Confessions Of A CH Pupil

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:32 pm

Scone Lover wrote:I sabotaged Mr Fry's gavel so that when he called for grace, it flew off and smacked a passing kitchen worker on the head. Ooops. Sorry Mr Fry but you really didn't have much of a sense of humour

When did "Pongo" Littlefield finish then?

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:35 pm

I hate to think how he got the monika of pongo

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:50 pm

Mid A 15 wrote:
Scone Lover wrote:I sabotaged Mr Fry's gavel so that when he called for grace, it flew off and smacked a passing kitchen worker on the head. Ooops. Sorry Mr Fry but you really didn't have much of a sense of humour
When did "Pongo" Littlefield finish then?

I think he was housemaster of Barnes A the year before I joined (1972) so I guess he must have retired at the end of that year's summer term.

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:08 pm

Actually I am now not sure if it was Fry or Fryer?

AndrewH · Post by **AndrewH** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:50 am

Scone Lover wrote:Actually I am now not sure if it was Fry or Fryer?

"Killer" Fry

I think that he took over from Pongo about 72-73, although for a while I think that they may have shared the job..??

Post by **richardb** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:06 pm

As I recall it was "Killer" Fry and "Bogey" Fryer.

Not too sure where "Killer" came from but I could take an educated guess at the other one

And yes, I believe that "Pongo" Littlefield did retire at the end of the summer term in 1972.

Post by **richardb** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:13 pm

Come to think of it (and I know its not on topic, but what the heck), there seemed to be rather a lot of nicknames in the 70s:-

"Rocker" Rae
"Dolly" O'Meara
"Bomber" Nicholson
"Toad" or "Grolly" Newsome
"Ubi" Atkinson
"Kit" Aitken
"Gomby" Shaw - one year teaching post in LHA

Ken Grimshaw was - as I recall - interestingly named.

Anyone got any more ? And what was the origin of some of these names ?

Post by **richardb** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:19 pm

Just thought of "Pinky" Palmer and "Ping" Vincent-Smith.

And I seem to remember Peter Higgins had some strange nickname. "Chicken" rings a bell.

And I am hallucinating in remembering "Rip" Kirby.

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:58 pm

richardb wrote:Come to think of it (and I know its not on topic, but what the heck), there seemed to be rather a lot of nicknames in the 70s:-

"Rocker" Rae
"Dolly" O'Meara
"Bomber" Nicholson
"Toad" or "Grolly" Newsome
"Ubi" Atkinson
"Kit" Aitken
"Gomby" Shaw - one year teaching post in LHA

Ken Grimshaw was - as I recall - interestingly named.

Anyone got any more ? And what was the origin of some of these names ?

"Nog" Lorimer

"Des" Carrington (after the disc jockey)

Don't think Mr Tod's nickname is suitable for publicising on the forum but those that know will know!!

"Bronco" Lane (after a character in Laramie)

"Pop" Beaven

"Rat" James

JamesF35 · Post by **JamesF35** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:49 pm

OK, as richardb has now contribted to this thread it's time forme to confess before he spills the beans anyway . . .

We ran a porn mag library from our study during the Lent Term of our final year. It was very simple, we acquired the goods (often gifted to us by others who didn't want to get caught with them) stored them and then made a modest charge for a 24hr rental. It kept us in booze at the Grecians Club all term. By the end of the term the business was getting too big so we sold it to a younger boy who subsequently was caught with the goods in the first week of the following term. When Ron Lorimer said that it had been suggested that they might have come from me he was relieved when I denied any knowledge. After all he wouldn't have expected anything like that from a house monitor would he ?

I feel so guilty now !

Post by **richardb** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:40 am

An outrageous allegation. It couldn't possibly be true. Well, maybe ...

Another couple that occurred to me:

"Mongy" Torkington
"Slug" Plumley

Post by **richardb** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:47 am

"Potty" Burr

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:46 am

Mongy is still called Mongy!

Mr O'Meara was known as Smeggy when I was at school...

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:07 am

Yes, that's what I was going to say.

Pinky was the nickname of a teacher who had been there years but left in the mid-90s, just can't remember his name. Think he taught in the prep block in my day.

"Spider" Maddren

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:15 pm

Scone Lover wrote:I hate to think how he got the monika of pongo

Pongo Littlefield was connected with the air section of the C.C.F.

'Pongo' is an RAF term !