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The Pianist was, indeed, Mr (Bean Head) Buckley .

I recall Ian Emes, having been picked by our Class Prefect, Keith Harcourt, to help assemble a lot of Ian's works for an Open Day. There was the "Spastic, Plastic Sheep" that was set outside, looking into the Dining area, which also appeared as a Feature in "Compass", the School Magazine, and a...

Corrugated...Real name Frank B....., otherwise Frank the Dip ? I did the last 2 years of my Apprenticeship in the "Bond Trades" Department, situated opposite the Oscott Canteen and part of Witton Site Services. "Bond" because the Block was, previously, a Bonded Warehouse, "Trades" because , from...

1971, on Secondment for my IMI Engineering Apprenticeship, I worked at IMI Opella for a short while. Situated on the Witton site, just inside the Gate on Brookvale Road, they made Injection Moulded Taps for Domestic use. The Senior Engineer was Roy Partlett. No idea if he was related to Frank...

Thanks, Phil. I was behind the 8 Ball from the off. The Family didn't have the money to kit me out in decent uniform so I was an easy target. I did find elements of the curriculum quite within my capabilities but just didn't have the motivation due to the ragging that I got. I may be wrong, but...

Hello, just read through all of this Thread and had a lot of Memories stirred. Sadly, not many happy ones. I joined Marsh Hill Grammar Technical School for Boys ,from Yenton County Primary, in September 1965. Class 1A, House, Arden Teacher Mr Baxter. Register started; John Adkins ,?, David...