Originally Posted by
Billy Turnbull
Hi Guys ,
I've just found this forum, I was at Walton Secondary Technical School from 1951 to 1956. I remember Mr Gordon (French teacher), Mr Finley (maths) and Mr Jones (geography), Mr Bradshaw(physics), anybody remember any others?
Bill Turnbull.
I attended this school from 1954 to 1959. I remember all those teachers together with Mr Wally, (science) and Mr Lawence (Building Costruction). I was called a Builder at first but when the head master (Mr Dunn) moved to a new school, the next head , Mr Clark, changed the set up and we moved to Carrisbrook Road.
My Gordan was nick named Ike because he was Jewish. Some contributors to this blog remember him as Ike Moses but that wasn't his real name. He wasn't a very efective teacher but he had the redeeming characteristic of not either using the cane or sending boys to the staff room to be caned by who ever was at hand, mostly Mr Bradshaw the deputy head. I particularly remember a crazed old teacher who said he used to be in the Royal Flying Core in WW1. He was totally demented but it could have true.
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There was a famous scandal from before I attended when the head teacher, Dr Oliver, was alleged to have bogus qualifications insofar as he had no qualifications at all. He was denounced by his deputy and commited suicide by drinking acid in a teaching laboratory.
It was a cold, brutal place but some of the subjects such Mathematics and Science were well taught.
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