‘Father McC was already seventy-two years old when he began at (Prep School). He was gentle and cheerful, with a keen sense of humour. *He didn’t teach the younger boys in class. He was very fatherly and chatty. I remember he used to come and talk to the boys, but mainly the big boys.* Some (Prep School) boys remember him as particularly strict – he strapped boys at assembly in front of the whole school for serious offences.’
‘Mr C, master and prefect of discipline at (Prep School) from 1937 to 1940, slept in (Boarding House) with the boarders. Once we were ready for bed, we would sit on our beds in a circle around him.