Long time, no hear...Hellooo, is there anyone
still out there?<br>Anyway, I have been told you have a
bank holiday on Monday over there, in the UK. I was
trying to think what it was for and the only thing I
could think of,would be Whitsun. Is that right? So,
whitsun got me thinking and I seem to recall that Pinner
Fair used to be on the Wednesday of Whitsun week. I'm
interested to know if the fair still comes every year.
Growing up, it was always a huge deal to me and then as a
teen...an even bigger one because we would hang out at the
pub (I forget the name...was it the George?)right in
the middle of the High street. I remember this pub
and the fair, would be a place to get together and
bump into people you hadn't seen for ages. Whereas
normally people kept to their own "turf" (ie: the north
harrow boys drank at the headstone: the Wealdstone lot
at the Case etc.) the fair would bring all the
different groups together and while there was usually some
fight or disagreement during the evening, it was a real
coming together of people.<br>Maybe, I'm romanticising,
due to the fact that I'm really homesick these days,
but I do have very fond memories of that one day of
the year.

I lived on the Pinner Road in between Harrow and North Harrow, but I went to
school in Wealdstone...The Sacred Heart.

i'm glad i wasn't the only one that went to them
.<br>I'm sure a bloke from Belmont school used to be a
bouncer on the door , "Huddy" hudson was his last name he
was a year older than me bu 3 times bigger.Where did
you use to live and what school did you go to??

I had forgotten all about the CO-OP discos...boy, did I feel grown up, the first
time I went.<br>Does anyone else remember them?

not too old well that makes me feel better, i
left Belmont school 1975 at. 18 was a guard on
piccadilly line at South Harrow for 1 year left Harrow in
1978 for the East end (Tower Hamlets) .When i ws in
Harrow i went to Tudors once but used to go to The
Bandwagon twice a week for the heavy metal nights.plus
another one on Queensbury roundabout and another in
Edgware which i can't recall the names,The co-op disco
down by wealdstone high street was our 1st chance to
go to a "nightclub". Played darts for the "Duck in
the pond" and "The Belmont" Now living in leighton
buzzard since 1983 not a lot here that's why it's nice to
catch up with Harrow people .Don't know whether you
know it but i used to live in the Meadow Way next door
to all the M'Canns

Na, you're not too old...we're all pretty much
middle aged in here.<br>How long since you left the
Harrow area? What "dives" in Harrow did you frequent as
a teenager/coming of age young man ?<br>I'm sure if
we polled the group, there would have been at least
one time when we were all in the same place, at the
same time...probably Tudors, no doubt.<br>Anyway,
welcome to the club...

Hi i;m a little older than most of you i know but
this club brings back memories for me .<br>42 years
old went to Belmont School between 1969-1975 living
in Leighton Buzzard.<br>If any of you know any
people around my age i'd be glad to know .Perhaps we've
already died!!

Have any of the members watched "Blue Peter"
recently? Awfully strange question, I know-but my 13 year
old is auditioning for a part in a new kids TV show
on the BBC and the questionaire asks specifically
why he likes Blue Peter and what he would do to
change it. My answer would be based on the memories of a
39 year old, who can only recall John Noakes and his
dog Skip (?)(some sheepdog, anyway)...Valerie
Singleton, some other chubby bloke and a fat labrador.Oh,
and I also remember John Noakes slipping in Elephant
poop...or did I just see that years later in one of those
"blooper/outake" shows?<br> Anyway, can anybody tell me...is the
format still basically the same? Do they still have Blue
Peter appeals, where you save up all your silver milk
bottle tops to buy a guide dog etc. Do they still give
away Blue Peter badges?Are they still showing you how
to make Christmas decorations out of empty bog
rolls?<br>So, what is it, a teenage boy, in this day and age,
would like about the show? And how could they change
the programme to make it better?<br>Answers on a
postcard, please...

Well, I received the phone call yesterday, from
my cousin (along with numerous emails from friends
in the UK...) that drunken Lisa pulled the trigger
and shot Phil Mitchell. It's rather unfortunate that
over here in the US, Mel and Steve aren't even back
from honeymoon yet...but if I hadn't been told, I
probably would have cheated and looked on the internet,
anyway.<br>So, my point is...was it really that big of a deal in
England? Did the media really hype it up?<br>I think I'm
probably only one of a handful of people who watch the
show over here, so obviously there was no media
coverage at all.<br>To be perfectly honest, if I still
lived in England, I probably wouldn't bother too much
with watching Eastenders, anymore (the first year or
so was much better than it is now...)but it's like a
link for me, sad little ex-pat that I am...<br>I used
to watch Corrie Street religiously, too-but the
Canadian Satellite that broadcast it, disappeared about 3
months ago. Does anyone feel like filling me in on what
I've missed? (or indeed, does anybody even watch that
show anymore?)Anyway, I think the last time I saw it,
Jim was in prison for murdering that drug
dealer/generally villainish bloke..and Jim's old slapperrish
ex-wife Liz, was back in the street.<br>Has anything
interesting happened since then?

...or just click on "post", if you want to start a new thread.

For our new members...if you have anything you'd like to post for the other
members to see...just click on reply...

I wonder who this Martin bloke is then? Didn't
Doug Thompson have some weird medical ailment, like
Arthritis in his eyes or something? I wasn't that friendly
with Terry, but I knew his little brother Rob. As for
Gonzo...I would love to know what he has been up to all
these years. When I was "seeing" him, he still lived
with his Mum in Harrow Weald/Stanmore. I haven't seen
any of these people since about 1982. God, that's
almost twenty years. They are probably all old men, by
now! Mind you, I'm no spring chicken, either...

withh regards to the photo ,no it is not Martin
Perry as he has way to much hair , as to the other
point yes i did know gonzo and the scottish guy was
probably Eddie Tolland. As for a few other names you might
have known from the gateway are Doug Thompson, Terry
Loscombe

By the way, you need to go into "photos" and click on Album entitled Early
'80's......

This is the photo I found of me and some bloke called Martin, taken at Tudors
back in the early '80's. Is it Martin Perry? If not-does anyone recognise him?

With regards to Martin Perry. I just found a photo of myself and someone called
Martin...taken at Tudors back in early '80's. It could well be Martin
Perry.<br>I can post it to the site, if you like.

Just had a brief "flashback". With regards to
Stevie Waites...did you ever know his sister's
boyfriend-Gonzo (John Gonzales)? Or some little scottish bloke
(pretty "buff" for his size, I recall...) called Eddie? I
remember that Paul Angeletta used to be a barman at the
Gateway and that his brother Martin, had a glass eye.

Well, I hung around with Lance Kent, Fritz
(Robert fitzgerald)Rodney Bignall.....etc etc.I was a
local at the Gateway from the age of 14 or 15 onwards
(1975/76). I'm sure we must have bumped into each other once
in a while. What's your real name?<br>If you like,
you can respond to my private email Brit2404@...

I knew steve very well as i used to drink with
him at the royal oak nee gateway, along with other
famous ex harrovians such as Martin Perry<br>Tony
Heslin, Lance Kent.<br>As for being at st gregs i was in
the same year as Martin Clancey .

No, I'm not any relation to Stevie Waites, but I
knew him pretty well. <br>What years were you at St.
Gregs? I remember Martin's older sister and his brother
Tom and then I know there were two younger girls, but
I can't remember their names.

I was at st gregorys when Martin died and i can
still feel the shock, Martin lived closed to me in
<br>weald lane and i knew his sister Ellen quite
well.<br><br>Jean are you any relation to Steve waites?

Regarding Jean's message no 119, back in
September last year, I have just had an email from
www.friendsreunited.co.uk. Apparently they were website of the week on Radio
2 recently and have been doing incresed business
since then. It may be worthwhile checking it out again
for long lost classmates.<br><br>Take care, y'all!

Yes your right!.....If i remember rightly their were two RTA's at the
time!!!!!........oops.....must be the old grey matter playing tricks......sorry
for confusion!!

I'm sorry you had to go through that...however,
I'm confused. As far as I knew-there were no girl
passengers...just Martin. The driver-Nicky Sweetman...had "bolted"
from the scene, leaving Martin on his own. The police
picked up Nicky at his house, hiding in bed, covered in
broken glass, with his tongue bitten in two-still
denying he had anything to do with it. It took two days
before he was man enough to admit anything, despite all
the evidence.<br>How am I so sure? Because I am
ashamed to say-I was his girlfriend at the time.

How does a blind skydiver know when it is time to brace himself for
landing?<br><br>When his guide dogs leash goes slack!!!

Hi Jean and all.<br>I went to Cedars infant and
junior school with Martin Clancy , knew him and and his
brother Tom and sister quite well,till we switched
schools.<br>On a sadder note .....was one of the porters who
helped unload the ambulance when he and the girl
passengers were brought into Northwick Park.<br>It shook me
up plenty seeing an old school mate that way!

Somebody reminded me today that the Target at
shaftesbury circle was once called the Bird's Nest...I had
completely forgotten. Did any of you ever go there? I was a
regular for a time, especially when the club was known as
the Target.<br>I also remembered that a boy called
Alan Johnston was killed coming home from there. I
can't remember all the details, but I think his car was
hit by a 140 bus. Anyway, he went to St.Anselms and
would have been a year or so ahead of me. Very
sad...This must have happened around 1981/1982...I'm not
sure what secondary school he had attended...St.Greg's
maybe?<br>When you are young, you believe you are invincible and
it's very hard to accept one of your peers has died.
<br>Do any of you remember Martin Clancy's tragic death?
I'm still haunted by that. I would have been about 17
or 18 years old at the time. I think his funeral was
the saddest thing I've ever had to attend. St.Josephs
was just packed to the hilt. <br>Sorry to be so
gloomy, folks...just sharing some thoughts, that's all

Happy New Year to you all...<br>I hope you all
had a wonderful Christmas. I don't like Christmas as
much as when I was a teen...single and
carefree...spending it up the Bandwagon or Tudors...an unadultered
snogfest, with kissing galore ! Such fun...I miss my youth.
Anyway, "Chiswickbitter"-who were these Ex-Salvo buddies
you went drinking with? Anyone I might know?<br>I'm
sorry the messageboard has been so quiet lately...I
thought you'd all stopped logging in, so I stopped
posting stuff.<br>Hopefully, somebody will throw out some
topic for discussion and we can resume the club for the
New Year.<br>All the Best to Everyone !!

I sincerely hope not - It's been fun seeing what
you all have been doing. I was in Harrow over
Christmas with my family, seeing parents and friends. Went
for a drink with some (Old Salvo) mates in the White
Horse at the foot of Harrow Hill, behind the Half Moon
(?). Nice to drink Fullers London Pride again, but I
haven't seen Chiswick Bitter for some time. You can't get
it in Bournemouth.<br><br>Went to the Dome on the
Saturday before Christmas - I had been putting it off all
year, but my wife eventually persuaded me to take the
children. Not as bad as I expected - not Alton Towers, but
still an enjoyable day out. Glad I went, if only to
have an opinion based on experience! Next time we're
in London, it's the Eye!<br><br>Has anyone been? Any
tips for us ex-Londoners?<br><br>Hope this forum
doesn't close, have a good New Year wherever you are.

Is this club over?