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see Gilliam Smith is listed in 1957, I believe that she married
class mate William (Bill) Bentley who lived near Seven Sisters. Also
Gordon Metcalf's cousin (Adrian perhaps) joined DCS after a
year or two, same age as Gordon and I believe that both of their
parents were identical twins making Gordon and his cousin almost
like identical twin brothers themselves. Gordon
could be pretty wild at times but his cousin was a lunatic (a
friendly sort of lunatic I seem to remember). Then
there as Vernon Northover who moved out to Cheshunt and his Dad
worked on the railway. Some of us formed a group called "Syze
9" Vernon was lead guitar, Mickey Wheeler was rhythm
guitar, I played bass guitar very badly, Peter Berry on drums and
Pete's younger sister also wrote and sang on occasion. We were
crap until I left, then they got better..... Some
of us had motor cycles in the 5 & 6th Forms, there me with
a BSA, Mickey Wheeler with a Puch, Anthony Creasy had a James,
Gordon Metcalf had a BSA, and petrol was 4 shillings a gallon. Because
I worked in Halfords on Saturdays, many of DHS has Halfords Crash
Helmets at 25% off including Mr (Gobby) Gates son. What
I hated most were the outdoor toilets, what I liked best was the
spirit and the Park. We
used to have to do cross country runs in Downhills Park but because
I knew the park like the back of my hand I could pass all the check
points buy only doing about a quarter of the distance by walking through
the woods rather than running through the Park. My
last year the school moved to the other end of Philip Lane,
next door to Tottenham Municipal Swimming Baths, so swimming took an
up turn in the winter and we often went to the Lido in Lordship Lane
in the summer as a group. I remember losing my trunks diving off
the top board of the Lido but recovering them before I had to get
out. Our
6th form room was the girls craft room overlooking the girls side of
the playground, separated by the geography hut. I suppose as
6th formers they trusted us. We
used to go to the many Dance Halls around Tottenham at weekends, had
some good times. But
why did I behave so badly on occasion ? Miss Quass was always
sending me to see Mr Fisher. I tried so hard at French but I wasn't
my forté at all. More into electronics, radios and motorbikes
which drove my mother balmy, and a few of my female friends. I would like to contact Tony Creasey, Janet Baxter, Judith Benson, Richard Preston, Kath Levett, Irene Hedges. Cheers Pete (Woody) Wood Of the above, Ricky Preston joined the Army (REME I think). None of them have yet surfaced on Friendsreunited, but it should be just a matter of time.
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From:
Peter Wood, 9/4/02