tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251319539119484630.post9059897820618732466..comments2024-03-25T22:33:09.293-04:00Comments on Who is George Mills?: Capt. & Mrs. H. F. Chittenden of Newlands School, SeafordSam [Also known as Harry]http://www.blogger.com/profile/13706939763471372716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251319539119484630.post-14240138207300187782021-01-27T00:09:00.927-05:002021-01-27T00:09:00.927-05:00(TDM was Hugh Faithful Chittenden’s “Right Hand Ma...(TDM was Hugh Faithful Chittenden’s “Right Hand Man” for decades at Newlands)Mike Hawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208919252592208962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251319539119484630.post-9442505474956203902021-01-27T00:00:35.699-05:002021-01-27T00:00:35.699-05:00Apart from Derrick Breen’s assessment of TDM as a ...Apart from Derrick Breen’s assessment of TDM as a ‘goon’ and bumbling martinet during the Second World War submarine training in Scotland, we can catch an earlier glimpse of Captain Tommy Dayvis Manning in Esmond Romilly’s book “Out Of <br />Bounds”. Romilly was a nephew of Winston Churchill who fought against the Fascists with the International Brigades in Spain. Newlands is called “Seacliffe” in his book, and TDM is “Mr Browne”. Romilly went to Newlands in 1927. TDM didn’t have much to say about him except that he always “had a bee in his bonnet” about something. What is interesting is that TDM made extensive notes about the pupils and took many photographs, none of which seem to have survived. I remember TDM being involved in making a film of us, in which we were encouraged to move through undergrowth half-naked, under the pretext of playing roles from William Golding’s “The Lord Of The Flies.” I wonder what became of that. Perhaps it circulated in discrete networks among teachers and clergymen in the Sussex of that era.Mike Hawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208919252592208962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251319539119484630.post-90033784737921403002011-07-21T12:09:46.001-04:002011-07-21T12:09:46.001-04:00thanks for writing this blog post.... I went to Ne...thanks for writing this blog post.... I went to Newlands for 11 years from 1989 until 2000 and it was quite interesting reading.Elaine Crofthttp://www.elainecroft.comnoreply@blogger.com