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   Andrew Ashdown

  

Andrew Ashdown

House: Rhodes
Year: 1968-1971

Junior House: 1968
Rhodes House: 1969-1971

Memories:
  • Ironside, Keon, Harrington, McCormick, Howard, etc etc etc
  • Raiding Mr Clark’s house (caught and caned by Duckham)
  • Raiding the tuck shop (not caught)
  • Drinking beer across the road from Gate C
  • Unrepeatble incident invoving senior boy and member of staff after the house party
  • Nairobi Show
  • Speeches by Derek Erskine, Tom Mboya, Gonville French Beytagh, Mwai Kibaki, Chief Justice Mwendwa
  • Rhodes end of term BBQ – guinea fowl in beds!
    etc etc etc

    Since leaving:
    Returned to the UK with father and twin brother, Gus.

    Education
  • Lancing College 1972-74
  • Manchester Univ 1975-78
  • Loughborough Univ 1983-4

    Work
  • 1979-1990 various futile jobs in the UK
  • 1990-1991 English teacher Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1991-1995 British Council Jakarta
  • 1996 Open University, Milton Keynes
  • 1997 to present - Cranfield University

    Gus Ashdown died tragically last year (2008)

    (Registered - 28th April 2003) (Updated - 5th April 2009)

  • If anyone wishes to contact Andrew, please e-mail webmaster@oldcambrians.com to obtain his contact details