daveymagpie 0 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Any other ex-Mellish on here? I was there between 1982-1987 Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Welcome Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Ayup Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Any other ex-Mellish on here? I was there between 1982-1987Dave Yep...Mellish here too...when it were an all boys grammar school....was there 69 to 72....seems its being closed next year fer good...theres a 2 day reunion next year too for any ex Kev. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Yep...Mellish here too...when it were an all boys grammar school....was there 69 to 72....seems its being closed next year fer good...theres a 2 day reunion next year too for any exKev. Welcome Dave and Fynger. My Father in law (Now deceased) taught physics there. Retired around 1975 if I remember rightly. Bob McCandless. You may remember him. Hope he wasn't too hard on you. He would have been sad to hear of it being closed. He was there a lot of years. Dave 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Hi ya LL ....yet I rember Bob....dint teach me tho...I always had Mr Bonsall ( enid ) for physics.....Huge guy always pulling his trousers up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Hey ya'll too! I remember the name Bonsall but don't think I ever met him. Only other teacher I met there was Boddy who taught woodwork I believe. Why did the powers that be decide to close it? Always thought it was a school with a pretty good reputation. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donnyred 1 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I was there from 64 to 70. I remember " Danny Mac" Alan Hindle et al. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 i was there from 77-82, it looks like i missed you all, by a couple of years before and after! i went to the open day on the last ever day it was open. was nice to see the rooms with all sorts of memorabilia from over the years. especially this- yep, thats my name in the middle there! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I got a few photos of me in that book too....the naughty book Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Going into Nottingham from Bulwell this am I wasn't the only one to give a gasp of shock at the site of Henry Mellish School on Highbury Rd. Sorry 'Old Mellonians' but your old school is now a heap of rubble! My daughter was in the first intake of girls when it went co-ed around 1968 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Has the big front building gone now then ?? First girl intake wasn't '68'...we'de heard rumours that girls were coming....I left in '72' and they hadn't turned up by then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Sorry Fynger, yes the lots gone and sorry again I mixed up my 2 daughters birthdates! it was probably 1977 when the girls arrived. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Went past today & not much left at all, probably will be gone completely by the weekend. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobw 0 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Sorry to hear Henry Mellish School has gone. I was there in the 1950"s. BobW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 You might know our neighbour ..Harry Burton....now runs the Nelson and Railway Inn in Kimberley. ( he left in '57 )...i left in '72 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobw 0 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 No,I don,t remember that name ,sorry. I remember Archie Knight,Dave Rowberry,Bill Brazier,Trev White, Gordon Shopland; also Graham Scott and Chris Stone who sadly are no longer with us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 recent pic of mellish in its final days of being demolished Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orlando 10 Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Sorry Fynger, yes the lots gone and sorry again I mixed up my 2 daughters birthdates! it was probably 1977 when the girls arrived. Girls finally turned up in the 74/75 academic year of new intakes. This was also the 1st year of fully comprehensive intake after the eleven plus was completely phased out in Notts. This meant 45 eleven year old girls from Bulwell in a school of 500 grammar school boys from around the rest of the county. Must have been very frightening. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Welcome Orlando Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia, Orlando. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 yeah i was going to say the girls arrived in 74, i actually am almost neighbours (she is one house along, over the back) with somebody who was in that first intake of girls. and enigma's photo, even though i've been by a couple of times is quite a shock to see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orlando 10 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 I was at mellish from 68 to 75 and also remember Danny Mac although I think he retired before 1975 as Ena Bonsall was already head of Physics by 1972. Other notable teachers were Bates the mild mannered metal work teacher who we delighted in addressing formally as Master Bates and the unfortunately named mad maths teacher Mr Bottoms whose initials incredibly were "R.C." just in case we needed any help in remembering his nickname Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donnyred 1 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Welcome Dave and Fynger. My Father in law (Now deceased) taught physics there. Retired around 1975 if I remember rightly. Bob McCandless. You may remember him. Hope he wasn't too hard on you. He would have been sad to hear of it being closed. He was there a lot of years. Dave I remember him I was there from 64 to 70. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Any of you Mellish boys remember an Irishman called Mr Murrell (or Morrell) who taught English in the early 60's? He left Mellish around 1967 to teach at Carlton-le-Willows Grammar. He lives close to me and I see him virtually every day striding along the road carrying bags of paraphernalia that he's usually picked up in charity shops. What's amazing is that he's now 95 or 96 and is still very upright, active and alert. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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