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Malcolm Burwood CO60 Memories of Truro School and careers at sea and in the sky
Malcolm Burwood CO60 attended Truro School as a boarder between 1954 and 1959, and shares his memories of his time there and his life at sea and in flying after his school days. I started at Truro School in the Spring Term of 1954 and resided at Malvern for two years. Mr W.E.B. “Boozy” Worthington (TS 1941-1968) was house master. I think he may have had polio, which was not uncommon in those days. He was an ace table tennis player and commuted to school in a black Austin Somerset. Life was quite bearable under his and his wife’s guidance. I was pleased to move up the hill to Dormy 3 under Mr Penna (TS 1945-1979), who let us watch the Brian Rix farces on his black-and-white television. Whilst staying in Dormy 3, my Christmas shopping list included a copy of “The Ying Tong Song” by The Goons, for my brother. I stowed the record behind the hot-water pipe so, to my dismay, it became distorted when the heating came on! It was very fashionable to smoke in the ‘50s, and the boys from the 4th year used to have a puff up the lane by the farm buildings. Before church one Sunday we were having a puff, and Pop Newton, the school maintenance man, was trying to start his car, which he kept there. “You boys want a lift down?” as four of us crammed into the Morris 8, and off he went! Pop was unaware that our fifth smoker, Ian Ridgeway CO60, had decided to run behind holding the luggage rack.
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