--- In Elliott_School@..., Lynda Matthews <lyndamatthews@...>
wrote:
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> Hi Alan
> Yes I remember Mr Mackee very well and recollect him coming in amongst us
quite often.  I don't think we fully appreciated classical music in those days. 
I also remember Miss Wade and in fact she was our form mistress in the first
year I think.  She was lovely and as a very drab 12 year old wished I could look
like her.  Oh well some things never happen no matter how long you wait.  We
must have been in the same class I think.  I was there between 1957 - 1962 as
well.  What was the name of the very strict Science master?  I remember him
saying on our first lesson.  "I don't want you to burn yourselves using the
bunson burners.  It's not that I care about you but I just can't stand the smell
of burning flesh"!!
>
> Kind regards 
> Lynda Matthews nee Tucker
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> From: goulderalan <alan.goulder@...>
> To: Elliott_School@...
> Sent: Saturday, 27 June, 2009 21:02:08
> Subject: Ruffled Feathers
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>
> Greetings Possums,
> My computer has been down for a while so I have only just
> checked my e-mail. I wondered what was going on when so many
> e-mails pitched up at the same time.
> I don't want to go into what has been going on re archivist
> except to say that Edmund Hodges and Andy Lambert are what
> cockneys would call 'Diamond Geezers'.
> They have done a wonderful job with this website for which I
> am truly grateful. So no more 'Ruffled Feathers' please or I
> will have do what Mr.Mackee my music teacher at Elliott around
> 1959 used to say: 'If there's any more of this I will come in
> amongst you, I will come in amongst you'.
> Anyone remember him?
> I never knew Andy or Edmund during my time at Elliott 1957-1962.
> I'm afraid Edmund my only interest in art lessons was the lovely
> Miss Wade. Talk about hormones clicking in. Every time I saw her
> it was like the Charge of The Light Brigade.
> Some memories never fade. I can still picture her with her shoulder
> length blonde hair and black leather boots.
> If I keep on like this someone will chuck a bucket of cold water over
> me. Anyway Possums enjoy the summer and keep the messages coming in.
>
> Kind Regards
> Alan
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> Hi Lynda,

I think I may have been in the same class as you in the first year.Miss wade
was our form teacher, I think ,and the class was 1C.Correct me if Im wrong.I
remember both Mr Mackee and the science teacher who by your description is Mr
Parsonage.Miss Wade was lovely and the two male teachers were great.Mr Mackee
got me to read music ,a little ,and to play the recorder and I always enjoyed Mr
Parsonages lessons even if he was strict.Im trying to remember you Lynda.Did you
wear glasses as a child and were you sea sick during a very rough crossing on a
day trip to France?If the answer is yes to these questions then I do remember
you.
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> Regards
John Geen
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