Pica Pica

This is the college matriculation photo from 1967, recently made available by the website people there. All of the freshers (1st years) at the House (Christ Church), lined up in Peck on the morning of matriculation, which is a kind of “induction” into membership of Oxford University. I am there, along with friends Bob Shatwell and Martin Jones (I recognize them) and doubtless others I can’t recognize  – which one is Andrew James, for instance? Oh yes, acquaintance “Budgie” Jodhpur, relatively easy to spot. But where are Herbert Gray and Whatsisname Harris?

Submit your guesses in comments! (Oh, I had to change the setting for comments so that I have to approve them before they appear, as I was getting anything from a handful to a score of spam comments every day, but I will of course approve anything that is even 1/4-way reasonable.) You might need to click-to-enlarge to get the necessary detail.

I asked the same question about a different picture on Dang Zang, but that one is relatively easy.

A few bits of news.

Way back we visited “The House”:

… for dinner and breakfast:

I did find a new home for Harry and Goggles:

Christmas in Australia 2005:

That Christmas Day was hot:

There was our wedding:

… with reception:

… and guests:

… and Sarah’s father:

A holiday in Fiji:

… same place:

… to sing a bit:

… and relax:

A walk in the grounds of the lunatic asylum:

This is not a lunatic:

Even some real bush:

One day we had lunch with the Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile):

A new home in Leichhardt:

With a lot of rubbish to clear out:

Ten seconds to pose all 5 of us:

Speeding on, UK November 2006 for Trudie’s 90th birthday bash. First I caught up with Polly, seen here in her office:

Caitlin likes to pose:

Robert, of course:

Their dad Kevin:

… and their mum, Ginny of course:

I took a breather at Marpa House:

… before getting to the bash:

My brother’s family were there:

Jill made a speech:

… and Trudie made a speech:

Which brings us up to this last Christmas – same place, waiting for same ferry to go for Christmas lunch:

… again:

Then for no particular reason, one of the two local cockys:

The back yard with Christmas lights:

This a more usual appearance:

And bats in the park (which is nicer than having them in the back garden):

My latest foray into trying to keep you informed (don’t bother with this if you are using dial-up):

Sometime in 2006 it put up some overdue snaps. Here is a link to them on my website: 2005-2006.

I only did one update in 2005. Here is a link to it on my website: 2005.

I have many, many pictures from sessions. These are from the last one I attended in Ballydehob. They are in no particular order.

Alan:

Derek:

Gill:

Sue:

Chris:

Gubby:

Jen:

Roger:

Mary:

Dave K:

Mike:

Dawn:

Dave:

Not a session – the Dirty
Polkas:

I wrote an update in 2004, which can still be read in the old format at 2000-2004.

There are a few pictures from years ago in the old format at this link: 2000 and before.