A long long time ago in the early 90s discipline was all the rage at boarding school. Rage being the operative word. Teachers were called Masters to help reinforce the fact that they were in no way a parent substitute and were addressed as Sir. Female teachers were called Mrs because the sexism within theContinue reading “Alius in Pariete Laterem”
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Funny Old Game
A long long time ago in 1989 our school took sport extremely seriously. At least two hours a day was devoted to it four days a week and the whole of Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Rugby was the most important of course. The first rugby team were automatically anointed as college prefects because as anyoneContinue reading “Funny Old Game”
Medication Time….Medication Time
A long long time ago in the late 80s/early 90s many teachers at boarding school prided themselves on their eccentricity. The effects of being massively and voluntarily institutionalised were front and centre for all to see. The situation was exacerbated with a strange game of batshit one-upmanship between the male faculty. Whether it was theContinue reading “Medication Time….Medication Time”
God Bless The Child
A long long time ago in 1988 this country had a very different attitude to paedophilia. Michael Jackson took a 13 year old boy to the Grammys, Jimmy Saville and Gary Glitter were fixing it for kids and inviting kids into their gang respectively, Rolf Harris sang about two little boys and my boarding schoolContinue reading “God Bless The Child”
That’s My Bird
A long long time ago in 1990 the living quarters in boarding school often mirrored that in prison. Long corridors of thirty plus rooms/cells on each side where we slept, worked and housed the possessions we were permitted (and the ones we weren’t). Schools were divided into “houses” for the purposes of arranging sports teamsContinue reading “That’s My Bird”
Diaries of Boarding School 