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Egyptian

"b****r off" hahaa that was hilarious! I certainly remember settle banging and chariot racing... Talking of radiators i remember the ice forming on the inside of the windows during the winter!

Matron was Miss J Rawson!

Matron is of course the same in both pics! Miss Rawson! She was sooo formidable on the surface but like most matrons lovely underneath! I cant remember the name of the matron that replaced her at Mid A after she retired...

Yes! Say Hi to Tudor from me too.. he was responsible for me as a Squit!

Dorm raides and lamp posting! Bum sliding in the lav-ends by blocking up the drain by the baths and flooding the floor by over filling the baths! Apple pie-ing the sheets of an unsuspecting squit and holding his hand in a glass of cold water when he was asleep hoping he'd wet the bed.. :snakeman: :s...

Roger Martin's Old English Sheep dog... Ethel Reader... she used to have an annual hair cut in the summer! I never knew who smelt worse, the dog or Roger, who's pipe smoking antics made his breath smell almost as bad as the lumps of poo hanging off the back side of Ethel Reader. :shock: :shock: :sho...

"Gripper" was not only my housemaster but also my maths teacher. I remember my heart sinking when i discovered he would be teaching me, but as things worked out he was fantastic, very patient and knew how to get the best out of one as a pupil. The rotating head habit he adopted when listen...

i recall mr.torkington throwing bruce mc gowan into the pool, unfortuneatley he forgot it was the shallow end! oops!

there was the infamous triple toss.. performed by Titus Hill i think?! Titus and Bruce McGowan used to teach me drum majoring and i even managed to take the small band(cant remember name) out one lunchtime... never been so nervous in all my life.. completely cocked it up!!

not only do i remember the "peg-leg" but also that he chain smoked and used to drop fag ash into your hair.. AND... regardless of how you asked your hair to be styled he cut it how he wanted... at least there was no conversation about where one had gone on holiday!

def remember flu pills and think there was even an A or B pill to see which one was more effective! Doc Hoskins was renowned for his aspirin prescriptions to cure almost any ailment! i just remember the smell of the infirmary... blurrrrhh

LOL Gripper! god that brought the memories flooding back!! "now look hear young man" was his favourite expression, used to wind me up no end!

Barnes B 1981-83?
Mid B 83-85
Mid A 85-86