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Photo Gallery => The Gallery => Topic started by: Glyn on September 27, 2005, 15:47:39
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"Here's mine. "New Meeting School" Church Street, Kidderminster. Worcestershire.- 1959-Which one is me?"
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I bet even if I knew what you looked like I couldn't pick you out. I'm terrible at these things!
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Back row, third from the left.
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I'm terrible at these things!
I'll give you a clue...I'm not one of the Girlies?
Back row, third from the left.
No!
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Back row, first on the left!
Mind you there's some on there looking a bit ambiguous! I can't tell whether some are girls or boys!
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You could be a Glynis (or however you spell it). Oh no - I remember the picture you used to have now.
right my guess - back row, second from right?
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Front row, 4th from the left?
Now, I must find an old school photo of me. Anyone else going to join the game?
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Front row, 4th from the left?
Very close Emma.
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Middle front row :)
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front row second from the left.
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front row second from the left.
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middle row 4th from left
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Front row third from the right Glyn?
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Front frow third from left :)
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*crazy*daisy* You got it. Front row third from left.
You get a............. "Blue Peter Badge"
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;D ;D ;D whooooopie! my first blue peter badge ever! ;D ;D ;D
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This photo was handed to me by an old school mate, (you'd better believe it) this year, the photo is approx 52 years old.
My ;) old school mate Colin tracked me down via "Friends Reunited" SO glad he found me, we have met up talked about old times, brought memories flooding back.
Although he has had a few strokes (God bless him) he can't remember recent happenings but he sure can real off all the names of the kids in the photo all that long ago, I was gob smacked as I new he was right as I could not remember them until he said their names and all those years came flooding back.
I think I have a friend for life.
Incidentally I am not in this photo but thanks to Colin my old school mate, I now know most of their names. ;D
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P.S. The teacher (Mr Owen) used to throw chalk rubbers at us if we misbehaved and spanked us with a plimsolls when really naughty :o Kids today don't know they are born :P ;D
Is that any better?
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Roy, the piccie is showing up as cross in a box! I've tried using the pic url direct but that doesn't load either :-\
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i have tried but i cant open the link either Roy
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I can see the pic just fine Roy. My primary school was knocked down last year and an old family friend sent me some photo's of it mid demolition, it's eerie, you can just make out the balcony and classroom doors, all sorts of memories came flooding back. I can't find my group shots, then again mine would be from the early 80's so maybe it's a blessing...ooh the amount of peach we all used to wear.
M.
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Me either, Roy. :(
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So? Try this? 1931 or so.
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Nice one Tim....I'm going to say, middle row second on the right?
Do I get a "Blue Peter Badge" Do I- Do I- Do I.....Tim?
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That is a hard one Tim. Such stern look young men! I was thinking middle middle????
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Royal Merchant Navy School Boat Pulling Crew. Me on the right hand side.
Vony
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I've only got one school photo (I think mum must still have the others) and it's only of me!
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and it's only of me!
No probs Plocket post it up here?
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/plocket/SchoolPhoto.jpg)
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What a cutie Plocket ;D
This is me after I quit school. I was a roadie for Bob Plants back-up band "The Cave men" He used to sing at the annual
"Pig 'n' roast" on bonfire night every year at Wolverley nr Kidder.
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Plocket - I could fall for that!!
Glyn - Did you sell your hair??
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Is that the grungy greebo look Glyn??? I'm rather jealous of your hair! Bob Plant - PML!!!
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I couldn't even recognise myself when I saw an old school photo a few years ago. I visited the place for the first time in thirty years, and it really felt wierd; the library was quite intimidating, with oil paintings of ancient headmasters everywhere on the walls, the gym, which gave me the willies big time (Homo, the games master, was a horrible sadistic bully, everyone hated him) is now the 6th Form common room, which didn't exist in my day. The chemistry master who showed us how to make explosives and poison gas is remembered as 'mad', and teh masters who systematically turned up late for lessons, or wagged off altogether, are remembered with contempt, as they ought to be.
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They're excellent!! PLocket-awwww, Glyn........ ;D!! Would post one, but even though I know how to scan, can't get pics from puter to here, probably not a bad thing.... :-\
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Hi All,
I went to a boarding school between Whalley and Clitheroe, called Whiteacre school.
When we came back to UK two years ago, I wanted to show my daughter where I went to school. We found the lane it was on and it was no where to be found :(
We saw a gentleman in his garden and asked about the school. he said it had been pulled down years ago and there are flats there now.
So sad to see it gone, but at least I still have photos and the memories. :)
Go;;
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Tim - back row, second from left?
Roy - my form tutor used to throw board rubbers at naughty kids too - this was only 15 years ago. I'm sure he'd have got into awful trouble if we'd told anyone. (Why didn't I think of that before?)
SHall have to see if I can get a school photo from mum...
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throw board rubbers at naughty kids
That's nothing..Our metal work teacher would throw anything at hand, and yes you've guessed it, metal was his favourite missile.
He never hit any of us, but man! he came close. :o
You didn't mess with "Pig iron Joe Foxall"
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Tim, back row second from right.
Anna
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We had a Chemistry teacher - Mr Scott - who used to waggle his false teeth - it was gross! And one of the teachers used to whack us on the head with a ruler if we weren't paying attention - in her opinion of course!
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I had a horrendous Primary school teacher for 3 years. The poor man had been wounded in the war and had a brain injury. He wouldnt have been allowed to teach these days. He threw all sorts at pupils, rubbers, rulers, board cleaners but the worst thing was him shouting, which was most of the time. He marched up and down between the desks venting his annoyance and shouting. The nearest houses were couple of hundred yards away and they heard him. Some of the class were terrified of him but nothing could be done despite complaints about his behaviour many times. On the plus side, no one left for Secondary school uneducated. At least we could all read and write.
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Vony - just love the kit! Keeps the trouser bottoms out of the water?
Did some time in merchantmen - CAM Ships, & return from Russia in '41.
My thing? The board is riddled, but no! The soppy one top right!
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Luckily my scanner is broken or that's what I'm claiming anyway so no school pics from me. Phew!
My dad taught at the school I went to. It was a nightmare I hated every minute of it. My school is no more. It has been transformed into a very modern hi tech college, the old building has been swallowed up and has disappeared.
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My primary is still there - I pass it every time I go to my parents. Shudder. They even have the same climbing frame as when I was there - I cannot see how it can be safe.
I believe my secondary school is still around. But you wouldn't get me near the place. WAY too many bad memories. I was having a look at Friendsreunited the other day. That was bad enough.
Never go back.
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My secondary school is unfortunately still standing. They even still teach there, fortunately it's in Liverpool and I'm in London but I still see the occassional pink & white check blouse with bottle green skirt and jumper when I'm in Liverpool, that's enough to send me screaming into the night.
I loved my primary school, I'm so sad it's gone.
M.
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Maddy - your old uniform sounds revolting. Now I love green, but with pink checks. eek. Mine was boring grey. Grey skirt, grey jumper, white shirt. Grey blazer for the boys (and trousers of course!) I think girls can wear trousers now, but we couldn't. It said in the school rules "no trousers for girls", but it didn't say anything about no skirts for boys. We tried to convince them to wear skirts in protest for us. Surprisingly no-one did!
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My old School - Cheam High School, left a lot to be desired, but I adored it! Loved school passionately. My juniors, Glastonbury Primary, only a distant memory, but I do remember only happy happy times!
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And still happy! Must be in your genes!!
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I hated one of my schools - so much so that I used to climb a Walnut Tree in the grounds, as high as I could, and then jump - I wanted to break a leg so I didn't have to go in! It never worked though - I must have bounced or something!!!
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I hated every moment, but that really grips my withers!
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Aqui - my school uniform was so disgusting, I longed for grey. I was really envious of those who got to wear plain black and white. I think the only uniform worse than ours was the mustard coloured shirt and brown skirt and jumper, but only just.
M.
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I must be an oddity I have been back to both my old schools about a dozen
times in the last 10 years...all visits were for fundraisers but it was really
great catching up with the old gang. ;D ;D
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Wow, Plocket!! That is such a natural picture. I bet you broke a few hearts!!
I prefer to forget a lot about my school days - they can be such confusing times - but am a generally happy person now!
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Great photos all :D
Here are a couple of mine. First at primary school (cira 1948!!!) Second one in the brownies. A couple of clues - I'm looking pretty fed up in the first one but alot happier in the second ;D
NB You may think we all look a little old for primary school but the photo was taken just before we left for secondary.
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Hm there are plenty looking a bit fed up in the school one pat, so i cant really guess.
For the record, Tim I thought you were second from the left at the back in yours.
Me, might find one out sometime, though i am probably too recent to make a good guessing game. Have to admit there are few about as i dont much like having my photo taken. Far more comfortable taking the photos!
Schools? I seem to have put a hex on most of them. My secondary school where i spent 4 years, moved whilst I was in the 6th form there, the old site was closed and the old buildings were later pulled down. Its a housing estate now. Nice old place really full of character, unlike the new school site. I have also recently learned that my first school (primary school) is also due to close and move to a new site ( same thing also happened to a college i went to after leaving school). The only one still remaining is my middle school, which itself has been extended and renovated recently too.
Strange world!
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Great pic, Plocket... at the same time VERY you, but I can also see LP looking like that in a few years... how old were you?
Can you see me in this one?
Margi x
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Still not very good at photos - this one is so small you can't see my beautiful green eyes or my freckles!
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Rather than post my school photo, where there are hundreds of us and I look awful, I am going to post 2 pics, where the choices are a bit easier (but I still may look awful - can't help that!).
Prep school (with my 2 sisters - I am in the centre ;))
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College cricket team at uni a few years later!
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It all went horribly wrong after then!
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OK I suppose it is very difficult so I'll come clean ;D
School photo 2nd row from top - 3rd from right.
Brownies bottom row, extreme left.
You may be interested to know that the girl in the top row with the large white ribbons in her hair (school photo) is the mother of Julie Pankhurst, one of the founders of Friends Reunited. She is a life-long friend of mine, but alas none of the millions have come my way ;) :D
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LOVELY family photo Lord Steve! Aren't you all cute!!!
Can't work out which of the cricketers is you though - I think I've eliminated seven of them, but can't tell which of the others is you... give us a clue (or just cut to the chase and tell us!)
Margi x
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Oh Margi you look so sweet! I can so see you as you are now, and Seedling, in that photo!
Lord Steve - oh you are so cute, but like Margi I can't spot you in the lineup, sorry Cricket photo! Possibly front row, second from the right? It's so difficult with only a photo of a little boy to work from!
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Plocket got it right - front row, second from right. I was 21 and skinny!! I think the years have caught up rather since then!
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Lord Steve - that was one of my two most likely, but I didn't want to cause offence if it wasn't and you were one of the great hulking ones!
Margi x
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Lord Steve you don't look old enough to go to Uni in that photo!!!
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I have made up for it since!!
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(http://photos1.blogger.com/img/197/1056/400/school-1047.jpg)
I'm back row, in the middle...
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I can see it fine...I can't believe that in all of these photos the people sitting down on the ground were given mats, maybe it's cos I'm from the North but my classmates used to have to sit on the bare, cold concrete.
M.
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Dont know whats going on here. First I cant see it, then i can, then I post a new message then cant again.
Very strange!
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I can't see Crash's picture - I get the little red cross instead.
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Me neither :'(
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can you see it now?(crash's pic)
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Maddy that was t'up north. We must of had a soft suvvern teacher!
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can you see it now?(crash's pic)
Yes thanks, GW! Much better.
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even earlier one I dug out
Vony
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I was just thinking - wouldn't it be weird if someone spotted themself in someone else's picture?
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I'm the third from the right on the front row, I remember putting a blob of ink on my arm, so that my mother would know which one was me.
Vony.
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I was just thinking - wouldn't it be weird if someone spotted themself in someone else's picture?
The most bizarre thing i find when looking at these (fascinating) photos is that just occasionaly I see someone who looks a bit like either me at that age or someone i know (or known). Of course it is always a pure coincidence. Spooky nonetheless!
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I was trying to work out whether I recognize the pillars in Lord Steve's cricket photo! - what college were you at, Lord Steve? - if you don't mind me asking.
Fascinating thread - it's had me rooting about among my old photos to see what I have (like Heldi, no scanner at present so can't post anything). Have found a few - including one of a school play when I was about 5 ... know I was in the play, but can't work out where I am in the photo!
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I was at Oriel College, Juliet. The photo was taken in the front quad.
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Ah - don't know it well, but I've probably visited. R was at Worcester, but a bit later (assuming you were at uni '84-'87 like me).