ONCE A PREFECT ALWAYS A PREFECT!

CLIVE RUSSELL (RGS 1958-1965)

One wet afternoon over Christmas, we were clearing out some old boxes as we are hoping to downsize next year, and I came across this. I thought I had lost it!

I became a Prefect at the end of July 1964, with the badge being awarded in the September. During the afternoon we had rugby at the old boys ground in Park Lane, and during the match, a stray head smashed into my mouth, and promptly broke my two front teeth.

Meeting my girlfriend after the match, all she could ask was “what have you got that big silver badge for?”