Terms of use.Anonymous, offensive, or malicious postings will be deleted. School-related topics only please. If you need to add a "family notice" reply to any of the current messages in that thread, and remember to change the Subject to the name of the newsworthy person.
I believe the lad's name was Peter George, but he went as "George" among the peer group at school. No idea which is the correct spelling (no pun intended!) of the surname, but he was indeed a clergyman's son.
I remember his guitar playing and unconventional approach to authority, but expelled......?
I learnt of the fire in deepest Middlesex on the 9 p.m. (wireless) news of the BBC on the day following the event. At that distance I did not expect to be further informed, although I felt sympathy for the kids whose education could have been so interrupted. The news I heard spoke only of damage to the "municipal" building and its clock.