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We got in a lot of trouble over that.Man alive, that school was so screwed up. I remember 2pm as the dreaded hour each dayI have to say I don't recall anything untoward in the behaviour of the teachers during my sentence.stay, but I do remember Mr Moorhouse (he of the jam making company?) I remember spending my break and lunchtimes hiding round the back near the stables where I made friends with other sensitive types. But being the person I am, I look back at that formative time with a lot of nostalgia.I say all this, not having been abused. Having said that, mr deas indicated to me that Clements was forced to leave as a result of his strict nature and inappropriate punishments including pulling by the ears and physically throwing people around. He is a physco and has lost the plot completely. I was lucky not to be on the end of his temper but I remember plenty who were. Other memories include reading to the Bimms dormitories and going round and tucking them all, some with their teddies - they were almost babies I thought, should never have been at boarding school! Did anyone else actually see the ghost walking through the wall in Goths dormitory, towards the chapel, or was that always just the terrifying Miss. My guess is that he wasn't a participant in any of the abuse but was aware of it and said nothing, as a (wholly misguided) way of protecting the school's reputation. Somewhere I have a photo of him and the airplane modelling club, with the plane called 'Bobby' that had a twin cylinder engine. In 1919 the hall became a preparatory school, initially linked with Uppingham School.

I remember him 'cleansing' me on his lap.And then, unrelated to any of the above, the time when we all decided to scale the HP (the highest point) by getting into the roof space and out onto the apex of the roof. But the education was good thanks to some very gifted teachers. As for Wraight he died in a car crash and in pre-seat belt days flew through the windscreen of his VW Dormobile and landed in a hedge tangled in barbed wire. but I'm afraid when the police were making their enquiries about Clements they turned up real, yes real, evidence against Copas. Worst was, from what I now understand were a couple of perverted individuals, to the naked arse, and once when completely sans vtements. Ratty (Mr Wraight) was in a car crash during one school holiday period and it was after that he turned violent towards the fabric of the school building and instilled fear into boys like myself who dreaded his approach to evening homework forms during prep.

Being severely dyslexic, not that the school would have then recognised the word, let alone the condition, I received a stroke or two of the cane on my hands most days in my first couple of years. He threw a heavy brass school-bell at one of my friends that smashed a glass-fronted bookcase in the library and I was once despatched on an errand by Wraight to see a bemused and red-faced Ernie Cooke (in his little room filled with Dubonnet bottles) with the message 'Go and tell Mr Cooke that he's a little clockwork bastard and I'm going to knock his head off'. I was at the school in the mid nineties at was in fact myself whonohonwd the police on the way down to the breakfast hall.

But I certainly remember Mr Copas as a very inspiring English teacher. He was never inappropriate with me and I spent a lot of time with him alone. Needless to say, Latin & Rugby were my two best subjects (along with 2 Victor Ludorum Juniorum & 2 Seniorum cups, & several colours).

I am JB and was at NH from 1964-69 and my brother followed me from about 1970-75, so we have continuity across 10 years of arguably the most notorious era. We all just stopped and stared as the dogs were yelping in pain. As Stephen Fry would say: "autre temps autres murs. English was taught by a Mr Ryder and French by a Miss Robinette. They also told me that Phillips also knew. More could, I think, have been made of this, and it was only later that I began to appreciate it.Does anyone still have their copies of Condescend? He was a good teacher and an excellent athletics coach. Here are my memories:FSP - drunken bully. They were given my name by a contemporary so there was at least one other person who knew about this.So those are the facts. I cannot find any corroboration for this, but being in his late 80s, it is not unlikely. It's a long story which I won't bore you with but when the police began investigating that nasty shit Clements they turned up a whole load of other stuff.

Can't believe he was actually involved in the abuse personally!!! ), there were some even darker characters.Re Copas. Being beaten behind the knees which the sharp edge of a ruler. Save on property services Mortgages, broadband, and more. I too remember boys crying as their parents left and crying themselves to sleep on the first days of term.There were some real positives and fond memories. More likely that a new generation looked upon their seven-year-old children, and recoiled in horror at the prospect of subjecting them to such an institution. might have been subject to a bit more scrutiny. He used to stutter, sometimes terriblyprobably due to nerves (FSP) a tall good looking man with a v attractive wife. But to beat the spirit and natural exuberance out of young people in order to get them to conform instead of looking to nurture and channel their positive talents towards a successful outcome must surely be wrong. View details I lived locally and visited the school regularly and def every Sunday (illegal Tuck day). How very sad for it to end in such a way. threatening to tell the headmaster that I had a 4" fruit knife (it didn't cut fruit never mind cause harm to a human being)I enjoyed his music sessions though when he played gramophone records. He was absolutely belting them with the chain.Another was Maurice Lanyon. Took history, balding ginger hair and a temper. I cannot recall a Clements at all, and suspect I (luckily) never encountered him.I too greatly enjoyed my time at Nevill Holt, and now tend to describe it envious friends as akin to attending Hogwarts. Busted.As for Clements, an evil man with a sadistic streak that ran to how he wanted to torture women. GV I . He boasted to me that he had had over 70 boys during his teaching profession and he was glad that girls were about to come to the school because he wanted to see them naked.Three other things I recall from the above.One was when he leathered his two Doberman dogs with his dog walking chain in the warren. I was at NH from 58-64 and remember P Oakey very well and more distantly Pappa Clegg as he calls himself. I wish them both wellSports day with mother and son egg and spoon race, cricket against a professional side? Nevill Holt was a good school, especially in the years after 1968. I seem to have done the world a favor and ridded it of one less peado. JB. Good School for me. In the end he was punished for it. I shared a cottage with Mr Lanyon and an under matron whose name I have forgotten (maybe the Miss Morgan someone mentioned?) I was at Nevill Holt in 1957 ,when Oakey was there. Time often does a good job in removing unpleasant memories but on balance I think I came out with a positive view of the school.I do know several parents whose children went there in the latter days and they were positive about the place, especially Mr Copas. The building by the early 90s was deteriorating quickly, I remember one particularly bad storm had water gushing through several window frames and everyone had to decamp to the library to sleep. It is on a hilltop. I cannot change the past I know, but I will always feel .. Mr Clements if you ever read any of these posts, 10 years was not nearly adequate for what you did and I hope and pray you are punished every day of your miserable life. Mr Cooke was an excellent maths teacher and I took Maths to A level.

In hindsight though it was thoroughly Dickensian. Wright stamped on it. It was a death camp, I was also there tortured childhood caned on the back of my legs chalk board rubber thrown at my head dragged around wasnt the best school by any means things as a adult would never forget. I remember distinctly the quiet sobbing that came from that bed for sometime after. Hilarious about Phillips family, always thought they were frauds !! Hopefully the rest of us can continue to use our experiences there (good and bad) to shape the way we live our lives, and to ensure we protect our own children in a way our parents perhaps didn't us. I just read the above (RB) comment with much interest, not least because I was a pupil there during some of the years described. I was greatly influenced by a school trip to Stratford to see Taming of the Shrew, um- the event rather than the play itself.

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2021 sees the company finally performing these operas but not in the theatre which is built into the court-yard of Nevill Holt Hall's historic stable block, but in a temporary outdoor Listed on the National Heritage List for England. He walked over to the other side of the dorm (backing on to Florentine dorm) and spent sometime at one of the boys bed then left for his room. The gardens at Nevill Holt contain elements of their 17th-century structure, but were restored in the early-21st century in the form of three walled gardens, including a kitchen garden and an Italianate garden. The house dates originally from the late-13th century. One night I remember Griz arriving late at night and going into his room opposite. Not a chance it would pass an OFSTEAD inspection these days! Leicester New Walk Museum and Art Gallery: A Journ Comedian's son is the deputy leader of Rochdale Co Libertarian Party: Nationalise home schooling, Nevill Holt prep school - stranger than Bonkers Hall, Nick Clegg's "Four Steps to a Fairer Britain", Britblog Roundup 255: This week with added video, House Points: Elf and safety meets The Thick of It. It was a part of my life and, like it or not, it shaped me. Tatler. My children went to NH - 87 - 89 (my son and daughter). Good lord, the food was awful, though - still cannot look at boiled cabbage to this day.Some very odd staff - I certainly remember Dragescue. Copas however, seemed like a total gent. But in hindsight you realise he was bent.Mr Perry. Today, the way Copas behaved would create alarm. Ernie was a decent teacher, a shy little man with a funny walk who, although I was crap at his Maths at least gave me a lifelong interest in cricket. Never wanted to discuss this until I saw everyone else's memories.Whilst many, but not all, really liked Mr Deas. You obviously didn't go there. Thankfully all the paedo stuff that happened, passed me by without a thought. I remember Copas as being a man of great christian kindness. Anyway, the coppers found Copas to be a pedophile, hence why he shot out the breakfast and hung himself. He also sent me a letter when I scored a 100 against Shrewsbury . WebGallery of Nevill Holt Opera Theatre / Witherford Watson Mann Architects - 7. I kept a close eye on my children, but if I had known what was happening at the time I would have certainly have removed them and alerted all the relevant bodies. Mr Westlake, whose bizarre rants about the "rotten core of this school" we always supposed were directed at us. Blimey! To the north-east of the Hall lies the village of Nevill Holt which consists of various cottages (some listed grade II), and Nevill Holt Farm (listed grade II). The garden lies to the north-west side of the Hall and is bounded to the north and west principally by a brick wall with a stone base (listed grade II). I shudder to think how that man coped. You rescued me when I was accused of stealing a 'nozzle' from a drinking fountain (why would I ??). I'd also condemn anyone who taught there during that period since in a school that size they must have known what was going on. No I wasn't Miss Pickering I was Miss Viney but I was only there for one term in your first year, so you may not remember me.

With hindsight I suspect they weren't. I feel I should make my contribution. He'd bend your fingers back do far to inspect nails that some boys would cry. But it was a very different world back then and one in which channels of communication and concern were quite restricted compared to what is now the case in similar establishments. How are you? To be fair, you always knew where you stood with him and remember him throwing, with force, a chalk board cleaner and hitting a boy on the head.Mrs Pearce-Smith was a really nice lady, seemed to care about the pupils but bizarrely seemed to be close to Copas which never made sense to me. Back in the early '50s, through my leaving in 1958, it was an exceptional school (FSP excepted), which got great academic & sporting results - envied by our peer schools. was a nasty piece of work and his kids outed him!! This was a school which would be impossible to imagine these days. May there be a special place in hell for those that would take advantage of children. It is truly shocking to read the few posts which reveal Peter Copas' dark side. The incomparable Mr Cooke - he of the limp? Whilst Clements oozed deviance, Copas didn't. Received the cane on many occasions along with the slipper, gym shoe, hockey stick and othersdid not do me any harm. 7.12.66. I am not aware he that went any further!Wraite - I used to like is geography lessons and thought his ranting was brilliant.Miss Harbottle - rotund woman who smelt of mothballs.Mr Westlake - almost normal!EEC - I couldn't stand maths but he got me through CE in the 3 maths papers with flying colours. 70 to 75,I have some very mixed memories. WebIn 2013, Nicholas founded Nevill Holt Opera and established an award-winning education and associate artists programme. I think we went to a village fete, and I can't remember whether she ever turned up! I liked him as a person , but found him a bit scary . If so, was it called Nevill Holt Halt? It is appalling that these things went on. If someone says they have been raped by him it's not right for others to say he was fine. It was horrible. I don't remember to much of Clements except that he was an unpleasant character.

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