1976

I became a prefect at school (Cotswold House). We had to sit at the front of the school, either side of Mr Talbot the Headmaster, during assembly. We had to set an example to the school during prayers by closing our eyes and pressing our palms against each other. Mr Talbot used to accompany the hymns sometimes in a sort of boogie-woogie stylee. He was also a mean jazz recorder player, and would improvise on hymn tunes if someone else was playing the piano. On reflection it was quite bizzare.

CCTA's summer production was Where the Rainbow Ends (plot: A group of children find a magic carpet and set out to save their shipwrecked parents from a dragon). I was most put out after the previous year's starring rôle that I had to play a subsidiary part that only appeared in the first act! It was a rubbish play anyway.