Eddy, David and Bobby were triplets born to a teenage single mother in 1961, and their mother, who was unable to take care of the boys at the time, gave them up for adoption. They were each adopted separately, and the parents were not told that there were two more babies.
In 1980, Bobby went to university, but people were treating him weirdly. They kept saying: âEddy! Eddy, welcome back!â and patting him on the back. When Bobby got to his dorm room there was another person in there – his roommate – and this person knew something was up. He was Eddyâs best friend, and could tell the subtle differences between the two. He took Bobby out to a telephone box and rang Eddy, then they hopped in a car and drove all the way to his house.
They spent hours asking each other questions. They sent their story to newspapers, and they got the front cover story. One day, a man called David rang Eddyâs mum, and said: âIâve just see the story on the front page, and it feels like Iâm looking at myself. I⊠I think that thereâs a third.â
He later states that he thought she âalmost dropped the phoneâ.
They went on every TV show, news programme, and even cameoed in a film with Madonna. They opened a restaurant called Triplets, and everything went well, until a journalist discovered a study that the brothers were part of. 8 sets of twins and triplets were separated at birth and studied as they grew up, in the hope of answering the question ânature or nurture?â. He contacted the triplets, who said they âremembered the menâ, the men were the people studying the brothers who told their parents that it was a normal study of adopted kids.
Angry, their parents went to the adoption agency and asked why the brothers were separated and why the adoption agency didnât tell them there were triplets. The adoption agency said they didnât think that parents would want triplets. Bobbyâs dad said: âWe wouldâve taken all three.â They left the agency without answers.
Sadly, all the brothers suffered from mental health issues and although Bobby and David recovered, it sadly caused Eddy to commit suicide.
For a more in-depth, interesting account of this incredible story watch the documentary Three Identical Strangers.
By Izzy, Year 7
We asked teachers from Chantry Middle School about their career choice and maybe it could inspire you.
Our first teacher was Miss Mackenzie, head of Year 7…
What inspired you to become a teacher? My own school teachers inspired me and when I got older, I realised that I can do that too.
Did you struggle with your degree? Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed my degree.
What do you enjoy most about your job? I love seeing a student get excited in lessons and the transformation of seeing the individuals grow not just in height but in confidence. When they do stuff like assembly, BBC News Reports and Student Council.
Mrs Young, a science teacher answered our questions…
 What was your favourite subject at school? Obviously science. I quite enjoyed PE and Music too.
 Do you ever regret becoming a teacher? No.
Doing your degree, did you ever had second thoughts? It was hard but I actually transferred university from Derby to Newcastle to be closer to home but I didn’t give up
We then went to our music teacher Mr Todd…
Are you enjoying Chantry? Yes.
What is it like teaching every class? Iâm used to it because there is usually only one music teacher per school. It is stressful though.
What inspired you to become a teacher? I always loved music. I was a musician before I taught. My daughter inspired me because I realised I loved teaching her not just music but how to walk, talk and do everything she can do today. I also love it when students are like âI can’t do thisâ and then I talk to them for a while and then they start to understand it.
We then talked to our Art teacher, Miss Rabey-Wilson…
Why did you become a teacher? I love art and I wanted others to love it too.
Do you do anything art related in your spare time? Yes, I am a professional artist hand have my own studio.
What were your degrees like? Very hard, I studied in London for 4 years and had to study the anatomy of dead bodies. Â
Who inspires you as an artist? Hokusai because he creates beautifully balanced pieces
We had a chat with the Head of the PE department.
What did you want to be as a kid? A marine biologist.
How did you come to teaching? I started teaching late, I worked at my Dadâs farm and as a rugby coach but I prefered teaching rugby so I thought why donât I teach PE.
Were your degrees hard? Yes.
Our Languages teacher, Senora Said, we found out that she had quite high hopes…
Which do you prefer, Spanish or French? Español.
Why did you become a teacher? I initially wanted to do something to do with TV like acting. I loved languages as well and I thought, we donât I put them together. Which came to teaching as I do a lot of songs and acting in my lessons.
Have you ever struggled as a teacher? Yes it was very hard to get back to the rhythm of it after my one year break.
Our final interview was with our Headmaster.
Do you enjoy being a Headteacher? Yes, I like being Head at Chantry especially after I saw how cultural it is in sign2sing.
Is the job stressful? No, I am quite relaxed. But no day is the same.
How come you became a Head Teacher? I wanted to have a bigger influence on the kids so being head was best.
Did you get a degree intending to be a Head Teacher or just a Teacher? Just a teacher, but as I said, as I progressed in my career I wanted a bigger influence on the children.
By Amy and April, Year 7
Today, Jason and I found out about the COCO Charity Foundation. This name stands for Comrades Of Children Overseas, it is a charity that helps children by teaching them about education and supplying them with a safe and a suitable place to learn. Today we were privileged enough to be able to meet a head teacher from a school in Tanzania Oswin, he told us about what he does in an interview:
Hello I would like to begin by asking about how the foundation came about and what it is?
It was founded by steve crom and it is a charity to help children across East Africa.
That’s very interesting, so what kind of income does the charity have and roughly how much is turned into profit ?
ÂŁ430 thousand is the income and about 45 thousand is kept in reserve.
Well those digits are something,but how does the money get invested into helping children?
We work in partnership with the HOJA Project COCO fund and HOJA direct  what is being spent.
How has this foundation helped your school and you?
Well my school has been a âBagla Dagalaâ but thanks to COCO it is now a Kubwa school.
I hear from a fellow student that you are an ex-Chantry student.So how did you get into charity work?
I like to help people and was good at Geography so that helped.
Finally, what is your overall opinion about this foundation?
I hope that one day we wonât be needed, but I think that as long as charities have a good cause, it is alright!
They have a brilliant moto of listen, learn, sustain. These people are doing a brilliant job of improving our world. All of the children want to go to school in east africa and they are so grateful. Thank you to Lucy and Oswin who came in and spoke to us!
By Victoria and Jason (7S and 7W)
If you have ever seen a dog eat, they always eat with their mouths open. This is because studies have shown they have a special set of teeth at the back of their mouths for tearing meat, and they have to use these a bit like garden shears. They are also incapable of moving their jaw from side to side like us and other animals. They have to use their back teeth to tear apart the meat and they eat it in chunks, so they donât really have to chew as meat is easy to digest.
Next time you see a dog eating, notice how they always chew with their mouths open!
By Eva, Year 7
Students at Chantry Middle School have have had an eventful day reporting events in school and around the world!
Around 30 students from our school have participated in the annual BBC Young Reporter Day. The first thing we did was learn about what we can and canât report and about copyright. We were told to get stories from reliable websites because some articles we might come across could be fake news. Then, we divided up the stories inside school and were told when we could interview the teachers. Some children had already brought in world-wide news stories so they got started on them whilst others looked for reliable news.
We asked other pupils, âWhat have you liked about the day?â
Ruby said, âAll of it. Iâm normally nervous talking in front of other people but I enjoyed the interviewing.â
âI loved the freedom of writing about what you feel strongly about.â said Evan.
Lottie said, âI liked writing about things that are going on in the world.â
âI enjoyed learning what it was like being a reporter and knowing what we can report about and what needs to be kept private,â said Emily.
Amy said, âIt was fun working with friends and letting creative juice flow.â
The stories that were written about were a wide range of topics, from Emojis in court to Shark DNA curing cancer. Maddy and Freya wrote about Pancake day and Eva wrote about cats copying their owners! There was a huge variety of stories written and nearly 50 reports were sent in by our hard-working reporters.
We asked some of the students, âWhy did you choose to do that story?â
Eva said, âI wrote about a new Barbie coming out which has prosthetic limbs. I wanted to report on this because it shows that toy companies are starting to open their eyes.â
âI wanted to report on Microplastic Problems because itâs affecting every corner of the earth.â said Sophie.
âWe wrote about animal testing because we feel very strongly/deeply about this problem.â explained Mary and Alexandra.
Emily said, âI have written about a London Bridge scandal which scammed lots of people. I wanted to report on this because I want more people to be aware of the danger.â
Everyone I spoke to had a really fun day packed with activities and said they would definitely recommend it to others.
To read our reports and watch our green screen videos, click here: http://cms.cheviotlt.co.uk/category/bbc-school-report/
By Katie, Y7
William Atkins, aged 14, bought some Waitrose free-range duck eggs and wondered if a supermarket egg would actually hatch. So, he placed it in an incubator (which would provide the correct conditions for the egg to grow), and after three days, when he shone a torch on the egg, he could see a heart beating inside!
Then, just three weeks later, William checked the incubator and saw the egg rocking about, then to see that a small beak was pecking through the egg shell! A duckling emerged from the egg and William was amazed.
William Atkins loves anything to do with wildlife, and he had previously tried the same experiment with a quailâs egg, but nothing happened.
I think that it is really cool how a 14 year old could do something like this, because it seemed quite difficult to keep an animal alive, but I wouldn’t advise anyone else to do anything like this, because it may cause harm to the duck and also it would be a waste of eggs!
By Eva, Year 7
Lawyers are asking for judges to learn the meaning of all emojis.
Emojis are a new way of messaging and expressing your feelings through a face or image. New emojis are introduced every year and 157 were introduced in 2018. They started off with a simple smile but now there are emojis for nearly everything from transport to flags, to household items they guarantee at least one emoji is useful for every topic/message.
However senior lawyers are thinking that emojis are being secretly used to communicate about illegal or inappropriate topics that they come across day to day. If this is the case they have requested that al court workers, especially judges, are to know the meaning of every emoji. If it works they will be able to catch out criminals and discover what the have been messaging. However the emoji could mean more than one thing and the could be accused of something they never said. Could this work?
By Gabrielle, Year 7
Car-free zones have started to be introduced in Glasgow. They have been introduced in around seven primary schools. This is part of a trial to improve road safety and bring awareness to young children. Traffic will be banned from certain areas at designated times; this ensures can come to school and leave school safely on foot. Glasgow City Council said introducing this scheme is because they have got complaints about dangerous driving and air pollution.
I think it would make a positive impact if this happened near us as it would reduce air pollution. It also wouldn’t work for those who can’t walk home as they wouldn’t be able to get home after school or get to school.
By Emily, Year 7
