I knew that I wanted to be a teacher by the time I was about 14. My whole attitude to learning was the product of the system at Tudor where I was from the age of 8 until I left just before my 18th birthday, between September 1938 and December 1947. This was the Dalton System based on the philosophy of self-motivation.

I read Modern History (that is post 410 AD until 1918) at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, then did my Dip. Ed. at Oxford and began teaching.

Eleven years in what is now Zambia left me with an enduring interest in pre-colonial African history. I realised that Britain as an imperial power had air-brushed all this out as if it had never happened. But it prompted me later to develop a General Studies course on Pre-colonial African History for sixth formers.

Returning to Britain in 1965, I spent the next 27 years teaching in Haywards Heath. I taught a combined English and history course. Then there was developing and teaching over many years an A-level British Social and Economic History course covering the period from 1066 to modern times; and at the same time teaching a fairly traditional British political history course covering the 17th and 18th centuries. In the last few years before retirement I developed an A level course covering Protest in British History which ranged from the Peasants’ Revolt; through the Levellers; the Chartists and the Suffragettes.

Since retiring at 65, I have spent 12 years obtaining an Open University BSc covering a range of modules from astronomy to climate change; and from statistics to history of science. I enjoy researching new topics for presenting to a variety of groups - my most recent topics being the artist Zoffany, and also the history of Byzantium.

Inspirational Teachers

I am not sure where or when my desire to teach crept up on me - I am almost certain that teaching would not have even registered as a potential amongst the law, banking and even political careers that I had my eye on at school. Yet as all my friends hurriedly applied for internships and graduate training programmes during university, I felt no desire to join them. Instead, I shadowed a History teacher at a comprehensive on the outskirts of Cambridge. Although a cliché, it is true to say that I have never looked back. I think the desire to teach was twofold. Fuelled by a fascination for Classics which undoubtedly originates from a Portakabin between Ashtons and Inglis and two inspirational Tudorian Classics teachers, the notion of continually learning more about my subject was hugely attractive. Secondly, teaching a range of students of different abilities, backgrounds and character each day is both compelling and inspiring - no two days or classes are the same.

Both my training schools and all my posts to date have been in the state sector. I trained for a PGCE at one of only two Secondary Classics courses nationally and then took up a post as a Head of Classics at a large comprehensive called Saffron Walden County High School in Essex. I spent 4 extremely happy years there building up their Classics department. It was optimistic and exhilarating to see the enthusiasm for Latin and Classics amongst the students and to watch a department grow at a time when Classics occupies a peripheral place on the state school curriculum. Recently, I have moved to Mossbourne Community Academy as Head of Classics and am thoroughly enjoying getting to know a new set of students and sharing a love for Classics with them.

Last week, a friend of my son asked if I would know anything about the Romans. Zac piped up, “Oh yes, she will”, adding, “she is a secondary school history teacher.” I felt my heart swell; he seemed to be genuinely proud of what I did. Zac then lent towards his friend, and in a low whisper added, “That’s why she is so strict!”

I am very proud to be a teacher. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to teach. Perhaps this was a surprising career choice for a student who could lack focus and could often be found on the wrong side of the classroom door! Mrs Granville is one of the key reasons why I chose to teach history - her knowledge, interest and delivery made even me want to learn. My work experience in the Fives was at a Prep School and Mrs Upton, then head of LVI, drove me each week for a whole term to a local school. Still I wanted to be a teacher!

Teaching is not a career suited to people who think it’s all about the 4 o’clock finish and the long summer holidays! It is hard work, but getting to know the children, helping them understand, making them aspire to more, to recognize their own achievements, is a huge reward.

I have taught in a range of secondary schools in London, both as a class teacher and Head of Department. I have published teaching resources and marked GCSE examinations. I hope one day to be a schools inspector. However, it is in the classroom teaching history that I am most happy, most challenged and most fulfilled.

Jenny Porter (Forman)1947 leaver

Rebecca Prior (Mitchell)1991 leaver

Etta Martin Smith2005 leaver

OLD TUDORIANS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2014 / No 5

OT TIMES

Ten years is a milestone for anyone, but in the chop-and-change culture of modern life ten years is significant. The meaning of time is often lost at Tudor. Staff stay for years, give up many a weekend and old girls cannot be kept away.

Indeed, there could not have been a more fitting way of marking the milestone than bringing back “Wendy’s Girls” for a reunion and lunch.

In the two years since I left not much had changed. The only noticeable difference was the newly refurbished Inglis House and the work being done to the IVs. The change in personnel since I left had altered the school dynamic, but the essence of

“Wendy’s Girls – Ten Years at Tudor”Sunday 23 June

Tudor was very much present when wandering the corridors with my year group.

I think I speak for us all by saying that the best part of returning was not going to see the dining room, the ballroom or the library, but visiting the houses and the dorms we once occupied. I visited the IIIs, IVs, LVI and UVI and in each case returned to my old dorm with the friends I had shared it with to recount the old stories.

One thing that certainly had not changed was the quality of Mrs Tubb’s lunches. I travelled to the day with a large group of my Tudor friends and it would be right to say that the expected highlight

would be lunch. What was served can only be described as a fine summer feast! The caviar was out, the salads were packed with different fruits and vegetables and my favourite salmon was served. It lived up to expectation!

Though time may pass what will always remain constant is a Tudor Hall girls’ love of food, friendship and kinship with the school. Miss Griffiths spoke about Tudor getting into your blood and I think she is right. I will always feel extremely close to the school and the friends I made there, regardless of how many decades go past.

Sofia Westaby (2011 leaver)

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Our trips around the country to see OTs in their university towns has been fun for all concerned. This year we went to Leeds, Edinburgh and closer to home, Oxford…

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OXFORDLEEDS

GRADUATIONS IN 2013Chantal Hathaway (2009) 2.1 Medical Sciences with Orthopaedic Science, UCL

Claudia Kendall (2009) 2.1 Zoology, Durham

Charlotte Allen (2009) 1st Chemistry, Bristol

Isabella Proby (2009) 2.1 Theology, Durham

Janet Okolie (2009) 2.1 French and History of Art, Edinburgh

Alice Hobhouse (2009) 2.1 History of Art, Manchester

Florence Taylor (2010) 2.1 History, Queen Mary’s University, London

Natasha Wallace (2010) 2.1 Fashion, University of West England

Marina de Pass (2009) 2.1 French and Spanish, Edinburgh

Sophie Twiston-Davies (2008) 2.1 History and Spanish, Edinburgh

Tilly Seccombe (2008) 2.1 Classical Studies, Edinburgh

Celia Pelly (2008) 2.1 Philosophy, Edinburgh

Harriet Ashton (2008) 2.1 History of Art, Edinburgh

Victoria Wells (2009) 2.1 Theology, Durham

Poppy Morant (2009) 2.1 Marketing and Management, Newcastle

Flora Fellowes (2009) 1st Politics, Newcastle

Olivia Ingleby (2009) 2.1 History of Art, Bristol

Isabel Boycott (2009) 2.1 Economics and Geography, Leeds

Isobel Wilson (2009) 1st Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cardiff

Serena Rudge (2009) 2.1 English, York

Lizzie Shannon (2008) 2.1 History of Art, Bristol

Charlotte Tunnicliffe (2009) 2.1 Philosophy and Politics, Edinburgh

GRADUATIONS IN 2012

Alexie Bonavia (2008) 2.1 Spanish and Italian with European Studies, Bath

University Fair Saturday 7 September

Thank you to all of you who came to the University Fair. Your advice is always invaluable for the UVI girls as they complete their UCAS forms.

Lily Thomson, Charlotte Allen, Edwina Cox, Daisy Francklin, Zoe Twiston-Davies, Camilla Brown, Isabella Proby, Victoria van der Gucht, Tamara Koch de Gooreynd, Henrietta Wilson, Millie Simpson, Lulu Christopherson, Charlotte Deakin, Florence Taylor, Bella White and Chantal Hathaway.

Miss Griffiths was in Newcastle for the Girls’ Schools Association Annual Conference in November and had a chance

to catch up with OTs studying in Newcastle and Durham…

“Having not heard of other secondary

schools doing anything similar, we certainly felt very lucky and happy to have

such wonderful support and

lasting connection with our school which we are

all so fond of.”

Camilla Carter 2009 leaver

EDINBURGH

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Reunion for 1957/1958 leavers

Our group, with the exception of two who couldn’t make it, gathered for the fourth group reunion we have had since leaving Tudor. It is always a huge pleasure to get together again. Other friends consider this to be rather unusual, but I feel it is a reflection of the friendships and close attachments, almost a feeling of “family”, between the seventeen of us. We are all in our 70s now, but the years fall away the moment we meet up again! I hope that some of the Tudorians who came after us have remained equally supportive of each other. It is a tie that binds in a very special way.

The “girls” in the picture are: Nicola Bland, Christa Slater, Madeleine Ring, Mary Armitage, Peta Crompton, Catherine Hawke, Ann Hellings, Elizabeth Fergusson, Penny Agnew, Lucy Armitage, Sally O'Rourke, Elizabeth Glover, Paula Thompson, Juliet Alderson and Penny Milnes. Alison Thompson took the photograph and Brigid Scott and Diana Hutchinson were absent. I have given the maiden names, which, after all, is who we really are!

Ann Curwin (Hellings)

Reunions and Fests

Back row: Julia Korner (Croft), Kitty Walmsley (Warren), Katherine Whittaker (Fortescue), Sue Murphy (Fellowes), Carolyn Varley (Pease), Margy Sainsbury (Martin), Mandy Cummins, Nessa Troeller (White)

Middle row: Andy O'Donnell (Mortensen), Emma Houston (Parish), Caroline Fleming (Wake), Jo Mitchell (Seccombe), Sally Mackenzie (Roach), Caroline Hosegood (Dick Read), Clare Daresbury (Weatherby), Jane Lloyd (Ogilvie)

Front row: Rosie Nutting (Woosnam), Ann Shaw, Rosie Troubridge (Douglas Pennant), Angela Collins (Owen)

1974 Reunion – now and then…

Three of us - Katherine Whittaker (Fortescue), Andrea O’Donnell (Mortenson) and I decided to have a get together for our year - 1974. After a great many emails, we managed to contact 31 out of the 35 in our year group, not bad considering most of us hadn’t seen each other for nearly 40 years. Twenty came, some with a little apprehension, others with great excitement! We had the happiest of afternoons reminiscing and catching up. It was most certainly worth the effort and it was good to see that we weren’t so very different from our 16 year old selves!

Caroline Fleming (Wake)

“Marisa’s Fest” 19 November 2013

A small group of old Tudorians met to lunch with Marisa Harrison (Both), joined by Sandra Blakey, Harriet Granville and Julia Huddart.

The girls spanned a number of years over their time at Tudor, some having never met before. All attending had gone on to things great and small with their lives now centered in rural Shropshire.

Lucinda Griffiths told of many hours on the road running her hugely successful interior design business. Lucinda Scott (Best) brought along 6 month old Geordie as well as delicious pudding. Flora Price (Barnett) runs holiday lets, developing new sites as well as organizing high profile boxes at Ascot. Kat Bright (Stephens) unwittingly ended up working for Marisa Harrison at her interiors PR company as well as co-forming PomPom Galore - wool pompom garlands. Jessica Craft (Williams) is based in North Wales and brought her divine pack of spaniels and Selina Graham (Weld Forester) is working full time at their estate Willey Park.

But the conversation always came back to old memories of shared experiences spanning over a decade at Tudor Hall. Remember the ghost trail, shenanigans in dorms and socials with the local boys’ schools. We shared old photographs, ate like kings and laughed a lot. We discussed how things have changed today at Tudor and the new objectives for an all girls’ schools in the 21st century.

We all agreed on two things. Those who hadn’t really must visit their old school and the fact that we must make this an annual event.

Kat Bright (Stephens)

1966 Leavers’ LunchLouise McEwen (Bazalgette) organises an annual lunch for 1966 leavers. A very happy time is always had by one and all.

From left to right: Fiona Melville (Stilgoe), Jane Robertson (Senior), Sue Warner (Adderley), Carolyn Miles (Hall), Louise McEwen (Bazalgette), Rachel Major (Barclay), Patsy Seddon (Hayes), Rosie Miller (Dulley), Sue Browne (Neill), Sue Harbottle (Post).

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Charlotte Bevan (Wills), 1981 leaver has launched Charlotte’s Helix Project. After her daughter became ill with anorexia nervosa, Charlotte found herself surrounded by outdated ideas and practices and a systemic lack of knowledge and care throughout not only our mental health system in the NHS, but throughout the world. The Helix project was launched in August. The goal is to add at least 1000 DNA samples from individuals with a lifetime history of anorexia nervosa in the UK to the AN25K international genetics initiative. With these samples, the ultimate goal is to “crack the code” that makes some people predisposed to an eating disorder.

“I hope that the Helix project will, in some small way, give future generations the opportunity to know the “markers” and be prepared and take the necessary steps to guard against an eating disorder. I also hope it will show the way for better treatment options so that families don’t have to go through the hell that we did.”

www.charlotteshelix.net

charlotteschuntering.blogspot.co.uk

Sophie Haig-Thomas (Hughes-Onslow), 1993 leaver, is a fund-raiser for The Eve Appeal, a charity which raises money to fund research into the five gynaecological cancers, cervical, ovarian, vaginal, vulvar and womb. The Eve Appeal’s priority is to ensure

that these cancers are diagnosed at the earliest stage possible, by raising awareness and funding research into risk, screening and prediction so women’s lives can be saved. The signs of these cancers can be misleading and they are often only spotted at a later stage of their development, often too late for successful treatment. However, women who are diagnosed at the earliest stage have over a 90% chance of survival.

Sophie suffered from ovarian cancer at the age of 34. Thanks to her insistence on having a scan as soon as she experienced symptoms of pelvic pain and bloating and to surgery only three weeks after she first felt the lump, followed by three cycles of chemotherapy, Sophie is now clear of cancer. It was the speed of her actions that saved her life.

Sophie now has two children, Flora and Jamie. “Every day is a gift. I want to support anything that will help women beat the situation I faced, which luckily for me turned out to have a happy ending.”

www.eveappeal.org.uk

HABEO UT DEMOTs adopting the school motto...

India Shaw-Smith, Jasmine Faulkner and Catriona Bourne Swinton Hunter performed alongside current girls at The Tudor Hall Charity Concert at St Peter’s Church, Hook Norton on Sunday 8th September. The concert was in aid of Shelterbox, a disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter and vital aid to people affected by disaster around the world and more locally Katherine House Hospice.

Lucy Pratt (née Davies)

“New York, London and my kitchen” One man show at The Clarendon Fine Art Gallery, 46 Dover Street, London - 6-19 February 2014.

A collection of 18 months’ work spanning the time, experiences and influences during this period.

A few years ago I was having a drink with another artist who is a very dear childhood friend. We were giggling over the fact that it was a miracle that either of us ever produced any paintings because, since having children, the freedom to travel and paint abroad has been replaced by time constraints of school pick-ups and other domestic chores. We resolved the only answer was to embrace the domestic. It was a eureka moment for me.

Food and all its associations led me back to a fascination I have always had with cooking. I am intrigued by the “hive-like” quality of large kitchens such as the Waldorf-Astoria in New York and other large restaurants, the sheer beauty of what they create and the pleasure they bring to the recipient.

The show also includes landscapes and seascapes which are a constant and staple source of inspiration and one of my favourite choices of subject matter. It gives me enormous pleasure hunting down certain fields and cliff tops in order to sit and paint for several hours. The last third of the show is made up of paintings from London. I moved out of London eleven years ago, so returning to draw and paint in Piccadilly, Soho or on the Thames is as exciting now as it was in my younger years when I first visited the capital.

OTs in the Art WorldAnnie Field (née Charlton)

Annie Field’s sculpture of Sammy Ofer, a philanthropist and shipping magnate, was unveiled by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Sammy Ofer donated substantial amounts to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and The Sammy Ofer Wing opened in July 2013. The bronze is situated in the main entrance hall.

Annie carried out the commission in New York and worked in Sammy’s apartment surrounded by Chagalls, Giacomettis and Picassos. Sadly, he wasn’t at all well and kept nodding off, which made sculpting a little tricky. However, she managed to complete the work in four days (a record for her). The mould had to be made in New York and then shipped back to a foundry in Devon to be completed.

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Annabel Waley-Cohen (Ballin) and Hatty Stead, 2000 leavers, set up “Hats and Bells” in 2007 after

realising that there was a gap in the market for children’s party planning.

“I was cooking for a company in Battersea and one day the woman I was working for got a call asking if

she could put together some children’s food for a party the following day. She was reluctant to take it on, but I went home thinking about how much fun children’s

food could be. My mind went immediately to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – edible wallpaper, giant

gummy bears, ice cream toadstools and all those wonderful things. That was the starting point.”

And six years later, they have published their first book “Hats and Bells Children’s Party Cookbook”.

www.hatsandbells.com

Katherine Marland, (Turner) 1991 leaver, is founder of Kather’s Kitchen. Kather runs cookery courses,

demonstrations and talks as well as a pop-up restaurant. Kather has given cookery demos at Fortnum

& Mason, various food festivals and other events.

“I am passionate about flavours and finding the best seasonal ingredients to play around with in my kitchen. I still get nervous before a big demo but I think nerves are simply a sign that you’re

stepping outside your comfort zone, which is when exciting things happen. I love teaching people to cook – it’s incredibly rewarding seeing our guests

creating something sensational that they didn’t think they could do.”

www.katherskitchen.co.uk

Davina Mulford, 2000 leaver, has set up a hat hire company called The Hat Club. She is based in London and provides an extensive collection of original and stylish hats to hire at affordable prices. One of the milliners she works with is

OT Laura Cathcart.

“I have really enjoyed the whole process of setting up the business, from writing the initial business

plan to securing investment, fitting out the studio, liaising with milliners and dealing with customers. It has been hard work but I love it. In fact I always tell my Tudor friends that it is a bit like when we

did Young Enterprise at school, although with slightly more risk involved!”

www.thehatclub.co.uk

Juliet Haines, (Rykens) 2000 leaver, is Sales and Marketing Director and part owner of a new interiors

and fabric company called Korla. The company started in 2011 in Singapore and Juliet launched the

London office on her return to the UK in March.

“The company is going from strength to strength and we are having a great response from the UK market.”

www.korlahome.com

Entrepreneurial OTsAmongst our alumnae, there are many successful business women and entrepreneurs.

There are many more interesting businesses run by OTs listed in the Business Directory. Take a look via the Tudor Hall website www.tudorhallschool.com under the OT login tab.

If you would like to include your business please email jhuddart@tudorhall.com with details.

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ANNOUNCEMENTSBIRTHS

11 Oct 2012 To Lucie (Moss) and Charles Penruddock, a daughter, Flora India Grace

15 Nov 2012 To Savannah (Britten-Long) and Peter Edwards, a son, Jack Caswell

16 Dec 2012 To Arabella (MacNicol) and Jeremy, a daughter, Rose Clementina Adel, a sister for George and James

18 Dec 2012 To Fiona (Bourne) and Simon Johnston, a daughter, Rose Charlotte, a sister for Katie and Olivia

26 Dec 2012 To Olivia (Sladen) and Harry Grafton, a son, Alfred James Charles

24 Jan 2013 To Emily (Bond) and Georg von Opel, a son, Louis Georg Matthew, a brother for Allegra, Clara and Montana

28 Jan 2013 To Arabella (Lockhart Smith) and Henry Turcan, a son Montague (Monty) Henry, a brother for Jake and Lochie

28 Jan 2013 To Laura (Fortescue Gore) and James Duckworth Chad, a son, Harry Anthony Arthur Herbert Fortescue, a brother for Molly, Minna and Viola

30 Jan 2013 To Victoria (Page) and David Bennett, a daughter, Cordelia Rose Georgiana

22 Feb 2013 To Iona (Hughes) and Patrick Hoare, a daughter, Iris Lorna, a sister for Martha and George

10 Mar 2013 To Annabel (Ballin) and Sam Waley-Cohen, a son, Maximilian Bertie Thomas

25 Mar 2013 To Anna (Haslam) and Philip Norman-Butler, a daughter, Martha, a sister for Ned

12 Apr 2013 To Rosie (Napier) and Broussard Hundley, a daughter, Helen Saxon, a sister for Isabel

15 Apr 2013 To Nina (Gosling) and Nick Rose, a son, Felix, a brother for Izzy

3 May 2013 To Charlotte (Leggett) and Simon Patrick, a daughter, Maisie Rose, a sister for Rory

17 May 2013 To Edwina (Harclerode) and Matt Kelly, a son, Willoughby Max Kelly, a brother for Oscar and Milo

21 May 2013 To Sophie (Cooper) and Matthew Patey, a daughter, Flora Sophie Elizabeth

22 May 2013 To Sophie (Hughes-Onslow) and Edward Haig Thomas, a son, James Anthony, a brother for Flora

7 June 2013 To Camilla (Vivian) and William Wallace, a son, George Nicholas Stuart, a brother for Agatha

10 June 2013 To Lucie (Mellor) and Edward Groome, a daughter, Ottilie Jemima Alethea

30 June 2013 To Anabel (Cadogan) and Paul Evans, a son, Harry Charles Cadogan, a brother for George

23 Aug 2013 To Emma (Way) and Rupert Egerton-Smith, a son, Louis Arthur Morris

18 Sept 2013 To Jo (Skailes) and Will Lindsay, a daughter, Alice Jemima

19 Sept 2013 To Melanie (Coad) and Jake Phipps, a son, Walter Eric Robin

20 Sept 2013 To Emily (Barneby) and James Feilden, a son, William Joseph Randle, a brother for Jonty

5 Oct 2013 To Georgina (Cadbury) and Tom Allison, a son Edward (Ned) George Randall, a brother for Alfred and Benjamin

14 Oct 2013 To Gemma (Soames) and Andrew Ferguson, a son, Arthur Hugh Archie

ENGAGEMENTS1 Jan 2013 Frances Lambert to Nicholas Phillips

4 Jan 2013 Sarah Rountree to Kenneth Grant

11 Jan 2013 Annabel Howard to David Wilson

15 Jan 2013 Harriet Scott to Toby Barratt

24 Jan 2013 Lucy Crosbie Dawson to Daniel Jones

14 Mar 2013 Gabrielle Ross to Edward Manners

8 Apr 2013 Susannah Glynn to Guy Halsey

16 May 2013 Anastasia Whitehouse to James Collier

21 May 2013 Zara Bailey to Richard Le Sueur

17 Aug 2013 Francesca Cumani to Robert Archibald

31 Aug 2013 Sophie Eccles to Charles Cruise

3 Sept 2013 Laura Cathcart to William Cash

4 Sept 2013 Harriet Stead to Gareth Davies

5 Sept 2013 Emma Sewell to John Rugman

25 Sept 2013 Vanessa Rountree to George Bramley

10 Oct 2013 Zara Brassey to Benjamin Shadlock

18 Oct 2013 Alice Pelly to Andrew Maitland Makgill Crichton

18 Oct 2013 Jessica Alston to Ian Palframan

27 Oct 2013 Leonora Howard to Andrew Lennie

DEATHS21 Dec 2012 Alegria Gunner, wife of School chaplain, Laurence Gunner, and Head of Modern Languages from 1984-1986

12 Jan 2013 June Parker (Milford)

29 Apr 2013 Caroline Minoprio (Gee)

21 Sept 2013 Charmian Snowden – Deputy Head from 1969-1993

MARRIAGES6 Apr 2013 Jenna Carne to Thomas Monk

11 May 2013 Rosanna Ruck Keene to William van Cutsem

4 June 2013 Prue Lane Fox (née Sporborg) to Sir Ian Rankin

13 Sept 2013 Lucie Jupp to Barnaby Toy

28 Sept 2013 Iona Carson to Andrew McIntyre

SnippetsInternational VisitorsWe had a day of surprise visits from OTs on June 26th. In the morning Georgie Maynard (1996 leaver) called into the office with her daughter, Poppy, as she was dropping her niece off at school. Georgie was visiting from Sydney where she now lives. No sooner had we got back to work, than another knock at the door and Lucy Jones (Martin) 1997 leaver appeared with her children Harry, Martha and Alexander. Lucy was staying nearby with friends and wanted to show her children her old school. She is currently living in Shanghai and was glad to escape the Shanghai smog for a perfect English summer’s day.

It was lovely to hear their news and they both enjoyed looking round the school and reminiscing with Mrs Granville. If you are ever passing the school, do call in and see us… we love to see OTs from near and far.

Lost Property For some years, we have been trying to find the owner of a sterling silver cross, to no avail. It is a heavy silver cross on a chain. There are five symbols engraved on the cross: 925 - the sterling silver hallmark; 2000 – presumably the year it was made/given; RC - possibly initials of the designer; a lion and a Tudor Rose. Please contact me if you think this is yours – jhuddart@tudorhallschool.com

Victory!2008 leavers now based in London – Tilly Seccombe, Celia McCorquodale, Chloe Fleming, Sophie Twiston-Davies, Rosie Everard, Jess Cator, Zoe Manners, Sophie Liddell, Lily Buckmaster and Caroline Anson have formed a rounders team in London and beat Downe House at Hurlingham Park! Hooray!

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2014 DIARY DATESWEDNESDAY 12 MARCH FRIDAY 2 MAY SATURDAY 17 MAY MONDAY 15 DECEMBER

OTA-on-Tour Exeter

Drinks for OT mothers who are collecting their daughters for exeat.

“Nesta’s Girls “ Lunch party at school

OTA Carol Service at The Guards Chapel followed by a drinks reception in the Officers’ Mess.

More details to follow but please put the date in your diary!

Please look at the website www.tudorhallschool.com for more details or email jhuddart@tudorhallschool.com

From the Archives…

Centenary celebrations at Tudor in 1950. An album of photos marking the occasion was sent to us by Shirley Simpson’s (1952 leaver) brother.

Girls in 1982 Who are you?

When Sally Bowie (Carr) became High Sheriff of Leicestershire,

she asked OT, Katherine Hooker to make her ceremonial robes…

Davina Combe (2005), jewellery designer, Cleo Barbour (2004), shoe designer, Tiffany Bagnall (Seaward, 2003) and Sophie Gaze (Mann, 2003), fashion and

interior retailers, all have studio space in Great Western Studios in Westbourne Grove, London and of course, the dachshund, honey b, is part of the Tudor team!

Tudor connections…

When Lucie Jupp (2009 leaver) became engaged, she asked

Dr Jackson, the school chaplain, to marry her…

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