1993 Centenary Celebration Weekend

This took place at Keble College, Oxford on the 2nd-4th of July 1993

Sheila Jones kindly send me a list of the delegates along with some hand-written comments to identify some of the names from her memory.

Andrew Goudie told me: 

The Centenary celebrations went off well and we had a fantastic, packed out, five course dinner in Keble College, attended by the Director of the RGS, the head of National Geographic (Gilbert Grosvenor) and the Secretary of State for Education (John Patten).

I have been awarded a Gilbert Grosvenor Medal as it happens :)

Here's the programme for the event.

If anyone has any memories of this event - perhaps you were there, or recognise any names then let me know.

I presume this is OK under GDPR as it took place 27 years ago and doesn't identify anyone's current location or details... Former GA Presidents are emboldened.

Miss H Arnold, York - schoolteacher

Mr A R Astles, London

Patrick Bailey, Leicester

Mrs. K M Balch, Eastbourne

Prof W G V Balchin, Ilkley

Mr R A C Barr, Northampton

Ms B L Beard, Loughborough

Mr. Trevor Bennetts, Eastleigh - HMI - more on Trevor in a separate blog post

Miss Sue Bermingham, Manchester - still very active

Ms L Beskeen, Bristol - a teacher, on the local GA Branch committee

Dr J A (Tony) Binns, Hove - Tony Binns, now based in New Zealand

Ms Rachel Bowles, London - another GA legend who will have her own blog post on the blog

Dr Mike Bradford, Manchester

Mrs K Broadbent, Oldham

Prof. D Brunsden, Bridport

Mrs. V P Bulbick, Bournemouth

Mr. D Burtenshaw, Bedhampton

Miss Margaret Caister, Islington - HMI

Miss J Campbell, Shewsbury

Mr. Simon Catling (& Mrs L Catling), Oxford 

Miss D Challis, Tetbury

Mr R Chapman, London

Mrs P A Clarke, York

Mr M J Clatworthy, Oxford

Miss Pat Cleverley, Bristol

Professor Alice Coleman, London

Mr Graham Corney, Oxford - https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Graham-Corney-81702509

Mr M Cribb, Hampton Hill

Mr Richard Daugherty, Swansea

Mr J Davey, Oxford

Mr Vic Dennison, Bristol

Mr A Dixon, Oxford

Miss C Donaldson, Brighton

Mr. Ralph Dunkley, Purley

Mr L H Elliott, London

Mrs J Elson, Exeter

Ms D Farmer, Wrexham

Mr M and Mrs. Marcia Foley, Rotherfield - Marcia Foley is a name from the past - see later...

Ms E and Miss J Frew, Manchester - Jennie Frew is still a Vice President of the Manchester GA Branch

https://www.geography.org.uk/GA-Manchester-Branch

Professor Andrew Goudie, Oxford - hosted the event

Mr P Gwilliam, Southend on Sea

Prof Peter Haggett, Bristol - a great supporter of the local branch

He appears in one of Sheila Jones' pictures.

Mr B Harris, London

Ms S M Harvey-George, Falmouth - found on LinkedIn - a geographer in Truro

Mrs A M Hayes, Oxford

Miss B E Hayward, London

Dr John Hemming, London - An IBG rep. Director of the RGS in due course.

Mr M and Mrs. E Hewitt, Bickley

Dr Gladys Hickman, Edinburgh - a great innovator according to Sheila Jones, and her own Education tutor who inspired her. Sadly died in 2006, and has her own post on this blog. An early school textbook author.

Dr Graham Humphrys (& Mrs. R), Swansea

Mrs J Janikoun, Bromley - Jan Janikoun - wrote a book for Primary Geography with Marcia Foley

Mr. R Jones and Mrs. E A Jones, Stone - Bob Jones, from the GA Staffordshire branch - he kindly put me up when I spoke at the branch about 10 years ago.

Miss Sheila Jones, Bristol

Mr. Chris Kington, Cambridge

Mr Jeremy Krause, Chester

Ms J. H. Lawley, Bury - a Headmistress who was 'always at conference'

Mr. R A Leake, Market Bosworth

Miss Julia Legge, Sheffield - involved with the GA as an administrator

Dr G E D Lewi, London

Mrs. Judith Mansell, Watford - former RGS Education Officer, and also involved with the GA as Trustee

Mr R A H Marshall, Manchester

Mr. Alan Marvell, Swindon - still heavily involved with the GA in the Post-16 committee

Mr Robert May, Cheltenham - GA Branch officer, has his own post on the blog

Professor Bill Mead, Aylesbury

Mr D C Money, Bedford - author who has been mentioned early on the blog, and had a fascinating life - a keen contributor to GA events.

Miss N Moon, Swindon

Mr. R B Ll Morgan, Repton

Mrs. Wendy Morgan, Ipswich

Mrs. S Morris, Croydon

Mr Mike Morrish, London

Mr Michael Naish (& Mrs. S), Bromley - Education tutor in London, and previously mentioned on the blog

Ms H. Niemann, Burgewdl, Germany - an international attendee; common at GA Conferences now, sometimes with the support of the GA's International SIG.

Mr M and Mrs M O' Leary, Nottingham

Mr Keith Orrell, Wakefield - very active, and has his own post on the blog

Professor Allan Patmore, North Ferriby, Hull

Mr M and Mrs. E Pearson, Preston

Miss J Pugh, Leicester

Mr A Powell, London

Mrs Eleanor Rawling (& Mr J Rawling), Oxford

Mr M K Reeves, Rolle, Swizerland

Mrs Margaret Roberts, Sheffield

Miss Rosemary L Robson, Eastbourne - She was chair of the Secondary School committee (on which I served for 14 years) and a very efficient one. She served a similar period to Sheila Jones, who sent me these notes. She feels that she should have been President, but was never selected by the hierarchy at the time.

Mr John Rolfe, Boreham Wood

Mr N Rosser, Malvern

Mrs E Sawicka, Solihull

Mr Neil Simmonds, Worksop - teacher

Mr D G Smith, Oxford

Miss M Smeaton, Worcester - lecturer

Miss Frances Soar - GA Staff

Mrs C Speak, Shaftesbury

Dr Derek Spooner, Hull

Professor Robert Steel, Swansea

Rev C H and Mrs. D Stephens, Nottingham

Mr Michael Storm, Reading

Mrs Andrea Tapsfield, Warwick - HMI and involved with the GA for many decades - still active now, and recently worked on the Mentoring section of the GA website - will have her own post on the blog.

Mr C C Taylor, Newcastle upon Tyne

Mr Rex Walford, Cambridge - and Mrs. Wendy Walford

Ms. J Webb, Melton Mowbray

Ms A Whipp, Llanbedr-y-Fro

Mrs D White, Bournemouth

Prof M Williams, Swansea

Mr D and Mrs. C Williams, Norwich

Professor Michael Wise, London - & Mrs. B Wise

Miss M B Woodward, Ramsgate

Mrs. G Wraith, Chesterfield

Mentioned here: she taught at Lady Manners School, Bakewell

“The Geographical Association.” Geography, vol. 61, no. 4, 1976, pp. 263–271. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40568595. Accessed 6 Dec. 2020.

Ms P Wilson, Bedford - very busy GA activist

Here are 2 photos from the many provided by Sheila Jones.

The first has an interior view of Keble College, Oxford.

I recognise several people there, including Patrick Bailey talking to Trevor Bennetts, Bob May and Gilbert Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society.

Another picture from Sheila is this one from the garden.

I recognise quite a few former GA Presidents there including Michael Bradford, Rex Walford, Simon Catling and Eleanor Rawling.

The lady in the blue dress in the middle of the photograph, with the brown handbag is Elizabeth Fleure, daughter of Professor H J Fleure - a link to the GA's origins a century earlier...

All memories and further details of any delegates that you recognise, such as names, jobs etc would be very welcome to help flesh out this post further.