Contact and emails from old friends
- Please use the form at the bottom of this page to send any message to the site.Sad email received 3/3/10 from Julie Kelly (nee Allanson)E-mail : julie.allanson@sky.com
Comments : I noticed my father, Malcolm Allanson's name on the list of ppl above who you were hoping to connect with. Unfortunately my wonderful dad was killed my a drunk driver who ploughed into the back of his mini van while he was on holiday with friends in Florida in Oct 09. My dad left behind myself, 28, and my brother,31, plus 2 grandchildren and counting ( I am pregnant now, my dad was so happy but unfortunately my next child will only know his Grandad Mal through our memories). Before he was tragically snatched from us, my dad was running a successful double glazing company on the Wirral which he established in 1983 and employed myself and most of the rest of our family! He was a keen golfer and went out to his holiday home in Florida 8-10 times per year. If anyone has photos of my dad from his school days i would love to see them !! Julie x
Emailreceived 27/2/10 from Pam Benmardhia (nee Hughes)
Comments : I think I attended from 1963-1967 but I'm ashamed to say I can't remember much! (probably why I failed so miserably). I do recall that I was in a "fast" stream so I think it was "a". I took by O levels at the age of 14 and promptly ran away having failed Maths - not surprising as I missed one of the papers altogether - and I flatly refused to retake Maths under Fred "you've made a right pig's ear of that" Green! Having such a short career at UGS, I didn't make any lasting friendships but I do remember Julia Preston, whose father was the caretaker there, and Diane Chatterley - I think we were two rather lost souls together. I was always very good at English, but never quite managed to beat Anne Ball, who always finished top of the class in English - had the most amazing beehive hairstyle too!.I also have vivid memories of taking part in The Insect Play, where I played a moth and a larva! (got to kiss Roger Pritchard!!) and Marjorie (Midge) Holcroft made a stunning debut as Mrs Beetle. I'm now living in Southampton, have been an English teacher and Head of English for quite a while. Currently doing lots of consultancy work for the exam board AQA, for whom I am also a Principal Literature Examiner. Still useless at Maths though!
Email received 27/2/10 from Jean Hindley (houghton)
E-mail : mrs.aitch@hotmail.co.uk Comments : great to find this site, left ugs in 1965. Saw that Anne Cunliffe has recently joined the site, would love to hear from her as she was one of our group, or from anyone else who shared the school experience 1960-1965
E-mail received 20/1/10 from John Alker
Comments : I left upholland in march 1962,friends were
Eric Hall,John Quighley,Mick Morgan,George Heyes,John Statter,Doug Barton,John Stretton, Jennifer King,Jennifer Winnard,Teachers were George Latham,Gerry Rickard(art)and also Mr.
kilner as well as Mr.Ellis and also Miss Penman.I used to play rugby for the U15's prior to leaving but can't remember names of all my fellow players.Will try to get to the reunion as I still live in Billinge,but not 100% sure yet.
regards. john alker.
Email received from Janice Wood (nee Unsworth)
Just found the mugs61 site after browsing the web, of course I could'nt resist taking a look , it serves me right for being so nosey, because what do I find? but my photo and name on a "missing" list. Well, I'm still around after moving around the country quite a bit and now in my second marriage. I finally settled in St Helens, well I think its finally. One of the other names on your site was Carol Perks, who I last saw in 1969 in training at Wigan Infirmary, I would love to know what happend to her. She was an excellent nurse. Another name I remember, who hasn't been mentioned, was Leni de Witt, Who only stayed a short while with the 1961 intake. I believe she was Dutch and lived at Roby Mill, but I don't know what happened to her, I still sometimes wonder where and how she is. The MUGS61 site is great, I will certainly be looking in every so often to see if anyone else has turned up.Email received from Frances Parkinson
Comments : I recognise Mary Major on the 2nd row from the front on the school group picture. (Pictures Page).I think she is standing next to Diana Sheffield. They are on the left side, next to the boys. Just in front of them I think may be Pamela Crickett but I'm not sure because she was a year younger.
I attende U.G.S. 1959-1965 (having spent my 1st year at Wigan Girls High School) I am still in touch with Mary Major who now lives in Crewe, and with Charles Job who emigrated to Vancouver Island British Columbia. I also keep in touch with Andrew Bohman who was music teacher until 1963. I owe so much to him and to John Holland who taught violin at that time. I have been trying in vain to contact Joan Hitchen and Geoffrey Crook both pupils in my form.
First name : Diane
Last name : Carney
E-mail : albertanddiane@hotmail.co.uk
Comments : Married 2nd husband,Albert Schanzl %26 lived in Bad Aussee, Steiermark, Austria 1981-1987 now living back in Standish.
Names I remember Pat Goulding, Pat Ryding, kathleen Andrews, Dorothy Andrews, David Hedley, Jonothan Melling, John Rotherham,Miriam Blanchard, Margaret Smalley, Lesley Grundy,Graham Jones, Ann Mousdell,Helen McKenna?, Barry Clayton,David,Ian and Ann Profitt,... Glanfield,Pat Gladwin,
Eva Halliwell, Liz Long, Paul Watson, Brian Dyson, Stephen Gregson %26 other guys from Liverpool. Lynne Marshall, Helen Carrington,Angela Wiles, Denise Barton, John Pitfield
Email received 27/7/2009 from Elizabeth Gray (nee Martlew) Email - lizgray20@hotmail.com
I've just logged onto your site, having been told about it by Bill Kenyon.it's lovely to read all the memories that folk are posting. How did we all get so old?? I left UGS in 64, having started in 58 and still keep in touch with one or two lod friends. I've lived in Norhumberland for 10 yrs after 5 yrs in Harrogate. Love to hear more about how my class mates are getting on!
Email received 11/3/09 from Margaret Jones (nee Johnson) E-mail : Marg.Jones@sky.com
Comments : Just found this site. Congratulations! I was at UGS from 1960 till 1967 - one of the travelling few from Kirkby. It's great to see so many familiar names on the site, bringing back such fond memories. Still living in Liverpool. Now a retired headteacher and enjoying life to the full minus the stresses of work!
Email received from George Bate 15/11/08
Malcolm Allanson contacted me recently so you may want to update your website. He seems to be fine and doing well. Actually you may want to arrange a golf tournament at his home in Florida-only kidding Malcolm. Actually, golf is one of the few sports that I have never taken up, because I never seem to have the time. I remembered an incident the other day which had me chuckling to myself, but you may have to edit it if you decide to put it onto the website.
In about 1962/3, when we were about 12 or 13 years old, all our house members (Wolf) were summoned to the athletics track for trials for the various events. Wolf house were always getting tonked by the other three houses so it was pretty serious stuff. I think you were expected to at least compete in one event of your choice. I decided to choose the 100 metres because it was the shortest race, and I wasn’t interested in athletics at all. Anyway, the tension was mounting as the 8 competitors were limbering up at the start and there were crowds of pupils lined up either side of the running track.On your marks, get set, Go……………………… With the supreme effort of the start, one of our competitors (can’t remember who) let out a thunderous fart and what followed can only be described as farcical. Competitors and crowd were convulsed in laughter, and the runners were wandering across the track. I seem to remember that I finished the race on my knees, with my sides splitting with the pain of laughing so much. The time was submitted to the Guinness book of records as the slowest 100 metres in history. Needless to say none of the competitors were picked for the house athletics team. - Regards George
Email received 14/11/08 from Mike Clark [clarkm6@sky.com]
An old friend of mine Steve Rotherham has just given me the MUGS61 website – absolutely fascinating nice to see the pics again Dave some of the girls are still recognisable not so sure about the fellas ? Banksy maybe.
I was at UGS from the 3rd to 6th year 1961 to 1964 as I had been to Hutton GS for 2 years (my dads idea) didn’t like it so came closer to Saint Helens for the rest of my education ??? Just finished at Pilks after nearly 30 years in IT – when you takin me for a pint ?
Email received 2/11/08 from Peter Liptrot
E-mail : peter.liptrot@tiscali.co.uk
Comments : Found the site when I googled Upholland Grammar School during a moment of madness.
Brings back memories especially the email from Babara Jones who remembers most of the people I knew. Sad to hear that she recently passed away.
Other names not mentioned which I remember are Johnny Mason, Alan (Speedy) Swift, Marjorie Mort, Janet Clift, Judith Foster
Looking through the old photos I am amazed to see myself looking young and ridiculous. In the rugby team photo with Fred Beale and Billy Lyon at the front, the boy next to me was Martin Dixon and the boy at the other end of the row was Glover (think his first name was Brian).They were both a year ahead of me.
Memories from school would have to include having the length of our hair checked by Reg Kilner as we went into morning assembly, and if it was too long being sent to the local barber (Cliff Green) to get it cut. Drinking bottles of frozen milk in the morning break during winter(doesn't get as cold these days).Playing football instead of rugby, much to the annoyance of Jock Anderson, I seem to remember we even once entered a 5 a side team into a competition in Liverpool. Team members I think included Ian Pilkington, Alan Bowden, David Jacks, Jammy Gill, Fred Beale and Graham Morley. Doing cross country runs if you were not picked for rugby, which often included a trip to Orrell Red Triangle for a game of snooker. A few of us skipped school one afternoon to watch Wigan Athletic play Doncaster Rovers in an F.A. Cup replay, (they have come on a bit since then havn't they). I remember the school trip to Interlaken and playing Italian lads at table football in the hotel as well as going to a local bar at night for a few beers. Unfortunately I didn't possess a camera in those days so I would be interested if anyone had any photos of that trip. I recently went back to Switzerland with my wife, and the bar is still there. I was told that the building at the top of the Jungfrau burnt down shortly after we had been there.
Some of the "younger" pupils may remember my brother David who still lives in Billinge. Some pupils who were of his age that I remember are Kevin Statter, John Aspinall (who I lost touch with a good few years ago), Martin Alker, John and Colin Hurst, Lyn Flattley and Sue Thomas.
After leaving school I tried to avoid working for a living for as long as possible but eventually had to take up a job in Lincolnshire with the County Council as a Highway Designer. If anyone has driven over the Humber Bridge they will have driven along one of the roads I helped to design. I left Lincolnshire to move to warmer climes in Cornwall in 1990 and apart from a spell in Dorset I have stayed in that area since, now living in Devon.
After leaving school in 1967 we used to frequent the Colliers Arms in Orrell, which the last time I was back in the area was closed.
I'm sure other names and memories will come back and I will visit your site on a regular basis to see what else crops up.
I recently received a long email from my old mate, George Bate. Here is a short version of what George has been up to since leaving school.
George left UGS in 1966 and for approx 4 years worked for the Halifax Building Society. He then went into accountancy and over a number of years had several jobs which resulted in him leaving Liverpool, moving to Dunstable and then to Milton Keynes. He then spent 3 to 4 years in the retail furniture trade during which time he spent a couple of years living on the Isle of Wight. Then when his daughter got into John Moores University, the family moved back to Liverpool.
George has been happily married to Judith for 37 years. They have a son, Anthony, who lives in Liverpool and is a painter and decorator, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who is a TV director/producer and lives in Chiswick. He also has a gorgeous 9 year old granddaughter, Ashleigh.
George sends best wishes to all old friends and anyone who remembers him from school.
Email - received 7/09/08 from John Taylor - I was at UGS from 61-67. I was looking at the rugby photos and can add the name Terry Ormesher to the last picture (little lad but fantastic tackler). Incidentally I am standing, back row left on the 5th rugby picture.
I will browse your site, which is very good and see if I can add anything else.
On a sadder note ,there is an entry from Barbara Jones who was head girl in 1966-67 but Barbara recently died of leukaemia in Switzerland where she had lived with her husband Urs Weidmann - a language assistand in the late 60s.
I am now retired and living amongst the vines in the Loire valley in France.
Thanks for the memories.
Mike Taylor
Email received 9/09/08
First name : JOHN
Last name : PETERS
E-mail : Junie19491406@aol.com
Comments : Hi
Although I was never a pupil at UGS - I went to the poor relation Up Holland Secondary Modern - I knew several peeps from UGS - Clive Pitts, Dave Carter and the Danson sisters amongst others. I can recall going to the dances that UGS frequently held. On one occasion, the secondary school had a film of Macbeth for English Lit. and a number of schools in the area were invited. It was a good opportunity to make new friends - both male and female! Hope to hear from anyone who knew me.
Email - received 5/5/08 from Denis Hurst - I happened to be on the google site yesterday searching for any references to Margaret Carleton who I had lost contact with some years ago . I believe she was a Deputy Head Teacher in Swindon having done an 11 year stint at RAF Wildenraf but I no longer have her current address. I was astonished when the MUGS web site came up which, incidentally I think is absolutely brilliant and brought back lots of wonderful memories of my time at Upholland. I was even more amazed to to find that you had a copy of the "behind the bikes sheds" photograph. I still have the original copy and believe that the lovely young ladies were Susan Green , Joan Smith and Jo Noble. Where did you get your copy? I also have a copy of the 2nd Fifteen Rugby team which I will attach .It's funny what items you hold onto because I also have a copy of the 1961 Tercentenary School Magazine. It was really nice to read the emails from Peter Normanton and Peter Peloe, 2 of the friends whom I shared a taxi for several years . It was also good to see that some of childhood romances have stood the test of time. Congratulations to Clive and Lynne and Peter and Helen.I was at UGS between 1961 and 1968 and cannot believe that 40 years have gone by so quickly. As regards myself , I have been living in Stourbridge West Midlands for the last 31 years.. I have been married for nearly 35 years to Valerie and have 2 grown up children .( Incidentally Chris Monks was best man at the wedding ) On leaving University I eventually decided that I needed to earn a living and qualified as an Accountant . I have worked in local government finance largely in Birmingham City Council for many years and more recently have been involved in the organisation of some major sports events such as the World Indoor Athletics Championships and the European Indoor championships which were both staged in Birmingham. On retiring from the City Council around 4 years ago I formed my own consultancy company which specialises in the bidding for and organisation of sports events. I have always been mad about sport and this is a great way of occupying my time. Having been converted from a soccer player to rugby at UGS ,under duress from Jock Anderson, I managed to play for 26 years at Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Club as "a has been who never was" eventually packing it in at the age of 53 when I realised that the props were quicker than me.I have attached a couple of photos, one of the 2nd fifteen rugby team 1968 (see Sport) which I captained ( they were really desperate !!!) together with a recent photo of my family on holiday (see below). I always looked very young for my age which was often a disadvantage in my youth . Unfortunately it does not seem to work the same when you get older!Please let me know if you are planning any reunions. I would love to come .Also if you have any info on Margaret's whereabouts please let me know Once again congratulations on such a great website.
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Email received from Ann Hilton (nee Cunliffe) - I was just browsing when I found your site, what a gem
I attended UGS from 1960-65 and remember lots of your names on your site.
I was Ann Cunliffe and lived in Billinge, and I would like to know if anyone remembers me?
I still live in Billinge, have been marries for 38 years and have 3 childred and 2 grandchildren.
Who thought we would grow up. I still think of UGS and have fond memories.
Email received from Alastair Macqueen - who amongst other achievments was race engineer on the JCB Dieselmax shown below. Check it out on http://www.jcbdieselmax.com/html/home.php
E-mail : mactechservices@btinternet.com
Comments : It was with great interest that I stumbled upon the email by Raymond Rogers on your site.
I was at UGS from 64 to 68 when after my O levels my family moved south following my fathers job.
I remember all the teachers mentioned, particularly Mr 'Elliot' Doran the woodwork master, for it was he who I convinced to allow us to start a slot racing model car club. I think I spent most of my school time building and running that club.
The name Amanda Horsley jumped out of the page at me as the very first girl I took to the cinema! I think my second girlfriend was Linda Whittle who I know went on to marry the son of the Mr 'fag' Eastham!
After 'A's at Aylesbury Grammer I drifted into the music business in my gap year (which I am still enjoying) and later in to motorsport when my first son was born.
During my time at UGS I was a great motor racing fan (hence the model car club) but never dreamed of making a living at it. But some years later I have helped a number of British teams to win the Le Mans 24hr race and have my own motorsport engineering consultancy.
Google my name and you will get a gist of what I get up to!
Email received from Reg Dulson
E-mail : rdulson@hotmail.co.uk
Comments : Gala Day 1964? Still got the humour, pity about the hair! Overnight security was supposed to protect the field, shame we spent most of the time running riot in the school! Never did get any comeback for the motorcycle tyre tracks on the top corridor. Speaking of which, are either of the two young ladies out there who I carried pillion across the field? (at the same time!) I`m still sorry (nearly) for not telling you to duck when we got to the rope around the cricket square! Shame about the mud. I wasn`t at UGS for long, the fifth year only, but I distinctly remember going to the Methodist Hall on a friday night, I used to go with Dave Dickson to watch the girls (sorry I meant to say "groups") Eventually I met Beryl Parker and we were "good friends" until she was seduced by the bright lights of St.Helens
Email - received 16/9/2007 from Peter Normanton -
Hello again Dave and all,
I recently saw on the MUGS 61 site that you'd made contact with Peter Peloe
whom I remember very well. I often wonder if he got the job he aspired to in
Customs and Excise. Moreover I hope he sees this email as he had an enormous
effect on my life without realising it and I have never had a chance to
thank - that is until now ...
Peter and I go back before UGS. We were two of the Knowsley eight taxi crowd
(Clive Pitts, Dave Carter, Dennis Hurst, Allan Fleming, John Hodgkinson an
George Bate) but we and Clive Pitts were also together at Knowsley
Stockbridge Primary School in the 1950s. There, Peter Learnt to play a
Hawaiian Ukulele and formed a band of Black and White Minstrels with Stephen
Forster, Ronnie (??) and a third boy I think. I still remember them singing
"Old Black Joe" at a school concert. Political correctness caused the title
and lyrics to be been changed to "Poor Old Joe" and Black and White
Minstrels are no longer allowed! Peter later moved on to a Banjo (the George
Formby type) and then round about the time we started at Upholland, he moved
on to a proper guitar. It was at this point that Peter changed my life. He
could play House of the Rising Sun, the piece that every self respecting
guitarist aspired to along with its "F bar chord". One day in an
"A-corridor" cloakroom, I asked him to show me how to play it. He spent five
minutes trying to teach me then lost patience and said "You'll never be able
to play the guitar".
That was it! The gauntlet had been thrown down. I swapped the clarinet I'd
lost interest in for a cheap £7 Eko guitar. This was the one you knocked off
the shelf in Butlins, Pwllheli when we were there with Steve Clarke and
Steve Wright. (The picture I took of you three is still on the MUGS site.)
After the Butlins guitar accident, I managed to get another guitar and I
started a band with Phil Rickman. I played lead and he played rhythm
(because I was bigger than him). Then you joined with your one drum and
cymbal and then Steve Clarke joined on Bass. Not quite sure what went wrong,
but had it not been for the Beatles taking all the limelight, I'm sure we
would have made it.
I remember working hard at my guitar over many hours teaching myself to play
just to show that Peter Peloe a thing of two! I was also inspired by Paul
(Fred) Barker, our long suffering Latin teacher, finger-picking his guitar
and singing Big Rock Candy Mountain at a school concert. From then on, I
became serious about it. I even bought a nylon string guitar for £15 guineas
(which I still have and use to teach) and I learned some classical pieces
which I later played at a school concert.
Round about 1967-ish Clarke swapped me his solid electric guitar for my
camera. This was a quantum leap for me as it now meant I could play in a
band in Liverpool with "experienced" musicians (they had played for over
three years and were getting paid for it.) Suddenly I realised that I could
make money out of this.
In 1969, I worked in Prestatyn Holiday Camp during university hols as a
Bluecoat for a couple of years and eventually I managed to bluff my way into
the Camp's professional dance band. Yes, for the first time I was playing as
a true pro musician, although the band did bring a whole new meaning to the
idea of mediocrity.
From then I played with numerous pro and semi-pro bands both as a student
and after graduating. Many times my income from playing paid for luxuries in
life - like eating regularly. I played for about three years in and around
Cardiff. (I was only a couple of miles away from Irene Danson without even
realising it. Damn!) When I moved to the London area, I joined a successful
four piece band with a drummer whose voice sounded more like Matt Monroe
than Matt Monroe's. When I moved to Milton Keynes in 1986 I joined a band
which over time developed into the three piece band I still play with - but
now we play on an irregular basis. We sound pretty good for a bunch of old
never-has-beens. Barry Clayton came to listen to us once. I haven't heard
from him since but that's just coincidence - I think.
I retired from work about five years ago and sadly in Jan 2008 I will be
retiring from band work too after forty years of serious playing. (By
serious I mean getting paid for it.) But I still teach guitar in my music
studio and I will carry on doing this for the foreseeable future as it too
pays for those extra luxuries in life.
So in a round-about way, that's how Peter Peloe influenced my life for the
better and I thank him from the bottom of my wallet. I often wish Jock
(cirrrrcuit trrraining) Anderson had told me straight me that I'd never make
it as an international pro-footballer instead of being subtle and saying I
was built more for comfort than for speed !
There are lots of band stories I will tell you when I see you Dave about
some hairy playing experiences and my biggest ever claim-to-fame regarding
Tom Jones
Very best wishes,
Pete
Email - received 14/8/2007 from Raymond Rogers. - When I joined UGS in very late 1965 (2 weeks before the Christmas exams) I was placed in Nelson House ,form 1N, the few names I recall from that form of 26 bodies are (in no particular order) our form master Mr Hitchen , Charles Ashall , Nigel Parker , Peter Howarth , David Mills , Peter Unsworth , David Ford , Brian Whalley , Moira Blanthorn , Amanda Horsley, Hazel Vardy , Susan Baron .Some of the teachers that took our form were Mr. Wynne (French and our form teacher in second year) nickname "Martian" as he always wore a green suit , Mr.Bowman (Music) a very serious person , Miss Stephenson (English Lang/Lit) , Mr. Doran (Woodwork) a relatively easy-going teacheer with a sense of humour , Mr.S.Jones (Biology) "Spike" never shouted or lost his patience with those who struggled with the subject , Mr.Anderson (P.E.) " Jock" , Geography was taught by a teacheer who had the nickname "Eye" but I cannot remember his name .
After the summer exams at the end of our first year we were streamed into 2A , B , C and D for our second year . If memory is correct , we were the final form year to be identified by A,B,C or D index which was to reflect a classes acedemic abilities . Following years were still streamed but their year number had a random letter suffix . I was selected for form 2D by virtue of apparent lack of ability. The role- call of that class hardly changed as we ascended to 5D . For Maths and some options subjects our class structure would change , some of our core class would be in Set 3 for Maths and conversely some of the C classes would be in Set 2 or 3 or 4 . Similar structure for options subjects .
Form 2D to 5D (1966 - 1970) (again in no particular order) consisted of The Huyton bunch ; Steve Young , Eric Blakey , David Taylor , Kenneth Rushton , basically a group of Scousers among The Wooley Backs . Others in our class were Barbra Settle , Noreen Henthorn , Leslie White , Erica Berry , Jeanette Byrne , Alan Peet , John Macquire , Philip Taylor , Philip Farrimond , Colin Hayes , Jack Fishwick .Some of the staff who had the pleasure of forms 2D to 5D were Mr Foster (Maths & form teacher 5th year) , Mrs Ellison (History & form teacher 4th year) , Mr. Snape (I cannot recall his subject) , Mr. Doran (G.E.D & Woodwork) , Mr Anderton (Metalwork) , Ms Stephenson (English) , Mr.S Jones (Biology) , Mrs Neifcy (History) , Mrs. Wynne (Maths) ,Mr O'Leary (5th year English) the first teacher I ever heard use the "f" word .. it was during an English lesson at that , I was not really that impressed . Mr. Anderson (P.E.) almost always assisted by Mr. Eastham , nickname "Fag" as he was always outside at break times with one lit and his fingers were horribly stained . Other teachers (and their subjects) that occasionaly stood-in for our regular teachers over those years included Mr.Scholes (Latin) who would enthrall us with stories from Greek Mythology , Mr.Lithgoe (Maths to the top sets) had some great maths puzzles , Mrs. Naylor (R.E.) , Mr.B.Jones (German) , Mr.Melling (Chembo) , Ms Bibby (English ) , I left in the summer of 1970 with 5 'O' levels afer a fantastic school trip to Russia , via Denmark and Finland (about which I will submit a rerport to the editor for consideration) to become an engineering apprentice , on to research engineer , which led to me becoming a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Preston Poly ten years later . Many of the above staff would be horrified at the thought and see it as a major reason for the decline of engineering in Britain, but , I put it down to just being a late starter . I established a Judo Club on the UGS site in 1980 with a lot of introductory help from Mr.K.Brown, which ran there until 1992 ,two sessions during the academic week for the students and two evenings for my Club members . We only moved from the site in late 1992 after a newly appointed Estates Manager introduced an unreasonable hire fee , Billinge Judo Club has now been running for 27 years and has developed a successful Triathlon Team over the past 8 years , onward and upward .....Apologies to those I may have missed out or names spelt incorrectly Raymond Rogers .****************************************************August 2007 - Email received from Peter Peloe
I recently came across your website quite by chance and the first thing I must say is very many congratulations on a thoroughly professional job.I was saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Alan Niker. Like Ian Kelly, my memories were of a floppy-haired lad tottering around on cuban heels. Your website triggered many other memories for me from the early 60's. I was one of seven lads (hardly the 'Magnificent Seven') who arrived each day by taxi (limo!!) from the outskirts of Liverpool. The taxi used to pick up Dennis ('Junior') Hurst from Rainhill first. Peter Normanton & I got onboard at Huyton & we then stopped at Knowsley village to collect Dave Carter, Alan ('Ming') Fleming & Clive Pitts. Final pick up was George Bate just before we headed up the East Lancs Road for Orrell. I can tell you that journeys in that taxi, as a naive 11-year-old, were as much of an education as UpHolland Grammar!I remember spending many weekends at Ian Unsworth's house & we would often drop in on George Ishmael. I also spent a weekend at Barry Clayton's house once. The Unsworths & Claytons showed typical superb Wigan hospitality.In the intervening years I've occasionally come into contact with or come across ex UGS pupils.After leaving UpHolland Grammar I remember Ian Kelly dropping by our house as he was working the summer months as a ranger at Knowsley Safari Park before continuing his studies. I joined Pilkingtom Glass immediatley after leaving school, initially working at their Liverpool office in India Buildings, Water Street. I sat next to & chatted with Clive Pitts coming home one evening in the late 60's on one of the old green double-decker buses. In the early 70s, quite by chance, I bumped into a bearded Geoff Syner at a nightclub. He was amazed that I recognised him in his newly grown whiskers. He had always been a great mate with Chris Monks at school.There was a wonderful opportunity for further education with Pilkington & I took full advantage with day-release + night-school. I took ONC Business Studies at Prescot College (sadly the college has since been demolished) & then onto St. Helens for my HNC. I transferred to their London office in 1972 and, to my delight, found that there were a couple of lads from Wigan (not UGS pupils) who were already based there. We shared a house in Potters Bar for a couple of years in our own version of ' men behaving badly' before each of us settled down & got married.In 1975 I met Joyce, a Yorkshire lass, and we married in 1977. Ian Unsworth was our best man. Ian is teacher, married with two children & living at Orrell Post. Ian & his wife Christine had Sunday lunch with us, on their way back from watching some tennis at Wimbledon, about three years ago. In the late 80s I was visiting a company in north-west London & saw a photograph of John ('Muddy') Southworth in their corporate brochure. He was employed as their accountant. John was a year ahead of us at UGS & I seem to remember that he married Katherine Simpkin. Like many others, I also recognised Peter Normanton when he appeared on a recent BBC 'Watchdog' programme.These days I reside in rural Hertfordshire & I'm Managing Director of a company which was launched in 1998. Joyce and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in April. Greetings to you and all other ex UGS people. **********************Email recieved 5/6/07 from Clive Shaw -
E-mail : cliveshaw@blueyonder.co.uk
Comments : Hi
I went to UGS in the glorious summer of 69 and left in 76 so do i count?
Currently a GP in Crosby, Merseyside, married one child.
Great site, really enjoyed it and will get round to adding a few bits myself. In the meantime if anyone wants to get in touch and share some memories either in cyberspace or the pub, please do.
best wishes all.
Clive Shaw
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Copy of Email received from Helen and Peter Burchall, 31/5/2007 -
We want you to know that as a result of your reunion and all the hard work you do for the website Peter and I met up with Steve Wright and his wife Mary, at Easter this year and had a wonderful time, a day that we will never forget. Our holiday was planned for a while before Steve wrote to your website following the reunion and I have to admit it took a while to pluck up the courage to contact him, as he had asked , and to suggest that it was a possibility to meet. We would never have known what we had missed if we had failed to get in touch but thankfully we grasped the opportunity. After several emails we arranged to meet on Good Friday for lunch at a restaurant suggested by Steve and Mary at Manly Beach. We were in Sydney for four days out of a six week trip round the world which had so many highlights but non to beat this meeting. As Peter and I waited and tried to spot Steve, trying to think what he would be like after 40 years, we needn't have worried that we would not recognise each other. Within minutes we were talking fifty to the dozen about the reunion, about school, families, experiences along the way, Steve Clarke etc. etc. Steve and Mary had such a warm welcome for us and we both felt we had known Mary for years. After a long lunch,(we were first in the restaurant and last out) Steve drove us up the coast to the National Park to one of their favourite places and then we went to see their beautiful home for tea before they drove us back to our hotel at Darling Harbour. I hope you can see from the pictures what a wonderful day we had and I hope you will enjoy the fact that you made this possible.
( "Thank for the kind words and I get great pleasure from your message and others received that old friends are still meeting up as a result of the reunion and the website." - David)
Peter, Helen, Steve and Mary enjoying their reunion lunch.
Raymond Guy - In May I received two emails from Raymond who in his own words " was the wheezy kid from Liverpool " He still lives in Liverpool, is married and has one daughter Nicola. He divides his time between Liverpool and London working for the NHS. Ray used to be a football referee and was a linesman at the 1984 cup final between Spurs and QPR and also the replay. He retired from refereeing in 1995. On the morning of the cup final Ray was in the Whites Hotel and bumped into "Jock" Anderson. They had a quick chat and Ray says "Jock" didn't look as evil as he used to ! ! If any old pupils who would like to contact Ray his email address is ray.guy@blueyonder.co.uk
2 Emails received from Jennifer Kennedy (nee Gaskell) February 2007.
E-mail : lavenderlil@hotmail.co.uk
Dear David
Thank you for contacting me through friends reunited I spent a great afternoon in dreary wet wales lokking at the web site. we didn't have a computer in 2005 so I didn't know about the reunion. How can Joan Smith look exactly the same? more surnames on the pictures of the blokes please I don't recognise them. I am in contact with Richenda Dixon my cousin ,Mike Parr her husband, Jonty Parr his brother and Janet Dixon Richenda's cousin. All were pupils at UGS in the sixties. Sadly my sister Joan Gaskell ,who left in 1960 died in 1995 . I suspect I am one of those faceless people that no one remembers but if any one does I would love to hear from them. ARE you planning another reunion ?
I remember: - Mrs Naylor measuring the length of our skirts as we came out of assembly.
Wearing a cancan skirt under my summer uniform.
Folding my hat in half so that it lokked like somthing from Robin Hood .
Throwing soggy bezzy balls (made from asbestos mats) on the chemistry lab ceiling.
Swinging off the school bus as it went round the corner by the Gas showroom and going to see my boyfriend .
Sitting exams in the main hall with Rocket (Miss Stevenson) pacing up and down .
Capsizing a yacht on a flash beyond Winstanly and having to wait dripping wet for my dad to pick me up . Oh for a mobile phone ! I can't Remember who was in the yacht with me other than that it was a boy ,but we clung to the upturned boat. Sailing club was closed soon after when it was fond that the flash was of unknown depth leading into mine workings..
Email received 24th September 2006 from Christy Taylor in Arizona -
Greetings from Arizona. How are you? Can you believe it's a year since the reunion!!
How was your summer? I was in Europe for a month. I visited Scotland to stay at my brother's new home. Remember I was over in England the week before the reunion for his wedding.
You might like to put this on the website. Whilst I was in Scotland, Joan Smith, Susan Banks and myself met up in Edinburgh for the weekend of June 17 & 18. We had a great time. It was also Sue's first trip to that city. We had talked about meeting up at the reunion as I had mentioned that I would be in the UK briefly in June. So over the year we decided where to meet and arranged dates and ended up in Edinburgh.
I have to thank you for this as without the reunion this would not have happened. We vowed as we said our goodbyes at Waverley Station that we would not leave it as long to meet up again!!
Also, I had intended to meet up and have dinner with Barry Clayton in London as I passed through the capital on my way to Paris but unfortunately he was working out of the country on the dates I was there. Maybe next trip we'll be able to get together.
Email I received from Tommy Derbyshire on 18th September 2006
Hiya Dave,
Hope that you & your family are well. Just a quick e-mail to ask if you'd seen the "deaths"section of last week's Wigan Reporter? One entry was for"Eric Anderton(former teacher at Upholland Grammar School 1953-1978)". As you'll no doubt recall,Mr Anderton was the school's metalwork teacher,when you & I were there.I only had him as a teacher when I was in form 2B,as that was the only year that I did metalwork.However,he was my form master in 1964/5,when I was in form 4C.I found him to be a really decent,nice man,despite this ferocious entry which he wrote in my end of term report book,which I have before me at this minute,for Easter 1965:- "This is a low mark for term work.It shows that little work is being done in school or at home,and also that he doesn't have the guts to get down to it and prove that he can do better." As I said,ferocious,but entirely deserved. At that time I was totally emersed in Wigan's mod scene,& couldn't give a toss about school! Mr Anderton was a really nice man,& it's sad to hear of his demise.
**** Recently received email from John Foster - Does anyone know the whereabouts of Stephen Moffat, ex-UGS teacher. *****
E-mail : John_Foster@fsmail.net
Comments : We're trying to locate one of our old teachers to invite him to our 30 year reunion on 17th June....He actually taught at UGS circa 1973ish...his name was Stephen Moffatt...I would imagine he would have been early twenties back then...so early 50s now. If you can help at all we'd be really grateful. Great site by the way!!!
Cheers - John Foster...Class of 76
Joan Harrison Joan emailed to say she enjoyed the site but why only the 60's ? (I am happy to hear from any old pupils, whatever year - David). Joan says - I left UpHolland Grammar in 1954. After teacher Training College spent the next 32 years teaching and having 3 children. I lived in the same village as Gerald Rickards, but he went to Hindley and Abram Grammar School. I was saddened to hear of his death. Staff at UGS in my time :- Mr Jones - Chem., Mr Melling - Chem., who married Miss Marsh - Girls P.E., Mr Worthington, Mr Lythgoe and Miss Anderton - all Maths, Miss Penman - Biol.,Mr Studdert - Latin, Doctor Muellin - French, Mr Johns and Miss Stephenson - English, Miss Beck - R.E., Mr Boddy and Mr Kilner - History, Mr Galloway - Music, Miss Gore(?) and Miss ward - Art, Mr Baggley - History, Mr Maggs - Headmaster and Miss Goode - Senior Mistress. All contributors to a marvellous education.
Email from - John Cowley
E-mail : cowleys@fastmail.fm
I enjoyed reading the message from Joan Harrison. Although I left in 1957, I remember most of the teachers just as she listed them. I am trying to place the people in the Pirates of Penzance picture. Does she remember Eric McDonald who later became Headmaster at Cowley Grammar? I have met Eric on several occassions during return visits to the UK. We were both from Rainford, where my sister still resides. I attended UpHolland Grammar School from 1949 to 1957. I am interested in contacting students who were around during my sixth form years 56/57. Now retired after 40 plus years as a teacher and school principal, I reside in Tasmania, Australia. My wife, Muriel, and I will be visiting the UK this Christmas 2008 staying in Rainford (where I was born) for two weeks with my sister. In my retirement I spend most of my time writing or in our garden.
Pirates of Penzance c1954 Latin Teachers version
Nick Ellis from the 1965 intake emailed to say he likes the website but would like to see more pupils from his era ! Nick works for Poole Council, in charge of the journeys to and from school (Road Safety, engineering, travel plans ...) and says the great joy of his job is that he now gets to boss headteachers around, oh the irony! Some names he mentions are Patrick Downes who's in Fleet, Hants and still collects guitars. And asks where is Peter Fairclough and whatever happened to the Huyton Lads?
Stephen Wright has been in touch from Sydney, Australia. Steve left Upholland in 1966 when his family emigrated to Sydney. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering degree at the University of Technology Sydney, and became a Design Engineer at Standard Telephones and Cables where he worked for 11 years. He moved back to the UK for a while working as Principal Engineer on EW Systems for Decca Radar Defence Systems in Walton on Thames. He returned to Sydney, founded and ran a video communications and systems integration company which after 8 years was bought out by an international carrier. Since then he has been in a GM strategy role at Optus in Sydney. He has a wife, Mary, and two daughters Sarah and Catherine. Some school memories from Steve can be found on the memories page of this site. Steve would love anyone who remembers him to contact him and share a few memories. His email address is jswright01@optusnet.com.au
Linda Norris Started at UpHolland Grammar in 1963 and would love to hear from any old friends from school. Her email address is holmes3@blueyonder.co.uk
Malcolm Skyner has written from Perth, Western Australia. He was a pupil at UGS from September 1964 to July 1971. After school he went on to Keele University then had a very interesting career teaching all over England before going to New Zealand and has now settled in Western Australia, where he teaches Science and Mathematics at Lumen Christi College. He would like to hear from any old friends that remember him, and especially Patricia French, Rosalind Liptrot and Susan Walsh. Malcolm can be contacted at skynerm@lumen.wa.edu.au or via this website.
David Robinson - I would like to trace Trevor Hughes. Trevor lived in UpHolland at the top of Dingle Road and most people might remember him as the small boy who wore national health type glasses which had usually been repaired with a bit of elastoplast. Trevor had a brilliant imagination and used to write brilliant stories and poems. I would also like to find Gillian Derbyshire. Gillian and I were in the same class at Roby Mill primary school, but Gillian was in a year lower than me at UpHolland Grammar after transferring from UpHolland Secondary Modern.
Gillian Derbyshire.
Comments : I noticed my father, Malcolm Allanson's name on the list of ppl above who you were hoping to connect with. Unfortunately my wonderful dad was killed my a drunk driver who ploughed into the back of his mini van while he was on holiday with friends in Florida in Oct 09. My dad left behind myself, 28, and my brother,31, plus 2 grandchildren and counting ( I am pregnant now, my dad was so happy but unfortunately my next child will only know his Grandad Mal through our memories). Before he was tragically snatched from us, my dad was running a successful double glazing company on the Wirral which he established in 1983 and employed myself and most of the rest of our family! He was a keen golfer and went out to his holiday home in Florida 8-10 times per year. If anyone has photos of my dad from his school days i would love to see them !! Julie x
Eric Hall,John Quighley,Mick Morgan,George Heyes,John Statter,Doug Barton,John Stretton, Jennifer King,Jennifer Winnard,Teachers were George Latham,Gerry Rickard(art)and also Mr.
kilner as well as Mr.Ellis and also Miss Penman.I used to play rugby for the U15's prior to leaving but can't remember names of all my fellow players.Will try to get to the reunion as I still live in Billinge,but not 100% sure yet.
regards. john alker.
Last name : Carney
E-mail : albertanddiane@hotmail.co.uk
Comments : Married 2nd husband,Albert Schanzl %26 lived in Bad Aussee, Steiermark, Austria 1981-1987 now living back in Standish.
Names I remember Pat Goulding, Pat Ryding, kathleen Andrews, Dorothy Andrews, David Hedley, Jonothan Melling, John Rotherham,Miriam Blanchard, Margaret Smalley, Lesley Grundy,Graham Jones, Ann Mousdell,Helen McKenna?, Barry Clayton,David,Ian and Ann Profitt,... Glanfield,Pat Gladwin,
Eva Halliwell, Liz Long, Paul Watson, Brian Dyson, Stephen Gregson %26 other guys from Liverpool. Lynne Marshall, Helen Carrington,Angela Wiles, Denise Barton, John Pitfield
E-mail : peter.liptrot@tiscali.co.uk
Comments : Found the site when I googled Upholland Grammar School during a moment of madness.
Brings back memories especially the email from Babara Jones who remembers most of the people I knew. Sad to hear that she recently passed away.
Other names not mentioned which I remember are Johnny Mason, Alan (Speedy) Swift, Marjorie Mort, Janet Clift, Judith Foster
Looking through the old photos I am amazed to see myself looking young and ridiculous. In the rugby team photo with Fred Beale and Billy Lyon at the front, the boy next to me was Martin Dixon and the boy at the other end of the row was Glover (think his first name was Brian).They were both a year ahead of me.
Memories from school would have to include having the length of our hair checked by Reg Kilner as we went into morning assembly, and if it was too long being sent to the local barber (Cliff Green) to get it cut. Drinking bottles of frozen milk in the morning break during winter(doesn't get as cold these days).Playing football instead of rugby, much to the annoyance of Jock Anderson, I seem to remember we even once entered a 5 a side team into a competition in Liverpool. Team members I think included Ian Pilkington, Alan Bowden, David Jacks, Jammy Gill, Fred Beale and Graham Morley. Doing cross country runs if you were not picked for rugby, which often included a trip to Orrell Red Triangle for a game of snooker. A few of us skipped school one afternoon to watch Wigan Athletic play Doncaster Rovers in an F.A. Cup replay, (they have come on a bit since then havn't they). I remember the school trip to Interlaken and playing Italian lads at table football in the hotel as well as going to a local bar at night for a few beers. Unfortunately I didn't possess a camera in those days so I would be interested if anyone had any photos of that trip. I recently went back to Switzerland with my wife, and the bar is still there. I was told that the building at the top of the Jungfrau burnt down shortly after we had been there.
Some of the "younger" pupils may remember my brother David who still lives in Billinge. Some pupils who were of his age that I remember are Kevin Statter, John Aspinall (who I lost touch with a good few years ago), Martin Alker, John and Colin Hurst, Lyn Flattley and Sue Thomas.
After leaving school I tried to avoid working for a living for as long as possible but eventually had to take up a job in Lincolnshire with the County Council as a Highway Designer. If anyone has driven over the Humber Bridge they will have driven along one of the roads I helped to design. I left Lincolnshire to move to warmer climes in Cornwall in 1990 and apart from a spell in Dorset I have stayed in that area since, now living in Devon.
After leaving school in 1967 we used to frequent the Colliers Arms in Orrell, which the last time I was back in the area was closed.
I'm sure other names and memories will come back and I will visit your site on a regular basis to see what else crops up.
I will browse your site, which is very good and see if I can add anything else.
On a sadder note ,there is an entry from Barbara Jones who was head girl in 1966-67 but Barbara recently died of leukaemia in Switzerland where she had lived with her husband Urs Weidmann - a language assistand in the late 60s.
I am now retired and living amongst the vines in the Loire valley in France.
Thanks for the memories.
Mike Taylor
Last name : PETERS
E-mail : Junie19491406@aol.com
Comments : Hi
Although I was never a pupil at UGS - I went to the poor relation Up Holland Secondary Modern - I knew several peeps from UGS - Clive Pitts, Dave Carter and the Danson sisters amongst others. I can recall going to the dances that UGS frequently held. On one occasion, the secondary school had a film of Macbeth for English Lit. and a number of schools in the area were invited. It was a good opportunity to make new friends - both male and female! Hope to hear from anyone who knew me.
I attended UGS from 1960-65 and remember lots of your names on your site.
I was Ann Cunliffe and lived in Billinge, and I would like to know if anyone remembers me?
I still live in Billinge, have been marries for 38 years and have 3 childred and 2 grandchildren.
Who thought we would grow up. I still think of UGS and have fond memories.
E-mail : mactechservices@btinternet.com
Comments : It was with great interest that I stumbled upon the email by Raymond Rogers on your site.
I was at UGS from 64 to 68 when after my O levels my family moved south following my fathers job.
I remember all the teachers mentioned, particularly Mr 'Elliot' Doran the woodwork master, for it was he who I convinced to allow us to start a slot racing model car club. I think I spent most of my school time building and running that club.
The name Amanda Horsley jumped out of the page at me as the very first girl I took to the cinema! I think my second girlfriend was Linda Whittle who I know went on to marry the son of the Mr 'fag' Eastham!
After 'A's at Aylesbury Grammer I drifted into the music business in my gap year (which I am still enjoying) and later in to motorsport when my first son was born.
During my time at UGS I was a great motor racing fan (hence the model car club) but never dreamed of making a living at it. But some years later I have helped a number of British teams to win the Le Mans 24hr race and have my own motorsport engineering consultancy.
Google my name and you will get a gist of what I get up to!
E-mail : rdulson@hotmail.co.uk
Comments : Gala Day 1964? Still got the humour, pity about the hair! Overnight security was supposed to protect the field, shame we spent most of the time running riot in the school! Never did get any comeback for the motorcycle tyre tracks on the top corridor. Speaking of which, are either of the two young ladies out there who I carried pillion across the field? (at the same time!) I`m still sorry (nearly) for not telling you to duck when we got to the rope around the cricket square! Shame about the mud. I wasn`t at UGS for long, the fifth year only, but I distinctly remember going to the Methodist Hall on a friday night, I used to go with Dave Dickson to watch the girls (sorry I meant to say "groups") Eventually I met Beryl Parker and we were "good friends" until she was seduced by the bright lights of St.Helens
I recently saw on the MUGS 61 site that you'd made contact with Peter Peloe
whom I remember very well. I often wonder if he got the job he aspired to in
Customs and Excise. Moreover I hope he sees this email as he had an enormous
effect on my life without realising it and I have never had a chance to
thank - that is until now ...
Peter and I go back before UGS. We were two of the Knowsley eight taxi crowd
(Clive Pitts, Dave Carter, Dennis Hurst, Allan Fleming, John Hodgkinson an
George Bate) but we and Clive Pitts were also together at Knowsley
Stockbridge Primary School in the 1950s. There, Peter Learnt to play a
Hawaiian Ukulele and formed a band of Black and White Minstrels with Stephen
Forster, Ronnie (??) and a third boy I think. I still remember them singing
"Old Black Joe" at a school concert. Political correctness caused the title
and lyrics to be been changed to "Poor Old Joe" and Black and White
Minstrels are no longer allowed! Peter later moved on to a Banjo (the George
Formby type) and then round about the time we started at Upholland, he moved
on to a proper guitar. It was at this point that Peter changed my life. He
could play House of the Rising Sun, the piece that every self respecting
guitarist aspired to along with its "F bar chord". One day in an
"A-corridor" cloakroom, I asked him to show me how to play it. He spent five
minutes trying to teach me then lost patience and said "You'll never be able
to play the guitar".
That was it! The gauntlet had been thrown down. I swapped the clarinet I'd
lost interest in for a cheap £7 Eko guitar. This was the one you knocked off
the shelf in Butlins, Pwllheli when we were there with Steve Clarke and
Steve Wright. (The picture I took of you three is still on the MUGS site.)
After the Butlins guitar accident, I managed to get another guitar and I
started a band with Phil Rickman. I played lead and he played rhythm
(because I was bigger than him). Then you joined with your one drum and
cymbal and then Steve Clarke joined on Bass. Not quite sure what went wrong,
but had it not been for the Beatles taking all the limelight, I'm sure we
would have made it.
I remember working hard at my guitar over many hours teaching myself to play
just to show that Peter Peloe a thing of two! I was also inspired by Paul
(Fred) Barker, our long suffering Latin teacher, finger-picking his guitar
and singing Big Rock Candy Mountain at a school concert. From then on, I
became serious about it. I even bought a nylon string guitar for £15 guineas
(which I still have and use to teach) and I learned some classical pieces
which I later played at a school concert.
Round about 1967-ish Clarke swapped me his solid electric guitar for my
camera. This was a quantum leap for me as it now meant I could play in a
band in Liverpool with "experienced" musicians (they had played for over
three years and were getting paid for it.) Suddenly I realised that I could
make money out of this.
In 1969, I worked in Prestatyn Holiday Camp during university hols as a
Bluecoat for a couple of years and eventually I managed to bluff my way into
the Camp's professional dance band. Yes, for the first time I was playing as
a true pro musician, although the band did bring a whole new meaning to the
idea of mediocrity.
From then I played with numerous pro and semi-pro bands both as a student
and after graduating. Many times my income from playing paid for luxuries in
life - like eating regularly. I played for about three years in and around
Cardiff. (I was only a couple of miles away from Irene Danson without even
realising it. Damn!) When I moved to the London area, I joined a successful
four piece band with a drummer whose voice sounded more like Matt Monroe
than Matt Monroe's. When I moved to Milton Keynes in 1986 I joined a band
which over time developed into the three piece band I still play with - but
now we play on an irregular basis. We sound pretty good for a bunch of old
never-has-beens. Barry Clayton came to listen to us once. I haven't heard
from him since but that's just coincidence - I think.
I retired from work about five years ago and sadly in Jan 2008 I will be
retiring from band work too after forty years of serious playing. (By
serious I mean getting paid for it.) But I still teach guitar in my music
studio and I will carry on doing this for the foreseeable future as it too
pays for those extra luxuries in life.
So in a round-about way, that's how Peter Peloe influenced my life for the
better and I thank him from the bottom of my wallet. I often wish Jock
(cirrrrcuit trrraining) Anderson had told me straight me that I'd never make
it as an international pro-footballer instead of being subtle and saying I
was built more for comfort than for speed !
There are lots of band stories I will tell you when I see you Dave about
some hairy playing experiences and my biggest ever claim-to-fame regarding
Tom Jones
Very best wishes,
Pete
August 2007 - Email received from Peter Peloe
E-mail : cliveshaw@blueyonder.co.uk
Comments : Hi
I went to UGS in the glorious summer of 69 and left in 76 so do i count?
Currently a GP in Crosby, Merseyside, married one child.
Great site, really enjoyed it and will get round to adding a few bits myself. In the meantime if anyone wants to get in touch and share some memories either in cyberspace or the pub, please do.
best wishes all.
Clive Shaw
E-mail : cowleys@fastmail.fm
Pirates of Penzance c1954 Latin Teachers version Gillian Derbyshire.