Tony Froude left VCS early on to emigrate to Australia with his family.
Peter Vickery and James De Voil were both withdrawn from the school after a short time. It was rumoured that De Voil was from the officer classes and shouldn’t be mixing with the likes of us.
The two Sayer brothers (Peter & Colin) emigrated to America(Canada?) after their mother remarried.
The three Valentine brothers are still about in England.
One flew at moderate altitude in a career in academia, another barely got to cloud base in engineering, and the other just skimmed the tree tops.
Where are they now?
Robert (Robin) Danks went to live in the US where he still lives. He writes : “After serving 10yrs in the FAA I moved to the USA and became an advertising artist. If any boys that knew me care to write, that would be nice.” (see email addr. below)
Some contacts
David Wildish moved to Canada & became an expert in sea floor studies for the Canadian Government. His brother, Ken, still lives in Sittingbourne. In July 2009 they & the Valentines met for the first time in 50yrs.
Peter Kennett worked for years in Zimbabwe but was expelled by Mugabe. He now lives in London.
John Glew had a very successful career in the merchant navy and lives in Australia.
When Douglas Bader visited the school, and John told him he was leaving to join the
Merchant Navy, Bader said " An independent eh!
good luck"
Ray Reeder asks if anybody recalls him from the period 1961-
John Cooke Capt. Rtd. 1966 -