As a pupil, I remember Mr Shephard at my secondary school. He was the deputy and feared by everyone.
Mr Shephard was a beer barrel of a man and stood probably only around 5ft 6in, but his voice was massive.
He bellowed and boomed louder than Brian Blessed and was the only teacher in the school who could make you physically tremble and suddenly need the toilet – student or teacher.
He was tough and took no nonsense from anyone. Even the end of his name was tough. The students had heard he was ex-special forces, something he would never confirm or deny. I for one suspect that he was made out of chromium and ate steel for breakfast.
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