School Days

Quoted from BlackandWhiteBarmy2

I left in '76 too although I was a year lower than you Les. Did you live on Stainton Drive? Mr Carbutt was my class teacher in my last year. I was a little shocked when I heard about the teacher (Mr. C) and the lewd acts, I found out in my first year at Hereford when I met an ex Crosby pupil.

I did then yes, number 60, we moved though in 1976 when I was 12, when my Mum remarried but you won't remember me as Les Brechin as my surname I was born with was Seaward, but I changed my surname by deed poll when my Mum remarried, to the surname of my Stepdad.

Quoted from Hants.Mariner

I think Martin Pask went on to be Head of Geography at Toll Bar. I was there between 1975-82 part of the penultimate intake from Humberston before the new comprehensive opened them.
I also recall my mother telling me she babysat him in his younger days.

Whilst we were at Toll Bar one of our PE teachers was Alan Boxall who was also moonlighting as a centre back for Scunthorpe at the time.

Thats correct regarding Martin.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Was Brown the one who ran the rugby team?

I was good at rugby but wouldn’t go to training at dinner time. I said I’m happy to go to any training after school. Needless to say I never got picked. Part of my attitude problem was that they initially picked the football team, then also picked the same lads for the rugby team regardless of ability. I was shite at football but knew I was better at rugby than most of the footballers. Then to cap it all I was told “you should be proud to represent the school”. I didn’t even want to go to that school, let alone be proud of it, wasn’t a popular thing to say to a teacher 😆

That's him. Was heavily involved with Cleethorpes Rugby Club outside of school as well.
My older brothers were into rugby ,more for the legalised violence side of it than sport, I just love footy.
At the first games lesson when he went through the register he just said, ahhh, that's a familiar name, you are in the rugby team.
I said I dont play rugby, dont know any rules and arent interested in it. He still put me in the team.

very late tot his thread, I used to be taught at Macaulay by Jimmy Fell's wiffe, Jimmy of course used to play for Grimsby

Quoted from Davec

very late tot his thread, I used to be taught at Macaulay by Jimmy Fell's wiffe, Jimmy of course used to play for Grimsby

That would be the first Mrs Fell. Jim’s second wife was Alberta and she was the secretary at the Education Centre on Victoria Street, now long since turned into a snooker club.

Even later to this thread but here goes...

First school was Queen Mary Avenue Infants.... loved it there and every time I go back to Town I get pangs for the old area... Sidney Park was my old favourite when I wasn't at school and used to walk back home through there often

At 7 I then went to Barcroft Street but just for two terms.... it was ideal for me as someone who's always late because all I had to do was open our front door when the bell went, cross to the other side of Lovett Street and I was in the playground  

We then moved from Cleethorpes to Grimsby so for the next three and a bit years it was Yarborough Juniors - an all boys school which was disappointing after being used to mixed classes until then

Fortunately got through my 11+ and for the next seven years went to Wintringham

Looking back I didn't like my time there.... just tolerated it when I was a pupil but it was way too suffocating for me
I did ok academically I suppose but that wasn't anything to do with the teaching I'd say
I used to think I'd rather have not passed my 11+ and gone elsewhere

A couple of good teachers though... Huw George and Kev Spence in particular

Mick "Chopper" Hobden also deserves a mention for giving me some inspiration to pass Physics but sadly he couldn't get me in to the school football first X1....hardly surprising given some of the competition at the time with loads of those old Winghams going on to play for Town ( Kev Moore, Tony Ford, Paul Emson, Dave Moore etc )

They say schooldays are the best of your life but I tend to disagree except for one thing.... schoolmates that still now are good friends even if we don't maybe see each other so often, Those old shared experiences gave a lot of us some kind of unbreakable bond so something to be thankful for

Quoted from barralad

Leo Solomon is still on the go I think. He plays the piano at the Clee Grammar yearly reunion. He's in his 90s I believe.

He passed away earlier this year. He really helped me. A fine teacher.

Oh, I didn't realise he had died. A lovely chap.

Never got on with him. Singled me out for doing what everyone else in 6th form was doing. Never respected him after that. Apply the rules equally or not at all.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Never got on with him. Singled me out for doing what everyone else in 6th form was doing. Never respected him after that. Apply the rules equally or not at all.

Worthy of Alan Partridge!