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BOB NEWTON
AS A GOLDINGS BOY WHATEVER I SAY WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH TO EXPRESS
HOW WE FEEL ABOUT BOB.
EACH ONE OF US I KNOW WILL HAVE A SPECIAL THOUGHT OR MEMORY OF
BOB, OUR GYM TEACHER. HE WAS STRONG, FAIR, KIND, FUN, AND OUR HERO,
AND WE THOUGHT HE WAS FOREVER. HE WAS OUR INSPIRATION TO DO
BETTER FOR OURSELVES THAN WE THOUGHT WE COULD EVER DO.
TO LIST THE ACTIVITIES HE ORGANISED FOR THE BOYS IS ENDLESS, THE
PANTOMIMES, LIFE SAVING, VICTOR LUDORUM, BOXING, THE GYM TEAM,
AND DON’T FORGET HIS FAMILY WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN MOST OF HIS
PROJECTS, DON’T GET ME WRONG I DON’T THINK HE EXPECTED MRS NEWTON
TO USE THE PARALLEL BARS OR THE TRAMPOLINE BUT I THINK THEY ENGAGED IN MOST…
DID HE EVER SLEEP! BECAUSE AS I LOOK BACK IT APPEARS A MASSIVE UNDER TAKING ON OUR
BEHALF.
LETS TAKE A LIGHTER LOOK ON SOME OF THE MANY STUNTS HE PULLED ON US TO KEEP US IN
“CHECK”
WHO CAN FORGET THE TWO FINGERS THAT HE PINCHED ONTO YOUR NOSE FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR
“KNOCK IT OFF BOY” AS WE SQUIRMED ON OUR TOES IN OUR RUSH TO “KNOCK IT OFF” AS HE
CASUALLY REMOVED FLUID REMAINS FROM HIS ACTION DOWN YOUR SCHOOL SHIRT, UNTIL ONE
DAY HE DID IT TO A BOY, BUT GOT NO REACTION “IS THAT NOT HURTING YOU BOY” AS BOB DIDN’T
EXPECT THIS OUTCOME, LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT WE KNEW THAT BOY HAD VERY FEW NERVE
ENDINGS IN HIS NOSE??
THE DAY THAT WE KNEW THE AFTER NOON LESSON WAS “SEX EDUCATION” AND HOW WE ALL
GROUPED TOGETHER AND DECIDED ON WHAT WAS THE MOST EMBARRASSING QUESTIONS THAT WE
COULD ASK TO PUT THE TEACHER ON “THE SPOT”
NOW IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THE STAFF ROOM, AND A TEACHER IS EXPECTED TO VOLUNTEER FOR
THIS “LESSON”
“I CAN’T DO IT, THEY’LL WIPE THE FLOOR WITH ME, BESIDE’S I AM THE ENGLISH AND MATHS TEACHER”
AND THE SAME WENT FOR THE REST OF THE TEACHERS NOBODY IS PREPARED TO UNDERTAKE THIS
LESSON WHICH TIME IS FAST APPROACHING FOR IT TO START, WHEN BOB CASUALLY SAYS,
“I’LL DO IT” RELIEF ALL ROUND IN THE STAFF ROOM!!
THE BOYS ARE ALL SITTING AT THERE DESK’S LIKE GLADIATORS WAITING FOR THE BATTLE TO
COMMENCE, GIGGLE’S, NUDGES, WHEN WHO WALKS IN “MR NEWTON” WELL THAT’S THE END OF OUR
“LITTLE BIT OF FUN” BECAUSE WE KNEW WE COULDN’T EMBARRASS BOB QUITE SO MUCH AS THE
OTHER TEACHERS.
“WHO COULD EVER FORGET DOGS ALLEY”
LET ME EXPLAIN, BOB HAD A WAY OF US GETTING DRESSED QUICKLY AFTER GYM HAD FINISHED,
WHICH MEANT THE LAST ONE OUT OF GYM RAN “DOGS ALLEY”
THIS WAS FORMED BY THE BOYS WHO WERE FIRST OUT THE GYM INTO TWO LINES WITH YOUR
PLIMSOLL AT THE READY. BOB WOULD SHOUT “DOGS ALLEY” AND ALL MAYHEM LET LOOSE, BOYS
RUNNING OUT WITH THERE SHIRT ON BACKWARDS, SOCKS, NOT QUITE ON YOUR FEET, BUT THE RACE
TO NOT BE THE LAST ONE OUT OF THE GYM SPURRED YOU ON. NOW PICTURE THIS, A NEW BOY WHO
HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS “DOGS ALLEY” CASUALLY PUTTING HIS SHIRT ON, AND HIS TIE PROPERLY
KNOTTED, AND WATCHING THIS “RIOT” TAKING PLACE AS HE SLOWLY COMES OUT THE GYM DOOR
TO BE GREETED BY THE “PACK” WHO ARE WAITING TO EAGERLY IMPLEMENT HIS PUNISHMENT WHICH
REQUIRED FOR HIM TO RUN THE GAUNTLET OF
“DOGS ALLEY” AS WE WERE ALLOWED TO HIT HIM GENTLY? ON HIS HEAD OR BACK, BUT IF ANYBODY
HIT HIM IN THE FRONT THEY TOO WERE MADE TO FOLLOW HIM DOWN “DOGS ALLEY”
THAT BOY WOULD PROBABLY NEVER BE LAST OUT OF THE GYM AGAIN!!
I COULD TALK FOR HOURS, AS MANY OTHER BOYS COULD ALSO. BOB WILL BE GREATLY MISSED
FINIS CORONAT OPUS (says it all).
DAVE
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