Summer Times is the Journal of the Old Scarborians Association

They exchanged details ant agreed to travel
from their homes in Bournemouth and
Worcestershire to Scarborough to reminisce
about the “good old days”.
The men, who saw each other last when they
were 15, admitted they were real tearaways as
pupils.
“We were terrors,” said Mr Lancaster. “We
were always playing up the teachers.”
Mr Beaumont added, “I used to sneak out of
class by climbing through the window and
then come back in through the door to con‐
fuse the teachers.”
So did they recognise each other after so
many years?
“I saw a chap sitting no a bench waiting and I
went up to him and asked him if he was
Roger.
“I explained I was waiting for a friend I had‐
n’t seen for 50 years. He was a bit offended
and said he wasn’t even 50!
“But then I saw Roger walking along and I
recognised him straight away. I just knew it
was him. 50 years hadn’t changed him.”
The pair, who worked at Jaconellis ice cream
parlour at weekends and in the holidays dur‐
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ing their school days, had agreed to meet for
dinner, along with Ted’s wife Pat, but they got
on so well they ended up spending the day
together.
They revisited their old school, which is now
part of Yorkshire coast College, and were
delighted to be offered a guided tour.
“It took us right back to our school days,” said
Ted. “It was wonderful to see the place being
used, even though it was all quite different.”
Ted’s wife Pat said, “It has been lovely, it was
so interesting to see where Ted and Roger
used to go to school and I’ve really felt a part
of it which is really nice.”
Mr Lancaster, who works as a private tutor,
and his wife regularly visit family in Scarbor‐
ough, and Mr Beaumont, who is a quantity
surveyor, has returned to the town a few
times.
But neither has returned to their old school
before.
“It has been really emotional.” Said Mr Lan‐
caster. “A fantastic day, it has been really
good. “We have been talking about going to
Bournemouth to visit Roger and meet his wife
Janet. We will definitely keep in touch from
now on.”