TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular teacher described by colleagues as a true gentleman. John Dunstan, a former head of geography at Malton School, passed away peacefully at home on February 15 aged 74 years. Born in Birkenhead, John s family later moved to Cranham in Essex, before he went to study at Birkbeck University of London where he met and married Dorothy (Dodie) David, their first child was born in London before they moved to Yorkshire where they had their second child, Claire. David Ewing, a former colleague, said: John taught at Malton School for over 30 years and during that time more than 3,000 students passed through the school and many were taught in the Geography department by John.
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HARRY POTTER fans will know how Gemma Thirsk feels. Here she is photographed in The Press aged 12 holding the seventh Harry Potter book and a certificate for being the first to purchase the book at from W H Smiths at Monks Cross. Gemma, who was then a pupil at Joseph Rowntree School, York, queued for four hours to get her copy. We tracked Gemma down. What does she remember about that time - and the book? I don’t really remember much about queuing up, although I do remember going straight home and staying up all night reading the book. I’d love to say that 13 years later I am not a huge geek anymore, but I still re-listen to the audiobooks on a regular basis: who doesn’t love Stephen Fry’s narration?!