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Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine 108thyear No. 230 (New Series 97thyear No. 221)

Vol. 95

June 1992 The Magazine is published under the auspices of The Former Pupils' Club in June each year

General Editor

Derek A. Harley, M.A., Dip.Ed., 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen AB1 6YQ

Editor of Notes, Obituaries and Marriages .

Kenneth A. McR. Nisbet, 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen AB1 6YQ

Secretary of the FP Club

John F. Hendry, LL.B. 36 Albyn Place, Aberdeen AB9 1YU

Treasurer of the FP Club

John D. Murray, LL.B., C.A., 78 Forbesfield Road, Aberdeen AB1 6PA

The General Editor and Notes Editor are happy to receive contributions for the next issue of the Magazine at any time before mid-April 1993.

In order to assist the distribution of the Magazine, members of the Former Pupils' Club are requested to advise the Secretary promptly of any change of address.

Printed for The Former Pupils' Club at BPCC-AUP Aberdeen Ltd

CONTENTS Financing the Magazine Rector's Report Plan of Rebuilt Areas School Office Bearers Prefects' Notes Extra-Curricular Activities School Prizes School Boarding House Random Reflections FP Puzzle FP Prisoners of War Charles Hemingway The Class of '59 Class Reunion 1961-67 Former Pupils' Club Office Bearers Annual General Meeting President's Report Our President Annual Dinner Centre Reports: Club Centre, Edinburgh Glasgow London, Yorkshire Section Reports: Cricket Curling, Football Golf, Hockey Petanque, Rugby Swimming, Women's Hockey Notes about Former Pupils Marriages Obituaries Abstract of Accounts Illustrations Head Girl and Head Boy Dramatic Society Production "Bug House" FP Puzzle FP Prisoners of War Handing Over the Badge of Office

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Financing the Magazine and the Beyond 700 Scheme The cost of producing the 1991 edition of the Magazine can be summarised as follows: £ Cost of printing and postage Advertising revenue Donations Bgond 500 (1/11/90 to 31/10/91)

2,660 709 1,617

Surplus

£ 4,846 4,986 140

At long last the Magazine has paid for itself. Despite the disappointing response to Beyond 500 a number of extremely generous donations from members ensured that the Magazine did not have to be subsidised yet again.

The opportunity is taken to thank those members who donated so generously and indeed to thank those members who participated in Byond 500. Their support is very much appreciated. The opportunity is also taken to thank the many advertisers whose support is also greatly appreciated.

The next Bgond 500 scheme will run from 1 November 1992 to 31 October 1993 and details are given on the application form in the centre of this Magazine. Members not wishing to participate may wish alternatively to give a donation towards the cost of producing the Magazine.

You are strongly urged to support your Club and the Magazine. It is absolutely unthinkable that the production of the Magazine should cease through lack of financial support.

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Rector's Report Quite understandably, news this session has been dominated by completion of rebuilding in the fire-damaged part of the School, as outlined in the accompanying map. The rebuilt area is very new inside but very recognisable outside and I believe that a blend has been achieved of past, present and future. It was formally opened on 4 March 1992 by the Regional Convener, Councillor Robert Middleton, J.P., and the School band provided a memorable contribution with an original piece, The Phoenix Fanfare, by Charles Foster. The formal ceremony was followed by a tour of the School, when all 107 invited guests were able to see the new facilities in use. We trust that FPs and other interested parties will have similar opportunities at any convenient time. The opening has been commemorated by a very handsome brass plaque and board of photographs, now situated in the sanctum off the new library, a feature which may well be of particular interest to FPs. On the staffing scene I can again report that several of our staff have gained promotion and have moved from Aberdeen Grammar, albeit for the best of reasons. These include Mr. Andrew Bruce, who was appointed Principal Teacher of Music at Tony Academy; Mrs. Anne Warrander, Principal Teacher of Modern Languages also at Torry Academy, and Mr. Roderick Duthie, appointed Senior Teacher at Mackie Academy, Stonehaven. New appointments here include Dr. Brian Thom to the position of Assistant Rector; Mrs. Linda Weatherley as Principal Teacher of Computing; Mrs. Margaret MacLean and Mrs. Christian Duncan as Senior Teachers in Learning Support. In addition, two members of staff are on temporary secondment fulfilling specific responsibilities—Mr. Russell Gray in the Area Management team, and Mrs. Isobel Maughan in Education/Industry liaison.

There is one remaining and sad report about a long-serving and very committed member of staff. Mr. John Guthrie, formerly Principal Teacher of Computing, suffered a heart attack in February 1991 and, although he made quite a rapid recovery, he has been unable to resume teaching and effectively retired earlier this year. Those who know of his absolute dedication to his subject, his school and his pupils, will know how severe a blow this has been for him.

The formal curriculum continues to be the focus of national debate and innovation, The 5-14 Development Programme is likely to have considerable impact on curriculum planning for S1 and S2 in secondary schools, and we have recently invested in-service rime with our primary colleagues to coordinate this major set of developments. The Standard Grade programme is now well established in S3 and S4, correlated with other priorities of our own, notably our Activities and Work Experience week in June, when the normal timetable is suspended to allow a concentration of sporting activities, educational visits and work experience for a whole year-group. Modular courses are provided alongside Revised Higher and Certificate of Sixth Year Studies at S5 and SG, but again this whole spectrum of provision is under review following publication of the Howie Report.

Extra-curricular achievements continue to be many and varied, signalling the capabilities of our young people and the committed support of our staff. As these are likely to be reported in some detail elsewhere in the Magazine, I might simply express our pride in having eight pupils currently representing their country in five different sports, in addition to the many competition successes in chess, science projects, creative writing, computing and technology, 4

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photography, badminton, quiz teams, dramatic and musical productions. Such educational experiences are not directly compatible with the current spotlight on league tables of examination results and objective performance indicators, but serve to remind us of important and continuing values in a changing world.

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Aberdeen Grammar School Plan of Rebuilt Areas

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Some reactions to the move into the rebuilt section of the Main Building of the School.

Much has been written in the Magatine over the last few years about the firedamaged part of the School. There have been plans and predictions, progress reports and promises. But at last it is open and below are some perspectives.

They are from three different viewpoints. One is from a department which moved from its fairly basic surroundings perched high up in the outlying reaches of Rosemount Annexe. Another is from what was a large practical department which had to re-locate totally from having half a dozen generous teaching areas in the Annexe to occupy one open-plan area in the Main Building—including the installation of all their equipment. And the other is from a department which was previously split between the Main Building and the Annexe and which had also been relocated partly in the "Village" in the years after the fire.

They give an insight into what the move has been like; what stages of planning and preparation were needed; what the nature of their new

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accommodation is; what has been incorporated into their working areas to address the educational provision for the nineties and beyond; what considerations had to be made and how they arrived at final outcomes—all these aspects are included in the following articles. And, very importantly, the perspectives of the users—staff and pupils—are given about their new surroundings. There was obviously a lot of time and effort put into getting it right and there were problems along the way.

The accounts catch a sample of the reactions and responses to what it is like now that all is in place and indicate that the wait and work put in were worth it. This is echoed also by all the other departments and user-areas in the rebuilt section. Out of what seemed at the time a tragedy has risen a building which has retained its proud exterior and now houses behind its walls facilities for teaching and learning which can be described as magnificent and which provide for great educational opportunities for the coming generations of pupils at Aberdeen Grammar.

Within the foreseeable future the other parts of the campus which need refurbishment will be attended to and upgraded, at which point the School will surely rank as one of the most up-to-date in the country.

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The Home Economics Department is to be re-sited in a T-shape area on the first floor of the main building, which prior to the tire contained English classrooms.

The Home Economics Department at Rosemount has three full-sized kitchens, one multi-purpose room and one large textile and resource area.

The technician's base is basically a cupboard.

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The perimeter of the department is T-shaped with the original long windows on most walls.

The Department is to be open-plan and will accommodate as many working permutations as possible.

A resource area will be easily accessible.

The food store/technician's base must be central to food areas.

There is only ONE entrance into and out of the Department.

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Outline floor-plan received from architect.

Liaise with Adviser.

Discuss requirements with Department staff.

Work through many ideas on tracing paper with the help of architect.

Visit Hydro Electric and Scottish Gas. Look through countless equipment catalogues.

Price all items.

IDEA 1 Food store in front of main window at head of 'T' with two food areas HEI & HE2 on either side of the store.

Multi-purpose area linked to textile area forms stem of 'T'. Staff base incorporated.

IDEA 2

Food store in central area with resource area at one end of the Dept. HEI & HE2 incorporated within the cross of the 'r. Multi-purpose area unable to be incorporated.

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Two large bright H.E. areas with working units for twenty pupils, with the luxury of every two pupils sharing a cooker and sink.

A multi-purpose area which accommodates six pupils for food preparation and six pupils for computer work and textiles.

A large food and equipment store which can be easily stocked and maintained.

A bright airy textile area with resource areas, plenty of storage and a large store/changing room.

A small but necessary staff base to achieve some privacy.

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Teachers' Comments: "Light, airy, plenty of storage space, restful colour-scheme (shades of green and brown); attractive, bold curtains soften the large windows and blinds".

"Having worked in open-plan, then in classrooms and now back to openplan, I much prefer the open-plan arrangement".

"No quiet corner".

"No areas for assessment conditions".

"H.E. 4 slightly small".

"Wonderful to have the staff base for report-writing and the taping of roleplay situations for assessment purposes".

Technician's Comment: "It's like living in a palace".

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Pupils' Comments: "I like the new H.E. Department. It's much nicer than the old one. The rooms are much brighter. It is a nice place to work and cook and sew in. It is a bit noisier, but not too distracting".

"The new H.E. Department is great, the planning is brilliant. The open-plan idea works great. It's more of a community. The new facilities are just ace and I'm looking forward to working in it in 3rd and 4th year".

"The new H.E. Department is very modem and it is a nice place to work in but it is slightly small. The cooking area is nice, because there is plenty of room at each work area and there is an electric mixer for everyone."

"The fabric area is slightly small, but there is a machine for nearly everyone."

"There is some noise but not enough to be distracting. I like the Department".

"There is now more room in the Department. There is better equipment in the new Department. I like the Department because it's open-plan and you can see what other people are doing, and it is not far if any other people want to see what we are doing".

Learning Support Moves In After four years as Principal Teacher of Learning Support based in the antiquated attic rooms of Rosemount Annexe, I am delighted to have moved the Department into the rebuilt 'heart' of the main building.

Our new base is large, airy and well designed for the many functions it has to fulfil. As well as room for four teachers' desks, cupboards and filing cabinets, there is a comfortable sitting area where we meet staff, parents, the educational psychologist and other visiting specialists. There is also an area with three computer work-stations, a materials' preparation area and a teaching area for several pupils.

The only part of the room I have not mentioned so far is in fact a very special feature—the tower—which has been beautifully finished and boasts carpeting and a light. It really has been a 'conversation piece', with many visitors offering suggestions about what we could put in it—ranging from a suit of armour to an Aspidistra! So if any FP has a suitable objet d'art which we could display, please contact us!

Another interesting feature of the room is the ceiling, which is partly suspended but with the original height left round the outside edges so that the room benefits from the light from the lovely, long windows which are on three sides of the room.

I can now vouch for the fact that attractive, comfortable surroundings certainly do make work a more enjoyable experience for staff and pupils alike.

Another pupil's perspective of the new Art Department I think the new Art Department is infinitely better than the 'village'. The new Department has space and room for freedom. In the 'village' we were trapped in a small hut with no room to move.

The architect has used the space well, putting in skylights and powerful lights to make it easy to see and work. The designer used the shape to advantage, using the natural light.

The shape is unusual, as it is in the roof of the building. The girders have been used well to break up the boring solidarity of colour on the roof.

Although open-plan, it is easy to see where the different classrooms are by the use of permanent and movable partitions. There are also areas with things like computers in them which are also clearly defined.

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The sinks and other useful things are positioned round the side of the Department. They are easy to reach and quite well placed. There seems to be a lot of storage space and shelves, making it appear very orderly.

The New Art Department: A pupil's perspective of the new surroundings The new Art Department is very bright and colourful thanks to the windows in the roof. It is a very good idea to have the Art Department at the top of the building, as you can have more windows to let in more light. The lighting in the Art Department plays a very important part in the mood and feeling of the place. The old-fashioned fans seem to fit in and add a different aspect to the room. Instead of the boring, dull, closed-in old art room in the 'village', we now have a bright, happy, spacious, new art room in the main building.

The colours of the room match very well. The Art Department has been well designed. It looks very interesting and different. It has been well designed by the architect to inspire many young artists to work. The architect has emphasised the aspects of being different and unusual.

The colours are different shades of green. It is very noisy in the room, which is not a good thing. Everything is very neat and there is a place for everything.

The light drawers for tracing come out from the side and the furniture matches the paint around. Before you pull out the light drawer you don't know it's there.

There is a good blend of the window frames and the paint. The actual building has been designed to be inspiring and, apart from the noise, it is very• good.

School Section School Office-Bearers Prefects

Head Boy: RUSSELL PENNIE Deputy Head By: BARRY MCGLASHAN

Head Girl: HELEN REID Deputy Head Gk. JENNIFER BARRON

S6 Prefects GRAHAM BROWN KERRY Dorim.: KEVIN HALES NICOLA KEEPE PETER MAIN CATHERINE MOORE CRAIG ROSE FIONA SMALL JAMES WILLIAMS

CHRISTINE CALDWELL REYNARD Emu. GORDON INKSON KAREN MCCOSH CARLA MARTINEZ MICHELLE PARSONS LEANNE RUSSELL PAUL SMITH DAVID WILSON

LISA COLLINSON DAVID GARLAND BALINT jOO RACHEL MCROBBIE BRIAN MIDDLETON SARAH ROBINSON CLAIR Scorr LOUISE UNDRILL

TIMOTHY BEVAN CATHERINE CLARK ENBLA EDDIE NICHOLAS HALL REBECCA LESLIE PAUL MURRAY ANGUS DUGUID

HAMISH BRIONES CAROL-ANN CRAIG ANDREW FOWI1E CAROLINE HUME GAYLE MACKIE SANDRA OGG

S5 Prefects DEREK ADAMS W. STUART CHESNEY ANNE-MARIE DAVIES LIANNE FYFE MAGNUS INGLIS LINSEY MAYCOCK NEIL PATERSON

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BRIAN MIDDLETON LIAM WOOD SIMON MCKIALMIE

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Russell Pennie and Helen Reid

Prefects' Notes Russell Pennie Our beloved Head Boy, Russell shines out as a beacon of wisdom through the ranks of ignorance and depravity known as the Howff. This modern-day primate calms his prefects with a single cry of "Settle!" His football skills are legendary. His speeches are not. On breaking his collar-bone he stated: "Give me five minutes, lads, I'll be alright." Russell's political stance is uncertain, but at least he voted Toiy. Poor Russ.

"Two lefties don't make a government."

Helen Reid Everyone's Ma! Our Head Girl controls the Howff with one vicious swipe of her hockey stick. An extremely responsible, polite and loveable young lass who sets an excellent example everywhere. . . . except on the hockey field, in the car (Helen—you STOP at red lights!) and in the Howff. Helen follows her predecessors' footsteps both in her authoritative manner and wild social life.

"A good driver is someone who looks both ways when going through a red light."

Barry• McGlashan Our sleazy Deputy• Head Boy is involved in many Howff activities, such as dart-kicking and fighting. Not only is he an apprentice of Vic Reeves ("plumbs are smart"); he is also a graduate of the "Derek and Clive school of humour."

"Flash," as he is known, is often unjustly accused of being a pervert because of his luring of young, innocent girls into the photography darkroom and because of his long black coat. He is, in fact, merely trying to tit in with the freaks at Gray's School of Art. He is one of the more "conservative" prefects in the Howff.

"I've been duped, man! You can't give a baby booze!"

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Jennifer Barron Cuddly wee Deputy Head Girl, Jenny is too hot to handle and has blistered many a man's hand. Not only does she score on the hockey pitch but off it as well, with a glowing smile that would warm the cockles of Genghis Khan. A key member of the Charities Group, Jenny is an all-round nice lass but can turn nasty when it suits her, getting stuck into a good bit of gossip with her good friend, Helen. Just give them chocolate and they're happy.

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Timothy Bevan A quiet lad, always smiling, Tim can occasionally be seen in the Howff but never stays too long. Perhaps he is a busy man or perhaps feels threatened by some of the louder prefects. You can hardly blame him.

Hamish Briones This bloke reckons he's good at art and is also popular with the ladies. Seen as a charmer, the nagging thought of there being something quite sinister just below the surface is always there. Tided "sexy thang" by some warped female mind. Makes you sick.

"Fit? I don't have a clue."

Graham Brown The suspected spy of the sixth years, Graeme lurks menacingly in the background like a shadow. Double-agent Browner is a suspicious character and totally untrusted. We warn you, Browner, Beware the P.N.N.P. "Friend or foe?"

Christine Caldwell This lass won the FP Club Prize in Physics and was joint-winner of the Hamish Adams Greig Prize in Maths and Science for 1990-91. Christine is another of those supposedly "quiet" prefects, but when she leaves the School grounds....

"We'll do it on the same night at the same time and then phone each other afterwards."

W. Stuart Chesney W. is another quiet chap, rarely in the Howff, but perhaps he has the best idea.

He is, we're led to believe, the future of Scottish rugby. Perhaps some day soon he'll come down and give the Howff a "try." Ha! Ha! "I love I(iwi All-Blacks."

Katie Clarke For hours we sat trying to think of something derogatory and offensive to write about this girl but couldn't find anything—except perhaps her choice of men. A musical lass, Katie can often be seen playing the violin but never blows her own trumpet—too busy singing in the church choir.

"Aaa-nitn-cen."

Lisa Collinson An all-round pupil, Lisa is a quiet girl apart from her schizophrenic crossdressing tendencies and her fondness for lampshade stands. Unknown to her, we know all about her nocturnal "habits", as we're sure she will be shocked to discover.

"He just looks young."

Carol-Ann Craig This practical lass is always at hand with her Swiss army knife. She singlehandedly filled all the holes in the Howff walls and roof with polyfilla in one period. We're not certain as to what her chosen career will be, but she could undoubtedly get a job as a briclcie, "I'm not Juglq Jnr."

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Anne-Marie Davies A sporty all-rounder listing her talents as tennis, skiing and hockey, Anne-Marie is a strong-willed, strong-minded, violent girl with a powerful right hook. She is one who "spouts forth" and can often he found in cinemas, misbehaving with her cohort, Emma.

"It's his loss."

Kerry Dohan Known for her terminological inexactitudes, prevarications and downright lies, the "Irish Rover" can often be found in the Howff. The School could not have done without her outstanding achievements and overall contributions which have breathed new life into it. AYE! CHINNY RECKON! "I did not lick his face."

Angus Duguid "Honest Gus," the compulsive gambler. Held in high esteem by certain twisted female prefects, Angus is known as a "wee sweetie". Certain senior male prefects, however, know the true story. Often seen asking innocent young girls "'elle), darlin', like to see some puppies?" while hiding in park bushes.

"Would you like a sherbet, little girl?"

Reynard Earl This bloke's done it all. Played goal for the hockey 1st XI, threw a few parties, drank himself sober whilst scuba-diving in Portugal; at the same time he was roasting chestnuts over a burning aborigine at the top of Mount Everest whilst driving home with no headlights. He's smashing, HOORAH! "We lost 8-0 but only one was my fault." (He is the goalie).

Emma Eddie The "ash-blonde", tennis-playing, hockey-playing, skiing, sailing all-rounder.

Seemingly a naive and innocent young girl, Emma is, in fact, another violent fifthyear female with a mean right jab. She can be seen in cinemas with her good friend, Anne-Marie, being disruptive with a bag of peanut M&Ms. "It's going all kinky."

Andrew Fowlie Cruelly titled "Fingers" by seniors after a practical joke misfired leaving him bitter, he is also the Howff's resident "Jimmy Hill" lookalike. Fingers' middle name being Herbert has also been a source of amusement for the seniors, resulting in his permanently depressed outlook. He is also a junior "conservative" prefect.

"My dad kicked in Robin Cook."

Lianne Fyfe Kind-hearted Lianne is probably the last of a dying breed—the honest, sympathetic prefect. As yet she has never been seen to get nasty but then there's a first time for everything. Her charitable attitude is shown by her joining the Charities Committee.

"Who's James Brown?"

David Garland Another lout, Dave seemingly is not a man who enjoys shaving. His relaxed attitude to duties is well known, yet he denies it all. As a wise man once said, "Hard work never killed anyone, but it frightens some people half to death." Need we say more?

"Mind that fence."

Kevin Hales The resident Howff "Terminator," Kev is doing well in the local militia (R.A.F. Cadets) and is known for his bizarre and disturbing after-leavers'-ball activities. He lay in the middle of the road at midnight, impersonated trolls on roundabouts and finished off his night by getting lost. We have the photographic evidence, Arnie, so don't deny it.

"I need a woman."

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Nicholas Hall A bit of a "young entrepreneur" with the ladies, Nick is currently making sweet music with Katie and they often "accompany" each other (ha! ha!). He was the band leader for the School production of Bagry Malone, a show which also housed the talents of other Thespian prefects who probably wish to remain anonymous.

"You'll get your money, honestly."

Caroline Hume Caroline can often be seen engaged in the canteen with her bit of stuff, keeping a watchful eye over the troublesome throng. We are told she "rarely changes her facial expression or fiance."

"Oh my God, he's stopped breathing, don't call an ambulance."

Magnus Inglis The "Evil Knieval" of the Howff, Magnus made front-page news by rendering himself unconscious after catapulting himself over a parked car which he hit while cycling, much to the amusement of the senior prefects. Magnus eventually saw the funny side—pity he didn't see the car!

"Mind that child!"

Gordon Inkson This mischievous elf, known for his dun•-skiving methods, can often be seen lurking in the shadows, a twisted maniacal grin plastered across his comical face.

Gogsv is not only a fanatical golf player but also reckons he's good at hockey and for some incomprehensible reason managed to rise to the position of hockey captain. His skills are not evident, as many battered hedgehogs will agree.

It's not how you play, it's whether you win or lose; money is everything."

Balint Joo Our light-hearted Hungarian mascot, Balint's pastimes include snakes, physics and fast women. Often enthralling his friends with copious mathematical drivel, he is seen as a product of Hungarian logic. Unfortunately, he is also a loyal devotee of "Allo, A116." Hungary has a lot to answer for.

"I can do it with a non-constant step size."

Nicola Keepe The fun-loving captain of the girls' hockey team, Nicola is often seen with the fun-loving captain of the boys' football team. A natural (?) blonde, she is a big fan of Dr. Kildare. . . or is it Dr. Kilroy? The poor girl often gets confused and has even tried her hand at some fancy football tricks in her free periods in the Howff.

Stick with the hockey, Nicola. .. he can, you know."

Rebecca Leslie The new prefects this year seem to be far more sensible than in previous years and here we have a prime example. Rebecca is tall, dark and too sensible for her own good.

On leaving the Howff she has been known to bang her head on the door-frame.

"Who's nicked my chocolate yoghurt?"

Karen McCosh One of the quieter of the bunch, never causing trouble, Karen is a musical girl and spends most of her spare time with the horn. She also sings in the School choir. Fairly innocent, you may think, but at the weekends "It's all right to do it with someone else, but I wouldn't on my own."

Gayle Mackie Can be found here and there and recently broke a personal record by staying in the Howff for two whole periods. Friendly, approachable and seemingly very popular with members of the opposite sex, Gayle does her duties well—which is more than can be said for some "Who's got my fake tan?"

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Rachel McRobbie Or "poor, down-trodden Rachel." She's just too nice. Her nice character and easy-going outlook on life are taken advantage of by ruthless, uncaring prefects.

Known as the resident cleaner, Rachel is really the Howff's best friend. Maybe one day she'll turn bad and kick butt.

"Don't worn', do it."

Peter Main Valiantly "doing his bit" to further diplomatic relations with the private sector, Peter currently has a job at Marks and Spencer's; he claims it's for the money but, truth be told, he is often seen loitering around the lingerie department with a small grin across his face.

"Want to hear about my car?"

Lynsey Maycock Linsey is a quiet girl, involved in the orchestra, and also a hockey player. We are told, however, that she sheds her quiet personality outside the School grounds and becomes an unstoppable raving parry animal.

"Hockey's not everything."

Brian Middleton The wolfman. Our overly hairy football captain has a mean pair of sideboards that even Elvis Presley would be jealous of. His brilliant ball-control can be seen on a Saturday morning, while his dribbling skills can be seen on a Saturday night. Our resi-dent Lon Chaney Jr, but we're all agreed he's a good bloke really.

"1 haven't got one."

Catherine Moore Or "Roger", as she is known. She raises eyebrows when she is seen scaling mountains, plumbing ocean depths, leaping chasms in a single bound, and all because the lady loves Munro-bagging.

"I have to do everything in multiples of six."

Paul Murray Some believe that this chap is a myth, but we are told he is real. He is an academic type, supposedly with a string of 'A' passes to his name. Strangely, however, with those brains he cannot seem to figure out where the Howff is. Paul, if you are our there, come and visit us sometime. ...

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Sandra Ogg Yet another elusive prefect, Sandra is seen here and there but never comes too close. The Howff is down the stairs, under the stage, Sandra, and you're welcome to visit anytime.

"It's frightfully chilly."

(Or was it @!**&0 freezing?)

Neil Paterson Neil is probably expecting to get off fairly easily, seeing as how he seems to be a hard-working prefect with high morals. Unknown to him, however, this writer knows all about his nefarious extra-curricular activities. A word of advice, Neil, for God's sake, stay away from the cellar! Stay out, it's not healthy.

"How did they know about that?"

Sarah Robinson The red-headed goddess of lure. This chick has many fetishes. Shoes, men, chocolate and men again. Don't ask us in which order they lie. Her extra-curricular activities are somewhat questionable, her friends have told us, and we're led to believe she also enjoys a bit of ball-control on a Wednesday afternoon at Harlaw. " "He is soo-ooo-ooo (Refers to his father's schooldays.)

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Craig Rose One of the infamous R.A.F. militia, "Rosie" often "falls out" on parade, as could be seen when he collapsed in mid-March, resulting in severe facial chafing. Poor old Craig! Another victim of vicious minds and sharp tongues.

"Ooo, my knees are going, someone catch me."

Leanne Russell Winner of the FP Club Prize in Geography for 1990-91, Leanne is a quiet person with bad taste in men. She is also supposedly an avid supporter of Celtic F.C. and can often be found at a game, twisting her rattle. Poor girl.

"Long live Freddy."

Clair Scott The fiery-headed bird of the Howff, C]air can often be seen examining her fringe in the mirror and always ensures it is immaculate, never with a hair out of place.

When not at raves, she is making the news with her dubious "modelling" talents or can be found in the canteen with good friend, Nicola. Clair is also a big fan of or is it Richard Clayderman? Rave on, Clair!

Richard Chamberlain "Has anybody got a brush?"

Fiona Smail As a wise man once said, "the ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to hold your tongue in one of them is priceless." Fiona is known for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. She can speak three languages but unfortunately cannot say "no" in any of them. Ever the opportunist with her native charm!

"I'm not into men at the moment."

Paul Smith The self-confessed "pungent prefect.- We totally agree. "Spoff', as he is known, (nobody really knows why, or, if they did, they seem to have forgotten) does a mean gumby impression ankle-deep in the Denburn. The uncertainty of never knowing how much is really actually acting, however, remains. Spoff is the selfconfessed "joker in the pack."

"Your ego's inflammable."

Louise Undrill Blonde-eyed, blue-haired Louise is a classic example of the bimbo. She was unconditionally accepted for Oxford, but we don't know what they see in her.

(Jealous—us?!) Often, she can be seen with her "fancy piece", Dave "Right Wing" Wilson. Still, we all make mistakes.

"No, honestly, he's really nice when he's on his own."

James Williams The Howffs rodent lookalike, Jimbo or "ratty" (as he is fondly known) is a keen hockey player, although we know his skills are non-existent. He can often be seen in the Howff, instantly recognisable because of his large nose. Jim is the original Philistine.

"Veni, vidi, vici."

David Wilson

The real lout of the Howff, Wilson has no moral standards nor any motivation to work. The original waster "and proud of it," Also a graduate of the Derek and Clive school of humour and a fully-fledged pervo. It shows! Dave's hobbies arc needlework, flower-arranging and playing kabaddi—the sport of real men. The only person ever to have drop-kicked a trowel into the back of Barry's hand and set fire to his tie. Another of the "conservative" prefects in the Howff His mother would not be proud.

"Mine's a pint."

Extra-Curricular Activities Girls' Hockey With a virtually unchanged team, the girls' 1st XI celebrated another sear without defeat in their match programme, and again scooped up all the trophies in local competitions. In the North Senior Tournament final, Jenny Barron scored an outstanding reverse-stick goal in the 1-0 defeat of Mindaw and in the long campaign of the North Knockout Cup everyone contributed to results, with Anne-Marie Davies scoring a brace of goals in the final against Albyn. In a tight game in the indoor final Emma Eddie was the scorer in the 1-0 defeat of Harlaw Academy.

These local successes found the girls representing North in the Scottish outdoor and indoor finals. In the outdoor cup Grammar tied with Strathallan, the eventual winners, and beat Dollar, to gain a semi-final spot, then they lost narrowly to Penicuik H.S., a team we had beaten last season. In the indoor cup, revenge over Strathallan clinched the runners-up spot in the league section. These results reveal that the girls' hockey team this year could compete successfully with the best in Scotland, a credit to their hard work and determination. Representing North District Select at under-18 level were Nicola Keepe, Carolyn Fraser, Clair Scott, Julie Ewan, Emma Eddie, Anne-Marie Davies and Jenny Lawson and, ar under-16 level, Nicola Fox, Christina Fraser, and Kim Stuart. (It is an indication of the strength of the 1st XI that these three talented fourth-year girls were unable to command a regular place in the School 1st team.)

We are all very proud of Julie Ewan, who was selected to play in the Scottish Under-18 squad, with Nicola Keepe a reserve in the squad, and Nicola Fox who was selected to play in the Scottish Under-16 squad.

The 2nd XI also had a successful season under the captaincy of Fiona Bennett, and the second year came first in their tournament—sharing the trophy with Gordon's. Thanks to Captain Nicola Keepe and the committee for all their efforts and Mrs. Welsh and her band of F.P. helpers. Roll on next season!

Boys' Hockey First XI Tram pool• R. Earl, P. Davidson, P. Parsons, D. Dukes, N. Thornton, D. Patullo, G. Inkson (Captain), I. Arthurs. G. Milne, E. Church, S. Robertson, J. Williams, A. Calderwood, M. Collinson, I. Watson, A. Duguid.

The season started disappointingly with a 2-1 defeat by R.G.C., although the team played better than the scoreline would suggest. Already it looked as though the new players would fit in well. The team put in a very spirited performance against M.B.C., but went down 3-0; however, James Williams and Scott Robertson worked very hard in midfield and prevented M.B.C. dominating. By now players were settling in and we were working well as a unit. Portlethen were defeated 4-1, with Graeme Milne causing problems on the right wing and supplying good passes to centre-forward, Andrew Calderwood.

Team-spirit was high for the away match against Dundee High School.

Reynard Earl made a solid debut in goal, and fourth-year Neil Thornton came in at left- back and played excellently. We were all disappointed when Dundee equalised with a dubious goal in the dying seconds.

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We enjoyed our biggest victory for many years—an 11-0 triumph over Peterhead, avenging last season's 4-1 defeat. Andrew Calderwood scored six goals in this game but graciously let James Williams and Scott Robertson get in on the act too! Our last game of 1991 was against M.B.C. who had thrashed us 11-0 last time. We were determined to do better this time. Every member of the team gave his all, but at half-time we found ourselves 3-0 down. In the secondhalf we got some luck, and yet again Calderwood scored. Inkson and Patullo tightened up at the back and Danny Dukes and Neil Thornton stopped them attacking down the wings. The final score was 4-2 to M.B.C., but this was the first time anyone had scored two goals against them. Mr Swanson was very proud of us after that performance.

The second half of the season consisted of our annual matches against the public school teams. Some very "interesting" decisions by the Gordonstoun um-pire meant we ended up playing with ten men and lost 3-2. It was a long bus journey home. . . .

Matthew Collinson and lain Watson were in the side for the match against George Watson's. They played very well in midfield, and a fine goal from Edward Church gave us a 1-0 victory. Ian Arthurs returned to midfield for the Abbey School match and as usual played very well. He helped us to win 6-0.

Yet again, Calderwood got on the scoresheet.

By this time Williams was playing up front and we were invited by R.G.C. to play against them at their new Countesswells playing fields. The facilities were excellent and both teams raised their game. We came back from 1-0 down to win 2-1, with Church and Calderwood (again!) scoring. This was the highlight of our season, as it is always satisfying when a Grammar team beats Gordon's College! There was also a good 2-1 win over Fettes and a disappointing 0-0 draw with Stewart's Melville.

We ended the season with a couple of scrappy defeats, but the team remained in high spirits, and the younger players came through a demanding season very well, showing great promise for the future, particularly Graeme Milne and Neil Thornton. The level of commitment has been excellent, even through the bad patches and it is hoped that this will continue into next season.

All the team-members are very grateful to coach, Mr Swanson, and umpire, Bill Cran, who gave up their Saturday mornings to encourage and support us.

Second XI The 2nd XI hockey team's season began with two defeats at the hands of Dundee High School and Robert Gordon's College, but as experience grew within the team, results improved with wins over Robert Gordon's, Gordonstoun, George Watson's and Abbey School. All of the team must be congratulated on their performances over the season, but certain players must be singled out. Scott Smith, Philip Hendry and Alastair Fowlie all played exceptionally well and lain Watson, Peter Shand and Graeme Stewart all scored valuable goals for the team. Despite the season finishing on a low with an unfortunate defeat against Strathallan, it has been a successful season.

Colts XI This was our first year as a team, but overall it did not show, as we tried our utmost to play a fast, fluent, passing game. Against easier teams this helped us a lot, but against more difficult opposition our inexperince under pressure meant we just could not pass the ball about.

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midfield. Two weeks later we played the same team again, but only lost 1-2.

This showed that our margin of improvement was far superior to Westhill's. If we had played them again we would have torn them to pieces.

Our first win of the season was against Dundee High School at Dundee, where we annihilated them 6-0 on a mudbath of a pitch. The goal scorers in that match were as follows: Alasdhair Love (2), Theo Trayhum (2) and Martin Guyan (2).

In that match the defence was truly brilliant. Paul MacKenzie and Stephen Parry stopped their attack quickly, allowing the midfield to have time to break, which resulted in many of the goals. The next match was equally successful in defence as we played Peterhead. We dominated them in the first half, with many intricately planned moves resulting in chances, but we only managed one goal, scored by Alasdhair Love. We relaxed unintentionally in the second half, but the defence helped us to a 1-0 win.

We felt as if we could beat anyone after that, but we played Gordon's and drew 0-0. After the match we found out that it was their fourth-year team we played, so in a way the result was pretty good. We faced our stiffest opposition in the M.B.C. "A" team in our next game. In the first fifteen minutes it looked like we could win. No such luck! It was downhill all the way from then, but most of them were a year or two older than us and played hockey far more regularly.

The M.B.C. "B" team was easier to beat—we won 2-0, with goals from Craig Howie and Stuart Petrie. That was a fairly solid performance, but we failed to capitalise on numerous chances.

We had a disappointing start to 1992, losing 0-3 to Gordonstoun, but we drew with them in February (1-1), with a goal from David Guyan. Two of our best attacking performances preceded that, beating George Watson's 4-0 and Abbey School 7-0. The scorers in those two matches were: David Guyan (6), Craig Howie (2), Stuart Petrie (2), and Neil Rennie (1).

At the end of the year, for the first time in its history, the School issued Junior Colours to players who had played consistently well and helped the team. Those were the midfield of Neil Rennie, Theo Tray hum and Craig Howie, and Stephen Parry, who was the main man in defence. The year had certainly been difficult, as all the other teams were more experienced, and we often found one part of our game lacking. That inconsistency was due to the problem of inexperience, but next year is going to be different.

Junior Rugby The Juniors began the season as a group of individual players. The task for this season was to get them to work as a team and establish a pattern to their play. The players trained and practised hard, then lost 6-54 to Robert Gordon's College. R.G.C. Juniors were a very strong side who played aggressive, creative rugby, setting our team a good example to follow. Our next game was against Harris Academy. Following a good performance we allowed them to score and draw the game, due to bad defensive line-kicking.

A series of games against R.G.C. "B" and "C" XVs provided us with worthy opponents to continue the theme of team-work. This style of play was evident in the games against Kemnav Academy and Mintlaw Academy, producing two welcome victories. Going into the Christmas break the team were pleased they had already played more games than the whole of last season. They were now maintaining the continuity of play and enjoying the experience of having striven for this end.

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The lowest point of the season came in January in a Regional Cup homedefeat by St Machar Academy. The team had more chances and personnel than the opposition vet still, somehow, managed to lose the tic.

In the league we played neat, attractive football. Sometimes our pressure was not converted into goals and this proved to be our downfall in some matches.

Andy Milne did his best with his surging runs from midfield and his shooting power deserved more goals than he ended up with.

The goal of the season, the goal of any season, was Ross ;hackie's 40-yard rocket into the top corner against champions Hazlehead. Many of the players, including Ross, will be available to play at this level again next season. With experience gained this year the team should prove to be a power in the land and maintain the School's good reputation in the round-ball game.

Charities Group It has been another busy year for the Charities Group. The Committee, as ever, has been hard at organising and running events ranging from a Sponsored Knit to a Valentines' raffle and balloon tags for the Tall Ships' Race.

The group has also re-opened the School tuck-shop at morning interval. This has been achieved with great assistance from the Technical Department, which designed and constructed a purpose-built counter/display cabinet/trolley.

The Maths Department also deserves our appreciation for letting us park our trolley in their store cupboard immediately adjacent to our trading area. This facility has been extremely helpful. As well as at interval the group runs a tuckshop at events such as the Film Club, plays, concerts, dances, etc. Day-to-day running and stocking of the tuck-shop is down to senior stalwarts, who include Chairperson Bryony Duncan, Vice-Chair Kerry Dohan, and Treasurer Jenny Barron. Those pupils and many more both on the Committee and outwith it do hours of sterling work for our cause and they deserve our highest praise.

Occasionally it can be fun and discos prove to be as popular as ever. We experimented this year with a meet-the-first years' "Freshers' Disco" earl• on in the autumn term, and it seemed to be another effective way of welcoming new pupils into the School community.

Such events could not take place without solid and increasing staff support.

There are too many names to mention, but the Learning Support and Home Economics Departments gave invaluable assistance during the year. Mrs. Arthur of Geography has been a committed and enthusiastic pillar of the Group for a long time. Ron Foulger and his janitorial staff have also worked tirelessly on our behalf.

The committee felt that the term "Charities Committee" sounded somewhat exclusive, so we have tried to broaden our appeal and interest by renaming ourselves the "Charities Group". It worked to a certain extent, as we attracted some new first-years who were responsible for some superb posters used to advertise our various events.

Charities which received donations from us this year included: The Cyrenians, Instant Neighbour Trust, Grampian Music Trust, Oxfam, Aberdeen Behaviour Modification, Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children, Arthritis and Rheumatism Association.

Chess Club The club has again enjoyed a session of enthusiastic attendance by its younger members. Continued support from both the School and the Former Pupils' Club through the Amenities Fund ensured our continuing involvement

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in local and national competition with relatively little cost to team-members. It also enabled investment in some videos and two computer chess programmes.

Use of the classroom computer has been a mixed blessing, with chess games showing an alarming tendency to transform into "lemmings" whenever supervision slackens.

In the regional league competition entry this season was restricted to one team per school which has, unfortunately, much reduced the opportunity of "blooding" young players. Again the team is on course to retain their title.

Nationally our team of ten failed to retain the Scottish Jamboree Team Championship, but more than ample compensation has been their victory in The Scotsman Scottish Schools' Knockout Team Championship, the premier Scottish event. In addition, after emerging as victors from the Scottish zone, our team of six has advanced to the last eight of The Times British Schools' Team Championship, with a victory over Hymers College, Hull.

The next round brings a chance for revenge against Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, who eliminated our team last year. A win would mean a trip to the finals in London in early July.

Combined Cadet Force Throughout the past session cadet strength has remained quite constant at 20 cadets in the Army Section and 25 cadets in the R.A.F. Section. A strong recruiting drive in March produced 23 recruits. We are pleased to report that s have returned to our ranks. The C.C.F. enrolled 7 girls into the Army Section and 12 girls into the R.A.F. Section. Both Sections are operating efficiently and there has been ample provision of effective military training throughout the year.

Our adult strength is well above our establishment. Mr. Gordon Davidson relinquished his T.A. commission in August 1991. Flying Officer Harvey Pole is now acting O.C. of the Army Section. Two former pupils, Mr. David Wallis and Mr. Timothy Rolfe, have been helping in the R.A.F. Section training. They were commissioned in December 1991, each with the acting paid rank of Pilot Officer. Another former pupil, Mr. Barry Fraser, has been dealing with the Army Section training. He gained his T.A. commission in February 1992. Mrs. Lillian Arthur from the geography department of the School agreed to advise the Contingent Commander on matters pertaining to the training of the girls in the Contingent. Our permanent female helper is Miss Caroline Pole. We are also fortunate in having the services of Underofficers Kenneth Pole, Malcolm Cameron and Nicholas Boyle. Furthermore, our C.C.F. Unit has continued to obtain help from the personnel of 22 C.T.T. based at Gordon Barracks, Bridge of Don, the Administrative Assistant at 51 Highland Brigade, Perth and the R.A.F. Liaison Staff at R.A.F. Turnhouse, Edinburgh.

The Biennial Review of the Contingent will take place in June 1992. The Reviewing Officer will be the General Officer commanding the Army in Scotland, Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Graham, C.B.E., KC.B.. The Contingent are training vigorously for this event.

The R.A.F. Section have been fortunate enough this year with air experience, flying in Chipmunks at R.A.F. Tumhouse. Most of our eligible cadets have now clocked-up about 1 hour flying over the year. Many girls in the R.A.F. Section have now been given their initial flight. We hope that Air Experience Gliding will improve during the summer period. The gliding flight-time for each cadet is still too short and there are not nearly enough cadet places.

The adventurous training at Rothiemurchus in June 1991 was very successful despite the bitterly cold conditions. The party of 30 cadets were involved in

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mountain-biking, orienteering, rock-climbing and canoeing. The R.A.F. Section attended R.A.F. Lossiemouth for day attachment "work shadow". The Army Section visited Fort George. Full-bore shooting, flying and gliding also featured in the programme. We hope to repeat a similar event this year The C.C.F. helped in two school fund-raising events. Cadets were involved in signals operations during the sponsored walk. Furthermore, the C.C.F. mounted a number of displays and activities at the School Spring Fayre.

The camps in Easter and Summer 1991 were as follows: Four cadets, one underofficer and one officer attended an Easter Camp at R.A.F. Brawdy; three cadets and one officer attended a Camp at R.A.F. Gutersloh, Germany; fifteen cadets and two officers attended the Summer Camp at R.A.F. Honington. Unfortunately, the Army Section were unable to attend their camp at Cultybraggan.

In Easter 1992 six cadets, two underofficers and two officers attended the Faster Camp at R.A.F. Machrihanish, West Scotland. In Summer 1992 we hope to send twelve R.A.F. Section cadets to R.A.F. Odiham, Basingstoke.

Ten Army Section cadets and one officer will visit the Gordon Highlanders in Berlin. We also hope to send a number of R.A.F. Section cadets to R.N. courses during Easter and summer.

The toilet extension to the C.C.F.H.Q. accommodation has now been completed. In addition to the toilets, a small clothing store has been provided within the new extension. This has allowed us to convert our old storeroom into a lecture room for weapon handling. In February the C.C.F.H.Q. was completely redecorated. Many of the rooms now have wall-to-wall carpeting.

Junior Dramatic Society Production Bugsy Malone This year the Dramatic Society was split into Junior and Senior sections.

The Junior Dramatic Society, consisting of around 50 pupils from S1 to S3, performed the fast-moving musical BiIgo, Malone, by Alan Parker. It was set in America in the 1930s, with rival gangs battling for control of the city with the new weapon, the "splurge gun".

The assistance of senior pupils backstage and in cameo roles added to the humour of the production and the confidence of the younger pupils.

Yet again the Society delighted audiences with its originality and enthusiasm.

We would especially like to thank all the staff, janitorial staff, Laura Pike, a former pupil who choreographed the show, and all the pupils who took part, whose hard work and enthusiasm made the show such a success.

Senior Dramatic Society March 1992 heralded the production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Jay Presson Allan from the book by Muriel Spark, presented in the new drama studio by the Senior Dramsoe.

Being an open-plan area, the director chose to use the acting area as a composite setting with different heights of rostra suggesting the hierarchical importance of the various characters in the play.

From the height of the headmistress's study, where we saw a strong performance of studied jealousy by Jane Reid; the common room, where we witnessed a powerful portrayal of punctured loyalty by Jane Alexander,

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ranging from childish devotion to cynical betrayal; to the classroom where Miss Jean Brodie reigned supreme over her pupils—the crime de la crime—a wonderfully controlled and coquettish performance by Lisa Clift, ably supported by the attractively seedy and dissolute artist played by David Taylor and the wimpish music teacher played by Paul Smith. Miss Brodie's special girls were delightfully different and their characters were well drawn by Alison Calder, Christine Caldwell and Fiona Smail.

This was a mature rendering of an adult play by a young and highly talented cast. Using all the technical wizardry available in the new drama studio from a gobo of a stained church window to rain storms created by strobe-lighting and back projection of slides of the wicked Miss Brodie onto the cyclorama, the effects and the acting captured the capacity audiences and were a highlight of the extra-curricular year. The cast were ably supported by several members of staff who kindly gave their free time towards the success of the show. Mrs. Dena Nicholson created a unique and colourful new school uniform; excellently detailed props were supplied by Mrs. Moya Cromar; slick stage-management was organised by Mr. Brian Gordon; delightful photography was created by Mr. Ian Forbes; business-management was skilfully co-ordinated by Mrs. Margaret Morrison, ably backed by the treasurer, Mr. Brian Anderson.

The cast and backstage crew certainly deserved the critical acclaim of the audience for a task well done.

Golf Club Last season came to a close with Andrew Fowlie as our school scratch match-play champion and Gordon lnkson as handicap winner. The Activities Week golf trip centred on Cullen and involved 9 rounds of golf on 5 different courses and was a great success by all accounts for the 24 pupils and 2 staff members who went.

Next June we intend to repeat the experience, this time with Cromdale Outdoor Centre as our base and with visits to four Speyside courses plus one other (en route home on the Friday). We hope that the weather is kind and that all concerned can benefit not just from the golf but also from the community living.

Our foray into the National Team Championship was brief but nonetheless surely beneficial to our team. On a day at Royal Aberdeen which can best be described as character-building our three players, Andrew Fowlie, Gordon Inkson, and Alistair Fowlie came a creditable, though weather-beaten, third in the regional qualifier.

It is intended to hold a Staff v. Pupils match later in the summer term, when the teachers will have a final opportunity to teach some of the senior pupils a lesson. The knock-out competitions are also proceeding towards their conclusions.

Literary and Debating Society The 1991-92 session was a very full one, with debates taking place most Thursdays after school. It was refreshing to see some new speakers emerging, especially some younger pupils, who spoke very well at several debates.

The topics were very wide-ranging, from "This House believes that teachers and pupils should be on first name terms", to the more serious "This House believes in the redistribution of wealth".

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It is very clear from the enthusiasm and interest shown by the Committee, the participants and the audience, that the Debating Society is poised to have another excellent year.

The Sixth-Year Consultative Committee The committee was started at the beginning of the school year and comprised one pupil from each of the ten sixth-year classes. Each pupil was elected by the members of their own class. Along with the ten pupils, the Rector and Mr. Allan as Chairman, it was suggested that a member of the guidance staff should also attend.

With meetings almost every fortnight it allowed many of the pupil complaints and proposals to be dealt with. Over the year these have involved, among other things: 1. A new student card system, which allows one day off registration in the mornings and possible discounts in some local shops for sixth-year pupils.

2. Initiating and attending talks on A.I.D.S. given by hospital consultants.

3. Starting a year-book for sixth-year pupils.

4. Initiating a "Freshers' Week" for children about to start secondary school.

There were also slightly less serious matters, such as: 1. Increasing the litter-bin facilities in the new rebuilt area of the School.

2. Finding a suitable way to maintain cleanliness in the toilets.

3. Having to provide the rules and regulations governing the rebuilt senior common room.

It has been found to be a very successful route of communication between senior pupils and senior staff and the pupils have found it very rewarding to see their ideas considered.

This year's representatives were: Brvony Duncan, Gavin Cormack, Catherine Moore, Kerry Dohan, Paul Smith, Rachel McRobbie, James Williams, Steven McCann, Christopher Sansbury and Sarah Robinson.

The AMOCO Educational Award Scheme, 1991 The AMOCO oil company organises a science competition in the Grampian Region with the aim of encouraging students interested in science. I was fortunate to win a trip to the USA in September 1991.

I flew to London and then on to Chicago. My hotel was situated in the middle of the city and from my room I looked out over Lake Michigan.

During my stay in Chicago I visited Fermilab, one of the most famous laboratories in the United States. Fermilab has a huge particle accelerator built under the ground, where protons are accelerated to a great velocity and then collided with anti-protons. This process allows the particles within the proton to be identified. I also visited a second research laboratory, Argonne, which is in the process of building another particle accelerator. Electrons will be accelerated and this will produce high-density X-rays. These will give much more information than the X-rays available today. Both the labs seemed to be environmentally aware, with wildlife in their surrounding grounds. In the evening I went to Chinatown.

The next day I flew to Houston. I visited the AMOCO offices and was shown some satellite pictures of the Earth. I then went on to AMOCO's oil refinery. AMOCO is one of America's largest companies and its refinery was most impressive. After visiting the sights of Houston I went to the theatre in

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the evening. The next day, during a visit to N.A.S.A., I saw a replica spaceshuttle. In the afternoon I went to a rock lab, where I was shown samples of rocks taken when oil-wells have been drilled. Later I flew to Washington, my final destination.

By this time, my jet-lag was starting to catch up with me and I was feeling rather tired. In the evening I was driven around the city to see the sights.

Following an early breakfast the next day, I spent a very interesting morning visiting the White House, the Capitol and the Air and Space Museum. I especially enjoyed the Museum, which was geared towards all ages and which was fun as well as interesting. I then had a few hours to do some serious shopping before going to the airport to catch my plane back home.

I thoroughly enjoyed my trip and it was an excellent opportunity to visit the laboratories as well as the other famous cities. During my stay in America there was always an AMOCO representative showing me around. They were all very friendly and they made the holiday really fun.

I am grateful to AMOCO for the wonderful trip and also to Mr. Anderson, Mr. Milton, Mr. Leishman and Dr. Selway for all their help and encouragement.

Jane Duffty Footnote: The Premier Award which Jane gained comprised the expenses-paid trip to the United States to visit AMOCO Corporation's headquarters in Chicago and other United States locations, plus a first-class camera.

The School received a donation of £1,000, which has been put towards the put-chase of two Archimedes computers for the Physics and Chemistry Departments.

Parent-Teacher Association The Grammar School P.T.A. has been a sociable yet active group which has played a key role in many of the fund-raising events which have taken place in the School.

Our year began with the organisation of a successful careers evening, with seventy to eighty companies participating; in fact, the event was so successful that it is hoped it will become a regular occurrence on a biannual basis, with the next one taking place in February 1993.

Then came our fashion show, bringing both pupils and parents into the School to view the highly professional, well rehearsed models treading the catwalk of the School hall—the response was tremendous!

It was also around this time that we brought into being the 200 Club. For £10 a year parents would be entered into a monthly draw, with larger draws spaced throughout the year, giving us a steady source of income. This allowed us to help with the purchase of equipment for the School, with last year's income enabling the P.T.A. to purchase a radio microphone and to meet the cost of the insurance premium for the Activities' Week programme.

P.T.A. members were also active during the Charity Auction and Spring Fayre, and have over the past year kept the pot boiling at parents' evenings, serving teas and coffees.

Special mention should be made of Anne Royal and Margaret Dargie, who donned their walking-boots last summer and went on the sponsored walk, giving physical and moral support where necessary!

The grand finale last year was our barbecue held at the F.P. Club in Queen's Road and, despite the inclement weather—we had everything from torrential rain and howling wind to forked lightning—a truly good time was had by all; and, to prove it, it is on the cards again for this year!

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School Prizes 1991-92 The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Biology The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Chemistry The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Computer Studies The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Geography The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Geology The Former Pupils' Club Prize—German The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Home Economics The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Modern Studies The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Physics The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Spanish The Former Pupils' Club Prize—Technical Subjects The Samuel Pope Prize in Art The Arthur L. McCombie Prize in Art History The John Moir Robertson Memorial Prize in Business Studies The Gordon McMinn Prize in Computer Studies The Masson Bain Prize in English The Brebner Prize in French The Charles Alexander Walker Prize in History The Jenny C. Archibald Prize in Home Economics in S4 The Campbell Connon Prize for Local Studies—Equal The Derek Stewart Memorial Prize in Mathematics in S2—Equal

Linsey A. Maycock Christine A. Caldwell Andrew R. J. McPhillips Niel G. McEwen Steven R. Ogilvie Fiona A. Smail Gillian A. Guthrie Karen McCosh Neil E. Paterson Peter G. Shand Scott G. Jappy Jane Alexander Caitriona Craig Leanne M. Russell Carol-Ann Craig Linsey A. Maycock Christine A. Caldwell Clare E. Lappin Aileen B. Gordon Thomas D. Kirkpatrick Niel G. McEwen Zena T. Melki

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The Alexander Thomson Prize in Mathematics in S3 The Hamish Adams Greig Prize in Mathematics and Science in S5 The J. Mortimer McBain Prize to the best Mathematical Scholar in S5 or SG—Equal The George G. Whyte Prize in Mathematics in S6—Equal The Gavin Falconer Memorial and Former Pupils' Club Prize in Music The Alastair G. Simon Memorial Prize in Spanish in S3 The May Thomson Scottish Poetry Prize—First Equal The David Alexander Irvine-Fortesque All-Round Prize in S2 The Patrick W. Scott Shield for best recruit in the Combined Cadet Force

Steven Porter Neil Paterson Linsey A. Maycock

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Christine A. Caldwell Balint Joo Louise Undrill

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Nicholas R. Hall Naomi M. Thomaneck

f Lisa Clift 1. Gillian A. Nisbet Stewart H. Fowlie John R. A. Rattray

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The Aberdeen Grammar School Dramatic Society award for outstanding contribution to Drama The Rector's Shield for outstanding contribution to the running of the Literary and Debating Society—Equal The Edith and David Ritchie Bishop Prizes First for Public Speaking Second The Sir J. J. Robertson Award for outstanding contribution to the School Newspaper The Dr. A. A. Cormack Prize The Philip Love Special Award for achievement in Chess

The Philip Love Trophy for achievement in Chess Drama Shield,.

Playmaking—Senior 1 —Senior II The Grampian Region Winner of the Aberdeen University Geography Department World-Wise Quiz Shield—Aberdeen Grammar School Team

Jane Alexander Patrick J. M. Graham

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Nicholas Smithers Elizabeth C. Annand Scott I. Christie Scott R. Smith John D. Burke W. Stuart Chesney Paul M. Craig Ross M. Martin Jonathon \X'. Rowson Luke T. Russell Mark G. Russell Claire L Graham Stewart H. Fowlie

Mark Alexander (Team Captain)

The English Speaking Board Examinations Sarah Blwyddin Senior Grade 1 Claire Sutherland Francesca Graham Alan Martin Laura \X'alshe Louise Pine Senior Grade 2 Senior Grade 3 Katie Dove Lynne Ritchie Emma Blwyddin Joanne Leonard

Credit Credit Very Good Pass Very Good Pass Very Good Pass Good Pass Very Good Pass Very Good Pass Good Pass Good Pass

The Advanced Certificate in the Language Arts Lisa Clift The Mike of Edinbmgh's Award .theme Silver Award

Distinction

Sports PliteS The Neil Is.leldrum Inter-House Rugby Trophy (S1)—Dun The Former Pupils' Inter-House Rugby Cup —Byron The Former Pupils' Junior Rugby Cup —Byron The Former Pupils' House Hockey Cup —Keith

Brvonv Duncan Catherine Moore

Patrick J. O'Driscoll Andrew S. Lints Peter M. Williams Andrew• J. Calderwood

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The Junior Hockey Cup for Girls —Keith The Isobel O. Anderson Medley The Girls' Cup for Swimming The Dr. Morland Simpson Cup for Swimming The Rector's Medal for Swimming

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Sari A. Johnson Matthew D. Dyer Diane L Webster Diane L Webster Matthew D. Dyer

Badminton Awards

Senior Championship Girls' Champion Junior Champion The Aberdeen Grammar School Former Pupils' Club Rugby Football Section Trophy The School Colours Committee Football Cap The Former Pupils' Club `1965' Prize for the greatest contribution to the life of the School—Equal The Former Pupils' Club Certificates of Merit Awarded to:

The Runner-up to The Former Pupils' All-Round Trophy for Girls The Runner-up to The Former Pupils' All-Round Trophy and The Agnes Durward McDonald Prize The Former Pupils' All-Round Trophy for Girls The Former Pupils' All-Round Trophy and John No Dawson Prize

Andrew H. Fowlie Kim Stuart Andrew S. Haw Gavin Cormack Brian Middleton Jennifer M. Barron

{ Kerry A. M. Dohan Christine A. Caldwell Louise J. Undrill Barry J. McGlashan Brian Middleton Jennifer M. Barron Russell K. M. Pennie Helen S. Reid Gordon M. Inkson

9th Aberdeen (Grammar School) Scout Group No report submitted

School Boarding House The article about the former School Boarding House in last year's Magazine (pp. 30-31) elicited the following reply from Ian Taylor (1933-39). In a letter to the General Editor he recalls some of the faces in one of the photographs: I refer to Norman Jones' interesting photographs and article about boarders at 8 Queen's Road some 60 years ago. My comments relate to the second photograph, which could not have been taken earlier than September 1933 when I entered the "Bug House" as it was affectionately known [I am standing immediately to the left of Mr. Eddison].

James Durward (4th from left in back row) kept himself in pocket-money some years later by making neat little cigar-box crystal sets. With headphones, bed-springs for aerials, and no need for a power supply, many of us became late-night dance-band fans. He graduated B.Sc. (Eng.) in 1940 and our next meeting was in 1963 on a road construction contract in Northern Nigeria for which he was the Ministry of Works' Resident Engineer.

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At the other end of the back row stands Arthur Spark, who will be remembered as a dashing full-back and ladies' man. He had a Bing Crosbytype voice which we could persuade him to use when doing his prefect's lights-out routine. Returning to Aberdeen post-war he graduated M.B., Ch.B. in 1951.

Our Matron, Miss Mayor, for reasons unknown to me, was always referred to as "Haggis". In due course her son became Air Marshal Sir Leslie Mayor (Club President, 1972-73). Kneeling third from left is Tom Menzies (M.B., Ch.B., 1945) whom I was next to meet in Hammersmith Hospital in the mid-50s.

Third from the right in the same row is Douglas Paul (B.L., 1949), who must be widely known in Aberdeen legal circles.

On the left of the front row squats Ian lanes, who came to the "Bug House" with me, a year older and a year ahead at school. His father (a bosom-pal of my father at the Grammar and thereafter) was a distinguished G.P. in Hull, who came from Strathdon, and who initiated the Innes Dram at the Lonach Gathering. This time-hallowed custom was continued by his son until his untimely death some years ago, when his son in turn took over.

If I'm not mistaken, Ian Watt sits second from the right of the front row, but I have no knowledge of his subsequent career.

Two outstanding personalities of later "Bug House" days were Bill Stewart and Daily Allardyce. Bill was Assistant House Master and a gifted teacher of mathematics. He had records of Fats Waller, Nat Gonella, etc. which some of us were privileged to listen to in his study occasionally; also a powerful Mercedes-Benz tourer.

Scotland's future scrum-half came to us from Huntly at the age of 15 or 16, excelling at each and even' sporting activity. Aside from these he could walk around a room on his hands for minutes on end, was an outstanding gymnast, and picked up juggling in no time at all. During a period of weekly

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boxing tuition he showed great promise and obviously gave our professional tutor a hard time.

I hope Norman Jones' contribution will have sparked others, possibly with further photographs, and that someone will have discovered Boarding House records if such were kept and still exist.

Some Random Recollections of a 1930-40 Pupil Rector—Mr. Andrew (The Trout)—always a distant figure, seldom seen.

Primary School Miss Davidson—Head of the two primary classes: a tall person with a large glass jar of sweets, the round lid of which Miss Davidson would smilingly remove at the front of a class. A lucky achiever was then summoned to her presence and invited to place his hand into the jar to select one sweet. This ceremony was watched with awe and envy by each of his hushed five- or sixyear-old classmates.

Little boys were taught to form letters and figures and to write using a grey slate pencil on a rectangular slab of dark grey slate in a wooden frame. From memory, the frame would have been about 7 inches by 10 inches. A damp cloth erased writing and other marks on the slate. Lead pencils were unknown in the classroom.

As a five-year-old walking home along Osborne Place with classmates after school, not one of us would walk or run on the pavement past number 55. We always ran past on the far side of the street because a witch lived in number 55. How this firm belief arose I do not know.

Lower School Miss Ryder—Lower 1, a new teacher.

Miss Tough—Lower 2, small and dumpy.

Miss Pirie—Lower 3, tall, thin and dark-haired, applied gentle but firm discipline.

Miss Duff—Lower 4, small and neat appearance, taught well.

Toilets were in the middle of the concrete-surfaced playground located between the lower and upper school buildings. They were roofed, below ground level and therefore reached down steps, and had iron railings round them. When it was raining you ran to and from these conveniences. When there was snow on the ground, the playground provided excellent long slides.

Middle and Upper Schools Mr. Strachan (Bill)—Maths: a tall, lively, jovial teacher, greatly respected because of his fairness and his keen smiling approach to every boy. He had a distinctive long stride as he walked. His room was straight ahead at the top of the cold bare stone stairs at the other end of the corridor from the janitor's box. His justification for applying the strap to a boy's hand was always made clear to his class. Its sting was salutory and to this day has not been forgotten.

Mr. Walker (Pazzie)—English: said to have been gassed in the 1914-1918 War, which perhaps accounted for his nervous manner; a dull, humourless teacher who gave us an excellent grounding in his subject.

Mr. Hendry (Pa)—Geography: remembered for taking us on a practical exercise with a theodolite, taking measurements at the corners of Albert Street with Osborne Place and with Carden Place.

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Mr. Gonella—French: an uninspiring man of sallow complexion who taught us to write excellent, grammatically correct French. As seemed to be the practice in those days, we were not taught to speak French. However, his instruction has stood me in good stead over the years.

Mr. Gray (Pimple)—Maths.

Mr. Hemingway—Art: a great head of black hair.

Mr. Milne (Happy Harry)—a tall, benign man with red cheeks, did not teach me.

Mr. Milne—Latin and Greek: promoted to Sronehaven Academy(?); a good teacher; an active but plain, younger man.

Mr. Park—Physics?; a quiet, pleasant little man.

Mr. Hay (Doddie)—did not teach me; not of tidy appearance.

Mr. MacGregor—Games Master: a big, balding, athletic man who, at Rubislaw playing field, was often disposed to treat a schoolboy as a Drill Sergeant would a raw recruit. Rugby and cricket seemed to be the only games he could tolerate.

Mr. Falconer—Music: a kindly, round-shouldered person who taught in an attractive way. This pupil looked forward to his periods.

Mr. Summers—Gym: a short, athletic, muscular man, sometimes seen walking about on his hands in the gym as well as down the granite steps outside the gym. Rumour had it that he once went on his hands to the Rector's office to see Miss Beattie Brown, the Rector's secretary•.

Janitor (Jannie)—always well dressed in his uniform, regarded boys with considerable, unsmiling disdain.

There were other teachers, all male of course, memories of whom are vague.

The library was a place of pressing quiet and solitude where you were not allowed to speak.

As perhaps a ten-year-old I dearly recall exploring the Den burn several times with classmates over the low dyke at the School end of Osborne Place.

At this point it ran open to the skies along a cemented V-shaped stone course under the street. Going upstream astride the flow, with one foot on each side of the V, you followed a left rum as the burn ran parallel with Osborne Place.

You soon went below Albert Street and then you were in a dark black tunnel with a low roof. This necessitated the lighting of matches to begin with, then, on the next expedition, candles were used and were found to yield unsatisfactory illumination for exploration. A torch with batteries provided much better light to lead us through the darkness a long way upstream to a low concrete wall blocking our passage. Beyond the wall there was nothing in the gloom but water. This was a dam. On the left side of the dam wall—I can see it yet—there was a short metal ladder leading upwards to a strange metal square set in the roof of the tunnel. I remember going up the ladder by torchlight, raising one side of the heavy metal square to find myself in broad daylight in the middle of Prince Arthur Street. By the grace of God no horsedrawn or motor vehicle went over that manhole cover at that precise moment.

After that revelation was confirmed by two or three of us we beat a hasty retreat downstream and headed for home, never to return to that part of the Den burn.

Often in Osborne Place a stocky, swarthy organ-grinder was to be seen turning the handle of his instrument, which was shaped like an upright piano on two wheels and had long wheelbarrow handles. Sometimes there was a tethered monkey on top of the piano. He seemed to have various regular stops outside houses in Osborne Place, where he played his organ and received reward. He brooked no verbal torment from little boys who were sent on their way with torrents of shouted and sustained angry words in a foreign language, probably Italian.

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One day in 1934 the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools were gathered in the Hall (now destroyed by fire I understand) to hear over the wireless, relayed through speakers on the platform, the ceremony at Clydebank for the launch of the ship known as the 534, which was named by the King the ,Qmear May. As a Lower School nine-year-old I was seated to one side at the back of the Hall, where the sound from the speakers was not too good, having to compete with my classmates' chatter. There was cheering in the Hall when the ship was actually launched.

When war was declared in September 1939 I was in Classical IV. Classes were held not in the Grammar School but in premises (was it a school?) in Leadsidc Road either all morning or all afternoon. The even, orderly flow of instruction of earlier years was severely disrupted much to my disadvantage. In common with many other children whose parents were at that time overseas, I sailed from British shores in August 1940 to join my parents in Malaya and to continue schooling in Australia.

Having read from time to time over the last twenty years the written work of school leavers and university graduates I am most grateful for the greatly superior education I received at Aberdeen Grammar School, in particular the grounding in Latin. I have a far better idea as to the construction of a sentence than my juniors have, Too often I have seen from the pen of a university graduate a sentence which has no verb. Often the graduate, despite proven ability in other directions, is incapable of expressing himself or herself clearly on paper. He or she does not know a subject from a predicate, a passive verb from an active verb. 1 hope the reaching of English at the Grammar today is a continuation of that of the thirties.

A. G. Robertson (1930-40)

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F.P. Puzzle The following photograph was taken last summer by George S. Grant (1935-40): •

The inscription on the tombstone reads: WILLIAM DEY, M.A., LL.D. (ELDEST SON OF JAMES DEY) RECTOR OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, OLD ABERDEEN. DIED NOV. 1915, AGED 79.

QUIDQUID ACTS, AGE PRO VIRIBUS IPSE DIXIT ET EGIT." REV. JOHN DEY, M.A. DIED AT SUMMIT, N.J., U.S.A. ON NOV. 2ND 1926 AGED 86.

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If any F.P. can identify the churchyard, Mr. Grant will be pleased to donate a gift to the first person who sends him a note giving the correct place name.

[The F.P. Club is always grateful to receive any donation, however small or large, left by a former pupil in his or her will. — Ed.]

F.P. Prisoners of War In a letter to the General Editor James R. Guy (1924-36) enclosed the photo-graph below, taken fifty years ago in a P.O.W. camp—Oflag SC at Biberbach, South Germany. The former pupils in the photograph were all members of the 51st (H) Division , the Gordon Highlanders and the Royal Signals. The members of the 51st (H) Division were captured at St. Valery, France in June 1940.

Mr. Guy left Aberdeen in 1960 and retired in 1980 in Bearsden, Glasgow.

He was for the twelve years up to his retirement Distribution Director of Tennent Caledonian Breweries, responsible for overall distribution of Tennent's products throughout Scotland.

Back row. James Guy, Douglas Keith, Joe Carry, ?McKenzie or MacPherson; Front row: Dave Morran, Bill Lawrie (Former P.E. Master at the School), Gordon Bisset.

Other F.P.s known to Mr. Guy but in other camps were John Kemp (who appears in a photograph taken outside the former School Boarding House in Queen's Road*), Col. T.P.E. Murray, Majors Bertram Williamson and Herbert Reid. The last three former pupils are deceased. (*See p. 31, June 1991 Magatine)

Charles Hemingway and Pupils: A Retrospective Exhibition Charles Hemingway, known to generations of pupils as "The Bush", was art master at Aberdeen Grammar School from 1936 until 1969. As a teacher he had the power to elicit both response and commitment even from the least artistically-inclined of his pupils; certainly anyone who was taught by him was changed by the experience. His ability to inspire and encourage students on the path towards becoming artists in their own right becomes more apparent when one surveys the impressive list of his former pupils who are now established artists.

It has gradually been realised since his death that Hemingway, in addition to being an inspirational teacher, was also an artist of considerable significance.

Yet his work has never been exhibited before the public as a single collection, and consequently has not received the widespread recognition which it deserves.

To bring Hemingway's work to a higher local and national profile, Aberdeen Artists' Society is organising a retrospective exhibition on Hemingway and his pupils, scheduled to take place at Aberdeen Art Gallery from 22 January to 20 February 1994. The organising committee of the Hemingway Exhibition is now actively seeking help in various forms, to ensure the success of this venture.

At this stage we are keen to trace as much of Hemingway's output as possible; this includes oil paintings, drawings and tine films. If the location or ownership of any such works is known to you, please let us know. If you personally own work by Hemingway, please indicate if you would be willing to show these to the Society, with a view to our selecting examples of his work for exhibition.

Aberdeen Artists' Society is also keen to gather anecdotes about "The Bush" which would help to complete the picture of Hemingway as man and artist. If you have any publishable stories, please put them in writing and send them to the address below. Likewise, any cuttings, information or photographs from school trips abroad (the 1961 Italian Tour springs to mind) would be appreciated. It is intended to produce a catalogue of the known output of Hemingway which would include not only those exhibited in 1994 but all his extant works.

Inevitably large exhibitions cost money to organise and stage. To date the Society has been offered contributions from the City of Aberdeen and from Aberdeen Grammar School Former Pupils' Club, for which we are most grateful. Through this Magazine we would seek further assistance from ex-pupils who may be in a position to be able to help with funding. For example, further money will be required to finance the catalogue (which will carry advertising as a means of partially funding its production), posters and publicity for the exhibition.

Please contact the Secretary at the address below if you would like to help in any way.

Secretary of Aberdeen Artists' Society: Miss Doreen Tyre, 57 Stanley Street, Aberdeen.

Tel: (0224) 322691.

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Centenary Issue of the Magazine, 1993

Information about Former Pupils The remainder of this page and its reverse side are provided for the easy intimation of Notes About Former Pupils, Marriages and Obituaries to the Notes Editor, Kenneth A. McR. Nisbet, 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen AB1 6YQ. One essential function of the Magazine is to inform readers all over the world of the careers of FPs with whom they are no longer in everyday contact, and every contribution to the Notes Section is welcomed for that reason. Please assist with the production of the centenary Magazine by using this form to provide information about yourself or any other FP known to you.

The General Editor will be glad to discuss matters related to the centenary Magazine with any member.

Material for inclusion in the June 1993 centenary issue must be received no later than early March 1993.

DEREK A. HARLEY General Editor 1. Name of FP(s) 2. Years at School (if known) 3. Contributor's address (and name if different from 1)

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The Class of '59 To coincide with the Centenary of the Club it is proposed that sometime next year a reunion will be held of former pupils who left the School in 1959. The date of the reunion will be advised in due course.

Any F.P. interested in attending the function should contact Mr James C. Lyon, 2A Cranford Terrace, Aberdeen AB1 7NQ. Tel. (H) 310988 (O) 313080.

Class Reunion of Year 1961-67 Was it really thirty years ago that a group of quiet, ashen-faced lads appeared for their first day at Aberdeen Grammar School? Allocated our classes, Form Masters and Houses, we were setting off on our varied careers through School, and on into life!!

It was on 23 August 1961 that we were allocated our Form Masters, and from the depths of antiquity, the various masters are listed below to jangle the memory cells: 1961-42

1B 1S 1D 1M 1W

R. Brown 1. T. Stephen E. M. Duncan P. W. Scott W. G. Watt

1962-63

2A 2B 2C 2D 2E

R. McLeod I. C. R. Galloway W. G. Watt J. Lockie G. Forbes

1963-64

3H1 3H2 3H3 3G1 3G2 3G3 3G4

I. Ramsay N. King A. L. McCombie R. McNay M. H. Matheson D. Anderson J. Lockie

1964-65

IV1 IV2 IV3 IV4 IV5

J. A. Flett A. Bruce I. T. Stephen S. F. Smith W. S. Wilson W. G. Watt

VI UV2 V3 V4 V5 UV6

J. A. Flett 1966-67 1..TW1 W. Fordyce 3rd Term I. T. Stephen UVI2 LVI1 P. W. Scott 1. H. W. M. Grant LVI2 LVI3 W. G. Watt

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rvis

D. C. Macauley J. M. Bradbury J. T. Wiseman G. G. Forbes M. Stewart W. May

That makes you think a little bit .. .. does it not??

As the years progressed, classmates came and went, but for some, friendships have continued down through the mists of time.

Since leaving School, there have been a number of world-shattering and major local events; and, listed below, are just a few at random to remind us of the passing years....

We left School during Flower Power and music has progressed (??) through Punk, Heavy Metal, New Wave, etc. to the modem hits.

1969 saw the first man on the moon and nowadays we find the spaceshuttles are common news.

1972 saw the introduction of decimalisation—pints used to be about 1/6 (7V, pence to the younger readers!!) and now they cost around £1.50.

The oil boom came, went away and returned, local government reorganisation caused a few headaches, the first test-tube baby appeared in 1978 and we joined the E.E.C.

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Piper Alpha's horrendous disaster was in 1988 and we had a cowboy in the White House after Watergate.

There was the Falklands War and then the Gulf War, with the Middle East hostage situation being resolved fairly recently. The Berlin Wall was broken down, and the U.S.S.R. was broken up! Glasnost seems to be here to stay and Stornoway is looking for a few bob towards the B.C.C.I. affair.

However, the Scottish Rugby Team did win the Grand Slam—twice, in 1984 and 1990.

A lot has happened since we left the School!!

I am sure that the great majority have had little or no contact with most of our School year-group in the interim, since leaving and going our own ways.

But a few have been in touch and it was felt that a reunion should be arranged to co-incide with the Former Pupils' Club Centenary Celebrations which are scheduled for October 1993.

A civic reception has been arranged for Thursday 28 October, with the main Centenary Dinner being held on the 30th. For our reunion, a visit to the School will be arranged (now totally resplendent since the fire). An informal gathering would also be arranged for those not wishing to attend the Dinner, or for another time suitable to all.

So, if you were at the School between those years, and if you wish to be kept up to date with the reunion developments, please contact one of the names listed below. We hope to have a good response for this reunion, and it will be even more special, as it coincides with the Parent Club's celebrations.

Also, if you are in touch with anyone who belonged to this group, please appraise them of our plans.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours fraternally, Dave McDonald (1961-67) Contact Names JOHN DUGLID 15 Victoria Street, Aberdeen Tel. (0224) 642343 RAYMOND CLARK 1 Todhead Gardens, Aliens, Aberdeen Tel. (0224) 898362 MICHAEL INGLIS 24 Carden Place, Aberdeen Tel. (0224) 640245

DAVE MCDONALD 41 Caledonian Place, Aberdeen Tel. (0224) 596748

Former Pupils' Club Club Founded 11 September 1893

Club Office-Bearers, 1992-93 Honorary President: WILLIAM J. JOHNSTON, B.SC., DIP.ED.

(Rector) Honorary Vice-Presidents:

IAN G. MCPHERSON (1910-17) (President, 1965-66) EDWARD J. WooD (1908-21), M.A. (President, 1966-67) JOSEPH IL CARRY (1918-30), M.B.E., T.D., D.L, F.B.C.O. (President, 1967-68) Emc Ros BIRKErr (1920-22), CA. (President, 1968-69) ALLAN C. FRAZER (1925-30), M.A., LL.B., W.S. (President, 1970-71) JOHN V. SKINNER, M.A., M.LITT., DIP.ED., J.P. (Rector, 1959-72) GEORGE E. C. BARTON (1923-26), M.A. (President, 1973-74) THE VERY REVD. J. FRASER MCLUSKEY (1920-31), m.c., D.D. (President, 1974-75) ROBERT A. E. MENNIE (1924-36), M.A., F.R.N.S., F.INST.PET. (President, 1976-77) JOHN W. CRADOCK (1941-46), C.A. (President, 1977-78) WtLuAm L CONNON (1930-40), B.L (President, 1979—80) T. GORDON Corns (1938-49, 1950-51), Q.C., M.A., LLB. (President, 1980-81) JAMES A. N. WATT (1927-39), c.A. (President, 1982-83) BRIAN K. CROOKSHANKS (1934-46), T.D., M.A., L.L.B. (President, 1983-84) ERIC D. WATT (1937-50), B.ED. (President, 1984—85) MAURICE CRAMB (1916-29), M.A., LL.B., LL.D. ALAN J. PETERS (1920-30), C.A. LAN LEVIS SMITH (1918-30) DOUGLAS N. GEORGESON (1929-40) (President, 1985-86) ROBERT D. GILL, M.A., F.C.P. (Rector, 1972-86) ANDREW S. NOBLE (1939-52), M.A., F.C.M.A., F.I.M.A. (President, 1986-87) PROF. PHILIP N. LOVE (1952-58), C.B.E., M.A., LL.B. (President, 1987-88) W. MorausoN BROWN (1933-46) (President, 1988—89) ERIC CRAIG (1934-46) (President, 1989-90) THOMAS I. MORRISON (1934-47), T.D., B.Sc.(Aber.), M.Sc.(Glas.), C.Chem., F.R.S.C. (President, 1990-91) ARTHUR L. MCCOMBIE, M.A., F.S.A.(Scot.) (Deputy Rector, 1973-90) DR. J. IL S. INNEs (1923-35), M.B., CH.B. (President, 1991-92) President:

A. KEITH CAMPBELL, (1944-53), T.ENG.(C.E.I.), M.INST. A.E.A. Vice-President of Club and Chairman of Executive: RICHARD H. CRADOCK (1940-41 and 1945-51) Secretary:

JoI1N F. HENDRY (1951-65), LL.B. Treasure=

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General Editor of Magazine: DEREK A. HARLEY (1974—80), M.A., Dip. Ed. Secretaries of Centres Club Centre—PETER M. ROBERTSON (1967-73), LL.B., 86 Queen's Road,

Aberdeen AB1 6YQ. Edinburgh—NIGEL G. M. WATT (1963-69), w.s., 21 Stafford Street, Edinburgh EH3 7BJ. Tel. 031 225 8884.

Glasgow—J. PETER CAIRNS (1945-57), Dellglenan, 3 John Street Lane,

Helensburgh G84 9NA. London—ROBERT A. E. MENNM (1924-36), 9 Butler Close, Victoria Avenue,

Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 3DB. Yorkshire—W. Scan GILCHRIST (1929-36), B.L., 18 Clifford Moor Road,

Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 6PG. Secretaries of Sections Cricket—Ric.HARD S. T. FERRO, 12 Kirkbrac Avenue, Cults, Aberdeen AB1

9RF.

Curling—BRucE S. ALLAN (1953-58), A.R.I.A.S., 55 Carden Place, Aberdeen

AB1 1UN. Football—GoiwoN G. D. FRASER (1975-80), 1 Carden Place, Aberdeen

AB1 1UT. Golf-PETER M. ROBERTSON (1967-73), LL.B., 33 Northburn Avenue,

Aberdeen AB2 6AH. Hockey—RONALD A. FRASER, 33 Albert Terrace, Aberdeen AB1 1XY. Petanque—RICHARD H. CRADOCK (1940-41 and 1945-51), 33 Anderson Drive, Aberdeen ABI 6ST. Rugby—CALLUM A. McDoNALD (1963-76), 22 Harcourt Road, Aberdeen AB2 4N Z. Swimming—PETER MULVEY (1952-62), 26 Mile-End Avenue, Aberdeen AB2 4LR. Women's Hockey—KAREN A. PATERSON (1979-85), 63 Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen AB2 4DS. Executive Committee

The Vice-President of the Club, Chairman DR. DOUGLAS G. FOWLIE (1950-64), M.H., CH.B., F.R.C.Psych., hue-Chairman The Secretary, the Treasurer and the General Editor of the Magazine, ex officiis The Rector of the School, ex officio ALAN G. CAMPBELL (1959-65) ERIC CRAIG (1934-46)

JoHN H. DUGUID (1962-67) H. ALAN S. HAMILTON (1943-56) DouGLAs McAuisTER (1961-74) YVONNE MCALLISTER (1984-90) TIMOTHY E. McK.Av (1976—81)

HARVEY E. MORRISON (1951-65)

HUGH S. PnuE (1948-54) TnAcrniv J. ROLFE (1980-86) JOHN A. SMITH (1966-72) HP' FN C. WALLIS (1981-87) DOUGLAS M. WATsoN (1980-85) WENDY WATSON (1984-90)

Section Representatives Club Centre—BiuA.N K. CROOKSHANKS (1934-46) Cricket—Joi-LN G. N. FRASER (1942-55) Curling—BRUCE S. ALLAN (1953-58) Golf-D MI-AS G. MOIR (1969-75) Hockey—BRLVN. COCKBURN (1965-71) Petanque—RONALD R. COMBER (1947-52)

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Rugby—JOHN D. MURRAY (1961-74) Staff—RussEu. GRAY (1951-65) Swimming—PETER M. ROBERTSON (1967-73) Women's Hockey—RHONA M. M.ACLENNAN (1981-87) Auditors Messrs. BOWER & SMITH, C.A. Club Consuls Australia—JAMES W. HowiSoN (1937-50), 100 Curtin Avenue, Wahroonga, New South Wales 2076, Australia. Tel. 02-4873164.

Australia—DR. FORBES SMITH (1945-57), 8 Narrung Road, Mount Eliza 3930, Victoria, Australia.

Canada—G. DOUGLAS MENZIES (1934-44), 15414 74th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5R 2Y4.

Canada—GoaDoN B. SINGER (1949-50), 103 Lake Mead Drive, Calgary, Canada 72P 327.

Canada—IAN McG. MARR (1954-58), 4 Milne Crescent, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 1H6.

Canada—SANDY WATT (1937-50), 1733 Coleman Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7K 2V7. Tel. 604987 6209.

Canada—PETER JEFFREY, 20163 Lakeshore, Baie d'Urfe, Quebec H9X 1P8.

Tel. (514) 457-6252.

Ireland—ANDREW M. M. STEVEN (1936-50), M.A., LL,B. DIP.ED., 5 Beech Hill Avenue, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 4NS. New Zealand—MICHAEL B. THOMSON (1938-51), 39 Jubilee Road, Khandallah, Wellington 4, New Zealand.

South AfricaJOSEPH FARQUHARSON (1929-43), Business Mount Nelson Hotel, P.O. Box 2608, Cape Town 8000. Tel. 23-1000 Ext. 153; Home 402 Clarepark, Brook Street, Claremont 7700, Cape Town. Tel. 611436.

Thailand—PROF. ALASTAIR NORTH (1937-41 and 1942-50), Asian Institute of Technology, GPO Box 2754, Bangkok 10501, Thailand. Tel. 5290100-13.

U.S.A.-MICHAEL G. KING (1951-60), 4720 Fortuna Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84124, U.S.A. Annual General Meeting The ninetieth Annual General Meeting of the Club was held at the Club Centre, 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen on Monday, 30 March 1992.

The Chairman commenced proceedings by welcoming on behalf of the Club Dr. J. R. S. Innes, at the end of his presidential year, and Mr. W. J. Johnston, the Rector.

Death of former president During the year the Executive had recorded with sadness the death of Air Marshal Sir Leslie Mayor, a past president and long-standing supporter of the Yorkshire Centre.

Notable achievements by FPs The Chairman made reference to the achievements of several former pupils: Alan Campbell had been appointed Chief Executive of Grampian Regional Council; Professor Philip Love had become Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University, commencing in September, and Donald Lamont had been

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appointed British Ambassador to Uruguay; Jeremy Moir had been selected to play cricket for Scotland on a tour of South Africa in March, while Charlie Ritchie was due to set off with the Scotland rugby touring party as their manager on a trip to Australia at the end of May. Membership The Chairman expressed his disappointment that membership was down slightly on the previous year. He urged members to encourage their contemporaries to join the Club and to participate in the Beyond 500 scheme.

Social The 1991 Dinner and Ball had been successful but not as well supported as in previous years. Douglas McAllister, the Entertainments Convener, was thanked for his efforts.

Club Centre dinners had been held in London, Yorkshire, Edinburgh and Glasgow and had all been successful.

Centenary The Centenary Committee continued to meet under the chairmanship of Richard Cradock and there were a number of celebrations planned.

Rubislaw Playing Field Development Committee A committee had been formed to look into the question of facilities available at Rubislaw. Work had started on refurbishment of changing facilities and improvement of boundary fences. Other items under consideration were improving the drainage of the football pitch, a new cricket square with artificial wicket, a possible stand for the main rugby pitch and an all-weather hockey and tennis surface.

Club Centre The Club Centre continued to thrive under the able chairmanship of Mr. Brian Crookshanks.

School On 4 March the refurbished (formerly fire-damaged) areas of the School had been re-opened officially. Further refurbishment was now in hand. The School Board was functioning well, with FPs represented in the form of the Chairman and one ordinaly member. The Amenities Fund had disbursed £1,580 in the School during the year. Two senior pupils were guests of the London Centre for a week in June. The Club had collected £1,740 in donations from former pupils following the 1986 fire.

General Business Reports on the year's activities were submitted by the representatives of the Club's Sections. Similar reports appear later in this Magazine. The Chairman invited Mr. Ewan Clark to speak to those present about his proposal to re-form the Tennis Section. It was some fifteen years since the Section had last been active. Mr. Clark indicated that there was a notice in the Club Centre inviting members to add their names and hoped that the Section could be revived.

The Club's accounts for the year were submitted and approved. An abstract of the accounts is printed at the end of this Magazine. and the full Statement of Accounts may be obtained on request from the Secretary.

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In presenting the accounts the Treasurer, Mr. J. D. Murray, made reference to two generous donations during the year which had resulted in the accounts being in surplus.

He pointed out that the Beyond 500 scheme required greater support from members.

Office-bearers for the year 1992-93 were elected in accordance with the lists contained earlier in this Magazine.

FP Club Annual General Meeting 1993 The 1993 A.G.M. will be held on Monday 29 March at 7.30 p.m. at 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen.

Please make an appropriate note for your next year's diary.

FP Club Centenary 1993 As readers of last year's Magazine will recall, the Executive appointed a subcommittee comprising Mr. R. H. Cradock (Convener), Mr. W. M. Brown, Mr. A. K. Campbell, Mr. E. Craig, Mr. J. C. Lyon, Mr. M. F. Watson, Mr. D. K. Yule and Mr. J. G. N. Fraser (Clerk), with a remit to organise the celebrations for the FP Club Centenary in 1993; Mr. D. McDonald was subsequently coopted as a member of the subcommittee.

The major events of the Centenary will take place in the autumn of 1993, as close as practicable to the actual date of the Club's foundation (18 October).

Thus the Centenary Dinner is to be held on Friday, 29 October 1993, which would be the customary date of the Annual Dinner, and it is hoped that similar dinners will be organised on or around that date by the various Club Consuls around the world. Those FPs who are based furth of Aberdeen will of course be most welcome to plan a trip to their native city to include attendance at the Centenary Dinner.

Aberdeen District Council has kindly agreed to host a civic reception at the Town House on the evening of Thursday, 28 October 1993, for Club officials and distinguished guests, while a Past Presidents' Cocktail Party is planned for lunchtime on Saturday, 30 October 1993, in the Club Centre. The usual Annual Ball in late December 1993 will be designated as the Centenary Ball and be celebrated accordingly.

If funds are available, it is hoped that there will be an exhibition comprising a history of the Club and its officials, biographies of famous FPs, sporting memorabilia etc., which might be situated in the School itself and part of which could become a permanent feature therein. It is possible that, in view of the long association between the School and Marischal College, this project may be combined with an exhibition which is to be mounted by the University of Aberdeen to mark the quatercentenary of Marischal College in April 1993.

The various Sports Sections are being encouraged to hold celebratory events between October 1993 and September 1994, with the Rugby Section (founded simultaneously with the Club itself) no doubt leading the way. Organisers of class reunions are similarly being invited to convene such gatherings during 1993-94.

The establishment of a Centenary Fund is currently under discussion by the Executive. The objects of this financial appeal have yet to be defined, but it has not gone unnoticed that "the other place" has recently acquired splendid new sports facilities at Slopefield, and the Executive considers that improvement of Rubislaw Playing Field is essential in terms of recruitment and retention of members of the Sporting Sections; accordingly, the development of Rubislaw may well be a primary aim of the projected Centenary Fund.

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President's Report What a marvellous experience and a privilege to have been invited to accept the Presidency of Aberdeen Grammar School Former Pupils' Club almost 60 years after having completed my formal education at the School. I have to confess to having been somewhat remiss in my active commitment to the wellbeing of the School and the F.P. Club during the years when I was in general medical practice in Aberdeen, but I was nevertheless a loyal and devoted former pupil.

My enthusiasm for and admiration of this historic seat of learning has been rekindled by the close ties with the Rector and his staff and the pupils during my year as President, an honour which, although doubtfully merited, inspired a marvellous conceit of achievement and reward.

My reintroduction to the School coincided with the completion of the reconstruction and partial refurbishment of the central area of the building which was gutted by the devastating fire of 2 July 1986, destroying the old Hall, the library and a vast collection of irreplaceable items.

The opportunity to wander again through the remnant corridors of the building I had known as an aspiring scholar stimulated memories of halcyon days, when much-revered teachers seemed to have time and enthusiasm to indulge us restless pupils in so many extra-curricular activities which generated a relationship enabling both pupil and teacher to survive the trauma of failed academic achievement, assessed peremptorily by written examination, and which established a high degree of respect and bonds of everlasting friendship.

It also seems to me that the pupils of today are far removed from the cramming' pressures and disciplinary constraints associated with the teaching of years gone by, and they are now encouraged to study in a relaxed and more discursive atmosphere, and, when required, in an environment festooned with the paraphernalia of modern technology.

Despite the very different methods of teaching now, I can confirm from my personal experience at this year's prize-giving ceremony that the customary standard of excellence is being fully maintained, and that we can be justifiably proud of the calibre of the boys and girls now leaving school to venture into the wider world of the Professions, Industry and Commerce. They will assuredly uphold the great tradition of the School and enhance its enviable reputation for producing leaders in every walk of life.

I was fortunate in being able to attend all the (Centre) Dinners, commencing with the delightfully informal meeting of the Yorkshire Centre in Knaresborough, which eases each and every President gently and casually onto the social merry-go-round, followed by the somewhat more demanding but equally enjoyable gathering of London F.P.s in the Caledonian Club where Doug Smith, my old friend and team-mate, presided and ensured that everyone, including the ladies, participated in a memorable evening.

At this point it would be remiss of me if I did not mention the debt of gratitude the F.P. Club owes to Ian Duguid and his wife, Yvonne, for the unfailing and very generous hospitality they dispense to many F.P.s in their visits to the metropolis, and in particular for their commitment to looking after and entertaining the Head Boy and Head Girl during their week-long visit in the summer term.

The Edinburgh Dinner in the Carlton Hotel was particularly gratifying for me in that I had the enormous pleasure of greeting again two very special schoolmates—Willie Black, captain of the Rugby 1st XV, and Tommy Nicol, Senior Prefect, both of whom were loud in their praise of the School and of their appreciation of the good offices of the F.P. Club in maintaining these ties.

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The immediate past President of the Club, Dr. J. R. S. (Donny) inns (left), is pictured handing over the badge of office to his successor, Mr. A. K. Campbell, in the Club Centre, 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen.

Nigel Watt, son and grandson of most illustrious benefactors of the School and F.P. Club, presided on the night, and was also the organising secretary for this most enjoyable event, which alas coincided with the catastrophe at Murrayfield the following day when Scotland were well and truly beaten by a most proficient England side.

Basil Emslie and Andrew McLaren, two most stalwart and generous F.P.s and contemporaries of mine at School made my visit to Glasgow all the more enjoyable, as did the presence of Jack Webster from "that other place" with his delightfully country conversation. Peter Cairns was the man in charge and I can vouch for and recommend his brand of hospitality.

The principal dinner in Aberdeen in October was graced by the presence of a sportsman of international repute, Mr. Micky Steel-Bodger, CBE, President of the Barbarian Rugby Football Club, Past President of the Rugby Football Union, whose toast to the School and the Club set the tone for the evening by its delightfully amusing and informal comment punctuated by gems of serious comment.

For most it was an evening of relaxed enjoyment, but for me it was the high point of the Presidential year. My very good friend Jim Lyon, Chairman of the Executive, caused me considerable embarrassment during the terminal toast of the evening with his eulogy, but I forgive him for I owe him an immense debt of gratitude for guiding and supporting me so efficiently throughout my year in office.

I am also greatly indebted to all the other Club officials and in particular to Jock Hendry for his never-failing co-operation and courtesy, and for always being available at the end of the phone in times of stress.

Without their totally unselfish commitment the F.P. Club would surely deteriorate into a disorganised conglomeration of disenchanted sections.

Like my illustrious predecessor, Tim Morrison, I have to report a continuing dwindling of the membership, both of the F.P. Club and the F.P. Centre, and

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to date no satisfactory method of altering this unhappy state of affairs has been conjured up. I can only exhort all school-leavers, and those former pupils who are not members of the Club, to join and realise all the benefits which membership bestows. I sincerely hope that the year ahead will witness a significant increase in paid-up members both of the F.P. Club and the Club Centre so that in the Centenary Year we can boast of members to justify the pride we have in our heritage.

I am deeply conscious of the honour that was paid me and I have endeavoured to maintain the standard, hopefully with a modicum of success, set by my predecessors.

Keith Campbell, already installed as President for 1992-93, is the most delightful and entertaining companion, steeped in the history of the School, and richly qualified for the office of President by virtue of his long and dedicated previous service to the Club—culminating in his appointment as Chairman of the Executive in 1986.

The best interests of the Club are in safe hands and the future is secure.

Ave atque vale. (I got lower Latin in the Highers after six years!)

J. R. S. Innes (1923-35)

Our President A. K. Campbell (1944—53), I.Eng., , M.F.1.E.A. The mantle of office as President of the Club falls this year on Alexander Keith Campbell. Keith is a man eminently fitted to follow in the long line of distinguished holders of this office.

Keith attended the School from 1944-53, before going to Aberdeen Trades College and R.G.I.T., gaining a national certificate in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a year at Coventry Technical College, for a Higher National Certificate. He began his business career with P. N. Shinnie Ltd in Aberdeen.

His national service was spent with the R.A.F., following which he returned to P. N. Shinnie as Assistant Service Manager. He joined his father, Douglas Campbell, Motor Claims Assessor, in 1961, and in 1966 completed his studies for the Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors, becoming an Associate Member in 1972 and a member of the Fediratthn Internationale des Experts en Automobiles.

It was at school that Keith was introduced to the finer arts of hockey by Ian Park, Stanley Hunter and the irrepressible Bob McKay. It was this sport that enabled Keith to show his exceptional qualities of leadership and organisation.

A formidable defender who gave little away to the opposition, very hard but very fair, he led by example, always immaculately turned out and a stickler for punctuality. Keith was a highly respected 1st XI captain on two occasions, Match Secretary for many years and Club Captain of the F.P. Hockey Section.

He was also a founder member and organiser of the Scottish Veterans' Hockey Club from 1973-89 and organiser of the North Veterans' Hockey Club (The Auld Craws) from 1973-91.

Keith's other sport is golf and he is a playing member of Westhill Golf Club.

For many years he has been an active member of the F.P. Golf Section and was Captain in 1986-87.

Keith has consistently dedicated himself to the well-being of F.P.s and has served for many years on the Club Centre and F.P. Executive Committees, culminating in his appointment as Vice-President and Chairman from 1986-88.

In that office his unique blend of modesty, tact and firmness created an

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atmosphere conducive to the expeditious conduct of Club business and the sound formulation of Club policy. It was during this period that Mr. R. D. Gill retired and Mr. W. Johnston became Rector of the School, and it was also during this time that the School was partly destroyed by the fire.

Besides his F.P. and hockey interests, Keith is an active member of the Aberdeen Hammermen Incorporation—the first Motor Engineer to do so under their revised trades categories—rising through various offices to become Deacon in 1981-83 and again in 1989-1990.

An elder of Mannofield church, a lifelong caravanning enthusiast, a former committee member of the Aberdeen District Motor Club and former President of the Riley Motor Club Scottish North East Region, Keith has continued to take an active interest in motoring circles. He is the proud owner of a 1956 Vauxhall Cresla, which he enters for local veteran car rallies.

A married man with a charming wife, Sheila, they have two sons, Alastair and Alan. Both have played for the F.P. Hockey Section and Alan is currently 2nd XI Captain.

The F.P. Club has always meant a lot to Keith. It is only fitting that, in view of his exceptional services to the Club, he should be honoured by his appointment as President.

It is certain that his own fine qualities will enhance the proud tradition of his predecessors.

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Annual Dinner The 1991 Annual Dinner was held in the New Nlarcliffe Hotel on Friday, 25 October under the chairmanship of Dr. J. R. S. (Donny) Innes, the Club President. Thoroughly entertaining speeches and an excellent meal ensured that the company enjoyed a most successful evening.

The principal speaker was Micky Steele-Bodger, a former president of the Rugby Football Union and opponent of our President in the 1948 Calcutta Cup match, who proposed the toast to the School and the Club. In his unique style Micky shared with us many memories of his contact with our President and the Club and recounted what seemed an endless stream of amusing anecdotes.

A reply on behalf of the School was made by the Rector, Mr. William Johnston, who was able to communicate good news both on the rebuild and the general health and well-being of the School. The President's reply on behalf of the Club exhibited Donny's own brand of enthusiasm matched with thoroughness, which has been the hallmark of his term of office. Mr. Ken Peters then proposed the toast to the guests—in verse, filled with local references and witty observations. The reply on behalf of the guests was made

by Dr. Steven Crocket, in a speech brimming with Doric humour. Finally, Mr. Jim Lyon, the Vice-President of the Club, proposed a vote of thanks to Donny Innes, not only for his excellent chairmanship of the Dinner, but also for his outstanding contribution to the activities of the Club, both sporting and social, over many years.

The following FPs were present at the 1991 Annual Dinner: S. Armstrong (1974-80), B. S. Allan (1953-58), S. Allan (1983-89), N. Bain (1974—80), G. E. C. Barton (1923-26), M. Batchelor (1959-65). J. P. Caims (1943-57) (President, Glasgow Centre), A. K. Campbell (1944-53), J. Campbell (1980-86), J. R. Carry (1918-30), L. Carson (1981-85), P. Clark (1974-80), J. W. Cradock (1940-46), R. H. Cradock (1940-41 and 1945-51), E. Craig (1934-46), B. K. Crookshanks (1934-46), S. Cusiter (1983-89), J. Drummond (1947-58), I. Duguid (1938-43) (President, London Centre), J. Gauld (1956-62), D. Georgeson (1929-4.0), E. Grieve (1944-50), R. Gray (1951-65), I. Halliday (1952-58), A. Hamilton (1945-56), D. A. Harley (1974-80), I. Harrow (1939-45), E. Hendry (1985-91), J. F. Hendry (1951-65), J. R. S. Ines (1923-35) (Club President), F. Jeffers (1984-90), K. Jones (1957-66), D. Kelly (1939-49), J. Knaggs (1979—85), F. K. Lawson (1946-61), P. N. Love (1952-58), J. C. Lyon (1953-59), D. McAllister (1961-74), M. MacDonald (1980-86), R. MacLennan (1981—87), I. McLeod (1951-55), A. McKenna (1981-87), L. Manders (1979-85), S. Milne (1983-89), J. D. Moir (1970-75), H. E. Morrison (1951-65), M. Moser (1976—80), J. D. Murray (1961-74), R. J. Nugent (1968-70), H. Paterson (1941-50), K. Peters (1929-41), S. Roarity (1983-89), T. Robb (1981-87), F. Rogers (1984-90), B. Scott (1974-80), C. Smith (1978-83), I. L Smith (1918-30), A. Taylor (1974-80), H. Wallis (1981-87), D. Watson (1979—85), W. Watson (1984-90), N. G. M. Watt (1963-69) (President, Edinburgh Centre), S. Wildi (1980-86), D. K. Yule (1951-65), D. N. Yule (1960-66).

Also in attendance: W. J. Johnston (Rector).

Former Staff R. D. Gill (Rector, 1972-86), R. McLeod, I. T. Stephen.

Also present: Helen Reid (Head Girt), Russell Pennic (Head B9).

George McKenzie (Club Centre Steuvra).

Club Apparel Members—particularly members forth of Aberdeen—may care to know that the Club currently has a new• stock of ties in club colours (magenta and green

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stripes on black background or magenta stripe on green background). Also available are sweaters and body-warmers, each in the approved Club grcy and with the Club badge embroidered. Ties are priced at C8, sweaters at £24 and body-warmers at £'1.50. Also available, in small sizes only, are a limited number of sweaters at a special "sale price" of O.50.

Apply to the Secretary, John F. Hendry, 36 Albyn Place, Aberdeen.

FP Club Membership Subscription Rates Life Membership C75 Ordinary Annual Membership L6 Junior Annual Membership (under 22 years of age on 1 Jarman) L4 School Leaver's Membership (The subscription covers the balance of the year the member leaves school and the two succeeding years) Subscriptions are payable to the Treasurer, John D. Murray, 78 Forbesfield Road, Aberdeen AR1 6PA.

Centre Reports Club Centre The Club Centre had a reasonably successful year in 1991. In financial terms a profit of nearly L-7,000 was achieved and this is very satisfactory.

Routine maintenance of the main building has been continued, although no major works were undertaken. The major maintenance item in 1991 was to the steward's house, where the roof, wall repairs and then repainting had to be undertaken. The property is now in sound condition.

Membership of the Centre at 31 December 1991 was 670, which was not very different from the previous year. There has been raised on a number of previous occasions the question of Sports Section members who do not pay subscriptions to the Centre, but who use it on a regular basis. This problem has been addressed and agreement in principle has been reached with the Rugby and Hockey Sections for the identification of the persons concerned and payment of the appropriate subs by the Sections who are then free to make their own arrangements to claw back the sums involved from the individuals.

Not unconnected with this is the continuing problem of people who think they can use the premises without paying a subscription and those others who seem to think that they can hold group meetings in the lounge bar without paying a fee, a subscription or even buying any significant quantity of drink. In addition some people have been found in the premises who have walked in off the street using our TV room and other facilities. To deal comprehensively with all the problems, the Committee has resolved to install a door entry-system which will come into operation during 1992. Each member will have a key-card with a four-figure number, which this year may bear a relationship to his or her membership card number. The cost of cards will be borne by members on a "one only" basis and the card continues in use permanently. On an appropriate date after subscriptions fall due, access to the Club can be denied to members in arrears by the simple expedient of deleting their card number from the entry system.

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The Club Centre is generally underused. There is no identifiable pattern. The fact that a particular evening is quiet one week does not mean that it will be so the following week. Membership ought to be higher and members are encouraged to make fuller use of the facilities. It has to be recognised that this is a private club and that the younger members of either sex seeking the company of members of the opposite sex are not going to meet them within the closed surroundings of such a club. What has to be addressed, and is in fact the subject of current discussion within the Committee, is what measures we can take to make the Centre more attractive to entice members into the premises—whether by live music, karaoke or whatever. Ideas are welcome.

Please use the suggestion book which is in the lounge bar.

Committee Members B. K. Crookshanks—Chairman P. M. Robertson—.Ceartag H. E. Morrison—Treasurer B. S. Allan—House Convener R. R. Comber, N. Falconer, H. A. S. Hamilton, E. Hendry, J. F. Hendry, Y. McAllister, C. McDonald, D. MacKay, D. G. Moir, J. D. Moir, J. D. Murray, T. Philpot, T. Rolfe, D. Simpson, A. Stroud, H. Wallis.

Edinburgh The Centre held its Annual Dinner on Friday, 17 January 1992 in the Carlton Highland Hotel, Edinburgh. The President, Nigel Watt, welcomed the company of fifty-three members and guests, who included Dr. J. R. S. (Donny) Innes, President of the Parent Club, Bill Johnston, the Rector, George Sutherland, President of Edinburgh Gordonians, Helen Reid, Head Girl and Russell Pennie, Head Boy. The principal guest was Wilson Hunter, a close friend of the President and a well-known after-dinner speaker in the Lothians. He proposed a toast to "The School" and "The Club", and this he did in a most amusing fashion. As usual replies were made by the Rector and the Parent Club President.

For the second year in a row the Centre had invited both the Head Boy and the Head Girl to be guests at the top table. They seemed to enjoy the evening very much and their presence was certainly appreciated by members of the Centre. At the end of the evening Eddie Fraser thanked Nigel Watt for the competent way in which he had chaired the proceedings.

In the course of the Dinner the Centre as usual held its Annual General Meeting. Eddie Fraser and Dr. Jimmy McGregor were elected as the new President and Vice-President respectively, Nigel Watt was re-elected as Hon. Secretary and Treasurer and the new committee members are Alastair Philip and ex-President, W. Morrison (Mor) Brown.

The annual golf match with the Glasgow Centre was held at Buchanan Castle in July and resulted in the usual victory for the Edinburgh Centre. The annual golf outing was as usual held at Bruntsfield in late August and was won for the second time by Fergus Davidson with a Stableford score of 37 points and he thus won the Mor Brown Trophy. Nigel Watt was as usual in second place with the same number of points but with an inferior inward half. Eleven members participated and enjoyed an excellent high tea in the clubhouse.

Centre President Nigel Watt presented the prizes. This year's outing will be held again at Bruntsfield on Wednesday 26 August 1992.

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Next year's Dinner will be held in the Carlton Highland Hotel on Friday 19 February 1993—the eve of the Scotland v. Wales Rugby International at Murrayfield. The principal guest is to be Buff Hardie of Scotland the [flat fame which, hopefully, will ensure a good attendance. It has to be said that the attendance this year was disappointing. Any reader who has recently come to the Edinburgh area and who has not received any communication from the Centre is invited to contact Nigel Watt at his new business address at 21 Stafford Street, Edinburgh. (Tel. 031 225 8884).

The following FPs attended the Dinner: A. M. Beattie (1944-57), W. Black (1960-71), D. A. Brittain (1943-49), V'. M. Brown (1933-46), A. H. Cairns (1943-56), T. G. Coutts (1938-51), D. L. Cowie (1942-44), J. E. Fraser (1936-49), Dr. B. S. Gray (1943-49), J. F. Hendry (1951-65), Dr. J. R. S. lanes (1923-35), J. C. Lyon (1953-59), Prof. P. N. Love (1952-58), D. McAllister (1961-74), Dr. J. A. McGregor (1933-44), A. M. McLaren (1926-39), K. I. Masson (1959-72), P. C. Millar (1933-44), H. E. Morrison (1951-65), W. A. Morrison-Gill (1923-26), J. D. Murray (1961-74), W. M. Murray (1945-54), Rev. T. J. T. Nicol (1930-35), Dr. A. E. Philip (1943-56), D. Rcith (1924-35), D. P. Smith (1945-47), R. G. C. Smith (1926-37), Dr. D. Stuart (1931-43), Dr. I. Stuart (1933-46), E. M. Walker (1953-59), N. G. M. Watt (1963-69), R. A. Williamson (1928-36).

Also present: W. J. Johnston (Rector), J. F. C. Davidson (SMJ 1963), I. T. Stephen (Staff 1948-85).

Glasgow The only formal event held during the summer months was the annual golf match against the Edinburgh Centre, held at Buchanan Castle Golf Club, Drymen. Despite a home venue the Glasgow Centre lost yet again.

The Centre's Annual Dinner was held in Glasgow University Staff Club on 6 March 1992 and was well attended with fifty members and guests present.

The following members and guests attended the Dinner.

Gary Allan, Peter Cairns, Douglas Campbell, Keith Campbell, Alastair Carnegie, Lisa Colinson, Geoffrey Douglas, Dick Cradock, Basil Emslie, Fiona Ewen, lain Fergusson, Edward Fraser, Alastair Fyall, Norman Garden, Malcolm Gauld, Ranald Gauld, Rev. M. Gibson, Robert Gorman, William Gow, Arthur Grant, Donny Innes (Parent Clmb President), Bill Johnston (Rector), Desmond Kelly, W. C. M. Lawrence, Robert Lynch, Andrew McLaren, David McNay, Rachel McRobbie, James Millar, James Miller, G. T. Morrice, John Murray, IL Thomson, William Wood, Gordon Young, John Young and fourteen others.

London The Centre held its annual dinner at the Caledonian Club, Halkin Street, London W1 on Friday, 15 November 1991. Fifty members and their guests enjoyed a very convivial evening, Dr. Doug Smith presiding in his inimitable manner. Several contemporaries of Donny Innes were present. The principal speaker of the evening, Sir Alan Donald (1942-44), K.C.M.G., lately Her Majesty's Ambassador to China, met a class-mate from Middle 1, whom he had last seen fifty years ago. Altogether it was an evening that evoked quite a few nostalgic memories. It was good to hear from the Rector that the rebuilding of the main block of the School was now almost complete and that classes would soon be re-starting, albeit in somewhat different surroundings to those which most of those present remembered. Representatives from the London Clubs of Heriots, Glasgow High School, Glasgow Academy and Stewart-Melville were guests of the London Centre.

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The following FPs attended the Dinner: W. J. Alexander (1931-33) (President, Yorkshire Cmtre), G. Alexander (1932-40), R. S. Anderson (1959-65), J. G. C. Brown (1930-42), W/Cmdr. R. D. Bruce (1913-32), I. M. Carry (1960-73), J. B. Davidson (1947-60), J. G. Dawson (1921-33), Sir Alan E. Donald (1942-44), I. M. Duguid (1938-43), R. Falconer (1944-58), I. S. Ferguson (1935-48) (Glasgow Centre), I. Glendinning (1948-62), J. F. Hendry (1951-65), J. R. S. Innes (1923-35), M. Lyall (1935-48), J. C. Lyon (1953-59), N Mackie (1960-66), N. F. Matthews (1959-61), W. J. G. Meldrum (1925-35), R. A. E. Menrue (1924-36), A. S. Noble (1939-52), I. A. Reid (1951-62), D. S. Robbie (1936-48), D. W. C. Smith (1929-41), H. M. R. Watt (1926-38), N. G. M. Watt (1963-69) (President, Edinburgh Center), G. S. Williams (1933-46), W. Yule (1945-58).

Mairi Eddie, Deputy Head Girl, and Barry Fraser, Deputy Head Boy, were the guests of the London Centre from 14-20 June 1991. As in previous years visits were arranged CO Barclay's Bank in the City, Sainsbury's and Bentalls.

Their "cultural immersion" included attending the Tortellier concert in the Barbican.

Yorkshire A marked improvement on 1990! Excellent repast and oratory were the order of the day at The Dower House, Knaresborough, post-prandial euphoria being severely dampened by news of the demise of one of our most esteemed members, Sir Leslie D. Mayor, but a few days after the Dinner. Presidents in attendance were Donny Innes, Nigel G. M. Watt (Edinburgh), J. Peter Cairns (Glasgow), and also most welcome were Depute Rector, Athol Garden and Vice-President of the Parent Club, James C. Lyon. Yorkshire President, W. J. Alexander conducted the agenda in his usual impeccable fashion and paid tribute to his Grammar School education, in particular his knowledge of physics acquired from the late Mr. J. Lynch, which had been largely instrumental in the technological advances in his profession. Athol Garden had no grounds for his apology for arriving late owing to traffic congestion on the Al, thus being unable to prepare any notes, because his extempore speech on the activities and near-completion of repairs to the School was a model of perfection. Donny Innes's report on the Club was warmly received, and he once again stressed the vital importance of the Beyond 500 campaign if the Magazine was to remain a viable proposition. Sadly, some of his jokes do not make suitable reading for a family magazine! The evening was rounded off with the traditional Birse Tea. President Alexander was re-elected, as was Secretary/Treasurer W. Scott Gilchrist, who will be glad to hear from any FPs in the Yorkshire area. (Address etc., elsewhere in the Magazine.)

Also present. A. W. McIntosh (1932-45), L. G. Johnston (1932-45), W. A. Johnston (1940-44), L. D. Mayor (1922-33), I. N. Reid (1954-63 and 1965-67), D. P. Smith (1945-47), D. Skene (1959-64), Ian Fraser (1959-64), D. R. Cormack (1963-67), R. F. Tyson (194-4-49).

Section Reports Cricket Strathmore Union XI After the triumph of League and Cup double in 1990, the 1st XI had to settle for a moderately successful season with no trophies obtained. Although the team led the Strathmore Union at the half-way stage, successive home defeats by Strathmore (the eventual champions) and Dundee High School FP (runners-up) by large and very narrow margins respectively resulted in our

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having to settle for third place in the league. In all, seventeen matches were played, with eleven being won, four drawn and two lost.

Injuries robbed the side of the services of David Leiper for the entire season and of Dallas Moir, John Dixon and Neil Innes-Smith for a large proportion of the year. Richard Ferro emerged at the top of the averages, his best innings being when he carried his bat for 58 in an exciting finish at Dalnacraig against Dundee High, a draw being achieved thanks to an unbeaten last-wicket partnership of 12 overs with Derek Harley. Pete Mears topped the bowling averages, his best performance being 7 for 70 at Forfar in an unchanged spell against Strathmore. Jeremy Moir was, as usual, the highest aggregate taker of wickets and he won the Strathmore Union's aggregate cup, but he would be the first to admit that his strike-rate was disappointing; amazingly, he failed to take five wickets in any match, yet he performed again with distinction for Scotland, and the Section was proud of his selection to tour South Africa in March 1992 with the Scotland party.

The first round of the Three Counties Cup against Gordonians resulted in a relatively comfortable win, but the area final was lost at Rubislaw to Grade Select (eventual winners of the trophy) by a mere two runs. As on so many occasions in 1991 this match showed up the frailty of the 1st XI's fielding.

Of the younger players Eddie Church continued to make progress with the bat, scoring an impressive 48 not out against Meigle at Rubislaw, and Richard Bowman also impressed with an undefeated 37 at Forthill in the last game of the season and an imperturbable 14 not out in a one-wicket victory at Meigle.

Richard and Ian Davidson were two outstanding exceptions to the overall poor standard in the field.

Grade XI Under the inspirational leadership of Mike Hart, ably assisted by the experienced Sandy Keilloh, the 2nd XI too led their league (Grade II) at the mid-way point in the season. A series of powerful batting displays, notably a seven-wicket victory at Rubislaw over league champions Bon Accord when a total of over 200 was comfortably overhauled thanks to an opening stand of 162 by Sandy Keilloh (104 not out) and Rob Fryer (76), was backed up by an all-round bowling attack spearheaded by Simon Tomkins (41 wickets, including 8 for 16 in the rout of Lads' Club at Woodside) and by some keen fielding.

However, team-building difficulties due to 1st XI calls, holidays and injuries (particularly to Ian Hopkin), meant that standards slipped appreciably in July and August, and the season reached a dramatic climax in the final game at Duthie Park, which resulted in a tie against Banff, both teams ending up with 222 all out, with the last FP batsman dismissed in the final over. Victory would have given FPs the championship, and when the dust settled it emerged that FPs, on 272 points, had finished 2 points behind Bon Accord and level with Banchory, who turned out to have a better "average".

So third place, like the 1st XI, was the result, but the sting in the rail was that in the close season Turriff resigned from the Grade Association and left a place in Grade I to which FPs were automatically promoted, perhaps a mixed blessing. The season's record was Played 18, Won 10, Tied 1, Drawn 4, Lost 3, and the only disappointing feature was a first-round exit from the Bon Accord Cup at the hands of Crescent.

Mike Hart, with 80 in the last match, overhauled Simon Tomkins by a single run and Sandy Keilloh by 14 to win the 2nd XI aggregate batting cup, while Simon easily won the aggregate bowling cup. Mike Hart achieved the only hattrick of the season in the match against Kemnay at Rubislaw. Among the younger players Richard Bowman scored two half-centuries in his seven innings, and Eddie Church also netted one fifty in seven appearances.

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Reserve Grade XI The 3rd XI played 10 matches, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 3, in Reserve Grade II in 1991. The reduced length of matches in this Grade made it difficult to bowl sides out and easy to achieve draws when batting second. Two early victories against Dunecht and Newtonhill took the 3rd XI to the top of the league, but some erratic bowling and fielding led to two defeats at the hands of Mannofield and one from Dunecht. Interest in the Johnston Cup ended at the first hurdle at Inverurie (the eventual winners), and the late withdrawal of two clubs from the league meant that too many Saturdays were idle.

John Fraser topped the batting aggregate (316) and averages (52.67), with sound support from Mark Rowson (190 runs at 31.67, including 75 not out v.

Gordonians) and Dick Wallis. Colin Gordon easily headed the bowling aggregate and averages (18 wickets at 9.39 each), and Mark Rowson was awarded the All-Round Trophy, his tendency to bowl no-balls outweighing some good performances. Perhaps the most encouraging feature of the season was that no fixtures required to be scratched, although strenuous efforts sometimes had to be made to maintain this record.

Under-18 XI Graeme Gordon led the Under-18 XI to third place in the league for the second successive season. Impressive victories were won over Banchorv, Cults and \X"estbum, with a slightly shakier win over Ellon, while a narrow defeat was suffered at the hands of Mannofield and a disastrous loss was sustained at Inverurie on a wet Sunday morning. Eddie Church topped the batting averages and Richard Bowman did particularly well to win the League bowling trophy (he kept wicket at Inverurie!). Stuart Chesney, James Williams and Patrick Graham made worthwhile contributions with the bat, while the captain himself, Mark Rowson and (all too seldom) Gordon Inkson formed a strong bowling attack along with Richard. Cults were trounced in the Cup competition, but a disappointing display ensued against Mannofield. Richard Bowman is to lead the side in 1992, with Patrick Graham as vice-captain.

Section Officials for 1992: Hon. President I. P. Souter; lit XI Captain J. M. Eagles; XI I ice-Captain R. S. T. Ferro; 2nd XI Captain P. M. I. Hart; Ind XI I lee-Captain N. B. Keilloh; 3rd XI Captain J. G. N. Fraser; 3rd XI I la-Captain R. Wallis; Team Secretary J. B. Rennie; Secretary R. S. T. Ferro; Trearurer G. J. Milne.

Curling The Section has had an enjoyable season of mainly social curling.

Membership remains very similar to last year at around thirty-four, with some occasional players. We entered two teams this year in the R.C.C.C. North-East Province League, led by Jim Leask and Roy Nudd. Unfortunately, neither ream had much success.

Barton Brown's team in the Crichton Tankard, ably skipped by Doug Mitchell, reached the semi-final of this competition, when they were sadly defeated.

Within the Club our usual spring and autumn leagues were both won by Jim Andrews, who on one occasion managed to have an eighteen-point lead over Doug Mitchell, who wishes to remain anonymous, whatever that may mean.

For the first time we also pioneered a Pairs' Competition in the Section and this seems to have been enjoyed greatly. A new trophy was purchased by, and won by, Geddie Hay, who must have had a good day for a change.

The annual challenge match against Gordonians resulted in a win for the Goodies. Hurrah!

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Our Annual Dinner was once again held in the Club Centre and was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to June for her efforts here.

We are hopeful that next season we will be able to have a little more ice and perhaps try to arrange more friendly matches with other clubs.

Football Despite finishing sixth in Division 6 last term the team was actually promoted to Division 5 of the Aberdeen Amateur Leagues for this season.

This was as a result of teams in the higher divisions either folding or amalgamating.

We tended to struggle in our league games for most of this season. At one stage relegation was becoming a distinct possibility due to so many teams in the lower half of the league being separated by only a few points. However, a good end to the season saw us take seven out of our last eight points, which meant we eventually finished tenth in the league. As things turned out we only missed promotion by six points.

A bright note to the season was our performances in cup competitions. It is the first time we have progressed in both the Scottish Amateur and North of Scotland Cups. More importantly, we reached the semi-final of our own League Cup. There continues to be a very good team-spirit amongst the players, with both high turnouts at training and fierce competition for places in the team. There has also been an increase in the numbers who tum up to support (laugh?) each week. Once again we are grateful for the excellent facilities provided for playing at Rubislaw and at the Club Centre for the social side.

Special mention should be made to Ian Corsie who manages, coaches and trains the team, and also to Mike Cheyne, who undertakes all the Section's administrative tasks. The efforts of these two should not be underestimated.

We would also like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to Pannell Kerr Forster for their continued support and sponsorship.

Finally, we are always keen to welcome any new players. Anyone interested can leave a note behind the Club Centre bar for either of the persons mentioned above.

Golf The Golf Section continues to be well supported, with 37 subscriptions paid during the year, which is up on last year. Numbers attending outings vary between 20 and 30.

Six outings were played during the year. We visited Braemar twice, Mater, Huntly, Brechin and Oldmeldrum for the first time. The weather was mixed, which made scoring difficult. The best scratch performer was Alan MacKay and best handicap was Brian Deighton.

Honours were shared with Gordonians in our annual matches. The Challenge Trophy was played at Huntly in April and our team, led by Donny lnnes and Jim Lyon, almost whitewashed Gordonians. Alas, Gordonians gained revenge in the HAR Trophy at Oldmeldrum in September.

In the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Schools' Tournament at Barnton in September, Old Carthusians gave us an early bath in round two. We had a bye in round one.

As far as the future is concerned, each year presented more difficulties in getting Clubs to take outings on Sundays. Clubs that once welcomed us and were reliant on the additional income are now financially self-sufficient with full and active membership lists.

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Five outings are planned for 1992—Ballater on 17 May, Braemar on 7 June, Westhill on 26 July, Oldmeldrum on 6 September and Braemar on 4 October, and all new members will be made welcome.

Hockey 1st XI The 1st XI finished the season in third place in National League Division Two, winning seven games, drawing six and losing five. Thirty-four goals were scored and twenty-seven conceded. Mid-season injuries and the unavailability of key players for away matches were the telling factors in the quest for promotion. An early exit in The Scotsman Cup was disappointing. After seventy minutes the scores were level at one each; Motherwell, however, converted their penalties and proceeded to the next round.

Locally, the semi-final of the Forbes Trophy offered much bur produced little. The three—nil defeat by Hazlehead was certainly nor the winning margin deserved on the standard of play provided by a youthful 1st XI squad. Twentyfive players represented the 1st XI this season and Grant Kennedy and Scott Robertson were selected to play for the Scotland under-18 team in the Home International Tournament held in Aberdeen.

Further honours were achieved by Ally Fraser and Andrew Balchin in the under-sixteen and under-fifteen Scottish teams.

2nd XI The 2nd XI finished the season in third place in District League Division One, winning eleven games, drawing two and losing five. Sixty-five goals were scored and twenty-one conceded.

The lack of a settled team and a change of captaincy contributed to this below-par season. The continued progress of our young players augurs well for the future and the decision to withdraw the 2nd XI from the District League and enter them in the National Second-Team League will surely be to the benefit of F.P.s and Scottish Hockey.

3rd XI Following promotion from Division Two last season the 3rd XI found it much harder this season, winning five games, drawing three and losing ten, scoring thirty-three and conceding forty-eight. The main objective of avoiding relegation from Division One was achieved with the combination of experienced players and upwardly-mobile youngsters. The highlight of this season was a successful cup run to reach the final of the Scottish Reserve Cup, where 3rds produced their least-inspired performance, losing by two goals to Kelbume 3rd XI. Grammarians Grammarians suffered this season, having lost many senior players through injury or retirement and found it hard to compete in Division One. They won one game, drew one and lost sixteen, scoring sixteen goals and conceding fiftynine. Surprisingly, they did manage to reach the quarter-final of the Scottish Reserve Cup, losing 2-0 at home to Western 3rd Xl. Officially relegated, the Grammarians will remain in Division One next season due to the 2nd X1 withdrawing from the District League to compete in the National Second-Team League.

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4th XI The 4th XI, having given many players to Grammarians this season, fielded many schoolboys and remain in Division Two next season, having won five games, drawn two and lost eleven. They scored sixteen goals and conceded fifty. The schoolboys showed commitment, worked hard and improved as the season reached its close. Fourths will surely compete for promotion next season.

Colts XI Under the captaincy of senior "Colt" Fred Lawson, Colts achieved a secure middle position in District League Division Three, winning six games, drawing two and losing eight. They scored twenty-eight and conceded thirty-three.

Due to the 2nd XI withdrawing from Division One and the new rule to allow a team pool of sixteen players with rolling substitutions, F.P.s will not field a Colts XI next season. These players will now strengthen the other team squads.

Graham Fraser Trophy. This year the trophy was awarded to both Grant Kennedy and Scott Robertson. Each year it is becoming more difficult to choose a winner from the many young players who are continually showing improvement, commitment to Section activities and who are selected for District and Scottish representation.

This season all social activities have been undertaken with the Women's Hockey Section and have been good fun and a much needed source of funds.

A karaoke night was preceded by a "Curry O.K." night. Both were well attended and enjoyed by all. A mixed tournament was held at Easter, with a dinner and dance adding to the weekend's success.

Next season, greater efforts in fund-raising, the search for a major financial sponsor, the biannual Easter Tournament, F.P.s' centenary celebrations and Rubislaw Field improvement are the main issues for the Hockey Section. Much is to be attained and we must all make it happen.

Petanque Possibly the smallest Section at 30 plus members, but all are active. Saturdays and Sundays are the popular afternoons, when challenges are made and losers meet the cost of refreshments. Some die-hards have played on Sundays throughout the winter, with some very interesting games being played on an icy surface—some say "skill will out!"

As usual we held two very successful barbecues which were very well supported. We have the reputation of giving value for money, with the result that our funds are very healthy.

Our Annual Dinner was held in the Athol! Hotel on 27 March and we had the pleasure of the Club President, Donny Innes, proposing the toast to the Section.

We were represented at the Bastille Day Celebrations at Pitmedden by Ron Comber, David Earp and Gail Tawse, who did extremely well, finishing second.

In club competitions the following were the winners: Peter Tawse Memorial/ Summer SoIstite—Ron Comber; Open Triples—Ron Comber, Dick Cradock, John Parslow, (Doug Mitchell); Open Doubles—John May, Neil Robertson; Singles— Ron Comber.

We are always looking for new members of both sexes and coaching is available for beginners. Come along and join the fun!

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Rugby The Rugby Section must regard this season with moderate disappointmentThe 1st XV, despite some good performances, particularly in the latter half of the season, were unable to achieve promotion back into Division III of the National League. The 2nd XV also performed below expectation, although some comfort can be taken from the performance of the 3rd XV, who performed well both in the Aberdeen and District League and in the Aberdeen and District League Cup. The outlook at present, however, is possibly more optimistic than at this time last year. The Management Committee has been restructured and has recognised the need to take a more professional outlook to maintain and hopefully improve our standing in the Scottish game. One of the key areas here is the development of young players and it is in the Mini- and Midi-Sections of the Club that genuine success has been achieved. The Club's Mini-Section is now the second largest in Scotland, next only to that of Stirling County, who pioneered Mini-Rugby. The season after next will see the Club running teams in every year group from 8 to 18 and it is inevitable that we must eventually produce a stronger and more balanced senior club from the players who will progress through the system. This year, the under-14s' side were champions and the under-12s runners-up respectively in the North Championships.

Once again the Colts XV performed admirably, again winning the North League. Indeed, the Colts side is now so strong in the North that we have had to consider entry• to the Midlands League to find suitably-strong opposition.

The growth of the younger sides has brought with it problems in administration—more assistance is required in the form of coaches and administrators and a job will be found for anyone wishing to assist FP rugby at any level. The Club has been fortunate to attract a good level of sponsorship in the last couple of seasons, but the increasing costs of travel in particular mean that finances arc always tight and, again, anyone able to assist with sponsorship should contact the Committee.

Finally, it is with great pleasure that we report that Mr. Charles Ritchie has been selected to manage the Scottish tour to Australia this summer. Selection as Tour Manager is a great honour in itself, but has often in the past been a stepping-stone to the S.R.U. Presidency. That Charlie has achieved this level of regard in the Scottish game is no more than his contribution to rugby deserves.

Despite his S.R.U. activities, Charlie remains committed to the cause of FP rugby and has contributed greatly to the running of the Club over the last season.

Everyone in the Rugby Section wishes Charlie every possible further success.

Swimming Membership of the Section remains fairly constant with new faces replacing old, particularly in the family session.

The Section meets every Tuesday evening during term-time between 6.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m., with three hourly sessions for family, recreational and free swimming activities.

New members are always welcome, but it should be noted that children are only permitted to attend when accompanied by an adult.

The 1992 officials are: Roger D. Houghton Preiident, Norman G. Marr Treasuirr, Peter Mulvey Secretary.

Women's Hockey No report submitted

Gary James Graham Allan (1963-76), LLB., who was Senior Prefect, Captain of the Rugby 1st XV and President of the Literary and Debating Society, graduated with Honours in Law from Aberdeen University in 1980. He served his apprenticeship with McGrigor, Donald and Company, solicitors in Glasgow and Edinburgh. He then took up the position of legal assistant to Messrs Hughs and Dowdall, Solicitors in Glasgow and became a partner with that firm in 1986.

He practises mainly in the field of criminal advocacy, with particular emphasis on fraud and corruption. He is also involved in much disciplinary work for various professional organisations. As an Executive Member of the Glasgow Bar Association he is active in lawyer "politics" and is a regular contributor to legal consultative papers. He plays rugby occasionally for Hillhead High School FPs and captained the team in Division II of the National Leagues in 1986—87. Over the years he has played on several occasions for Aberdeen Exiles in the annual Boxing Day match against an Aberdeen Select.

His younger brother, Adrian P. Allan (1977—83), whose marriage is recorded elsewhere in this Magazine, is currently a technical translator with Hoechst, the prestigious chemical company in Frankfurt.

Their father, Stanley G. Allan, is an Assistant Rector at the School.

David Anderson (1971-76), B.Sc., has been appointed Manager of Boots the Chemist in Oldham. A graduate in Pharmacy from Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology in Aberdeen, he was previously Deputy Manager of the company's store in Leeds.

Dr. Kerr Anderson (1955-68) has been living in Midland, Michigan, U.S.A. since 1983. He currently leads a cancer therapy research group for the Dow Chemical Company. He would be interested to hear from anyone organizing a 25-year reunion in 1993.

Ian Booth (1982-88) has been awarded the John Beaton Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding student on the basic police-dog-handling course at R.A.F. Newton, Ian, who is a corporal with the R.A.F. Police, is stationed at R.A.F. Larrbruch in Germany. This is the fourth award he has won in his first year in the R.A.F. Neil Cameron (1958-67) has been oppointed local director of a new corporate banking operation launched by the National Westminster Bank to serve Scottish customers. He takes up this position after five years in London with that bank. His brother, Colin Cameron (1960-65), CA., is a partner in the firm of Cameron & Partners, Accountants in Aberdeen.

George Duffus (1950-63) has been appointed Environmental Development Officer for Aberdeen City by the District Council, after holding the deputy's post for the past twelve years. He joined the Council in 1964 as a student sanitary inspector and has worked his way up through the ranks of the Environmental Health Department.

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Kenneth Stroud Duncan (1948-54), LLB., CA., has been appointed VicePresident of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. Currently Director of Taxation with Duracell Europe based in Crawley, West Sussex, he became a member of the Chartered Association in 1965 and was elected to the Association's Council in 1980.

Since then he has held the position of Chairman of the Chartered Association's International Affairs Committee, the Disciplinary Committee and the Taxation Committee. He has represented the Association on a number of C.C.A.B. committees associated with taxation and international affairs. From 1985 to 1990 he was the U.K. accountancy profession's representative on the Ethics Committee of the International Federation of Accountants.

A law graduate and barrister, he is also a fellow of the Institute of Taxation.

David A. Galloway (1976—82), MA., is one of three sons of the late Ian C. R. Galloway, former Head of Classics and Russian at the School.

David gained a NI.A. Honours degree in German from Aberdeen University and went on to complete a P.G.C.E. at Sheffield City Polytechnic. His first teaching post was in Hull, before he moved to his present post in South Holdemess School, where he is the main teacher of German. A former captain of the rugby 1st XV at School, his main sport is now golf and his handicap is about 12. His brother, Michael Galloway (1968-73) works for a computer firm in Milton Keynes and his other brother, Graeme S. Galloway (1970-75), M.A., teaches maths and business studies at Hampton School, London.

Richard W. Geater (1939-47), has taken early retirement from his post at Gulf Oil, Canada, where he was employed as an accountant. He now spends six mouths in Mexico and six months in Hawkestone, Ontario each year. Once a keen rugby player, he has retired from the sport to take up more leisurely pursuits.

Sydney Gray (1959-65) has been appointed Depute Director of Grampian Regional Council's property department. A qualified quantity surveyor, he started his career in 1965 and joined the Council in 1974. He was previously Assistant Regional Quantity Surveyor.

Dr. Richard Grieve (1948-61), B.Sc., Ph.D., has had an asteroid (discovered in 1988) named after him to mark his work with the Geological Survey of Canada.

After graduating in geology from Aberdeen University and gaining a PhD. from Toronto University, he led the Applications Research Programme of the Geophysics Division in Ottawa and is a fellow of the Meteoritical Society of Canada. His work involves studying the impact of asteroids on the Earth and on the moon and studying the ages of the craters left by them.

Peter Hilton (1972-78), whose marriage is recorded elsewhere in this ilagazine, is product manager for Kalamazoo Ltd in Birmingham. A hockey player at school and in F.P. circles, he has recently given up playing in order to become a league umpire in the Midlands.

He is a graduate of Aberdeen University.

Donald Lamont (1951-65), MA., has been appointed British Ambassador to Uruguay.

After graduating from Aberdeen University he worked for British Leyland from 1970-73, before joining the Foreign Office. In 1977 he took up his first foreign posting in Vienna. Three years later he moved to Moscow, where he was First Secretary in the British Embassy's commercial department. In 1982 he came back to London to head the Argentine section of the Foreign Office department dealing with the Falklands War. His next posting was to the United Nations department dealing with the economic and social aspects of drugs and A.I.D.S. His last posting was to Berlin, where he saw many changes with the advent of reunification. A keen linguist, he is improving his skills in Spanish

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and is already fluent in French, German and Russian.

Frederick Lloyd (1958-65) worked for a ycar in the Post Office Contracts Department in London after leaving school, before returning to Aberdeen Technical College in 1967. There he obtained a Radio Officer's qualification, which was at the time the Post Master-General's Certificate in radio communication. He later gained qualifications in radar operating, amongst others.

He joined the P&O SN Co. in 1969 and spent four years in their tanker and cargo vessel division, travelling all over the world. In 1973 he moved to the Passenger Division, sailing round Australia and the Pacific Islands, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He then flew to Japan and by Russian ship crossed to Nakhodkal, Vladivostok. He crossed Siberia by rail, arriving in Moscow (where he spent two days) and on via Poland, East Berlin, West Germany, Holland and ferry to Harwich, then on to London and to Aberdeen. This was at the height of the Vietnam War, and virtually every railway station in Russia and Eastern Europe was crammed with Soviet soldiers, reminiscent of the film Doctor Zbirago.

This was in the winter of 1974 and he went on to serve on the SS Uganda for a number of years. For eight years he served on the Canberra, which included summer cruising in the Mediterranean and, in winter, a world cruise.

In 1987 he transferred to the Island Princess, based in Los Angeles, mostly sailing to the Caribbean and (in summer) to Alaska. In 1989 he transferred to her sister-ship Pacific Princess, which has cruised to Tahiti, Australia and New Zealand and up the River Amazon to Manaus. He currently holds the rank of 1st Radio Officer.

Professor Philip N. Love (1952-58), C.B.E., MA., 11-B, was appointed ViceChancellor of the University of Liverpool in March of this year and takes up the post in September.

A former senior prefect and winner of the All-Round Trophy, he studied law at Aberdeen University and graduated (with commendation) in 1963. After graduating he became a partner in the Aberdeen firm of solicitors, Campbell Connon and Co. In 1968 he started teaching law at Aberdeen University, firstly as a part-time assistant in the Department of Scots Law and as a part-time lecturer in Evidence and Procedure. He was appointed Professor of Conveyancing and Professional Practice of taw in 1974. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Law for a four-year term in 1979 and again in 1991. He was appointed as a Vice-Principal of the University for the period 1986 to 1990 and served as Senior Vice-Principal from 1989 to 1990.

He was Convener of the newly-created Scottish Universities' Co-ordinating Committee on Staff Development from 1988 to 1990 and was a member of the C.V.C.P. Group dealing with the draft model statute promulgated by the University Commissioners under the Education Reform Act 1988. He has been Director of Aberdeen University's Research and Industrial Services Ltd (AURIS Ltd) since 1985 and Chairman of AURORA Instruments Ltd (an AURIS subsidiary) since 1983.

A member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland from 1975 to 1986, he was Convener of many of the Society's major committees. He was also Convener of the Diploma in Legal Practice Planning Committee and the Joint Standing Committee on Legal Practice Planning Committee and the Joint Standing Committee on Legal Education in Scotland, between 1975 and 1981.

He was Vice-President of the Law Society of Scotland from 1980 to 1981, President (1981-82) and was awarded the C B.F.. in 1983 in recognition of his services to the legal profession in Scotland. In 1986 he was appointed a parttime member of the Scottish Law Commission (the statutory body which is responsible for reforming the law of Scotland), and in 1991 became the first Chairman of the Scottish Conveyancing and Executory Services Board.

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Even with all his professional commitments he found time to further his contacts with the School and the Club. He was President of the Club from 1987 to 1988 and is now an honorary vice-president.

Dr. Ruaraidh Wishart Macintyre (1946-51), NIB., Ch.B., is one of three former pupils who are former medical officers for the 22nd Special Air Services Regiment. They met up at the regiment's 50th Anniversary• Reunion in July 1991. His fellow former officer, Dr Andrew Graeme Nicol (1939-52), ma, Ch.B., F.R.C.P., Ph.D., is currently Manager of Medical and Dental Services for British Petroleum. After serving with the regiment in the Middle East from 1959 to 1961 he became a senior lecturer in Pathology at Aberdeen University from 1961 to 1977. The trio is completed by Dr. Alexander Millar Grieve (1951-64), M.B., Ch.B., who, after serving with the regiment and reaching the rank of Major, is now Chief Medical Officer for Shell U.K. Ltd. John H. McLaren (1945-49) is a Director of J.& F. Johnston Limited, Planners, Engineers and Interior Designers. He is responsible for the overseas division of the company. He has recently completed a hotel project in Ghana for Golden Tulip International and has now embarked on a United Nations Development programme project to restore Cape Coast Castle, originally built as a Swedish fort in 1655. The castle, which was used by both the Dutch and the British for slavery later became the government and military headquarters when Cape Coast became the capital of the British colon• known as the Gold Coast.

He is also currently an assistant to the Masters' Court of the Edinburgh Merchant Company and is one of the Company's representatives on the Board of Governors of Stewart's Melville College and on Mary Erskine School's Governing Council.

Calum Maclean (1975—81) has invented a new board game, Tablesnraster, designed to help children with their multiplication tables.

After leaving school he took a course in communication studies at Aberdeen College of Commerce, before joining computer specialists Abtex in 1983. He moved to the company's Bradford branch in 1983.

James A. Main (1961-66) has joined the Aberdeen firm of James Reid & Son as a sheriff officer and messenger at arms.

Professor I. Howard Marshall (1946-51) won an Award for Excellence in the new awards scheme introduced by new Principal, Maxwell Irvine, at the University of Aberdeen. Professor Marshall, a former dux, showed a remarkable aptitude for mathematics as a schoolboy and undergraduate, but it is in the field of New Testament studies that he has acquired a truly international reputation.

Professor Marshall's Award for Excellence was presented to him after the University Senate's May meeting, when the following citation was read: "Howard Marshall is not an Aberdonian nor a Scot by birth, but you wouldn't really know it. A triple graduate of this University, he joined the permanent staff as a Lecturer in New Testament nearly 28 years ago—after a brief sojourn following his period as a tutor in Bristol and a methodist minister in Darlington. After promotion to Senior Lecturer, Reader and Personal Professor, he was appointed to the established Chair of New Testament Exegesis ten years ago, in succession to Professor Robin Barbour.

His scholarly output is prodigious and highly regarded, in particular his recent publication of state-of-the-art reference work—the Dictionary of and the Calm!! . . . . and his reputation attracts a steady flow of research students from all corners of the world."

Dr. Rachel X. A. Petrie (1979-85), B.Sc., M.B., (1.B., graduated with Honours in Pyschology from Edinburgh University in July 1989 and in the summer of 1991, graduated with a degree in medicine from the same university.

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Her current post is that of House Officer in the surgical unit at St. Johns Hospital in Livingston. Her next post will be in the Respiratory Unit of the City Hospital, Edinburgh.

David A. C. Walker (1950-55), B.A., M.Phil., Grad.C.E., P.T.E., A.I.C.B. (S.A.)., M.I.P.M.(Z), is Principal Lecturer and Head of the English Department of Seke Teachers' College, Zimbabwe, a post he has held since 1988.

He graduated with first-class honours in English and French from McGill University and in 1968 completed an M.Phil. degree in English at Oxford University.

In 1976 he moved to Africa, where he was a junior lecturer in English at the University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg. From 1979 to 1987 he was a lecturer in English at Mkoba Teachers' College, Gweru, Zimbabwe.

Derek Walker (1951-65) has been appointed manager of the Aberlour and Tomintoul branches of the Clydesdale Bank. He is also manager of the bank's Dufftown, Rothes and Glenlivet branches. He has been manager at Dufftown for the last four years.

Nigel G. M. Watt (1963-69), I.L.B., w.s., Hon. Secretary and Treasurer and immediate past President of the Edinburgh Centre, has resigned from the Edinburgh firm of Solicitors, Lindsays WS, and has joined the Aberdeen firm of Ledingham Chalmers, Solicitors, as a partner. He has opened an Edinburgh office at 21 Stafford Street; his new firm now have offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and the Falkland Islands! Other FPs in the partnership are exact contemporary, John W. Curran (1963-69), Peter J. Sharp (1964-77) and Alan J. Michie (1972-78).

Marriages Allan (1977—83).—At Ennerich, Germany on 10 April 1992, Adrian P. Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs S. Allan, 30 Norfolk Road, Aberdeen to Elke Zbasnik, Ennerich, Germany.

Barton (1923-26).—At Inchley, Luthermuir in April 1992, George Edward Colledge Barton to Margaret Rennie Garden Stoddard.

Borthwick (1979-85).—At King's College Chapel, Old Aberdeen in June 1991, Russell Borthwick, Ferryhill Gardens, Aberdeen to Sarah Turner, Ferryhill Gardens, Aberdeen.

Davidson (1974—80).-At St. Machar's Cathedral, Old Aberdeen in March 1992, Steven Davidson, Aberdeen to Claire Gimingham, Aberdeen.

Hilton (1972-78).—At St. Mary's Church, Morpeth, Northumberland on 20 July 1991, Peter Hilton, 113 Ambleside, Bartley Green, Birmingham to Lynn Evans Kelly, Morpeth, Northumberland.

Macdonald (1980-86).—At Mannofield Church, Aberdeen on 15 June 1991, Richard Wildi, Harehill, Bridge Don, Aberdeen to Shona Macdonald, twin daughter of Mr. & Mrs A. Macdonald, Forbesfield Road, Aberdeen.

Macrae-Gibson (1977—82).-At Beechgrove Church, Aberdeen in September 1991, Kenneth Forbes, Buckstone Drive, Edinburgh to Margaret J. Macrae-Gibson, Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen.

Michie (1975—81).—At King's College Chapel, Old Aberdeen on 13 July 1991, Gavin S. Michie, younger son of Mr. & Mrs J. A. Michie, 50 Momingfield Road, Aberdeen to Susan MacKenzie, Edinburgh.

Oliphant (1978—84).—At Beechgrove Church, Aberdeen on 20 May 1991, Gordon Spence, Drumoak, Aberdeenshire to Susan J. Oliphant, Aberdeen.

McAllan (1978-84) and Wilson (1979-85).—At King's College Chapel, Old Aberdeen on 21 June 1991, David McAllan, 54 Springfield Avenue, Aberdeen to Shona Wilson, 46 Carlton Place, Aberdeen.

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Smith (1978-83) and Rennie (1979-84).—At Cults East Church, Aberdeen Ronald Smith, 49 Mile-End Avenue, Aberdeen to Ruth Rennie, Windy Ridge, Craigmam Road, Portlethen.

Obituaries Robert Kilgour Booker (1928-41), M A , LLB., died in Singapore on 21 May 1991.

Well known in the legal profession in Singapore, he was senior partner with Allen & Gledhill, advocates and solicitors, Singapore. He was also advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Singapore and Malaysia. A former chairman of the British Association of Singapore, he was a governor of the United World Colleges of South-East Asia, a member of the International Council of United World Colleges and chairman of several charitable organisations in Singapore.

His brother, Patrick Kilgour Borthwick (1933-45), O.B.E., M.A., was also a pupil at the School and lives in Banchory. Robert is survived by his wife, Hazel, and one son and a daughter.

Dr. James Rankine Wilson Catto (1923-36), M.B., Ch.B., died at home in Kenilworth, Warwickshire after a long illness on 24 December 1991. He was 73. A keen rugby player at school, his sporting activities were interrupted by a knee injury, but he continued to compete as a sprinter, running for the Scottish Universities' Team in the 1938 World University Games in Paris. In 1940 he won the 100 and 200 yards for his University at the Scottish Inter-Varsity Games, held in Glasgow. On graduating from Aberdeen University he worked as an assistant in general practice, before volunteering for the Navy, where he spent three years mostly on the destroyer KeVenfelt, where he served alongside Prince Philip. He also served in the Middle East and the Far East and with prisoners of war in Manilla. Eventually he returned home as Medical Officer of a troop train, travelling from Vancouver across the Rockies to New York, before sailing for the U.K. on the Queen Mary. On returning to his native Scotland he joined his brother, Dr. Robert Wilson Catto (1926-38) in practice in Cowdenbeath, but the post-war shortage of housing caused him to move south, where he joined his uncle in practice in Coventry until his retirement in 1985. Among many messages received on his retirement was one from his exshipmate, the Duke of Edinburgh.

He was a member of the local Medical Committee all his working life and served as Secretary and then Chairman of the Coventry Division of the British Medical Association. Later he became Vice-Chairman of the Warwickshire Postgraduate Centre Committee.

Alan Chalmers (1915-19) died aged 89 in Lister Hospital, Stevenage in August 1991 after a short illness.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, he was educated at the Malvern Link School and the Grammar School. In 1919 he started on his banking career, firstly as an unpaid apprentice with the North of Scotland Town and County Bank, West End Branch.

In 1920 he joined the London Office of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, with a salary of 1;110.00 a year. In 1924 he went first to Singapore and then served the bank in Malacca (twice), Tientsin (now Tianjin), Shanghai, Singapore again, Kuala Lumpur, and finally as manager in Penang.

In 1952 he chaired the F.P. Dinner in the Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, with 10 former pupils present.

Retiring in 1954, he farmed mink near Horsham in Sussex, before moving to Stevenage in 1971. He is survived by his wife, Dolly, and three sons, two of

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whom, are FPs: John Colin (Toby) Chalmers (1945-53), who is a senior civil servant with the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries in Northern Ireland, and Dr. Anthony Alan Chalmers (1945—55), B.Sc., Ph.D. Donald Arbuthnot Davidson (1905-15), B.L., died aged 93 in Inverurie Hospital on 11 December 1991. One of the dwindling number of FPs to have attended the School before World War I, he was one of four brothers who attended the School. His brothers were Lessel Murray Davidson (1905-14), Andrew Forbes Davidson (1905-15) and Richard Barker Davidson (1906-16).

After leaving school, like so many of his fellow pupils, he served in the Army and suffered the horrors of trench warfare. He gained a law degree from Aberdeen University and joined the firm of Wilsone & Duffus. He was made a partner in 1936 and served with them until his retirement in 1973. He is survived by his two daughters, Fli7abeth and Sally.

Professor William Davidson (1914-28), M.B., Ch.B., M.D., F.R.C.Poth., F.R.S.E., died in November 1991 aged 82.

Son of James Davidson, mathematics teacher at the School, he graduated from Aberdeen University in 1934. He specialised in pathology and 'became a histopath-ologist at Aberdeen University.

A member of the Territorial Army, he was called up and served with the rank of major in a field ambulance unit of the 51st (Highland) Division.

Along with most of the Division, he became a prisoner of war at St Valery in May 1940. During his time as a prisoner of war he worked with a group of British soldiers in a hospital, treating P.O.W.s of all Allied nationalities.

He provided a full range of medical and surgical treatment as well as autopsies. He was so admired by the German medical officer in charge that he was presented with a microscope to enable him to continue his research into blood cells.

After the end of the European conflict he was appointed a pathologist to the War Crimes' Commission in Germany and investigated cases from P.O.W. camps and concentration camps.

He later rejoined the staff of Aberdeen University, becoming senior lecturer in pathology. A career move then took him south, where he was appointed senior lecturer in clinical pathology at King's College Hospital Medical School and head of the clinical pathology department at King's College Hospital.

When in the 1950s London University established a chair of haematology, he was one of the first professors appointed.

In 1954, together with Robertson Smith, he published his seminal paper on `A Morphological Sex Difference in the Polymorphonuclear Neutrophyl Leucocytes', which demonstrated differences between the nuclei of these cells in the male and female. In recognition of this work he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and given a personal professorship by London University.

His skill in identifying microscopic morphological changes bore fruit in his ground-breaking work into inherited abnormalities in blood cells leading to congenital diseases. He also carried out important research in the domain of immunology and did work on practical antibodies. He is survived by his second wife, Ninon, and a son and two daughters from his first marriage.

James Greig (1938-41) died in Western Australia aged 64 on 21 February 1991. After leaving the School he served in the British Merchant Navy with the "Clan" Line. In 1950 he emigrated to Melbourne, Australia and served on the British phosphate ships, sailing between Nauru, Ocean Island and Melbourne.

He visited Aberdeen fourteen years ago and paid a very enjoyable visit to the School. On his retirement he moved to his wife's home state of Western Australia. He is survived by his wife, Lily, and two daughters.

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Herbert Cecil Hutcheson (1921-26), M.A., died in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after a long illness on 29 November 1991. He was 82.

A graduate of Aberdeen University, he taught in the city's primary schools, becoming headmaster of Woodside Primary School and Mile-End Primary School. During the war he served with the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1945. `Hutch' as he was known, was perhaps better known to the Aberdeen public as organist and choirmaster of West St. Andrew's (now Langstane) Kirk. His interest in church music had come from his father, one of the first church organists in the North East. He performed the full range of church music, from traditional to modern pieces. He was President of the Aberdeen Organists' Association and brought performers such as Germani of St. Peter's in Rome to Aberdeen.

He is survived by his wife, Janie, and one son and a daughter.

Norman MacKinnon (1907-16), B.Sc., died at his home in Brockville, Ontario, Canada on 29 January 1992. He was 92.

He was the son of the late Chalmers William MacKinnon (1872-74), a partner with Messrs William MacKinnon & Company in Aberdeen. After leaving school he served with the inns of Court O.T.C. and 9 O.C.B. After war service he graduated in Forestry from Aberdeen University in 1923. On emigrating to Canada he spent most of his working life in Montreal, where he was associated with National Business Publications until his retirement in 1964.

He and his Canadian wife, Daisy, enjoyed visits from former pupils of the School on several occasions and they always read the Maga#ne with enthusiasm.

Hugh D. MacKintosh (1922-30), D.S.M., died at his home in Ballater on 22 January 1992, aged 79. After leaving school he joined the Royal Navy and from 1938 to 1952 was in the submarine service. He was awarded the D.S.M. for his service in the Far East during the war. He left the navy in 1962 and retired to Ballater in 1977. He is survived by his wife, Jean.

Former President of the Club Sir Leslie Deane Mayor (1923-33), K.C.B., A C , died at his home in Yorkshire on 2 October 1991. He was 75.

President of the Club in 1972-73, he was born on 18 January 1916 at Kincardine, the son of a civil servant in Malaya. He was educated in Kuala Lumpur, before moving to the Grammar School. After leaving the School he read engineering at Aberdeen University. Deciding that this was not his forte, he entered the R.A.F. College at Cranwell in 1935, where he—like many a trainee-pilot—had his misfortunes, including landing his Arro-Tutor aeroplane in a field of mushrooms. On gaining his commission in 1937 he was posted to 31 Squadron, then operating Wapiti biplanes at Rifalpur on the North-West Frontier. The squadron was involved in the retreat of the British forces from Singapore and Burma to hula at the start of that campaign. The squadron was also involved in the siege of the R.A.F. base at Habbaniyah in Iraq in May 1941. The base was surrounded and threatened by a large force led by the Iraqi rebel, Raschid Ali. "Duke" Mayor, one of no. 31 squadron's pilots ordered from Indiato Basra, flew a shuttle service carrying evacuees between Basra and Habbaniyah in obsolete Valentina biplane transports. These open-cockpit aircraft, which flew at 80 m.p.h., were extremely vulnerable to ground and air attack by the Iraqis. For this action he was awarded the A.F.C. In 1942 he returned to the U.K., where he served with both bomber command as an instructor and with no. 147 air transport command squadron.

In 1946, having passed out of the R.A.F. Staff College, he began a series of staff jobs until 1959, when he was posted to head the bombing school at

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Lindholme. From 1961-64 he was director of Air Staff Briefing and in 1965 he was appointed to command 38 Group. In 1968 he returned to Whitehall as Assistant Chief of Air Staff (policy), and finally became C.inC. of Training Command from 1967-72.

On his retirement in 1973 he was appointed by the Heath government to run the reconstituted Civil Defence College at Easingwold, Yorkshire. In 1980 he became Britain's co-ordinator of the voluntary civil defence effort for four years, before retiring.

A deputy lord lieutenant of North Yorkshire, he was a keen golfer, fisherman, falconer and painter. He is survived by his wife, June, and four sons.

His memorial service was held at St. John the Baptist and All Saints', Easingwold on 24 October 1991. The School was represented at the service by the following former pupils: W. J. Alexander (1931-43), President of Yorkshire Centre, A. Wilson McIntosh (1932-45) and W. Scott Gilchrist (1929-36).

Professor Alan Douglas Morgan (1919-28), mA, m.B., Ch.B., H.D., died in February 1992 aged 81.

Son of the Rev. Charles S. Morgan, Baptist Minister in Aberdeen, he graduated in medicine from Aberdeen University in 1935, having previously gained a Master of Arts degree from the same university.

He specialised in pathology and after several junior posts in Aberdeen General Hospital was appointed an assistant lecturer in the pathology department of Aberdeen University in 1937.

His war service was spent in the R.A.M.C., serving with the 15th (Scottish) General Hospital mainly in the Middle East. He reached the rank of Major and was mentioned in dispatches in 1944.

Whilst in the Middle East he met his future wife, Margarita Gattegno.

He also met R. J. V. Pulvertaft, the well-known Westminster Hospital pathologist, who in 1946 invited him to become the first lecturer in morbid anatomy at the Westminster Medical School. The next year he was appointed head of the histopathology department and in 1951 became reader in that subject and was made Professor of Histopathology—the first to hold that chair, in 1962.

When he joined the department, there was no proper curriculum and the museum required attention. He succeeded in transforming the museum into one of the best in the country and students had a sound curriculum to work on. Histopathology, the science of disease in the tissues of the body, is not regarded with great interest by many medical students, but up until the time of his retirement in 1976 his lectures attracted large audiences.

His wider reputation, however, grew through his research on the pathology of the testes, which was a little-known subject and he was for fifteen years a member of the Testicular Tumour Panel, a panel of seven or eight pathologists drawn from all over the country, who drew up a classification of such tumours.

During his research he published several studies on the subject.

Another of his special concerns was the pathology of arterial disease, and he was a member of the Atherosclerosis Discussion Group. In the course of his career he wrote more than thirty published papers and was a founding fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1964.

Kenneth David Ramsay (1982—88) died tragically on 3 April 1992 as the result of a flying accident on Royal Deeside. He was twenty-one. On leaving school Kenny took up work in the Ocean Routes Meteorological Office in Aberdeen, before going on to work as a core analysis technician with a geological firm, also in Aberdeen. His passion was flying. At school he was a member of the R.A.F. Section of the Combined Cadet Force, and in 1986 he joined No. 663 Volunteer Gliding School at R.A.F. Kinloss. There he became

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an instructor on motor gliders and taught many young cadets from the North East to fly. Kenny hoped to make his career in commercial aviation, and had started by training for his Private Pilot's Licence at Aberdeen Flying Club at Dyce. It was only two days before he was due to take his final flying exam when the aircraft in which he was flying with an instructor from the Flying Club failed to return from a training sortie over Deeside. The plane was later recovered in Loch Muick. Kenny will be sorely missed by his family, his colleagues and his many friends.

William Leslie Richards (1924-35), M.A., LL.B., died on holiday in Spain on 24 March 1992, aged - 2.

Son of the late Dr. Robert Richards (1899-1904), lecturer in Forensic Medicine at Aberdeen University, he was one of two brothers who attended the School, After gaining an M.A. at Aberdeen University in 1938, he served as a member of the Territorial Army with the local 126(H) Field Regiment Royal Artillery and rose to the rank of Major. He served in many campaigns, including the crossing of the Rhine.

After war service, while continuing in the Territorial Army, he completed his law degree at Aberdeen University. He then joined the Aberdeen firm of A. C. Morrison and Richards, where his uncle, the late Henry Alexander Richards (1901-1905), was a partner with the firm. William was also appointed a partner and continued with the firm until his retirement in 1970. He was particularly active in commerce and the fishing industry.

On retiring he moved to the warmer climate of Spain and became a keen D.I.Y, enthusiast. He is survived by his two sons and one daughter and several grandchildren.

Ian Grant Rogers (1941-4-6) died in Edinburgh on 21 September 1991, He was the youngest of three brothers to attend the School. His brothers were Eric Rogers (1940 43) and James William Rogers (1940-43). He took up a career in architecture and qualified in that subject in 1953 and was well known in the field of Scottish architecture.

Lawrence Alleine Sewell (1918-19), C.D.s., R.C.S., died at his home in Kirkley, Lowestoft on 19 June 1991. He was 84. By profession a dental surgeon, he had practised in Lowestoft for many years and was originally in practice with the father of the composer, Benjamin Britten. A long-time Rotarian, he held several positions in the Rotary Club in Lowestoft.

Abstract of Accounts for year ended 31 December 1991 FP Club 1990 £1,830 747 3,500 1,470 2,390 1,445 696 482 £12,560 £4,679 756 600 996 4,627 367 £ 12,025 £535

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1991

Subscriptions Transfer from Life Members' Account Donations—Club Centre and Other Dividends and Bank Interest Magazine—Advertising and Donations —Beyond 500 Entertainments—Donation and Surplus Miscellaneous Income Magazine—Cost of Printing and Postage School—Amenities Fund etc Capitation and other Grants Travel and Accommodation Working Expenses including Honoraria Corporation Tax

£1,458 740 3,826 1,574 3,369 1,617 622 202 £13,408 £4,846 1,231 600 664 4,618 393 12,352 £1,056

SURPLUS FOR YEAR

BALANCE SHEET £107,906 17,929 1,003 5,169 1,681 5,293 O3,146 £90,974 255 5,588 £96,817 £(83,671) £42,164

£14,200 1,424 1,000 L16,624

HERITABLE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS—At cost CURRENT ASSETS Stock Sundry debtors Building Society deposit Bank accounts

£107,906 17,073 £1,024 12,034 1,755 8,704 £23,517

CURRENT LIABILITIES Club Centre loan Subscriptions in advance Sundry creditors

£90,974 314 11,812 L103,161,9

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

(79,583) £45,396

Represented by: CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Life members Robert G. Wilson Bequest Miss Isabella Grant Bequest

£14,060 1,733 1,000 £16,793

REVENUE ACCOUNTS £349 Robert G. Wilson Bequest 303 Miss Isabella Grant Bequest 1,681 School restoration Z525 Beyond 500 — Centenary 20,682 General £25,540 £42,164

£478 395 1,755 4,137 100 21,738 28,603 £45,396 73

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1,473

1,465

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1,453

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7,109 912 143

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8,021 143

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Abstract of Accounts Club Centre INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1990 £47,514 8,937 24,376 2,533

1991 £47,532 9,976 27,999 2,723

Gross Profit on Bar [Sales £110,204 (1990 £109,036)] Annual Subscriptions Gaming Machine Revenue (net) Other Income

£83,360 £24,608 18.601 9,218 309 6,644 3,500 2,609 1,220 832 2,950 9,761 1,036

£88,230 Wages and National Insurance Rates and Insurance Heating and Lighting Telephone (net) Repairs and Maintenance Donation to FP Club Other Donations and Interest Administration Expenses Steward's Pension Scheme Honoraria Miscellaneous Expenses, Cleaning etc Depreciation

£27,108 16,462 9,357 358 5,236 3,500 1,530 1,728 936 4,000 10,001 1,026

£81,288 £2,072

£5,880 £90,974 3,794 4,127 1,478

81,262 SURPLUS FOR YEAR

BALANCE SHEET FIXED ASSETS Furniture, Fittings and Equipment—At cost less depreciation CURRENT ASSETS Loan Accounr—AGSFP Club Stock in Hand Sundry Debtors Cash in Hand

i „100,373 £28,654 6,379 12,892

£6,968

£5,800 £90,974 5,349 2,016 2,058 £100,397

CURRENT LIABILITIES Sundry Creditors Subscriptions in Advance Bank Overdraft

£28,860 6,560 6,481 £41,901

£47,925 £52,448

58,496

£58,328 9,800

Lea: LOANS

£64,296 8,800

£48,528

NET ASSETS

£55,496

£10,557 37,971

Represented ly CAPITAL ACCOUNT—Appeal Fund and Other Donations SURPLUSES

£10,557 44,939

£48,528

£55,496

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