Wymondham College Remembered

Honours and awards:

Julia Nicholls (1963-70): Julia, a veterinary surgeon, was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (equivalent to the OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours last year. The Citation reads: for service to veterinary science through professional organisations, as a contributor to policy and professional standards development and as a mentor, particularly for overseas trained veterinarians.

Julia receives her award from the Governor of South Australia, Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce.

"I was totally stunned and surprised to receive this award as I had no idea it was in the offing although my husband had secretly been supplying the awards committee with information for some months! I believe that I was taught some of the values of community service and professional engagement that I hold when I was at WC so I thought that my former teachers and fellow pupils would enjoy hearing of this. You could add that I was hopeless at sport, tone deaf, but still managed to mostly enjoy my time at WC especially some of the inspiring staff. I was once described in a House report as 'The naughtiest girl in the First Form' so anyone can come good!" - Julia (http://www.prvh.com.au/)

Graeme Gooday (1975-82): Graeme has been awarded his own Chair at Leeds University and is now Professor of the History of Science and Technology. The award is in recognition of his outstanding achievements in research, teaching and administration over the preceding years which have included fellowships granted by the British Academy and the Royal Society. He is the son of Michael Gooday, Vice-Principal of Wymondham College 1981-1993, who now lives in Besthorpe.

Local news:

Caring QEH nurse calls it a day – after 44 years

Bob Cooke alerted us to this EDP piece about Anne Lemmon (nee Gallaway - West/Westminster Houses). In the printed version, the Comment column added "Some would criticise Anne Lemmon for having low ambition after spending 44 years as a nurse. How wrong they are. This extraordinary woman's ambition to care, care and keep on caring for sick children is admirable. Not for her the thirst for money, fame or power. Mrs Lemmon has dedicated her life to serving others. Now with the chance beckoning to put her feet up, she has proved that her heart remains as big as ever by signing up as a cover nurse. Where would the NHS be without the likes of Anne Lemmon?" [In the last photo, Anne is second from right on the front row.- Ed.]

Hat-trick for Stuart, a double for Emma (golf item)
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich, England, UK
So, Norfolk will be represented by the runners-up, Wymondham College, whose team includes Emma Dann, the new girls' handicap champion. ...

100 Club Draw news:

The April draw was held last night (16th April) at the Crown Hotel, Mundford and this month's winners were:

No. 6 – Alan McIvor Dean (resident of Denver near Downham Market and an attendee at the Dabbling Duck draw in February)
No. 44 – Phil Robinson (no comment!!)

We were joined by John Mayes (1955-61) who lives in Thetford and brought along some cricket & rugby photos that do not yet appear on the WCRemembered site. Cheques in the sum of £35.00 are on their way.

The May draw will be held at the Parson Woodforde at Weston Longville (near East Dereham) on Wednesday 14th May 2008 at 8.00p.m. Hope to see some of you there.

Thank you for your continued support of the 100 Club.

Phil Robinson
Old Wymondhamians 100 Club administrator

Persons sought:

Muriel Davie would love to know if anyone is in touch with Lesley Kirby. mdavie@talktalk.net
"I placed a posting on the web site some years ago to see if I could find my friend Patricia Elmslie. We were in Worcester House in the 1960's. Have had no feedback as yet. Is there any chance you could find her middle name for me please? We can then do an in-depth Google". - Hilary Ambler (Nee Schoop) amblerdavid@bc.wbs.net.au
"I heard from Brett (Howard) Bambridge a while ago but by the time I wrote back he had changed his e-mail address (hopefully coincidentally!) - I would like to know if anyone has his current e-mail address." - Jennie Rogers (nee Sedgley) - jennierogers@hotmail.com

The very first College intake, the Guinea Pigs, will be 70 years old this year (if not already!). All the very best to you all; we wish you a happy and healthy future. Thanks to Mike Stacey for alerting us to this significant occasion.

"I'm sure that I saw, somewhere on the WCRemembered site, a reference to Wymondham College having done well in the National League Tables for GCSE results (130th or thereabouts) but couldn't find the reference again. Anyway, I thought it might be of interest that, if you strip out the independent schools and those with a selective intake (so that we are comparing like with like), the old place came 4th equal for 5 A-C grades including Maths and English - that is if I didn't miss any while ploughing through the pages of lists in the Guardian! I really must find better things to do with my time!" - John Metcalfe

"The Old Wymondhamians 50s/60s Golf Day and Reunion will be held at Sprowston Manor on June 27th 2008. First tee-off time 1130 am and assemble for the evening event during the afternoon and up to 6 pm. Further details will available later. I can be contacted on 01629582229 or 07710229126 or at bob.rowell@virgin.net. All are welcome - look forward to hearing from you." - Bob Rowell.

If you are a former student of the College who is currently using a foreign language in your work or everyday life we would love to hear from you! To help promote the importance of language learning to our current students, we would like to create a bank of PowerPoint presentations and/or web pages detailing how important foreign languages are for our alumni.

We are particularly interested in experiences using French, German and Spanish (there are at least 75 of you living in countries that speak these languages!) but would also welcome contributions from those of you using other languages. If you would like to assist us and participate in this project, please contact alumni@wymondhamcollege.com in the first instance.

Language College Director
Wymondham College
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 9SZ
UK Tel: (0044) (0)1953 609000
Fax: (0044) (0)1953 603313

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