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Lea Village

When I was at Lea Village school every year we had a football match on Donkeys Hollow .Pupils V Teachers for an old tin cup called the Docker Cup.It was knocked up by the Metalwork Teacher Mr Tickell out of a bit of metal.
Great fun
 
When I was at Lea Village the woodwork teachers were Tickell and Tozer and metalwork was Duxbury, regards, John.
 
Jonob ,you are exactly right .There goes my memory again.What year were you there.Was the Pig Club still going .I was Treasurer in1953-54 till I left.
 
Edifi said:
Jonob ,you are exactly right .There goes my memory again.What year were you there.Was the Pig Club still going .I was Treasurer in1953-54 till I left.
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I was in 2a, McFarlanes class in 1954 and Adair's class in 1955, I then moved to the new Catholic school at Tile Cross in 1956.
 
From 1950 to 53 was in the B stream ,finished up in 4a.Was it MrSpencers class.Thought Mr McFarland was a great teacher.Was the man who gave you the stick still there Mr Ward( the singing teacher) Had Mr Cowley the Headmaster retired.Used to call Mr Tozer ,Frozy Tozy
 
Edifi said:
From 1950 to 53 was in the B stream ,finished up in 4a.Was it MrSpencers class.Thought Mr McFarland was a great teacher.Was the man who gave you the stick still there Mr Ward( the singing teacher) Had Mr Cowley the Headmaster retired.Used to call Mr Tozer ,Frozy Tozy
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Yes, Cowley overlapped with the new head, Francis. I think Percy Upton was the teacher in 4a and the science teacher was Fields.
 
Thanks john.Thats right it was Mr Upton.After I had started my apprenticeship as a Mechanic about 2 years after leaving school.I was out on a breakdown and heard someone call my name ,it was Mr Upton.We had a good old chat.Fancy him remembering me after 2years.McFarland used to take us for gym,the shot put and me and Richard Barton for the half mile ,which we ran on sports day
 
Edifi said:
Thanks john.Thats right it was Mr Upton.After I had started my apprenticeship as a Mechanic about 2 years after leaving school.I was out on a breakdown and heard someone call my name ,it was Mr Upton.We had a good old chat.Fancy him remembering me after 2years.McFarland used to take us for gym,the shot put and me and Richard Barton for the half mile ,which we ran on sports day
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Funny thing in about 1987 I had a breakdown in Shirley Road Acocks Green, it was at MacFarlanes' home address but he didn't recall me and he said he had never had an A stream class!!! still he was eighty three years at that time. I've attached a "newspaper" photo of 2A in 1954 as i say its from newsprint so not too clever, John.Class 2A 1954 Lea Village School.jpg
 
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