NOTES ON
1961 - Malcolm
goes to the tech
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I
had been at the school two years when Malcolm came. Few passed the 11-plus at my infants school. There were just three of us in my year, and
none went to the Grammar. We all went
to “the tech”; Maidstone Technical School for Boys. Half way through my time
there, it became Maidstone Technical High School for Boys (very American, and
we were so proud) and shortly after I left it became Oakwood Park Grammar
School. But then it was “the tech”. I got a good education there, especially in
the sciences. But there were a host of
other activities, from student-run clubs (like the science and astronomy clubs),
school-wide fund raising efforts like fetes and plays (including the fantastic
Christmas review), and the was Award Day. The Head Master was keen on sports and “school spirit” but I never
saw the point of all that. But the
school treated me well and I was one of the third or fourth students to go on
to University.