LWGS teaching staff 1950-57
Julyan Bunney is one of the teachers in this photo and in 2012 some information was circulated on him in the OTs newsletter:
at the age of 87, he is still full of life and enjoying weekly sessions at the Oxford Bridge Club.
Julyan, a Cornishman, joined the school in 1949 at the start my second year, togeth- er with another West Countryman Rex Thomas. Both had served in The Royal Navy in the latter years of the Second World War, and both made an immediate impact on school life both in the classroom and on the rugby field. It was a time when discipline at the school was generally pretty unruly but Thomas quickly took charge of the school's Army cadet corps and within a year had also coached an unbeaten Colts rugby team. I was a minor player in that side, the stars being Paul Rich and the Maxton brothers, John, James and Drummond.
As for Bunney he immediately commanded respect without ever raising his voice His quietly authoritative manner was never challenged in class, and he was equally in control whether coaching or refereeing rugby.
A number of boys not gifted in the sciences were indebted to Julian Bunney for getting them through exams and into university. The name Anthony Tomlyn springs to mind. I was one of his failures. As I reminded him over lunch the only thing I ever remembered from his lessons was the definition of a calorie - the amount of heat re- quired to raise one cc of water through one degree centigrade. And a fat lot of good that did me.
Rex Thomas left after three years to teach at Solihull School and later became a successful headmaster in Cornwall. He died in 2010. Mr Bunney left in 1956, eventully becoming deputy Head at Carmel.
LWGS teaching staff 1950-57
Julyan Bunney is one of the teachers in this photo and in 2012 some information was circulated on him in the OTs newsletter:
at the age of 87, he is still full of life and enjoying weekly sessions at the Oxford Bridge Club.
Julyan, a Cornishman, joined the school in 1949 at the start my second year, togeth- er with another West Countryman Rex Thomas. Both had served in The Royal Navy in the latter years of the Second World War, and both made an immediate impact on school life both in the classroom and on the rugby field. It was a time when discipline at the school was generally pretty unruly but Thomas quickly took charge of the school's Army cadet corps and within a year had also coached an unbeaten Colts rugby team. I was a minor player in that side, the stars being Paul Rich and the Maxton brothers, John, James and Drummond.
As for Bunney he immediately commanded respect without ever raising his voice His quietly authoritative manner was never challenged in class, and he was equally in control whether coaching or refereeing rugby.
A number of boys not gifted in the sciences were indebted to Julian Bunney for getting them through exams and into university. The name Anthony Tomlyn springs to mind. I was one of his failures. As I reminded him over lunch the only thing I ever remembered from his lessons was the definition of a calorie - the amount of heat re- quired to raise one cc of water through one degree centigrade. And a fat lot of good that did me.
Rex Thomas left after three years to teach at Solihull School and later became a successful headmaster in Cornwall. He died in 2010. Mr Bunney left in 1956, eventully becoming deputy Head at Carmel.