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- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...