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by JULIANGARNER
Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:23 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock'n'Roll Part 1: Substance Abuse
Replies: 94
Views: 32005

Re: Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock'n'Roll Part 1: Substance Abuse

A number of boys were expelled in about 1971 for bringing drugs into School. I believe they got them at a pop festival. I was involved in this. A bunch of us - I'm keeping names back; I don't think any of them would mind, but you never know - went to squat in the bushes by Lamb A and smoke (curious...
by JULIANGARNER
Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:23 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock'n'Roll Part 1: Substance Abuse
Replies: 94
Views: 32005

Re: Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock'n'Roll Part 1: Substance Abuse

A number of boys were expelled in about 1971 for bringing drugs into School. I believe they got them at a pop festival. I was involved in this. A bunch of us - I'm keeping names back; I don't think any of them would mind, but you never know - went to squat in the bushes by Lamb A and smoke (curious...
by JULIANGARNER
Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:43 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Neil Paknadel
Replies: 6
Views: 3356

Re: Neil Paknadel

Neil was in Thorn A with me (and a few others!) in the early 70s. Fearsomely intelligent, short, bright eyed Jewish guy. He could talk the hind leg off a fieldfull of donkeys! He knew a lot about a lot of things, scientific, technical, philosophical. I married in to the Jewish community for some 18 ...
by JULIANGARNER
Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:09 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Favourite teacher
Replies: 240
Views: 125329

Re: Favourite teacher

Extraordinary. I've ploughed all the way through eight pages of tghis stuff and nowhere is there a single mention of Michael Carrington, who must, SURELY be one the absolute all time great teachers by anyones' standards! Not in the classroom, necessary, but as housemaster of Thorn A he set us a mora...