17-05-2021, 12:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-05-2021, 01:19 PM by Rick Pumpkin.)
(17-05-2021, 08:43 AM)malcm Wrote: Rick...is that the chippy that used to be owned by the Ward family for ages? I used to live in Madeira Rd and used it a lot back then.
I'm not too sure mate. I used to live in Aylen Road as a kid, up until 1976 when we moved down to Hayling Avenue, so only used to go there up until the move. I recall it was Dicky still running the place at that time and not too sure who bought it when he sold up a few years later.
(17-05-2021, 10:22 AM)Wightblue Wrote: Rick, what years were you at PNGS ?
I was 1951- 59, the same time as the late Pat Neil.
Forever grateful to R R Hancock and his great teaching staff for showing me what I could aspire to be.
Do The Old Nortonians still exist at all ?
I was there for the last couple of years as a Grammar, then lived through the first two years as a comprehensive having merged with Brunel. When the family moved down to Hayling Avenue I started at Great Salterns which I have to say was probably the worst school on the island - I hated every minute and couldn't wait to get out and join the forces, which I managed to do on my 17th birthday.
And I think the Old Nortonians ended some years ago.