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George Dixons Grammar School
In recent years, I heard (I think from Terry Giblin) that it was intended that the first year be at Five Ways, but Polly Worthington, as head of the first year, said no, except over his dead body!- DPD
- Post #259
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George Dixons Grammar School
I attach a pdf of the front of Lisle Sharp's Funeral Service. He died in 2016. We were expecting him at a small reunion in late October; he did not turn up with his wife, Jennifer, and we heard a few days later that he had died. I did not attend the Funeral, but a friend from my years ('59-'66)...- DPD
- Post #258
- Forum: SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
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George Dixons Grammar School
Mr EW Long was one of the finest on the staff. Cheekily, in a Spanish 'O' Level class (about 1963/4), I asked him what he did in the war. He said that he used to visit his in-laws. (His wife was from Normandy.) So, I chanced it by asking next how he got there, 'How do you think, Davies? By...- DPD
- Post #256
- Forum: SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.