{"id":324,"date":"2010-05-04T21:22:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T21:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/?page_id=324"},"modified":"2013-05-30T19:18:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T19:18:54","slug":"pastimes-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/contributors\/pastimes-2","title":{"rendered":"Pastimes 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Richard Mongar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Richard Mongar<\/em>: Others have mentioned the Biology Field Trip to Yorkshire \u2013 what happy days! I don\u2019t remember Denby Allen<\/em>\u2019s dormobile breaking down but I do remember discovering the pubs. In fact during my two years at FSSW I discovered quite a few pubs if my memory serves me well. I was in the fortunate position of owning a motor-bike \u2013 the school provided me with a nice little lock-up store for it (within the bike shed) and let me keep the key to the store. I would wheel it down the car park after dark and ride it round to a road at the end of the Avenue where it would sit happily until I wanted it. Many trips were made to the Fell<\/em>\u2019s house in Newport, sometimes with a passenger on the back \u2013 or directly to The Coach and Horses.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s odd how one\u2019s attitude to things like alcohol can change as one gets older. After my father had given a talk to the school one evening my parents and I went back to JCW<\/em>\u2019s for a meal at which, I remember, only water was provided to drink (this was actually the practice of my parents until a few years previous to this occasion). I hurled abuse at John Woods<\/em> for this afterwards back in the dorm. And yet now, I only provide water for my guests with their food and refuse to let them bring wine with them to drink. I wonder if it would have made a difference if I had realised at the time that the reason some Quakers don\u2019t drink alcohol is not because they are being self-righteous denying themselves something nice, but actually quite the opposite \u2013 wanting something that is much better\u00a0 than that experienced by people who drink. It saddens me that so much is lost by the young finding things out the hard way through experience \u2013 and many ,of course, failing to find the way at all.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so much to recollect that may not interest others, so I\u2019ll jot down a few phrases in the hope they may stir memories for others:
\nPippa<\/em> and Bron<\/em>\u2019s jazz group;
\nGeoff<\/em>\u2019s party at his aunt\u2019s house with peacocks on the lawn (see party);
\nmusic appreciation evenings at Mr Gillet<\/em>\u2019s;
\nconcerts, possibly at the teacher training centre across the road;
\npunting in Cambridge;
\ncross-country running;
\nOmar Pound\u2019s talk;
\nfilm evenings;
\nAndy Greaves<\/em> and Nicola Wheate<\/em>\u2019s talk on the Cyrenians;
\nthe excitement of getting the new Biology lab. Project room.<\/p>\n

\"Shadwell<\/a>Coppicing at Ashdon (Shadwell Wood) with Cyril Mummery<\/em>
\nPhoto by Richard Mongar<\/em><\/p>\n

\"School<\/a>The school cat on Richard’s bed
\nPhoto by Richard Mongar<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Lily<\/a>Lily Pond – enough said!
\nPhoto by Richard Mongar<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Joint\"<\/a>Say no more!
\nPhoto by Richard Mongar<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Robin,<\/a>Robin Wright, Anna ?
\nwith Young Farmers’ Club cow
\nPhoto by Richard Mongar<\/em><\/p>\n

End-of-term entertainment <\/em><\/h2>\n

Shan Lancaster<\/em> [Poynder]: Can’t remember their real names but there was what we called the headmaster and headmistress in about 1966 when I was sent there. We had a concert where one of the little kids sang “Thank you very much for Nurg and Flo-oh, thank you very much, thank you very, very, very much.” Remember that cheesy Scaffold pop song?
\n(Friends Reunited October 2001)<\/p>\n

Parties at Peter Clifford’s House<\/h2>\n

These photographs suggest we were playing at being Bonnie and Clyde.<\/p>\n

\"Fiona,<\/a>
Fiona, Gus, Nick. Nick. Kate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fiona,<\/a>
Fiona, Gus, Kate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Further ideas for comment… <\/em><\/h2>\n

Angus Willson<\/em>:
\nThe Scouts, The Guides
\nMore on the Senior Literary Society
\nRambling Club
\nAmnesty International
\nSponsored walks for Shelter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Mongar: Others have mentioned the Biology Field Trip to Yorkshire \u2013 what happy days! I don\u2019t remember Denby Allen\u2019s dormobile breaking down but I do remember discovering the pubs. In fact during my two years at FSSW I discovered quite a few pubs if my memory serves me well. I was in the fortunate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PUDre-5e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324\/revisions\/332"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pannage.com\/fssw73\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}