Worksop College

Some of Malcolm's friends at the school

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W F "Bill" or "Ug" Osborne who, like Malcolm, had an interest in Natural History. They would
use their spare time looking for birds nests and generally ferreting about studying nature.

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The ritual Sunday afternoon walk in Welbeck Park.
Tony Harris (left), "Earnie" Earnshaw (centre) and Brian Prince (right)

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Tony Harris talking to Jeff Butterfield. Jeff had been captain of
the British Lions Rugby team and came to Worksop with his rugby
experience in mind. He taught biology but sometimes slides of
his rugby tours were shown rather than biology being taught.

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Stephen May (left) and Julian Hereward (right)
Julian was Malcolm's oldest friend and they had been to every school together right from kindergarten.

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"Earnie" Earnshaw pretending to lay bricks one Sunday. This was where new sewer drains
were being laid to replace the old pipe which just discharged into the farm field on
the southern boundary of the school at a point just to the left of Masons Copse.

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This is a photo of June who lived close to the school and whom Malcolm met in 1957. That year, Malcolm hoped to attend the Summer Ball but, not having a partner, one of his housemates said that he knew a girl from the local school and that she might have a friend who would come. A meeting was arranged in town a week before the ball and Malcolm was introduced to this girl. They immediately got on well together and their friendship continued after the dance and Malcolm would visit her and her family every Sunday, much against the school rules. Occasionally he would get back to school late for the compulsory evensong in the school chapel and have to sit in the organ loft. One Saturday evening in the summer of 1957, Malcolm was particularly late back to school after visiting June at the end of term and was greeted by schoolfriends saying that his housemaster was looking for him. Malcolm presented himself and was asked where he had been. He said that he had "just been walking about" which was all he could think of at the moment. His housemaster added credance the alibi by asking if he was worried about becoming a prefect next term. Malcolm said that was the case and the matter ended there. Malcolm and June would write to each other a couple of times each week, also he would phone her most evenings which was technically not allowed without a 'chit' from a master, so he was careful not to get caught. June was very talented both in art and music and had beautiful copperplate handwriting. Her parents were kind to Malcolm and her father even lent his car occasionally for which Malcolm could have got into serious trouble if someone from the school had found out as it contravened school rule 6. Although Malcolm did not talk about his visits out of school, it was probably generally known amongst both pupils and staff. It even got a mention at one of the prefect's end-of-term theatre sketches. After Malcolm had left school their friendship faltered due to the distance between their homes and he lost contact with June. However, over fifty years later, a couple of chance events put them in touch again.