When I was in Stringer House, Mark Abberley was in my year, and a Dave Abberley was the year below. I had no idea there was a third member of the family. (-:
I do recall an incident, which was typical of Woodlands in those days. Mark, not normally a bully, was exploiting being a bigger kid. We'd called him 'Dibble' which he did not like one bit. So one day he was blocking my way at the entrance to Stringer, nothing serious, when he had the idea of involving younger brother Dave. Now, officially being a Scrubber (second year) I knew I'd never live it down if a 'Fuzzer' (first year) was seen to push me around, so I tried to bustle my way past. Dave then made the mistake of laying hands on me. In panic I threw one arm backward intending only to push him away, not realising I'd clenched my fist or that it would catch him right in the mouth!
The end result was we all learned something. Mark, left me alone, Dave never touched me again, and I realised that, at Woodlands, violence sometimes was the answer.
