Have you had a teacher who defined people's lives?
H.T. Wilson in his natural habitat in about 1903 – surrounded by the boys who later remembered him so well. Credit: Judy Priest
Henry Thomas Wilson was born in north Kent in 1870, the fifth of a family of nine children. He was a professional teacher, and became head teacher of a school in Hendon in his late 20s. It was his time as head of Croxley Green National School that made him a figure of renown in Croxley Green. The origins of the universal nickname ‘Neggy’ are wholly unknown, but it defined the man for generations of his pupils.
Tall and slight of build, he was incensed by unfair or thoughtless behaviour, and used the cane when he had to. But one of his pupils recollected over thirty years later that"he was a great master – done a lot for us boys... he bought everything - stumps, bats, pads – and the same with football".
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