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ok whos from rhyddings county high school, and i dont mean Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School, as it is now called!!! i mean when miss moore was the head!, and blazers were the fashion. c,mon dont be shy......

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Yep - I went to Rhyddings. I had the blazer but they introduced jumpers for the 5th year students only while I was there. A couple of years after I left they were all wearing jumpers - I don't understand why they wear green when the school colour was always navy blue?

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Rhyddings 1967-1972, Mr Marsden the head and we all had to wear blazers, tie and gray pants.

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80-85, Miss Moore was head mistress.

Blazers were optional.

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iwent to Rhyddings. was in year 7 when miss moore left at christmas...thank god!!!
i liked my blazer, loads of pockets to put things in!

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careful asfc, it sounds like you are a klepto!

;)

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I was there for a couple of years 1970 - 72. We all had to wear blazers, but I do seem to remember navy pullovers and the girls having navy cardigans.

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Sorry didn't put my years - 1993-1998.

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Me too 73 to 78 remember them all Miss Moore ( Cream Bun ) Les Newton Mr. Paar and all the others

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I was there from 1997-2002 (had to think then!!) I was in Mrs Whelan's form.What a gret Maths teacher.
O remember Duffy? Hate that guy!!!
N Mrs Tipper........tuck them shirts in!

(Hope they don't come on this forum!!)

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i was there from 1977-1982 miss moore headteacher,anyone remember mrs merrygold?

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Mr and Mrs Merrigold,Mr howarth,Mrs Barnes, Mr Cunliffe aye remember them all well.Those were the days eh?

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emmmm, the teachers i remember, were miss moore, (strict one that was, couldnt wear make-up, short skirts or earrings, not like they do now:eek: ) also mr flanagan, he was another sod, mr hargreaves, soft sod, oh god mr roper, god knows how he become a teacher, cuz i learned nowt from him, there was one teacher i hated and that was mrs banks!!! oh if i could meet her now, probably dead though!! and why did all the girls fancy mr spack woteva his name was...yuk he did nowt for me, always had a broken bloody foot!!

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I was also a Rhyddings pupil.. finished in 1994 or something like that.. Miss Moore was head... Mr Duffy was the evil maths teacher that I got every darn year and the best teacher of my time was Mr Newton in technology...

I have to say though, I hated school, I still hate school and my schooldays where knowhere near the best days of my life.

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Les Newton was the best ever.Strangely enough i had been living in Germany for about16 years when i met up with Franklind son over here.

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He was still there as far as i know.We went back to blighty in 1997 and he was still working there.He is in the annexe.Used to be the Technical Drawing teacher and a fine teacher he is

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was still there when i left in 2002!

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Naughty children.Surely it is too small for that?????

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Exactly it would have been perfect for a pre school kinder garten or something of the sort

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I was at Rhyddings from 67(the annexe at moor end 1st year) to 72. Showing my age now. Its a long time ago but i'm almost sure the head was Mr Moore, I remember Thompson (pe)Kerr (Tech drawing) My favorite Mr Gibson (geography) we always used to get him talking about his dad or the good old days as he used to call them. Anybobody remember the music teacher (female) who had the same suname as a male teacher (not related) ?
I would appreciate a reply its bugging me! ;)

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That would not have been Merrigold would it?Then there was a Mr and Mrs Smith there too.

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Do you remember the History teacher Mr Heffernan and I think the head was Mr Marsden.

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Aye was nicknamed Paddy and had a terrible affliction to the Rolls Royce brothers

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Anybody remember Captain Kremen (Mr Mcmanus, French teacher, big jam jar glasses , stinky breath, Zits and paddington bear pants). Think our year gave him a nervous break-down.
My form teacher was Mr Duffy. Was taught by Mr and Mrs Atkinson. Miss Foster for cookery and music. Also Mr Kieron for music too. Then Mrs Fogg for cookery ..wow was she strict ! Gave one of my mates a slap cause her skirt was too short and called her a sl*g, two months later we found out her teenage daughter who was the same age as us was preggers !! lol.
Mr Chappels used to frighten the life out of me. Mrs Banks was always pulling me up and telling me i was not as quiet as my mum and dad whom she had taught. Mrs Marigold retired when i was in my second year. PE teachers was Mrs Halliwell and Mrs Townsend. Bumped into her at the blood donors when i was 18 and contemplating giving my first pint. I had no option when she saw me, she dragged me in ! lol.
Mr Hargreves was my history teacher, some reason he didnt like me much, used to call me cloth-ears cause i have hearing problems.
My art teacher was Miss Quearous (spelling ??), she was only very young and very soft so we walked all over her.
Sciences was taken by Mr Roper,remember his car crash, he came back a wreak.. we lit a ciggi up in the back of the class and he didnt notice.
Miss More was the head teacher at the time, we called her cream-bun in her elephant gret suits ! Mr Williams was the deputy head, very swarve with his mustache and pin-stripped suits.
Trying to remember the name of the caretaker who had an heat attack in the lads changing rooms ...think it was Earnie, he was a lovely old man. Mr Thompson was another pe teacher at the time, his wife was an art teacher and could be a dragon !lol.
Well thats all i can remember for the time being. I left Rhyddings in 1985.

Chrissie

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omg all them teachers were there when i was there, mrs foster always falling asleep at her bloody desk, miss queerass,(art) could put a fag in that chin, mr roper, felt sorry for him, mr flanagan, didnt take no **** from anyone, do you remember miss sutton, she was always slaverin, god the list is endless!! bring back memorys, i left in 88.

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i remember Mr kerr he was my form master really nice guy:)

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lol @ panther. Miss Foster had a nervous breakdown whilst i was at school. Rumors at the time said she was having an affair with the music teacher. All she did when she came back to school was switch the cooker on , open the door, dribble and fall asleep. Poor woman. Ive remembered by sewing teacher was Miss Wallace. She got hitched to the new gym teacher who was a bit of a dish at the time.
I was taught by Tom Howarth for Geography. Funnily enough his older brother Bernard taught me at Hippings Methodist. My english teacher was Mrs Glenn, she was really nice.

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The headmaster was indeed Mr Marsden or LOL as he was known by the kids...why did he used to insist that the bad kid of the day made him his daily brew was beyond me ..I dare not say what we did to it..the shame of it all..and Mr and Mrs Merrigold were married she was the music teacher and he was RE and if anyone was in his class you can not help but remember his prayer that used to start..light in our darkness we beseach thee ohh lord..I wont go on but I could LOL its firmly in my head..and as for Paddy hefernan he was a nutter and he actully had a full blown scrap with me in front of loads of kids he got me by the hair and kneed me in the face ..he thought I was knocking on his window..why did he have the windows blanked out I do not know it encouraged the knockers..but I swear to god it was not me I am 47 years old now...and by the way I am female also..LOL sheer nutters at rhyddings..but I look back with fondness also..Linda

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oooooo.......i went to rhyddings in the old days of blazers n Miss Moore! i remember it well!! :D ooooo those where the days! didnt think so @the time though :D

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The headteacher from 1961 to 1974 was Mr Marsden (LOL). Miss Moore then took over in September 1974. Mr Newton is still teaching at Rhydddings and has been there since 1971. The music teacher in the 70's was Mrs Merrigold who was married to the RE teacher. Mr Gibson taught Geography and he was the son of the first Head of Rhyddings Richard Gibson. Teachers who I remember well are: Mr Haworth, Mr Eland, Mr Downs, Mr Abbott, Mr Barnes, Mrs Barnes (unrelated), Mr Thompson, Mr Cunliffe, Mr Kerr, Mr Waterhouse, Mr Howland, Mr Ogilvy, Mr Smith, Mr Fox, Mrs Banks, Mr Frankland and Mr Bradley.

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i went to rhyddings from 1979-1984 and spent 5 years looking out the window,who remembers that lovely old man frank eland and his big black strap and that bald headed git mr parr,a couple of nazi war criminals them two were,also that little dweeb mr ainsworth.spent many years on special report.

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Wacking it i have to disagree with you there.Parr, Eland were nowhere near as bad as that pathetic wood work teacher.The big blonde one, forgot his name.Nobody remember Mr. Waterhouse.Jolly old bloke, walked around with a blazer on looking like a nonce compared to all teh other teachers.

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Looks like the standard of english has gone downhill, 2/10.

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pmsl @ bazf ! nice one.
Shame to hear about Mr Jagger, he was there when i was but i was fortunate he never taught me.
Anybody remember Captain Kremmen, the French teacher McMannus ?

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Hmmm, I went to the tech before it became part of Rhyddings but I remember lots of the teachers mentioned. The head was Mr. Marsden, Mr. Elland-metal, Mr. Howland-wood, Mr Waterhouse-english I think, Mr. Ogilvy-?, Mr. Abbott -science, Mrs.Westwell-art and my favourite, Bob Cunliffe-P.E. My wife also went to Rhyddings in the late 50s.

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I seem to remember that Mr Waterhouse was Maths......... I remember all of the ones you mentioned, ossy, but can't for the life of me remember who taught English. It seems that, whoever it was, he did a better job of it than the one there at the moment!!

I'm due to fly to Manchester on Saturday and will be spending next week in Oswaldtwistle...........I can't wait to see the old place again!

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Both my parents went to Rhyddings, would imagine they was there in the 50's too. My mum told me they was taught my Miss Hitching who i believe became Mrs Banks ? They used to call her Scratch, lol.

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I left in 1967, Mr Marsden was still head then. Having lived away from the area for most of my life since then, I have no idea what happened to my classmates. We were going to be friends forever..........ummmm!

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i go rhyddings year 11 now finally

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....and you should be tucked up in bed !:D

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I went to Rhyddings between 62-68. Mr. Kerr was the math teacher, then there was Miss Kellett and Mrs Merrygold, Mr. Slater (I love that guy) Mrs. Clark, the head master i thinks was Mr. Franklin, oh boy, those were the days, you couldn't wear make-up and the uniform was navy blue.

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When i was there 78 to 82 Franklin was only the deputy headmaster

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Sorry Mik,
Yes it was mr. marsden im getting confused in my old age.
Do you remember Mr. Heffernan?

Joan

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Nicknamed Paddy and always hitting himself with a leather strap.Always going on about children and free school dinners.
One day i actually spoke out to him telling him that if he had anything about children and free school dinners my mother would like to talk to him.
He mumbled and gave up on it then.Never heard anything about the subject.

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English when i was there was Mr and Mrs Smith not related or married.

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Tucked up in bed revising your spelling i would say!!!!!!!!! only having a laugh

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Do you remember Mrs. Wilcox? she was the art teacher.
And Mr. Slater was the R.I teacher, I loved that guy, he got married to the cookery teacher, I don't remember her name.

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mik I must know you I went to rhyddings from 77 to 82, but you name dose"nt ring a bell.:confused:

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Im surprised nobody has mentioned Mr Waterhouse the maths teacher !
He was replaced by Mr Duffy.

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Mands/Mik,
My big sister went from 73-79 and my other sis went 77-82. Norma and Karen Entwistle. Norma was into languages(Mr Chapple???) and KAren was more music based(Kiernan???) I went in 80-85.

Ian

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Joan Clarke and Mrs Marrigold both still live in Ossy, and haven't changed a bit!

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Went to junior school with Mrs Clarkes daughter.
And for those of you Ossy lot that went to Immanuel Church many years ago Mrs Merigold was the head choir woman for the church. Dont know the propper name for it , lol.

Mrs Merigold lived around the corner from my parents, she may still do unless she has moved into a retirement home now or a bungalow ??

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No she still lives where she has always lived.

Mrs Clarkes daughter I know quite well. She trained as a teacher as well and now lives in the Cotswolds. She has changed her christian name since junior school though, when she was sixteen.

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Yes Garinda and i cant get my head around her name now. Still think of her with her original name. Worked with her dad at Asda as well.

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yeah im a rhyddings girl. I was there between 1987 91. I hated it but think back now and i had the time of my life. I once told miss moore she was a fat bitch and she ran after me down the corridor. ha ha. That mrs banks hated me to i always wore nail polish and she used to grab me in her office to take it off.

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Oh dear..thats not very polite calling Miss Moore that ..snigger !
We all called her Cream Bun !

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Aye i only know her as cream bun but fat bitch would fit too.

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Didn't go to Rhyddings but that Mrs Banks would worry me, getting girls in her office and making them take things off, strange school was it?

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fpmsl @ bagpuss.
The time to worry was when Paddy took you in his store room and told you to pretend to cry out !!! making it look like he had really given you the ruler in his store room :D . He had a thing for Parker pens and concord !

Captain Kremen aka Mr McManus aka bad breath and spotty lol, lol, lol. I can remember when i had broke my leg and it was in pot. My mum rang school to say she couldnt pick me up so Captain Kremen had to give me a ride home. OMG ..the worst journey of my life that was, being laughed at by all my mates ! Wish i had worn my parker coat that day and wrapped it around my face :D . He had a morris minor at the time ... so embarrasing !

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I went to rhyddings i left in 1996 any1 else left in that yr?

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surely you mean mrs spitter?

spitfire:Banane47:

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Ok Mands lets try and jog your memory.Used to hang around with Boothy, Stuart Dowling,Duncan Whittaker and co.Nickname was Slim and i lived up Fern Gore

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:) god this does bring back memories!, i wonder what the teachers are doing now who have left? does anyone know?:D half of them are probably in a nut house, probably due to all those unruly kids who went there;) i could think of a few teachers actually lol, but i will mention no names in case they watching:cool: lol

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mik still dont ring any bells,I used to go round with dawn connelly you must remember her she lived up fern gore,broadfield road,she was my best mate,still class her as that.:)

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Hello Again, Sorry But Just Had To Comment So This Thread Goes On Top Again, So Moorhead Was Under This Thread, Hehehe

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just wondering, as anybody got any pictures of rhyddings pupils from the 80's , or do they know any web site thats shows them, just want to remember what it used to be like and to have a laugh!!:D

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Mands sorry it took so long to answer but if you knew Dawn then you MUST know me brother Richard Dickinson.We lived next door to Dawn and her sis Jean was in my year.we were neighbours for about 5 years.Richrad is the total opposit of me.Tall slim but really ugly. LMAO!

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:eek: just seen in observer (2-2-06) about mr hunt, and what hes supposed to have done, i remember him the skinny sod who taught in R.E, cant believe it!!

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Parental problem there i believe jimmy5 bell

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Quite alot of Rhyddings photos on this website.

http://ossygobbin2003.fotopic.net/

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I remember Rhyddings with alot of happy and funny memories. Mr Kerr Mr Bolton Mrs Halliwell Mr & Mrs Merrigold with her white streak in her hair and big teeth. Mr Frankland the depity head and Mr Marsden the Head Master who Exspelled me for 3 days for wearing a neckless and a cord jacket. I was part of the commerce class for 2 years I can't remember the teachers name who was the typing shortland teacher, but do you? I was at Rhyddings in the early 70's my name then was Karen Whittle. Iremember Mr Jagger the Art Teacher who always walked as if he was about to start skipping.

Karen

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i went between 95 and 00, headteacher was miss more for my 1st 2 years then mr burke from then on..

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Who turned paddy's car over?

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Hi, I graduated in '68, I remember all those teachers. I also went into the commerce class. 4 Com and 5 Com, and our typing teacher was Mrs. Theckston. I can't remember the short hand teacher, I think it was Mrs. Barnes, she used to live on Richmond Road near the Clough.

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Straycat you must have been in the same year as me at rhyddings I went 77 - 82!

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Thanks for letting me know it was Mrs Theckston. she always had a crush on Mr Kerr I think it was because they were both the same height (small).
Was Mrs Clark teaching at the end of 68 she was the English Teacher, short but very well dressed and alittle posh but agood teacher. I loved History with Mr Heffernan until he hit me on the head with a book for smiling during his lesson. I sometimes drive pass Rhyddings it looks so small now. It seems massive when I was a student there. The nuns from Paddock House School were always complaining about the boys from Rhyddings looking at their girls knickers.

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Hi Karen,
Mrs. Clark was still there after I left in 68, I remember her being pregnant, I don't know what year it was, probably around 65-66. I was in Y classes then. And her nephew Jimmy Mcloughlan was in the same class. She really was a great teacher. Mr. Heffernan, we used to run rings around him. He was hilarious.
I was "home" last May and me and my friend drove past the school, as you said, it does look small, and now its a business centre?
Are the Nuns still at Paddock House? I tell you alot has changed since I left to go to the "colonies" lol.
You might know my younger brother? his name is Andrew Goody and he was at Rhyddings in the '70s.

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Paddock House is no more, it now has new houses on the site. Joan Clarke's daughter was born in 1966, and trained as a teacher herself, and lives in the Cotswolds.

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i didnt go there. is it a secure unit?

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Neither did I. If you read the thread you'd realise a lot of people did, and that it's a very successful school.

Perhaps at the splendid school you went to they didn't use capital letters?

A tip for the sad little nasty dog breath, if you are going to take karma off me, use capitals for your 'boring crap' comment, make sure you don't post at the same time as you do it....and thirdly it's always fun if you have the balls to sign it, like I did.:)


Lastly make sure you actually have enough power to alter someones karma before leaving witless little comments, otherwise it's not really worth the bother. I do.:)

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I left in 2000 so I was lucky enough to have 2 headteachers during my time there.

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i went to rhyddings in 1991-1996 had mrs waters (french teacher) as reg teacher i left in 93 went to moorhead where i then had her husband mr watters as teacher

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i went to rhyddings 76-81 ahh some happy memories will never forget having to go to miss merrigolds office for my weekly cane lol , my hands still stingin

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hi im cac i went to rhyddings i started1979 to1984 i remember miss moore the cream bum as we called her

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Hey Cherokee i left in 1978 but my brother was there too.Both go by the name of Dickinson his name was Richard????

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Les Newton retired in July, what a brill teacher!

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[quote=Mik Dickinson]Hey Cherokee i left in 1978 but my brother was there too.Both go by the name of Dickinson his name was Richard????[/quo


Sorry Mik the name dosent ring any bells though i was in the bad girls club so we spent most our time being isolated haha

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There are lots of photographs of Ryhddings on this site. Though I don't know if Cheroke's bad girl's club is featured.:D


http://www.ossygobbin2003.fotopic.net/

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P.S. You have to scroll down and click on 'Most recent collections' to see the photographs.

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :eek:
Dont look at the pics of fellow inmates of Rhyddings ! My parents are on them ..... :D :D :D

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Hearing about Les Newton retiring.This will be a loss for all future pupils of Rhyddings.the guy was a fanatstic teacher.Have a lot of fond memories of him

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whos les newton? :confused:

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yeah i was there too 80-85 ,,me and entwisi friends then and friends now:)

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who said so baldy! :D

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Does anybody know what happened to Mr McmANUS :D (Captain Kremin):D