School Personalities
There’s Dave Barton or ‘Der’ who’s never seen without a cigarette, and ‘Halli’ (Halliburton) who is the ‘funny man’ of the school – he certainly livens up our English periods with his puns and humerousremarks.
‘Spooooooon’ hasn’t been here long – he must be a good 6ft 6 high, but is very timid, taking his nickname with a smile. ‘Fish’ Hatherley is the opposite. ‘Fish’ was initially my form master; he is so keen on milk that he has advertisements for it all round the walls of his classroom. Old and asthmatic, he is the terror of the third formers, most of whom experience his heavy cane. Nothing escapes his notice, from coloured socks to the rustling of bushes in a forbidden area.
We mustn’t forget those of the opposite sex – the matron and the sister; top-heavy ‘Sabrina’ the headmaster’s wife, who reigns over the tuck-shop; and ‘Sweety-pie’ the office girl – it’s not surprising that she is too shy to come into the classrooms.
Last (but not least) is ‘Jack the Ripper’, our solid bull-headed headmaster, who can have the whole school quaking at the knees in his outbursts at assembly.