I wonder if anybody still remembers the truant catcher of Fairfields School?

He was quite a fearsome person in the days of World War Two.

I believe his name was Mr Pill and his job was to look for children who were not in school without a good excuse.

I well remember him peering through the windows of my old school bus looking for absentees to put in his little notebook.

I have no idea when he retired from this job. Maybe someone knows more than me about this?

D Buckland

Porter Road

Basingstoke