Malcolm Rigg Recalls 'Titchy' Scurfield

 This story goes back to, I would think, about 1950, and took place in the Woodwork Class under Mr. Scurfield
(Titchy to most of us.)
Things had got slightly out of hand, as they do when a class of 12/13 year olds gets together. Titchy
asked what all the noise was about. We replied we were arguing about football teams and who were the best.
Whereby he called all of the Newcastle supporters out to the front and proceeded to give them all a whack.
This of course encouraged the Sunderland supporters to fits of laughter but Titchy, being Titchy, then called out all of the Sunderland supporters and meted out the same punishment to them. Which of course cooled things down a bit.
Titchy's next words were, something like, " You will all be happy now, you've all felt the Strap"
One little voice replied "Sir, I haven't"
Titchy then said " Well who do you support?" The reply being "Middlesbrough"
Of course the next words were "Come out all the Middlesbrough Supporters" and you can guess the rest?
Whose was the little voice? None other than our own Editor Lance Liddle!!!!
Can anyone else remember this, or any other stories?

Malcolm Rigg November 2003