Friday, 29 January 2010

Ciaran Cares

Ciaran Mahon is now a community carer, with a great reputation for helping people in the early stages of a progressive illness, when they still find it annoying to need care. Its great to hear that Ciaran is happy working in a role where that great big personality will benefit him.

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Ria in Nashville

Our Ria is in the Belfast Nashville Festival programme, with a CD launch at Dukes. Look her up.

Saturday, 23 January 2010

Chris Flies In

Tall dark handsome stranger in our front hall turned out to be our very own Chris Wilson. Chris joined our foundation students in sixth form, and did us proud, achieving A levels in business, geography and technology and winning an RAF flying scholarship. The last I had heard of him he phoned to say he was just down from his first solo flight. Chris went on to join the Military Police, and is now chief engineer in charge of two large premises in London where he now lives. If I did a double take when I saw him, Eileen Tate could be heard screaming in the next street when she recognised him. Eamonn Burns also called in. Later that afternoon, after Chris and his girlfriend had gone, Pat Lenny told me he had seen someone in the distance, leaving the school with a very gorgeous companion, and he couldn't quite see who it was. Make sure you give her the compliment Chris. And keep in touch.

Sunday, 10 January 2010

Charlotte, Stephen and Chris

This is always a great time of year for seeing OldScholars with longer holidays than we have, just before they head off again for university. Stephen and Charlotte both love Lincoln, Stephen studying architecture and Charlotte art, and Chris Byrne loves his Product Design degree at Queens. Really good to see you all, and its great for our current students to hear recommendations and details of places and course they might not have thought of.

Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Anna with Subtitles

Anna Hunter was among the scruffs at the Tobin/Cardin annual scruffy party. Anna looks very relaxed and happy working on subtitles at the BBC. Brother Freddie is working away in an ICT post in London, financing his passion for photography, which will be his real career direction.