What school did you go to?

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
tek-monkey said:
Did you get stuck here after Poly? Seems a common thing...
Too right! I had 32 addresses in 18 years before this house - and I've been here for nearly 30 years. Maximum before was two and half years in one house - most were under a year.
 

scorpiokisses

Active Member
Went Blessoes - left in 97. Mr Sartin was sexist but the English department were great - except Ms. Tait/McGovern, she was scary. Mrs Cunnion used to talk in descending volume until you could barely hear her, then she'd get mad at you for asking someone what she said! Had some well nice Chaplains though.
 

shoes

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Apart from me I not aware of anyone on the forum who went. Its a good school although very traditional, you won't find a travel & tourism GCE available there lol
 

Slainte

Quizmeister
scorpiokisses said:
Went Blessoes - left in 97. Mr Sartin was sexist but the English department were great - except Ms. Tait/McGovern, she was scary. Mrs Cunnion used to talk in descending volume until you could barely hear her, then she'd get mad at you for asking someone what she said! Had some well nice Chaplains though.
Mr Barton in his chemistry lessons, vile temper, but was randomnly talking to him in the pub the other night when he came in with another teacher from blessos, Mrs Moore, who was the smallest teacher there
 

trenchfoot

A few posts under my belt
Flash Lea the Rising Brook in 84-88. Realised the other day that Rockie is still 'teaching' there, must be the oldest swinger in town!
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
stoofer34 said:
Burton Manor then Rising Brook Secondary Mod

Mr Bostock Died Last week aged 90+

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Indeed, Roy was a really nice chap. I've known him for just the last few years and only heard of his departure yesterday. He'd been doing quite well lately, I thought.
 

gilbert grape

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mitch said:
as a bit of a newbie I just need to know what I'm up against in the ''school bragging rights'' stakes, I'm an old Kingston (before it turned into one of those puffy middle school things with added girls) lad. Dinner time was looked forward to by only two things 1) A decent fight on the football pitch or over the park, or 2) hanging over the hedge at Riverway and having a drool.




Admin edit: Moved post to correct thread. :)
You were actually at school with my bro then? More history than i thought!


I went through the old primary, middle & high sytem, being at Doxey, Chetwynd and then King Edward. Reading back I think there's a few old faces on here?
 

Withnail

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zakkwylde87 said:
This has been sponsored by Mr Brittain's beard.
When i was there, there was an inscription on one of the desks that read
"Benji is a tw*t".
It still gives me great pleasure to have been able to amend this legend to
"Benji is a wris(twat)ch" (without the commas, obviously)
I like to entertain the idea that i have inspired future generations of surrealists. They probably just got rid of the desks though.
 

Wyred

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stoofer34 said:
Burton Manor then Rising Brook Secondary Mod

Mr Bostock Died Last week aged 90+

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Sad to hear that. Mr Bostock certainly knew how to swing that cane, the only one of the Heads that hurt when you got the whack, at least five pairs of PE shorts required for insulation.
 

mitch

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gilbert grape said:
mitch said:
as a bit of a newbie I just need to know what I'm up against in the ''school bragging rights'' stakes, I'm an old Kingston (before it turned into one of those puffy middle school things with added girls) lad. Dinner time was looked forward to by only two things 1) A decent fight on the football pitch or over the park, or 2) hanging over the hedge at Riverway and having a drool.




Admin edit: Moved post to correct thread. :)
You were actually at school with my bro then? More history than i thought!


I went through the old primary, middle & high sytem, being at Doxey, Chetwynd and then King Edward. Reading back I think there's a few old faces on here?
He was a year above me, I know you can't beleive it and there was you thinking I was no older than 29.
 

Furbal

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shoes said:
Apart from me I not aware of anyone on the forum who went. Its a good school although very traditional, you won't find a travel & tourism GCE available there lol
I went to Adams' for sixth form, so it's clearly not all that! :P
 

gilbert grape

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mitch said:
gilbert grape said:
mitch said:
as a bit of a newbie I just need to know what I'm up against in the ''school bragging rights'' stakes, I'm an old Kingston (before it turned into one of those puffy middle school things with added girls) lad. Dinner time was looked forward to by only two things 1) A decent fight on the football pitch or over the park, or 2) hanging over the hedge at Riverway and having a drool.




Admin edit: Moved post to correct thread. :)
You were actually at school with my bro then? More history than i thought!


I went through the old primary, middle & high sytem, being at Doxey, Chetwynd and then King Edward. Reading back I think there's a few old faces on here?
He was a year above me, I know you can't beleive it and there was you thinking I was no older than 29.
30 actually! Well done!
 

vodelia

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I've been on nights and should be asleep but just spent an hour reading these and laughing! I was a Blessoe's girl 1992-97, St Anne's primary before that. Have a 12 y/o son who's at Walton and loves it there. Deffo the best school in Stafford and wish I'd gone there like my older brothers did...
Best teachers at Blessoes IMHO were Mr Washington and Mr sartin aka Parker!
Worst were Cunnion, Kay and 'rice crispy eyes' (R.I.P).
 

shoes

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Bump :)

We must have had loads of new members since february - which school did you all go to?
 

Jade-clothing

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I went to Boston High School - sadly Boston in Lincolnshire not the Us. It was an all girls school for the brainy ones and I hated it - they didnt like people with ambition and we were pushed to do the sort of lessons that would make us good wives. So i have 8 O'levels but unfortunately most of them are in things like Needlework and cooking and the like. The head mistress was a right old battle axe, woe betide anyone who got on the wrong side of her! Which wasnt easy as she was as wide as she was tall!
 

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Jade-clothing said:
I went to Boston High School - sadly Boston in Lincolnshire not the Us. It was an all girls school for the brainy ones and I hated it - they didnt like people with ambition and we were pushed to do the sort of lessons that would make us good wives. So i have 8 O'levels but unfortunately most of them are in things like Needlework and cooking and the like. The head mistress was a right old battle axe, woe betide anyone who got on the wrong side of her! Which wasnt easy as she was as wide as she was tall!
Congratulations upon escaping one of the most remote places of England

Barrow in Furness is another...
 
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