tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post1346769409095741364..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SCHOOLTIME SCANDALS PART ONE: 'SNOWBALLS'...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-13359927336512190682018-02-17T15:20:30.171+00:002018-02-17T15:20:30.171+00:00The one I have includes Ian McFarlane, Robert Bair...The one I have includes Ian McFarlane, Robert Baird (who was my next door neighbour), Brian Adam, Alistair Liddell, Ross Campbell, yourself, Phillip McNee, and William Roulston. (All spellings as on the card.) That one was given to me by Peter Mason to copy. The one that Ross Campbell gave me had a pic of Peter in it, and Alan Nisbet - obviously at the expense of a couple of the photos on Peter's card. It's amazing to learn that you left EK 41 years ago - I imagined you'd still be kicking around somewhere not too far distant. As regards the schools, Billy, actually most (if not all) were still structurally sound, but they hadn't been maintained properly since the prospect of new schools was first proposed. Window frames weren't painted, etc., and Canberra looked a bit shabby (though Heathery Knowe, my first primary, was practically pristine), but it was one of the demolition team who told me that, apart from 'cosmetically', there was nothing wrong with Canberra. They were only demolished as part of the 'Lend/Lease' policy, and to free up land for housing. The view from the top of Belmont Drive (where I lived) has vanished behind a sea of roofs. Good to hear from you again. (P.S. Do you remember Miss Dale? If you haven't read the post already, type her name into my blog's search box.) Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71176230271783807332018-02-17T14:18:19.817+00:002018-02-17T14:18:19.817+00:00Love the photo, dodgy hair but I'd be glad of ...Love the photo, dodgy hair but I'd be glad of it now. I've got a copy of the photo in a little card Duncanrig album too. My sister passed it on to me a few years ago when she was clearing out my Dad's place. From memory, it's got photos of Ross Campbell, Robert Baird (must have been a neighbour of yours on Belmont), Ian 'Borry' Morris, Alan 'Nizzie' Nisbet, Alan 'Turry' Mackenzie, Phil McNee, Stevie Edmondson and maybe Pete Mason. If a find it I'll scan them and pass them on to you. I left EK in '77, and after a few months of wandering around settled in Leeds. I've spent the subsequent years in various parts of Yorkshire and I'm now living in North Yorkshire near Helmsley about 20 miles N.E. of York. I was in E.K. just before Christmas. I was up for the Mogwai gig at the Hydro and took in Hubby at the Hug & Pint the night after. I arranged to meet my sister in E.K. and had an hour to kill so took a good drive around all the old haunts. I wasn't too surprised to see just about every school in E.K. had been rebuilt, including Canberra and Duncanrig, they were falling down in our day. I'll check out your other E.K. blogs, be good to see old pics of the town as it's virtually unrecognisable from how it was when we were kids. Cheers Gordon, Billy<br /> Billy McCluskeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-16236879793251126732018-02-10T18:48:48.917+00:002018-02-10T18:48:48.917+00:00Photo now added.Photo now added.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-12129114466292532642018-02-10T18:38:11.237+00:002018-02-10T18:38:11.237+00:00Yeah, that's Ross Campbell, and the name of th...Yeah, that's Ross Campbell, and the name of the other guy you allude to is Alex Lowe. I remember either you or another pupil telling me at the time that you drew the picture because of your (distant) relative - though the 'distant' part is new to me. I have a little booklet with old school photos from first year in Duncanrig, yours included (we weren't in the same class, Ross Campbell gave me it to copy years ago), so I might add your pic to this post. Where did you move to 40 years ago, and when was the last time you were in EK? Incidentally, there are a few old photos of how the town used to be in the '60s and '70s on the blog (including the town centre fountain), so feel free to refresh your memory if you so wish. Cheers, Billy - all the best. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-51387267459744646272018-02-10T18:13:44.827+00:002018-02-10T18:13:44.827+00:00Great to hear from you too Gordon. Love the photo ...Great to hear from you too Gordon. Love the photo but don't remember too many people. I think Ross Campbell might be second on left, back row and maybe Alex Law, or is it Alan Mackenzie second from left, second to back row. I'm afraid the brains are mush, and I don't remember drawing the boxers, I'm not even a boxing fan. I was probably inspired by my older cousin Arthur MaCinally who was a bit of a part-time artist and folk musician around Hamilton. I remember he did a great painting of the boxer Walter MacGowan and also did the life size (so fairly short) painting of Jinky Johnson that hung in the Double JJ bar in Hamilton. Your right, I was distantly related to a boxer, John McCluskey but, I never met him. By coincidence though, a few months back a Scouse mate of mine was talking about Scottish boxers and remembered John McCluskey. We dug up an old photo of him on the internet and there was no denying he had the McCluskey bottom 'pet' lip, even my wife could see it.<br />Anyway, thank's for getting back to me and sending me 'down the rabbit hole' reading all your old blogs of EK. Cheers, BillyBilly McCluskeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-14363160386009453042018-02-10T16:59:27.959+00:002018-02-10T16:59:27.959+00:00Great to hear from you, Billy. Do you remember dra...Great to hear from you, Billy. Do you remember drawing your own picture of the boxers fighting though, or has that slipped into limbo as well? If you jump over to the 'Belmont On Boxing Day' post, there's a photo of the class outside the huts in 1967, and I'm standing in the near middle between Ian Robbie and David Drummond. (I've got a blue jumper on.) Maybe you'll remember me from that. Canberra has now been demolished, but I took loads of photos both inside and out - let me know if you'd like copies. And I'm holding you to that offer of the Lee's snowball - I have to get that thru'pence back somehow. Thanks for commenting.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-38533944716458882882018-02-10T16:57:08.623+00:002018-02-10T16:57:08.623+00:00I'm amazed to find my name has cropped up twic...I'm amazed to find my name has cropped up twice on your blog over the years. You've got some memory! I have absolutely no recollection of any of the two incidents; your Thor pic and the case of the squashed snowball! Belated apologies for being a 'wee clipe' and for the subsequent miscarriage of justice against you in the snowball incident. I'd completely forgotten bout Lee's snowballs, takes me back, remember buying them from the 'icey' in an ice cream cup with raspberry sauce.<br /><br />I wish I could say I recognise you from the profile pic but, 40 years away from the EK and no contact with old mates to prompt memories of Canberra days, have left only a few memories of times probably best forgotten.<br /><br />Sorry to read your blogs closed down, I wish I'd discovered it years ago, it's a great read and I love your work.<br /><br />If our path's ever cross, I'll buy you a Lee's snowball (if they still make them)!<br /><br />All the best, Billy McCluskey Billy McCluskeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-65566621805430624162012-12-23T08:27:40.386+00:002012-12-23T08:27:40.386+00:00And what was your punishment, o mental one?And what was your punishment, o mental one?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-23458023432335587602012-12-22T10:58:36.068+00:002012-12-22T10:58:36.068+00:00Ah, the injustices of primary school justice... I ...Ah, the injustices of primary school justice... I remember one lunchtime I was sitting on the playground (like you do), daydreaming or something when one of the dinnerladies called me over. Apparently I'd bit someone.<br /><br />I hadn't, obviously, and I knew that, but when she put me in front of the teacher after lunch to be told off, somehow I couldn't find my way to denying it. I made up stories about how this guy's arm had ended up in my mouth (such as walking forward biting the air and so on), and eventually confessed to something I didn't do.<br /><br />Dinnerladies/teachers could be VERY persuasive, it seems.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.com