Summer Times is the Journal of the Old Scarborians Association

During a three‐day rest from the line, Lt Colo‐
nel Shaw and Norman Yardley went to visit
his grave.
From Minterno, the Germans pulled back be‐
hind the Gariglione river. Conditions in the
Apennines were appalling – slit trenches were
a foot deep in melted snow, and driving sleet
soaked everybody to the skin. There was very
little action – just a few patrols on either side
and occasional shelling by both sides to an‐
nounce their presence. Unless you got a direct
hit on a slit‐trench, you were comparatively
safe.
Down the main road leading to the river one
day sped six jeeps, each loaded with every
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4 He specialised in Modern Languages, but his namesake had a ʺhalf‐hourʺ on the radio. (7)
7 The school ʺnext doorʺ after the move to Woodlands. (6)
10 The Festival here was (and is) a great favourite. (5,6,4)
12 Jack taught Classics and moved to Pocklington when he retired in 1973. (5)
13 He succeeded A.E. Jones to teach History.(8)
14 The badge on our caps was green in colour. (6)
19 He followed D.J.Price as head of Biology. (7)
21 This house had blue badges. (6)
22 The head of Geography at the time of the move to Woodlands. (7)
24 The nickname of J.R.Liddicott.(3)
25 A Classics teacher his initials were R.C.V. (4)
26 We all knew the second chemistry master as ? (5)
Down
1 R.Edwardson was known as this ‐ poor chap! (8)
2 Les Brown would have insisted that this was the opposite of ʺleftʺ. (5)
3 Normanʹs subjects were Divinity, Economics and Hockey. (9)
5 When we were at Westwood our Speech Days were held here each year. (7,4)
6 A Maths teacher with a mechanical engineering background. (1,1,4)
8 Many pupils attended this educational establishment in Queen Street, now no longer in exis
. tence.(7)
9 He taught in the department headed by Sam Rockinghorse. (6)
11 He arranged Rugby tours to/from his home territory of South Wales. (3,5)
15 A certain dance hall looking out over the South Bay. (7)
16 Handicrafts were his speciality. (6)
17 Alec took over from Joey. (8)
18 The School badge was yellow for these chaps. (8)
19 Alan taught mainly French and Spanish. (6)
20 He took over Bonnʹs timetable. (7)
23 His renowned saying was ʺWatch the board while I go through itʺ! (4)
conceivable weapon, including mortars, with
the crews looking like tramps. It was Popski’s
private army, which had caused such havoc
behind the German lines in the Desert. This
terrain, it seemed to me, was of no use to them
and, not surprisingly, within the hour, they
were streaming back with wounded on
stretchers, and two jeeps missing.
Out of the line for a week, we were billeted in
the town of Campobasso in houses where, for
firewood, we burned the inner doors and dried
out our clothes. It was, it seemed, the height of
civilisation to have a roof over your head, to
have a bath and to turn on a tap for drinking
water, but, within two days, nearly all the