Tom King taught Classics at Ardingly College for 37 years and was Housemaster of Mertens. He retired in 2002 and shortly afterwards was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. He is now in a nursing home.
The Alzheimer’s Society is one of our nominated charities for this year and the charity focus event on today focused on this cause.
The weather was fine so a picnic lunch was enjoyed with music on South Quad. Everyone (-well almost) brought their teddy bear!
There was a prize (of a special Ardingly teddy bear – currently on display in the kitchen) for each of the following categories:
· Best dressed bear
· Biggest bear
· Best poem about a bear
Bears were judged in South Quad at lunch time. Poems were submitted by e mail to Mr Lovett by the end of the day on Monday.
Andrea King, Tom’s wife, kindly agreed to describe the effects of Alzheimer’s from a personal perspective. She will be talking in Mr Lovat’s lab S8 during Tuesday (7th) lunchtime 1:45 – 2:10. You are all invited to come and learn about what Alzheimer’s is, how it affects people and what can be done to help.
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