A boy's view of WW2 Bombed out in Norwich in 1941 I spent two years living with relatives...not a good idea as I attended six primary schools in six years!! Moving to rural Suffolk, I spent the last years of the war befriending American airman and Italian POWs, watching doodle bugs, "dog fights", thousand bomber raids and gliders leaving. enduring the strictures of rationing and generally being a naughty lad!
Views: 931 | Enquiries: 0Leaving school at sixteen I trained as an accountant but following National Service I decided that I wished to teach. On leaving RAF I taught in a small primary school for two terms as an unqualified teacher. I then trained at Loughborough Teacher Training College to become a P.E teacher. However, upon qualifying I decided that I preferred the younger age group and therefore took up a post at a junior school in Leicester. Thereafter I taught in several primary schools in some of the poorer districts of Leicester, serving as headmaster for 21 years.
Since retiring we have moved to Surrey where I am able to continue my hobbies of gardening, golf and watching sport.
All my talks are a lighted hearted journey through my career in some of the most deprived urban areas in the Midlands. Each talk covers events that I have experienced, some tragic, some humorous and some very embarrassing (for me).
Unfortunately, age now limits distance travelled to 50 or so miles from Redhill
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