Slarti 925 Report post Posted January 18 At least I learned how to post in English, ya fanny. I was writing in Arbroathese so you could understand. Actually, I got a new phone with a smaller screen and my fat fingers don't "fit" the keyboard properly. Making lots of typos due to it. Suppose it'll get better as I get used to it.Do you realise how long it took to type that and correct (hopefully) all the errors? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALBIONSAINT 1,802 Report post Posted January 18 21 minutes ago, faraway saint said: At least I learned how to post in English, ya fanny. Going off topic for a moment, I was reminiscing this evening about and old mate of mine that lived in the Barry huts outside Carnoustie back in the early 90s , are they still there? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stlucifer 6,722 Report post Posted January 18 2 hours ago, Slarti said: About 1971 I think. Then they knocked the old one down and built Castlehead. Might be a few years out there. Can't remember if my brother had to do his last year at the new one or whether he was in the first 1st years at the new one. So somewhere between 67/68 and 71/72. Mibbe. I think it had to be 1968. I went there from 1969. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,729 Report post Posted January 19 3 hours ago, eastlandssaint said: Yep, they're pretty similar although built about 70 years apart. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybee 1,714 Report post Posted January 19 On 12/28/2020 at 6:20 PM, Callum Gilhooley said: They should have f**king snipers on high buildings to take the selfish Bastards out 😠 I thought I was the only sensible person with that idea, My mantra is " the solution is a sniper, what's the question"? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybee 1,714 Report post Posted January 19 On 1/17/2021 at 10:59 PM, antrin said: Ta, EAB. Taken from the allotments below it looks like. we played most of our local fitba on that flat bit of street, there. (just above the “as seen on”) good surface and no through traffic - and the noise annoyed fewer people living nearby. (I’d left the school by the time that pic was taken.) I was there when it closed spent my last half term at the new school in Foxbar, bloody nightmare one way traffic when you came up a set of stairs and your class was 10 feet anti-clockwise you had to go clockwise round the damn building 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 925 Report post Posted January 19 I was there when it closed spent my last half term at the new school in Foxbar, bloody nightmare one way traffic when you came up a set of stairs and your class was 10 feet anti-clockwise you had to go clockwise round the damn building So what year was that? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Langbank 228 Report post Posted January 19 So what year was that?I was their 69 till 74. Think it opened 1968 or early 69 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faraway saint 31,724 Report post Posted January 19 28 minutes ago, Langbank said: I was their 69 till 74. Think it opened 1968 or early 69 The year "above" me. My year was the last year before it became a comprehensive, what a change that was. All the local dimwits and "would be" thugs all looking for attention. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faraway saint 31,724 Report post Posted January 19 12 hours ago, Slarti said: I was writing in Arbroathese so you could understand. Actually, I got a new phone with a smaller screen and my fat fingers don't "fit" the keyboard properly. Making lots of typos due to it. Suppose it'll get better as I get used to it. Do you realise how long it took to type that and correct (hopefully) all the errors? Could have saved your fat fingers all that work by just saying...... You were right, I'm a fanny. 🤪 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pod 7,588 Report post Posted January 19 2 hours ago, faraway saint said: You were right, I'm a fanny. 🤪 You finally admit it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,490 Report post Posted January 19 On 1/17/2021 at 9:34 PM, Eric Arthur Blair said: Hey @antrin, your old school The brick wall in front runs along the road up to the school. After I left school (The West) we'd go play football every day. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antrin 5,092 Report post Posted January 19 4 minutes ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said: The brick wall in front runs along the road up to the school. After I left school (The West) we'd go play football every day. I remember! You'd be at least my second or third pick every time! (unless, of course, there were only 4 of us. ) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,490 Report post Posted January 19 3 minutes ago, antrin said: I remember! You'd be at least my second or third pick every time! (unless, of course, there were only 4 of us. ) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antrin 5,092 Report post Posted January 19 (edited) 1 minute ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said: I tried counting those fingers in your post but it's running on to infinity and beyond. I'd have picked you earlier than that! ETA Probably Edited January 19 by antrin In the interest of truth and accuracy. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WeeBud 1,288 Report post Posted January 19 19 hours ago, faraway saint said: I got six of the belt from him once, still hurts to this day. I never misbehaved again, funny that. Gerty was alright really but very proficient with the tawse 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 925 Report post Posted January 19 Could have saved your fat fingers all that work by just saying...... You were right, I'm a fanny. Ok ...I was right you're a fanny. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faraway saint 31,724 Report post Posted January 19 1 hour ago, WeeBud said: Gerty was alright really but very proficient with the tawse Aye, overall, I got on well with him, it was just I got caught doing something that, while not crime of the century, was frowned upon. I pulled away after the 3rd or 4th, that didn't go down well. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 925 Report post Posted January 19 Aye, overall, I got on well with him, it was just I got caught doing something that, while not crime of the century, was frowned upon. I pulled away after the 3rd or 4th, that didn't go down well. Were you wanking under the desk?Only asking since you said you "pulled away". 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faraway saint 31,724 Report post Posted January 19 1 minute ago, Slarti said: Were you wanking under the desk? Only asking since you said you "pulled away". Trying WAY to hard. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 925 Report post Posted January 19 Trying WAY to hard. Is that why he noticed?And, "too". 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saint in exile 2,295 Report post Posted January 19 22 hours ago, Slarti said: About 1971 I think. Then they knocked the old one down and built Castlehead. Might be a few years out there. Can't remember if my brother had to do his last year at the new one or whether he was in the first 1st years at the new one. So somewhere between 67/68 and 71/72. Mibbe. I left Camphill school in June 1971, and it was the new building in Foxbar. I spent a couple of years there, so we must have decamped from the one in Castlehead about 1969. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faraway saint 31,724 Report post Posted January 19 Quite a few ex Camphill pupils frequent the forum. Many paths crossed and then scattered all over the place. Overall I enjoyed school, although their was little/no direction or guidance given for any future career path. Mastering the art of playing football with a tennis ball at "playtime" and dinnertime was a joy. Avoiding the angry wasps that congregated around the litter bins, the bitter cold on the blaze pitches, the pain when the "mouldy" hit you on any bare skin. Your own swimming pool, a great luxury. The teachers, usual mixture of good to absolute nutters. Aye, I learned a lot in school. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumbriansaint72 280 Report post Posted January 19 Can only go back as far as mid 70s when used to go to gran & grandad at bottom of Waverly road whilst my mum worked in bookies, Murray's if I remember right 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumbriansaint72 280 Report post Posted January 19 5 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Quite a few ex Camphill pupils frequent the forum. Many paths crossed and then scattered all over the place. Overall I enjoyed school, although their was little/no direction or guidance given for any future career path. Mastering the art of playing football with a tennis ball at "playtime" and dinnertime was a joy. Avoiding the angry wasps that congregated around the litter bins, the bitter cold on the blaze pitches, the pain when the "mouldy" hit you on any bare skin. Your own swimming pool, a great luxury. The teachers, usual mixture of good to absolute nutters. Aye, I learned a lot in school. One thing that has always baffled me, why they wanted you to have football boots to play on a blaze pitch😲 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites