Warwick School in 1961

<BODY BGCOLOR="#6699FF"> <DL> <DT><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=265> <P><IMG SRC="warpics/ijb.JPG" WIDTH=288 HEIGHT=190 ALIGN=bottom></P> <P>I.J.Beeching (Physics)<BR> <A HREF="../realaudio/warsnds/beeching.ra"><FONT SIZE="-1">Download a RealAudio file (25k) and listen to I.J.B. lecturing on the formation of an image by an optical system.</FONT></A></P> <P>    He was the brother of the infamous Dr. Beeching, who decimated the railways in the 1950s - but we didn't hold that against him; and I believe he had worked on radar during World War 2. I think he taught Physics well - I always found his explanations very clear: and he gave me (when asked) one of the most useful pieces of advice I had while I was there - that I probably wasn't suited to go on to University. In retrospect, this was exactly right - I did much better going straight into sound engineering and operations.</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN=top> <CENTER><IMG SRC="warpics/rht.JPG" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=301 ALIGN=bottom></CENTER> <P ALIGN=right>R.H.Thornton (Maths): also, from the later fifties, Headmaster of the Junior School (the first two years, from 11-13).Well-liked, with a robust (though not aggressive) style (I once heard him from a good 50 yards away informing a class "I <I>told</I> you not to use logs!")</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=right VALIGN=top COLSPAN=2> <CENTER>  <P><FONT SIZE="-1">All photographs © R.F.Wilmut<BR> </FONT><A HREF="../index.html"><FONT SIZE="-1">HOME </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-1">| </FONT><A HREF="wschool.html"><FONT SIZE="-1">WARWICK SCHOOL INTRO</FONT></A></P></CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DT> </DL> </BODY>