A WATERLOO man has been remembering his old school days.
It is 45 years since David Seiglow left school but it is a time that has stayed in his memory.
David, 60, who now lives in Ferndale Road, grew up in Waterloo and remembers calling for his friends in the morning and waiting at the railway crossing at St John's Road when the occasional steam train would pass up to Southport.
Some of his friends would also visit the shop to buy a cigarette, which was referred to as a "two-penny loosy" in those days, before going to school.
They would then make their way along the back entries of St John's Road to Crosby Secondary Modern School.
David said: "How different it was then, we had teachers like Harry Roberts, Joan Illingworth and Mr Ross who were totally in control.
"Their whole purpose was to teach us self-respect to work as a team and to respect others.
"As I recall there wasn't a great deal of bullying."
Recently he sat down and tried to remember his old classmates and came up with about 30 names.
He said: "I felt as though they were part of my family.
"Over the years I still see a few of these classmates yet a lot of them seem to have vanished off the face of the earth.
"It is said that the school years are the best years of your life, in a way they were to me."
The photograph submitted is David in his school days, pictured with Pauline Hodgson, who he still sees occasionally and Avonia Thompson who he has not seen for more than 45 years.
He has also submitted a poem entitled The Land of Play, highlighting nicknames that people had for places across Waterloo, Crosby and Blundellsands.
Does anyone else have any memories or pictures of their school days?
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barbara dingwall wrote...
Our old teachers at Crosby Sec Mod? ... how about the Mighty Midget (Little Miss Puffball) of Geography and Civics - Miss Turner, and Mr Harry?) Lloyd, Art teacher, and Gotch ("Pocket Billiards") (Mr Fairhurst), and Sid Riddick, the Head. And Mr White (physics) & Ronald Woan (king of Gilbert & Sullivan in "the Music Hut"; excellent choirmaster of Liverpool Protestant cathedral). Mr Cavanah's viciousness will never be forgotton for his lethal wooden baton used readily inflicting terrible pain, on girls too. Remember Bobby's sweetshop? We used to buy 2 pennorth of broken sweet cigarettes, and 8 aniseed balls or 8 mojo's for 1 old penny. I don't recognise your name but I was 60 this July ('08) so I guess we were in the same year. My name then was Barbara Pennell, sister of Philip Pennell 2 yrs older than I. I left 'The Pool' in 1963, aged 14. Lived all over the world since then; the last 6 yrs in China.
I'd LOVE to see again any photo of Vermont House (a magical spooky Elizabethan hall where I went to ballet each Saturday) or (opposite it) TINY Pinfold Cottage (artist-potter's home/workshop); they stood with the Old Cross (Saxon!) in tiny Crosby Green. Horrendous that all were pulled down I hear, in the 60s or 70s.
Best wishes, Barbara
Posted by: barbara dingwall | August 2, 2008 8:47 AM