COMMENTS :

Ivan (Spadger) Sparrow - 1957 to '60

How he managed to balance that heap of curly, wavy, reddish hair on his head I don’t know to this day – he had a small, tight mouth, and I never saw his teeth when he spoke – but when he did speak, you knew very quickly who was in charge. Like so many teachers, he had eyes hidden in the back of his head, plus I am sure, RADAR – you could not get away with much in his lesson. French lessons never turned me on, and I am still not enamoured with the verb “Être”, conjugated or not.

John Warner - 1961 to '66

I quite liked him and did learn a little in his class

Roy Curtis - 1958 to '61

Hewinson disliked being called "Froggy" as all French teachers are, on being introduced to the French class he suggested his nickname should be Hewey and us calling him that he did not mind. I think that first pep-talk fell on deaf ears, as it was "Froggy Hewinson for the next 3 years as far as our intake was concerned.

Mike (Mick) Pusey - 1957 to '60

I don't think any of us were allowed to take French at O-level, at least not in the 5th form, but some of what he (and another French teacher?) taught seems to have stuck and when I had a European job I could understand a little of what my French staff were trying to say behind my back!!! He didn't take any prisoners.