Geoff _Sleath
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Crikey, Bill Brazier was in my class! I just about remember him but it's long time ago. Geoff
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I attended Henry Mellish grammar school in Bulwell from 1951 to 56. Mr G E Goodall (known to everyone as GEG) was a wonderful maths teacher and if anyone offered a poor answer in class he was often told to 'Take it to Tom Sanderson. He'll have far more use for it than me.' ie it was tripe Geoff
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Not as far as I know. I was still at school when I shot at Kimberley, so early 1950s. Dad was disabled so target shooting was one of the few sports he could participate in on equal terms. He became a registered gunsmith so he could get 0.22 amunition for the club - we sold air weapons and shotguns anyway (alongside radio/TV/electrical/photographic/jewelery/clocks and watches which seemed quite normal to me )
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I was at Henry Mellish Boys' Grammar School in Bulwell from 1951 to 56. It was a county grammar which meant it drew students from a fairly wide area - in my case Eastwood. It's funny how few stayed on to do 'A' levels and go to university. I passed 7 'O' levels (though French was a bit of a squeak!) and continued my education on day release and night school taking both C&G (Telecoms) and ONC/HNC (Electronics). Just wondered if there are any former Mellish students on here?
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Captain Popkess in the Sydney Morning Herald
Geoff _Sleath replied to bamber's topic in 50's Nottingham
Captain Popkess's son was at Henry Mellish school in Bulwell at the same time as I was though he was probably a couple of years older. That would be early 1950s (I left in 1956 at 16) -
Yes, very much so. He was my father. We lived at the shop and I started out in my electronic engineering career repairing TVs but soon realised there was no future for a small proprietor run business and moved to work on computers in 1961 when they were HUUUGE We were both members of Kinberley Rifle Club which had a 25 yd range for 0.22 rifles in the cellars of Hardy and Hanson's brewery. Some years later, my wife and I played badminton weekly in the church hall opposite at the foot of Kettlebank.
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