Cecil Deighton
| Cecil Deighton | |
|---|---|
 Cecil Deighton | |
| Nicknames | Snoddy |
| Born |
12 February 1903 Hull, Yorkshire |
| Died |
26 July 1980 (aged 77) Tiverton, Devon |
| Roles | Head of Languages from 1946 |
| Years at BGS | 1940-1966 |
| Departments | Modern Languages |
| Subjects | German |
| Spouse | Doris Scott Deighton |
| Parents | Robert Cecil Deighton, Ethel May Watson |
Cecil Deighton was a teacher of German at Boston Grammar School (1940-1966).
Before BGS
Deighton was educated at Beverley Grammar School, MA(1938), Lincoln College; Sorbonne, Paris 1924-1925. He went on to teach at Wem Grammar School (1927-1929); Rutlish School, Merton (1929-1930); Forest School (1930-1940)
Memories
By Edwin Killick (BGS 1955-1962)
The time we bought 'Snoddy' Deighton his first biro only for him to confront us the next day saying it had leaked inside his pocket leaving his shirt and jacket with a large blue stain. I also enjoyed listening to Snoddy`s account of the fencing lessons at one of the German universities where he would talk of the duelling scars. "You have to hack, hack boy!" This was demonstrated with an imaginary epée and one finger constantly in his mouth.
By Barry Smith (BGS 1955-1962)
Snoddy's German "Diktat" comes to mind. He would always say "Punkt. Full stop there." As well as Spike Jones' high speed arrival on his bike, there was the well known outburst of "There's far too much… NOOISSEE!"