How Many Ex-Public Schoolboys on NSC?

[Milton Keynes Seagull]

I did and the best thing was that I was away from home when we lost 8-2 to Bristol Rovers and 4-0 to Walton & Hersham!!

Unfortunately I was at both games and also went to Walton and Hersham for the 0-0 draw in the first game. I can't blame Brighton College for that though.

 

[BLOCK F]

Yes,I did,a long time ago when boarding at public school was a pretty basic existence.I'm glad I had the opportunity and I enjoyed the sport.
What did it do for me?Well,apart from the usual,it made me realise that if I ever went to prison,I would be able to cope .....no bother!!

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Lancing for me.
Used to be a load of us making the trip down the Old Shoreham Road every other Saturday.

 

[ILOVEBHA]

Yep Hurst for me.Great education,sports and many lifelong friends.
It really gives you a great head start in life if you are willing to take it.

 

[Don Quixote]

My dad went to boarding school, Worth, and he's kinda messed up now he got expelled. This brings me to believe it isn't the best thing for people.

 

[Gritt23]

Who owns up to having gone to a public school?

I'll "own up", although I'm not quite sure why you make it sound like a confessional.

Are you glad you did and what has it done for you?

Very pleased I went there. It made me determined to succeed, because my parents didn't find it easy to pay for it, so I always worked that much harder to ensure they felt it had been worth it. That wouldn't have suited everyone as they'd have felt under too much pressure as a result, but it worked for me.

I also learned a lot about how money doesn't solve everyones problems. You can't fix bad parenting by simply throwing money at the childs education.

 

[sir danny cullip]

I also learned a lot about how money doesn't solve everyones problems. You can't fix bad parenting by simply throwing money at the childs education.

I'd agree with that, although the grades certain people I know have come out of private school with would suggest the schools tend to think otherwise...

 

[Gritt23]

I'd agree with that, although the grades certain people I know have come out of private school with would suggest the schools tend to think otherwise...

Well, they do have the capacity to work closer with children and that will often bring their grades up.

I was thinking more about the troublesome kids who clearly lacked love and attention at home, and were sent off to boarding school where they just continued to be troublesome attention-seekers.

 

[NMH]

Lancing for me.
Used to be a load of us making the trip down the Old Shoreham Road every other Saturday.

Is that place as amazing to see on the inside as it is dramatic on the outside? It's been a backdrop to my life growing up in Shoreham, adventures along Coombes to Upper Beeding, catching minnows in the streams and digging worms and fishing the Adur (and I was only 46).

I've heard stories of kids committing suicide from depression - or is that folklore from us local yokels?

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Is that place as amazing to see on the inside as it is dramatic on the outside?

I've heard stories of kids committing suicide from depression - or is that folklore from us local yokels?

It is an amazing place ......but like everything, you dont appreciate it when you are that age. You tend to remember how bloody cold it was was in the winters.
To get to play on the main football pitch made up for it though.

Only one guy committed suicide when I was there....!

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

A scene from "IF"

 

[Ding Dong !]

Ardingly College for me.

Enjoyed it, great for sport but messed up my education somewhat !!

 

[chimneys]

Ardingly College for me.

Enjoyed it, great for sport but messed up my education somewhat !!

Were you there at the same time as Adam Virgo?

 

[Uncle Buck]

It is an amazing place ......but like everything, you dont appreciate it when you are that age. You tend to remember how bloody cold it was was in the winters.
To get to play on the main football pitch made up for it though.

Only one guy committed suicide when I was there....!

Cold is an understatement.

Windows that actually closed in those massive dorms would have been a good start.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Lancing.
Midweek visits to the goldstone were always a pleasure.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Yes, all my schools were public schools, including prep and pre-prep. And they were a bit cack, really.

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[StanmoreSeagull]

Ardingly for me. Excellent for sports and education. Adam Virgo's Older brother James, who also played for the Albion a while ago was in the year above me.

 

[Brovion]

Single parent family, brought up on a council estate, went to the local comprehensive. *wipes nose on back of hand* I'll take all you public school nonces on annnnyyyyy tiiiiiiimmmmmme! Facking poofs the lot of ya!

 

[Exiled in Indooroopilly]

Brighton College. Left mid 80's. Enjoyed it a lot mainly, as other posters have alluded to, because of sport sport and more sport. It is a much different school now than it was then. Keep in touch with a quite a few people from the school and played egg chasing for the Old Boys for a while.

Its good for some people, not so good for others. Bit like most schools I guess.

 

[Uter]

Warden Park for me. Theoretically a comprehensive, but so middle class it was practically a public school (in my opinion).