Christopher Bangay – scored several centuries that season for Alleyn’s School
Tuesday 1 June 1976 – Worked on [Islam] project all day. TV Man About The House, Jim Cagney [The Roaring Twenties].
Wednesday 2 June 1976 – went to golf club with Auntie Winifred, great.
Thursday 3 June 1976 – Back at school OK. TV Porridge, Monty Python great.
Friday 4 June 1976 – Inspection day, hard, lugging things. Interesting though.
I’ve never been afraid of hard work but I’ve also never much enjoyed lugging things.
Saturday 5 June 1976 – all OK. Hard at work all day.
Sunday 6 June 1976 – Shalom good. JD [Jonathan Davies] kicked up fuss. Hard work later. TV D-Day, MASH.
I dread to think what Jonathan’s fuss was about. Perhaps I spiked something of his. (Article I mean, obvs.).
Monday 7 June 1976 – TV Star Trek, all ok hard work.
Tuesday 8 June 1976 – scored 1st 11 v 40’s club. Great match. Worked hard later.
Strangely, that 40’s Club match was mentioned in glowing terms when Colin Page, bless him, wrote up the cricket 1st XI’s season:
It seems there was not too much to laud that summer in cricket 1st XI terms.
Wednesday 9 June 1976 – More work. No CCF. Exams getting near.
Thursday 10 June 1976 – Worked hard on exams. TV Porridge, Monty Python.
Friday 11 June 1976 – music good. Worked hard on exams.
Saturday 12 June 1976 – all OK. Worked in afternoon. TV Black & White Minstrels.
Sunday 13 June 1976 – Gave out Edition 3 of Shalom, good. More hard work.
Monday 14 June 1976 – Chem & French Exams, OK. TV Q of S [Question Of Sport] Star Trek, work.
Tuesday 15 June 1976 – Two more exams, OK. More work TV Man [About] The house, AC [Alistair Cooke] USA, Destination U.S.A.
Wednesday 16 June 1976 – Hard exams = longest exam day.
Thursday 17 June 1976 – More exams. TV Porridge, Monty Python & 2nd Verdict
Friday 18 June 1976 – Three more exams. Difficult ones.
Saturday 19 June 1976 – No school. Founder’s Day all OK. Prepared for tomorrow’s draw.
Sunday 20 June 1976 – Grand Shalom draw = great. Andy evening.
Monday 21 June 1976 – Last exam hooray. TV Star Trek & New Western [probably The Landlord].
The Grand Shalom draw was a fundraising effort to keep the magazine going. As the magazine quite quickly fades from my diary as the summer gets under way, and other media activities take over, I suspect that “great” simply meant “covered the costs of Edition 3”.
Find out how the exams went, what else happened at school that silly season, and where my media interests went next, by staying tuned!