Boys of the St Mary of the Angels Song School at Highgate (known as Cockney nightingales) are taking shorthand lessons under the guidance of the principal, the Rev Desmond Morse Boycott, himself an expert stenographer. During lessons the Rev Moore's Boycott sometimes sits with the boys and takes dictation test. Photo shows: The Rev Desmond Morse Boycott taking a shorthand test with the boys. He took 160 words a minute-faster than the average student city stenographer. 3 April 1937