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CHAPTER 9 - A RECORD CARP?
I am an author, a headmaster, the founder of an independent school that has challenged the status quo, a father of five adult children, a...

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Mar 14, 202211 min read


CHAPTER 10 - BAD BOY MAKES GOOD
Tony Montgomery stood on the corner of the main high street in a little town on the Norfolk coast, dragging aggressively at a rather long...

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Mar 13, 20226 min read
CHAPTER 11 - A LADY IN DISGUISE
In my long life I have seen many tragic and sad events, from bullying and persecution to a plethora of wonderful things that have changed...

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Mar 12, 20228 min read
CHAPTER 12 - A HARD WAY TO LEARN
Some memories are a little painful so are best left to history, but one incident did affect how I felt about the armed forces! I...

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Mar 11, 20225 min read


CHAPTER 13 – THE SUBWAY GANG
After I left the army, I was keen to enhance my new life out of uniform. With Rosemary deceased, it was important not only to...

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Mar 10, 20226 min read
CHAPTER 14 - Des’s story
During the 1970s I was a teacher in a Steiner school and at that time education was very different to the world of education today. There...

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Mar 9, 202212 min read


CHAPTER 15 - AN EXERCISE IN CONTROL
In 1965 I qualified as a physical training instructor in the army and was proud to be posted to the ultimate job in the headquarters of...

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Mar 8, 20225 min read


CHAPTER 16 – MIXED MUSINGS AND ADDICTION TO ANGLING
I was six years old in 1950 and I was standing behind my brother Bill in the family’s workshop watching him make a coarse fishing rod....

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Mar 7, 202236 min read


CHAPTER 17 - GEORGE’S STORY
George was born to a very poor family. His father, a cripple from WWII, was often having to tolerate being laughed at as he dragged his...

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Mar 6, 20227 min read
CHAPTER 18 - THE SLEEPING POLICEMEN
During my time at Dean Close School, I was keen to embrace a ‘shell’ of a shooting team, comprised of students who had been engaged in...

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Mar 5, 20224 min read


CHAPTER 19 – NICK’S MEMORY – GRAEME, THE CIRCUS RINGLEADER
In the 1970s and early 80s, Graeme was generally to be found in the sports hall of the King’s Langley Rudolf Steiner school. A large...

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Mar 3, 20222 min read


CHAPTER 20 - REALISING POTENTIAL
I was born to a very poor family. My father, a cripple from WWII, was often laughed at as he dragged his injured leg along the street in...

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Mar 2, 20229 min read


CHAPTER 21 - AN HOUR WITH MY GRANDSON LEO – AGE 1 ½
I am waiting for a regular visit from Leo, my grandson. I am always excited to spend time with him and when I hear the sound of his...

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Mar 1, 20225 min read
CHAPTER 22 – TWO FREEDOM WRITERS 2021MY YEAR IN 2O21
So much has changed and happened this year, in such a short space of time. The year feels like it has gone in a matter of weeks but, in...

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Feb 1, 20225 min read


SOME ACCOLADES FROM EX-STUDENTS
DESMOND. - Pilot. I was a very damaged and sensitive child when I first met Graeme Whiting. Through his disciplined approach, time and...

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Jan 27, 202216 min read


20. AN HOUR WITH MY GRANDSON LEO – AGE 1 ½
I am waiting for my regular visit from Leo, my grandson. I am always excited to spend time with him and when I hear the sound of his...

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Jan 26, 20225 min read


19. EXAMINATION RESULTS TODAY
Today, the ‘A’ level results were made available to tens of thousands of young people who have waited patiently to see if they have...

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Jan 26, 20222 min read


18. WHERE IS THE ADVENTURE IN SOCIETY?
Young people in British and world society are falling foul of some of the quite ridiculous rules of the Health and Safety Executive! I am...

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Jan 26, 20222 min read


17. PARENTS WORKING TOGETHER?
Our world changes day-by-day, and in the words of the eminent sociologist, Anthony Giddens, ‘the world changes every thirty seconds more...

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Jan 26, 20225 min read


16. THE OLD SOLDIER
During my ‘thirties I spent a great deal of time fishing, writing in a number of magazines, catching some very big fish and inventing...

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Jan 26, 20225 min read
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