Old Boys > Peter Davies (1961-1967) writes:

was a student from 1961 to 1967, had a year at Whitgift and then moved to Australia where I have been ever since, mainly in Tasmania (the island to the south). I well remember Mr Carnes (I got my only caning for incessantly wobbling my knees during inspection!), the sago pudding and jam at lunch, the Enid Blyton Busy Bee Club and the milk bottle top collections, Douglas Bader giving an inspiring  talk, and have fond memories of the school and its grounds at Grove Road. I actually lived in Western Road then (at no. 10), but somehow never found out that the school had moved there, as I'd left for Australia by then. I was inspired by sevral of my teachers at Homefield, in english, art and history. One of them lent me their copies of the Lord of the Rings volumes, one by one as I read them, and when I came to Tasmania, I discovered the forests of Middle Earth there. Years of bushwalking and environmental activism later, I am now an environmental scientist with my own science consulting business, and manage environmental programs on the ecology of several of Australia's biggest river systems. I look forward to visiting the school one day soon.