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Jammy

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  1.  Behind the later YMCA building there is a flat field with something going on. Does anyone know what is happening on the field? My guess is it's a sports day. I didn't know that field existed. There appears to be footpath access from both ends.

  2.  I wonder if the Palace was altered at a later date. I thought the roof was steeper, no chimney protruding through the roof and no crowns on the corners when it was the Wallaw.

     Does anyone know if it was only a theatre then converted to show films? A 50's or early 60's photo would confirm, or not! 

     I think the last time I was inside was when I watched a Dracula film at the age of 15yrs. Once I was legally allowed to watch them I didn't go.

     Does anyone remember Torchy(Jack Tate) who seemed to always be flashing his torch along the rows even if you just talked to a mate! He used to get into a right state when the cavalry came over the hill to sort out the indians and all the younger watchers started stamping their feet.

     Other memories, Pearl and Dean, Looney tunes and an interlude to buy ice creams or lollies.

     A film called 'The Nudist Story' had us young lads very wide eyed!

    Happy days.

     

  3.  When we were kids we spent hours in the spring catching toads from the 'A' pit pond(s). We didn't do anything with them, we caught them because we could. I remember there was competition to see who could catch the most. We put them back when we were hungry and went home for something to eat. We were never challenged by any blokes for being there.

     Every year my uncle wanted one in the spring for his greenhouse to catch the slugs that appeared overnight and the odd insect during the day. The toad he got that had fed well over the summer disappeared early winter. It didn't reappear the next spring. Did it get the urge to breed and dig its way out or escape through the open door, I wonder. 

     We never caught any frogs in the pond and we didn't see any frogspawn, only the long strings of toad spawn. Frogs mustn't have liked the water taste or there wasn't any food there for them.

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  4. Eggy. Looking at the roofline mark on the wall in the space you point out it appears the toilet block carried on beyond the wall that is standing. Perhaps that wall was built after the toilets were demolished as a boundary between club property and the councils land.

    All of the picnic photos that I've viewed are taken with the photographers back to the toilet except for the one I posted. Perhaps there will be picnic photos taken from the other side of the street showing exactly where the toilet block stood.

     

  5. The lad 2nd from the right on the front row is William(Bill) Jamieson. The lad with his hands on Bill's shoulders is Joe Cotsworth who became a barber at the station. The lad standing on the right edge of the group with a dark jacket and button hole flower is I believe Joe Anickan(spelling?). I know he was in the same class.

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  6. He used to be called Kitty Brewster by us but his actual name was Roy.

    He did have a loud/rough voice. I think he talked a lot.

    He was a mate of Morris Pattie at one time. Possibly because he lived in the same area/street.

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  7. No. 30 is Keith Knowles

    No. 29 is Jim Douglas from Melrose Ave at that age.

    No. 28 is Alan Redpath, I believe.

    No's 18 and 19 cannot be those people. They are in a younger year. No. 18 could be Ailsa Grenfell's older sister? 

    No. 4 John Bainbridge may be spelt John Bambridge?

    No. 1 ?? Hart?

    No.7 ?? Smart(Smarty)?

    No. 22 looks like a Fuller?

    I stand to be corrected on the ??? marks.

  8. Hi Canny Lass,

                                 I was tired with my last post last night so got confused. Best to forget it.

    The Pat Simm I know would have been born in 1948 or 1949. That's why she was in my class. I had realised there had to be 2 Pat Simm's at Westridge at the same time.

     No.21 is Pat Simm and No. 27 is Linda Spry.

     We only have to work out who No.8 is to complete the roll call. He may be named in a later photo. 

     I didn't go to Westridge after leaving the West End school but still recognise quite a few who were in my year.

    Take care,

                       Keith

  9. I'm assuming everyone in the 1959 photo is about the same age and school year. Michael Southern is definitely at least a year older than me so the named Pat Simm there can't be the one I know. She doesn't look like a netball player either though she could have changed as she got older.

  10. Canny Lass, there must have been 2 Pat Simms. I was in the same class at one time and she was heavy built. I know several people in her school photo and they were also in my class. The other one that I think you are referring to is slim and is the netball player. I don't recognise anyone in her school photo.

    No. 27 is Linda Spry

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