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It
was sad to hear of the death of
Mike 'Beak' Harvey a few weeks
ago.
He once accused me of being a
'character', which was quite an
accolade from a man who left so
many of us with ever-lasting
memories of his own truly
eccentric character.
Perhaps he would not have
appreciated my
article about
him; but it was written with a
strange sort of debatable respect
for the time we had in his
company. So no excuses for that.
He was unique in every sense and
despite the cruel humour with
which we mimicked his bodily and
speech mannerisms I feel that he
was tremendously well-liked and
respected.
And now, er, hey!, even he is
history. [Glyn
Phillips] |
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was taught by Mr. Harvey in my
first two years at the school.
Somehow, he kept control despite
being able to be tied up by silly
comments. He never had to resort
to corporal punishment. The night
before I started teaching, my
late father said, "You can
be as soft as me cap, but you
will always gain respect if you
are fair!" I think that Mike
Harvey was testament to that
simple truth. [Trevor
Powell] |
I
was sorry to hear about Mr
Harvey. I have just come from
teaching my year 1O GCSE class
using methods he most certainly
would not have agreed with.
However, he was my inspiration
for History as a body of
knowledge, but his methods were
out of date when he was using
them. I wonder how he did with
the comprehensive school intake?
He taught me in years 8, 9 and
for A Level. I remember him
organising a " debate"
in our A level group about 1976,
and he was out of his comfort
zone then.
He told ne in the last year of A
level that I was "Oxbridge
material" Whether he was
right or wrong is immaterial, but
he was so short on compliments
that this one had a powerful
effect, and what he said became
the truth.
I should have told him some of
this I suppose! [James
Hobson] |
I
am saddened to hear that Mike
Harvey has passed away. Like
Glyn, I have happy memories of
the man, even though he was
probably the inventor of the
teaching method of "chalk
and talk" and I remember
bumping into him in the Deanes
House about a year after I left,
and not knowing what to call him!
"Sit down and shut up"
That was his catchphrase. [Ste
Greenall] |
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