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FAMILY

UPDATED August 2006

We continue to live in Oxford, U.K. 

Gilli is now working part time as assistant manager in the Fairtrade shop in St. Michaels, Oxford. She really enjoys this, and we are all becoming much more aware of the need for fairly-traded goods.

Adrian (29 yrs) is still with us in Oxford, planning to add plumbing skills to motor mechanics. He currently works for a building safety firm, and is sometimes one of those white van man drivers! He has a steady Croatian girl friend, Jelena.

Anna (25 yrs) is working towards finishing  her Ph.D. in neuroscience at Cambridge. She was married in January 2006 to Daniel - a graphic designer, singer and assistant pastor at a church where they live in Cambridge. 

Esther (23) graduated from Southampton University in social anthropology and is now taking a Post Graduate Course in Education - to work with small children. Has a very steady boyfriend - Dave. She is also with us in Oxford.

Nicholas (19)  will be soon finishing his apprenticeship as a chef at Mansfield College in Oxford. Has plans to do some further education. Still has the fastest computer in the house!

So - full house - but Anna has flown the nest!

The family coat-of-arms at the top of this page is our own creation, just for fun! Proper heraldry rules have not been followed. The central cross and fish symbol represent our Christian faith at the centre of our lives. Gilli and I are both Pisces. The leaf symbol (forming half the fish), the pine cone and needles represent my profession and seed specialisation in forestry. The central white cross on a red square and four gilliflowers represent Gilli's Swiss origins and our four children.