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

AJO sax player Richard Gimmler, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

AJO sax player Richard Gimmler

Hamish, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Hamish

Mark Davidson, from Nosher's Gemini form, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Mark Davidson, from Nosher's Gemini form

Disco dancing, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Disco dancing

Hamish , Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Hamish

Paul Rowsell and Alberto, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Paul Rowsell and Alberto

Christine, unknown and a former 'hard bwoi', Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Christine, unknown and a former 'hard bwoi'

Ray Mitchell and his school-girlfriend Christine, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Ray Mitchell and his school-girlfriend Christine

Mingling on the dance floor, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Mingling on the dance floor

Richard and Hamish, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Richard and Hamish

Alberto Castella and Ray, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Alberto Castella and Ray

Alberto, Nosher and Ray, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Alberto, Nosher and Ray

Christine and Mark Davidson, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Christine and Mark Davidson

Today, yesterday, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Today, yesterday

Nosher and Hamish bump into a fellow alumnus, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Nosher and Hamish bump into a fellow alumnus

Hengistbury Head and Swanage in the distance, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Hengistbury Head and Swanage in the distance

Hamish pushes Kira along the cliff top, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Hamish pushes Kira along the cliff top

Bruce runs around, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Bruce runs around

Barton cliffs, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Barton cliffs

Hamish, Bruce and Kira, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Hamish, Bruce and Kira

Bruce stands on a rock, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Bruce stands on a rock

Hamish gives Bruce a swing around, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Hamish gives Bruce a swing around

Hamish, with Bruce on piggy-back, points out to sea, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Hamish, with Bruce on piggy-back, points out to sea

Bruce climbs on the rocks, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Bruce climbs on the rocks

Nosher's spots N&C on the back roads near Burton, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Nosher's spots N&C on the back roads near Burton

The old 1970s SCOLA building at Arnewood, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

The old 1970s SCOLA building at Arnewood

The main entrance to Arnewood School, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

The main entrance to Arnewood School

The ROSLA building, on the right, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

The ROSLA building, on the right

Nosher's car on Gore Road, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Nosher's car on Gore Road

The Arnewood School sign, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

The Arnewood School sign

The entrance to Brockenhurst College, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

The entrance to Brockenhurst College

Brock College's new refectory, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Brock College's new refectory

The M3 is busy, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

The M3 is busy

Funky lights in roadworks on the M25, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

Funky lights in roadworks on the M25

More blurry roadworks and tail-lights, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

More blurry roadworks and tail-lights

M25 Roadworks, Arnewood School Class of '83 Reunion, Fawcett's Field, New Milton - 2nd November 2002

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