Thanks to Terry Draper, who reports that Peter 'Daddy' Moore is well and in Colitishall (March 2025)
PETER MOORE
1945-1952 – Norwich School
1952-1956 – Flying Officer in RAF mainly teaching Engineering Drawing
1961-1991 – Paston Grammar School and Paston Sixth Form College - Maths Master
Lieutenant RNR 1991 – Retired and living with his wife in Coltishall
Nickname ‘Daddy Moore’.
This was established after his second daughter was born. The family lived in Nth Walsham and when he went home at lunch time he found a new arrival waiting for him. The next day KNM announced the event at assembly and by the time PHM got to his classroom some wag had written ‘Well done Dad’ on the blackboard. Perhaps that wag is still out there and will confess to this misdemeanour?
PHM remembers the time when a large lorry reversed up the school drive ready to divest itself of 80 black-faced ewes on the school lawn for a Mr Moore. Somehow this was ‘tragedy’ averted. It transpired that the sheep were intended for a Mickey Moore, farmer, of Grammar School Farm!
Also remembered was an incident which occurred on an Army CCF camp somewhere in deepest England when a cadet shot and killed a sheep! Anyone want to own up?? Apparently KNM had to buy the carcass!
When the school became a Sixth Form College, PHM, on Wednesday afternoons when the students had an opportunity to do something unconnected with their studies, ran a boat building course in the old armoury. Dinghy-type craft were constructed from scratch based on his designs, were tested on the water and then sold so as to fund the next vessel.
In retirement he continued to build boats but these were models which were sold for charity. In March 2025, I and another former pupil, had the honour of spending an hour or so with Peter. A truly lovely and very intelligent man who made maths accessible to me and many other pupils.
Thank you ‘Daddy’ Moore
SOP Editor Footnote:
At least some of those that came after the 'Daddy' nickname had not been told the story and called him 'Danny' Moore. Maybe it was just me?
1945-1952 – Norwich School
1952-1956 – Flying Officer in RAF mainly teaching Engineering Drawing
1961-1991 – Paston Grammar School and Paston Sixth Form College - Maths Master
Lieutenant RNR 1991 – Retired and living with his wife in Coltishall
Nickname ‘Daddy Moore’.
This was established after his second daughter was born. The family lived in Nth Walsham and when he went home at lunch time he found a new arrival waiting for him. The next day KNM announced the event at assembly and by the time PHM got to his classroom some wag had written ‘Well done Dad’ on the blackboard. Perhaps that wag is still out there and will confess to this misdemeanour?
PHM remembers the time when a large lorry reversed up the school drive ready to divest itself of 80 black-faced ewes on the school lawn for a Mr Moore. Somehow this was ‘tragedy’ averted. It transpired that the sheep were intended for a Mickey Moore, farmer, of Grammar School Farm!
Also remembered was an incident which occurred on an Army CCF camp somewhere in deepest England when a cadet shot and killed a sheep! Anyone want to own up?? Apparently KNM had to buy the carcass!
When the school became a Sixth Form College, PHM, on Wednesday afternoons when the students had an opportunity to do something unconnected with their studies, ran a boat building course in the old armoury. Dinghy-type craft were constructed from scratch based on his designs, were tested on the water and then sold so as to fund the next vessel.
In retirement he continued to build boats but these were models which were sold for charity. In March 2025, I and another former pupil, had the honour of spending an hour or so with Peter. A truly lovely and very intelligent man who made maths accessible to me and many other pupils.
Thank you ‘Daddy’ Moore
SOP Editor Footnote:
At least some of those that came after the 'Daddy' nickname had not been told the story and called him 'Danny' Moore. Maybe it was just me?
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