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In November 1952 joined Martins Bank, Huddersfield. 1954-1956 National Service
with RAF active service June 1955/Dec1956 at RAF Butterworth, Malaya. 1957-1966
Re-joined Martins Bank at Huddersfield and nearby branches, qualifying as ACIB.
Married Pat Easter (Ex Longley Hall GS and Ex Martins Bank) in 1960. Son Graham
born 1965, played soccer for OAS throughout this period. 1966-1993 Transferred
to Cheshire, living in Wilmslow 11 years and Marple 17 years. During this
period up to retirement, served as bank inspector for Martins Bank and Barclays
Bank respectively (merger 1969). Then branch manager at Barclays, Stalybridge,
Winsford, Hyde and Altringham branches. 1994 to date following retirement,
returned to live in New Mill, Holmfirth. Until 2003 owned a holiday home in
Florida, USA
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The OAS Magazine (September - February 2008) is a masterpiece. Hence, public
appreciation to Vicky Taylor and all those who are working towards a joyful
400th. What better ‘warm up’ for November, details of an imaginative programme, recognition of The School
today, a variety of photographs, a touching tribute to Jessica Taylor and - to
remind us of change! - details of www.oas.org.uk (yes, it does merit more than
a peep!). When you live over 150 miles away (and some are much further than
that), are 70 years beyond birth and over 50 years from KJGS, it would be folly
to pretend that one was flavour of the month just for going to Stamford Bridge
to bemoan the 1-3 scoreline! However, Andrew Haigh and a team of dedicated
committee members, some of whom are also over 70, have ensured that 400 years
will not be forgotten by hundreds of former lads who did the daily down & up of St. Helen’s Gate in years gone by. So, to officers, committee members, envelope stuffers et al, thank you. God willing at least one further trip to the
old school will be more than worthwhile. I’ll keep taking the tablets and keep fingers crossed!
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Married to Janet, 2 boys aged 9 and 11. Still playing cricket at Almondbury and
badminton for Kirkburton, who are based at the school. Played football for the
Almondburians for 25 years, with an odd season break. Working as a sales
director of PTS, a large plumbing distributor based in Lutterworth. Job takes
me around the country, but still live in Thongsbridge where we have lived for
10 years after making the big move from Almondbury!
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I left school last year and am currently enjoying my free year of OAS membership
but would like to continue thereafter. I attended the OAS dinner for the second
time in November and had a great night. I am a student at Greenhead College but
still feel strong bonds with the school and history and feel the OAS is the
best way to keep contact. I hope to be a member for as long as possible.
Floreat Schola.
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1943-1947 Royal Navy, 1947-1951 University of Leeds, 1951-1953 Graduate
Apprentice for Joseph Lucas Ltd. Technical Sales Engineer 1953, Resident
Aircraft Engineer, Lucas, Paris 1962-1966, Overseas A/C Engineer Lucas Airspace
1966-1972, Marketing Director, Lucas 1972-1979. When in the UK I played lots of
cricket at good club level in Birmingham and since retiring have taken up
Bridge. The best thing by far is to have married a girl I met at Leeds with a
first brain, warmth, charm, understanding and outstanding generosity of mind
and spirit that is so rare to meet, no wonder that she is a psychotherapist.
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After leaving King James’s, I read Mathematics at the Queen’s College, Oxford, graduating in 1975 with a second class honours degree. I
joined Price Waterhouse in Leeds to train as a chartered accountant and
qualified in 1978. Immediately I moved into their tax department and spent the
next five years dealing with corporate tax affairs of several large local
listed groups. In 1983 I joined Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) in Leeds as a senior tax manager and have remained there ever since,
continuing to specialize in corporate tax. I qualified as a member of the
Chartered Institute of Taxation in 1998, winning two prizes in the examinations
including obtaining the highest total marks in the country. This success has
led me to have substantial and continuing involvement with both the Institute
and the Association of Taxation Technicians. I was a member of the Leeds branch
committee from 1988 until about 2000 and filled all of the main roles including
being chairman of two separate occasions. I was lead examiner for the
Association ’s business tax paper for four years in the early 1990s. In 2001 I joined the
national council of the Association and became Treasurer in 2002. I became
Deputy President in 2005 and will become President from July 2007. I am also
currently chairman of the Association ’s Technical committee. Outside of professional life my interests mainly revolve
around trekking and music. I have trekked in the Himalayas on many occasions
and the Andes twice. This has given me the opportunity to see some really
spectacular scenery and explore some of the remoter parts of the world.
Although not a technical climber, I have reached the summit of Mera Peak at
6476m – has any Old Almondburian been higher? I am a regular attendant at the classical
music programmes in Leeds and Huddersfield. I also attend Proms concerts at the
Royal Albert Hall and try to find interesting programmes when on holiday. The
most linguistically challenging was listening to Boris Godunov in Prague, sung
in Russian with Czech subtitles!
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Deputy head boy in 1955. University College London 1955-1958. Solicitor in
London firms 1961-1989. Solicitor in Hong Kong firm 1989-1992. Married Margaret
in 1958, her father was headmaster at Netherton school, 3 daughters and 8
grandchildren. Main interests and hobbies now are Times crossword, Golf, Bridge
and I am a life member of MCC.
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On leaving school joined P.O Research Station at Dollis Hill, NW London.
1940-1946 served in RAF reaching rank of F/LT after serving through ranks.
After war re-joined PO Research Station working on Submarine Cables and
Underwater Amplifiers (Repeaters). Became Chartered Electrical Engineer working
on 1st Transatlantic Telephone Cable and then Pacific Cable to New Zealand.
Retired 1980.
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Currently employed as a Personal Tax Manager by Auker Rhodes Ltd in Bradford.
Still coaching cricket. Chairman of YCB Coaching sub-committee. Married to
Helen, with two children born 1990 and 1991.
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950)Malcolm attended Claremont Preparatory School in Dalton Green Lane,
Huddersfield and Kirkheaton C of E School before following his older brother
Kenneth to Almondbury Grammar School in September 1942. He was at Almondbury
untilluly 1950, and was Head Boy ir his final year. He had fond memories of his
time at the school, and made the effort to visit for the 400"‘ anniversary
celebrations in 2008.
He went up to St John's College, Cambridge in October 1950 and spent 4 very
happy years there, reading Natural Sciences. He took his BA in 1953, and
received his MA in 1958. After university he completed his National Service in
the Royal Army Service Corps, sewing 2 years as a Chemicals Lab assistant in
the Petroleum Laboratories.
His first job was at Cockle Park Experimental Station, Kings College, Newcastle,
as a Graduate
Recorder.
in 1957, he moved to the Grassland Research institute at Hurley in Berkshire
where he spent the rest of his working life, retiring in 1986. He worked in
soil microbiology, plant physiology, plant chemistry, waste disposal, crop
conservation, permanent pasture and soil physics.
He had many interests outside of work. He studied Russian for 5 years, and was a
keen photographer and gardener. in his retirement he also took many classes to
support his interest in Egyptology, and made a number of trips to Egypt to
explore the antiquities. He also researched in depth the background to a
handwritten diary of a French seaman from the Napoleonic wars — the diary was bought by his grandfather from the bookstalls along the Seine and
had fascinated Malcolm since his childhood.
Malcolm married Angela in 1957, had 2 children. He died in 2011 at the age of
80.
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Kenneth achieved his School Certificate at Almondbury Grammar School in July
1940 in 9 subjects, and his Higher School Certificate in July 1942 in Chemistry
(Distinction and Scholarship level), Physics (Scholarship level) and
Pure/Applied Mathematics). He won the Dartmouth Medal in 1942. He kept a diary
of a Scout trip to Switzerland in 1939, immediately before the outbreak of
hostilities, with some references to the impending war.
He attended St John’s College Cambridge, taking his Natural Science Tripos Part 1, Class 2 in 1944
and receiving his BA in 1945. He was cox of the 1st Lady Margaret (St John’s College) Boat Club boat which came Head of the River in 1943. Excused
conscription as a student, he served in the Home Guard in Cambridge from
October 1942 to December 1944.
From 1944 – 1947 Kenneth was employed by the Ministry of Labour and National Insurance. He
resumed his studies to take his Natural Science Tripos Part 2, Class 3 and a
degree of MA in 1948. He then joined ICI as a Chemical Engineer, initially in
Manchester in the Research Department, followed by 3 years in Grangemouth
(Scotland) before moving to Huddersfield. There he was initially in the Process
Department becoming Assistant Superintendent of the Terylene Shed in 1951 for 4
years, followed by 2 years in the Work Study Department, finally becoming
Superintendent of the Sulphonations Shed in the Napthalene Department.
On 21st June 1952 he married Betty Kathleen Wykes, employed as a wages clerk at
ICI, whom he met through the ICI Sports and Social Club (particularly playing
badminton). Kenneth was also a keen hockey player and took part in
horticultural competitions organised by the Club. Two daughters were born in
1953 and 1955.
In 1960 he took the opportunity offered of secondment to ICI (India) Ltd based
at its head office in Calcutta (Kolkata), as a member initially of the
Development Department and then the Technical Department, assisting with the
construction of new plants in Rishra in West Bengal (rubber chemicals) and
Bulsar, now Valsad, in Gujerat (dyestuffs). He became Assistant Technical
Manager in 1963.
The family arrived at Bombay (Mumbai) by boat and travelled to Calcutta by train
– later trips back to the UK were by plane. Kenneth, with his family, took full
advantage of the opportunities of their new life to explore India (including
Delhi, Kashmir, Darjeeling and Nepal) and Kenneth also travelled to Hong Kong,
Malaysia, Myanmar and Egypt. His main interest was photography and he recorded
these adventures both as slides and on cine film. He and Betty were also
members of the Yorkshire Society (he was President one year), played tennis and
assisted with amateur dramatic productions.
Very sadly he died suddenly in Calcutta, after a short respiratory illness, on
29 October 1967 at the age of 42, leaving his wife to return to the UK where
their daughters (then aged 14 and 12) were at boarding schools.
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I left KJGS on my 16th birthday in October 1962 to go into banking with the
National Provincial Bank. Subsequently left banking to join the Post Office,
retired early from the Post Office in 2002. Spent about 3 years land surveying
until I was finally put out to grass a couple of years ago. I was not really
academic at school and led an insignificant time there. I doubt many will
remember me, however I enjoyed every minute of my time at KJGS, having never
been to Almondbury prior to my first day at the school, I was immediately
impressed by the scenic setting and this stayed with me to this day. I
occasionally represented the school at football but regularly turned out for ‘Sid’ Chapman’s cross-country teams and kept in touch occasionally with Sid for a few years.
Through Sid Chapman ’s encouragement I continued running and followed Pete Livesey down to Longwood
Harriers. King James ’s was a source of Athletics for the Harriers. Derek Ibbotson and Granville
Beckett being two of the many who proceeded me. In the last 25 years I have
trained many athletes from KJGS and as president of Longwood Harriers I would
hope this source would continue. Although I only attended for 3 years and
enjoyed life at the expense of study, those three years were in the most part
really enjoyable.
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After various interesting studies, including National Service in the Royal
Engineers, I was elected to membership of The Royal Institute of British
Architects, later I gained a Diploma in town planning at Leeds Polytechnic.
Along the way I married a lovely girl I met when walking. We have two sons, who
due to changes in the educational system were unable to attend the ‘old school’. I rejoined the OAS in 1985 when my school friend, both infant and grammar,
Fred Sheard organised a ‘forty years on’ at the annual dinner.
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Son of George Hinchliffe (Chairman of OAS 1966). I am currently a retired
accountant living with wife of 38 years Elaine, in Robin Hoods Bay. 1 son of 26
years, a graduate working in brand management. Previously worked in finance
related positions within the profession, industry and Local Authority in the
UK, Africa and Caribbean. I enjoy keeping fit, jogging and walking the North York Moors, travelling and
reading. An invitation to any Old Almondburian, particularly 1957-1962, to
fresh coffee etc whenever in Robin Hoods Bay area.
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I left the school in November 1964 for Australia with just a Maths 'O' level to
my name. Arriving ‘Down Under’ I worked in Sydney and Adelaide before signing as a regular soldier on my 17th
birthday. My five years in the army included a tour of duty in South Vietnam
with the Royal Australian Electrical and Mehanical Engineers 102 Field
Workshop. I was back in Yorkshire by 1972 to kickstart my education and
eventually gained my Certificate in Education at James Graham Teacher Training
College in Leeds, where I met my wife Pauline Mullaney. Our three children
Alexander, Thomasin and Eloise gained degrees in Microbiological Science, Law
and Criminology respectively. Nowadays I live in a designated Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty and continue my 30 plus year career in local
government in Denbighshire, North Wales.
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Went into Management Services and computing (early 70’s) after degree. Worked for Famous Systime in Leeds though didn’t have a company Ferrari. Went on trade mission to China before it was ‘opened up’. They had never seen Westeners before. Fell ill eating real Chinese food on a
freighter in the South China Sea and was cured with mysterious Chinese
medicines. Then went into consultancy, including artificial intelligence work.
Ended up as special advisor to central government. Now retired except for being
a warden for National Trust.
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