Plym

I was at Marlcliffe between 1959-1964 (Rivelin) & remember the headmistress Miss Nuttall, Mr Barnby - English Literature , Miss Jackson - Drama & Miss Coates -History. I can't remember the name of the very kind French teacher or the Maths teacher who used to make us laugh because, in the middle of talking, he'd wander over to the window & slap down a fly with the flat of his hand without pausing in his sentence. Miss Jackson used to choose one or two of us to come to the front & act out part of a scene from, say, Midsummer Night's Dream & Mr Barnby would hurl a blackboard rubber to a whispering boy at the back, again, without pausing for breath. Our school anthem was something like "We are the Marcliffians" but can't remember our motto.