[We're actually more polite now than then]

took awhile for the penny to drop but that was good

[Carlton Hill]

I was at Cavo school left in 1958 there was at the time a headmaster called Mr Smith, he also used to be the headmaster at the infants school which was In Mapperley, think the road was called, Plains Road.

It is so long since I have been back to Nottingham that reading all the past letters on the forum has resurrected a lot of memories

[Carlton Hill]

IMMSC he died not long after retirement!

[Netherfield]

I left Cavo school in august '57. My first job was production office assistant at Stafford's the printers. Jeez, where has time gone.? Baz

Great to hear the old school mentioned, I left in 1958 . there was history teacher, Mr Norfolk , and Mr Disney for geography. I will have to look at my autograph book to see more as well as pupils from that year.

[Arkwright Street]

I used to work on Arkwright street in a hairdressing salon called "Grace Bull". she also owned one in Beeston as well as Sherwood.

I also remember the bone factory as we called it and depending on the direction of the wind the smell from there was horrendouse.

I also had my first driving lesson on that street to.

[Mid air collision.]

Think you'll find it was 2 jet provosts over the colwick area, I was in playground of Claremont Seniors so post 1957, we heard a boom in distance, looked and saw what looked like a round cloud, did not see any planes/wreckage falling as good few miles away, seem to remember engine from one crashed through glass roof of factory in netherfield killing a woman? may have been Lawrences Furniture Factory? was also at the battle of britain display at syserston when that vulcan crashed, there was a fire on impact which was maybe half mile away from crowd.

Hi I am new to the forum having only just joined, and yes I agree I was at a school which used to be called Cavendish comprehensive and remember it vividly/