Middle of February...our Australian summer is nearly over. We have had plenty of rain, at last, our dams are still less than half full though, it has been the...
Chriss, I know what you mean about Sennelager, Herford Altstadt has barely changed in (Omigod!!! 40 years!!!!!) all the major stores are still there. All the...
Doesn't ring any bells with me Glenn, but then I never went to Herford. 40 years blimey...more than 40 years. I suppose that puts us in the "old fart"...
Hi Chriss, It's funny you talk about the future. I can remember to this day a book I always used to read in the Kings library about the history of the white...
G'day Tom, Learning from the past....I agree. I get the feeling though that the younger generations think that because it is such a different world these days...
Hi Chris and all Funny to think that at King's I read George Orwell's "1984" as a set book at the time when it was considered a depressing piece of futuristic...
Hi Liz, The only books that I can remember reading at school in any detail were "39 Steps" by John Buchan and "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding....
Chriss, You're absolutely right about Mr Taylor - I adored him and put my love of English down to him. I always regretted his leaving before my exam years as...
Hi Linde and Chriss I think we had some excellent teachers altogether but both Mr Taylor and earlier Mr King were especially inspiring, and English lessons...
I have been trying to locate Miss Downey for years! She was my English teacher in 1B2 and it is thanks to her that I have a love of the written language. I...
was she that bit of hot stuff that had all the 6th Form lads swooning? ... English teacher in 1B2 and it is thanks to her that I have a love of the written...
If I have the correct one, didn't she teach biology as well but wasn't her name Clayton or is that someone else? I remember a blonde with short skirts who...
Calm down boys :) I left mid 67 so I don't remember Miss Clayton. My memory of Miss Downey was that she had straight dark hair. I remember the day she arrived,...
I remember her first day me and a couple of others ( Jim Foster I think was one) followed her down the corridor past Mr Moore's office thinking she was a new...
Clayton! yes Clayton, not Clinton (it did not sound right in my head) and for the record, I can state that I did NOT have educational relations with that...
The description sounds about right, never saw her in chemistry though, pity really I'm sure she could have taught me a lot :-)) ... attractive. She taught ......
Brian Cooke, and "quite bright" doesn't say half of it, by the end of the 1st week of the year he'd read all the books, and understood them! My swiss cheese...
whatever you're trying to imply, we are not buying it!! :-) ... head) and for the record, I ... wasn't her name Clayton or ... used to get Mr Mayall to ... are...
Along the same lines, did anyone get to go to the dentist in the camp? Now she and her assistent were real eyefuls. Had to go there in sommer '67 with a broken...
Hi its been a long time since i have been on this site.still looking for anybody i know ?...ie.. Peter Fairweather,Robert Stickland,Gorge Cairns..we all lived...
Ha!!!! saw that title (previous message) and my first thought was "Been a long time since I rock and rolled" da da dada da da (Led Zeppelin) Hopeless...I...
Yes, her name was Clayton, she taught science in the classrooms above the boys gym, she was HOT, miniskirts most of the time, very attractive, she had long...
Hi, its difficult to remember what nickname that was used, It might have been that, but I used to hang around with a couple of lads, David Boughton and Leslie...
Hi Steve, I was in 3c1 in 1968-69 too, but I have trouble placing your name and face (Although that might have more to do with the depletion of grey matter due...
G'day folks....Very quiet around here lately. I guess you are all, like me, struggling along in this busy frantic modern world we live in, trying to keep up...
Hello Chriss, You are right, everyone seems to be elsewhere at the moment. Perhaps it's the busy world we live in now :o( Hope you have a great time up in...
Hi Chris, VERY quiet. I am as guilty as anyone - started a new job 6 months ago and haven't really found time to stop and take a breath. Just back from a...
Hi all my name is Denise Doyle and I was at Kings school 68-70.I am just hoping some one remembers me.My two older brothers also attended Billy and John...
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