I remember when Lotty John turned up for work on a really old Triumph or Norton( can't remember but you know the sort) complete with piss pot helmet and goggles. This was 1987, not 1957. He looked a proper silly ****. The whole yard started laughing at him and he went ****ing mental. Got off his bike a started shouting and bawling at everyone like a demented banshee. Priceless.
Excuse my ignorance in this matter guys but were you all pursuing careers on the waves or was it just a school where anyone could attend? I thought it was a Nautical School.
I remember Boss slapping a kid from Scunny around in the chapel, as he'd been caught singing in class. Mr Thompson (rather than captain) had all the school stood out in the yard in the freezing rain, because someone had spat on his car. The was no way most of those sadistic/pissed up old bastards should have been anywhere near kids.
The Boss....do you remeber the size of his hands as he took a side swipe at your face!!! Paddy Flood...hey shelia!! Lotty and his firing line.........morse code instead of lines.........the ring...........scraping with the college t**ts Ahh great days
Hands like bastard shovels and not shy in using 'em. Big Dave Horsely, he could control a classroom. Eddie Gray and his bright orange face, same colour as his **** Skoda 'sports' car. I could go on....
It appears we may have been at Trinity House at same time, 84-87. Did Gravelle start there during your time, we had her in tears!
Thats him.....Jack Haylett He is responsible for me now visiting Miss Stern once a week for a good thrashing with the rope end of choice . Sadistic bald bastard
I often wonder what become of my old school friend Jacko..Whose parents use to run the blue bell in ,in market place...not seen him for years .
We left together Dave! Hall Bros. I joined the Royal Crown on New Years eve. Your good self joining the ill fated Ambassador! I am aware of several old boys trying to contact you, I am in contact with Lewis Glentworth at present in Ecuador. If you pm me I can give you details. Geoff T
The Welsh Dragon did indeed start whilst I was at TH. You were a year above me, I was there '85 to '88. Remember Norman Render?
Did Trinity House School have an annex on Anlaby Rd, just opposite the Anlaby Rd access to Paragon Station in the 50's & 60s ? I had a good mate who used to go to Trinity House, but I'm sure it was Anlaby Rd...unless there was another Nautical College at that time ?
I remember Norman !! I think I was 84 - 89, with teachers like 'Jesus' Crook, who smoked during a lesson so we could see a laser beam, 'Nookie' Newsome,'Fruitbat' Phillipson - I could go on. Cpl of memories - Dave Horsely at Farndale was in charge of breakfast and pre made cornflakes, added the milk whilst we were still asleep. Must have been 25degrees even in the morning. What a nutter! Also a few of us in 6th form doing 'escort duty' on a ship in one of the docks whilst dignitaries had a VIP tour, then being left with the beer. Doing PE after whilst a bit pissed was funny as hell.
Can't recall Norman. AndyP: He mentions Jesus Crooks......was he the French' teacher', I remember pushing a cupboard up against the door to classroom then jumping out the window to line up outside the classroom.....think the Boss had the last though as he launched into a stinging attack on the culprits . Who were the teachers who took us to Welton Waters, Richards and some old sea dog who partially deaf. Poor Mr Richards....first time he let me loose in a mirror dinghy on my own and I hit the jetty trying to bring it alongside, hit the jetty head which in turn dumped Mr Richards into the surrounding water!! Bugger gave me 250 morse code for that!!!
Norman Render was the school captain. Crooks was the physics teacher with the massive beard, looked like Robinson Crusoe. The teachers at Welton were Floppy Richards, Seggy, I can't recall his surname, and Alan Hodgson. Floppy once hit me with a boat hook across my knuckles for not 'tossing my oar' quick enough. It ****ing knacked. What an areshole he could be, they all could. Biggest one though was Paddy Flood. IMO.
