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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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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of knowledge, but his methods were out of
date when he was using them.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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