...Heaven's Bert when were you at school?...

Long time ago Emma, Don't tell everyone. There was a war on when I first started. We used to have to hide under our desks during the air raids.

I left school in 1954.

Ruth, there should be more teachers like you. The thing that surprises me is that the good teachers aren't even more critical of the bad ones than we are. After all, they are the ones that give the whole profession a bad name.

And I wouldn't say teaching is a thankless job. Hard work, yes, low pay, yes. But my students loved me and many of them took the trouble to thank me. It was a very rewarding job, I just couldn't afford to keep doing it. Had to get a real job eventually.