Bishopshalt 1947 Entry Register as at 2 September 2017

He lost his wife to lung cancer in 1993. In 1998 he retired and now lives with his second wife, a childhood friend from Ruislip, in his Calgary home of the past thirty years. Their home is located less than a 20 minute drive from those of Bryan's two sons and daughter and only about 1.5 hours from the heart of the Rocky Mountains where he and his family indulge in their passion for the mountains and the outdoors. Return to list

Peter has worked in Nigeria, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Caribbean and southern Africa, lecturing and working on research projects. This included planning a roadway on the island of Saint Lucia. In 1977 he took over a joint research project with the Highway Authority in Ethiopia. On returning to the UK in 1979 he developed an interest in satellite remote sensing.

After a lecture tour in China, he continued with survey work in central Africa and Indonesia. Prior to his retirement in September 1996 he became Overseas Centre Manager at the Transport Research Laboratory. He has since developed an interest in family history and now finds he should probably be named Peter Mitchell Return to list

Barbara was nursing at Hillingdon Hospital on the ward where Gloria Galt was brought in from her fatal road accident.

Later she married Robert Dean (Bishopshalt 1944 entry). They have four sons, all now married, and several grandchildren. One son (Bill) flies a Royal Navy Sea Harrier from Prestwick air station, where he may be in contact "over the air waves" with Doug Hollingsworth. Return to list

He represented the Bahamas in the Central American and Caribbean Games, and in football teams v. Mexico, Panama, Bermuda and the Dominican Republic. He has travelled throughout Anglo and Latin America from Canada to Chile, and in the Middle and Far East.

In 1987 he retired to Cornwall, and married, moving to La France Profonde in 1992, where he has been renovating a 200 year old farmhouse. He moved temporarily to the Ardèche followed by time in Yorkshire and Devon; he is now living in Lincolnshire. Return to list

However, he says "the gods must have been smiling" upon him for within three months he obtained a two-year contract with a small company in Dorchester making high-class chocolate products. At present he is working a three-day week, which he considers is a good preparation for an earlyish retirement.

He has gained an OU degree featuring "a cocktail of arts and technology.".

From his first marriage he has two children, both about thirty years old. He and Dolores, his second wife, have been married for 26 years and are grandparents, to the two children of John's daughter Louise.

Over the years he has kept in touch with Alan White, Eban Mitchell and Tony Barnett, and has now re-established contact with Frank Crozier. He often thinks of Brian Daley, whose early death was a severe blow to him. Return to list

As well as being an angling devotee, he is a collector of antiquarian books. He and his wife Pearl, to whom he was married for over 50 years, have two sons, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Return to list

As young woman, Janet had two passions, athletics and dancing, and it was at a dance that she met Alan, who was doing his National Service at RAF Uxbridge. They married and settled in Cheshire, and it was not long before they founded the Altrincham and Timperley Athletics Club. At the age of fifty, Janet became the national over 50s discus champion.

Janet also researched the history of the Altrincham area, and much of her work was published. She also pursued her own family history back in Uxbridge. Her organic garden kept the family in vegetables the whole year round. Her last years were clouded by the onset of Wegener's granulomatosis, and this debilitating disease at first left her feeling very isolated. Yet to Alan and Janet, it proved another challenge. They researched the disease, and eventually produced a leaflet to help fellow sufferers and this in turn has led to the founding of a nation-wide charity.

Janet died from her illness on January 28th 2001. To Alan, her three daughters, and her sister Wendy Reading, we extend our deepest sympathy. Return to list

In 1964 he went to Plessey, heading a small group designing some of the first silicon chips, and then moved to Ottawa, working for Microsystems International. After this followed a spell of consultancy work before he and an ex-Plessey colleague set up MOSAID (Metal Oxide Silicon "Help") to design new memory chips. This is now a public company on the Toronto Stock Exchange, whose designs are licensed to major Far East makers, as well as supplying Automatic Test Equipment for new memory chips worldwide. Richard is chairman of the company.

He has one home in Canada on Lake Calabogie and another in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He has four children from his first marriage, and now lives in Kirkcaldy with his second wife, Gail, and their two children, Christopher and Charlotte. Return to list

Having been pretty useless at football at school, I discovered my sporting forte the year I left, taking up rugby, an activity which admirably suited my proclivities. Partly because of my late introduction to the game, I didn't stop playing until I was about 50, by which time it was too late to do anything about getting my golf handicap down. But I still work at it occasionally. We also sail as much as we can, both in our own boat, and in chartered vessels around the world, (where working for BA was a definite advantage.)

The twins, both girls, were followed by another daughter a few years later. They've all now flown the nest; one of them literally - she's a BA pilot; another's a teacher and the third's a lawyer. I won't say they're all barren, but they've signally failed to satisfy Jan's ambition to be a grandmother, (at the time of writing, Dec, 2001). Return to list

Since 1964, Mike's home has been in Beaconsfield with his wife Margaret, who worked as a qualified social worker. They have three married sons, Stephen, Andrew and Christopher and three grand-daughters. Mike's time is taken up by keeping the garden tidy, which includes developing a small garden railway, with a real steam engine (Bekonscot it is not!). They enjoy caravanning and have toured extensively throughout the UK and the continent. Also they have a river cruiser moored near Marlow, making use of the Thames from Teddington to Oxford. Margaret & Mike are the archivists for the Beaconsfield & District Historical Society, maintaining and upgrading a collection brought together over fifty years and are trying to make it accessable to a wider readership. Margaret & Mike are both active in the local church in Holtspur. Return to list

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Married to Sarah, he lives in Hillingdon. Return to list

Most of the next ten years were spent in the Cotswolds, initially working on farms but then came a time in the Meteorological Office, during which they moved to Aberdeen. A return to agriculture with the North of Scotland College of Agriculture happened at the same time as an ever increasing involvement with people with learning difficulties began to develop. This latter interest resulted in the family moving to Somerset in 1971 where they have remained ever since with the balance of John's working life continuously shifting, to the point where his only connections with agriculture are his NFU Countryside membership and a few hens. Return to list

In 1994 they retired to a converted farmhouse in France where they are happily engaged in gardening, forest management etc., and extend a welcome for a call or stopover! Return to list

He has also chaired the UK Trade Association's Technical Committees for over 25 years and is now one of its 13 non-paid directors. On his retirement last year he was awarded the Douglas Armitage Award for services to industry and to the country. It was in March 1993 that he received his MBE for Services to Defence, for which he had been recommended by Vickers PLC who currently own Trucast.

Divorced and remarried, he now has four children and five grandchildren. He writes that his life has been "pretty hectic" and cites as invaluable the support of his wife Carol. Return to list

He has an overall interest in sport, having played cricket and soccer for Kodak, as well as taking part in tennis, squash and athletics at various times, and is now a member of the youth development committee at Wasps Rugby Club. Brian also has a strong interest in music, having been involved in "Kodak Players" productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, and he particularly enjoys modern jazz and big bands. His other interests include photography, motoring, theatre-going and eating in good restaurants. Return to list

Her leisure activities include membership of the Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society and committee work for the Guide Dogs for the Blind. At St Matthew's Church, Ashford, she is on the Parochial Church Council and is also leader of the Mothers' Union, as well as being Brown Owl for the 1st Ashford Brownies.

Jackie battled with cancer for over a year but died in October 2001

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Married in 1960, he and his wife have lived in Tring, Reading and Meopham. They have three children and four grandchildren. Tom retired in 1993 and now tutors maths, as well as playing "hopeless" (his adjective) golf. Return to list

He has since worked part-time in a variety of jobs - as a pub short order chef, as a furniture and buildings restorer, and as a decorator. His hobbies include sailing, a love of France and fine art, and weekend water-colour painting .

In 1992 he moved to his present apartment in the picturesque village of Wroxton (thatch, duck pond, two pubs and Abbey) , and is employed part-time as a homesitter countrywide.. In 1993 he remarried and "is blissfully happy with new life and new wife". He thoroughly recommends retirement as a full-time occupation!

He says he is eternally grateful to Mr Coleman for art, Mrs Butler for love of music, "Spider" Buck for maths, Mr Capron for woodwork and "KB" for his smattering of French. His epitaph, he suggests, should read "It seemed like a good idea at the time!" Return to list

Pauline has worked at a Home for the Aged for twenty-five years, first as Secretary/Treasurer "but since the Chairman recently retired I seem to be doing that job as well."

Her hobbies have included badminton and yoga, but since a spell of ill health last year she has taken up Bowls, which she recommends as "a great game". Return to list

His leisure activities include chairing the Hanwell and Ealing Operatic Society and acting as Treasurer for Spelthorne Guide Dogs for the Blind and for the Feltham Unit of the Girls' Venture Corps Air Cadets. He has also been on the committee of 94 Feltham ATC.

He married JACKIE SMITH who died in 2001; they had two sons, Alan and Robert. Return to list

His work has been in the field of heat transfer and energy related systems and equipment, supplying mainly to heavy industries such as iron and steel, oil refineries, chemical plants, offshore platforms and other energy users. Fortunately, this has meant quite a bit of worldwide travel which has been both interesting and educational. He was Managing Director of the company for ten years until April 1995 when he took early retirement following a major cancer operation and subsequent treatment.

He now potters about with DIY, gardening, reading, doing some part-time consulting work and "trying not to sound like Victor Meldrew". Return to list

In Africa they kept a snake collection and on leaving, sent specimens to London and Dublin zoos. They helped to build a theatre and took part in amateur dramatics, and in their second spell there spent much of their free time in an inflatable boat in the mangrove swamps and creeks studying the wildlife.

Their nature studies are still pursued in rural Devon, where they have badgers, foxes and deer for company. Return to list

In 1980 she remarried but sadly was widowed again after only two years. She now lives with her partner, Cliff, a retired food science lecturer from Smithfield College, and they travel a great deal. Return to list