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I am from Trinidad in the West Indies. If you check the 1963
Nelson House photo I am standing 4th Row left (No 31)
between Chris McCready and Phillip Alexander.
After leaving Harlow in 64 I repeated O levels in Trinidad
then went to work in the Sugar industry there (a Tate &
Lyle subsidiary) I went on to get a pilots licence and became
a "Crop Duster".
Presently I live in Barbados but own a small company that
does aerial crop spraying of banana fields on the island of
St Vincent. (The island supplies Windward Island bananas to
supermarkets in the UK) I am begining to approach the day
when I should get out of the cockpit for good but as I still
enjoy what I do it will be tough. My job permits enough of
time off to allow me to live in Barbados where my wife Heather
owns a catering company. Divorced and remarried for 18 years,
I have three step children grown up and one daughter Diana
who is doing A levels this year at St Bedes in Sussex.
For recreation I sail and keep a yacht in St Vincent for
cruising in the Grenadines. I follow cricket but regret that
our West Indies team has fallen on hard times. Lara can be
great batsman but is a poor captain.
My father George Richardson was at Harlow from about 1931
to 1935 or 36 and was Head Boy and Captain of school cricket
and soccer teams. I did not follow in his footsteps. He passed
away about 18 years ago.
My younger brother Keith was at Harlow in 65. He died after
a long illness two years ago. With such a long connection
to Harlow I would be very happy to support The Old Harlovians.
I have been in contact with Peter Smith and Richard Button.
Paul Burke was a good friend who I would like to make contact
with.
Off all the teachers I think I have the best memories of
Edgar Overton "Chewey" who made history interesting
by deviating from the curriculum. He was known on occasion
to take our side against the establishment. He was born in
New Zealand and fought in the trenches of World War One. There
is a famous movie clip of Scott's ship departing the pier
in New Zealand on his trip to the Antarctic. Chewey was on
the dock seeing them off.
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