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Kandor
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I started there in its last year, because it was the final year that pupils were going to be taught there, the School budget didn't stretch as far as repairs,nor cleaning, not much anything really.
Loxton St was literally falling apart, damp classrooms, leaking roofs (Dont go all misty eyed on me Rod, I'm talking about my old School, not the roof of your old house)
It was also a Boys School ....So I'm definately writing this one as Kandor and not Gaylord Codpiece.
It was the start of Friendships that were to last over 40 years, it was the end of some I'd known for most of my childhood life.
Loxton St was grim, it was cold in temperature and warm in relationships.
My class was in the School Annexe,just sheds really... I was in Class 1/1 and I came 4th in exams that year.
I found school easy, the first reason being was that I found the work simple..I found it simple because whereas some kids only learn at School, I learned throughout life, if you looked for me, most of the time I was in a book..I still do that, at least 2 books a week, one for entertainment and one to teach me something.
I used to love the smell of Bloomsbury St Library in the late 50's,
The smell of musty books is still with me even today.
I used to love that big long oak handrail that ran from the door up to the book counter,
There was no upstairs in those days..there were just books and different worlds, different times and different ages,
Different thoughts...
On different pages..
Tell me, when I die...what happens to my light?
Loxton St was literally falling apart, damp classrooms, leaking roofs (Dont go all misty eyed on me Rod, I'm talking about my old School, not the roof of your old house)
It was also a Boys School ....So I'm definately writing this one as Kandor and not Gaylord Codpiece.
It was the start of Friendships that were to last over 40 years, it was the end of some I'd known for most of my childhood life.
Loxton St was grim, it was cold in temperature and warm in relationships.
My class was in the School Annexe,just sheds really... I was in Class 1/1 and I came 4th in exams that year.
I found school easy, the first reason being was that I found the work simple..I found it simple because whereas some kids only learn at School, I learned throughout life, if you looked for me, most of the time I was in a book..I still do that, at least 2 books a week, one for entertainment and one to teach me something.
I used to love the smell of Bloomsbury St Library in the late 50's,
The smell of musty books is still with me even today.
I used to love that big long oak handrail that ran from the door up to the book counter,
There was no upstairs in those days..there were just books and different worlds, different times and different ages,
Different thoughts...
On different pages..
Tell me, when I die...what happens to my light?