The teaching staff at Cotham Grammar School in Bristol in the 1940s and 1950s was full of wonderful characters who left a life-long impression on the boys they taught, and the teachers of French were particularly memorable. Starting in September 1948, the thirty boys of Form 1B had Captain Day as form master, and French was taught by Captain Nicholas, a Welshman, who told his pupils that the Marseillaise was the world's second most melodious national anthem. Both captains derived their military rank from service in World War II and both still served part-time as officers in the school's Combined Cadet Force. Yet even these two stars were overshadowed in memory by one of the most eccentric characters who ever taught French in school, and who took over in the third year, facing a class of 13-14 year olds: Eggo Coleman!
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