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THE TWENTIES
BILL Briscoe (28/31) wrote to us from Nazareth House in
Birkenhead. After priestly training at Oscott College, he
joined the Shrewsbury Diocese. In 1940 he volunteered as
an Army Chaplain, eventually becoming
Catholic chaplain to
the 5th Parachute Brigade. On D-Day he dropped with the
brigade close to the now famous Pegasus Bridge in Normandy,
but was badly wounded after only 36 hours. His recovery
period was long, but he
eventually rejoined the brigade in
Belgium, and was with them when they parachuted across the
Rhine. Subsequently, he served with them in the Far East
in
Singapore, Java and Malaya.
He was demobilised in
1946, and in the same year joined the Navy, in which he served
for twenty years, both at home and abroad, including another
spell of active service, in the Korean War.
In
recognition of his distinguished career, he was awarded the
OBE in 1966, retired and was made parish priest of Neston on
the Wirral, where he ministered until 1985.
He
writes with affection of those he knew at Douai so many years
ago, and sends greetings to any who might still be around to
remember him.
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THE THIRTIES
PETER
McCall (34/37)
writes from Lockerbie that, as part of the revival of the Clan
MacCaulay, he has been recognised as a clan chieftain.
He has also for some years been Br Ninian, an Oblate brother
of Pluscarden Abbey.
Hugh Ivens (37/42) continues to be in
radio contact from Australia with Fr Wilfrid.
Bill Brister (39/42) reports that he and Mary celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary on the same day as his son
Anthony (60/65/69) and Celia celebrated their Silver
Wedding. They all went to New Hall where Bill's
daughter, Anne-Marie, a nun who teaches in the school there,
organised a splendid party for them and their many family and
friends.
THE FORTIES
ALAN Blair (41/46) sent us a number of
fascinating and scholarly articles he had written in recent
years for "The Ringing World", the Church Bell Ringers weekly
journal. He said he learnt change ringing while at
Imperial College in the 1950s, and that campanology was still
his favourite hobby. He is clearly well re-
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garded as an expert on the subject, and his articles on
the great bells of the world are full of curious and
interesting detail. He said that he emigrated to Germany
in 1964, a move he had never regretted.
Kerry Lahiff (45/49) and his wife Maureen
have sold their fixed home for the time being and have taken
to a very comfortable camper van. They are finding this
mobile way of life immensely enjoyable, and look forward to
journeying widely. They are spending the coming winter
with friends in Australia.
Paul Heffron (45/51) writes from Foxford,
Co. Mayo:
Retirement, after 37 years in London University, is
suiting me well. The scenery is exquisite, the fishing
in the River Moy first class. I have restored a
three-hundred-year old set of farm buildings, and live in
comfort, with my collie sheepdog.
He expressed sorrow at the news
of the school's closure, and sent news of Bill Izard (46/51), a retired banker who
now lives in Australia; Chris Booth (47/50/55), a GP in Minchinhampton, Glos; and
Joe
Cautley (late
40s), a dentist in Somerset.
David Barter (46/51) writes that
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