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Gawain Bell
A small service was held at Bell Gate in
Cloister on 31 st July to commemorate
the 100 th Anniversary of the death
at 3 rd Ypres of Major Gawain Bell,
Housedon of Trant’s 1908-17. Present
were his great nieces Peta Egremont-Lee
(holding wreath) and Amanda Buchan,
Alastair Drew, Colin Bulleid from the R
Hants Museum, the Dean of Chapel, the
College Archivist and the Director of
Win Coll Soc.
Also remembered were Denis Hewitt,
John Carrick, William Dobbs, John
Falconer and Alexander Milne – all died
on the same day.
Dad’s team take to the water
I’d braced myself for the pain of
the rowing machines; what I hadn’t
anticipated was how much fun it would
be, how it feels to be so close to the
water, the exhilarating sense of speed on
those rare moments when everything is
synchronising as it should. And we did it.
No one fell in the Itchen, no boats were
wrecked and if you didn’t know anything
about the finer points of rowing, you’d
think we didn’t look half bad for a bunch
of middle-aged Winchester boatie dads.
With a little help from our friends...
Annual Old Wykehamist lunch in
Perth, Western Australia Harry Palmer
(H, 95-00) reports: on 20 th June the
annual WA OW lunch was hosted by
John Prince (Coll, 37- 41) at his home in
East Perth. Although exact records have
not been kept, it is thought this tradition
started around 20 years ago, when
Michael Harford (E, 39-43) initiated
the first gathering. This year saw a
first appearance for Harry Palmer, who
moved to Perth in October 2016 with
his Australian wife Olivia. As well as the
above, in attendance were Christopher
and Margaret Oakeley (H, 54-59), Mac
and Helen McArthur (Q, 50-52) and
Andrew and Lanie Byk (F, 82-87).
Goddard Day 2017 : a good turnout of
130 members of the Goddard Legacy
Society on Saturday 16 th September
ensured a most enjoyable day. The high
point was undoubtedly the singing of
Psalm 122 to the Beethoven Chant,
much beloved by OWs of a certain age.
This was followed by an excellent address
by the Deputy Headmaster (Academic)
Patrick Herring on the 3rd Earl of
Shaftesbury, philosopher and OW
(published above). As ever, Viv Nutbeam
and her team produced an excellent
lunch, much appreciated by all.
Fathers and sons
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