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Dib Dib Dib

June 2, 2008 in Guest Posts

I assume, as I have found no evidence to the contrary, that the BGS Scout Troop has long since been “decommissioned”, or whatever the term is.  I have been racking my brain, trying to piece together my patchy and probably suspect memories of my times as a “dob, dob, dobber”.  Please feel free to add to or correct any of my ramblings!

It must have been around 1969 that I was sworn-in.  Buzz Burrell (Biology?) was the Scout Master assisted by another teacher whose name escapes me.  There were a couple of “ranger scouts”, one of which I remember as Mark Absolum.  I have vague memories of canoes being hung from the ceiling in the scout room, which was located off the corridor behind the stage end of the main hall.  I was a member and eventually “seconder” of “Kestrel Patrol” which was lead by David (Chootch) Nunn but I am struggling to remember who else was in our gang.

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Memories of the School building – 60′s

April 14, 2008 in Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts

2008 Maroon – A tour of the School: memories of Martyn Calder (1962-1969) in response to John Macrae’s article. The articles contained within the 2008 Maroon (including the “Tour of the School”) will be added to the website in due course. If visitors to the site want this to be given priority, please add your comment to the bottom of this post.

A great pleasure to see you and some other old faces (some, of course, older than others!) at the Old Boys’ Dinner.

As promised I am writing to add my own very personal and short term (1962-69) memory of the various nooks and crannies of the school

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Down Memory Lane: 1960s – Chapter One

March 30, 2008 in Down Memory Lane

1965 to 2008 – A Story of a Clock

When I inherited the Physics Laboratory in 1964 there were no stop clocks. Any that did exist prior to that had been borrowed from other labs when the need arose. This was far from perfect, especially as I could not control their care, so I muddled by for the first year cadging the odd clock when necessary. This worked reasonably well for the sixth form practicals, but my policy with the ‘O’ level sets was to have no more than three pupils in a group for practical.

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