Around the Forms

One major section of the Tower Magazine, each year, was the section called Around the Forms, which was written by the form members themselves. They contain names that many people will remember.

1959 Edition

On Mr. Clements' register, Number 7 is Bromage, the top in our exams. Number 9 is Butlin who is famous for his boxing skill. He is also captain of the first-year rugby team. We have a group of bird-watchers headed by Brian Cave. The group includes Markstein, Shaw, Rodhouse, Wills, Adhemar and Finlay. Our class is full of interesting boys and it would take all day to tell about them.

A.S.

Our neatest individual has a sharply-pressed suit and dazzling shoes (until he reaches the classroom). For a striking contrast, our laziest boy (whose name I do not mention as I value my life) has slovenly habits, hair like rusty barbed wire, and a hobby of concocting strange, unearthly solutions in bottles. There are also boys who strike a mean between these two extremes.

A.B.

Our form room is Room 1 and our form master is Mr. Gibson. In sport, we have done very well. We managed to beat ID at cross-country but we lost to them at seven-a-side rugby. In class-work, we have done fairly well and two of our boys went up to 1B. The person who has the most sense of humour is Deacon who keeps our class in a good mood.

R.B.

Firstly, we congratulate David Bissonet on his promotion to 1C. We were all sorry to lose him. 1D has quite a good rugger team and Colin Osborne, Derek Austin, Leonard McCaughey and David Hawney have all played for the Under 13's. Our best athletes and gymnasts are James Boughton, Derek Austin, Roger Quennell and Leonard McCaughey

We find General Science very interesting. We were sorry to lose Mr. Jury, our Maths teacher, at Easter. Most of the class likes English. Mr. Crick, our teacher, lets us record quizzes on the tape recorder. But we don't like learning poetry. We look forward to Art and Music periods and enjoy gramophone records and singing songs. In Art, we have done pottery, lino-cuts, clay models and paintings.

Our history book, " The Story of the Ancient World," is very interesting and deals with the period from the Stone Age to the most modern Romans. We have had two Geography teachers, Mr. Harris and Mr. Gibson, and we have studied the county of Northamptonshire, Ordnance Survey Signs and maps.

M.B.

Room 5, on the second floor, is occupied by 1F. We are friendly and talkative and we love sports. A few of us are exceptionally good-looking but we are not always as good and well-behaved as we look. Miss Rudling is unfortunate enough to have to look after such a mischievous form but she is friendly and helpful and well-liked.

Y.C.

The Needlework Room is 1G's form room. Most of us are friendly and we are probably the talking champions of the school. Margaret Patching and Barbara Wilimott are the best at Gym and Games. Some of us are fairly brainy like Christine Harding. Miss Clothier is unlucky to be our form mistress because we are very talkative as I said before.

Y.B.

We live in Room 10 which is on the third floor of the Tower Block. It contains 31 inhabitants and our form teacher is Senor Bamber who teaches us Spanish. The form includes some interesting members in Pat, who only wakes up in time to eat, and Rosemary who hibernates from time to time.

J.C. J.B.

2A's abode is Room 8. The form's main occupation is writing lines or essays which our teachers always seem to be giving us. Macready is a mechanical minded menace who is always thinking up some gadget or other to the discomfort of other people. The brainiest boy is a bespectacled lad called Rooke. In this collection of little animals, called a class, is the Captain of the Under 13 rugger team, and several other rugger players. The form captain is a tousled little boy called Brown and in the orchestra is Robertson with a violin.

R.J., M.K.

In Room 12, there are 34 pupils-11 girls and 23 boys. Mr. Nokes is our form-master. The comics of the class are Shaw, Valerie Titmus and Hawksworth. The best one in the Gym is Kent and the best one at Games is Asbrey, who is the form captain, also. The best sports girl is Pauline Malin.

P.H., R.A.

SPORT We are proud to say that there are six boys from 2C in the Under 13 rugby team. Also, there are quite a few 2C boys who can swim, and we have five boys who entered for the pole-vaulting in the school sports.

PETS L. Sloan and P. Murphy both have two rabbits. M. Batt has two white mice “Snowy" and “Silver". M. McMahon keeps a white hamster.

GOSSIP. J. Hundley was given a new bike - and didn't we know it! During the year, we received two new members to the happy band- G. Sims and L. Smith from 2B.

P.H.

1960 Edition

We inhabit Room 7 and we are a very talented lot. Our honourable members include Stephanie Northover, who won the first year's handwriting prize; Jennifer Heard, who presented a bouquet to Miss Madge, the lady speaker on Speech Day; and Susan Berrill who read the Bible at the Carol Service. At Christmas, eleven girls performed an interesting dance, some of us sang in the first year choir, and some of us were in the School Choir (not forgetting Rosemary Coe and Judith Betts who puffed away at recorders). Dawn Wilson played the part of the nurse in the play. Our class contains seven Susans - if that doesn't confuse the teachers, nothing will.

C.M.G.

Our cell is Room 10 on the fourth floor of the dreaded Tower Block. Littlewood came top in the exams. Our best swimmer is Barnes and our best runners are Jackson and Hicks. Our star rugger players are Haynes, Jackson, Chivers, Barnes and Sanders. Jones, Stanton and Worrall are all in the choir. Sanders is the chief comic and Mr. Bamber is our warder.

D.C.

Our form room is the Music Room and our form master is Mr. Chesters. We were all very sorry to lose our English and Maths teachers, Mr. Matthews and Mrs. Delahunty respectively.

We are quite good at Sport and the lessons we like best are, of course, Games and P.E., but most of us think General Science is very interesting.

The class has some very interesting specimens-including five girls.

H.J.L

Our form inhabits Room 2 and our form-master is Mr. Crick. We have two good runners -Stringer and Taylor- and we are pretty good on the rugger field. Clarkson came top in the exams.

M.W.W., P.D.B.

Our form's abode is Room 12 and the form-master is Mr. Smithurst, the gallant goalkeeper of the Staff's hockey team. Peploe has won many competitions in singing, Jones is an astronomer, Cave is an ornithologist and there are others with such hobbies as swimming, music, cycling and camping. Bromage came top in all the exams and Smith and Butlin are good rugger players (both have been captain of their team). Essam is very good at jumping and sprinting and Bird holds the record for the junior High Jump.

J.E.E.

Our habitat is the General Science Laboratory. There are 33 of us, plus two goldfish and two mice, and also tiddlers and tadpoles in the season. Mr. Timms is our form-master. Barringer, Brown and Richardson are our star gymnasts and Barringer is also a good boxer: he won his bout in the Inter-House Boxing Competition. Hall came top in the exams and Meakins is our best songster.

We would like to congratulate Bissonnet, Bradbury and Nutter on winning prizes. Barringer, Brown, Hall and England played for the Under 13 XY. Clayton represented the School in the Inter-Schools' Cross-Country Championship. John Child built a wireless set in his spare time. It works!

J.D.I. I.E.B.

Our domain is Room 1. We have comics such as McDougall and Weller (Sam) and a good sports' section with such fellows as Fox, Clarke, Kirby, Boughton and Harris.

A.J.W.

We would like to congratulate Boyce on coming top of the form. We have quite a good rugger team and Osborne, D. Johnson, Farmer, Derek Austin, Pacey, Kelly, and McCormac, have all played for the Under 13 teams. D. Johnson and McCormac both played for the School in the Six-a-Side Tournament at Bective.

G.R.P.

We hibernate in the Art Room amongst abstract masterpieces and complicated mosaics. Here, under the guidance of Mr. Adams, we develop such characters as Christine Harding, the comic, and Diane Guest, a languages expert. Exams are our most dreaded prospect and, when they are nearing, we are busily engaged in revising the knowledge we should know (but don't). Still, at the moment, we are pleasantly free from such anxieties.

V.A.C., S.L.W.

Our room is the Craft Room and our form-master is Mr. Major. As a form we have a finger in every pie. We have several would-be serenading angels in the School Choir and, since the Junior Dramatics Club started in September, we have had a few aspiring actresses, some of whom starred in the play in the Christmas Concert. Unfortunately, only one girl received a prize on Speech Day, Janet Marriott.

P.E.G.

We are patients in Emergency Ward 5. The Sister on duty is Miss Rudling. Those of us who suffer from brain-fatigue spend most of the time sleeping. Audrey Chamberlain is the most out-standing patient and received a prize on the Hospital Speech Day.

J.M.B.

Our fold is No. 9 and our philosopher and guide is Mr. Hogg, who frequently terminates our frolics and gambols in the sunshine. Our two blackest sheep are Brown and Calder, who spend much time planning and performing experiments calculated to bring discomfort to their unfortunate victims.

Our form does not shine at athletics although the majority of us have stronger leanings in that direction than towards any other side of schooling. Asbrey is the ablest athlete and R. Jones has collected as many black eyes in the boxing-ring as he has donated. In a pen of many dodgers, the one who gets the least reward for his efforts is Mace. Robertson, who is our violinist, has a sweet voice and rumour has it that Craddock is musically gifted. Turner aspires to become a Professor of English.

N.J.B.C. R.J.

We reside in Room 8, which is open at all times to anyone who dares put a foot over the threshold. Last year, the Under 14 XV consisted almost entirely of 3B members, including the captain, S. Wright. The cricket team had also quite a few members of our form. Jennifer Thornton excels in most subjects and the comics are Jackson, Pope and Valerie Titmus.

A. D. S.

3C is a well-disciplined form under the leadership of R. Nickolls. We have many rugby players; the most outstanding are Winkworth, Gregory and McMahon. The other type of football is often discussed in 3C and its ablest practitioners are Nickolls, Sloan and Hundley.

H.W.K.

1961 Edition

Our form room is the Craft Room and our form-master is Mr. Major. There are 25 of us. Carol Isaacs won the first year handwriting prize and also came top in the exams. Cynthia Turner came second and is very talented in drawing. Rosemary Summerford, Susan Wright and Marilyn Murray are the songsters of the class.

C.A.B.

In a neat little room with a 5 on the door can be found thirty little boys with angelic faces. If only they were as innocent as they look! The two angels who shine most in the gym are Foster and Johnson. Judd is our best runner. Harrington's halo shines brighter than any other and he flew highest in the exams.

J.N.W.R.

We inhabit Room 1 and our form-master is Mr. Burgess who, by some phenomenal act of fate, has survived the last three terms. We have a few good gymnasts, especially Gordon and Withers. Thornton won a cup in the Inter-House Boxing Tournament. None of us won this year's handwriting prize, but that was because we wanted to give the other forms a chance.

J.A.N.

This form occupies Room 7 and consists of eleven girls and twelve boys under the guidance of Mr. Syer. Diana Dodge-Johnson is top of the form. Martin Earle is the Under-12 one-length breast stroke champion of Northampton. Some of our girls took part in the Christmas Concert.

J.J.H.

Our camp is Room 12 and our 'trail boss ' is Miss Rudling. For certain “shifts”, our eight cooks leave us and we are joined by eight boys from 2AL.

We have many artists in our midst, including several ballet stars, and philatelists by the dozen. No-one could say we shine at our work-the only problem we work at is the hibernation one. Our sporty types include Susan Cotter, who is a splendid high-jumper, and Lesley Smith, who is our star runner. Rosemary Coe is top of the form.

C.M.G.

2 A

Our dwelling in the General Science Lab contains 31 intelligent pupils under the fatherly eye of Mr. Timms. We are very versatile. McLellan and Verity have given talks to the Science Club; White, Ward, March, Jones and Verity took part in the Christmas play; Jones, Jackson, Hubbard, Luck, Morris and Paige have played for the Under 13 team; Verity is in the School Orchestra; and Littlewood, White, Taylor, Dillon and York have won prizes. Littlewood came top in the exams.

Out of school, Littlewood and Civil won awards in the Eisteddfod for playing the piano, whilst Hanwell, Westley and McLellan delve into the mysteries of Radio. Cookson was in the Carnival Parade.

We are the only form with a form magazine. For 2d. you can read the efforts of Westley, Jones, MeLellan, Jackson and Verity. Can we blow our own trumpet? You bet!

M.R.V.

Form 2M occupies the Music Room and we have six female specimens in the form. The rest are boys. Garlick came top in the last exam with Burdett second. Our best rugger players are Barnes, Chivers, Dorr, Duff, Giles, Haynes, Snedker, Middleton, Wilkinson and Wimpress. Barnes is our best swimmer, and Wilkinson the best sprinter. We were sorry to lose Mr. Chesters but pleased to welcome Mr. Bertalot.

G.A.G.

Form 2C occupies Room 2 on the first floor of the Tower Block. Our form-master, Mr. Crick, keeps the unruly mob in very good order.

Eleven boys have played at least once for the Under 13 rugger team. Taylor, who is the best boxer of the class, won a medal in the School Boxing Contest. Roden is the comic of the class with his funny little jokes. The class includes a group of loco-spotters consisting of Johnson, Forskitt, Bedwell and Gauld.

R.A.S.

There are many things to be said both for and against us. Bromage, Shaw and Hall won prizes on Speech Day. Quite a few of us play for the Under 14 team, including Butlin, the captain, who led the team to victory in the Collier Cup. He, and a few others, have also played for the Under 15 team. There are quite a few in the form who talk of the other kind of football and Arthur Smith has played for Northampton Boys' Team.

M.J.F.

In a lonely outpost of the Tower, thirty-four boys stand guard over Room 6. Each pupil has his own story to tell. Half of them live in a make-believe world. Jim Sullivan acts like a hired gunslinger, always gunning for the person who invented French, and George Sullivan thinks that the only people on earth are Welsh. A certain Mr. Wood takes Horlicks for an undisturbed sleep during Maths.

P.S.B.

This form report could be a very lengthy one for, in our room, the Language Room, there are many things going on behind the closed door. There is a secret society, the “Boys," led by a character called Thorneycroft. We have brainy boys, such as Bonham, who came top in the last examination. Also we have our athletes: Mills and Kirby are the two runners of the class, and Clarke, Bell, Harris and Roberts are good performers in the Pole Vault, Discus and Javelin events.

R. S.

In 3D we have many different specimens of humanity. There is, for example, Pete Miller who is scientifically known as 'motorcyclus maniacus'. Other well-known varieties are Andy Kelly -'the garage bug'-and Mick Pepper, the pilot who never leaves the ground (he flies control-line model aircraft).

W e do not exactly shine at Rugger, but some of those who do sometimes exert themselves are 'Twink' Austin, Kev McCormac, Andy Kelly and 'Ossie'. But most of us favour the round ballgame. Johnson and McCormac have had a trial for the Town Boys' Soccer Team and were accepted.

Several boys of the form featured in the gymnastic display in the Christmas Concert. We congratulate Alcock on coming top of the form. On Speech Day, G. Churchill had much pleasure in receiving a progress prize.

R.C.T.

Our form room is the Art Room where we rest our weary bodies amid paints, crayons and drawing boards. The walls surrounding our abode are covered by masterpieces created by some of the would-be artists in the School.

Mr. Adams is our form-master and he is trying (unsuccessfully) to turn us into good-mannered young ladies. We are a very talkative form; but we all try to work hard (at times). When the exams come, we all lock ourselves up in our various abodes and swot. Seven of the Under 15 Hockey Team are in our form and they come to School in the worst kind of weather to play. We were sorry to lose some of our classmates at the end of the last Summer Term.

C. H., R. H.

In this form there are 34 mischievous girls and we reside in the Geography Room, where Mrs. Hogg does her best to keep us under control.

Two girls received prizes on Speech Day: Sandra Perrin and Janet Marriott, both of whom came to us from 3F.

Amongst us we have a few girls who are good at sports. On Sports Day, a few of our girls who competed were placed.

J.A.G., S.M.R.

We contaminate the Needlework Room which is situated in a perfect position for sunbathing-when the sun shines. Our kind psychiatrist is Mrs. Watson, who is also training us, slowly and painfully, to sew. None of us particularly like work, but the majority enjoy playing games-especially rounders, when we have our own rules. The less said about individual members of our form, the better; but one thing is common to us all-we love school.

Anita Cawley and Carol Giles won prizes at our last Sports Day. Anita is also the brains of the form and is the only one who does not have to visit our psychiatrist at regular intervals. Well, we must close now for fear of exerting ourselves; it is also time for ‘Workers' Playtime’.

J.C.B., M.Y.W.

Our eyrie is Room 9 where we have been under the surveillance of Mr. Hogg for the last six terms. Our form-master combines the eye of an eagle with the memory of an elephant; and our past demeanours are frequently “misused in evidence against us."

Rooke and Farey are the most academically able boys of the form: it is rumoured that they have at least one examination's swotting always in hand. We hear that Pomeroy has expressed a desire to become an ambulance driver; whilst we applaud his humanitarianism, we ought to point out that he will certainly have to be a little less forgetful and much more punctual. Denny, who will probably enter the Army at the end of the term, will lose both his long vacation and his lustrous locks.

B.L.B.

Whilst we were in the third year, our form made many enemies. Probably it is because of this that we have Mr. Hartwell for a form-master again this year. We thank him very much, and would like to take this chance to say how courageous he is.

The female members of the form include Lesley Smith and Pauline Malin, who are good at sports, and several other unlikely characters. Jennifer Thornton and P. King both received prizes on Speech Day.

The male population of the class is mainly part-time and includes the class vampire and chief comedian, T. Shaw, who will be following P. Holden into the army. B. Tuckley, S. Wright and R. Kent are best at games, and the girls excel the boys in all subjects, except woodwork and metalwork.

We have in our form an inhabitant of a remote tropical island. She arrived here one day by mistake and, although her style of dress was considered somewhat bizarre, we have come to realise that even tropical islanders can be very nice.

J.T., P. K.

Our form (Room 14) is the crowning glory of the Tower Block. Set in the picturesque scenery of ink stains and chalk dust, we thrive on sport of various varieties. The football team has, according to its captain, R. Webster, won seven games in a row. As far as rugby is concerned, we have eight players who have played, at onetime or another this year, in the Under 15 team; these are such unlikely characters as Gregory, George, Winkworth, Harris, Ganley, Mulcahy, Stewart and Tingley.

G. R. S., P. C. E. G.

1962 Edition

2
If you search among the pots and clay animals of the Craft Room, you will find twenty-five apprentice potters under the watchful eye of master craftswoman, Miss Stroud. Leader of our Apprentice Potters' Union is Carol Isaacs and at our union meetings, which, incidentally, occur eight times a day, Christine Boddington and Pat Major are the chief spokeswomen. Although we occasionally feel like striking, we are generally quite pleased with the management of the workshop.

J.D.

2A
2A abides in the General Science Laboratory among skeletons, fish, test-tubes, bunsen burners and a forest of other indescribable objects. Among these you may find twenty-seven intelligent boys under the stern eye of Mr. Timms. Slinn came top in the Christmas exams, with Harding and Harrington second and third. Ten of us were in the Under 13 rugby team: Horne, Judd, Green, Ireson, Williams, Roberts, Johnson, Barber, Spring (captain) and Kemp. The athletes in the class are, Williams, Johnson and Judd. Spring is a keen ornithologist; Bland and Harrington are in the School Choir, and Spring and Barringer are ardent phillumenists.

R.W.J.

2B
The scene ... Room 5; the crime ... murder; the criminal ... Mr. Burgess; the motive ... self preservation; the victims ... 2B. Gough died from an electric shock from his home-made radio; Ashby and Stewart, the astronomers, died when a star fell on their heads; Gordon died of laughter when Mr. Burgess cracked a ruler across a desk and it broke in half. Foster, the king of 2B, was assassinated. Parker died of fatigue after coming first in the exams. Page, the aero-modeller, had his arm pulled off by a high-powered, control-line model, and the lynching party of train spotters were never seen again after a day trip to London. As for the rest, there is a blood-red streak smothering the car-park.

C.R.A.

2M
Amidst tapestries and masterpieces sleep a very contented band. When they have a mad spell, Martin Botteril, Jack Lear and Belinda Woodcock excel in athletics, and Hitchcock in a show of intelligence. The clown of the class is Nigel Davis who reached the finals of the Boxing Tournament, only to be beaten by a first year boy. Mr. Adams is, as all form masters should be, our master-craftsman.

A.G.H.

3
We have twisted away the past year in Room 12 without wearing out either the linoleum or Mrs. Queenborough! Just lately we have become more civilised, though an outsider might not realise it from the various quaint hairstyles that appear. Jennifer Cansdale and Rosemary Coe gained form prizes. Susan Harris won second prize in an art competition and Carol Gibson has written an interesting novel.
The whole class has recently fallen madly in love with Dr. Kildare, except for a few who prefer Northampton Romeos.

J.K.H.

3A
At the beginning of the school year, worried officials decided, in sheer desperation, to cast us into the remote and dark dungeon of S1 with Mr. Wailer -who was the only warder with enough courage to take us on.
The intellectuals of the form are Littlewood and Taylor; Jones and Luck are good rugby players; Jackson and Daley are our athletes, and Snedker is our gymnast.

M.V., R.F.B., C.H.

3C
We inhabit Room 7 although, for many of us, Room 2 seems more like home. Our warder is Mr. Meadows. Stringer, with many others from the form, shines at sport; two of our inmates won prizes at the School Speech Day. Most of us still like to spend the day sleeping.

R.D.

3M
In Cell 6 of the dreaded Tower Block there are thirty-two of us doing twelve months hard (academic) labour. We hope Poynton escaped successfully to Hong Kong, and welcome our new member, Currie.

Our chief warder, Mr. Chater, controls us with a firm but fatherly hand, and we voted R. Barnes as form captain, but sometimes wish we hadn't. We are proud of our sporting element; Paige, Wimpress, Dorr, Duff, Hubbard and Giles, who play in the Under 15 Rugger Team.

Amongst our members is a minority of six specimens of the opposite sex, who brighten the monotony of our lives. We are glad they are becoming obedient and punctual as their attitude to this has puzzled us, and, anyway, it upsets our chief warder, which is bad for all of us.

M.W.

4A
There are thirty-one boys in our form, which is based in Room 10. Many of us do well at sport; nine of the Under-15 rugby team are members of the class and we also boast five of the six-a-side soccer team which won the Manfield Hotspur Cup, five of the basket ball team and seven members of the cricket teams. Others in the form have outside hobbies. Cave is an ornithologist and Chillingsworth, Warren and Wills obtain joy at hanging worms without a trial, just so that they can catch two or three little fish which they immediately throw back. In the academic field, Bromage still reigns supreme champion.

P. F.

4B
This outpost (Room 14) of the Tower is manned mainly by a company of morons who search Olde English Engine Sheds in search of elusive engine-numbers. They are kept under observation by the suspicious eye of Mr. Hill. Included in their midst are a fanatical Welshman, who thinks that anthracite and leeks are the only things worth living for, and Whiteman, England, Sullivan and Kirby-the only rugger types, as the rest of the form are always tired after walking up 498 steps every day. All their futures are settled; they have agreed to join the Communist Party.

P. R. M., P. S. B.

4C
Our form may look unruly, but most of us have some inclination to work, mainly in short spasms prior to exams. We dwell in the Language Room with our Form Master, Mr. Fellowes.

We have some good athletes, such as Thorneycroft, Bell and Harris. Clarke set up a new pole-vault record of 8'-7". There are some strange characters, one of whom is almost a walking juke-box. The Brain of the class is Hawney, who came top in the Christmas exams.

M. E., C. C.

4D
If you force your way into Room 11, you will find yourself with 4D. Most of the class are keen footballers and always watch the 'Cobblers'. Kelley and Farmer played for the Under 15 rugger team and Johnson and Osborne played for the school six-a-side tournament at Bective. 'Enoch' Buthee is the bright lad of the form., Deacons, Thake, Kelly and Miller are the motorbike enthusiasts. The class mascot is Marks who is a keen train-spotter.

D. J., A. K.

4F
Our form, a beautiful bunch of flowers, lives in the Needlework Room, amid smells from the Chemistry Lab. and the Kitchen. Despite our constant appearance of tiredness we take quite a large part in school life. We boast ten of the school's twenty-two hockey team and players and several of us belong to the Tennis Club. Our 'bright spark' is Suzanne Withington who, with Judith Merrirnan, won a prize on Speech Day.

K.A., J.G., M.E.E., J.H.

4G
We are still in the Geography Room under Mrs. Hoggs' charge and remain a thorn in the side of the Staff. In an endeavour to get rid of some of us, Mr. Bamber tried to leave us in Spain but, unfortunately, all who went returned safely. Six girls took part in the Sports, and Margaret Patching and Tina Lilley won prizes at Speech Day. Seven girls have left since September, and two more, Carol Wilson and Sheila Markie, plan to leave in July, to go into Hairdressing.

P. G.

5
We thirty-four darlings occupy Room 15 which, being the 'Room at the Top', keeps us in trim. We are divided into the Commerce Section (with fingers glued to the typewriter keys, which make a melodious (?) sound) and the Grammar Section (which is the most gifted academically (?). We spend almost all our time in front of mirrors, trying, in vain, to keep up with the latest hair-styles, which we maintain and protect with school hats. We have a Sports Day cup-winner, a Judo enthusiast, many budding typists and a few Florence Nightingales in our form.

S.W.

5A
For sale. One very high-class form with built-in mathematical genius and all-round athlete for form-master and such amenities as Dayies, our cockney friend. Part-time schoolboy, Else, in violation of all Union Rules, is now working a three-day-week. Straight from Savile Row, there is Shipman, elegantly dressed in his Co-op jeans and ex-Navy duffle coat. On the economic front we have Barry Druker who is a potential Friendly Loan Company Manager. Resident play-boy is Farey who has a carefree, happy-go-lucky attitude to his work and leads the 'bad element' of the class. Admirers of our form will be delighted to know that it will remain virtually intact next year, ready, once again, to mount the stairs of learning.

R.J., B.L.B.

5C
Our form room is the Drawing Office; our form-master, Mr.Clarke. Many of us play a great deal of soccer-some playing for local youth teams. George, Harris and Winkworth are all members of the First Rugger XV, and Tingley plays basketball for Mobbs House. A number are highly successful athletes.
Six boys are stopping on next year to further their education in the Sixth Form.

R. H., G. S.

5M
Up in room 8, we had, until Christmas, when our electrically-minded menace Macready left us, twenty-seven bodies. Nine of these are of the fairer sex, one of them training for Epsom. Our form beauty, Diane Fellowes, was given that title by our form master, Mr. Hartwell. Among the boys we have two part-timers, and one who does not come. There is also a collection of weird nicknames: 'Piff', ' Gaz', 'Angus', 'Camel', 'Bouncer' and 'The Scarf '!
Top of the form was Jennifer Thornton; Foley is taking the most G.C.E's. At Speech Day, Astley, Gillian Bull and J. Thornton received prizes. In the school Rugby team we had Wright, Tuckley and Mawby. We also have a few footballers in the class, who play for Northampton Trinity: Timms, Heath, Astley, Kent, King and Goodman.

J. M.

6R
We must be the most enterprising form in the whole of the School's history. So far we have had: two money lending companies; one lonely hearts bureau; a shove-halfpenny league, won by Brabbins, who kindly donated the cup; one pet spider (Treganaria Atrica) commonly known as "Fred"; and last and by all means least, five prefects.

The genii of 6R, who are too modest to mention that their names are Clements, Mason and Gibbons, are the organisers of the form's notorious exploits. The most brilliant, handsome, popular member of the class is Yerkess, who has just pinned us to the wall with an intricate piece of pickaxe throwing. McDonald (who wishes to remain anonymous) is perhaps our most cultured member, being called upon several times to give his rendering of hymns in Assembly.

In conclusion, a few words about Mr. Linnel, who is the best (and only) form teacher that the present 6R has had.

R.L.C., B.G.

LOWER SIXTH MODERN, TECHNICAL, ETC.
The class consists of ten pupils - three boys and seven girls - and generally resides in Room 13, which has not, as yet, proved unlucky. V. Rhoades and V. Humber are the most athletic girls but P. Dickens also has held records for certain events on Sports Day. V. Humber is captain of the Hockey Team, in which V. Rhoades, who gained a cup on Sports Day, also plays. P. Thomas is captain of the School Rugby Team. F. Palmer is the musician of the form and plays the clarinet with a number of orchestras. E. Merry and L. Rixon are the domestic 'bods' of the form and specialize in boiled water. We are all presided over and kept in trim by Mr.Meldrum, who finds the task never-ending.

L. C. R.

LOWER SIXTH SCIENCE
Having suffered the unfortunate loss of Messrs. Bamford and Tilson, who left us to pursue some sordid pastime called work, we are seventeen. Among us, we have such oddities as: Algy Roberts, who spends most of his time modelling for scissor-shy barbers; Roger Barnes, who could be found standing on Hyde Park Corner, in the middle of December, campaigning for brighter cricket; George Brutnall, the radio fanatic who lives in a world of double diodes, rectifiers and tuning condensers; and Johnny Tero, the brains of the form, who does extremely well in exams, and even managed to fiddle four medals on Sports Day.

We are kept in order by Mr. Guffog, whose Bilko-style wise-cracks are sometimes appreciated.

A.W.M.

1963 Edition

Form 1 has started well, by collecting only one detention in the whole year! This gives many people the wrong impression. Besides being lazy, we are said to be very talkative and are always being told off. J. Wimpress is the brains of the form and P. Quennell our main sportswoman, nearly all of us being average brain machines. Most of the class went to a Choir Festival at Doddridge Church with Mr. Baker.

A.K.B., B.J.C., P.C.G.

Our den is in Room 4, where we are under the administration of our keeper, Mr. Holland. One of the residents is Andrews, the sleepy dormouse; we have also an aviary with a Crane and a Partridge.

There are 28 boys in our form, in Room 3. We hold the record of detentions over 1K and 1S. Mr. Strickland is our form-master and supervises us with an expert hand. The brains of the form is Reljic. Last year, our form had six members in the Ist Year Rugby Team. Dun is our main chinwagger, but we all contribute to the practically ceaseless noise from the form. I. Jesson, J. Smith and others won boxing medals for us. The winning 1st Year Relay Team consisted wholly of boys from 1R.

Our form room is the Craft Room and twenty-seven of us dwell there under the strict eye of Mr. Rayton. The brains are firmly fixed in the heads of Clarke and Harcourt, Clarke coming top in the Christmas examinations. Harcourt missed two weeks of hard academic labour by moving house from Nuneaton to Northampton, but he soon settled down to our routine. Our best at gym are Meakins and Metcalf.

J.P.

In Room 2 are 32 charming (?) girls. The brain of the form is Jane Pendle who came top in Languages. We have a few star athletes, Susan Adams being the brightest. Lynne Taylor and Barbara Lund were chosen for the Under-14 Rounders Team. Some of us took part in the dancing at the Christmas concert and some were chosen for the play. Mr. Bamber tries to turn us into well-spoken demoiselles.

L.T., S.l., D.M.

The noisy 2K abide in the Language Room where they were joined in November by Craig, who came from Portsmouth. Pearson is the clever boy who, it is predicted, will come top again in the summer exams. Gilkes, Sketchley, Craig, Welch and Thompson do most of the annoying. Richardson asks the stupid questions. Pearson is our best athlete.

Room 5 is our unlicensed betting den. Here, the roulette wheel is turned by M. B ..... S. We have a high opinion of ourselves, although one member of staff calls us " rubbish." 2S In the Summer Term, 1S learned that they were being condemned to S1 (as 2S) with Mr. Wailer as our depressed warden. Amongst wood, stage-props and cobwebs you will find "Spook", "Pimple", "Pongo", "Gubbs", "Mac", "Shad", "Steptoe" and "Shackles". We have a "Welsh leek", who is always raving for self-government for Wales, and "Jock" who knows nothing except what haggis is made of. Our only defence is one bent cannon, three pistols, one broom, and two tins of coke.

R. R. L.S.

3A
Our form spends its time in Room 6, where we are governed by Mr. Bamber. We have a few athletes in the class, including 16 boys who have played for one of the School's rugby teams at one time or another. Foster, Johnson, Judd, Williams, Hall and Collyer were in the School Sports, and many boys were in last year's Under-13 Cricket Team. The members of our little band have varied interests. Stuart is keen on photography, Barringer is an experienced philumenist, Foster is keen on cycling, and many boys enjoy fishing.

J.N.

3B
Our form comes from the depths of the Engineering Lab., and are supervised by Mr. Chater. Withers and Gordon shine in the Gym, and Gough is the most brilliant in academic work. Annison is always trying to get a political party in power that will cheapen motorcycles and, most important, give wages to the poor, hard-worked schoolboy. We all support him.

C.R.

3M
Outside the Art Room (sometimes inside) reside 10 female artists and 12 male layabouts. Wendy Quick received a prize on Speech Day, and four of our girls are in the rounders team. Botterill and Lear, if they feel inclined, excel in athletics, and so did Belinda Woodcock, but she left us at Christmas. Davis is the best boxer. We also have a few musicians: Warwick plays the guitar; Julie Pettitt plays the violin; and Hall is a choirboy. 3M is quite a mixture!

S.E.P.

4A
Our form is still basically the same as last year's, but we have lost Horne to the outside world, and gained Heginbotham, a lofty six-footer from Staffordshire.

Our, form room, Room 10, accommodated some of us in the first year, but those times are but a distant memory as we speed ontowards the looming G.C.E. year. On the academic side, Littlewood and Taylor still emerge as champions, having won prizes for the third year running. On the more energetic side, Snedker, Jones, Luck, Jackson and Daly employ their skills to good effect in the gymnasium, on the rugger field and on the sports field. On the debit side, however ............ (censored).

M.R.V.

4
This year we are stationed in the Geography Room with Mrs. Hogg. As this means carrying books around all day, because we never have lessons there, we do not enjoy it very much. Five girls left us at Christmas, and I must say we are sometimes slightly envious of their independence. Two or three of us won prizes on Speech Day, and others were involved in the events of Sports Day. During the Easter Holidays, four girls went with the school trip to Germany, and three on the trip to Switzerland. From sundry remarks, and giggles they still have occasionally, they seem to have enjoyed them-selves. Next year we face the G.C.E. As we have worked hard this year, we should not be worried.

J.K.H.

4M
Twenty-six boys and six girls were allotted places in Room 8, in September, 1962. Since then, one girl, Linda Westley, has left. We think that our contribution to the school rugger team is out-standing, eight boys-Barnes, Cookson, Currie, Dorr, Duff, Middleton, Paige and Wimpress having played. Four boys have played cricket for the School team this season. They are Duff, Giles, Paige and Wimpress. In addition to these achievements, seven boys have taken part in the school play, " Androcles and the Lion." Dorr helped with the sound effects and our form master, Mr. Hill, was one of the co-producers.

A.M.M.

4C
The interests of 4C lie in many different fields. Stringer, who has run for the County, won the Hurdles event in the Inter-School Sports. The rugby team has taken the field with as many as six 4C members and the cricket team with four. Hobbies vary from train-spotting to collecting Elvis Presley records. The clan gathers in Room 9 before school lessons begin, at which we all work very hard, of course.

D.C.

5A
Sandwiched between the Domestic Science Room and the Chemistry Laboratory, we are tormented by appetising or ominous smells. At the time of going to press, we are applying ourselves to desperate last-minute revision for the examinations.

The scholastic champion of the form is G. Bromage; D. Butlin, A. Smith, B. Hall and M. Wills are good cricketers, and R. Bierton, P. Shaw and D. Jones are keen on Judo. D. Butlin, P. Shaw, T.Peploe, M. Adhemar and B. Bird all played in the 1st XV, and J.Davies and P. Essam again represented the School in the Inter-Schools Swimming and Athletics meetings. We have a keen fisherman in P. Chillingsworth and three ornithologists in B. Cave, R. Warren and M. Wills. B. Bird is our entertainer, keeping us happy throughout each tedious term. On reflection, you could say that we have not three, but thirty Bird-Watchers.

P.S. J.C.

5B
Ejected from Room 14, we now reside in Room 12, under the iron rule of that ace historian and economist, Mr. Hartwell. On the whole, we are a lively form, and many of us have been press-ganged into the Second Rugby XV. It is a very little known fact, if not a closely guarded secret, that there is some intelligence in the form. For the gifted few, a happy future is assured.

R.B.

5C
We lost Dimmock at Christmas, but the twenty-four of us remaining have carried on the good work. It was a moderate year for us in sport, the only outstanding achievements being Clarke's new record in the Pole-Vault and Clayton's barefoot win in the Mile. Cork, our budding Van Gogh, took the part of Spintho in "Androcles and the Lion". Our form is, regrettably, nearing its end, as the majority of us are leaving at the end of term to go out and make our marks in the world.

M.J.E.

5D
Here, in room 11, over the continuous chanting of "Cobblers, Cobblers," the voice of authority is heard, as Mr. Grimshaw, our form master, tries to explain that our school day has to begin. After hearing from Cassius Farmer we are ready to start the day. In the Inter-House Cross-Country, Osborne finished a worthy second and, on Speech Day, G. Churchill, J. Groves, and A. Markes won prizes.

T.R.A.I.N.E.R.

5F
We are an ambitious lot and always get what we want, which is why we will all pass our G.C.E.'s, with the help, of course, of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and Angus (our Scottie dog), who are our form mascots. We are very proud of Christine Harding who won a cup on Sports Day for obtaining the most points for her house. Five of our form have been made temporary prefects, but we are not so proud of them.
Our interests are many, and range from ploughing the fields and scattering with the " Young Farmers " to watching football in the pouring rain.

L.M.

5G
The form is a mixture of round-shouldered, twisted-fingered, shorthand typists and a herd of highly-educated book-worms.
Six beautiful belles and the Northamptonshire Cricket Bat (Sorry, Cricket Queen) joined 5G from 5F and they make a lively addition to the form.
Sandra Perrin and Sandra Glover are in the Hockey Team, and several girls won prizes on Speech Day. Apart from that, no one has achieved anything outstanding, much to the dismay of Mrs. Taylor who had high hopes for us.

I. W., M. E.

6R
Sue Crouch, Sue Crouch lend us your black mare,
All along, down along, down in S2.
To see the Six-R-Ites who congregate there,
There's Tom Smith, Pez Finney, Piff King, Pete Crofts,
Geoff Line, Prof. Roy, Brian Betts, Chris Whitney,
And Uncle J. Linnell and all,
And Uncle J. Linnell and all.
Six R, Six R, what happens in form?
All along, down along, down in S2.
Things often occur so far from the norm.
There's riots and mob scenes, explosions and floods,
And ginger beer brewing and all,
And ginger beer brewing and all.
In spite of these dangers we all are contented,
All along, down along, down in S2.
Our efforts in class have we never relented,
Not Trog Morrison, Zoe Hutchins, David West, Hughie Davies,
Harvey Knight, Richard Randerson, Paul Scott-Evans.
Nor Uncle J. Linnell and all.
Nor Uncle J. Linnell and all.

P.C.

6LS
Distilled mainly from the remnants of last year's infamous 5A, this year's 6LS presents a somewhat motley selection of potential scientists. Heading the form's honours list we have Roderick Farey -voted "Most Officious Prefect of the Year " by his 4th and 5th form supporters. Shipman spends most of his school-life in the Dark Room and may sometimes be seen, on emerging, pale and red-eyed, blinking in the strong daylight. Robertson and Calder are at the moment rebuilding an old car, but the amount of money they spend on it is, unfortunately, inversely proportional to the chance of it ever starting again. Foley is our greatest security risk.
In order that our education shall not be confined strictly to school work, two of our masters include cultured diversions in their lessons. Mr. Newell specializes in Welsh philosophy, whilst Mr.Howard lectures us on Turkish and French proverbs, and Georgian noblemen.

R.J.

6LM
'Tis strange that on our class they frown
And on our genii look down,
For though our time we spend in jest,
We are in quality-the best.
When asked which book he likes the most,
Young Jones grows pale, just like a ghost,
Then in his desk his hands do grope,
Then comes his answer-" Why, 'tis Pope!
"Take Druker too (don't ask me where)
Whose satire causes mass despair:
If Druker is of us the Sage,
What are the prospects for our age?
Loud laughter fills the obedient air
-'Tis Ginns'-he's just seen "Yogi Bear".
Our class is proficiently looked after
By one long-suffering form-master.
For Mr. Meldrum we all pray
That we won't send his hair too grey.

F.G.P.

1964 Edition

For some reason, there was no Around the Forms in the 1964 edition of the magazine

1965 Edition

2
We have had a busy time writing letters during the year. Mr. Meldrum arranged for us to correspond with French school children, and some of us have also been writing to physically handicapped girls at a Shaftsbury Society home in Wiltshire. These girls have difficulty in writing, but we have received some delightful letters from them which have given us great pleasure, and we are very impressed by the cheerful way in which they try to overcome their difficulties.

Several girls in our form have taken part in various activities. Three girls went to Longtown last summer, and had a wonderful time pony trekking, canoeing and walking. Before the end of the year, others will have taken part in games and athletic meetings with other schools, and in the Doddridge Festival.

2K
Why not visit 2K's 'stately room' on the second floor? This magnificent home, with its Chippendale chairs and Hepplewhite desks, is in immaculate condition, at least until the 28 inhabitants arrive, and then Mr. Little has his work cut out. Come and see Peach, the human computer, Murray and Richards, the great athletes, and many others whose names are indelibly inscribed in the roll of honour (detention book).

2R
The general attitude of the class can be summed up by the equation:-

2R-t=R
or 2R-teacher = Riot

Boyce is our very efficient look-out who, standing at the door manages to give equal observation to the lift, stairs and corridor simultaneously.
We have many excellent sportsmen in our class including Swingler, who won three medals on sports day, and Haycock, who captained the successful six-a-side football team.
Our form room is Room 6 and we are gently guided by Mr. Strickland.

J.P., J.W., J.M.

2S
As the occupants of Room 7 we have had the distinction of having had three form masters since the year began. Messrs. Clarke & Williams began the year as joint form masters, but the task being too great for them, they delegated this duty to " Iron-man " Mr. H. D. Smith.
This year's Under 13 rugby team won the town shield, and we have had no less than 10 people from our form playing for that team. We also have G. J. Perry who came top of the whole second year, in the Christmas examinations.

There are thirty-two Mona Lisas among the paints and palettes of the Art Room, but usually it is thirty-one, one being on the register of 3R. We have others who are in theory members of 3K, 3S, 4R and4K. We have six girls who are the cream of the school choir, and we also possess the "Fish Spread Trio." Anita and Jennifer are the brains of the form, which does not mean that the rest of us haven't any! Sue Hadley is our best netball player and Pauline White jumped a record height of four feet four inches in the high jump. We had members in the school hockey and netball teams, and this summer we have members in the tennis and rounders teams also. Shears, of 3R, is the form's mascot, comment from Miss Davies: " So that's why he doesn't cut his hair."

A.D.B.

The number of occupants of our form has fluctuated between28 and 25 this year and at present stands at 26, out latest arrival having had insufficient time to settle in properly yet. Mr. Price keeps a fatherly eye on us in the Language Room (when we are there). We have several sportsmen who have represented the school at Rugby, athletics, and cricket. Speech day brought prizes for B. Berwick and S. Reljic, which proves we have academic talent also.

P.G., S.M.

The Craft Room is our form room. Mr. Meakins, our form master, drops in occasionally for a visit, and to take registration. There are 27 boys, one of whom, Botterill, spends most of his time next door with form 3. Ben ('the yank') Levine came for a holiday in the 2nd year and liked it so much that he decided to stay; so we're stuck with him. The greatest athlete is Crane who was captain of the Under 14 Rugby Team, while the academic honours are taken by Stevens and Belgrove.

B.L., N.P., F.B., J.S.

In courtroom W1, workshop corridor, under the watchful eye of Mr. 'Justice ' Grimshaw you will find us. We are of average brain and intelligence although our learned tutor has told us that we are in need of a strong hand to control rabble such as we. Naturally we take it as an insult and injury to our delicate bodies and our noble pride. Our pride comes in the form of 6 first team rugby players, among these we have 2 town players. Also we have 5 of last years under 13 cricket team. Individuals also have represented the school at swimming, cross country and athletics. For nearly 3 years the brains of the form have been fixed in the head of Clarke. Many of the class have hobbies of various kinds. Pop music figures well in the minds of most, with Bob Dylan and Donovan fans arguing who is the best folk singer.

Stamp-collectors, fishermen and, last but not least, Casanovas all help to make up such a great, superb form.

Last September 32 neat, well-mannered girls were placed in the isolation of the music room under the command of Miss Perkins. The strain of school-life forced M. Shelton and J. Marshall to leave us at Easter. Many members of our form are in school teams, and we have two team captains in our midst, S. McMahon - Netball, and M. Martin - Hockey. Some hoped to shatter the glass doors of our prison by singing in "Iolanthe" at Christmas, and though unsuccessful in this, they did enjoy themselves. A. Bennie and J. Pendle received prizes at Speech Day, and S. Adams won a medal on Sports Day. The form mascot is Fred Gonk, who sleeps uncomplainingly in the Music stockroom.

J.L.' L.S.

4R is a cosmopolitan form, ranging from the studious to the frivolous. Our abode is the Drawing Office and we reside therein under the fatherly eye of Mr. Linnell. Many of us do well at sport; eight of the Under 1 5 rugby team are members of the class and we also have Slinn, who was chosen to play for the County Rugby Team. Our form is still basically the same as last year's, but we lost Lambley at Easter to the outside world, and gained Wright, "a rart one", from Lancashire.

I have penetrated this den of vice and intrigue, where the finest selection of scatterbrain scientists, bilingual chatter-boxes, and criminal technicians enjoy their privacy, (until our kindly Mr.Fellowes strides in causing a silence only broken by Thomson's crackle, called laughter). At the same time that Sketchley smirks at his latest game and Savage raves about Sandie Shaw, Edmunds empties his desks, (this greedy fellow has two), into his case, and Cane gives his hair a final brush (for the tenth time).

Among the cotton trees, pin-palms and organdie flowers of the Congo Basin (Needlework Room) dwell thirty female cannibals. As the morning drums beat out their wild tattoo, Marilyn Murray, Christine Boddington and Margaret Crawley do energetic war-dances among the palm trees, whilst our prize-winners (Janet Baucutt, Judith MacNally, Karen Buckly, Jane Draper and Jillian Rose) sit smugly outside their huts airing their brains. During the last exams in Witchcraft, (Human Anatomy) twelve of our members managed to obtain 'O' level passes. As the call of the drums becomes more urgent our warriors go their separate ways into the forest of knowledge, some to science, some to language, but every evening sees us together once more round the tribal stewpot.

C.J.

With 'O' levels looming ominously before us, we twice daily laboriously climb the stairs to Room 10 and Mr. Jones, our minds weighed down with mighty thoughts and pessimism. Our quartet of intellectual attainment, Floyd, Newton, Slinn and Gough have comparatively little to worry about, but we remaining lesser beings have.

We have a number of people who indulge in competitive sports in a frustrated attempt at blurring their view of inevitable Doom.

6LG

From last year's fifth form 18 girls returned and were joined by 5 fourth years to compose our form as it is today; 23 hard-working, intelligent students? Eleven of us are permanently chained to the desks in Room 15, amid the smell of oil, chalk, and the noise of typewriter keys and broken pencils.

Meanwhile the rest of the form are engaged in activities ranging from Cookery to Chemistry to Economics.

We are guided, guarded and goaded by Miss Hall our ever patient form-mistress who seems to bear up well under the circumstances.

V.M., J.C.

6US

This eccentric, exclusive, egoistic and elusive entity came into existence following an unforeseen chain of events. Upon the discovery of such a vast and various assortment of potential scientists in one body, diversification set in. This may explain, contrary to popular opinion that we exist rarely as one body, united in science, but rather as liberally distributed infiltrators into other facets of school life.

However, culturewise, (pardon the Americanism), we do not suffer too severely since our four Geographers arouse sporadic interest in fields beyond the realms of Laser Beams, electron microscopes and other extravaganza.

There is also no foundation for the rumour that certain anti-Government aerodynamicists and members of 6UT are establishing a TSR-2 production line in the School Workshops.

Future prospects appear to be further education for our members, reading for science degrees, and following other worthwhile pursuits (emigration to America?).

J.A.C.

6UT

This is the Annual Report for 1965 issued by the Chairman of the Company J. D. Ingham and witnessed by J. Boughton (Managing Director) and Geoff Wooley (tea-boy, lawyer, undertaker, chief cook and bottle-washer).

After spending our first year in the Junior Department of the sixth form in S2, we amalgamated with 6LS to form 6US-UT Group of Companies, under the management of Mr. L. W. Timms. Our new premises are now the Physics Lab. All cheques and postal orders should be made payable to J. D. Ingham.

After 7 years at this establishment we are about to go into voluntary liquidation (on our lawyer's advice) and retire. Before we go however, we would like to thank all the Branch Managers for their unfailing help during our stay here.

J.D.I.

6LM

In September 1964, 75 fresh faced, ex-fifth formers met in the school hall to decide which "A" level subjects they would take. As a result of the ensuing deliberations, 26 of that number eventually found themselves in Room 12 under the scholarly and sagacious eye of Mr. E. G. Bennett.

Since then, the 26 have aged and three people have left us. Two have disappeared and the third N. Lack, has joined the Police Force (traitor!!). A few of our numbers have managed, despite the academic drudgery, to excel on the sports field, and J. C. Giles has represented the school at rugby and, with C. J. Hicks, at cricket. We are also honoured to have two budding pianists resident with us; namely V. S. Meakins and R. P. Jones, who occasionally relieve Mr. Baker's aching hands on the pianoforte at Morning Assembly.

A.M.M.

6LT

Included in 6LM is a small group of four boys, White, Bailey, Bream and Hubbard by name, taking technical drawing, woodwork and metalwork under the guidance of Messrs. Clarke and Linnell. This group proudly calls itself 6LT and claims to be entirely independent from 6LM, and, if they have their way, the situation will remain thus.

I.J.W.

6LS

6LS is composed of the cast-offs of last year's 5A, and of a large number of "furriners", who speak in incomprehensible, heathen tongues. Our lives are directed from the General Science Laboratory, where, residing amidst tadpoles and dead fish, we are led by Mr. S. Guffogg - whose wisdom and wit is apparently unrivalled. Our world revolves around equi-potential surfaces, chloroacetic acids and trigonometrical functions, and we all have a keen eye on our futures: one of our members has discovered a new method for transforming gold into lead; while reports have come in from totally unreliable sources that half of the form was found incapacitated in the Chemistry Lab., having successfully tried to prepare alcohol by the destructive distillation of potato chips.

Unfortunately, although reports of our extra-curricular activities would be infinitely more interesting, they would be infinitely more unprintable.

M.V.

6UM

High in the clouds, far from the madding crowd and "lulled by the soft zephyrs through the broken pane" is that shrine of learning room 14. Each morning the 6UM crew in goodly order having been "kicked ouda bed arf an hour ago."

The gentlemen of the crew number twenty-five and are distinguished in many ways, some of which defy description and have been omitted. The division between Maths and English students splits us into two camps (we converse on occasions). The struggles of the English students are relieved by the Evans-Jenkins, Sharphouse-Rasman amalgam of wit, the England-Markstein-Kendell get-away-with-anything gang, the outspokenness of Bissonnet, the un-swerving, unceasing devotion to duty of Essam and the wisdom of Finney the well read. At the same time the unpredictables, "leathers Mobbs", Smith and Thorneycroft the eminent economists, and Ward, the original Honda advertisement, keep in constant anticipation of a better day tomorrow.

On the Maths front the numbers are small (only nine) but the will to succeed and the obsession with figures are strong. Brown and Alcock are good exponents of the art of comedy and have been known to imitate a certain Scotsman. The gay light-hearted abandon of Sullivan, Ryan, Ager and Davies conceals a capacity for frantic study. Friend Hawney is a worthy lad who manages to combine a brilliant academic mind with Herculean physical powers with which he leaves the Monday morning P.E. class aghast. To these names of high repute must be added those of Butlin and Simmons. Butlin is rarely seen these days without a copy of the Financial Times nonchalantly protruding from his satchel from which he will gladly outline the financial crisis of the day. In Simmons, we are blessed with a thinker of the avant garde whose views shine through in debates and memorable classroom comments.

Author's note. The names in the above have not been changed only the facts have been mutilated. Libel suits therefore can not be entertained.

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