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The Old Ratclifan 2013 | Introductionhe Old Ratclifan 2013 | Old Ratclifan News
‘Rising Stars’ by the Leicester Mercury 19th 2012, we celebrated our job, still in the same Defence and
Business supplement and are in twenty-fifth year of marriage. We Equipment Support organisation. We
the final of the Leicester Business spent several days at Yellowstone are now hoping for some stability
Executive Awards. Our aim is to National Park - being a geologist, for the next two to three years to
move to a new Production Studio I was in Heaven! Since then, our concentrate on family life.”
in Loughborough in the near future oldest son, Paul, and our daughter, Douglas Chamberlain (50): “We
and to continue to expand our team. Katheryn, have both graduated from have a small group of Old Ratcliffians
We’re even working for Ratcliffe! On college. One son is on a religious from Form V-A of 1949 that meets
a personal note, I’m delighted to say I mission in India and is enjoying it annually for a few days (six of us in
that will be getting married on March immensely. We will be grandparents all, together with spouses). This year
22nd 2014 to my gorgeous fiancée, around Christmas time. We have one we met in Wells in Somerset, where
Katie, at Beaumanor Hall.” son left at home and he is a senior we stayed in a hotel facing the lovely
in high school. An empty nest is just
James Buckley (97): “I’ve just come cathedral that was built in 1175 (the
back to work in Castle Donington after over the horizon. Just when we think first Gothic cathedral in Britain). We
spending a year working in London on we are enjoying this stage in our lives, shared very happy memories of our
the Olympics. Since then, I have met another comes around and provides years at Ratcliffe.”
my future wife and we are engaged us with more great experiences.”
to be married next year on June 6th. Andy Teeton (90): “I am still in the
It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind, but I Army and the last four years have
couldn’t be more excited!” been pretty hectic. After a stint of
teaching on the Army Intermediate
Command and Staff Course, I started
a job in the Joint Force Headquarters,
moving with my wife (Diane) to a
place near Watford in the summer of
2009. The next two years passed in
a blur, with numerous trips around
the globe, including training in Africa, ORs & their wives, L to R: Tony Fearn
post-earthquake advice in Haiti and (50), Gerald Della-Porta (49), Douglas
various tasks in the Middle East, Chamberlain (50), John Wolfe (49),
Nick Mayne (49) & Paul Simmons (51)
including evacuation planning during
the Arab Spring. Despite the travel,
Diane managed to give birth to three Peter Fraser (71): “On December
boys. In the summer of 2011, we all 7th last year, I was told that I had
moved to Bristol so that I could start colon cancer and I had a large tumour
a job in the Defence Equipment and removed on New Year’s Eve. They
Support organisation. The hope of then found that the cancer had spread
to the lymph nodes, so I subsequently
James Buckley (97) some stability didn’t last long and, underwent six months of pretty
in April 2012, I was selected for a
job in Yemen starting in June of the gruelling chemotherapy, followed by
Anna Casswell (née Evans) (88): same year. Following a busy period a further operation on September 9th.
“I’m looking forward to celebrating of training and briefing, I started a six I saw my surgeon recently and am
my fortieth birthday in 2014! My month stint working with the British happy to say that I have now been
husband and I are busy running a Embassy in Yemen’s capital, leaving signed off as being fit and well and,
solar thermal installation company, Diane to do the hard work of looking to the best of my knowledge, cancer-
Plumb Solar Ltd. Our sixteen year after our boys. Thankfully, we have free. I will have the usual six-monthly
old son, Sam, left Ratcliffe this all regrouped safely in a new house CT scans to check that it has not
year after taking his GCSEs and is in Bristol and I have started a new come back, but my initial blood test
now at Leicester College studying is looking good. I go back to work on
Construction. Our eight year old Tuesday after nine months off and the
daughter, Amy, is doing well at family and I now have our lives back
Rothley Primary School. I still enjoy again. I feel immensely lucky that I
skiing and snowboarding and, in have survived this; I could not have
September this year, I participated got through it all without the support
in a World Record event. It involved and prayers of my family and friends.
the largest parade of kitesurfers Life looks rather wonderful right now
covering a one mile course off the and I appreciate everything so much
coast of Hayling Island; there were more than I did before December
318 kitesurfers, including Sir Richard 7th. I had my sixtieth birthday on
Branson! Money was raised for Snow September 29th. My company,
Camp, RNLI and Virgin Unite.” Astrium, successfully launched a
rocket that evening with another of
Naveen Cunha (82): “What a great
year this has been! On September Andy Teeton (90) & a colleague my satellites on it, Astra 2E. I don’t
know anyone else that has had such a
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The Old Ratclifan 2013 | Introductionhe Old Ratclifan 2013 | Old Ratclifan News
‘Rising Stars’ by the Leicester Mercury 19th 2012, we celebrated our job, still in the same Defence and
Business supplement and are in twenty-fifth year of marriage. We Equipment Support organisation. We
the final of the Leicester Business spent several days at Yellowstone are now hoping for some stability
Executive Awards. Our aim is to National Park - being a geologist, for the next two to three years to
move to a new Production Studio I was in Heaven! Since then, our concentrate on family life.”
in Loughborough in the near future oldest son, Paul, and our daughter, Douglas Chamberlain (50): “We
and to continue to expand our team. Katheryn, have both graduated from have a small group of Old Ratcliffians
We’re even working for Ratcliffe! On college. One son is on a religious from Form V-A of 1949 that meets
a personal note, I’m delighted to say I mission in India and is enjoying it annually for a few days (six of us in
that will be getting married on March immensely. We will be grandparents all, together with spouses). This year
22nd 2014 to my gorgeous fiancée, around Christmas time. We have one we met in Wells in Somerset, where
Katie, at Beaumanor Hall.” son left at home and he is a senior we stayed in a hotel facing the lovely
in high school. An empty nest is just
James Buckley (97): “I’ve just come cathedral that was built in 1175 (the
back to work in Castle Donington after over the horizon. Just when we think first Gothic cathedral in Britain). We
spending a year working in London on we are enjoying this stage in our lives, shared very happy memories of our
the Olympics. Since then, I have met another comes around and provides years at Ratcliffe.”
my future wife and we are engaged us with more great experiences.”
to be married next year on June 6th. Andy Teeton (90): “I am still in the
It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind, but I Army and the last four years have
couldn’t be more excited!” been pretty hectic. After a stint of
teaching on the Army Intermediate
Command and Staff Course, I started
a job in the Joint Force Headquarters,
moving with my wife (Diane) to a
place near Watford in the summer of
2009. The next two years passed in
a blur, with numerous trips around
the globe, including training in Africa, ORs & their wives, L to R: Tony Fearn
post-earthquake advice in Haiti and (50), Gerald Della-Porta (49), Douglas
various tasks in the Middle East, Chamberlain (50), John Wolfe (49),
Nick Mayne (49) & Paul Simmons (51)
including evacuation planning during
the Arab Spring. Despite the travel,
Diane managed to give birth to three Peter Fraser (71): “On December
boys. In the summer of 2011, we all 7th last year, I was told that I had
moved to Bristol so that I could start colon cancer and I had a large tumour
a job in the Defence Equipment and removed on New Year’s Eve. They
Support organisation. The hope of then found that the cancer had spread
to the lymph nodes, so I subsequently
James Buckley (97) some stability didn’t last long and, underwent six months of pretty
in April 2012, I was selected for a
job in Yemen starting in June of the gruelling chemotherapy, followed by
Anna Casswell (née Evans) (88): same year. Following a busy period a further operation on September 9th.
“I’m looking forward to celebrating of training and briefing, I started a six I saw my surgeon recently and am
my fortieth birthday in 2014! My month stint working with the British happy to say that I have now been
husband and I are busy running a Embassy in Yemen’s capital, leaving signed off as being fit and well and,
solar thermal installation company, Diane to do the hard work of looking to the best of my knowledge, cancer-
Plumb Solar Ltd. Our sixteen year after our boys. Thankfully, we have free. I will have the usual six-monthly
old son, Sam, left Ratcliffe this all regrouped safely in a new house CT scans to check that it has not
year after taking his GCSEs and is in Bristol and I have started a new come back, but my initial blood test
now at Leicester College studying is looking good. I go back to work on
Construction. Our eight year old Tuesday after nine months off and the
daughter, Amy, is doing well at family and I now have our lives back
Rothley Primary School. I still enjoy again. I feel immensely lucky that I
skiing and snowboarding and, in have survived this; I could not have
September this year, I participated got through it all without the support
in a World Record event. It involved and prayers of my family and friends.
the largest parade of kitesurfers Life looks rather wonderful right now
covering a one mile course off the and I appreciate everything so much
coast of Hayling Island; there were more than I did before December
318 kitesurfers, including Sir Richard 7th. I had my sixtieth birthday on
Branson! Money was raised for Snow September 29th. My company,
Camp, RNLI and Virgin Unite.” Astrium, successfully launched a
rocket that evening with another of
Naveen Cunha (82): “What a great
year this has been! On September Andy Teeton (90) & a colleague my satellites on it, Astra 2E. I don’t
know anyone else that has had such a
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