Richard Goss (FS 61-67) writes:

“I would be most grateful if you could pass on my appreciation to Peter Royds for his excellent 'A Privileged Life' article. It brought back so many wonderful memories of life at school. It must have taken him some time to write and he captured the spirit of the period perfectly. His memory for such detail is absolutely brilliant. Reading it now makes the routine and discipline seem harsh, but we all accepted things as they were and for myself my school days were very happy. One of the aspects of his article that made me laugh was that we only knew each other by surnames. When I scan The Times' Deaths column each day I often wonder if a person mentioned was someone with whom I shared my school years. 

I was very interested to see the rugby team photograph. I am standing to the left of Peter. From what I can see at the time I had reasonably strong shoulders but limited height. I used to stand at the very back of the lineout and aim to get into the face of the opposing stand off whenever possible. The shoulders are now considerably reduced in size and the height diminished with advanced age!  If only one could turn the clock back some sixty years to experience it all again for a couple of days. 

I am so looking forward to reading Part Two of Peter’s Bulletin. 

I have lived in the Home Counties for over fifty years and have only made one visit back to St Bees, but now it does not seem so far away.”

 

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