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Bruce Graham | bsgraham~AT~btinternet~DOT~com

For Alan Whittaker

Alan I tried to send you a separate message by email but it was rejected so I think your suspicions about your old computer (or your email supplier) are correct.

Tue 30-Nov-2021 15:21 - ruskington lincolnshie

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL

Studies included William Shakespeare ...
'If music be the love of life play on'.

Memories of Mr. Jackaman who 'kindled'
our appreciation of music. Although his was something of a 'Cinderella Dept.' he
made it play in the life of the school.
He gained his Diploma in the School of Music of the Royal College of Music.

Sandancer - 'Geordieland'.

Mon 29-Nov-2021 11:09 - South Shields

Bruce Graham | bsgraham~AT~btinternet~DOT~com

Remember your Dad on the piano accordion vividly, Alan.

And the beauty of those old fashioned dances was that you actually got to meet the girls.

Afterwards you could always wander down Prince Edward road to the chippy next to Minchellas - if you had any money!!

Can't remember if we had to pay to get in to the dance?

Sun 28-Nov-2021 15:51 - ruskington lincolnshie

Alan Whittaker(53-59)

Hi Neale, I can't work out why but my emails to you are still being rejected.I am getting a new computer this week so I'll try again then.
Ref Bruce's comments on the Sutton Hall dances, I remember them well! the Hall had a "sprung floor" which was highly prized. My dad used to play the piano and the piano accordian at some of these dances. We did do a lot of "old fashioned" dances then, I remember the Veleta in particular.My favourite was "The Bradford Barn Dance" where the girls formed a large inner circle and the boys formed an outer circle and we did a few steps with each girl before moving sideways to do the same steps with the next girl. A simple dance which gave the opportunity to meet and chat-up lots of girls!

Those were the days!

Sun 28-Nov-2021 12:02 - Langford Budville, Somerset

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

'We Few'.

'The Adventurous Four' with due respect to Enid Blyton. 'Andy' was a successful fisherman. I recall fishing for crabs from the Pier with the head of a fish hanging from a length of string.. Not much of a challenge as easy to catch.
Sardines slightly more difficult prey despite them swimming in 'schools'.

"Is there anybody else"? with due apologies to Achilles.

'Sandancer / Geordie.

Fri 26-Nov-2021 10:48 - south shields

Neale Backhouse

Hi Alan
I tried to access the site register but couldn't get through.
Anyway my email address is; nealebackh@gmail.com and hasn't given trouble in the past

Fri 26-Nov-2021 02:00 - Victoria BC

Bruce Graham | bsgraham~AT~btinternet~DOT~com

Too many Alans - and Alan W's at that - for my octogenarian brain to deal with in the recent (very welcome) thread of memories!!

I wasn't a member of the Odeon Saturday morning Club but I do remember attending and hearing the wonderful cinema organ. I also recall that the Saturday market was open and you could buy a bag of cockles to take in with you.

Looking back and reminiscing of how we didn't necessarily connect with people living near us made me think that I would have great difficulty remembering the names of people in my own year at our school outside of my own immediate form were it not for the lists of names appended to the photographs on Mike's excellent website. (We usually have some input from Mike but not much recently - hope all is well).

Back to not necessarily knowing people who lived close to you and the Sutton Estate in particular I think it relates once again to the way that groups integrated. Neal Backhouse would not remember my brother (one year ahead of him) but did remember his namesake George Graham (in the same form as my brother) because of the Rugby connection. George also lived on the Sutton Estate.

One last Sutton memory. Do you recall the Friday night teenage dances - very innocent and all old time dances - conducted to a band composed of (mainly) members of the estate maintenance crew.

I'd better stop - my brain is beginning to hurt.

Thu 25-Nov-2021 19:38 - ruskington lincolnshie

Alan Whittaker(53-59)

Neale,I tried to send you an e-mail but both addresses on the website were rejected.Do you have a different address now? Mine, in the contact register, is current.
Alan

Thu 25-Nov-2021 14:18 - Langford Budville, Somerset

alan wightman | aconlan111~AT~gmail~DOT~com

'SILENCE OF OUR LADS'.

Scenario: The Trojan War'(Homer's Iliad).

The first fight in the film with Brad Pitt portraying Achilles when he is challenged by the Champion of the opposing army. Achilles swiftly delivers the 'killer' blow and then 'appeals' to the massed, enemy army with the question: "Is there anybody else"?
Reply was Silence.

Scenario: Contributors to this web-page.
"Is there anybody else?" (Appeal).

'Sandancer'/ 'Geordie'.

Thu 25-Nov-2021 10:37 - South Shields

Neale Backhouse | nealebackh~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Hi Alan
Apart from Joyce,your sisters are beyond my ken. Joyce is Liz's age, but managed to avoid me.
My Dad spent thirty years as maintenance joiner on Sutton Estate. In 1964 and at age 64, with only one year left before retiring with a company pension, he suffered a heart attack and died. Liz and I had emmigrated to Canada in 1963 with eighteen month old Caroline. Sad that my Dad never saw her again.

Wed 24-Nov-2021 18:35 - Victoria BC

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