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○ THE WILLIAMSONIAN ○ DECEMBER 2011 ○
INTERVIEW WITH
PAUL SPENCER
CHAMPION ROWER
WE GO BEHIND THE
SCENES AND CHAT TO
THE CAST AND CREW
Trips to FRANCE GERMANY SPAIN USA COSTA RICA
FROM THE HEADTEACHER
An Unbroken Chain
A s is customary, this year’s Williamsonian
records some of the noteworthy achievements of
students in the school. I am always impressed and
who worked so hard to achieve this outstanding and well
deserved success in their examinations.
immeasurably proud of their academic, sporting and Regular visitors to the school will have noticed that
cultural successes, and also of the many and varied rapid progress is being made in the construction of our
contributions they make to the life of the school and new teaching block. The target completion date for the
beyond, all of which demonstrate that our students, new build is April 2012, and it will provide state of the
supported by committed and highly effective art facilities for Art and Technology. We are currently
teachers and support staff, set their sights high and consulting with Trustees, Governors, staff, students
achieve outstanding outcomes. and parents for ideas they may have for a name for the
new block, and the results of this consultation will be
It is also customary to celebrate the careers of those published in the New Year. Once the Art and Technology
valued staff who have retired this year in the pages of the departments have moved into their new premises,
magazine. Associate Headteacher Tony Hanman retired the vacated area will be turned into accommodation
in 2011 after 26 years of loyal service to the school. Tony for English and Drama, which will greatly improve the
modelled for generations of pupils and staff the values facilities for these important subjects. I am grateful to
we hold dear at the Math: courtesy, respect for others, a our Trustees and to the local authority for the invaluable
sense of the great traditions of the school and, above all, financial support they have given us for this exciting
ambition for young people. Tony is held in great respect project.
by all members of the school community, pupils, staff,
parents, governors and Trustees alike. We will all miss Readers may have seen two obituaries of former pupils of
him, but will continue to remember and learn from his the school in the national press recently. Professor Kevin
wisdom, generosity of spirit and good humour. We wish Sharpe was a leading expert on the English Renaissance
him a long and happy retirement. attended the Math School in 1960 to 1968. During his
time at the Math, Keith Baker, his history master inspired
I am also pleased to report to readers of the him to go on to study St Catherine’s College, Oxford.
Williamsonian that 2011 was once again the best year Peter Tindley, who died aged 94, attended the Math
ever for the Math in public examinations at both A level between 1927 and 1933. Peter spent much of his career
and GCSE. in south-east Asia. During the Second World War he
made an epic journey from Thailand to safety in China,
At A level just under two-thirds of all grades awarded and later worked for MI6. Full accounts of the lives of
were at A* - B. The new A* grade accounted for just over both of these distinguished men appear in the pages of
16% of all grades awarded – the highest figure of any this magazine.
Medway school. Four students obtained the grades they
needed to take up places at Oxbridge – Michael Connolly Former pupils continue to play a rich and important part
is reading Chemistry at St Anne’s, Oxford, having in the life of the school. During the course of the last
achieved four A* grades. Jack Dhainaut is studying 12 months, well known musicians Nitin Sawhney and
Modern and Medieval Languages at Kings College James Taylor have both returned to the school to lead
Cambridge and he also secured four A* grades. William workshops for students. The Chair of Governors, Michael
Friend is reading Modern and Medieval Languages at Costello and myself were privileged to attend a concert at
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge having gained three the Royal Albert Hall in May of this year when both Nitin
A* and one A grade. Ella Martin secured her place at and James performed to a packed auditorium.
Clare College in Cambridge to study Politics, Psychology
and Sociology having gained three A* and one A grade. One of the enduring strengths of the Math is the
community of former pupils who continue to support the
At GCSE, 99.4% of the year group achieved 5 A*-C school, helping us to uphold its great traditions, while at
including English and Maths, while the proportion of the same time looking ahead to anticipate and respond
students achieving 5 or more GCSEs at A*/A rose from to the needs of current and future pupils as we prepare
61.4% in 2010 to 75% in 2011. In addition, nearly half them for the challenges of a rapidly changing, technology-
the year group (49%) obtained at least 8 A* and A grades, driven and highly competitive world.
while fourteen students gained a clean sweep of A*
or A grades. The highest individual performance was I would like to record my thanks to Mr. Loizou for his
recorded by Matthew Brockwell who achieved 10.5 A* editorship of the 2011 Williamsonian. Mr Loizou took
grades, closely followed by Nikhil Dhir, Marcus Gomes over from Mr Mold this year, and I am grateful for all the
and Matthew Jordan who all gained 9.5 A* grades. hard work he has put into this edition, which I commend
to you all.
I congratulate all our pupils and of course their teachers Dr G. Holden
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CONTENTS
USA
ool
Math Sch
Visit the
4 @theMath
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News from around the School
8 Übung macht den Meister!
Visit to Berlin
10 Math school Memories
Rugby memories from the past
Greetings from
12
Costa Rica
Visit to Auschwitz
Pupil’s emotional visit
15 Destiny Africa Children’s Choir
Math gets visit from talented choir
16 Trip to Lille
Pupils join in French school classes
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19 Rochester Redevelopment
p to the
20
es
Barcelona es teva!
Pupil Visit to Spain
Challeng
22
Facing u
Annual Art Exhibition
Examples of some impressive work
38 Old Williamsonians
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News from the OWs
52 Oarsome
Paul Spencer - Rowing Champion
58 Visit to Paris Plage
Boys head to Le Touquet
The Williamsonian - December 2011
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Edited by Mr C Loizou
Williamsonian Editorial Team
Mussaver Ahmedi; Ellen Lynch;
Hester Connell; Beatrice King.
Design & Layout
Mr C Loizou; Rayhaan Hyder; Ashley Brimsted
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“WHAT IS LIFE?”
CONFERENCE AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE
@the
by Jagjeet Bhogal
A party of Math School scientists went to see a lecture at
Imperial given by Sir Paul Nurse. Sir Paul is an English
Math
biologist and Nobel-prize winning geneticist for his great
discovery on genes in cell division.
The lecture was structured with five main components; carbon,
metabolism and self-organisation, heredity, evolution by natural
selections and information management.
These interpretations were aided with complex visualisations
such as metabolism maps and scientific equations like
Nehemiah Grew’s turning equation.
Math boys who heard Lord Winston’s lecture
CANTERBURY LECTURE BY LORD
WINSTON Lord Winston had been raised as an Orthodox Jew
by Yousef Khan and as such he was able to deliver a balanced talk.
He proposed the idea that it was man’s belief in God
that led to the birth of science; through humankind’s
T he debate as to whether science and God
are compatible was the subject of a lecture
given by Professor Lord Robert Winston at the
endeavour to understand God.
Lord Winston stated that science had now reached
University of Kent
a level where it could be considered God like but a
choice needs to be made as to whether or not we
It marked the start of the annual Canterbury Festival
venture further.
- Kent’s International Arts Festival, the largest
festival of arts and culture in the region. Every
He closed with saying that coexistence is possible
year the fortnight festival includes a wide range of
but it will only be achieved when both sides accept
events, including music, theatre & dance, comedy,
each other ideals.
exhibitions, talks and walks.
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In addition, Sir Paul Nurse commented on all three sciences, Biology,
Chemistry and Physics through the inspirational works of Antoine
Lavoisier, Nehemiah Grew and Gregor Mendel.
A key quotation was given by Erwin Schröndinger which Sir Paul’s
ideas are largely based upon which is, “an organism’s astonishing gift of
controlling a stream of order on itself and thus escaping the decay into
atomic chaos” highlights the complexity of life on earth and that all vital
processes of life, are a chemical reaction.
Sir Paul Nurse left the audience with his final thought that life may
be based upon other elements, such as, silicon not just carbon and
that life may exploit dynamics much more complex than we are yet to
understand.
Sir Paul Nurse
MATH SCHOOL DEBATING TEAM their final and all important decision. After careful
by Joe Armitage consideration the judges awarded the round to
the Math citing comments of praise and cohesion:
O n the 16th October the SJWMS debate team “Against a strong and determined Pent Valley team.”
travelled to Pent Valley Technology College The team now looks forward to competing in the
in Folkstone for the regional qualifications of the Regional Finals where two additional team members
Institute of Idea’s Debating Matters competition.
There were two separate teams; the first consisted
of Tom Adams (13 Th) and Lucy Miller (13 Th); the
second Oscar Davies (13 Th) and Joe Armitage
(13 Br). The teams had prepared for many weeks;
naturally nerves and anticipation were eminently
high as the team travelled to Folkstone.
Upon watching the first round debate between
Folkstone Grammar School and Pent Valley
Technology College, the Math Team entered the fray
against Rochester Grammar School. Joe and Oscar
performed admirably to see the team through the The Math School Debating Team
first round debating Scottish independence. They
did this despite persistently arduous and intrusive
questioning from the expert judges. have been selected: Callum Burgess and Annie
Maddock.
Thus Lucy and Tom found themselves battling
against Pent Valley in the final debating nuclear Well done to all those involved and good luck for the
power. After an intensely and closely fought contest, next round!
the judges retired for an excruciating wait to make
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AS GEOGRAPHY FIELDWORK as this is a very thorough technique that generates
by Ambrose Robertson, Geography Prefect a lot of data.
T he AS geography students, together with It involved us scurrying up and down sand dunes
Mr Harris, Mrs Milne, Miss Leach and Miss analysing vegetation, soil, light, wind speed and
Naylor, enjoyed (and endured!) a week in temperature at every change of relief on the dunes,
October doing fieldwork. starting at the sea and working towards land.
We learnt to use a lot of new kit such as clinometers
which we used to measure the changing gradient of
the beach in the dune profile.
This technique took a lot of coordination and
skilled teamwork and, despite initial chaos, each
team soon developed specific roles with military
precision. Indeed, this common purpose created a
feel of camaraderie amongst the Y12 Geographers,
especially helping those new to the school to feel
comfortable and at ease in geography.
Year 12 Geographers I feel it was a wise move to have this field work
early on in the course, thus building bonds and
We spent three days in Dorset, studying the coast, working relationships to the benefit of all.
taking in Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Studland Bay,
Swanage and Weymouth and then doing day trips As we found out on our first day, the draw-back to
to East London and Denbies Vineyard in Surrey. studying the geography of a folded cuesta of chalk
is that one has to climb on the thing to observe it.
The reasons for our fieldwork excursions were not
merely recreational though - our initial delight at The winds were more than brisk however this was
the prospect of a week off school was soon paled more than made up for when we saw the truly
into insignificance when we were shown how much amazing view that greeted us at the highest point
work we had to do! of the cliffs.
The fieldwork we did over the five days will be Here, we were allowed a break from which to briefly
essential for our exam in both these topics in escape the murderously fast pace.
January in which the question that carries the most
marks will be devoted solely to our fieldwork and Nonetheless, the wind was not to subside and a
research. particularly brisk gust sent Dan’s fieldwork booklet
flying over the Dorset hills.
We will have to quote key statistics from our
findings, so we carried out “People Counts” and Other highlights of the week were the vineyard
EQIs (Environmental Quality Indexes) at every tour by Geoff and his Land Rover, complete with
place we visited. EQIs are assessments of the classical music; walking around Westfields, the
environmental quality of the area according to brand new, massive shopping city close to the
seven criteria. Olympic Park and Mr Harris’s and Miss Naylor’s
prowess playing “Guitar Hero” at the Swanage
We only carried out a dune profile in Studland Bay Arcade!
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IAN PAYNE - GREAT BRITAIN into the junior singles final on centre court with
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS an audience of 200, with TV cameras and all the
sponsors. Unfortunately he was unable to pull
Ian Payne, a year 10 Student at the Math plays off a win in final, but coming runner up was a
wheelchair tennis and has recently represented huge achievement particularly as he was the only
Great Britain in an international tournament in quadriplegic player in the tournament, the other
France. competitors were fully able in their upper bodies.
Wheelchair tennis is played on a full court with one At half term Ian goes to Nottingham to play in his first
difference being that the ball is allowed two bounces. adult quadriplegic draw against international players.
It’ll be a daunting challenge for Ian at the of age 14
He travels all over the country and has now begun but he sees it is a good opportunity to match himself
international tournaments in Europe. Ian plays in against the highest level.
category for quadriplegic performers, which means
that he has all four limbs affected by disability. He Ian is already the top GB under 18 quad player
trains at Horsmonden Tennis Club and with the Kent and hopes to challenge the adults who are
Wheelchair Tennis Squad. currently performing in his sport and is targeting the
Nottingham event as the next progression in his
Ian has recently returned from an international development.
tournament in France where he represented Great
Britain in the Open de la Baie de Somme in the Ian’s long term aim is to represent Great Britain in
Picardie region near Abbeyville . Over three long the Olympics in Rio, Brazil in 2016.
days of junior tennis Ian won two doubles matches
and four hard fought singles matches. He went
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Übung macht den
Robert Jarrett
tells us about
some of his
experiences
during a school Math School pupils brush up their
trip to Berlin German on a visit to Berlin
where he had
the opportunity D uring the
Easter holidays
of 2011, eleven
and was arranged to
enhance our spoken
language skills. As
“Guten Morgen!” - Mrs
Rödig gave a quiet knock
on our bedroom door
to improve his students from Sir part of this we were to the next morning and
language skills. Joseph Williamson’s live with German host after eating a substantial
Mathematical School families who did not breakfast, we made our
along with Mr Lumley speak a great deal of way to the bus stop.
and Mr Solomons, were English, The journey was neither
lucky enough to visit tedious nor long, as our
one of Europe’s most We left London Luton constant observations
historic cities: Berlin. Airport at 15:00 and of German everyday life
arrived on German turf kept us busy; although,
The trip was called an at around 17:50 – just in we had to be careful not
“immersion experience” time for tea with our host to miss our stop!
family.
The school was really
Once the minibus had good and the level of
taken us form Berlin difficulty of each lesson
Schönefeld Airport to was just about right - the
Alexanderplatz, Aaron content of each lesson
Robertson and I were was also relevant to our
greeted by Madeline current studies back at
Rödig, the daughter of the Math. Even though at
our host. To begin with times I found the lessons
I thought she was a bit challenging, I knew I had
unusual with her tattoos come away with lots of
and bright, pink hair! new vocabulary and a
However, she was very bundle of confidence.
helpful and patient when
communicating with us Whilst in Berlin we had
both, and made us both the opportunity to visit
feel very welcome. many museums, for
example: Stasi Museum,
Later we explored the DDR Museum and an
sights and sounds of interesting, guided tour
Alexanderplatz with of a WW2 bunker and
Reece Thomas and Ben a wartime public air
Swindell. defence shelter – there
we saw where high
German officials spent
Pictures:
Mid left - local transport in Berlin
Mid right - Writing on “Die Mauer”
Bottom - Hiring Bicycles
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n Meister!
some of their time. The a lot of the German for host family in Germany I would recommend
best part of the day trips us. who had been really anyone who is taking
for me, was the bike friendly throughout the a language for either
cycle tour we had along It was not until the last experience. I left it so GCSE or A-level, to take
the Berlin wall - our tour day of the visit that I late that I was beginning the opportunity with both
guide was hilariously was able to look around to doubt whether any hands if they are offered
funny and was the shops to buy some shops would still be open the chance to visit
always cracking presents for my family – thankfully some were! another country.
jokes. He was back home, and also my
also excellent
at translating
Pictures:
Top - the Math School visiting party
Bottom - the Reichstag
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Math School
G eoff Beacon, an
old boy of the
Math School sent us in
these two pictures of
the school rugby team.
The first photograph
(top right) includes Mr
Beacon with his team
mates and Mr Purle, one
of his teachers.
The second photograph
(bottom left) includes taken in the “Lower
Mr Beacon’s father and Parade Ground” of the of buildings and it took
may also include Mr the first year at school over the infant school
school when it was
Purle, during his days just to learn where in Free School Lane. It
located in Rochester
as a pupil (if anyone can everything was. Over eventually outgrew the
High Street.
confirm this - please let the years, the school Rochester site altogether
us know!). expanded, was added to, and moved to its current
Mr Beacon says, “The
and continued to grow. location.”
old school site was an
The photographs were interesting collection Even in my time it took
If any other old boys of the school have any recollections or
photographs they would like to share through
The Williamsonian
please get in touch and let us know.
1011
Visit to
Auschwitz
SAMUEL HARDY GIVES AN EMOTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A MATH SCHOOL VISIT TO
THE NOTORIOUS AUSCHWITZ IN POLAND. IT WAS A VISIT THAT WAS TO HAVE
A PROFOUND EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON SAM AND THE REST OF THE YOUNG
VISITORS.
B ack in the spring of 2011, we wrote
to Miss Manktelow in response to an
opportunity given to all year 12 students
of the Auschwitz Birkenau camp.
Freddie’s story told us of his flight from Austria
studying history at the time: the chance and through Holland into France and onto
to go on a one-day trip to the notoriously Paris, where he joined the French Resistance
famous camps of Auschwitz-1 and movement. Soon after he was deported to
Auschwitz Berkenau in Poland. the Auschwitz-1 camp in Poland. Freddie’s
story proved to be important to us in that it
We willingly took it upon ourselves to apply to made us realise that we are probably the last
embark on such a trip and we were succesful generation of young people to hear his story
and before we knew it we were on a train up first hand. This was the sheer importance of
to London on a mild April morning, on our way taking part in such a unique project and the
to attend the first seminar of the three part impact on our understndng which we hoped it
“Lessons from Auschwitz” project. would have.
During the first seminar, other than discussing We arrived at Gatwick airport and took
the technicalities for the actual trip to Poland, the short flight to Poland. It was clear that
we had the once-in-a lifetime chance to meet the sites we were hoping to visit - a small
a man who had actually endured Auschwitz Polish town which once had a 58% Jewish
first-hand. Freddie Knoller, a Jewish man population, as well as Auschwitz-1 and
of Austrian origin, essentially told us his Auschwitz Birkenau - would be very moving.
fascinating life story including his experiences The sights that we would see with our own
12eyes would remain in our minds for the rest of our
lives. This was far more “real” than simply looking
at black-and-white photos in a school textbook. .
The experience proved to be thought-provoking
for a large number of us, bringing tears to the eyes
of a couple of our fellow attendees - especially
as we were led into one of the remaining gas
chambers at the Auschwitz-1 camp, which when
in operation, served predominately as a camp
for political prisoners - Soviet prisoners of war,
gypsies, homosexuals and Romany peoples. The
fact that no significant numbers of Jews were
actually housed at this camp highlighted to a
wider issue, whilst countless Jews did die at the
hands of the Nazis before and during the Second
World War, other groups of people also deemed
‘undesirable’ by the fascist regime of Germany,
were also persecuted.
Auschwitz-1, upon arrival, was distinctly different
in every way from the Auschwitz Birkenau - it
was quite obviously a purpose-built extermination
camp. This was a fact that some of our group
found hard to contemplate - humans committed
such awful acts of organised treachery and hate
against the various groups of people at both
camps. The camp itself had an eerie silence
about it: either people were simply paying their
respects to the dead or were simply remaining
quiet to allow people to gather their thoughts on
the site and the atrocities which took place there.
We were showed around a series of different
housing at the camp, some of which were made
of solid bricks with organised bunks, with others
simply made of wood
and being converted Pictures:
horse stables, with Overleaf background - The view
from the train-tracks at Auschwitz-
two people sharing Birkenau looking back towards
each of the beds on the entrance and guard tower of
the camp.
a bunk bed.
This page top right - The
view above us as we entered
As we entered these Auschwitz-1. The sign, translates
shacks, we could to “Work makes you free”
only try to imagine
Mid right - An example of some
the horrendous of the bunks that still remain at
conditions that the Auschwitz Birkenau.
prisoners who were Bottom right - The remains
of the main gas chambers at
Auschwitz-Birkenau – these were
continued overleaf→ demolished shortly before the
Soviets liberated the camp.
13Pictures:
imprisoned Top left - Photograph of a former prisoner
of Auschwitz before her arrival at the camp
at the camp
would have Inset Middle - A candle which we lit to
honour those who died.
had to endure
for any period Top right - Beads left in remembrance on
the gates of Auschwitz
of a couple
of weeks to Bottom right - Map showing the location of
Auschwitz
years. When
imagining such
conditions, we could all vividly remember Freddie
Knoller’s statement about his time in the camps – he
told us, time and time again, that the only reason he
survived was though “hope, perseverance and faith”.
F rom the project, I have gained valuable insight
into both about the camps at Auschwitz and
about how human nature can look at it’s worst. We
plan on holding a series of lessons with history
classes to further pass on this experience to another
generation of young people. Many contemporaries,
such as the Israeli musician Gilad Atzmon and the
Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller, believe outright
that such suffering has no need to ever occur in the
future, not just to Jews, but to any peoples, any race,
any religion, no matter what the circumstances. It
is part of our reponsibility, having experienced this
visit, to share it with our peers, as part of the work to
make sure it never happens again.
14The evening performance featured energetic
dancing as well as singing and instrumentals on the
keyboard, guitars and drums. The live performance
was punctuated with video footage from Uganda,
describing individual children’s stories and the way
they arrived at Kampala Children’s Centre.
The evening was educational as well as enjoyable,
for parents as well as pupils, with the choir
including in their performance information about the
different tribes found in Uganda.
JAMES NICHOLLS-BROWN TELLS US
ABOUT A RATHER SPECIAL CHOIR The children all spoke about themselves, telling
THAT VISITED THE MATH THIS YEAR. us their names, ages and sharing with us their
ambitions for the future; one member of the choir
was setting the bar high with her ambition to be
O n Thursday 29th September, SJWMS
played host to the children’s choir, Destiny
Africa, who come from Uganda.
Prime Minister of Uganda. Alongside her, many
future doctors, teachers, musicians and pilots
shared their hopes and dreams.
The children in the choir have all been adopted by A participating pupil from SJWMS reports,
Kampala Children’s Centre after suffering terrible “The experience was truly enjoyable and
abuse, harsh treatment, or being orphaned as a enlightening. It made me feel lucky to realise how
result of disease (Aids is rife) or poverty. privileged I am and how comfortable our lives are in
contrast to many people’s lives in Uganda. I really
They come to appreciated having the
the centre often chance to sing with such
traumatised as a professional choir.”
a result of their
experiences but at After the performance,
the centre they are hand-made crafts were
given love, support sold to raise money for
to overcome their the Kampala Children’s
difficulties, and a Centre.
home, as well as
education, which Audience members
many children in could sign up to sponsor
Uganda do not have a child at the orphanage
access to. or to support their
community work (the
The Destiny Africa Children’s Choir
Some SJWMS pupils orphanage acts as a
had an opportunity to sing with this wonderful choir drop-in centre and school for the surrounding area).
and to have a lesson playing different types of
African drums, taught by one of the older members All in all, SJWMS was extremely privileged to have
of the Destiny Africa group. the choir perform on our stage.
It was an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience to We thank Destiny Africa for the great opportunity
sing and perform with a group who has performed and wish them well with their plans to construct a
worldwide, including a performance for our own dining hall at the centre, (the children hate to sit
Prime Minister at 10, Downing Street. outside in the pouring rain!)
15LILLE
TRIP TO
LAST JUNE, 44 YEAR EIGHT AND NINE PUPILS VISITED THE
COLLÈGE ROBERT DESNOS IN ASNY NEAR LILLE.
T he visit followed exchanges of videos
filmed by pupils in their respective
schools to present their schools and
en France.
Pendant la visite, j’étais très
introduce reviews of their favourite films timide parce que je rencontrais
in both French and English. un nouveau copain qui parle
français et je parle anglais donc
Pupils interacted with their French partners
c’était difficile de parler l’un à
both in class and play before returning home.
l’autre mais nous avions en commun beaucoup de
Connor Willis tells us all about the visit. choses. Je suis arrivé au collège de Robert Desnos
Translation on page 60. approximativement à dix heures cependant le
voyage a pris environ cinq heures pour arriver au
Avant la visite en France nous avons fait une collège.
PowerPoint sur nous-mêmes, nous avons inclus
ce que nous aimons et nous n’aimons pas faire, Le voyage c’était ennuyeux puisque vous ne
et puis nous avons écrit au sujet de quand nous pouviez pas manger ou boire ou bouger donc
étions petits et finalement ce que nous voudrions c’était difficile de rester calme. Nous avons fait le
au futur – par exemple : « quand j’aurai 20 ans je tour du collège que j’ai trouvé moderne et fascinant
veux devenir un gardien des pingouins dans le zoo par exemple: un grand mur d’escalade à l’intérieur
de Londres– j’adore les pingouins parce qu’à mon de la salle de sport, la réception était chaleureuse
avis ils sont très mignons, mais aussi effrontés ». et surtout fabriquée de verre.
Et aussi nous avons fait une vidéo sur nos films
préférés, un des films étaient en français et l’autre J’ai trouvé le déjeuner bon, bien que beaucoup
était en anglais. d’élèves de mon collège, ils ont trouvé ça
dégoûtant. Ce que j’ai préféré le plus c’est la visite
Les élèves français ont aussi envoyé un par exemple la partie où j’ai rencontré un nouveau
PowerPoint sur eux-mêmes, après ils ont envoyé copain français parce qu’il aime ce que j’aime tels
une vidéo au sujet de leur collège – c’était assez que: la biologie, la chimie, apprendre les nouveaux
intéressant mais c’était aussi très éducatif parce choses, les animaux et plus. Aussi il n’aime pas ce
que c’était en français. Nous avons appris sur que je n’aime pas tels que: le sport en général les
l’école et la langue. Après ça le projet était de sports sont mauvais quand on n’est pas doué. Mon
rencontrer finalement les élèves français à l’école copain qui s’appelle Angelo a quatorze ans. Aussi
16j’espère rester en
contact avec lui.
Ensuite l’après midi
j’ai joué au tennis
de table avec mon
copain et je joue
au tennis de table
mieux que lui donc
j’ai gagné souvent
! Finalement j’ai
acheté des chocolats Si possible, Je voudrais encore visiter les élèves
comme cadeau pour ma famille dans le village dans le collège en France parce que c’était
de Masny. J’ai aimé la visite parce que j’ai appris amusant et nous espérons que ce sera amusant à
des nouveaux mots français et j’ai fait un nouveau nouveau. Nous voulons apprendre de plus en plus.
copain. Ensuite je ferai une présentation sur l’Angleterre,
et ils vont faire une présentation aussi, mais sur la
L’année prochaine nous espérons que l’autre France. Nous voudrions découvrir des choses sur
collège nous rende visite bientôt. Nous voulons leurs vies; ce qu’ils aiment et détestent, sur leurs
faire un magazine et échanger les élèves. familles, et sur leurs amis.
Je voudrais rencontrer d’autres élèves. Nous
voudrions envoyer des e-mails sur notre vie parce
que j’espère que les élèves seront intéressants. Je
voudrais apprendre à connaitre quelqu’un.
1718
O n the Tuesday and Wednesday of the
3rd week of June 2011, all six Year 7
forms went down into the heart of Rochester
on a Geography field trip.
The purpose of the trip was to find out more
about the Riverside redevelopment site along
the River Medway and then to find out whether
Rochester was a Clone Town or not.
After an exhausting(!) mile and a quarter walk
which took around thirty minutes, we reached
our first task area: the Rochester Development
area, a large piece of grassland which had just
finished being used as an important industrial
area, and was now planning to be redeveloped
into an economic and residential area, with
affordable housing, health/community facilities,
Hotels and much more. At the Rochester
development site, we used the board on the
walkway to answer the questions in the enquiry
pack.
After completing the task of finding out about
this area, we headed back up to the Vines for
lunch. We then walked down to Rochester
and observed that the closer we got to the
High Street, the older the houses became. We
surveyed what shops there were and if they
were independently owned or part of a chain.
Using this data we calculated if Rochester
was a clone town or a unique “home town”. In
the next few
lessons we Pictures: Top right -
then worked One of the cranes
Centre right -
in groups One of the older houses
to develop in Rochester High Street
Bottom right -
presentations Rochester Development Site
on our findings.
19Lee Bowness, Tom Chaplin, Francesco Barbaccia
and Tom Stanley tell us about their trip to Barcelona.
Translation on page 60.
E l dieciocho de julio, en verano, con
un grupo de estudiantes de año ocho
(ahora año nueve), fuimos a Barcelona en
Vimos muchas de las
atracciones famosas de
Barcelona. Visitamos Las
España con la escuela. Fuimos en autobús y Ramblas, el Museo de
entonces en avión. Salvador Dalí y un acuario.
También visitamos un parque
Nos quedamos en un hotel un hotel, que está acuático, el Camp Nou y el
cerca de la playa. En el hotel, hay mesas de Circuito de Catalunya (Fórmula
billar y máquinas recreativas, ¡Es muy divertido! Uno). ¡Qué guay!
Fue muy divertido porque todas las noches
fuimos a la playa - ¡es una playa fabulosa!
Y también porque vimos y fuimos muchas
atracciones interesantes.
Did you know..
In Catalonia, the people celebrate
St George’s Day.
?
They refer to the day in Catalan as
“La Diada de Sant Jordi”
and on this day it is traditional to give
a rose and a book to a loved one
20Pictures:
Centre: Nou Camp
Bottom left: Sagrada Familia
Strip of images (l to r): Pupils relaxing; Park
Güell; Formula 1 at Montmeló; Park Güell
Top right: the Math school visiting party
21annual.art.exhibi ion
The Annual Art Exhibition was
t
held on the 22nd June in the
Art department and 6th form
common room. The students
work was proudly exhibited and
well received by parents, staff,
governors and friends.
The coursework and examination
units for both GCSE and A-level
provoked interesting and highly
skilled interpretations on themes
as wide ranging as ‘Light and
Dark’ to ‘Shopping Trolley’.
A diverse range of style and
medium were on display, a great
credit to the creativity of the
students.
The Guest of Honour this year
was Martin Lang, an artist and
senior lecturer at UCA. He spoke
extremely highly of the work
and was very impressed with the
range of ideas and processes on
display. He awarded the annual
prize, sponsored by Francis Iles,
to Nicole Teo, for her piece based
on the theme ‘Curves’.
Joe Cook
Once again the evening was
combined with the junior
concert, resulting in an excellent
evening of celebration of the arts
at the Math.Chloe Hooker
Morgan CookeNick Gaul
Tom Boothby
Rachel WardMATH SCHOOL
VISIT TO THE
JAMIE KNIGHTS REFLECTS ON AN EVENTFUL
TRIP TO THE USA, WITH VISITS TO YOSEMITE,
THE GRAND CANYON AND EVEN A LOCAL
HOSPITAL FOR ONE UNFORTUNATE PUPIL!
M iss Leach’s trip, to the U S of A, took place in the
summer of 2011.
Thirty-five pupils and four members of staff flew from Gatwick
International Airport to San Francisco International Airport on
26/07/11 and landed at 15.00.
We spent two nights in San Francisco. The first whole day
we visited Alcatraz Island and then ate at the Bubba Gump
Shrimp Company where life seemed like a box of chocolates!
We travelled from California to Arizona then onto Nevada and
then onto California again… somehow!
Our guide told us that England has its history but America
has its geography and he certainly wasn’t lying!
We saw waterfalls and vast forests at Yosemite National Park
in California; The Grand Canyon in all its magnificent glory
in Arizona; we went to one of the hottest places on Earth –
Death Valley (Furnace Creek!) where the average annual
rainfall is 2.36 inches! However, when nearly forty-odd Brits
rock up, it decides to STORM!! Rain, thunder, lightning, more
rain! It was brilliant!
This leads me onto the lowest moment of the trip, the
beginning of the long epic problem that turned out to be the
punctured lung of Tom Adams!
Tom was rushed to a small hospital outside of Las Vegas – at
26“
this point no one knew what was wrong with Tom or even
why he was ill! We all, of course, wished Tom a speedy
recovery.
We had a great time in ‘FABULOUS LAS VEGAS’; walking “Tom was rushed
through the casinos and hotels and in the evening walking
down the Las Vegas Strip, watching a few street shows, the to a small hospital
Bellagio Fountains and seeing a little Elvis! outside of Las
We finished the trip in Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Beverly Vegas....”
Hills! In all, it was an absolutely fantastic trip and I couldn’t
have asked for a better group – one of the best holidays I
have ever been on!
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A LAVISH MUSICAL WITH ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF THE WEST END, THE
MATH SCHOOL’S PRODUCTION OF WE WILL ROCK YOU MAY WELL
BE THE SCHOOL’S MOST AMBITIOUS TO DATE. ONE OF THE LEADING
LIGHTS OF THE MUSICAL IS PHILL VIDLER.
MUSSAVER AHMEDI TALKS TO HIM ABOUT NERVES, PLAYING TO BIG
CROWDS AND HIS MUSICAL AMBITIONS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
So, little over 3 weeks away from the big performance,
are you feeling nervous?
A little bit, but we’re sure it’ll be a good show for
everyone to watch. If you’re not nervous, then it’s
a sign that you’ve not rehearsed enough. With West
Side Story (last Christmas musical), we had been
rehearsing for only three months and there was a
lot more work to do in a lot less time. This time
round, we’ve been rehearsing since May, so
we’re a lot more prepared.
What can you tell us about it?
Set 300 years into the future, where musical
instruments and freedom of thought are
banned, the show follows the journey of
Galileo Figaro, who has strange dreams
and hears sounds and words that he
doesn’t understand. He doesn’t fit in with
the perfect plastic “GaGa Kids”, and
neither does Scaramouche, a similarly
rebellious girl who he meets on the
28way. Along with a group of rebels called The my Year 6 Leaver’s Musical. I didn’t act again
Bohemians, Galileo and Scaramouche battle until Year 11, where I auditioned for Romeo and
the Globalsoft Corporation for the freedom of Juliet for the Math’s School Players, and I’ve
real music. It’s a great show for all ages. been a part of the family ever since.
How many times do you rehearse a week?
Outside of school, you have a YouTube
It varies; we normally rehearse at least twice channel, what exactly do you put on it and
a week after school till half 4, 5; and on a have you had any positive or negative
Saturday we rehearse from half 8 in the morning comments regarding your music?
till half 3. They’re long days, but they’re really
productive and it’s a nice, relaxed atmosphere. I have two channels, one of which I put music,
my own original songs and covers, and on one
It sounds like you’re quite the performer, channel I put video blogs, just about what I’m
have you had any teaching? doing in my life. I have many positive comments
on my music videos, but I get my fair share
I have never had lessons for singing. I was of negative ones too. My video blogs get
taught guitar from when I was 8 till I was 12, less comments (because I have less people
but have been self-taught since. I learned how watching me on there) but the comments are
to perform through watching other acts like generally saying how the video was funny or
Freddie Mercury, who is a big idol of mine. how they love my mum (there are videos of me
going out with my mum on there, they don’t just
What and who inspired you to be a musician randomly love my mum) (Laughs)
and actor?
How often do you perform live?
My dad, who died before I was born, was a
musician, and he did gigs all over. His stories Lately I’ve not had that many gigs for singing
were what I was brought up with, and I was and playing guitar, because I’ve literally had no
inspired to learn the guitar at the age of 8. I’ve time to spare; I’ve been in two other musicals at
been singing all my life. I acted a bit in primary the same time as We Will Rock You. I did
school, where I played the lead in my Year 5
class assembly, and played one of the leads in continued on page 32 →
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however play a gig with my girlfriend Rach (who is
playing Meat in We Will Rock You) in the middle of
November, which was lovely.
Where and when was your favourite gig?
My favourite gig was at Rochester Castle Gardens at the
Under Siege concert in 2009, in front of 2,500 people.
It was an amazing experience to have all those people
watching and listening at once.
When is your next performance?
The next performance that I’m doing is We Will Rock
You itself, so I’ve got a lot of time to keep practising my
songs and to make sure that I’ve nailed all my parts.
Do you plan to do anything music or theatre-related
post 6th form?
I was going to be applying to a specialised music college
in Guildford, but very recently I decided that music
wasn’t a reliable enough career choice and that the
music industry would be far too difficult to get into. Even
though I will still do music as a hobby, I am now applying
to Canterbury Christchurch to study Primary School
Education.
Why should people go and watch We Will Rock You?
The music of Queen is generally considered some of the
best of the 20th century; if not the entire history of music.
The storyline is fun and engaging, and the characters
are really fun. Also, it’s only £2 a ticket, so it’s a steal!
W ith the talents of Phill and the rest of the cast and
crew involved in “We Will Rock You”, we couldn’t
agree more. You could be paying a lot more than £2 to
see some of these in the not too distant future!
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Facing up
to the
Challenges
PUPILS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OF
THE MATH SCHOOL’S DUKE OF EDINBURGH
AWARD SCHEME.
DofE Bronze Award
by Jamie Holland
F ollowing the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition, in the
last summer term, I have fully realised the benefits of the
award scheme. You need good organisation at the beginning,
but, once that is done, finishing it is quite easy.
But don’t underestimate it. It was really fun on the practice and
assessed expedition walks, but they are challenging. Be prepared
for the cold, mud and wet weather!
The requirements are to learn new skills, do a physical activity and
volunteer to help people. Volunteering is a real boon and builds
on your self-confidence. It is fun to learn these new skills and you
might find talents in you that you never even thought you had!
During the scheme, you can make new friends, and get to know
about the countryside. I have enjoyed the award very much, since I
am an Explorer Scout, and will continue onto the silver award and,
probably, the Gold award. I would recommend the DofE Award to
everyone out there.
DofE Silver Award
by Arun Aggarwal
I n June, it was finally time for Year 11 to embark on our
assessed Silver DofE. We had all done 3 or 6 months of physical, skills and volunteering, and
were excited about the prospect of missing school and going on the expedition.
I had packed weeks beforehand and had a tonne of food ready to be consumed by seven hungry boys
in my fridge. We had organised ourselves pretty quickly, going in at lunchtimes and even after schools to
prepare our route and practice setting up our tent (we had learnt from our mistakes on the silver practice).
I was lucky. I had a group that consisted of individuals that were confident that we could tackle any bumps
along the way. I personally did most of the mapping and we were ready to go within two weeks.
On the day, we arrived at the meet point at 7 am sharp, eager to go on. We were met with our group
34“
“
“...leaves you with
a collection of only
fond memories.”
assessor who promptly told us we had made a point, we quickly erected our tents and then took
mistake on the routes. After rectifying the mistake, a well-deserved break before we would have to
we set off. make our dinner.
Unfortunately the heavens decided to open at this
The first walk was hard. We walked at a fast pace, point and a torrent of water hurtled down towards
which ensured that we covered ground efficiently, our little camp, bombarding us and drenching our
and we were therefore able to take long breaks. tents. We quickly put waterproofs on and through
We laughed a lot and gained treasured memories initiative and exceptional thinking we were able to
from our expedition. make a makeshift shelter in which we were able to
cook our food. After that, we returned to our tents,
On the first day we walked 20km, and our feet soaked to the bone. At
were dead when we reached the camp! At this this point morale was continued on page 36→
35low. However, we were able to eventually get to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award, attended
sleep and when we awoke the sun was shining and our Gold presentation at St James’ Palace
the ground dry. London.
The second day was much easier than the previous. We were each presented our certificates in an
We were physically prepared to walk 15km and event attended by both other participants and
mentally prepared, as after the night before, we felt many proud beaming parents. The certificates were
as though we could do pretty much anything! This presented by an ex-Olympic athlete, and included
day was calmer and no problems arose, except an account of her Duke of Edinburgh’s Award when
from a bus driver that stopped for us four times she participated in the 1960s. This gave a fitting
when we were walking. The temptation was strong, perspective of how long the award has been a part
but we were stronger. of so many young people’s lives.
We arrived at the camp ahead of schedule and in Our marshalls included the dashing Mr Parker in
the glorious sunshine, we set about putting our tents a suit (always a funny sight), who had guided all
up, and playing catch with a rugby ball someone fifteen of us through the award.
had brought.
The awarding of this certificate marked the end of a
The final day was a piece of cake. We walked our long era of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award for many,
10km and had two 1 hour breaks so we were really however it’s worth noting that it’s not necessarily the
relaxed when we sauntered in to the final campsite. end with so many further volunteering opportunities
We were rewarded with a bar of chocolate the award brings. It has brought motivation to do
(something usually taken for granted, but that tasted more than the minimum requirement and we can
so good!) and waited for our parents to pick us up. I continue to hold this attitude despite the award itself
went home with a real feeling of accomplishment. being over. We also got the privilege of meeting
Prince Philip and experiencing his humour which is
DofE Gold Award by all means second to none. Even if for that reason
by Michael Connoly alone I encourage everyone to participate in the
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme as it leaves
O n Tuesday the 15th of October, nine of the
fifteen ex-Math pupils and I, who achieved
you with a collection of only fond memories.
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OUT AND ABOUT tea service had been completed, tubs of ice-
cream were served.
C yril Sullivan wrote at the end of last
year (too late for the 2010 magazine),
to report on his and his wife Glenda’s
When the Royal party departed, the National
Anthem was again played and then the guests
slowly made their way through the grounds to
attendance at the Queen’s Garden party held
various gates, taking a last look at the wide
at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 20th July.
selection of trees and shrubs along the way.
The Royal Over-Seas League, of which he is
Thus ended a memorable day, with the
a member, had earlier received an invitation
experience stored amongst memories of other
for members to attend one of the 2010 Garden
special occasions.
Parties held in London or Holyrood House,
Edinburgh. As a subsequence Cyril and Glenda
were successful in the ballot for invitations.
VETERANS
The temperature on the day was 26C (77F) and LUNCHEON
‘sunny’ which meant there was high humidity
content, which was quite noticeable when
wearing the “dress of the day”!
T his year’s luncheon took place in
the Clubhouse on Wednesday 13th
April, with 60 members booked in for the
On arrival, the “quiet” efficient organisation of
occasion. Several subsequently cancelled,
the occasion was immediately noticeable and
including John Soffe who had suffered a bad
as they made their way through the ground
fall at home the previous day. Apologies for
floor rooms to the West Terrace leading to the
absence were received from Dr Holden, Mick
Gardens, there was an ample opportunity to
Costello (Chair of Governors), Bob Burge,
enjoy a “snapshot” memory of the splendour of
David Campbell, Roy Farrow, Barry Macey,
the décor.
John Nixon and Keith Williams.
Having managed to obtain chairs in the shade of
The Secretary in his brief report welcomed Mike
trees by the lake, they were admirable positioned
Cornelius and David Tilley to their first luncheon
to view the programme of events leading up the
which he hoped would be one of many. Also a
arrival of the Royal Party. The group consisted
huge vote of thanks to Peter Meyers for manning
of the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of
the bar. He concluded by requesting all to join
Wales and Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke
in a rendition of “Happy Birthday” for Ron Ward
and Duchess of Gloucester.
who was celebrating his 75th Birthday that day.
After the National Anthem, tea was served in
Two of our “prolific globe-trotters” were again
the main tea tent and guests were guided to
in attendance, namely John Kilby from Canada
the shortest queue at trestle tables, laden with
and Geoff Tomlin from New Zealand and it
delicious edibles of which the overwhelming
was a pleasure to see them both once again.
favourite was chocolate fudge cake decorated
This also applies to Paul Manwaring who
with the Coat of Arms. Unfortunately due to
had been chauffeured to be in attendance by
the prevailing climate it had to be eaten since
David Branch, Paul had been in poor health
the weather was too warm for it to survive as a
for sometime but was determined to see all
“souvenir” to take home.
his friends one more time, sadly his health has
continued to deteriorate. Those in attendance
Throughout the afternoon there was a “water
were:-
station” manned by uniformed servers, which
was most appreciated by the guests. After the
38AMSONIANS
Brian Baker Peter Lingham The Old Williamsonian
Keith Baker Frank Linton
Ted Baker Bill Madden Club – How it began.
Ted Bowler Paul Manwaring
David Branch
Dick Burn
Geoff Marshall
Ron Martin C opy from the Rochester & Chatham
Journal & Mid-Kent Advertiser dated
1891.
Steve Collins Don Martin
Mike Cornelius Trevor Martin
Keith Crabb Frank Nicholas Mathematical School – Past & Present.
Terry Doust Ron Nicolas A football match between past and present
David Elham Brian Nicholson scholars of the Mathematical School, Rochester,
Barry Evans Dennis Pepper was played on the school ground on Saturday.
David Felingham Russell Race After a fast and exciting game, the match ended
Michael Fielder Pat Sandford in a draw of 2 goals each. For the school, Penn,
Michael Gibbs David Swan H.Collins, Hoadley and Wingent played in good
Stephen Goddard John Taylor form, while for the Old Boys W.West, Siburn,
Jim Godman John Thomsett R.Lane and Newlyn were particularly noticeable.
David Gurney John Thurston
John Gurney David Tilley The opposing teams were as follows:
Alan Hall Geoff Tomlin Past – J.O.West (goal),J Siburn, E.West (backs),
Dennis Hills Gordon Trowler E.Lewis, A.Newlyn, E.Brooker (half-backs),
David Kesby John Turner A.Lane, R.Lane, Fishlock, W.West, Williamson
John Kilby John Wadhams (forwards).
Margaret King Tom Waller Present – F.Wingent (goal), H.Collins,
Peter King Ron Ward W.Shrubsole (backs), P.Shrubsole, F.Collins,
John Lance Vic Westlake Moorett (half-backs), W.Penn, Webber, Hills,
Geoff Lee Fred Wigley. W.Lane, E.Hoadley (forwards).
After the match the teams adjourned to the
school where tea had been provided by Mr Bird,
CLUB NEWS the Head Master. A meeting was held in the
evening to consider the advisability of forming an
I n case members like me, have ever Old Boys Association, when it was unanimously
wondered how the Old Boys Club came into decided to form a “Williamsonian Society”.
being 110 years ago. I have detailed below
an extract from a local newspaper, which A committee was elected to carry out the
I came across in papers recently received programme for the winter, which will consist of
from Hazel Walsh whilst clearing out club concerts, debates etc. It was hoped that all Old
papers collected by her late husband Don. Boys of the school wishing to become members
This may have been published in a previous of the society would apply to Mr E West, Station
copy of the School magazine, although I was Road, Strood, who undertook to forward any
not aware of it. (A.E.J) necessary information respecting the institution.
A short concert followed the meeting, when
songs were given by Messrs Mathews and
Williamson, recitations by Messrs Thompson
and C.Sidders, and a duet (violin and piano) by
Messrs F.Cole and H.Barnet.
A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Bird
39for his kindness in presiding. news from members and former pupils,
especially those who have left the school
Editor’s Note: recently, to know how they are getting on in
Mr Bird died in 1910 and Harold Young their new voactions. All correspondence should
remembers being one of the boys who lined the be forwarded to him at :
approach avenue to Frindsbury Church where 13 Cork Street,
the funeral service was held. The boys were Eccles,
given a holiday from school for the occasion. near Aylesford,
Kent.
In 1991, during the centenary of the Club, ME20 7HG.
efforts were made to locate the grave of Mr Bird. Telephone 01622 710382.
A physical search was conducted and enquires
were made to the Civil Authorities and the Vicar ONCE AGAIN HE EMPHASISES THAT
of Frindsbury Church without success. MEMBERS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ANY
CHANGES OF ADDRESS ARE SENT TO HIM
Secretary’s comments: AS THEY OCCUR.
Harold Young celebrated his 100th Birthday
on 27th April 1995 and sadly died the following Failure to do so continues to cause considerable
year. It is intended to make a further effort to problems.
locate Mr Bird’s grave.
The following officers and committee members CLUB TREASURER
were elected to serve the club -
President
Chairman
Dr G Holden
Stephen Goddard
G eoffrey Lee (8 Hazlitt Drive, Maidstone,
Kent. ME16 0EG. Telephone 01622
681830) continues to deal with day-to-
Vice Chairman Ian McLeod day financial matters. It would facilitate
Secretary Albert Johnson administration if annual subscriptions could
Treasurer Geoffrey Lee be paid by standing order – copies are
Assistant Treasurer Michael Fielder available from Geoffrey or Albert Johnson.
Bar Secretary Chris Halls
Past Chairman Chris Halls OWC WEBSITE
Governors’ Christopher Dimmock
The Club’s dedicated website is www.
Representatives David Routledge
oldwilliamsonianclub.com and is managed by
School Liaison Officer Steven Marsden
Committee Members Ray Boast Chris Halls who can be contacted on chris.
Matt Clemens-Lary halls@btopenworld.com.
Chris Dimmick
Michael Fielder CENTENARY 200 CLUB
Dan Harrison
M
Peter King ichael Fielder has taken over
Chris Halls
management of this club and
Maria Koller-Willard
welcomes applications from members
David Routledge
to join.
OW EDITOR and CLUB Members can purchase up to a
MEMBERSHIP maximum of 5 shares at an
annual cost of £12.00 each.
A lbert Johnson (secretary) welcomes
applications for membership, the
subsriptions for which are: Annual: £10;
There are monthly draw prizes
of £25.00 and £12.00, with
an annual prize of
Ten-Year: £80; Life: £300. £250.00, which is
Additonally, he is always pleased to receive
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