Old Princethorpians

In the last issue of the Old Princethorpian we asked for some help tracking down Bruce West's friend, Patrick.

Information was sketchy to say the least, but the OPs network came up trumps with Leigh Middleton putting us right on Patrick's surname, not Hulligan but Mulligan and he even located him in London as the proprietor of the Narrow Boat pub, St Peter's Street, Islington.

Bruce was 'over the moon' according to daughter Kelly who kicked off the search and the pair are now back in touch. Thanks to Leigh for the great detective work!

Here Patrick tells us what he has been up to over the years.

Thank you for putting me back in touch with Bruce West, he and his family were extremely kind to me when I was a boarder. I was not a model student at Princethorpe hence I left when I was just 15 (pushed or jumped I'm not sure).

After 'O' and 'A' Levels I went to study Maths at Hull Uni but only for two years. I travelled for a couple of years and on my return worked various street markets in London. Then about 20 years ago I bought my first pub in North London with my uncle. Since then I have variously had up to four pubs and at this moment am just about to sell  the Narrow Boat to Youngs plc to leave me with two pubs.

I am married with a son aged 15 and daughter 19 and live in Sunningdale, Berks. In my spare time I am very keen dinghy sailor.