One of life's 'characters'

[bearded bloke]

Granted not a well known one, but a character no the less .....Merlin's Minshall car, Singer's James Bond

[Glutton4...]

What a fascinating article. Sounds like quite a character!

[bearded bloke]

Was one of my school teachers G4

[Glutton4...]

Really!? Was he 'interesting' at school?

We had a geography teacher who had been in the forces, and was inclined to spend a whole lesson reminiscing, and telling stories from 'back in the day' which were great. He'd scoot his bum forward in his chair, and lean back, pushing his legs out in front of himself, under the desk, and either start on a tale, or drift off completely and start snoring! It also revealed that he often had his pyjama trousers on underneath his cords!!

[bearded bloke]

Yep, history lessons were interesting, probably because he actually had been there & done that, even back then (mid - late 60's) he was telling us about the dangers of using aerosols, cords they were deffo teacher wear back then did your geog' teacher also wear a ..... bow tie

[Florence Fennel]

My maths and RE teacher did BB and cords and a hounds-tooth check jacket. He also administered punishment (though I hastily add not to me) with a plimsoll named "Stingray" (I imagine because it did) and a cane he called "Double Diamond" (because, he said, it "worked wonders")

[Glutton4...]

No bow tie, but he usually looked like he dressed in a jumble sale in the dark!

[bearded bloke]

He normally arrived in a Bedford Dormobile

Sometimes a Triumph Mayflower

Very rarely he would bring in his ........... Roll Royce .......... he was uber cool & a bit of a nutter


He's even got a Wikipedia page ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_Minshall