Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College was formed in 1979 from the amalgamation of Hove Grammar School for Boys, Knoll Boys School, and Nevill County Secondary School.
Name
Attended
Current Information
Frank Langley
Hove Grammar 1941 - 1947
Lived in Sydney, Australia since 1962. Graduated at Sydney Univ, and became Language teacher. Retired in 1989.
Benito Bruno Stratta (Ben)
Hove Grammar 1943 - 1948
I played senior football for Southwick in the Sussex County League from 1954-1961 and then for Hove County Old Boys. l spent 33years with Seeboard as an Administration Assistant before taking early retirement in 1992.
Maurice Arundel
Hove Grammar 1944 - 1950
Emigrated to Australia after several years in MoD. After 3 years at Woomera moved to Canberra in 1970, where I have lived ever since. Retired in 1997 after 5 years as Principal Advisor to Chief Defence Scientist for Space and Intelligence Issues.
Barry Solly
Hove Grammar 1951 - 1958
Lived in Scandinavia since 1963
Raphael Szynowski
Hove Grammar 1965 - 1972
Went to Leeds University, now working in the Civil Service
William Keeping
Hove Grammar 1967 - 1974
Living in Berkshire, working for Citibank since 1985
Leroy Corney
Knoll Boys School 1969
Andy Trott
Nevill County 1969 - 1975
American Express (Risk Management). Now disabled with fractured spine
Sue Law
Nevill County Sec 1971 - 1978
Now Sue Rogers
Tim Willson
Hove Grammar 1973 - 1980
Living in Durham, North Carolina. Director of Throughput Chemistry with GlaxoSmithKline. Married to Marta.
Terry Darby
Knoll Boys School 1974 - 1980
Living in Cornwall
Tim Wareham
Hove Grammar
1974 - 1981
Living nr. St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Has 2 children and works as a Business Writer with Optum, a health care services company
Kevin Ward
1975 - 1979
Photographic shop owner in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. Married with 3 children.
Brian Perkins
1979 - 1983
IT professional in New Jersey, USA. Married with 2 children
Yusuf Desai
1979 - 1983
Network Engineer
Fletcher Ng
1979 - 1984
Asia Pacific IT manager for a multinational in Hong Kong
Rebecca Shoesmith
1980 - 1984
Studying for History Masters at Sussex Univ
Ivan Lyons
1980 - 1985
Living in Hove, often seen running near the school. If I fail to represent Brighton in the 2012 Olympics will continue my day job as an Independent Financial Adviser.
Chris Pelka
1980 - 1985
now married to Adrian Burton,with 3 yr old son Jack. RGN in Yorkshire.
Amanda Glinsman
1982 - 1987
Working in Finance and Logistics for perfume company in London
Paul Blagay
1982 - 1987
CEO Outcast Entertainment LLC, Utah
Stephen Lyons
1982 - 1987
Living in Haifa, Israel. Married with 2 children. Teacher of English as a foreign language
Elitsur Yaniv
1985 - 1987
Studying Biology at Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Nick Packham
1985 - 1992
Community Support Officer, and Travel Presenter for Passion Radio
Laurence Rickard
1986 - 1993
Writer/Performer/Producer of TV comedy for Sky and Channel 4
Jay Jackson
1986 - 1994
Presenter Juice 107.2 FM
Matt Rosine
1989 - 1994
Founder & Director of the Windy City Wanderers FC, Chicago's largest adult football Club
Robyn Schonhofer
1988 - 1995
Newsreader with Virgin Radio
Dan Towner
1988 - 1995
Married and living in Bristol. Working for microprocessor design company in Bath
Kevin Lawton
1990 - 1995
MD of Trustco plc (IT Solutions)
Emma Ward
1990 - 1998
Graduated at Brighton Univ, now living in London, lecturing at Kensington & Chelsea College
Jessica Taylor
1991 - 1996
Working at Caffyns, Worthing. Baby son called Bradley
Abi Aicken
1991 - 1996
Working in IT industry. Baby daughter called Bayli.
Clare Rose
1993 - 1997
Working with disabled children in Social Services, Birmingham
Michael Standing
1993 - 1997
Pro footballer with Bradford City FC
Natalie French
1993 - 1998
Living in Wales with daughter Tiegan. Works as aux nurse at UHW, Cardiff
Emma Groves
1993 - 1998
Working at American Express. Married in May 2003
Ana Monteiro Rothen
1997 - 1998
Living in Brazil, working as a lawyer. Married in 2004.
Wai-Ling Tong
1992 - 1999
Research on Sea Bass at Royal Veterinary College
David Green
1993 - 2000
Working at Kings College Hospital (Liver Unit)
Fiona McBride
1997 - 2002
Working in Human Resources, OPRA, Brighton, & attending Brighton University