Daily Archives: 18/03/2023

My school friend Murray wrote a scurrilous parody of Manfred Mann’s single My Name is Jack in order to lampoon the teaching staff, and especially the new headmaster, whose first name was Wilfred. He got punished for it, no doubt because he posted it hand-written on a school notice-board, but it was very funny. It began: My name is Wilf, and I live by myselfAt the Royal Grammar SchoolAnd every week I bring youA wonderful new rule.