Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 October 2009
20:3130799Could Dover museum set up an exhibition of school pics from as far back as possible. Not everyone`s happiest days I would think, but to see former pupils you haven`t seen for years..... As I`ve said on other posts, with a photo turning up of a class in 1959 in 100 years time, being the only surviving picture, no one will be around to identify the pupils, ie no names on the back. I have one of St Marys boys school from 1924, never shown before, but perhaps other pupils decendant`s have one? I don`t know who they all are apart from my father, and he`s no longer here. I have asked the museum if they have such prints, but I`m told they`re all up at Maidstone. I`m sure if well publicised, the museum would recieve a few more visitors.
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No response on this one at the time of posting, though I was a relative newcomer perhaps, or just no one interested in schoolday`s? Anyway, dug this one out with the Powell School football team, 1962-63. The Beatles just getting started.
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Top left to right; Kenneth Ratcliffe, Alan Payne, Charlie Mold, Michael Howe (deceased), Colin Pritchard, Eric Futcher. Centre left to right; Graham Scrivener, Mark Amos, Terence Hopper, Gregory Lowden, Charlie Cattermole. Bottom left to right; Bernard Duncan, Billy May, Paul Bowden and Philip Dunford. All names are from memory, and hopefully all spelt correctly. The football was all managed by Mr Pepper, anyone any info` on him?
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Great photo Colin.I was born 1955 but under the dark satanic mills of the north west of England.We couldn't afford a proper casey ball but were excellent at kicking an old tin can around....pity it never made the Olympics
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Ah Marek, one of those lost sounds of our youth, the tin can being kicked down the road.
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Over cobble stones that were predominant in our neck of the woods.Strange thing is the roads never seemed to need repairing...
Marek
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No cars in those days Marek, that's why. Schooldays? Hated every one of them and was glad to escape. At my school the teachers didn't understand the concept of learning being fun and ruled the place like a Victorian workhouse.
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SID
Another thing we have in common!!!
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was it the workhouse up coombe vally road by any chance,[now buckland hospital].
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Sid
My Primary school was
St Marys RC
Dodge Hill (named after the family that eventually went to America...Dodge City Errol Flynn etc)
Roman Road(a proper Roman cobbled road)
Heaton Norris
Stockport
The school is situated above a complex of WW2 air raid shelters where my mum used to hang out should Hitlers mates visit.
Marek
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I hated secondary school; I went to a Catholic Convent and was always the 'weird kid'. My Class mates turned crucifixes upside down and tried to spin their heads around like in the Exorcist and called me a witch. I was taught by nuns and priests and being psychic was definitely something that wasn't encouraged!
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sounds like you did not settle in too well jeane.
typical kids though with the head spinning round bit.
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I was bullied for a while and even had bruises where the nuns used to poke me in the shoulders (seriously.)
I learned to keep my head down and stay quiet after the first year or so. I made some good friends including a couple of non-nun teachers. I was so happy to leave and I've never been back to visit despite working next door to the school for a couple of years after I left.
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JEANE/HOWARD
I think its fair to say I have twice started articles on my school saga.
Like Jeane/Sid I left at first opportunity
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Yes Keith
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Colin , met Phil Dunford getting off the train in London last week. Michael Howe , I think I knew, sadly I missed his passing.
What vintage are you?
Watty
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jeane
you are not the first to comment on the behaviour of nuns teaching at catholic schools.
i have heard many tales of physical and verbal abuse from them, why????
no wonder you have nothing more to do with the school.
Hated school after 12 years of endless bullying. Left at sixteen and never looked back.
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Howard , I started my education at a pre school convent group and the the strap attached to a broad belt was "order of the day". Mind you I soon learnt my alphabet.
Watty
Paul, that was the soup or spaghetti mate, nothing to do with the strap. And besides, I'm sure you were as pure as driven snow at school!
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