W.R, succeeded him (L.S.) . Short sturdy in body, and mind, a fine chemist and practical organiser, {described as as a regular little lion}. He died suddenly in August 1935. "The head was called (I'm fairly sure) Mr Richardson & was certainly known as "Punch", being short, stout & red-faced, with a large beaked nose. He conducted Assembly & the obligatory hymns and prayers, seemed not to interfere much but his wrath was best avoided. I clearly remember an occasion, in my early days there waiting to see a master at the staff room door; the bell had gone & "Punch" suddenly erupted from his study (where the cane was kept), charged into the staff-room & began to bawl out the inhabitants at the top of his voice, saying he would not tolerate people hanging about there after the bell. I was really shocked at hearing the masters treated as we were, I though they lived on a level far above such things"