Roy Frankland

There may be somebody on where who is associated with the club and can come up with the info on his career. I saw him playing c1954
 
Paul Frankland said:
Hi Philip

I was at Kessingland. Romney Hythe to Dymchurch miniature railway ran past the camp. I can hear the whistle now. I was into trainspotting then - I must have been 7 or 8 so around 1954-5? I loved hanging over the Queens Road bridge and the one on Highams playing field near the cricket ground.

Trains were something in those days; even the "mile long" coal- pulling work horses, belching out dirty smoke and grey tinted steam, but more excitingly the dark green and polished brass of fast, named passenger engines. One regular was "Vernon" - I believe it was one of several Admirals. Didn't they look great on the viaduct?

I imagine you found Switzerland different in many ways.

All the best

Paul
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Hi Paul,

It would seem that our paths did cross at Kessingland, sorry but the only thing that I vividly remember were the salmon fish swimming upstream and leaping over the smaller types of waterfalls.
Train spotting:
A school friend of mine did a lot of train spotting as a kid, in fact I read somewhere that he still does, and is (I think) the president of the “Train Spotters Club” of Accrington & district. His name is Albert Wilkinson.
Switzerland:
After arriving on the 1st September 1967 it was indeed a cultural shock in some ways such as:
- The language. Not many people could/would speak English only Swiss German
- The longer working hours from a 40 hour per week to a 44 hour per week
- The resentment to “Foreigners” which you were made to feel on a regular basis
After a while however and after getting acclimatised things got a lot better:
- Got married 1968
- Our Daughter being born in 1972
- Speaking the language
- In around 1971 it became a 40 hour per week
- Climbing the ladder into a managerial position (After Sales Service Manager) on a worldwide basis
- Taking out Swiss nationality
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All in all I wouldn’t contemplate ever moving away from here, in particular at my age (now 72).

A very merry Christmas and all the best to your family in 2016

Cheers

Philip
 
How amazing,he was one of my teachers at Woodnook c.s. school,I loved his classes,he probably wouldn't remember me I was there from 1953 - 1957 & my name was Irene Davies,give him my regards please
 
IRENE BAINBRIDGE said:
How amazing,he was one of my teachers at Woodnook c.s. school,I loved his classes,he probably wouldn't remember me I was there from 1953 - 1957 & my name was Irene Davies,give him my regards please
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I will give him your regards Irene. If he doesn't remember you he will be very pleased to hear you enjoyed his lessons. I will tell him also that you weren't too upset when Bob (Mr to you) Davies fell off his chair. I bet your desk lid popped up!

Hope you have a good Christmas and New Year.

Paul
 
Thanks for the potted history Philip. Sounds like a difficult start in Switzerland but you obviously turned out awlreet, being a Manager an all.

I don't remember seeing any salmon whilst at the school camp but at 4 yrs younger than you we probably noticed different things.

Greetings to you and yours for Christmas and New Year. Good chance of snow I imagine!

Paul
 
The Albert Wilkinson who Landhusweg mentions is an officer of the Blackburn Model Railway Society and chairman of the Hyndburn Local History Society. He is an authority of the history of Ossie. He wrote 'Oswaldtwistle Observed' which I published a few years ago. He is an Accrington Grammar School Old Boy.
 
Paul Frankland said:
Hi there Phillip - Yes Dad was at Woodnook until 1957 when he got a Deputy Headship in the Cotswolds at Bourton on the Water. After 3 years of that he became head of a new school in Tisbury near Salisbury. He is still alive and will talk to anyone about cricket, like it or not! Yes: Geography, History? (Social studies?) were his subjects.
Nice to chat.. sorry I didn't log on earlier.
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I am thinking this is the same Mr Frankland who was my History teacher and lived at the time thornyholme road.
 
I think Paul has got his wires crossed. Dymchurch & Hythe are both in Kent. Kessingland is at Lowestoft, Suffolk.
 
Rowlf said:
I think Paul has got his wires crossed. Dymchurch & Hythe are both in Kent. Kessingland is at Lowestoft, Suffolk.
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They certainly are,went down yon with the school, and on the Romney,Hythe,@ Dymchurch railway, stayed St Marys Bay, defo no Kessingland down yon.;)
 
cashman said:
They certainly are,went down yon with the school, and on the Romney,Hythe,@ Dymchurch railway, stayed St Marys Bay, defo no Kessingland down yon.;)
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Thanks for the geography lesson Rowlf and Cashman. I have been to Kessingland but not the one in Kent obviously. That may have been another school holiday and I was only eight or so. Funny how you can remember incorrect - sorry- alternative facts all your life until some clever dick(s) puts you right!

Fireman 32 is correct - Dad did teach history and some geography, which didn't rub off on me it seems. He died in October last year. Nowt lasts forever.
 
Paul Frankland said:
Thanks for the geography lesson Rowlf and Cashman. I have been to Kessingland but not the one in Kent obviously. That may have been another school holiday and I was only eight or so. Funny how you can remember incorrect - sorry- alternative facts all your life until some clever dick(s) puts you right!

Fireman 32 is correct - Dad did teach history and some geography, which didn't rub off on me it seems. He died in October last year. Nowt lasts forever.
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Obvious to me you are the clever dick.:rolleyes:
 
cashman said:
They certainly are,went down yon with the school, and on the Romney,Hythe,@ Dymchurch railway, stayed St Marys Bay, defo no Kessingland down yon.;)
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Quite right Olly. I live in Hythe Kent. 100m in front of my flat is the Hythe station. for the said railway.
 
Mog said:
Quite right Olly. I live in Hythe Kent. 100m in front of my flat is the Hythe station. for the said railway.
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I know mate, but put somebody right and get called a clever dick for it. only 1 of those i can see.
 
cashman said:
I know mate, but put somebody right and get called a clever dick for it. only 1 of those i can see.
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Not certain if I have offended you chaps - apologies all round if so. I thought it was in keeping with general Accringtonian banter, but as I haven't lived there for 59 years I may have overstepped the mark.

I will bow out now - don't want to upset anyone. Cheerio.
 
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