tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73267521507035330662024-03-18T08:28:47.604+00:00Fas et PatriaThis website is for everyone who attended Purley School for Boys from 1914 to 1988, when it closed as a school.
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Contact me at archiveking@gmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-66110872924634765432024-03-15T15:49:00.015+00:002024-03-15T15:49:00.137+00:00Richard Lunn ( Staff ) Then and Now<h4 style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Richard Lunn - he of the guitar solo as the Sports Concert, Teacher of English and good egg has surfaced. </span></span></span></h4><h4 style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">He left Purley to live, work and marry in Switzerland, </span></span></span></h4><h4 style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is very active still having just reached 80. Still playing and making music. </span></span></span></h4><h4 style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Below you can see him on stage at the Montreux Jazz Festival a few years ago with a big band and small string orchestra doing a tribute to Ella F.. The upper photo was the big band he put together at PGS in the mid 70s.</span></span></span></h4><h2 style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFKuqk4Xh53RhnFk1W9f2F7uaE4hM8h4PTcS0d9hqE3NkNt8JfzMKL0GoJmOMI00UvD-fH-KHBx3oCOBEy4mOdrZcj-fdRKGtoci5UvoZvrm0iJJEO60tYoc1TKlB0oxf6SY4WU9pz_InRfu_gIUUz4yaMrjZiIJ26-7PdhQlUe5avE1-HybTii9bospM" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1673" data-original-width="2003" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFKuqk4Xh53RhnFk1W9f2F7uaE4hM8h4PTcS0d9hqE3NkNt8JfzMKL0GoJmOMI00UvD-fH-KHBx3oCOBEy4mOdrZcj-fdRKGtoci5UvoZvrm0iJJEO60tYoc1TKlB0oxf6SY4WU9pz_InRfu_gIUUz4yaMrjZiIJ26-7PdhQlUe5avE1-HybTii9bospM=w640-h535" width="640" /></span></a></h2><div style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">The legendary guitar maker and metalwork teacher, George Love is pictured here making the bunks for the Snowdon Hut in 1961. <ps - don't you think he looks like Mr Gumby from Monty Python ? ></span></p><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Bourne Magazine records the birth of this school asset in the same year.<br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>"THE STORY OF BENS</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>It may well be that after A.D. 2000 this report will be read with the greatest interest, since the School Climbing Hut in the Llanberis Valley is being leased to us for fifty years. However, so prolonged has been the interest in its current development that it <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>was thought most suitable to make some sort of progress report within the pages of the Bourne.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Consequent upon some land-tenure re-organisation the school was compelled to find a new centre on Snowdonia from September 1961. After extensive searchings and enquiries we were most fortunate in being able to do some business with a helpful Mr. C. H. Price, as a result of which we were eventually declared tenants of a small hut, utterly derelict, known as Bens, a part of the Vaynol Estate. The spirit of co-operation displayed by Mr Price thereupon seemed to become contagious, as from many sources we obtained wonderful help. In the official circles, the Headmaster and the Surrey County Council, especially the Legal Department, showed great perseverance in the face of much discouragement and finally completed negotiations for a lease. At the same time boys and staffset to work with a will raising some £200, making many trips to Llanberis and working to the point of physical exhaustion in rescuing the ruins of Bens from further spoliation. Former members of staff. Old Boys, and parents then took a hand in things by providing material, labour, funds and professional advice. It would be invidious to mention by name more than one individual who was concerned in this operation; but no account would be complete if it did not record the school’s indebtedness to Mr. Love who spent many hours. ..days in fact. ..preparing plans, and later on, at Bens, supervising the actual reconstruction. The Parents helped financially in a most generous way (£400 and more) and so it proved possible for the boys to go into action.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>After cleaning up the site our first job was to lay concrete floors. Then we put up the roof timbering (the slating was a professional job); windows and doors followed; guttering and drains too. Then internally we started on the huge task of rendering the walls. This whole Snowdon Hut project has given over one hundred boys the chance to do something instructively useful and also a memory likely to remain with them throughout their life.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>At the time of writing, the major task of re-construction is almost complete. We now have to finish off with toilet facilities, fit up a good water system and install the Calor Gas unit. </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>We expect by Easter 1963 to be at “all stations go”. Bens will accommodate twenty boys comfortably ... at least we hope so! Four rooms, each about 14 ft. by 16 ft., and a large porch means we can demarcate two dormitories, a dining room and a kitchen. Around the property is a large grass and rock area.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>With its hut situated in the most lovely of positions in the Llanberis Pass, the school can look forward to many years of enjoyable holidays. Whatever may be the eventual outcome of this project it can never be denied that this is a good illustration of what can be done by the school and for the school when the right spirit is there.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>In case any reader who has made a contribution towards this success story has not had a personal word of thanks for that help, the writer would like to take this opportunity of saying “Thank you” now. And if any points arise about which further information would be welcome please do not hesitate to let us know. It is hoped that in the next issue of the Bourne there will be the “Story of Bens” (concluded).</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>W.M.C.</i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-22624444382045838332024-02-28T12:08:00.005+00:002024-02-28T12:08:50.708+00:00Careers Day 1964<p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Martin Jones writes - </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"What were we doing 60 years ago today? Well some of us were being sent home by Birchall for the afternoon, not because of loutish behaviour but because this was the day of the great Careers Convention at PGS. The brainchild of Economics and Careers teacher Len 'Happy' Howden, this mammoth event took over the whole school and, as will be seen, involved a large number of schools in the area. Were you among the participants by any chance? Three years later, after Len left the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">school, Jewitt asked several of us to sort out the careers room (7) which he had left in a tip, and there we found a lot of correspondence about the Convention including several letters of complaint. One from the Armed Services spoke of being located in a very cold senior cloakroom all afternoon and evening with nothing but a cold cup of tea to warm them up. Good training for Arctic service perhaps but probably not a good idea to rub the Armed Forces up the wrong way. Full marks to Len for his efforts but..... With thanks to Martin Everett and his Archive for these gems from 60 years ago."</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">click to see full sized.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvBGB9i9suB2L633DkLrV0gYjwo5WY65Gx-Qpq3goEKEAMf2frbMk2GeO3_1eYMu4ga3TE4RpYc6NWuK5Skqji-VNH7PwMiWaSAZVB1CFmFj_ZTegizbbAo2F_NYO2Ors9uIsMLxydIw6qwU6j2xxXTyKc0QAVeQ8htEGxzejzDx960-EPFzjkj0rWL8/s1671/careers%20days%201964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1671" data-original-width="1059" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvBGB9i9suB2L633DkLrV0gYjwo5WY65Gx-Qpq3goEKEAMf2frbMk2GeO3_1eYMu4ga3TE4RpYc6NWuK5Skqji-VNH7PwMiWaSAZVB1CFmFj_ZTegizbbAo2F_NYO2Ors9uIsMLxydIw6qwU6j2xxXTyKc0QAVeQ8htEGxzejzDx960-EPFzjkj0rWL8/w406-h640/careers%20days%201964.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYiXaWg_KzpvPWJ9G52t_IxcWtvt9RrkfMpJk-W6KRkU32_UhAbky7q9qFcc5sGF5NKHSaV7uOm7ov-Vc_qqDQwAw7ZCyu2p96OPAX7eAeP7osQ_m2xJJw4ZEmU_PDz1CyIM-PVgYtGZ_N1Gp95NGl6Y8OnYhaFbVnmfUN8Eb3q1oOgY9NWwpo_EWXPg/s1491/careers%20day%201964%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="1021" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYiXaWg_KzpvPWJ9G52t_IxcWtvt9RrkfMpJk-W6KRkU32_UhAbky7q9qFcc5sGF5NKHSaV7uOm7ov-Vc_qqDQwAw7ZCyu2p96OPAX7eAeP7osQ_m2xJJw4ZEmU_PDz1CyIM-PVgYtGZ_N1Gp95NGl6Y8OnYhaFbVnmfUN8Eb3q1oOgY9NWwpo_EWXPg/w438-h640/careers%20day%201964%20a.jpg" width="438" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-4175809332402474512024-02-23T16:46:00.001+00:002024-02-23T16:46:00.127+00:00Mystery Location - where is this at Purley Boys? Taken in 2007<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAs5Tg44k7s1tPHfPzPyGcblRWv1-NM95e7pw6RkPveB13rc6Yf75PAH3579pHTm7P1oLcWZ9WQVJy_DBlBPsYNE1GK-7GEjhSTGCznypVCkJzzxDBoB7Dnmr9N2OCwyLFN47OgWlpVRXUdHz6MJcFPam1ALQrSrMO5gEZn72EYlX6gNVNsgyyjwSIK-E" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAs5Tg44k7s1tPHfPzPyGcblRWv1-NM95e7pw6RkPveB13rc6Yf75PAH3579pHTm7P1oLcWZ9WQVJy_DBlBPsYNE1GK-7GEjhSTGCznypVCkJzzxDBoB7Dnmr9N2OCwyLFN47OgWlpVRXUdHz6MJcFPam1ALQrSrMO5gEZn72EYlX6gNVNsgyyjwSIK-E=w640-h429" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyPxGlvr74hWW39dh68ucAACifFEKsrECc6XCEdFIR-AdmmwLaWOoabIPmXmA4smtO0jcM1aB2TWTTXbz391yYFptl8fIE4EeUs4DfUKw9eOVSERbJQH1nn2gt4355vOZwRplb-2gNbx8LDFNI62exoZ1DbzT5JZq4jyL3IBZRheWSFeoaT5iugij7iBw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px;">The </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px;">answer</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px;"> is here. Please see the google earth photo from 2009 - it shows only one chimney on the entire building. See red arrow in the photo below </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px;">This means that the photo was taken where the red star is on the photo attached. The paving slabs confirm this to be the case. No such entrance "back in the day".</span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyPxGlvr74hWW39dh68ucAACifFEKsrECc6XCEdFIR-AdmmwLaWOoabIPmXmA4smtO0jcM1aB2TWTTXbz391yYFptl8fIE4EeUs4DfUKw9eOVSERbJQH1nn2gt4355vOZwRplb-2gNbx8LDFNI62exoZ1DbzT5JZq4jyL3IBZRheWSFeoaT5iugij7iBw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyPxGlvr74hWW39dh68ucAACifFEKsrECc6XCEdFIR-AdmmwLaWOoabIPmXmA4smtO0jcM1aB2TWTTXbz391yYFptl8fIE4EeUs4DfUKw9eOVSERbJQH1nn2gt4355vOZwRplb-2gNbx8LDFNI62exoZ1DbzT5JZq4jyL3IBZRheWSFeoaT5iugij7iBw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="857" height="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyPxGlvr74hWW39dh68ucAACifFEKsrECc6XCEdFIR-AdmmwLaWOoabIPmXmA4smtO0jcM1aB2TWTTXbz391yYFptl8fIE4EeUs4DfUKw9eOVSERbJQH1nn2gt4355vOZwRplb-2gNbx8LDFNI62exoZ1DbzT5JZq4jyL3IBZRheWSFeoaT5iugij7iBw=w640-h525" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyPxGlvr74hWW39dh68ucAACifFEKsrECc6XCEdFIR-AdmmwLaWOoabIPmXmA4smtO0jcM1aB2TWTTXbz391yYFptl8fIE4EeUs4DfUKw9eOVSERbJQH1nn2gt4355vOZwRplb-2gNbx8LDFNI62exoZ1DbzT5JZq4jyL3IBZRheWSFeoaT5iugij7iBw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-65597237693505031562024-02-16T16:41:00.000+00:002024-02-16T16:41:00.139+00:00The Tuck Shop in 2007 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Tuck Shop in 2007 - sorry no interior shots with cans of Cresta or Amazin' Raisin bars.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNij1RGbxuBd5tQpx9PC1oI1KuO8tAO3w27imSdgDgT0fMKhvu4lAbwbkFX2zxaUoBuwJJZxEJSr9nCg3DRoiIKpsPWvVQh9y4JNEhEoJTBbTvYFk8DZjepiaYjDQfYApd5RyANAmONaJ-HNdSj_H1xzicljTIFFP_yKPxN0xbVxx3ncfZvHt5ZyAMhxs" style="clear: left; float: left; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">PURLEY BOYS TRIP TO SCANDINAVIA 1970-71</span></span></b></p><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="28f8h-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="28f8h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="28f8h-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Led by Bill Patterson & David Shepherd. So far no photos of this trip have surfaced.</span></b></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="28f8h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="28f8h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Thanks to Dave Shepherd for supplying this list of attendees.</span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="6jacs-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6jacs-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6jacs-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Roger Shrove</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="e3d5a-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e3d5a-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e3d5a-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Dave Williams</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="72iqh-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="72iqh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="72iqh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Richard Suter</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="bak2m-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bak2m-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bak2m-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tim Williamson</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="eiqqu-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eiqqu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eiqqu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Steve Hutchinson</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="h1ku-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="h1ku-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="h1ku-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Paul Blake</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="5jq31-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5jq31-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5jq31-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tim Davis</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="4ghc-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4ghc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4ghc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Steve Paine</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="blhcf-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="blhcf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="blhcf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Paul 'Rocky Rawcliffe</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="fdnao-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fdnao-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fdnao-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Paul Mathews</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="ap1q9-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ap1q9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ap1q9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pete Beale</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="1m6s-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1m6s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1m6s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mick Seale </span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="9eiam-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9eiam-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9eiam-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">lan Peters</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="4a0ol-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4a0ol-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4a0ol-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mick Clarke</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="c6rtg-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c6rtg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c6rtg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Peter Hall</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="dmudu-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dmudu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dmudu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">David Barnes</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="6jgcu-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6jgcu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6jgcu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nigel Bowles</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="19d49-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="19d49-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="19d49-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Alau Cosgrove </span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="6lfeg-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6lfeg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6lfeg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tim Cosgrove </span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="4d5ia-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4d5ia-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4d5ia-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Graham Dungate</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="6chk6-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6chk6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6chk6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Dave Fitzgerald</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2649o" data-offset-key="e3eif-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e3eif-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e3eif-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Howard Read</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-81155322826342992942024-02-02T11:45:00.001+00:002024-02-02T11:45:00.137+00:00 On the corner of Placehouse lane <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ6eT6OUw1kIVV6_gdV64PBPPRzvZmCl_B3GRzZREbxN-tN6jbn1YZ1UzYCwdeVukJoP5UGOfXhppX6G0rzUAma2nVM4NzWIbcYUptqlnKbNvfvH_fNAez9YuKv_rcXMChWnJyHIvPjw9U6goj68axXLeZWafqNMu73TGSDHrzJG7S0bTkR0kvQyF36bE" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2707" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ6eT6OUw1kIVV6_gdV64PBPPRzvZmCl_B3GRzZREbxN-tN6jbn1YZ1UzYCwdeVukJoP5UGOfXhppX6G0rzUAma2nVM4NzWIbcYUptqlnKbNvfvH_fNAez9YuKv_rcXMChWnJyHIvPjw9U6goj68axXLeZWafqNMu73TGSDHrzJG7S0bTkR0kvQyF36bE=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the corner of Placehouse lane - and probably taken a long time before many of you were born. In those days, members of the Staff were able to wander across to purchase a good shag* without the classroom sniggering. </span></span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">NB: Back in those distant days a "good shag referred to</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> a particularly satisfying blend of tobacco for a pipe smoker. There were many amongst the Staff but now they are as rare as an ashtray in the Tudor Rose…</span></span></i><div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-56159760331752774962024-01-26T13:20:00.001+00:002024-01-26T13:20:00.130+00:00Ground floor plan of Purley Boys around 1974. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ground floor plan of Purley Boys around 1974. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">If anyone has interior photos from those times please let me know via the comments box below so we can recreate a 3d model to tour the old place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6HJoFwbI-UA0mYy0pdri54tyZK3BDjvaNCFU6-Oc9WbkOFZRNzvFh80Nhsi9tufvMUjpnozWSxghbAebPFG9d3pdxHCjOpbN3n1EAOyv0P61UR4mekWzNE4oqaqC4Wb5B5RhHBQqHrOxdagSqtYUEpXv24-_cUmD9dQNniRUXvC2JOBiRmsKdPknYK1o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6HJoFwbI-UA0mYy0pdri54tyZK3BDjvaNCFU6-Oc9WbkOFZRNzvFh80Nhsi9tufvMUjpnozWSxghbAebPFG9d3pdxHCjOpbN3n1EAOyv0P61UR4mekWzNE4oqaqC4Wb5B5RhHBQqHrOxdagSqtYUEpXv24-_cUmD9dQNniRUXvC2JOBiRmsKdPknYK1o=w608-h640" width="608" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-46801920388105284392024-01-19T16:39:00.001+00:002024-01-19T16:39:00.134+00:00Gerry Cranham - World famous sports photographer - RIP 93<p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span data-offset-key="3kgee-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;">Sad </span></span><span data-offset-key="3kgee-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to see the passing of Gerry Cranham. You can read his full obituary here - </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/nov/01/gerry-cranham-obituary "><span class="x1fey0fg" style="background-color: white; color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/nov/01/gerry-cranham-obituary</span><span data-offset-key="3kgee-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></a></p><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3i9pb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">His son, a Purley Boy, is seen next to John Sutherland in the team photo from 1974/5 Rugby team below.</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="bo9i7-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bo9i7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bo9i7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="bcscj-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bcscj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bcscj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Back row</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="4ol1p-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4ol1p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4ol1p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">1. John Sutherland </span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="57clj-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="57clj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span data-offset-key="57clj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Paul Cranham<br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="57clj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. Malcolm Boswell</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="49osp-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="49osp-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="49osp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">4. Brendan Foster</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="d27ql-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d27ql-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d27ql-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">5. Bruce Grenfell</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="depj4-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="depj4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="depj4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">6. Gareth (Wally) Pierce</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="20j7o-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="20j7o-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="20j7o-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">7. Bob Janes </span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="7bu25-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7bu25-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7bu25-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">8. John Coleman (?)</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="7vq8k-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7vq8k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7vq8k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="60l46-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="60l46-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="60l46-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Row</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="ah9id-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ah9id-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ah9id-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">1. Howard (Dickie) Bird</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="8vc0u-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8vc0u-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8vc0u-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">2. Paul Cox</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="47k5g-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="47k5g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="47k5g-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. …….. Rooney(?)</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="f6ve6-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f6ve6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f6ve6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">4. Bob Pearce</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="4kpev-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4kpev-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4kpev-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">5. Gary ‘Bert’ Head</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="fcbq4-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fcbq4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fcbq4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">6. Kevin Hogg</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="1h0ij" data-offset-key="7uvi1-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7uvi1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7uvi1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">7. Alan Wales</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7ijkc8LAjnl_wzkueRzTttY8T57kwfPJEM4JNpGkZSA0u_JZw1stP8juzG7u-XulrDMQJmbuxZSwSmgrUJbec47DR_-nCf_oSGmTOXODmlLZZp1y5044vw94ZmG6VctBO8jMhc-PKLFI0pv_DV8YZAynYiI3I3n2XL8ZUaAdKVX2zqIKNFbTW-03wSeQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1600" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7ijkc8LAjnl_wzkueRzTttY8T57kwfPJEM4JNpGkZSA0u_JZw1stP8juzG7u-XulrDMQJmbuxZSwSmgrUJbec47DR_-nCf_oSGmTOXODmlLZZp1y5044vw94ZmG6VctBO8jMhc-PKLFI0pv_DV8YZAynYiI3I3n2XL8ZUaAdKVX2zqIKNFbTW-03wSeQ=w640-h386" width="640" /></a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-36135669880783233082024-01-13T10:06:00.001+00:002024-01-13T10:06:00.136+00:001968 trip to Scandanvia <p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Chris SIllett writes </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">" In 1968, the school ran what I think was it's first trip to Scandanvia and I was one of those who went. I have an album full of B&W photos of everywhere we went but only these two that show any members of the party. It does however record the old Bedford coach. At some point our driver (Mr Patterson?) knocked one of the mirrors off and we had an entertaining time trying to fix it back on with adhesive tape. I also have some of the original documentation for this trip with the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">detailed itinerary. Happy to publish some of it if anyone is interested. Were you on this trip? I'm afraid I cannot remember who any of the boys in these photos are. Maybe you can name them? The second photo is in Copenhagen"</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Martin Jones adds </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Boy on the right sitting on the wall is def Paul Davidson and I do believe it's my friend Philip Norris next to him. Peter Shaw was on the trip and could be the chap with glasses. Others on the trip included Nick Lloyd, Hanko Van Beinum and Pete Wood. Paul Davidson wrote in The Bourne of staying at a hostel which had previously been a POW camp and talking about tunnelling out of it, it was so bad; also visiting breweries and sampling the 'delights of Copenhagen', whatever they were. Sounds like quite a trip and one wonders what Bill Patterson's young son made of it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Roger Yapp adds</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">"I was on that trip too. Was the boy in the check shirt with glasses Peter Shaw ? Can't remember any of the others. Would be good to see the other information that you have about the trip. I have some photo slides of the trip somewhere. Must find them and post some of them here. also of a couple of trips to Snowdonia. Didn't we play lacrosse together at PCGS ? A long time ago."</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh5B44AE-TM5vzzlALl8bn_aVyLeoe0yP1ADT76KJMZBCw-VsY5JW0xqZ_Pxhoq8DPGxH_KwydMvJK8g51gM_nEwgvUW442ZZq-3qExH972FunGixf-c2ACOqdZWRZLC35bdz0MJnxElXpZArj0ncrTYbuN3gMbnW0n4AGgTKGzE1Mdth-tRD1UxpUBw8" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="704" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh5B44AE-TM5vzzlALl8bn_aVyLeoe0yP1ADT76KJMZBCw-VsY5JW0xqZ_Pxhoq8DPGxH_KwydMvJK8g51gM_nEwgvUW442ZZq-3qExH972FunGixf-c2ACOqdZWRZLC35bdz0MJnxElXpZArj0ncrTYbuN3gMbnW0n4AGgTKGzE1Mdth-tRD1UxpUBw8=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQFeOo_-HYqwzs5Vz70EuX5FP36XmibzeRlad19M7OXyTrzan3WjSfKZci6LVnXmbzxgv4tryot_8d4bvRvZjcdpCuxZD116KEkaR95qlpW6LAFR0SZ7g8mli3fZPgPDrlB8NRxypcwdODZqPPDW1w_FzFaONchhdX9fn0iPaUE69v0IahUb2e4h3sopU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="685" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQFeOo_-HYqwzs5Vz70EuX5FP36XmibzeRlad19M7OXyTrzan3WjSfKZci6LVnXmbzxgv4tryot_8d4bvRvZjcdpCuxZD116KEkaR95qlpW6LAFR0SZ7g8mli3fZPgPDrlB8NRxypcwdODZqPPDW1w_FzFaONchhdX9fn0iPaUE69v0IahUb2e4h3sopU=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-47874351721085988762024-01-12T12:14:00.001+00:002024-01-12T12:14:00.137+00:001971 Snowdon Trip - inside Bens Cottage - courtesy of Nigel Milchem<div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2ndn5" data-offset-key="ccdfi-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ccdfi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span data-offset-key="ccdfi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">1971 Snowdon Trip - inside Bens </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cottage</span><span data-offset-key="ccdfi-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> courtesy of </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="ccdfi-3-0" end="65" spellcheck="false" start="52" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Nigel Milchem</span><span data-offset-key="ccdfi-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. Dave Austin on the right next to Geoff Stayton. </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ccdfi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span data-offset-key="ccdfi-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ccdfi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span data-offset-key="ccdfi-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Other names please inc the gent with excellent tie dyed T shirt.</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="2ndn5" data-offset-key="1nqe7-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1nqe7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAAAHAmEJ1s0xlJwYPR-QiZs0sjr4AcZsbNdBUN1jrcy6QbM8x7xvjSThvQrXG1vobakGBgLhQxDhyL7uJCa9bRv6ufnPvTk2DABO_XxiVN5Wpzptu5kurwFO68JCf1rK2ahkqXE-knEmsz2720Etj6wjOZPDFHemlgyRNBwLduZOldFMP8-CxUqAi72s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1839" height="555" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAAAHAmEJ1s0xlJwYPR-QiZs0sjr4AcZsbNdBUN1jrcy6QbM8x7xvjSThvQrXG1vobakGBgLhQxDhyL7uJCa9bRv6ufnPvTk2DABO_XxiVN5Wpzptu5kurwFO68JCf1rK2ahkqXE-knEmsz2720Etj6wjOZPDFHemlgyRNBwLduZOldFMP8-CxUqAi72s=w640-h555" width="640" /></span></a></div><span data-offset-key="1nqe7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Of note is a rare photo of a bacon rind in the foreground. What ever happened to bacon rinds ? - lost to modern consumers.</span><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-70437913328476534662024-01-04T15:30:00.002+00:002024-01-04T15:30:44.497+00:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijxy0V527nxNsCwneLilVZSg_x0nKQUxvKmf7IwUu8YI3OzYMpx4kRxvzWnH-sbHI3g8ZrKLEmc2IfJu06LrVwgHmyO_AyXyvL-joEr9lWo1Qr9jPg9Dukqw8nYHh0qQUfoPqDVGrGrDgp7g0WcKArgcMKmEnFQSwOn4X64NepGG0QdHn0_feoNSyEMr0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="1328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijxy0V527nxNsCwneLilVZSg_x0nKQUxvKmf7IwUu8YI3OzYMpx4kRxvzWnH-sbHI3g8ZrKLEmc2IfJu06LrVwgHmyO_AyXyvL-joEr9lWo1Qr9jPg9Dukqw8nYHh0qQUfoPqDVGrGrDgp7g0WcKArgcMKmEnFQSwOn4X64NepGG0QdHn0_feoNSyEMr0=w501-h640" width="501" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-32379370704739641902023-12-31T11:54:00.004+00:002023-12-31T12:09:28.872+00:00And a very Happy New Year to all Old Boys <p><span style="color: #cc0000;">And a very Happy New Year to all Old Boys</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /><br /> </div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-89502443658906926262023-12-29T14:39:00.001+00:002023-12-29T14:39:00.251+00:00The 1976 Sports Concert Finale - Cinderella <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd1KhqeYD9ZWUhybeoOup5yIgJxPGNsuZ3YJzin57M7WXdQALqpGHwO8RUlwWK_RmcTy4CII2v98eVpFdUPfbJHVWzJSEKKmSKAde1yC1-sL1ZFNAk71bj6ptMc1ATDcSsi2XKBmVnTq6RfEsEi1Xtew1nOr3-sk1gC7tMCeRoFsWfm6Xlge4uMTVbO7E" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="751" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd1KhqeYD9ZWUhybeoOup5yIgJxPGNsuZ3YJzin57M7WXdQALqpGHwO8RUlwWK_RmcTy4CII2v98eVpFdUPfbJHVWzJSEKKmSKAde1yC1-sL1ZFNAk71bj6ptMc1ATDcSsi2XKBmVnTq6RfEsEi1Xtew1nOr3-sk1gC7tMCeRoFsWfm6Xlge4uMTVbO7E=w640-h480" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd1KhqeYD9ZWUhybeoOup5yIgJxPGNsuZ3YJzin57M7WXdQALqpGHwO8RUlwWK_RmcTy4CII2v98eVpFdUPfbJHVWzJSEKKmSKAde1yC1-sL1ZFNAk71bj6ptMc1ATDcSsi2XKBmVnTq6RfEsEi1Xtew1nOr3-sk1gC7tMCeRoFsWfm6Xlge4uMTVbO7E" style="clear: left; 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direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="color: #050505; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">The 1976 Sports Concert Finale - Cinderella - was recorded on tape ( and a fine quality it is too You can download this to your own devices to enjoy at your leisure. </span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2gr6f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Thanks to Geoff Hayes for these gems.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="9ns8i" data-offset-key="2811e-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2811e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2811e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Click this for the audio recording </span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="9ns8i" data-offset-key="41gol-0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; 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And if the fullest container of chips wasn’t on my table, I could move with lightning speed to swap it with mine.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">I wasn’t alone in having this superpower.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">All the 4th-year pupils – who entered the hall for the first lunch sitting ahead of their 5th-year peers – had it too.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">As chips were by far the most popular lunch item, the priority was to have as many as possible. And so, every time they were served, this turbo-charged shuffling of dishes would take place.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">There were other offerings which went down very well.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">The roast pork was always a winner, served with equally popular roast potatoes and gravy. The cabbage which usually accompanied this was not so enthusiastically received, but overall this was a meal that sat at the top end of the Lunch League Table.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">I also enjoyed the spam fritters, not least because they usually came with the winning side dish combo of chips and baked beans.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">I haven’t had a fritter since I left PHSB but even now, 40 years later, my mouth drools at the memory of biting through the crispy batter into that soft, weirdly pink, rubbery spam.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">On the dessert front, anything which came with custard – crumble, sponge pudding, apple pie – was a winner, only slightly behind the Rolls-Royce offering of chocolate pudding and chocolate sauce.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">In fact, most of the lunch offerings were OK. The only menu item that seemed to be universally disliked was semolina. It was a gloopy, slightly sweet bowl of ‘matter’. No one knew what it was. Nobody ate it at home. It was a mysterious food which we tolerated rather than enjoyed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">WHERE TO SIT</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nonetheless, we wolfed it down. As adolescent boys going through a growth phase, consuming calories was a priority.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">That is why having the biggest container of chips was so important. It was also why the serving process was so carefully watched by the whole table.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">If anyone helped themself to a few too many chips or slightly too much custard, he would become the subject of massive vitriol. Likewise, the person at the head of the table dishing out the meat/pie/pudding would need to do so with surgically precise fairness to avoid being shouted at by the boy who felt he was being short-changed with a smaller portion.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">This need for as much food as possible was also a factor in deciding where you sat, because second helpings would sometimes be available.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">Akers would rule on which tables would get the extras. Not surprisingly, he favoured his own. Tables where other members of staff were sitting would also be more likely than others to get some more of whatever was available. Prefects would also be beneficiaries of his largesse.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">This created big dilemmas. Was sitting with a prefect or Akers – which could involve being on the receiving end of their wrath for some minor misdemeanour - a price worth paying for a bit more food?</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">For me, the answer was generally ‘yes’.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">In the 4th year, this meant aiming to sit at the very furthest end of Akers’ table – twelve seats away from him. This was – usually, but not always – far enough away to avoid the worst of any of his psychotic outbursts, but close enough to get another roast potato or a few more chips.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">TUDOR BAKERY</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">Entering the 6th year opened up new culinary horizons. We could leave the school premises and buy lunch outside.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">For most of us who enthusiastically took up that option, this meant sampling the delights of the Tudor Bakery. Their rolls, pasties, sausage rolls and soup were all winners.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">For me, though, the standout item was their Vienna loaf sandwich.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">For those who have forgotten them or who never tried one, this was a huge sandwich made with a whole loaf of bread (albeit a small loaf). Split through the middle, buttered and then filled with classics like cheese and pickle or ham and tomato.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">The bread was great (fresh and crusty), and the fillings were perfect for my unsophisticated teenage palate.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">I seem to recall they cost 70p in 1983/4, so they were more of a once-a-week indulgence rather than daily fare.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">They’re no longer available at the Tudor Bakery, which makes me sad. I would love to have one, and would happily pay the 10 pounds it would probably cost.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">However, I’m not sure I could finish it – a sandwich made out of a whole loaf?</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">I’d give it a damn good go, though.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-anKslTmCOVT_0AzEBrhBlJRARR7VvYVPNWEmbq4DJhlK_oVTTFLLOAj0LNYDLjT0l0o-xDozVAtDL1QBYIeK_X7e39bCvn7hdlvhT-so9Cg4-WGte39fezZqGxHlsYgjLmlqTHB3QQOiFWqg0u0TUCC2pBu_VKDM1Eqz9A7Ft4dBVEzUOYtX2AO3KY/s259/school%20lunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-anKslTmCOVT_0AzEBrhBlJRARR7VvYVPNWEmbq4DJhlK_oVTTFLLOAj0LNYDLjT0l0o-xDozVAtDL1QBYIeK_X7e39bCvn7hdlvhT-so9Cg4-WGte39fezZqGxHlsYgjLmlqTHB3QQOiFWqg0u0TUCC2pBu_VKDM1Eqz9A7Ft4dBVEzUOYtX2AO3KY/w300-h400/school%20lunch.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-32098604463480379492023-12-08T18:52:00.009+00:002023-12-08T18:52:00.155+00:00School trip to the Payne's Poppet Factory in Croydon 1951<p><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">In 1951, coaches full of excited Purley Boys went on many visits to study British Industry as part of their education. One particular trip was to the Payne's Poppet Factory in Croydon. It was recorded in the Bourne Magazine.</span></span></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" id=":rdd:" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x1e56ztr" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">"The visit which caused the greatest stir was the one to which earlier allusion was made — the one to Payne’s chocolate factory at Croydon. Here we saw chocolates in various stages of manufacture, and we were permitted to taste the stock-in-trade (strictly unofficially, it was pointed out to us ) as we went round the works. This was (not surprisingly) taken full advantage of, and I regret to say we left the works after tea with a woefully inadequate knowledge of the manufacture of chocolate !"</span></span></span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Homework for those not on the trip or reading in 2023 might like to know that Poppets are best known for their iconic packaging in small, 40 gram, cardboard boxes. When other confectionery brands moved to plastic wrappers in the 1960s and 1970s, Poppets retained their traditional boxes. The box has a small hatch in one corner that can be torn open to dispense the sweets one at a time, this 'popping out' having given them their original name. The non-rustling packaging, and the ability to dispense single sweets in the dark, made them a popular snack in cinemas which remain one of their most popular sales outlets.</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">George Payne & Co. began production in the East End of London, before moving to Croydon Road, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBeddington%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0dMwZ69uy0WM0jIsXXQMUjYz-EqtObuJ8ftlLiIzLQ_isVL7PxgCaNAuw&h=AT2wdgbuxSDq3SAK6M116UHMQ_kFvO46MnrRStsjoLknbhwtaRDC3vzPrYrTJn7ZHKAq6PygA_zPofAKpcS1YwSDzyGu1XeOz9lCojfbXHQ91m5sX7HN1UqJ2CM5x1x8eJU2iYs&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT24soaMXrmSpXG5jUpRXcCgGioXrImjuIXiUtcEibEGB1Msb4uKSCTeRgEy49A5q5U3LqlY8c-V9eoKZT-H3K15N5iUDWfpB9I8Ljorvk_Y21WPtWkxzPpA_FSkit7Hz1wl19VjFN0DgDrZYLGyPONT8sKfaZFh9QTyabA" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Beddington</a></span> in Surrey in the 1930s. 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In 2001 the closure of the Croydon Road factory was announced, as part of a deal by Northern Foods to take over the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFox%2527s_Confectionery%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0QosL6_4gGn8f2Jy9tUYYGcczmJnv35hsZYwsYeKoc5FPNq85-KY0Ra64&h=AT3l2j3Dx_aCiSERGQcfHOa3rr0Ez7JKblSZfPGVwHUeQfDoHWRpxG3o2ohdaH6PiEzScRuVtsuNIxoTolOqXTGApS9Drrw-63dVy--Ez-Q3eeWz8HirSPW6J3jJgUlbaOJ__HM&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT24soaMXrmSpXG5jUpRXcCgGioXrImjuIXiUtcEibEGB1Msb4uKSCTeRgEy49A5q5U3LqlY8c-V9eoKZT-H3K15N5iUDWfpB9I8Ljorvk_Y21WPtWkxzPpA_FSkit7Hz1wl19VjFN0DgDrZYLGyPONT8sKfaZFh9QTyabA" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; 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border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">[3]</a></span></span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The box was redesigned in 2006 with new printed designs, themed with other British design icons such as the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMini%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1y1K-AP9336nIcBgr25RESklNgaKajpGAB4svxbKk9Pt_uMZSrPnoTXmM&h=AT0uMok_ffy7LpjAA2j36WYdKL2AIaHMkgEPP_NwlZbjeQA5AH4gJyF0kV-kTocomvq89_v1aSeGWa3ITGC_2QAC7k6CYWQjCYUyPKrZdy8LP3WMZKKKHQflFyfrwKcweEV3ZQc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT24soaMXrmSpXG5jUpRXcCgGioXrImjuIXiUtcEibEGB1Msb4uKSCTeRgEy49A5q5U3LqlY8c-V9eoKZT-H3K15N5iUDWfpB9I8Ljorvk_Y21WPtWkxzPpA_FSkit7Hz1wl19VjFN0DgDrZYLGyPONT8sKfaZFh9QTyabA" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Mini</a></span> and a NatWest Piggy Bank.</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">In 2011, ten million Poppets were being consumed each week.</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">Are you looking for a good read during the winter months or an ideal Christmas present (or two) on a relevant topic? Well, look no further than my popular 2022 book, </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;"><i>Memories of Coulsdon – My Surrey Childhood in the 1950s and 1960s</i></b><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">. </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">The book, which is fully illustrated, covers many aspects of life in Coulsdon and the surrounding area in former times, including my time at Purley Grammar School in the 1960s, homes, church, shops, transport, Scouting, medical and dental matters, sport and weather events. An update to the present is provided, including reunions at the school and, running to 200 pages, the book is a must-read for all who remember the school or area from days of old. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">I am now offering this book at the reduced price of </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">£10 a copy, with a further reduction for two or three copies,</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;"> including UK post and packing, and copies can be obtained by sending me an email on </span><a href="mailto:martinfjones49@hotmail.com" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">martinfjones49@hotmail.com</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;"> and I will get back to you with purchase details. As with my previous books, all proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to charity, in this case </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">Diabetes UK</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;"> and </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">MIND in Croydon</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;">, to support their work in the national and local communities. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The book is also available via Waterstones, retail price £12.99, and they have a worldwide distribution service for those of you no longer in the UK. If you have read the book and enjoyed it, please tell your family and friends, thank you. Martin Jones.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh9rcjimwJWiBcPxy_BRO8zEPefzvvHqdby-UrZrAsBaqi1oCU_DDNlOqfZSo4BC7hgkzAYpgiWFmkpRA1cW7Kr2o57AjDylQE0I9KimegrcJvRxNT0X2Hv_1NYqTJzxZH9atzbVW7kFOcnRISaDiztW5nZzNcQP3MGUbCXgP0_bW3EQOJXPKlQHnO9k/s1589/coulsdon%20book%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="1115" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh9rcjimwJWiBcPxy_BRO8zEPefzvvHqdby-UrZrAsBaqi1oCU_DDNlOqfZSo4BC7hgkzAYpgiWFmkpRA1cW7Kr2o57AjDylQE0I9KimegrcJvRxNT0X2Hv_1NYqTJzxZH9atzbVW7kFOcnRISaDiztW5nZzNcQP3MGUbCXgP0_bW3EQOJXPKlQHnO9k/w450-h640/coulsdon%20book%20cover.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-66833479068687594142023-11-24T10:35:00.001+00:002023-11-27T09:54:28.349+00:00Then and Now...aerial photos 70 years apart (Ed's Note - it has been pointed out that this Purley Girls School not the Boys )<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggbdA6rYAaoEpnrCEjlzom9MUQq7Y6ri0QzwwG-BUyZdF-h6X0ymbdb2LueL_w98hJBEJ_sDoIVRWBHHLfrP86uuyCctI3wd22uFpoJT0RvJVnFOAcKfGwUR-fyTG8eKB3MHiqKyubXqgqlHNe_KqiNuzsM8P1Iuk4S_hRfPJwbuoTlxOZqbhhFkOinZE" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="526" data-original-width="779" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggbdA6rYAaoEpnrCEjlzom9MUQq7Y6ri0QzwwG-BUyZdF-h6X0ymbdb2LueL_w98hJBEJ_sDoIVRWBHHLfrP86uuyCctI3wd22uFpoJT0RvJVnFOAcKfGwUR-fyTG8eKB3MHiqKyubXqgqlHNe_KqiNuzsM8P1Iuk4S_hRfPJwbuoTlxOZqbhhFkOinZE=w640-h432" title="Click the photo to see full sized." width="640" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhAedfgTE29eg6AX3-KBTswfkFQEjmJXrPX7jDSxFj15lJ4xFSjzSDKbpG1PmmZtat4p5R2wvaaFe72SzYJ4NQOQqUzo4wOQ_en_mk4jU33Qux90OlPC3vTztCSt14qU9_3SeQIzLlUF3GwYy2-wquWFl-OWo3V5Jf5LwEIjCS7f6M53DIiyp1YyvSpG8" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1752" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhAedfgTE29eg6AX3-KBTswfkFQEjmJXrPX7jDSxFj15lJ4xFSjzSDKbpG1PmmZtat4p5R2wvaaFe72SzYJ4NQOQqUzo4wOQ_en_mk4jU33Qux90OlPC3vTztCSt14qU9_3SeQIzLlUF3GwYy2-wquWFl-OWo3V5Jf5LwEIjCS7f6M53DIiyp1YyvSpG8=w640-h384" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Click the photo to see full sized. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-72073962040712152862023-11-18T12:08:00.001+00:002023-11-18T12:08:00.131+00:00Kenley Aerodrome sponsored walk 1978<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoN80fcGIcygi9o7_JS1zs4sd8RpCVq2fGX6W4fVG4HjBdW3fJVs2XNGJNYqkfW4QGjlT_6GebZyUK1GrJBD4MYmMV53ZBECYlKv1VBry_d5zwsam7nPUOTGbxd4SUtO8wNZPTEFSlmPCqJTx-Utf9MWhx-ctq7vdMQymfbnOxe1PUGxDyHjxUUstoq6A" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoN80fcGIcygi9o7_JS1zs4sd8RpCVq2fGX6W4fVG4HjBdW3fJVs2XNGJNYqkfW4QGjlT_6GebZyUK1GrJBD4MYmMV53ZBECYlKv1VBry_d5zwsam7nPUOTGbxd4SUtO8wNZPTEFSlmPCqJTx-Utf9MWhx-ctq7vdMQymfbnOxe1PUGxDyHjxUUstoq6A" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoN80fcGIcygi9o7_JS1zs4sd8RpCVq2fGX6W4fVG4HjBdW3fJVs2XNGJNYqkfW4QGjlT_6GebZyUK1GrJBD4MYmMV53ZBECYlKv1VBry_d5zwsam7nPUOTGbxd4SUtO8wNZPTEFSlmPCqJTx-Utf9MWhx-ctq7vdMQymfbnOxe1PUGxDyHjxUUstoq6A" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="3500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoN80fcGIcygi9o7_JS1zs4sd8RpCVq2fGX6W4fVG4HjBdW3fJVs2XNGJNYqkfW4QGjlT_6GebZyUK1GrJBD4MYmMV53ZBECYlKv1VBry_d5zwsam7nPUOTGbxd4SUtO8wNZPTEFSlmPCqJTx-Utf9MWhx-ctq7vdMQymfbnOxe1PUGxDyHjxUUstoq6A=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kenley Aerodrome sponsored walk 1978-79. Looks like a snowy scene and no uniforms being worn. Names please in comments box below.....<br />Click the photo to see full sized. </span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-76485118890746744222023-11-10T09:44:00.001+00:002023-11-10T09:44:00.152+00:00 The "Chemmy Lab 1950's ?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOihreFvjP5hlXspD8pDmtv3Y8x7SyxhLuxD08FxVLaoiwBIIGjC-4w7bk6WVNqVYyL0fdI3H2juGJDqn3eZvZZlpg_qxV4QrJlKb6yZ7rLFSR8lqQesiUOKeoY9J6DuEwW9E36r3P-ibKlQOGhCmYhX1LFezD0ooYkoIpxjpB9n-1BsuyW3LrWZgILwU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOihreFvjP5hlXspD8pDmtv3Y8x7SyxhLuxD08FxVLaoiwBIIGjC-4w7bk6WVNqVYyL0fdI3H2juGJDqn3eZvZZlpg_qxV4QrJlKb6yZ7rLFSR8lqQesiUOKeoY9J6DuEwW9E36r3P-ibKlQOGhCmYhX1LFezD0ooYkoIpxjpB9n-1BsuyW3LrWZgILwU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOihreFvjP5hlXspD8pDmtv3Y8x7SyxhLuxD08FxVLaoiwBIIGjC-4w7bk6WVNqVYyL0fdI3H2juGJDqn3eZvZZlpg_qxV4QrJlKb6yZ7rLFSR8lqQesiUOKeoY9J6DuEwW9E36r3P-ibKlQOGhCmYhX1LFezD0ooYkoIpxjpB9n-1BsuyW3LrWZgILwU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOihreFvjP5hlXspD8pDmtv3Y8x7SyxhLuxD08FxVLaoiwBIIGjC-4w7bk6WVNqVYyL0fdI3H2juGJDqn3eZvZZlpg_qxV4QrJlKb6yZ7rLFSR8lqQesiUOKeoY9J6DuEwW9E36r3P-ibKlQOGhCmYhX1LFezD0ooYkoIpxjpB9n-1BsuyW3LrWZgILwU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOihreFvjP5hlXspD8pDmtv3Y8x7SyxhLuxD08FxVLaoiwBIIGjC-4w7bk6WVNqVYyL0fdI3H2juGJDqn3eZvZZlpg_qxV4QrJlKb6yZ7rLFSR8lqQesiUOKeoY9J6DuEwW9E36r3P-ibKlQOGhCmYhX1LFezD0ooYkoIpxjpB9n-1BsuyW3LrWZgILwU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOihreFvjP5hlXspD8pDmtv3Y8x7SyxhLuxD08FxVLaoiwBIIGjC-4w7bk6WVNqVYyL0fdI3H2juGJDqn3eZvZZlpg_qxV4QrJlKb6yZ7rLFSR8lqQesiUOKeoY9J6DuEwW9E36r3P-ibKlQOGhCmYhX1LFezD0ooYkoIpxjpB9n-1BsuyW3LrWZgILwU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="801" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOihreFvjP5hlXspD8pDmtv3Y8x7SyxhLuxD08FxVLaoiwBIIGjC-4w7bk6WVNqVYyL0fdI3H2juGJDqn3eZvZZlpg_qxV4QrJlKb6yZ7rLFSR8lqQesiUOKeoY9J6DuEwW9E36r3P-ibKlQOGhCmYhX1LFezD0ooYkoIpxjpB9n-1BsuyW3LrWZgILwU=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Can anyone date this ? Looks pre-war, although many of us will recall the benches, gas taps, sinks and balances. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When the "Chemmy Lab" was demolished in 2008 they discovered huge pools of mercury under the floor boards. </div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Generations of PGS boys had spilled so much during experiments... it's not surprising that many of us have turned out the way we are....."Mad as Hatters"...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-42902744220592067622023-11-03T15:24:00.001+00:002023-11-03T15:24:00.135+00:00Cricket 3rd XI 1967<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrNmiok-djuqChcu8PiiowyEEaQI7x7yNW0nkR4kVgXDe9utnsc8Y8fsZDGMf5dK2VHY_TPAe8S4bgRlylPvprIo4v8t59zRry3qLOxFRK7Hlka5DN6NuCcTTTn-o_nCF_tePwmIJtXOxSeTh1S5eU7UCm41oAYAk_6B4XId-yYYi_vl02yUOwsOJ-1Us" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="2763" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrNmiok-djuqChcu8PiiowyEEaQI7x7yNW0nkR4kVgXDe9utnsc8Y8fsZDGMf5dK2VHY_TPAe8S4bgRlylPvprIo4v8t59zRry3qLOxFRK7Hlka5DN6NuCcTTTn-o_nCF_tePwmIJtXOxSeTh1S5eU7UCm41oAYAk_6B4XId-yYYi_vl02yUOwsOJ-1Us=w640-h456" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">3rd xi 1967 1968. </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">Back row, left to right, Chris Lock, Roger Yapp, Merryman, Phil Jolly, </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">Front Row, Pete Van Beinum, ??, Martin Jones, Rob Lane (Capt) (Rip), Martin Everett, ?? , Pete Wood, With Younger Jolly Brother In Front As Scorer.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-72777287009429557362023-10-27T16:50:00.000+01:002023-10-27T16:50:00.253+01:00Old Coulsdon Parade <p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Good details of our hunting ground. Mivvi's. Aztec Bars. Tudor Bakery mis-shapes.</span></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Click the photo for higher resolution.</span><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_mIKMt6xY3psYKOD7FMonS-539AqnZJtB-xfszb3V0YTdlG5W7sGtAByFP_B2lPvFYhgtqjKUL_fNiit9UEjUqXlJUw3kgtMBosFEW7FZImFVfGfH43-bl0sDat-Bh9jFwx1nCSGLUFzr5wi1teLOXSpqFTCxQpc6LGwLY6I5f079EqHRgx9tkQ0M" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="6224" data-original-width="9616" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_mIKMt6xY3psYKOD7FMonS-539AqnZJtB-xfszb3V0YTdlG5W7sGtAByFP_B2lPvFYhgtqjKUL_fNiit9UEjUqXlJUw3kgtMBosFEW7FZImFVfGfH43-bl0sDat-Bh9jFwx1nCSGLUFzr5wi1teLOXSpqFTCxQpc6LGwLY6I5f079EqHRgx9tkQ0M=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326752150703533066.post-760884456418042302023-10-20T09:33:00.001+01:002023-10-20T09:33:00.160+01:001976 Sports Concert<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgW0gqEgIGxjdF6WRvKyNXOMdNd78BpFhfzKqwar_McnR9Ew4MQXJAv1Wd8CEmMVjDhMOa-XjFEbxZncfJijqAUGbv9ZF0DI4Lw5yH4jyO0M1Toqhl-xUX0Td_W9HWBISRLNJ3vnMIpDkbs6MxI3zk0JyW-VW9ckLGb815oYqKDl0QyuYyMvfrwixR-0ZI" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1490" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgW0gqEgIGxjdF6WRvKyNXOMdNd78BpFhfzKqwar_McnR9Ew4MQXJAv1Wd8CEmMVjDhMOa-XjFEbxZncfJijqAUGbv9ZF0DI4Lw5yH4jyO0M1Toqhl-xUX0Td_W9HWBISRLNJ3vnMIpDkbs6MxI3zk0JyW-VW9ckLGb815oYqKDl0QyuYyMvfrwixR-0ZI=w640-h478" title="Click to see full sized." width="640" /></a></p><span style="color: #cc0000;">The 1976 Sports Concert - Click the photo to see full sized. <br /></span><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Simon Underwood comments:</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">I'm hiding at the back somewhere out of sight, half of Malcolm Newman's face is visible on the left, Owen Marriott in the black shirt on the right, who I believe is no longer with us, David Driver behind him. Can't put names to any others, though. Malcolm Newman, care to comment?</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Malcolm Newman comments:</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">Wow! Thanks Simon. Haven't seen this before. Brings back amazing memories. Regarding names: To right of Duck Chris Crossland, Stephen Wallace?, Not sure, Kevin Hogg, Yes Leslah Woods in the tricorn hat, at back behind Leslah: Myself in the shades, Dave Driver, John Vedy, not sure. Far right as you say Owen Marriott. Front row in the middle; Isobel Parsons. Oh - young lady to Leslah's right - ? Margot Houston. Great days !!</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">Responding to Will's comment, I was at Purley Boys `1974-78. During that time the production were all joint with the girls coming up to help with the plays , sports concerts and the musicals. May have been diffeent of course afterwards at some point.</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">This photo is certainly a sports concert - the finale of 'Cinderfella'. </span></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0