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A Series of WWW Pages Compiled and Published by John Snelson from 1996 ©
| Teacher | Sentence | Comments |
| Doris Noel MAKINS | Circa 1911-1951 | Prep School Teacher, died 1951 |
| J.W. MALKIN | (1928) | Dinner Fees |
| C.P.M. MANN | ? | . |
| E.P. MANN | 1954- ? | |
| A.H. MAY | (1967) | |
| P.R. McANN | (1969) | Young, tweed, Hitleresque, humiliating desk stander, two-fingered chop to the Adam's Apple, eventually pinned to the floor by his students, disappeared to work to Customs ...... Paul says "as a teacher, or a manager I feel that I have always been sympathetic and approachable ... as for the dress sense...well again, my £10 a week salary, (before tax) did not allow for designer clothes ... never exercised a 'two fingered chop to the Adams Apple', physical abuse was never my style, I wouldn't have got away with it anyway as most of the kids were bigger than me ... " ... well, that sounds pretty right to me ... good onya Paul for being a good sport ! |
| B.J. McArthur | (1969) | |
| M.S. McCOLL | (1969) | |
| M.W. McCue | 1957-1958 | |
| J.W. McDONALD | 1950- ? | Workshop, arboral carver, nice furniture collector, a toff trying to be a teacher in a military uniform; Arts & Crafts; "Now, boys, stand by your vices." |
| A.A. MacPHERSON | 1957-1960 | Modern organic chemistry, burly-blackeyed Caledonian Birkenhead Park rugby player |
| J.H. MELLOR | (1969) | Rm 8 |
| W. MERCER | (1967) | aka `Mercia Mercer` - nice bloke-really, keen on English history, green tweed sports jackets all the time, and looked like the young David Hemmings with thick glasses. Room 11
fierce temper.
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| N.R. "Neddy" MIDDLETON | 1958-1960 | |
| "Micky" MILLS | 1972-1985 | Famous for allowing class to analyse the poem -" You Never See a Nipple in the Daily Express" |
| Miss MOLYNEUX | ? | Artiste magnifique - ooh-la-la ! A knee-trembling, erectifying icon of the marque .. known as "Pip" - once had her bottom pinched by a third-former - only reason many joined the Photographic Society. |
| Charlie "Dickie" H. MOORE | 1935-1961 | French ... famous for his :- "we'll all be killed in our beds!" |
| K.W. MOORE | 1954- ? | More No More. |
| Mary MORRIS | 1944- | English delivered from below a crown or cloud of auburn hair before WWWII |
| Les "Squinty" MORGAN | ? -1970 | Rm26, renowned for sucking his artificial eye to give it some moisture, wiping out the socket (full of fluff and chalk dust) and popping it back in ... aka "Organ Morgan" ... passed away in 1971; Les's immortal words on Paul's report "He will never earn a living playing the guitar", did not prevent him from being the only member of staff with whom Paul & George remained in touch after becoming famous. |
| A.F. "Funghi" MOY" | Pre 1934-1964 | Rm 8. Moi joli champignon francophonique ! Pocket billiards and quartermaster expert; Funghi was in charge of School Milk when I knew him ! |
| A.C.W. MUMMERY | (1928) | . |
| Miss F. M. K. MURPHY | 1945-1966 | School Secretary |
| L. A. "Nicky" NAYLOR | 1935-1969 | Chem Room, musically short-arsed, forward-legged and forward-armed, gravel-voiced, possibly as a result of chlorine in the trenches, detested by many but as an educator respected re Nuffield Chemistry project, acknowledged in Van Praagh's textbook "Chemistry by Discovery", rapier-like sarcastic wit, famous for this gentilian gem .... "That wasn't very Christian of you, Goldberg !" ... this anecdote was later confirmed by Abraham Goldberg himself as being accurate .. Archeology Society |
| L. NELSON | 1956-1965 | Rm 21 - Latin -a capable operative, and a better teacher than - though not half as much fun as - Fanny Bentliffe. |
| J. NICHOLSON | 1961- ? | |
| G.E.S. NOLAN | 1945-1950 | Died 1954 |
| Mrs. B. M. OAKLEY | (1969) | School Secretary |
| "Wally" OWEN | 1972-1985 | Good stick ... old boy himself - another one who cared about the boys he taught - wish there had been more like him is the common feeling - on the last day of the school according to a secret source, Wally organised a game of Football in the top yard, "Masters" against a gang of pupils - he'd had a few - pulled back his foot and kicked a piece of scrap metal, which produced an amazing range of expletives. With the end of the school, no one was more upset - Hat's off to Wally - you were an absolute Gent ! Write to Wally ... email address in the pupils section ... Teacher 1972 - 1985 ... Rooms 9, 20, 27 and 14 (inherited from Killer in 1977). |
| M.F. PAGE | 1948- ? | |
| Mrs. PAGE (Josselin) | ? -1948 | |
| Miss PALMER | ? -1945 | |
| A.G. PARIS | (1967) | |
| B.L."Blip" PARKER | 1948-1982 | Rm 35. Annual regurgitator of packaged, rebadged geography lessons ... India was still pink ... good bloke though ... U13 Cricket ... Followed Gareth Rogers as Head |
| W.S. "Pixie" PATON | 1958-1966 | |
| PENNA | ? -1968 | |
| W. "Prolly" PETERS | (1928)-1959 | The original proletarian pretender {grin} - interesting, as in 1928 he ran the League of Nations Union ! |
| Mrs. PHYTHIAN | Office Staff | |
| Chapman PINCHER | ? | Yes ... perhaps a better spy catcher than a physics teacher ! |
| Kevin POAD | 1961- | I dunno wot to do with this ... critical mass is the penultimate point before meltdown; one of Smith's "rats" ... ( those who jumped ship in the wake of Malcolm Pascoe Smith's hasty and damaging departure ) |
| G.F. "Goofy" POLLARD | ? | The toothed one ... the classics with flowing gown |
| S.R. POLLARD | (1934) | |
| A.V."Pinhead" PREECE | 1950- ? | Rm 15. Highly descriptive innuendo ... soft touch for a "pink slip" for decades - nice bloke though - always called Joe by his colleagues - a really lovely man, died about 1996 - everyone liked him because he was kind and thoughtful .. well, that is how I remember him; Careers master |
| A.L. PUJANTE | (1969) | Don't worry about him, he's from Barcelona |
| G.F. PURVIS | (1934) | |
| Mr. RAHIM | ? | ... biology ... "this class is like a bloody fish market" .. |
| J. RAMSDEN | ? | Geoff Kneen recalls his lasting memory J Ramsden is --- he was a Gym teacher and left in app 1957/8 . When the Baz announced that he was to leave there was an unrehearsed ' aah ' from most of the pupils . He was obviously very popular and lotsa folk were sorry that he was going. Yeah, right . |
| Mr. RAWLINSON | ? -1947 | ... art |
| F.W. "Slimey" REECE | 1920-1957 | moustached Vice-Principal, died 1958 |
| "Stan" REED | 1947-1969 | Art. Pig's arse .... nah, just a bloody luddite ! Arts & Crafts Society |
| P. RICE | 1958-1959 | |
| H. Arnall RICHARDS | ? | Top gun, reformist teacher, rabid anarchist |
| W.A.R. "Ricco" RICHARDSON | 1961 | Rm 25. Terrific Spanish teacher, with great sense of humour ... looked like Hitler .. waving a Hurley stick and chanting hablo, hablas, hablat but a heart of gold - I liked him |
| Dave Riley | ? | "Igor" the Lab Technician |
| George E. ROBERTS | (1967)-1985 | Rm 30, Maths .. "Fluff" probably best epitomised (evidently) by the modern acronym as a "woftam" - wispy white hair, a bit aloof |
| R. E. ROBERTS | ? -1967 | |
| Miss E. ROBERTSON | (1928)-1946 | |
| Bill "Wobbo" ROBINSON | 1975-1985 | Maffs and speech ferapy ... |
| J.G. "Jolly" ROGERS | 1950- ? | Rm 18. "Gareth" to his mates - history and literature .. one of the most popular and revered teachers ... had a certain magic ... a lovely man, died in 1977 at only about 51 very suddenly ... sixth form boys carried his coffin into the crem at Springfield cemetery; very much loved by everybody who knew him - and he ran the school like a dream ... a great loss indeed ... followed as Head by "blip" ... Bert Parker ... |
| A.D. ROSE | (1928) | . |
| D.W. "Percy" ROWELL | ? -1966 | bespectacled, bandana'd and permanently sweaty, whistling fives champion, perhaps the most eccentric of all teachers, arrived on a Vespa scooter, dressed in a lovat belted gaberdine mackintosh and navy blue beret, grey flannel trousers were always 3 inches too short... excellent Greek tacher but ate Rowntree fruit gums throughout his lessons .. two speech defects - a Roy Jenkins lisp on the letter R ..wonderful in the Greek word "gerrophoros" (we used to taunt him by reciting "down by the river where the green grass grows") His second impediment was a searing whistle on the letter S. Cross Country Running |
| J.A. RUBICK | (1969) | |
| A.G. RUSSELL | (1928) | . |
| A. RUSSELL | (1967) | |
| SCAIFE | 1959- ? | Rm 28. I remember him as "Nada" ... yeah, as in Spanish .. nothing ... nada ... |
| M. "Joe" SCHOFIELD | 1947-1973 | ... ill tempered, known as the "r"s-less military man .. "wight dwess - fwee wanks ..shun !; regular physics lab at the bottom of the R hand stairs with windows looking into the lower yard, the unofficial venue of the 'metre wule' fencing match with Ashley Thom" |
| A.C. SCOTT | 1962-1966 | |
| C.K. SCOTT | 1960- ? | |
| Miss SHERIDAN | ? -1944 | |
| BILL SHARP | ? -1967 | taught history in the mid 1960s - founded a drama group for the nauseatingly keen and knew the Everyman theatre crowd. |
| J. SIBBRING | ? -1967 | Gymnastics, roomless, loud, booming voice and a bit of a sadistic nature .. famous for setting as homework for comprehension, the watching of the TV program "Thunderbirds" |
| Herr SIEVES | 1954-1955 | Ex Hamburg |
| Geoff SIMMONDS | (1969) | Russian bookmaker, liked a beer, Blackburn House enthusiast ... yes .. we knew ! Famous for ringing in when laid low "with a headache" |
| Graham SINGLETON | (1969) | Geography, Red hair, brown leather jacket. He was in the room close to BLP's room 37 - next door or next door but one to the staff room; married Kathy Byrne, |
| "Malcolm" Pasco SMITH | 1961-1965 | Deputy Head ... "More Cum" {grin} as the lads disgacefully pronounced his name, took over after the Baz .. charisma bypass ... ironically epitomised the then popular term of abuse "No-Mark", reserved for the totally non-consequential turds of Society, perhaps wrongly as he eventually resigned over the comprehensive system ... departed with indecent haste - to High Wycombe G.S. |
| A.J. "Sissy" SMITH | ? -1969 | English ...in love with the beauty of the language ... keeper of the cash for the Boy Scouts ... very appropriate if you get my drift .. Room 45 - top of the house, listed on corner of blackboard offending boys and "capless cretins" and "Scavengers' Corner"Bus Contracts Boss ! Was a bit hunched, longish white hair and always carried a bag in front of his chest. Names on his board included "Scavengers", "Mea Culpa"," Rogues Gallery" and host of others. He used to give out classic books for people to borrow "White Fang", "Island of Doctor Moreau", Hound of the Baskervilles" Loved dictionary definitions and spelling tests - I think we all quite liked Sissy and he was a very good teacher of English, no doubt about that. |
| A."POPEYE" Spencer | 1957-1962 | Room 36, geography - quite strict but fair ... keen swimmer - started the swimming society |
| R.H. SPROAT | (1928) | Boxing |
| STEEL | 1951 | |
| H. "Bertie" STELL | (1928) | ... gymnastic gnome from the 1902 Olympics |
| Mr. STRETCH | circa 1975 | ... Sam, gymnastic extra-vert, also taught Geography very badly with "Tubular Bells" |
| Jack ("Joe") SWEENEY | 1958-1985 | Room 10. Spanish - French - Russian ... my favourite teacher of all time - just the BEST ... got an 'A' Level too ... famous for the line "you horrible toad" applied reasonably often and accurately to many of the plebs; Magazine with"Tud" |
| Rev. H.H. SYMONDS | (1928) | Headmaster 1928. |
| J.S. "Sugar" TAIT | ? -1958 | ... ungowned ... "defrocked" was how the lads wrongly and mischievously referred to him |
| A.R. TELFOR | 1945-1950 | General Science |
| M TERRIER | 1952- ? | France |
| A.W.H. THOMAS | (1928) | . |
| P.W. THOMAS | (1969) | |
| W. THOMPSON | (1969) | |
| "Twatty" THWAITE | ? | Biology with a passion |
| "Archie" THORPE | (1928) | "Archie" as in "anti aircraft fire" ... he was C.O. of the ATC |
| H.J. TIFFEN | (1928) | . |
| John TOLLEY | (1969)-1972 | Rm 10 |
| W. H. TOMLINSON | Died 1943 | |
| Ben "Turtle" TOOBE | 1961-1984 | English ... to be or not to be .... a real gentleman - and a rather hesitant organist, loaded, lived in a mansion in Prenton - garden sometimes open to public in summer - produced "The Merchant of Venice" with Bill Kenwright as a brilliant Shylock and Derek Hatton as an inimitable Liverpudlian Gratiano. Never without his Brewers book of phrase and fable. |
| Harry TOOTHILL | ? | Maths Teacher ... looked like something out of "Sreptoe", kept fit by dodging the missiles thrown at him by the lads ... hopeless |
| Laurie N. TREEBY | 1961-1966 | taught history - rather well. Treated his pupils like small adults not witless kiddies. Had a large wart on his nose that was hard to take your eyes off till you got used to it. |
| "Twisty" TURNER | ? | ... had bright scarlet face, looked albino, and was a man of the cloth and off-his head; he was only there for a year or so; he hated boys ! |
| Anton WALKER | 1977-1985 | Write to him at Awalker2k ? aol.com |
| R.G. "Weepy" WALKER | 1950- ? | Science - biology ... cut his toenails in class ... famous for the classic "The skin is thickest under the balls.... of the feet" ..Natural History Club |
| Dr J.E. "Doc" WALLACE | (1928) | Once a week hymn teacher |
| Herr J. WARKENTIN | (196) | Munching Munchen |
| D. WARWICK | 1954-1957 | . |
| J.D. WARY | 1954- ? | |
| H.G.B. "Harry Garry Barry" WATSON | 1954-1959 | Great nasal teacher according to some, but no frills, no messing, thin, large nosed and and a voice that seemed very nasal or mucous blocked as well, but I good caring teacher who could explain things well and had time for you when you went to his desk |
| J.E. "Killer" WATSON | ? -1977 | Room 14. Latin .... pretty serious ... no jokes in this class ... dead language presented by a dead straight flight lieutenant christian - quite liked him in a funny sort of way; Christian Union |
| WATTERSON | ? -1952 | Chef |
| John WEBSTER | 1948-1956 | . |
| G.H. WEDGWOOD | (1934) | Rm 30 |
| T.M. WELD | (1969) | |
| Herr WERBELOW | ? -1960 | |
| C. WEST | (1969) | |
| Rev T.A. WHYTE | 1969 | was a C of E vicar, who came in part-time to teach divinity to ungodly little sods in the late 1960s. A genuinely nice man, and rather a good teacher. |
| S. WILKINSON | ? -1948 | |
| WILLAN | ? | RAF Officer |
| H.E. WILLIAMS | (1928) | . |
| L.N. WILLIAMS | 1952- ? | Muso |
| T. "Taffy" WILLIAMS | 1963-1967 | Room 22 - thought he was Peter Sellers doing Richard III |
| Lucy W. WILLIAMSON | (1928) | Rm 27a ... taught in the old junior school before WWWII |
| D.W. WILLOTT | 1922-1956 | . |
| Mr. WILLIAM | 1946- ? | |
| Miss WILLIAMSON | ? -1946 | |
| W. WILLIS | (1928) | . |
| D. WILLOTT | (1952) | |
| "Jock" WILSON | ? | Hiberian teacher of Sassenach ... patience of a saint |
| D.W. WILSON | 1961-1965 | Religion, music, Models Club, choir, table tennis, lunch club ... tried hard |
| Miss M.I. WILSON | (1928) | . |
| Vic WILSON | (1969)-1983 | eccentric music teacher, practising a peculiar form of arm wrestling, standing up, whilst playing with his organ |
| Herr WOLEK | Kiel | |
| "Sammy" WORMALD | ? | ... quick tempered French .. cut his hand banging on the windows shouting at the bin men |
| Stanley WORMALD | 1928-147 | Died 1951 |
| "Johnny" WRAY | ? | Science ... a very popular teacher as I recall |
| Algy YOUNG | ? | . |
| Mr.YOUNG | ? -1947 | |
| J. B. YOUNG | ? -1967 |
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