tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035029469212145178.post446577673685892433..comments2021-03-11T21:44:53.238-08:00Comments on Philip Blood: New Fantasy Novel Series: The Archimage Wars!Philip Blood Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10876952149987906402noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035029469212145178.post-85251434690522105572016-08-17T06:04:06.269-07:002016-08-17T06:04:06.269-07:00Some time ago you asked about a former PRS pupil c...Some time ago you asked about a former PRS pupil called Fiona Irwin. We published your letter in the summer issue of our newsletter, New Cavalier, and it brought this response:<br /><br />I knew the Irwin family when Stan, Fiona’s father, and I were on the staff of King’s School, Gütersloh, until he left in 1965, I think. A year later, when I moved to PRS, Stan was already there, as Housemaster of Rodney Boys, on the Deich, and his wife, Rachel, worked as school librarian. Stan did indeed run the school sailing club, as Philip suggests. <br /> <br />I know the Irwins were still at PRS in 1971. By then, the family had moved to Mozartstrasse, when Stan became Head of Geography in succession to Gerry Pennington.<br /> <br />After that, when we had returned to Scotland, contact became increasingly tenuous, but I know the family moved to Australia, probably some time in the ‘70s. Fiona’s younger brother, Barry, had a career in the Law, but of Fiona I remember only that she was keen on sports and a very athletic girl — that might offer an opening for further research.<br /> <br />The last I heard was the sad news, in a Newsletter a few years ago, recording Stan’s death. I have no idea of whether the family subsequently remained in Australia.<br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617840100052545824noreply@blogger.com