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FORMER Dover Express deputy editor Terry 'TAS' Sutton returned to his old school to present the prizes.

BACK TO SCHOOL: Express journalist Terry Sutton

Terry was a Pupil at Dover Grammar School for Boys from 1940-47.

He worked at the Express for 45 years before retiring four years ago and now works with the newspaper part-time.

Headteacher Ncil Slater told pupils and parents of Terry's still prodigious contribution to life in Dover.

Terry, 69, awarded the MBE for services to journalism and the community, is a committee member of the school's old boys group, the Old Pharosians' Association.

He also works voluntarily for about 10 town groups. These include St Martin's Emmaus charity, Dover Town Centre Management, Dover Rotary Club, Christians Together in Dover, White Cliffs Country Tourism Association and the Dover Society.

Mr Slater said: "Dover needs someone like Terry to stick up for it. He loves Dover and inspires others to work hard for its well being."

One of the awards Terry presented was the Roy Sutton Memorial Prize for English, in memory of his brother, killed in 1942 in the RAF. A total of 113 old boys of the school were killed in the two world wars.

Terry, who is married with a daughter and lives in Whitfield, told of his happy days at the school.

He revealed for the first time in nearly 50 years how he accidentally got pupils a half day oft in 1945, they returned to Dover from Wales and the school was occupied by the Wrens.

So the boys were split into three buildings, one the technical college in Ladywell.

On a cold day, Terry was asked to collect coke from the boiler room in the college basement.

Alone in the boiler room, he turned some of the controls.

Nothing happened and Terry thought he returned them to their previous position.

He went home for lunch and returned to find firemen ankle deep in hot water.

The boilers had blown because of a 'malfunction' and the boys were sent home!

AWARDS - Middle School. German prize, Stephen Bannister, physics, Mark Callanan; Lewis Robert Kennedy Memorial prize for design technology, Michael Crebbin; Alec Coveney Memorial Prize for design technology and the John Talbot Information and Technology prize, Mark Gabriel; Pfizer prize for technology, Ian Greenland; Roy Sutton Memorial prize for English, James Kearns; Tunnell Memorial prize for history, Alex Kenmure; Patrick Elworthy Memorial prize for French, and the Frederick Ashman Memorial prize for maths, Alex Langridge; J E Ellis prize for geography, Mark Long; Sidney Clout music prize, Michael Quinn; Thomas Memorlal prize for chemistry, Steven Scott; Rookwood prize for drama; Andrew Tempest; biology prize and the Whitehouse Memorial prize for RE, Stephen Whelan; art, Daniel Williams; certificates for outstanding service music: Tom Causer, Trevor Lynes, Xavier Taylor.

Upper school, Bulow music prize, Ian Banks; Pfizer prize for biology, Richard Berridge: art prize, Bulow prize for English Literature. Matthew Borle; economics, William Callister, Pfizer prize for chemistry, Tim Courtney; geography, Mark Doel; A E Coulson Memorial prize for computing, the Computer Science prize, Pfizer prize for maths, Martin Douglas; sports studies, Andrew Gollop; chemistry prize and Hubert Hopkins prize for physics, Andrew Greenland; French, Ivan Hargraves Clatworthy prize for Classics, Antony Hook; Pfizer prize for physics and the John Tomlinson Memorial prize for maths, Tom Marsh; senior music, James Parker, German, Steven Perkins; John Talbot prize for practical camping and the maths prize, Alan Roberts; history, Jon Spence.

Other awards, Jubilee prize for endeavour, Martin Douglas; headmaster's prize, Antony Hook; Martin Broom Memorial prize for special endeavour, Alex Kenmure; Nigel Pointer prize for special endeavour, Michael Roberts; staff prize, Jonathan Slaughter, town mayor Dover's prize, Richard Berridge.

Combined Cadet Force awards, the Robert Michael Brown prize for RAF cadets, Richard Coffey; The Old Boys' Cadet prize, Mitu Islam.

Presentation trophies, Ian Wallace Bird Cup for Outstanding Service to School Sport, John Castle; Ross Arnold and John Carey Memorial trophy for cross country running, Tom Parkin; House Challenge Shield, Castle.