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Correspondence.Updated 10/4/02 |
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"Shorts" From: Peter "Legs" Lowman "Never did I
think I would see the day when a DCS website was available . Well
done to all concerned. Re: "The Govt Inspector." "This was quite an amazing success and I remember Henry Jaques with great affection. He was one of the few teachers that seemed to know how to get us working above expectations. We were a motley crew but we managed to perform a Nikolia Gogol play.....whatever next!" Peter was still complimentary even after I managed to spell his name wrong! I don't think anyone would take issue with Peter's assessment of Mr Jaques, he was an all-round decent sort who really understood people.- JF From: Colin Croker. "Like quite a
few other people I have come across I married a school girl
sweetheart. (Just heard that Margaret Howett married Lloyd
Simpson). Although we went to DCS, we really "met"
during the school trip to Switzerland, which is outlined in the
newsletter on your site. It's called "Anno Domini", mate - JF From Brian Clifford. "Hello............. Although
I have been enjoying very much exchanging
messages through Friends
ReUnited - finding this Downhill Central
School web site is just wonderful. It
has bought back terrific memories - reminded me of names
long forgotten (no longer) and Oh, how I wish that
on leaving school at 15 - I had not ditched all of my
school friends. (where are you Keith Crawford, Geoff
Vivash, Tony Wright, Neil Bannister, Valerie Pugh, Patricia
Fisher....... hey ho.. So,
whoever is responsible for putting this web site together
two words from me - thank you. Some
five years ago - passing through Tottenham, I visited
the school. Same
school hall, classes, the headmasters office, the
Domestic Science kitchen that faced the field - now or
then the cashier office....... And as for that school
hall and gym - I never did
manage ever to climb a rope to touch
the top rail. I remember dashing across the hall at
dancing lessons - always managed to end up with Audrey
McNally or Barbara Hepworth - I'm not complaining! So
- another day today in the wonderful world of the Internet
- I'm now living in Kent. I miss Tottenham, though
its not the same........! Lets
all keep talking to each other ........... My
very best regards Brian
Clifford Kent." You are not the only one that never climbed to the top of the ropes. JF. From: David Masterson Many
thanks for the website - I happened across it via Friendsunited
after my wife was looking up her old school. I decided to look
up Downhills and ... there you were! It
certainly brought back a lot of memories (most of them good) - faces
to names I had totally forgotten. I was there between '61
& '65, so mostly remember the County School building, but one of
the most vivid recollections I have of the original school was when
the Cuban Missile Crisis came to a head. That afternoon we
were doing technical drawing and very few of us could concentrate on
the matter in hand. We seriously thought that World War 3 was
going to break out, and wondered if we would make home before the
Bomb dropped! And
then there were the 'bog raids'...! I
lost contact with everyone after leaving, apart from Tony Willis,
who moved to Wales. After a brief period with Harris Lebus
Furniture in Ferry Lane, I worked for the Post Office/BT for over 25
years, until made redundant with many others in 1991. Since
then I have worked for the NHS in Clinical Audit. Since 1970 I
have lived in North Kent. Dave Masterson (Roberts house) From Kenneth Carvely: I
guess no one ever knew who put drawing pins in the hall piano . One
April Fools Day Mr Fisher announced the hymn during assembly and
Miss Flowers played and suddenly stopped as the piano gave an
ominous twang, This was followed by the solemn announcement 'There
will not be a hymn this morning' You
are safe for the meantime Ken! |