St Edward's Rhubarb Issue 5

ST EDWARD’S r h u b a r b

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OSE News

1946 Nigel Sturt (B, 1941-1946) and his wife Pam celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year.

1987 Stephen Cobb (E, 1982-1987) writes: “In May of 2015 I took a big step and left BAE Systems whom I had been working for since leaving university. Over the course of a 23-year career I worked on Harrier jump jets, all of BAE’s unmanned aircraft programmes (including a spell as the Project Manager for the Taranis stealth demonstrator), a couple of major organisational restructuring projects and the Trident Successor nuclear submarine. I’m currently working for Jaguar Land Rover - another great British company! - where I am Project Manager for a future model on the medium SUV platform (Range Rover Evoque and Discovery Sport). I’ve left Lancashire and moved to a small village just outside Banbury.”

Hugh Richards, Nigel Taylor, Steve Fordyce and Simon Jenkins (all D, 1974-1979) to celebrate forty years since we joined St Edward’s - and we hadn’t changed a bit!” Christopher Hartley (D, 1975-1979) was awarded an LLB (Hon) from the University of Bristol (Doctorate of Laws) in recognition of international achievements and service to the sport of rowing. 1983 Martin Lynch (H, 1979-1983) has returned from his cycle ride from Adelaide to Darwin in one piece, raising over $350,000 for the mental health charity the Black Dog Institute. He is pictured here wearing his Tinkoff-Saxo Teddies 2-Wheeler cycling jersey.

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Michael Barraclough Pulman

1950 Michael Barraclough Pulman (G, 1946- 1950) writes: “I was the privileged guest of Gordon Hutton (G, 1946-1952), (right in the picture), at his beautiful house in Cumbria in early May. Much of our talk centred on the unforgettable culture trip to Paris we went on with the late Mervyn Evans and his late wife Yvonne during the Easter holidays in 1950. This was an expedition that began a love affair with France that has lasted, for both of us it seems, to the day this picture was taken, when I was on my way to Paris. The interpolated black-and-whites are from a Segar’s House group picture taken in either 1949 or 1950.” 1965 Reverend Simon Croft (C, 1965-1968) has retired from being Vicar of Dawlish, after almost 40 years of parish life in Exeter Diocese. Having no more evening meetings is wonderful! He and his wife Shirley, also recently retired from teaching, have moved back to Exeter, where two of their sons live. 1979 Alastair Hayward (D, 1974-1979) writes: “We have been living in Chicago for the last three years as I was offered a role here by the company that I work for (Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty). We are enjoying living here especially being close to Lincoln Park and Lake Michigan. When I was back in England in the autumn of 2014, I met up with

Martin Lynch

Lena Poulton 1992

Fergus Livingstone (C, 1981-1986) Fergus and Guðrun Livingstone and family have moved to Reykjavik after 25 years of schoolmastering and headmastering, to set up and run a holiday letting company. They have several properties, one by a glacial lake just north of the city and the others in central Reykjavik itself. The flagship property is The Old Bicycle Shop, their family-owned guesthouse in the heart of the old city. They would love to welcome any OSE (or their children, their parents or friends) to Reykjavik, which is every bit as fantastic as its reputation suggests, and can offer not only accommodation to suit all needs, but also advice and insider knowledge. They can be contacted at oldbicycleshop@gmail.com

Lena Poulton (née Havranek) (D, 1990- 1992) writes: “Two years ago I started competing in triathlons having swum and rowed for Teddies and then at Medical School. This year I came second in the National and British Triathlon Age Group Championships. This meant that I qualified to represent Great Britain for the European Age Group Triathlon Championships in Geneva in July this year where I won Bronze, and went on to race for GB at the World Triathlon Championships in Chicago in September. There I won Silver which I am really pleased with. The whole experience so far has been amazing. I have been happily married since 1997 and have three sons. I work as a part-time GP in High Wycombe.”