Newsletter- March 2019

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White Star Newsletter
No 9 - March 2019
 Dear All
 We are now at 109 members (31 December - 106).  We have now accounted for 43.17% of the people at Hillside. Thank god for Robin’s retention of the White Stars and of course Rolf’s record keeping without which none of this would have been possible. I do seem to be running out of material for the Literary Corner. My plan is to replace it with “memories of Hillside”.
The SearchAs I explained last quarter we are now struggling to find the remaining people on the “wanted” list so any help you can provide in finding them would be very helpful.
 The Website
For you all a reminder of the website access:http://hillsideschool.org.uk/site/index.php?page=news&type=view&id=andrewhs-blog%2Fhistory-1951-1969Martin has put an enormous effort into creating the web site so I would urge you to support him by signing on if you have not already done so. For all you struggling recycled teenagers like myself who want to add something the process is: Having registered and logged inGo to near to the top right hand corner of the opening page and you will see a little figure. Click on that.Then click on “my profile”.Then click on my “blog post”, fill in the title and your wording and then click the post button.The number of blogs continues to grow.
 White Star Magazines
Martin who has successfully digitised them and they can be accessed through:http://hillsideschool.org.uk/site/index.php?page=catalogues&type=category&id=links-home%2Fwhite-star-digitised&keep_catalogue_links_root=6Martin is to be congratulated on what has been an enormous and sometimes frustrating project. It all makes fascinating reading after all these years.
Where is all this going in the future?
The lunch at the Inn on the Lake was deemed a great success and it was agreed to have another function in two years time (ie June 2020). Jack Fuller is also talking of getting a golf team together. Although the meeting is some fifteen months away it will be necessary to make a booking later this year. There seems popular support for the Inn on the Lake although last years food offering needs improving. One problem is we were restricted to 45 people. I am a bit puzzled because there seems to have been 69 people at the 1989 dinner. I can only assume there have been major structural changes in the intervening years. Can anyone who was at both events enlighten me? 
Hillside Culinary delights
I took the opportunity at the lunch on 21 November to try and get some more copy for the magazine. Another Simon Hocombe contribution was what was known as “dog stew”. This was a war time stew of what was probably the less appetizing bits of lamb. To be fair to the Whickers feeding a load of hungry boys against a background of war time rationing must have been a real struggle. Nikolai Tolstoy certainly made the comment that he did not find himself hungry until he went on to Wellington.
 Literary Corner
History of the London Clinic – Harvey White
I did try to extract some information from Harvey about his career. He said despite what was on Wikipedia he was not very important. Faced with putting the thumb screws on Harvey or reading Wikipedia I have gone for the latter. His distinguished career seems to have included being president of the Medical Society of London and vice president of the British Association of Surgical Oncology and Royal Society of Medicine. In 2012 he was the first recipient of the Royal Society of Medicine Medal.After being at the London Clinic as Consultant Surgeon  for over fifteen years he wrote a book about the Clinic entitled “History of the London Clinic: A celebration of 75 Years“. Unfortunately I have not managed to locate a copy yet but it is described as:“The history of the prestigious London Clinic, from its foundation in 1932 by a group of Harley Street doctors to its 75th anniversary in 2007, is recounted here in a personal and comprehensive account. Written in a freely narrative style “A History of the London Clinic” explores the technological, socioeconomic and cultural influences that have mapped and directed the Hospital’s course of excellence over the years. The author, Harvey White, has spent over 15 years working at The London Clinic as a consultant surgeon, and has undertaken extensive research, interviewing members of the Clinic staff, during this period. Coinciding with the London Clinic’s 75th anniversary, this book is illustrated with a wealth of photographs and anecdotes that illuminate the many changes that have taken place. The memories of patients, nursing staff, specialists and administrators capture the character and ethos of this truly unique institution”.
Pictures
Thanks go to Charles Ainsworth and Clive Lawry for some pictures but further contributions would be gratefully received.
Pal’s corner
Jack Fuller has now located ten of the 1963 hockey team, but he is still anxious to locate Jonathan (?) Weale to get the full team. Can anyone help?This is a regular feature for those looking for old friends so please let me know if there is anyone you would particularly like to trace.
Roger Noble