CHATELARD SCHOOL YEAR BOOK

BOOK FOUR

SURNAMES M to P  

Nafisa Mahmoud Name Now Nafisa Altai Date of Birth 19 March 1944 Date at School 1958 to 1961 LIfe at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? Any teachers you can remember? Miie Gottstein, Miss Bradley, M. Parisod ., Miss Braginton, Miss Turner. Positions of responsibility held. Prefect.1959 – 1960. Head Girl 1960 - 1961 Highlight your best and worst memories. Who have you kept in touch with? Life after Chatelard Education after Chatelard Oxford University. 1962 – 1965. Degree in Human Physiology. Career . Home Life. What are you doing now? .                                  

Mary Matson Name Now Mary Matson Date of Birth 18 May 1942 Dates at School 1949 (youngest ever pupil) to 1954 Life at Châtelard Many happy memories, but a long way away from Mummy! Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? For the 'good mountain air' after recurrent pneumonia. Any teachers you can remember? Dear Brag in her bottle green clothes and long pointed feet! Mlle. Gottstein playing the piano. Horrid big fat matron Mlle. Michelle! Msr. Pariso & Msr. Murri (skiing instructors). Positions of responsibility held Toad's son in production of 'Thumbelina'! Singing 'Silent Night' in Christmas Carol Concert! Highlight your best and worst memories Skating and skiing - trips to Montreux and Sonloup - buying gifts in the little shop run by two ladies so old that they must have been witches! Picking as many narcissi as you could and sending them home to Mummy. Worst: leaving on the train from Victoria Station and being sick on the boat! Who have you have kept in touch with? Lizzie Enfizioglou and Sandra Johnson and now, of course, Sally Ferguson and Sue Armitage. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Brighton & Hove High School (where I was friends with Lydia Baxendale (now Gill)who went on to do A levels at Chatelard). Various therapeutic qualifications.. Career Secretary, Therapeutic Counsellor, foster mother, actress. Home Life Married Patrick - worked together in Zambia and moved a lot (including Sweden) before he became Consultant Anaesthetist in North Devon where we brought up our two daughters and I fostered newborns and trained & worked as a therapeutic counsellor. Since divorced after I moved to London to get into the theatre (and reverted to my maiden name) but we remain very good friends. What are you doing now? Living in W.Sussex (in same town as Susanna Sommerhays, now Seaford, who taught at Chatelard in the early 1960s!) - involved in local theatre and U3A. Run a discussion group and play mah jong and canasta. Have recently moved into warden-assisted accommodation after various operations and mobility problems.    

Nina Matthews Name Now Nina Cohen Date of Birth 3 September 1946 Dates at School 1962 to 1964 Life at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? My parents felt their recent divorce had affected me and that I needed to get away from school and have a fresh start in beautiful surroundings whilst getting a good grounding in French and skiing. Any teachers you can remember? M Parisod and Mlle Zoss and Miss Blacklock Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Walking in the narcisses, enjoying the breathtaking views and mountains, making really close friendships, skiing. Only one bad memory – sharing a room with a girl who kept ripe cheese on the radiator. Who have you kept in touch with? Dinny Barnett, June Hunnable, Tishie Olney, Debbie Windle, Yvonne Olney, Marged Griffiths, Marylyn Picken, Judy Salmon, Barbara Dykes Life after Chatelard Further education Bilingual secretarial course for 2 years at French Lycee Career Emigrated to Australia for 2 years, worked as a Public Relations Officer Home Life Married in 1974, three children, now a carer for my husband who is blind What are you doing now? Enjoy walking the dog, reading, music, theatre, bridge and caring for my blind husband.

Elizabeth McHardy (Binty) Name Now Elizabeth Wintgens Date of Birth 17 January 1944 Dates at School 1956 to 1960 Life at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? My mother went to Rodean and hated it so much she wanted somewhere really different Any teachers you can remember? Miss Stephenson Mrs Erskin, Miss Turner, Miss Hind, Mlle Gottstein, Miss Sewell, M Parisod Positions of responsibility held Form Captain (once!) Highlight your best and worst memories Best: squidges, skating, having fun swapping clothes with each other and changing for dinner! Worst: Homesickness first term Who have you kept in touch with? Patsy Putnam, Fiona Hervey, Nancy Grant, The Trechman twins, Davina Galica, Thrine Hely Life after Chatelard Further education Winkfleid Domestic Science Cripplegate Secretarial Career Secretary Home Life Married, 3 daughters, 4 grandchildren so far What are you doing now? My own framing, art gallery and gift shop

Victoria (Vicky) Moller Name Now Victoria "Moo" Briddell Date of Birth 13 April 1945 Dates at School 1961 to 1962 Life at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? To get a more cosmopolitan perspective, also following my elder sister '60-61 and two of my cousins who attended in the 1950's Any teachers you can remember? Mme. Gottstein (Gotty), Madeleine Zoss, Mme. Lehman, Monsieur Parisod. I remember others, but not their names. Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Remember learning to sing French folk songs from Mlle Zoss. Fun singing in another language. One night there was a fire drill and the firemen put the ladder up to the corner room on the third floor on the back side of the school building. Great excitement when the ladder came up to our balcony and fireman climbed over into our room! My two roommates and I standing in our pyjamas and fireman needed a volunteer, so he grabbed me and began putting the harness contraption on, to lower me over the edge. I panicked when I saw how high it was, just at that moment Mlle Zoss entered our room and offered herself as a volunteer instead. So the fireman hitched her up and began lowering her down. I thought she was quite brave and fearless. When she passed the balcony below ours the girls delighted by this unusual sight, M. Zoss, without skipping a beat said "Allez au lit." I loved almost everything about Chatelard, beautiful surroundings, summer and winter. Loved to sneak out and get a "sandwich aux oeufs" through the back window of Helioda, skiing in winter, walking up the mountain in the summer, the great comraderie of the girls. Worst: being allowed to take a bath only 3 times a week. Realizing I was failing in Maths and the teacher, who was supposed to be a genius, didn't have the gift of making me understand. It was very disappointing! Who have you kept in touch with? Patsy Machin in England, Myrto Sistovaris in Athens but other than my cousins who attended Chatelard, I have lost touch with everyone. Life after Chatelard Further education College and the San Francisco State University - BA French Literature. Vedanta Philosophy year (1971) India at Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, Sivananda Ashram, near Rishikes . Career Teach 5 yoga classes per week at the YMCA in Frederick, Maryland worked as a teacher in Ecuador for 2 years. Then joined the family business Overboard Art, Inc. Home Life Married Don Briddell in 1969 and we have been married 43 years. What are you doing now? Working same as above. Also writing, working in our organic vegetable garden.    

Gill Nicolle Name Now Gill Lovegrove Date of Birth 3 October 1945 Dates at School 1959 to 1961 Life at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? I suffered badly from bronchitis and a doctor advised that I should live above 3000 ft. The mountain air cured me! Any teachers you can remember? Miss Bragington (headmistress) Miss Blackwell (Headmistress) Miss Stevenson (Maths) Miss Sewell (Sports) M Parisod (Skiing) Mlle Gottstein Mme Zoss (French) Matron Miss Weir (Australian) Miss Fearon Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Best: Skating on flooded rounders pitch. Some Skiing. Eating yoghurt from the dairy in the village, chocolate covered marshmallows, tinned condensed milk! Playing Elvis and Buddy Holly records. The narcissi in the orchard which we would send back to the UK in special boxes. Worst: SCHOOL FOOD. Who have you kept in touch with? Frances Filon (married Risopoulus) Judith Stranack/King (married Nicol) Joanna Pearson (married a Spaniard) Life after Chatelard Further education A Levels Career Secretary/PA – London/Montreal/San Francisco. Theatre sponsorship and Art Gallery Manager. Tour Manager worldwide. Home Life What are you doing now? Retired but very active with sports and courses. Still studying Italian which I began at Chat! Helping my 95 year old father who lives alone and is still cycling!

Ann Oggier

Name Now Ann Cowper Date of Birth 12 February 1936 Dates at School 1949 to 1953 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Parents living in Singapore and school kept children for holidays - children did not fly out for every holiday in those days Any teachers you can remember? No Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Who have you have kept in touch with? Diana Bull/Beverly Snyder/Jane Houston Boswall/Anne Tweedy/and many others who are attending Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Queen's Secretarial College Career HM Foreign Office 1955-65 Home Life What are you doing now? Not much - travelling between South Africa - France - England each year

Sarah Oliver

Name Now Sarah Oliver Date of Birth 27 May 1954 Dates at School 1971 to 1972 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? A parent worked nearby in Geneva for WHO, and apparently it was hoped that it might be “broadening” and a “well rounded education”. Any teachers you can remember? Madam Mattatias, Madam Viccarrio Positions of responsibility held Ringleader! Highlight your best and worst memories Friends & fun = best Discernibly narcissus-scented very slightly pale green milk at breakfast = worst Who have you kept in touch with? Mary Jane Siebens, Sue Edgehill, Millie Clarke, Charlotte Houghton, Juliet Chichester Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Dip AD, BA Hons, TEFL, SEES/SOAS in-service FCO/ British Council training. Career Internationally in British Council & Council of Europe, advisor House of Lords, Founder & MD of “Hungarian Museum Shops Co. Ltd” What are you doing now? Trustee National Galleries of Scotland, occasional consultancies, illustrates and writes books, e.g. “MONEY – Bare Basic Facts”, exhibits paintings.    

Carol Orton Name Now Carol Sutherland-Brown Date of Birth 25 January 1955 Dates at School 1968 to 1971 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? My father was posted to Ankara Turkey from Canada as my father served as the Military Attaché at the Canadian Embassy. My parents did not approve of the schools in Turkey! Any teachers you can remember? Mrs. Zoss, Ms Webb and the wonderful drama teacher Positions of responsibility held Prefect Highlight your best and worst memories

• When I first arrived at the school, I developed a very high fever and had to be kept in a hotel in Montreux in quarantine and arrived very sick and weak and knowing nobody. The worst!

• The best was hiking to the top of the Dent de Jamon and how wonderful those picnics tasted after a full day of hiking. The skiing excursions were amazing!

Who have you kept in touch with? Antonia Lancaster, Suzanne Karefa, Jennifer Pritchard Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Bachelor of Arts, Queens University, Canada Career Manager in the Canadian Public Service, Ministry of Health, Ottawa, Canada. I worked in the Middle East for 6 years in the 1980s. Home Life One daughter Marisa, now 27 who lives in Cambridge, UK and just completed her Masters in Art Management and works at Kettles Yard, Art Gallery. What are you doing now? Senior Policy Advisor in International Affairs with Health Canada, Federal Health Ministry. I have just volunteered to take early retirement from the Federal Government.  

Ani Ouzounian Name Now Ani Ouzounian Date of Birth 14 February 1958 Dates at School 1967 to 1970 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? My father wanted us to have a good education in a safe environment, we were living in Ethiopia Any teachers you can remember? Miss Kitchen, Miss Locker Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Worst: first day at school, arrived at night after lights out. Best: weekend excursions, skiing, tea-time Who have you have kept in touch with? Aiida Ben Barka, Gay Smith Pullen Life After Chatelard Education after Châtelard, Finished high school in Beirut Bachelor of Architecture from University of Southern California Career, Work for a solar company Home Life Divorced with 2 daughters What are you doing now? Working and living in Santa Monica with my daughters    

Nancy Paterson Smith Name Now Nancy Paterson Grant Date of Birth 14 August 1944 Dates at School 1957 to 1961 Life at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard Father worked abroad Miss Stevenson (Maths) Mlle Gottstein (Deputy Head) Mlle Zoss (French) Miss Sewell (Gym) M. Parisod (Skiing and Tennis) Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Half term trips to Gruyere and the chocolate factory, school and house plays, skating and skiing in the winter term, visits to the theatre in Montreux, Christmas parties, playing records and dancing after dinner, pizzas on a Friday, spending our pocket money in the village on a Saturday. Visits to the Helioda for a Coupe Suisse or an asparagus sandwich. Walking up to Orgevaux with our skis, the Asian flu epidemic, Sunday walks down to Territtet and back. Who have you kept in touch with? Fiona Hughes, Suzette Cambden, Patsy Putnam, Kay James, Binty McHardy, Tony and Frances Trechman, Alison Armitage, Didi Herbert, Thrine Hely, Diana Spencer-Phillips, Divina Galica, Polly Walford, Penny Small, Judy Bickerton, Maisie Guakil, Kay Calder, Imogen Baden- Powell, Janice MacIntyre, Gill Willis Life After Chaterlard Education after Chatelard Commercial College in Glasgow – 2 year Secretarial course Career Worked for a year with the Society for the Aid of Thalidomide Children and Glasgow University Charity Appeal. Had children then returned to work part time with Interior Design Company in Glasgow. Still there one day a week. Home Life Am married to Charlie and have a daughter and son, both married, and two granddaughters aged 17 and 19. What are you doing now? Am a carer for my husband and work one day a week. I curl in the winter, play golf in the summer and play bridge all year round.

 

Jennifer Pentecost Name Now Jenny Laurie Date of Birth 9 November 1949 Dates at School 1960 to 1966 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Parents love of Switzerland. I think they also hoped we would learn to speak fluent French. My early years education was in Northern Ireland with Camilla and Felicity Young who went to Chatelard before me and possibly a visit to Gabittas Thring had something to do with it too. Any teachers you can remember? Miss Blacklock, Miss Vernon(?) – very strict but taught me to learn and enjoy Geography. Miss Orme taught English, Miss Summerhays seems to feature In my school photo album and who could possibly forget M. Parizod. Positions of responsibility held Prefect – House or School – I can’t remember. For years I kept the blue badge but it has disappeared. Highlight your best and worst memories Best: Skiing at Chateau d’Oex at the weekend. Picking narcisses on the slope below Sonloup to send home. Sports days. Friends and listening to radio Lux(emburg) under the bedclothes. Worst: Exams in the 6th form class room in full sun. Porridge, apple slush (stewed) and custard and narcisse-flavoured milk. The EP train and boat, especially leaving Victoria Station at the end of the holidays. Who have you kept in touch with? I was not good at keeping in touch with my friends after school but am pleased to say I am now back in touch with my best friends and I have been invited to a pre-reunion, reunion weekend in July at Flora Duff Torrance’s home (then and now) in the South of France. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Studied French and Spanish before taking a Linguist Secretarial Course. Career Secretary and later PA until children arrived. From then on I worked part-time. Trained to do Floristry and for some years I have been arranging flowers for weddings and functions more as a hobbie than career. Home Life Divorced 2010 after long marriage. Two boys, Andrew – Architect and Mark – Financial Services - is engaged to Kate – teacher. Have lived in pretty village on Herts/Bucks borders 25 miles from central London for 26 years. What are you doing now? Retired and making the most of the opportunity to travel, walk, garden and be involved with village life. Also freedom to enjoy days out and about with friends and family. Have enjoyed being part of the Reunion organising team and catching up with old school friends as well as meeting new ones.

 

Marcia Picciotto Name Now Marcia Picciotto Date of Birth 1 June 1949 Dates at School 1963 to 1965 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Other Hong Kong friends were going and my parents thought it would be a good idea Any teachers you can remember? Miss James, Miss Sewell, Miss Whyley, Miss Lawson. Also the young Italian teacher. I don't remember her name but she got married while we were there to a ski instructor I think! Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Best - the Latin class trip to Rome in June 1965 Worst - feeling homesick Who have you kept in touch with? Doris Rossler, Judy Salmon, Doro and Jenny Marden, Corrina Wedderburn I also recently received an e-mail from Maria La Violette (Doris had given her my address) Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Masters in Early Childhood Education Career Teacher Home Life I live in New York What are you doing now? I still tutor. I take part in amateur productions and recently sang in a cabaret club. I travel a lot                

Jane Picton Name Now Jane Howarth Date of Birth 18 February 1940 Dates at School 1956 to 1957 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Because I was interested in languages. Any teachers you can remember? Gotti (Fraulein Gottstein) and of course Miss Bragington Positions of responsibility held Became a Prefect part way through the year. Protested that I did not want to be, as I had been one at previous school and that was enough. Highlight your best and worst memories. Too many best to list! Skating to Elvis records. Learning to ski with Muri and Parisod. The VIEW. The best meringues ever from the dairy/café across the road, one of the beds in my room breaking when a lot of us were sitting on it, a long walk led by Elsbeth ?Vallance, Head Girl, when the school went down with a bug. Elspeth was told to get us all out and keep us out. Mixing with so many children from different countries. Worst was having to walk up somewhere to watch the sun rising when I knew that before I even arrived I would have a lousy migraine because we were going without food, breakfast on arrival. Who have you kept in touch with? Tessa Spencer Pryse, and a little with Huzaima Mahmoud, now Nasser, who taught me a little Arabic. Elwyn Burns married someone from Tasmania and I lost touch, and sadly Sue Foster died of cancer. Life after Châtelard Secretarial College Education after Châtelard See below Career Garden Room girl at 10 Downing Street and then Confidential Clerk, total 5 ½ years. Then trained as a Probation Officer at Liverpool and Leicester Universities Home Life Married, two married children, one grandson aged 18months, another expected. What are you doing now? Retired, moved to Marlborough to act as backup childcare for our daughter and son in law who both work should need arise.

         

 Yvette Raby

Name Now Yvette Raby Date of Birth 28 May1945 Dates at School 1959 to 1962 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Because of instability & turbulence in my home country Any teachers you can remember? Mlle Leman Mlle Zoes Miss Feron Mr. Parisot Positions of responsibility held Not that I can remember Highlight your best and worst memories Worst memory is traveling to England with the Ep party across the channel Sick as a dog always also staying behind one spring vacation at school Discovery of the beauty of nature The camaraderie and pranks we carried on Who have you kept in touch with? Irene Cutsuridis and later her family Sonia Cholakian Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard B.A Lebanese American University M.F.A Columbia university Career Theatre as a director and stage manager. Then freelanced in Tourism as organizer and interpreter Home Life I am single. I live alone in New York City USA with extended family and friends What are you doing now? Semi retired, still free lancing as a guide and photographer Teaching Ikebana    

Jane MacDougall Name Now Jane Girling Date of Birth 22 August 1949 Dates at School 1962 to 1966 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? The school was recommended to us by Julia Grant’s parents, who like my own family, were service (Air Force) people. My parents wanted me to have the opportunity to ski and speak French. Any teachers you can remember? Miss Sewell, Mme Rufenacht, Mrs. Yates, Mrs Howetson, Miss Hall, Miss Hodgson, Miss Summerhayes, Miss Masters, Miss Hume, Mlle Zoss, Miss Ellery, Miss Henderson, Miss Lawson, Monsiuer Parisod. Positions of responsibility held House Prefect Highlight your best and worst memories Best memories are skiing at week-ends at different places,Chateau D’oex, House Plays; tennis coaching - M. Parisod; ice skating - hockey pitch; netball, rounders; birthday cakes and Sunday cakes; pizza, a trip to Italy; dancing to pop music in the theatre; picking narcisse in Spring, midnight feasts; sitting in the sun on the ledge outside classroom (form 5); jumping out of dining room windows when we had been kept in as punishment; secretly making elderberry wine with friends, which eventually exploded in a locker. Worst memories - first day, arriving tired frail and lonely, everything looked so enormous and ‘alien’; Miss Hume’s temper (throwing heavy blackboard erasers at inattentive pupils), being in the san under Miss Weir’s ‘care’ (she was very impatient and unkind and feared by most) being woken up at night by the fire bell and standing for hours by the station in the cold waiting for the fire engines to come. Who have you kept in touch with? Jennifer Pentecost, Georgina (Gins) Williams, Patty Grant-Norton, Flora Duff Torrance, Lauretta Rose, Sybil Tharpe. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Secretarial course at Farnborough technical college (1967) Speech Therapy Training at Blackfriars in London (1969-1972), Kindergarten Teacher training (Rudolph Steiner) in Stroud and London (1997-2000) Career Speech Therapist 1972- 1982; Rudolph Steiner Kindergarten Teacher 2000-2005; Steiner Parent and Child Group Leader 2005- to present day Home Life Married to Derek Girling and living north of Bath in a village where we brought up our three children. What are you doing now? I am working part time as a Parent and Child Group Leader at the Rowan Tree Kindergarten in Bristol.

 Pam Macdougall

Name Now Pam Macdougall Date of Birth 1944 Dates at School 1957 to 1961 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Parents lived in Kenya and wanted me to have a good education in Europe. Any teachers you can remember? Walshe, Hinde, Parisod. Positions of responsibility held Nothing special. Highlight your best and worst memories Great classmates. Skiing. Missed family who lived so far away. Who have you kept in touch with? Sally Brousson and Frances Filon. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Finishing school. Studying law. Career Barrister. Adjudicator. Home Life Partner deceased. What are you doing now? Enjoying retirement. Volunteer Games Maker for London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

     

Ngaere Macray Name Now Ngaere Macray Date of Birth 2 May 1945 Dates at School 1957 to 1960 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Any teachers you can remember? Positions of responsibility held Highlight your best and worst memories Who have you kept in touch with? I have kept in close touch with friends from Chatelard and enjoy hearing from ex alumni. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Career Home Life What are you doing now? I live on Long Island, New York with my husband, David Seeler and several dogs.

Huzaima Mahmoud. (H.H. The Princess ) Name Now Huzaima Nasser Date of Birth 21 August 1940 Dates at School 1955 to 1958 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? For an English education Any teachers you can remember? Mlle Gottstein, Miss Collie, Mlle Bianchi, Miss Bradley, Mlle Zoss, Miss Roberts, Miss Stephenson, Miss Harris, Miss Cooper, M Parisod. Positions of responsibility held Head Girl Highlight your best and worst memories First Day at Chatelard...last day, the day of the coup d'état in Iraq, July 14th, 1958. Who have you kept in touch with? Nia Sistovaris, Tessa Spencer Pryse, Georgette Goldman, Valerie Black Crane, Jane Picton, Janet Kenber. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Ecole Schulz, Geneva Career Secretary at Interavia S.A, Geneva. Marriage in Jordan. Private Secretary to HM King Hussein of Jordan for 6 years. Lady in Waiting to Princess Muna, Queen Alia, and Queen Noor. Home Life Married H.H. The Sharif Ghazi Rakan Nasser. Four children. Lived in Amman, Oxshott Surrey. What are you doing now? Retired. Live in Amman and Geneva.

Anne Marcy Name Now Anne Marcy Date of Birth 18 December 1953 Dates at School 1970 to 1972 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? To learn English Any teachers you can remember? Positions of responsibility held Highlight your best and worst memories Who have you kept in touch with? Margaret Elkins Life After Chatelard Education After Chatelard Career Home Life What are you doing now?

Doro Marden Name Now Doro Marden Date of birth 23 March 1948 Dates at School 1963 to 1964 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? From boarding school in England, parents in Hong Kong, my mother had been to Chatelard before the war. I was with my twin sister Jennie. WE were supposed to be doing A levels, but managed to persuade our parents to let us leave and do the last year at a crammers in London! Any teachers you can remember? No names but mental pictures - a lovely Latin teacher who started me on Greek Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Watching the darkness sink in to the valley from the library where I was supposed to be working. Wonderful warm bread.Getting to know girls from all over the world. A fire in the kitchen in the night and everyone evacuated in pyjamas down one staircase onto an empty train - with the headmistress wringing her hands and saying ‘Hurry up! Don’t rush!’ Hearing Arthur Rubinstein play Chopin at the concert hall in Vevey with Charlie Chaplin and family in the audience. Who have you kept in touch with? Corinna Wedderburn, Judy Salmon, Marcia Picciotto, Franki Austin Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Kings College London, BA Spanish and French, later Masters in Social Policy and Admin at LSE and in Psychotherapy at Middlesex Career Worked in the voluntary sector, at a local and London level. Trained as a parent educator and then therapist. Home Life Married to Leslie Sklair, a professor at LSE (now retired) - 3 daughters and new twin grand daughters What are you doing now? Still on the committee of Family Lives - national parenting NGO - and my local community association in Primrose Hill, London. Involved in my local Transition Town group - a green initiative. Do a bit of parent training and lots of grandmothering!

Jennie Marden Name Now Jennie Edwards Date of Birth 23 March 1948 Dates at School 1963 to 1964 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Mother, Anne Marden (Harris) had been there Any teachers you can remember? No Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories President Kennedy being shot Delicious food after boarding school in the UK. Mountain walking. Who have you kept in touch with? Judy Salmon Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Stafford House, A level College Oxford and County Secretarial College Oxford Career Home Life Two daughters and four grandchildren and one on the way. What are you doing now?

Mylene Michaca Name Now Mylene Laurin Date of Birth 19 May 1958 Dates at School Summer Term 1968 to Summer Term 1974 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? To learn English and be with other children as I am an only child Any teachers you can remember? Miss Kitchen, Miss Durent, Miss Webb, Miss Saunders, Miss Refoy, Mme Blatter, Mlle Lehman, Mlle Zoss, Mrs Cooper, Miss Brindle, Miss Duggan, Mrs Viccario, Miss Bell, Mr Boswell, Miss Blacklock, Miss Swanston, Miss Harrison Positions of responsibility held Form prefect (I think…) House Captain Highlight your best and worst memories On the whole I really enjoyed it, though I complained about it as one does. Really good experience for me. Most of my memories are good ones. The food wasn’t that great, and that’s an understatement! Best: Teatime, fresh bread and Marmite or jam: unbeatable! The privilege of being able to make coffee or soup in prefect’s room. Skiing in the spring, at the end of the winter term, no anoraks ! Worst memories were the beginning of term, arriving at school and smelling the school smell. Who have you kept in touch with? Fatti Yassemi, Lilli Schnitzer, Fannette Downie, Aiida Ben Barca, Poci Balladelli, Corinna Cotsen, Hilary Horne, Rose Ann Hall, Sebnem Atalan, Life after Châtelard Married, 2 children, divorced Education after Châtelard La Chateigneraie, Founex, Switzerland Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Geneva Career Homemaker Home Life Geneva What are you doing now? Workshop/ boutique, Painting silk materials

Judy Miller (Pigmy)

Name Now Judy Rhodes (1968-1998 Bartlett) Date of Birth 19 December 1933 Dates at School 1946 to 1952 Life at Châtelard Enjoyed Sport, skiing, sunbathing under our duvets on the balcony, our Saturday evening dancing (all girls!) Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? To learn French Any teachers you can remember? Miss McLaren-ART Miss Stephenson-MATHS Miss Sproat- ENGLISH Miss Millar-GEOGRAPHY Miss Hubbard- MATRON Miss Walt- HISTORY Mes Parisod and Murrie – SKIING Mrs Johnson –PE Mlle Godstein –MUSIC APPRECIATION Mlle Sparlinger- COOKERY Positions of responsibility held House Captain! Highlight your best and worst memories Bunking off with three others down to swim at Vevey Plage.... and another time to see ‘Autumn Leaves’ at Montreux cinema. Breaking my leg on a skiing expedition. Who have you kept in touch with? Ann Robertson, Judy Wild, Lavinia Day, Sylvia Laing, Dinah Plunkett, Judy Warne-Brown, Carol Eckert (until she passed away), Margaret Mason (until she passed away in South Africa) Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Dartford PE college (failure!) Cookery School in Paris, Good House Keeping School of Cookery, Cordon Bleu Marylebone Lane, London Career Free-Lance Caterer Home Life Radlett, Herts. Then Farming in Chipperfield Herts, What are you doing now? Living in Somerset, gardening and having a lovely time amongst all my family and grand-children. Still learning French having renovated a house in France.

Lila Moattar Name Now Lila Gutowski Date of Birth 1 November 1955 Dates at School 1968 to 1972 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Education Any teachers you can remember? Mrs Durant, Mrs Hall, Mrs Webb, Ms Swanson, Ms Duggan, Ms Refoy Ms Blacklock, Ms Kitchen, Positions of responsibility held Highlight your best and worst memories Being homesick often is a strong unhappy memory and going on the school trips on the weekends bring back happy times. Who have you kept in touch with? No-one Life After Chatelard Education after Châtelard London school of Economics BA in French Studies, New York Law School JD Career Attorney and business owner Home Life Married, two children a boy and a girl What are you doing now? Have my own jewelry studio where I teach silversmithing.

Zuleikha Moosajee Name Now Zuleikha Moosajee-Harrison Date of Birth 14 December 1958 Dates at School 1974 to 1975 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? It was recommended to my parents by an American friend whose daughter had been there in the 1950’s. Sadly, I don’t remember their name. Any teachers you can remember? Mrs Vicario, Miss. Durent, Miss. Webb, Miss Whitsey, M Parisod, Mlle Zoss. Positions of responsibility held none Highlight your best and worst memories Climbing up to the top of the mountain to look out over the lake and mountains. That great half term trip to Rome (Spring 1975). The pre-dawn camaraderie and the feasts that the kitchen staff prepared for those girls who fasted in Ramadan. The almond tart at the Café in Les Avants. My first and worst attack of hay fever when the narcissus blossomed. My shame at M. Parisod’s despair at my inability to stay upright on skates! Who have you kept in touch with? Shelly Gross, my first room-mate at Chatelard. Have lost contact with Melanie Lake who I stayed in touch with for a number of years. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Queenswood School, Hertfordshire. 1976. University of Southampton. 1977-1980. History ,Politics and Economics Duke University, North Carolina. 1985-1987, MBA Career Economic Development, Manufacturing, Consultancy Home Life Married to Phil, no kids, currently no pets. What are you doing now? Semi-professional aunt and godmother, amateur gardener and keen vegetable grower, school governor, volunteer at Great Dixter House and Garden

Alison Morton Name Now Alison Hope Parry Date of Birth 16 January 1949 Dates at School 1959 to 1960 (I think) Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Civil war in Lebanon, where my parents were working, and Louise French, who also lived in Beirut, was already at Chatelard. Her parents suggested I went to Switzerland with her. Any teachers you can remember? No Positions of responsibility held None, I was in the Junior School Highlight your best and worst memories Acting plays in the Junior School and one where I had poster paint and Vaseline rubbed all over me… the play was fun but it took 6 baths to scrub the paint off me. Matron was furious! Being punished by same matron, am not sure what for, maybe talking in the dorm – and being made to stand for several hours in a corridor long after everyone had gone to bed (I was 9). Falling when skiing and being slung over the teacher’s shoulder with my skis over his other shoulder and him transporting me back to school. Anne-Marie of Denmark announcing to the table that she did not like fish and proceeding to throw each piece left on the serving dish down the table – I was impressed! Who have you kept in touch with? Used to see Vanessa Crichton but have lost touch. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Went to Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire Career Law Librarian, researcher and writer, teaching law research and English as a foreign language Home Life Two grown up children - both married – one granddaughter What are you doing now? I make jewellery: silversmithing and semiprecious bead work. And a thousand other things from being a Neighbourhood watch co-ordinator to voluntary work and caring for various family members, which involves quite a lot of travel!

Jamileh Mouganie

Name Now Jamileh Holt Date of birth 16 July1959 Dates at School 1974 to 1975 Life at Châtelard Where was the School located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Was schooling in Beirut, parents living in Ghana. They decided situation over there was unsafe. so was sent to Chatelard instead. Any teachers you can remember? Refoy drama -Miss Webb Geography- Miss Ferguson Music/Piano- Miss Durant History and House Mother. The rest are faces but without names. Positions of responsibility held I think class captain and sport captain or netball? I produced a house play, how I don’t know? My English was so very poor then. Refoy was a great Drama teacher…. she was such a confidence boosting personality. Highlight your best and worst memories Scary memory first 10 days. New at school then came out with a rash. Coming from Ghana, teachers were scared I suppose, I was sent to Montreux hospital where I was seen by a very old Doctor who told me not to worry and that it was only small pox, only to be corrected by the school nurse who reassured me it was chicken pox. The remaining memory of my stay at Chatelard was just the best ever. Kind happy mates and teachers. Wonderful excursions. Great skiing and instructors. Funny midnight feast, mainly feasting on chips and coke. I was extremely distraught when the school closed down. I went on to Aiglon for two terms and on to the UK for schooling. Chatelard was simply the best. Very fond memories Who have you kept in touch with? Initially kept in touch with Mana Tadayon then lost touch. Now through Facebook have been in contact with Eugenie Knight and Julia Groves. Anita Kubchandanni has been a part of my life whilst living in Ghana as she is related to me. But now we live in different countries. We keep in touch occasionally on Facebook Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard After the 2 terms at Aiglon, I went to the convent of the Sacred Heart school in Woldingham Surrey where I finished my schooling and went on to do my nursing Career Registered nurse, trained at Epsom District Hospital Home Life Married to David Holt an Australian. Have two children samantha and stuart. What are you doing now? Nursing still. Now in the endoscopy unit  

Suzanne Muir Name Now Suzanne Muir Date of Birth 6 December 1955 Dates at School 1967 to 1973 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? My Mother thought that I would receive a better education there than in a California High School. She was also about to divorce, and planned to move to Switzerland. Any teachers you can remember? Miss Ashley, Miss Holdgson, Ros Refoy, Miss Hall, Miss Webb, Miss Swanson, Jean Vicario, Mme. Blatter, Miss Durant, Mme. Mattatia Positions of responsibility held Prefect; Head Girl (1/2 year, when Catherine Clause left mid-year) Highlight your best and worst memories There are no best and worst. Who have you kept in touch with? Camilla Clarke, Maggie Elkins Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Ecole Blanc, Montreux Career Secretary and translator Home Life Divorced. In a relationship for the past 22 years. What are you doing now? Farming and broadcasting

Chris Murray Name Now Adrienne Weston Date of Birth 21 August 1952 Dates at School 1969 to 1970 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? My great uncle met a pupil in a hospital in Montreux where he was convalescing. He offered to pay for me to go to finishing school. However he eventually said it had to be Chatelard – which wasn’t my parents’ choice due to the evident fire hazards and the fact it wasn’t a true Finishing School nor did they insist on speaking French! Any teachers you can remember? I liked the drama teacher and also the art teacher who persuaded me to stay on at the school which I didn’t like initially. However I wasn’t too keen on the headmistress. I admit however I can’t remember their names! Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Meeting a Swiss German boyfriend. We spent time picking champignons and then going into Lausanne to various cafes. He was another reason for staying at Chatelard. However I do also remember enjoying trampolining and going to the Café to eat Gateaux au Noisettes. I also remember the food at school was very good! Another fond memory was watching the locals participating in a candle light procession with sparklers coming down from Sonloup. We also had lots of laughs at the village sign which included VD in the title! The worst was my initial dislike of the school which didn’t meet my or my parents expectations of a finishing school. I had previously been to West Heath which I really loved. Who have you kept in touch with? Sadly no one although initially I kept in touch with Leslie Forrest (Scotty) as I too am Scottish Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Dugdales Secretarial College, Edinburgh. Career Secretary in Edinburgh then moved to London in 1977. I transferred into Administration then client relationship management mostly in Private Banking with an American bank. Having been made redundant in 1994 I fell into the job of Business Continuity Management. In 1998 following a further redundancy I joined Schroder Investment Management which I love working for. Home Life Semi-detached house in London suburbs and a country cottage in Cornwall on the border with Devon. We also have a sailing boat moored on the River Tamar. What are you doing now? I’m about to retire in mid-August having spent 12 and a half years at Schroder Investment Management in London doing Business Continuity. In retirement I have a lots of ideas and plans but expect to spend more time in Cornwall although we still intend to keep our London home.

Sarah Myles

Name Now Sarah Robinson Date of Birth 11 June 1950 Dates at School 1962 to 1966 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Any teachers you can remember? Positions of responsibility held Highlight your best and worst memories Who have you kept in touch with? Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Career Home Life What are you doing now?    

Carola Naumann Name Now Carola Thorpe Date of Birth 23 April 1947 Dates at School Sixties Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? To be educated which I was not! Any teachers you can remember? Miss Harris, Miss Hodgson, Miss Howaston Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Best: Walking in the mountains round about and Helioda sandwiches Worst: Leaving from Victoria Who have you kept in touch with? Ina Ostermann Petersen Claudie Hibbert Angela Cheyne Valerie Child Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Trained as an Occupational Therapist then as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist Career Home Life Married …. No children What are you doing now? Working in Private practice as an Individual Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and doing a further training at the Tavistock Centre for Couple Therapy

Wendy Newman-Sanders Name Now Wendy Sheppard Date of Birth 12 December 1939 Dates at School 1956 to 1957 Life at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? To learn languages! Any teachers you can remember? Mlle Gottstein Positions of responsibility held Highlight your best and worst memories Best: Scenery, skiing, skating, swimming in the gorge. Easter visit to Venice and Florence with Mlle. Gottstein No worst! Who have you kept in touch with? Joy Reynolds (nee Rostron) and Sara Bond (nee Cole) Life after Chatelard Education after Chatelard Six months in Paris - Cours de civilization pour Les Etrangers at the Sorbonne Open Uniersity Degree in Sciences, Technology and Maths. Post Graduate Certificate in Education. Secondary Maths and Physics Career Lab. assistant at Kodak, Harrow in the research lab. prior to marriage and subsequent qualifications. Teaching Maths and Sciences in Secondary schools Home Life Married with four sons - In Norfolk when children were young and now living near Cambridge What are you doing now? Retired with grandchildren in Surrey and Norfolk; also two great-grandsons

Vanessa Noel-Tod (nickname Dot) Name Now Vanessa Mitchell Date of Birth 29 August 1947 Dates at School 1964 to 1965 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Because I refused to go to Roedean (for sixth form 2nd year) Any teachers you can remember? Mlle Zoss, Mary Ashley, and if I was prompted several others! Positions of responsibility held I think I became a prefect although I didn’t want to, and said so. Tired of all that in previous school. Highlight your best and worst memories Worst memory = taking A levels. Best = making some good new friends, and enjoying weather and views and walking Who have you kept in touch with? Sally Blakeney (now Murray); Stephanie Hanna (married name Moore); Suzanne Roper; and met up more recently with Caroline Knapp who lives in SE24 – near me; Ros Andrews and Tina Thomas. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard University of Reading Eng Lit and Lang BA; crash course in typing and shorthand at Pitmans Career Publishing (books); started at Chatto & Windus as secretary to MD; moved to Methuen Academic. Freelanced, and still do a bit of freelance editing and proof-reading. Home Life Married to Ian, who is a professional musician and has his own ensemble, Gemini. Also head of Wind Brass and Percussion at Trinity College of Music. Two offspring Lucy (teaches Geography at secondary level) and Alex (computer scientist, multi-talented sporty guy) What are you doing now? Mucking around in the garden, occasional editing, massage (mostly voluntary at present)                

Katherine Jane Norrish Name Now Katherine Segatel Date of Birth 22 November 1947 Dates at School 1960 to 1961 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Any teachers you can remember? Miss Ashley Positions of responsibility held NONE Highlight your best and worst memories NO Who have you kept in touch with? Caroline Wood Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Only work.. Career Working with my Dad now owner of International Forwarding Company Home Life Wonderful living in small village What are you doing now? Working..of course    

     

Nancy Paterson Smith Name Now Nancy Paterson Grant Date of Birth 14 August 1944 Dates at School 1957 to 1961 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? Father worked abroad Which teachers can you remember? Miss Stevenson – Maths Mlle Gottstein – Deputy Head Mlle Zoss – French Miss Sewell – Gym M. Parisod - Ski-ing and Tennis Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Best: Half term trips to Gruyere and the chocolate factory, school and house plays, skating and ski-ing in the winter term, visits to the theatre in Montreux, Christmas parties, playing records and dancing after dinner, pizzas on a Friday, spending our pocket money in the village on a Saturday. Visits to the Helioda for a Coupe Suisse or an asparagus sandwich. Worst: Walking up to Orgevaux with our skis, the Asian flu epidemic, Sunday walks down to Territtet and back. Who have you kept in touch with? Fiona Hughes, Suzette Cambden, Patsy Putnam, Kay James, Binty McHardy, Tony and Frances Trechman, Alison Armitage, Didi Herbert, Thrine Hely, Diana Spencer-Phillips, Divina Galica, Polly Walford, Penny Small, Judy Bickerton, Maisie Guakil, Kay Calder, Imogen Baden- Powell, Janice MacIntyre, Gill Willis Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Commercial College in Glasgow – 2 year Secretarial course Career Worked for a year with the Society for the Aid of Thalidomide Children and Glasgow University Charity Appeal. Had children then returned to work part time with Interior Design Company in Glasgow. Still there one day a week. Home Life Am married to Charlie and have a daughter and son, both married, and two granddaughters aged 17 and 19. What are you doing now? Am a carer for my husband and work one day a week. I curl in the winter, play golf in the summer and play bridge all year round.

Susan Peacock

Name Now Susan Sherman Date of Birth 30 October 1935 Dates at School 1947 to 1953 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? After the war my parents though it would be a healthy place for 2 of my sisters and I. Two younger children remained at home. Any teachers you can remember? Miss Stevenson Maths, Miss Watson Positions of responsibility held My last year at school I was Head Girl and School Games Captain Highlight your best and worst memories Lot of fun with a great bunch of friends. Can’t rememeber anything really bad. Who have you kept in touch with? Di Bull (Sterwin) Jane Houston Boswell (Trevor) Margaret Walters (Cochrane) Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Trained as a Physiotherapist at Cardiff Royal Infirmary Career Worked in Cardiff and later Aberystwyth Home Life What are you doing now? Retired Full time carer for husband with Alzheimers Disease

Suzanne Penn Name Now Suzanne McDonald-Walker Date of Birth 10 June 1958 Dates at School 1970 to 1972 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Because my parents thought England was completely decadent and thought my childish could be best preserved being hidden away up a Swiss mountain… Any teachers you can remember? Misses Webb, Durrent [can’t remember spelling], Refoy, Evans, Taylor, Gerrard, Blacklock, Swanston. Mrs Vicario. Can’t remember the names of the German and French teachers… Positions of responsibility held None! Highlight your best and worst memories Loved Switzerland. Don’t remember a worst memory but the chocolate at break time in the winter was pretty foul; especially if the bread was stale. Who have you kept in touch with? [Chat names] Aida and Rabia Ben-Barka; Sam Coombes; Fannette Downie; Gay Smith; Cindy Bowles, Rose Anne Mitchell; Kathryn and Deborah Goodwin; Fatti Yasemy; Hilary Horne [natch!]; Mercedita Balladelli; Nicole van Drimmelen; Sue Jones. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard St Christophers, Letchworth. Universities of Anglia Ruskin, Leicester and Edinburgh. Career Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Northampton. Home Life No children [if that’s what you mean]. A bit in flux at the moment… What are you doing now? Being a grown-up.

 

Gilli Pentecost Name Now Gilli Heneage Date of Birth 3 January 1953 Date at School 1964 to 1969 LIfe at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants. Why were you sent to Chatelard? My sister was there already. To learn better French. Any teachers you can remember? M Parisod., and many more Positions of responsibility held. House Prefect Highlight your best and worst memories. Worst: Homesickness. Best: Skiing, all sport and Drama. Who have you kept in touch with? Very few until this year when planning the reunion. Life after Chatelard Education after Chatelard Cookery school Career Catering and party planning. Home Life. Married. 2 sons. 3 steps. 1 grandchild. Living in London. What are you doing now? Looking after a chalet in France. Keeping in touch with the family.

Jennifer Pentecost Name Now Jenny Laurie Date of Birth 9 November 1949 Dates at School 1960 to 1966 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? Parents love of Switzerland. I think they also hoped we would learn to speak fluent French. My early years education was in Northern Ireland with Camilla and Felicity Young who went to Chatelard before me and possibly a visit to Gabittas Thring had something to do with it too. Any teachers you can remember? Miss Blacklock, Miss Vernon(?) – very strict but taught me to learn and enjoy Geography. Can’t say the same for Miss Ashley’s history lessons. Miss Orme taught English, Miss Summerhays seems to feature In my school photo album and who could possibly forget M. Parizod. Positions of responsibility held Prefect – House or School – I can’t remember. For years I kept the blue badge but it has disappeared. Highlight your best and worst memories Best: Skiing at Chateau d’Oex at the weekend. Picking narcisses on the slope below Sonloup to send home. Sports days. Friends and listening to radio Lux(emburg) under the bedclothes. Worst: Exams in the 6th form class room in full sun. Porridge, apple slush (stewed) and custard and narcisse-flavoured milk. The EP train and boat, especially leaving Victoria Station at the end of the holidays. Who have you kept in touch with? I was not good at keeping in touch with my friends after school but am pleased to say I am now back in touch with my best friends and Jane Girling (McDougal), Lauretta Rose, Patti Brennen (Grant –Norton) and I have been invited to a pre-reunion, reunion weekend in July at Flora Duff Torrance’s home in the South of France. Life after Châtelard Education after Châtelard Studied French and Spanish before taking a Linguist Secretarial Course. Career Secretary and later PA until children arrived. From then on I worked part-time. Trained to do Floristry and for some years I have been arranging flowers for weddings and functions more as a hobbie than career. Home Life Divorced 2010 after long marriage. Two boys, Andrew – Architect and Mark – Financial Services - is engaged to Kate – teacher. Have lived in pretty village on Herts/Bucks borders 25 miles from central London for 26 years. What are you doing now? Retired and making the most of the opportunity to travel, walk, garden and be involved with village life. Also freedom to enjoy days out and about with friends and family. Have enjoyed being part of the Reunion organising team and catching up with old school friends as well as meeting new ones.

Jennifer Pritchard Name Now Jennifer Pritchard Date of Birth 17 February 1955 Dates at School 1968 to 1971 Life at Châtelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Châtelard? To learn French Any teachers you can remember? Miss Blacklock, Miss Swanson Positions of responsibility held None Highlight your best and worst memories Best memories were the friends made and skiing. Worst memories headmistress and general pettiness and strictness of the older teachers Who have you kept in touch with? No one, but through this reunion have been in touch with Carol Orton and Priscilla Lancaster Life after Châtelard Secretarial work, estate agent, mother of 3 children Education after Châtelard French A level in Paris Career Now running holiday home Home Life Boyfriend and my two dogs, 3 grown up children and 1 grandson What are you doing now? Running guest house in Tuscany and looking after my father

Dinah Plunkett Name Now Dinah Carr – Linford. Date of Birth 26 November 1933 Date at School 1947 to 1951 LIfe at Chatelard Where was the school located? Les Avants Why were you sent to Chatelard? Not quite sure! Any teachers you can remember? Anne Lamb (was Saul), Janet Needham (was Ramsden) Positions of responsibility held. I doubt any! Highlight your best and worst memories Too long ago to remember! Who have you kept in touch with? Lavinia Rosenthal, Sylvia van Praet d’Amaloo., Judy Rhodes (was Miller) Life after Chatelard Education after Chatelard Finishing school in London (Cygnets House). Then secretarial college (Queensgate). Career Short spell at Elizabeth Arden. Then in fashion business at Marks and Spencer Head office until 1988. Home Life. Living in the country in Kent. What are you doing now? Travelling to France a lot and enjoying the family.