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WOOLCOTT
– On 16th
November 2014, Chris
Woolcott (B, 1971-76), in
Africa. His brother Justin
provided the following
obituary.
My brother Chris was in
Sing’s from 1971-1976. He
wasn’t particularly academic.
He didn’t aspire to be so. He
was good at sports without
trying. I remember watching
him win the school diving
medal three years in a row, by
simply showing up at the old
outdoor pool, walking on his
hands to the end of the high
diving board and then dropping
in - without a splash. Above all
he loved the camaraderie at
school and built many lifelong
friendships. The highlight of
the week for Chris was to nip
down the canal towpath on a
Saturday afternoon for a pint
or two at the Vicky in Jericho
and then spend the rest of
the afternoon at the Nosebag,
nursing a single pot of tea with
his friends.
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Chris’s true love was always
Africa. We lived in Zambia
when we were at Teddies.
As soon as we got home for
the holidays, Chris would
march off into the bush, airgun
across his shoulder, two very
happy dogs in tow-and not
be seen again until the sun
set. After Teddies, Chris went
to Cirencester Agricultural
College. The goal was to
allow him to return to Africa.
It worked. He returned
to Zambia, where he met
and married Jeanette. Then
they moved to Botswana,
with Chris starting as a farm
manager. They soon bought a
farm in Ghanzi -on the edge
of the Kalahari and Okavango.
There, after starting with a
dairy - where no refrigeration
meant milk in the morning,
yogurt at lunch and cheese by
nightfall - the business evolved
to become a bush camp.
Together Chris and Jeanette,
and their children Samantha,
Hayley and Laurie, created
Chris Woolcott
a little oasis in the desert.
On November 16th, close
to home, Chris’s life ended
early in a car accident. He was
buried on the farm, in Africa
where he belonged.
YOUNG
– On 4th July, 2014,
Bradden Hamilton Young (C,
1988-1993), aged 39. The
obituary is taken from the
Washington Post
.
Bradden Hamilton Young,
born in Oxford, England,
passed away suddenly at his
home in Washington, DC. He
was the Founder and CEO of
Young & Inspired, an events
and promotion company
based in New York, Executive
Producer of the Global Poverty
Project Citizen Festival, and
the Chief Strategy Officer of
Noise 4 Good. His passion was
to promote and raise support
for worthy causes including
Many Hopes, an orphanage
in Kenya, Charity Water, Film
Raise, and the Nelson Mandela
Children’s Foundation. His
warm, creative and caring spirit
will be missed by many. He is
survived by his parents, two
brothers and two sisters.
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