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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport. We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my
leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to
get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and
sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later
the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Well he looked quite roughy toughy last time I saw him ... mind you ..
it
has been a wee while now ...;)


And whose fault is that?

Pah, you know where we live!


Actually I don't!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport. We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my
leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him
in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to
get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and
sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later
the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Well he looked quite roughy toughy last time I saw him ... mind you ..
it
has been a wee while now ...;)


And whose fault is that?

Pah, you know where we live!


Actually I don't!

So where have you been sending our Christmas cards every year?

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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport.
We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my
leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him
in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to
get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and
sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later
the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Well he looked quite roughy toughy last time I saw him ... mind you ..
it
has been a wee while now ...;)


And whose fault is that?

Pah, you know where we live!


Actually I don't!

So where have you been sending our Christmas cards every year?


To somebody else because I don't have your address. You keep moving!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport.
We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my
leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him
in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to
get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and
sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later
the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Well he looked quite roughy toughy last time I saw him ... mind you
..
it
has been a wee while now ...;)


And whose fault is that?

Pah, you know where we live!


Actually I don't!

So where have you been sending our Christmas cards every year?


To somebody else because I don't have your address. You keep moving!

Hmm well ... there is that:) Ask me again nearer Christmas:)

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On 30/08/2013 08:56, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:58:27 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 22:06, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:32:44 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 11:43, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:22 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 27/08/2013 16:09, Ian wrote:
In message , Martin
writes
Big School is a "comedy"
Are you confusing it with Waterloo Road? :-)

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:16:08 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Are you saying there is fiddling afoot, well blow me down. a reality
show
which is slightly unreal. there is a thing.

Brian

Waterloo Road is not a reality show either.
My wife watches it and I just see snatches of it. Strange School that
moves from Waterloo Road to Greenock.

and it's pupils?
I noticed Jane from EE has lied to Ian about where she is and almost
certainly lied to the school about her qualifications, and has not
told him about her new job.

Will Eastenders soon be merging with River City?

or with Casualty, Holby City and New Tricks
or just adding to the unemployed celebs queue.
Where would UK celeb quiz shows be without EE?

I remember seeing Coronation Street one time we were in Holland.

You should have switched off. :-)

In a foreign country one always flicks through the channels. In Belgium
it had Corrie with French and Flemish or Dutch sub titles.

I think Corrie is still shown on Dutch TV.

In Beijing when we turned on our hotel TV it had the 1940's version of
Oliver Twist showing followed by Benny Hill.

The 1940s version of Oliver Twist was on UK TV recently.
In Singapore I saw Karakatoa, East of Java with subtitles all the way
round the image.
In the middle of nowhere in Australia I saw Rosemary and Thyme for the
first time. The motel was crap too

In Boston I turned on the Motel TV and got Groucho Marx in a B&W quiz show.
One I did not see a reason for was in Foshan, China where hour after
hour on one of the few channels they showed one horse at a time running
round an empty racecourse.
This was in the early 80's and I doubt if China had horse racing then.
It was not the track at Macau or Happy Valley.
Derek

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On 30/08/2013 11:47, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2013 11:31, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
...
I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport.
We had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to
get up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and
sit in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

That was a respectable term when Gordon Smith played for Hibs.


Smith, Johnson, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond - the real Famous Five.

Hearts had the Terrible Trio of Conn, Bauld and Wardhaugh.
I had an open mind although all my relatives were Hearts Supporters.
I was taken to Easter Road for the first time and Hibs beat Queen of the
South 9-1. The next week I was taken to Tynecastle and Hearts struggled
to beat Airdrie 3-2.
No contest:-)
It is difficult to pick a favourite from the Famous Five.
Smith is perhaps unique for having played for three Scottish League
Championship teams without playing for Rangers or Celtic and playing in
the European Cup for them all including two semi finals.
Like many others of his day he would work on Saturday morning before
playing in the afternoon.
Derek

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On 30/08/2013 08:37, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:51:59 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 21:57, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:30:42 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 14:05, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 5:50 AM, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

Hey! Nothing wrong with Leith Academy! My mother and two of her siblings
attended that school.

I went to Broughton.

Perhaps I knew them. I left school in 1950

Beat me by nine years.

I presume that Broughton still exists unlike the Leith Academy I went to.
Derek.

Three of the schools I went to longer exist, one was demolished. Two
of the places where I worked have been demolished, both were a couple
of years old when I worked there and were state of the art. One was a
large steel works.

Most of the companies I worked are no more. Two are around but now
hardly recognisable.
The most famous one was Feranti who succumbed to a massive sting.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...i-1331200.html
Derek

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On 30/08/2013 11:06, Ophelia wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:51:59 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 21:57, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:30:42 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 14:05, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 5:50 AM, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

Hey! Nothing wrong with Leith Academy! My mother and two of her
siblings
attended that school.

I went to Broughton.

Perhaps I knew them. I left school in 1950

Beat me by nine years.

I presume that Broughton still exists unlike the Leith Academy I went
to.
Derek.

Three of the schools I went to longer exist, one was demolished. Two
of the places where I worked have been demolished, both were a couple
of years old when I worked there and were state of the art. One was a
large steel works.

My school started life as a church, turned into a school and now is
owned by a small manufacturer - stained glass windows and all!

Strange what has happened to churches that have closed.
I have sen some converted into flats, warehouses, restaurants and a huge
betting shop full of Punters praying for a miracle win.
Derek

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On 30/08/2013 11:51, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2013 21:57, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:30:42 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 14:05, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 5:50 AM, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

Hey! Nothing wrong with Leith Academy! My mother and two of her
siblings
attended that school.

Indeed, nothing wrong with it as such but they were the main rivals when
I was a lad.

I went to Broughton.

Perhaps I knew them. I left school in 1950

Beat me by nine years.

I presume that Broughton still exists unlike the Leith Academy I went to.


Still exists but towards the end of my third year (1972) it moved to new
premises at Comely Bank, across the road from Fettes. Apparently it's
been rebuilt again (on the same site) since then.

The old building at McDonald Road is still there but I don't know what
it's used for these days (the primary school is still open).

Leith Academy as you're aware is now off Easter Road, not a stone's
throw from the old location.
Leith Academy was a nice building. I went to an open day when it was
Queen Margaret's University and most of it had not altered very much.
The Boys toilets still smelt much the same.
I later went there for podiatry treatment by the students.
Now being converted into Academy Lofts.
http://www.sundialproperties.co.uk/p...cademy-leith#1
I wonder how affordable they will be?
Derek

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On 29/08/2013 23:44, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 3:30 PM, Derek F wrote:
On 29/08/2013 14:05, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 5:50 AM, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

Hey! Nothing wrong with Leith Academy! My mother and two of her siblings
attended that school.

I went to Broughton.

Perhaps I knew them. I left school in 1950

They left school late 30s, early 40s, so perhaps not. The family name is
Mackay.
Too early for me.
Derek