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One of the poems recited that day was a favourite of Julian’s, ‘Julian used to deliver it during his Celebration of Harold Pinter performance and often recited it casually in company. He just liked it, both the sound and the sentiment’ Quentin told us. I Know The PlaceI know the place.It is true.Everything we doCorrects the spaceBetween death and meAnd you.IN MEMORIAM Julian Sands MemorialIt was the weekend of our Centenary Festival that we received the sad confirmation that Julian’s body had been found by a hiker on Mount Baldy, California. It was so poignant that a group of Julian’s school friends had sat in the glorious sunshine that day at LWC, shared a beer and talked fondly of Julian and their time at school together.A few short weeks later we were honoured to be asked, by family and friends, to host a memorial service for Julian here at LWC. Julian was a great supporter of the school and The Lord Wandsworth Foundation. He had recently opened the newly refurbished Nadine Uppal Theatre where he delivered a wonderful speech, thanked donors and read an uplifting piece to the audience. On Saturday 11th November we welcomed around 100 of Julian’s family and friends to celebrate his life. His brother, Quentin, led the service, and the Gavin Hall was filled with happy memories, songs and poems, and a good splattering of mischievous stories! There were so many wonderful tributes, not only to Julian but to great friendships forged at LWC that have clearly spanned decades. You had a very strong sense of the wonderful person he must have been and how he made time for everyone. It was also lovely to witness the fondness and gratitude people in the room had for their former teachers (many of whom had come to pay their respect) - it is a true testament of great teaching and leadership that 50 years on they are still so revered by their pupils. We heard how Julian truly valued the chance he was given via the LWC Foundation - both his education and the opportunities that followed. Because of this, his family and friends felt it would be fitting for any contributions given in his memory to go towards supporting the education of Foundationers at LWC.One Sternian guest wrote afterwards ‘I was particularly pleased to reconnect with Quentin and other classmates from the year of ‘78. As we chatted about Julian, I was struck by how our shared experiences and memories of Julian bridged the years. The experience has prompted me to join LWC Connect and learn more about the school’.We hope Julian would have been very happy indeed, knowing he was bringing together such a wonderful crowd of people and we suspect his only regret would have been that he wasn’t there with us all. RIP JULIAN (1976, SCHOOL, A971)41