Category Archives: Beyond Merchants News
The Ukraine Connection – Kiron Reid (1989 Leaver)
The Ukraine Connection Ukraine has been in the spotlight recently, first for the war and now for Jamala winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Kiron Reid (1982 – 1989) spent six months volunteering and working in Ukraine. He found that his
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OBA London Dinner 2016
The Merchant Taylors’ London dinner was held on Friday 18 March at the Travellers Club on Pall Mall in London. The Travellers Club was founded in 1819 and sits in the heart of London. The London dinner is a popular
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European Dinner Paris 2016
The Merchant Taylors’ Paris Dinner took place on 14 May. It was a perfect evening when Paris bathed in the glorious sunshine of an early summer’s evening. The dinner was held at Cercle de l’Union Interalliée, a spectacular club tucked
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Meryl Wilson nee Gillespie (Stanfield Leaver 1967) – Alzheimer’s Society.
MAGNIFICENT SUM RAISED FOR ALZHEIMER’S The 2015 Lady Captain of West Lancashire Golf Club, Meryl Wilson, presented a cheque for £3,065.59 to Alzheimer’s Society. Joanne Dobbie, Community Fundraiser for Merseyside, Cheshire and the Isle of Man said, “We are extremely
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Flt Lt Mike Rankine (Leaver 1998) – Charity Bike Ride “On Yer Bike – Mike!”
On Yer Bike – Mike! Old Boy RAF Policeman, Flt Lt Mike Rankine, has set off on an epic 2700 mile solo cycle ride that will take him from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and
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Alumni Launch New Dating App – INSTNT
James Gee and Chris Seddon, who both left the school in 2005, are launching their own business and app early in 2016. The business was created as a side project with James working as an Equity Trader in the City
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1979 Leavers Reunite in Liverpool
We met up at The Monro Gastropub in Duke Street, Liverpool, on the evening of Saturday, 17th October 2015, for drinks and a meal. We’d travelled from all over the UK, Sandra had come from southern Spain and Rosie from
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Former Pupils reminisce over lunch and a copy of Merchants’ Tales
A group of six Old Girls who left in 1966 and 1967 met in August for lunch near Milton Keynes along with six husbands, three of whom are Merchant Taylors’ School Old Boys. Carol Gibson had brought her recent copy
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Katy Wallymahmed – Mental Health Volunteering in Sri Lanka
Mental Health Volunteering in Sri Lanka Last summer I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to go to Sri Lanka for a five week mental health placement with a company called Sri Lanka Volunteers (SLV). Whist in Sri
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