Jill Sparrow 9,016 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 I've been chatting for a couple of hours this evening with one of my teachers from Berridge! I haven't seen him for over 33 years. My word, what a lot of information! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 1,545 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Carni snap, well nearly, I met my wife when we were both 17 and married 2 1/2 years later, still married. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,631 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 12 hours ago, carni said: Young Love oh Love, Filled with sweet devotion......Benj We share with deep devotion........mi duck......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 858 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 I am an interloper - I wasn’t at Berridge! However, I first saw my future wife, from a distance, on the night Kennedy was shot. Friday 22nd November 1963. I met her properly in summer 1964 when House of the Rising Sun was number one. She was 13, and call me a cradle snatcher but it really was love at first sight. I was absolutely infatuated. I used to walk the long way home just to pass her house and catch a glimpse of her. Bitter, sweet memories! We began to “go out” in the summer of 1965 when the Help! album was release (You don’t realise how much I need you ....) We were married in 1968, she was 17 and I was 20. Still married. Still love her deeply. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 858 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Ignore - edited my original. Doing myself an injustice! I was 20! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,853 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Let’s form a ‘Didn’t go to Berridge Society’! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,038 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 @trogg and @AfferGorritt Great to read your stories of young love - pleased it all worked out for you. Paul and I met when we were almost 21 and were 23 when we married. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,511 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 After 55 years, I must marry Tina one of these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,511 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 57 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Let’s form a ‘Didn’t go to Berridge Society’! I dint go to Berridge, I did however go to Boulevard, (not the cinema). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 858 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 The pub? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,016 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 I was going to ask that, AG, but didn't like to....you know! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,511 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 All the world and his brother are bloody comedians. :-) Radford Boulevard...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 858 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Sorry! Couldn’t resist! I worked at Players, so could often be found in the Boulevard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,511 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 I would have been more upset if you hadn't responded AG. I just love the banter. Makes you realise, you're not on your own. Cheers! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,511 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 I'm beginning to wonder if I should have gone to Berridge, it would seem I missed out on quite a bit. However, as I'm older, I would never have met the Ayatollahess, that whippersnapper Jill Sparrow. Oh dear, I've led a sheltered life.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 743 Posted February 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 This has been posted before but Jill has now acquired all the names so will add them below. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,016 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Seated: Neville Eccles, Alex Smulkowski, Geoffrey Hollington. Standing: Stephen Binns, Geoffrey Eaton, Alan Roe, Christopher Holbrook, Brett Stephens. On the right: Christopher Fox. Teacher. Alan Parr. 1969. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 743 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Jill has found this Berridge class photo. It has with it a chart giving the date as 5th June 1973 and naming the teacher, Miss Hazel Dodds with the pupils names too. Credit to the original poster of the image, Sharon Singleton who I hope doesn’t object to my reproducing it here. Top left could be Mark Purdy who we used to babysit for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,038 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Did I see this photo on Facebook yesterday? Whenever I see a Berridge photo I think of you Jill 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 8,975 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, MargieH said: Did I see this photo on Facebook yesterday? Whenever I see a Berridge photo I think of you Jill I’m really impressed with the ex pupils of Berridge, I see so many posts and photos relating to the school on Facebook, makes me wish I’d gone there. I never see anything about the schools I attended, except on their dedicated sites, and even then there’s not a lot of interest really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,511 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 You and me both, Mrs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,853 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 There's no history or photographs of my old primary, Arno Vale. It was built pre war and is still in existence. I must confess I never went back to visit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,328 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 To combine this thread with the subject in another thread.............I can see a hell of a lot of old school photos relevant to me, because there's a Facebook Group named Clifton Estate School Photos., which does exactly what it says. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,016 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 The chairs the children are sitting on were brand new in 1968 when the school acquired a library. Very 60s looking they were. They were gone 2 years ago when we visited. 60s tat. Probably fell apart around 1978! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,038 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 hours ago, philmayfield said: There's no history or photographs of my old primary, Arno Vale. It was built pre war and is still in existence. I must confess I never went back to visit. There weren’t any whole class photos in our time there Phil. I remember there being 3 chairs next to each other on the playground and the photos were taken of 3 children at. a time. We just got our own photo to buy though. I’ll find some of my primary school photos to to put on NS somewhere - but not on this thread cos this is supposed got be just Berridge! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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