Yes, most of the names ring bells - and the cross country running in the woods, off the Sidcup Bypass! I also recall a senior master called Dr Babcock who I think had a reputation for using the cane. The housemaster of Shackleton was Mr Haswell. Anyone remember the housemaster's for Browning, Newton & Reynolds during the same period?

Touching on Fairlawn - my last teacher there was Mr Thompson. A West country man who loved films and trains. He used to run an after school film club where he would hire films and charge us 6d at the door. We'd all pile in, sit cross legged on the classroom floor and watch the latest black & white film! I can still hear the whirling sound of the cine projector and the anticipation as the numbers counted down at the beginning of the film! He once took us all back to his house in Benson road - much to the surprise of his wife - and showed us his model railway! Happy days.