Robert Henry Dahl
(1910-1999), Headmaster of Wrekin CollegeSitter in 1 portrait
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 8 April 1952
NPG x100473
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David Busby
18 April 2021, 20:36
I was a scholar at Wrekin College between 1958 to 1963 and remember Robert Dahl well. He was a great Headmaster. I experienced a beating with the cane wielded by him, quite rightly so, along with James Hill, now Sir James Hill of Bradford, for the heinous offence of dropping stones onto a train passing under a bridge. I soon learned! The second occasion I recall was as a result of my taking an opportunity to amuse my fellow colleagues during a particularly boring school play with an inappropriate comment for which I was walked around the cricket field not only once, but twice. Never had this happened before, and I was rewarded with great street cred!