tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post1330863463485802379..comments2024-01-30T19:16:00.434+01:00Comments on Stouts Hill School: Start your own threadsJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-26977853947645528592020-01-12T10:12:11.226+01:002020-01-12T10:12:11.226+01:00Hello Richard, thanks for your memories. True, I d...Hello Richard, thanks for your memories. True, I don't have a thread about escapes from the school. During my time (1963-67) I think it was Graham Kirk who tried to escape (and return home?), but after a while he was found and brought back. Would have been hard for me: my parents lived in Nigeria at the time.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-6773037282319231852019-12-11T14:36:28.986+01:002019-12-11T14:36:28.986+01:00Forgot the Shaylor and Bryant brothers, not to men...Forgot the Shaylor and Bryant brothers, not to mention Abdula, big, bald friendly and great when you have a trunk box twice your size at nine years old.Richard Mechan 74 -79https://www.blogger.com/profile/00309835416948081669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-54051887003981817972019-12-11T13:56:15.721+01:002019-12-11T13:56:15.721+01:00I remember in '79' when the school was clo...I remember in '79' when the school was closing down, there was a concerted attempt at escape by, Robert Ellis, Johnathan Biles, William Nutland, Mark Andrews, Charles Readon-Smith, Adrian Freeman and a few others to walk to Westonbirt ladies school, we were armed with a large Robinsons squash bottle with a touch of gin, tuck box size. Suffice to say we were determined and carefree, having escaped from blue, pink, long dorms and various classes, including Floods' chemistry, Kemps' latin and Bruces' cross country runs on many occasions over the various terms/years. To the best of my knowledge only two really escaped, Harry Godsell ran home and Owen Maze(who no one could find in the hills of Uley) I've no idea how we were caught by the Scots-Clarkes and the Cromies, we all'd split via the hard tennis courts and the familiar 'British Bull Dogs territory', evaded the Anguses's bungalow down to the sports ground, even run in the opposite direction over the ploughed potato furrowers around the cricket ground. The up-shot was the Headmasters office! below the blue stairs, and the dreaded dap! By this time the whole teaching ensemble had rounded up all the escapees. This is what Cromie said to me" you'll either be someone or end up in prison" the same thing he said to Stephen Fry but at least I remembered his name correctly. Cold, Otters, Tuck shop, chapped legs, the welsh rugby winning everything on the four channel TV in the library, two terms of ruby and a cellar full of damp/muddy smelling rugby boots. <br />Richard Mechan 74 -79https://www.blogger.com/profile/00309835416948081669noreply@blogger.com