The
only other new boy was Criswell. We didn't see Col King, but saw Mr Appleby We
hung around and went to the lake. All the new boys arrived the next day. Our
House Master is Appleby. Marzetti is next to me in dorm..BACK TO NEWSLETTER 2000 CONTENTS
The
only other new boy was Criswell. We didn't see Col King, but saw Mr Appleby We
hung around and went to the lake. All the new boys arrived the next day. Our
House Master is Appleby. Marzetti is next to me in dorm..
The Midget Colts played Canterbury Cathedral School away. We thrashed them. I was Captain. Gilbert and me scored most of the tries. We get crusts with jam from Bessie Rolls in the village. They are wizard and only cost 3d. There is not much in the Tuck Shop.
I have done a lot of painting this term. One large oil painting which seems quite popular. Scadding is very decent and lets me go to the store room and help myself. Koster has done a super oil of swans. Eveliegh is the other best artist. We also go to sculpture with Miss Spenser-Watson. Some boys carve in wood and alabaster. I use clay.
The planes came over all night and kept the boys awake in our dorm. I believe there were lots of gliders from Tarrant Rushton. Appleby said something big was on. The invasion I think... A GI convoy came past school all day and the next. One GI dropped a gun off his jeep which a boy hid at school.
We had a good journey back to school. We wandered around Blandford then caught the bus to lwerne. I showed Jim over the school. I am in Spinneys. We go to bed at 9.45pm and have 1 / 6d a week pocket money.
There are 35 new bugs and two new masters. I wonder what Burke is like! I am painting a large mural in the Middle common room in the Stable block. On Thursday Mr Knight brought his Golden Eagle. It flew the length of the hall over our heads and he told the boys about it ….We had a Field Day on Friday I loosed off a blank by mistake in the line. Luckily it didn't hurt anybody.
I played in the lst XV match against Dorchester Grammar School which we won. On Monday 1 was awarded my 2nd XV colours in the dining hall. In JTC I took Cert A part 2 and failed in drill.
Will you please send coupons and money for purple stockings. They haven't many left. Selfridges is much better than Forsyths.
A Dornier came down somewhere near Melbury. Jim and two friends bribed the RAF guard with Woodbines. They inspected the wreck. I had better not say anymore.