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Mr. Layder has also left us for his time at Christ College was well spent as he got involved in Cross-Country and
Tennis, and started up a Cycling option for summer games.
To counter-balance these departures we welcomed four new members of staff in September 1987;
Mr. Slaney arrived from Ermyrsteads Grammar School in Skipton to take up the post of Head of Modern
Languages. He has a degree from Birmingham University and will be a House Tutor in Donaldsons House. He also
coaches some rugby.
Mr. Bushjoined us from Hymers College, Hull to teach English and take overthe Drama Department. His degree is
from Pembroke College, Cambridge and he is a fairly accomplished rugby prop-forward.
Miss Hembrow joined us straight from Bristol University to teach History and help out as House Tutor in De
Winton. She is also in charge of girls sport, especially Netball and Hockey.
Mr. Hine, who is an experienced climber, joined us to teach Latin, Greek and Classics. He attended Oxford
University and gained his PGCE from Cambridge, an unusual accomplishment.
BLOCKBUSTERS
As well as winning 'Top of the Form' this year, Christ College have provided two reasonably successful
contestants on Central T.V.'s 'Blockbusters' programme. Oli Hides and Jason Cale survived two and a half
programmes (Alex Lewis and Susan Rothwell failing to be selected) and would have gone all the way had it not
been for an excellent opponent, who himself went on to get five 'gold runs'.
The four days spent at the Central T.V. studios in Nottingham were profitable and eventful. Jason proved he really
is a 'Yuppie' and also hoped to give a demonstration of his male magnetism, but the internal telephone service at the
hotel put an end to that. Oli, meanwhile, was being taken up by children from 'Emu's Pink Windmill' who were
filming in the next studio, and attempting to break the record for the number of ashtrays in one lift.
The filming was an interesting experience; four shows are filmed each day, and contestants have to change their
clothes for each programme so as to disguise this. Bob, the questionmaster, was fairly pleasant, but always seemed
false, and the warm-up comedian was positively awful. His routine was bad the first time, but by the eighth time it
was tortuous.
The four days (with a weekend spent at home in the middle) provided a memorable experience, and both of us
have made many new friends from allover the country.
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