Big school
 

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

Bill

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

Brian

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is drawn
in the more distant shot that follows.

Bill

Big school
 

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

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:12:42 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

Too late I deleted it. What did I miss?
This programme has a very good cast.
I could name teachers, at the last school I attended, who were similar
to some of the characters.
Why doesn't it work?
--

Martin in Zuid Holland

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"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.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

Big school
 

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:12:42 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

It's entirely your fault for breaking the rules.
Television programmes are now just brightly coloured, noisy wallpaper.
That's why screens are bigger. They are no longer intended to be
watched by people with any degree of intelligence or perception.

Big school
 

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:52:33 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:56:24 +0100, lid wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:12:42 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

It's entirely your fault for breaking the rules.
Television programmes are now just brightly coloured, noisy wallpaper.
That's why screens are bigger. They are no longer intended to be
watched by people with any degree of intelligence or perception.

Is that hearsay or from bitter experience?

Yes

Big school
 

Martin wrote:
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:12:42 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

Too late I deleted it. What did I miss?

It was an entirely different 'drawn' '10'. One had serifs, the other was
sans serif and rounded.

Bill

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:12:42 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

Too late I deleted it. What did I miss?
This programme has a very good cast.
I could name teachers, at the last school I attended, who were similar
to some of the characters.
Why doesn't it work?

Works for me. I wonder how many viewers didn't get the ongoing joke in this
episode where Miss Postern says "it's for the children of the United Kingdom
and Northern Ireland"

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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.
--
Ian

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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:18:38 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

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

Ah yes, reminds me of the (ex-Olympic trainer) swimming teacher at my
school who thought the best way to cure me of my fear of going
underwater was to throw me in at the deep end.

Took me 10 years before I went swimmimg again voluntarily.

There were some good times though; (a different) PE teacher asked me
which sport I wanted to do in the winter term and I said cross-country
running. Pleased that I was showing an interest, he asked me why and I
told him it was the only sport which finished early enough for me to
get home to see The Time Tunnel.

--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

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On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:28:39 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:03:51 +0100, lid wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:52:33 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:56:24 +0100, lid wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:12:42 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

It's entirely your fault for breaking the rules.
Television programmes are now just brightly coloured, noisy wallpaper.
That's why screens are bigger. They are no longer intended to be
watched by people with any degree of intelligence or perception.

Is that hearsay or from bitter experience?

Yes

or whatever?

That clarifies that then :)

Precisely.

Big school
 

On 27/08/2013 09:18, Brian Gaff wrote:
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

We had a Pervy Gym teacher. There was a hatch between the boys and girls
dressing rooms. He would regularly open the hatch (girly screams) to
speak to his female counterpart.
Derek

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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?
Derek

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On 27/08/2013 11:27, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:42:53 +0100, "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.

Almost as good as the kid in Hull who broke a leg recently and was
told by her GP to get out and walk the pain away.

I recently overheard a girl tell a friend that she had a painful knee.
She had looked at Google before going to see her doctor and had come up
with her own diagnosis.
She was appalled when when after giving her symptoms to the doctor he
turned to Google.
Funny my GP uses Wikipedia then turns the screen round to show me his
diagnosis.
Derek

Big school
 

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.
Will Eastenders soon be merging with River City?
Derek

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"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

Big school
 

On 29/08/2013 09:14, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:55:49 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 27/08/2013 11:27, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:42:53 +0100, "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.

Almost as good as the kid in Hull who broke a leg recently and was
told by her GP to get out and walk the pain away.

I recently overheard a girl tell a friend that she had a painful knee.
She had looked at Google before going to see her doctor and had come up
with her own diagnosis.
She was appalled when when after giving her symptoms to the doctor he
turned to Google.
Funny my GP uses Wikipedia then turns the screen round to show me his
diagnosis.

I've had something similar, but not because the doctor was ignorant,
but because Wiki explained something better with diagrams than he
could verbally. He also had some links to Youtube videos on the
subject.

My one usually tells me that he had someone else in with the same
problem earlier and still has a book on the subject open on his shelf.
When the urologist started to explain the Thulium Laser procedure he was
going to on my prostate I told him that I had watched him demonstrate
the procedure to a group of surgeons in Germany.
That was a small prostate he said, yours will be more of a challenge.
He later told me that crouching with his head between my legs for two
and a half hours (lucky him) had given him a backache.
Derek

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

Not with that moustache! Unless he has shaved it off since I last saw him?
:))
--
--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

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

--
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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:06:59 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:06:18 +0100, lid wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:28:39 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:03:51 +0100, lid wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:52:33 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:56:24 +0100, lid wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:12:42 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

In the recent episode, where they have a talent show, look at the close-
up of the kids who hold up the scores for the last act, near the end of
the prog. Compare the drawing of the number '10' with the way it is
drawn in the more distant shot that follows.

It's entirely your fault for breaking the rules.
Television programmes are now just brightly coloured, noisy wallpaper.
That's why screens are bigger. They are no longer intended to be
watched by people with any degree of intelligence or perception.

Is that hearsay or from bitter experience?

Yes

or whatever?

That clarifies that then :)

Precisely.

Watch the very first episode of OFAH and compare it to either episode
of Big School and one sees exactly what is wrong with Big School. The
script is terrible.

Thank you for the invitation, but it is clearly not the sort of
programme that I would watch.
Perhaps I might look at an episode out of technical interest, if it is
still running when I have cleared the 68% (and increasing) of a 1TB
TiVo that still remains to be seen.

Big school
 

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.

Big school
 

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:50:24 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:



"Martin" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

Not with that moustache! Unless he has shaved it off since I last saw
him?
:))

They all have moustaches in Amsterdam :-)

Not here in Scotland:)

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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:58:30 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:



"Martin" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:50:24 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:



"Martin" wrote in message
m...
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

Not with that moustache! Unless he has shaved it off since I last saw
him?
:))

They all have moustaches in Amsterdam :-)

Not here in Scotland:)

They are all in Amsterdam flashing their sporrans.

Hmm I've never seen Gordon's sporran. Whether he does in fact have one I
couldn't say:) Perhaps he could confirm or deny?
--
--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

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On 29/08/2013 11:32, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:04:45 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 09:14, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:55:49 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 27/08/2013 11:27, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:42:53 +0100, "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.

Almost as good as the kid in Hull who broke a leg recently and was
told by her GP to get out and walk the pain away.

I recently overheard a girl tell a friend that she had a painful knee.
She had looked at Google before going to see her doctor and had come up
with her own diagnosis.
She was appalled when when after giving her symptoms to the doctor he
turned to Google.
Funny my GP uses Wikipedia then turns the screen round to show me his
diagnosis.

I've had something similar, but not because the doctor was ignorant,
but because Wiki explained something better with diagrams than he
could verbally. He also had some links to Youtube videos on the
subject.

My one usually tells me that he had someone else in with the same
problem earlier and still has a book on the subject open on his shelf.
When the urologist started to explain the Thulium Laser procedure he was
going to on my prostate I told him that I had watched him demonstrate
the procedure to a group of surgeons in Germany.
That was a small prostate he said, yours will be more of a challenge.
He later told me that crouching with his head between my legs for two
and a half hours (lucky him) had given him a backache.

Was he kissing his arse goodbye or what?

Should I ask him at my follow up?
Bad backs seem to be common with urologists.
Derek

Big school
 

On 29/08/2013 10:50, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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.
I had the choice of Broughton, Leith Academy and Boroughmuir.
I lived in Annandale Street so Broughton would have been nearer but I
had been at Leith Academy Primary so wanted to stay where my friends were.
Wonder if I made the right choice?
I was supposed to go to Herriots as the War was starting but my father
envisaged air raids and me stuck on the other side of town so I
initially went to London Street. Safer? I got knocked down by a van on
the way home one day.
Derek

Big school
 

On 29/08/2013 11:31, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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.
DErek

Big school
 

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
Derek

Big school
 

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.
Derek

Big school
 

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.

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

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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.

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"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!

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:58:30 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:50:24 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"Martin" wrote in message
om...
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"

wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

Not with that moustache! Unless he has shaved it off since I last saw
him?
:))

They all have moustaches in Amsterdam :-)

Not here in Scotland:)

They are all in Amsterdam flashing their sporrans.

Hmm I've never seen Gordon's sporran. Whether he does in fact have one I
couldn't say:) Perhaps he could confirm or deny?


Last time I wore a sporran was at my auntie's wedding when I was three.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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"Ophelia" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

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?
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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"Derek F" wrote in message
...
On 29/08/2013 10:50, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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.
I had the choice of Broughton, Leith Academy and Boroughmuir.


I had the choice of the first two - I don't think Boroughmuir came into it.
I picked Broughton because that's where my dad went.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

Big school
 

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
On 29/08/2013 10:50, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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.
I had the choice of Broughton, Leith Academy and Boroughmuir.
I lived in Annandale Street so Broughton would have been nearer but I had
been at Leith Academy Primary so wanted to stay where my friends were.
Wonder if I made the right choice?
I was supposed to go to Herriots as the War was starting but my father
envisaged air raids and me stuck on the other side of town so I initially
went to London Street. Safer? I got knocked down by a van on the way home
one day.


You should post your reminiscences on he

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/

Fascinating site, full of trivia!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:58:30 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"

wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

Not with that moustache! Unless he has shaved it off since I last saw
him?
:))

They all have moustaches in Amsterdam :-)

Not here in Scotland:)

They are all in Amsterdam flashing their sporrans.

Hmm I've never seen Gordon's sporran. Whether he does in fact have one I
couldn't say:) Perhaps he could confirm or deny?


Last time I wore a sporran was at my auntie's wedding when I was three.

Awww shame:) I'd take some piccies of you in full dress:))

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"GordonD" wrote in message
...
"Ophelia" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
...
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. :-)

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!
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