Lawrence College, Mt Abu
The Headmaster was Major Tarbottom (retd.), an unfortunate name. I had never heard it before and always wanted to see his backside to find out just where the tar was spread or, was he born with tar on his bum?
Dominican Convent, Wicklow — 1938
The boys at my school were intrigued by my presence. At that time there were very few, if any, foreign visitors to Ireland leave alone this tiny town. “Do the Indians attack you with bows and arrows or tomahawks?” “Do you get to sit by the campfire at night and sing along to guitars?” “Have you ever rounded up the cattle?”
P&O “Strathnaver”
“We’re too bloody fast to hang around with other ships.”, the captain had said. “We’ll be in a hurry, we’ll make all speed and make it to Bombay in 11 days.”. He was right, spot on target.