Mr Arkingstall was new. He had a prominent nose and a manner that I was precocious enough to report smug. Gone was the fascinating Mr Ottewell, back to Derbyshire in his white sports car, to his small blonde girlfriend, to class -rooms of open planned activities and play cushions. Being ‘progressive’ meant you didn’t stay long at Rose Hill County Primary, and Mr Arkingstall, neither handsome, single, nor progressive, entered our school like a chill.
However he diplomatically endured my transient enthusiasms and I can still remember his stoicism with my 50 page project on Erich Von Daniken and all those space ships landing somewhat problematically in Ancient Peru.
High comedy! Wonderful stuff – I laughed out loud at the last line!
Alex