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tRIPLE wIN If you are interested in finding out more about Keele’s award- winning venue, then log onto: www.keele-conference.com email enq@conf.keele.ac.uk or call 01782 584023. i: Lord Warner opens Medical School Building NEw hEaD FOR mEDIcaL SchOOL a LEgEND Honouring K EELE University awarded honorary degrees to legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks OBE and former Pro-Chancellor Anthony Wood at its winter graduation ceremonies. World Cup hero Gordon Banks – made doctor of the University in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sport and charity work – played 73 times for england, was a League Cup winner with stoke City and Leicester City, appeared in two Fa Cup Finals, was awarded the OBe in 1970 and was named Footballer of the Year in 1972. However, his career was cut short when, in October of that year, he was involved in a road accident and lost the sight in his right eye. He had played 510 league games. away from football, he has raised thousands of pounds for charity, particularly for the children’s cancer ward at the University Hospital of north staffordshire. at the ceremony University secretary and registrar simon Morris said: “Gordon Banks is the epitome of the successful sports star who played football for the enjoyment of the game and has, throughout his life, been an inspiration to many. It is the combination of achievement of the highest quality and commitment beyond self that we honour today.” Former president of the British Ceramic Confederation, anthony Wood was also made doctor of the University, in recognition of his outstanding service to Keele. His links with the University go back to 1985 when he became the founding Chair of the Keele Concerts society. In 1996 he was appointed deputy pro-Chancellor, served as pro-Chancellor from 2004 to 2005, and has served on and chaired a number of committees, as well as being a member of Court and Council. Vice Chancellor professor Janet Finch said at the ceremony: “His commitment to Keele has been outstanding and founded on his enormous respect for the academic work of a University like this and for the precious resource which we represent in the local area. He is a true friend to Keele.” “It is the combination of achievement of the highest quality and commitment beyond self that we honour today.”
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services were first held in the Library reading room at Keele Hall, and within a few weeks a large army nissen hut on the campus was prepared for services n
architect for a permanent chapel in 1958, and a chapel appeal fund was launched in 1960
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the original plans show a chapel faced with sandstone, but the gift of bricks of the University’s choice from the Berry Hill Brick Company resulted in the Chapel being built in a striking blue staffordshire brick.
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It is three chapels under one roof, and was given Grade II listed status by english Heritage in 1998
the Chapel was dedicated on 1 december 1965, in the presence of the Queen Mother and princess Margaret, the University’s Chancellor n
Lennard-Jones, the second principal of the University College of north staffordshire, as Keele was once known n
Winter and summer degree congregations have been held in the Chapel since 1996, and since the early 1980s it has been used for final examinations. “I camE to Keele as a believer, but the experience of God there deepened my spiritual commitment. the challenges and questions in the Foundation Course led to me re- evaluating what I believed, and in the final analysis believing more strongly. the belief and the strength of Christians in Keele is not there in a building, but there in people’s lives, for eternity.” Jean Vann (Fenwick) (1964 English/Geography) “I N around 1964, the BBC banned the hit song Leader of the pack by the shangri-Las. there used to be a sunday radio broadcast of a church service on location, and Keele was chosen one particular week – coinciding with the death of Winston Churchill. someone rigged up a record player in the lighting staging high on stage in the Walter Moberly building (where services were held before the Chapel was built) and Leader of the pack went on at full volume about halfway through the broadcast. University officials were running around in a panic trying to find the source of the sound. eventually they figured out it was coming from backstage and raced up the ladder to turn it off. too good a prank to keep quiet and the student was expelled. those were the days.”
concert of the new Chapel organ. the organ was the dreamchild of George pratt, then director of Music and a superb organist himself. Lionel rogg, one of the best organists of the time, performed the recital. It was the first and only time I have ever heard a Bach fugue played so that it sounded as if the four voices were four separate musicians – absolute magic.”
roll for the Chapel. It was an illuminated sheet where the names of babies christened in the Chapel were to be recorded. I have no idea how many babies have been born at Keele and christened in the Chapel since those days, but I expect the sheet was filled many years ago now. I always think how the Chapel exterior suggested it was a dark and cold place whereas inside it was welcoming and warm.” Connie Robertson (1970 English/French) “m y fondest memory of the Chapel was the memorial service for a student who had died in a cycling accident. as there were so many people, we moved from the small chapel to the main chapel and then had to open up the internal doors, fill the vestibule and some of the courtyard outside. What a witness to how she was regarded. I also think this reflects one of the things I loved about Keele – being a tight-knit, campus University many of us had an enormous circle of friends.”
sheer architectural presence of the Keele chapel. somehow, with its slab-sided contours, narrow windows and huge cylindrical silos, it always seemed to me alien: a spaceship which had landed in the green fields, a massive and forbidding dull gunmetal-grey presence beside the warm brickwork of the Moberly building, its bulk casting a dark looming shadow over the nearby huts and offices. and yet I suppose the buildings, like those who passed through them over the years, embody the diversity and the contradictions of the place.”
the situation during the days of student politics and revolution. He chose to do this by climbing onto the Chapel roof one night and unfurling yards of paper so that the word ‘CaFÉ’ was spelled out. the ‘sign’ was duly photographed and appeared in the University paper. Magically, it became apparent to all that it was a joke, and good order and tolerance started to return to campus life... and some were left wondering if it was only a coincidence that it was the roof of the Chapel that was instrumental in bringing peace to a potentially nasty breakdown in communications.” Dave Garry (1973 Geology/Physics) “t hE chapel remains deep in my affections as I produced both Murder in the Cathedral (1971) and Macbeth (1973) there. the most vivid memories of Macbeth are of the final performance when steve tingle, playing the first murderer, managed to get his knife stuck in his cloak and then into his leg while trying to murder Banquo. He had to go off to hospital for treatment and it was left to me as the director to rush off to the drama hut to cobble together a costume and get back to play a lowly messenger. the entire cast gathered in great eagerness to watch me being enthusiastically kicked down the stairs by Macbeth.” Nick Baggott (1974 French/English) “I N the throes of the aftermath of a tragic love affair I found myself one night in the Chapel, seated at the organ and opening a favourite book of Bach fugues. I was getting a bit worked up and the stops were coming out – the atmosphere in the dark, empty chapel was vibrant. Just as I got to the end the Chapel doors were flung open and in stormed a couple of the campus security guards. they’d apparently been getting calls from the staff houses because their windows were shaking!”
made very regular visits to the Chapel. Being on-campus, we were subjected to hard toilet paper in the Halls and in the Library. the Chapel, however, provided soft toilet paper. I recall well that at the time many woman undergraduates carried their own supply with them at all times. We men, of course, could not risk a challenge to our macho-ness by doing so. My strategic visits to the Chapel allowed image to be maintained while at the same time preserving the delicacy of the posterior. It was also very impressive to announce, “I’m just off to the Chapel for a few moments”, if parents were around. especially so, of course, because one’s closer friends knew what this code meant.” Ian Neal (1979 Psychology/Biology) “m y association with the Chapel concluded on the last day of my finals exams. the tradition was for friends to greet you outside with shaving foam pies and champagne. I was so excited by the prospect I ran out, tripped over the step and skinned both my knees. My moment of exam glory, and I’m crawling away from the Chapel on all fours, laughing.”
married in 1996 (both Keele graduates – stuart and Helen ross) and where I first met my now husband – you could say it was love at first sight across the aisle. I have fond memories and much to thank Keele Chapel for!” Claire Ross (Cavanagh) (1996 Law/Criminology) w hEthER you attended services or concerts or only set foot in there for exams and graduation, Keele’s Chapel is a familiar sight to all on campus. While the earliest students convened in nissen huts, Keelites from the mid-1960s had their own purpose-built place of worship, dedicated on 1 december 1965. Former students and staff returned to the Chapel for the 40th anniversary celebrations, which included a special service of thanksgiving – preached by the Most reverend Vincent nichols, the archbishop of Birmingham, and broadcast by BBC radio stoke – a display of the Chapel’s history and a concert. the day was rounded off by dinner in Keele Hall. Free Church chaplain ruth Maxey said: “the anniversary service showed the shift to the ecumenical nature of Keele – we had two Orthodox clergy, the roman Catholic archbishop preached and all the chaplains offered the blessing. It was very symbolic of how things have changed. “the Chapel is a real community, and is very diverse – there is a broad theological and liturgical experience. people come from their own denominations and are able to learn about each other. It’s a real family.” est .
1965 Thank you to all who submitted their memories of Keele’s Chapel. Due to an overwhelming response, only a selection are printed here. See the website
to read all the memories. a D v D s ho w in g c ha pe l l if e p as t a nd p re se nt , m ad e fo r t he 4 0t h a nn iv er sa ry c el eb ra ti on s by c ur re nt s tu de nt a nd y w hi te he ad , i s a va ila bl e fo r £ 5. S en d c he qu es p ay ab le t o K ee le u ni ve rs it y (c ha pe l) t o th e c ha pl ai nc y a ss is ta nt , t he c ha pe l, K ee le u ni ve rs it y, S ta ffo rd sh ir e S t5 5 bg . i: Th an ks t o Ke el e: T he F ir st F if ty Y ea rs , b y J M Ko lb er t, pu bl is he d by M el an dr iu m B oo ks . Celebrating 40 years of the Chapel “I t w as v er y sy m bo lic
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Back in the summer of 1966
“h ONEy was the bible of teenage fashion and cool and could be purchased for the princely sum of two shillings. We were photographed in the summer of 1966 for publication in October, and twiggy made her first front cover appearance in that issue. “the mid-sixties was the era of mini-skirts, berets, boots, pVC and fake fur coats and these were the outfits we were asked to wear – not the normal student garb. the first shot was outside the Union shop and I wore a Mary Quant suit, with audrey Wright in fetching dungarees. there were several takes for the line-up on the lawn outside Keele Hall and there was much laughter and quite an audience from the senior Common room! “We all witnessed Barbara and audrey being photographed in their incredible hairpieces and jewelled false eyelashes for the party scene. It took ages to get the required result. “I am still in touch with Barbara whom I met on my first day at Keele as we shared a hut by the Library and I still have one battered copy of Honey – it causes much mirth in my family especially with my teenage daughters. after Keele I worked at the BBC, on newspapers and in public relations. after I married in 1986 and produced three children in a year, I had a break and now work part-time for the local schools in Wiltshire and as a tourist guide in salisbury.” “the team from Honey magazine came to Keele in early summer 1966. the shoot lasted two days and we were paid £2 for each photo that was published in the article – so I got £6! “there was a huge amount of hanging around waiting to be made up. they brought all the clothes with them and I certainly would not have chosen to wear what I was asked to model! “audrey and I were particularly subjected to derision from fellow students who were watching the ‘party’ scene with the Keele band. We were wearing false hairpieces, false eyelashes and what seemed to us to be cocktail dresses. no way would we have gone to a party dressed like that. Fortunately all this happened just before the end of term so the spotlight didn’t last too long. However, when the magazine came out in the October we were pretty horrified to see the title and we got some stick from people about that! now I see it as a fun thing to have done and the article has given lots of people much amusement at my expense – especially my children! “Keele was a great opportunity to spend four years with some wonderful people, including my husband John whom I met there nearly 40 years ago. I’m now a lay magistrate in the London Family and Youth Courts and do other voluntary work in and around dulwich where we have lived for the last 30 years.” F ORty years ago this year Honey magazine visited Keele’s campus and spoke to some of the University’s brightest and most beautiful female students about studying, socialising and sixties style. forever:keele catches up with three of the ‘Brain Bunnies’ to find out more. award-winning novelist Marina Lewycka (1968 philosophy/english) says she can’t remember much about how she came to be a “Brain Bunny” but she certainly has fond memories of Keele. the author, whose first published novel a short History of tractors in Ukrainian beat the likes of terry pratchett to a comic fiction prize at Hay Literary Festival, lived in Horwood Hall and later rented a farm cottage in Madeley with friends. “One of the reasons I came to Keele was because there were sheep grazing around the students’ Union building,” says the 59-year-old, who teaches pr and journalism at sheffield Hallam University. “It was so beautiful and idyllic and rural. “We were here for the student uprising in 1968 – the main protest was to get a condom machine installed. We occupied the registry and got out our files. despite all this I was very hard working and took studying very seriously. I loved the Foundation Year – I couldn’t have written a book about tractors if I hadn’t done that. It gave me confidence in science.” although a short History… was shortlisted for the Orange prize for Fiction, longlisted for the Man Booker prize and won the saga prize for writers over 50, the title initially bamboozled critics and readers, leading amazon to classify it under ‘agricultural machinery’ rather than fiction. In fact it is a comic novel about an elderly Ukrainian widower in england and his two feuding daughters. Her untitled first novel was written entirely in longhand and the second was rejected by a number of publishers, leading Marina, who was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, to “give up on fiction”. Instead she wrote books on caring for age Concern, and took a creative writing course. “It’s not so much about what they teach you – my book was substantially the same – but that was where I met my agent,” she says. “a lot of it is about ‘who you know’. If I’d sent my manuscript in ‘cold’, it would probably never have been published. “I certainly couldn’t have written this book when I was younger. When I was younger my books were very angst-ridden and never got published – I’ve got jollier in myself as the years have passed. I definitely won’t be releasing the old ones, they’re not relevant any more.” But having wanted to be a published author for so long, is it how she imagined it? “It’s very difficult once you actually become an author – you have much less time for writing! It’s all about trekking round to literary festivals and drinks events – it’s very tiring and fills your brain up with useless stuff. “But I am pleased it’s happened – I can’t complain. It’s just not quite how I expected it would be.”
“It’s very difficult once you actually become an author – you have much less time for writing!” G eo
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