I recall Mr Brain was the headmaster. Mr Shotton had a model of the QE2 cruise liner in the vestibule. He once tried to float it in the pool. It was left to its own devices for the afternoon and during Mr Shotton’s lesson, a pupil ran in and shouted, “Sir, Sir come quick, the QE2 is sinking”. Needless to say the entire class erupted in laughter. Mr Shotton aided by some of the lads managed to rescue the ship. Mrs Watts was my teacher when I first went to the school.
When I first left school, I worked in The Stardust Cabaret Club as the stage manager. When that closed, I took a temporary porters job in the Royal Gwent Hospital. I then went on to train in endoscopy. Twelve years later I moved to Velindre Cancer Centre and trained as a Clinical Technologist in Nuclear Medicine where I currently am. Going to university in my late forties was quite an experience but I need a science qualification (Biomedical Science) to be registered. I have just completed twenty five years in The Ermine Street Guard, a Roman re-enactment society. I have visited St. Julians in the past in kit to give a talk on the Romans. I am a film extra also having turned up in Dr. Who, Casualty and countless documentary reconstructions. I have a radio program on Celtica Radio. I have also recently directed and acted in a short film about equality funded by Big Lottery Wales. So all in all, I haven’t done much🤗