Longhedge Street

I rember Dr Rudd and his swirling gown walking the corridors of the old school with his cane concealed up his sleeve,He was in fact a doctor of Music he played piano, and sang he as a disapilarian and ruled William Blake strictly,I rember my form teacher in n the first year Mr Froman,the boxing master, mr Jones, the worst teacher was Mr Mellor who was Asian he died his hair and. Wore a white jacket

Dr Rudd installed in me the love of theatre he produced plays during the school year and I appeared as Jack Sheppard in a play called wigs and patches set in the days of Dick Turpin,After that play I so wanted to be an actor but coming from a single parent family just me and Mum and my older Brother Don when I did leave school I had to work and earn a living to help feed the family it was 1957

Perhaps things would have been different had I gone into Rep theatre as many working class boys did around that time Michel Cane,Terance Stamp, Albert Finny, Daniel Day Lewis.Tom Courtney, to name a few my theatre cal aspirations had to wait until I retired in 2006 and became a Am dram actor and successful Director thank you Dr Rudd for giving me that spark all those years ago great man you taught me a lot any one else rember that play Carol Mason comes to mind she was my mistress Bess and I sang to her "when the heart of a man "