The above comes from the School magazine and former Grammar Schoolboy Anthony Oliver adds to the story ...
Later in my schooling years at St. Austell - I think it was 1960 or 1961 - your records should tell you which - there was a visit from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip flew his helicopter to the school in relation to his D of E Awards scheme. The school field had a large white 'H' set out on it so that he knew where to land. Being a major event for the town, the brewery next door decided to fly the union flag on top of their building. One of the boys from the school noticed that the brewery had the flag upside-down - this apparently is a way of insulting the royal family when done deliberately. Consequently several boys decided to pop round to the brewery to let them know what had been spotted and duly arrived back at the school with a crate of drinks. Not, I hasten to add, the brewed variety but of the soft drink type. The flag was put right and HRH's visit passed of without his knowledge of any dis-service to the royal family.
Later in my schooling years at St. Austell - I think it was 1960 or 1961 - your records should tell you which - there was a visit from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip flew his helicopter to the school in relation to his D of E Awards scheme. The school field had a large white 'H' set out on it so that he knew where to land. Being a major event for the town, the brewery next door decided to fly the union flag on top of their building. One of the boys from the school noticed that the brewery had the flag upside-down - this apparently is a way of insulting the royal family when done deliberately. Consequently several boys decided to pop round to the brewery to let them know what had been spotted and duly arrived back at the school with a crate of drinks. Not, I hasten to add, the brewed variety but of the soft drink type. The flag was put right and HRH's visit passed of without his knowledge of any dis-service to the royal family.
Meanwhile Miss Camous treated the visit in an entirely different way ... and it made the Sunday papers ...