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On the subject of teacher's nicknames ... anyone remember Boomer (Mr Carrington)? Memories of him shouting at pupils in dining hall and practically lifting them up and chucking them out! Huge man who could really scare the juniors! Went bright red whenever he was shouting at anyone.
But he could be a real gentle giant sometimes. We used to have our 2nd form English lessons in his garden in the summer.
He used to try and sell every new pupil one of those grim grey CH tracksuits when they arrived! Before they knew any better ...
But he could be a real gentle giant sometimes. We used to have our 2nd form English lessons in his garden in the summer.
He used to try and sell every new pupil one of those grim grey CH tracksuits when they arrived! Before they knew any better ...
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Re: Boomer
I remember Mike Carrington very well, his nickname was 'Des' in those days which joins a long line of names for which I have no explanation whatsoever. He made me captain of the Colts rugby team in 1972 and we went on to have a rotten year but managed not to blame each other too much. Most of our matches made him bright red. The legendary Gerald Davies of Wales and British Lions fame then arrived at CH and started coaching with him which calmed him down a bit.eloisec wrote:On the subject of teacher's nicknames ... anyone remember Boomer (Mr Carrington)? Memories of him shouting at pupils in dining hall and practically lifting them up and chucking them out! Huge man who could really scare the juniors! Went bright red whenever he was shouting at anyone.
But he could be a real gentle giant sometimes. We used to have our 2nd form English lessons in his garden in the summer.
He used to try and sell every new pupil one of those grim grey CH tracksuits when they arrived! Before they knew any better ...
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I'm sure he left later than that Mat, I can remember him taking us to Horsham or Crawley Atrhletics comps with a couple of us sat in the boot of his people carrier cause he couldn't get the minibus!! He was gentle until you annoyed him and when he shouted in Dining Hall everyone would stop talking and just listen. Also when he used to bang for grace the little block would jump across the desk!!
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well when i was an LE Mr Carrington still ytook us for rugby and also did some dining hall duties, all i can say is that he was one fo the best blokes i ever came accross, and also he lived down the road from ym gran parents in horsham, they moved but if i remember he still is htere. a good bloke through and through, but yes had a shout
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He finished teaching atthe end of our 3rd from but stayed around doing dining hall duties and athletics for a few more years I think!stoice wrote:I'm sure he left later than that Mat, I can remember him taking us to Horsham or Crawley Atrhletics comps with a couple of us sat in the boot of his people carrier cause he couldn't get the minibus!! He was gentle until you annoyed him and when he shouted in Dining Hall everyone would stop talking and just listen. Also when he used to bang for grace the little block would jump across the desk!!
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had Boomer for English in my first year. He was a lovely bloke but had a really short temper. One day he caught Paul Carter eating marmite (why?) in class. He went completely berserk and threw him out of the room, slamming the door behind him. He used so much force that the door flung open again (despite being really heavy) and paint came flying off the wall !
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So where does "skiffing" someone's bed come from?
Tim Benjamin posted it in another topic, and it was a word i'd completely forgetten!
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Tim Benjamin posted it in another topic, and it was a word i'd completely forgetten!
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if it's the Butters i'm thinking of, she really wasn't that 'butters'.Great Plum wrote:No, it came from a girl on the year below me whose surname it was!Chammy wrote:how about 'butters' (= ugly), i was wondering whether that came from south park.
scout, blonde hair, smoked like a chimney?
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That's the one - people did rib her mercilessly when she was a junior though - I think she blossomed a bit on her seniors...Hendrik wrote:if it's the Butters i'm thinking of, she really wasn't that 'butters'.Great Plum wrote:No, it came from a girl on the year below me whose surname it was!Chammy wrote:how about 'butters' (= ugly), i was wondering whether that came from south park.
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How about "fish periods"? Doss lessons where you did sod-all...
...Smeggy Bo-Smearer being a great case in point. I remember once spending an entire double period of mechanics getting him to explain how my roller coaster design with the cars going outside the corkscrew would result in forces at the bottom of the loop of 8G and certain death. Marv.marty wrote:My favourite was smeggy. He was the side-track king !!
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zobmeister wrote:How about "fish periods"? Doss lessons where you did sod-all...
...Smeggy Bo-Smearer being a great case in point. I remember once spending an entire double period of mechanics getting him to explain how my roller coaster design with the cars going outside the corkscrew would result in forces at the bottom of the loop of 8G and certain death. Marv.marty wrote:My favourite was smeggy. He was the side-track king !!
the topics we covered ranged from 'the tube', the staff sweepstake during the '82 elections (which he won, naturally), the big charity antiques auction held in big school, how much he hated the new ICT dept ("go over to the school office and write a formal complaint, it probably won't do anything but at least it'll stir the sh1t."), how he got shot, twice, by his own cadets . ahhh. happy days. i failed DDM as a result but hey.
The finger to the land of the chains!
WHAT? The land of the FREE?!
Whoever told you that is your ENEMY...
WHAT? The land of the FREE?!
Whoever told you that is your ENEMY...