At the Annual Dinner, November 1999, I was handed a letter from Mr. Brian Merton Gould of Norwich. He wanted any information or background on the school career of George Horner in the late 20s/early 30s.After a little search in the school magazines of the period I was able to establish a few details of Horner's School Certificate results and a record of his working first in the Taunton Public Library, where he passed the first of the Library Association's exams 'with Distinction' before moving to London and work at the Fulham Library. There, the trail seems to grow cold although it is possible that there is some record of his further career in the annals of the old London Branch (if they exist). I also found that Horner had been 'assistant editor' to Mr. Mitford for his last few terms at Huish's.
All this was duly passed to Mr Gould, with the comment '...Mitford, whom I remember as a fiery little Welshman and others remember as being handy with his fists'. (see Clem Nettell's memoir of the 1940's).
Mr Gould is quite excited by this piece of somewhat colourful background - 'short and vivid' he describes it - and has requested permission to include it in a second publication about his late friend. All being well, there will be more on this later on.