20-12-2011, 10:31
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Re: Woodnook St Mary's
I think Mrs Duxberry rings a bell, but wasnt she the caretaker if I remember, the dinner lady was a giant... she once cut her hand banging on the door of boys toilets telling us to be quiet as she got us organised before allowing us to come in for Lunch...
I went to Christ Church after wood nook and was in Mrs Aspens Class and had a year with Mr Barton, I remember his retirement, I remember Mr Whalleys old class, use to have partitions that opened up for Assembley. I remember the songs, being sung at is retirement day ...we wont go to heaven in a biscuit tin, because a biscuit tin as biscuits in... I dont agree my lord, I dont agree... and the other song was Kingston Town, ( and when I reach Jamaica I made a stop) the song by Harry belafonte.. Mrs Apen left the same year, she was a tiger... you will then remember, Mrs Hilda Neild took over and I was then in Mr Whalleys class... my class mates where Russel Walsh, Vincent GOlding and Darren Booth. the gang of four... where are they now?
Mr Whalley was amazing.... he use to get angry from time to time, go red in the face and stick his tongue out... He took me under his wing and took a few of us in his beetle to go to war museums... we loved history, the planets, modern history.... It all changed in 1975 when Mrs Neild, started to teach us about the cultures of Pakistan and India as if nothing else mattered. I just wanted to learn English and maths and complained to my dad... who complained to the authorities and Mrs Nield got very upset with me.... the point was, our education suffered as time was taken to homogenise the class's together... even back then, even at that age, we noticed things were not right.
Last edited by waynefitz; 20-12-2011 at 10:36.
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