tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post2998024938679076044..comments2023-02-19T11:09:34.995+00:00Comments on Peter Symonds' School Nostalgia Corner: Barton Seagrave, Kelso House 1975 - 1981Doug Clewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161329377810660760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-17832784656066588532002-10-31T22:19:00.000+00:002002-10-31T22:19:00.000+00:00Hi Jesser I remember you, I was in the same year...Hi Jesser I remember you, I was in the same year as Roy Gregory. I am still in contact by e-mail with Mark Jackman and Bruce Brassington. It now seems so long ago, I have been in Canada for 10 years plus now. I also bumped into Steven Graves after college and bought him a drink and apologized for how mean people were to him, including me. My younger sister was at Rotherly so I also kept in touch with Jean the matron and bundles for a short while there. Drop me a line if you like. Steve (tubs, tubbers) Bathtwoofusincalgary2 MSNhttp://msn-twoofusincalgary2.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-6828254876702649622001-12-20T06:08:00.000+00:002001-12-20T06:08:00.000+00:00I don't know anything about him leaving, but I...I don't know anything about him leaving, but I do know that there is currently an Inspector of Schools covering the south called Brian Espiner, and it isn't a very common name. I had a great deal of respect for him and I hope he has done well career wise.steve powell MSNhttp://msn-steve powell.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-64248615539681581622001-12-19T01:40:00.000+00:002001-12-19T01:40:00.000+00:00I was a resident of Kelso & Barton Seagrave be...I was a resident of Kelso & Barton Seagrave between 73-77 and have fond memories. Bag apple was John 'Bag' Happel and Roy 'Buck Tooth' Gregory can (I think) be seen in the photo of the maths group 77-79 in the picture board. I too remember Biffer (& Ma Biff) & Brick together with Jean the matron & Bundles the dog. Maureen the cleaner was a source of some amusement, paticularly her son Kevin, not the sharpest saw in the box - they lived just outside the school gates near the tuck shop. I'm still in reasonably close touch with Nick Barker and secured gainful (?) employment in the Metropolitan Police - over 20 years now! I see that Brian Espiner is also shown on the picture board. I heard interesting accounts about him leaving Symonds' in the late 70's-early 80's - gossip & inuendo or fact? Martin Mitchellmartin MSNhttp://msn-martin.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551095981795678487.post-86983776979289323692001-12-05T02:01:00.000+00:002001-12-05T02:01:00.000+00:00Hello Jesser I stayed at kelso house betwen 71 t...Hello Jesser I stayed at kelso house betwen 71 to 75. Biffer was the housemaster and to this day I still sing that song he used to sing around the House '...or would you rather be a fish. A fish is an animal....' As for Brick, I still remember being slapped on the backside with the side of a saw after breaking three blades during woodwork. I remember his face was rather pitted. We used to say cruelly that this feature arose from the time when he was a boy and asked his teacher how to bang a nail properly. 'Use your head, Brick'. So he did! Dave Singerdave MSNhttp://msn-dave.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com