Bath Tec School

Thanks Bill.  I've been on the FU group for quite some time now, but never come across any of my old mates.  May have known some of you guys here, but can't remeber you!  Yeah, I know, brain cells dropping out of my ears ever faster .....  My main pals at BTech were Geoff Owen, Tony Paine, <?> Drew, Clive Taplin, Graham Walkington (whose daughter lives just up the road from me), Tim Whitlam (flying airliners last I heard), + others.  Probably none of them ever learnt to use a computer!  Although Tony Paine was working for Burroughs at one time (remember them?). 

 

I'll keep an eye out for them, but if anyone Out There has any news on these guys I'd be glad to hear it.

 

Rod Strong (aka Bart Fox to Microsoft ...)

Hi Rodney,

There is a Robin Dew and a Fred Drew (I have contacted both on Friends Reunited today .. there also is aRoger Whitlam on F.U. could be a relative .. you will find these names and others in the "skydrive" folder look in "friends reunioted files" and then look in "pupils contacted" .. open the file or download it as a web page to your computer.  I had a friend who worked for Burroughs computers located in the Charles Bayer building on the Lower Bristol Rd Bath in the late 60`s early 70`s , he used to help me with my recording studio , his name Phil Parsons .lived Sheridan Rd near Camely green? Twerton with his mum .. moved to Portugal.

Rod, thanks for that information r.e. twins .. I know we had Pegrums, but the visual memory just assumed that twins close to our class on the 1962 Photo were they .. I`ll amend the "pupils remembered" document in the "Skydrive". Thanks again.

Hi Guys,

 

If I remember correctly the Biggs twins came from Keynsham, land of Horace Bachelor and his infra draw method of not winning the pools !! They both played in the school band with me and one was a drummer and the other played trumpet and were both very good too !!The christian names are now forgotten.

 

With regard to lowering the tone Rod, I wasn't  aware we had a bench mark for that on here !!! It's back to school on here and we all just love anything that comes up in the waffling depatment.

 

Welcome along to all those I 've missed over the last couple of days.

 

Bevvers Lloyd !!!! Crickey !!!! " Don't provoke me lad, it is foolish to do so !" How many times did we here that little gem ?

 

Cheers all,

Rich

Hi All,

My name is Ken Eynon. Another good welsh name.  You will have to excuse my english and spelling as my computer skills are very ordinary having learnt to type on an Imperial 56 Typewriter and not being a technocrat.  A few titbits for you.

I attended St Mary's RC Primary School before BT, so all my schooling was in the Bath area and my family lived in Weston.

I was at Weymouth House for a few years before we moved to BH and left BT in 1962.  I have a JPEG photograph of the whole school from that year. I also have a photograph of our Rugby team for my year.  Can send it if someone can put it up.

Without getting too involved, I have lived on the otherside of the world for 40+ years, but still have very fond memories of BT,  although I was a crap scholar and got into a fair bit of trouble.  I was one of the dozen or so catholics who never attended the morning assembly and spent that period with Killer Keating.  Being of welsh heritage and catholic was a bit of a no no at BT.

There was a Robyn Drew in my class (Y) he came from Pill near Portishead so that might be Barts man.

There were two sets of twins in my year, the Bales with Robert in my class and Andy in the X stream.  The other twins possibly the Pegrums were in the P stream.  There was a Roy Pegrum in my class.

I remember Waymouth House with the bombed church just outside the main gate and Spears Pork Pie Factory across from that and the old location of Evans Fish and Chip Shop. We use to see all the squealing pigs leaving the trucks before they became tastie pies.  I also remember the bike racks and the milk being covered with snow some winters.

I believe that Sammy Seale was a WW11 Vet and a Japanese prisoner of war and had the internment number tattoo on his forearm somewhere. Cheers Ken

 

Hi Ken,

       From your info I think we were the year before you, but just maybe the same year.

Do you recall a kid called David Mc Neill, came from Corsham, one of the few country kids not in a P class. He was fairly diminutive and a bit of a rebel, was known to smoke 'Batchelors' from time to time, but they always made him throw up! Also from Corsham was Tommy Ralph, he also used to duck out of assemblies being of catholic persuesion, and I know he spent the time with 'Killer'

      Yes, well remember the bombed out church and the removal of corpses from the crypt before its demolition, also remember 'Fishy Evans' at the old corner site, also Spears. Recall also the rather eccentric old lady (with lipstick) that used to serve us in the sweet shop opposite the Modeller's Den. Ah! Those were the days, penny chews and all.

     Must go it's been a long day!

                                                   Bi for now.

Hi John,

Cannot remember those people. Perhaps I was the year after you.  From the 1962 photograph which I think I supplied, I will provide Bill with a list or names of the guys that I know or can remember.  1962 was my last year at the Tech. although I was in 5th Form then, being one of the dummies I was in a combined class when I left.   These combined classes started in about my fourth year at the school.  Tin Bum (The Head Master as we called him), tried to fast track a lot of students.  Keith Griffin from my class was a bit of a whizz. He skipped a year and then the next year they created a mixed class of the bright guys from the year below me and a few from my year who were not so great hoping that they would lift our learning curve. Don't think it worked, but it was probably worth the try.

 

Talk to u later,

 

Cheers,

Ken