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Mr. Sawer (Geography)

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Mr. Sawer- Similar to Jason King, television icon. Mr. Sawer taught Geography and was my year one registration tutor he also did the same job in my final year. He was quite a character with dark hair, bushy moustache, and wore the usual green or brown suits of the day. He used to roll his lips round his moustache, sometimes he would pick his ears with a pencil. We used to think he looked like Jason King who was a television icon the late sixties early seventies played by Peter Wyngarde because of his accent and his charisma. Or a possible Leo McKern ( Rumpole of The Bailey), written by John Mortimer.    In the fourth year we had Mr. Sawer for Geography CSE. Geography can be a dry subject and Mr. Sawer would inject a bit of humour into our lessons. There was a girl called Susan Strange, whenever he walked by her desk, or she would ask a question he would burst into Frank Sinatra, Stranger’s in the Night, this puzzled Susan who wasn’t aware of old blue eyes signature tune. There...