Whilst looking in a drawer full of old documents (I was looking for my
bachelor degree certificate), I came across the photograph shown above. This
wasn't just a normal photograph, it was taken professionally, sized just
under A4 and mounted on cardboard. It's also kept very well, but I suppose
that's not surprising, considering how it has been stored for the past fifty
years (the photograph dates from sometime in May or June 1973, so indeed
fifty years).
There are some faces that I remember very well: my good friend Robert is
sitted second on the right; to his right (our left) are two of the
three young gentlemen who were two years older than me but very kind to
me in the following years
(link), Nick and Simon G. They were both in the same class as I in the sixth
form. I have no idea whatsoever as to the identity of the apparently
identical twins sitted as both ends of the first row; I don't remember any
twins at all.
In the second row, far right, is my friend Jon, with whom I played hockey
for many years, enjoyed listening to Steeleye Span and went camping to the
first
Lacock folk festival. Jon and Robert were in the same class as I for three years, but once we
reached the sixth form, they turned to the 'Arts' side whereas I was in the
'Science' side, so we met much less frequently in our later years at school.
Jon and Simon G. were in the same house as I.
Next to him is a boy called Simon W. who I remember joined our class in the
third year; I don't remember him as a cricketer, but then I barely remember
anything else about him. In the back row, starting from our left is someone
I don't recognise at all, then someone I recognise but can't remember his
name, and then someone whose name is Tim (but that's all I remember about
him).
Yours truly is in the middle at the back, with the long hair. I remember I
had to stand there as I did not have the appropriate trousers (white) with
me that day. Looking at this picture now, I am surprised how much taller Jon
was than I; I know that I was short but not that short. Simon G. in
the front row was much taller as was the unknown gentleman on the far
left.
I remember that in September 1971, just after we started in the sixth form,
Simon G. and I went to the record shop near the school in our lunch break
(sixth formers were allowed out of school grounds during breaks); he bought
Paul Simon's "There goes rhymin' Simon" and I bought Sandy Denny's "North
star grassman and the ravens". Obviously we had different tastes in
music.....
This day in history:
| Title | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 485 | Mostar (Dubrovnik log 2) | Holiday, Dubrovnik | |
| 598 | Edinburgh log (2): Round and about | Holiday, Edinburgh, Bagpipes | |
| 599 | Edinburgh log (3): Aberdeen | Holiday, Edinburgh, Bagpipes | |
| 720 | The mist covered mountain (Sorrento log 5) | Holiday, Sorrento, Italy | |
| 866 | More guitar | MIDI, Reason | |
| 956 | Today's reading matter (2) | DBA | |
| 1398 | 15 June 2021 | ERP, Covid-19 |
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