Riddo 47 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 #24 & 25. No, not Carsley on Woodbridge (don't know where she lived). The surname I can't remember was the Woodbridge one ( I think). Yep, Grenville Norris it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 He was quite a nice chap if you knew him. Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riddo 47 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Yes he was (probably still is), but he was a year older than me & all I knew was that he was a boxer & Georgina's boyfriend at the time, '64/'65-ish? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I was in touch with Georgina just a couple of years ago on another website, just to say hello! we remembered each other from the Nottingham mod scene she was a regular down the Dungeon cub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 If you are a member of Friends Reunited, there's a photo of Georgina Taylor and Diane Carsley (and many others). Go to the Greencroft Primary page, click on 'Photos' and look at photo number 20 out of 33 (also titled Miss Parry's class 1958). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Sorry I should have said I was in touch a few years ago having checked my old messages it was 2007. Christ where does the time go! If you were in the same class as Georgina is there any chance you knew my old mates Geoff Seymour or Alan Hewitt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riddo 47 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 #30 & 31 - the photo would be the end of year 1957-58 (July). So I'm not on it as I started Sept 58. But that's our Georgy! And Alan Hewitt, Geoff Seymour are also there. Raymond Johnson (3rd row) was their age & a mate of mine in later years. They were all a year older than most of us & must have jumped up a year after this pic was taken, because they weren't in my class (with most of those on the photo) at the start of 58-59 year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I think it all depended on what time of the year your birthday was, you could finish up a whole year behind when moving on to Fairham. The only other person I have been in touch with from those years at Greencroft was a girl named Gail Rhodes. I knew quite a few from there even though I was at Brooksby Lane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRD 196 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I think it all depended on what time of the year your birthday was, you could finish up a whole year behind when moving on to Fairham. The only other person I have been in touch with from those years at Greencroft was a girl named Gail Rhodes. I knew quite a few from there even though I was at Brooksby Lane. Can you remember Dave Prentice at Brooksby? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I remember Dave Prentice quite well even though it was so long ago, he was an excellent cricketer and in the same class as myself under Mr Sayers. I have often wondered if he went on to play in later life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRD 196 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 That's how I remembered him, played against him when I was at Greencroft and with him at Fairham. Something in my memory tells me he left the area but not sure if that's just my brain getting old Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VWGolf 21 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I can remember Geoff Seymour and Alan Hewitt (vaguely). And I remember Gail Rhodes. Pretty, used to do tap dancing and lived somewhere off Brinkhill Crescent (The Maypole?) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRD 196 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Gail Rhodes has been living in Guernsey for a good number of years now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I can remember Geoff Seymour and Alan Hewitt (vaguely). And I remember Gail Rhodes. Pretty, used to do tap dancing and lived somewhere off Brinkhill Crescent (The Maypole?) Your memory serves you well !!! all the people mentioned lived on Maypole as well as someone else you remembered from Clifton Hall Diane Fitton, She lived dead opposite Gail. Alan's family emigrated to Australia in the sixties, I heard from him over the first couple of years but nothing since then. Geoff I was in touch with untill the early eighties when we were both bringing up young families. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riddo 47 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Hi again. Been away for a few weeks - mention of Maypole brings to mind the Pyketts, first house on left as you turned down from Shelley Avenue. Peter was in my class at Fairham the first couple of years & he had an older brother (David?). Another mate of mine, Paul Woodward, lived in the first house on the left as you turned off Brinkhill Crescent onto Shelley Avenue & the Johnsons/Warburtons lived first house on the left on Woodbridge Avenue as you turned off Brinkhill - some sort of pattern there! We all (those named plus the Ginns from Brinkhill) used to play football on the green where Shelley Ave & Maypole met at the bottom & Geoff Seymour & his mates used to come along & break it up - they had a thing about the Ginns for some reason. Thinking about it - what a wierd name for a road on a council estate - Maypole (no "The" or other add-on). Similarly Rivergreen & Greencroft. Must be Clifton Village connotations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Reading that is almost like reading a bit of my own history. We were on Woodbridge, but I'm a few years behind most of the names you mentioned. There was also a Pamela Pykett, I think the same age as me. The only other name I remember from Maypole was Linda Manchester (and a sister). And on Shelly Avenue you are venturing into Melissa's dad's territory. Walked past that green on Maypole/Shelly thousands of times, either to go to the shops or to get the bus into town. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hi again. Been away for a few weeks - mention of Maypole brings to mind the Pyketts, first house on left as you turned down from Shelley Avenue. Peter was in my class at Fairham the first couple of years & he had an older brother (David?). Another mate of mine, Paul Woodward, lived in the first house on the left as you turned off Brinkhill Crescent onto Shelley Avenue & the Johnsons/Warburtons lived first house on the left on Woodbridge Avenue as you turned off Brinkhill - some sort of pattern there! We all (those named plus the Ginns from Brinkhill) used to play football on the green where Shelley Ave & Maypole met at the bottom & Geoff Seymour & his mates used to come along & break it up - they had a thing about the Ginns for some reason. Thinking about it - what a wierd name for a road on a council estate - Maypole (no "The" or other add-on). Similarly Rivergreen & Greencroft. Must be Clifton Village connotations. If you are going back to football on the green days then I think Geoff's mates might have been Ted and Pete Richardson who lived just off the green, you didn't mess with them!!!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riddo 47 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Thanks MGR #42 and sorry for the delay in responding. You're right, one of them WAS Pete Richardson. Maybe I'm mixing him up with another "Pete" but did he go on to sing on the Working Mens Club circuit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Sorry Riddo I dont know what happened to him after the school years, had a reputation for being a bit of a tough kid back then though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VWGolf 21 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 I remember Ted Richardson - very tough chap and often in fights. I believe he also gave a 'seeing to' to some youths who had the temerity to break into George Parker's shop. Definitely not someone to mess with! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 I remember Ted Richardson - very tough chap and often in fights. I believe he also gave a 'seeing to' to some youths who had the temerity to break into George Parker's shop. Definitely not someone to mess with! Thats right VWGolf Ted and Pete were brothers Ted being the oldest, sometimes they worked as a team which was not good news for their victim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VWGolf 21 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I also remember Diane Fitton. Clever girl. I was at Clifton Hall with her. I think she may have gone on to become a medical doctor (though that could have been someone else). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maureenbirch 0 Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 On 1/19/2014 at 1:08 PM, ... said: Smiffy49 am i right in thinking that in 1955 clifton was or had just been constructed ,i was born in 1954 and am sure my dad said he was or had delivered gravel to constuction at clifton around the time i was born.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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