1973

I haven't seen or heard from mx ex fiancee in 10 years. She lives in another town and I happened to be visiting a shop in that town a few weeks ago and it brought back memories of her. Then as I came away from a cash point and turned around she was walking along the shopping precinct with her sister. I froze solid and couldnt speak. She had a completely different hairstyle but still looked good. She stared a fraction longer than you would normally and because I had shades on and a different haircut myself I'm not 100% she recognised me. I felt strange for the rest of that day and I wished I'd had the bottle to say hello. It's funny how you think of someone and then suddenly they appear. I mean, what are the chances of visiting another town and being in the same place, at the same time of someone you haven't seen for years? A freaky thing is intuition.

I did. I was there from 78-81 before being carted off down the hill to Basegreen Junior. I remember Mrs Hollier, Miss Raben or was it Raven. I remember the janitor fella with a tash that used to hang around behind that white area in the playground where the bins were. It always used to smell of tar. Playing football with bean bags as they wouldn't let us use a ball. The haunted toilets at the top of the stairs near the staff room. The big hall that we used to do nativity plays in. Father Xmas arriving to give us crap presents. Teddy Bear picnics on the field behind the school. The play area with some water and sand and loads of salt. Having to sing "ocki toki unga" 800 times a week. I remember loads of pupils. I won't print full names but a selection of the surnames I remember are: proctor (f) foster (f) hadfield (m) taylor (m) crookes (m) Diamond (m) Damms (m) McDowell (f) Waller (f) Bellamy (m) Wright (f)