Biography
Robert Bowes was in fact Headmaster of Ashton Road Secondary Modern School, Ashton Road, Castleford. The school has since been renamed to the Henry Moore middle school. Up to appearing in the film Kes he was a teacher by profession and was Headmaster still in the late 1960s. His portrayal in the film reflected the gritty reality of a Secondary Modern education, and his acting in the film Kes has been described as an accurate depiction of life in northern pit towns.
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