife, various others who left during ‘71-‘73. Audrey, passed away peacefully on Tom and I are planning to arrange a April 22nd 2011 (Good Friday) after reunion for our year in 2013.” ill health stoically borne for ten years. Myles Jackson (09) Sadly, we just missed being able to Tony Prichard (68): “I’m now retired, celebrate our Diamond Wedding by having been a partner at Weightmans Andrew Finan (82): “I sold a sports eighteen months. May God rest Solicitors for thirty years and, latterly, business to IMG in 2008 and was MD her soul.” a council member of the National Law there for a while, but then invented Society for five years.” a new foreign language game called Jamie Anderson (02): “My hobbies KLOO and have been busy building have changed - I have been competing Oliver Bayley (98) has worked that up as a business. The idea is in a British Rally Competition and overseas since leaving Edinburgh that, as you play the game, you learn I was one of fifty top upcoming University. He lives with his wife, a language. It has won a host of competitors in 2010. I am currently Lisa, in Sydney and his work as an awards in the last year. It’s rather leading the BTRDA Group N category exploration geologist takes him to ironic, since languages were not my in a Mitsubishi Evolution 9.” different parts of the country. best subjects at Ratcliffe! Now I am Calum Houston (10) left for America Guy Moser (51): “I married Olga trying to learn Italian whilst being this August. He has a place at fifty years ago last February. My son, married to one! My wife, Rita, and I Thomas University, Georgia. He is Jonathan (80), married Sarah twenty- have two daughters, Lucia (15) and fulfilling his dream of playing ‘soccer’ five years ago this September. I see Sasha (12).” along with studying on a four year Harry Ovington (52) every Sunday at degree course. Mass at St Teresa’s.” James Fagence-Browne (07): “After Nick Dunford (91): “I’m currently I left Ratcliffe, I took a gap year and working for the University of Sheffield in then started university at Sheffield their English Language Teaching Centre. Hallam. I am now in my final year Our children, Hannah, Clare and Joshua of Building Surveying. Since leaving were all born in Japan and are now at Ratcliffe I have still kept very close to St Marie’s Catholic Primary School, the friends I made in my school days. whose headmaster is himself an Old This past summer, six Ratcliffe friends Ratcliffian - Alan Dewhurst (73).” Andrew Finan (82) – Mathew Pike (05), Hollie Stone David Sandeman (77): “I dropped in 32