Mike I have had a deep drink from the memory well and have come up with the following from the 1972 school pic' ... so guess away and apologies to all for mistakes.
D7:PAUL JACKSON, Always in the deep do do and always getting laid into a la Manuel in Fawlty Towers.. probably a millionaire now and getting laid.
D15: SHAUN HEXT.. Good buddy of mine then.. haven't seen him since.
D16: ANDREW HALE Bumped into him at Hamleys when I was the model maker there, made a few models but none called Naomi..
C6: PAUL RAYLAND.. Still lives in Somerset???
C9 : CHRIS COLLINS From S.A.....
C10 PAUL CHINN From Ealing
C11 PETER HELLIS..T and on acoustic guitar...Still the same or so I hear..
C13 RAFAEL (?) from Espania
C14: ANGUS CLEMIE Went off to become a chef.... what's cooking Angus??
C15 DAVE OUDSHORNE From Canada (sorry bout the spelling Dave if you ever get to read this...) Now he played a mean guitar too... Very cool, no, ultra cool, even told Mr P to F off... I and all in ear shot very impressed.. P absolutely speechless, no wind , sails flat as a pancake, bright red, open mouth no speech... luvly, Dave about face storm off in a huff, Quick..Mouth to mouth for Mr P from Matron, bring in the machine that goes ping...charging to 500 Stand clear.. Bang,, vital signs are returning..
C17 QUENTIN GALL also from Canada
C18 MARTIN(?) Sorry we all called him catfish??? Can't remember why..
C19 STEVIE OKOFAR From Nigeria.. Stuck a chisel in my ribs... my fault another fight!
C23 SUDIA SHAR
C24 PAUL YAXLEY..Had a great collection of er... hmmmmm art magazines
C25 PAUL EATON
C26 HOWELS OBUJUKU A man I will never forget.. Rumour was that he was at least 26 and was sitting his O's for the umpteenth time.. He gave a marvellous speech to the Head in chapel one day.. Peaster had been rabbiting on about responsibility, the need to grow up etc... at the back zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz we had all but fallen asleep when wham...up pops Howels.. "Mr Peaster... we understand.. are we not men? Are we not all brothers? Whoosh every one wide awake.. He went on for about ten minuets or so.. it was winter and I think he missed the sun of Africa because as he went on his PJ's started to slip from beneath his grey Quantock trousers until the right leg rested on the heel and toe of his shoe... I don't think Peaster noticed but it made my day..
B1 ROY FREEMAN
B27 HIS BROTHER AND TWIN NEIL FREEMAN ..One half term...Neil and I got caught in a girls school up in Matlock .. By the head mistress. We high tailed it back to Quantock and yes you guessed it there was a rather hot reception committee waiting for us at the gates.. I think we shovelled coke for the boiler for a term for that one..
B2 MATTS ISACCSON From Denmark
B5 CRISPIN DOYLE Fastest swimmer I have ever seen.. bet he smokes 20 a day now, he smoked more then!
B6 (?) HUBER From the USA
B20 JOHN (?) I think his mother worked at the school, he smoked a pipe.. oh yes a f*cking pipe... what he smoked in it is still a matter of conjecture be he did indeed smoke a pipe. Visitors always thought he was a member of staff because he walked around with it in his teeth...
B24 MONTY MOSLEY From Wolverhampton.. Beat Peaster at golf every time they played . I caddied for him once in the rain. He wore sensible kit and I, not to be out done wore my just purchased silver and grey tri-stacked platform boots, ultra cool loon pants and velvet jacket.. guess who looked the pratt?
"Get Orft the green wiv them shoes yer hooligan"
I'll see if my remaining grey cells can recover any more names... damn you sir it was so long ago...
Shit, look at the time my medication will be wearing off soon and the white jackets are so tight that they hurt my arms..
later
Stigg