Some time ago, probably so long ago that he has forgotten asking, Don Grammer queried the origin of the County of Middlesex coat of arms, as used by the school and in his book "Trinity, A school With A Past".
Since then I have burned the midnight oil seeking out websites where I might obtain the answer. At last, Head of Reseach at Achivements Ltd. (www.achievements.co.uk) has e-mailed me:
"Thank you for your e-mail concerning the armorial bearings of Middlesex. The 3 swords are seaxes, notched swords and the closest the heralds could get to what they thought the East and Middle Saxons would have used in battle. Hence they appear in the arms of Middlesex and Essex.
If you would like an in-depth report we could compile one for a fee of £45"
Now that I am reminded, I am able to recall them in the battle between 1c and 1b in the Spring term of '37.
Jim Preece 1936-41
Ljmpreece@aol.com
Stuart Hutchinson '43, remembers the 1950 Jack Good production of Othello very well.
Certainly, Victor Hext was the most evil and memorable Iago EVER!
Click to see the photo of Stuart dressed for his part in Othello .
THANK YOU JACK GOOD!
I have just been watching a chat show with presenter Michael Parkinson and guests Larry Hagman and Cher.
Cher was telling the story of how she and Sonny first got started in the US, and how they were not well received because people thought they were weird. [her words].
She then went on to say, "there was a man called Jack Good who was presenting a USA show called Shindig, who loved us. He said
"you've got to go to England", so we sold everything, and we were famous here first.
Even the older generation would ask for our autographs, and when we got back to America we were huge, and everyone thought we were English."
