4L Form Report
Time has rushed on apace and again I force a form report to emerge from my mind. This year as my vacant stare sweeps the form room for inspiration it becomes obvious to me that I should record the fact that all the fourth forms consist of a re-assortment of last year's 3A, 3G and 3B. The heterogeneous collection that comprises this year's 4L is, in the main, girls, twenty-four of them in all shapes and sizes. The balance of the sexes is kept level, however, by the presence of six boys. This conclusively proves that one boy is equal to four girls, though this is made dubious when the girls don their war-paint, and come after our charity money. (Considering we are on the literary side of the school, one would expect them to know the meaning of 'voluntary'). Of course, this report is not meant to give rise to any fallacies that our girls are not examples of grace and deportment, although we boys do wish that they would remember that girls should be seen and definitely not heard. But 4L would not be the same without their happy babbling voices, just as it would lose something without the uncommunicative grunts of some of the boys. On the whole we are a friendly form, and we get on well with each other and with our form master, Mr. K. Wright.
Our "Great Expectations" are to do glory in the eyes of our teachers. That means work, but who cares? Since we are honourable students we are ambitious
J.M.T.S.
4G Form Report
This year there are 20 girls and only 6 boys. In the form are a few sporting personalities. On the boys' side we have J. Barlow who has played for the Town Football Team this season. The school team has J. Barlow, T. Whitmore, P. Brown. We also have Johnny diving for us while I do the back-crawl. Our local artistic personality is C. Rowbottom. The only boys left are J. Hickling and A. Hughes whom I must mention or I shall not live to finish this report.
On the other side are the "weaker-sex," although they have managed to get a few sporting people, e.g. J. Gartside (Hockey), J. Baker and L. Pleasance (Swimming.)
P. Brown.
5 Lit. Form Report
Le chalet des an(g)es, otherwise known as 5L, is found at the North end of the upper terrace of that famous health resort, Greenhill. In pleasant surroundings with glorious imitation sunlight, one finds a refuge from the cruel outside world and, of course, from work. The resort is three minutes from the railway (lines) and one minute from the gas works (two seconds by air). As for exercise, we are ideally situated, half an hour's brisk walk (with obstacles) from the playing fields. The artist is delighted by our abundant supply of antique objets d'art in original plywood frames. In fact we are so fond of our residence that some of us have doubts as to whether we shall leave it next year when the time comes. The residents try to keep to the principles of Faith, Hope and Charity. Faith in Mr. Wells, Hope to pass our G.C.E. and Charity every Thursday. So, in this rule-free atmosphere of comfort, health and illiteracy, we await your bookings and deposits.
5S Form Report
Owing to the great 5G take-over bid, 5S finds itself overloaded with 26 ' gentlemen ' and 7 young ladies. To say 5S has no hobbies would be untrue; to specify them would take too long. Many of the 4th form prizes were awarded to 5S - in fact we are a set of prize specimens. Our proudest possession was a new galvanised dustbin which stood underneath a large hole in the roof to catch the drips - of water.