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Long careers of C.H. Masters

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Mention has been made of Ronald Lorimer's 38 year career at CH. A.C.W. (Teddy) Edwards was a Master from 1904 to 1946, 42 years, and then became school Librarian. Others who had long careers include Edwin Hyde from 1902 to late nineteen thirties.
How long were D.S. Macnutt, J.E. Massen and M.H. Jones on the staff. I am sure that the school office will have a record of this.
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I'm sure no one will beat Teddy, because he was Librarian for 18 years, making 60 (!) in total.
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I think Ron Lorimer was a master at CH for 34 years (1958 to 92) - he had had a year in Madison Wisc. and at the LCC school near Ipswich we heard before coming to CH.

Those with war service obviously had reduced length careers but A Rider must be up there in span and didn't he then teach at Hertford? ACWE must be the marker though!!

On a parallel theme I was wondering who the oldest still living master might be. JH Page and H Spurrier are nonagenarians. The OB situation would be interesting too.

I should not forget Hertford either!!

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theosteel wrote: On a parallel theme I was wondering who the oldest still living master might be. JH Page and H Spurrier are nonagenarians.

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Is Moreton Peto still alive? He would be over 90, surely.
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Re longserving Hertford staff - Miss West did 30 years. Miss Jukes would perhaps be a candidate in the running, but I have no idea of her dates- she certainly taught both me and Maria. She was there when I arrived in 1956 and retired at the merger in 1985 (CHAOS - Christ's Hospital Amalgamation of Schools [or was it Sexes?]).
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michael scuffil wrote:[Is Moreton Peto still alive? He would be over 90, surely.
I saw Morton Peto at Chief Bradley's funeral in 2010; he was frail but entirely with-it. On that occasion, he was accomapnied by his son James. I imagine he is still alive or we would have heard on this forum or in one of the CH publications.
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Edwin Hyde's dates were 1902 to 1936 thus equalling Ronald Lorimer. He also returned to do temporary teaching work during WW2 for a short period. C.F.(Bill) Kirby was at the school as a pupil from 1914-22. He then joined the staff in 1926, thus only being away from CH for four years. I do not have his retirement date to hand but he must have some sort of record of combined pupil and teaching staff service. He lived to a great age I know. A.H. Buck was another with long combined service. 1910-1919 and 1928-1956.
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Bill Kirby kept part of his lab in the new science block for some years after he had given up formal teaching, in some ways a bit akin to Teddy Edwards. Boys were always welcome, to help with bees etc.
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It occurs to me that Peto must also be a long-server. He presumably came soon after the war (he was already a senior housemaster when I arrived in 1955) and only retired in the 1980s, I think.

If he wasn't away in the war (perhaps he was), Kirby was a very long-server indeed. I had no idea he'd been there since 1926. (He must have regarded Seaman, his younger contemporary at CH) as a young interloper when the latter arrived nearly 30 years later.
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Fjgrogan wrote:Re longserving Hertford staff - Miss West did 30 years. Miss Jukes would perhaps be a candidate in the running, but I have no idea of her dates- she certainly taught both me and Maria. She was there when I arrived in 1956 and retired at the merger in 1985 (CHAOS - Christ's Hospital Amalgamation of Schools [or was it Sexes?]).
Yes, Queenie Blench and Miss King and Miss Park were also there for ages. I believe some of them were there when D.R. arrived as Head!
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I see from Kerren's posting on this forum when Miss Wilson died that her dates were 1950 - 1985. I have just read through all the postings following Betty Jukes's death, but could find no mention of actual dates.
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Betty Jukes arrived either just before or just after Margaret Wilson. I seem to remember that when Park and King retired, they had notched up over 100 years service between them?
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Betty Jukes was on the Hertford staff from 48-85.
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RDT Sillett and JE Denison must have both put in a few years.

I was surprised to see them both when visiting the School after a long interlude c 2000.
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michael scuffil wrote:
theosteel wrote: On a parallel theme I was wondering who the oldest still living master might be. JH Page and H Spurrier are nonagenarians.

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Is Moreton Peto still alive? He would be over 90, surely.
He certainly was 2 years ago - his niece was at my son's wedding!
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