tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post4891115978391445776..comments2023-10-18T12:10:14.202+01:00Comments on Gilbert Hambone's Diary: Midhurst In Living Memory - ErrataGilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07015264670354996321noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post-21128707159260227102023-10-18T12:10:14.202+01:002023-10-18T12:10:14.202+01:00Yes, it's not clear in my original post. At th...Yes, it's not clear in my original post. At the time the photograph was taken the grammar and secondary modern schools had combined to become a comprehensive and Mr Buckle was then the deputy head. As Andrew says, he had previously been the headmaster of the secondary school before the merger. <br /><br />Most definitely one of the "good guys". He took assembly on his last day before retirement and I still remember it now. Very poignant.Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07015264670354996321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post-73905370293906896992023-10-18T01:54:02.340+01:002023-10-18T01:54:02.340+01:00I was happy to see you stated that Mr Buckle had b...I was happy to see you stated that Mr Buckle had been the headmaster ,I thought my memory was playing tricks ,I attended Midhurst Secondary School in 1961 / 62 aged 11 ,leaving to attend Wilmington Secondary School then returned 1963/ 64 , to move yet again this time out of Sussex to the Midlands . I remember the school very fondly and Mr Buckle especially he was always such a nice man and very kind to me and very proud of his school and his staff.A Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post-21607217580632523092017-11-12T18:41:22.418+00:002017-11-12T18:41:22.418+00:00FWIW Mr. Buckle, the deputy head, had previously b...FWIW Mr. Buckle, the deputy head, had previously been the Head of the Secondary Modern School, where my father, Dennis Taylor, also taught. My parents were friends with the Buckle family. We spent a holiday in the Fareham flat of Mr. Buckle's divorced wife. Mr Buckle seemed to spend a lonely life after his divorce. He lived alone in a flat at Taylor's Rise (my parents and I were at 1, June Rise), was taken to school by taxi every morning, and spent his leisure time rising through the ranks of the Masons. He died (heart attack?) on a train and was discovered by the guard when the train got to Portsmouth. (Isn't it amazing what trivia we retain)Andrew Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781560489826494379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post-5161730580764551082017-10-19T18:26:53.197+01:002017-10-19T18:26:53.197+01:00Thank you Vicki. I have amended the post.Thank you Vicki. I have amended the post.Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07015264670354996321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post-23872357255430957832017-08-24T12:44:01.935+01:002017-08-24T12:44:01.935+01:00Not Doreen Lucas but Vera Lucas. Doreen Lucas was ...Not Doreen Lucas but Vera Lucas. Doreen Lucas was originally Doreen Bassett and was ' matron' in the boys boarding house. She married Norman Lucas after Vera's death whIch must have been post 1970/1 . I was in touch by letter with Vera until 1971, having been one of her last French A level pupils .<br />Vicki BrownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post-83858599440103854382012-02-14T13:55:52.421+00:002012-02-14T13:55:52.421+00:00Re the car: I think it's a 1901 Georges Richar...Re the car: I think it's a 1901 Georges Richard from France. Compare it with http://www.flickr.com/photos/benus/2997117258/<br /><br />~iwIan Wegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988633913788683458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502293746768290601.post-4568393934799767112012-02-13T16:18:46.635+00:002012-02-13T16:18:46.635+00:00A good example of an error that should be allowed ...A good example of an error that should be allowed to stand. On p47 a contributor says "The older girls went ... for what today would be called domestic science but was then just Cookery classes".<br /><br />In attempting to be contemporary the speaker is inadvertently showing his age! The term "Domestic Science" was already in common use in the 1940's. It was replaced in the late seventies by "Home Economics". Today's students learn "Food Technology".Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07015264670354996321noreply@blogger.com