Location, location, location.......
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- Jude
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- Real Name: Jude Comber nee Kelynack 5.38 1975-1980
- Location: Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Location, location, location.......
hi all,
Just wondered if there were any Old Girls (& Old Boys I guess!) who live near or around Gloucestershire? I was in 5's (Hertford) from 1975 - 1980, and would like to catch up on other's lives since leaving..
I have a 21yr son Chris, who went to Horsham for a couple of years - was in Lamb b, but got so badly bullied - (yep guys you have left a fortune of ways to incite pain it seems.. ) I pulled him out - he then went to Millfield and then locally at Wycliffe (don't say anything about the headmaster!) and a daughter nearly 18 who is hoping to get into med school starting next Sept/Oct..
I have some medical probs so am home and no longer working... although it seems I have more to do than ever before! But it would be good even to just chat by email....
Just wondered if there were any Old Girls (& Old Boys I guess!) who live near or around Gloucestershire? I was in 5's (Hertford) from 1975 - 1980, and would like to catch up on other's lives since leaving..
I have a 21yr son Chris, who went to Horsham for a couple of years - was in Lamb b, but got so badly bullied - (yep guys you have left a fortune of ways to incite pain it seems.. ) I pulled him out - he then went to Millfield and then locally at Wycliffe (don't say anything about the headmaster!) and a daughter nearly 18 who is hoping to get into med school starting next Sept/Oct..
I have some medical probs so am home and no longer working... although it seems I have more to do than ever before! But it would be good even to just chat by email....
Jude Comber (nee Kelynack) 5's 5.38 1975-1980 Herts.
To Learn - read, to Know - write, to MASTER - Teach
To Learn - read, to Know - write, to MASTER - Teach
- Great Plum
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- Jude
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- Real Name: Jude Comber nee Kelynack 5.38 1975-1980
- Location: Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Bullying
Comber - my son is Chris Comber - by the time I got there on sat 14th Feb 1997 (I think) he was suicidal, sadly the house parents seemed totally oblivious to it all, even when the headmistress gave absolute proof! I know we girls were bitchy, but not to the extent of "milking" or carpet burns, "dead legging" and all the other things.. I mean my teddy bear was thrown out in the rain on my first night of school - 1975, and the springs were taken out of my bed when I came back late after my grandmother died in 1977, but that was nothing to what happened to Chris. I know of other boys who were taken out as well - it's a pity as CH does have the ability to be SO GREAT - but these things just pull it down, and sour my view certainly... Sad really, as I got a lot out of CH - music, sport, art, etc.Great Plum wrote:What's your surname if you don't mind me asking - I may have known your son... (Lamb B is unfortunately one of the worst for bullyig (or it was in the 90's)
Jude Comber (nee Kelynack) 5's 5.38 1975-1980 Herts.
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- Lesleyab
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Re: Location, location, location.......
Hi Jude,Jude wrote:hi all,
Just wondered if there were any Old Girls (& Old Boys I guess!) who live near or around Gloucestershire?
Am not actually living in Gloucestershire, but I lived in Randwick (tiny village near Stroud) for a year when I was younger and spent a week in a cottage in Stow in Sept. Had a great time driving around the country with a friend from a course I am on - it bought back fond memories. Hope that your health problems are not too dibilitating.
take care,
Lesley
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- GE (Great Erasmus)
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Hullo Jude,
I saw your posting by chance. Although I live in Devon I know that there is an active OB regional group in your area which meets for lunch fairly regularly. The convenor is Peter Wornell. I can send you his address by PM if you are interested.
I should add that Peter and I were both in Lamb B, but in the late 1940s/early 1950s and I cannot recall any significant bullying - but that was a long time ago.
I saw your posting by chance. Although I live in Devon I know that there is an active OB regional group in your area which meets for lunch fairly regularly. The convenor is Peter Wornell. I can send you his address by PM if you are interested.
I should add that Peter and I were both in Lamb B, but in the late 1940s/early 1950s and I cannot recall any significant bullying - but that was a long time ago.
- Jude
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Re: Location, location, location.......
Well Lesley,Lesleyab wrote:Hi Jude,Jude wrote:hi all,
Just wondered if there were any Old Girls (& Old Boys I guess!) who live near or around Gloucestershire?
Am not actually living in Gloucestershire, but I lived in Randwick (tiny village near Stroud) for a year when I was younger and spent a week in a cottage in Stow in Sept. Had a great time driving around the country with a friend from a course I am on - it bought back fond memories. Hope that your health problems are not too dibilitating.
take care,
Lesley
If you are ever in the Cotswolds again - give me a call and come for a cuppa - I'm just off the M5 (2 miles), 15 miles from Cirencester - so any OB who may need a bed for the night or is local or passing throgh - give me at least 24 hours notice ! but there is a spare room! Cats rule the house so you must like them too!!!
Jude Comber (nee Kelynack) 5's 5.38 1975-1980 Herts.
To Learn - read, to Know - write, to MASTER - Teach
To Learn - read, to Know - write, to MASTER - Teach