Brings back bad memories. Passed 11+ was sent to Dartford Grammar, while all my mates went to St. Stephens (St. Columbus as it is now). Forced to play Rugby and Cricket and learn latin!!!!!
Fitted in about as much as a bloke with no arms at a Javelin throwing contest!
Subsequently spent the next 4 years staring out the window and dodging blackboard rubbers. :-(
At least you weren't abused by Priests
Nope that would be my Primary School days, although they were Nuns actually!!!!!
[cite]Posted By: KillersBeard[/cite]I suspect I'm a bit before both of your times.
Although, there was a Saunders who chucked board rubbers, vaguely remember him as a History teacher during my time. Another guy called Patterson was just plain barking and when he wasn't chucking things he was turning over desks.
Chrome Dome never chucked anything as far as I remember just taught you like you should already know what he was going on about. That sketch in 'Life of Brian' is soooo spot on.
Chrome Dome left about 1984/85 time.
The senior library was his own private domain - you would have thought he was lending out his own books.
Luckily I didnt do Latin, I took German as my option in 2nd year.
Mr Patterson was a nutter, he used to stomp around the room with his arms swinging around like a neanderthal - during one lesson I was spinning an american football shaped rubber around on my desk. Next thing I knew was being dragged accross the classroom by my tie, knocking desks all over the place.
These days the kid would be onto the police claiming assault.
8/8 for me. I can still remember now being advised that we were just going to do a little test, just like the ones we had been doing in lessons over recent weeks. No fuss or bother from the teachers unlike the SATs mania today. Passed my 11+ and was able to go to Grammar School. Their demise for me was sad, it gave working class kids like me a chance to get a step up in life based on ability not because of my social background
8/8 No calculator, I was granted a scholorship at Eltham College but turned it down as they didn't play football. My little brother goes there now and is flying so it's definately something I regret.
got 6 out of 8.
gallop/race wrong and the number sequence- would have sat there all day working that one out.
Passed my 11+ and went to BexleyTech/Townley Grammar and hated it.
used to copy my mates maths workings out at school and then we used to use the squares in the exercise books to design wedding dresses. :-)
How do you quote from a previous page ?
Idle Hans - was Crispy / Krunchy the English teacher Mr Kelsey as we used to know him as Spee.
Think he got done after I left the school for sending a love letter to one of the boys. It was addressed to somebody Thomas and it got given by accident to the welsh geography teacher Mr Thomas !!!
Pilch was very strange, used to eat chalk whilst teaching RE - he left when I was in the 3rd year.
[cite]Posted By: MrOneLung[/cite]How do you quote from a previous page ?
Idle Hans - was Crispy / Krunchy the English teacher Mr Kelsey as we used to know him as Spee.
i believe that may be the guy, not that you were talking to me. He once dribbled in my book, he had more loose screws than a ten year old mfi wardrobe.
[cite]Posted By: MrOneLung[/cite]How do you quote from a previous page ?
Idle Hans - was Crispy / Krunchy the English teacher Mr Kelsey as we used to know him as Spee.
Think he got done after I left the school for sending a love letter to one of the boys. It was addressed to somebody Thomas and it got given by accident to the welsh geography teacher Mr Thomas !!!
Pilch was very strange, used to eat chalk whilst teaching RE - he left when I was in the 3rd year.
Old krispy in love with a schoolboy, that made me chuckle. Don't remember this Pilch though, our RE teacher was some weedy looking twerp with specs that used to live at the school with Walder, can't for the life of me remember his name though, began with 'T' I think?
RE teacher's first name escapes me but sure he was a Smith. I remember him as a Ronnie Corbett lookalike, but it was a long time ago. I am struggling to remember Pilch's real name - he was the headmaster who followed Tom Holliday anyway.
And re porno-moustachioed DT teacher - was that Mr Wrack, of chisel-hurling fame?
[cite]Posted By: IdleHans[/cite]Krispy / spee / Krunchie was indeed Kelsey.
RE teacher's first name escapes me but sure he was a Smith. I remember him as a Ronnie Corbett lookalike, but it was a long time ago.
I am struggling to remember Pilch's real name - he was the headmaster who followed Tom Holliday anyway.
And re porno-moustachioed DT teacher - was that Mr Wrack, of chisel-hurling fame?
Of course, TP SMITH!!!!!! Good grief, how could I have forgotten that, great teaching method though. Came in to the class and basically said 'do what you like, just be quiet about it', so we did, as he read a book.
Holliday was still the head when I left, so that's why I don't remember this Pilch fella.
[cite]Posted By: aliwibble[/cite]OK, either I'm more observant than the rest of you, or I'm missing something. In question number 5, who's Alice?
Failed tennis prodigy whose two sisters, Venus and Serena, went on to do great things. Couldn't stand losing out in the sibling rivalry or bra size stakes, so turned to drink.
Now just a wreck who hangs around on some remote island by a farm house, apparently.
[cite]Posted By: aliwibble[/cite]OK, either I'm more observant than the rest of you, or I'm missing something. In question number 5, who's Alice?
Failed tennis prodigy whose two sisters, Venus and Serena, went on to do great things. Couldn't stand losing out in the sibling rivalry or bra size stakes, so turned to drink.
Now just a wreck who hangs around on some remote island by a farm house, apparently.
I'm sure thats the girl I lived next door to for 24 years
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Nope that would be my Primary School days, although they were Nuns actually!!!!!
I went there..............but before your time.
Chrome Dome left about 1984/85 time.
The senior library was his own private domain - you would have thought he was lending out his own books.
Luckily I didnt do Latin, I took German as my option in 2nd year.
Mr Patterson was a nutter, he used to stomp around the room with his arms swinging around like a neanderthal - during one lesson I was spinning an american football shaped rubber around on my desk. Next thing I knew was being dragged accross the classroom by my tie, knocking desks all over the place.
These days the kid would be onto the police claiming assault.
Go Havelock.
I know I would have got a lot less 29 years ago.
Thank god that I had a secular education.
.......
I always say thank god I'm an atheist.
gallop/race wrong and the number sequence- would have sat there all day working that one out.
Passed my 11+ and went to BexleyTech/Townley Grammar and hated it.
used to copy my mates maths workings out at school and then we used to use the squares in the exercise books to design wedding dresses. :-)
got the word order wrong, though i'm disputing that raced is quicker than galloped !!
Idle Hans - was Crispy / Krunchy the English teacher Mr Kelsey as we used to know him as Spee.
Think he got done after I left the school for sending a love letter to one of the boys. It was addressed to somebody Thomas and it got given by accident to the welsh geography teacher Mr Thomas !!!
Pilch was very strange, used to eat chalk whilst teaching RE - he left when I was in the 3rd year.
i believe that may be the guy, not that you were talking to me. He once dribbled in my book, he had more loose screws than a ten year old mfi wardrobe.
Old krispy in love with a schoolboy, that made me chuckle. Don't remember this Pilch though, our RE teacher was some weedy looking twerp with specs that used to live at the school with Walder, can't for the life of me remember his name though, began with 'T' I think?
RE teacher's first name escapes me but sure he was a Smith. I remember him as a Ronnie Corbett lookalike, but it was a long time ago.
I am struggling to remember Pilch's real name - he was the headmaster who followed Tom Holliday anyway.
And re porno-moustachioed DT teacher - was that Mr Wrack, of chisel-hurling fame?
Of course, TP SMITH!!!!!! Good grief, how could I have forgotten that, great teaching method though. Came in to the class and basically said 'do what you like, just be quiet about it', so we did, as he read a book.
Holliday was still the head when I left, so that's why I don't remember this Pilch fella.
Failed tennis prodigy whose two sisters, Venus and Serena, went on to do great things. Couldn't stand losing out in the sibling rivalry or bra size stakes, so turned to drink.
Now just a wreck who hangs around on some remote island by a farm house, apparently.
I'm sure thats the girl I lived next door to for 24 years