Welcome to the Goldings Guest Book ** We APPROVE all messages before they are posted ** Add a message : back to Goldings.org : Search There are now 5764 messages in our guestbook. <<< 1 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 1153 >>> Viewing messages 4376 to 4380. Jon Parsons Bob Cox was thinking that the Head's Pantry might be partly below ground. It probably was, as the kitchen end of the building was lower than the panelled part of the building. There are the steps going down at the start of the stone corridor. The land at the Top Field side of the building is higher than on the Parade Ground side. So from the inside the windows would be high up in rooms 16, 18, 19, 22 etc. In the photograph on the forecourt side of the arch, the large window is the Staff Billiard Room (15) The smaller window is the staff pantry (16). In the photograph on the outside of the arch - where the oil tank once was I believe, the small window is, I think, the one belonging to the Head's Pantry. So it looks as though the head's pantry was directly below Somerset - surprised someone didn't lift the floorboards !!!. All this talk of ronuking floors, I worked in an Agricultural College Lab when I left school and we had to ronuk the laboratory benches with a hand held buffer like an old fashioned metal iron, wrapped in a cloth. Once we managed to get hold of the cleaners floor-polisher, lifted it up onto the bench but the vibrations caused the bottles of acids & alkalies to fall off the little shelves at the back. A couple of years later when working in Montague Burtons - the tailors as Saturday Sales - the youngest staff had to ronuk the floors with the ball on the stick. So Ronseal had quite a few buyers of their revolting product other than DBH. I read somewhere that the shoes were large and heavy and had steel tips & heels - surely that would ruin the floors !! But you can see why the stone passage is so worn. Bob concludes his entry by saying that Somerset may not have been the cleanest, but probably the happiest - there seem to be more ex-Somerset's supporting the site, perhaps the other old boys are too busy cleaning !! Had to send this to your email address as I couldn't see how to attach photos to the guest book. It was a surprise to see my first email turn up as a Story ! Thanks Jon - the Outsider. 12 May 2008 Webmaster comments   Jon I'm afraid we can't attach photos onto the guestbook but I will add them to the site on you story page. Dave tommy | black&white@thecottage.org thats fine coming from hansen and lawrance as they laughed at lee dixon when he said fulham would stay up a month ago.even my mate jimmy hill reckons they are a pair of clowns 12 May 2008 - craven cottage Hansen and Lawrence Like Tommy Trinder,the whole team are a bunch of comic's 12 May 2008 - Brum Beat tommy trinder | black &white@thecottage.org c,mon you whites 11 May 2008 - craven cottage Bob Cox | romacox.18@ntlworld.com After even more thought, i am confident, that the Headmasters pantry was room 19, as the room itself had the dogleg as indicated by the floorplan, it was on the North/East side of the corridor, as i always remember turning right out of it to go to the Headmasters Study etc, there was one very small window quite high up on the outside wall, which looked out on to the approach road to the forecourt,(is it possible the pantry was below ground level?)though i do not recall climbing any steps to the corridor. I do remember that we used Lavender polish in the Headmasters Quarters & Study, (there was an incredible amount of Oak panelling,) as opposed to RONUK, and that the smell of Lavender polish even now, still brings back memories of Golding's. I also recall the precision that we had to adopt to keep bedroom floors shining, first the ronuk spread on the floor, then the bumpers swung back and forewards in unison, to bring up the shine, woe betide anyone who got the timing wrong, alternatively a line of boys on hands and knees, moving rhythmically back down the room, with shining dusters in their hands, again keeping in rhythm. I also remember that when i was House Captain of Somerset,we very rarely ever won any points for being the cleanest, i think that privelige always seemed to go to Pelham, we did try hard, but never really cracked it, but i do believe we were probably the happiest house. 11 May 2008 - Bournemouth. <<< 1 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 1153 >>> You can search this guestbook by: Message : - Name : - All : Please type some text: - Guest book sponsored by PC Home Help (01922) 626 366 - http://www.pchomehelp.net -