DavidJohn

I taught at Fairham from 1978 to 2000. There are so many colleagues and I’d love to know where they are and what they’re doing, Also, former pupils, of which I must have taught thousands (French and Spanish).

I was a student teacher at Berridge Road Juniors in 1968. Gerald Chandler was my mentor - great guy - where is he now? I remember taking kids to the Berridge baths - not there now. It was all a good baptism in teaching for me. If I recall, there was only 1 black lad in the school: Everton Johnson - fabulous name!

Hi, I played bass guitar (very unusual back then) for the Mercia from 1973 to 1978. Fred lived on Valmont Drive, Bramcote. We had residencies at the Tally Ho, Carlton then the Test Match Hotel, West Bridgford. Once a month we had guest bands along with the Nottingham Rhythm Club, bands like Ken Colyer, Terry Lightfoot, Zenith Hot Stompers, Roger Nobes, Alex Welsh, Alan Elsdon - top jazz names. Previously, I’ve tried to find out what happened to; Fred Pay, piano Derek Bush, drums John North, clarinet Eddie Blackwell, trumpet Pete Ryman, trombone I then was a