Category Archives: Teachers

25 May 1982

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Tue May XXV PE. We’ve got Stevenson (hooray) but as he’s on 3rd Form Camp We’ve got this ‘chink’ taking us. We played football on the hockey pitch with two balls! Oh dear. Of all of the cringingly embarrassing entries … Continue reading →

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6 May 1982

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Thur May VI Old boys day. Watched the 1st Soccer XI get wasted  by the old boys 5-2, but it poured with rain. Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary. MAGS was the only school I attended which had an Old Boys … Continue reading →

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20 April 1982

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Tue Apr XX What a day! Nearly on detention with Gs but got away with it! Collided with Lemon going for a ball in P.E. and Mr Kelly had a brain haemorrage in Pd 1. This was definitely one of … Continue reading →

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29 March 1982

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Mon Mar XXIX Bn didn’t turn up so no nets. n.s. I mentioned before that Mr Bean was a bit unreliable. You can sense from the brevity of this post that I wasn’t overly disappointed at his absence. After all, … Continue reading →

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6 March 1982

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Sat Mar VI Hooray! I actually played cricket, but I didn’t bat or bowl, so I’m still pretty cheesed off with Bn and Alistair Peak, but we still won. Dads birthday tea, ‘cos he’ll be late on Mon. Had a … Continue reading →

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5 March 1982

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Fri Mar V Unpacked and discovered 4 cassettes missing! Told Mr. Wilson about it. Rhys Griffiths was seen with his mits in my Rucksack so who knows. Nothing else special. I’m guessing that the unpacking must have happened the night … Continue reading →

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3 March 1982

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Wed Mar III Very windy. Went Orienteering am. Tried to canoe pm but the waves were much too high because of the wind – so much for Dl’s ‘hardly a ripple’! Mr D’Almeida was rather disparaging about our efforts to … Continue reading →

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2 March 1982

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Tue Mar II Dl took us for a long hike. Went canoeing pm and didn’t capsize! I remember the hike well. We were camped in fields next to a beach and the walk was around the surrounding cliff tops. There … Continue reading →

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25 February 1982

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Thur Feb XXV Surprise Cricket practice. Tony was supposed to tell Mum where I was but didn’t. I didn’t get in until 6.15 and so Mum was wetting herself! Batted for 1 hr and was out around 20x. Went to … Continue reading →

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19 February 1982

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Fri Feb XIX I win. If Tony isn’t fit, and he’s unlikely to be, I play in the 3A2 2 day match tomorrow. Great! Went swimming. Cuts on my feet hurt. Did H/W. Got library books A.M. Sometimes the diary … Continue reading →

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