| Alan Young |
1945 |
I joined the Intelligence Corps in 1945 and served in Burma and Malaya - as I had attended the last of the wartime Army Cantonese courses, when I was demobbed in 1948 I decided to read for an Honours Degree in Modern Chinese and duly graduated in 1951. After an unhappy year in a bank I was fortunate enough to be appointed to HM Colonial Administrative Service in early 1953 and joined the Malayan Civil Service in which I served until December 1962 - I had to retire early because of Malayan Independence. Thus I was one of the very last of the Colonial oppressors although looking at the present rulers of the country I don't think our rule was in anyway oppressive! Following this I continued to work in Malaysia in a number of jobs until we returned to England in 1975. I worked in London for somw ten years and after retirement we decided to return to Malaysia in 1989 where I continue to reside. As a Chinese scholar I like to visit China as often as possible and since 2005 I have been to Beijing, Guilin, Shanghai (three times) Xián (twice),Chengdu (three times) Suzhou and Hangzhou. However at almost 84 unless I can get one of my daughters to accompany me I doubt if I will go again on my own. This year however I am going to England twice for family events although I am not keen on the long flights. My best wishes to any of my contempoaries still with us! |
| Barrie Cooper |
1948 |
I had much pleasure in attending the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Birmingham Old Edwardians Lodge No 7115, on 27th. October at the Warwickshire Masonic Temple in Edgbaston, with many Old Edwardian friends. It was a most happy evening and I had the pleasure, as an Honorary member, of proposing a toast to their future. |
| Trevor Gatty |
1948 |
Not much new. Still keeping active at the age of 81. Mostly assisting my wife in her role Executive Director for the North Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons, who are one of our clients. I do their fairly simple accounts and have become a dab hand at Excel spreadsheets. Also much communication online with our five children and four grandchildren ( ages ranging from 1 to 17 -two of them in London, one in Belfast and one living close to us here in Charlotte, North Carolina). We also have a getaway cottage in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia which keeps us busy at summer weekends but is too cold for winter visits. One Grandson, Zachary, born in Belfast in September 2010 |
| A. J. Ireland |
1949 |
Hope to become a Greatgrandfather in November |
