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T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 8 Martin Brown reminisced with Tony Moffat regarding an event when they were at Holloway College for their "A" level biology. Tony insisted that Martin should stand up and repeat it to the whole group, much to our amusement. Martin did promise me, on our way home, 3s 6d not to print the story in this article. However, Martin, I'm not sure you'll now be able to persuade us all to get up next year and tell a story of Stationers' days. How could we follow that! Before people started to leave we broke into song again with a good rendition of the composite verse. As I left at around 6pm (I think) there were 4 hardy souls left at that time. Roger Engledow Those present: Martin Brown, Roger Engledow, Doug Fussell, Bob Harris, Tony Hemmings, Mike Hiron, Ray Humphries, Graham Ling, Tony McKeer, Roger Melling, Tony Moffat, Richard Phillippo, Geraint Pritchard, Brian Simpson, Ian Smith, Roy Stevenson, Bob Townsend, Mike Weatherly, Peter Weeks, Andy Wick. REuNioN oF 40 YEARS – 1973 iNTAKE' On Saturday 21st September 2013, a small group of the 1973 starters at Stationers' met in Mayfield Road opposite the former St. Luke's Church, forty years on from the month of September, 1973. A walk into Stationers' Park brought one to the Fourth Terrace, no longer looking like a sloping area of tarmacadam with numerous football pitches up and down the slope, but today an area of trees, grass and footpaths. It was possible, along a narrow path to reach towards the site of the Lower School Building, taken over from Hornsey High in 1971 when Hornsey High School (now the Hornsey School for Girls), moved lock, stock and barrel to a brand new building in Inderwick Road. At that time Stationers' took over Girls' Building in Weston Park as the Lower School from that year, for years one and two as Stationers' had increased to 1000 pupils. This building also had more modern Science Laboratories than the Upper Building, as pupils who attended Stationers' pre 1970 will know the Upper Building as the Stationers Company's School. Chemistry was taught on the Lower School site and Physics remained in the original laboratories in Mayfield Road. Art was also taught in tthis building as well as Technical Drawing. There was little vestige of the original Girls' School on our visit, as facing Weston Park is a block of flats, known as Abyssinia Court, named after the former public house in Inderwick Road where one or two small roads in Hornsey Vale once existed. These flats cover the gardens that once were sited in front of the Girls' School. A new Primary School is also on this site today facing Denton Road. Only the Gym from the Lower school survives to this day. Retracing our steps southwards, again passing behind the edifice that once was St.. Luke's, we made our way back into the Park and went up the hill as far as the houses that stand on the former site of the Upper Building. The exit from the Stationers' Park was made by a gate into Denton Road below the position of the Huts for third year forms. The high wall used for playing fives, going up Denton Road was still standing as before, having stood the test of time without being demolished as a reminder of the eastern boundary of Stationers' Company's School. The walk was made up the steep part of Denton Road observing the position of the Gate immediately below Room 22 in the tower of the 1939 extension added on to the original 1892-1894 building. Here was the entrance for those pupils who came on the 8.05 from Potters Bar and walked from the station along the Hog's Back, a walkway banned in later times. It was also the exit for those on late departure at the end of the school day because they had been detained in Room 15 with 'Gus' Thomas, for an extra forty minutes for some misdemeanour; often more minor than major as sometimes detentions were doled out like confetti! perhaps to keep JHT company. Continuing our stroll up to Ridge Road, we turned right and on the flatter pavement reached in a short time the top of Mayfield Road. The Amann Family lived in Number One. I believe father and son had attended Stationers' and Charlie Street and his wife lived in Number Three. Besides being the caretaker for the School, there was a time that Charlie was the Staff Goalkeeper. Houses stand on the site of the School Entrance and the whole of the site of the original 1894 School. However, the brick wall hiding the Rifle Range is also still standing, which brought us back to the starting point in Mayfield Road. The difference today from yesteryear, is that vehicles are parked nose to tail on both sides of Mayfield Road from Weston Park to Ridge Road, with one lane in the middle and very little opportunity for two cars to pass each other anywhere than at each end of the road. It was an interesting pilgrimage but even for those who left in 1980, it was thirty three years ago, and for me there was little nostalgia as I had seen the destruction of the fabric and the brick and concrete being actually demolished in the 1980s. It had just left me cold on that winter's day seeing Room 16 open to the sky as the building was torn apart by the swinging battering ram. (Robert Baynes Book on the School). Today, was a reminder of what had taken place there for hundreds of Stationers' pupils over the period from 1894 to 1983 and most of them have much to thank their alma mater for the education they received within 14
T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 8 those hallowed walls. Old Boys we're proud to be Stationers'. The small party of the 1973 Reunion returned to the home of Tony Eade for excellent refreshment and much reminiscing of their schooldays. Present were Mark Willison; Tony Eade; John Lane; Michael Ttofi; and Michael Howell, School Captain in 1979-1980 and President of the Old Stationers' Association, and Geraint Pritchard. One person who certainly would have been present on such an occasion, but for his untimely death as he was a inestimable friend of this group, was Prakash Satyanarayana. Ed. REuNioN LuNCH 1963 iNTAKE We held our Anniversary Lunch on Friday, 4th October 2013 at Harpenden Golf Club. It was an excellent occasion. Twenty four Old Boys assembled in the bar in high spirits. Frank Clapp proved to be an excellent host. For not very much money we dined on leek and potato soup, beef wellington and sticky toffee pudding accompanied by seemingly unlimited wine. We were treated royally as we were transported back fifty years to our schooldays. Terry Miles recalled every one of 'Beaky' Davis' terrible jokes and puns. An impression of 'Gus' Thomas (“Get your Pollies out!”) momentarily sent a chill of fear down the spine of many diners. We questioned one another closely for intelligence on our colleagues not easily traced. We thanked Frank for his excellent victuals and hospitality then sang the School Song. After lunch we enjoyed the sunshine on the terrace outside the dining room where group photographs were taken. We determined to meet much more often in future, starting with the 2014 Old Boys AGM and Dinner. Stephen Bensley 1963/1964 Meredith House Reunion of '73 – From left to right: Mark Willison; Tony Eade; John Lane; Michael Ttofi; Mike Howell. Stationers' School Class of '63 Back row: Nigel Adams (Zonena); Frank Clapp, Bob "Ned" Segall; Terry Miles (hidden); Chris Bell; Peter Winter; Martin Lawrence; Maf Cavill; Keith Hacker; Peter Thompson. Middle row: Derek Montague; Graham Vickers; Tony Little; Jack Grayson; Tom Waples; Pete Cavill. Front row: Nigel Dant; Alan Burgess; Roger Lill; Dave Clark; Steve Bensley; Clive Jackson; Geoff Edis; Peter Gotham. 15
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