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Bob Robertson
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1952 we had the Green Blazer with goldings badge and grey long trousers never had grey shirts that I can remember had a school tie I like Alan used to press trousers under the mattress in printing dept comps had aprons machine minders blue overalls the staff wore warehouse coats I never had short trousers I can remember climbing down the outside of the small dorm in Mount Stephen with a pillow slip to go scrumping and nearly getting caught by Embleton we also used to have crystal sets I also remember Goldings first TV set Pin head used the money from Wimbledon to buy it I also remember teaching dancing with Frank Orford? (Mt Stephens Housemaster) at 70 I am getting forgetful but you buggers keep jogging the old brain box.During our recent move I came across some old photos of the print dept I will try and post them (will have to get the grandaughter to help) Bobr
24 April 2008
- Gold Coast Hinterland in Beautiful Australia
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Len Harpin
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Hi Tony just shows how things changed so much every one of us has a different story.Have seen clips of boys in your time 1960 arriving at Goldings in cars,boys with bike's,we could not have things like that.I remember at the end of the rec hut the barber shop with the prefect's room next to it .I remember Johnny Leach going for his first hair cut,the barber at that time had just come out the army & John said to him "short back & side please" so the barber went straight over the top.All the barber said "It will teach you not to tell me my job", but at the other end of the rec hut was the band hut, we kept all our drums etc in there in the winter.We used to practice in there under Scoffer our drum major.We won the band contest at the Royal Fingrinhole Camp Aldershot. We where there for a week living it up, I played the big Bass drum.This all boils down to me saying we have all got good memories of the good day's in our home & we should all be proud of being there,god bless you all,not forgetting Dave & Mal.
24 April 2008
- Colnbrook Slough
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Alan Dearman 1955-59
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Thought I would add my 1d's worth on the Goldings dress.
I seem to recall that it was Khaki shirts and shorts during the summer month's, for both school and the workshops. In the winter it was Grey flannels and I think pale blue shirts(The prefects had dark blue shirts). For Sunday parades and church, it was Green blazer and grey flannels. For town and other events, it was Grey flannels and Green blazer or Sports jacket. The flannels would remain under your matress between 2 pieces of hardboard or ply wood to keep in the creases. My trousers were held up with those muli coloured striped elesticated belts with the "S" type fastener. Some would spit and polish their shoes to a high shine. As I worked in the shoe shop, I cheated and polished mine on the machines. Ay' what great days.
23 April 2008
- Nottingham
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angell
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Hi all,Len and John, as regards to khaki shorts and shirts, in the 60s we all had to wear them in the summer but not if you were in the class rooms at school,99 percent of the boys would roll up the shorts as high as poss some times you could see the pockets hanging out under the rolled up bit, shirt collars would be standing up at the back
and down at the front like Elvis Presley,and then the sleeves would also be rolled up 2 turns,and if im not mistaken house captains would have faded blue shirts.
At any time when we had to wear a tie most 60s boys would turn the pointed bits of the collar under to square the collar off like fashonable shirts you could buy in the shops
all the best. Tony
23 April 2008
- london
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Dave
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Many thanks for the info lads,it's helping me build a picture of our dress through the various era's for the Goldings book.I personally think there's a film awaiting out there if Richard Attenborough could be made interested along the lines of the film "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" an excellent British film to mention on St Georges Day.
David Wheatley rang me two days ago with memories of his fathers first day at Goldings.He came down past the lawn and called inside the prefects hut (the left hand side of the Rec hut,later to be used for haircutting)and there was a stove fire buring away with a saucepan on the boil with eight eggs in (were they came from we didn't know??)as he surveyed around the hut,and later to return to the stove fire,there was now only two eggs in there? His first day,what other incidents were to unfold in the next 21 years? April 1'st 1945.
David is also bringing along the "Queens Cup" and other items associated with Goldings to the re-union,so on the day the one's who have the most attending from our past "House's" will become the winners of the cup(as suggested by Mike Justice)He is also enquiring what happened to Mr K.R.Wood who worked with Mr Maslin in the office,as all I can tell him that in quoting March 1967 Goldonian "Mr K.R.Wood,our School Secretary has now joined the staff of Barclays Bank as releif cashier.David has also suggested a "Questions and Answers" on the day of the re-union,which he is prepared to help out with,what does everybody think,myself I think it's a good idea to refresh our memories.Dave
23 April 2008
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