John W. Cartwright Leaving Date: 1950 Email - Kings Norton Boys

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their father was a doctor in Northfield. My science teacher for a time was Butch Stevens who taught science with infectious enthusiasm. Happy memories of a long time ago. I remember the thick fogs and having to walk home on several occasions from school to Kings Heath because the busses had stopped running; and digging up pig nuts on the edge of the field near the pavilion. Is there still a field and is there still a pavilion Wednesday afternoon visits to the Birmingham Rep were another happy memory. My wife Pam Richmond attended the girls school at the same time, but that's another story. Peter Williams Leaving Date: 1951 Email: plw@peverel.org.uk Location: Hampshire Message: I was at KNGS from '46 to '51, displaying a complete lack of academic potential. Indeed I left with just three not very good O levels (1951 was the first year of O levels) Had a go at pharmacy, then enjoyed two years in the Military Corrective Establishment at Colchester (I was on the staff), and somehow got into Borough Road teachers training college. Passed and became a Science Teacher, escaped after pleading the headaches some 15 years ago, and have quietly coached science and maths whilst living in a converted (by me and my children) first world war army hut in rural Hampshire. Am I right in remembering a Mr Stevens he taught me for Science at some point, I enjoyed that. Collected an OU degree in a clutch of sciences in 1974, and another one in Maths this year to make up for failing O level maths. In the nearly forty years since leaving I have only met one member of my form. Years ago walking along the Pershore Road near Lifford Land I bumped into Chas Cross. I still have a photo of form 1d somewhere, not a pretty bunch with Killer Cole sitting in the middle. Phillip Hutchings Leaving Date: 1951 Email: phutch@lineone.net Location: Message: I attended KNGSforB between 1946 and 1951Head master Mr Reynolds, Art Mr Walton Biology Piggy Hiddle History Splasher Waring French Mr Cooling ETC Anyone out there remember me David A. Hardy Leaving Date: 1952 Email: dave@astroart.org Location: Hall Green, Birmingham. Message: Link to 'Famous Faces' Section. Please see 'biography' elsewhere on this site! (or www.astroart.org) Basically, I combined my school interests in both Science and Art to become a space and SF artist. Tony Hemming Leaving Date: 1952
Email: tonyhemminglombard@yahoo.co.uk Location: Lichfield, Staffs. Message: I seem to remember that 1947 was a heavy "intake" of new bugs and so I found myself in class 1d, I think. Killer Cole was our form master and I cycled from Weoley Castle every day to school. (imagine that these days!) My pals were Mike Hall, Kenny Howard, Billy Horton, Geoff Vernon (who sold used comics in the lunch break for a penny each and tried to run a book until complaints to his mum!) KNGS was a happy school for me even though I wasn't cut out to be a scholar. After a short career in telecoms and national service I joined the Girling Racing Department in the 60's then by the 70's was on the road selling chainsaws. I subsequently started my own business which has now been sold leaving me to enjoy retirement - perfect! Maurice Rymill Leaving Date: 1952 Email: mossrymill@aol.com Location: Bournville Message: Hi! everyone, I was at the school from September 1946 to July 1952, and my first form was 1c. I remember the register list from the next year (2c), as if it was engraved on my memory. Avery, Banks, Bates, Cooper, Cross, Gee, Haddleton, Hayes, Holmes, James, Lewis, Lovegrove, Mitchell, Morgan, Murray, Packwood, Parsons, Pemberton, Pinkerton, Pownall, Price, Rymill, Skett, Slater, Steele, Taylor, Tomley, Vaughan, Watson, Weaver, Wilkes, Williams, P., Williams, J., Woolley, Worth. As you can see there used to be 35 boy forms in those days! I remember that eventually we had two Vaughan's also, though I think that by that time we had lost Steele, who, I think, went to another school when his parents moved. It is strange, but I seem to remember that most of the boys in my form were forenamed John. The masters I remember were Mr. Caldwell, (Geography), Mr. Cole, (English), Mr. Ward, (Woodwork), Mr. Hindle, (Biology), Mr. Stevens, (Physics), Mr. Coultas, (French), Mr. Welburn, (Art), Miss Thomas, (History), Mr. Eccleston, Mr. Wright and, of course, the Headmaster Mr. W. H. Reynolds. I went on to a 5-year apprenticeship in Electro-Mechanical Engineering, with Chamberlain and Hookham Ltd., Electric Meter Manufacturers, Digbeth. From there I spent two years in the R.A.F., as an Instrument Fitter, and later gained various National Certificate and City and Guilds qualifications in Electronics and Radio and TV repairing, before finishing up for 25 years at Cadbury's, doing Instrument and Electro-Mechanical repair work in a Maintenance Department, before being made redundant, in 1993. I retired at Christmas 2000. Barry J. Watts Leaving Date: 1954 Email: bwatts@botcot.fsnet.co.uk Location: Derbyshire Message:
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