Anyone go to school in Croydon?

[Goldberg Basher]

Now you don't have to admit your ages here but I'd be interested to hear from anyone who went to school in Croydon.

I went to Shirley High between 83 & 88 and am looking to have a mini reunion (without having to wait 25 years).

[BertHowe]

I went to the old John Ruskin, Upper Shirley Rd.'61 - '66.

[Vinny]

I went to Selhurst High School, but I'm not saying when!

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[Statto]

I went to smitham Primary in Coulsdon then Caterham, then Oxted County

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Does anybody else think DJ EZ is SH!T?!

[Kevin T]

Trinity, Shirley up until '92

[Psychokiller]

I went to Lanfranc, 1985 to 1990!

[Will S]

Trinity, Shirley up until 1985

[rashid]

Archbishop Tenison. Long time ago, let's just say I was there when the Eagle landed!

[hong_kong_hg]

Winterbourne Junior Boys, Thornton Heath, until 1983

[wombat]

I was expelled from Whitgift in 87, and then decided that Gay breeding schools weren't for me!

[Gooders]

Selhurst Grammar (which became Selhurst High, but only in name!) between 1970 and 1975.

[topper]

Broadmead Infants (Sydenham Road)
Broadmead Juniors
Sylvan High School 84 - 89 (Anerly Hill)

[SIKO]

I went to Rowdown Infants and got expelled from Rowdown Juniors in the first year. Then Castle Hill. Seniors was Overbury, then John Newnham. Left at the beginning of the 80's, but not telling you exactly when

[Milton Keynes Eagle]

Park Hill Junior 74-78
Archbishop Tenison 78-85

which 'eagle landing' rashid?

[David Murray]

I can't believe I am the only one of this BBS that went to Tavistock (1963-65 or thereabouts)
Also had the Good Shepherd, Fairchilds and Overbury's in New Addington during my youth.

[Adrian]

This is very jolly, isn't it?
Sanderstead County Primary - now Gresham - (1957-63)
Whitgift (1963-70)

None of this helps Goldberg Basher much though....

[SIKO]

Originally posted by David Murray:
I can't believe I am the only one of this BBS that went to Tavistock (1963-65 or thereabouts)
Also had the Good Shepherd, Fairchilds and Overbury's in New Addington during my youth.
My mum went to Castle Hill and Overbury, what year were you in Overbury, she might have been in the same year as you

[Goldberg Basher]

Didn't anyone go to Ashburton or Edenham? How about Stanley Tech?

In Croydon I also went to Heath Clark sixth form at the old John Newham School in Selsdon and then went on to Croydon Art College in Barclay Road. One long hangover.

[Psychokiller]

Lanfranc was the school that kids went to after being expelled from every other school in the borough. The last stop before the SPAN unit in Tavistock Road.

[PeterH]

Lewisham Bridge Primary 1970-1976
Brockley County 1976-1979

[SIMON OF SELHURST]

I was at Bromley Technical High School For Boys (now known as Ravenswood), before that I went to Eliot Bank Primary in Sydenham.

[rashid]

Originally posted by Milton Keynes Eagle:
Park Hill Junior 74-78
Archbishop Tenison 78-85

which 'eagle landing' rashid?

The big one, 20th July 1969.

I remember because I got caught by the headmaster trespassing on private property after school, and got away with it by saying I was taking a short cut into Croydon to watch it on TV. True actually.


Primary school, Rosedean Preparatory, Thornton Heath.

[Spanish Dan]

Another Old-Midwhitgiftian here. I went to Trinity between 86 and 93 - never remember bumping into Kev T though.

[BRIAN]

HEATH CLARK GRAMMAR 1963 - 68

Anyone remember the place? and some of the teachers? I recall the eccentric Dado Davies who taught French and Latin and Ben Elsey the Geography teacher.

"Happiest days of your life". I don't think so.

[Les Butler]

Heath Clark HA HA HA HA HA

South Croydon Sec (Now Hailing manor,changed it to try to upgrade LOL),we use to go down to Heath Clark (School outing) to give em a pasting until the old bill turned up with meat wagons etc.

Waddon infants
Duppus JR
S.Croydon (Hailing Manor)

[David Murray]

Originally posted by SIKO:
My mum went to Castle Hill and Overbury, what year were you in Overbury, she might have been in the same year as you



Hey SIKO is this where I have to be very careful how I answer that question http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/wink.gif http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/wink.gif

I was there around 1960 ish.

[matt@teamturtle]

Elmwood juniors and then St Andrew,s until 87.

[Chocky]

St Josephs 70-74, then I got thrown out because my parents were proddies not catholics. Well I can't see too many catholics pouring out of there now at 3.30, unless they've started wearing turbans.

Then like Adrian and the Trust's Richard I went to Whitgift to be taught by some sadistic old paedophiles.

Then in 79 I went to Croydon Art School to learn how to drink extremely heavily and do no work. I didn't get where I am today without drinking extremely heavily and doing no work.

[David Murray]

Originally posted by Chocky:
St Josephs 70-74, then I got thrown out because my parents were proddies not catholics.

What, it took them 4 years to find that out ?

[Kevin T]

Originally posted by Spanish Dan:
Another Old-Midwhitgiftian here. I went to Trinity between 86 and 93 - never remember bumping into Kev T though.

Come on regale me with your stories of , Wright, Wilberforce, Christian et al

[Will S]

I remember Wright, Cheyne, Jardine, and a baldy called Brand.

[arussell]

Originally posted by Al from Bromley:
You should have burnt the school down. I could have given you lessons if you'd asked!


Is that story on the front page of the Adder today about you then Al ??

[Chocky]

Originally posted by David Murray:
What, it took them 4 years to find that out ?



Ha. I was at the Junior school which was then within the grounds of the senior school. They didn't have too strict rules about the kiddies in shorts, but once you moved up you had to be a caf.

[Chillo]

I cannot believe there are not more boys from St. Joseph's College around. If you are around, you must remember Brothers James and Solomon?

My one year learning Russian with a teacher (whose name escapes me now)was very useful -NOT. Why did I bother?

[Kevin T]

I had Wright for French, Brand (knob) for Maths, and Jardine (who sounds like Dave) as my form tutor!

[Will S]

Kev, Kev, Kev. Only I know the true extent of your suffering. When I'm lying on my deathbed, my final words will be an incoherent dribble of abuse about Brand. Some vendetta's last a lifetime.
Oddly enough I remember Jardine as quite a decent bloke. Wright scared the bejesus out of me, but he never taught me, so i think I got away with it.

[Vinny]

Hey, Gooders! I left Selhurst at the same time as you. Are you one of those who would terrorise the playground?

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Crowhurst Village School 1950ish, then Hamsey Green Primary and Coombe Hill House Prep (now Ruskin House, Croydon Labour HQ - HOORAH!) followed by actually learning something at Warlingham Sec Mod until 1964.
Gawd, I'm older than Trolley!

[David Murray]

Originally posted by tmjwat:

Gawd, I'm older than Trolley!

You me both Tim !

[Al From Bromley]

Had more schools than hot dinners. Chaldon C of E, Oakhurst, Caterham, De Stafford, Oxted County, Imberhorne, reform School, Borstal.

Hard to believe eh? (OK I lied about the last 2)

Sadistic teachers? Tell me about it. Ms Finch who once beat the bejezus out of me for talking in the dining hall (yup, just talking in the dining hall) Mrs brain who beat the bejezus out of me because she (wrongly) though I had nicked another kids scarf, and mr Humphreys who wanted to beat the bejezus out of me but my mum wouldnt let him - bless her!

Once saw a boy beaten so bad his leg turned blue. I wonder where Mr Robinson, formerly of caterham School, is now.

School days? Happiest days of your life. Yeah right- for the teachers. Bollox!!!!!!!!!



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[Kevin T]

Mr (Paul) Wright was a monster. Used to scare the crap out of everyone. Nothing at all like our very own mild mannered photographer man!

[Gooders]

Originally posted by Vinny:
Hey, Gooders! I left Selhurst at the same time as you. Are you one of those who would terrorise the playground?


Not guilty Vinny. I never won a fight in my life. I would have been in the bike sheds smoking most of the time!

When I went there it was a Grammar school - school captain with a gold badge, prefects with capes and mortar boards, the whole works.

It turned comprehensive the year after I started and went downhill rapidly - the good teachers (and there weren't many) went to work at Lanfranc because it was step up!

I went there straight from Winterbourne - did you go straight from junior school or via Norbury Manor or Ingram?

[Goldberg Basher]

Used to have a Welsh dragon called Mrs Evans as a maths teacher. She was know for chucking the blackboard rubber with missile like precision at whomever she found talking in her classes. Caught me on the back of the head once and it hurt like a motherfugger http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/frown.gif

[brighton_eagle]

Trinity...left in 1986, as soon as I could.
I aslo had Jardine as my Form teacher. He was a nice bloke, although I was scared stoopid of him when I was younger. Also didn't he spit quite alot when he spoke?? And had a wonky eye!! I was never completely certain when he was talking to me!!

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[Al From Bromley]

Mr Stebbings. Oxted. Woodwork teacher. His weapon of choice was the set square I seem to remember, or was it a T Square? Anyway, big f*ck off lump of wood which he used to strike us with.

Mr Fuller, caterham, cricket stump.

Mr Morgan, Oxted - using the blackboard rubber as a projectile.

The list is endless.

Oh how we laughed.

Also, caterham had the most frightening fights I ever saw. Bare knuckle to the death - almost. The Hillside it was called. If summoned there in break by another boy you knew it wasnt for a quick smoke!

[Will S]

Brighton Eagle, you are spot on. I'd forgotten how he gobbed everywhere, and the wonky eye.
He was better than Mr Peake though, the ugliest history teacher in the Southern Hemisphere. Or indeed Mr Alexander the Geography teacher the size of a mountain.
Doesn't anybody else have a lifelong abiding hatred of Brand though ? Smug, bald, upper class tw*t. God, I could go on for hours... this thread is so therapeutic.

[Eagles Fan]

I still go to Trinity, Shirley. I've got Jardine for History, have either of you got any amusing stories about any teachers???

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Palace 'til I Die

[Blind_Eagle]

Benson School
Barnhurst Academy for Young Gentlemen
Trinity - refused to go
Dulwich - refused to go
John Ruskin - grudgingly attended

The great thing about Trinity is that Chris Tarrant is the headmaster. How does he fit it all in?

And to think the Whitgift Foundation also owns the Swan and Sugar Loaf, where even Kevin T dare not go!

[Adrian]

Tim - is that right? The Foundation really owns the Swan? Can't be much of a money-spinner, I wouldn't have thought...

Does it own any other hostelries? Clubs? Gaming Casinos??

[Will S]

Originally posted by tmjwat:
The great thing about Trinity is that Chris Tarrant is the headmaster. How does he fit it all in?


If I'd have bleedin' known what I was getting I would have phoned a friend.

Eagles Fan - I doubt Jardine would remember me, though he did once lose it with me and called me a 'shambles' after one indescretion.. I have little memories of Trinity which I'd categorise as 'amusing'. However if Mr Brand is still festering away there... he once 1) slapped me and 2) gave me a detention, because I took a photograph of the back of his slaphead. Vain s*d.

[Uncle Brod]

St.Josephs College 1971 til I escaped in 1978.

Chillo,the Russian teacher there was Mr.Batson.Nicknamed "Pinky" by some because of the colour of his shirts.Very camp.

Brother James?Wasn't he the lunatic that taught History?Come to think of it we had our fair share of nutty teachers and pupils.
Christ,I need to go and lie down in a darkened room after thinking about this.

[Vic Eagle]

Norbury Manor Juniors to 1976

Dulwich 1976 - 1983

[Nick in Hamburg]

I was at Purley Boys, same year as Jordan, until I decided caning was bad for my backside...

[Al From Bromley]

You should have burnt the school down. I could have given you lessons if you'd asked!

[PalaceFan in Alabama]

Originally posted by Goldberg Basher:
Used to have a Welsh dragon called Mrs Evans as a maths teacher. She was know for chucking the blackboard rubber with missile like precision at whomever she found talking in her classes. Caught me on the back of the head once and it hurt like a motherfugger http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/frown.gif

Was blackboard rubber a subject they taught at Teacher Training College.
Use to have a PT Teacher called Snare, who could hit anyone, anywhere in a classroom without turning around, I wonder if this was true, or was it their way of instilling fear in us? http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/redface.gif
My wife was an English (American version) Teacher and she asked me to come to her class and talking about life in England, well there I was doing my thing, when these two persons of colour started talking and without thinking I spun around and hit the wall between them with a Blackboard rubber, have never seen such big eyes in my life.
When I offered to come back the next year, my wife said no thanks, me wonders why? http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/redface.gif


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[Chillo]

Woodside primary 1969/1970

St Joseph's College 1970 to 1974

[SARN21O4LANE]

Woodside Primary, Davidson High (11- 14 yrs) and last but not least that den of eniquity fondly known as Heath Clark (14 - 16 yrs) - a lady never tells her age, but I am 30-something!! Alright then, late 30-something ! PS Heath Clark guys always beat the Haling Manor guys in punch-ups!

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[baroli]

John Ruskin from 68-75
Chris (why did we call him Joe?) Lowe and Wally Cracknell (the only man I have ever allowed to hit me on the a**e)

[anti-addick]

Originally posted by Psychokiller:
I went to Lanfranc, 1985 to 1990!


My dad went there, but only up to the age of fourteen. in the 50's/60's I guess.

[Spikemeister]

Woodside Infants
Ashburton High.... 68-74

Any Ashburton boys about ?

[MAGS]

As nobody else will I will be the first one to own up to going to Ashburton High,77-82. Also Woodside Infants 70-73, Woodside Juniors 73-77 and finally John Ruskin 82-84 (Before they knocked it down and built some posh houses.)

[Eagles Fan]

Mr Brand isn't that bad anymore, but he is a bit crazy. Mr Cooper is his usual self showing off his new Audi.

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Palace 'til I Die

[James]

St Joseph's College between 1963 and 1969. I don't suppose anyone here remembers Bro. Solomon, who was booted out for a mixture of sadism and unspeakable acts?

I remember Batson Uncle Brod - he was there in the 1960's - Other names Mr Tatt (Biology), Mr Bramwell (Maths), Mr Agar (Physics I think), Mr Stevenson (English), Mr Duskin (history). Duskin was great - he bought us a barrel of beer to celebrate our O-Levels (=GCSE's).

In the 1950s I was at Winterbourne Junior School, in Norbury.

[Chocky]

Originally posted by James:
St Joseph's College between 1963 and 1969. I don't suppose anyone here remembers Bro. Solomon, who was booted out for a mixture of sadism and unspeakable acts?


And how many times were you exposed to these acts? And none of that "I wasn't his type" rubbish.

[James]

I really wasn't his type. There was a bloke there called Wilkins (I think), and the rumour was that he enjoyed most of Mike's hospitality.

James

[David Murray]

On first name basis with him were you James http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/eek.gif

[SE25 exile]

Originally posted by BRIAN:
HEATH CLARK GRAMMAR 1963 - 68

Anyone remember the place? and some of the teachers? I recall the eccentric Dado Davies who taught French and Latin and Ben Elsey the Geography teacher.

"Happiest days of your life". I don't think so.

I was there in 1956 - 1961. I remember Ben Elsey, he managed to eradicate the last remnant of interest in Geography before I left. Mr N.L. Houslop was the head during my stay, famous for this quote at assembly, "...and remember, it's the Empire, not the Commonwealth!"

The best teacher for me was Mr Wild, who taught Biology, a lovely man.

Up to my third year - a dreadful experience.
From the fourth to the sixth - a great laugh, with little academic achievement. Most of my education and qualifications only began when I left Heath Clark Selective.(Oops, I'm sorry it was converted to a Grammar school before I left)

[Regal Eagle]

Am I the only one who went to the wonderful Oval Road.
Then went on to John Newnham (mixed sex school..hurrah ) same as Siko.
Incidentally Siko there is a John Newnham old pupils association. Email rockery2000@yahoo.co.uk for details

[Archiebald Leitch]

Originally posted by James:


In the 1950s I was at Winterbourne Junior School, in Norbury.

When I went to Winterbourne (in the 60's) it was in Thornton Heath. Age must have paled your memory James.

Followed Winterbourne with Selhurst and no Vinny, I wasnt terrorising anyone either!

[Payney]

Taunton manor(coulsdon),83-86 followed by much fun at Purley boys 86-88 as the cain had been banned by then.

[GoringEagle]

I like these nostalgia threads!

Rockmount, then Ingram, finally washing up at Stanley Tech 53-55 (C stream - fairly appropriate at the time!).

Earlier posts of blackboard-rubber tossing reminds me of one particular teacher at Stanley - Mr Kennett,I think his name was. This ex naval type was said to have steel plates in his leg and skull after being torpedoed in WWII. He was certainly rock hard. Took maths, and PE when the usual teacher was off.
He had us going up those gym ropes like monkeys. In maths, more than one student daft enough to talk in class got a text book to the head, full length of the classroom, with the pointy spine of the book hitting target first. Never missed, in my experience. In his first ever lesson, a big 15 year old (you out there, Lyle?)got mouthy like he did with the previous maths teacher, and got a serious duffing over by Mr Kennett. Nobody tried it on after that, and just about everyone liked and respected him because if you behaved he was a good bloke.

[Pistike]

Mrs Englands in Onslow Gardens Sanderstead about 65-67.
Gresham, also in the village, caught the last of the free milk before Matov's idol stopped it.
Cumnor House in Pampisford Road because I looked good in a red blazer 69-72 (or something like that). Then left the borough for the giddy heights of...
Dulwich which Blind refused to go to.
Finished off at South London College where the famous wheel chair incident occurred and then finally Camberwell School of Art.
I have never looked back!

[jonesy]

Sod Croydon LB Sutton was place to be:
Victor Seymour Carshalton 65-67
Camden road Carshalton 67-71
Sutton Manor/Grammar 71-76
University of Life 76 onwards

[Goldberg Basher]

I'm finally going to sit down over the next couple of weeks and finish off my website which has been in the pipeline for the last 3 months.

Now I'm still doing research and would be interested to hear if there would be an interest in lower league football in the Croydon/Surrey area. Is there something similar that I've foolishly overlooked on the web or is it just that no one's tested the web waters yet?

Grateful for any feedback. http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/smile.gif

[Rob Fox]

.......St Marks in Albert Road..then on to
Stanley Tech..(63-68)
Deputy head was Ken Dunnett...and ours was the very first term to have a lady form/french teacher....cant remember her name.....Jack Clay taught maths...Scanlon metalwork.... aaaarrrrrrhhhhh, the good old days!!!

nb....only guy in school ever to get sent off...in a cricket match!!!!

[Rob Fox]

.....just remembered the lady teachers name.....Miss Hawtin!!!!

[Goldberg Basher]

Originally posted by Goldberg Basher:
I'm finally going to sit down over the next couple of weeks and finish off my website which has been in the pipeline for the last 3 months.

Now I'm still doing research and would be interested to hear if there would be an interest in lower league football in the Croydon/Surrey area. Is there something similar that I've foolishly overlooked on the web or is it just that no one's tested the web waters yet?

Grateful for any feedback. http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/smile.gif

Don't worry about me I'm just going senile. This should have of course been posted in the general football forum. It is now so don't let this interrupt your train of thought http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/redface.gif

[Mike Douglas]

Am I the only ex Wallington Grammar supporter on the board? It was in the early 60's and I think the Grammer bit got dropped.
Used to get the bus from Sanderstead through Croydon to Wallington, and remember happy journeys with the young "ladies" of Croydon High.

[brighton_eagle]

We used to have a Physics teacher at Trinity....I cant remember his name....who used to watch Postman Pat every day at lunchtime. I think he even videoed it so if he was busy he could watch it later.

Cooper still there!! Who'd have believed it? Is there still a teacher there called Cheyne??

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[Spanish Dan]

I've been offline for a few days so I've only just seen all these old Trinity boys coming out of the woodwork - excellent stuff!

Some top teachers mentioned so far - especially Kev bringing up Christian and Wilberforce who have to be 2 of the lamest men I have ever known - both of them have cried in classes that I was in.

One bloke no-one has mentioned yet is the dodgy scandinavian photography teacher (Jander??) with his porno moustache and large collection of "Amateur Photography" magazines.

[Will S]

Jiri Janda, the porno photography teacher. I remember him well. Also his partner in crime
My Bland - Art Teacher with curly ginger hair, and curly ginger beard.

Mr Rossell - Physics Teacher with the biggest nose in all christendom. Was he the Postman Pat bloke ?

Dr Dodd - Chemistry teacher taller than Eric Young. Rarely spoke. Ever.

Mr Herring - Utterly inept Maths teacher.

Mr Johnson - a Biology teacher I remember well, because he got so embarrased teaching us the facts of life, he turned crimson and accidently snapped a plastic ruler in half as he was describing the 'nitty gritty'.

[brighton_eagle]

Oh yes...hehe, I remember all of them, especially Janda!! I think the Physics teacher I was thinking of was called Harrison. Amazing what you can remember when you put your mind to it!!

Dr Dodd!!! What a very strange man I remember him being, like Lurch. Anyone remember Bender Brown, science teacher who had some distinctly dodgy ways of punishing students.

I honestly thought I had forgotten my school days, but thanks to you guys it's all coming back. Cheers!!!!!

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[Will S]

The name 'Bender Brown' definitely rings a bell, but I can't put a face to him.

There was also Boggo Young, the English teacher with hair like a Bog Brush.

Fraser MacDonald, French teacher crossed with an android.

And Mr Ware, another French teacher, who I thinkn was straight out of teacher training college. Nice bloke, but absolutely no control over any class he taught.

Does anybody else feel a horrible unease that these postings will land them a detention ?

[ammiller]

St Mary's Roman Catholic School in West Croydon.

90% of the Kids there were of Irish Desent.

The other 10% were from the De'Souza family.

Please please, don't say that's being racist.

It's not.

[Psychokiller]

Originally posted by ammiller:
St Mary's Roman Catholic School in West Croydon.

90% of the Kids there were of Irish Desent.

The other 10% were from the De'Souza family.

Please please, don't say that's being racist.

It's not.

Unlike some of the other posters on here, us of Irish descent (i.e. Myself and JohnA) are not interested in picking holes in peoples postings looking for things to get upset about.

It's not racist to state a fact!

[Sandy of Cornwall]

I went to Riddlesdown (69 - 75) and no-one else seems to have been there!

[Goldberg Basher]

I know the feeling Sandy. Seems like my school wasn't too popular. Didn't stop me spotting one of my old classmates sitting in front of me at last season's Palace-Man City game. Hadn't seen him in 12 years.

[Goldberg Basher]

I know the feeling Sandy. Seems like my school wasn't too popular. Didn't stop me spotting one of my old classmates sitting in front of me at last season's Palace-Man City game. Hadn't seen him in 12 years. What's the odds on that hapenning?

[exiled in Wales]

This thread is bringing back all kinds of memories - another ex-Trinity, same time as Kev T.

Dr Dodd was indeed an unusual man I can just remember him mumbling and occasionally shouting "err don't be so impertenant".

I had Mr Gist (I think) for English and he used to throw me out of every lesson for my comical comments - he also told my parents that my essays gave him nightmares !

I also had a dispute with a maths teacher who was a Leeds fan - Mr Weatherfield or something - he could squash his nose into his face because it had been mashed up in Rugby. Him and another Maths teacher called Dr Death (I can't recall his real name - Dr South , possibly) had it in for me.

Who was that other Maths teacher everyone used to call Weasel? He was a Watford fan.

I can remeber which teams they supported but can't remember their names.

Cheyne was the only teacher I have fond memories of - he was a quality teacher, made his lessons a laugh and really got me into history. Although he did have a tendency to wear pink shirts.

[brighton_eagle]

Cheyne put me off History for a long time. Everyone else liked him, but I have to say I thought he was a w**ker.

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[Will S]

My mum only recently admitted that all the other mums had the hots for Cheyne, every parents evening.
This really quite traumatised me.
Dunno if Brand was the weasal, but it fits him well.
Am I right in thinking Cooper was a top guy, albeit a complete nutter ?

[brighton_eagle]

I seem to recall Cooper as being a sports teacher?? Is that correct. If so, then I thought he was also something of a w**ker, largely due to his baiting of the fat kids. He was always fine to me, but if you were a bit of an oddball, fat, useless at sports etc., then he used to give you loads of sh*t. I remember him turning one kid upside down and sticking him in an empty dustbin.

I think the quick way of saying that is that he was a bully!!!!!

Jardine was the best teacher there in my opinion.

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[Will S]

This is definitely the bloke I remember. I can recall one kid who had a bad foot asking to be let off hockey practice. He stamped on his good foot, and told him he now had 'a pair'.

[Spanish Dan]

I was never taught by Dodd, but he was really weird. When I was in the sixth form, he came into the sixth-form centre with two metre-rulers and a tape recorder, put the rulers down on the floor in a cross and proceeded to do some bare-foot highland dancing around them. Then he just picked them up and went back to the staff room.

The Watford-supporting maths teacher that you're on about was Asbury - he was a bit of an odd one. Very easy to wind up if I remember correctly. The Leeds supporter was Weatherhogg. He was OK - I had him for A-level and he just used to spend half the lessons talking about football rather than teaching anything.

Cooper could be a real ****** to anyone that wasn't in one of his sports teams - typical PE teacher really but a mate of mine really gave him his cumuppence. Cooper was cycling down the dual carriageway to school just as my mate was being dropped off by his mum. He opened the car door just as Cooper was zooming past on his bike and he hit the door and went flying - breaking his arm in the process. He then proceeded to sue my mate's parents for damages.

[Spanish Dan]

And another thing, seeing as we've turned this into a Trinity thread. No-one's mentioned Widger yet - he was a real slimeball. The sort that you think is a nice guy at first but then you realise that he's a totally evil *******.

And what about the senile and deaf old R.E. teacher Mr Clifford?

[exiled in Wales]

Widger - hmm.

My mate went out with his daughter, Hannah, recently. This relationship involved nights down the pub with Barry Widger - which is a thought that scares the pants off me. I also had endless entertainment winding her up about her fathers habit of throwing board rubbers at pupils (a subject already covered in some depth earlier in this thread). All in all I didn't think he was a bad egg.

The most annoying thing about Cooper was that he would abbreviate your surname and then add a Y for every pupil. Smith became SmithY, Lawson became LawsY etc etc.

[Will S]

I remember Clifford having something of a seizure one day. Just stopped speaking and started trembling. Sensitive kids, as we were, I think we all just sniggered.
Anyone else remember Fairman for History, and a strange little bloke Fallows for French ?

[dosctid]

Originally posted by Psychokiller:
I went to Lanfranc, 1985 to 1990!

So did I. Now I wonder who you could be, you may very well already know who I am from the name?

Don't remember too many Palace supporters in our year at Lanfranc and yes I agree it was the last place everyone went to after being expelled. Christ we used to get the rejects from Haling Manor for F**k sake.

[walderslade eagle]

I don't suppose anybody went to Penge secondary School for Boys, later to become Kentwood? I was there from 1964 to 1970 (I think, it was a long time ago)

[Jaffa]

Oval Road Primary School (1986-91)

Particulary remember Mrs Washington. Scary.

Then Oakwood (Horley) (91-97)
Reigate College (98-99)

[brighton_eagle]

Haha, excellent to hear that Cooper story...wish it had been me!! I remember Widger and his board rubber throwing...was he the guy who also had a cricket ball on his desk that he would throw at you, aiming to miss you by millimetres. He hit a kid square on the forehead once with it.

Clifford had a year off while I was there, he was very ill I seem to recall, so we had a stand in female RE teacher.....she didn't last long either.

Don't remember Fallows, but who could forget Donald Dummer...the smelly French teacher!!



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[Will S]

Going back a bit...remember the two CS teachers Hiscock and Blandford (who looked like a chimp)? . They were like Harry Enfield's old gits.

[lightweight]

Originally posted by jonesy:
Sod Croydon LB Sutton was place to be:


exactly!! - we seem to be outnumbered on here but for what it's worth:

Benhilton Primary
Nonsuch High School

[RUSSELL]

Originally posted by ammiller:
St Mary's Roman Catholic School in West Croydon.

90% of the Kids there were of Irish Desent.

The other 10% were from the De'Souza family.

Please please, don't say that's being racist.

It's not.

Myself and Little Al went there. I was in the infants, juniors and seniors until 93 (not all at the same time though) and I'm sure I knew some of the De'Souza family.


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[hong_kong_hg]

Now wouldn't it be funny if Trolley turned out to be one of the old Trinity teachers being slagged off/praised in this thread!

[Jack Regan]

Trolley wasn't a teacher because he is in fact those 2 well know BBS posters ****** and ****

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[hong_kong_hg]

Pray do tell more... http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/eek.gif

[Goldberg Basher]

Originally posted by Jack Regan:
Trolley wasn't a teacher because he is in fact those 2 well know BBS posters ****** and ****

(This post has been edited)

Phoney & Dudd.

[Steve in SF]

Was I the only one who went to John Fisher in Purley? 'Could've sworn I saw some other kids there on occasions. I think it was the mid '70's, but I'd just discovered alcohol and everything's a bit unclear.

[jose]

I went to Stanley Park High in Carshalton
then Nescot 95-96

[richit]

Cheam Park Farm - Sutton Grammar - Univ. Of Surrey

[James Varcoe]

Education exactly as Pistikes except that it was 2 years later and managed to complete the Dulwich bit without the compulsory remove clause that they invoked upon him.

This means I was in the year above Vic Eagle for 7 years! You'd think I'd remember someone with such an unusual name.

[GoringEagle]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rob Fox:
[B].......St Marks in Albert Road..then on to
Stanley Tech..(63-68)
Deputy head was Ken Dunnett... aaaarrrrrrhhhhh, the good old days!!!

Rob

Thanks for the reminder. Ken Dunnett was the eagle eyed, bald headed bloke that I was thinking of earlier (not Kennett). Hard as iron, but a nice bloke. Glad to hear he got some promotion between 1955 and 1963 - bet he ran a tight ship (ex-RN; geddit?)

[Yine]

Lightweight I'm also originally from the Sutton area (in fact right on the Croydon border)
Roundshaw Infants
Roundshaw Juniors
Carshalton for boys

[clockhouse]

Enough of Croydon....what about Bromley? Some of you must have been at school in this flagship of London boroughs. For what it's worth, I was at Wickham Common Primary, 71-75, Hayes Secondary, 75-81 and then Bromley Tech from 81-86. I did have a spell out of Bromley at NESCOT, 86-90. Ooops, seems like I forgot to get a job!

[Del Boy]

Henry Fawcett Infant/Juniior School in Kennington from 60 -64, Furzefield Junior School in Merstham 64 - 66 and Reigate Grammar School from 66 - 71.

After that years and years of block release, day release and evening classes at Croydon Technical College.

[Kevin T]

Best teacher in the school (Trinity) was definately Mr Bean. Or Mr Lawson as his birth certificate states. He had the toughest clas to teach but I still ended up with an A in Geography. We'd sit in the class singing "Beans army!"

I remember one of Christian's lessons where all throughout the whole class kept asking for more A4 paper. At the end he got pelted by about 100 screwed up bits of paper.

Mr Jander will tell you that everything cost 50p.

Cooper always worried me. Getting the young boys to feel his muscles and his team always had to be "skins". The nipple tweaking was never very pleasent either. Much preferred a medicine ball to the head.

Loved the way Mr Bevan would say "cytoplasm"

Does Brand still say "Pythagarus, him say...."

I could go on and on but will have to end it there siply by pissing myself laughing at the incompentance of Mr Wilberforce.

Oh and in case Dr Jeeves hasn't mentioned it lately. "You can't give up chemistry!!!"

[jonesy]

Originally posted by richit:
- Sutton Grammar -

71-76 Where U a Fred Walsh Boy Richit?

[Men At Work]

After reading some of the joys of education in this country I'm glad I didn't participate in it. Mine was a fairly new high school in Kanahooka (a place, not the opening line to a dirty joke - see http://www.ozemail.com.au/~d8489hn1/) which was a lot more relaxed than others described on here. We still had our weird ones though.

An obese match teacher called Taylor - he once threatened a boy with the words "do you know how much I weigh, son? Do you want me to sit on you?"

A history teacher who pre-empted Kurt Cobain's method of passing on by a decade (not at the school, fortunately).

A female drama teacher who shagged most of the senior year, every year.

An absolute mongrel of a PE teacher called Brand who was somewhat chastened when a student (not me!) discovered a naked picture of him in a certain type of magazine above an advertisement containing the words "seeking short-term relationships" and "will try anything".

Apart from two science teachers called Murray and Quinn most of them were competent and quite nice people. Probably why I enjoyed school and turned out normal http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Billy_the_Eagle]

Any Ashburton boys about ?
Yes...(63 - 69) Does any "OLD" Ashburton boys remember Good old Mr.(Major) Moyer !!!- The original Falklands man....He's still going strong, must be all of 85+. Bumped into him at London Bridge st, still has that distinctive moustache and his booming voice.

[richit]

Originally posted by jonesy:
71-76 Where U a Fred Walsh Boy Richit?

no, Mr Green was the head

[Eagles Fan]

Great to hear your memories Trinity Old Boys.

Without giving too much away (just to be safe)...

Cooper-Yeah he's a bit of a pr*ck at times but when he's in his normal good, jokey mood he is a right laugh - on of my favourite teachers.

Lawson-He's now head of junior school and is VERY strict.

Brand-He's not a bad guy but every assembly he babbles on about Maths Club (I know it sounds irrelavant but those who still go or have only recently graduated will know what I mean)

Asbury-I am very tempted to keep quiet about him as he is my form tutor but word cannot describe my hatred for this man. He is the most arrogant, sarcastic, sad little geek you will EVER meet in your life. His jokes are so f*ckin lame and the only people he likes are the gay ones who go to chess club. He wears the same tight gay clothes everyday and has these huge square glasses. I could go on about him for hours but I think I would probably use up all the space in the site!

Dodd-He comes to school in an old antique bike. I have not been taught by him but his hair, don't even get me started on his hair.

Christian-A good easy to wind up teacher. I've got nothing against him.

Janda-I've had him for art. We once found a underwear magazine on his desk a while ago.

Jardine-Not a bad teacher. Not strict and he doesn't bore you.

Cheyne-Yeah he's still here. A decent easy going teacher, like Cooper, likes to have a laugh. But on the rugby pitch he's a ruthless coach, makes you play with a broken arm!

Was anyone taught by Mr Cantor? What a laugh he was. His lessons were dead funny, the expression on his face when you pissed him off. Get's the award for the dossiest teacher of all time.

Will, Brighton Eagle, etc have you got any good stories about Cantor, Cooper, Asbury, Alexander, March, Cheyne et al??? I would be very interested to hear them.

*PS* There is a tradition that the sixth formers trash the school on their last day. They do things like set off stink bombs, put used condoms on the corridor, paint a giant smiley face on the field, dye their hair red, egg the walls, etc. Did you do any pranks???

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[Goldberg Basher]

Ahhh, last day of school. Never went to Trinity (parent's didn't have a posh enough car). On my last day of secondary school a load of boys decided to get their own back on one of our teachers (she wasn't too bad but was known for whipping kids ears with wooden rulers).

She had one of those old Honda Civics that she parked in the same place each day. On the last day we managed to turn it onto its side (the drivers side). Also did the usual stuffing of exhaust pipes, burning textbooks, invading Coloma, having a smoke in the assembly hall etc.

[JohnA]

Originally posted by Psychokiller:
Unlike some of the other posters on here, us of Irish descent (i.e. Myself and JohnA) are not interested in picking holes in peoples postings looking for things to get upset about.

It's not racist to state a fact!



Agree in full!

[Goldberg Basher]

For those interested:

Secondary:

Trinity http://www.trinity.croydon.sch.uk/
Edenham http://www.edenhamhigh.croydon.sch.uk/main.htm
Lanfranc http://www.lanfranc.com/
Riddlesdown http://www.riddlesdown.croydon.sch.uk/
Addington High http://www.davidson.croydon.gov.uk/addington/content/index.html
Archbishop Tennison's http://www.archten.croydon.sch.uk/
Purley High http://www.corpun.com/purley.htm
Nonsuch Girls http://www.nonsuch.sutton.sch.uk/
Selhurst Grammar - (Old Croydonians) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stelloyd/homepage.htm

Colleges:

John Ruskin (new) http://www.johnruskin.ac.uk/
Croydon http://www.croydon.ac.uk/wheel.htm
St Joseph's http://www.delasalle.org.uk/places/beulah/home.htm

And just for AfB as a peace offering ...

Oakhyrst Grange School http://www.isis.org.uk/data/1532.htm#T01
de Stafford http://www.destafford.org.uk/
Oxted County http://www.schoolsite.edex.net.uk/288/
Imberhorne http://www.imberhorne.w-sussex.sch.uk/

[Will S]

Originally posted by Kevin T:
Does Brand still say "Pythagarus, him say...."


More to the points, has his remaining hair fallen out.. does he still have those horrible little squinty eyes, and does he still wear that god awful brown suit with blue shirts ?

[Will S]

Eagles Fan...

I'd agree with you about Cooper, I always thought he was good laugh... but then I don't recall nipple tweakings, 'skins' etc.
I remember the name Lawson, but can't put a face to him.

Brand - Don't get me started. As a Wycombe fan who posted on the BBS recently about Alan Smith said "He's an evil, bald, pointy eared mutant"

Asbury - After my time I'm afraid.

Cheyne - I remember liking this guy.. but as someone else pointed out.. a very dodgy taste in pink shirts.

Alexander - Bleedin' terrifying. Huge great fat bloke, you usually meet on Rugby Club's nights out at the local curry house. Scared the willies out of me. Used to chuck those hardback blue geography books (do you still have them ?) like ballistic missiles.

Other names I can just about drag from memory include Mr Lennie and Mr Marsh, bald English teachers. Clones, I think.

Mr Dewey - Long suffering, red faced Biology teacher.

Mr Peake - very ugly, short tempered history teacher.

Dr South - midget ginger chemistry teacher. Another man of few words and armed with a mean stare.

Mr Herring - a laughable maths teacher, who came from the planet Zarg. Would get lost in a cupboard.

Mr Radford - Computer Studies teacher with a perm reminiscent of Keegan's Hamburg phase.

Mr Crook - English teacher with a comedy beard, and classic English teacher clothes, leather patches on his sleeves and everything.

Jardine - decent fella. Had a young baby when I was there, and used to come in with the odd patch of puke on his clothes. Either endearing or revolting, depending on your sensibility.

[Hippo]

Can't miss out on this Trinity reminiciscing.......

Mr Shepherd's (MUsic)car arrived in assembly on the last day of term in about 1983

Mr Hammond appearing on blind date

Mr (Essie) Lee losing his temper every day
Dr Seddon's eccentricities
Lex Luthor the maths teacher with a lisp
Mr Herring having a nervous breakdown
Mr Wright was abit scary at first but was a top teacher
Mr Widger calling me a "diabolical cheat" during a cricket match
Didn't Mr Hart get locked up in a South American prison at some point?

I'm sure there's more?

[brighton_eagle]

Originally posted by Hippo:
Can't miss out on this Trinity reminiciscing.......

Mr Shepherd's (MUsic)car arrived in assembly on the last day of term in about 1983.
Mr Hammond appearing on blind date.
I'm sure there's more?


Remember the car episode clearly.....very funny. Also remember Hammond on blind date.

Mr Radford, wasn't it a ginger Keegan perm too??

I'm sure Crook was the English teacher who seemed to have absolutely no control over the class. We used to jump out of the classroom window...run around the building, and come in the classroom door. He never semmed to cotton on, although with hindsight I guess he must have known.

Alexander, had a limp didn't he? I remember him smacking an Ashburton kid, near the bus stop, which was nice.

Jardine was a top bloke, agree about the spittle though, but basically well sound, and I think had a lot to do with keeping me in that school.

Suprised no one else has mentioned Dummer, the French teacher with incredibly bad B.O.
He really did stink!! Told me I'd never pass French o'level and wanted me kicked out of his class, but at least he had the nerve to come and congratulate me when I did pass. No thanks to him though!!

Who was the funny looking Maths teacher, had an accent, and reminded me of Herr Flick. he never took me for Maths, but I always thought he was particularly odd, and would have been more at home living in a home for retired Nazi officers in Brazil.

While we are at it, can anyone remember the names of the schools? I was in Worcester, then there was School, Pembroke, and another, but I can't remember the other one.

Cooper = bully. He was always fine to me, but picked on the kids that weren't good at sports or didn't fit in. Seeing as kids can be pretty cruel anyway, I didn't think we needed any help from him. Still, everyone else seemed to like him, so maybe it was just me.




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[SKATE]

Originally posted by Men At Work:

Probably why I enjoyed school and turned out normal http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

You sure about that????!!!! ( the normal bit I mean)

I went to Sanderstead Primary (now Gresham) -same as Adrian but a lot later, then Purley County (Girls). I'm sure I'd have turned out normal if I'd gone to a mixed school http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/wink.gif


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[Kevin T]

Mr Hart was the Spaish teacher I was trying to remember above. I think he sadly killed someone in a car accident in Chile or somewhere, hence the prison bit.

Cantabury was the fourth house I am reliably informed by Rory.

Yes everyone, Rory went to private school! Wouldn't believe it would you?

[SKATE]

Its amazing Rory went to school at all!!

[Will S]

So how many ex Trinity boys knackered off at the end of the fifth year to Orpington College ? Or was it just me ?
Incidentally whatever happened to Mr Hammond, is he still there ?

[Kevin T]

I buggered off to John Ruskin College at 16 and discovered booze, lovely laydees and big fat reefers. My education took a downturn at this point.

[Will S]

Originally posted by Kevin T:
I buggered off to John Ruskin College at 16 and discovered My education took a downturn at this point.

This was always the problem with Trinity. No
booze, lovely laydees and big fat reefers.

[Spanish Dan]

I made the mistake of staying on into the sixth form which meant that I all got to discover on the laydeez scene was bloody Croydon High. Some of them were alright, you know, a little bit slaggy, but most of them walked round like they had a pole up their arse.

That thing about Crook was funny - we used to jump out of his windows as well. Do you remember his B.O. patches?

Another thing we used to do to people like Christian and McDonald (baaah, Malaga, Santander) was pull their desks right up to the edge of the little platform that they used to be on so that as soon as they nudged it, the desk would topple over onto the floor.

[Will S]

Spanish.. that last bit had me laughing out loud. I had MacDonald as form tutor. He had mutton chops that made him look like something out of 'The League of Gentlemen'. I remember him hurtling across the Language Laboratory once and talking to me in French, when he thought I was cheating. I didn't understand a word he was saying. It was all very surreal.

[Kevin T]

One thing we used to do, I think it was either Bean's (Lawson's) or Wilberforce's lessons, is when the teacher was writing on the board is climb up onto those big window sills and hide behid the curtains, so everytime he turned round there'd be different people seemingly missing from the class. The look on their face was classic.

[brighton_eagle]

I left at 16 and got a job!!! Mind you, never recall having much of a problem on the laydees or reefer front. Still have a booze problem though!!

http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/wink.gif

One of my mate's was drunkenly sick in the waste bin in the classroom during his maths mock o'level.

Amazing that there were so many of us, cos I honestly don't remember another Palace fan there. Plenty of Liverpool fans there in my day though.


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[Snorwood Eagle]

Thomas Beckett Primary 1984-1991
St.Joseph's College 1991-1998

James, Chillo and Uncle Brod, you may be interested to know that Mr.Batson was still teaching at SJC until my last year there in 1998 - Still teaching Russian....badly!
Mr.Duskin left midway through my time there, but my lasting memory of him was in my very first 1st year History class, where he took exception to one of the lads chatting while he was talking. He walked over to the kid, (who was about 15 stone heavy) and hit him so hard that he litterally flew off his chair. Top comedy, though at the time we were all sh*ting ourselves!
Mr.Webster in Languages and Mr.Delaney in Geography were also still teaching while I was there! It's a wonder how anybody actually survives nowadays in that place. I reckon it's going down-hill fast. http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/frown.gif

[AJ]

I went to Cypress Infant and Jnrs, same place Simon Jordan claims to have gone, I was a couple of years older then him, so, I probably beat the crap out of him a couple of times;-)
Then on to Sylvan High in 74.

[Adrian]

Not THAT much later, Skate!

Chocky - what is with this Trinity thing? Was it just you, me and Richard H at Whitgift? When I was there, despite Saturday school, we often had a good six or seven of us on the Holmesdale. I didn't miss a single first team home game in the 67/68 season - including cups, friendlies etc.

Come on guys: where are you??

[Eagles Fan]

Originally posted by AJ:
I went to Cypress Infant and Jnrs, same place Simon Jordan claims to have gone.

Are you sure Simon Jordan said he went to Cypress? I thought he went to Purley Boys or something. Mr Christian's still there and Mr MacDonald is. Did Radford use to be a ginger?
Anyone got any stories about Asbury or Mr Cantor????? Did you guys do pranks on the last day? When I was in the first form, the sixth formers hired a stripper to strip in the prefects room.

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[Larry G]

Cypress infants and juniors then Stanley Tech from 60 to 67. I too remember the female french teacher. She also took us sailing on Norwood Lake. She was Rhodesian and said my souf London accent was one of the few she could understand,which is the opposite to the normal complaints i receive.

[Forever Stripes]

David Livingstone Primary and then Selhurst Grammar(turning comprehensive) leaving in 1976. I remember the gold badges, capes etc, seems like a different world now.

Also remember the PE teacher, Davies, a sadistic teacher with a sawn-off cricket bat

Semper Recordium (or something- I dont remember!)

[lightweight]

Originally posted by Goldberg Basher:
For those interested:

Secondary:


Nonsuch Girls http://www.nonsuch.sutton.sch.uk/


god that makes me feel old!! - not that there's anything on it - but I remember taking a letter home to ask for a fiver towards computers for the school - which we didn't get a look in until 6th form! and it wasn't that long ago!! http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/smile.gif

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[AnotherPete]

Just come back from hols to read this treat, which is great for me because I can come out so late down it that no one will read it !

I was at Selhurst from 67 to 74 . . nothing odd there . . .

Except my some odd quirk I did 2 A levels at Selhurst Boys, and 1 A level at Selhurst Girls . . .

It was a timetable problem, honest. As far as I know I am the only guy ever to have gone to Selhurst Girls, though thinking about it I'm not so sure about some of their hockey team . .

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[Kevin T]

Jardine was a nice enough bloke for a form tutor but he used to gob everywhere and you didn't want to get too close, his breath stank.

Mr McDonald taught me at Spanish for a while. Catchphrase "Baaa Malaga"

The other Spanish teacher was a bit of a tyrant but funnily enough, after leaving I've met him a few times and he's been a top bloke. White hair, why can't I remember his name!!!

Anyone still there, ask Mr Christian about the time when we were gonna do the Comic Relief Stonk. We all prepared cards to hold up "S,T,O,N,K", then we were all gonna do the Stonk. My mate stood up half way through the lesson and shouted "Yo star, let's Stonk!" The guy with the 'S' card bottled it, so this poor guy ended up with detention. And anyone who has Mr Lawson, ask him about the ruck in his class between Boudville and Helen. He had to get the class hard nut, Garstang, to sort it out for him cuz he was too scared. "Jeepers creepers, what's going on!" I think was his shocked cry as it all kicked off.

Got some great memories from that school. Could go on and on.

[Kevin T]

Another memory, from my first day. I joined at 13 and had a lot of mates from Primary School there already. They told me my form tutor, Mr Marsh, loved a practical joke, so they egged me on to put those cracker things (you know the things you throw at the floor and they go bang) under his chair legs. He came in the class and sat down, greeted by 4 almighty bangs. His face boiled red and he growled in a posessed voice "Who did that?"

"It was Thompson sir" was the all too obvious reply from one of my so-called best mates. Great way to kick off your academic career in a new school.

[Kevin T]

I think Mr Asbrey was the Watford fan that Exiled mentions a few pages back.

[exiled in Wales]

Weasel..

Do the lads still call him that - please say you do.

He hated it and many a time we had class detentions because everytime he turned his back someone would shout "Weasel".

Mr Fallows taught me French for the first 3 years and I can honestly say I learnt nothing. Then Mr March taught me for two years and I got an A - he must be a quality teacher.

Dr Dodds hair - all these people with their memories are making me piss myself, the other people in the office must think I'm a nutter.

[Will S]

Eagles Fan... can we have an update on the state of Radford's hair please ? I'd like to think he's still a ginger take on the Jackson 5. Does Brand still inlict a ludicrous punishment which involves colouring in every square on a page of maths paper in different colours ? Many hours spent doing this in my teens, explains the deep rooted vehement hatred I still carry.

[Eagles Fan]

Radford still keeps his Jackson 5 style but it's grey now. Did he really use to be a ginger?

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[Milz]

I have tried to forget, but I was at Shirley High 1987-92... then John Ruskin for a good 9 months (admittedly it took them 3 months to find out i was turning up for registration and then buggering off home again!)

My best mate went to Trinity, I can remember a few fun nights out with some girlies from Croydon High... I vaguely remember a piss-up in Banstead somewhere where I got hold of some bird called Hannah, who apparently was the daughter of a teacher from Trinity!

[jonesy4palace4ever]

i'm at trinity under the cruel reign of Mr.Asbury. I will buy a pint of carlsberg for the person who tells me the best Asbury story, but it must be true. rack your brains anything incriminating about this spawn of satan will do and theres a drink in it too.........

[James]

Just a thought - I don't suppose any of you were at John Newnham between 1973-1975 when I briefly started a career teaching mathematics, as a ‘Supply Teacher’?

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[Adrian]

Nope. Not me. Sorry.

[The Ultimate Palace fan]

I come from Trinity too.

All these people writing about Asbury overlook the one mighty freak of nature known as Squibb. Surely everyone must have noticed him as his bald head shines an intense beam of light on its surroundings!!!

[dickie]

seeing a note above about going to Shirley High/John Ruskin and mixing with kids from Trinity reminds me I did the same. Most of my friends were from Trinity. How come we diden't go about with friends from Ruskin?

[Palace Jack]

Come on Whitgift, lets hear it for Dai Lewis, Taffy Williams, Worsel Gummage and the rest. Hate art galleries, Maslin and Melotte! Physics and Chem, not a shock...Harold Hore was a one! Anarchistic anti christ, look no further than Don Rose!Come on, all subversive, hooligan, anti rugger stories etc etc get em off your chest. And dont mention dodgy music teachers! Matt

[Adrian]

At bloomin' last. That's four of us then: Palace Jack, Chocky, Richard Housefromthetrust - and me.

What I want to know is where the hell's everybody else???

[andy the mad eagle]

I had the misfortune to attend Ingram Secondary Modern School for boys 1965-1970.

A complete and utter dump.
Even then far too many Chelsea supporters there.

[Lord Fruity]

Originally posted by Rob Fox:
.......St Marks in Albert Road..then on to
Stanley Tech..(63-68)
Deputy head was Ken Dunnett...and ours was the very first term to have a lady form/french teacher....cant remember her name.....Jack Clay taught maths...Scanlon metalwork.... aaaarrrrrrhhhhh, the good old days!!!

nb....only guy in school ever to get sent off...in a cricket match!!!!

Oh how to drag an old post back from the dead.

I do believe that Miss Hawtin went on to be Mrs Allen, marrying Mr Allen. (Strange that.)

Anyway, you must of been in the same year or so as "Me old Man". I ventured there later on. Briefly.

[Cornish Exile]

Joining the chat a bit late I was further south at Warlingham Secondary in Surrey (63-69) but went to Croydon Tech (70-71) to study another A level. Remember playing Lanfranc and Heath Clark at all school levels - probably lost cos we had weak team at Warlingham.

[Vinny]

I'm just so sad!

This is the CP BBS and I can find no one I know!

I lived most of my life within a minute of Selhurst Park, but no one appears to know me. Have all my old mates moved out, or what?

Does anyone know Daphne Bendall?

[Vinny]

Or Geoff Green, Bechet Hassan, Daryl Jacobs, Steve Perry, Debbie Houghton, the Fernando twins (Mark & Nicholas), Paul Millar, John Elphick or absolutely any one born 1961'ish.

[Marco]

Ah St Josephs, what a top school, NOT! I'm currently in yr 11 there, Mr Delaney and Webster are terrible! Mr Giejgo apparently went to school there and ended up teaching aswell, what a sad bloke!
Then again there is Mr Murtagh a top Palace fan, and its good to win up those wombles Connelly and Doris!

[YASSA the PALACETINIAN]

Anybody go to John Ruskin in the middle -late 50's?

Do you remember that sadistic old b@st@rd maths master (and joke games master) Smith?

If anybody knows where he is buried please let me know, I'd like to have a dump on it.

[dazza CPFC]

yeah i go to thomas more anyone else go/been there ?

[willythesqueeze]

Blimey! What a long post and not one mention of Monks Hill High School. I think it's called Selsdon High now, but I'm not sure. Haven't been near the place for about twenty years (how time flies....).

It was a horrible dump of a school. Some bright, and no doubt highly paid designer thought it would be a great idea to make the walls surrounding the playground out of glass. Firstly they were unable to replace it with the right colour, then they gave up and used painted wood (in whatever shade of green they could find), and finally they gave up on the paint altogether. It was like a huge, hideous patchwork quilt.

Anyone else go there?

[dazza CPFC]

i train at the astro turf at monks hill what is inside the school it top class faciality i know a few lads who go to selsdon and say its a **** school

[eagle mart]

I went to Ashburton Junior and Infants and Edenham High (left in 92 it gone down hill since I left.

The funny thing is I was an Addiscombe boy so 3:30-4.00pm was spent legging it around on my BMX getting chased by Ashburton scumbags.

[Blind_Eagle]

Originally posted by YASSA the PALACETINIAN:
Anybody go to John Ruskin in the middle -late 50's?

Do you remember that sadistic old b@st@rd maths master (and joke games master) Smith?



Short balding git with horn rimmed glasses and a puce complexion? (well it invariably went that colour whenever he saw me)

That posioned dwarf made my life a misery, which, with hindsight, was probably fair enough.

Was Maggs "the hook" there then?

[Kevin T]

Originally posted by dazza CPFC:
yeah i go to thomas more anyone else go/been there ?

Ahh, so that explains why you're illiterate http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/wink.gif

(I'm toooo nasty sometimes, I really am!)


[This message has been edited by Kevin T (edited 03 January 2001).]

[YASSA the PALACETINIAN]

Originally posted by Blind_Eagle:

Was Maggs "the hook" there then?



Sure was. Took Latin together with another psycho Rhino Rees. His claim to fame was being thrown out of Hitler's SS for cruelty.

Also remember W@nker Warne, Neale (always on the brink of a nervous breakdown), Gee (art), Catchpole, (Sam) Peasey (physics), Saxby (chemistry), Piggy Graham (PE), Wally Cracknell (deputy head), Puncher Pierce (maths and sadism), Richardson ( nine bob note french teacher) Joe Lowe (head) Peacock( geography and RI).

Some of those "teachers" today would be incarcerated for Paedophilia, GBH or crimes against humanity.

[Chillo]

Originally posted by Kevin T:
Ahh, so that explains why you're illiterate http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/wink.gif

(I'm toooo nasty sometimes, I really am!)


[This message has been edited by Kevin T (edited 03 January 2001).]


Who needs School League tables?

[Bomber Del]

As a 65-69 man can I thank you for the Ruskin memories but we should not forget the Geography teecher Nunn and the infamous "Suzy the Slipper", and Physics man Cook who used to shout "Ay" a lot. I remember one of Smut's catchphrase which was "That's what you're like".

[Bomber Del]

Sorry I just had a vision of Peacock who had more hair growing out of his ears than I have ever grown in the privates area!!

[Blind_Eagle]

Originally posted by Bomber Del:
...and Physics man Cook who used to shout "Ay" a lot.

Wasn't he the one who kept kicking/stepping in the rubbish bin in almost every lesson?

"Thats what you're like" arrrrgh!

Pierce was one evil b*stard.

[Son of Selhurst]

Eardley Road Infants & Primary 1972-1975

Then I moved west to Twickenham....

[Ben H]

Cyprus Infants (South Norwood) 1977-1980
All Saints (Upper Norwood) 1980-1984
Edenham High (Shirley) 1984 - 1989
John Ruskin (Shirley) 1989 - 1991

[firesign]

Ashburton :cool:

[Ben H]

Originally posted by firesign
Ashburton :cool:

Trashburton :D

[DennisUphill]

Originally posted by BertHowe
I went to the old John Ruskin, Upper Shirley Rd.'61 - '66.
So did I !!!!!!! Come clean who are yer?

[Highway Star]

Norbury Manor Boys 73-76 ish
Selhurst 76-78 ish
:cool:

[budgie]

St Josephs primary 62-68
Bishop Thomas Grant 68-72

I know BTG is in Streatham, but surely someone went there other than me and George Ndah.

[Blind_Eagle]

So having re-read the entire thread I can only draw one conclusion: Mellor was right.

We are a bunch of sherry sipping, middle class supporters :eek:

Dulwich?, Trinity?, School on a saturday afternoon during the footie season???????????????? You are having a joke...........:clown:

Give me crappy Shirley High/John Ruskin thank you very much

[ANL]

Eddie Geigo is still teaching at St Joes?!?!?! He was my second year form teacher back in 1979. Has he still got a twitch? His wife was a bit of a babe. Talking of babes, check out Webster's eldest daughter - oops, I'm forgetting that was 20 years ago!

[Hedgehog]

Originally posted by firesign
Ashburton :cool:
Wasn't that a girls school??????? They wore ugly brown uniforms.
I know you must mean the junior school with the playground facing the road in Long Lane. :)

[Georgie Boy]

Smitham Primary '84 - '91
Woodcote High School '91 - '96

I hated school.

[Psychokiller]

So having re-read the entire thread I can only draw one conclusion: Mellor was right.

We are a bunch of sherry sipping, middle class supporters

Dulwich?, Trinity?, School on a saturday afternoon during the footie season???????????????? You are having a joke...........

Give me crappy Shirley High/John Ruskin thank you very much




But it is relaxing to know that I went to the sh:ttiest school out of all of us! :D

[firesign]

Originally posted by Hedgehog
Wasn't that a girls school??????? They wore ugly brown uniforms.
I know you must mean the junior school with the playground facing the road in Long Lane. :)

Originally, half of it was a girl's school and the other er... half was a boy's school. By the time I went there it was all mixed up - as were most of the kids. Rather sadly, I recently went to a school reunion and was amazed to discover how well most people seemed to have done and how sane they all were.

The school tie was a disgusting mix of brown, orange and blue.

[Duleep]

Originally posted by James
I don't suppose anyone here remembers Bro. Solomon, who was booted out for a mixture of sadism and unspeakable acts?


Brother Solomon was a bit before my time but he was still a legend years later. I was at St Joseph's from 1971 to 1982 (from the junior school to 6th form). One teacher used to regale us with stories about Bro Solomon though - the phrase 'come in, pull up a boy' springs to mind.

One old Josephian that the school didn't boast about was Harry Roberts, famous cop-killer who was celebrated in the 70s/80s terrace anthem - 'Harry Roberts is our friend, he kills coppers'.

[David Murray]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
But it is relaxing to know that I went to the sh:ttiest school out of all of us! :D

Errrrmm I don't think so :eek:

[AndyChapman]

I went to Shirley High ,left in the summer. Now go to Coulsdon College. Also went to Woodside infants and junior school.

[brighton_eagle]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
But it is relaxing to know that I went to the sh:ttiest school out of all of us! :D

and somehow not surprising. :)

[Ruskin Old Boy]

Originally posted by DennisUphill
So did I !!!!!!! Come clean who are yer?

And who are you may I ask?:)

John Ruskin 59 -66
Fairchildes Infants/Junior 53- 59

[Ruskin Old Boy]

Originally posted by YASSA the PALACETINIAN
Anybody go to John Ruskin in the middle -late 50's?

Do you remember that sadistic old b@st@rd maths master (and joke games master) Smith?

If anybody knows where he is buried please let me know, I'd like to have a dump on it.

Very well:) You'll be disappointed to know that Smuts is still alive and thriving in Croydon:D

Well remember him announcing at the beginning of our 5th year Maths class that "you boys are here to pass Maths [pause] no boy has ever failed maths [pause] except one [pause and he emigrated to Australia"; second awful memory of him is getting a punishment of having to write out 1,000 10 words for throwing snowballs in the quad:clown:

[Snorwood Eagle]

Originally posted by ANL
...His wife was a bit of a babe. Talking of babes, check out Webster's eldest daughter - oops, I'm forgetting that was 20 years ago!

How do you know this ANL?!

And by the way, Mr.Geigo is still there - with twitch.

[SteveB]

Originally posted by Kevin T
Mr (Paul) Wright was a monster. Used to scare the crap out of everyone. Nothing at all like our very own mild mannered photographer man!

Paul Wright? What a name from the past. I was at Trinity from 1959-1966, when Paul was so young he was taken for a pupil. The scary thing was, he never raised his voice, or did anything obviously threatening. I know that he had that effect, but I still can't work out ho he did it.

[pete eagle]

I went to St James the great primary school (1989 - 1995) Left before the last year to move down to Sussex

[Michael Gourd]

Is there anyone else out there who went to Norbury Manor Secondary Modern School pre 1950 and is still alive ? !!!! The school was demolished in the 80's and is now an old peoples home - so maybe we could have a "gruftie" reunion some time !!!

[Michael Gourd]

I went to Norbury Manor Sec. Mod. and left in 1949. Anyone out there still alive who may have been there with me ?

[tauranga rob]

[QUOTE=Milton Keynes Eagle]Park Hill Junior 74-78
Archbishop Tenison 78-85


Broadmead Juniors 1972-76
Archbishop Tenisons 1976-83.

Our paths must have crossed mate!

[david sylvian]

ecclesbourne infants early 70s
whitehorse manor 74-78
ingram 78-81
selhurst 81-85

[Chobham Eagle]

Paul Wright? What a name from the past. I was at Trinity from 1959-1966, when Paul was so young he was taken for a pupil. The scary thing was, he never raised his voice, or did anything obviously threatening. I know that he had that effect, but I still can't work out ho he did it.

Paul Wright? Wow that is a blast from the past. His initials were PWW so we used to call him "PW Squared". Although he was ultra strict he had quite a good sense of humour. I remember him telling us that "Dieu et mon droit" meant "My god, you're right". Another of his jokes was to say "silent P - as in bath" when he was describing french words that had a silent P in them. But my favourite was his reference to Henry V as "Hank Cinq"!

(I was easily amused as a 16 year old!)

[The Addonians]

ecclesbourne infants early 70s
whitehorse manor 74-78
ingram 78-81
selhurst 81-85

I went to ecclesbourne too, would have started there in '72

[MikeyDread]

Good Shepherd, New Addington
John Fisher, Purley

[MikeyDread]

Sorry forgot to mention when i went to Fisher at the same time as Gilles Peterson, jazz DJ and Mathew Wright from the Wright Show

[BALDYEAGLE]

John fisher 79-84

[Shipsisourking]

st andrews croydon, 85-90
ruskin 90-91,
croydon college (duppas hill) 91-93.

Any takers?

[MikeyDread]

Baldy - there from 75 to 82 and hated it :(

[kick it doris]

South Norwood Infants/Juniors 64 -70
Stanley Tech 70-75

[kabbott]

Gonville School 66-72 (Having just read all the thread, I can't be the only one, can I?)
Dulwich College 72-79 (There were other Palace there at that time - ''Bob'' Evans, where are you?)

[philsick]

Kensington avenue infants norbury,then moved to addiscombe in early 70's,where i went to woodside junoirs,then ashburton seniors.

[BLUE BOY]

Woodside infants/Juniors 1976-82

Ashburton High 1982-87

[spiny norman]

Monks Orchard Infants/Juniors 1961-1967, then Ashburton Secondary-Modern
1967-1972.

[Away Day Eagle]

Baldy - there from 75 to 82 and hated it :(

John Fisher 1982-89.

Some serious Palace faces from there :p

[selhurstparkflyer]

This is of a wild stab but was anybody else at Elmhurst pre-prep between 1976 and 1978?

[imashed]

Oval infants and primary 1974-82 .Then I went to Ashburton High School 1982-87 Great days

[dazz]

tenisons 85-89

[apple_rain]

Winterbourne Infants and Juniors 1956-64
Norbury Manor Secondary Girls 1964-68

[moverman]

David Livingstone infants 66-68
Norbury Manor juniors 68-71
Norbury Manor boys 71-75
Selhurst boys 75-77

[El Aguila]

This is of a wild stab but was anybody else at Elmhurst pre-prep between 1976 and 1978?
We used to play football against Elmhurst, I think? Downside school in Purley. Did anyone go to Miss Singleton's in Spencer Road, South Croydon?

[selhurstparkflyer]

I was 5 when I left. I would have had no idea if Downside Prep was on our fixture list.

[El Aguila]

Ah - and I am too old to remember. There you go!

[Hedgie]

Missed this thread 9 years ago when it started. Another Trinity Old Boy here (83 to 90) and prior to that Ashburton Infants and Junior (along with Simon Osborn).

Some great Trinity reminiscences on this thread, from Mr Shepherd's car in 'Big School' to Mr Radford's hair.

Dr Death (South) looking like a barely alive version of Garry Shandling, even on a good day, with his "Shall We" catchphrase. Mr Brand's total and utter ineptness. Mr Herring actually picking up a pupil in a rage and throwing him out of the classroom into the corridor?

Does anyone remember the Upper Sixth form on leaving day (or maybe week) throwing bouncy balls off the balcony during assembly? Our leaving day was mild in comparison to some, but I think I have a photo of a prominent current prospective Tory MP soaking a classroom full of terrified J-bugs.

Mr Marshall who died of a heart attack in my first year - very sad that was. Fraser MacDonald and his flying blackboard rubber - I'm sure that the breakdown in discipline in schools in recent years is entirely down to the phasing out of blackboards.

Mr Harrison who couldn't control a Physics lesson, to the extent that every lesson became a battle between him and one particular kid, who ended up getting expelled at the same time as Harrison moved on elsewhere!

Mr Tarbert trying to teach Cosmology in General Studies, which went about 10 miles over everyone's head. Alan Young (Geography, as opposed to Youngs who taught English), Timcattell, David Lennie (hated him). Simon Ware, who looked like he appeared on Grange Hill as a pupil in his spare time.

Mr Janda, the very laid back Photography & Art teacher from Czechoslovakia whose specialist subject was Gabriela Sabatini and women's tennis in general. Shame about the Photography lessons, though.

Mr Clifford, who every lesson someone would plant a topic that went off on a tangent and we wouldn't get back to the lesson until about five minutes from the end. I remember his illness too - I think he also had a heart attack at the same time as Mr Marshall, but he did make it back eventually.

I could go on, but I've already said enough for a detention, I think!

[ugly and fat]

Just a thought - I don't suppose any of you were at John Newnham between 1973-1975 when I briefly started a career teaching mathematics, as a ‘Supply Teacher’?

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i would have been there then;i wasin the 1st batch to come down from overbury,and left in nov 76

[Latvian Eagle]

Not exactly Croydon but I went to Harris CTC 1995-2000, stayed on for sixth form 2000-2002. :rolleyes: Staying on was a bit of a mistake i have to admit.

Parents always wanted me to go to Trinity or Royal Russell but I didn't fancy the travelling.

[ugly and fat]

I went to Rowdown Infants and got expelled from Rowdown Juniors in the first year. Then Castle Hill. Seniors was Overbury, then John Newnham. Left at the beginning of the 80's, but not telling you exactly when

i was at overbury and newnham,but i left newnham in 76,so i guess i was before your time?

i took my 11+ at castle hill!!!!

[ugly and fat]

I can't believe I am the only one of this BBS that went to Tavistock (1963-65 or thereabouts)
Also had the Good Shepherd, Fairchilds and Overbury's in New Addington during my youth.


when were you at overbury?

[ugly and fat]

My mum went to Castle Hill and Overbury, what year were you in Overbury, she might have been in the same year as you

i left ovbury in 74 i think;i was in the 1st batch that went to newnham....

[ugly and fat]

Heath Clark HA HA HA HA HA

South Croydon Sec (Now Hailing manor,changed it to try to upgrade LOL),we use to go down to Heath Clark (School outing) to give em a pasting until the old bill turned up with meat wagons etc.

Waddon infants
Duppus JR
S.Croydon (Hailing Manor)


waddon and duppas are soon to be on the saem site.....

[ugly and fat]

Am I the only one who went to the wonderful Oval Road.
Then went on to John Newnham (mixed sex school..hurrah ) same as Siko.
Incidentally Siko there is a John Newnham old pupils association. Email rockery2000@yahoo.co.uk for details


i left newnham in 76

[ugly and fat]

wolsey inf and jnrs;overbury,john newnham between 64 and 76!!!!

[tasty_snacks]

Monks Orchard Infants/Juniors 1961-1967, then Ashburton Secondary-Modern
1967-1972.

cracking school that, monks orchard. i was there from 1992 - 1994, then whitgift 1994 - 2001

[gold76]

St Mary's high school croydon 87-92

[PalaceMonkey]

ridgeway infants 80-82?
Orme House 82?-85
whitgift 85-93

[Vendy]

Woodside 70
Davidson
Heathclark 81

[Ruskin Old Boy]

Very well:) You'll be disappointed to know that Smuts is still alive and thriving in Croydon:D



Update: Mr Smith aka Smuts is still alive, 90 something, though his wife died last year.

[ianace]

Atwood junior school followed by
Archbishop Tenisons 77-82 followed by
East Surrey Technical College

[Hadham Eagle]

Ecclesbourne Infants 61-63
Winterbourne Junior 63-67
Stanley Technical 67-74

Wheres Stanley Boy?

[Hadham Eagle]

Ecclesbourne Infants 61-63
Winterbourne Junior 63-67
Stanley Technical 67-74

Wheres Stanley Boy? Only about 4 of us representing Stanley....cmon where are you!

[Biggineagle]

Update: Mr Smith aka Smuts is still alive, 90 something, though his wife died last year.

Im surprised, he had bad blood pressure when I was there:eek:

[carol moon]

My mum went to Castle Hill and Overbury, what year were you in Overbury, she might have been in the same year as you
i went to tavistock girls in tamworth road croydon 1959 1965

[Patrick Dwyer]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to Goldberg Basher for introducing this topic.

[levster]

Ashburton 82 88

[Ruskin Old Boy]

Im surprised, he had bad blood pressure when I was there:eek:

He was 98 last month.

Still tracking down boys who skipped detention :D

[Patrick Dwyer]

Not strictly about going to school in Croydon; but thought I would post this little tit-bit in this section.
Had a girl friend at age of 16; she lived in tunstal road, Addiscombe, went to school in Croydon, and worked in high street. Name Mavis Foster. She rang me up with Xmas greetings on Wed. and as part of the conversation she revealed (out of the blue so to speak)that at about 14-15 she regularly went to all Palace matches and sold programmes. Her father was Mr. Albert E. Foster [RIP now] and a Committee member of the Crystal Palace Football Club - member c.1944-49. Never knew this myself at the time. Bit of information thought you would like to know - got her permission to post this.