Don1... Were you a student when Mr Middleton

[Peter R]

Headmaster at JC? He was also headmaster at Morant Bay HS... and I never knew his first name til now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x5PbsF_5ZM

[MdmeX]

William Haydn Middleton -- my cousins started MBH when he was there.

[Time]

Headmaster at JC? He was also headmaster at Morant Bay HS... and I never knew his first name til now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x5PbsF_5ZM

1965 to 1970? If Don was there then I need to call him Uncle Don!!!

[Bricktop]

based on don2's analytical skills...he probably slept through much of his high school experience

[Islandman]

Thanks for this Peter R. As an MBHS student we always heard about the first headmaster Mr Middleton but I can't recall ever seeing even a photo of him. Must have not had too many cameras in Morant Bay back then, LOL.

[Don1]

Nope but mi ear bout im from di elda dem like Michael Burke

BTW... yuh know di Middleton dem who faada was Commissioner of Babylon ??

[Peter R]

Yes... one, Jimmy, was my peer in my form through to fifth... nice guy. I think they moved to Canada. The first time I ever was exposed to rock music was through Jimmy... though I am not a fan of it. I think he played the drums with another of my peers who went to JC, at least I believe they used to "jam" together... see Perry here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPlXbEgwA8

[Karl]

Nice!
...btw - Are you suggesting Don1 is of the Shady Pines batch?

[Karl]

btw - Peter & Don1: There was another band

of JC Old Boys (Was Aggrey Irons a JC old boy?) ...I think the 'fun name' of the band was "Big Belly Man Band". I can only recall two other members - Jimmy Moss-Solomon and Bruce Taylor.

When to some of their sessions. No way were they in the class of the guy you posted. ...but provided 'fun sessions'.

[Peter R]

Not at all I know the Don was after my years but I don't think that many after me... I started first form in 1968 while Mr. Middleton was Headmaster, his hair was black and he used to sit up straight... LOL I guess he left when I was in either third or fourth form when Mr Ruel Taylor took over. Mr. M's wife was my Maths teacher in first form and she gave me many a detention as well as banishments to weed the Headmaster's garden. In the video they didn't mention her... she was a very slim woman, very prim and proper and she was an avid supporter of Chambers house...

I remember Michael Burke interrupting Mr. Middleton during a morning assembly with a loud and stentorian "No, Mr. Middleton!", I can't remember what the talk was about but I was a lowly first (or maybe second?) former and didn't understand the politics of the day. I remember the older boys urging us to "boycott" the tuck shop for some sort of protest or another, it could have been over uniforms or length of hair, and I had no clue what "boycott" meant... all I could think of was the cricketer... LOL.

I also remember "Ibo" Cooper (who was maybe in fifth form (?) when I was in first) walking beside Mr. Middleton to the chapel where he played the piano for morning service...

[Karl]

Got yuh!

[Don1]

mi si yuh boss

[Don1]

sarry mi cyaan shed nuh light pon dis boss

[Islandman]

PeterR I heard Mr Middleton died a few weeks ago. He was in his mid-90s.

[Don1]

PeterR I heard Mr Middleton died a few weeks ago. He was in his mid-90s.

RIP