Mr Hector was a mixed bag.  He was a real scary teacher because he would throw a slipper across the classroom at you.  I can see him pick up Roger Sheldon and Nibbo Kellaway by their ears.  He was a really strange bloke.  But do you know, he was sort of fiery but he had a lot of interesting things to say.  If you tuned in to what was going on in the lesson he was fine but soon as you drifted off, well, look out or he’d throw the chalk at you or the blackboard rubber. You had to really watch out for him. You didn’t quite know when he was going to go over the edge.

Mr. Hector’s class, Yarmouth Primary School, 1950s

  PeterSmith b 1946