"English was taught by Mr Buchan who was feared & admired.  The things they
got away with!  Unimaginable by contemporary standards.  He (& others) pulled
hair, threw chalk and board-dusters, shook their victim, dispensed "lines" &
detentions freely & in some cases had their own canes.  A parent once writing to
My Buchan that he was no to pull his son's hair resulted in his being brought to
the front of the class with Mr Bıs fingers firmly in his hair while relevant
bits of the letter were read to us ("so", tug on hair "Iım not to pull your hair
"tug, tug & so-on)."

	"Len Buchan, another lecturer in English, could reduce anyone found wanting
into simpering retrospection with his biting sarcasm. Rumour had it that he
revelled in extracting a halfpenny a trick from junior staff lured into his
lunchtime Bridge school."

	"He was a great teacher really despite his caustic comments." - 1958

	"A teacher who was disliked a lot was a Scotsman, Len Buchan who was the
'King of Detention'. He was an English master who taught me for a lot of my time
there. Being naturally very well behaved (oh yeah!) I had few problems with him
and came to respect him a lot. I can remember at least two occasions when he not
only gave me stars for my work but also taped the odd coin in my exercise book.
What a guy."

	"I also remember the day Buddy Holly died Feb 3
1959.We were in Lens ( Buchans ) class first thing and the class were very
upset .Len said " Why is everyone so quiet this morning " to which a
frightened little soul up front said "Sir ,Buddy Holly has died in a plane
crash." to which he said "Buddy Holly and whose he" SACRILEGE
shortly after he passed away."

	"then there was  the day Buchans Reliant Robin was stood on bricks he wernt
too pleased and Shakespeare never helped."

	"Len Buchan had a heart attack one lunch time at ABGS and died in the dining
room."