Barnsbury Boys
  • Home
  • Editorial
  • New Articles and Images
  • School
    • Barnsburian Magazine
    • Bunking Off
    • Corporal Punishment
    • School Anecdotes
    • School Band (1958-?)
    • School Holidays >
      • School Journey to Champéry, 1955/1956
      • School Journey to Paris, 1959
      • School Journey to Austria, 1960
      • School Journey to Champéry, 1961
      • School Trip to Boulogne, 1961
      • School Journey to Germany, 1962
      • School Journey to the Isle of Wight
      • School Journey to Lloret de Mar, 1963
    • School Memories - Chris Zindilis
    • School Memories - Russell Profitt
    • School Photos
    • School Sports
    • School Uniforms Post War
    • School to Work - Tony Alger >
      • School to Work - Tony Alger [Part 2]
    • School to Work - James Sanderson
    • School to Work - John Tythe
    • Schoolboy Jobs
    • Schoolboys – Where are they now?
  • Teachers
    • Peter Stechman on Rozzer Richards
    • Barry Page on Harry Godsall
    • Mr. Witriol's Journal
    • Mr. Witriol vs. Johnny Williams
    • Tony Lawrence on the Teachers of 1951/1952
  • Personal Memories
    • Growing up between the Wars
    • World War Two Tales
    • Family Tales
    • Chris Zindilis - Childhood Memories of Cyprus >
      • Chris Zindilis - Childhood Memories of Cyprus Pt 2
      • Chris Zindilis - Journey to Mistras
    • Anecdotes
    • The Games We Played
    • Tony Bernie
    • Peter Coldicott
    • Alan French >
      • Music - the early days
      • Music - Into the Studio
      • Music - On The Road: Billy Fury
      • Music - On The Road: Bruce Channel
      • Music - Our First Album
      • Music - Cruising
      • Music - Trident Recording Studios
      • Music - Back into Trident Sound
      • Music - The day we turned down Son of my Father
      • Music - Running Out Of Time
      • Music - Our Last Album
      • Music - End Of The Road
    • John Golding
    • Terry Hayford
    • Raymond Hunter
    • Dave Hollowell-Geddes
    • Micky Isaacs
    • Richard Jones
    • Tam Joseph
    • Brian Karavis
    • Paul Kenealy >
      • Music - the early days
      • Music - Movin' On
      • Susan - the mid-teen years
    • David Naylor
    • Peter Nelson
    • Barry Page - Memoirs Online
    • Music - Bill Pitt-Jones >
      • Baby, I go for you - The Blue Rondos
    • Tom Pratt
    • Ken Pratley
    • Russell Profitt - Chuck Berry
    • John Prysky
    • Micky Simmonds
    • Bill Tanner
    • Paul Tully
    • Bruce Weir
    • Ray Wilkerson
    • Bike Lovers Everywhere
    • GS 150 - A Love Affair - Ray Silk
    • Hobbies
    • Manze's & Chapel Market
    • Retirement
    • You a Cab Driver?
  • Natter
    • Club Tempo, Highbury Corner.
    • Department Stores, Cinemas and other Buildings
    • Early Tastes and Adventures in Music
    • General Natter
    • Giles, the Cartoonist
    • Guy Fawkes Night
    • H. J. Nichols
    • Swimming Lessons
    • The Scariest Film You Have Ever Seen.
    • The Two Puddings Pub, Stratford.
    • Underage Drinking and the Art Circle
    • Uniforms & Caps
  • Local History
    • The Winter of '63
  • Reunions
    • Reunion December 2014
  • Obituaries
  • Archives
    • Happy Christmas 2014
    • Letters and Comments
    • 2013 Editorial
    • Christmas with the Family
  • Miscellaneous Images
  • Mod Dress in the Sixties
  • Template with Header to Copy

BARNSBURY BOY - Richard jones

Richard Jones
I was at Barnsbury from 1951 to 1955.

I remember all those teachers mentioned. Harry Hinchcliffe was from Yorkshire and looked very much like the professor in The Day the Earth Stood Still (Sam Jaffe). He actually wrote plays and one was even broadcast on BBC TV.

Martin the art master was interned by the Japanese in World War II and he had very dark blue 11 o’clock shadows. Another master I remember was Killer Clinch, as well as the woodwork master (I think was Butcher) who used to throw wooden mallets at you. He had an assistant called Lewis.

I think Freeman was the one with the glass eye. There was Zemla the French teacher who actually appeared one night on the TV programme Tonight, speaking on behalf of the teachers’ Union. My elder brother said God, he would not like to have been taught by him. I also remember Mr. Holtz, who had a bald head and a little Hitler moustache.

I remember Left Earhole. He was a Greek Cypriot (our first in the School) with heavy eyebrows. If I remember correctly he was given that name by Madley. His real name was Eleftheriou.

We used to play heading tennis at the back of the Nissen Huts backing on to Georges Road.

The School always smelt of stale cooking smells. The LCC school dinners (I think they cost a shilling) specialized in grey mashed potatoes with black specks in it. The custard also had black specks in it and the meat-pie had a doggie smell.

We used to go to the school playing fields in Colney Hatch Lane (Friern Barnet) some times, on the 43 bus,  and you could see the mental asylum from the playing fields. 

Having the name Williams must be a prerequisite to qualify as a real School Bully. The resident school bully at Westbourne Road Junior Boys School (four streets away from Barnsbury) was a certain Mickey Williams. There was Lenny Chew at Barnsbury as well.

I used to live in Lesly Street, which has now been demolished, and was about four streets away. I used to be in the cubs (4th North London) up the Cally.

I suppose our most famous (sic) ex-pupil was Peter Shreeves, who went on to manage the Spurs.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.