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    George Dixons Grammar School

    Very much my experience, too. Quite frankly, I was a "good student" because I was scared stiff of many of the teachers (physical abuse, sarcasm), the hierarchies, the black capes, the almost "military" atmosphere (being called by our surnames, uniforms, etc.). The first thing I did when I...
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    George Dixons Grammar School

    Hello Nigel R, I too started at GD in form 1A in September 1969, thereafter 2F to 5F and then into the Sixth form. So we must have been in the same class as Kenneth Bladon. I have fond and not so fond memories of GD, particularly the rather sadistic teachers such as Mends, Trout, Gibson...
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