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GEORGE WATSON'S COLLEGE -
LEAVERS 1963 50TH REUNION
"MEMORIES AND
REFLECTIONS"
NAME: Bob Keddie
ADDRESS: Willow Cottage Bashurst Hill Itchingfield Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NY
EMAIL AND TELEPHONE bobkeddie[at]aol.com 01403 790324
MEMORIES OF
WATSON'S
Teachers
Those that hit me the hardest I worked for the hardest; Doyle and cricket stump named Excalibur
junior. (Mercifully I never received Excalibur senior),Budge and Hunter with their Cowdenbeath made
taws. Paddy Maclean falling asleep during French classes. Dr Meek telling me I would never be a
vet.
Fellow Pupils
Constant daily political discussions with RJT. PCF giving me earache in Chemistry.
Most embarrassing
time!
Rodger Young endeavoring to extract from me what A priori meant in his philosophy tutorials.
Getting soundly beaten at cricket one hot Saturday when both the captain and vice captain had been
to an all night party on the Friday.
POST SCHOOL
EDUCATION
Vet Faculty
Edinburgh
SOME FAMILY
DETAILS
Wife Jean and daughter
Annie who is getting married in July. Thank god there is only one.
WHAT HAVE I DONE
"WORKWISE"?
Practiced Stirling for a
short time and then West Sussex. Latter predominately L/A ; Cattle and sports horses. Retired
2009.
HOBBIES, PASTIMES,
SPORTS
Golf and peripatetic
gardener Sussex Perthshire and Provence.
REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE
(INCLUDING THE IMPACT THAT WATSON'S HAS HAD ON IT)
GWC provided excellent
teaching and sporting opportunities to give the ideal rounded education. |