Andy,

Truly excellent to hear from you. The trousers were called 'Oxford Bags', and yes they were banned by Big P. I hope that some reunion can be arranged as that will be one hell of a blast.

Take care,

Nick.

I remember making the road and have mentioned it somewhere else on this site in another string. This was after the exams that summer and we all worked hard humping tar down the drive to Phil who was rolling it in, we all enjoyed it and made some money from Big P.

 

Sean

I remember the shoplifting in Bridgewater it was the class of 86

Fortunately for me and a another we travelled on our bikes into town and didnt take the free minibus provided.

I heard the police screaming through the town although not as loud as Mr P when called down the station.

The boys were hurled against the wall and thrifted by the police and the variety of findings were astonishing.

Iwatched from afar as the 15 boys were loaded in the black maria with their hands on the seats in front of them and driven away.The look of shame i will never forget on those faces, i think we all thought we were untouchable .A hard lesson learnt the hard way.

You were true friends back then thanks 

Hello Big Kev and welcome to the site. We don't get that many from the 70's, however, I don't remember a Kevin Strachan. I left in 75 so perhaps we just missed each other. Are you in any of the school photos on the site?

 

I have been trying to get in touch with Brett Gregson for a while.  Are you in touch with his brother Mark? Last I heard Bret was working in Swindon in a windsurfing and skiing shop called Westsports but I think they have now closed.

 

Sean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi there,

 

I can faintly remember being caught Shoplifting, in Bridgewater too.

 

I´m not queit sure which year it was, probably 1977, but I will never forget the Date....the 5th of November.....Bonfirenight.

 

I wasn´t alone (thats what they all say..ha ha) but don´t remember who was caught with me, fishingtackel was what we got caught with.

 

We spent virtually the whole night in the Cop-Shop, as Big-P, refused to pick us up. He did eventually, after the "party" was over

 

(mmmmmm, Ì´ll never forget the Gingerbread)

 

Anyone else remember walking down to Hawkridge resevoir at night, to catch those lovely trout from the bridge.

 

greetings from Germany

 

Norman

Norman,

 

You have a fine memory !  I remember the Bridgewater trips - what a pleasant place !  I recall having to get a pass (called an 'exat' or something, approved by a prefect or Mr Warriner) and catch the minibus into town.   Often used to miss the bus back (no one seemed to care!) and hitch-hike back to school.

 

I recall the shoplifting incident you were caught up in - wasn't it fishing tackle from Woolies ?!  I don't think it was me who was caught, though I was guilty of knicking the odd fishing float !

 

I also remember those early morning fishing trips to Hawkridge Resevoir...climbing down the drainpipe out of the dorm to escape (vividly recall that when I look at the photo's...can't remember the dorm/wing name though - along the corridor from Warriner's TV room, above the dining room).  We used to catch some fine trout - I remember Nick Firrell actually breaking the resevoir record with a fine 5lb plus specimen...totally illegally of course !

 

I have just joined this group and have been busy reading some of the old stories.  My Quantock memories have never been too far away, probably because they were mostly good.  It was a truly unique experience !

 

Good to make contact with you again Norman!

 

Regards, Mike (Mouse).

 

 

 

Kev,

 

Great to hear from you!  Like you, I've only just signed up to this site - the internet is a wonderful thing - the memories come flooding back, especially when you look at the school photo's. 

 

I remember that day...frightened the life out of me!  I can even remember the bailiff's nickname - 'what-dy-tell-e' as in 'what-dy-tell-e not to fish 'ere'!

 

Mrs Taphouse....wow!

 

Do you recall breaking the world sneezing record !!...I think you were well into the hundreds before I lost count and nodded off to sleep!  Did you ever get involved with walking around the ledge from big dorm to the dorm that overlooked the chapel (can't remember the name of it)?

 

We've got to get together for a beer or two before the re-union.  I'm sure we can get some of the other '70's' guys along.

 

Regards, Mike

 

Excellent idea, it would be great to meet for a beer before the 2003 reunion. 

 

 

 

'Cool Hand Kev' !  Bet you couldn't eat 32 fish fingers now !! (I vaguely recall this awesome achievement).

 

Not too many people from our year have registered yet, but I note Paul Linfield (from the names you mention) has...if you're monitoring the message board Paul, 'hi' and do you remember any of this ?

 

Check out the mini-reunion being organised by Sean Harvey and Nick Dykes.  Hopefully this will be around the Quantock area around March time, so I fully intend to go along!

 

Keep in touch Kev - we'll take our dialogue offline to save boring the masses - you can find me at '[email protected]' or '[email protected]'

 

Regards, Mike.

If this was in 75 it was me John Rose and Ben Crane. We got caught outside the Blue Boar. Ben did a runner but was rugby tackled. Boy was I in the shit when I got back to school.