September 8th 1972

“Econ – Robbins”
Mr Robbins was, as I recall, quite a young teacher.
His economics classes were usually fun as he had a way of explaining things in a manner we could all understand.

September 7th 1972

“Games – Geoff / Phys – Prugar”
I can’t recall this Geoff  (first name/ last name?) but then I hated Games (otherwise known as Physical Education) with a vengeance.
Mrs Prugar was a pretty good teacher. For whatever reason, Physics was one of my easier subjects and I often scored far more than I expected in tests etc.

September 6th 1972

“Frog – Bulmer / Geog – terry / singing – Marcus / Maths – Flint / TD – Pollock”
Frog (French) teacher Bulmer was a nasty brute of a man.
Terry M, our geography teacher, was a tall ginger man whose face got redder and redder with rage if we started mucking about in class. I would [...]

September 5th 1972

“BACK TO SCHOOL (UGH!) / Eng – Ernst / Hist – Simpson”
Alice Cooper fails me!
Ernest (rather than Ernst, as I wrote) was a peculiarly-excitable little man, short with jet black hair and thick ’speccy’ specs.
Mrs Simpson was a brown cardigan wearer, well-spoken and a good teaching manner. (However, not good enough to teach me History [...]

September 4th 1972

In morn went to get school stuff / In afternoon Gord and Neil came up
I do believe this refers to the annual necessity to get me kitted out with my school uniform. I am sure just as much as I hated having to go through the ritual of trying on new trousers, shirts and the [...]