csi clifton 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Any body out there go to Cottesmore Headmaster first year Happer, then Heathcote Deputy Head Marsden Science teacher year 1 Davy the Ashmore Technical Drawing Fletcher English Macferson/ Marsden/Adams Geography Scott He went on to climb Everest /Gunby RE Anderson/Lewis Metalwork Davison History Henry Maths I cannot remember Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevindolphin 5 Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 HI I WENT TO COTTESMORE TOO I LEFT IN 72 WENT TO WORK AT RALLEIGH , JUST OVER THE ROAD .I WAS IN MR SCOTTS CLASS , HE WAS MY FORM TEACHER , WE HAD LOTS OF FUN WITH MR SCOTT TELLING US OF ALL HIS EXPLOITS OF CLIMBING MOUNTAINS ,BETTER THAN A GEOGRAPHY LESSON, I DO RECALL MR HEATHCOTE TOO AS HEADMASTER, ALSO MR HINDLEY HE USED TO TAKE US FOR RUGBY ......BUT DIDNT LIKE HIM AT ALL, LIKED HIS WHISKEY IN THE CUPARD BEHIND HIS DESK .I WAS IN 1B1 CLASS . DONT RECALL MUCH MORE ONLY FRIENDS THERE AND THE PARK OPPOSIT THE SCHOOL.DO RECALL WENT TO SEE OLIVER / TO SIR WITH LOVE AT THE SAVOY WHILST AT SCHOOL .DO REMEMBER THE QUADRANGLE IN THE MIDDLE OF SCHOOL AND THE BUISCUT BOX COMMING AROUND AT BREAK TINE ....... SWIMMING UMMM OVER AT LENTON WHERE YOU HAD TO GO UNDER GROUND ???? OR SOMTHING LIKE THAT 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
metal_micky 0 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 i cant remember when i left cottesmore school but i do recall the woodwork teacher was a mr leitch,i think the girls head misstress was a miss mats,neil highfield/doug scott took P.E and mr anderson took geog,mr camden was art/pottery and i was a biscuit monitor (as they were known then) and i used to live in lenton near the white hart pub (now closed) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 My husband Dave Piggott or piggy as he is usually known went to cotto in 1959 to 1963 would love to hear from old school mates anyone got any class phopots of these years would love to see them. I know Paul Farrell and Pat Clark were two of is old mates. PIGGY played rugby for the school team and had a trial with Nottingham rugby club. Any one remember him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 i cant remember when i left cottesmore school but i do recall the woodwork teacher was a mr leitch,i think the girls head misstress was a miss mats,neil highfield/doug scott took P.E and mr anderson took geog,mr camden was art/pottery and i was a biscuit monitor (as they were known then) and i used to live in lenton near the white hart pub (now closed) Whitehart now reopened has been since November. Some great nights in there do you remember Dave Piggott lived on Priory St. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FiftiesBoy 4 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 hi piggy & babs, would Dave have worked at Bell Fruit.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 HI Piggy and Babs - My friend Maureen worked at Bell Fruit, with her sister Babs -- they had a number of brothers and lived on Corby Road, not you by any chance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FiftiesBoy 4 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Maureen who, what department?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Piggy and Babs can't post on here right now, but they can see the posts. I am replying for them. Fifties boy, yes Dave Piggott worked at Bell Fruit. Orphan Annie, no Babs didn't work at Bell Fruit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Went past Cottesmore the other day, they have started to demolish it. I think the site is going to be used for housing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 As taxi ray says, Cottesmore is no more. Â Â 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Radford Boy 26 Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Lots of memories of this place. I was there from 1956 to 1960. Mr. Happer was the headmaster, Percy Fox was the woodwork teacher, Stan Ashmore was Science, Mr. Fletcher was Tech.Drawing and Mr. Barnes was Maths. Some of my classmates were: Michael Pemberton, Michael Onion, Alan Dean,Roger Woodward,and Ian Johnson. Apologies to all the others whose names I have forgotten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Linda50 0 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Looking for girls who attended 1961 approx who knew Mckley, Hill Kuff, Yenny, Zan, Duko and in Mrs Seamans class 65/66 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 There are a lot of photos and information about Cottesmore on the Lenton Times site.  http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/streets/cottesmore_school.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Linda50 0 Posted May 26, 2017 Report Share Posted May 26, 2017 Looking for class friends, photos of Cottesmore Girls School from 1960 = 66 aprox onwards. Or any information whatsoever between those years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Franco passarelli 0 Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 I'm ex cottesmore class of 78'. Good old days.......I'll miss the place Big up Mr Knox best teacher I had!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carrol Isaacs 0 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 expat from Cottesmore class of '78 Agreed Mr. Knox was 100% the best teacher!! Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie 1 Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Hi Guys, It is wonderful to know that ex-students of Cottesmore are online seeking to find others who were at this wonderful school. I am writing this from Zhejiang province China with a big smile on my face as Nottingham is my home town.  I can remember Mr Adam as he was my English Teacher. Dr Parson was very special to me as he believed me and set me on the path that made it possible for me to eventually achieve a PhD from a top UK university. I just wish we still had Cottesmore so I could give back to what was a wonderful school for me and many others. I completed my schooling here in 1974 and went on to Peoples College and Forest Fields Grammar and later the Sixth Form College.  I spent a couple of decades teaching in the UK before relocating to China near 10 years ago with my wife and three sons with a few years in Taiwan but the majority of the time outside UK has been in China.  Kind regards  Leslie  Dr Leslie Taylor Zhejiang Province China 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Welcome to Nottstalgia Leslie. My Dad was at Cottesmore in the 1930s.  He passed the 11-plus (or whatever it was in those days) but insisted on going to Cottesmore because he was a footballer and High Pavement was a rugby school.   Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Woodall 0 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 My mother, Marjorie Woodall went to Cottesmore Secondary Modern School in the early 1950's. She still talks about her friend Theda (or maybe Zeda) Tulloch and Caroline Singh. If anyone on here knows them or my mother, would be great to connect you. Richard Woodall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 Lenton Times has a section on teachers at Cottesmore. Â Former pupils have listed teachers they remember, and added comments about them. I don't know any of the names, but it makes fascinating - and often amusing - reading. Â https://www.lentontimes.co.uk/images/gallery/cottesmore_school_boys/cottesmore_teachers_boys.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kohinoor77 0 Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 I went there when it was known as sandfield school from 1990-1992 Then it got closed in august 92  and I went to Margaret Glenn Bott before that I was at Edna G olds and Bentinck  school on Alfreton road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 To bring the thread up to date, this is what the Cottesmore site looks like today.....from Lenton Boulevard.  https://goo.gl/maps/a22pnwS22KQuM6Zm8  And you can see the white house on the corner which has been - and still apparently is - semi-derelict for longer than anyone can remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 My mother attended night school at Cottesmore in the 1940s. It was one of the 'freeze your socks off' design of schools, as was Manning, with open quads and ill-fitting french windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 My mother was also there (in normal day time), in the late 30s-early 40s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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