david Merrett was expelled for vomiting over the Heads window after a long evening of drinking scrumpy! (1975)

 

Nick.

Hi agian, Jamie here:

This is not the first time anyone threw up at QS.  I remember 4 of us were stuck at QS over one Xmas break, as we had nowhere else to go.  What to do?  We decided on a party.  There was Sushil Bhatt, his elder brother Arun, Deepak and myself.  Arun bought the drinks, and each of us bought some snacks at Bridgewater and we smuggled the stuff in into Sushil's dorm.  The party started out nice, with songs playing, snacks and booze free flowing.  Deepak was foolish enough to mix drinks.  When he threw up, we found out he did not even bother to chew the Ritz biscuits, they emerged intact!  What a mess!  He was ordered to sleep off his booze, while we cleaned up.  The party was over!

 

Cheers

Jamie

Jamie & Laurie,

 

I remember the Head telling us about the car crash  in Chaple, I  can't even remember why - Perhaps, someone had taken the school minibus for a ride, and he wanted to put the frighteners on us!

 

At the time, I'm not even sure most of us believed him - it seemed just too 'big' an event to happen at Quantock!

 

Mike

 

 

Someone took the school minibus, who would have thought that Justin !  I cant remember the story being told but I am sure things would have been different had it happened in the latter years.  With some of the things that went on I am suprised it did not happen more often.  Quarry tig, walking around the edge of the old building on those crubbling edges etc etc was surely asking for trouble !

Nathan

While I was there, I think one lad was expelled, I cant remember his name, but he had his computer "stolen" and blamed it on other people, me included. It later turned out he hid it on the fire escape I think and got led away by Big Phil.

Any way one break time we heard banging above us in our dorm went upstairs to investigate to see the lad being dropped on the floor by Richard Locke. He suffrered a broken rib and we all got to go on a early morning run for "mob violence". Anyone remember this and what the kid was called?

Chris here again, I do remember another expulsion, I cannot remember his name or year, he was older than me, anyway he was on washing up duty, for a detention I think, and decided to smash all the plates instead of washing them up. If you remember, the small kitchen? Well it was covered in broken plates. Big P, later took a few of us on a tour of the cellars and said he was not expelled, but locked in the cellars! ROFL!!!!

 

 Can anyone fill in the blanks of this event?

 

Rocker

 

Computer fraud at Quantock who would have thought it!!

 

The idea of smashing all the washing up plates instead of washing them up ... the very thought fills me with joy, ... sadly I was never ballies enough to do that (probably was I was not excluded) !!!! The small washing up room (next to the kitchen I presume) must have been carnage.

 

Not too many people got kicked out when I was there ... a few got asked to leave early after exams .... (you know who you are!)

 

I'm not sure if even the bridgewater shop lifing brigade got the shove ...

 

Mike