AJO sax player Richard Gimmler
Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002
It's nearly 20 years since Nosher did a bunch of 'O' Levels and left school, and - courtesy of "Friends Reunited" - it's discovered that there's a school reunion. It's being held at the Rugby Club on the edge of Fawcett's Field in New Milton, so Nosher drives down and crashes with Hamish. It's an interesting night - most people there have not been seen since school, and although Nosher was in a bit of a funk about life in general at the time, it turns out to be a quite cathartic experience. Whilst there, there's also a quick look at the school itself, including the SCOLA building. SCOLA was an acronym for Second Consortium Of Local Authorities, a group which oversaw this and other broadly-similar school buildings constructed around the country from a kit of standard components (it followed on from the similar CLASP project of the late 1950s). The other building at the front of the school was ROSLA, which stood for "Raising of the School Leaving Age".
next album: A BSCC Presentation, Brome Swan, Suffolk - 9th November 2002
previous album: The Norwich Beer Festival, St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich - 26th October 2002
Hamish
Mark Davidson, from Nosher's Gemini form
Disco dancing
Hamish
Paul Rowsell and Alberto
Christine, unknown and a former 'hard bwoi'
Ray Mitchell and his school-girlfriend Christine
Mingling on the dance floor
Richard and Hamish
Alberto Castella and Ray
Alberto, Nosher and Ray
Christine and Mark Davidson
Today, yesterday
Nosher and Hamish bump into a fellow alumnus
Hengistbury Head and Swanage in the distance
Hamish pushes Kira along the cliff top
Bruce runs around
Barton cliffs
Hamish, Bruce and Kira
Bruce stands on a rock
Hamish gives Bruce a swing around
Hamish, with Bruce on piggy-back, points out to sea
Bruce climbs on the rocks
Nosher's spots N&C on the back roads near Burton
The old 1970s SCOLA building at Arnewood
The main entrance to Arnewood School
The ROSLA building, on the right
Nosher's car on Gore Road
The Arnewood School sign
The entrance to Brockenhurst College
Brock College's new refectory
The M3 is busy
Funky lights in roadworks on the M25
More blurry roadworks and tail-lights
M25 Roadworks
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AJO sax player Richard Gimmler
AJO sax player Richard Gimmler
Hamish
Mark Davidson, from Nosher's Gemini form
Disco dancing
Hamish
Paul Rowsell and Alberto
Christine, unknown and a former 'hard bwoi'
Ray Mitchell and his school-girlfriend Christine
Mingling on the dance floor
Richard and Hamish
Alberto Castella and Ray
Alberto, Nosher and Ray
Christine and Mark Davidson
Today, yesterday
Nosher and Hamish bump into a fellow alumnus
Hengistbury Head and Swanage in the distance
Hamish pushes Kira along the cliff top
Bruce runs around
Barton cliffs
Hamish, Bruce and Kira
Bruce stands on a rock
Hamish gives Bruce a swing around
Hamish, with Bruce on piggy-back, points out to sea
Bruce climbs on the rocks
Nosher's spots N&C on the back roads near Burton
The old 1970s SCOLA building at Arnewood
The main entrance to Arnewood School
The ROSLA building, on the right
Nosher's car on Gore Road
The Arnewood School sign
The entrance to Brockenhurst College
Brock College's new refectory
The M3 is busy
Funky lights in roadworks on the M25
More blurry roadworks and tail-lights
M25 Roadworks