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The Abbey St Thomas's Grammar/secondary Erdington

Lets see if I can get the team photo up, ok, done. click on it to make it viewable.

On the back row
Mr Nash (on the left), then Kelleher (I think), Lockhead, Wright GK, Train, not sure of the last one, and Headmaster Doherty
Front/middle row
Givens, Craddock, Hampsey (RIP) Burns? Phipps
Front left, Harris (I Think)
Front right, Warner (me)
 

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A Visit to Erdington. Great video,Thanks for sharing. But would have loved to be able to listen to the commentary. If you are a bit hard of hearing the music makes it difficult.
 
hello all, still trying to get some feedback to years 1961 to 1965 at st thomas of canterbury Erdington. if any class members are out there. our main teacher was mr Moore history, and mr Fantham music. many thankbs
 
paul goldingay said:
hello all, still trying to get some feedback to years 1961 to 1965 at st thomas of canterbury Erdington. if any class members are out there. our main teacher was mr Moore history, and mr Fantham music. many thankbs
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Hi Paul, I was there till 1967, I dont remember Mr Moore, but Mr Fantham was our music teacher, Our English teacher Miss ? was in the old Nissan huts around the back, it had a coke heater in the back. My form teacher was Mr Fitzsimons who was vicious. I was two years below you but I remember your name. Do you recall Stan Kudril I think thats how it was spelt,?
He played for England Schoolboys, we went to Wembley to cheer him on. There was a boy called Summerfield, he could have been in your year, I'm sure he played pro football. My memory is not good and sketchy at best, maybe it'll come back sometime
Regards
John Warner
 
boilerman said:
Hi Paul, I was there till 1967, I dont remember Mr Moore, but Mr Fantham was our music teacher, Our English teacher Miss ? was in the old Nissan huts around the back, it had a coke heater in the back. My form teacher was Mr Fitzsimons who was vicious. I was two years below you but I remember your name. Do you recall Stan Kudril I think thats how it was spelt,?
He played for England Schoolboys, we went to Wembley to cheer him on. There was a boy called Summerfield, he could have been in your year, I'm sure he played pro football. My memory is not good and sketchy at best, maybe it'll come back sometime
Regards
John Warner
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hello boilerman, Stan was in my class, together with Jimmy Fry, Christopher Sutton , John Lagan, Michael Smythe , William Burford won the midlands cross country for schools, this is to name but a few. hope this helps. regards Paul
 
Bit late on this Paul, sorry. I used to get notifications about posts on here, but they've stopped.

I definitely remember Burford, or Bill Burford as we used to call him:)
 
I was there in the early to mid 60's, Was Andrew Owen then! Someone mentioned Eugene Reynolds in an earlier post. He has been a dentist for many decades. Still practising I believe. In Sheldon, by The Wheatsheaf. If anyone remembers me, drop me a note. [email protected]
 
Two years since anyone last posted here, but I'll ask in case some lost soul is still walking the corridors! Does anyone remember Barry Thompson, who was at the Senior School (as we called St Thomas's Secondary Modern) from 1959 to, I guess, 1965? We were friends at junior school but lost touch after I went on to St Philip's Grammar, then I was in care from 1962-65 on the far side of the city after emotional problems messed up my schooling. I did bump into him a few years on when he was driving a big old Mk.9 or Mk8 Jaguar and working as a carpenter. Lived in Harcourt Road near Shortheath Park. Had an older brother Peter(?). His mum worked at school dinners I think.
 
Breconeer said:
Two years since anyone last posted here, but I'll ask in case some lost soul is still walking the corridors! Does anyone remember Barry Thompson, who was at the Senior School (as we called St Thomas's Secondary Modern) from 1959 to, I guess, 1965? We were friends at junior school but lost touch after I went on to St Philip's Grammar, then I was in care from 1962-65 on the far side of the city after emotional problems messed up my schooling. I did bump into him a few years on when he was driving a big old Mk.9 or Mk8 Jaguar and working as a carpenter. Lived in Harcourt Road near Shortheath Park. Had an older brother Peter(?). His mum worked at school dinners I think.
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I recall a guy called Barry who lived on Harcourt Road. He was a carpenter for the Council Housing Department for a while and he built a wooden car in the front garden.
 
Morturn said:
I recall a guy called Barry who lived on Harcourt Road. He was a carpenter for the Council Housing Department for a while and he built a wooden car in the front garden.
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Could well be the same guy. He built a wooden boat in the back garden when we were at junior school (1958?) - a pram dinghy made of hardboard on a wood frame, waterproofed with tar. We carried it 2 miles to Sutton Park and paddled it across Powell's Pool - filling quite briskly with water but we made it, to be met by park keeper telling us we weren't allowed to land at what was the yacht club jetty. I don't know how deep that pool was but with hindsight it was a pretty risky venture. I think his house was No.12. EDIT: Just found info that pool depth is about 2 metres.
 
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Breconeer said:
Could well be the same guy. He built a wooden boat in the back garden when we were at junior school (1958?) - a pram dinghy made of hardboard on a wood frame, waterproofed with tar. We carried it 2 miles to Sutton Park and paddled it across Powell's Pool - filling quite briskly with water but we made it, to be met by park keeper telling us we weren't allowed to land at what was the yacht club jetty. I don't know how deep that pool was but with hindsight it was a pretty risky venture. I think his house was No.12. EDIT: Just found info that pool depth is about 2 metres.
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Now you have said that I have this very vague recollection of him building a boat, but I could be filling gaps. There was a trend at the time for budding sailors to build the mirror dinghy, a boat you could make form a single sheet of ply y a method of stich and tape.
 
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