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Laura M wrote:Citizen classes consisted of Mrs Ireland ranting on in a rather left wing style aobut the evils of the military, not sure what we were meant to learn but I certainly learnt nothing a bit like RS!!

find that hard to believe, certainly never came across as that egalitarian. and she was also the first (i think only) member of the SMT to stand up for the rights and funding of the CCF and the shooting team.

Hard to believe or not that what the lessons were like, I may be exaggerating slightly about the 'evils' of the military but she certainly was not being favourable towards them and the nuclear weapons argument got quite heated. Ah well character building I guess.

BTaylor wrote:'Boomer' Carrington, during my deps. He got wind that we were about to hold an inter-house drinking competition in the Grecians club.

I've never since heard anything like it.

"THERE WILL BE NOOOO BOAT-RACE IN HERE TONIGHT".

He was a formidable man at the gentlest of times, but irk him and all hell was let loose.

People who walked over the running track at the rear of the senior houses on their way to a well earned smoke would always be greeted by Boomer's foghorn roar of "GET OFF THE TRACK!"

huntertitus wrote:People who walked over the running track at the rear of the senior houses on their way to a well earned smoke would always be greeted by Boomer's foghorn roar of "GET OFF THE TRACK!"

Wow... that brought back memories! I can even "hear" his voice.

Didn't he once get so angry with someone that he started mangling his words? I think "you make me pilk" was the memorable phrase, combining 'ill' and 'puke' into one all-purpose word.......

Don't remember that as such, but he did produce some memorable explosions.

We even used to shout "Get off the track" at each other when someone was doing something we didn't like.

I can remember doing that too, and if the imitation was good enough it was quite funny to see how fast the person moved when you shouted

Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:

huntertitus wrote:People who walked over the running track at the rear of the senior houses on their way to a well earned smoke would always be greeted by Boomer's foghorn roar of "GET OFF THE TRACK!"

Wow... that brought back memories! I can even "hear" his voice.

OMG - oh yes I remember that one...

My first memory of a bollocking was at my entrance exam, running in the lower dorm of LHA. Got absolutely screamed at...

Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:

huntertitus wrote:People who walked over the running track at the rear of the senior houses on their way to a well earned smoke would always be greeted by Boomer's foghorn roar of "GET OFF THE TRACK!"

Wow... that brought back memories! I can even "hear" his voice.

Me and a few others, Ewen Rubython, Adam McTurk, Mark Wenman, Ollie Fenton and Mike Ewemedimo squatted in a caravan behind the sicker for about 3 months. We set it up nicely, with rugs and cushions we stole from the sicker, so we could basically go there and smoke, etc.

I was in there having a fag one day, and there was a knock on the door..

It was Boomer.. It was HIS caravan... Oh b****r...

He shouted so loudly that the skin nearly came off my face... I remember it so vividly it still sends the cold shivers down my spine

Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:Don't remember that as such, but he did produce some memorable explosions.

We even used to shout "Get off the track" at each other when someone was doing something we didn't like.

hahahaa we did as well

I can't believe he knocked on the door of his own caravan!

I had locked it behind me.. I kept quiet and then burst out of the door and tried to leg it with my coat over my head... Not a chance I was boomed into submission..

I did like Boomer though.. A very decent bloke... He just gave me a right bollocking and told me to clear up the caravan, which I did... He left it at that...

You got off likely then!

Great Plum wrote:You got off likely then!

likely ????????????