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It has been lovely to welcome back a significant number of OAs and Former Staff during the last year. I am very grateful to Tom Gregory for showing round all those who visited during the summer term as I was absent following my skiing accident. Tom kindly provided the words that accompany the first four visitors.
St Andrews revisited
Peter Hensman OBE (1962)
Nici Foote nee Hadfield (1991)
Set Tutor, and he remembered being taught Science by him up in the old laboratory (first floor of the barn). He also recalled the darkroom at the back of the room where Eric Sier ran his Photography activity. Despite the many changes and improvements to the boarding house, Jeremy was able to pinpoint exactly where his bed had been in his old dormitory. He also pointed out the window he had often sat at, awaiting the arrival of his parent’s car at school. Invariably he had to wait quite some time, so much so that he could quite easily fall asleep at the windowsill!
the square asphalt, roller skating on the long asphalt and physical education and ballroom dancing. I was delighted to see Peter wearing his Cambridge OA tie and St Andrew’s cufflinks. Charlie de Wirtz (1985) On Friday May 17 I bumped into Charlie on Darley Road who was in Eastbourne to visit his mother. Charlie was a contemporary of my brother, Barnaby, and was a fierce footballer. Charlie and I reminisced as we ventured round the school and also shared memories of our days as Androvians in the mid 80’s. He was a strong all rounder and played for the 1st teams in Football and Hockey as well as the 2nd XV Rugby and 2nd XI Cricket. Charlie now works in London as a corporate English language tutor. Jeremy Loyd (1968) Jeremy took the opportunity to drop in and revisit St Andrews on June 11th whilst he was down in Sussex with his wife Annie on a short break. This was the first time he had been back to Eastbourne since moving onto Pangbourne College in 1968. Jeremy was in VC’s, with Mr Harrison as his
Nici Foote
Peter Hensman
On May 16 Peter revisited us for the first time since July 1962 when he left St Andrews and moved on to Harrow. When he arrived, as an eight year old in 1957, he was placed into Sea Kings but was then transferred to Nomads, as this had been his father’s set when he was at the school (1925–1928). Peter remembered his time at St Andrews with great fondness and told me stories of learning to swim in the plunge pool (which is still under Piglets Pantry), as well as summer swims in the sea. He also recalled being taught science in the old lab, formerly in S5, as well as morning exercise on
Nici visited us again on May 13, not just to see the school again but also in her professional role as an EdTech Strategist and Innovator. She still holds very fond memories of her days at St Andrews and she was keen to see if she could help us in further developing our use of IT within the classroom. Fondly reminiscing about her time at the school, Nici expressed how it represented the happiest chapter of her education, emphasising the strong sense of familial belonging and community. Her visit was an absolute joy and she kindly returned later in the term to lead a workshop on IT.
Jeremy Loyd
In the Autumn term we had three more visitors...
Firstly, on 1st October we were revisited by Andrew Price (Old Aschamian 1952 and Former Head of Art) . He came into school to talk to the children about his latest book ‘Douglas’ Diary’ which has just been published. He read to them and explained about the book’s origin as a diary of a narrow boat holiday on the canal system ‘written’ by the family dog, Douglas.
Secondly, we welcomed back Dr John Daniels , (OA 1958 and OE 1963)
on October 13th who had travelled
down from Berwick on Tweed to visit the College as well as St Andrews. This was the first time in 60 years that he had revisited the school. He
delivered a fascinating talk to the Prep School about his involvement in the Cross River Gorilla Project and its work in the Cameroon Rainforest. This is a charity that John himself set up ten years ago. Its aim has been to ensure the survival of this critically endangered Dr John Daniels
Andrew Price
Finally we welcomed back Liam Sharp (OA 1981 and OE 1986) on October 17th. He was the first ever Art Scholar at St Andrews and went on to become a comic book artist, writer and publisher. Liam talked to a Year 7 class as well as leading a workshop for the Art Scholars. He spoke about how it all started for him at school and his love of mythology which is often an inspiration for his work. Liam also shared some of his awesome art with the children.
species in the Lebialem Highlands which is the sole remaining area in which they live. John is also a leading authority on butterflies and has written two books on the language of their wings.
John in Cameroon
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