Shuttleworth College Alumni Newsletter – Winter 2023/24

Shuttleworth College Alumni Annual Newsletter

December 2023

Table of Contents

Chairman’s Report – December 2023 ........................................................................................ 2 College Director’s Report ........................................................................................................... 3 Newsletter Editor ....................................................................................................................... 5 The SCA lottery .......................................................................................................................... 6 Course News .............................................................................................................................. 7 Sporting memories................................................................................................................... 11 It finally happened, the Great Reunion of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 ........................................ 12 The Shutts Reunion – a South West Perspective ..................................................................... 13 More photos from the Reunion ............................................................................................... 15 From Mark Butcher OND 77 -80 .............................................................................................. 17 My Trip to Australia in 1967 to 1970 ....................................................................................... 21 An Expat Farming in Russia ...................................................................................................... 23 Teaching Agriculture. Howard Barbour. 66/68 ...................................................................... 26 Another Memory from the 2023 Reunion ............................................................................... 28 News gleaned from the papers throughout the year from our far East correspondent, Eric Yates ......................................................................................................................................... 30 In Memorium ........................................................................................................................... 32 Shuttleworth College Alumni Minutes of the AGM ................................................................ 33 Saturday 3rd June 2023 ............................................................................................................ 33 Committee and Officers S.C.A 2023......................................................................................... 36 S.C.A Merchandise ................................................................................................................... 37

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Chairman’s Report – December 2023 Fortunately we have returned to ‘normal’ after a long period of relative inactivity due to the COVID outbreak.

We were finally able to hold our long-delayed reunion in May of this year. We had originally arranged for it to take place in the Russell Hall (which has a maximum capacity of 125 due to fire regulations).

As the numbers wishing to attend kept rising, we were left with the probability that we would outgrow the Russell Hall’s capacity. This was proved to be correct and rather than going back to potential attendees indicating that we were over-subscribed, we took the (brave) decision, at a fairly late stage, to organise a marquee on the lawn behind the Mansion House (with attendant water, electricity and toilet facilities). A barbecue was arranged with spit-roasted pig and various salads etc. We also had a mobile bar. I would, at this stage, like to thank the members of the Shuttleworth Trust (in particular Hannah Lack) who bent over backwards to accommodate us and meet our every need. In the end we had over 230 attendees and all the comments received have been positive. In the New Year I shall send out a short questionnaire asking members preferences regarding any future reunions.

With reference to the reunion, I would like to thank the members of the committee for putting in a sterling effort in order to re-arrange the location in a really short time and in particular, Richard Infield, Charlotte Scott-Osborn, Paddy Godwin and Sarah Perrett – thanks guys.

Towards the end of next year I shall be 80 years old and have therefore decided to stand down as chairman at the next AGM in May 2024 (although I will continue on the committee if they’ll have me!). I would like to put on record my sincere thanks to all the members of the committee without whom you would not have a Shuttleworth Alumni. We now have a number of younger members on the committee and hopefully they will bring some new ideas, both for events and advertising the Alumni on social media.

It just remains to wish you and your families the very best for Christmas and a Happy 2024.

Tony Abbott December 2023

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College Director’s Report It has been fantastic for the students to get involved with the wide range of activities that take place throughout the farming year. Lambing and calving proved to be a highlight for many students and with over 350 lambs and the arrival of our much-anticipated AI calves

The herd in the barn this November

born on site - they were certainly kept busy. We also welcomed students from other landbased colleges to take part in a cattle handling event, which ended with a handling competition where a Shuttleworth student was reserve winner with Red Poll two-year-old heifer Shuttleworth Lulu. The show team went to the South Suffolk Show, with our heifer Shuttleworth Marmalade winning the breed championship. We continue to develop the herd and have been using no fence cattle collars effectively to extend the grazing season.

Eagle-eyed among you will spot a small white calf in the picture. A small number of our heifers which didn’t take via AI were crossed with a British White Bull.

We have started T Level delivery (Government’s new technical qualifications at level 3) in Agriculture and horticulture and have been fortunate to be able to invest in a new development at Kingshill Farm comprising a new workshop, classrooms and staff offices.

The workshop is complete and we have been using it with our students to house and learn about agricultural machinery. The classrooms will be complete at the end of December and ensure the students can be immersed in the work at the farm during both theory and practical sessions.

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Countryside students have also been working at the farm maintaining and developing our environmental habitat areas, undertaking fencing and making owl boxes.

Our agriculture and countryside students are working together to maintain and develop the farm and its habitats.

For many students experiences outside the classroom have been a highlight of their time with us.

Autumn cultivations

Fisheries students were fortunate to undertake a sea-angling trip to Gosport. Horticulture students went to Wimpole, Cambridge Botanic gardens, and Anglesey Abbey as well as a residential trip to Cornwall. Equine students have been gaining practical experience organising several competitions throughout the year involving dressage, show jumping and showing classes. Students also had the opportunity to gain knowledge from industry professionals through a number of guest speakers and trips learning about careers in areas such as nutrition, horse behaviour, physiotherapy, saddle fitting and the racing industry to give them a wider view of the vast opportunities available in the equine industry. Our talented floristry students created beautiful themed displays for our stand at the Young Farmers Event and gave demonstrations on the stand during the day.

One of the beautiful flower displays

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The Zoological Education Centre (ZEC) has enjoyed another successful year, working closely with BIAZA (British and Irish Association for Zoos and Aquariums), taking part in the ‘Love your Zoo’ ethos of 2023, focusing on captive husbandry and care, training students to industry standards.

The ZEC team has proudly enjoyed teaching and learning with a range of species. We have successfully bred a range of vulnerable species with student support.

This includes the Jacksons chameleons from Tanzania where the female produces live young rather than relying on egg incubation, Sticky toed Palm Geckos, to the wonderful, majestic Mikado Pheasants originating from Thailand and not forgetting our unusual spiny mammals of Madagascar the Lesser Tenrec as part of zoological breeding programs.

The ZEC has a wonderful learning atmosphere for students and staff, who have been enthusiastically designing enrichment opportunities for all our animals within our modern habitats to keep them active and in great condition.

In July this year we said goodbye to Margaret Curry who left for a well-earned retirement after many years working for Shuttleworth. We have also welcomed many new staff to the team. Student recruitment is strong for full time students and we are working with a wide range of employers to provide engaging work experience opportunities to enable students to further develop their skills and support progression. We also continue to deliver part time programmes particularly in horticulture and short competency-based courses required for industry.

Catherine Lloyd Director of Land Based Studies

Newsletter Editor I would like to start by apologising for the lateness of this newsletter. Unfortunately computer problems occurred at the last minute and then Christmas intervened.

I hope you all find something of interest in this magazine. We have some excellent articles from people who have worked in far-flung corners of the world as well as some closer to home. Also some good write-ups of the reunion.

As usual I would like to thank those who have sent articles and plead with those who have not to consider writing a piece for the next magazine.

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The SCA Annual Prize Draw!

Are you feeling Lucky?

Your chance of winning a big prize while helping current students!

Every year at the AGM we draw 3 prizes.

1st

£250, 2nd £150, 3rd £50

Tickets Cost just £10 each and if you pay annually by standing order, once you have set it up, you automatically enter the draw every year.

You can buy as many tickets as you wish but don’t hang around as there are only 200 tickets available in the draw!!

You can buy tickets from Sarah Perrett: 01458 251523 or perrett_sarah@hotmail.com The SCA lottery The SCA holds funds collected over the years which we are pleased to use to help out the current student body in ways that, for whatever reasons, the College is unable to.

In the past we have donated gym equipment, sports kit, teaching aids and paid for some external exam fees for such things as forklift driving.

We liaise with the College and when an opportunity to help out arises we are pleased to consider each application and fund accordingly.

Last summer also saw the Alumni subsidise the reunion. Due to the several postponements and the significant rise in costs between planning and holding the event, costs had spiralled.

We try to ensure that any surplus funds are channelled back into use for either the Members or the Current students where possible.

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Course News Dave Cleverley. NDA 63/65 Here is a photo from June 1965 of members from the 63/65 NDA course. They had finished their studies and completed the CDA and had to travel to Leeds University under their own steam to sit their final exams. They were there 2 days and had digs in student accommodation. They were well looked after by some Yorkshiremen who insisted they sampled some real Yorkshire ale on the completion of exams. They were taken to a remote pub on the top of the moors which Dave Cleverley (the photographer) thinks was called The Cow and Calf. Does anyone know who the bloke between Mike Cooper and Mike Ings is?

From the left Bernard Lewis, Bob Grindle, Mick Woods, Roger Emmett, Miles Proudlove, Paul Place (Back), Mick Allen, Mick Cooper, ?, Mike Ings, Tony Farrow.

John (Alf) Dickson NDA 64/66 I find it hard to believe, but as I am now past the magical " 4 score years" and next year it will be 60 years since Shutts and we Yorkshire lads, Mike Slack as well, are still going. Wish I still had the old red and white Triumph TR2A, that lovely straight through Burgess 2" exhaust, could be heard from nearly Cardington on our way back to Old Warden, it would be worth a quid or two now!!

Still love to listen to Chuck Berry and even join in when Johnny B Goode hits the airways.

The family however, cringe. They never heard the "Sugar Beets" at their best however, Adrian, Paul, Mr Selby, Mr Harris and myself, John(Alf) Dickson.

Will close now, afternoon nap calling, keep safe.

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The Sugar Beets from Alf Dixon. Taken from the 2019 Magazine

Adrian was on lead guitar, Pete Selby on rhythm guitar, Dave Harris on bass guitar and Chalky White on drums.

Hi Patrick, It was great to meet folks at the recent reunion. It was an excellent day and congratulations to the organisers. The hog roast certainly hit the spot, and the old stamping ground brought back many happy memories.

I was a bit disappointed that no one else was present from my years, 56-58. As it turned out I was the oldest ex student attending the feast, at least by attendant years.

Keep up the good work, Kind Regards, Allen Ennew NDA 56/58 I had a good chat with Allen at the Reunion and I was pleased to tell him that he left College two months after I was born!!! Ed. Bob Honey NDA 68/70 Thanks for the email. I submit this update on the Honey family members who went to Shuttleworth: John (Joe) Honey. NDA 62-64:- He and Lorraine are farming at Harewood End, Herefordshire. Their daughter, son in law and children have a successful farmshop business nearby.

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Jim Honey. NDA 64/66:- Lives in France with Francoise, alternating between La Rochelle and Tavent near Tours. Designs gardens for the rich and famous! (Although not so many as he used to). Son Jesse who was Mastermind champion 2010 is a Town Planner, living in London. Daughter Daisy is now a vet, living and practicing in Wiltshire.

Charlie Honey. NDA 66-68:- Sorry to report that Charlie died last autumn after a short but spirited battle with Cancer. He was known to many as onetime Chairman of Gloucestershire NFU, and later through his work with Agrilloyd. He leaves 2 sons, 2 daughters and several grandchildren.

Bob Honey. NDA 68-70:- Farms pedigree Hereford cattle near Bath. (Midford Herefords) in a partnership, gaining several prizes and notable bull sales. Having sold the prestressed concrete company Milbury Systems he ran with Simon Pearson (also NDA 68-70, now deceased) he set up Honey and Daughter cider business. His daughter Jules, son in law and 2 granddaughters live just under a mile away.

NDA 1969/1971 REUNION Since we left College a group of us from the NDA course of 1969/1971 have kept in close touch and now get together annually. We have met up all over the country, including Liverpool, South Devon, Sussex, Hereford, Peterborough and Salisbury.

Left to right: Chris & Lyn Grainger, Andrew &Lyn Green, Sam & Sandra Bradford, Geoff and Ev Bigg, Dave &Sue Godfrey, Rick Fowler.

Having all attended and thoroughly enjoyed, the reunion at the College in May we booked in for 3 nights at The Dumbleton Hall Hotel, near Evesham, where we were looked after very well.

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With everybody in good health we visited Worcester Cathedral, the beautiful Sudeley Castle and the fascinating Harvington Hall with its 9 priest holes.

We thought it would be nice to give a brief update as to what we are doing during our retirement and where we find ourselves.

Chris and Lyn Grainger have been married for 48 years. They still live on the family farm right next to Bewdley and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Since selling his dairy herd 2 years ago Chris now runs beef cattle and grows cereals. They also have an ‘oakframe’ buildings business on the farm. Chris still enjoys his sport and played his last game of (walking) rugby last year. Tennis, of the table variety, is still played and Chris runs a shoot on the farm.

Andrew Green, married to Lyn, is still farming in Mid Devon albeit using contractors for some works. They are both very involved with their home village of Coldridge, the church with its Edward V connection, village hall, parish council and associated activities. Andrew enjoys collecting old tractors and farm machinery. He says it is sad, but he is merely looking after Britain’s heritage.

Dave Godfrey carried on farming until earlier this year when he finally decided it was time to give up completely. Some of the land has now been sold and the remainder is let out on an FBT (Farm Business Tenancy). Dave feels privileged to have worked in one of the most rewarding of careers, thanks, in part, to his time at Shuttleworth. He cannot do the big hillwalking treks anymore but still manages to do a few “soft” walks in the British Isles from time to time. In 2017 he married his 2nd wife, Sue. They live in Peterborough and enjoy all the benefits of being “townies” but close enough to the local parks for walking the dogs and enjoying a beer in the local pubs.

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Sam Bradford married Sandra in 1981 and they have just welcomed their 3rd grandchild.

They had 30 years of some cereals and Countrywide Stewardship, plus renting out most of the buildings to small businesses. Apart from this, Sam fills his time tinkering in the workshop and some skiing with the family in the Winter.

Rick Fowler lives in the village of Braunston, Northants, not very far from the family farm where he was brought up with his brother Hugh. Rick has been an HGV driver for many years and still takes to the road as and when required. Ricks daughter, Katie, has just completed the climb to the Base Camp on Everest.

After being made redundant at the age of 61, I needed to work for a few years more. This included working for an undertaker and working in a factory producing rugby kits. I have been married to Ev for 38 years. We have 2 grand children and 3 great grandchildren. Next year I will have lived in Wigan for 50 years. Now fully retired, we enjoy walking and keeping socially active. Fishing in the Summer and beating in the Winter keeps me in touch with the countryside.

Regards Geoff Bigg NDA 1969 to 1971 07798 873737 geoff_ev@hotmail.com

Sporting memories

Shutts Rugby 70-71

Back row L-R: J Scott, Pete Guy, Dave Hood, Jim Shephard, Frank Wllis, Sid Wright, Ed Bennett Tony Turney, Paul Comber, Dave Wollerton, Chris Grainger, Dave Mitchel, Martin Warberton, Peter Simmons John Marston, Neville Bolton, David Cousins, Chris Lewis.

Rugby 7s side from either 1969 or 1970. If you know then please let me know. Ed. 11

Neil Henderson Begg, Paul Russell, Chris Grainger, Paddy ?, Ian Brothwell, Mike Harlow, (?) Shepherd

It finally happened, the Great Reunion of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 I am sure we are not the only outfit to have organised a function only for Covid to rear its ugly head and intervene. We had it all planned. We would hire the Russell Hall, (we have to hire it as it all belongs to Bedford College now), book an outside caterer, sell some tickets and off we go. We priced up the tickets and we could do it all for £15 a head, food included.

What could possibly go wrong?

So we started selling tickets just after Christmas of 2020 and, without much effort, began to get close to the 120 maximum that we could get in the Hall. Then Covid struck and it became obvious we would have to postpone and leave it for another year. Throughout the autumn and winter of 2020/1 we debated long and hard about whether we would hold the event that year, if at all. By Jan/Feb of 2022 it was still obvious that it was going to be too risky to hold the reunion that year and to concentrate our efforts for 2023. We had already booked the caterers and bar, so we just sat back and rode out the Covid storm.

By Christmas 2022/3 we started to push ticket sales and we very quickly realised that we would exceed the limit of 120 in the Hall. Not a problem we thought. This is Shuttleworth let’s take a pragmatic approach. If we sell 160 tickets and hold the Barbeque outside there will never be more that 120 folk in the hall at one time. Sorted. Alas times have changed; it’s not like the old Shutts. The more we spoke to the booking team at Bedford the more

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hurdles they put in our way. More than 120 people would create parking problems etc. etc.

By this time ticket sales were getting close to 200 and rising.

However there are bits of the old ‘Shutts’ still around and the Management team at the Mansion fell over themselves to help us out. So forgetting the Hall we hired a Marquee, sited it just behind the Mansion and by the good efforts of all the Committee and the Shuttleworth Trust team we held a very successful reunion for close to 250 people. Thank you to everyone.

Will we do it again? Is it an annual event? Yes it will happen again but we are thinking May 2025 to give ourselves time to recover and to try not allow it to become repetitive. Watch this space.

The Shutts Reunion – a South West Perspective A bit over 53 years ago, at the beginning of the NDA college year, four of the new students found out in short order that they all had one thing in common – they were all “foreigners” from points to the South and West of Bristol. In fact, I remember Andy Bolton and I meeting on the very first night, in the Tavern of course. Surrounded by strange East Anglian and Northern accents, we realised how far from our native soil we’d ventured. It took us very little time to get acquainted with the other denizens of the West – John Marston and Barry Shears (as well as Simon Allen and Geoff Hallett, from Somerset and Devon respectively, and now no longer with us). It took us very little more time to become assimilated into the student body and to make memories and friendships that have lasted a lifetime.

After college, the four of us gradually drifted back towards our geographical roots – Andy ended up as Cornwall Farmers’ chief crops man, Barry running a Devon care home (a different form of livestock), while John and I both ended up farming on our own accounts.

However, we all kept more or less in touch and occasionally two or three of us would meet up.

Several months before this year’s reunion, Bob Cowper had been in touch with a view to getting a belated 50th Anniversary group together, and we decided we should go. Speaking for myself, I hadn’t returned to Shutts since some time in 1973. We booked what I hoped would be a B & B in pole position – ten yards from the Hare & Hounds! In the end, Barry took a room in Bedford, as the Old Warden guesthouse had only three rooms available. We were delighted with the place, and to cap it all, we had two very enjoyable evenings in the H & H – which was in some aspects surprisingly unchanged. The food and beer prices and the menu showed the biggest transformations.

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L - R: Bob Lee, John Marston, Chris Grainger (NDA 69/71), Nick Smiley, Martin Henderson, Pete Simmons, Bob Cowper, Neville Boulton, Barry Shears, Chris Lewis, John Waltham, Andy Bolton, Ralph Arnold, Mike Reed, Randy Davies, Geoff Freed. (photo: Anne Bolton) The Saturday dawned grey and breezy – very much as I remembered the Bedfordshire weather! – and we opted to take a turn around the Museum and Swiss Gardens prior to the actual Reunion. All of us, including our Ladies, found the Museum outstanding, but we had to keep an eye on the time. The Swiss Gardens, where I had regularly wandered in the early mornings while at College, was our chosen route back to the College grounds. The restoration that’s been accomplished since then has created a breathtaking and utterly charming experience and uncovered many features that the decades of neglect had hidden, including several pathways. This is my excuse for getting lost there with my wife and Liz Marston!

Arriving at an already well filled marquee for the Reunion proper, we kept our eyes peeled for familiar faces. As it turned out there was a very good attendance by our 70/72 NDA bunch – 18 or 19, I believe. Well done Bob Cowper! One or two of the faces were instantly recognizable, while others took longer to square up with half century old memories but I did get round to chat with about half of our bunch. We would really need a good long weekend to get round everyone, given the lifetime that’s passed since we last met, but it was great to see so many of us together. Of course, there was mention of those who aren’t here any more, and particularly Roy Haywood, whose accidental death earlier in the year was unwelcome news. But the biggest and most welcome surprise was to see and chat with John Scott, our College Principal and now in his 90s, as sharp as a pin and probably the least changed of us all.

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All too soon the Reunion came to an end, leaving a host of new memories, and our thanks go to all those who organised it so well. Was it worth the 250 plus miles Andy Bolton had to come from Truro, or even the 170 miles from Dorset? You betcha!

John Waltham NDA 70/72

More photos from the Reunion

It certainly was good food!

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Two old friends - Graham Amos and Eric Yates

Steve Keyworth, Marc Woods, Peter Henley, Julia Moore, Ian Dale and the top of Al Curtis’s Head!! HND 77/80

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L to R:-Peter Henley, Jill Hipwell, Carol and Denis Hilsdon, Bruce Ashworth, Adrian Hipwell (Dino), Al Curtis, Steve Keyworth and Marc Woods 77/80

From Mark Butcher OND 77 -80 Brief personal history: I emigrated to Canada in April 1989, so that’s over 34 years, which is quite surprising to me. I’m not suggesting it only seems like yesterday, but it definitely doesn’t seem like decades have passed by. I think the older you get, the more your perception of time changes. Originally I lived in Nova Scotia, working for a grain marketing co-operative providing cereal related agronomy advice. After a few years I started my own agronomy business. In 1993 I began to centre my attention on the potato industry, and in 1995 I moved to Prince Edward Island, and together with Margaret (my wife and business partner) established our company (Phoenix Agricultural Services Inc).

Location: Prince Edward Island is Canada’s smallest Province, located 16 kms from the east coast of mainland Canada, it is connected to the mainland by a 16 km long bridge, Confederation Bridge. The bridge is the longest bridge ever built to span over seawater that freezes over during the winter. The main engines in Prince Edward Island economy are agriculture and tourism.

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Prince Edward islands main claim to fame is Anne of Green Gables, Anne’s author Lucy Maud Montgomery was born and raised in Prince Edward Island, and many of the stories she wrote are based upon Prince Edward Island communities.

Our companies Services: We provide daily agronomic advice to our clients who are all Prince Edward Island potato producers. We have a very busy work schedule during the growing season making weekly visits to our client’s potato fields. We develop a weekly plan to manage disease and insect problems. During the Fall (Autumn) and winter months we develop nutrient management plans for the following year, this includes not only the potato crop but also for cereals and rotational crops. Prince Edward Island potato production is approximately 90,000 acres and for many years potatoes were grown using a 3 year rotation, (potatoes/cereal underseeded/Hay). That rotation was not able to maintain or increase organic matter levels, and the one year of hay (which was just mowed but never harvested) was leading to an increase in the wireworm population. The rotation was modified 7 years ago to replace the hay year with either sorghum sudan grass or a mixture of field radish and mustard, this method has improved soil organic matter and increased potato yields.

Planting potatoes The Prince Edward Island Potato crop: Here, potatoes are not classified as vegetables.

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The majority of the potatoes harvested are grown for processing into French fries and potato chips (chips and crisps in the U.K).

Prince Edward Island has several fresh market producers who supply packed potatoes to supermarkets across Canada and the U.S.A.

A fine cop of spuds and an amazing view

Potatoes are also grown for seed for domestic use only. Due to the discovery in 2 fields in 2021 of potato wart , Prince Edward Island cannot export seed potatoes anywhere, not even to other Canadian Provinces. Efforts are underway to try to get the Canadian Federal Government to reverse that decision.

Harvesting Potatoes. A good set of brakes needed here as there is no room for error!!

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Processing the final crop Other agriculture: Prince Edward Island has vibrant dairy, Beef and Hog sectors. Apple production has increased quite dramatically recently as has wine production with several very successful vineyards and winery.

Climate and climate change: Prince Edward Island has a maritime climate, which moderates our climate, and although we do not experience the severe cold of the prairies, we can receive a lot of snow during the winter, and either very little rain or extreme amounts of rain during the growing season. Climate change has affected our climate; Prince Edward Island lays in a region known as Hurricane alley. Hurricanes that form in the Caribbean are more frequently making their way to our doorstep. On September 24th 2022 hurricane Fiona dealt Prince Edward Island a severe blow, it was the strongest storm ever recorded here, with hurricane strength winds that lasted for 17 hours. The result was 33% of the islands trees were destroyed, and almost all of the electrical power grid had to be rebuilt, Many homes were levelled, and thousands of homes and farm buildings were damaged, with repairs still ongoing. Anyone involved in tree cutting and removal or who sells generators has a particularly busy and very profitable recent 12 months.

Phoenix Agriculture Inc. Mark and his wife Margaret

Thank you Mark for a fascinating insight into life in Canada

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My Trip to Australia in 1967 to 1970 After leaving Shuttleworth in 1964, after a thoroughly enjoyable time, I went to work on the family farm in Buckden, Huntingdonshire with my elder brother Robert. He had been fortunate enough to retain the tenancy after our father died in 1965 at the young age of just 62. The farm was mostly arable and dairy however we had no hesitation in getting rid of the cows as it was only a small enterprise.

Like several young farmers, after a couple of years at home I decided to go to Australia. I always thought there was more to life than just staying at home.

During this time the foot and mouth outbreak was ravaging UK livestock farms so I had no choice but to go by boat on the Fred Olsen lines leaving from Portsmouth on the Fairsky.

The trip took a month and what an eye opener. We went via South Africa and I recall getting a beautiful view of Table Mountain as we were approaching Cape Town. We docked there for a few hours and so I went for a walk around. This was when apartheid was very active and I couldn't believe seeing all the signs saying whites only or blacks only here. After many festivities on the ship we continued our onward journey to Fremantle.

My first employment after a few days adjusting to my new environment was a job packing wool into enormous wool sacks weighing several hundredweight for onward shipping. This was hard work. Unbeknown to me, my mother had contacted a local farmer who had bought 10,000 acres in a place called Eradu about 50 miles north of Geraldton in Western Australia who was in need of some help. His name was Ted Grindley. Fortunately I had just bought myself a Mini Moke so off I went up to Eradu.

Crossing the Queensland border. You can see the little Mini Moke on the left hand side

On arrival I was met by his manager Jim Hepple who was an ex Lugg and Gould man who some of you may remember. The farm was amazingly well equipped with all brand new machinery. Our first job was clearing land to make way for seeding with wheat. We used two big International tractors to clear the land of Mallee Roots then row them up ready for burning.

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Raking up Mallee roots after chaining

During seeding we worked 24hrs a day. I was working the night shift and the accommodation was in a tin shed next to the workshop so not much sleep there! During the harvest I drove a header combine and a Dodge lorry carrying corn to Geraldton silos.That was fine until the day I popped in to see someone, parked the lorry on top of a hill and when I came out the house the lorry had gone. It had rolled down the hill, pushed a tree over and the roots got wedged under the engine so I had to find a crane to lift it off. That was nearly the end of me as I didnt get back to the farm until nearly dark. These things happen!

I moved on and managed to get work at a research station at Kununurra on the irrigation side.They were growing quite a few experimental crops like cotton, sorghum, sudax and sugar cane. All these crops required different amounts of water through manually operated irrigation systems, in order to measure the correct amounts.

It was enjoyable and interesting work with quite a lot of free time to get up to mischief.

When I was there they were just starting to build the Ord river dam which was planned to irrigate some 20,000 hectares. There were crocodiles quite visible during the day.

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After a few months I decided to leave, along with about five Kiwis heading south to Victoria. They went home and I got a job with a construction company who did all the groundwork when building new housing estates including tarmacing the roads.

I was mostly driving their lorries delivering heavy plant or the trucks delivering cement for building the grain silos in Portland. I became quite friendly with the family that ran the business.

After 2 years the government would pay my fare home and I was ready too. The only regret I had was to sell my mini moke.

Peter Mailer – FC 63/64

An Expat Farming in Russia In 2010, together with colleagues, I started advisory work for a large farming company farming 300 thousand hectares. Roughly the size of Cambs, the land is centred 500 km south of Moscow. It stretches the width of this country and the distance of Bognor to Darlington from south to north. The chief executive and the MD were both management trainees with me at Booker. Initially we did “agronomic audits” to find out what they were doing. Whilst on a visit to an agricultural university we discovered that there was no trial data available.

Under the old communist regime Russia had led the world in Agricultural research, but on its collapse all was lost.

When we met the Dean, we were worried when he locked his office door. He went to a cupboard and produced a bottle of brandy “this is the same brandy that Joe Stalin gave Winston Churchill “.

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The regrowth is typical of land farmed in Communist times.

directors. Initially cropping was wheat, barley, soya, corn maize and sunflowers. Wheat and barley yields were low at around 3 tonne ha. Corn Maize is the best yielding crop at up to 9 tonnes/hectare. Despite our warning that they should get the combinable cropping under control first they were determined to intensify. 30 hectares of potatoes then 300 ha and then expanded to 750ha, with intention to expend to 2500 ha. However this was held back by lack of water. The irrigation is all centre pivot irrigators alongside carrots and parsnips that were then being grown.

Some of the advice that they had received on centre pivot irrigators was wrong. With many over 400 metre in length and they had one 700 metres giant. The rate of application at the periphery was excessive and caused severe run off. The ponds as they called them, which had been dug in Soviet times, had silted up, so they had vastly overestimated the available water volumes.

The biggest problem is getting good management. Very few of the Russians have the desire to take on real responsibility. They can be unbelievably obstinate and obstructive and far too many are incapable of being honest. As one of the companies non exec directors told me (he was a Russian but had worked in USA and UK), “If you are a Russian working in a tiling factory and you haven’t got the dog kennel, as well as all of your house, tiled from floor to ceiling, your mates think you a fool”.

The company employed 800 security staff, but although the level of theft is being reduced it is not eliminated. At one point, a Russian farm manager was caught farming 2000 ha of his own land using company labour, machinery and inputs - how many were in on that!!

When Black Earth Farming, which is a public company listed on the Swedish stock Exchange, started in 2005, 90 % of the land had been out of production since the collapse of communism. The vast areas necessitated 24 hours working for long period of the year and getting this land back into production gave the machinery a hard life. We purchased 14 big subsoilers from Cousins (of Wisbech) and with one seasons work, often 15 times more than on even the biggest UK farm, they wore out. Cousins couldn’t understand why !

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We started with all the largest wheeled tractors available but now many are being replaced by rubber tracked machines.

The company owned over 120 combines but still needed contractors as well.

Some of the 120 combines The company had put up several state-of-the-art large grain handlings, drying and storage plants, known as grain terminals. Getting the rail links were, as so many things in Russia, awfully slow.

We had to walk 5 Km to get help!

My role developed from the initial agronomic auditing into staff and manager training, moving to agronomic advice and auditing. We had some exceedingly long days, travelled vast distances and in many cases on appalling roads. in some places you drove on the gravel at the side rather than fall into the massive potholes

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For the the last two years I was entirely involved with the potato crop as a new potato manager wanted my help. There were times when my advice was not too well received. For example they didn’t like me telling them that 18 tonnes of seed potatoes on an 8 row planter travelling over wet ground was a bad idea!

A typical rural dwelling My role ceased last year when the potato manager left. They decided that at 78 I was too old to be covered by insurance!! I asked one of the many translators, all young ladies often ex schoolteachers, how old she thought I was. She said about 58!! I explained that I had a daughter of 52. She then said that I cannot be more than 60. I explained that I started young, but not that young.

Life expectancy in rural Russia is low. For a man it is only 57 and a woman 60. This largely due to the popularity of smoking and vodka coupled with a poor diet, lack of pensions and no free health care. The young translators explained that if their parents needed medical attention then the sons and daughters had to pay, or they did not get treated.

The climate is harsh with very cold winters and often extremely hot summers, with resulting limited crop yields. The company was eventually sold to a Russian company and I understand that the farming is going back to the poor level it was before we became involved, with broken machinery not getting repaired and cultivations back to scratching the surface.

If I was young and single, I would relish the challenge of managing out there, but there is no way I would take my wife and family. John Pawlyn NDA 60/62

Teaching Agriculture. Howard Barbour. 66/68 Looking up at the faces of my mildly interested ag. students as I stood ankle deep in a pool of nameless muck, it occurred to me that I could have chosen a less malodorous occupation, and perhaps one not so dependent on the weather. But there was no going back now, I had nailed my colours to the mast, or rather to the arse-end of a cow. Surrounded on this cold morning by a bevy of aspirants to the farming life, some of whom, unlike me had grown up with it. The students may have been less than impressed by their new instructor, regardless of my five years of teaching, and seven years farming.

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oilskin coat and knee length “wellies”. The assignment for that day on a farm in the wilds of rural Herefordshire, was to trim the rear feet of a 1200lb Friesian dairy cow. Not something cows particularly enjoy, and unlike horses, not something they will even tolerate without serious encouragement. They have to be contained and restrained in a squeeze chute or cow crate, and then the offending leg has to be hauled clear of the ground by a rope over a beam or two handy assistants with a pick-shaft sized wooden batten between them. We had roped the cow’s leg up and I was working away with the hoof knife.

More on the coat for a moment, it was well secured and had a very full collar which extended past my cheeks and well up above my ears. This coat would be wonderful when staring into the teeth of a force 10 sou'wester, but it was bit of an encumbrance when trimming the foot of a reluctant cow, with 10 pairs of eyes glued to my every move. As I worked away the cow’s cloven hoof was beginning to look less like a 12th century courtier’s foot, and more like something that could support a high yielding dairy cow. A quick look at my class suggested that they might be interested if not impressed.

The students were hanging in there, I was tiring, and since this was the second foot, I’m sure the cow had had enough. My hatless head was wet and cold, as were my hands and I was about to let the cow’s leg down and straighten my back, when out of nowhere I felt a sudden surge of welcome warmth. It started at my neck, ran down my back and buttocks, and it was only when it reached my feet that I realized the cow had emptied her bladder into the waiting funnel of my raincoat’s collar, and thus deposited about three fourths of a gallon into each boot.

I looked up, and noticed the class was now less than fully focused on the job at hand.

Several were visibly shaking, all had their backs to me, and one was slowly sliding down the outside wall of the cowshed. Another two had gone around the corner in order that they might give full, unhindered and audible voice to their mirth.

What should one do? Occasions like this had peppered my student days. Once, when being taught how to shear a sheep, the instructor, who was somewhat overweight and upon whom lunch was probably still a little heavy. He turned the sheep, which had come directly off a lush pasture, up to a sitting position. One could tell the ewe was also feeling the effects of a full lunch, as it seemed was the instructor, for as he bent over to make the first shearing blow, he let go a digestive rip-snorter, which was followed almost immediately by a similar report from the ewe. The instructor very properly ignored both, but it was too much for my fellow initiates and me as we descended into that hopeless state of vigorously restrained laughter. As did my now less than attentive class. So, rather than play the gentleman, I joined them, and added to their entertainment by standing away from the cow and emptying the contents of each boot onto the cobbled yard.

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Another Memory from the 2023 Reunion

Hi Patrick, thanks for all the hard work that your team put in to make a very memorable reunion for us all back in May. I thought it might be interesting for those of us who couldn’t make our course reunion ( OND 1971-74 ) to give a rundown of how the day worked out.

There was a large frame tent on the grass close to the Mansion House near the Swiss Garden back entrance and the dunking pond, which we all remembered well. In our time that field was cropped with early potatoes and Chris Smart got us to move round the irrigation pipes before breakfast which caused a few grumbles!

There were probably around 250-plus old students, partners, and past lecturers all looking for familiar faces, and Chris Smith, Phil Didwell, David Orpwood, Edward Paull, Phil Harper, and myself plus our better halves enjoyed a good 50 year catch up over drinks and a barbecue.

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Kicking it up at the Reunion from left to right:- Ed Paull, Tom Taylor, David Orpwood, Phil Didwell, and Chris Smith OND 71/74

We met up with Eric Yates who said he fondly remembered us all, Graham Amos, who was honest enough to say that he didn’t remember us, and John Scott, who probably didn’t want to remember us, although he did remember the French exchange trip we went on! Sadly most of the other lecturers are dead, although Bill Bedser is still with us and living in France.

We then split up and explored the grounds and buildings starting with the Mansion House, which is now used for conferences and as a wedding venue, looking far tidier than in our day and well set out with information about the Shuttleworth Family, and all those paintings which I remember so well. Phil was shown his old room on the second floor, which bought back memories of water fights using the fire hose and water cascading down the staircase.

The snooker room in the basement has sadly turned into a store room, probably because of the damp problem caused by past students.

The dining room and accommodation block seemed pretty much the same. I was concerned one morning when Beard didn’t appear for lectures after a heavy drinking session in the Tavern and on visiting his room to check if he was OK was confronted with him sitting up in bed with a cigarette announcing that he felt much better and pointing to the waste paper basket filled to the brim with most of what he had consumed the previous evening.

The Old Stable Block where we had most of our lectures looked a bit run down and the Tavern had disappeared. The Russell Hall and Lecture Theatre looked much the same as did the accommodation block where we spent our final year.

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One big change has been the addition of the Zoology Block, which is a tropically heated environment housing all sorts of creepy crawlies, some of which turn up at airports and are confiscated by Customs and Excise and rehoused at Shuttleworth.

Chris and myself were given a fascinating tour by Carl Groombridge. Chris narrowly avoided being peed on by a marmoset monkey, apparently if they feel threatened that is their defence mechanism.

We met up at the end of the afternoon in the Hangars where the Shuttleworth Air Museum is housed. You probably need a day just to look round the collection now as it is about three times the size it was in our day and the Swiss Gardens have had quite a makeover as well.

I was sorry Jim Gilbert couldn’t join us as intended due to Pat being taken into hospital, but glad to hear she is back home, and hopefully we can keep in touch as we head into our twilight years.

The real downer as far as I’m concerned is coming to terms with the sad loss of Steve Peck earlier this year. He was a good friend of mine since we first met at College and it was Steve who contacted Paddy Godwin about our reunion and really got the ball rolling. Nick Wright (NDA 71-72) gave a very moving eulogy and I am sure we would all like to pass on our condolences to Vanessa. We all have such fond memories of Steve and just how central he was to College life at Shuttleworth 50 years ago.

Tom Taylor OND 71/74

News gleaned from the papers throughout the year from our far East correspondent, Eric Yates Dec 2022 The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) ran an article regarding the theft of GPS systems from farms across Norfolk.

Unfortunately Kit Papworth (HND 89/92) had previously had valuable GPS guidance screens stolen from his combine harvester as well.

John Cross (HND 76/79), chairman of the Bovine TB Partnership for England, was made an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his efforts to eradicate bovine TB from the country.

April Doug Wanstall (NCA 89/90) is frequently mentioned in the Farmers Weekly; this particular article was referring to his aim to minimise fungicide within his regenerative system with weekly monitoring to keep on top of decision-making. Eric remembers an excellent visit to 30

the farm in Kent, organised by the Institute of Agricultural Management a few years after Eric had left Shuttleworth.

Jane Murray née Chapman (HND 82/85) has had a career in milking sheep and cheesemaking – Norfolk White Lady. However the article in the EDP and Farmers Weekly referred to her amazing ewe that gave birth to two healthy lambs eight days after the arrival of their sibling.

May Doug Wanstall (NCA 89/90) was again the subject of a Farmers Weekly feature. Having used a Nuffield scholarship to study how to build financial resilience he has embarked on a radical downsizing and change in philosophy. The heart of the business now lies in a large vending machine selling mainly produce from the farm including eggs, sausages, bacon and dairy products, as well as fudge, jam brownies and cream teas made by the wedding venue business run by Doug’s wife, Stephanie. There is a small-scale market garden growing vegetables and mushrooms. On the arable side he is reducing inputs and has reached the stage where they are now applying less than 1/3rd of the synthetic nitrogen they used to.

June An article in June’s EDP mentions Jamie Lockhart (ND 92/95) who is managing director of vegetable producer Frederick Hiam. The business has invested £2.5m in automated machinery which will replace 20 seasonal workers due to ongoing recruitment difficulties.

July Kit Papworth (HND 89/92) was mentioned in the EDP commenting on the frustrating harvest due to the wet summer weather.

Colin Rayner (OND 76/79) was also mentioned in the Farmers Weekly speaking about the isolated rain showers throughout the growing season resulting in very variable yields.

August Robert Perowne (FC 74/75) who farms at Great Snoring, had the misfortune to have a sewage pipe burst beneath the ground and leak onto his land next to an environmentallysensitive chalk river for the fourth time in five years.

Kit Speakman (ND 84/87) is one of the Farmers Weekly Transistion farmers who are adapting their business to take into account the phasing out of the BPS. Diversification has meant their business now includes cereals, potatoes and sweetcorn, cricket bat willow, a grass-based beef herd and flock of EasyCare sheep. Also the farm has 21 high-specification offices rented to a range of businesses and more than 5ha of fishing lakes.

Another unusual diversification has been made by Kit Papworth (HND 89/92) who has opened a dog walking meadow. For £10/hour people can hire a 2 acre fenced site to

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exercise their pets off the lead. Facilities also provided include toilets, a shelter and free wifi.

Thank you Eric. Your encyclopaedic knowledge of all Shuttleworth Old Students is remarkable. Mention a name and Eric will know what course they took, where they lived and if they had any siblings at Shutts.

In Memorium Dave Prothero NDA 62/64

Died July 2022

Roy Haywood. NDA 70-72. Fell though a roof.

Stephen Peck OND 71-74. March 2023. Leaves wife Vanessa.

Mike Kiddy OND 71-74 Simon Sharp OND 71-74 Charlie Honey NDA 66/68 Sir Samuel Whitbread of Southill Park. Trustee of the Shuttleworth estate and honorary vicepresident of the S.C.A. There are several obituaries for Sir Sam Whitbread online, if anyone would like to read more about him.

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Shuttleworth College Alumni Minutes of the AGM Saturday 3rd June 2023 Present: Tony Abbott (Chairman), Richard Infield (Vice Chairman), Sarah Perrett (Treasurer), Charlotte Maynard (Secretary), Paddy Godwin (Editor and Database), Nick Badger, Robert Cowper 70/72, Mike Laflin, Tim Durrant, Bruce Ashworth.

Apologies: Mike Williams, Graeme Brown, Eric Yates, Catherine Lloyd (College Director), The minutes of the 2022 AGM were accepted and approved.

Chairman’s Report: Tony Abbott This last year has seen a dramatic increase in activity compared to the previous year’s ‘slumber’ due to COVID. We have finally been able to hold our much-delayed reunion which took place in a marquee behind the Mansion House.

We started preparations last year and had booked the Russell Hall for the event. Take-up was initially slow but began to ‘snowball’ rapidly in the New Year. Because of fire regulations the Russell Hall has a maximum capacity of 120. As the year progressed it become apparent that we were going to far exceed this number and so an alternative venue had to be obtained. The Sports Hall at the college was mooted but Bedford College Services (who administer the use of all the Bedford College Group premises) were unable to supply staff to man the location.

Luckily the Shuttleworth Trust came to the rescue and rented us the space to the rear of the House for the event. Everyone on the committee jumped into action, arranging the marquee, tables and chairs, generator, food, bar, merchandise sales and all the other tasks which culminated in what I thought was an excellent reunion. In excess of 220 attended and we have had no end of appreciative emails. All this does not happen by magic and I would like to thank my committee for their tremendous efforts in making all the arrangements in order put on the event, especially in view of the last-minute change of venue.

In October of last year we, unfortunately, had to accept the resignation of our long-standing treasurer, Mike Williams due to ill health. I would personally like to thank Mike for his efforts over many years and the Old Students were always reassured that the association’s finances were in safe hands. Luckily Sarah Perrett stepped into the position and is now our treasurer – thanks Sarah.

I would like to thank all the members of the committee for their outstanding support and efforts during the past year and would finish by asking all you students, once again, to send any articles for the newsletter to Paddy Godwin.

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Treasurer’s Report: Sarah Perrett Sarah circulated the statement of revenue and expenditure, capital account and bank accounts. Expenditure over income has not really changed since last year. 2021 Expenditure was £2,618.40 against Income of £4,695.00. Excess revenue over Expenditure is £2,774.41.

The reason for this was receipt of £2,000 in ticket sales for the reunion which was postponed until 2023. The Capital account contains £30,069.32. We made approx. £400 profit despite lottery and newsletter income decreasing slightly. We have quite a few debtors who owe in excess of £20, approx. 60 people. However we have around 50 people who have paid in advance.

Secretary’s Report: Charlotte Maynard Charlotte thanked Tony and the rest of the committee for their efforts in planning the reunion and agreed that it was a success as evidenced by all the thank you’s we received following the event.

IT Manager’s Report and Editors Report: Paddy Godwin We will be putting some photos from the reunion on the website so please send any over, some of these will also go into this year’s newsletter.

The printer company who we have asked to digitize all the old college photographs is very slow so we need to pester him to get this completed.

We are always looking for photos and snippets to publish on the website and in the magazine. Paddy tries to keep everyone in touch via mail chimp (those we have email address’s for). The newsletter is published electronically once a year and a small amount are printed (approx. 70) and sent via post.

Please forward any contact information to Paddy (Patrick.godwin@btinternet.com) so he can ensure the database is up to date.

We are always looking for subscribers so please put them in touch with Paddy and he will show them how to join.

Note the Alumni web site address is www.shuttleworthalumni.co.uk. We picked up some new subscribers to the newsletter at the reunion.

Students College Report: Catherine Lloyd Catherine was not present but provided a report which was read out at the meeting. (See the College director’s report earlier.)

Election of Officers for the ensuing year: Chairman: Tony Abbott – proposed by Charlotte Maynard, seconded by Mike Laflin Vice Chairman: Richard Infield - proposed by Charlotte Maynard seconded by Paddy Godwin

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Secretary: Charlotte Maynard – proposed by Sarah Perrett, seconded by Richard Infield Treasurer: Sarah Perrett – proposed by Charlotte Maynard, seconded by Paddy Godwin IT Manager: Patrick Godwin – proposed by Sarah Perrett, seconded by Mike Latfin Editor: Graeme has resigned from the committee. Paddy is happy to continue with the Editing role. This was proposed by Charlotte Maynard and Seconded by Tony Abbott.

Committee members: Eric Yates, Mike Williams, Mike Laflin, Claire Van Leersum, Bruce Ashworth (HND 79/82), Tim Durrant (OND 76/79), Robert Cowper (70/72), Nick Badger (HND 92/95). Proposed by Mike Lafin and Seconded by Garth Drury, were re-elected ‘en bloc’.

Reunion: Mike Latfin mentioned that last Oct they had a separate 62/64 reunion at the Swan in Bedford which was attended by approx. 40 people, he also attended the SCA reunion in May and thanked the committee for organizing it.

The committee discussed when/how often we should hold the reunions. It was agreed we should host one every three years and we would need to bear in mind we need to book the venue, bar and hog roast at least 2 years in advance. It was agreed we would host the next reunion on Sat 9th May 2026. It was agreed we would have a similar format to this year – marquee on the north park, with a hog roast and we will increase the cost of the tickets to cover the costs. Charlotte will speak to Hannah to book the parkland, Richard will book the hog roast and Tony will book the bar.

Auditing of Accounts We are required to have the accounts audited. Tony will speak to his contacts in Rotary and see if we can find someone to audit them for us.

The annual draw then took place: 1st prize (£250): No 113 – Mark Snoxall (OND 73/76) 2nd prize (£150): No 110 - Mr Ray Watts (NDA 64/66) 3rd prize (£50): No 119 – Chris Webb (65/67) It was agreed we will revamp the advertisement for the lottery to encourage more subscribers. It is only £10 a year to join and you can win up to £250. Charlotte will ask her friend to design a page which stands out so people notice it when reading the newsletter.

Any Other Business: There was none.

Next Meeting: Next Committee meeting – Sat 7th October 2023 via Teams This concluded the Annual General Meeting. Charlotte Maynard 3rd June 2023 35

Committee and Officers S.C.A 2023 Chairman

Tony Abbott

NDA 65/67

Hants

tonyabbott1@hotmail.co.uk

Vice Chairman Secretary

Richard Infield

ND 90/93

Beds

richardjinfield@btconnect.com

Charlotte Scott

ND/BF90/92

Bedfordshire

charlotte_scott@hotmail.com

Treasurer

Sarah Perrett

HND 77/80

Somerset

perrett_sarah@hotmail.com

Patrick Godwin

HND 77/80

Somerset

patrick.godwin@btinternet.com

Database Manager Eric Yates

Retired Staff

Norfolk

3hunstanton@gmail.com

Mike Williams

HND 77/80

Peterborough

michael.williams19@sky.com

Claire Van Leersum

HND 81/84

Cambs

cgvanleersum@googlemail.com

Mike Lafflin

NDA 62/64

Attleborough

moleplough@btinternet.com

Bruce Ashworth

HND79/82

Newark

far_corkhill@hotmail.co.uk

Tim Durrant

OND 76/79

Bedford

tim.durrant100@gmail.com

Robert Cowper

NDA 70/72

Rushden

bob.cowper@hotmail.co.uk

Nick Badger

HND 92/95

Cambs

nickmbadger@yahoo.co.uk

President

Charlotte Friefrau John Von Twickle

Vice Presidents

J.E. Scott, Bill Bedser, Eric Yates and Professor Mike Alder.

Secretary Newsletter Coordinator

Charlotte Scott, Unwin Cottage, 5 Pear Tree piece, Old Warden, Biggleswade, SG18 9FD. charlotte_scott@hotmail.com Tel: 01767 626311 Mobile: 07717862747

Paddy Godwin, Osier Cottage Thorney, Langport, TA10 0DT 07966 926274 patrick.godwin@btinternet.com

Website :- www.shuttleworthalumni.co.uk

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S.C.A Merchandise

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This popular item features the Shuttleworth Crest on Navy Blue £15 each including p & p Available in XX Large, X Large, Large and Medium Sizes

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Available in XX Large, X Large, Large and Medium Sizes Just £25 each inc p&p

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A selection of Ties, £10 inc P & P

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Glorious prints of the Mansion

A superb print of this beautiful Water Colour of the College viewed from the Warren and painted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Shuttleworth Un-mounted: Size: 17" x 13". Cost: only £5 inc. p&p

Lapel Badges still available at £2.00 each inc. p&p

All orders to :-

Sarah Perrett. 01458 251523 or e-mail: perrett_sarah@hotmail.com All cheques payable to Shuttleworth College Association - with Orders please.

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