Under notable pupils section there is no mention of John Dempsey who played center back for many years for Chelsea and won a Cup winners medal with them. He was a year below me and scored prolifically for the school teams as a center forward. I once played against him at King Edwards Park in …
Peter Edward Werring (1930-2019)
Sadly Science and Biology teacher Peter Werring died on 30th January 2019. He had been moved to Tavistock hospital recently. His health and spirit deteriorated after a period of getting a bit better when he gained a little more independence after his operation. John Bance visited Peter on …
F. E. Barrett visit by Len Clark
His son Robin and I went to see him in his nursing home a few years ago – we were going to take him out to lunch but the staff had forgotten to wake him up and when we appeared at around 12.30pm he was still asleep in a single bed – he was lying on his side and Robin went round to the back of …