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Bryan Cooper | brayncc~AT~gmail~DOT~com

I have just noticed Joe Orton's post about the swimming photo (really enjoy the books, by the way,Joe).
On school Gala nights we had to change in a dusty, very warm area of the baths, accessed via a door at the back right of the pool, looking at the diving board. It was full of pipes like the ones you can see in the background of the photo. So, not so cruel after all.

Tue 12-Dec-2017 09:15 - Whitchurch, Shropshire

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

Haven't posted anything for ages!!

In the list of notable birthdays in today's (2nd December 2017)Daily Telegraph one of our famous old boys - and a good friend of mine in my boyhood - Professor David Phillips is included. He is 78 today.

David qualifies in his role as President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2010 to 2012.

Sat 2-Dec-2017 13:59 - Ruskington, Lincolnshire

Stewart Hamilton 1966-72 | hamilton1314~AT~btinternet~DOT~com

Additional to your teacher's list:
Ken Slater left the school about the same time as his friend Jim Blance and both taught at Haydon Bridge High School. Ken was a tremendous singer, and at morning assemblies his stentorious voice rang out above all others, especially during Bread of Heaven when he alone would come in with the repeat line Want No More. Charlie Constable once said of the fad of the time 'Visual Aids' 'Aall ya need is a piece of chalk and a blackboard'.

Sun 24-Sep-2017 11:18 - Ponteland England

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

My God you two. Honeymooning and sailing in Mallorca!!

Liz and I honeymooned in Jesmond Dene Park. And it rained.

Fri 18-Aug-2017 20:49 - Victoria BC.

Eric Moyse (1946 to 1953)

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I wondered who had left them. The sun cream was a bit sticky but the glasses are fine.
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Fri 30-Jun-2017 10:20 - Reading Berkshire

Alex Patterson 1946-51 VUA | ad1935ap~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Hello Eric,
While you were in Mallorca, did you happen to find a pair of sunglasses and a tube of Ambre Solaire. We left them on the beach on our honeymoon 57 years ago. You never know!!
Regards and best wishes from a cool but sunny North York, Ontario
Alex

Tue 27-Jun-2017 15:04 - North York, Ontario, Canada

Eric Moyse (1946 to 1953) | eric~DOT~moyse~AT~sky~DOT~com

Seventy years ago as a scout in the School troop I learned how to do some knots. When sailing in Mallorca last week I used a sheepshank in earnest for the very first time. Is this time lag a record? (I have a photo to prove it if it is possible to send photos with these contributions.)

Mon 5-Jun-2017 16:35 - Reading Berkshire

John Orton | JEOrton~AT~outlook~DOT~com

Just browsing the photos - there's one of 1937/38 entitled swimming with the young lads in swimming costumes and the masters in gowns- if its not a silly question - where did they swim? - the old open air pool was probably still open as was the indoor Derby Street Baths - but if that's the answer did they make them change into cossies just for a snap?

Thu 25-May-2017 17:36 - Portishead

Edward Forster | r2edforster~AT~live~DOT~ca

You are so right Bruce, I still have the accent, it's toned down enough so I can be understood. Almost everyone here says "how are you " when meeting someone, reminds me of the "hoo yuh gaan on hinny" & "wos a marra wi you" I think it was Pan Headly who gave speech training & had an awful time.

Sat 11-Feb-2017 12:02 - PEI Canada

Bruce Graham

As Ed Forster has always said that his family says he still sounds as though he has just got off the boat (!!) I wonder how many other old school colleagues have reflected on how their speech has changed over the years.

In my case when I was trying to gain commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force in the mid-60s regional accents were not seen as an advantage so some adjustment was necessary.

In later years my then son-in-law was greatly amused when me mother referred to everyone as "man" - as in "why aye man" et seq.

My (very southern) wife particularly likes the occasional "why yer bugger man".

Fri 10-Feb-2017 21:23

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