Mr. Blackwell- History
Mr. Blackwell-similar to Les Gray from 70's Pop stars Mud. Mr. Blackwell taught History while I was at Tulketh. He later went on to be the House master for Fylde House up to the closure of Tulketh in 2008. He like a lot of the male teachers at the time wore suits of various formal colours. He used to wear tinted glasses which made him look like Les Gray the lead singer of pop group Mud who were immensely popular at the time. Mr. Blackwell a keen cricket fan and the coach to the first years’ cricket team. He decided on the squad of players of which I was one of, going to see the mighty West Indies side which included Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts to play England at Old Trafford in the Third test. . We would be going on the second day of the test which was on a Friday which meant we would miss a full day of school lessons, happy days we all thought and not to mention the England side which included Brian Close, Tony Greig, (the captain) and Derek Un...