Talk:Rutlish School

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[edit] John Major's Status as an 'Old Rut'

I was a pupil at Rutlish from 1986-1990. When John Major became Chancellor, an urban legend began to circulate within the school that that the then headmaster, Tony Mooney, approached Major and asked him to appear at the school's annual speech night. Major's response was that his time at Rutlish was among the most unhappy years of his life, and that if he ever became education secretary, he'd close the school down. I don't have any evidence to verify this: all I can say is that at the time, I heard teachers talking openly about the incident.

[edit] article quality

This article may lack verifying sources but it is very accurate and very good. I was at Rutlish too (1972-77) and so I have some personal experience. Incidentally there was also a school cap and even a school boater a bit before my time.

[edit] Neville Heath was unlikely to have been an old boy

I see that Neville Heath has once again added and removed as an old boy of Rutlish. I previously removed him back in 2006 when it was also incorrectly claimed he was the "Brides in the Bath" murderer (actually George Joseph Smith). At the time I couldn't find any evidence that Heath went to Rutlish (he was born in Ilford) so deleted the entry. As a former pupil of Rutlish, I remember no mention of Heath as a old boy, which I'm sure would have been a topic of salacious and scandalous discussion had he been.--DavidCane (talk) 10:32, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No young freaks

"Single-sex boys" conjured up some wondering about other kinds.--SilasW (talk) 14:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)