1950 1956

A Memory of Stanhope.

I am sorry to read some of these descriptions of your time there. Mr. Maddison, McTavish, Jones, Peart (GYM teacher) Wheeler ( Woodwork) and one who lived in between Grenville & Drake Dorms, I found very fair, firm yes, Mr Bowles, HEADMASTER, wacked & caned me both on knuckles & rear, but I still found him FAIR.
Matron was very fair, food was good, sport GREAT, exercise very good.
My gripe was that we all came out of that SYSTEM with very little education. I went there in 1950 with my brother George (who ran away 3 times). We used to go to Whitby on camping trips. I was head boy for Grenville and we had Hawkins, Drake & Nelson. We went on home visits twice a year for 3/4 weeks.
I very often think back to those days and try to remember the friends I had there.

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