Summer Times is the Journal of the Old Scarborians Association

Imperial College, BSc.
1972‐73 Petroleum Geology, Royal School of
Mines, MSc. DIC.
1960 ‐76 Geophysicist to Exploration Man‐
ager [BKD] in various oil companies
2000 Retired after 24 years as a Consult‐
ant Geophysicist/Petroleum Geologist.
John Nockels BA (1955-63)
Email: jndl08062@blueyonder.co.uk
On leaving the School in 1963 I paid the
princely sum of 12/6d, which I believe was a
life membership fee!!
Since then I have followed events in Scarbor‐
ough from a distance. I was surprised, when
looking at the list of committee members, to
see how many names I recognised and stimu‐
lated by this and the mentions of Jack Ellis
decided to check whether I was still a mem‐
ber.
Trevor Pepper (1959-63)
E‐mail: trevor@dl78yx.freeserve.co.uk
I attended the OSA dinner
at the Palm Court Hotel,
Scarborough in November
2003 as a guest of my
brother Ken and enjoyed
the evening very much. It
is time I joined!
Harold Simpson Rawling BSc
(Eng) CEng MIEE (1933-38)
Email: harold.rawling@virgin.net.
I would be interested to hear from any other
member who was a pre‐war pupil at the
school.
Albert Stanley Robson
(1935-40)
E‐mail address: Tonybevvers@aol.com
I am not web connected. The e‐mail address
is that of my son, Tony Robson who will
forward e‐mails
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FROM HERE AND THERE
Frank Bamforth writes from
Scarborough (1935-42)
You have built Summer Times into a stately
and supreme edifice. I do hope you do not
change the name it has used for 30 years.
When I chose it I always thought of my days
at the High School as summer days. The
grasshoppers were singing on the banks of
the top playground and at four o clock the
merry shouts of homebound boys filled the
air!
Iʹve thought up one or two ideas as contribu‐
tions so Iʹll try to supply in time for your
February deadline. Very best wishes to all!
Bill Potts has done a marvellous job on the
website. The first time I saw it I was im‐
pressed by the wealth of material displayed
and the superb quality of the photographs. I
was especially pleased to see the beautiful
picture of the school when it was brand new
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. I canʹt help you
with the date of installation but have a vague
recollection of there still being a fireplace in
EL Clarkeʹs 1 Upper classroom in 1935.
The hefty old radiators in the hall were ideal
for defrosting the milk on cold winter days,
when we did a bit of shivering while we
drank it. I wish there had been central heat‐
ing on Olivers Mount playing fields where
Bradley had us standing about outside the
hut having made us take our vests off. Mean‐
while he kept his long thick brown overcoat
securely and snugly around him. And a scarf
as well!
I enclose a small contribution to the next
Summer Times. I am busy trying to catch up
with the wealth of material in the last eight
issues as during my wife’s long last illness
and death two years ago I didn’t have the
heart to peruse them.
With best wishes to you and to all. When I
get around to it, and before it is too late I will
pass on to the Association various records