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Welcome to the Guestbook
Feel free to add messages relating to the site and the school. The only rules are: real names only, no personal attacks and no unrelated messages (inappropriate messages may be edited/withdrawn without warning).
It would be appreciated if you gave an email address, where you now live and said when you were at the school, but you don't have to.
Plase note that if you click on an email address below you will need to replace ~DOT~ with . and ~AT~ with @ in your email program. The Guestbook presents these this way to avoid email address harvesters collecting your email addresses from the page. I know it's a pain, but it's very much better than the alternative.
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Mike Todd
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Yes, another quarter century - I'm coming up to 20 years since I retired, and those years have flown by.
And yes - it's been quiet (although it gets read four or five times a week).
Rothbury's charm has diminished, even in the 18 years I've lived here. Self-interest and money have changed its face - so many new houses being built in the time I've been here.
I wish you and yours, and also all Old Boys and visitors a very Happy New Year.
Tue 31-Dec-2024 10:17
- Rothbury, Northumberland
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Neale Backhouse
| neale1447~AT~gmail~DOT~com
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Ye Gods,Mike, another quarter century and heading towards my 90th birthday in June (Alex leads the way in February).So thankfull that I can still wish you a Happy New Year, and will continue to do so as long as I am reasonably coherent. Still,must be glad to be able to contribute the occasional ditty to the Guestbook, although it's certainly been quiet on the western front this year.
I do hope that Rothbury retains the charm that I recall from many years ago. Victoria is approaching gridlock with so many newcomers driving so many cars from their so many condominiums. It's called progress I suppose. Hey, life's great!!
Best wishes to all in 2025.
Mon 30-Dec-2024 22:20
- Victoria BC
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Bryan Cooper
| brayncc~AT~gmail~DOT~com
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This is an explanation if Sanddancer from another site. It makes far more sense to me than the usual ones of Muslims praying on the beach!
“The strange thing is that originally calling someone a sanddancer was likely to cause a fight. Sanddancers were the guys that coud get across the river mouth at low water springs. These guys could guide your wagons across saving you the 2/3 days it took to go through Newcastle. Unfortunately the amounts demanded were at times exorbitant so that sanddancers were considered money grabbing chancers.”
Tue 23-Jul-2024 09:31
- Old Colwyn
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Mike Todd
| old~DOT~boys~AT~boyshighschool~DOT~co~DOT~uk
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Bruce Graham - just picked up your latest message.
I don't know what could have been going wrong. I haven't had a message via Contact Me, and I'm not aware of any problems with the Rothbury site.
So I'm a bit mystified!
Tue 14-May-2024 18:04
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Bruce Graham
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This is for the few regular contributors to the Guestbook who may know what the current connectivity problems are.
My previous post might, I thought, have had a response from Mike. Not so. Tried a message via "Contact Me" but that didn't work so sent a message via my normal email, as recommended but no reply.
Then tried Mike's Rothbury site but that is closed.
I'm not the world's greatest at navigating all possible avenues of enquiry.
Sat 11-May-2024 20:36
- ruskington lincolnshie
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Bruce Graham
| bsgraham~AT~btinternet~DOT~com
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For several days I've been getting an Error Code 403 - Access prohibited - when trying to get onto the site.
Now seems to be working.
I wonder if this is related to the earlier problems or is it just my ISP?
Fri 26-Apr-2024 15:49
- ruskington lincolnshie
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Alex Patterson, VUA 1946-1951
| ad1935ap~AT~gmail~DOT~com
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Hello Mike and all readers,
Thanks again Mike for your continuing work with our website. I echo Neale's wishes for a Happy New Year and let's hope it's a gentler and kinder new year to us all. We could do with a bit of good news now and again. If we keep writing to the site, it will cheer us up and give us something to think about. We're still here, and that's worth something to celebrate.
Cheerio and our very best wishes to all from a cool minus 2 degrees North York,
Alex
Mon 1-Jan-2024 15:37
- North York, Ontario, Canada
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Neale Backhouse
| nealebackh~AT~gmail~DOT~com
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Happy New Year Mike and to all fellow travellers. Let's hope 2024 brings us something to celebrate. We certainly need it!! Cheers, Neale.
Sun 31-Dec-2023 23:59
- Victoria BC.
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