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His chosen subject was chemistry and he lived next to St Albans Abbey station. He gained the nickname “Herman” due to his supposed resemblance to Herman Munster. It has to be said that when he hit his stride he was a...

They were the kind of old-fashioned menswear shop that doesn’t seem to exist nowadays. For those familiar with the sitcom “Are You Being Served?” it was very like Grace Brothers Men’s department. They...

If you are aged 66 or 67 and attended Francis Bacon School, as it was then called, you are invited to a reunion which will take place on May 18 from 2.30pm at St Albans Rugby Club, Oaklands Lane. Contact information removed as...

The “voluntary” contribution to “school funds” is something I had completely forgotten about until reading a comment posted on an earlier article. It strikes me as being a very 60s thing – surely...

It was the first week of September, I seem to remember it was a wet and windy Thursday, I was  feeling uncomfortable in my new uniform with my new school bag. There was no doubting we were the lowest of the low, a shock to the...

I felt like an era had ended when I heard about his death. I had been in the habit of googling his name on a semi-regular basis,  so I knew it was our old Headmaster when I saw his death notice. I must say I am slightly...