Stephen Peters writes:
“Further to the remarks of Colin Justin and Nigel Moulden about “Flea” Lee, another of his punishment options was to be beaten with a broken chair leg (wooden). What luxury to be able to choose between the metal pipe, the length of rubber and the chair leg!!
It is of little comfort now to know that he and several other masters of the period 1956-64 would these days be imprisoned for child abuse – and not all of it physical abuse.
Like John Geach, my (too many) years at COHS were far from the happiest of my life – though I do cherish the memory of several sympathetic teachers, particularly “Eddie” Swire, the musical Busby and “Titch” Wright.
Too many members of staff, though they may have had a knowledge of their subject were, as far as teaching it was concerned, way beyond incompetent. It is not surprising that in the post war years there were so many dropping out before University as several correspondents have mentioned.