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Date Posted: 01:51:27 11/20/11 Sun
Author: Alan
Subject: Re: Werrington Rocester
In reply to: jim 's message, "Re: Werrington Rocester" on 23:20:28 09/29/11 Thu

>>Hi Alan. I was there from about 1960 until about
>1964. I remember Mr.Glynn ( Tash ) Mr.Nichols (Noddy )
>Mr. Hilditch
>>( Bush ) due to his having a couple of strands of
>hair on his head. I also remember Mr.Plant who was the
>Painter and Decorator instructor.
>>I have been searching for stuff on the
>>Werrington/Riverside for a while. I finally stumbled
>>on your thread in VoyForums. It's pretty much the only
>>reference I can find.
>>
>>I wanted to find pictures of the Big House, I was only
>>13 when I was there for 18 months around 1972ish but I
>>remember it to be impressive and can still see parts
>>of it clearly, you don't forget when you've bumpered
>>the tile floors so many times. From memory it was
>>owned by the Percival family who made their fortune in
>>the slave trade but that has been a fruitless avenue
>>of search.
>>
>>I'm impressed that you remembered some names like Mr
>>Hilditch, I didn't remember but it brought back
>>memories he had a false leg. I was in the Army Cadets
>>too but couldn't remember Mr Glynn's name is he the
>>same man who wore a majors rank and always went on
>>about hot sweet tea. He taught us the Lee Enfield .303
>>and the Bren. He took us River crossing on ropes all
>>very wet and amateur but he might be the reason why I
>>joined the army later on.
>>
>>I still haven't been able to find any pictures but the
>>reply you got from Andrew Carter above says its now
>>the Doveleys Garden Centre ST14 5BZ I looked on Google
>>maps and think I recognise parts from the air like the
>>Gym and the swimming pool which looks like it has
>>trees growing in it the rest looks very different if
>>it is the school.
>>
>>I hope you get this but you posted in 2008 maybe your
>>emails changed. Did you find out any more or have
>>links to any pictures of the school. I had dreams of
>>buying the place if I had lotto win but it looks like
>>it has been changed radically.
>>
>>Jimi

Hi Jimi
I havent been on this forum in a coons age, Then I went into nostalgia mode and looked it up. Yes I remember Nodder Nichols, he played the piano. What a nice old chap he was too. While I was there Leautenant Glynn ran the cadets. The head (Billy J) Skermer was actually a captain but no sign of a major. I did go back to Werrington just the once. It was a promise kept. While I was there myself James Patterson and Kieth Bailey worked out how old we would be in the year 2000 and promised to return on our birthdays that year. James sadly passed away from cancer a couple of years ago and didnt go. Kieth I lost contact with. It was pretty heartbreaking returning and seeing the state it was in at that time. All being renovated and the guts were torn out of the place. the memories flooding back was an amazing experience. things I had forgotten suddenly came to the fore upon turning a corner. Unfortunately I didnt venture inside for safety reasons.
I have no photos of the place, just one from my time there
it can be found at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derbydog1/3214759583/
Taken down by the river. I am 4th on the front row, taken in 67.

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