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July 1968 Ready for the fray! Mr John Chapman, chairman of Soham Grammar School Old Boys' Club makes final adjustments as headmaster Mr E Armitage prepares to receive wet sponges in a sporting role as "Aunt Sally". It happened during the school's Summer Fair on Saturday and not surprisingly this proved one of the most popular spots during the afternoon. [see also Mr Riley in same role] |
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Thursday, May 28, 1970 "This is your life - headmaster" "Tonight, Mr Armitage, this is your life." But it would have been nice to have had some sort of advance warning all the same. Soham Grammar School headmaster. Mr E Armitage, pictured here with his wife, looks slightly abashed as he is confronted with "an Eamonn Andrews" in the form of pupil Paul Griffiths, who ploughs through the "murky past" of his "chief". But for Mr Armitage the whole thing was a surprise. He only went along to an "at-home" meeting of the sixth form on Thursday evening to say a few words about the school year. And there he was. right in the hot-seat. DEGREES During the war, it was revealed, he served in the "something-or-other-intelligence", and was involved in radar - something about which there were no books written at the time. So - that's right, he wrote one. |
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PHYSICS
After the war - and instead of staying in the Services at a
high rank - he went to help boys from his own type of
background. So - and at a great financial loss, it was
alleged - he came to the grammar school.
An expert in physics, he has the honour of setting university exam papers up and down the country. Mrs Armitage revealed a few humorous details from her husband's past. Perhaps that explains the bashful face on our photograph.
Photo: Peter Faulkes
cutting: via Mrs Armitage
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