Dr Robert Bearman MBE BA Oxon Ph D FRHS

Dr Robert Bearman MBE B.A. (Oxon) Ph.D.  FRHS A Tribute by Jane Howells of the British Association of Local History: In one of those unplanned, but welcome coincidences, Warwickshire featured prominently in the awards of 2012, demonstrating again the well-known strength of local history in that county. The personal achievement recipients profiled in this issue have another connection that has …

Howard Brenton

Howard Brenton (1954-1961) by Doug Murgatroyd Of all of Chichester High School’s illustrious alumni, Howard is probably the one whom I am most proud of,  if only for the fact that throughout our school careers we were in the same class and, at least from my point of view, were good friends throughout our time at the school. Howard had …

John Bartlett

John Bartlett (1928 – 2014) Oxford University and Sussex Cricketer   Past Sussex Martlets: Back row:  Nigel Russell, Chris Snell, Dale Vargas, David Gibbs, Norman Philpott, Brian O’Gorman, Keith Manning, Adrian Ford, Derek Semmence, Desmond Devitt. Front row:  Geoff Seaton, Chris Saunders,   Hubert Doggart, Geoff Wills (President), Keith Jenkin, John Bartlett, Ham Whitty. John’s finest seasons were at Oxford University …

Jamie Hall Sussex County Cricketer 1990-1996

James William Hall (born 30 March 1968) is a former English County cricketer and the son of Maurice Hall a long serving schoolmaster at the School. James Hall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Chichester Hall made his first-class debut for Sussex against Glamorgan in the 1990 County Championship. He made 96 further …

John Snow

John Augustine Snow (born 13 October, 1941) played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England’s most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end of his career. He …

Major Tim Peake

Britain’s first official astronaut, Major Tim Peake, has been selected to fly on a five-month mission on the International Space Station in 2015; it is believed this will be on 15 December, 2015. The go-ahead for the flight will be seen as a major boost for the UK’s space industry. Peake graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than …

Peter Baldwin – Actor

After training to be an actor, Baldwin joined the West of England Theatre Company, where he worked with future-partner on Coronation Street Thelma Barlow. He later toured with the Old Vicand joined the Bristol Old Vic. Baldwin made several appearances in films (in bit parts and extras) until he landed a main role in the television comedy Girls About Town …

David Wood BA (Oxon) OBE

David receiving his OBE from Her Majesty the Queen in 2004  David was awarded the OBE for his contribution to Children’s Theatre and Literature in 2004. It was no surprise to many of us that knew him at school that he became a successful actor while still at Oxford University not long after leaving. He had been an outstanding talent …

Bernard Price

Bernard Price by Doug Murgatroyd       Bernard Price Broadcaster, Writer and Journalist     Bernard Price achieved fame initially as a presenter on “Going for a Song”, “Collectors’ World”,    ” and Country Game” and, later on, the “Antiques Road Show”. He was a pupil at the Lancastrian School and left around 1950, did his National Service in the …

Adrian Noble

Adrian Noble was born in Chichester. After leaving Chichester High School, he went up to the University of Bristol, where he read English. He began his professional career as a director at the Drama Studio London. In 1976 he moved on to the Bristol Old Vic and worked at the same time in television. From 1980 till 1981 he worked …