Christopher 'Piggy' Underwood  :   9/68-12/60 English



Louis Parperis - Orwell 63-70: "Chris Underwood married Miss Mead, the Sick-Bay Assistant Matron. Chris was a very fine tenor and eventually abandoned the struggle to engage adolescents in the rich pleasures to be found in English to pursue an even more challenging career as a singer and coach, which he does now in Edinburgh; at least, that was the case at the time of Doc’s memorial service."

Richard Hayter - Corners 65-71: "He left to teach in Tulse Hill but later became a professional voice coach and I believe is at The Royal Conservatory of Scotland. He sang the lead tenor part when we performed "Carmina Burana". I still remember his performance. Amazing."

Mick Wenlock - Johnstons 65-70: "Piggy was Mr Underwood, who was an English Teacher for a couple of years. He was also Assistant Housemaster in Johnstons. He was a good man and a good teacher. And, as Richard Hayter says, he was an amazing soloist in "Carmina Burana" which was put on in Woolverstone; both Richard and even myself were part of the performance! His nickname was "Piggy" because he kind of had that look; it was a friendly nickname, not an antagonistic one."

Chris Underwood