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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Lol dont worry i worked for RTS Metro Police Service until i was 50 still cannot figure you name dear watson haha, but working on deduction, the lad you on about might be rodgers, 4right back row glasses Lever, jordan was popular at sports
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Buddie Antony Rodgers was Malvern I think with Michal Lever first bed, front row, Michael Jordan first bed middle row all pinner pupils Antony left same time as me and followed me to St.Johns Middle school, Bromsgrove town saw him a few times until i got married in 1975 never to be seen again...
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    marketman remember fireworks night given handful of goodies going out on the hill in groups with torches. then christmas receiving one present each like gyroscopes, tricolor torches, james bond cars sometimes parent sent a gift too if they could afford it, I remember getting a 1/72 Airfix model...
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Hey Crumpet we called you i was in Clee dorm back row at far corner 1961-1966/67 Dave Warren skinny blond nut
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Does anyone remember the prefects of HHOAS ALEX KANE (oldest) RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN (cool but got beat up by Alex in Abberley Activity Dorm), Patrick Patton (use to date my cropwood sister Christine), David Vann, etc etc
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Joe i think your on about Nurse Claire Barrett my sister/Helper Diane Warren-Barrett left year after i came HHOAS she did the hospital runs too, use to take me each month and smuggle sweets in my pockets Bazooka Gum and Aniseed balls etc which id go round dorms and share with most of you...
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    OMG of course, my sister was @Cropwood 1957-62 Christine Warren who hated Miss Hair-cut with a witches vengence haha Christine dated Hunters Hill prefect Patrick Patton always danced together on dance night. Older sister Diane worked there part-time and married Melvyn BARRETT a farmer who stole...
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    SNAP I was born Weaman Street Aston same year ... maybe same schools David Warren (wabbit fair headed skinny kid) Haseley Hall 59-61 HHOAS 61-67 Pinners class Hope Street Bham City Centre 68-69 auto group transfer to Mount Pleasant Comp, Belgrave Rd, Balsall Heath 69-70 long long bouncy hair...
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    MEMORY JOGGER TIME HUNTERS HILL OAS 61-67 Hi Guys its 8pm all in our dorms : abberley (also was activity dorm) - clent - malvern - clee time to raid each others dorms and pillow fight get back to own dorm, then skip out the windows to race across the field touch fence and back before Mr...
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Dave Warren quiet blonde lad, clee dorm was 3 or 4th bed front row but got xferred to back row, last bed, next to Kevin Hicks the lad with eczema
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Try michael leaver, michael jordan, Alex kane (prefect) david vann (prefect) richard chamberlain (prefect) dave warren (me), miss staines, miss beck, mr roberts, pinner, tebbitt
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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    Hi Michael, David Warren here corner bed back row in Clee dorm on right side, Mr Tebbits bedroom, I always had problem with my foot swelling/itching and confined to bed,
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    Mount Pleasant, Balsall Heath Road

    Yes me David Warren very long bouncy hair, Mr Wells class (music) top of building, with classmates Paul Smith, Paul Allen, John Crump, Kath Keene, Pat Bird, Carol Burke, David Heavens, Raymond Strait, Tony Webb, Antony Rodgers, Imtiaz Mohammed. Baghan Singh. Michael Yearwood etc and was living...
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    Haseley Hall

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    Haseley Hall

    I was there 59-61 (deer dorm) then trasferred to Hunters Hill, Blackwell (Clee dorm) back row at end, unti 1966 David Warren (small blonde skinny brummie lol)
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