FenwayRich
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And my goodness how some of us (e.g me) struggled before eventually managing to pass! And he taught lots of the boys, including me, to play sport the right way.
I'm told he still walks a lot on Wollaton Park, where I am playing golf again after 20 years out of the game. It would be nice to meet him and pass on best wishes
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On 11/9/2016 at 4:09 PM, annswabey said:
Didn't know about Mrs Brailsford's experiment. I seem to remember she was popular, although Mr Robinson was the best! There was another, I think, Biology, teacher - Miss Bowen (?), who, in view of her outfits, was popular for other reasons...
Mr (Mike) Robinson was a fine teacher and great chap. About 15 years ago I received a copy of the book that he compiled, 'Bilborough 1957 to 2000 - Portrait of a College', When he sent it to me he penned a short note, part of which said something to the effect that the chemistry paid the salary, and the cricket and hockey brought the fun!
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I haven't set foot on the site since I left 41 years ago, but I pass it quite often when I go up to Junction 26. The old school was completely razed about 10 years ago and there is a new building there now, together with a sports centre and various outdoor AstroTurf pitches. The field where we used to do athletics, rugby and cricket has had houses built on it. William Sharp seems to have been largely rebuilt as well, now called the Samworth Academy.
I found a few of my old school reports. 'Richard contributes little in class but works quite efficiently' sums it up. Grade C for effort all round. Loosely translated as 'I'm not entirely sure which one of these grotty kids he is, but he doesn't cause any trouble'. It seems we had to personally write the name and address on the envelope, and then take it home. Weird.
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Ashton Hill is still there, name changed a couple of times, now Ashton Bond Gigg to reflect the 3 Senior Partners it has had in over 80 years. They have been in the same building (Pearl Assurance House at the bottom of Friar Lane) for half a century. They have got rid of the manual typewriters though!
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re: #116
I am an inveterate gambler, so my educated (and doubtless incorrect) guess is based on the sporting references. I was an inmate of Hut 1 and can't remember exactly who was freezing their nuts off next door. You clearly are not one of the three sporty lads I mentioned earlier as they left at 16, but among other Bilborough related things that had been in the loft for 30 years, I have found the 1976 Presentation of Prizes programme that my mother kept. So how about Chris Wood?
I actually opened both the batting and the bowling for the school team, which gives a clue that we weren't world beaters. My batting made Geoff Boycott look like Viv Richards (my only shots were the thick edge to Third Man and hoiking the short ball over square leg), but Mike Smales was captain and my best friend, he couldn't persuade anyone else to open so I stepped into the breach and stayed there for 7 years. Fortunately managed to avoid both the rugby and cross country in latter years, no idea how.
Ann, I can also remember Mr Downing's reference to his tutor (more likely a lecturer he had heard). It wouldn't have been Elton, perhaps Trevor-Roper? I liked Nigel French as well, we used to play football in his back garden when we were at Fernwood Junior (and Russell Infants before that). His dad was a great bloke, Headmaster of the Ewing School for the Deaf in the 1960's and 70's.
I also found the official photo of Form 1A. We must have been one of the ugliest bunch of children ever to stand in that Hall.
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On 10/13/2016 at 10:45 PM, annswabey said:
Richard Coleman, then, perhaps?! Miss Allsopp's saying was "5 star choss" (as in chaos). I did French O and A Level so she taught me for a number of years and she was a lovely person and a good teacher
You are correct annswabey. The only Ann I recall in our year is Ann Hurst, so I am hazarding a guess that was your maiden name. Apologies if I am wrong.
My history teachers were Mr Downing and Miss England, whose teaching methods could not have been more different but who were both excellent. I got to know Roy Downing quite well in 6th form, top man. I ended up at the same university that he attended 30 years previously. The annual magazine arrived the other day and in the Obituaries section I see that he died last year, aged 87. Which would mean he was in his early 40's when he taught us. Seemed much older, but that's always the way I suppose.
Students I remember most vividly are, amongst the boys; the clever ones Ian Colquhoun, Alan Briggs and Andy Layer; the sporty lads Keith Pitt, Ian Beeby and Pete Curzon; my friends who lived on Goodwood and Deepdale Nigel French (a bloody nuisance at school, now a successful lawyer), Geoff Sharpe (Head Boy and now a GP in Cumbria) and my best mate Mike Smales (train guard in Cornwall and apparently drinking even more now than we used to at Wollaton Park Golf Club).
Of the girls, Alison Ward and Patricia Meads (?) were really friendly, Barbara Mallard and Stella Meese were feisty (or at least I thought so when we shared 6th form classes, being a gentler soul than I am now), Yvette Bourne was multi talented, and Julie Dawson, who lived on Deepdale, was cleverer than all of us.
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On 03 October 2016 at 3:04 PM, annswabey said:
The German teacher was Mr Nielson, whose death was mentioned in the Post a little while back . Have thought about it and Phillip Stott was in the same class as me 3rd year onwards., I was in the German class in the 3rd Year (3G) and did German O and A Level. I actually remember some of the boys register from the 1st and 2nd Year, as it was read out twice a day and has stuck in my mind, for some reason! Bark, Cash, Coleman, Dexter, Forbes, French, Jackson, Layer, Pratt, Sharpe, Smales, Smith, Wade!
I remember all the girls you mention. Think you mean Jackie Cole
Just joined the forum, having enjoyed reading memories of Bilborough. Nice to see that they are mainly fond, it was a good school with, in the main, fine teachers.
I was there from 1968-75, annaswabey, and we were clearly in the same class on that rather daunting first day. I'm amazed that you can remember the register so clearly. The form teacher was Miss Allsop, who would perhaps have been described as 'plump' back then. She was also an excellent French and form teacher, who finally got around to calling me Richard on my first day in the 6th form. I never quite plucked up the courage to call her Cynthia.
I recall that in our first year our form room was in one of the huts that had been erected rather than the main part of the school, and jolly cold they could be too on a winter's morning.
Greyhound Stadium. late 70's
in St Anns, Sneinton & Colwick
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My dad was General Manager at Derby from the 1950's until 1978 when he left to briefly run Long Eaton. Derby closed in 1988 and offices were built on the site. The old facade remains as it is listed. Prior to dog racing, it was used as a prison.
I still attend at Colwick most Saturdays, although there haven't been spectators since last March due to Covid. I've had a few dogs trained by Terry Munslow who knew dad from Derby days. He's one of the few remaining 'old stagers'. It's a different game these days.