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I was never taught by Tex but I remember one very hot day when one of the boys fried an egg on the bonnet of his car, a blue Rover I believe. I think he was from Omaha, Nebraska.
I do remember Gwynnie. In fact I was scrolling through a load of ancient school photos online and came upon one with all the Llanrumney H S teachers on. And yes he's on there.
I've never had a teacher that gave the dap that didn't give me the dap. Bunch of rugby ***** from Cyncoed. Racist, sexist bullies. It never bothered me at the time. But looking back, I find it quite shocking how unfit they were to be educators.
When he was younger Motho was a very enthusiastic thrasher. Hand or arse he didn’t care. He went for it like it was some form of gold medal attempt.
Canton High School for Boys 1964-69. Semper sursum.
In 4th form in one term I was beaten by him on five separate occasions. He kept promising me that he would teach me something (aside from Poetry and Latin)
How to endure pain has been a very valuable life lesson that has stayed with me over the years
Spider was my favourite teacher at Llanrumney. I deliberately fouled him once whilst playing football. He waiting for me to get the ball again and whacked me in retaliation but did it with a smile on his face. I thought he was great and yes I think he was a triple jumper.
Just found out a lot more about him. He's still on the Cardiff Athletics committee, has just successfully undergone a kidney transplant and been voted their Hero of the Month for Feb 2021. There's a pic of him too.
He represented Wales in the triple jump at the 1970 Commonwealth Games and was the Wales under-17 record holder for 26 years.