DID ANYONE MEET........................

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:49 pm

..........A guy called Tim Staples at Housey ??

He arrived as a pupil at Horsham around the mid 60's.

He went on to become a teacher, and was in fact, head of year for BOTH our daughters at their secondary school in Dorking.

Sadly, he died very young.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:27 am

I guess this was F T Staples (CB 1962-70), who was based in Dorking according to Who's Blue 1997. Don't recall him personally, though I remember the name.

Sad news though. His death was never reported in The Blue as far as I can establish.

AKAP · Post by **AKAP** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:05 pm

The name does ring a bell. Quiet a loud one.
Is he in any of the photos that Ray Day put up.
I just can't put a face to the name.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:10 pm

I didn't expect any response to my original question.

I don't have any house photo's of Tim, but as he was Head of Year at (what was then), Sondes Place School, Dorking, to both our daughters, I'll borrow their school year books and see if I can find a photo in one of them and scan it.

(memo to John:- 'Talk to daughters at weekend'.)

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:21 pm

AKAP wrote:The name does ring a bell. Quiet a loud one.
Is he in any of the photos that Ray Day put up.
I just can't put a face to the name.

Jeremy Staples was a contemporary of ours. Tim may have been an older brother?

AKAP · Post by **AKAP** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:24 pm

Thanks.
Makes a bit more sense now.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:35 pm

Mid A 15 wrote:
AKAP wrote:The name does ring a bell. Quiet a loud one.
Is he in any of the photos that Ray Day put up.
I just can't put a face to the name.
Jeremy Staples was a contemporary of ours. Tim may have been an older brother?

I can't remember Tim ever mentioning a brother to me.

Incidently, we attended 'The Retreat' together, the year before he died.

I'm sure any Bax Castle regulars, (un-officially, of course), during his latter years would have met him. He was a dedicated real-ale man, and a pipe smoker, though I doubt during his CH years.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:34 am

UPDATE !

Spent yesterday afternoon with daughters and Grand-Kids at Dorkings brilliant victory against Christchurch in the FA Vase.

However............... I now have in my possession, three Sondes Place School year-books, with photo's of the late Tim Staples, including one of him in Housey uniform.

Here are the links:

http://www.chforum.com/pictures/TimStaplesMid60s.jpg
Tim in Housey uniform, mid to late 60's.

http://www.chforum.com/pictures/TimStaples1991b.jpg
Tim, taken around 1990-1991

http://www.chforum.com/pictures/TimStaples1991.jpg
Tim, taken at Sondes Place School 1991, not long before his untimely death.

Ring any bells with anyone ?