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THIS IS THE FRONT PAGE OF THE "MEMORIES" SECTION
Hopefully others will add in their "five eggs worth" here with their memories of the club and its activities. See below for how to send them to me.
Just a few sentences or a whole essay. Everything is welcome.
Ahead of our time >>
Some queries and thoughts from Mary Wilkinson (née Collins) >>
Thoughts from Dave Ellis >>
Alan Hollick gives some background to the Panto scripts >>
Some thoughts from Gerry Chapple >>
Stella Charman has been in touch from Australia >>

Some topics to jog your memory.......

  • Jumble sales
  • Mrs. Webster's Dictionary
  • The Club magazine run by Richard Have you any copies?
  • Or the vicar who taught us the Ouija board!
  • What about collecting jam jars and waste paper?
  • Those series of comic photos taken at Pam's What were they for?
  • Speakers including the film-show by the man who used to take a model to exotic locations such as the Sahara to photograph her riding his scooter?
  • Church House? Clattering down the stone staircase to get into your costume
  • Swimming in the river behind Allenbrook
  • Making parade floats We need, especially, memories about making the girls' floats (Boys and girls made separate floats)
  • Putting on the Shows
  • The Stores. Can you remember the layout?
  • Outings - By coach to the Wye Valley, bike to Sandbanks, and bus to the Dorset County Orchestra
  • Dances and Beetle Drives Where were these held?
  • Making scenery and props
  • The comic football match
  • Duplicating. Did we use an old silk screen printer?
Have you any reminiscences you would like added to this WYG history?
If so, please contact me - Willy.

Scanned photos are also acceptable. Please send them to me as jpegs and each one no bigger than 30K. Thanks

Alternatively, if you prefer, you can send material to me via "snail mail". My address is..

Brian Willis, 32 Eagry Park, Bushmills, County Antrim, BT57 8AD .