St Edward's Rhubarb - 2018

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OSE News 1956 Brian Greenwood (E, 1952-1956), who is an expert on global malaria control, was the keynote speaker at the Global Health event at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in February 2018. 1959 Chris Brockbank (E, 1955-1959) told the OSE Office that from the days of wearing short trousers, flying with the RAF was his intended career (his father was an RAF MO in the War). However after two years in the RAF he reached different career conclusions and then served eight years in the RAFVR helping run ATC Squadrons, and also flying glider tugs at weekends. Most of his working life has been with multi-national companies, Kodak and Bunzl, followed by ESV plc, in marketing and business management roles. Some Kodak remits included marketing research, aerial and satellite photography, and advising Keele University’s Air Photo Library project. Latterly, he worked with Allied Dunbar and Zurich in financial planning for business. Chris became associated with the Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial (LBCM) Trust in August 2012. Following the digital archive interviewing training in November 2014, he has conducted a fascinating range of veteran interviews of ground personnel and aircrew, with some amazing tales of the unexpected. 1961 Roger Hyslop (G, 1956-1961) has finally retired from business (for the third and last time!) at the age of 74. After spending five years at Nestlé learning the skills of marketing, he transferred to the agency side and in 1975 founded Triangle Communications with three colleagues. Triangle specialised in the emerging discipline of sales promotion, creating many award-winning campaigns for famous companies and brands, including Cadbury, a relationship Roger enjoyed continuously for 27 years. As one of the industry pioneers of creative sales promotion, he was made a Fellow of the Institute of Sales Promotion in 2003. When the business, by this time a group of five companies with over 150 employees, was acquired by the French Publicis Group in 2005 he

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published a new catalogue containing more than 70 colour plates of murals painted by them in various parts of the world over the past four decades. If you are interested in this kind of work, further details can be seen on www.timanaplant.com/books 1963 Michael Hodson (E, 1959-1963) is arranging a reunion expedition to Morocco in May 2019 for those OSE who went on the School expedition in 1969. Currently Peter Jones (F, 1964-1968), Keith Page (D, 1963-1968), Richard Greenway (D, 1964-1968), Jeremy Watson (C, 1965-1969), Geoff Hand (G, 1958-1963) and Jeremy Fardoe (D, 1964-1968) have signed up. We have not heard from, or been able to get in touch with, everyone. Bob Brock (B, 1965- 1969), Richard Goddard (C, 1964-1968), Richard Goodall (D, 1965-1970), Mark Howell (E, 1967-1969), Russell Samuels (E, 1965-1970), David Trow (A, 1964- 1969), Brian Williamson (F, 1963-1968) there is still time to join! Please contact the OSE Office if you were a member of the original expedition. Michael writes that “We shall be thinking of Noel Cash (F, 1945-1950), Peter Mallalieu (CR, 1937- 2017) and Charles Massey (D, 1964- 1969), who sadly have passed away.”

briefly retired, but was then invited to be a non-executive director at his son-in-law’s soon-to-be-launched agency, Initials. Roger spent 10 years with Initials, helping it grow from its launch to a pre-eminent position in the marketing communications industry today, with 50 employees and a blue chip client list. Roger cites his competitive nature and his drama skills learnt at St Edward’s as having contributed significantly to his business career. He represented Teddies at seven different sports, played scrum half in the 1960 unbeaten rugby side, and starred in both school and house plays. He became the go-to person for public speaking in his agency, and was frequently invited to speak at conferences to audiences ranging from a roomful in Bournville to 1,200 delegates at the International Marketing and Sales Conference for South African Breweries in Sun City! He also published articles in the marketing trade press, and latterly contributed to the development of the Initials agency brand with pieces in the media and on their website. He lists his retirement interests as golf, foreign travel, music and, naturally, the theatre and watching major sporting events. Tim Plant (B, 1957-1961) let the OSE Office know that to celebrate 40 years of mural painting, he and his wife Ana, who painted the mural in the Dining Hall, have