tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.comments2024-02-26T05:41:10.179+00:00Life, The Universe, and Everything . . .John Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-91307654168715329612024-02-26T05:41:10.179+00:002024-02-26T05:41:10.179+00:00Thanks for this! It’s great to know that Louis’s v...Thanks for this! It’s great to know that Louis’s violins are still going strong ‘out there’.John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-46253187399708803642024-02-08T16:31:58.895+00:002024-02-08T16:31:58.895+00:00Hi John, I picked up a Louis Fussell violin in Hem...Hi John, I picked up a Louis Fussell violin in Hemel Hempstead today! It has the name the "Katharine II" on it. Never played the violin in my life, but it was my 68th birthday on Monday, and I've decided to have a go at it. Never too old to start when it comes to music!Brian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015596737932531771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-5678940456763551582023-07-06T16:01:23.031+01:002023-07-06T16:01:23.031+01:00A former Goldington Road School pupil before going...A former Goldington Road School pupil before going on to Stratton SchoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-33921303805123713572023-07-04T15:19:02.188+01:002023-07-04T15:19:02.188+01:00I remember Miss Beale's School so well as I li...I remember Miss Beale's School so well as I lived next door to her in the adjoining semi until the age of fifteen. Sha was at 70 and we were at 72. Walmsley House School was across the road from us and At Andrews Girls School field was behind our gardensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-38611385505333088282023-02-06T19:30:43.797+00:002023-02-06T19:30:43.797+00:00I was at Rushmoor 1970 to 1977. Goss
Alot of the t...I was at Rushmoor 1970 to 1977. Goss<br />Alot of the teachers were psychopaths. Horrocks, Crutcley, Shelton for starters.<br />Anyone remember the murder of the teacher in class approx 1973/74. I remember it as if it was yesterday. One of the flat roofed classrooms opposite the gymn (tin hut)<br />Does anyone else remember this horrific incident. Nothing on the Web.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-413598504536743362023-02-06T19:23:38.956+00:002023-02-06T19:23:38.956+00:00I went to Rushmoor 1970 to 1977. Name - Goss
Dread...I went to Rushmoor 1970 to 1977. Name - Goss<br />Dreadful school, the teachers all smoked in class. Sadistic teachers Mr Horrocks, Crutchley, Shelton. Mr Abel was head. He smoked in class too. Shelton would cradle your head and stroke your hair!! Crutchlehad a slipper called Enoch! He would beat you with this. <br />A teacher was actually murdered in class by I believe her estranged husband. Thus was c1973. My friend Pibworth and I still keep in touch but cannot find out any more detail of the murder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382446131760475277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-59475824843895263152022-11-09T14:59:41.446+00:002022-11-09T14:59:41.446+00:00My time at Rushmoor waS not happy. The place shoul...My time at Rushmoor waS not happy. The place should have been shut down years ago. Just no educational value at all.<br />John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-82654020946752581102022-11-09T14:41:33.146+00:002022-11-09T14:41:33.146+00:00Hi All, I was at Rushmoor in the late 60's. I ...Hi All, I was at Rushmoor in the late 60's. I was weekly boarder in the house they bought next to the old school, chaos !! Headmaster was a chain smoker as was Eden and we did whatever we wanted, madness. Malcolm Melville was a homosexual maths teacher and Critchley was a bully ! Phillips was a sad ex army officer trying to expand the Empire ! Loved my time at Rushmoor as you can tell, and thinking of taking my experiences further !! Any comments ??P Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120052844662704276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-15525843190940651582022-04-01T15:31:33.562+01:002022-04-01T15:31:33.562+01:00I have a canon printertoo and like you it is in my...I have a canon printertoo and like you it is in my bedoom and eveything else is n my lounge but my printer is connected with my wi fi no problem so I am sure you will get it working too.<br />MartineMartine McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346234542399461803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-50701789918201057062021-09-17T07:30:00.843+01:002021-09-17T07:30:00.843+01:00I always suspected Deeks of being somewhat odd. Ab...I always suspected Deeks of being somewhat odd. Abrahams was a bully. I think most of the teachers were. In today's world a lot of them would be done for abuse. I never knew why my parents wasted good money on sending me to that place. I never really learned anything of any use except possibly swimming.<br /><br /><br />John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-4297277147125673992021-09-17T04:04:36.277+01:002021-09-17T04:04:36.277+01:00Mr Abrams was the PE teacher. Mr Deeks was queer I...Mr Abrams was the PE teacher. Mr Deeks was queer I'm sure. I remember he smelled quoted bad, and yes he was the maths teacher. I was a boarder with Cattermole, Maughan in the mid 60s. Went on to Bedford Modern also as a boarder in Culver House. Boca Abiertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347096583193265485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-76778290254089285042021-03-11T16:23:09.257+00:002021-03-11T16:23:09.257+00:00Can't believe you think it's exciting!Can't believe you think it's exciting! John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-32847163194753987212021-03-11T15:51:27.303+00:002021-03-11T15:51:27.303+00:00You make the humdrum sound exciting & interest...You make the humdrum sound exciting & interesting! 😀Nikki_46https://www.blogger.com/profile/09092725486684958533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-65228254627008926122019-12-20T20:23:17.091+00:002019-12-20T20:23:17.091+00:00I know what you are going through as I have suffer...I know what you are going through as I have suffered from depression for the past 40 years with ups and downs.it is also part of the grieving process.<br />I have changed medications at regular intervals.<br />It gets worse at times like Christmas <br />I do pray that your gp will find the right medication for you<br />Take care.<br />MartineMartine McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346234542399461803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-56922821364883568942016-10-06T11:35:36.037+01:002016-10-06T11:35:36.037+01:00Hi just been reading about Carols eye problem hop...Hi just been reading about Carols eye problem hope it soon gets sorted and she is OK again, please email me after you have been to the eye clinic this afternoon ❤️ to you bothCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563431376733149701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-61773831060161694342016-08-06T10:26:02.788+01:002016-08-06T10:26:02.788+01:00It seems the staff didn't want to' curry&#...It seems the staff didn't want to' curry' favor :) <br />Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-52186634611992245862016-03-10T08:30:35.406+00:002016-03-10T08:30:35.406+00:00What's this about the matron? Did she commit s...What's this about the matron? Did she commit suicide? What ever caused her to kill herself? I remember my brother Andrew went to Rushmoor some years after I was there. Goodness knows why my parents sent him there after my experience of the place. He told me, I don't know if it was true or not, that a boy jumped through an upstairs window or something, or a teacher went crazy in front of a class and jumped out of a window or something. What was it about that place that people would do that? How was it ever kept out of the newspapers? Yes, those names do ring a bell, Bletsoe, Brodie but not sure about Broome.I wonder what happened to any of them.John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-70607731193697015092016-03-09T18:14:05.134+00:002016-03-09T18:14:05.134+00:00St Martins Church ,yes I remember that. The Very R...St Martins Church ,yes I remember that. The Very Reverend Father Challen maybe.I recall the whole school walking down the road to the church on Ascension day which is 40 days after Easter .Mrs Richardson with the ladle ably assisted by Matron who duelly hung herself one night in the boys dormitory. You said you remembered Prentice ,do you also remember Bletsoe, Brodie and Broome ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-88957788289373770622016-03-09T15:54:21.635+00:002016-03-09T15:54:21.635+00:00Remember school dinners all too well. Old Mother R...Remember school dinners all too well. Old Mother Richardson doling out custard and gravy with a giant ladle. Straight out of 'Oliver Twist.' But I don't think we ever asked for more. We did a stage version of 'Oliver Twist.' I got to be the matron in it (!) I know, looking back, quite awful. It was given a modern treatment by Crutchley.Pity there's no photographs, It was after that we were taken to London to see the musical 'Oliver!' which made a huge impression on me. I ended up working in professional theatre myself, but non too successfully, I might add. So who was M.B.A, Dyer-Smith and what did he go on to achieve? I'd love to know. I'm trying hard to try and remember which house I was in when I was at Rushmoor. I just can't remember the other names. We had to be in the choir and then be part of the Christmas service at St Martin's church in Clapham Road. Mr Crutchley was a keen sound recordist and had a tape recorder which got me hooked on sound recording myself. He taped the service and it was produced as a record. Probably on a 78 rather than a modern L.P. I never had a copy but I know someone who did, Andrew Allen, who was a friend of mine at Rushmoor. Probably quite a prized collectable today. I don't suppose many were produced. I think perhaps Mr Eden, who was the music teacher, would have been in charge of the choir and probably organist in the church. We had been entered for the Bedford Music Festival, but for some reason didn't get to actually appear which was a pity, looking back on it.John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-63926682366475197592016-03-09T15:21:09.943+00:002016-03-09T15:21:09.943+00:00I remember queuing up for Dinner as it was called ...I remember queuing up for Dinner as it was called then. The queue stretched from the Dinner room where we were served into the Hall .And there it stood .The Rushmoor School Role of Honour .Top of the list was M.B.A.Dyer-Smith 1956. Strange what I can remember ,must've been because I stood in the same place every day for 6 years .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-12902588866294349172016-03-09T09:15:59.364+00:002016-03-09T09:15:59.364+00:00We were taken on long walks on some afternoons. Mi...We were taken on long walks on some afternoons. Miles and miles, along Clapham Road towards Clapham and also along Bromham Road. I recall crossing the golf course and someone, some bright individual, collecting stray golf balls, I'm not sure what he did with them. Perhaps he gave them in at the clubhouse or sold them. I could never see what purpose these walks had, all of us, strung out in a sort of crocodile along the path, with possibly no educational value whatso ever. Did our parents know about this sort of thing? I doubt not. A poor way to spend our school fees in my opinion. The someone told me they thought it was a really good way to save money on heating and lighting, particularly in the winter. Still doesn't convince me, but it might have been why we traipsed around the Bedfordshire countryside,John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-14737534760966994792016-03-08T16:37:29.385+00:002016-03-08T16:37:29.385+00:00The pub is called The Navigation.The pub is called The Navigation.John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-60425392740682718612016-03-08T16:03:32.587+00:002016-03-08T16:03:32.587+00:00There was someone called Cameron in my class. I th...There was someone called Cameron in my class. I think his first name was Duncan. Strange I can remember his Christian name, even though we were called by our Surnames. I think he lived in Sharnbrook. I believe he must live around here (Milton Keynes) and his son runs a restaurant in Stony Stratford, called (imaginatively) Cameron's. I think he also owns a pub out in the country near Salcey Forest, near the Grand Union Canal. I think I've been there with my wife. Also, a boy called Prentice, who lived in Pavenham, or one of the villages out that way, Stevington perhaps. He was in my class at Rushmoor. John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-72183910607971862012016-03-08T15:56:25.935+00:002016-03-08T15:56:25.935+00:00I remember the gym display at the drill hall in As...I remember the gym display at the drill hall in Ashburnham Road. Not sure what part I had in it, though. Not sure what house I was in. My memory doesn't stretch back that far. What on earth age was Eden? He must have been ancient. In his 80-90's surely. Crazy to have a teacher that age. I remember Colonel Phipps. I'd love to know what sort of qualifications he had to be a teacher. When you think today you need to have a degree and then do a p.c.g.e etc to become a teacher. I did quite enjoy gym, but not cricket and football.I did manage to climb a rope and crawl along the beams in that tin shack. I bet they wouldn't allow that today, what with health and safety. What about police checks for he teacher, C.R.B. (Criminal Records Bureau) which you need if you work with children today? I bet none of them had any sort of check. John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-91408822454411195322016-03-05T11:19:02.654+00:002016-03-05T11:19:02.654+00:00In the Tin Hut that was The Gym was a rope hanging...In the Tin Hut that was The Gym was a rope hanging from the roof, took me years to climb to the top of it and touch the roof. Then there was the box that you had to jump over using a small trampoline for lift off, I just managed to jump over it, all the clever clogs could do cartwheels, handstands. When Colonel Phipps started the playground became The Quad. We were relentlessly marched round it to be beat of drums to keep us all in step ready for the end of term drill at a hall down Ashburnham Rd I'm front of the parents. I was in Sydney house. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com