"I am an electron boys", "Humphey Cushion" aka "Asbestos Dust";
Robbie ALLEN
(1967)-1968
ANDERSON
?
... the "IRA"
Miss ARMITAGE
Secretary
P.F. ASHWORTH
1959- ?
D.R. ATKIN
? -1970
"Chopper" AXON
1956-1958 ?
Hopeless ... Geography ... class was a continuous riot, remembered best for the day young Cogley wrestled him off the stage in Room 36, and the day that someone set fire to the waste paper bin in front of his stationery cupboard causing severe scorching of it's door ... wet Echo ..
J.D. "Bill" BAINES
1957-1963
Room 1
Miss E.L. BAKER
(1928)-1962
Rm 19
Miss K. BAKER
(1960)
Headmaster's Secretary
Bob "Zoonie" BAPTISTE
?
maths teacher also known as "chiphead" ... Wally Owen records that "he was a pleasant enough chap but very little control. I was in Room 9 and he was in Room 10. The wall used to shake! He left and was replaced by a worse disaster , Dave Brough, who in turn was replaced by dear old Harry Toothill".
A.S.C. BARNARD
(1934)
Rm 32
"Fruity" BARTLETT
?
Geography teacher, Form master 4X that is X as in XYZ
...
was famed in 1943/4 for drawing
to the classes attention , and to a pupil Don Brown in particular
that the
answer to a question on parts of a flower was Stamen, NOT CLITORIS
as
described at which point 20% of the class were helpless with
laughter and
the other 80% of had no idea what it meant.
H. BARTLETT
(1928)
Rm 28 - Bicycles
H.M. BARNARD
?
Severe Latin teacher ... looked like Julius Caesar
Billy BAXTER
?
... "creeping Jesus" .... maths ..
H.A. BAXTER
(1928)
Rm 14, Badges & Ribbons
R. "Bobby" BELL
(1969)
Room 2 - a youngish Londoner who supported
"West 'am United" .. played for the Liobians soccer team
and liked a pint or two
D.G."Fanny" BENTLIFFE - "The Skull"
? -1965
Rm 21, Latin ... everyone whispered loudly "what's for skull
dinner" as they passed him in the corridors ...
"Chalky" - straight out of Giles ! Retired 1966
Danny BERRIGAN
?
French and Spanish - self-indulgent and ruthless, Guinness supping
and plasto-hootered, newt torturing petamaine.
Fred BILSON
1957-1962
Rm 11, Latin and History - "Vote for Fred from Birken'ead" ..
liberal politician
failed .. enthusiastic, effective and good fun teacher .. his classes
were always full of life and noisy ... but he could TEACH ...I liked him very much,
but he probably thought I was a right wally. Junior Debating Society. Fred is an
old boy and a teacher and a great
contributor to this Forum, and is happy to hear from any of the boys
email .. fbilson ? lincoln.ac.uk
Dr. H. BLACKLER
? -1945
H.E. BLUNDELL
1958-1960
Dennis "Danny" BOOTH
? -1972
Vice Principal (1957)... hence "The Viper" ... inherited the job
when "Morecum" put his cue in the rack ... dead man's shoes
... remembered through the famous Speech Night when Councilor Thorne
got up and called him a hypocrite - it was the beginning of the
comprehensive schools controversy ... also the classic "Every
time I open my mouth, some fool speaks", still quoted today, in
bars all around the world ! Danny Booth was notoriously always pelted with snow
outside the upper yard loo when we had proper snow - and fog ... highly competent administrator, his detailed command of the Liverpool-Maghull bus timetable was masterly ... at heart a gentle and fundamentally optimistic man who derived genuine satisfaction from seeing his boys 'doing well'
Frank J. BOOTE
1952-1966
Rm 33, "FJ" ... Lieutenant and ... sometime a ship foster parent ...
kept a small statue of Buddah in the cupboard by his door and when
dispensing his brand of corporal punishment, normally with a running
shoe across the arse, would issue the command: "Face the Buddah
and bend!". ... better remembered for the wonderful "No
hanky-panky with Frankie or he will spankee" ..... showed an
early disrespect for Morecum Schmidt ... Dave Headey recalls Frankie's
renowned irreverence " reading out a pompous missive from the
new-but-soon-to-depart Head and ending: "Signed
- Member of the Pharmaceutical Society" ... love it. The
running shoe (plimmy) that Frankie Boot used previously belonged to
George Harrison who presented it to him on leaving because Frankie had
used it across his arse so often. It was size 10 or 11
J.H. "Biff" BOWEN
?
Rm 44, The original model for "Major-Major" ... stamps, the Bicycle "Club", singing
and Switzerland were the only reasons for living - used his 'splodge'
patent method of hitting pupils on the backside with a 12 inch ruler -
passed away in 1966
E. BOWKER
(1952)
"Ali Bongo" BOYLE
?
Tuck Shop CEO and general cash scavenger .... he was good at this
.... but .... actually a frustrated mountaineer - got away with
reading bits out of Chris Bonnington (and others) mountaineering books
and passing them off as scripture
BRADSHAW
? -1950
Woodwork
J.N. BRADLEY
1957-1966
Rm 31, 9 ... Maths Scholarships/Exhibitions to Oxford alone one year (63 ? ) was a
state school record ... Jim Bradley - himself ex-Balliol - was largely credited
with this achievement.
G.W. BRAWN
1963- ?
Martin "Neddy" BRAYNE
1965-1969
Highly respected geography teacher, famous for his hand-rolled ink
maps, lurks here and offers colourful chronicles ...sometime rugby ref
... 1965-1969 ... lives in Chinley, Derbyshire ... happy to receive
emails mabrayne ? supanet.com
E.J. Brierley
1910-1932
Rm 30, died 1952;
Fred BRIERLEY
1951-1963
Rm 30, .. many thought him to be a "vicious" but effective maths teacher, could be quite boring, but
some lads thought he was a top teacher, and had a soft spot those
victimised by the Baz, like Billy Morton .. in charge of the School Fire Drill
... promoted to Head at the Holt Grammar, Childwall Valley
Dave BROUGH
?
Room 10 - replaced Bob the Baptist, but was a worse disaster - eventually replaced by Harry Toothill.
M. BOURDON
Lille
G.L.R. BROWN
(1928)
Rm 32
H. M. BROWN
(1928)
Rm 39
S. V. BROWN
(1928)Feb 1946 (Dec'd)
Vice Principal
Miss C. L. BRUNTON
1958-1962
School Office Assistant Secretary
S.V. BROWN
(1928)
.. vice principal and morning warmup man before sweeping entrance of
the gowned and mortar-capitalled Baz, stage right .. jeez, do you
remember that extravagant palaver and high drama ... more like the
f****ng Messiah arriving every morning ! In charge of cricket in 1928
Mrs. Bryan
? -1944
J.G. BUCKLEY
1952-
J BULLEN
.
Science, looked like Buddy Holly - before he died
Bill BULLOCK
? -1985
Bollocky Bill ... thinks he knows who supplied the colourful
material for this WWW Page
... hiya Bill !
C.J. "Ponce" BYRNE
1961- ?
Rm 16, Maths - so-named "Ponce" as a result of his rather sharp
suits and suede brothel-creepers, insisted on calling all his 'boys' by their Christian names, his great achievement in teaching
the wrong
syllabus for a whole year.
E. J. BYRNE
Maths teacher - went to States
Kathy BYRNE
French teacher, John Singleton. She took over the chess club when John left in 1972, and left herself in 1974.
R.K. CAIN
(1949)
Rm 49
J.T. CARROLL
(1969)
English teacher who was very fond of George Orwell, and managed to pass this enthusiasm to at least some of his students. Also put some bets on for us at Chester Races when the bookies wouldn’t deal direct with 14 year-old schoolboys.
CATHERALL
? -1968
C.S. CHAPMAN
(1934)
G. CHAPMAN
1946- ?
Barbara (Drozd) CHARLES
1975-1983
... remembered for the time the boys invested in watching Babs' arse
grind and wiggle, as she wrote on the board - evidently a daily event
that was consumed in silence and physical, pubescent discomfort - she
had quite a temper and once dragged Phill Melia off his seat by the
hair and pinned him to the ground by standing on his head - probably
deservedly - replaced Geoff Simmonds
J.R. CLAMP
(1969)
He was stunned by a boy who asked “Please Sir, what’s a nettle?”
Peter N. "Gunter" CLARK
(1969)-1985
German - aka "fat Hans" - used a ruler when writing, aka "Paul Newman"
R.A. CLARK
1953- ?
Phys ed instructor;
W.R.. CLARK
1961-1966
Rm 2,
P.N. CLARKE
? -1968
Rm 34
COHEN
?
Cyril CONWAY
(1960)-1962
Chem. Lab Technician
E.S. Conway
English teacher 1942.
Form master 3B 1942/3
H. B. COOKE
? -1945
Richard John COOKE
1974-1985
... email AndrewLouiseToby ? eggconnect.net ... geography, history and
outdoor pursuits ... ran his own team and invented the Football News a
rival to the Times, Guardian .. frequenter of the Cracke, Glad Ray and
Nigerian social club. aka "Borneo Bill" because of his frequent dronings on his time in the Marines, risked the lives of all on Scafell, Helvellyn
etc. Belayed Steve Moore (head boy) up Godhaborg (Iceland ice cap)
with a bootlace - never slow to tell a wanker of his true colours ...
bottle of rum in his cupboard and a Vauxhall Viva gear box on the desk
platform
L.D. COOPER
(1965)
Chemistry Lab technician
G.A. COWLEY
1960-1960
J. "Gestapo" CRESSWELL
?
... was also known as "hammy hampster" ... perhaps one of the least popular fascist bastards (according to at least one ex head-boy) the school has ever witnessed
Mrs. M.G. CRANE
1944- ?
CRETNEY
? -1948
Bill CRETNEY
?
Cretinous tail-docked Mad ManxMan - later knighted as Sir Godfrey in
a Staffordshire comprehensive
A. CROSS
1963-1964
.
S. CROUCH
? -1968
The Yellow Waistcoat
Tom CUMMINGS
1965-1974/5
Very jolly, always with a smile on his face and a cigarette
in his hand and usually smelt of the odd pint or three.
Produced lots of
school plays including "Yeoman of the guard" in
which he starred with
"Jolly" Rogers and "Billy Budd" ..
took the pm A level Latin lessons in the
War Room of "Ye Cracke". was in our production of The Yeomen of the Guard, as the hero (Colonel Fairfax) but he didn't produce it: that was H B Jones. (Tim Riley writes "I am quite sure of this as I played the heroine and had to wear Mrs Jones's wedding veil, kindly lent for the occasion.");
May have passed on about 1980
I. E. CURTIS
1947- ?
Humphrey CUSHION
?
Physics ... classical gas ... failed
David B. DAVIES
1963-1967
Music master in the early sixties - Welsh, known as "Di"
or "Diddy" progressed to the Liverpool Philharmonic as
deputy general manager
R. K. Davies
1964-1964
Rm 31,
Robert William Mervyn DAVIES
1941-1952
T.J. DAVIES
1948-1949, 1950- ?
John H. DAY
1973-985
(Max Wall) - did maths but actually had a degree in physics ...
sadly killed in a car accident near the Tunnel in late 1996
DAWSON
? -1947
Lester DAWSON
?
... keen sponsor of "Dirty" Dover Wilson ... the
original Colonel Flasheart from Black Adder
W.R. DAY
1957- ?
...
Miss K.M. DEAKIN
(1930)
Rm 27
Roy "bombhead" DENMAN
?
PE, minding the showers, bad guitar .... - his main claim to
fame in later years was that he'd work all year and save, buy lots
of bibles, take them all to Russia where the customs would
confiscate them, then come back and start all over again
Maurice"Dixie" Devereux
? -1983
Rm 37, rather grating voice and unsympathetic manner - History - - Mussolini ... followed Bert Parker as Head; others reckon that he asa damn good history teacher and a good and fair debater on current affairs. Some say that he was absolutely right in averring that engaging in European football would be disastrous for the English game..
E.P. "Dippy" DEWHURST
1954-1959
Viewed by some as a sort of gestapo-styled sadist in chief; his practice lessons for
cricketting at Southport were "intruiging" - had a
compulsive habit of beating the shit out of the kids, with his size 99 gym shoes
Terry DICKINSON
1974 -1985
Physics and Ms Molyneux ... some hilarious speculation and confusion as
to whether the appropriately named "Dicko" (whimsical
derivation unknown) was
autistic, just having a great time or permanently pissed ...
probably just "Tel" knew how to enjoy himself in
such elegant dives as the Cracke, O'Connor's the Gladray and the
Kebab House ... rumoured to be (and hated for)
getting into oooh-la-la's pants - he was possibly dreaming as much
as the boys ... "Go Dicko" !
Brian H. DOBSON
1960-
Rm 44, Motivating Latin teacher ... quite a feat ... "Dobbo"
- famed for his apoplectic rages, turning a non-Dulux shade of
purple - ran a Latin quiz in part of each lesson called "The
Ladder".
H.R. "Ken" DODD
1957-1958
G. DONALDSON
(1969)
known as 'Jock' and 'Angus'. Dour teacher of English who could single-handedly remove all pleasure or enjoyment from any work of literature. He took over Tud Jones's room and infested the place during the later 1960s, withering wit, large man with a briefcase, universally respected by pupils and teachers alike
R. J. DOUGAL
(1967)
Rm 35 - taught geography, unmemorably.
W.H. "Pop" DOUGHTY
1909-1950
Vice Principal .. claimed to have taught Arthur Askey ... now we know !!!!
P. DUFFY
(1928)
"Lates", Rm 15
Alan "Dusty" DURBAND
? 1953-1962
Rm 32, I remember him as one of the most popular masters in the school
.. a good bloke with the lads .. highly respected ... may have
became a millionaire as a result of 'translating' Shakespeare into
English ... singlehandedly raised money to support the old
Shakespeare theatre - still going strong ... remembered for giving
moving readings of "Mice and Men" while walking across a
floor laden with nitrogen tri-iodide explosive .. left on
promotion to Huyton Training College .. Willy Russell
unveiled a plaque in his memory in 1996 at the Everyman ... all-up
... a great fellow who was loved by the boys, his teacher peers
and the wider community for whom he did so much ... and sadly
missed ... lifetime friends with Jack Sweeney and James Eedle
Frank EASTHAM
1970-1985
gave the worse slipper of them all ...Latin .... plus English,
History and Games at the Inny from Jan. 1970 till closure in 1985.
ran football teams, a wargames club, played football and cricket
regularly for the staff teams, along with Wally Owen and others
... Frank can be contacted at email ... fje47 ? merseymail.com ...
sounds like a good bloke to me
W.F. "Cliff" EDGE
1950-1964
Rm 19, History, lovely man but may have found it difficult to control the wilder elements in
the U5 & L6th .. went I think to Edge Hill Training College ..
"Wiffy" ..
B.H. EDWARDS
1958-1960
Jack R. EDWARDS
1935-1961
"the Baz" ... whimsically believed to be an
enthusiastic flagellate pedagogue ... seemed to live in his own
world and be totally detached from the soul and operations of the
school ... I dunno, he certainly
inspired fear in the majority, and was presumably one of the last
great icons of his marque ... appeared to be in a constant state of a repressed fuming temper, with baleful glare, flared nostrils and thin, tightly clamped lips
... lived, if that's living, into his 90's ...
Rm 37, J. R. "Jake" EDWARDS
1952-1966
Geography .. always enjoyed his lessons - terrific - I got an
'A' level - he was pretty straight, but a man remembered inter
alia for the Fund collections every Monday morning and his
repeated plea for "those less fortunate than ourselves"
- leavers' advice at the end of the year was "Never turn down
any opportunity - it won't come again" - a very highly
respected gentleman, always fair with the boys, and the greatest
geography teacher that ever swept a gown through the Institute; at the end of 65/66 Edwards left for a deputy-headship at Leyland
"Taffy" ELLIS
?
Minder of the Bangor boys during the WWWII
G.D. ELLIS
(1928)
Absence Notes and Lockers and Medical Inspections, Rm 8
S.J. ELLIOTT
1905-1941
died 1955, Rm 37
H. ENGLER
1952-1952
Music died 1953;
W.R.G. EUSTACE
(1928)
.
Mr. EVANETTE
?
Maths teacher
Mrs. EVANS
? -1944
Arthur EVANS
1954-1964
Rm 34," Hitler Evans" ... Arthur Evans - Scoutmaster, 19th City, Liverpool Institute Scout
Group
Miss P. EVANS
(1965)
Assistant School Secretary
R. N. (Noel) "Music" EVANS
? -1963
- known as "Neddy" Evans. Musique a la Bela Lugosi,
swirling, caped, Peter Pan and hatchet-faced, superb choir trainer
and, under him, the school put on some really superb concerts
(Bach's B Minor Mass, for example} ... got a job at the
Philharmonic
J. "Er Jeremy" J. EYRE
(1969)
Latin, Room 20. Once severely embarrassed by a count of the number of times he said 'er' during a lesson, with a round of
applause when he reached 100, and had a habit of following questions with 'Shove your hand up somebody if you know the
answer' - a hesitant cricket umpire - may have departed late 1960s for
St. Margaret's in Aigburth.
B.A. EZRA
(1969)
He was in a beat group (The Checkmates) before he went into teaching
Rev F.E. FINCH
(1969)
B.R.M. "BUMF" FOLLAND
1930-dec'd 1952
Podgy pinkish scoutmaster and basket weaver, Rm 25
N.N. "Nobby" FORBES
1946-1957
Sour Kraut ... amply trousered and bicycle-clipped polyglot ... when on Upper Yard
duty with "the Boote", they
walked past the lavatories and saw "Nobby is a c**t" scrawled in chalk, upon the
wall. Nobby walked back into school and armed with a piece
of chalk, emerged to put an omission sign between the is and the
a and write "not" above
it .. a modest man was Nobby ... this story came from Frankie
himself.
G. FORREST
1963-1966
E.L. FRANK
(1930)
Rm 30a
"Fiery" FREARSON
? -1945
History `master 1942/45
M.E. GALLAND
(1930)
Rm 45
GAMMAGE
? -1967
R.H. GAVIN
1960- ?
Rm 23, Gavin, had a habit of hurling a board duster in the direction of anyone he saw misbehaving
in class, continually attempted to teach the rudiments of sex education - a noble
effort, thank you for coming
J.P. GENESTE
(1969)
Signora Angela GIANOTA
? -1985
now Angela Duffy ... a good egg ... to quote one of her pupils
"now here is something really special" ... I have now
met Angela Gianota - in June 1999 - had tea with Angela and Jack
Sweeney at her home in Meols ... she was the first teacher to
respond directly to this WWW Page, and I thank her for her good
humour and the spirit in which she has contributed ... thanks
Angela, I think you are terrific and no wonder that is what the
boys thought then (and still think) too ! I wish that I had had
the good fortune to come under your spell; angela ozymandias@phonecoop.coop
has indicated that she is happy to receive a message from any of
her former pupils, and would be interested to see how they have
fared ... what a classic !
Dennis.J. "Porky" GLEAVE
1967 -1985
Chemistry ... Head of Science 71-85 ... something to do with
either bestiality and bacon, but a
good teacher evidently ... had a nice little room behind the chem
lab, especially useful to other teachers trying to dodge the draft ...
famous for grinding his broad Yorkshire accent into the impossible
''phenolphthalein, methahl methacrilert, manganese sulphert, and allotrorps of
sulphur" ... popular with students and fellow teachers ... went on to Paddington ..
oink-oink !
Algy "Coalman" GOODALL
?
Rm 20, frequent spanker of little boys' botties, across the arse with
der pumps for fun ... guardian of the Covered Yard "sag
off" exit route for those who didn't escape through the
kitchen
A.G. GOODFELLOW
1959-1963
Rm 29, Engineering & Transport Society
J.B. GRACE
? -1970
Cricket 1st XI played for a team named "The Rabbits" out of
school - used to
coach and umpire
D.C. GRAHAM
1947-1950
E.J. GREEN
1952-1952
Mrs. P J GRIMES
1944- ?
F.W.H. GROOM
(1928)
Children's Cot and Florence Institute Fund, Vice Principal 1928, RM 9
Mrs. L. GUILE
(1964)
Headmaster's Secretary
D.M."Bughead" HAIG
(1952)
Latin - original accident-prone platform bungey diver and gown-tripper
Ron HAILWOOD
(1967)
.. brother of Mike Hailwwwod, motot racing worl champion
A.J. HALL
(1960)
Physics Lab Technician
F.W. HALL
(1928)
Rm 34
Iain "Rupert". HALL
1964-1971
Physics, respected subscriber here .. enthusiastic
soccer coach
Johnny HALTON
?
Lower school maths, apparently the original inoffensive assistant to anybody, explained concepts patiently and clearly.
Isobel HARKNESS
?
... related directly to great goddess "Geographite"
.... she displayed a wonderful cuspate foreland ... the buns of
her arse were much more inspiring than the bun on her 'ead !
W.J. "Bronco" HART
(1928)-1962
Rm 43 in 1930, later Rm 20, he was named in his later career after James Hart, the silent cowboy ....
rather than the toilet roll, otherwise we would have called him
"Izal" wouldn't we ... so, there's not
much to say about him in 1928 he was responsible for the
Tuckshop !
A. HEMSLEY
(1969)
"Hank the Gobshite", Rm 25, used to smack arses with a football boot (studs in and all), looked like Hank
Marvin ... BOOM-boom-boom-boom ...
BOOM-boom-boom-boom BOOM-boom-boom-boom ..... Apache !
Herr K.L. HESS
1951- ?
E.W. HICKS
1908-1938
Died 1948, Careers Master, Rm 35
Eric HIGGINS
1973-1985
History, ornthology, turfology, lost property, gas pyrotechnics,
piles ... a sort of educational Arthur Daley - rumoured to have spent a total of 10
hours teaching history over a three year period .. but this could
be either wishful thinking or an over exaggeration ... rumour has
it that Eric the first class skiver and trickster thinks this site
is "scandalous" ... get a life Eric, just a bit of fun
... you should try and get out more ... this is what the lads
thought about the teachers ...
B. Hillman
1943- ?
.
R. HIND
(1965)
Chemistry Lab Technician
HOLLIS
1959-1964
.
Michael J HOLMES
? -1968
Physics - lived in Kenyon Road - posters of Marx, Lenin and Guevara on the
walls, plus his wife Cindy whose microscopically-short skirts were topic of
teenage lust for a whole term ... hey, no offence ... just the way it was ..
A. HOSKER
1942-1961
Silvered ... apparently read salacious paperbacks during lessons
in a brown paper cover - generally accepted as a bloody awful
Maths teacher ("Five marks off for not understanding!") - however another view suggets that he may have been an excellent teacher, interesting and sharp-witted - a pillar of the amateur Gilbert and Sullivan scene. He used to
give lunchtime recitals to the Music Club as he was a superb G&S singer - mainly the
patter songs.
H.M.P. HUDSON
(1928)
.
R.W. HULLCOOP
(1967)
Rm 9, Espanol
Room 9 - had a booming voice and once had
a row with Danny Booth in front of all the class.
R.S. HUNT
1961- ?
Spanish, Room 29, next to the Art Room, a good teacher, who was mad on the
Benny Hill show. Worked hard and was very popular
with staff and
pupils alike. Could get very angry. though!
Mary "Fanny" INKLEY
1943-1960
Spanish Infanta - cosmetically over-committed ... paper gob
balls on her ceiling ... Madrid ... remembered for her
circumlocutions when "Bogs" Marsh asked whether the
Lovers of Teruel had a platonic relationship
P.J. ISAAC
1956-1959
... tight fisted Welsh sadist .. well, he had some really good
points too, like er ... um .. more information requested
(Ed.)
D.J. JACK
1960-1965
Rm 43
J. Mike JACKSON
1960-1963
Rm 9, "J.M." ? I liked him very much - he thought I was a
wally, which was true ... nevertheless, he was a damn good teacher
.. famous for turns of phrase like ... "this smacks of Balzac
or Bardot" ... a most memorable line ... top bloke ... wot
'appened to him ... I don't think anyone was more surprised than
he, apart from me, when I got an 'A' Level in French ... my French
sounded like a Taiwanese transistor radio guarantee, translated by
a bleedin' Patagonian idiot, and uttered by a retired, dyslexic,
one-armed Maori paper-hanger from Bradford with a speach impediment ...
M.K. JACKSON
(1969)
Barcelona por favor
J.M. JAUNA
(1962)
H.B. JONES
1965-1966
E.R. JONES
1954-1958
Er .... um ...er ... er ... er .... um ...er ...er .
I. JONES
(1969)
Ivor Jones was the art teacher who took over from Stan Reed. Memorable nose.
R.T."Tud" (Tudor) JONES
? -1944, 1947-1966
Rm 24, English Literature - luver of Keats ... actually a teacher who
could get the scouse kids to understand romantic poetry - got me
to read Confessions of an English Opium Eater in my spare
time - (you could get into the back of the organ via cupboard in
his classroom for a quick drag) a likeable and energetic enthusiast ... passed away
1967
W.H. (Bill) "Bilge" JONES
? -1965
The Physics Rm, "The Bilge" ...
this affectionate title warmly encapsulates his persona ...
Abraham Goldberg who remembers him as perhaps the only master who
was patient and perceptive enough to see his latent talents,
recalls this doozie attributed to The Bilge - "Doctors;
I'd rather die without their help"
B. JUXON
1960-1963
Rm 22
R.K. KAIN
1950- ?
M.P. KAY
1963- ?
T.J. KEANE
1959-1960
L.M. KEATING
(1967)
English, in Room 22, replaced "Taffy "Williams - always a tremendous row during lessons - Danny Booth once hit by
a flying book as he entered one day.
Arthur V.G. KILLINGLEY
1927-1958
Rm 31 in 1930, Spanish from the Bogs ... "no comprendo",
twisted-mouthed and game-legged from Ireland .. passed the used by
date by the time I knew him ... couldn't hear or understand half
of what the old boy was saying
M.J. KINGMAN
? -1968
Room 18 - A bright chap, not strict, but could
control the class well, only lasted about 3 years - looked
like Bernard Cribbins - good fast bowler
M.F. LE GROS
1961- ?
Lille
Rod G. LEA
? -1985
Gym Teacher, now deceased ...... very nice man but couldn't organise his way out of a paper bag ... famous for the line in the staffroom
when his second in command (a glum man from Newcastle called
Nigel) was leaving : "Only at the Inny could you get away
with having the gym run by two fellows called "Rodney and
Nigel".
G. "Jimmy" C. LEDGERD
circa 1925-1952
Rm 30, Straight out of "The Thirty Nine Steps" .... ran the
OTC, in charge of the bookshop in 1928
J. C. LEDGERD
circa 1965
taught German. Slightly sadistic tendencies, favourite means of punishment being to stand two pupils
either side of him and simultaneously punch both in the upper arm, boasting
"They don't call me Two-Fisted Ledgerd for nothing!'
Mrs M.A. LEEK
Geography teacher 1942.
Form Mistress of 3E 1942/3
LEWIN
? -1950
N. LLOYD
1952- ?
Workshop ... an innovator
.. woodwork and engineering drawing - always had time for his
pupils - maker of makeshift cricket bats.