Ian Dury and Paul Hardcastle

I’ve done both here.

Ian Dury and this song. OMG. Packed in a 12 seater van with 12 people classmates en route from here to Gosport and a week on The Foudroyant. Driven by our Form Teacher, Mr Walsh.

Mr Walsh was a wonderful man. On that trip, as we all piled into the van he (a Maths Teacher) said…”Oh. We have a 12 seater van with 12 of us and the vehicle is full. I’d forgotten to factor in just how much luggage you lot need.”

It was an 8 – hour journey and Mr Walsh suffered Radio 1 the whole way. Including this song by Ian Dury.

BTW – a sad but true FACT. The year after we all left QEGS, Mr Walsh put a double-barrelled shotgun in his mouth and…..!

Every single one of us blamed ourselves but the truth (when it came out) had NOTHING to do with us.

Paul Hardcastle? If you don’t know the name, you’ll probably know the song.

NNNNNNN19 #Banned?

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