ORIGINAL MESSAGE
NAME: Michael FeatherstoneDATE: 22 August 2008
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1963-69
It's been a long time since I left QE. I remember Mr T Edwards headmaster, messrs K and C Carter, Mr smith (French), Mr Shearly (maths & PE), Sam Cocks ( Geography), Mr Pinnock, Mr Wright (Latin), Mr Curry (French), Mr Lowe (chemistry), Miss Affentranger, Mr Jordan, Mr Purchas (art), Mr Thomas, Mr Farrer, Miss Swan. I saw Eric Shearly a few years ago in Barnet and was sad that he had died. Although he had a loud bark, he was very keen on Sport. Mr Tim Edwards works on charitable causes. I hear. Any one remember these times?
1st REPLY
NAME: Paul BucklandDATE: 15 September 2008
CONNECTION WITH QE: Former pupil
I was pleased to see a message from someone of my own vintage, although I thought that Michael was a pupil and not a teacher. I remeber all those teachers. Messrs Thomas, Shearly and Farrer were all former pupils of QE as was Derek Fry. Mr D. Farrer (there were two brothers David and Charlie) believe was only teaching whilst waiting to be called to the Bar. Derek Fry left in about 1970 to teach at Highgate. On another note, is the Derek Scudder in some of the other threads any relation to Kevin Scudder who was in the same year as Michael and I?
2nd REPLY
NAME: Vic Coughtrey
Then & NowDATE: 15th September 2008
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1954-59
Actually, I think it was my mistake that MF was labelled a teacher, although I haven't heard from him to the contrary. Anyway, I've changed it to pupil.
3rd REPLY
NAME: Derek ScudderDATE: 8th October 2008
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1954-59
In answer to Paul Buckland's question, the answer is yes, Kevin is my younger brother. He now spends most his time in California where he VP of an American company. He can be found on Google amongst several other Kevin Scudders. Fortunately he is not the one on death row in Ohio.
4th REPLY
NAME: Michael FeatherstoneDATE: 8th February 2010
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1963-1969
Yes, I was a pupil [see replies 1 & 2]. It was nice to hear some replies. It's interesting to hear that Mr Tim Edwards does work in connection with the F.T.A - my father's old company. Also two former pupils made a name for themselves: Peter Settelen as an actor and Richard Aylard in the navy who worked for Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.
5th REPLY
NAME: Vic Coughtrey Then & NowDATE: 8th February 2010
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1954-59
Peter Settelen also worked for Diana, as a voice coach - and he's been in a spot of hot water in connection with it. See Daily Mail article
6th REPLY
NAME: Roger Nolan
DATE: 22th February 2010
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1960-1967
David Farrer [see reply 1] was a prefect when I joined the school in 1960 and he came back to teach in either 1966 or 1967. I recall that he taught French. According to Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession, he was called to the Bar in 1967, took silk in 1986 and was Head of Chambers at 7 Bedford Row. I believe he also sat as a Recorder. I was Company Secretary and a Director of FTA [reply 4] from 1991 to 2007 and I knew Michael Featherstone's late father Hugh well. I cannot recall any work Tim Edwards did for FTA during my time but maybe he worked for us after I left. I would love to hear about my old headmaster's connection with FTA.
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DATE: 19 January 2016
CONNECTION WITH QE: pupil 1961-67
Returning to Featherstone's list [originsl message], teachers I remember well include Mr. Bannerman. He arrived at school in his red MGA and wearing white jeans. When teaching us Romeo and Juliet he brought in an LP of West Side Story to play and brought the whole subject alive. Under Mr. Gould's excellent Math's teaching I rose from 27th in the class to 7th. Mr. "Bernie" Pinnock happily hit pupils on the back of the head ("that's for nothing") during Maths tests. (He never understood why I was 2nd in English and so low in his subject). He taught religious instructtion, too! All I remember of Eric Shearly was his poor teaching of Maths (he was only really interested in games) and slippering pupils (painful in gym shorts) for having off-white plimsolls. In order to cure a boy's hiccups, Sam Cocks once picked him up by the ankles and shook him until the contents of his pockets fell all over the floor. It cured the hiccups. D.B.Fry was a linguist who hated poetry. Also for someone who hated games he loved visiting the changing rooms while pupils dressed and undressed. And who remembers that Mr. "Poker" Pearce, during his annual reminder talk on what to do at Founders' Day, always told us to wear "sober socks"?
< Then & NowDATE: 19th January 2016
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1954-59
Regarding Eric and the slipper, Stafford, I'm afraid I once witnessed his application of it in the changing-room without the benefit even of gym shorts. The victim (who has never contributed to this website) was shaking afterwards. That was in the 1950s. Imagine the furore such a thing would stir up today! I have to admit that I felt perfectly happy about it at the time, as the miscreant was a member of the clique that made life rather hard for me at QE. As Harrisons housemaster, Pinnock's favoured instrument of correction in the '50s was the cane and his proficiency with it earned him for a while the nickname 'Slasher'.
DATE: 20th January 2016
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1960-1967
I remember Derek Fry used to keep a violin in his class room and on one occasion he became angry with a fellow pupil and hit him over the head with the bow, which broke in two. I have a photographic memory of that violin because rather puzzingly, beside it was kept a copy of the Beatles first LP. Whether Derek Fry was a secret lover of the Beatles music or he had confiscated it I do not know. Oh and incidentally no it wasn't me who was hit with the violin bow!
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DATE: 10 August 2017
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1964-71
I suppose we ought to record on this site that the Diana tapes shown on Channel 4 this weekend were made by her voice coach, Pete Settelen see replies 4 & 5], who was a year above me at school. I'm afraid that, rather like the recent eulogy by the two princes, I found it too boring to watch all the way through. However, I did meet Diana once, in 1992, when I was working at the Department of Health. She came for a "briefing" on mental health. There were about two dozen of us in a room, all sitting at small tables. When she was escorted in by Virginia Bottomley, who was then Health Secretary, she immediately broke away from the official party and went round the room greeting everyone personally and shaking their hand. Quite impressive actually. At one point I had to pass across a table to her a report that was being published the following day. I gave a mock, seated bow, which was returned by the coy smile of which we saw a bit last night. I'm surprised C4 didn't interview me.
DATE: 18 August 2017
CONNECTION WITH QE: Pupil 1964-71
I don't think I saw Roger's reply 9 before I submitted reply 10. Most unlikely that DBF was a Beatles' fan: he seemed generally to dislike anything to do with "pop" or popular culture of the time. He spoke very disparagingly about Petula Clark (quite out of the blue) and expressed considerable distaste when he saw, but did not confiscate, copies of a Private Eye compendium (cartoon on the cover of a girl wearing a T-shirt that said "Stones") and Spike Milligan's Puckoon. On the other hand, I got the impression that he kept himself fairly well informed about such developments.