| Name: | Steve Knight |
| Comments: | Mr MORRIS' first name - round of applause for Mandy's mum-in-law Enid and fellow teacher Mrs Wendy Corri who today confirm that his name was WILF. End of argument...unless it was Walter? :-) |
| April 30, 2001 21:01:03 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Steve Knight |
| Comments: | Message For Mark - All old messages are archived and accessible though I agree it's not ideal trawling through so many pages of text. A Directory of e-mail addresses, updated as required - would that solve the problem? Watch this space. |
| April 30, 2001 20:58:08 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Mark Trower |
| now living in... | Wetherby |
| Comments: | Steve, can we have some kind of linking system so that we can follow the threads of this rigister? I remember loads of the people mentioned, but they vanish from the screen before I get around to contacting them. 1977-1981. |
| April 30, 2001 20:05:21 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | May McCarlie (now Dickson ) |
| now living in... | Cambridge |
| Comments: | Found the website full of nostalgia, recognised the names of teachers and some of the pupils. Disappointed at the lack of information on the 60’s, we can’t leave the archives to the 70’s pupils, lets retrieve some information from our decade. I attended Crossley Street School from 62 to 66. Left Wetherby in 1971, but still have contact with the town. Now living in Cambridge. May McCarlie (now Dickson) 1962-1966 |
| April 30, 2001 17:20:01 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | mark petrie |
| Email: | m_petrie40@hotmail.com |
| now living in... | mars |
| Comments: | its good to see we all had a sense of humour i mean look at the hair we should of all been shot but anyway we have all seen the light well nearly all of us. A message to anyone from 7,8lw and 9,10 and 11 jj it would be good to hear from someone lataz |
| April 29, 2001 22:27:01 (GMT Time) |
| Comments: | Probably upset the football nuts, but below that is when footballers weren't paid what they are paid now and would give up their time to schools etc quite freely. |
| April 29, 2001 20:59:05 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Chris George |
| Email: | georgie@guernsey.net |
| HomePage: | http://www.thisisguernsey.com |
| now living in... | St Peter Port, Guernsey. C.I. |
| Comments: | Steve, yes I do remember those footy tournaments on the tennis courts, in particular the one where Big Jack presented the trophy, because it was around the time that Leeds had lost a cup match to Colchester, something that no one would have thought possible, ( I remember it particulary upset Meesh Marshall).......... anyway, I recall Big Jack took a little bit of a ribbing, but took it all in good faith. |
| April 28, 2001 10:50:05 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Steve Knight |
| Email: | steveknight@phigs.freeserve.co.uk |
| HomePage: | http://www.chelseafc.co.uk |
| now living in... | Barnet |
| Comments: | Does anyone remember the dinner time 3-a-side football tournaments in the early 70's? Held on the main tennis courts - Admission 2p and trophies presented by Alan Clarke one year and Jack Charlton another? Anyone got any pictures? |
| April 28, 2001 06:51:01 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Simon Topliss |
| Email: | s_topliss@hotmail.com |
| HomePage: | Leeds United Supporters USA |
| now living in... | Chicago USA |
| Comments: | Been a while since I visited the site, good to see that the whole thing is snowballing, despite the fact that I don't remember any names that have appeared in the guestbook. I'm sure I did go to WHS (?). Too many beers with Paul Barden during dinner break probably clouded my memory. L8r |
| April 27, 2001 20:18:23 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Mark |
| Email: | mspzip@hotmail.com |
| now living in... | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Comments: | Hello to everyone back in England. I finished at the high school in 1999 and am living over here. I am not too far away from the guy from Kentucky. Coming home soon |
| April 26, 2001 18:27:16 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Rob Illingworth |
| Email: | RILLINGW@BRU-HUB.DHL.COM |
| now living in... | Still in Belgium |
| Comments: | SIMON 'BLOODY' HOLDEN IS ALIVE !! Anyone else that remembers me, pls e-mail. think we could be visiting England soon(ish) could do with a drink or two for old times, strangely enough it's so long ago, I rarely (apart from Holden & Naylor) drank alcohol with skool friends - we looked too young when we were 14 ! I'm all for Steve Bolton's reunion gig.... Cheers Rob |
| April 26, 2001 18:01:56 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Diane White (now Hudleston) |
| Email: | dth101@cs.york.ac.uk |
| now living in... | Harrogate |
| Comments: | To everyone whos been in touch with me by email....apparently a lot of the replies i sent havent been getting through, so if you sent me an email and then didnt get a reply, let me know, thanks |
| April 26, 2001 11:03:56 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Nikki Suttill |
| now living in... | Tockwith |
| Comments: | Just to let you all know that Dennis from Barleys died, I think, in the last year or so |
| April 25, 2001 14:10:13 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Mandy |
| Email: | mandy@rthackray.freeserve.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi Heather - I remember the crypt's Fiddler on the roof too! Whatever happened to David Crinnall?! |
| April 23, 2001 18:20:07 (GMT Time) |
| Diane says: | I remember the sponsored silence very well, I think I was out first. I think it ended in me screaming because I couldn't keep quiet anymore. I think some of the Wetherby lot were cheating by laying face down and had to turn over for the last 10 mins. Possibly Bowdie and Billy, can't remember exactly. Not giving my name because you will know why I couldn't shut up if I put it, I can talk for England. |
| April 23, 2001 17:04:26 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Heather Marshall (Jeynes) |
| Email: | heather.marshall@bl.uk |
| now living in... | Thorp Arch |
| Comments: | Funnily enough. I remember the crypt and especially Noel Edmonds. Does anybody remember the sponsored silence and the Generation Game. I think Malcolm Wares mom won the latter. Oh and don't forget Fiddler on the Roof! Happy times ha ha Bye ! |
| April 23, 2001 07:09:56 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | James |
| Email: | jamesbrook200@aol.com |
| now living in... | Ripon |
| Comments: | Had a nice chat on line with tim Holland, even though he was the year below me and we did'nt know each other. Seems we did know each other, must be the Wetherby High School factor. Nice to belong! |
| April 23, 2001 00:31:05 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | tim holland |
| Email: | timtdholland@aol.com |
| now living in... | oldham |
| Comments: | where did it all go wrong? - spent 7 years wishing i was away from the damn place and fate draws me here - nevermind - never was much good at letting go (maybe the ex-wife will disagree with me there!) hello to anyone who remembers me for for my charm and dashing good looks - if it's for something else - i plead guilty as charged m'luds and ma'ams ps the old co-op beat morrissons anyday - who remembers the cool dude with the funny sideburns,and big dave and his big bird |
| April 22, 2001 23:14:56 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Adrian suttle |
| Email: | adrian@asuttle.freeserve.co.uk |
| now living in... | Still in Wetherby |
| April 22, 2001 19:08:51 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John Goodyear |
| Email: | thegoodyears@btinternet.com |
| now living in... | Kirkbymoorside |
| Comments: | Does anyone out there remember Russell Stone from the good old school days mid to late 70's to possibly early 80's - he now works for me and I would like some juicy school gossip with which to wind him up! Can anyone help |
| April 22, 2001 15:48:28 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Gill Wilkinson (Hirst) |
| Email: | andygill@voyager.co.nz |
| now living in.. | New Zealand |
| Comments: | Lots of memories of excellent years between 68 and 73 - wonder if there any others out there from two/one etc.. |
| April 21, 2001 13:09:02 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Michael Dalby |
| Email: | mike@dalby78.freeserve.co.uk |
| now living in.. | Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| Comments: | Great memories of Mr. Moore's class (Junior 8 I think! - 1965-66) A couple of names that I think I remember: 1)I think it was Rosamund Forth, not Rosemary 2)Edward Foweather is 2nd from right on the ground 3)Left of him (his right) is Philip Hardy |
| April 21, 2001 10:03:45 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Helen Costello |
| Email: | hrcostello@hotmail.com |
| now living in.. | Leamington Spa |
| Comments: | i remember dennis from barleyfields, we used to spend all the time getting chucked out of the loos for smoking and then sneaking back in again, and he took us ice skating in bradford too. be between 88 & 91 |
| April 20, 2001 23:21:55 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John Goodyear |
| Email: | thegoodyears@btinternet.com |
| now living in.. | Kirkbymoorside |
| Comments: | WHS 1966 -72 Hi everyone who attended WHS at the same time as me, you poor old sods. Does anyone know the whereabouts of nutters such as Andrew Blakley, Nigel Duffy, the Smithsons or did you play football, rugby, or just attend for the ladies. |
| April 20, 2001 19:41:28 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | rob_northern@hotmail.com |
| Where are you from: |
Braintree |
| Comments: | I remember Alan was the folk singer cos everyone who came to see him said oh FOLK! |
| April 17, 2001 18:39:43 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Diane |
| Comments: | Sorry to anyone reading my memories of the Crypt, I put Jake Thackray as the mime artist and, as Alan has pointed out, he was a folk singer. There was a mime artist who was really funny but I can't remember his name. |
| April 15, 2001 20:07:03 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Diane |
| Comments: | The memories Alan of Bradford are from me, Linda's friend Diane. Right - can you remember you lot being in the bar of the Rollerena and I followed Ken Dempsey in and you all told the bloke at the bar I was under age to get rid of me, I don't know if you got served but I had to get out. Also can you remember some of these names from those days: Stevie Paul, Flaggy Paul, Ross Wilson, Freddie [from the stables]. I can remember working with Linda at the Riverside in the winter and a few of the Wetherby lot going for a swim in the freezing cold. I am not sure if the water wasn't icy. Remember that, were you one of them ? |
| April 15, 2001 20:04:07 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Simon Hill |
| Email: | shill@entreky.net |
| Now living in... | Louisville Kentucky, USA |
| Comments: | Hello everyone, great web site. Old memories flooding back. My Mum and Dad are still living in Collingham so try to keep me up to date with what goes on in Wetherby, including this site, great idea. I'll have to search deep to see if I have a photo or two. I'll keep checking in. Bye for now. Simon Hill. WHS 1970/76. Now 41 and father of three in the USA. |
| April 15, 2001 18:07:15 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Alan Mackenzie |
| Email: | 5mack@home.com |
| Now living in... | Toronto |
| Comments: | Whoever wrote about the crypt and skating at Bradford,staying at Highfield house I was at all these events come out and show yourself.. |
| April 15, 2001 16:43:34 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Alan Mackenzie |
| Email: | 5-mack@home.com |
| Now living in... | Toronto |
| Comments: | Re: The Crypt appearance of Jake Thackery I was there that evening and if memory serves me he was more of a folk/humourist singer with a Yorkshire slant I also remember Noel Edmunds visited as I have a photo of him signing the guest book held by yours truly. Who remembers Dennis , leader at Barleyfields poor sod's probably in a nut house by now mostly my fault |
| April 15, 2001 16:32:49 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Phil Robertson |
| Now living in... | the land that time forgot |
| Comments: | Al (can I call you Al? - you used to be...) McKenzie, congratulations on the new chords! Your next challenge is - 'Oh Well, Parts I &II' and then on into the '70's! Please tell me you limit your strum-ins to the summer months 'cos I know it gets cold in Toronto; and I don't want to read of... '75 Canucks frozen to death whilst singing "There is a house in New Orleans"...' in the Wetherby News. |
| April 14, 2001 20:55:52 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Liz Hart (Elizabeth Whalley)-2DH |
| Email: | dbmoonflower@ic24.net |
| Now living in... | Long Eaton, Nottingham |
| Comments: | Wow,those were the days my friends. Christine Knight - I remember your passion for Leif Garret and The Undertones, I also remember Tommy used to be the class swoon. I would love to hear from some of my old mates - Sharon, Debbie, Suzanne. Brill site. PS Thanks Rob. |
| April 14, 2001 15:59:49 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Diane |
| Email: | DiddieDi@aol.com |
| Comments: | Hello Mr Rawlings - maybe you know my family I am one of the Selves. Hoping that you could be the key to getting us some more pictures from the 50's, ask your family and friends if they have any of the photos. Maybe you know people that have kids from the 60's, 70's etc. If anybody out there has got photos and hasn't got a scanner and would like to put the photos onto the website, I and I am sure other people would be willing to scan them over to Steve Knight for you. |
| April 14, 2001 10:08:51 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John.A.Rawlings |
| Email: | a.rawlings1@ntlworld.com |
| Now living in... | Harrogate |
| Comments: | Hello to anyone who went to the secondary modern during the 1950's. |
| April 14, 2001 09:04:42 (GMT Time) |
| Comments: | Steve as always you are correct again, Smiley has been to the crypt but can't remember who was in it. I do believe Charlie is still involved in bands someway or another. There have been a lot of good bands around this are not just in the 70's but some particularly good up and coming. Wetherby has a gala around the town hall every year now for the pram race and 1999 there was an impressive group on doing the Corrs etc. Happy Easter everyone. |
| April 14, 2001 07:47:58 (GMT Time) |
| Comments: | Too shy to reveal himself - former Mediocrity Brother - you are Nick Forte and I claim my prize. Who am I?. Clue - Niche Fischtien |
| April 13, 2001 22:49:12 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Graeme Stokes |
| Email: | GMHSStokes@xtra.co.nz |
| Now living in... | Auckland New Zealand |
| Comments: | Lived in Wetherby all my live . Attended Wetherby High From 1971 - 1975: had a great time. Fancied a lifestyle change, emigrated to NZ in November 1999 with my wife and two children. If you remember me and want to get into contact, please do. |
| April 13, 2001 20:56:07 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Steve Knight |
| Now living in... | Barnet |
| Comments: | re the earlier message about bands at the Crypt: don't remember Smiley but Charlie Noble c 74/75 was lead singer in the excellent Aftermath - remember them? |
| April 13, 2001 18:04:04 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Ivor Waterhouse |
| Email: | T1nhat@aol.com |
| Now living in... | Wby |
| Comments: | The girl on the right is Bridget Batchelor, the one on the left is not!!! |
| April 12, 2001 21:49:16 (GMT Time) |
| Comments: | Carried from message below: The Crypt muscials, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls and many more. Am I really showing my age, this is why I will remain ANON. |
| April 12, 2001 21:39:35 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | |
| Comments: | While we are all thinking back I will slip away from school life. Can anyone remember Jake Thackray being at the Crypt, I think he was a mime artist. A group called Smiley made regular appearance, correct me if I am wrong but Charlie Noble was the singer. The birthday bash for a crypt anniversary with Marmalade and a quite big Northern Soul band, I forget their name. Also trips with Barleys and the Crypt such as Norfolk Broads, Highfield House, The Roller Rena at Leeds, Ice Skating at Bradford. |
| April 12, 2001 21:38:07 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Alan Mackenzie |
| Email: | 5-mack@home.com |
| Now living in... | Toronto Canada |
| Comments: | Hi Phil Robertson, Ahh! the sixties, House of the Rising Sun, words to live your life by (they dont write em like that any more)I,m still organizing mass strum in's and have finally worked out the last chord so now it's on to "Spirit in the Sky" |
| April 11, 2001 23:20:24 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Helen Costello |
| Email: | hrcostello@hotmail.com |
| Now living in... | Leamington Spa |
| Comments: | ellen barker? long blonde hair? remember you i think, dont spose you fancy putting those pictures up on the site if you havent already? i am trying to find some too...... dig them out of parent loft. |
| April 11, 2001 23:10:26 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Karen Blacklock |
| Now living in... | Wetherby |
| Comments: | Oooh...memory lane. I remember Tim Taylor,(stiill crazy?) Graham Franks, Jimmy Moulton, Dom Forty (heard he made millions) Simon Shepherd - (emigrated to New Zealand?), Nick Shannon , Gillian Smith, Fiona Smith, Nick Wood....fond memories of '76-83. |
| April 11, 2001 21:33:12 (GMT Time) |
| Comments: | Is there anyone out there from '76-82? Paul Moulton, Karen Fisher, Angela Plummer, Mark Trower, Dom Forty, Helen Dickinson, Nancy Mittelmajer, Lisa Buckley, Julian Sharpe, Sara Bott, Jonathan Dalton....come alive! |
| April 11, 2001 20:43:22 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Sarah White |
| Email: | sdw1@cwcom.net |
| Now living in... | Harrogate |
| Comments: | Is there anyone out there that started in 83, I was there til 3rd year but lost touch with everyone - I remember Caroline Winterburn, Adam knight, David Campbell but not many others, they cant all have disappeared! |
| April 11, 2001 10:22:02 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Sarah White |
| Email: | sdw1@cwcom.net |
| Now living in... | Harrogate |
| Comments: | Going back to Mrs Welsh (later Mrs Taylor) I had to keep my identity a secret from her cos if she'd ever discovered that I was Dianes sister she would have cooked me in one of her lessons!.... Thanks Sis! |
| April 11, 2001 09:59:21 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Phil Robertson |
| Now living in... | the past |
| Comments: | Having viewed some old photos I'm moved to write (well my bowels are). The late 60's society in turmoil, riots on the streets of Paris and... Al McKenzie leads massive 'strum-ins' of 'House of the Rising Sun' on the sports field? Were you there? Because I wasn't, and... whatever did happen to Graham 'Tigger' Townsend? Last seen (at least by me) being sent home, wherever that was, by 'Stan' Ramsden |
| April 10, 2001 21:44:02 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Tony Jacob |
| Email: | tony@tonyjacob.freesreve,co.uk |
| HomePage: | |
| Now living in... | surrey |
| Comments: | Has anyone heard fromm Stevie Hinshelwood, Paul Kenworthy , Mick Meeakin , Simon Fitton , Richard Frater et al ? |
| April 10, 2001 21:16:37 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Heather Marshall (Jeynes) |
| Email: | heather.marshall@bl.uk |
| Now living in... | A house |
| Comments: | Hello Nick Temple. I do remember you. Paul lives in Spain, but he's coming over to visit at Easter. I'll mention you to him. Roll on more mad pics! Bye ..Heather |
| April 10, 2001 09:54:45 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Susannah Villacci (Susie Rowlands) |
| Email: | villacci@hotmail.com |
| Now living in... | Ashtead - Surrey |
| Comments: | Thanks sis for directing me to this web site. I've just spent an hour browsing through!!! Happy to hear from anyone who was there 80-84.. |
| April 9, 2001 22:01:11 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Jane Barnes (Rowlands) |
| Email: | jane.barnes1@ntlworld.com |
| Now living in... | Fleet, Hants |
| Comments: | I have just found thist site, and it's great, I was at WHS from 77/83 I going up to wetherby soon so I will be searching my mums loft for any photos |
| April 8, 2001 21:40:41 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | craig pinder |
| Email: | crgpndr@hotmail.com |
| HomePage: | http://www.cdcweb.co.uk/craig |
| Now living in... | her majestys pleasure ( Broadmoor ) |
| Comments: | nice one, |
| April 7, 2001 20:57:34 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John Cleese |
| Email: | John@theminisryofsilly walks.co.uk |
| Now living in... | Holland Park, London |
| Comments: | Has anyone noticed how closely Gerald Payling resembles my old colleague Michael Payling? See 'Teachers Snapped' |
| April 6, 2001 20:56:19 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Rob Whalley |
| Email: | whalleyr@earthlink.net |
| Now living in... | New York, New York |
| Comments: | I AM that inspired bassplayer!! I'm still inspired but no longer on the bass Yes, I remember the Mediocrity Bros! I was one! And a Feedbac' too. Griff, are you out there? Drop me a line. It's been a while! |
| April 6, 2001 03:59:31 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Guy Wilson |
| Email: | guywilson@usa.net |
| HomePage: | http://members.stratos.net/guywilson |
| Now living in... | Ohio, USA |
| Comments: | Hey Greg Smith - did you work at TRSS, the petrol station next to the Royal Oak, during the late 70's???? Guy |
| April 6, 2001 00:35:37 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Greg Smith |
| Email: | greglouisefay@aol.co.uk |
| Now living in... | Memphis |
| Comments: | Living in good old U S of A - (With my two wives; God Bless America) two bocks down from Elvis's (God Bless America) old pad. Saw Noel Lambert the other day in the local mall, he was playing a guitar singing an awful version of Gallagher & Lyles 'Love on the Airwaves'. Must dash I promised Emmy Lou some ginham. |
| April 5, 2001 20:21:19 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Nick Temple |
| Email: | nicktemple@alton107.f9.co.uk |
| Now living in... | Alton, Hampshire |
| Comments: | Just found the site and boy does it bring back the memories! If anyone remembers me, get in touch. I was at WHS between 1971 and 1978. I've book-marked the site and will be coming back regularly! |
| April 4, 2001 11:54:37 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Griff |
| Comments: | I remember the mediocrity brothers aka descant sisters - now languishing in the "where are they now" file. I may be wrong but they had a great drummer, fine guitarist and inspired bass player. |
| April 4, 2001 08:36:50 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | To shy to reveal himself |
| Comments: | "Does anyone remember the Mediocrity Brothers?" Aka The Descant Sisters? |
| April 3, 2001 18:52:33 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Vikki Ruston |
| Now living in... | Wetherby |
| Comments: | Great web site!, does anyone out there remember me? I'm now doing Beauty at College.. |
| April 3, 2001 15:49:09 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | |
| Comments: | Vasco da Gama? pah! Does anyone remember the Mediocrity Brothers? Now we're talking real class. |
| April 2, 2001 20:33:36 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Diane |
| Comments: | To Diane White - Lads were good looking in those days, they just look fitter nowadays. I shouldn't say that being just a tad bit older than you. I think the style of clothes has got a lot to do with it as well, plus they seem a lot taller now. Mind thats rich coming from someone who is only 4ft 11 so anyone over 5ft looks bigger to me. |
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| April 2, 2001 17:03:02 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Diane White (now Hudleston) |
| Email: | dth101@cs.york.ac.uk |
| Now living in... | Harrogate |
| Comments: | have to confess to being a bay city rollers fan, but my excuse is i was about 10, whats yours? mind you i was also a showaddywaddy fan at 12ish so i didnt improve much. What i want to know is why are boy bands so good looking now, looking back the bay city rollers were a right rum looking bunch, mind you they're good for 70s fancy dress parties |
| April 2, 2001 10:59:32 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John Larsen |
| Email: | home@larsens.fsnet.co.uk |
| Now living in... | Lymm, Cheshire |
| Comments: | What an amazing find on the net! Funny to see some old pics! Would love to hear from anyone in my old class. |
| April 1, 2001 21:37:55 (GMT Time) |
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