Two Teachers
Mr Coops was a 'Motor Engineering' teacher. I'm still not sure why our school had motor engineering as a subject - something to do with it being a comprehensive, I think. Something of a 60s casualty, he'd been a roadie for Pink Floyd and you could tell.

Winnifred Moss was the deputy headmistress. A part time rally driver, you can guess her nickname. She ran the school with a rod of iron, measuring the girls skirts, demanding the removal of earrings and makeup, and smelling the fingers of shifty smokers. Everyone was terrified of Miss Moss.

One fateful day, Mr Coops had been fixing a pushbike, and to test the repair he decided to ride it down the corridor.

On the second floor.

Just as he approached the turn to the staff room, Miss Moss appeared round the corner and stood right in his path. He pulled the bike to a stop in front of her.

Fixing him with a steely glare, Miss Moss said "Mr Coops. Do you realise there's a boy in your form who's not wearing his tie."

"Oh", said Mr Coops, "I'll go and sort it", turned the bike round, and pedalled back up the corridor.
(McDingo, Tue 15 Nov 2005, 19:19, Reply)