Unidad documental simple 202000741 - Interview with Christopher Stanley 1973

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Interview with Christopher Stanley 1973

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  • 2012 (Creación)

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A4 pages of transcript in MSWord Pdf file

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Interview with Christopher Stanley – 1973
Chris joined St David’s in 1968, standard 6 as a boarder. He remembers his first day vividly with
his mum and dad unpacking his things and making up his bed in the rather large dormitory. It
was quite daunting not knowing anybody other than his four other brothers also joined the
school, with his younger brothers becoming day boys as the boarding closed after 1972.
Some of the teachers and brothers he remembers are Mrs Haines, Mrs Hartman, Br Bosco, Br
Anthony, Br Aidan, Br Timothy, Br Andrew and Br Bernard. They were all good teachers and he
recalled that everyone was terrified of Br Andrew nicknamed “Drac” who was a good Maths
teacher.
Chris enjoyed his time at St David’s and being a boarder meant that he was able to really
participate in the sport playing 2nd team rugby and cricket. He also swam in the inter-house
swimming gala but wasn’t in the team. The boys sometimes used to play golf at the Wanderers
on a Wednesday and one of Chris’s memorable moments was when he beat Fulton Allem.
Discipline was strict but even so some boys used to bunk out regularly. The boy in the next bed,
Mark Agar used to jump out of the window after lights out and returned at about 2am and never
got caught. The boys only got one weekend off a term and had some visiting Sundays. The food
wasn’t too bad but rather predictable. Chris also enjoyed mowing the school lawns with the
tractor.
He remembered doing a skit with some of the boys at the Sandown civic centre.
Academically Chris did very well until standard 8 when he became lazy and as a consequence
didn’t get a very good matric.He initially went into the navy and did his year’s national service
before going to Wits University to study for a BComm. He didn’t complete his degree and got
married in 1977 and went to work in Secunda on the Sasol 2 Project. With hindsight he regrets
not completing his degree. He now runs his own business selling printing, stationery and office
products.
Chris has one child a daughter now aged 15 who attends Fourways high school. He often visits
the St David’s to watch the rugby and has been to several MOBS dinners and will be attending
the 1972 reunion in November this year.
He is still in touch with many of his contemporaries – Billy Cotton , Harry Curtis and Terry van
Heerden who all came from Zambia, George Nichas, Trevor Maher, Ross and Gary Hunter,
Nolan Springer, Trevor Maher, John Williamson, Martin Rumpelt, Mike Mac Farlane and Vince
Mahoney.
JLE October 2012

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