Area Activities
Invitations
Berkshire, Oxfordshire
July 2010 - Alison O'Halloran will have an 'Open House' in Newbury.
September 2010 - Luncheon hosted by Meg Atkins in Hungerford.
For further details please contact Ms Julia Ives (Morgan) on 01635 248411 or ajuliaives@btinternet.com.
Cambridgeshire
An event will be planned during 2010; for further details please contact Sarah Smith (Urquhart) sarahurquhart@hotmail.com or telephone 01223 874064.
Derbyshire, South Yorkshire
Saturday 2nd October - Guild members from this part of the world and beyond are invited to tea at the home of Lesley (Jones) and David Davidson at Great Longstone in Derbyshire. Partners are also welcome. Lesley is joined in this invitation by Francesca Woods (Carrington) and Miranda Myers (Ward).
RSVP by 23rd September and for further details please contact:
Francesca Woods on 01246 413544 or snolon22@supanet.com or
Miranda Myers on 0114 2680043 or asmmyers5@googlemail.com
Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset
Saturday 11th September - Guided tour of Whitchurch Silk Mill
The Silk Mill at Whitchurch, Hampshire is the last remaining Georgian Silk Mill and silk is still hand woven here, using original Victorian looms. In addition to a guided tour of the small but working mill, there will be a demonstration of lace making and the added interest of a display of costumes from Jane Austen dramas for TV and film, made from silk and ribbons woven at the Mill. Tea will be served either in the tea room or, if fine, in the lovely riverside grounds. Cost £9.50 a head. All Guild members and spouses will be very welcome. Acceptances please, with s.a.e, to Dr Sue Birtwistle, Yewbank, Rectory Road, Oakley, Basingstoke, RG23 7ED, by 14th August, enclosing a cheque made payable to Dr Sue Birtwistle. Directions will be sent on receipt of acceptance. Because of the antiquity of the mill, a maximum of 50 people can be accommodated in the building at any time. www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk
Please reply to sbirtwistle@yahoo.com
Scotland
Mrs Ann McCarter (Iestyn Williams), Roderic and Fauconberg, and Mrs Susan Simpson (Mitchell), Cambray and Fauconberg, warmly invite Guild members to a lunch in the Younger Hall of the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, this will be preceded by a tour of the Canongate Kirk at 12 noon on Saturday 18th September 2010. Husbands and Companions will also be welcome. After lunch a group tour of Holyrood Palace will be arranged if enough are interested. Acceptances please, with s.a.e., to Mrs Ann I McCarter. 5 Westfield Grove, Eskbank, Dalkeith EH22 3JH, by 1st September 2010, enclosing a cheque for £12 made payable to Mrs Ann McCarter. Directions will be sent on receipt of acceptance.
Contacts: Ann: 0131 663 3896 or a.mccarter@tiscali.co.uk
Susan: 0131 552 23266
Sussex
Ms Della Minett-Westwood warmly invites Guild members and partners to a picnic lunch on Saturday 17th July 2010 from 1pm onwards in the Kemp Town Enclosures, Brighton. For further details, please email dellamw@hotmail.com or telephone 07952 806176.
Wales, Mid and South
An event will be planned later in 2010; for further details please contact Amanda Robertson-Adams (Scriven) member@theoldmill.fsnet.co.uk or telephone 01239 711782.
Previous Activities:
Berkshire, Oxfordshire - 1 November 2009
Nine Guild Members enjoyed a cracking cream tea at The Vineyard Hotel on 1st November. Some had come some distance to be there and we chatted and laughed for nearly two hours! the result was that w
e are arranging in the Berkshire/West Oxfordshire area a lunch at The Swan, Newbury Newtown in February 2010, and Guild Member Alison O'Halloran will have an 'Open House' in April. Meg Atkins is following up with another luncheon at her lovely home in September. Then another Cream Tea will be on the fixtures card for November!
Scotland - Saturday 12 September 2009
This year the Annual Lunch was hosted by Anne and Hugh Arbuthnott at their home in Forfar, once again we had really beautiful weather and were able to wander in Anne and Hugh’s lovely garden. We were twenty four in all, including seven husbands who are getting to know one another
over the years! The lunch was superb, the chatter non stop and jolly and it really was a very pleasant day with many renewed friendships and shared memories.
We were particularly delighted to welcome Elizabeth Birch, Area representative from Shropshire who made the return journey in the day, and it was good to exchange ideas.
I know all join me in thanking Anne and Hugh for their very kind hospitality.
Ann McCarter (Iestyn Williams, 1953-1957)
Norfolk - Saturday 16 May 2009
The CLC luncheon was a great success in Margaret Wyatt's (Mckee) garden - full of rhododendrons, as planned! She and Margaret Gregory (Cowcher) produced an excellent lunch attended by 18 members and 7 friends and family. Bright spells during the day enabled us to walk around her impressive five acre garden. It really was a perfect day.
Inga Symes (Brazendale, 1957-1961)
Shropshire and Staffordshire - Thursday 14 May 2009
Caroline Magnus, who is the Regional Chairman of the Heart of England Historic Houses Association, very kindly offered to host a private visit to her magnificent home, Stokesay Court, on Thursday 14 May 2009; Guild members from Staffordshire and Shropshire and a number of other areas attended, nearly thirty in all. We had a lovely day and the hospitality extended by Caroline Magnus and her staff was superb. From the moment we arrived we were really well looked after and made to feel very comfortable. Many of the ladies present had not been in touch with one another for years or had not met before and the day gave them a wonderful opportunity to get to know each other. We enjoyed pre-lunch drinks, giving us a chance to mingle, followed by a delicious summery lunch, hosted by Caroline. During the summer of 2006 Stokesay Court was used as one of the principal locations for the film adaptation of Ian McEwan's best selling novel, “Atonement”. Director, Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) and stars Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn and Vanessa Redgrave spent nearly six weeks shooting key scenes in and around Stokesay. Director, Joe Wright, revealed how the crew had found Stokesay Court while flicking through copies of Country Life magazine, ending a year-long search for a suitable venue ....... “It was an absolutely wonderful time. Our time in Shropshire was heaven."
After lunch Caroline took us on a tour of the House, the “Atonement” factor was fascinating and the decoration work undertaken amazing. It was great fun hearing all about the history of the House especially as there was a CLC connection: Jewell Allcroft, whose grandfather, John Derby Allcroft, commissioned the building of the house, attended CLC briefly in the 1920’s. The house eventually passed to Jewell, who became the wife of the historian Sir Phillip Magnus, Bt. Following Lady Magnus-Allcroft’s death, much of the house’s contents were sold in 1994 by Sotheby’s, but her niece, Caroline Magnus, took on the challenge of restoring and refurnishing the house – a task which was given a fillip by the use of Stokesay as the principal location for the recent film Atonement. Caroline had taken the time and trouble to find Jewell’s photographs of the girls at CLC circa 1922, these created a great deal of interest and it is surp
rising that even though the tennis courts have been replaced with gardens and the sixth form building, how little things seemed to have changed from our recollectionsof CLC. Things have obviously moved on now though! It was a pity that the weather was not better so that we could all enjoy the gardens as well, but that could be a trip for another day!
On our way home, a number of Guild members enjoyed tea and a wonderful lemon drizzle cake at Nicky Kershaw’s beautiful home, which was very welcome.
Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex
The visit to Bletchley Park, Wartime National Code Centre in Buckinghamshire on 30 April 2009 was an all-day affair. Although three members were unable to attend at the last moment we still had 25 in our group. We were allotted the main drawing room in the house plus a Guide for the whole day. After coffee and an introductory talk we were shown the main buildings ranging from the grand Victorian mansion, stables and ancillary buildings to the famous “huts” where so much valuable work was done.
After lunch we were shown the rebuilt “Colossus” in operation – the original one which was considered by many to be the first computer in the World was destroyed at the end of World War 2. Our guide explained its workings so enthusiastically that we all listened intently, but I am not sure how many of us really understood!
Some 10,000 people were unemployed at Bletchley Park, the work and its secrets were never divulged to the outside world – a real lesson in confidentiality.
We were then given tea, after which most people stayed on to look at the many other exhibits. With so many items etc. to view it was the general consensus that we would need to return again to do justice to this quite extraordinary place.
Honor Gibbs (Moore, 1954-1958)
Berkshire, Oxfordshire
Nine Guild Members had a very enjoyable get together and meal at the Swan Restaurant, Newbury Newtown on March 7th 2009. Some members travelled from the South Coast and London. Conversation flowed and laughter abounded! it was a cheery lunch and the food was excellent. Ages between 30 - 70 years - hostess Julia Ives ( Farnley Lodge) was again asked to book up another function, later in the summer.
Berkshire, Oxfordshire
A very happy afternoon was spent at Meg Atkins’s (Margot Proud ) home on November 16th. A warming lunch was served and nineteen members of Guild came from far and wide. Local ladies were pleased to meet others, who had not attended Newbury parties in the past - and travelled from London, and the South East. It is amazing how many recollections one can still bring up after all these years! Many thanks to Meg and her husband Tony, for all their hard work. By popular request Area Representative Julia Ives was asked to arrange another get together in the Newbury area, in the New Year.
Shropshire and Staffordshire
On May 13th 2008, Jill Baron (nee Featherstone) 1941-1950: Seven Springs, Cowley Manor, St. Hildas and St. Bridgets ~ Yes really!!! hosted a lunch, with her husband John, at their beautiful house in Barton-Under-Needwood, Staffordshire. The guests, some of whom had travelled quite a distance included: Anne Penrose (nee Nicholson) from Derbyshire; Margaret Leigh (nee Pond); Diana Whithington (nee Featherstone): Jill’s sister who had driven from Bucknell near Ludlow; Isabelle Gourlay (nee Denham-Smith), who works nearby and lives in Derbyshire; Jill Smellie (nee Galloway) who had travelled from Nottinghamshire; my Mother, Christine Birch and I. It was a very enjoyable occasion with drinks on arrival, followed by a delicious lunch seated together around the dining table in the dining room. This was a very special day, giving us all the opportunity to meet new people and catch up with friends. We raised some funds towards College Bursary Fund through this event, although Jill decided that she did not want to levy a charge, because we were all friends and that really sums up the atmosphere of the party that day!
On 22nd July 2008, a number of Guild members visited David Austin Roses. The guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Prudence Kemsley, (Broomhead) 1957 – 1961, Bunwell; Mr. and Mrs. Mary Wells (Kendrick) 1964 -1966, Hatherley Court; Heather Freeman (Tomkinson) 1970-1977, Farnley Lodge; Mrs. Gayle Smith (Barlass) 1959 – 1964, St. Margarets; Mrs. Diana Withington (Featherstone) 1933 – 1937, St. Helens and her friend; Mrs. Christine Birch (my Mother) and her friend, Mrs. Priscilla Hudson. We enjoyed an informative talk about David Austin, himself, the history of the now international company and of course the English Roses that David Austin has bred. Cheryl Fellowes-Bennett, the Plant Centre Manager, showed us about the garden, which is considered to be the third most important rose garden in the World.
Having had the most dreadful storms and wind the previous weekend I wondered whether there would be any roses left, luckily there were! We were treated to a cream tea and strawberries, in a private marquee which gave us an opportunity to get to know each other as our experience of being a school girl at CLC, that day, began in 1933 for Diana Withington (Featherstone) and ended in 1977 for Heather Freeman (Tomkinson), and apart from Heather and I no one else overlapped! There were some donations voluntarily given to go towards the College Bursary Fund from this event.
The next day (23rd July) Weston Park hosted a double Lecture and lunch, which although not exclusively a Guild event, in view of the speakers: namely Chris Gravett, the Duke of Bedford’s Curator from Woburn Abbey and Weston Park’s own Curator, Gareth Williams, details of this event had been mailed to the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex Area (the BBHM Area) and the Shropshire and Staffordshire Area. Notice of this event was very short as Weston had only decided at the beginning of the month to combine the two lectures. There were many people who, kindly, contacted me to say that they would be unable to attend. I was delighted, however, to welcome Honor Gibbs (Moore), Area Representative of the BBHM Area and Nicky Kershaw (Jessop) 1968 to 1973, Sidney Lodge. Interestingly a number of the guests present had CLC connections of one sort of another!
Berkshire, Oxfordshire - Sunday 6 July 2008
July 6 turned out to be on one of the busiest weekends of the year, and what with Silverstone, Wimbledon men's finals and pouring rain Erica Harman's tea-party for Guild members was not quite as well attended as it might have been. This was rather an advantage as, unable to sit in the garden and admire the flowers, we huddled in the study and watched thrilling Wimbledon on television. Some of the responses, even from people unable to come, put us in touch with old friends and we all made new acquaintances and shared some remarkable reminiscences of College.
Yorkshire - Sunday 6 July 2008
On a rainy Sunday in July, nineteen of us from the York area gathered for a most convivial lunch, hosted with great generosity by Liz and Gerald Middleton. Everyone had such a happy time that we scarcely noticed the weather. It is hoped that the next event will be in the Leeds area, details for which will appear on the website.
(Patricia Gray, 1952-1957)
Gloucestershire - Thursday 26 June 2008
A group of Guild members enjoyed a delicious Strawberry Tea, hosted by Mrs Fionna Cardale (MacCormick, 1971-1978, Cambray) on Thursday 26 June at her home in Shipton Moyne. The afternoon included a visit to the spectacular gardens nearby at Hodges Barn.
Norfolk - Saturday 21 June 2008
A gathering of 26 plus a tiny baby of about seven weeks old - Michael Coates (who was so well behaved, we expect to see him as a regular attender for the next few years!) met for a delicious buffet lunch at Blackberry Hall.
Scotland - Saturday 7 June 2008
This year the Annual Lunch was hosted by Rosemary Jamieson (Nettleship), St. Austin’s and her husband, Ron, at their home in Newton, West Lothian. Everyone remarked on the fact that once again we were able to enj
oy a beautifully sunny, warm day and many chose to eat in the garden. Rosemary welcomed fourteen guests, four of whom were husbands, three having met at the lunch last year. It was a very happy occasion and quite apart from the delicious lunch the garden was much admired while everyone either caught up on news of the past year or reminisced and even made new friends. It was agreed that the donations (£170) should be sent to St. Hilda’s East this year.
We were all most grateful to Rosemary and Ron for their warm welcome and Mrs. Anne Arbuthnott, Terdre, St. Margaret’s, kindly offered her home for a lunch next year in Forfar, Angus, sometime during September 2009 the date to be decided upon later.
(Ann McCarter, (Iestyn Williams 1953-1957) )
Gloucestershire - Thursday 21 February 2008
At CLC in the 1950s you naturally ate what you were told, but in 2008 how can you be sure of creating a tempting lunch for ladies who now have the luxury of choice? The answer is to arrange an event at a tapas bar, where everyone can eat as much as she wants of deliciously varied dishes. A Guild lunch, organised by Adeline Rucklidge, took place in the Wesley House Tapas Bar in Winchcombe on February 21, which attracted 28 Guild members from the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire areas.
The 1950s were an austere period in CLC history and fifty years later it was reassuring to see so many guests buying a large glass of wine to begin the proceedings! Some Guild members were there to meet old friends, and some to make new acquaintances on the bond of shared experience. It was noticeable that past members of Sidney Lodge always enjoy reminiscing about the deprivations of their youth! Conversation was brisk and animated, new tapas dishes kept emerging from the kitchen, and it was nearly 3pm before Fionna Cardale, the Chairman of Guild, rose to give a vote of thanks.
You know you really are older when the Chairman of Guild, whom you had always imagined to be an ancient and revered personage, turns out to look like rather a charming friend of your children. Discovering that the Chairman of Guild has a very human face was one of the many pleasures of a delightful day.
Marie Forsyth (de la Praudière, 1953-1959)
Scotland
Saturday 29 September 2007
This year the Annual Lunch was hosted by Elizabeth Slack (Bunny), a member of Staff from 1972 -1986 at her home in Strathkinness near St. Andrews. The weather was really beautiful once again, we have been very fortunate every year so far. Bunny welcomed eighteen guests, four of whom were husbands and two year old Andrew who was very patient with 
us! Our ages ranged from 2 to 87. It was a very happy occasion with a truly delicious lunch and plenty of chatter and memories. It was agreed that the donations should be used to purchase a chair for the Performing Arts Centre.
We were all most grateful to Bunny for her warm welcome and Mrs. Rosemary Jamieson (Nettleship), St. Austin’s kindly offered her home for a lunch next year in Newton, West Lothian and we even set a date, 25th October 2008, although a further invitation will be given later on in the year.
(Ann McCarter, (Iestyn Williams 1953-1957) )
Shropshire and Staffordshire
As the new Area Representative for Shropshire and Staffordshire, I was delighted to be able to host two events to welcome Guild members to Weston Park.
Thursday 2nd August 2007
It was a very relaxed sunny evening with plenty of opportunity to chat, reminisce and make new friends. Jill Baron, Nicky Kershaw, Victoria Orchard, Marguerite Brooke, John Brooke, Audrey Ewing (Peta’s mother), Wendy Thompson, Elizabeth Birch, Christine Birch (my mother) and Martin Gee attended and although the numbers were a little low, we had fun getting to know each other. As an initial event, at a busy holiday time, I think it was very success
ful.
Upon arrival at the House, a walk through the historic rooms of the House led to the Library where we enjoyed a glass of champagne before stepping out on to the Top Terrace. Martin Gee, who won the Horticultural Weekly Magazine Professional Gardener of Year Award last year, gave us a wonderfully informative tour of the Formal Gardens, the Shrewsbury Walk, the Tear Drop Gardens, the Conservatory and the Walled Gardens with its newly planted maze and orchard.
We returned to the House where we enjoyed the most delicious three-course dinner prepared by Guy Day, the Head Chef, and his team. The grandeur of the main dining-room made it a very special occasion.
Clearly the evening was successful as the time had flown by and it was after 11.00 p.m. when we left. I felt somewhat concerned about the distance that Jill and Victoria had to go, but they assured me that they were fine.
Saturday 1st September
On Saturday 1st September a party gathered on the Carriage Ring outside the House at Weston and Martin Gee led a tour of the Gardens which included the Temple Wood, with its wonderful vistas from the Temple of Diana, the Temple Pool and Paine’s Bridge. After a couple of hours of leisurely walking through the grounds we returned to the Stables Restaurant, where we enjoyed afternoon tea. Again we had a very interesting time with Martin and we had fun meeting each other and sharing reminisces and our experiences since leaving CLC. The guests included: Margaret Gordon, accompanied by her son, David Gommersall; Margaret Leigh; Jo Cole and her son, William Cole; Isabelle Gourlay; Delia Morris; Sylvia Cowan; Claire Glover; Nicola Kershaw (brave enough to come back again!); Topsy Penn; Shirley Duncan and her husband, Ben and Erica Watson Todd. From my point of view the time flew by and it all seemed to end too quickly!
Jo and William Cole stayed on and the three of us thoroughly enjoyed the production of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” staged in the Park that evening on the Sweeping Lawns.
I would like to thank all the ladies who have contacted me but were unable to come to Weston on these two occasions. I will be in touch with you, personally, soon and very much hope to have the opportunity to meet you in the not too distant future.
(Elizabeth Birch 1968-1975)
Gloucestershire
On Thursday 28th June 2007, Annette Johnston kindly hosted a lunch for Guild members in her beautiful Cotswold garden near Chipping
Campden. Despite an otherwise dismal summer, the sun shone, and the Guild members spent a very happy afternoon meeting new friends and swapping reminiscences whilst admiring Annette’s truly spectacular delphiniums! A collection was made which raised £200 for the Performing Arts Centre. Our thanks to Annette for hosting such a happy and memorable event. It was agreed that we should continue the tradition by having another Gloucestershire lunch next year, which the Chairman will kindly host. Further details will follow in Guild News and on the website.
Berkshire, Oxfordshire
Monday 5 March 2007
Seven Guild members attended the party hosted by Executive Member Ms Julia Ives (nee Morgan) held at the Vineyard Hotel near Newbury. The elegant conservatory was a perfect venue and we all enjoyed a luscious cream tea. There was a wide age group, and it was nice to talk to the younger element, as it was to the more mature! chat was mainly about College, and the different houses - some of us had not been back for some years and others were amazed at the new buildings, and the Art wing. We compared notes with activities in the houses and one of our number owned up to being a College Prefect. All in all a very happy afternoon.
Yorkshire
Saturday 7 October 2006
Sixteen of us, including some husbands, met for a lunch hosted by Patricia Gray and her daughter Deborah Kennedy on Saturday 7 October 2006. Between us we spanned many generations of Guild and everyone enjoyed the chance to meet and chat.
(Patricia Gray, 1952-1957)
Scotland
Saturday 30 September 2006
This year the Annual Lunch was hosted by Janet Craig, Macgregor, Cambray and St. Bridget’s, at her home in Stirling. The weather was really beautiful which was fortunate as it rained both the day before and after. Janet and her husband, Maxwell, welcomed thirty-two guests, seven of w
hom were husbands of Guild. It was a very happy occasion with a lovely lunch and plenty of chatter and memories, green silks seemed to be quite a topic this year perhaps because it was such a warm day for the thirtieth of September! It was greed that any donations should be sent to St. Hilda’s East and a cheque for £250 has duly been sent.
We were all most grateful to Janet and Maxwell for their warm welcome and Mrs. Bunny Slack kindly offered her home for a lunch next year in Strathkiness near St. Andrews the date and time to be intimated later.
(Ann McCarter, (Iestyn Williams 1953-1957) )
Gloucestershire
Saturday 30 September 2006
As new area representative for Gloucestershire I hosted a tea party in late September to meet the local Guild members. There was an excellent turn out from ‘girls’ who had attended College from 1933 to 2002. It was interesting to discover that many of my 
memories of College were little different from those of the older ladies – the walk to Prayers along the silent Marble Corridor, the quirky names of the shortcuts when running late to class such as the milky-way and bunny-run, SOP and PAT. These things are all part of the institution that will always be CLC and give Guild members endless topics for conversation! Having been promised tea in the garden many of the ladies were determined to do just that, despite the frequent showers. I had had a crash course in baking from my mother the day before and the cakes seemed to go down very well. The afternoon came to an end with a raffle and I can happily say that the whole afternoon was a real success.
(Kate Ewart, 1992-2001)
Norfolk
On 24 June 2006, Mrs Inga Symes (née Brazendale) kindly invited Guild members, husbands and family members to her home at Blackberry Hall, Trimingham, for the annual Guild luncheon which was held in the garden. Ten former College girls and ten partners attended, the weather was beautiful and all enjoyed the setting and company.
Suffolk, Essex
On April 27th 2006, Lady Fairbairn (Victoria Henderson) entertained a number of Guild members to a delightful lunch at her home in Newmarket. The sun shone on us and the equine residents of Newmarket, to who
m the traffic must give way. We welcomed a number of younger members and several people went on to visit the gardens of Anglesey Abbey after lunch.
Recently we have conducted a survey of our members, who have been meeting every six months for more than fifty years. This was designed to consider possible changes to our meeting arrangements. There was an enthusiastic 95% response, with most people wishing to continue to meet in members’ homes but occasionally taking the pressure off hostesses, by visiting a restaurant or country pub. It was felt that the most important feature was fellowship and shared memories with other old College “girls”.
Our next meeting is planned for Sept 27th in a village pub in Kersey in Suffolk. Next spring we will be in Dedham where we hope to visit the Munnings Collection. We have a number of members from nearby counties and any guild member is welcome to our meetings. Please contact the Hon. Sec. Lady Fairbairn at Barkway House, Bury Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 8JB.
(Dr Diana Swallow (Nicol, 1950-1957)
Scotland
Saturday 1 October 2005
The annual event in Scotland was held in the village of Torphichen in West Lothian, and was hosted by Sarah Young (née Ross, Farnley Lodge), Catherine Paterson (née Graham, Roderic) and Marsie Ewing (née Main, Cambray). We all met at the Preceptory where we enjoyed a most interesting talk and guided tour led by Sarah, before adjourning to Sarah’s home for lunch and a great deal of chatter! Following lunch a nu
mber further enjoyed going round Sarah’s most unusual and interesting garden, admiring the pond she and her husband had just completed. We numbered fifteen this year, and the sum of £100 was raised for St Hilda’s East.
(Ann McCarter, (Iestyn Williams 1953-1957) )
Norfolk
Saturday 11th June 2005
David and Rosie Eldridge (Granger 1967-1973) kindly invited Norfolk Guild members, husbands and family members to their home, Manor Farm at Happisburgh, not far from the coast. They gave guests a delicious lunch and, as the day was bright but breezy, most guests enjoyed their meal partly in the house and partly in the garden. All enjoyed the setting, company and kind hospitality.
(Audrey Talks, (Sansbury 1951-1954) )
Devon and Cornwall
Summer Event 2005
I was delighted to be able to attend the annual Guild Devon and Cornwall event in May of this year held at the Gabriel Court Hotel, Stoke Gabriel, on the Dart near Totnes.
The hard work and splendid organisation of Maggie McGuire and Gwyn Garner certainly paid off and as usual the lunch was very well-attended. It proved to be a wonderful opportunity for me to inform Guild members of recent CLC news and also discuss future College plans and projects. The delicious lunch was accompanied by engaging conversation which continued over coffee in the hotel lounge.
After lunch we were treated to a guided walk around the village of Stoke Gabriel led by Dr Edward Lovesey, a friend of Maggie’s and a local historian. Edward was the perfect guide and provided the group with most interesting information on the local area; the church, places of historical interest and the waterfront.
Thank you so much to both Maggie and Gwyn for all that they have done as Guild Area Representatives; a role that they have now sadly relinquished. If you feel like you would like to take on this role in Devon and Cornwall then please do not hesitate to contact the Guild office on 01242 256581 or email guild@cheltladiescollege.org.
(Jenny Tudge, Development Director)
Switzerland
A CLC visit to Geneva -June 2005
Jeanette de Vigier (1953 - 1957, Hatherley Court) generously invited both Guild members and some young future pupils (about to start at CLC), along with their parents, to a lunch at her home and art gallery, Galeries les Hirondelles. Jeanette’s beautiful house is just outside the village of Coppet, near Geneva, with stunning views over the lake. Swiss Guild members, led by Ann Titley (Taylor 1970 – 1977, Bunwell) welcomed the Principal, Vicky Tuck and Jenny Tudge (Development Director) from College, and former Guild Chairman Mary Blackburn.
Both past and future pupils had a very enjoyable time hearing about present life in College as well as the various events that were held to celebrate the 150th anniversary, such as the visit from the Queen for example! We also had the chance to reminisce about life in College in the past and to catch up with current news.
(Sophie Joyeux, (2001 – 2003 Cambray))