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    Icknield St School

    Thats Great news Martin, Scotland eh? My god, we Hockley kids certainly got around, Im in Shropshire these days, 3 kids and 4 grand kids I certainly went forth and multiplied, as you say keep breathing! Im still fishing, my retirement has become a little predictable however... Keep safe Lawrence
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    Icknield St School

    Hi Martin, sorry for the late response, yes I do remember you and you you are right those names were some of my mates, dunno Billy Gibbins though, I remember Dennis Gibbons, I later heard he died in tragic circumstances. Dunno what happened to Charlie Salt, Robert Smith or Tony Fleetwood....it...
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    Icknield St School

    Mr Northedge lived in Bearwood and I bumped into him in Woolworths some 3 years after I left school, by then I was a strapping soldier and he was clearly nervous, he was a brutal man, but I showed him due respect and wished him well, it was a tough brutal school, my dad, my Uncles all went to...
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    Icknield St School

    I went Icknield st school, from 1964 to 1968, teachers then were Mr Urch ( Reggie Urch as he was known) Mr Mazimba, Mr Northedge ( a very strict and a cruel man) Jock Sheerer, Mr Fred Kitchen the headmaster, a great teacher and fisherman, he took me, Roy Hands, Graham Shaw and others fishing...
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