The avatar of Ken Moss reminded me of my old headmaster - George Akenhead Knowlson - known as GAK, of St. Peter's and Paul's school in Rishton back in the late 1940's. There was a shield in the school with the single word "Reviresco", and he explained to us that it was Rishton's motto and was Latin for "I grow green again" and if we were clever enough to pass our 11-plus exams we could go to grammar school and learn Latin - and I was one of the three lucky ones in my year, and I've always found it useful for crosswords!
