Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Looking in old Directories, it could have been at 24 Hamilton Road, which is now occupied by this modern building. https://goo.gl/maps/9VMFx4b1XCXhBwTn6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 I remember the exceedingly good Dorchester restaurant which used to be on that road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 In my memory, (which isn't always completely accurate ) from the top floor of a bus, somewhere along Hucknall Road just after turning off Mansfield Rd heading towards Haydn Rd, the school could be seen, on the right hand side of a street on the left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 I think you’re probably right. The school I was alluding to was, and still is, Mountford House, which I saw from the ‘bus on Mansfield Rd. Est. 1889 apparently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 An interesting re-acquaintance with this site. I was at HP between 1956 and 1963, 1c, 2a, Mod3a etc, and recall a lot of the masters already mentioned, Stan Middleton in particular. Crossland did RE, didn't he, and had served out in the middle east during either wartime or national service? Saayman's catch phrase was "is it hard to grasp, boy?", which was the origin of our schoolboy 'joke' "why is Eddie Saayman's maths like a greasy tit?" I've not seen mention of 'Jack' Train or Chick Farr, science and French respectively? There was a Tomkins, and definitely a Bonser, and a Russian? gymnast helping out in the gym. Don't remember Albert Brown and his pot leg, but maybe he kept it up his sleeve. Would love to see the school photo from this era; I didn't bother to get one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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