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1 Fri August 25 2006 - 20:22:04 Full name: Jim Archer Email: archer.jim@googlemail.com Where are you from?: Paignton, Devon (ex Bristolian via Redruth) Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1973-1976 Comments: Hi, its me, Jim Archer, I don't know if any of you will remember me but this website certainly brought back the memories, they say your schooldays are the happiest days of your lives but you never believe it at the time. Being a quiet one I was teased a lot at school but realise now it was all just good schoolboy fun. I would be happy to hear from any old schoolmates. A late starter in life, I've now got 2 young kids and we're off to Australia this autumn in search of a better future. I was there at RCGS between 1973-1977, first memories of Alfie in his black gown making mole-like gestures to encourage us to get down to work. And the din after Jack Ryder's jokes, slamming the desk lids, pretending it was so hilarious - then Mickey Murton walked in - "My name is Mr Murton, you will NOT play me up or mess around!" and the atmosphere just died, it was like something out of David Copperfield. And how many of you remember Clem in his walking boots and shorts, you could see his hairy spindly legs under the desk, murmurs of "Cleem!" and "Gert boots on 'an!". I remember how hazardous it was going to the outside toilet at breaktime - "Wanna join the smokers union do'ee boy?" followed by a deadleg. Marvelling at Stanley Cox's ingenious equations and that time he swatted a wasp which had landed on Steve Berryman's head. Trying not to fall asleep in Drac's endless Physics lectures and Skelt's "Cum'on, lad". And was it Johnnie Walker who filled a condom with hydrogen floating on the ceiling in the Chemistry lab, Chalky wondering what the amusement was about. And there was Driver's northern sarcasm and tuff Cuth and Fearnley, leaning back and forth in assembly, in his superior way. Algie bravely carrying on the French lesson oblivious that no-one was paying attention. Piggy Roberts taking the mick out of Steve Millership for his Birmingham accent. At the top was gaunt-looking Parkes, and Harry Brown who would affectionately put his arms around us (help!). The best teachers kept control and still managed to be friendly - Dicky Ball and Terry Prior, followed by Smiffy and Parsley. And whatever happened to poor Gerard - flipped his lid in the exams and never heard from him again (t**s)! Those were the days when Queen, Wizzard and Pink Ffloyd were at their best, the music scene's never been as good as it was in the 70's. Remember the school disco, then in the last days everyone pushed each other in the swimming pool and poor Laurence Wright, head boy at the time, was kidnapped by 2 lads with a car, taken out to a field near Chacewater and left with only a pair of shorts to get back! I actually started a business with Laurence some years ago, we made the first ever multimedia disk on Cornwall. Sold well for a few months but then the net came along. Cornwall's great, nowhere quite like it, I'd love to stay but no jobs. And our school, like Cornwall, was full of character, I'm glad I went there. Would like to hear from Chris Kemp, Dave 'Basin' Williams, 'Dim Tim' Coghlan, Nicholas Shields, Colin French, John McNeill, Keith Lynham, Alan Griffiths, Ollie Olson, Peter Morgan, Trever Angove, Peter Whitakker, Steve Millership, Alan Rice-Smith, Jeremy Laurence, Shaun Kelly, Coz Robbins, Adrian Jopling, Matthew Pulham, motorbike maniacs Alex Arthur and Peter Hepton, Faz Smith, Garry Grantham, Tony Philips, Steven Trott, Chris Pellow, Nigel Halford, Petina Guilietti, Angela Pengelley, Will Beckerleg, Daniel & Karenza Warbutton, the teachers (sorry about the nicknames!), and anyone else who knows me. Even Mark Haigh. Drop me a line and come and visit me down under! Cheers now, all the best from Jim. 2 Mon August 07 2006 - 21:33:59 Full name: DAVID BRADY Email: DAVEYBRIT@YAHOO.COM Where are you from?: USA Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: NetSearch How good do you think this site is: No comments The Start & Finish Years: Comments: I have a silver pencil with the inscription R.C.G.S 30th March 1914. Is is somthing to do with your organization? 3 Thu June 29 2006 - 16:21:06 Full name: PETER MOUNSEY Email: pfmlmounsey@aol.com Where are you from?: Exeter Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1967-1972 Comments: I attended RCGS from 1967-1972, when Arthur Parkes expelled me and others for alleged vandalism in the outside toilets. The look on his face when he said "Finally I've got enough to get rid of you" will live in my memory for ever!! I even had the cheek to ask him if I could still play for the school football team on the coming Saturday, to which he gave me a short, sharp response. To be fair, I was a bit of a rogue and this event was the kick up the backside I needed and I joined the navy prior to 30 years service in the Police Service, attaining the dizzy heights of Inspector (have recently retired). I once returned to the school in full naval uniform on a recruiting stint, and remember Greenslade looking on incredulously as he perhaps recalled my not so illustrious school career! Re your entry on Tex Tromans - he always used to fall asleep in exams - cue mass referring to crib sheets. He also had a butcher job done on his hair once, which was rumoured to have been done by one of his children whilst also snoozing. Mass hilarity in class. Also in my year was Rory Mcgrath of tv fame - who was much slimmer back then!! He had a mate called Plug Pugh and whilst they were usually quite reserved lads, they both came into their own even then, when doing comedy sketches. Best fun in class was a toss-up between Alfie Davey and Jack Ryder with the latter probably just shading it with his corny jokes which always led to an unbelievable din as we showed our appreciation. Remember one such occasion when another teacher Ivan Peters came into the classroom to tell us off, thinking there couldnt possibly be a teacher with us. His face when he saw Jack was a picture!! Sport was always good with Fernley, although I too remember getting the slipper for forgetting my kit once or twice! 4 Mon March 27 2006 - 07:46:58 Full name: Terry faull Email: terryfaull@aol.com Where are you from?: North Petherwin Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: LinkExchange How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1953-59 Comments: I was at RCGS but was never a star pupil as I was no good at sport, did not join the ATC and my exam results were "disappointing" ! Nevertheless , it was a good time which I rember with affection 5 Wed February 22 2006 - 19:07:24 Full name: steve wells Email: wsteve wells@aol.com Where are you from?: truro Homepage Name: all Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1967-1974 Comments: well what a load of memories seeing the old faces and hearing the names bought it all back. I am lucky enough to still live in cornwall and I often see a few of my old year. My school days consisted of taking as many trips abroad as I possibly could. {Now I know why my parents were never wealthy}and in the latter years driving off to the pandora for lunch or sneaking off to Godrevy with the surf boards. I have just noticed my brother Kevin on the notice board. 6 Fri February 10 2006 - 22:50:47 Full name: Paul Knight Email: paulshambala@yahoo.co.au Where are you from?: Originally Redruth now Auckland NZ Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Looks great! The Start & Finish Years: 1958 - 1965 Comments: Just found this site by accident when looking for something else. Thought I'd sign the guest boook to see if anyone out there remembers me. some of my contemporaries are Terry Thomas, Malcolm Harry, Eddie Jewell, Paul Roberts, Peter George, Jeff Turner, Roger Moyle, Paul Wilkinson(from Truro), Jack Hocking etc. I'm now living in Auckland, New Zealand and with my wife Annette own and run a complementary healing centre from our home. We emigrated in 2003 after selling our shop in Redruth. We love it here. I noticed Dave Trevena has posted a message on the guestbook. If you see this Dave, how are things going? 7 Sat November 26 2005 - 18:35:37 Full name: Ronald John Bartle Email: bartle.berlin@freenet.de Where are you from?: Berlin, Germany (born St. Day Nr. Redruth.) Homepage Name: - Homepage URL: - Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1960-1966 Comments: So pleased to find this site. Quite supprised to find myself in the picture of the Air Scouts in the "Rogues Gallery <3rd row from front - with 2 white stripes on the shirt.> Served as an RAF Telegraphist in Yemen, Cyprus and Bahrein. Came to Germany in 1980 to escape effects of war disabled status in the UK. Now activist in local human-rights/mental-health field. Ex founding member of the German Disabilities Council. <3rd-> Wife Magdalena, son (16yo) Rodney. Happy to hear from any RCGS old-boys who know me. Special greetings to M.J. Bassett. 8 Mon November 14 2005 - 15:10:50 Full name: Pam Email: forefathers@btconnect.com Where are you from?: Truro Homepage Name: Parish Chest Homepage URL: http://www.parishchest.com Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: Comments: A great site and a credit to Cornwall 9 Sun October 16 2005 - 15:36:11 Full name: Kevin Wells Email: kevinwells@btinternet.com Where are you from?: Tonbridge, Kent Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Looks nice The Start & Finish Years: 1969 - 1977 Comments: Did an extra year to get A levels to go into teaching I don't remeber it in black and white!! My brother Steve is still down there 10 Sun August 28 2005 - 20:55:18 Full name: Martin MacLeavy Email: mmacleavy@cwjamaica.com Where are you from?: Jamaica Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: NetSearch How good do you think this site is: Looks nice The Start & Finish Years: Comments: Would like to contact Dominic Boeck 11 Thu August 04 2005 - 19:28:23 Full name: Dave Earl Email: dave@earl25.fsnet.co.uk Where are you from?: Manchester Homepage Name: Homepage URL: http://members.lycos.co.uk/daveswrecks/ Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: No comments The Start & Finish Years: Comments: Hi, I was looking to find a W.G.Bennetts who served as a Spitfire pilot with 602 sq RAF in Orkney 1944, he may have been a keen cricketer. Any info greatly apprecited. David W.Earl 12 Mon July 11 2005 - 21:06:40 Full name: michael sawle Email: michael@msawle.wanadoo.co.uk Where are you from?: Redruth Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1956 1962 Comments: Lovely to find this site. I lost all my old year photo's from my time at RCGS and lo and behold there is the year photo' from 1961 on the Rogue's Gallery. I've lost touch with so many good friends and it's wonderful to see so many of them again. Thanks so much for putting all this together. 13 Thu June 30 2005 - 12:33:45 Full name: Les Jeffery Email: les.jeffery@virgin.net Where are you from?: Corfe Mullen, Dorset (Redruth born) Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: around 69-75 Comments: I see Kevin (Paddy) Ryan was on in 2003 r u still out there. I went to the match and saw Pele along with about everyone else from our year. I worked for Exelby's solicitors (West End) for a while before leaving Cornwall and working for Barclays International Bank. I joined the Police Service in 1980....less than 5 to go before I retire. My brother Keith went to the school and is living in Hampshire. 14 Sun April 24 2005 - 19:30:59 Full name: anthony hill Email: Where are you from?: Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: No comments The Start & Finish Years: Comments: and never forget who opened art block in 73 yeah the anti christ thatcher wake up ! 15 Sun April 24 2005 - 18:19:28 Full name: anthony hill Email: Where are you from?: Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1973 1976 Comments: I'm in Aylesbury with my mate Rod who also attended RCGS. My memories, Alfie sending me to the toilet nearly every lesson, nice man, Taffy Jones and his board rubber, blame the Japs, Steve Watters I remember you, getting 1% in latin for getting my name right, someone got 0 good boy! didnt want his bum patted I suppose. Crawling under the music room, hitting Skinner's gong the hardest. Throwing Clutterbucks briefcase out the window and making him cry, meeting many other sociopaths. Getting told off on my first day in front of the whole year, the violence of teachers, Tom Trust calling me a peasant for cutting a worm in half, never trust a hippy, mates like Ralph Wills, Joey Rail, Neil Morris bad boys like me Singleton, Brian Goldsworthy, Tony Connell p*ssed on Parkes' chair school camp St.Buryan the year after straw dogs I didnt go to school the last two years. Freezing your balls off swimming in January Camborne Grammar girls, getting my wrist broken and getting revenge on a train in 2002 yeah that long charging Mr.Grigg on a T.V. with Mark Foster the 2p drinks machine not in photo didnt wanna be, always missing metal/woodwork, Lawrence Wright making head boy from my village good bloke, copperplate writing in ink getting a chopper bike for passing my 11 plus language lab never working and not caring, Rory Mcgrath's acne real bad feeling like a twat for doing this. For learning me the english class system took me until 1996 to do politics at uni and pass it easy. Ian Smith and his harelip singing angel fingers and my friend Stan poor sod. Wheres the fire escape gone? Boys who were cool and twats who nnever would be, wishing there were girls there, getting assaulted by a teacher. John Platt,s sideburns, Fearnley Furze,s superiority, Redruth and proud, silly boys into progressive rock back your collections are alphabetical boys get some Stone Roses clash streets 70s reggae inya. Try dancin to tales from Topographic Oceans bet ya can't. Going to Argyle 77 to see Utd v St. Etienne me an Chrissy Long climbing out the Lyndhurst and in the Devonport with all the Mancs after getting pulled off the fence by a copper remember the boy on the roof dancin to cerrone magic fly. Not many of you I would ever wanna see ever cept those named Ralph Wills where are you? Finally what a load of bad haircuts what a load of w..k..s for all the boys who rebelled, me, Clive Singleton, Brian Goldsworthy (r.i.p.) Tony Connell Jervis and Warr, Steve Campbell, Joey Rail, Rory you got swot all over ya still no matter how hard ya try, Peter Small (alright Pete), Roddy Thomas, Dyke, anyway sign off now still a Redruth street urchin like my dad, who couldnt go cos his family were to poor, Jon Phaby winding up buck, in case you dont know me which most of you never did and never will the name is Billy. And finally a quote from Aneurin Bevan on the Tories (and the majority of grammar school boys) "they're all vermin'. 16 Fri March 04 2005 - 19:56:01 Full name: Jon Dobbin Email: jondobbin@btinternet.com Where are you from?: Upper Beeding, West Sussex Homepage Name: N/A Homepage URL: N/A Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1966-1973 Comments: Hi, what a surprise. A lot of very familiar faces.I can only be sure of mine as I know I was standing next to Mike Griggs. 'Arthur' Parkes also predicted that I would never do well. I got a Degree in Portsmouth, a PGCE from Southampton and worked on and ran research projects on breast cancer(in the Middlesex Hospital Medical School0 and then stroke and sub arachnoid haemhorrage!(the Insitute of Neurology, Queen Square). I then opted out for a while and ran my own sailing tuition and yacht delivery company for 4 years before children forced a shorebased existance as a science teacher in Hove and now I teach science, amongst other things, to excluded kids in Worthing. I still miss the carols at Christmas Eve in the various bars in Camborne, you just cannot get that atmosphere anwhere else. All the best, Jon. 17 Sun December 12 2004 - 18:24:50 Full name: David Stevens Email: david.stevens@blueyonder.co.uk Where are you from?: Bristol Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Looks great! The Start & Finish Years: 1962 - 68 Comments: Recognised all of the masters names and some of the other pupils. Is there anyone from the famous 1c of 1962, 2c, 3c etc stream still around? We were segregated alphabetically by surname in the first instance but we adopted the rating as a group quite quickly through poor performances in the 'classics' so to speak. 18 Thu October 21 2004 - 16:26:57 Full name: Shaun Kelly Email: smpkelly58@yahoo.co.uk Where are you from?: Illogan Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1971-77 Comments: Great Site! To Kevin (Paddy) Ryan - I remeber the Santos trip. Argyle won 3-1 and Barry Vassallo scored from near the half-way line. To all - saw the school last summer (2003) now almost totally derelict - such a shame. 19 Tue September 07 2004 - 20:28:31 Full name: Philip Richard Allen Email: phil_allen@lineone.net Where are you from?: Camborne Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1956 - 1960 Comments: What ever happened to those boys in 4x, the exploits of this, my class, I can still recall to day. Where are you... Gert, Theweles etc I am sure that if we put our tales to gether a lot of the unsolved events that took place would be solved. This will mean something to those in the Know... The telegraph pole and the tied up kid, the rat invasion etc, the list is very very long. I am sure that a number of us would be locked to day for some of the things that took place, perhaps a film is what's required. I enjoyed RCGS. Keep the news coming. Phil known as Ali, my dark skin I suppose. 20 Thu July 29 2004 - 13:13:05 Full name: Steve Watters Email: stevewatters1@tiscali.co.uk Where are you from?: Matlock, Derbyshire (Born Redruth) Homepage Name: Homepage URL: Reference: Just Surfed On It! How good do you think this site is: Well Done!!! The Start & Finish Years: 1973 - 1978 Comments: Just reading about RCGS again has brought back a flood of memories. I was but the last of a long line of fathers and sons to wear the 'Lamb & Flag'. Masters seemd like black crows in their gowns - Arthur Parkes never smiling!! - Wicky Smith and the Goons in the Language Lab - 'Hairy' Tom Trust proving that you could be a teacher AND cool at the same time - Taffy Jones was the deadliest man in the world with either a board rubber or a piece of chalk. Would love to hear from anyone who shares memories from the same years Back to RCGS Reunion Pages 
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