History Boy recommends: SCRAESDON FORT

I get on well with my parents. I am the youngest of six but as my older sister Loretta likes to point out, I was a ‘mistake’. This means that in the school hols I haven’t really got my folks to do stuff with. I am not really abandoned but I seek succour in the arms of others, mainly the scouts (11th Harrow) and the school CCF.

Last term I saw a poster on the CCF notice board outside the science block. It read: ‘Physical boys required – Seven Day Cadet Commando Course – delicate flowers need not