Talk:Boy (book)
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[edit] Difficult to understand
"The book says that these things could result in caning and penal servitude by the "higher-placed" persons in Roald’s society."
This sentence doesn't really make sense. a) it's misleading, because I'm sure 'penal servitutde' was being used in a metaphorical, humourous sense and b) it's unclear what is meant by Roald's 'society'. Does this mean a particular groups of friends, an organised boys 'secret society' or members of the wider society of the school in general? And why is 'higher placed' written between inverted commas'?
Not really clear.
Daviddariusbijan 18:19, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Headmaster of Repton
The previous editor left a comment in the article stating that the Headmaster of Repton (as stated in this book by Roald Dahl) may not have actually have been headmaster at that point in time. This may well be correct, but that comment was not really in encyclopaedic format. For the time being I have rephrased the paragraph slightly, and have aimed to make it clear that the identity of the stated headmaster was according to Dahl as mentioned in the autobiography itself.
Perhaps someone else could establish who actually was the headmaster at that time, and if it is someone different, maybe extend the article to point out the possible minor inaccuracy in Dahl's work??
23:03, 29 January 2007 (GMT) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.225.179.153 (talk) 23:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
- Well Dahl began at in January 1930 and both Geoffrey Fisher & List of bishops of Chester state that Fisher didn't become a Bishop until 1932.
- The confusion may stem from at least two if not three Archbishops coming from Repton - http://www.repton.org.uk/mainlist.html?pgi=head.ors claims to have produced "Temple" (but neither Frederick nor William attended), Fisher (only as headmaster) and Ramsay.
- Fisher fits the time frame but I can't find a list of Repton headmasters to confirm it, and all the references on Wikipedia are referencing Dahl. Timrollpickering 14:27, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:BoyDahl2.jpg
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:BoyDahl.jpg
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[edit] Book covers deleted?
What happened to the book cover images? Thegreatcurve 21:24, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
