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| "Lads
generally are a lazy lot!" |
| Bert
Ralphs |
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"The
teachers who had the greatest influence on me were
Mr Raffles (assistant Head) and Mr Gibson. I learned
more in Mr Raffles' class than in any other.
He
was a brilliant master and extremely strict. If you
perchance did not know what he had lectured about
on any subject when he came to review it, you would
receive a very painful reminder.
Some
would say that this is bad teaching: I hold a different
view because it was the fear of the cane that made
me learn - lads generally are a lazy lot! The threat
of the cane made you pay attention"
Bert Ralphs. Born 1902
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| Smithdown
and Dudley Road, 2nd May, 1906 |
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| "At
least four teachers had taught my Mother" |
| Mary
Palin |
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"As
you can imagine, in those days teachers didn't move
around like they do today. When I got into junior
school, there were at least four teachers who had
taught my Mother.
The
Headmistress at the school in Mother's day was Mrs
Ada Ward, who I gathered from Mother's conversation
with her old school friends, wasn't very popular."
Mary Palin. Her Mother attended from 1908-1914
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"The
games played by us were usually confined to the schoolyard:
Tick, 'Rally-Ho', and generally knocking each other
about! During severe winters when there was a heavy
frost, the schoolyard provided us with a great deal
of pleasurable excitement."
Bert Ralphs. Born 1902
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