Alastair Hayward (FS 45-49) remembers:

“In early September 1945 I became a pupil at St Bees School. My brother, Lindsay had been at St Bees for three years when I became a pupil, but although we were both on Foundation South, I saw very little of him. All of the new boys were to be fags for their first year. Some fags were private fags. That meant each prefect had a fag who would be expected to do a number of jobs for him. For instance, he would be expected to clean his prefect’s shoes and run errands for him. Mr T. A. Brown was the Housemaster on Foundation. Each evening we had to go to the Foundation Dining Room for a very short service before going to bed. I remember the masters who joined the school at this time: Mr Lever and Mr Judge. I think they had both been serving in the war. Life was quite tough at times, especially for the junior ones.  However, in a relatively short period one adjusted to life at St Bees. Miss Appleyard was the matron on Foundation. She was very good at her job and the boys all liked her. I believe that she stayed at the school for a long time. There has always been a big emphasis on sport at St Bees, which many boys enjoyed. I did, particularly rugby, cricket and squash. The J.T.C. (Junior Training Corps) was held on Wednesday afternoon, and later a scouting group was formed. Like many Old Boys of the school I was very disappointed when it had to be closed, but now the school has reopened I, and other Old Boys, are very, very pleased and wish the school every success in the future.”

 

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