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The Old Ratclifan 2014 | Introductionhe Old Ratclifan 2014 | Old Ratclifan News The Old R T The Old Ratclifan 2014 | Introductionatclifan 2014 | Old Ratclifan News OLD RATCLIFFIAN NEWS friends from Ratcliffe the very best for Elisabeth Barker-Carley (10), who Lewis Goodger (10): “After completing the year to come and hope to catch up is successfully working in the music my degree in English Literature, I have with you soon!” industry and has recently set up her now accepted a place to study Law at own Music Production company. The University of Law in Bloomsbury, Richard Hartley (84): “It’s been Laura Keay (13): “I am currently Oscar Wilke (11): “After realising London. Alongside my education, I’ve a great year for me. Lucy and I studying at Manchester University and that university was not for me, I took also continued to work with Lattitude celebrated our Silver Wedding have been working for Hawkins Brown on an internship at a Luxury Catering Global Volunteering and International Anniversary and my laboratory at and AHMM throughout the summer.” Events Company called Cellar Society. Citizen Service to educate others on the University of Glasgow has done I am now a full-time Event Manager at the breaching of human rights around wonders. Our molecular probe, James Marvin (10): “I left my job the company, running events all over the world and to recruit volunteers MitoB, for sensing hydrogen peroxide at The Hoste Arms in Burnham central London for fashion and private to send on gap year placements. in mitochondria, has been the star Market earlier this year to become a clients. The job is very demanding, Until I begin Law School in October, performer. It helped to show how Restaurant Manager down in Portland, working up to 90 hour weeks I’m currently working in the theatre the heart is protected by nitric Dorset, leaving friends behind to sometimes, but it’s all very glamorous; business for Encore Ltd, working in oxide following a heart attack, and undertake a massive step within the looking after the Beckhams for the trade and sales centred around the to suggest a new mechanism for hospitality industry! Things are going Elisabeth Barker-Carley (10) night has been my highlight so far!” West End theatres of London.” the process of ageing. I thoroughly well; I’ve learned a lot over the past Robert Bourne (14): “After leaving enjoyed our year group’s get-together three years within the industry, whilst Leicester city centre. I’m also running Ratcliffe earlier this year, I now have Milly Oddie (09) Christopher McKeon (57): “After I at Ratcliffe – special thanks to Dawn hopefully moving towards the goal of my own company, Dreaming In a place confirmed at the University left Ratcliffe, I decided to go to sea Grundy (née Bayley) (84) for making opening my own restaurant one day.” Colour Productions, managing bands, of Exeter studying Physics, starting Milly Oddie (09): “So, after a year and joined the Merchant Navy. To it all happen! A particular highlight booking tours and hosting gigs. We in 2015. I am taking a gap year, in back in Nottingham, having been do this, I had to take a year’s pre- was camping on the Longwood with also ran the unsigned section of the which I will be doing a ski season in at university in Leeds, I’ve decided sea training at South Shields Marine Peter Hall (84) and Peter Thompson Leicester Music Festival and had a Meribel, France, working as a Chalet to move down to Putney in London. Section in Tyne and Wear after (84), followed by a great breakfast! I stage at Strawberry Fields Festival. I’m now working for an Estate Agent graduation. I served my time on board also hope that some of you made it I also recently got a job as a Brand called Horton and Garton, doing to the Commonwealth Games in my Ambassador for Red Bull in Leicester.” Property Management. I’m really home city this summer.” Matthew Isbell (07): “After graduating enjoying the job so far – it’s very busy and allows me to see some amazing from the University of Lincoln with a London houses! I’m still loving sport degree in Forensic Science, I decided and playing tennis most weeks too!” to stick with education for a little while and went on to study for a Master’s degree in Forensic Computing at De Montfort University. Since James Marvin (10) then, I have been involved in projects researching digital security in vehicles AJ McKeon (73): “I hosted the 2014 and had a brief stint as a Developer Robert Bourne (14) Christopher McKeon (57) ‘Old Ratcliffian Dublin Dinner’ in my home last Saturday night. Four of the Host. I will spend the summer doing three ships over four years ‘sea time’ Some of the Class of 1984 as an Apprentice Navigating Officer, back at Ratcliffe in 1994 ‘73 crew attended, along with their voluntary work in India, as well as sailing and serving on merchant ships wives: Paul Romeril (73) and Declan summer season work in sailing resorts McPhillips (73), who live in Dublin, around the world.” L to R: Louise Marsden (née Bullen) travelling the globe. Finally, after Emily Sowden (09): “I have just Miles Walton (73), who flew over (91), Aisling Mitchell (née Murray) another year studying at the School of graduated with a degree in Fashion from England for the occasion, and Rebecca Hesketh (10): “After leaving (92), Sam Spillane (née Murphy) (91) Navigation, Southampton, I qualified Design as a Scholarship student at the myself. We had a great night!” Ratcliffe, I graduated from the & Bernard Murphy (67) with a Second Mate Foreign-Going University Of Westminster, London. University of Chester with a degree Certification in September 1964. Since then, I have moved back home in English Language and Journalism. Sam Spillane (née Murphy) (91) is Between 1965 and 1970, I served to start my job as a Design Studio I’ve recently moved to London, where reaching a ten year milestone with and sailed on no less than seven Assistant at Creative Tops in Corby. I have started a job working in PR her Event Management business, SJ flags in my capacity as Third Officer, I look forward to working in my first for a company based in Soho. I’m Events, based in Leicestershire. In Chief Mate and Master throughout job, whilst also doing my own fashion Matthew Isbell (07) with his looking forward to a successful career 2014, there have been numerous the Pacific region. The reason for designs for celebrity clients at red fancée, Rachel in London. I still keep in touch with gatherings of ORs from this year this being that the Vietnam War was carpet events and in music videos.” taking place, which meant that I for an Insurance company, all while group, including appearances from was fortunate to be offered attractive building my profile and obtaining Sebako Siame (91), Matthew seagoing engagements under the UK, an HNC in Electronic Engineering. I Edmund (91), Paul Whitmore (91) Japanese, US, Australian and other and Paul Ferguson (91), to support L to R: Paul Romeril (73), Declan now work for a specialist IT Security Louise Marsden (née Bullen) (91) merchant ships, by being in the right McPhillips (73), Miles Walton (73) Company based in Malvern, delivering in her Presidential year! Sam also place at the right time. & AJ McKeon (73) in Dublin security software and hardware to high-security organisations. While arranged a surprise gathering for After 1970, my luck ran out, when Elisabeth Barker-Carley (10): “I’m at the University of Lincoln, I was Aisling Mitchell (née Murray) (92) to I came ashore and returned home mark her 40th birthday in May, and to Newcastle upon Tyne, exhausted running the Leicester division of very, very lucky to meet my beautiful Sam saw in her 41st birthday with after five years of non-stop travelling Oxjam, with our Takeover event fiancée, Rachel, and we are due Louise Marsden, Sebako Siame and throughout the Pacific Ocean. At hosting sixteen stages and over two to be married in June next year, in Emily Sowden (09) (right) hundred acts in one day throughout Lincolnshire. I do wish all my old Rebecca Hesketh (10) Dan Bunnag (91) over the summer. the age of 30, I had absolutely no experience with either working with 33 33 Register o 32 32 Register online at www.ratclifanassociation.co.uknline at www.ratclifanassociation.co.uk 33