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Yard after the last one doubled the cost because of inflation. He has promised to have it in place for November so visitors to the school over the Founders’ Weekend can have a look at it. See article on page 7.

And finally, may I send belated birthday wishes to the legend who is Jack Taylor. I visited Jack recently and his humour and sharpness in conversation are as they always were. He was making preparations for his 90th birthday:see our special feature on page 26 n

Andrew Haigh

APOLOGIES are due to two Old Almondburians who joined the Society in March after attending the Annual Dinner in November, but whom we omitted to welcome as new members of the Society in the last issue of The Almondburian: Anthony Burrie (1961-66) of Slaithwaite and Michael Storry (1961-68) of Holme.

After leaving school, Michael Storry worked for Huddersfield Passenger Transport, which became Metro, Kirklees, before moving to Blackpool Transport as Commercial Officer. Having received his Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) qualification, he moved to Leeds Western Health Authority and worked at Leeds General Infirmary First Wave Trust as Assistant Director of Finance. He later became the last Di - rector of West Yorkshire Central Services, responsible for Primary Care payment, monitoring and support for general practitioners, opticians, pharmacists and dentists. Michael is married to Dot from Preston and has a son, William and daughter-in-law Niamh. His main interests are reading, history and, in particular, travel; he loves India especially.

In addition to the obituaries on page 55, we have been saddened to learn of the death on 9th February this year of David Brudnell Tomlinson (195763), resident in Preston.

Please remember that subscriptions for 2022-2023 fell due on 1st September. The vast majority of our members now pay their subscription by standing order, which makes life easy. If you are one of the few who do not pay by standing order and you have already sent your £10.00 subscription for this year, thank you very much for being so efficient!

If you do not pay by standing order and you haven’t recently made a payment for this year, then you will receive a letter with this magazine pointing out that your subscription is not up-to-date. In this event, please send your payment without delay. As I mentioned above, it does make life much easier if you pay by standing order so, if you can complete the updated standing order mandate that accompanies the letter and return it in the envelope provided, that would be even better! Alternatively, you may renew online, using PayPal or a debit or credit card, by visiting oas.org.uk/membership.php. n

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