Excerpts from my personal 1968 Diary.
| January |
| 09 Tuesday |
Went back to school Summer Term. Bad snow got in school 10.10. Went home straight after dinner. |
| 10 Wednesday |
Snow not so bad came out of school at 03.30. ( Not 03.20? ) |
| 11 Thursday |
Was put up into the "B" set Latin from the "C" set Latin. |
| 12 Friday |
Started making a Broom-Holder in woodwork. |
| 15 Monday |
French test passed. |
| 16 Tuesday |
First H.W. in new Latin class. Quite easy. |
| 17 Wednesday |
Went on a cross-country. Got a stitch. |
| 18 Thursday |
Got a lot of H.W. from the new Geog teacher Mr Meum. He's not very nice. In fact he's horrible. |
| 22 Monday |
Had a French test. Mark 6 out of 13. Done some graphs in Geography. |
| 23 Tuesday |
Played footbal in the playground instead of going to Bannister Sports Ground. |
| 24 Wednesday |
Inter-house cross-country. I didn't run. Becket won in the junior part of the school. They came last in the seniors. |
| 25 Thursday |
We had chemistry. We put copper, lead and aluminium in hydrochloric acid to see if hydrogen was given off. |
| 26 Friday |
Done some more on my broom-holder in woodwork. |
| 29 Monday |
Went to mass with school. |
| 30 Tuesday |
Got Latin homework. Couldn't do it. |
| 31 Wednesday |
Father Ignatius came back (Art). Carried on with ink drawing. |
| February |
| 01 Thursday |
Mr Meum gave out a lot of lines. He caught SG. ( Doing what? ) |
| 02 Friday |
Started putting the screws (drilling) in my broom-holder. Maths and French H.W. French learnt "IR" verbs. |
| 04 Sunday |
Went to JD's house had dinner and tea. |
| 05 Monday |
Went to church. with school. Had a French test "IR" verbs. |
| 12 Monday |
Had nobody for Geography. |
| 15 Thursday |
Had to draw Thomas Becket being killed in the church. Had to go out of back way of school to ease congestion at the bus-stop. |
| 16 Friday |
Varnished broom-holder finished it. 1 week to start of half-term. |
| 21 Wednesday |
Started doing pen and wash drawing of my own choice (Art). |
| 22 Thursday |
Half of the class had new French teacher I had Mrs Davis. |
| 23 Friday |
First day of half term holiday. |
| 26 Monday |
Went to JD's house and we went fishing never caught a thing. |
| 28 Wednesday |
Went to mass with school got ashes. ( Ash Wednesday! ) |
| March |
| 01 Friday |
Started metalwork never done anything. |
| 04 Monday |
French test passed. |
| 05 Tuesday |
Played rugby in games terrible. |
| 06 Wednesday |
Started Biology had Mr Henry and Mr Chattergee. |
| 07 Thursday |
Had Mr Enright for Biology never done much. |
| 08 Friday |
Started making a bottle-opener in metalwork. Played basketball in the gym. |
| 09 Saturday |
End of Doctor Who series about the Yeti. |
| 11 Monday |
Had a school dentist appointment O.K. Optician appointment getting a brown pair of glasses. |
| 12 Tuesday |
Got the cane of rotten old Father Louis (hand). For doing football instead of swimming. |
| 13 Wednesday |
Done my English H.W. in Biology. |
| 14 Thursday |
Didn't do anything in Biology as usual. |
| 15 Friday |
Made apple blossom in metalwork for play. |
| 18 Monday |
French test. Had Stations of the Cross instead of mass. |
| 20 Wednesday |
Had right ole ( Original spelling! ) game in Biology. |
| 21 Thursday |
Never did much in Biology. |
| 22 Friday |
Latin detention postponed till next week. Detention because he said I copied. |
| 27 Wednesday |
Biology didn't do much. Looked at a skeleton of a frog. |
| 29 Friday |
Went to Whitchurch football match. We won. |
| April |
| 01 Monday |
Played a game on Fr Eric. ( April Fool's Day! ) |
| 03 Wednesday |
Made a sort of mosaic out of paper in art. |
| 04 Thursday |
Broke up left school 02.00. |
| 16 Tuesday |
JD came to tea. Took J home and saw his new house in Denham. |
| 24 Wednesday |
First day of summer term. |
| 29 Monday |
French test failed. |
| 30 Tuesday |
Ran round the track at Bannister in swimming trunks. ( ! ) |
| May |
| 01 Wednesday |
Mr Monty took us for Maths. H.W. |
| 02 Thursday |
Same as Wed. |
| 03 Friday |
Same as Wed. |
| 04 Saturday |
Entered beginners width in Swimming gala. Came 2nd. |
| 06 Monday |
Made a name tag in metalwork for my Dad's birthday. |
| 08 Wednesday |
Done printing with leaves in art. |
| 09 Thursday |
Boring Chem lesson. |
| 10 Friday |
Painted my hoe in metalwork. |
| 11 Saturday |
Sports Day. |
| 15 Wednesday |
Had to draw (in art) a group made up of 2 bottles flowers. |
| 16 Thursday |
Made an electric motor act as a dynamo. |
| 17 Friday |
Started to make a toothbrush holder in metalwork. Holds two brushes. |
| 21 Tuesday |
Absent from school (sick). |
| 22 Wednesday |
Drew Griffin in art. ( Was that "A Griffin" or fellow-pupil Griffin? ) |
| 23 Thursday |
Went to mass with school. Went home early. ( Ascension Day ) |
| 24 Friday |
Finished toothbrush rack in metalwork. |
| 25 Saturday |
Bought a flower tie in Rowses ( West Ealing ) 10/6 |
| 30 Thursday |
Only Maths H.W. 2 sums. |
| 31 Friday |
Broke up didn't get home early (usual time 03.20). |
| June |
| 24 Monday |
First day back at school horrible. |
| 28 Friday |
New metalwork teacher. We had him for Maths as well. |
| July |
| 01 Monday |
Had Maths lesson on our own Monty didn't come up. |
| 02 Tuesday |
(Same as Monday.) |
| 03 Wednesday |
Maths H.W. rotten lesson. |
| 05 Friday |
Finished plumb-line at school. |
| 06 Saturday |
Went to school's Garden Fête. |
| 08 Monday |
Horrible Maths lesson as usual. |
| 09 Tuesday |
Mr Fazi for Maths. |
| 10 Wednesday |
Exams Maths, History, Science. |
| 11 Thursday |
Exams Latin, Geography, English Language horrible. |
| 12 Friday |
Exams French, Craft. |
| 17 Wednesday |
Had P.E. with new bloke. |
| 18 Thursday |
No work in Geog, R.I. and History he was marking paper. |
| 24 Wednesday |
Broke up went home at 02.00. |
| 29 Monday |
Was sick last night because I mixed the beers I drunk. ( ! ) |
| September |
| 10 Tuesday |
First day at school. Form master Mr Allen. No work. |
| 11 Wednesday |
Form room Physics Lab. Mr Monty for Maths. Thank goodness it's not Doc Louis. ( Lewis! ) |
| 13 Friday |
Put in C set from B set Latin. Doing Roman History instead. |
| 29 Sunday |
Grandad died 14.30. |
| October |
| 02 Wednesday |
Made a pinhole camera. |
| 04 Friday |
Grandad was cremated at Ruislip Crematorium. |
| 08 Tuesday |
Started doing runners on bookstand in woodwork. |
| 09 Wednesday |
No work in Physics. |
| 10 Thursday |
Chemistry H.W. find out how big is a fat molecule protein molecule. |
| 13 Sunday |
10½ weeks to Christmas. |
| 14 Monday |
Stupid art lesson. Had to draw reflection of my face in a bit of silver paper. |
| 15 Tuesday |
Put first coat of varnish on my bookstand in woodwork. |
| 16 Wednesday |
Sines, Cosines, Tangents in Maths. Not very nice. |
| 17 Thursday |
Tangents H.W. in Maths (Easy). |
| 24 Thursday |
Went to Leicester Square. Had 4 teeth out. Rotten. ( The experience not the teeth! ) |
| 30 Wednesday |
Went home at 03.00 because of half term. |
| November |
| 11 Monday |
Drew a Christmas mobile in Art. Going to make it next Monday. |
| 13 Wednesday |
Stinking rotten Bayross caned me. 3 on hand because all work was not finished. ( Yep! I remember now! ) |
| 14 Thursday |
Rotten day. Felt rotten. Cold day at Bannister Footbal Ground. Glad for day to finish. |
| 16 Saturday |
Went to bazaar at my school. |
| 25 Monday |
Got my brace. Don't like it. |
| 26 Tuesday |
First day back. Not too good. |
| 27 Wednesday |
Can't eat nothing with my brace in. |
| December |
| 03 Tuesday |
Finished making my garden fork in metalwork. |
| 04 Wednesday |
Exams History English French. |
| 05 Thursday |
Exams Maths Geog Roman History. Maths not too bad. |
| 06 Friday |
( Exams ) Metalwork - OK Woodwork - not good. Chemistry Physics. Went home 1.00 oclock. |
| 09 Monday |
Art exam. |
| 10 Tuesday |
Help to make a bit of costume for play. No craft. |
| 11 Wednesday |
Rotten ole ( Original spelling! ) Bayross said I had to do exam paper again. Failed. |
| 13 Friday |
Made a mistake in my class position put me down to ( two ) places from 17th to 19th. |
| 17 Tuesday |
Not a very good Maths lesson. Still, only two days to go. |
| 18 Wednesday |
School Carol Service. Home at 1.00 oclock. |
| 19 Thursday |
Start of Christmas Holidays. Home early 1.00. |
