COMMENTS :

Ivan (Spadger) Sparrow - 1957 to '60

I think I only had him once for English, and I recall him as being a no-nonsense and to the point type of teacher. I do recall that on one sports day over on The Rye, and he was my “Ramsey” House Master (the best House in the school and one to be proud of being in, as far as I was concerned – not that I was biased in any way). I had been picked as the Anchor Man for our House “Tug of War” team and when “Razor” saw that I had only plimsolls on he quickly grabbed me, took off his shoes and said “these should fit you, put them on”. I said “But Sir, they are brand new”, to which he replied “Put them on, they need a bit of stretching”. After the pull and as I approached, to return the now dirty, scuffed and twisted shoes to him as he stood there in his socks, I was expecting some sort of punishment, and when I said “Sorry Sir” all he said was “That’s nothing to worry about, they did the trick though didn’t they. Off you go”. I would have liked to have known more of him.

Roy Curtis - 1958 to '61

He took us for English, I considered him as one of the best teachers there, He went out of his way to explain any queries you had about the learning of English in his lessons. Our class nick name for him was Toffee, as you will remember the advertising of Toffee Sweets at that time was ~ "Sharpes is the WORD for TOFFEE"