PERSONALIA
PERSONALIA NEWS
PRE - 1980
Adrian Edmondson (69-75) appeared in the ITV
drama Cheat starring Katherine Kelly and Molly
Windsor, which was aired in March. Last year he
wrote a new children’s book called Junkyard Jack and
the Horse That Talked which was published by Puffin
Books. In June, Adrian joined the cast of Eastenders
as Daniel Cook, a fellow cancer patient of Jean Slater
(Gillian Wright) who she meets in hospital during a
chemotherapy appointment.
Bentley Glennie (64-68) was one of thousands
of pipers around the world to play When the
Battle’s O’er at 06:00hrs on Sunday 11 November
to mark the centenary of the guns falling silent at
the end of the First World War. Bentley took up the
Northumbrian pipes in the early ‘90s after taking
some time deciding which instrument to go for. He
said: “After hearing acclaimed piper Kathryn Tickell
play that was it! My music teacher at school was
Sefton Cottom but bagpipes were definitely not on
the syllabus!” Bentley played his piece at the Royal
Air Force Memorial on Pocklington Airfield.
David Hoggard (64-71) has been working on sales
management, training and coaching projects since
2000 as a Business Development Manager, mainly
in IT and other technologies. In between projects,
he wrote and published his first novel in September
2017 entitled Lucky for Some. The story revolves
around 9/11 and a courier, Joe, who unbeknown to
his employer escapes the devastation and decides
to stay dead and run, taking with him the valuable
consignment he was sent to New York to deliver.
Locations in the novel include London, New York,
San Francisco, Miami, the Caymans and more; mostly
places where David’s work has taken him. David’s
second novel was published in September 2019.
Suddenly, Katya is a contemporary novel, mostly
set in London and Yorkshire, and tells of a young
Ukrainian woman, Katya, who flees the conflict in
eastern Ukraine in pursuit of a local gangster who
has brutally murdered her family. The narrator is
a businessman who happens to give her a lift, and
the novel describes their mutual entanglement and
burgeoning relationship. Both books are available on
Kindle as an e-book download or a print-on-demand
paperback via Amazon. As David approaches
retirement, he is keen to make writing his main
occupation and plans to publish more novels in the
future. Watch this space!
John Marshall (64-70) brought his fully
restored WW1 Thorneycroft lorry to school on
Remembrance Sunday to help mark the 100th
anniversary of Armistice Day and pay tribute to the
soldiers, including Old Pocklingtonians, who died
in battle. Following the Boarders’ Remembrance
Service, the pupils were able to inspect the original
1913 WW1 Thorneycroft truck, renovated by John
after he discovered it in a farmyard. The lorry, which
was used to carry ammunition to the British Army in
France, is now in pristine condition. In the afternoon,
the Thorneycroft driven by John led Pocklington’s
town Remembrance Parade, followed by the
school’s Combined Cadet Force, led by Officer
Commanding CCF, Sam Cheadle.
Tom Mellor (70-78) has won the Guild of
Fine Food’s Great Taste Award for his Wold Top
Brewery’s Marmalade Porter, a gluten-free beer.
The brewery was founded in 2003 and is located
on the Mellor family farm at Hunmanby Grange. The
team brew around 26,000 litres of beer a week in
a bespoke brew-plant and use home-grown barley
and water from the farm’s borehole to create a wide
range of beers.
Julian Morgan (68-76) launched a new book of
puzzles to test people’s knowledge of York. Entitled
City of York Puzzles the book includes 50 assorted
crosswords and word games of various types.
Published in April 2019, it is the fifth Yorkshire-
themed puzzle book to be written by Julian. As well
as the puzzle books, he has published a collection of
poems, written his own Latin course and developed
a range of online resources, books and software for
teachers and students of Classics in schools and
universities. Julian’s interest in Classics was inspired
by his teacher, James Eggleshaw, who taught him at
Pocklington School.
1980 - 1989
David Broadley (70-80) is the Assistant Grand
Director of Ceremonies of the United Grand Lodge
of England. This is a key position which involves
arranging special events in the masonic world and
takes him to many different cities in the UK. He says
he is honoured to have been appointed to Grand
Lodge; having an active role down in London was
way beyond anything he expected and has been a
great honour and a privilege. David is also Provincial
Director of Ceremonies for the Province of York
North and East Ridings. David has a keen interest in
rugby and has been influential at Wensleydale RUFC
where after finishing playing he held the position of
Chairman for 19 years and is now the President.
The club was promoted to Yorkshire 2 this season.
His love of rugby started at Pocklington School and
his involvement at Wensleydale has been his way of
giving back something to the game that he got so
much from.
Patrick Harrison (80-86) chose Florida over
North London for his university experience after his
time at Pocklington; a decision that changed his life.
He is now Chief Marketing Officer for Visit Tampa
Bay in Tampa, Florida where he spearheaded their
first major international campaigns and revamped all
domestic marketing. As a result, Visit Tampa Bay has
now joined the ranks of Hit Impact Tourism (HIT)
Counties in Florida and Patrick has been honoured
with over 25 US and international marketing and
public relations awards.
Before joining Visit Tampa Bay, he spent over 25 years
at advertising and PR agencies in Florida and the UK
working with small and large clients in a multitude of
industries, but with a focus on tourism and hospitality.
He holds a master’s degree in Communications and
Propaganda from the University of Leeds as well as a
bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida. He
is co-chair of the Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation
Society, board member at the Eric Freidheim Tourism
Institute (University of Florida), board member of
the Florida Association of Destination Marketing
Organizations (FADMO), judge at the prestigious
Adrian Awards, past president Tampa Bay chapter
of the Public Relations Society of America and past
president of Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful.
He also acts as spokesperson for Visit Tampa Bay and
is a regular speaker at universities and other groups.
Andy Robinson (70-78) gave a sport-themed
symposium talk entitled Whilst Age is only a Number,
Experience still Counts to sixth form students at
Pocklington School in December. Having competed
in the European Masters Rowing Championships
in Germany and World Masters Championships
in Slovenia, he then completed two long-distance
cross-country ski races in the Czech Republic and
Switzerland, and an indoor rowing marathon in
Finland. He plans to compete in the cross-country
events at the Winter World Masters Games in
Austria in 2020.
Richard Sutton (81-88) took part in the 2018
national 100km race in Greece for a second time
(he first ran it in 2017). Despite the miserable
conditions of cold, rain and strong winds, he
improved his performance, finishing 13th overall
in 9 hours 48 minutes. This was 53 minutes faster
than the previous year and under his target time
of 10 hours for completing the race. It is also a
spartathlon qualifying time if he decides to take his
running to this level. Commenting on the race, he
said: “At the end I was completely exhausted and
couldn’t stand without having something to hold
onto while struggling to hold a conversation in a
meaningful way. A bowl of hot soup soon made
things better and I was free of aches and pains the
following day.”
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