"The senior French master was Mr Hill, and you knew when he was near because the smell of tobacco preceded him. He kept strict discipline because he was feared; he punished rarely, but there was something about him, a sort of unpredictability that made you wonder, apprehensively, what would happen if ....." "Albert Hill, who had been appointed headmaster (Brincliffe Grammer), had several contacts who were pleased to work with him once again. .... But Albert made a fine job of welding all this together to create a happy, effective and successful school." "Albert Hill retired to Scalby Mills in the late 1960s but sadly died not long after moving"