Life in the 60’s SE18

Solidgone

eaststandmike said:

Solidgone said:

Went to Eglinton from 63, then Bloomfield and lived on Barnfield Estate. 

Michael Hastings was in my class at Bloomfield. 

I am guessing you must have know Steve Young, Terry Dewar, Nicky Shaw and Paul Calvert then?

Yes

Raith_C_Chattonell

msomerton said:

SomervilleAddick said:

msomerton said:

Did any on this forum other than me go to Timbercroft primary.  If do you remember the evening cricket matches played on Plumstead Common in the summers. I think back to 66 /67.
I think they were 15 over games played against other schools. Normally just went along to watch but got called into one game for some reason. 
Remember it because got hit the meat and two veg and even at 10 years old it bloody well hurt. No soft ball cricket then.

I went to Timbercroft - 67-70 I think - but I don’t remember any organized sports. 

I went from 64 to 68. I also remember walking down to swingste Lane playing fields where we played football during our sports class. Because in those days such things were segregated
Boys and girls having separate sports.
In my previous primary we still lined up separately to enter the school through boys and girls entrance.
That was Bannockburn  primary and nursary school, I attend from nursary to early years primary.

Drove past that school one day with a Scottish mate who was visiting - he got very excited. 

In fact, I think had there been any goal posts up in the playground he'd have got out the car and dismantled them.  Apparently the Scots defeated the English against all the odds at Bannockburn in 1314 - probably the last time they beat us in any battle - which is probably why they can all recite it chapter and verse.

He kept saying (through tears of joy and laughter), "Why?"  "Why would the English have a school called Bannockburn in London? 

... I never did find out 

eaststandmike

Solidgone said:

eaststandmike said:

Solidgone said:

Went to Eglinton from 63, then Bloomfield and lived on Barnfield Estate. 

Michael Hastings was in my class at Bloomfield. 

I am guessing you must have know Steve Young, Terry Dewar, Nicky Shaw and Paul Calvert then?

Yes

I am guessing we know each other then as I used to hang around with all of them in and out of school. Nicky Shaw was my best man and Steve Young and I are still in touch, he lives in Cornwall now 

Acab

Does anybody remember Woolwich Boxing Club. We trained in St. Mary’s School. I was there around 67/68. I think the trainers names were George? and a guy we called Tots. Three brothers named Cripps were there at the time I believe they were the sons of the school caretaker. 

Charltonstu

Anyone go to charlton secondary school on the lower charlton Road.. there were two schools about 1 mile apart . I was there early 60s 

Gloria

Chris Delieu was my brother. I remember his friends called Micky Curtin and someone called Geoff/Jeff. Often wondered what happened to Chris’s friends.

usetobunkin

Gloria said:

Chris Delieu was my brother. I remember his friends called Micky Curtin and someone called Geoff/Jeff. Often wondered what happened to Chris’s friends.

I knew Chris quite well, went to both Primary and Secondary schools with him. We used to go to Woolwich Common and use the goals to kick about into. Also he was a mad Man Utd supporter. 

Was absolutely tragic what happened to him. 

I had played Five a side with him just a few weeks before. I am not Micky Curtin or Jeff. 

But do remember those names.

eaststandmike

Gloria said:

Chris Delieu was my brother. I remember his friends called Micky Curtin and someone called Geoff/Jeff. Often wondered what happened to Chris’s friends.

I knew Chris well, I used to live at the top of Calderwood Street 

Yorkshireaddick

msomerton said:

Did any on this forum other than me go to Timbercroft primary.  If do you remember the evening cricket matches played on Plumstead Common in the summers. I think back to 66 /67.
I think they were 15 over games played against other schools. Normally just went along to watch but got called into one game for some reason. 
Remember it because got hit the meat and two veg and even at 10 years old it bloody well hurt. No soft ball cricket then.

I went to Timbercroft 1965-69. I don’t remember evening cricket matches but I do remember watching the school football team at The Valley in some sort of cup competition. 

Plaaayer

msomerton said:

Did any on this forum other than me go to Timbercroft primary.  If do you remember the evening cricket matches played on Plumstead Common in the summers. I think back to 66 /67.
I think they were 15 over games played against other schools. Normally just went along to watch but got called into one game for some reason. 
Remember it because got hit the meat and two veg and even at 10 years old it bloody well hurt. No soft ball cricket then.

I went to timbercroft, but early 90s so missed eachother by a few years 😉

bobmunro

eaststandmike said:

Gloria said:

Chris Delieu was my brother. I remember his friends called Micky Curtin and someone called Geoff/Jeff. Often wondered what happened to Chris’s friends.

I knew Chris well, I used to live at the top of Calderwood Street 

I also knew Chris well - same class for the first two years at the Poly. I used to have school dinners at the church hall top of Calderwood Street and then pop in to Chris' house on the way back down to play snooker (his dad had a half size table).

So tragic what happened to him.

eaststandmike

bobmunro said:

eaststandmike said:

Gloria said:

Chris Delieu was my brother. I remember his friends called Micky Curtin and someone called Geoff/Jeff. Often wondered what happened to Chris’s friends.

I knew Chris well, I used to live at the top of Calderwood Street 

I also knew Chris well - same class for the first two years at the Poly. I used to have school dinners at the church hall top of Calderwood Street and then pop in to Chris' house on the way back down to play snooker (his dad had a half size table).

So tragic what happened to him.

Small world Bob, I was born in the house opposite the church, number 61 Calderwood Street. I knew Chris in my early years up to the age of about 10 as we lived in the same street.

We then moved to Kingsman Street and I lost touch with him. I know me and you are the same age so we may have crossed paths. I went to Mulgrave Primary School and Bloomfield Secondary School 

clive

Yorkshireaddick said:

msomerton said:

Did any on this forum other than me go to Timbercroft primary.  If do you remember the evening cricket matches played on Plumstead Common in the summers. I think back to 66 /67.
I think they were 15 over games played against other schools. Normally just went along to watch but got called into one game for some reason. 
Remember it because got hit the meat and two veg and even at 10 years old it bloody well hurt. No soft ball cricket then.

I went to Timbercroft 1965-69. I don’t remember evening cricket matches but I do remember watching the school football team at The Valley in some sort of cup competition. 

I was at Timbercroft at a similar time & can remember the school finals at The Valley, my first ever visit, Timbercroft beat Eglinton 4-1 if my memory serves me right, Alan Hart scoring for Timbercroft, he later went on to play for Charlton & Millwall.

msomerton

Yorkshireaddick said:

msomerton said:

Did any on this forum other than me go to Timbercroft primary.  If do you remember the evening cricket matches played on Plumstead Common in the summers. I think back to 66 /67.
I think they were 15 over games played against other schools. Normally just went along to watch but got called into one game for some reason. 
Remember it because got hit the meat and two veg and even at 10 years old it bloody well hurt. No soft ball cricket then.

I went to Timbercroft 1965-69. I don’t remember evening cricket matches but I do remember watching the school football team at The Valley in some sort of cup competition. 

I went to Timbercroft 1964 to 1968, I do remember the cricket played on Plumstead common in the evening.
I went to watch the games, also once got to play even though not good at playing cricket. I remember it because I got hit in the crown jewels by the ball straight off the bat.
We also used to walk down to football pitches near Swingate Lane I seem to remember.

bobmunro

eaststandmike said:

bobmunro said:

eaststandmike said:

Gloria said:

Chris Delieu was my brother. I remember his friends called Micky Curtin and someone called Geoff/Jeff. Often wondered what happened to Chris’s friends.

I knew Chris well, I used to live at the top of Calderwood Street 

I also knew Chris well - same class for the first two years at the Poly. I used to have school dinners at the church hall top of Calderwood Street and then pop in to Chris' house on the way back down to play snooker (his dad had a half size table).

So tragic what happened to him.

Small world Bob, I was born in the house opposite the church, number 61 Calderwood Street. I knew Chris in my early years up to the age of about 10 as we lived in the same street.

We then moved to Kingsman Street and I lost touch with him. I know me and you are the same age so we may have crossed paths. I went to Mulgrave Primary School and Bloomfield Secondary School 

I went to Eglinton (for a year) and Earl Rise primary schools, and Woolwich Poly secondary. It's entirely possible our paths did cross, or at the very least we have acquaintances in common.