When Cannock Grammar School ceased to exist, not many years after the 1zaacs left, much memorabilia was consigned to the dustbin. Try phoning the school campus now, and you will learn that the Grammar School is referred to as "the other end of the campus", and that all school records have been destroyed.
This makes the hunt for memorabilia a bit of a challenge. [Probably not altogether a bad thing. Ed.]
One item which survived was this photo. If you click on it, you can take a short aerial Mystery Tour of the School as we 1zaacs remember it.
The photo was rescued by staff member Mr Sewell. It used to be on display in the Foyer.
"Foyer" was uttered in 1967 by us Grammar Grubs in the manner of a Brummie saying "Fire": Foy as in boy and er as in err. It was the first posh word I remember learning to mispronounce at age 11.
Our rendition of the word produced kilos of laughter from our French penfriends, who would be arriving in 1970.
Our pronunciation was, however quite serendipitous: Foyer also means "hearth" in French.
This set us here at 1zaac wondering whether William the Conqueror may have become a closet Brummie after sending his Domesday Froggy tax officials to survey the Cannock Chase area in the 1070's.
"Coom on Bayboy, Loit moiy Foyer" ?
[Probably not. More justification for that failed History 'A' Level. Just hope that the examining board pulped that one. Ed]
Enjoy the flight.
AB
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