Peter Ballard 1965 |
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Very kindly taught me Biology after school hours, and is therefore a prime candidate for thanks in getting me where I am now. He left teaching for a career in a recording studio |
Chapman |
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English. An odd man. Once he was wandering down the corridore outside a lesson of Mr Measday, when he picked a fight with a boy at the back of the class. They ended up brawling on the floor. Mr Measday appeared to ignore them, though I am not sure that Mr Westaway ignored the incident. |
Valerie Dodds 1962 |
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English. No memories, though I think she may have been an attractive young lady.... |
John Gower 1961- |
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Woodwork. Had an inconsistent approach to his pupils. One week he would accept things that the next week he would blow his top about. |
Mrs Gower |
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Cookery. Wife of the woodwork teacher. I know nothing about her because these were the days of rigid sex stereotyping, woodwork, metalwork and football for boys, cooking, typing and netball for girls. |
R Joy 1960 |
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Gardening. No memories except that I really enjoyed these lessons. |
Victor Measday |
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Maths and Technical Drawing. He also had responsibility for hearing pupils when they were to read the morning lesson from the bible. He liked The Supremes. He had a rather odd sense of humour, which included whacking boys around the legs with flexi-curves when they were taking more interest in netball matches than his technical drawing lessons. He became my hero because he believed I was capable of far more than I ever did. Unfortunately he gave up on me in the 6th form, I know not why. |
Valerie Salter |
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Deputy Head. Religious Knowledge. Like the headmaster was fairly unflappable. Disapproval was more likely to be shown by a disdainful look down the nose than by a raised voice. |
Leonard Tozer 1961-62 |
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PE. Rather too fond of his slipper, but allowed the members of his form some self expression. It is probably significant that it is his form I have photographs of. |
Jean Rook 1960-62 |
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PE. Was there for at least two years. I think she left to get married. |
G Westaway |
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Headmaster. Amazingly optimistic outlook, I cannot remember him losing his cool. |
R Wilkinson |
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Geography. I was in his form for a year and can remember virtually nothing about him. Walkies with Wilkies springs to mind, which would suggest field trips and the like, but I cannot remember any. |
Brian Wilson |
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English. On arrival at the school, this man had a reputation of being a pupil slayer. I think he must have mellowed, although he was pretty scathing about at least one of my attempts, and made us sweat blood learning a poem by Masefield, salt caked smoke stacks and all. He may have left before I did. |
Wray |
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Science. He could not smell gas, which made using bunsen burners interesting. His party piece one open day was to have a tap suspended in the air with water running from it. It was very impressive, as was his demonstration of air pressure using an empty oil can with a little boiling water in it. |
Young |
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Science. Quite a pleasant man, but an absolutely hopeless teacher. |