{"id":245,"date":"2016-04-08T16:27:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T15:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar1966\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:16:28","slug":"catch-up-with-jeremy-cooper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/?page_id=245","title":{"rendered":"Catch-up with Jeremy Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/JC_portrait-_Bill_Gordon-227x300.png\" alt=\"JC_portrait _Bill_Gordon\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/JC_portrait-_Bill_Gordon-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/JC_portrait-_Bill_Gordon.png 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I spent an extra two terms at Carisbrooke Grammar, leaving in 1967 after re-sitting some A-levels.<\/li>\n<li>(I discovered a few years ago that I am officially still at school as my leaving was never recorded!).<\/li>\n<li>Became a Southern Vectis bus conductor for the Summer season.<\/li>\n<li>Went to Keele University and read International Relations (and carried on being a bus conductor every Summer).<\/li>\n<li>Worked at the BBC radio as a Studio Manager at Bush House and Broadcasting House.<\/li>\n<li>Spent a year studying the economics of European integration at the College of Europe in Bruges.<\/li>\n<li>Spent four years teaching at the College of Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Returned to the BBC as a producer at the Open University.<\/li>\n<li>Retired as early as possible in 1999.<\/li>\n<li>Freelanced as a videographer, video editor, web designer, entertainer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wethree.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.wethree.org.uk)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Now gradually easing off on all paid work.<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliomedia.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oliomedia.co.uk<\/a> for my professional website.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m a keen photographer: see my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliophoto.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oliophoto<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blipfoto.com\/oliophoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blipfoto<\/a>\u00a0websites.<\/li>\n<li>I have two daughters by my first marriage &#8211; one lives in Scotland, the other in Australia, with my two grandsons.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m married now to Barbara. We live in Milton Keynes.<\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t make it to the reunion, but I&#8217;ll be on the Island in August and hope to meet up with Carol and a few others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:jeremy@oliomedia.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Email me<\/a><\/strong> with your own <em>Catching up!<\/em> text and photo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent an extra two terms at Carisbrooke Grammar, leaving in 1967 after re-sitting some A-levels. (I discovered a few years ago that I am officially still at school as my leaving was never recorded!). Became a Southern Vectis bus &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/?page_id=245\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Catch-up with Jeremy Cooper<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1096,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/CarisbrookeGrammar-1966\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}