Making contact

Good to see this site and to see the banter ... drags up stuff I'd completly forgotten about.

Some things you never forget though like the mad dash at lunch time for the Canteen ( which was stupidly placed down the bottom of the field. Of course fine in summer months but as soon as it rained the trip became a negotiation of the fast developing mud slide and then having to queue up in the rain outside. Used to get covered in mud.

 

I was one of the last PS boarders, and the last first year intake before the change to a sixth form college. the place became a building site (got covered in more mud).

 

Does anyone remember the mad concker fight? One morning there were two lines on opposite side of the quadrangle each containing about 60 lads and we decided it would be fun just to throw conckers at each other. It was like the Somme, missiles darkened the sky as hundreds of conkers, carefully collected over weeks and weeks flew across the quad. It might have been symbolic of the future but I worked out a supply deal to collect spent conkers and restock the line (I think I wangled the latest girlie mags or something).

 

Take care y'all

Bruce Brassington

Making contact

Good to see this site and to see the banter ... drags up stuff I'd completly forgotten about.

Some things you never forget though like the mad dash at lunch time for the Canteen ( which was stupidly placed down the bottom of the field. Of course fine in summer months but as soon as it rained the trip became a negotiation of the fast developing mud slide and then having to queue up in the rain outside. Used to get covered in mud.

 

I was one of the last PS boarders, and the last first year intake before the change to a sixth form college. the place became a building site (got covered in more mud).

 

Does anyone remember the mad concker fight? One morning there were two lines on opposite side of the quadrangle each containing about 60 lads and we decided it would be fun just to throw conckers at each other. It was like the Somme, missiles darkened the sky as hundreds of conkers, carefully collected over weeks and weeks flew across the quad. It might have been symbolic of the future but I worked out a supply deal to collect spent conkers and restock the line (I think I wangled the latest girlie mags or something).

 

Take care y'all

Bruce Brassington

Upper 6th 1971

Dear All ,

 

I am pleased to announce that ,after a period of 9 months  ,I have at last managed to upload a photo of my merry band of buddies. It was taken on April 1st after a fantastic response from Junior assembly to the ' School Photograph outside the Old Building at break time ' April Fool we announced that morning. I don't think the young 'uns enjoyed it but we had a good laugh. Photo taken by Nick Ray.

 

A special quiz for all who were at PSC at  that time !!  Can you name any of this infamous bunch ? Are you one of them ?

 

Keith

 

PS - I know the names of all of them !! Answers later .

 

Upper 6th 1971

Dear All ,

 

I am pleased to announce that ,after a period of 9 months  ,I have at last managed to upload a photo of my merry band of buddies. It was taken on April 1st after a fantastic response from Junior assembly to the ' School Photograph outside the Old Building at break time ' April Fool we announced that morning. I don't think the young 'uns enjoyed it but we had a good laugh. Photo taken by Nick Ray.

 

A special quiz for all who were at PSC at  that time !!  Can you name any of this infamous bunch ? Are you one of them ?

 

Keith

 

PS - I know the names of all of them !! Answers later .

 

your manager is back

hello everyone,

I am pleased to say that I am back from hospital just having an aneurysm repair op, and I am feeling fine.  What a marvel is modern medecine!

I hope to join in a bit more now,

best regards,

jim wishart  

your manager is back

hello everyone,

I am pleased to say that I am back from hospital just having an aneurysm repair op, and I am feeling fine.  What a marvel is modern medecine!

I hope to join in a bit more now,

best regards,

jim wishart  

Football season 65-6

Is anyone out there prepared to admit playing football against Brockenhurst, I believe in the 1965/6 season for the 2nd year team. I sometimes hope it was only a nightmare. That year the whole team, except for two (I think), were boarders and this match fell on an exeat weekend. At least 9 reserves and the other two playing out of position. I normally played right full back but started the game on the left wing.

After a hard fought match we narrowly lost 20-0. This was presumably some sort of record as Jake didn't read out the result in assembly on the Monday morning with all the others. At least England won the World Cup that year!