[Redhill Comprehensive School]

I've just remembered, the history teacher was Mr Sharman. 

 

[Redhill Comprehensive School]

Some familiar names there I remember.

Mr Spikings the art teacher. He looked like the singer from Manfred Mann, so we would hum "Do wah diddy" whenever he was around.

No mention of the dreaded Mr Rutt. I truly fearsome maths teacher, who I think during my second or third year died suddenly. He was replaced by the easy going My Fahey.

Mr Fahey had rather large ears and a long nose and was known as Dumbo.

Mr Petit was known as Chromedome, due to his shiny bald head.

 

My favourite teachers during my time at Redhill from 1963 to 1968 were:

Mr Pilgrim. A great guy if you got on well with him, and like me enjoyed cricket. He could have a foul temper if you upset him, or destroyed any of his plants.

At the time the school day started with assembly in the main hall. Hymns were sung, and one that appeared regularly on the list was "He who would valiant be" , which contained the words, "to be a pilgrim". I was among a group of us who sung hymns with the usual lack of gusto, only piping up with a very loud "To be a pilgrim" when we got to that part of it. Eventually Mr Pilgrim was oddly absent from assembly when the hymn was die to be sung.  

Mr Allsop a brilliant geography teacher.

Mr Fowler, mentioned previously, who was very enthusiastic about his subject Technical drawing.

My Inskip our science teacher.

There were one or two who clearly loved dishing out corporal punishment. The names that come to mind are Mr Fosterjohn,  and a history teacher who's name I have forgotten.  

 

I remember doing impersonations of Mr Pilgrim, Mr Balham, and My Fahey, possibly other too.

 

Mixed memories of my time there, some good, some not so.

 

Andy