News from the heart of Downe House Winter 2015 Issue 14 A … Winter 2… · · 2017-01-06It is one of the greatest strengths of our alumnae community that so many of you ... year

A winter sunset over the Cloisters - December 2015

Winter 2015 Issue 14News from the heart of Downe House

Issue 14 CLOISTERS 3

CloistersMeet The Team 2

10 Year Reunion - Class of 2005 4-5

25 Year Reunion - Class of 1990 6-7

A Focus on CCF 12

Susan’s Letter to her mother 13

DHSA News 14

Remembering Olive Willis 15

Class of 2012 Reunion 15

We Say Farewell to Jennifer Kingsland 16

Alumnae Talk - Charlotte Stephen 17

Obituary 18-19

Death Notification 20

Reunion in Hong Kong 21

Gift Fair 21

Staff Farewell 22

20 Year Reunion - Year of 1995 23

Reunion for Class of 2010 23

Reunion for Class of 2006 23

Christmas at Downe House 24-25

Dates for the Diary 26

Contacts 26

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Magazine team:

Editor-in-chief Michelle Scott

Features Alex Barlow Sue Lister Lucy O’Meara

Designer Satvinder Orton

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DATION OFFICE

m E E T T h E T E a m

The newest member of the Foundation Team, Jane Caiger-Smith, is definitely not new to Downe House. Jane joined the School community in 2002 and has been a dedicated teacher of Learning Skills, coordinator of the Outstandingly Able programme and wonderful Tutor to many girls.

In October 2015, Jane took on the role of School Archivist, following the retirement of Jennifer Kingsland (see page 16).

Jane has been busy creating some interesting archive displays around the site and setting up the new home of the Archives in the kitchen passage.

New items are always welcome and Jane is more than happy to have visitors to look through our wonderful collection of memories.

If you have any items of interest or for further information, please contact; [email protected] or 01635 204774.

JANE CAIGER-SMITH

It is one of the greatest strengths of our alumnae community that so many of you feel able to share your expertise and offer support to both current girls and fellow alumnae. The story of your lives help inspire the next generation of Downe House graduates to go on to achieve great things, and they greatly value the words of advice and encouragement from those that have gone before. We are putting together the 3rd Edition of our Beyond Downe House brochure and we’d love to hear from anyone that feels able to share their story.

Share Your Life BeYond downe houSe

Please contact Michelle Scott at [email protected].

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10 Year Reunion - Class of 2005downe houSe, SundaY 6 SePTeMBer 2015


25 Year Reunion - Class of 1990CaVendiSh SQuare, London, TueSdaY 6 oCToBer 2015


On the first day of my work experience I was set to go and see a photo shoot for a barn conversion. A couple of the rooms had been furnished but it was our job to make it seemed lived in. On the second day I got to see the office, a trendy studio, in which I spent my time creating fabric mood boards and doing spare jobs; ranging widely from drawing up lamps to running out to get paint.

On Thursday I went to see Chelsea Harbour; one of the key hubs of Interior design in London. It is comprised of treasure-trove like shops each containing thousands of items, of which they specialise in. At one point I stood admiring a five-layer chandelier, its crystals contained in tiny gold squares, which seemed to magically hang in the air.

The highlight of my work experience was the final day when I went to see the sites of the projects they were working on. The buildings were huge gothic style mansions with vast amounts of rooms. There was a floor plan showing the changes the house was undergoing, but with the dilapidated walls it made it hard to picture what the finished project may be. My week had given me a taster of what working in interior design would be like, and it left me wanting to do more.

Georgina Dick (Lower Sixth)

worK eXPerienCe PLaCeMenT SuMMer 2015 inTerior deSiGn (indiGo deSiGn aSSoCiaTeS)

‘It was a pleasure to be asked if I would be able to offer some current students the chance of some work experience this year. We received CV’s from three girls and interviewed them over the phone. They were all delightful and so keen that we have ended up taking all three at various times over the summer and I’m sure they will be a great help! The girls will experience a busy London interior design studio, we will endeavour to show them as many different aspects of interior design as possible …….. site visits, preparing fabric boards, sourcing materials from various showrooms and getting involved in some of the administration on the jobs.’

Mrs Iona Duckworth (Current Parent & DH Alumna 1988)

Indigo Design Associates

On Wednesday 18 November we took a group of 15 Lower and Upper Sixth girls who are potentially interested in a creative related career to Indigo Design Associates in London to meet alumnae and parents who are either training or working within a creative environment.

Our host for the evening was alumna and current parent Iona Duckworth, nee Ballantine (DH 1988) who kindly opened the doors of her interior design studio in Fulham. We were delighted to welcome approximately 30 alumnae and current parents who all provided the girls with a wonderful insight into the world of creative arts. It was a worthwhile evening with business cards and contact details being exchanged. We hope that the Creative Cluster Group members will continue to network informally and everyone will benefit from the contacts in this group. If you are interested in joining or attending future similar events to this, please do get in touch: [email protected]

Alexandra Barlow, DH LINKS Co-Ordinator

Here are some comments from the girls:

“I really enjoyed meeting everyone there and learning about their careers in the creative industry! It all sounded amazing and I really want to become an interior designer now!”

Ione Sandberg, UVI

“I thoroughly enjoyed the creative networking event at Indigo. I found it very interesting, especially meeting the guests who have studied or are currently studying at university. Thank you again so much.”

Kizzy Dubens, LVI

“Thank you for organising the creative arts event in London, I gained so much knowledge from everyone who attended and had an amazing time. I am hoping to follow a career in photography and managed to chat to someone who has followed a very similar path, she gave me her contact details which was very kind.”

Mo Lamikanra, LVI

dh LinKS CreaTiVe CLuSTer GrouP

DH LINKS - 5 Key Facts 1 1000+ alumnae & parents have joined DH LINKS2 350 ‘matches’ since 20133 6 industries that DH LINKS have held cluster groups in so far

4 5 global placements5 10 jobs & 45 work experience placements secured through DH LINKS

Georgina Dick (left ) and Laura Conneely who both undertook work experience at Indigo Design

Photographs courtesy of our Facebook friends


In September 1995, 12 raw recruits from the Lower VI began their year in Bradfield College CCF, all in the Royal Naval Section. They joined Clare Cullington of the Upper VI, who enlisted for a second year as an NCO in the Royal Air Force Section. The girls soon mastered the complexities of strict uniform requirements and by the end of the Michaelmas Term were coping easily with drill, the assault course, and basic naval knowledge. They had also had an introduction to living in rather Spartan quarters on board ship, having spent field weekend at HMS Excellent at Portsmouth.

The Lent Term saw them getting to grips with the finer points of costal navigation including chart work, tides, lights, plotting courses and taking bearings. They also learnt to shoot on the indoor range. At the end of term all cadets took and passed the Naval Proficiency test.

The Summer Term proved to be quite busy. Expedition training took most of the time, but the important biennial inspection by Air Commodore Peacock-Edwards also required preparation. Field weekend in July was extremely hot, but all cadets acquitted themselves well at the camping and hill-walking in the Black Mountains in Wales. They were commended for their high standard of camping and map reading.

a foCuS on CCfCCf 1995-1996

Royal Navy:Tina BeckSarah BlackburnAnna-Marie BrunskillBelinda HenryLuncida HoodCamilla KirwanKirsty NashLaura Parsloe

Eleanor RobertsSara SheridanBeatrice von der Tann

Royal Air Force:Clare Cullington Geogina CampbellBeatrice Dupont-Liot Sophie Eccles

Claire FreemanKatherine Guinness Belinda HenrySerena PinneyAmelia Rutherford Rebecca SketchleyAnnabel Taylor Melissa Wakeley

CCF Cadets 1995-1996:

There was obviously a great deal of excitement at Downe House to celebrate VE day. The girls listened to the Prime Minister on the wireless, then in Chapel they listened to the Archbishop of Canterbury and then they listed to the King at 9pm!

A beacon was lit out on St Peter’s Hill at 9.30 that night, and the whole school was there, singing and cheering, “we made as much noise as we possible could” and Susan wrote that the flames “reached to a height of more than 25 feet”! They could see other beacons lighting up, some over 30 miles away. After all the carousing, they were finally “shooed to bed by Miss Willis” and it was after eleven that they were in bed.

After describing all this VE day excitement, Susan then got down to the serious business of discussing the ordering of the summer tunics. She was worried that they take about 5 or 6 months to come after ordering so very politely asked her mother if she could possibly write a “tactful letter to ‘Sheba’* and say that I have got to have one for Seniors Week End …”The other news in this letter was that Susan had made it into Choral, “very surprising and a great honour” and that the standard of tennis in her form is “hopeless” and that she would update her mother later of who has been chosen to captain tennis and rounders.

She signs off after saying that the weather is lovely and that they just need short sleeved djibbah blouses and no cardigans! *Sheba of Sloane Street made the famous Djibbahs as well as the summer uniform which were cotton tunics of a standard design in any colour of choice.

SuSan’S LeTTer To her MoTher … Ve daY + 2 1945

From Bridget’s diary … VE dayBridget also describes them all listening to the wireless, she said “the King stammered rather badly but it was a good speech.”She goes on to describe the bonfire “with vast logs up the sides and quite a lot of paraffin the midle. Miss Willis lit it at about 9.45. It blazed up … at one point it looked as it if was all going to topple over in a flaming mass – lots of sparks and red hot bits flew off it and we all had to keep at a distance.”

“We bellowed well known songs at the top of our voices and got quite hoarse. We rushed round and round the fire, quite mad.”

As they made their way back up to school they “sang Rule Britannia as Avril sat in a cart dressed up as Britannia in laurel leaves etc. The other seniors were in white around her. We went out of one gate and in again at the front one. Then we went to bed.” She describes them all looking out of the window of the dormitory and seeing seven beacons in the distance.

From The Archives From The Archives


r e M e M B e r i n G . . .OlivE WilliS birThday CElEbraTiON

Olive Willis’s birthday is 26 October and she was born in 1877. She was the founder of Downe House in 1907. To celebrate this, there was a celebration in the Main Dining Room on the 23 October. Mrs Spivey and I were invited as VIP guests as we both share a birthday with Miss Willis. Mrs Spivey and I cut the birthday cake and all of the guests enjoyed a delicious red velvet cake in the Main Dining Room with hot chocolate, tea and coffee.

Ottilie Whitbread (Tedworth, UIV)

It was wonderful to receive this photograph of some of the Class of 2012 enjoying a reunion in September. Are you planning a reunion with friends from your year? Please remember to send through a photograph and details so that we can include it in a future edition of Cloisters.

The Foundation Office organises reunions throughout the year for Alumnae who left 5, 10 and 25 years ago.

CLaSS of 2012 reunion

dhSa newS

A party for members from 1963-1977 took place at the Savile Club on 14 October 2015.

70 Old Seniors enjoyed meeting up with each other, some after a gap of over 40 years.

The party was seemingly enjoyed by all and, as always produced the usual DH noise level! The venue proved perfect in location and hospitality.

Extracts from the many appreciative comments include

‘It was such fun to see people from over 40 years ago, and to play a bit of a game of trying to guess who people were! It was my first reunion with people from school (apart from keeping in touch with a few personal friends) and I’m so glad I came. I also thought the Savile Club was an excellent venue.’

‘I had a really great evening and was reminded how extraordinary Downe is - what a great mix of wonderful women!

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2016The AGM for the DHSA will be held on

Tuesday 16 February 2016 at30 Stevenage Road, London SW6 6ET at 8.00pm

by kind permission of Mrs HWA Palmer.

Any member wishing to attend should notify the DHSA Administrator by 9 February 2016

(01635 204719 or [email protected])

dhSa ParTY

members’ Names and addresses list for 2016 will be published in January 2016.

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JENNifEr KiNgSlaNd aNd ThE dOWNE hOuSE arChivES

Once upon a time there were just a few dusty boxes of magazines and photographs in an unloved cupboard. Now Downe House history is catalogued and accessioned thanks to the huge undertaking of Jennifer Kingsland who, eleven years ago, set about forming the Downe House archives and seemed to wave a magic wand to bring it all to order.

Mrs Kingsland was formerly Head of the Physics Department at the School. On her retirement, having been on the academic staff for many years and seen a daughter pass through its doors, she was interested in a suggestion from the Headmistress to set up a proper school archive to preserve and record the large number of images and materials which help to portray its fascinating past. The result is a collection which contains materials relating to the entire life of the school from its foundation in Kent in 1907 to the present day.

Michelle Scott, Assistant Headmistress (Foundation) explained, “Jenny brought method, order and huge energy to the task of archiving Downe’s historical records and photographs. It’s thanks to her that we can find out just about any fact or snippet about the School in days gone by. Whether for an anniversary, a significant event or a family connection, Jenny’s forensic mind and encyclopaedic knowledge was sure to come up trumps.”As the fount of DH knowledge, Mrs Kingland’s decision to retire will leave some very big shoes to fill. She will continue to be a member of the Committee for the DHSA (Downe House Seniors’ Association), attending reunions and finding photos or footage of old girls to bring memories flooding back for the various year groups. Fortunately she has left in place a sophisticated but user-friendly database for her successor, Mrs Jane Caiger-Smith.

We wish Jennifer all the very best in her retirement. She will be very much missed!

we SaY fareweLL and ThanK You To jennifer KinGSLand

CharLoTTe STePhen (dh 2010)

The Modern Foreign Languages team was delighted to welcome former pupil Charlotte Stephen to talk to the LIV about why languages are so important in the world today. As a graduate of French and Spanish from Bristol University, Charlotte was well placed to inform our girls of the benefits of language learning. The LIV loved hearing about how former Downe House linguists are using their languages in a variety of professions.

Mrs Jane Basnett (Head of Modern Languages)

Large, family house in Rock, North Cornwall with fabulous views over the Camel Estuary. Sleeps 12 people very comfortably in 6 bedrooms, all of which have either en suite or nearby bathrooms. A short walk from Rock Beach, Camel Sailing & Water-sports and St Enodoc Golf Club. Regular ferries over to Padstow and nearby local butcher, fishmonger, deli & bakery. Gullrockone has an open plan kitchen/dining room which opens out onto large outside decking for outside dining. Separate sitting room and TV/cinema room and a large, secure garden which is ideal for children & dogs.

[email protected]

01962 771440

Alumnae Talk

‘It was great to share my experience of learning languages with the girls - I was impressed by their enthusiasm and many relevant questions. By touching on the sheer variety of topics to be explored, useful skills to be gained and the third year abroad at university, I hope I conveyed the enormous appeal of studying modern languages at school and beyond!’

Charlotte Stephen (DH 2010)

Cluster Group

Please join us for the seventh DH LINKS networking event at Savills (London)

Wednesday 2nd March 20166.30pm – 8.30pm

[email protected]

Pictured above: Mrs Jennifer Kingsland through the generations as a staff member at Downe House

Pictured left: Mrs Jennifer Kingsland with former Headmistress, Miss Suzanne Farr


LadY MarY VerneYnée VeSTeY(1925 - 2015)Lady Mary Verney (nee Vestey DH 1937 – 1941)

A gifted musician who steered the restoration of Claydon House and established its popular series of summer concerts.

The two strands of Lady Mary Verney’s life were at times conflicting and at times complementary, but still she sustained her career as a professional musician alongside her resposbilites as the mistress of Claydon House in Buckinghamshire.

Born Mary Vestey in 1925, she was educated at Downe House, where her love of music was nurtured. After leaving in 1941, she spent several months in Oxford training as a pianist before serving in the Government Communications Service (GCS) In London.After the war she continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the pianist and composer Harold Craxton, but gave them up in 1948, much to Craxton’s annoyance and regret, in order to marry Ralph Verney, heir to the Claydon Estate. Lady Mary regularly took part in concerts and recordings as a soloist, an accompanist and a member of chamber music ensembles. Together with her husband she established the series of Claydon Concerts (with the permission of the National Trust), which took place in the saloon at Claydon House every summer from 1960 to 1995.

When Sir Ralph retired from the management of the estate, they left Claydon House and went to live in Middle Claydon. Lady Verney left the village and moved to Oxford sometime after her husband passed away in 2001. Lady Mary was a keen walker and very much enjoyed time walking in the Scottish countryside. Lady Verney, was born on 11 June 1925 and passed away after a short illness on 20 February 2015.

MrS juLian harVeY née MCMaSTer (1928-2015)Mrs Julian Harvey (née McMaster DH 1939 - 1946)

Julian Harvey, who died in October 2015, was a strong advocate of Downe throughout her life. In this she was assisted by family connections. {Her father, Ian McMaster, was one of the original Governors of the school, remaining on the board for 25 years. Her husband, Canon Anthony Harvey, also served as a Governor for many years and gave much assistance to the School with religious matters. Many girls were prepared for confirmation by him and he gave the address at the School’s 90th Anniversary Service in Westminster Abbey}.

After Downe, Julian went up to Oxford (Somerville) to read History before later reading Medicine. Throughout her life she had wide interests and was not only an accomplished painter and writer but also a published poet.

Julian was a regular attendee at school and DHSA functions and took part in the Service in Westminster Abbey with her recollections of Miss Willis. She was a long-serving registrar and served on the DHSA committee for several years, often hosting the meetings in her home in the Little Cloisters of Westminster Abbey and enlivening the proceedings in her inimitable style.LadY eLizaBeTh KenneT

(1923 - 2014)Elizabeth Kennet (nee Adams DH 1938 – 1941)

Lady Kennet was born Elizabeth Ann Adams in London on April 14 1923. She lived in Geneva and attended school there, becoming fluent in French, before going to Downe House and winning an exhibition to Somerville College, Oxford, where she read PPE. Lady Kennet, was a poet and artist and a prolific commentator on architectural and defence matters; the survival of the great London churches of Nicholas Hawksmoor perhaps owes more to her than to any other single individual. Elizabeth Kennet wrote seven books, some of them with her husband, Wayland Young, on matters ranging from London churches, Italy, nuclear weapons and arms control, and learned articles on a wide range of subjects. In 1948 she married Wayland Young, later the 2nd Lord Kennet, who became a housing minister under Richard Crossman in the Wilson government of the late 1960s. Soon after her marriage Lady Kennet started writing, with an article for Vogue on the island of Giglio in 1950. She also covered arms control, disarmament and maritime matters. Old London Churches was John Betjeman’s

Book of the Year, and her book on Northern Lazio, co-written with her husband, won the 1990 European Federation Tourist Press Book Prize. Her 1958 book of poems Time is as Time Does was chosen by Geoffrey Grigson as his Poetry Book of the Year. Lady Kennet was an active member of many boards and organisations, including the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches; the Advisory Committee for the Protection of the Sea; the Royal United Services Institution; the Royal Institute for International Affairs, Chatham House; and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger and the former foreign secretary Lord Owen were among her friends. For many years Elizabeth Kennet was the guardian of the historic Barrie house, so close to the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. With her death, and steeply rising house prices in the area, there must be doubts about how it can be preserved for the nation. Recently Lady Kennet was involved in saving Stonehenge as a World Heritage Site. At the time of her death she was at work on a new book, Preemptive Mourning.

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deaTh noTifiCaTionS

Mrs Diana Gifford-Mead (née Collins) – DH 1938: an accomplished games player who was captain of both lacrosse and tennis. Active throughout her life, she was hunting until the day of her death.

Mrs Honor Jacomb-Hood (née Jones) – DH 1939: a Senior at school who later became a JP. She was a DHSA registrar for many years.

Mrs Annabel Kennedy (née Seccombe) – DH 1959: a Senior who served on the DHSA committee and was very involved with NADFAS.

Lady Elizabeth Kennet (formerly Young née Adams) – DH 1941: a Senior who read PPE at Oxford (Somerville) and later was a poet, author, commentator and artist. She set up the Hawksmoor committee with John Betjeman and was involved with many other committees and causes.

Mrs (Elizabeth) Jane Lewis (née Sturges) – DH 1948: was a first rate tennis player.

Miss Lenore Reynell – DH 1940: a Senior who initially read Mathematics at Cambridge. She was a highly talented musician who for many years was the Director of Music at the Purcell School. She continued to play in chamber music ensembles for most of her life.

Lady Mary Verney (née Vestey) – DH 1941: was a gifted musician who managed to sustain her career as a professional musician alongside her responsibilities as the mistress of Claydon House in Buckinghamshire. Lady Mary was the first fortepiano professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Miss Hannelore Maier - DH 1940 Hannelore passed away in March 2015Hannelore was at Downe from 1937-1940. She came as a refugee from Germany before the Second World War in which both her parents were subsequently killed. She remained in England after the war and had a long career working for London County Council. 50 years after leaving school she obtained a degree in sociology. Her parents were well known in Germany and in 2007 she brought a German television crew to Downe to make a documentary about the family. Afterwards Hannelore visited her homeland to give talks about her parents and brother and later was co-author of the published family biography which included references to her time at Downe.

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One of the highlights of the year is our annual visit to Hong Kong. Mrs McKendrick and I spent four days enjoying the company of our current, former and prospective parents and girls.

We both thoroughly enjoyed the informal evening spent with a small group of our alumnae. It was wonderful to hear about their time at university, progress in their careers and of course catch up on stories from their time at Downe House

We look forward to visiting again in 2016!

MRS MICHELLE SCOTTASSISTANT HEADMISTRESS – FOuNDATION

(pictured with Hillary and Samantha Lui DH 2012, 2011)

downe houSe in honG KonG

The 2015 Gift Fair was a great success, thanks in no small part to the absolutely tremendous donations from parents, and the hard work of the enthusiastic Gift Fair Committee.

Together we have raised over £6,000 for four local charities; Swings & Smiles, Riding for the Disabled, Mary Hare & The Castle School.

It was lovely to see a number of our alumnae there with their stalls and supporting the event.

Gift Fair

GifT fair 2015 – raiSiNg fuNdS fOr lOCal ChariTiES


fareweLL To MrS deLL

What year did you join Downe House? May 2001

What jobs/roles have you had during your time here? Pastoral Assistant, Assistant Housemistress, Co-Curricular Administrator, Co-Curricular Manager and Head of Co-Curricular

Do you have any ‘most memorable’ moments’? Centenary Service at St Paul’s Cathedral.

What will you miss most? Watching the girls’ faces when they attend their evening activities, they love them!

What does ‘life beyond Downe House’ hold for you? I’m going to work at the school that I attended, hopefully starting my own business and lots more family time.

“My funniest memory was watching Wenny Armstrong and Louise de Carvalho racing down the drive on Fiona Parsons’s new computers chairs, being chased by Fiona!”

We wish Julie Dell all the very best!

STaff fareweLL

YEAR OF 199520 YEAR REUNION SUNdAY 18 SEptEmbER 2016

2.00pm - 4.00pm downe House

5 YEARS ON

REUNION FOR tHE ClASS OF 2010

Save the datethursday 17 march 2016,

the Atlas, Fulhamlondon, 6.30pm – 9.30pm

1995 20 Year

J E S S I C A C A R L I S L E

C O N T E M P O R A R Y A R T

Stand G3 at the London Art Fair 20th - 24th January 2016

Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London N1 0QH

[email protected] www.jessicacarlisle.com www.londonartfair.co.uk

Image credit: Malene Hartmann Rasmussen

Stocky Rabbit, 2014 (ceramics; dimensions variable)

CAllING tHE ClASS OF 2006!

It’s your 10 Year Reunion in 2016. We are looking forward to seeing

you all again.


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WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH – DH LINKS Property, Architecture & Engineering Cluster Group

THURSDAY 17 MARCH – Class of 2010, 5 Years On Reunion

SATURDAY 2 JULY & SUNDAY 3 JULY - Founder’s Weekend 2016

SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER – Class of 1995, 20 Year Reunion

Dates for the Diary 2016

Season’s Greetings

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The Foundation Office wishes you all a wonderful festive season and a happy, healthy and

prosperous 2016!

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News from the heart of Downe House Winter 2015 Issue 14 A … Winter 2… · · 2017-01-06It is one of the greatest strengths of our alumnae community that so many of you ... year