I was there between '59 and '64 and I did Latin as well as French and
German although we never got to go horse riding or ice skating. Think I
missed out somewhere there.

sw4work wrote:
>
> I was in 1Z through to 5Z along with Gina Clark who I exchanged a few
> emails with several years ago....Some other `Z-formers' who I think
> stayed on for 6th Form and who you may have known were Deborah Prior,
> Eddie Kossovitz (? spelling), Tina Nesbitt, Janet McCarthy and maybe
> Terry Clark.
>
> Woops, Sorry folks, I think I re-sent Ian's message by mistake. Gina
> and I grew up 'along
> the balcony' in the same block of flats. My other neighbour was Gaynor
> Bartlett, a couple
> of years older than me, also attended Elliott. The girls you mention
> sound familiar, but my
> memory is not brilliant. Names I remember from the 6th form are: Penny
> (Clark?) I think
> her father was the radio 4 broadcaster - 'The Food Programme',
> Christabel Birkbeck,
> Martin Sharp (also lived in the flats until he moved to Richmond, I
> think it was), Bryn
> (Carter?) Dominic (Harris?), Suzzanne ? Lived in Kingston, Marjorie
> Clark. Sadly, I don't
> think many people from the Estate made it into the 6th form. It was a
> good school - if I
> had been at school nowadays, I probably would have been excluded
> before I reached the
> 6th form! When I tell my children we had the options to go Ice
> Skating, Horse Riding,
> Canoeing etc. and the school taught Russian, Spanish, French and
> German and probably
> more, they are surprised. Education has a different meaning now, but
> don't get me started
> on that one!
>
>