"Come in and l e a n your dutv to God and Man"

Sandra Johnson, 9 Goddington Lane, 0 rpington , Kent BR6 9DR ( 0689 826854)

Bi l l Richards, 26 Shandy S t r e e t , London E l 4LX (071-790 9235)

JANUARY 1991

Old Rai nei ans Associat ion, c/o Raines Foundat ion School ,

Approach Road, London E2 9LY ( 081-981 1231 )

Gwynneth J ac kson , G1 evum, Kirkby Mal zeard, Ripon HG4 3RS (07 65 65'35325)

29th January 1991

Dear Old Raineians,

A happy and successful New Year t o you a l l ! I t seems no time a t a l l s ince I s a t down t o compile the l a s t newsle t ter , b u t as the production of them depends on much co-operation and goodwill from various committee members, and a v i t a l l ink has a holiday in the o f f ing , 1 am s t a r t i n g e a r l i e r than an t i c ipa ted . Big query - has anyone a redundant photocopier they would part with for a nominal sum?? I f so, lease contact Bil l Richards.

F i r s t of a l l , a big "thank you" t o a l l who turned u p a t Arbour Square on December 7th - i t was again a most enjoyable and successful evening - soc ia l ly and f i n a n c i a l l y - a p r o f i t of over £500 resu l t ed ! The Reunion coincided with the ' B i g Bl izzard ' i n the Midlands and North, and when I returned t o my Northern outpost on t h e following Monday, t h e r e was nei ther telephone nor e l e c t r i c i t y - t h e former was restored t h a t evening, b u t the l a t t e r not unt i l Wednesday a t 10.30 p.m. - my camping prac t ice came in useful with candles f o r l i g h t and a Gaz stove f o r cooking - having an open f i re , I was much more f o r t u n a t e than many.

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A l i s t of those who r e v i s i t e d t h e old school i s included a t the end o f t he newsle t ter , s o r r y , some of the old g i r l s ' names are t h e i r married ones only - some memories may be jo l t ed and some of you wil l doubtless say " I f only I ' d gone I ' d have seen " - so - t u r n up next time!

Two ' gatheri ngs ' a re p1 anned : -

B1 i nd Beggar Get -Toget her

Thursday Mar 7th 7 pm onwards

A.G.M. & Informal Evening

SATURDAY MAY l l T H

7 P.M.

APPROACH R O A D E2

Gerry Calvert has now joined those of us enjoying a more le isured exis tence . He served Raines loya l ly and conscientious1y f o r 30 years , much of the time as Head of the Maths Department. According t o Paul Williams, he was remarkably accurate with a piece of chalk , and occasionally a blackboard rubber! A t h is Farewell Party in December, i t was good t o see former members of h i s department, Zippy Auerbach, Tom Bi l l ing ton , Tony Per re t t (with h i s wife, former Jodie O'Regan and t h e i r small daughter ) , former pupil S Tony Purves and Paul Martin, Martin Leonard and o ther former col leagues , Chri s t i ne Crump, Carol i ne Ha1 lahan, Peter Spil l e t t and A n n Lowes.

Z i ppy Auerbach's twins are now aged 5 , and d a i l y "get t ing worse" ; Tom Bil l ington l i v e s and works a t Reading and was due t o go ski - ing t h i s month - he hears from Mi s s Hoski ns (who l i v e s a t Camberley) and Ti na Pam. I heard from Roger Beck a t Christmas - remember the school ski t r i p t o Leutasch when hi S luggage got l o s t and donations of garments were we1 comed? - espec ia l ly Janet Leaves ' nightdress f o r Roger's wife! Two other Leutasch sk ie r s were a t the Reunion - Sharon Powell (Walsh) who now has 2 ch i ld ren , and Jane Thrale (Roberts) - they have become ski add ic t s .

Joanne Marshal1 i s in Mayehofen, t r a i n i n g as a ski i n s t r u c t o r , and Elizabeth Simpson i s a l s o in Austria working f o r Intasun. While Joanne was in England, she was working a t East London Stadium, where she had met Me1 odie Cargil l hurdling - she l i v e s a t Bow and i S doing P . E . a t Avery Hill College. Her s i s t e r Margo i s a t Music College.

A t the December 'Do' , Malcolm Pit-Keathley and Harvey Feldman met f o r t h e f i r s t time f o r over 35 years and, together with Norman Holland, t r i e d t o i d e n t i f y contemporaries on old school photos. Norman now has 3 grand-daughters, two of them in Austral i a .

Ted J a r v i s gave news of h is s i s t e r , a l so an O . R . , Doreen Steel - she l i v e s in Farnham, has 2 chi ldren and works part-time f o r t h e M.O.D.

Peter Lodenore works in the Education Department of Kent County Councf l , he1 ping Heads s o r t out l oca? management problems. Hi S bro ther David Lodemore i s enjoying l i f e in the U.S.A., in Boston - a l s o a keen s k i e r - he'd be del ighted t o have O.R. v i s i t o r s , so anyone planning a v i s i t , contact us and we ' l l p u t you in touch with Peter f o r more information.

Victor H i l l s , a f t e r h is years with ILEA, now works in the development o f f i c e of Tower Hamlets Education Department - apparently 4 new primary schools and 3 secondary schools a re being b u i l t and Vic decides on room s i zes.

Duncan Edmonston again made the journey from Aberdeen - I wonder i f he had any re turn journey t r ave l problems with t h e snow?

Remo Beschizza turned u p a f t e r hearing the advertisement on Capital Gold - he suggested colour-coded label S per decade t o make i t e a s i e r t o spot contemporaries.

Kathy For res t , contemporary of Lau rence Page and S teve Everton, at tends the Arbour Square building where she i s doing a B.Tec. in Performing Arts .

Pat Turner and Kay Stewart were in t h e g i r l s ' school before the Anal gamati on and brought photos i ncl udi ng Miss Mango1 d , Joy Turner, Eileen M u n n , Ann North, Hazel Gr i f f in (who died in ' 7 4 ) , and Margaret Rai nes whose chemi s t ry experiments a1 ways f ai l ed and who was renowned f o r saying "Can anyone t e l l me what should have happened?". Former pupils on the photos were Sandra Briden, Joan Cooper, Gi l l i an Armstrong, Val e r i e Woods, Margaret Gri f f i t h s , Vivienne Coleman, Doreen French and Kaye Prince who became a physio therapis t before marrying a farmer and havi ng 2 c hi l dren . All the Chappell family now l i v e in East Anglia, Barry and Geoff a r e both in Norwich, John i s Head of Class ics and a head of year a t a school in Kings Lynn.

Hilary Tear i s an i n t e r i o r des igner , and t h i s year was judging the Br i t i sh Junior Ice Skating Championships and has now been accepted on the In ternat ional Panel of Judges.

Gary Bird i s a newspaper t y p e s e t t e r . Andrew Cappaert i s in the Promotions Department of the 'Daily Mail ' . He i s a staunch member of the PLA rugby team - as a r e Cecil and Aaron Bartholomew, Robert Baker, Richard Mahoney and John Featherstone, John i s now studying Art , and h a d j u s t returned from a study t r i p t o Par is .

Lorraine Manners and Suzanne Smalley both work f o r NatWest. Andrew Manners i s married and a f a t h e r .

Barbara B a r r e t t a works a t Q.M.C., Jane Muncer f o r L.D.D.C. Rober t Howard-Perkins i s a t t h e D.H.S.S. - he had v i v i d memories o f sheep on I n g l eborough . Di ane Beves i S a t P i n d e r f i e l ds H o s p i t a l , Wakef i e l d . K a r l a Young i S a1 so w o r k i n g i n a Yorksh i r e h o s p i t a l . James Page i S i n t h e Ci ty C l e a n s i n g Dept.

Teresa Marson o b t a i n e d a degree i n French and German a t Q.M.C. and now works f o r B a r c l a y s . Her b r o t h e r Edd ie i s a t Drama Schoo l . Joanne Barnes, a f t e r o b t a i n i n g h e r h i s t o r y degree a t M idd lesex P o l y , d i d a PGCE a t Aberys twy th and now teaches a t John S c u r r . Deena Osborne ( G a r d i n e r ) used t o work f o r ILEA Youth S e r v i c e - she i s m a r r i e d w i t h 2 c h i l d r e n and l i v e s a t Rainham. Her b r o t h e r Paul i s a l s o m a r r i e d and l i v e s a t Bow and i s foreman i n a p r i n t i n g f i r m . He i s g o i n g t o A u s t r a l i a on h01 i d a y and t h i n k i n g abou t e n i g r a t i n g .

Peggy and Gavin Ad1 i n g t o n a r e s t i l 1 i n Malawi , and when I w r i t e I w i l l ask f o r news o f t h e o t h e r A d l i n g t o n s . V a l e r i e P res ton remembered t h e Anglo/German h o s t e l l i n g t r i p t o D e r b y s h i r e w i t h Roger Beck and h i s w i f e , A1 an Barnes and m y s e l f .

J a c k i e Kremer has 2 c h i l d r e n and works p a r t - t i m e f o r B a r c l a y s .

Angela and Mark Rossi ( b r o t h e r and s i s t e r ) a r e b o t h o p t o m e t r i s t s - Angela i s g o i n g t o do some p i o n e e r work on c o n t a c t l e n s e s f o r R.A.F. p i l o t s .

J i l l i a n Seago i s m a r r i e d and a 'new Mum' - she i s a ne ighbour o f B i l l R i cha rds - a p p a r e n t l y 2 o t h e r ne ighbours a r e a1 so O.R. ' S .

A b i g apo logy t o J i m E v e r t o n f o r n o t i n c l u d i n g h i s name among t h e l o n g - t e r m s t a f f .

Apo log ies t o Shah Fayyaz f o r a m i s t a k e i n t h e p r e v i o u s news1 e t t e r - he runs a Medica l Company, and Andrew B o y l e t t works f o r him.

John De 'A th (1968-1975). C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o John and h i s w i f e I s a b e l on t h e b i r t h o f t h e i r son, Rober t John Buchan De 'Ath on 1 9 t h J u l y 1990. They have now moved t o G i l l i n g h a m and have a l s o bought a d e c r e p i t b u i l d i n g i n S a l i s b u r y wh ich t h e y w i l l be r e b u i l d i n g .

B a r r y E v e r t o n (1972-1982) i s a computer o p e r a t i o n s s h i f t l e a d e r f o r B r i t i s h Aerospace. B a r r y m a r r i e d i n J u l y o f l a s t y e a r and i S i n t o u c h w i t h James Breeze, Andrew B o y l e t t , Shah Fayyaz, Marcus Nara idoo and Jane Gardi n e r .

S teve E v e r t o n (1978-1985) i s a p o s t - g r a d . i n C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g a t I m p e r i a l Co l l ege . S teve i s s i n g l e and i n t o u c h w i t h Laurence Page, Gary Trew, Dav id Murphy, John F i t t , D i ane Beves, C e r i B a t h c h e l d e r , T e r r y Webber and o t h e r s .

Jimmy Varma (1968-1975) i s i n M a r k e t i n g and works f o r Brooke Bond. Jimmy i s m a r r i e d , has two c h i l d r e n and a dog. He i s i n t o u c h w i t h Mar tyn B u t t o n and Tony Mole.

It was t h e f i r s t t i m e i n 15 y e a r s f o r b o t h Jimmy and M a r t y n t o be back i n t h e Old School B u i l d i n g .

Roy Casey ,(1967-1972). Roy i s married with two children and l i v e s in Hornchurch, Essex. Roy i s i n contact with Paul Cobbett who l i v e s in Harold Hill and i s an Associate Partner in Building Services Engi neeri ng.

Elizabeth Wells (1977-1982) has a th ree year old son and l i v e s in Hackney. Elizabeth i s a Housewife and part-time Clerk Typist . She i s in touch with Jacky Thompson and her brother Jimmy, Teresa Marson and Joanne Barnes.

Jimrny Thompson (1978-1983) works in the City and l i v e s in Bethnal Green. Jimmy would l i k e t o contact Elenor Vrahimi - l a s t heard of working as an Air Hostess.

Nicholas Warren (1969-1976) i s a Production Control ler a t a p r i n t e r s . Ni cholas i s in touch with John Wyatt, Jimmy Richardson, Moi ra Dady and Paul Williams.

James Richardson (1969-1976) i S a Telecommunications Engineer and i S

married with a daughter. James i s in touch w i t h Adrian (Bomber) Giles (who married Carol Marston) and Peter Thake.

George Lewzey (1966-1973). Congratul a t i ons t o George who took par t i n t he New York marathon on 4th November 1990 and f in ished the course!

James Breeze (1981-1983) i s a Software Engineer f o r John Brown Engineering, s i n g l e and l i v i n g in Bethnal Green. He i S in touch with Barry and Steven Everton, Andrew Boylett and Laurence Page. James plays with a band - 'Small People Shout' - on keyboards and gu i t a r and i f anyone i S i n t e r e s t e d in joining , contact James.

Teresa Mussenden (1971-1978) i s married, l i v e s in Bethnal Green and has an Empl oyment Agency.

Kenny Mussenden (1962-1966) i s married with t h r e e children and l i v e s in Rainham.

John Barry (1962-1966) works in a S o l i c i t o r ' s o f f i c e , l i v e s in Br is to l and i s married with two chi ldren .

All t h i S news was gleaned a t the Reunion! Sadly, one of our o ldes t members, Grace Woods, died l a s t October - she s t a r t e d a t Raines in 1911.

A t present Mrs. Anne Johnson i s ser ious ly i l l in Mile End Hospital , where she has been f o r some months - she has acute l i v e r f a i l u r e and b r i t t l e bone di sease.

We1 come now t o several new l i f e members:

Dr. Harvey Feldman (1947-54) who has already been mentioned, and who i s Advisor on Health & Safety a t Stockley Park Business Centre.

Chri s t i ne Crump, member of the Geography Department (1969-75), married t o Ken ( s t i l l of the a11 -male History Department) with 2 sons. She i s responsible f o r Soci a1 and P o l i t i c a l Studies in an Adult Education I n s t i t u t e .

Sandra Bromberg (Mildiner) has been married f o r almost 30 years and has 4 sons and 2 grandchildren. She works as a f ree- lance book-keeper and would love t o make contact with Chr is t ine Reed, Joyce Taylor, Evelyn Mi zzi or any other contemporary. Li ke Remo Beschi zza, she heard the Reunion announced on Capital Go: d.

Jimmy Thompson (1978-831, another of the 'school s k i e r s ' , works in the City.

James Breeze (1981-83), a1 ready mentioned as a band musici an.

John Whittle (1962-67), married with two ch i ld ren , l i v e s in West Wickham and i s a s o l i c i t o r in Bromley. He i s in touch with Peter Bull, John McCormack, Barry Wal sh, Terry Wal sh and Tan Stewart.

Terry Kavanagh (1978-84) i S a money broker in the City and i s " s t i l l avai lab1 e" ! He i s in contact with Geoffrey Chi lds who works in the City f o r B H A Bank.

Joy Kinsman (Cat l ing) (1957-63) has 2 sons, one who has graduated and married a Portuguese g i r l and the other i s s t i l l a t University. Joy i s a keep-fi t and swimming ins t ruc to r . She would love t o have news of Margaret F i sher , Lea Georgi ades , Nadi a Stepansky, Sandra Kanter or any o ther contemporari es .

Paul Reynolds has been converted t o a Life Member - congra tu la t ions! He l i v e s a t Kingston. Paul found a reference t o Raines in the "London Encycl opaedi a " , quote: -

"Ra ine 's Foundat ion School Arbour Square, E l . Mixed secondary school founded in 1719 by a local brewer, Henry Raine, ' i n g ra t i tude t o God', t o provide an education f o r 50 boys and 50 g i r l S . The or ig inal buildings were in what i s now Raine S t r e e t , and s t i l l stand. In 1885 new buildings were erected in Cannon S t r e e t Road, and in 1913 construct ion of a new school on the present Arbour Square s i t e began. In 1977 the school was amalgamated with S t . Jude ' s School, BETHNAL G R E E N , and became a comprehensive. The school s t i l l possesses the 18th-century motto-stone bearing t h e words, 'Come in and learn your duty t o God and Man', and the Charity Children s t a t u e t t e s from the or ig inal Raine S t r e e t building. In 1981 there were 900 pupils ."

G1 o r i a McEvoy (Babot) (1955-59) wr i tes :

"Does anyone e l s e remember paying 6d (2gp) t o have t h e i r name inscribed on a brick t o be used in a new building a t Raines in the s i x t i e s ? My husband, brother and myself d u t i f u l l y paid our money a t a school fGte but never heard any more about the building. Was i t j u s t a ploy t o get back some of the money Raines had undoubtedly invested i n t he th ree of us? Should we f i g h t f o r compensation? Can we ask f o r our bricks back?"

Gloria was disappointed t h a t the re were only t h r e e old c lassnates a t recent reunions. Does anyone remember Peter McEvoy (1957-62) or Gloria McEvoy (Babot) (1955-59) or Glor i a ' s brother Tony Babot (1958-62)? I f so , they would love t o hear from you. Peter was a keen member of the school rugby, c r i c k e t , boxing, basketbal l and swimming teams. He took u p f ly ing following an i n t e r e s t in hang-g1 iding and, a f t e r obtaining

h i S p r iva te pi l o t s ' l i cence , enjoyed f l y i n g hi S mi crol i g h t around Essex. He i s now Chief Flying Ins t ruc to r a t Andrewsfield and cur ren t ly f l i e s a Snowbird when not running h i s own woodworm and danpcoursing company. Gloria has been very a c t i v e . In addi t ion t o r a i s ing two children (Adam and Nina), she was on the local Cheshire Homes Committee, Chai rwoman of the local Conservative Ladies ' Sect ion , a Samaritan, in the W.R.V.S., did League of Friends canteen duty a t her local hospital and was Social Secretary of her local school PTA. The children a re now grown-up and Peter and Gloria a re now grandparents. Gloria wr i tes :-

"Those of you who remember my brother Tony Babot wil l be amazed a t the transformation. Gone i s the l i t t l e w i m p who was forever asking my m u m t o wr i t e notes about h is s inus condition so t h a t he could get out of games.

He i s now a 6 f t t a l l I s r a e l i paratrooper, and an extremely f i t 44-year o ld! He i s s t i l l an a r t i s t - (do you remember h i s pa in t ings o f f i c i a l l y h u n g a l l over the school whi ls t he was t h e r e ? ) (and probably a few unoff ic ia l ones in t h e boys' l a v a t o r i e s ! ). He i l l u s t r a t e s chi l d r e n ' s books, and pain ts murals, e t c . - in f a c t , anything he i s l i k e l y t o get paid f o r . He went t o l i v e in Is rae l a t the age of 18, married h is sergeant in the Army (she was a woman!) and has l ived in Jerusalem ever s ince . He has two ch i ld ren , a daughter, Honey, now 19 and a son, Itamar, aged 12. After he 'd l ived in Is rae l f o r a yea r , he had t o do h i s National Service and joined the paratroopers, running across the deser t with a 561 b pack on h i s back a s pa r t of h is t r a i n i n g . To anyone who knew him a t Raines, t h i s will seem amazing. When he had l o t s of homework, he even used t o t r y t o ge t me t o ca r ry h is satche! i f i t was heavy!".

Martyn Button (1968-75) has been married f o r 10 years and has 2 chi ldren and 2 c a t s . He achieved h i s Graduate Diploma in Quan t i ty Surveying studying on day re1 ease and he i s now Director of a building company in Sidcup.

J i l l i a n Camp (Seago) (1967-74) i s a t present on materni ty leave from her job as an In ternat ional Telephonist f o r B.T.

Deena Osborne (Gardi ne r ) ( l972-77), a1 ready mentioned, was i n the hostel l ing group in North Yorkshire which i ncl uded David Lodemore and Helen Kostis - and she almost ended her days in a s l ippe ry gorge near Goathl and !

Steve Everton (1978-85) graduated in Civil Engineering and worked f o r two years as a geo-technical engineer in Guildford, Reading and Amsterdam, before begi nning f u r t h e r s tudy a t Imperi a1 College where he plays rugby regular ly . He i s a l s o known t.0 blow a trumpet from time t o time.

Paul Wi l1 iams (1969-76) s tudied a t City of London Poly f o r h is B . A . , v i s i t e d the U.S.A., returned here and worked f o r h i s M.Sc. in t r anspor t engineering a t Newcastle Universi ty, before ge t t ing a job with B.T. , f i r s t in s a l e s and now as a Computer Programmer. He has been in touch with Chris gonovan, who i s s t i l l t r y i n g t o break i n t o the 'music bus iness ' . He met David Caine who works f o r 'Our Price Records' , and Diane Brown who t o l d him about Gill Dobson (1969-76) being the s i s t e r

of Anita Dobson (Angie in Eastenders). Pau l ' s contemporaries included John Newnan, Vernon Slominski, Michael Newrnan, Barbara Wilson, Lesley Marshal l , Debbie Cowans, Peter Ttoul i , Paul White, Antony Mu1 renan, Gary Bishop, Jimmy Adshead, David Caine and Andr6 Hardy. He a1 so remembers Loraine and Lesley Su te r , who a re cousins of I r i s Lyddon - I bel ieve both a re married.

David Hart (1960-65) i s House Services Manager fo r a Management Services f i rm in Portman Square.

Stephen Solly (1963-71) i s an insurance broker in the C i ty , and convinced t h a t he a1 ready was a l i f e member!

Edi t h Hawkes (1938-43).

I t i s g ra t i fy ing t o see i n t e r e s t from such a wide age-range - i n t e r e s t i n g though, t h a t the most recent l eavers haven ' t ye t developed a nos ta lg ic f ee l ing f o r t h e i r school.

Several people have not i f ied us of changes of address - please do so, so the records can be up-dated.

Congratulations t o Samantha Marsan who i S now married (Mrs. Cul l e n ) and expecting a baby shor t ly and has moved t o East Ham.

I r i s Brizeman (Warren) has moved t o Durham a f t e r losing her husband, and i s now near her daughter. I r i s was headgi rl 1948-49, remembers Holmcraft, Hurstpierpoint as we1 l as Arbour Square - she i s in touch with Pam Davis (Greenspan) and would love t o contact Gwen Grant (Evans) , Doreen Weiner and Gladys Norman.

E . L . Bartholomew (1920-24) now l i v e s a t Shenfield and i s always del i ghted t o receive the news1 e t t e r .

Stephen Foster (1953-60) has moved from Hornchurch t o Croydon, and a1 so looks forward t o the newsle t ters .

Peter Lodemore has moved t o Mapping; John Featherstone i s a t Muswell Hi l l ; Jim Keen i S now in B1 ackpool , and had t r ave l led down f o r the Reunion.

Enclosed with t h i s l e t t e r a r e 2 e x t r a c t s from local papers concerning the proposed "opting-out" of Raines, i f t he parents are in favour of the move. Currently the headmaster, Gareth Lewis, i s interviewing 400 children who would l i k e t o be next y e a r ' s 150 new Raineians. Among prospective parents , some Old Raineians have turned u p - Tony Hildi tch ( l e f t 1975), Charl ie Gay (1971-76) who was a member of Foundation House and recal led my playing the piano before Assemblies; John Smal lwood (cousin of Terry and Tracey) . From time t o time people phone and remind us of t h e i r existence - Dennis Waxman who i s Director of a Personnel Services f i rm; Lesl ie Cohen who was a t school during t h e war and remembers part- t ime schooling in London before being evacuated t o Egham, and then back in London, the Raines g i r l s had c las ses in S p i t a l f i e l d s and he joined them in the emergency as the only boy in the c l a s s and l e f t school a t 14. He remembers members of s t a f f , Dr. Leon Charking, Mr. Tucker, Mr.

Bentz, Nobby C l a rke , Mr. Dal t o n , and f e l l ow-pupi l , Gordon Spong. Debra Re id (Harvey ) l e c t u r e s a t Spurgeon 's T h e o l o g i c a l C o l l e g e ; h e r husband i s i n t h e P o l i c e Fo rce i n Eas t London. She has s u b m i t t e d h e r P h . D . t h e s i s , and does some e d i t i n g o f w r i t e r s ' work p r i o r t o p u b l i c a t i o n . Her s i s t e r , A l i s o n , l i v i n g a t New Malden, has 3 c h i l d r e n and manages t o f i t i n some p a r t - t i m e n u r s i n g and c h i l d - m i n d i n g . T h e i r f a t h e r , now a t e a c h e r , was a l s o an O.R. ( a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1946-51). Debra asked f o r news o f Les l ey Cox.

Ching Fun Lee i s a S o l i c i t o r w i t h a City f i r m , she i s i n t o u c h w i t h I a n Crane who i s t e a c h i n g Maths a t Brompton O r a t o r y schoo l and a l r e a d y ga ined p r o m o t i o n . Ch ing had a l s o seen J u s t i n e Hershamn, who w i l l mar ry t h i s y e a r . Grace Lee i s d o i n g f u r t h e r s tudy , and i s a t Reading U n i v e r s i t y f o r a 2-year course i n Town P l a n n i n g .

J i m E v e r t o n r e c e n t l y saw Ni c k y S t e r n h e l l (1970-72) .

Correspondence i s a1 so p r o d u c t i ve o f news !

Peggy A d l i n g t o n s e n t news f r o m Malawi o f husband Gavin, v e r y busy a t work, p l a y i n g squash f o r r e l a x a t i o n , r e c e n t l y b e i n g runner -up i n a m a j o r B l eague tournament . T h i s y e a r he has been asked t o g i v e a paper a t t h e S u r v e y o r ' s Conference a t Cambridge on t h e work he has been d o i n g i n Malawi . He i s a l s o due t o go on a f a r - f l u n g t o u r t h i s month, t o N a i r o b i , Washington, S t . L u c i a , Washington, P a r i S , London and t h e S e y c h e l l e s - Peggy 's a t t e m p t s t o accompany h im came t o naugh t ! Peggy c o n t i n u e s t o s i n g and i s g o i n g t o s t u d y f o r ATCL d ip loma.

V i v i e n n e Durne, b e i n g C o m p t r o l l e r f o r t h e U.S. Navy, was p r e v e n t e d f r o m a t t e n d i n g t h e Reunion because o f t h e G u l f C r i s i s . She and M a r t i n w i l l have had a h01 i d a y i n New Zeal and b e f o r e t h i S news1 e t t e r a r r i v e s .

Mrs. Creasey ( r e t i r e d School B u r s a r ) i s l i v i n g w i t h h e r husband, daugh te r and son - i n - l aw i n L e i c e s t e r .

R i c h a r d T i l l b r o o k en joyed t h e Reunion and was d e l i g h t e d t o see B a s i l Dow l ing and W a l l y Spooner. R i c h a r d i s Head o f Careers a t Davenant School and a schoo l gove rno r . R u s s e l l G i l d e r s o n , who went t o t e a c h t h e r e a f t e r Ra ines, has now r e t i r e d .

M a r i e Crawley (Conway), l i v i n g i n South London, had a son l a s t August and says " l i f e w i l l neve r be t h e same a g a i n " .

Mr. Stanney, e n j o y i n g h i s r e t i r e m e n t i n Hon i ton , i s a lways p l e a s e d t o hea r t h e Raines news.

Maggie B e l l l i v e s n e a r York and I hope t o see h e r soon.

Miss B r a i t c h s t i l l l i v e s a t P e t e r s f i e l d .

Barbara , Newton l i v e s i n S i dcup w i t h h e r husband and t h r e e c h i 1 dren, two of whom a r e budd ing m u s i c i a n s . A n i t a Merker i s near Winches te r a f t e r 2 y e a r s o f e x i l e i n J e r s e y - t h e y hope t o have a f a m i l y s k i t r i p i n t h e f u t u r e !

Barbara Donovan (Page) had a son i n November - C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !

I r i s Lyddon i s l i v i n g and working a t Guildford and had planned a holiday in Is rae l a t Christmas!

David Spencer, l i v i n g in Zurich, has spent the l a s t th ree summers doing s t ruc tu ra l geology research in Pakistan f o r hi S doctorate.

Alan Liddiard keeps i n touch from Devon where he l i v e s in an old l i s t e d building - I hope he may v i s i t h is Yorkshire r e l a t i v e s sometime and ca l l in .

Joy Turner, member of the English Department in the g i r l s ' school and f o r a shor t time a f t e r the amalgamation, enjoys her retirement in Exeter - I mentioned the g i r l s who were a t t h e Reunion and t h e i r f r i e n d s , and she sa id she had been doing her best t o p u t 16 year old faces t o names.

She i s pleased t o have made contact again with Pat Mil ler (Head of Languages Department in the g i r l S ' school ) , now l i v i n g in A1 ton.

Rosemary Stoggal (Qui ck) , member of the Geography Department, l ives in Plymouth and i s enjoying Dartmoor and the coastal path and sends regards t o any ex-col l eagues . Gerl inde Leinwetter (Bennet t ) , l i v i n g in Vienna, hears from Annette Rood who now has a year-old son.

Susan Wyburn (Brahame), s i s t e r of Linda, d i d n ' t get t o the Reunion as her youngest chi ld was recovering from an ear operation.

Miss Joan Mangold (Headmistress of the g i r l S ' school ) was unable t o a t t end , as she flew t o Lanzarote the previous day with Mrs. Weingarten and her husband. Miss Mangold i s well . Mrs. Weingarten enjoys spending some of the winter months in warmer climes f o r heal th reasons.

I do hope everyone has found some item of i n t e r e s t , and i f memories a r e awakened, do get in touch! Those of you in the London a r e a , remember t o be a t the "B1 ind Beggar" on March 7th. (Apologies in advance f o r my absence, but I will be in Swanage with t h e Sixth Form geology f i e l d t r i p - s t i l l making myself a b i t u s e f u l ! ) .

We have made sure t h a t the AGM does not clash with t h e F.A. C u p Final t h i S year , so do tu rn u p - the AGM par t of the evening i S always very short and not boring and formal, but we a re always del ighted t o have new volunteers f o r the Committee - a t present Edna Howard, Sue Smith, Gi l l ian Putt ick and myself a re the minority female members - so - any keen 'Old Gir ls" come and join us - i t only involves about 6 meetings in the yea r , and i t has been very g ra t i fy ing t o have the increase in membership and upsurge of i n t e r e s t in the Association over the past few years - long may t h i s continue.

Gwynneth Jackson

Sadly, s ince wri t ing t h i s newslet ter , we have heard the news tha t Mrs. Anne Johnson (n6e Hammond) died in hospital on Tuesday 29th January.

ATTENDEES AT ARBOUR SQUARE

Former Staff

Reff Reffold Chr is t ine Crump Zippy Auerbach Gwynneth Jackson Basi 1 Dowl i ng Wally Spooner A n n Lowes

Norman Hol l and Ted J a r v i s James Keen Mal calm Pit-Keathley Harvey Feldman

Davi d Arter Tom Cornell Joyce Curti S (Roberts) Duncan Edmon ston John Matthews M. Robinson Pat Turner Kay Stewart Eric Kresner Frank Battes Ron S t r i e b i g

John Barry Carol Batchel o r (Hi tchcock) Martin Be1 l i S Val e r i e B1 ackborrow (Pres ton) Steve Brown Peter Bull Lorai ne Carter ( Janes) Roy Casey Lauri e Dal ton Terry Day John De'Ath Tony Groves Susan Harding (Dobby) Grace Harvey (We1 l S ) Steven Hewi t t

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Angela Rossi

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Jacki e Thompson Joanne Barnes Terry Kavanagh Michael Rush James Page Mandy Coakl ey Kerry Hosier Teresa Power (Mussenden)

James Breeze R. Mahony A . Cuppaert Suzanne Snalley John Featherstone R . Baker G . Bates

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G O V E R N O R S a t Raines Foundat ion s c h o o l h a v e t o l d t h e c o u n c i l t h e y w a n t o p t o u t of educat ion authorlty control.

Thc shock arinounce- nm! came last Wcdncs- lay when the Bcthnal ;rcrn voluntary aided nixcd secondary school's iovcmors voted 13 to 2 n favour of going i t done.

But the controversial nove U hich u,ould make iaines the firs! borough :chool to opt our could m s e a storm.

I EY PAUL ALTON l "In csscnce we have havc a harmonious

taken this decision be- relationship with ihem." cause it uou ld give us A,, educat ion depan. control over all the me.nt rpokesman said: finances relating to the , # W , no t w a n t schwl," said governors schools to move sway chairman the Rev Stcven from o,lr ncrc'J a Richads. great strength in schools

"Having more money ar;d the educat ion to adminisler we fecl that auhoriiy k i n g together. w e could use that in a -lf [hcy opL.our, much more beneficial he).'rc their o u n , w ~ j e way for the school. It will enpi&ed die. educatim certainly keep [he f u l l oificer Anne Sofcr would Chris t ian ethos at the send a ubalanccdw lerler school. to parents al the sites in

"We still want to work Approach Road and Old with Tower Hamlets and Bethnal G ~ c e n Road hope we will continue to sraring the advaulges and

disadvantages of opiing WL

Governors staned ex- plaining their plans to percnls at a meeting last mgh!.

A Department of Education and Science spokesman said the school could opt-out of borough control under ihe Education Act 1988.

The govcmnn havc to announce thcir plans i n detail, e t1 parents' ap - proval !hen pul the package before education scnelary Kenneth Clarke for he thumbs up. He would also consider objections 10 Lhe plan.

ipl - EXCLUSWE By CARdLINE SUTTON

A BATTLE is looming after it v a s revealed that a Tower Hamlets secondary schocl aims to become t$e first in the borough to apply to opt out of council con-

Governors of Raines Foundation, Approach Road, Bethnal Green, have told the council they want grm': maintained status for the Church of England school.

But Town Hall sources say councillors are unlikely to approve of the move, which would mean the Government giving cash direct to the governors to run 870-place Raines.

The controversial scheme is part of the Government's radical shake-up of schooling.

In October, the then Educatmn Secretary John MacGregor rev- ealed that all opt-out schools would receive l5 per cent above local authority grants.

Parents would ballot on a schooi's future, with the Education Secretary m a h g the final dec~slon

Rames' gobernors voted 13-2 to sta