A legendary previous Bolton headmaster has wowed ex-pupils and colleagues with a shock overall look on primetime television.
Frank Vigon, now retired, has been regarded to generations of pupils in the borough as the maverick headteacher of Turton Large Faculty Media Arts College.
One particular pupil he produced a individual impact on was actress Sophie Willan, and the pair had been reunited on this week’s episode of BBC1’s Would I Lie To You.
Outlining her connection to Mr Vigon, she jokingly explained: “This is Frank, he kicked me out of faculty for arriving in a Bikini!”
Other panellists on the present had been challenged to consider and guess if the Bolton actress was telling the truth of the matter.
She stated: “He was my headmaster and generally I resolved I was not going to go into faculty that day mainly because I fancied some thing a bit different.
“I did not go in frequently, I utilised to do visitor appearances definitely but on this event I decided to go down appropriate by college there is a huge discipline.”
Sophie described how she experienced long gone to the subject with her mates and, it becoming a hot working day, was carrying a swimsuit.
But she was caught by a different trainer when building her way again into the school to get some batteries, leaving Mr Vigon no selection but to exclude her for turning up to university in ‘non-uniform.’
She reported: “Frank was a pretty headmaster nevertheless, I don’t want to dob him in entirely!”
When she experienced completed, fellow panellists David Mitchell and Gloria Hunniford both equally considered her tale was fiction, with only Guz Khan believing it was accurate.
When Mr Vigon exposed himself, the sceptical panellists had been impressed to obtain that Sophie’s tale was certainly fully genuine.
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The Turton headmaster was massively well liked by his pupils for his unorthodox and laid back again solution and was conveniently recognisable for his resemblance to Simpsons character Krusty the Clown and has tendency to burst into tune to prove his points.
Most importantly, he left pupils in his care brimming with self-perception and the self esteem to make their way in the environment.
Would I Lie To You is offered to view on BBC iPlayer.