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2 The Link Magazine • May 2003
Parent teacher friendship turns into playground romance
When popular Westlea School teacher Clive Hellawell jokingly pinched a chocolate cup cake from the lunch box of one of his pupils over
a year ago, little did the 37 year old bachelor know of the train of events that would lead to him marrying the cook.
Emma Russell, 9, im Emma was away with her
mediately told her grandparents when her mum
mum Julie how much — told her she was going out
her teacher liked her with Clive. Her reaction was,
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However it was not r Now the strangeness of the
until 24 May last year r , idea has worn off Emma is
when both Julie and keen on the fl ,;:__
Clive were involved in I a good teacher and I think
the school PTA " he'll be a good dad." -
fundraising auction Four year old Harry is keen
evening that they got fJ on the prospect of having the
talking and discovered r coach of Westlea School's
their common interests, J football team in the family. "I
and the coincidences in think Clive is fun; he's a good
theirbackground. y' k' rfootballer."
"I'd always liked i ; Eighty people attended
Clive. He's a good :. Julie and Clive's wedding on
teacher and had given - -- 12 April before the couple jet-
Emma stability in her Clime and Julie with Emma and Harry ted off for two weeks in the
school life when things Maldives over Easter. EventPhoto 0800 9154187
were difficult for us. He has an Clive said he had been quite —
excellent relationship with the chil- happy as a single bloke but admits
dren in his class and their parents," to being swept off his feet."We're North Pole race dream set back
said Julie. both very involved in school Norman Butler's hope of taking part in the first ever race to the
"I like baking and they say the fundraising activities and found
way to a man's heart is through his that we could relate on so many Magnetic North Pole fell apart just before he was due to depart for
Canada on 2 April, when he decided to pull out due to a shortfall in
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stomach, so I was quite pleased to levels. Apparently I used to teach
learn he was partial to cake, espe- Julie's cousins at a school in Read- sponsorship.
cially chocolate fudge. Iwasn't look- ing though they can't remember. It I Over the last six months Nor- valuable experience and good ad-
ing for another partner but Clive took me about two weeks to work man, from Westlea, well known vice which I am still keen to use on
and I got on so well at the auction up the courage to propose to Julie for rowing the Atlantic in his self a future expedition."
and thesocialeventafterwardsthat and it was fantastic when she ac- built boat the Spirit of Swindon in
I suggested we go out for a drink." cepted." late 2001, had carried out intensive
research into the project and
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