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West v East
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:24 pm
by blondie95
Dilemma.......
I was Ba B for my deps however due to lack of girls on the west side we went up to Grecians West! I understand that after us BaB deps started going up the east side as they should!
I am a westie as heart despite BAB being on the east side of avenue, as the spirt of my grecians and the community feel was stronger than on my deps in BaB
So what i want to know is do you agree with my diversion to West is best?
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:27 pm
by Mrs C.
Are you trying to start a virtual fight Amy??!!
You shouldn`t even need to ask - there`s no contest!!
Re: West v East
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:33 pm
by DavebytheSea
blondie95 wrote:Dilemma.......
I was Ba B for my deps however due to lack of girls on the west side we went up to Grecians West! I understand that after us BaB deps started going up the east side as they should!
I am a westie as heart despite BAB being on the east side of avenue, as the spirt of my grecians and the community feel was stronger than on my deps in BaB
So what i want to know is do you agree with my diversion to West is best?
Conversion? ...... or do I have to divert to the divert thread?
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:37 pm
by blondie95
Conversion then!
I know Mrs C i am totallly at one with my decision of West!
I am just curious because what side you are historically along the avenues and now with the grecian houses is strong and debatable
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:04 pm
by Mrs C.
As of September, of course, it`ll be all East go East, and all West go West - and the rivalry will continue....!!
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:30 pm
by Great Plum
East is of course best...
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:32 pm
by DavebytheSea
Great Plum wrote:East is of course best...
That end of the avenue was, of course, always notorious for its lack of rhyming skills.
Best rhymes, as we all know, with the other end .....
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:37 pm
by Mid A 15
Many of us went through junior then senior houses so experienced both ends of The Avenue as a matter of course!
Difficult to choose in those circumstances!
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:52 pm
by J.R.
From Prep B direct to Coleridge B, so West by a close cloister arch.
Nothing so mundane as junior and senior houses in my day !
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:52 pm
by Great Plum
I spent all of my time in Maine so it's easy!
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:21 pm
by blondie95
Mrs C what do you mean from September, the BaB deps after me went to east i understood it that it is a clean split or have they changed it again?
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:00 pm
by Jeeves
I was west side all the way (got stuck in the same house from start to finish). But never took a gang-like, territorial, turf-war-esque viewpoint of one side being better than the other. 'west is best'... that's just sad, 'east is beast' well that's just amusing. Bit like the whole A-side vs B-side boarding house thing.
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:05 pm
by jhopgood
J.R. wrote:From Prep B direct to Coleridge B, so West by a close cloister arch.
Nothing so mundane as junior and senior houses in my day !
You left just in time.
My last year (65 - 66) in Barnes B was unusual in that it was virtually a junior house, with only the monitors and a few others as seniors. It meant that for all sports events we had to join up with Maine to be able to field a team.
We got through to the finals of one of the rugby cups and actually one the Relays cup, although with a bit of gamesmanship.
The last relay was a medley, 1½, 3 ½ laps, 1 lap and 2 laps. We only had to finish to get the point and win the cup.
When the race started we discovered that the person to run the one lap was still in Maine. So the 3 ½ laps slowed down to a trot, and we were lapped before the missing runner got there in time to run the 2 laps.
JMC was not pleased but could find no reason to disqualify us.
Back on thread, I rarely ventured down to the West end, apart from going to the indoor firing range, as we had everything we needed up our end. I've probably never been into one of the houses there either.
Our rivalries tended to be with Barnes or Maine A, rather than anyone else.
Until seeing this thread, I had never thought there might be an East West split.
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:38 pm
by JamesF35
Mid A 15 wrote:Many of us went through junior then senior houses so experienced both ends of The Avenue as a matter of course!
Difficult to choose in those circumstances!
Except for those who didn't quite make it to the senior end of the avenue and only moved as far as Lamb !
Yes, it was much more of a junior / senior divide in our time. I guess most of us would consider our "senior house" as being where our loyalty lies. In which case the west would definitely win.
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:52 pm
by Vonny
Great Plum wrote:East is of course best...
Of course!