Teachers at my school were nothing but a bunch of self opinionated thugs. Even though corporal punishment didn't exist there, whacks and the odd kickings were dished out liberally. A Caroline Quentin look-a-like rammed my face into a filing cabinet.
John Inman really was a one trick pony weren't he. The only other thing he was ever in apart from that dire fucking so called comedy, was Celebrity Squares and even in that Monkhouse always aaked him if he was free.
If I'd seen this originally you could have told me where you were and I may have been able to seek out some of the local tribe who may have been able to sort the bell problem out for you.