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Hi Jimster, Glad you can remember all those names, I too left in 58. The teacher we had for Physics I remember was a Mr Store. we always had to queue up outside his door before his lesson, I remember one lad saying "I wonder whats in Store for us today" much to everyones amusement. Goffy

Yes Diamond, The Log books were ours, still got mine and my slide rule, and somewhere I have one of my school reports, saw it recently. Goffy

Hi John, I started in '58 as you finished, but the masters were very much the same from what I can remember. You mentioned a stand for your anvil, we never made one of those, but you can see my anvil and casting in an earlier post. We did have Mr Ball for PE, our swimming lessons were at Grove...

Jean, sorry for the delay, the circular motion of the hand was the one you used to turn the handle to get the window down, up and down, its no wonder they used to break down. I passed my test in a BMW Isetta bubble car, it was left hand drive so I was excused hand signals, but If I remember I...

Yes Arkwright, Air Con would have been no use then, we must have been driving around with the windows open all the time.

Whenever a driver turned without giving hand signals I would call out (only to myself) "whats up mate had your arms cut off", its funny I still say the same phrase now at inconsiderate road users.

Hi, I was sorting through some old paperwork and came upon an old copy of the "Highway Code" (probably the one I used when passing the driving test), thumbing through the pages I came to "Hand Signals", How could I ever forget those? Arm straight out of the window to turn right, Arm out of...

I remember all those years driving on "Cross Ply Tyres", can't remember the makes, they hadn't got the grip that radials give, especially when they were nearly down to the canvass, the introduction of the MOT put a stop to that. The tubeless tyre came along, but if your rims wern't up to it they...

Yes, they were right. 2p per litre extra tax. we can now look forward to another roll out of price rises on supermarket shelves.

We heard a piece on "Smooth Radio" News this evening that tax on petrol & diesel is rising by 2p per litre from midnight. I cannot find any other reference to this on other news features, is this just another sick "April Fool Joke" or are the government about to twist the knife in the wound many...

I always intended to take a walk down Cliveland Street sometime, but now thanks to "Google Street View" I can from my own armchair. I can still remember the buildings where I worked. Thanks Google.

Hi Ian, My Grandmother lived in Lennox Street, I used to be taken to visit her in the mid-late 40's after the war. although I remember seeing a lot of bomb sites around that area, as far as I can remember Lennox Street was still intact. Goffy

I remember the original caravan park, it was on the left side of Beacon road opposite the entrance to Bar Beacon and along side the Quarry. when that site was closed, you could still see the caravan positions and road around the site for years, it may still be visible now ? Goffy

Thats the can Lloyd, thanks for that:) Goffy

Hi Virusman, Should be some exploring, during the times of Turner Bros the main building was, correct me if my memory is failing, the bottom floor was mainly "A" department, containing Large vertical boring machines, planers, and other larger machinery, also housing the Heat treatment room and...

Mike, I do not know, but it smelt different didn't it Goffy

I couldn't agree more Arkright, I used change oil and filter twice a year, regularly clean plugs and points, but now it as all changed, with todays technological improvements in manufacturing techniques and fuel improvements, we can forget about whats under the bonnet and concentrate on the...

Mike, haven,t got a clue about "Volatane control" but used to swear by "National Benzole petrol" in the fiftys. Goffy

Hi Louis, Thanks for that, Im out of touch with "two strokes these days". Those petrol pumps, and all the fancy ingredients, used to be based on the Octane rating of the fuel. Used to be well known that if you used the High Octane mixture you would burn your engine out much quicker. Goffy

Hi Teh, I went to Kingsland road school 1948 - 1954 I cannot recall the name you mention, not surprising. My last teacher before I left was a Mr Enticknap, excuse me if its not spelt correctly, perhaps this may ring bells. I had a friend around that time in Esher road, he was Victor Kirby...