siddha 715 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 #19 I was at the Becket 59-64 it was OK ish............ but then I had nothing to compare it with. I knew some good lads who went there but they were generally clever ( at exams ) and I was not ! Adolescent life was much improved by dalliances with Mundella girls in and around the Memorial Gardens. I, for one, raced over the suspension bridge and was often home late. Mea Culpa! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Oh yes Siddah!!,mundy girls..I remember those, Mr.Claridge,and Mr.Thomas were there forever,I disappeared every Tuesday afternoon to buy records,on the lie that I was attending toe nail clinic at the general. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thinking back it wasn't a bad seat of learning, you get out what you put in..I suppose. Mr.Wheat and the late Peter Smedley were great music teachers,the weeks recluse to The Briars at Crich were memorable. Never really required to use my knowledge on ox bow lakes though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,718 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 #24 25,.....................9/- for Cup of tea and bacon sarnie........scandalous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 I thought that was cheap then!! But like you say nine Bob..a bit dear,that decimal craic ripped us all off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 715 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 #24 Was across Wilford Lane Little Bounds and then down the road in a marsh Big Bounds or was it the other way round? Or even perhaps a different dimension? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Little bounds was opposite Siddha,you do time at St. Augustines too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 715 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 I did Iandawson; 1953-59 they were curious years, learnt some good things and some very odd things. Had some good friends that I left and lost at the age of 11yrs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Could have sat at both of your desks! Very odd..Sr.Francis? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 715 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Isnt it just? Srs Francis, Patricia and Cyprian. A good copperplate hand and the times tables to 15 OBH. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudesley 7 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I remember Becket School on Wilford Lane joined with Corpus Christi on Ruddington Lane in the mid 70's when the comprehensive system came in, I think Becket was the grammar school and corpus the secondary modern but the new system brought it all together is that correct? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 715 Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 I guess the " new" system did that ............... I was at the Becket having passed the 11+ it was all down hill after that................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Correct cloudesley, sept '75. Chinese multiplication and ox- bow lakes I have yet to use that knowledge in a daily scenario. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Found some old Sisson & Parker jotters...weird to think the school name is printed on the covers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 715 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 You must have some storage facilities. All my stuff was ditched within a year of leaving. I walked down the embankment the other day and thought it strange that the old place had gone. A few weeks later drove past the new place and was impressed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 537 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 I was a Becket boy from 62 to 66, also became a choirboy at St Barnabas Cathedral, Mr Smedley was the Choirmaster. Our art teacher was Mr Chamberlain, & our feared PE teacher (torturer) was Mr Cullen, he'd kick a football very hard at your thighs (ouch!!) if you weren't playing well!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Likewise Paulus.. but '73-'78. Peter Smedley was a smashing bloke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,939 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 I've posted this in another thread, but this is the former Becket School site on Wilford Lane. Now a McCarthy & Stone residence for the very wealthy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 483 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 13 hours ago, Paulus said: I was a Becket boy from 62 to 66, also became a choirboy at St Barnabas Cathedral, Mr Smedley was the Choirmaster. Our art teacher was Mr Chamberlain, & our feared PE teacher (torturer) was Mr Cullen, he'd kick a football very hard at your thighs (ouch!!) if you weren't playing well!!  I remember Mr Chamberlain.  Think he was my form tutor in 1x.  Called us by first names and we called him Tom.  Most odd at the time in a very formal disciplined establishment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 There was a Tutor who was well over 6 ft....carberry??....might not be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 715 Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Yes I remember Tom Chamberlain (Art) and Jo Carberry (Chemistry) though don't remember him being tall. The tall guy may have been someone Williams? it will come to me sometime later on today.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 In 1975 it all changed and Latin was gone!..thank goodness. Both old sites of Becket and Corpus have been built on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 537 Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus, Amatis, Amant..................loved it      Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 6,616 Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Loved Latin - no exceptions to rules (as far as I can remember). You knew where you were with it - and no apostrophes and other stuff to think about.  Something I've often wondered. ... did you pronounce the 'v' as a 'w' - we had to, but some I've spoken to said they didn't! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 8,668 Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 I never did Latin at school (I wasn't in the A stream!). However my boys took it and I learnt a little bit from sitting on their beds helping with revision.  Can't say any of us remember much now though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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