[Brighton] School

[TugWilson]

St Bartholomew`s-felt like the 18th century
St Andrews-teachers were evil bunch of *****
The Knoll-loved it

 

[W3 BHA]

I have very fond memories of my time at Elm Grove juniors in the early to mid 70's and Patcham Fawcett Annexe as well as Patcham Fawcett main school from the mid to late 70's.

What schools did you attend?

Elm Grove Infants and Juniors. Westlain Grammar

 

[GT49er]

Your grandmother was 11 in 1993? Several underage pregnancies in your family?

I suspect that first 9 should have been an 8.

Whoops! Yes, I get it now. Just edited..............................

 

[Eeyore]

I have very fond memories of my time at Elm Grove juniors in the early to mid 70's and Patcham Fawcett Annexe as well as Patcham Fawcett main school from the mid to late 70's.

What schools did you attend?

Elm Grove Juniors mid 70's and the Patcham Fawcett , left 79, we muxt have been at the same school at least some of the time.Perhaps we even knew each other, like u fond memories of Elm Grove- Mrs Cole has always stuck in my mind!

Elm Grove Infants and Juniors. Westlain Grammar

Elm Grove School ? The enemy. Rightly put in their place with a 6-0 thumping in 1977.

I'm a SLOB, a St Luke's Old Boy (1973-1981). I suppose Queen's Park should have been the rivals. But they were more the Crawley to your Palace.

I went to Stanley Deason afterwards.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

To be followed up by a 'what's your mother's maiden name?' thread

My mums maiden name was the same as my dads

 

[BN9 BHA]

I have very fond memories of my time at Elm Grove juniors in the early to mid 70's and Patcham Fawcett Annexe as well as Patcham Fawcett main school from the mid to late 70's.

What schools did you attend?

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?129725-Hardest-School-in-Brighton

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

What has starting school got to do with pregnancy? Weird.

Seemed obvious what he meant to me!

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Elm Grove Worthing, and then Worthing High School for Boys - 1964-71.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

My mums maiden name was the same as my dads

Were you born with a rather large forehead?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

St Bartholomew`s-felt like the 18th century
St Andrews-teachers were evil bunch of *****
The Knoll-loved it

Been to all of those, plus Balfour, West hove and a.n. other...Moulsecoombe...hated, loathed and detested knoll

 

[Goring-by-Seagull]

Goring First
West Park Middle
Durrington High

 

[Hugo Rune]

https://youtu.be/BlNWQY2tIvA

 

[TugWilson]

Been to all of those, plus Balfour, West hove and a.n. other...Moulsecoombe...hated, loathed and detested knoll

What didn`t you like about The Knoll ?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

What didn`t you like about The Knoll ?

The teachers, the kids and the fact I had to go there. I was a very introverted kid

 

[shingle]

Patcham Infants and Junior School (hated it)
De La Salle (one year) (hated it, psycho teachers)
Cardinal Newman (hated it)

Brighton Art College (Foundation Course) (best time ever)
London College Of Printing .. degree in Photography, Film and Television.

* all this rubbish about school being the happiest time of your life, imo is utter bollox, hated every day of it.*

 

[TugWilson]

The teachers, the kids and the fact I had to go there. I was a very introverted kid

Yeah The Knoll eat introverts,i was one at the start,very soon learnt all the extroverts held the high ground and succumbed ,eat or be eaten seemed to be the way there . I was lucky,i had good friends and we stuck together throughout 5 years .

 

[razer]

Elm Grove Juniors mid 70's and the Patcham Fawcett , left 79, we muxt have been at the same school at least some of the time.Perhaps we even knew each other, like u fond memories of Elm Grove- Mrs Cole has always stuck in my mind!

I was in Mrs C's class. I also remember Mr Hawker, Mrs Large, Mrs Batchelor and Val Hennessey who went on to become a columnist for the Sunday Mail. I knew a Nick who had a stepbrother (Clive I think?).

 

[razer]

It looks like a phishing post but the OP has a lot more posts than the typical phisher…..that’s why I think it looks odd.

It isn't. It's just a post.

 

[Anger]

My mums maiden name was the same as my dads

This thread just got interesting.

What’s the back story there?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Yeah The Knoll eat introverts,i was one at the start,very soon learnt all the extroverts held the high ground and succumbed ,eat or be eaten seemed to be the way there . I was lucky,i had good friends and we stuck together throughout 5 years .

My Dad and I did the plumbing at the Knoll from 1973 right up to when it closed.
We used to call it the borstal.
If I had to go back to the van for anything I would take a hammer with me for protection
Some highlights:
They set fire to the lagging in the roof space.
They nicked a ladder while we were on the roof.
They let the handbrake off on a painters van which crashed into the double doors in the playground.
They smashed the cubicles over time leading it looking like an open Roman communal bog.