Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I remember Mr Thom (my boy's are good boy's) Mr Perry was indoor 10,000 meter running champion Mr Smart (Tech drawing) Mr Holt (music) Rog 1964 - 1968 Fleming house Spooky. I was in Fleming 66-73. Mr Holt was my first Tutor (Fleming A). He left after my first couple of terms to be replaced by PC Price (Pinhead). Mr Smart was Fleming housemaster all my time there Mr Perry was not in Fleming and I wasn't taught by him, but I've seen him around Nottingham city centre quite a few times in recent years. His appearance doesn't seem to have changed at all. For a guy who must be at least 64-65 he's in very good nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Spooky. I was in Fleming 66-73. Mr Holt was my first Tutor (Fleming A). He left after my first couple of terms to be replaced by PC Price (Pinhead). Mr Smart was Fleming housemaster all my time there Mr Perry was not in Fleming and I wasn't taught by him, but I've seen him around Nottingham city centre quite a few times in recent years. His appearance doesn't seem to have changed at all. For a guy who must be at least 64-65 he's in very good nick MY YOUNGEST SON NOW 30 WAS AT FAIRHAM IN THE NINTIES MR PERRY WAS STILL TEACHING HIM THEN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bilpol47 0 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 mr thom - head mr parham deputy head only woman miss greatorix librarian mr perry hunt house mr wallace penny house mr thorpe kenyon mr riddell flemminhdoc chapman french,manders metalwork god so log ago now wennt when they closed it down it was a wreck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan001 0 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 mr thom - head mr parham deputy head only woman miss greatorix librarian mr perry hunt house mr wallace penny house mr thorpe kenyon mr riddell flemminhdoc chapman french,manders metalwork god so log ago now wennt when they closed it down it was a wreck If my memory of Fairham Comp is correct. I remember Mr (fred) Riddell was the housemaster of Elliott house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Quite right there Alan, it was Elliot house, in later years he became a member of the city council, something to do with education and believe it or not at that time he was dead against corporal punishment but whilst he was a school master he ruled by fear of corporal punishment. Other house masters I remember were, Mr Hind Fleming house (after his retirement it was Mr Smart) Mr Sturtivant Lovell house (later it was Mr Burns) Mr Townsend either Brittain or Kenyon House (someone will know) Not sure about the other houses which consisted of Penney Hunt Whittle 8 in all Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bilpol47 0 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 hi - went to greencroft junior,moved to clifton when only orford avenue shops were ther,church was a wooden hut where the flats are now.lived at the first house on southchurch no 30,mrs clark was the head mistress at the school.pete russell,pat daily,maureen burton,melody allroyd,rodger tomblinson,bob,conger, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rayp 2 Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 That's a memory I'd forgotten about - the cafe and the record dept in the Southchurch Co-op. That was an amazing store for a council estate because to get to the first floor (and the cafe and records) you went up a black and silver Art Deco staircase, just like a smaller version of the one which used to be in the big Co-op on Parliament Street. And. like you, I went to Greencroft before moving up to Fairham Hi Cliff I was a trainee manager at the Southchurch Co-op in tha sixtees and ran the record department(one counter) because no one new about pop music,the manager a Mr Plackett made me order in Jim Reeves records so he could take them home to listen to them and would return them two weeks later. Does any one remember the fire in the hairdressing salon? I remember we filled buckets with water and i started to fill mine from the hot water tap at which point one of the female staff said "don't use the hot water it will make the fire worst" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bilpol47 0 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 My dad went to Fairham his name is Graham Cutler - think he was there about 1965 ish onwards..?? I WENT THERE FIRST DAY IT OPENED IN THE LATE 50,S UNTILL 1962 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jap 0 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 My dad went to Fairham his name is Graham Cutler - think he was there about 1965 ish onwards..?? Graham and i were friends through most of our school years,i hope he is doing ok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jap 0 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Good old Fairham, i was in Eliot house the house master was Fred Ridell "firey fred" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Just found this story http://www.thisisnot...tail/story.html on the impossible-to-understand Evening Post website. Fred Riddell might be best known as Chairman of the Education Committee in the 80s and 90s. Before that he was a teacher and house master at Fairham during my time there (although I was never taught by him). He had a fearsome reputation as a hard man, and even the most extreme head-case pupils at Fairham would tremble and fun away if someone said "Fred's coming". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 He's the toad who ruled that place with fear, would cane,slipper or strap anyone who crossed him then when politics took over his life he wants to ban corporal punishment, if ever I meet that sod I won't be responsible for my actions Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OMEGA 1 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 HI, I have just joined the forum and went to comp in 1966, as did my brother 3 years previous,(Hill )my tutor was Mr Kisby, I was in Fleming house. Does anyone know the full list of the houses and the occupations of the famous people they were named after I know a few but not all, glad there are members wishing to keep the memories alive! Cheers Marc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Ayup Mark and welcome aboard. I didn't go there but quite a few members did and I'm sure they'll soon furnish you with the information you require. (Incidently, I assume the Fleming you refer to would be Alexander Fleming who, ofcourse, discovered Penicillin. (Although this has been poo pood recently) We had a Fleming Laboratry at Frank Wheldon Comp named after him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 HI, I have just joined the forum and went to comp in 1966, as did my brother 3 years previous,(Hill )my tutor was Mr Kisby, I was in Fleming house. Does anyone know the full list of the houses and the occupations of the famous people they were named after I know a few but not all, glad there are members wishing to keep the memories alive! Cheers Marc. Small world, i reckon I might know you. I started at Fairham in 66 and my Tutor Set was Fleming A with Mr Holt (who later left and was replaced by PC Price). I remember Kisby as a history teacher who taught me in my later years there. Smart was the house master The houses were John Kenyon - named after a local councillor/mayor/civic somebody Alexander Fleming - the penicillin man William Penney - something nuclear John Hunt - mountaineering Frank Whittle - jet engine Elliot - not sure, but I think it was the poet Alfred Bernard Lovell - astronomy Benjamin Britten - music Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OMEGA 1 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thank you for the welcome to the forum and to the reply,it is funny how we look back at school in rose tinted glasses, there were many times I was glad to get home, Mr Naylor was a funny character never quite worked him out! Thanks again to the kind responses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Glad to see this thread being kept alive, I too was in Fleming house, tutor set FC with Mr Brittain who used to teach tech drawing and engineering, a great inspiration to any boy interested in pursuing engineering or mechanics as a career, also remember Mr Dobinson (English) Mr Wright (Chemistry) Mr Walsh (English/Geography) Mr Burns (maths) Mr Holt (music) Great memories but hated every minute of the place Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OMEGA 1 Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I would have loved to have gone round to see the old school before it had been pulled down, it certainly had a few good memories and many bad, perhaps leaving glapton juniors to an all boys school it was hell of a shock,mind you they would say it is character building I am not convinced! I really could not imagine it as a mixed school. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 hi, a bit late this is ,I went to fairham school in 62,63,left 64. I was in sir. frank wittlle house, had good times, got the cane,the strap and slipper still a good boy now, did me no harm bring it back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ian walsh 0 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Yes i admit i went to Fairham comp between the years 1965-1970 so if there is any speeling mistakes you no why .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I was there between 59 and 63 and still think we had a better education than they get now. Would you believe I liked Fred Riddell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Would you believe I liked Fred Riddell In almost 40 years since I left, you are the first person I've ever come across to say that! I was there for 7 years but was never taught by him, nor ever spoke to him for any reason. His reputation was legendary - but I can't say how much of it was based on real events. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Fred Riddell in my opinion was a bully, he ruled by fear, I can't think of anyone who had a good word for the man, now, when I was vice chair of a board of govenors at a secondary school he was something big in the education department at the council and he was dead set against any form of corporal punishment and gave many talks to that effect, funny how some folk change colours int it? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 my younger son was there in the early nineties mr perry was still there once told him of at a parents evening for touching my sons legs i did not think it was approriate mr nalor was his form master like people said he was hard to work out but i got on ith him ok cause he said i was straight john bull and said what i belived both to my son who always hated school but i always made him go and too the staff lee was not an easy person to teach and like me said what he thought and whould sometimes get the blame for things that were not his faultand would blow, so his mates used to wind him up until he got into trouble with the teacher, they even addmitted it after they all left school said if lee kicked of they got out of leasons. got to the stage that if the phone went at a certain time in the morning i would pick it up and say whats he done this time. even went down to school and sat at the back of the class for some lessons and could see his point to, one day the teacher forgot i was there and had a go at him in a way that was compleatly in appropriate, sat there and observed with out saying a word taking my own notes did not say a word dont know how i kept my mouth shut until after leason then straight to see the head and put in an official complaint funny thing they moved lee out of that class after that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 I know he was a bit of a Tartar but what I learned from Fred was about authority and the pecking order, when to hold your tongue and when not to served me well in later life. He would often punish the wrong boy because he wanted the real wrong doer come forward sooner than let someone else take the punishnment, that was another lesson learned about taking on responsibility and being responsible for your own actions. 3rd year History and English lit were also interesting if you could avoid the "cat-o-ninetails" (joke). Anyway for what it's worth at least one of his old pupils remembers him with fondness and understanding. R.I.P. Fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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