RIP Bob Taylor, just heard of his passing from his brother. The best teacher I had at Sinjuns - very empathetic to us. The "pissing in the piscine" comment was an oldie but goldie - we heard it regularly!! Looking back, he and Semmons were probably an item, but that didn't take away from the wonderful worlds they both opened for us. I came over for Alan read's reunion at Sinjuns and with Mick Hannaker, picked him up from 9 Marion Road Mill Hill and he was sharp as a whip, remembered everything from our time at school. He was one of the good guys and will be missed.

PS have video of the reunion.

Gutted about 'FRITZ'.He really did seem to like kids(Good,bad and ugly).I think we were all very fond of him and dared not **** him around.He was passionate about his job and well respected for it.I'm afraid I was one of the bad/ugly that more than added to his daily work.However, he always treated one and all excactly the same.He gave everyone a fair crack of the whip(excuse the pun)...A very special teacher...R I P big fella.

-- Required --m I just got back from a visit to the UK in November. The old school is still there so I celebrateed this with a pint at the Halfway House on Battersea Bridge RD. Last time I was in the UK was 2004 so it has been quite4 a while. There have been changes OK but enough of London remains to make it still recognizable, though how long this will last I do not know! I think they have simply let too many immigrants in too quickly for the country to absorb, and then they were talking about letting millions more in! I wish England had never joined that lousy Common Market, and now I wish they would leave. Not that I have anything against the French or Poles etc who came over - good luck to them all, but I do not see where they can put them all. The price of property is out of sight - I couldm never get back to living in the UK even if I wanted to, who wants to pay half a million pounds for some little semi detached in wandworth.. I was hoping to meet up with some old Sinjuns but with the prssure of time could not manage it. I did notice that as far as I could see London was much cleaner, bettter service in cafes and restaurants, and the trains were cleaner and ran more smoothly. Thankfuly Marks and Spencer's still exist and was able to buy a cashmere cardigan - for 90 pounds. It is much more expensive in the UK than in the USA. In London the traffic is crazy, I was driven around everywhere by friends or I never would have made it. All the best to all my Sinjuns compatriots.

Extremely sad to hear about Robert Taylor's (Fritz) passing away a few months ago. No matter how strict and disciplined he was, everyone has a good word to say about him. Always remember him walking so fast with his gown flowing and shouting "Boy, pick that wrapper up and put it in the bin", as we tried to blend in with the walls and hope he had not noticed us! He was also a very good French teacher and very loyal to the School and fellow teachers.
Irreplaceable man who was Mr Sinjun in my books! They don't make them like that any more!
Sad loss.

i remember mr taylor playing the piano head to head with mr semmons on the other grand two of the 3 teachers i liked the most ,the best was mr roberts.i also remember going to school journey to belgium and holland with mr taylor and charles dixon we had lovely time and me drinking copius sherrys on last day in holland ,also i remember not liking sport so chose swimming and going to latchmere pool and pulling down ashley james swimming shorts naughty me ,i was in bolingbroke house,i also know another old boy gerry oliver must older than me met him at a ton class (minesweepers and mine hunter class of ship) ,i was in the royal naval reserve in london division from 1979=1984, i was a wem02 .i worked for BT for 38 yrs ,now i care for elderly parents in worthing ,flat 1 anson house ,17 eirene road ,worthing west sussex ,glad to hear from any of my year .i was in the choir class in 1965 ,i remember ,turner,sheehan,reilly,prescott john rolls ,nigel cox ,ralph mills ,ashley james ,callue ,two clarks ,howarth,ferguson and pollack .my best times where when i was at school ,also remember having seconds of sweet at lunch time ,the secretaries mrs dudley and mrs white

Sad news about Mr R G C Taylor. A terrific teacher, fine man, great singing voice and a fine servant of the school. In my first homework he gave me 1 out of 20 and said that even that was charity. I passed O Level french a year early!! All down to Bob. Much missed May he Rest in Peace.

Sorry to hear about Bob Taylor.
I was in 7BB in the 1971 intake.
Would love to hear from anyone.

Hi I now live in Canada on Vancouver Island if you would like to get in touch

Hi i now live on Vancouver Island, I did make contact with Mrs Gibson( Nee Miss Highton) she died shortly after I received her last letter.
Teachers I remember : Mr Cox, Mr Taylor, Mr Stripp , Mr Melbourne,Mr State.
Class mates: Malcolm Allison ,Bob Germain,Sid Gathercole , Tony Maynard, Roger Kendall,

this site is really great, i loved my time at sinjuns, I started my musical career there, playing the drums as much as i could, even missing classes.
I then became a worldwide record producer and DJ, playing all over the world.
I would never forget the rev jonathan francis and mr thomas. They helped shaped my life.