It was my great good fortune to have him as my form master for two years. He once said to the class 'If anyone in this class goes on to become a member of parliament I would feel that I had failed'. A wonderful man.
As many others have said, he was my favourite teacher. It's always the English teacher that grabs your imagination, isn't it? He never laughed at anything I had to say, however daft it was. Lovely man.