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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 Peter Griffin (10): “I recently somebody else seek help. Maybe not, winning gin business, Two Birds distinguished flying career, from with our wives. In September, we graduated from the University but if you want a shoulder, please Spirits.” February 20th 1957 to June 13th went to Chichester for a few days. of Manchester with a degree in contact the Ratcliffian Association for Kerrie Patrick (10): “Since graduating 1967. I flew many trips in this aircraft This is a town with plenty to do: a Economics. I’ve just moved to Hong my email address.” from the University of Leeds, I’ve and, during its career, it carried many lovely Cathedral, a wonderful theatre, Kong to begin a career in consulting rejoined KPMG in Birmingham and of the world’s leaders. The aircraft museums and galleries, and many with KPMG.” am working towards becoming a is undergoing a two-year restoration nearby attractions on the coast and Laura Yell (11): “I graduated from the Chartered Accountant.” programme and is of historical inland. This is a photograph taken on interest.” the stairs of the Ship Hotel just before University of Bristol with a First Class Basil D’Oliveira (44): “Having now we left. A good time was had by all.” Honours Degree in Accounting and reached the ripe old age of 86, I Sumeya Ibrahim (10): “After Ratcliffe, Economics. This summer, I worked for have been able to further reduce my I went on to study Dentistry at the Felicity Bainbridge (06): “After James Sutliff (03) Schroders in New York for six weeks. workload. Most of my outstanding University of Manchester. Four years leaving Ratcliffe, I read French and Currently, I am travelling through commitments go back a long way have flown by and I’m currently about hospital appointments and MRI scans Central and South America with Amy and stem from lifelong service to start my fifth and final year. Over at a London Clinic. James could Clayfield (11), before heading to Sophie Montgomery-Stuart (10) commitments. The Journal of the the summer, I travelled throughout not speak because his tongue was Australia to work in Sydney, followed Royal Air Force Historical Society South Asia, where five friends and I, swollen, his hands were frozen and by Hong Kong. The end of our trip (No. 53) has now been published and together with various charities, carried his mobility was seriously affected. sees us travelling around Asia before Sophie Montgomery-Stuart (10): is available to anyone who wants one. out dentistry on underprivileged and Not happy to mope around at home heading back to the UK.” “After graduating with a First This journal includes my paper on the malnourished children and adults. (having had to give up his job as a Class Honours Degree in Business ‘Comet in Transport Command’. As The trip was extremely rewarding plumber), James started to exercise. Management at the University of a result of further medical problems, and I hope to continue touring the He felt that this helped both his Surrey this summer, I decided that the planned autobiography is running world and carrying out charity work William (12), Felicity (06) & Freddie mental and physical state. He now Business just wasn’t for me! So, about fifteen months late, but I hope Bainbridge (08) exercises six days a week and has instead, in January 2015, I am off to continue writing as and when recently been photographed on the to study an MSc in Child Nursing at possible. We are currently just over Philosophy at Durham University front page of Men’s Fitness, a national the University of Nottingham! In the half way. The reason why we are for four years. I spent my third year magazine. James says, “I don’t want meantime, I am continuing to work at delayed is primarily because of my living in a boarding wing (déjà vu!), pity. I want to show people that, Mattioli Woods, having spent a month teaching English to students in a whatever you have and however it Laura Yell (11) & Amy Clayfeld (11) backpacking around Eastern Europe!” limitations in travel, as a result of secondary school just outside Rouen affects you, you can still achieve strokes and cardiac problems. I am things.” The doctors say that the Ben Scanlan (03): “This is my first not able to travel to the National in Northern France. I graduated in illness may leave James as quickly as 2010 and moved to London to start OR update, and comes on the back of Archives, which is too far away. a Management Consultancy graduate it came, but he does not live his life some life-changing decisions. In the During the past eighteen months, I scheme with Capgemini. I’ve since waiting for that day. He just lives his past decade, I’ve coached National have taken on one additional new worked (and lived in hotels) all over life in the best way he can. League Rugby, worked for Wasps task. I have joined the team at the Sumeya Ibrahim (10) & friends! the country and have been based and Harlequins, been to Durham, in the future. Next summer, I hope to in Leeds since January this year Hannah Nutter (10): “Since leaving UCL and Regents as a student and graduate and go on to work in general working for a large Building Society. in 2010, I have had many wonderful been responsible for reporting on dental practice, with the possibility I’m up for promotion at Christmas, experiences at university in Essex. I billions of pounds worth of work for of specialising in one of the many so fingers crossed! Freddie (08) spent a month doing work experience Network Rail. And now I’ve jacked it avenues within Dentistry.” studied Sports and Exercise Science at Colchester Zoo and West Midlands all in. Last year I had a good old- Simon Gamble (97) at Loughborough University before Safari Park, where I had the privilege fashioned breakdown, ending up in Douglas Chamberlain (50): “A small doing a complete (and unexpected) to help look after a wide variety of the Priory for a couple of months, and Simon Gamble (97): “I started my group of what was Form V-A in U-turn into Medicine. He is now in animals, as well as target training I realised that life’s too important to own Graphic Design company, Design 1948 have been meeting every year his fourth year of Medical School a few of them (including two Amur be taken too seriously. So now, I split Patch, last year after moving from at Dundee University and is due to leopards - the most endangered big my time between communications London to Stamford. Working with qualify in 2016. William (12) is in cat in the wild!). After I graduated, training (please Google my company, a variety of clients, designing brand his third and final year at Birmingham I was lucky enough to be offered a Laughton Scott) and running a small identities, advertising, packaging, Basil D’Oliveira (44) University reading Law. He recently job within the first six months with local charity, Mind, in Haringey. literature and websites, I have Boscombe Down Aviation Collection completed a summer vacation scheme a contract company, and I now have even come to work with a few Old a full-time position working as an I don’t really keep in touch with Ratcliffians along the way too - Simon (BDAC) near Salisbury. The museum and is currently applying for training Animal Technician with the Pirbright anybody from Ratcliffe, aside from Bullock (86), Mark Wagstaff (99) and is located on Old Sarum Airfield. My contracts. We have all returned to Institute in Oxfordshire. Sometime Felicity Bainbridge (06), which is a Lucinda Jones (née Gamble) (00) - role is to help the museum to restore Ratcliffe for various Old Boys’ events next year, I hope to go to London to shame, but probably an indication of as we are helping to launch my dad, the nose section of the Comet C Mk 2 since leaving. I can’t believe that it is why I ended up with depression. My Mark Gamble’s (71), new award- and to provide advice and information eight years since I left; I still consider very well-hidden rebellious side has on Comet operational history. This my time at Ratcliffe as some of the had an odd outing in decisions like aircraft was the gate guard at RAF best years of my life.” getting a tattoo (‘amor fati’ - Latin Lyneham for seventeen years and James Sutliff (03) was struck down for ‘love your fate’, unless Mrs Eccles had to be moved when the base at with a debilitating illness eight years is reading this, in which case, I’m Lyneham closed. It was the first jet ago. He was eventually diagnosed prepared to be told I’m wrong). So, transport for BOAC and, following the ORs with their wives, top L to R: with dystonia, a rare neurological why this update? Well, in 2003, crashes, the twelve aircraft involved Gerald Della-Porta (49), John Wolfe illness which turned his life upside some 45 of us left the school, and it’s were transferred from BOAC to RAF (49), Nick Mayne (49), Tony Fearn down. Doctors were, at first, unable numerically inconceivable that I’m the Transport Command. Sagittarius, (50), Paul Simmons (51) & Douglas to diagnose his condition, which was only one with mental health issues. as it was known, had a long and Chamberlain (50) eventually identified after several Hannah Nutter (10) Maybe by speaking out, I can help Kerrie Patrick (10) 40 Register online at www.ratclifanassociation.co.uknline at www.ratclifanassociation.co.uk 41 41 40 Register o