The name Dickon Hares

Malefact

His surname - I reckon it might be Hess.

Mykell

Oh, silly me! I'm certain that he pronounced it "Hares" or "Hairs". It'd hard to think that he's probably older than I am. That series of Knightmare was on when I was 7...

Drassil

His surname - I reckon it might be Hess.

Although you've suggested 'Hess' several times in this context since 2003, forum member Pipmuk consistently spelt Dickon's surname 'Hares'; and since Pipmuk was a pupil at a school where Dickon taught, I see no reason to doubt Hares as the correct spelling. I recommend that anyone who needs further convincing compares and examines search engine results for "Dickon Hess" and "Dickon Hares", so that this repeated, erroneous nitpicking can stop.

Thanks for sharing that story, Mykell. It just goes to show that Dickon was the talk of the town long before he was even on Knightmare. As for long after...

Thought you'd like to know that a few "friends" were umm.... prudent enough to ask Dickon.. ahem Mr. Hares whether he was on Knightmare or not, and got the following (true) reply

Dickon, present day: " I wasnt just on Knightmare... I Won it!! Come on!!"

That last sentence was right, i think. Or something like "come on"

It's inspiring to know that his unusual name was never an obstacle to achieving something nearly as uncommon, and continuing to take pride in it.

Mykell

He's a teacher now is he? That's interesting to know! I wonder if he stayed in the area and if he came into contact with any of the schools I went to. I'll have to go check...

natnut

i thought it was dickon ayres! shows what i know eh? lol

Mykell

Not to sound like a stalker or anything but I did a quick search for "Dickon Hares Teacher" which brought up this Livejournal entry:

http://mynameissmurf.livejournal.com/112535.html

(WARNING - although it's a funny post looking at weird names, there's some really bad swearing in it. Remember kids - swearing is wrong and makes your willy drop off.)

And at the bottom of the post is:

"and, unbesmegginglievable though it may seem, there's two people in the country called Dickon Hares, which means there's another guy out there other than my Biology teacher at MGS with the simply evil name.".

MGS, after glancing at this guys past school list, is Manchester Grammar School. So could this perhaps be the school?

bickers

The name, 'Dickon Hares' is correct. I went to school with him at Torquay Boys Grammar School and it was a source of constant jokes back then. I remember him appearing on Knightmare and the team came to our school as well.