Members are urged to read the Committee's statement in the STOP PRESS section
Reunion Bookings
I have been called upon to pay our bill at the Shrigley Hall Hotel for meal and coffee/biscuits bookings by 1st September.
I will accept no further bookings after 31st August.
Savio House has asked me to confirm names and numbers of those staying there on either the Friday or Saturday night of the reunion.
Again I would ask anyone intending to book to do so with me by 31at August.
Mike Kilduff
Secretary and Event Organiser
Timetable for 2010 Reunion & Annual General Meeting
17th- 19th September 2010
Friday 17th
6.30 p.m. Buffet at Savio House
Saturday 18th
10.00 a.m. The Cheshire Suite, Shrigley Hall Hotel,
Welcome, Coffee & Biscuits
10.15 a.m. Life After Shrigley
1st Speaker - Ted Carless (Shrigley 1946-53)
2nd Speaker – Robert Hilton (Shrigley 1943-55)
Speaker Details HERE
11.30 a.m. Annual General Meeting
12.45 p.m. Lunch
2.00 p.m. Photographs
2.15 p.m. Service of Remembrance in the Cemetery
3.00 p.m. Life After Shrigley
3rd Speaker – Michael Dewane (Shrigley 1953-59)
4th Speaker – John King (Shrigley 1958-62)
5th Speaker – Gery Wright (Shrigley 1959-61)
6.00 p.m. Dinner at Savio House
7.30 p.m. Concert
Sunday 19th
10.00 a.m. Mass
Followed by Coffee & Biscuits and Departure
Life After Shrigley
Speakers
Bob Hilton (Shrigley 1943-55)
Left the Salesians in November 1956
Hospitalized 1955-1959 on and off, mainly 'on'
Resumed teaching career 1959
Head teacher, Comprehensive School 1972
Early retirement 1981
Owned and ran Care Home 1981
Late retirement 1998
Married 1959: 4 children
Widowed 2005: 9 grandchildren
Ted Carless (Shrigley 1946-53)
When Ted left Shrigley in 1953 he still had over half his Salesian life ahead of him at Burwash, Ingersley Hall, Chertsey and Cowley. When he left the Salesians in 1961 the last thing he wanted to do was teach. However, he was destined to spend most of his life in education - secondary, further, adult and, for many years, penal education. But after taking early retirement in 1989 he still works for himself.
PS In the midst of all the above work, there have also been some play-times!
Michael Dewane (Shrigley 1953-59)
• Arrived in Cape Town in Dec 1959 with two other novices from Burwash
• Left the novitiate in 1960 and went to the National Seminary in Pretoria
• Ordained a diocesan priest in 1968 and appointed as General Secretary of the Archdiocese of Cape Town and Private Secretary to Cardinal McCann
• A teacher in the Cape Flats from about 1973 to 1976
• Returned to England in 1976 and laicised in the same year.
• 1976 - 1990 Worked as a mental health social worker, then manager, then head of mental health services
• 1990 - 1995 : an SSI Inspector with DoH
• 1995 - 2002 : Social Care & Mental Health Policy Adviser at DoH Headquarters
• 2002 : retired; did consultancy work and trained as a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.
John King
John left Shrigley, after 4 years there, in 1962. He left the novitiate, Burwash, after only 6 months there.
A few months as an assistant in a Salesian school in France followed, then another few months in the House of Lords (as a pen-pusher, not a peer!!), before going to university.
1964-67 University of Edinburgh. Then a couple of brief jobs –(including actor at the Nottingham Playhouse) – before settling in social work.
Most jobs thereafter involved training social workers, either “in the field” or, for 4 years, as a college lecturer.
Married more than once. No children because of infertility.
Worked in hospital with cancer patients 1984-91. Lived in France 1991-98.
Became a therapist (massage, craniosacral therapy, Bowen technique) in 1998, on his return to Scotland.
Retired in March of this year and lives in Edinburgh.
Any questions…?
Gerry Wright (Shrigley 1958-61)
Three years at Shrigley. Left in July '61 and returned to Glasgow. In August '61 I re-entered the state school system and by October it was obvious I was not going to settle down, so I left.
Got a job training to be a colour chemist.
Emigrated to England in July ‘63 and went to Oxford University. In 1965 I joined the Civil Service where I remained until retirement in 2003. My career was varied, interesting and enjoyable. In 2004 I was head hunted by Homebase and asked to join them as their Health and Safety Officer. I am still doing that.
In 1975 I married Sallie and we celebrated our 35th anniversary this year. I have one surviving daughter, our first daughter sadly died.
My biggest pastime since leaving Shrigley was continuing with music. Again this has brought many interesting times.
Booking form for the 2010 Reunion is available here in PDF form to download and print
Plans for this AGM were dealt with at the Glasgow Committee meeting in February, see Minutes HERE
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