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brummie exile 1960

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Re: Lockdown thoughts (and some sentimentality....)
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2020, 02:46:13 PM »
I've just been chatting to my elder brother on the phone[now 78 and living in Sweden]. Your Dad was his form master for 2 years and his Maths master in the 6th form. My brother[Michael Tomlinson] tells me your Dad was popular and well respected. He told me an amusing story of when in the 6th form he had a double Maths period. The 1st period was taught by the Head[Mr. Ricketts?], who had a 1st in Maths from Oxford. He had covered the blackboard in algebra to complete some mathematical equation. Your Dad came in to take the 2nd period and looked in silence at the board for a minute. He then "edited" the formula by roughly 75% and proclaimed the answer was the same!
  My brother has asked me to post this and send his regards to his former mentor.