C22s Tailgate 5 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 23 hours ago, MargieH said: I think he probably left when my friend left in 1961... Rob.L and MargieH I found the old CLeWS site here http://www.carltonlewillowsgs.org.uk/Publishing Area/Home Frame.html and it is still live - I have it online in another window just now. The full pupil/class lists still exist. Might be worth trying a download of the whole site, as it didn't come up on a Google search the past few days - found the link by searching my download history. It's also available via the Wayback machine if you put the above address in I've added this post on the Plains Road Primary thread too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 C22, Pleased you've found the old CLeWS site. I have seen it before but it'still holds some interest. Are you going to become a member of the new one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Also confirmed that Richard Pearson, mentioned earlier in the thread, was indeed in the year above me as I thought. My memory isn’t as bad as I thought it was! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C22s Tailgate 5 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 This older site is a well researched and presented document, and deserves to stand as both a valuable information source, as well as a tribute to Roger Pikett and the others who have contributed to its development. Rob.L having taken a longer second look, I have to agree my memory too is better than I thought, and I'm older than you. MargieH, the answer is I might do, but will monitor this and other threads for while. I'm in Nottingham on 18th December to do some advice and organisational work for the UNISON region university branches. Still doing a little real work now and again! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socram 130 Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 I'm still trying to trace Suzette Fletcher - 1957 - ex Mapperley Plains (lived on Haywood Rd). May have married and moved Birmingham way. Anthony E Piggin (Bramcote) was my cousin and sadly, died many years ago, (1974/5?) electrocuted on a faulty gas boiler in a new home - not in Nottingham I might add. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 I did know a Susie Fletcher who came from around that way in 1962/63. She was a comptometer operator at the accountants Hubbart Durose and Pain on Park Row. A bit of a ‘lively’ sort of girl. She married Robert Bastow who lived in the same area. He went to work at Gascoines estate agents as a trainee but sadly he died at a very young age. They did live somewhere off Westdale Lane. She will no doubt have remarried. She was a pretty game girl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Anyone remember Kath Tunney or Sue Clark? Both went to CLW aged about 69 now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Well they are my age, sadly, and would have been in my year but I have never heard of them. Is that their maiden names Den? It’s possible they were at Carlton-le-Willows Tech, next door to the Grammar school. We didn’t mix much with that lot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Den, I’ve looked on the (almost) complete list of pupils for those days and there was a Susan Clark 2 years younger than me but can’t see a Kath Tunney 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Turner 0 Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 I attended C le W 1961-65 when my Dad’s job took the family to Northumberland. Ralph Richardson was my superb History teacher who joined the school in 1961 and left in 1965 to take up a post in Redditch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 I remember you David Turner! Mr Richardson was my History teacher too, lovely man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 I left the school in 1960 when I was 17. Perhaps the history teacher you mention replaced Syd Wood who left the school around that time, I believe. He married a friend of mine in my year a few years after that. They are still happily married - well over 50 years now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 David Turner, I think we were in the same form in our early years at C-Le-W, with Mr Richardson being our form teacher in the 2nd year. Have you seen any of news coverage this year about Miss Eve Prager (Leadbeater)? She was an 8 year old who escaped Nazi Germany on Kindertransport in 1939 and was brought up by a local couple. Her brother should have been on the train too but didn’t make it an ended up in Auschwitz, never to be seen again. She was my form teacher in 4th and 5th year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Turner 0 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Yes I was in Form 2R, then 3G and 4P before moving to Northumberland. The “P” in 4P was for Prager; I didn’t know of her background. I was sad to hear that Ralph Richardson died in January-a really great teacher who generated such enthusiasm; it was partly down to him that I read History at University. Other staff I recall were Dai Roberts ( PE),Messrs Stamper, and Knowles (English),Lee ( Geog), Swaby and Drury (Maths), Lloyd and Miss Wyles ( French), and the “ Holy Trinity” Draycott, Bates and Miss Squires. Miss Hall (later Smith) was our First Form class teacher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 In my day, Ike Stamper used to throw a board rubber at lads who weren't paying attention. Perhaps he'd outgrown that (or had a directive from higher up?) by the time you two were at the school. I had Mr Swaby for Maths up to O Levek, and Mr Bates as my French and German teacher, also my form master in 3, 4 and 5G... he was my favourite. Mr Lee taught me Geography up to O level and Miss Squires taught me A level French (didn't get on with her as much as Mr Bates, though) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Yep, all the same forms! I understand Mr Richardson was Deputy Head when he moved to Redditch. The majority of our teachers have now passed away which is understandable given our age! Lewis Knowles just last year. He left C-Le-W in ‘66 and went to Arnold High. I bumped into him occasionally in Arnold when visiting my Dad. Dai Roberts left when the Comprehensive system came into being. Was coach at Nottingham Rugby, then moved to Canada to take charge of the national team, came back here and worked as an estate agent with Gascoignes before settling back in Victoria BC. My brother-in-law knew him from living there. Dai passed away a few years ago. We had a great bunch of teachers but then it WAS the best school in Notts! Of course David, there’s a lot more than Carlton-Le-Willows on Nottstalgia, hope you enjoy the site and welcome! Are you still in the North East? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Miss Wood threw the board rubber at me during Maths! I was sitting looking out of the window and wishing I was playing hockey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Did it hit you, Lizzie? If that happened these days, there would be a Court case, I think! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 No, just a cloud of chalk dust on my desk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Ike Stamper used to teach at Mellish but left before I started. He used to be in charge of rowing and I saw him a few times at the Brit club on Saturday mornings when we were training. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 He obviously moved to that better school in Gedling then Phil ....... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Phil, Mr Swaby also escaped from Mellish when the new wonderful C le W opened.... both he and Stamper taught my brother at Mellish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, LizzieM said: He obviously moved to that better school in Gedling then Phil ....... Perhaps he went for a senior position with more money. I had the option of C le W as it had just opened but I preferred a school that had a modicum of tradition. I also knew people who were already there. Also, as I lived on Park Rd. in Woodthorpe it was a very short walk to Daybrook station for the 4 minute train ride. It was longer to walk at each end than the train journey took. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Only a short walk to get the number 25 bus, too, then you could have sat with me and my friends! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 I think at the time the majority of the boys at Arno Vale who passed the 11+ chose Mellish or Becket if Catholic. I can’t name any that went to C le W. I suppose the only other option for the girls was Brincliffe or West Bridgford. There was the other option of the High Schools, although you had to be outstanding to get a scholarship or pass the entrance exam and have parents who could afford the fees. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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