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Antony Church
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Antony Howard V Church
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Nicholson |
| Years: |
Jan 1952 - Dec 1956 |
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Memories:
I attended the Prince of Wales School in the Mau Mau years.
Princess Margaret visited Kenya on a Royal Visit to grant the capital Nairobi, city status in 1955. The Governor announced
a national holiday on the Monday for all schools in the Colony. My junior brother Colin and I decided to celebrate by
withdrawing our rifles from the Police armoury and do some hunting on the Athi Plains. We took a ride in a good trains on
Saturday, got off at Stony Athi station and walked out on to the Masai plains. We slept under the stars, shot an impala,
quartered it and lugged the carcase back to Nicholson House on the Monday, where we fed the house on barbequed venison and
converted the remains into biltong. What a weekend that was!
Since leaving school:
1957 - Kenya Regiment Training Centre - Lanet
1957/8 - One year Admin. course at Exeter University
1959/60 - One year teaching in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1961-64 - Served in the BSAP (Police Force), Southern Rhodesia
1964-68 - Tea farming in Nandi Hills, Kenya
1969-Present - Tourism in Kenya. Formed my own company Safaris Unlimited (Africa) Ltd in 1971, specialising in
adventure camping safaris and long distance horseback safaris across Masailand. My son Gordon now runs this family
business based in Langata, Nairobi, whilst I am chairman. In 2003 my wife Susie and I moved out to
Longonot Ranch House
on 80,000 acre Kedong Ranch, Naivasha to run this colonial style ranch house as a home-stay for tourists.
(Registered - 19th June 2005)
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