Post by Les on Aug 18, 2017 18:32:44 GMT
talag 9 otherwise known as St Francis
From Peter Capon
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I am sure that to the general public this looks like a prisoner of war camp, and yes in many ways it seemed like it at the time. A little love and care perhaps a frilly curtain at the window, but, no the budget wouldn't stretch to that.
I think this was later on the groundsmans store room .
I was the Groundsman for Vinters and the girls invicta grammers school's
Les
goo.gl/photos/jwRWvXH4m4ZB233n6
Now this is a better shot of the dining room come asssembly hall come gym come make shift chapel. Ahh yes we knew how to live in those days. Still it did exude that feeling of homeliness. Not sure that I spelt that correctly.
goo.gl/photos/2JWjJnbKKHuQjiL38
Now this is a proper toilet block. None of those namby pamby heated loos.
Still sets my teeth on edge though thinking about that cold wash after P.E.
goo.gl/photos/C7Gt9FFLg4QmEWPU7
Did we need proper heating. Did we want proper heating. Did we get proper heating. Now this was our sole source of heating, one in each of the classrooms and two in the dining hall.
If you hear anyone moaning about tin helmets and bunkers and going over the top just direct them to what the rest of us were suffering at the same time.
No I can honestly say that we were not amused but we didn't know any better.
The above pictures were sent in by J. Yarwood. I am told that he has never fully recovered from frost bite and the nightmares of the caretaker shaking coke into the stoves with sparks flying everywhere still haunts him especially on cold windy days.
From Peter Capon
goo.gl/photos/NkT4MmzYdrdckGs38
I am sure that to the general public this looks like a prisoner of war camp, and yes in many ways it seemed like it at the time. A little love and care perhaps a frilly curtain at the window, but, no the budget wouldn't stretch to that.
I think this was later on the groundsmans store room .
I was the Groundsman for Vinters and the girls invicta grammers school's
Les
goo.gl/photos/jwRWvXH4m4ZB233n6
Now this is a better shot of the dining room come asssembly hall come gym come make shift chapel. Ahh yes we knew how to live in those days. Still it did exude that feeling of homeliness. Not sure that I spelt that correctly.
goo.gl/photos/2JWjJnbKKHuQjiL38
Now this is a proper toilet block. None of those namby pamby heated loos.
Still sets my teeth on edge though thinking about that cold wash after P.E.
goo.gl/photos/C7Gt9FFLg4QmEWPU7
Did we need proper heating. Did we want proper heating. Did we get proper heating. Now this was our sole source of heating, one in each of the classrooms and two in the dining hall.
If you hear anyone moaning about tin helmets and bunkers and going over the top just direct them to what the rest of us were suffering at the same time.
No I can honestly say that we were not amused but we didn't know any better.
The above pictures were sent in by J. Yarwood. I am told that he has never fully recovered from frost bite and the nightmares of the caretaker shaking coke into the stoves with sparks flying everywhere still haunts him especially on cold windy days.