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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
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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