Below, we present Teachers' names from various years and their corresponding nick-names. These have been provided by OCA members and published in various OCA Magazines. A more comprehensive accout of Teachers from the Boys' School can be found on this site by clicking the link below

Teacher Database (Boys)

Barlow - ‘Alf’

Bennetto "Beano"

W H Bentley - ‘Wally’

Bosustow - ‘Busto’

Brownbridge - "Hovis"

A A Campbell - ‘Angus’ or 'Gus'

Miss E.M.Cayford (Secretary) - 'Kitty'

Mr Chambers - ‘Sammy’

Mr Cowan - 'Jake' (Because there was another science master called 'kidney', hence 'Jake and Kidney') Thanks to Anton Coy for explanation

J.W.Dunnill - 'Jimmy'

Egford - ‘Reg’

English - "Stan"

Hanscomb - 'Hammy'

Harding (Geography) - ‘Tubby’

Harding (Caretaker) - ‘Tubby’

Bill (Caretaker) - 'Basement Bill'

M.Hawkins - 'Sparrow'

A N Headland - ‘Neddy’

Holland - 'Duchy'

Hollinrake - ‘Tubby’

F E Holmes - ‘Freddy’

D Honer (Ecomomics) - 'Dougie'

H.Hore - 'Frosty'

Hughes - 'Hot & Cold'

Hyde - 'Noddy'

Katz - ‘Pussy’

E.W.King - 'Rhino'

K M King 'Smiler'

McKerrow - 'Chips'

G.H.T.Leachman - 'Peach'

F Mills - 'Millsy' or 'Mills Bomb'

R. O. Nebel - 'RON'

HRA Nixon - ‘Hairy’, "Nicky" or "Old Nick"

Brian Owen (B.O. ....obviously) taught English c 1968

H.A.Parkinson - Parkie

Pritchard - ‘Pritch’ or 'Alf'

A W Ridgewell - 'Snodgrass'

RA Smith - 'RAS'

CW Scott - ‘Crank’

Short - "Eddie"

J A Stevenson - ‘Jas’

J A Stevenson was also known as 'TS'. This was short for 'Travelling Salesman', because his manner of demonstrating a chemistry experiment reminded us of a door-to-door salesman displaying his wares.

?? Swift - ‘Jumbo’ or 'Swifty'

Taylor (Depurty Head) - 'Joey'

Ian Timms - 'Billabong'

H A T Treble - ‘Tank’

Tyner - 'Bog Brush' and 'TWIT' (because of his initials)

Vallins - ‘Charlie’

Weeks-Pearson - 'WP' and "wobbly posterior"

Whitely - ‘Jo’

FTB Wheeler - ‘The Baron’ or 'Pouffong'

J C Wedd - ‘Boiler’ or 'Pansy'

'Wells - ‘Oily'

Dr. Westcote - ‘Tich'

Dr. Westgate, who taught physics, was also known as 'Tich'.

J L Whiteley - ‘Smug’

H.C.Wilkinson - 'Wilkie'

Winyard - "Winnie"

Dr ?? Wright - ‘Joey’

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