yep i remember the carol singing. i can remember mrs proctor getting messers murray, beale, beal, henshaw, browne etc to sing the 12 days of xmas to you all. it was embaressing @ the time but also a great laugh. cant remember any other years getting to do it b4 us but that year was great.

 

Regards

Larry Muir

Sounds like it was a pretty short lived tradition - if you can call a tradition short lived!

 

Maybe Mrs Proctor found out about the old days when teachers did the serving and got teh 5th Form to do it instead?

 

PS Larry say hello to your brother when you see him!

 

Mike

 

 

 

I tried for days with no effect.

 

Laurie

 

 

I think Top-Deck had about 0.1% alcohol so it is no suprise that you did not get drunk........sounds like you were desperate !  When we wanted to get drunk we got Richard Longhurst to go to the farm shop near Nether Stowey. A, he looked older than the rest of us an B, he had a moped top get there and carry the goods back without the worry of getting caught by the beady eyes of Doc Rog or alike.  He came back with a load of mintures once and we sat there trying to pretend that we like the taste of Bells and Archers.....a taste to this day I still cant stand !

 

Going back to the Xmas dinner I remember getting served byu the 5th formers but dont remember the carols.  I dont even think that tradition lasted when I got the 5th year....saying that it couls also be my memory !

 

Nathan

I remember the 5th years serving at Christmas...was always quite a good laugh (mainly cos I never got to 5th year at Quantock), I think it did carry on for a little while, but not sure how many years I was served...I think it went on til '92 or '93 at the earliest.

 

Caz