(At Kent School from 1970 to 1975, academic years: 2ND to Lwr6TH)
Mark, I remember the day I started at Kent. I was terrified as I had just come from a very small ( by comprison Girls Grammer School) We were allowed ot "finish off" our old school uniforms - so there was me standing out like a sore thumb in Royal Blue! I'm just lucky my mother didn't make me wear the hat that went with it! You were sat on a dek "twnging" the guitar I did eventually get one and now twang away - I never did get to play like Suzi Quatro tho!My menory isn't that great on the names of some of our classmates - but I remember Theresa Baltrop, Linda Hewett (long hair and round orange framed glasses) and a girl called Elaine who's mother was German. There was a girl called Kim in our class too - always dressed in the hight of whatever the fashion of the day was. I was never allowed to so in common with most of the girls in our class used to roll up my skirt at the waist (and make sure I pulled it down before going home!)LOL
06-Feb-2008 20:41:04
Mark Ivor Tucker
b.hilton@ntlworld.com < at > b.hilton@ntlworld.com
(At Kent School from 1969 to 1970, academic years: 1ST to 2ND)
Jane Yes, I remember old "Tookey", a very liberal guy.We had been studying Anglo-Saxon history,and the "Witan",or council, so he suggested that we form our own.Things soon descended into a complete shambles!Wouldn't go so far as "playing" the guitar, more dischordant twanging.
06-Feb-2008 18:52:32
Kevin Knowles
kevink < at > airevents,fsnet.co.uk Rochester, Kent (where else) UK
(At Kent School from 1969 to 1974, academic years: 2ND to Lwr6TH)
ok...this is probably going to be a slightly silly question but I'm slightly silly most times anyway so I'll just go ahead and ask... I have some photos from my time at kent and deal house (including Nick Manley streaking through the corridors at Deal - from behind natch) so how do I get them on to the site? I have Graham Sharp, Steve Wilson, Bob Brett and others.... so want them or not? wb and say how
06-Feb-2008 17:48:38
Jane Braithwaite (Nee Connelly)
janemargaretuk < at > @hotmail.com Gloucester,
(At Kent School from 1970 to 1975, academic years: 2ND to Lwr6TH)
Mark - I was in 2M1 - our tutor was John Tooke who used ot get out his sax during tutor group. I don't suppose you remember me as I joined the group the year you left. I was a very shy redhead who came in about two weeks after term started in September 1970. I was friends with Diane Nuttal and Karen Schemeld. Were you the chap who played the guitar? I'm still in touch with Karen - who is now teaching at Windsor school in JHQ!
04-Feb-2008 21:13:39
Mark Tucker
b.hilton@ntlworld.com < at > b.hilton@ntlworld.com
(At Kent School from 1969 to 1970, academic years: 1ST to 2ND)
Kent 2M1, lived at Wassenberg, dad Army Air Corps at Wildenrath.Memory dim, but some names: Rob Stuart (& his sister),Julian Hingley, Michael Coulson, Brian "Goulash", Peter Evans.
04-Feb-2008 19:33:20
Louise Wilkie (Nee Allan)
stakka < at > tesco.net Moray Scotland
(At Kent School from 1980 to 1983, academic years: 2ND to 5TH)
Most will remember me for reasons I would rather forget – thankfully I’m all grown up now & just keep the “attitude” for special occasions! I lived at Wildenrath & hung around with Angie Sustins – Most of our time was spent avoiding lessons in a toilet cubical (classy chicks!) or hiding out down one of the tunnels! Oh the stories I could tell! I still speak to her every now & again & Angie Power contacted me a few years back – still get the odd smutty txt from her! Both are doing fine! I was in 3 PJM – & mind on folk like – Julia Jones, Ceri Whitley, Sean Cochran, both Angie’s obviously, Debbie Rogers & Gary Rowlinson to name but a few. Sad to see the school looking the way it does – but the memories are still strong! I’d be interested to know what’s become of some of the staff – Mrs Unsworth, Mrs Whitley, and Mr Martin etc! Mr Martin confiscated nearly a full packet of Regal from me & he had his own ration card!!! – ahhh well – guess I deserved it – I was smoking in his tutor group cupboard at the time! Happy Days!
30-Jan-2008 14:52:12
Colin The Shirt
webmaster < at > kent-school.co.uk London, UK
(At Kent School from 1973 to 1976, academic years: 3RD to Lwr6TH)
Hi Carolyn Aldridge! Yes you will find those on the LINKS page to external groups - along with many others. We know that this website is not the only one for ex-Kenties.
But we do hope you come back to this one!
07-Jan-2008 10:00:41
Carolyn (ossie) Aldridge (Nee Noakes)
carolyn1901 < at > aol.com Wellingborough, Northants England
(At Kent School from 1969 to 1975, academic years: 1ST to Lwr6TH)
Have come across two sites on facebook dedicated to the old alma mater ... worth a look :-)
"I survived Chatham House JHQ" http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6198124229
Kent School Hostert http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4205935111
06-Jan-2008 17:46:33
James O'Neill
joneill1 < at > optusnet.com.au Gisborne, Victoria Australia
(At Kent School from 1982 to 1985, academic years: 1ST to 3RD)
I can't beleive I just found this site. It's fantastic!
Duncan White, you've stirred up some memories! I was a boarder at Deal, my father was at SHAPE and we lived in Liege, Belgium. Jason McKeown, Jason Thorpe, Alex Baggely. There's some blasts from the past! I was in Simon Bullstrode's Dorm for a while till we all got split up for being rowdy. Karen Lord got an honourable mention somewhere in the guest book too!
Sadly, most of the other names I remember are first names only - a Phil, a Geoff who was obsessed by punk music, a "Titch". I remember chasing prowlers across rooftops, stories of ghostly downed WWII airmen, an aborted Ouija Board experiment which - when we asked "Who's there?" we received the letters "HITL...".
The School memories are the ski trip, the Long Dark Corridor, the QARANC insignia painted on the ceiling of the school, the whole Gothic appearance of the place, travelling to school on the Blow Me Up Bus. Tonnes of memories. Shame to see the old place so dilapidated.
Give me a hoy if any of this jogs anyones memory's. If not, I'll continue to believe that it was all a bizarre dream!
James O'Neill
03-Jan-2008 00:19:49
Dave Long
rainham < at > hotmail.com Benson, OXON UK
(At Kent School from 1982 to 1984, academic years: 3RD to 5TH)
Hi I went lived in Hubbelrath- Dusseldorf. Remember travelling on the bus to school with Sam & Nick Jones, Markus Deare, Nick Adamczjyc(?), Cherl and Nichola Dixon, Jackie Harris, and Alison and Janet Bonner. I would love to hear from anyone that remembers me. Wish all you guys the very best for 2008.
02-Jan-2008 21:11:42
Simon Daniels
Mandyundsimon < at > web.de Herdecke, Germany
(At Kent School from 1983 to 1983, academic years: 4TH to 4TH)
Hi All. Yes Kristin Michelle Lester I remember u. Good to hear from u...
20-Dec-2007 06:57:48
Thea White (Nee Taylor)
thea.white < at > fluke.com Norwich, England
(At Kent School from 1982 to 1983, academic years: 1ST to 2ND)
Oh yes, i forgot, trying to contact Janine Hunter and Theresa Grifiths.
Theresa and I were in the same dorm together at Medway, Oh and Mrs Lafferty she had a dog called Dumps. Can always remember when we all trundled off to the cooking block one evening after school. We all made a Paella and scoffed the lot in our Dorm........How sick did we all feel?
18-Dec-2007 21:37:07
Thea White (Nee Taylor)
thea,white < at > fluke.com Norwich, England
(At Kent School from 1983 to 1984, academic years: 1ST to 2ND)
Hello..........My brother Andrew Taylor told me about this site!! So strange to see piccies of the skool, looks so spooky now, mind you it kinda spooky then, who can remember the dark corridor?!!?
18-Dec-2007 21:28:52
chris Thomas (Nee quarington)
christinethomas6 < at > hotmail.com
Australia
(At Kent School from 1968 to 1974, academic years: 1ST to Lwr6TH)
trying to contact elain quartermaine
17-Dec-2007 20:46:03
Caroline Armitage (Nee Ellicock)
carmitage < at > primusonline.com.au Wollongong, New South Wales Australia
(At Kent School from 1972 to 1972, academic years: 1ST to 1ST)
Found the website by google searching my name and came across the entry by Hazel. Oh my god!! What a small world we live in. If any one else remembers me or is able to contact Hazel Sharrat, nee Baxter and let her know I remember. Tried to send her an email but for some reason it wont work.
16-Dec-2007 03:34:23
Andrew Polson
hatross66 < at > hotmail.com Kariong, Gosford Australia
(At Kent School from 1978 to 1981, academic years: 1ST to 2ND)
Jenny Wicks in Gosford, Greets from Kariong? Aint it the best place to live :)
15-Dec-2007 01:18:46
Christopher Whitechurch
chris.whitechurch < at > gmail.com Doncaster, South Yorks. UK
(At Kent School from 1983 to 1985, academic years: Lwr6TH to Upp6TH)
There were four kids in our family and we all attended Kent school at some point in our lives, I had the dubious misfortune of attending Kent on two different occasions.
I was a day-bug at Kent for about a year in 1979-1980 and then again for the sixth form (lower and upper) 1983-1985.
My sister Sharon was at Kent from 1983 to 1986. My brother Richard was there from about 1978 to 1980 and my eldest brother Nick was there in the early 70's (about 1970 to 1973 I think).
We first lived at Geilenkirchen and then twice at Bruggen. The first tour at Bruggen we lived in Elmpt right next to the really sharp tight bend off the main road leading out of the village. The second tour we lived on camp, just up from the NAAFI.
I am glad that I could show people photos of Kent School via this web site because most didn't believe me when I spoke about it. Most civvies don't have the intense school experiences of us forces brats.
I remember sitting at the back of a class in the main block during some lesson in 1980 and chewing wads of paper then flicking the splatts onto the tall, tall ceilings with my ruler. When I went back to Kent in 1983 they were still there!!
I wish I could remember some of the names of the people that I hung around with during the sixth form (how rude of me). I do remember playing keyboards in our 'group' with Jim? on guitar and a girl did the vocals. We were forced by Mr. Payne, head of sixth, to play in an assembly. He introduced us as 'Kentski Beat' which wasn't the name of the group at all.
I do remember going on a geography field trip to the Harz mountains, the cellers of 'doom', putting chairs out onto the sixth form block roof in summer to sit on, sneaky fags where ever I could, the bendy bus trips to school and bottles of wine sneaked in for a cheeky drink ....
It all seems a lifetime away.
If anyone remembers me please get in contact.
14-Dec-2007 13:34:34
sharon whitechurch
toomanysharons < at > hotmail.co.uk shrewsbury, shropshire uk
(At Kent School from 1983 to 1986, academic years: 4TH to Lwr6TH)
My brother (Chris) has just called me after coming across this site and seeing my name mentioned. We both went to Kent at slightly different times. I have whizzed through the guest book and recognise a few names. Was good mates with Leona Cousins, Elaine Harvey, Alistair Smith and Andy Leech. If anyone remembers me, mail me, would love to catch up. It really was the "good ole days" when I was there.
13-Dec-2007 22:12:10
Di Stone (Nee Smith)
dialex < at > stone43.freeserve.co.uk Banbury, Oxfordshire
(At Kent School from 1974 to 1977, academic years: 3RD to Lwr6TH)
Chatham inturn but lived at SHAPE whenever possible. Wished I'd have paid more attention in class but was only interested in playing sport back then. Knees and joints suffering now so just go on extended yomps whilst out birdwatching at the weekends now.
Went to both the Minehead and Skegness reunions along with the Swindon do last year (I think it was - platinum moment). Have pencilled in Wales '09 -yippee
Say hi if you'd like too :)
13-Dec-2007 20:45:42
michaela ward (Nee ward)
michaela.botham@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk < at > lincoln,
(At Kent School from 1978 to 1981, academic years: 1ST to 5TH)
Would love to hear from anyone particualily Mr Laklinson. In trouble many times.
12-Dec-2007 22:34:33
Dave Cosway
davecos88 < at > hotmail.com Osnabruck, Niedersachsen Germany
(At Kent School from 1976 to 1979, academic years: 1ST to 1ST)
any body else know of paddys (Patrick Breden) whereabouts
11-Dec-2007 23:25:53
Liz Bunston (Nee Race)
lizziebunston < at > aol.com
(At Kent School from 1977 to 1980, academic years: 3RD to 5TH)
Hi Dave
You've got the wrong person I'm afraid and I don't have any younger siblings. You may know me from Bruggen Youth Club if that is where you went otherwise I'm at a loss. Anyways always nice to meet a fellow Kentie - see you at the next reunions perhaps! Cheers
02-Dec-2007 21:18:01
Dave Cosway (Nee -------------------)
davecos88 < at > hotmail.com Osnabruck, Niedersachsen Germany
(At Kent School from 1976 to 1979, academic years: 3RD to 5TH)
Hi Liz, sorry Im sure I knew you from Bracht.My Mumms name is Joan And my Dad Ron, he used to work in the QMs.the RSMs at the time were Chippy Chandler and a guy called Chilsolm Ive two brothers, Andy and LLoyd. Andy went to kings and Lloyd also to kent. The bus escort was a Mrs Ingham. Used 2 go to the the youth club on camp on a wed and friday.Went on a skiing trip with the youth club and remember visiting Schloss Neushcwanstein (the chitty chitty bang bang castle) also had a joint birtday gig in the youth club with either Allison Lowe or Allison Whitelegge. Cant quite remember. A guy called Allen ran the youth club.Saturdays there was a bus on for the flicks in JHQ. We never used to go to the pics but bimble around the NAAFI.My Dad had enough of my Bracht antics so he sent me to boarding school in wales ("Llanfairpg" ish for short)A naval trg colledge for my last school year. Then after that joined the Royal Engineers and Started my first tour in Osnabruck Germany and been here eversince.Did you have like shortish redish hair and lots of freckles and a younger sister?
02-Dec-2007 07:10:30
margaret crawford (Nee maynard)
margaret.maynard08 < at > yahoo.co.uk worthing, west sussex england
(At Kent School from 1971 to 1974, academic years: 1ST to 3RD)
hi its margaret crawford , was known as maggie in kent school in the early 70s and also in the boarding school,sister of the twins kathy and lorraine crawford.
28-Nov-2007 11:05:08
Jane Braithwaite (Nee Connelly)
janemargaretuk < at > hotmail.com gloucester, uk
(At Kent School from 1970 to 1975, academic years: 2ND to Lwr6TH)
I knew Rosemary Taite and her brother Mike. They lived in the house behind mine in Agrisstasse Bracht where we hung out together. I think we left in around 1973 to move to Moncengladbach. As Rose was a year or two younger than me we didn't really see a lot of each other at School. I remember her best mate at that time was Kim Pickering
Jane Braithwaite (Nee Connelly)
Mark Ivor Tucker
Kevin Knowles
Louise Wilkie (Nee Allan)
Christopher Whitechurch
Dave Cosway (Nee -------------------)