John, yes indeed Miss Kelly was pricless. Quite apart from being an excellent teacher I also found her to be extremely knowledgeable and very enthusiastic...
Stuart You woke up my brain cells there. What was that pink stuff? I can remember the look but not the taste. I seem to recall I did like it though. I remember...
My name is Susan (nee Preece) and I attended the Elliott Girls School 1954 - 1956, after four years at Riversdale Primary. My sister Jacqueline Diane was five...
Zdravo, Loris, your note is very interesting, as I can see that we would appear to share several things in common.For Example we both went to the wonderful...
Hi Andy, Yes I liked the taste as well, it was occassionally a bit lumpy - but this was not a problem, coz if you pressed down on the lumps with your spoon,...
John, What splendid recollections, you're absolutely right the summers were hot and Christmas was white etc etc, I seem to remember that Christmas 1963 was...
Keith you have this uncanny knack of reminding me of the past, which is fantastic. That 1963 snow blizzard that we had that Saturday night was arguably the...
I'm back! Just to update one and all again, especially the 68+ seniors out there. I attended the Elliott Southfields from 1946-1950. Remember: Violet Chuter,...
Keith, I don't remember the weather in March '63 because I was languishing in Miami at the time. The worst Winter that I recall around then was 1960/61. I was...
Hey Kieth, I'm most certainly going to try to get to the reunion. Putting a face to a name that rings a bell is not my forte, so if it's not indiscete, where...
Hi Loris, I lived in Tildesley Road in a block of maisonettes opposite the shops and The Ranger. In fact, if I walked in a dead straight line from my front...
Hi Betty Welcome back. Glad we found it wasn't Andy's fault but Yahoo's. Hope he has forgiven us :) I notice his brother Geoff said he was the oldest...
Hello There, Barbara: Yes, I rejoined after being unceremoniously bounced for no apparent reason. Heaven knows what the alleged crime was! I would like to see...
Rockers............Now you've recalled the great Mods V Rocker days. So many flashbacks..for the record I was a Mod...haircut, italian suit, slim tie and the...
The Ranger, now that rings a bell! My friends Mick and Ken Martin lived 20m from the entrance. We would go to buy onion flavoured crisps and cyder at the...
I was a rocker and as I recall most of the Mods 'n' Rockers on the Ashburton and Alton seemed to co-exist well - as they did in most places to be fair, it was...
Keith, I knew it o Mod, mind yu not too many Rockers in Wiltshire Close. arsenal 1 CHELSEA, CHELSEA, CHELSEA 2 Yohooooooooo!! ... Ashburton and Alton...
Keith, sorry but had to butt in on this one...........the smell of Castrol-R............there was nothing like it. I had a Triumph Tigercub and me and my mate...
My only memory of that era is sitting on my uncle's Bonnie while he pushed it round to the back of our house in Stonebridge Park on the North Circular, often ...
Your mention of the Dragon Rally rung a bell. I went to the first at Bryn Bras in the sidecar of Dad's Vincent. Hope you are at the reunion, we can discuss the...
Alan, Not sure if anyone else is doing it, last I knew; Caroline had done 77-79, Mike had done 65 & 67, and I did 63, 64, 66 & 68. Now you've done 55, so...
Yes they were, and believe it or not, the Ace is still there and they have reunions as well. I've never been but those who have tell me it's great laugh, old...
I am sure my OLDER brother Geoff, is at least 75 !!!!! Regards Andy ... From: Barbara Barwis [mailto:barbarabarwis@...] Sent: 06 April 2004 20:18 To:...
I did 'The Dragon' in 66, it was in Llanberis, one of the coldest, wettest, uncomfortable and enjoyable weekends of my youth. - See you in July. All the very...
Andy: Yes, we nominate Geoff as thee OLDEST Elliottian, so far known! Barbara can now take 2nd place, looks like I'm in 3rd. Does Geoff remember any names from...
Now we are talking Loris, watchin the Cat, Bobby Tamblin (g) etc, did yu catch the match the other night? Stuart ... possible! ... the ... the ... on ... ...
If you read by bio (which I cannot do anymore due to failing eye sight) there are a few names of some other old timers, who like me need a Zimmer frame (I have...
