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(1 recommendation so far) Message 1 of 19 in Discussion 
From: Mike (Blakey)  (Original Message)Sent: 4/26/2000 12:22 AM
Got any newz (or wana find out some) about the old place then leave it here!


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From: Gavin HenshawSent: 7/6/2000 3:02 PM

I kid you not Deranger. The period that I was at the school I saw things that I will never forget some very good and some pretty bad!!  I think there was a massive element of "Let's Sweep that under the carpet" at the school. Personally I enjoyed my time there and had some good mates and good times but let's be honest there were some strange goings on there which had been there for years!! My point regarding Mr Peter's however may be a litle extreme, he meant it more as a punishment as opposed to sodomy but his aim was not spot on.

I did actually have a few letters from Mr Langley after I left, I kept in touch with him for a while but obviously no longer, if anybody has an up-date on him I'd like to know he's doing well. Apparently he used to take an ICE cold bath every morning, so he told me anyway in a maths class one time.

 


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From: DerangerSent: 7/6/2000 3:39 PM

The character of the school was defined by 'strange goings on' - whatever this might have been. If it were not for this, there would be nothing for us to blather on about!!!

So, let us all be grateful for the fact. Long live Quantock School, the weirdest educational establishment in the western hemisphere!

Rick


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From: Mike (Blakey)Sent: 11/8/2000 9:07 PM
Rick, a while ago (in one of the message boards) you mentioned that you had some video footage of the School that you were thinking of putting on your website, what's the progess on this front - I'm sure we'd all like a peek if possible, Mike

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From: Mark FinniganSent: 11/12/2000 3:21 AM
Just read this message. When I was at Quantock we never had a teacher called Nick Brooks. So it was with some indifference that I read he was killed while sailing. However after viewing some photos in the site's album under the heading "teachers". I remember a face I've long since forgotten. He was what Quantock School had for the painter. Then his name came to me, it was the very same Brooks who later became a teacher at Quantock. As a painter Nick Brooks would always chat with other members of my year. I remember him because he was the only person in Quantock who was left wing.(that was the time when Micheal Foot was the leader of the Labour Party) Everyone I knew were very right wing so much so, I'm very much surprised that no one from Quantock was locked up as a risk to the public.   

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From: Mike (Blakey)Sent: 11/13/2000 2:26 AM
Yep Mr Brooks was a painter-decorator and plaster before starting teaching at Quantock. In fact until now, I did realize that he actually worked at the School in this capacity before becoming a teacher there - Very Quantock School I might say!

Actually despite his seemingly lowly credentials he really was a Very good teacher, really got you motivated. And yes by Quantock Standards he was certainly considered a radical "Leftie" but in fact was only really a little left of center-ish �?BR>

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From: DerangerSent: 11/13/2000 10:28 AM
About the video clips, just been a bit busy of late - trying to revolve time around work, work and work. I intend to knock up a few MPEGs and upload them to the site, definitely before Christmas.
 
I will use this as a carrot for those who have not yet sent in biographies to do so - I want to make the site a genuine platform for organising reunions, reading up on old friends/colleagues/enemies etc.
 
Ho hum.
 
As for people with right-wing views being caught and jailed for their misdemeanours, I have to say that I have so far been lucky... :)
 
Rick

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From: Invo :o)Sent: 1/11/2001 10:59 PM
I have to agree about the strange stuff that happened, i don,t know if getting older and having children of my own has changed my perspective but there were many odd things that happened in my time at quantock,  but as we have all said things were swept under the carpet, and children are extremely trusting.
I have kept in contact with Paul Watson who for a while was in contact with Mike Donnan (English)
We kinda got an insight into the Other side of the argument!!
But hey!! thats the past etc....who would have guessed that in would of ended up in the closure of the school!!!
Rob graham (Class of 89)

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From: NaomiSent: 3/29/2001 4:23 PM
Mr Brooks was in fact my geography teacher and he died while I was still at school. I didn't know he used to be a painter and decorator. He always used to play my flute when I bought it to class.
Sadly some of the stories you all talk about did come to light after I left- Although Doc and Donan were both there in 1992-4 leaving before my final year in 1995 due to a disagreement with the head master. There aer several theories what the dicussion was about but to save the students involved of any untruths I shall not write in the message boards what I know but if anyone is curious I will write to them via email. Doc and Donnan were both very good to me so I cannot say anything against them- Doc is probably the one that saved me from failing most things but is also the reason my grades did not refelct my abilities!! He left 2 terms before my finals!! damn him! Other teachers I will always fondly remember are Mr Phil- who was always good to me, Mr Langley, and Matron Caple. So even though there were some bad eggs- how about them bad eggs!!!
The school closed down for many reasons- it was sad but enevitable!!! thats why I jumped ship before it was too late!!
Now- I am going to be graduating next year a biology degree- so quantock didn't do me too much harm!!!!!
 
Other teacher- where are they now?? Chantel Parsons? Anita Gorman? Mr Edwards? Hilliar? Collins?

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From: DerangerSent: 4/1/2001 9:16 PM
So Mr Brooks got to teach Geography as well? Well I never. When we were there he taught B-form English. 
 
The Doc Peters "saving our grades" thing is familiar, as he and his wonderful hand-crafted notes produced on the Bander (or however you spell it) machine saved us from the sort of ignominy that would have befallen us if Andrew Robins had stayed one further year. Robins, for all who may remember him, was a really nice bloke who wore flares and had an interest in model trains (he was behind the model railway club which I think only lasted one year - I was one of the founding membership...) But he was a rather crap teacher.
 
I never saw nor encountered Parsons or Gorman, and met Edwards on a few occasions when we visited the school. Hillier was part of the furniture, so I guess she would probably still be in the local area. As for Collins - get this - the last time we heard anything about him from anyone he was teaching at a school in Bridgy. The subject? RE. rflmao. Hairy Stu teaching RE. Gotta love it.

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From: OverlordSent: 4/4/2001 11:28 PM
Mr Collins teaching RE - no fucking way !!!! The world has a brilliant sense of humour !!!

I expect he was no more qualified to teach PE (which he taught at QS) than Mr Brooks and Mark Rowland (a pupil who graduated in 1989 and returned to teach in 1990) were qualified to teach English (& Geog) or Chemistry respectively !!

I guess you can probably teach RE without qualifications !

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From: DaleSent: 5/31/2001 1:12 PM
Overload

Just to calrify your point about Mark rowland as it may be casuing confussion for some, I think it was actually Lee rowland you are refering to who returned in 1990, and taught chemistry, his younger brother Steven, was in our year -1991

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From: OverlordSent: 6/10/2001 7:39 PM
You are quite correct it was indeed Lee Rowland - I must have been lost for his first name when I wrote that last message. Lee was in my brothers year so I'm surprised he hasn't already commented via the site or directly to me. You have been awarded one merit point for paying attention !

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From: BrendanSent: 10/29/2001 9:04 PM
Having only just recently joined your elite club,i have so many memories that come flooding back to me many of them include the infamouse Mr Burgess.And yes in reply to an earlier letter he was a pervert of the worst description. I was very surprised to see a certain individual who had joined your club who was often abused. Now has he managed to blanket those emotions or what.I however am positive that no abuse what so ever was ever tried upon me  but this may sound odd Mr Burgess left me in his will.Now the others that were left in the will are the said individuals that i have been talking about.In other words if the cap fits then reply.No names no pax drill !!!!
yours still no money from Peter Burgess will
Brendan Wood class of the best 87

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From: LeeRoySent: 3/3/2002 12:45 PM

I'm the pupil who went back to 'teach'one year later, much to the chagrin of Stu Collins and Mike Donnan (although we got on, their gripe was with Peaster), and I have to admit, it was a farce. I did my best, and for the first couple of years I worked really hard, but at such a young age it all went horribly wrong. It was during these years that the whole school began to go wrong, and I must confess that I was part of the problem. More of that another day.

Lee.


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