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Walter Morley
Ruth Millbank
Mary
Moffat
Ted Lowther
The White Hart
Decent Pubs in Hemel
John Calvert on Pubs
Woodwork Smithy
Jim Winstone
Warners End
Being British
Who's Ron Moss?
Alumni
Teachers
Some pictures and comments
Class of 1966
Names and email addresses
The TOADS
The Old Apslyians Drinking Society
Good Drinking Places in Hemel
Link to Tony Woodhouse Apsley Site
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Walter Morley

His real name is Brés, his mother
was French, hence his eligibility to play rugby for France.
He also played regularly for Rosslyn Park. According to my
source, "he was useless as a footballer - just flattened first
years". Now I didn't know this and I am indebted to John
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Ruth Millbank
Now,
apparently, our Ruth played Test Cricket for England. I
always liked her anyway, but had I known about the cricket
well....
I did hear that she took up a job in the County
Education Authority. Something like a school inspector, but
senior stuff.
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Mary
Moffat
Is
teaching and painting in Oregon USA. She has lived in USA
for more than 25 years. Many of you will I am sure remember
Mary well because of her weird hairstyles and hair
colouring. I remember her as eccentric, extrovert and a lot
of fun. Mary and I went through a Mod phase at school.
She cut my hair one lunch-break. Chunky Razor Cut style,
just like the Small Faces! She
did it with a pair of nail
scissors. After leaving
school Mary was at one time crowned Hemel Hempstead Carnival
Queen. I remember seeing her picture in The Gazette and
having a
chuckle at the time.


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Ted Lowther
Latin Master now retired and living in Berkhamsted. (picture
courtesy of Alan Pittman) In the fifties and very early
sixties it was an entry requirement for Oxbridge for students to
have 'O' Level Latin or Greek. A and B streams therefore
were compelled to do Latin. I was lucky as after 1st year
Oxbridge changed the rules to accept a modern language as an
alternative to the classics. Latin
therefore declined and I think 'Ted' taught
some English as well.
I
understand from an alumni that he taught at
Berkhamsted Boys School after leaving Apsley. Alan Pittman
tells me that he regularly speaks to 'Ted' on the phone from
Toronto. If any one wants his phone number I suggest you
email Pittman.
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Woodwork Smithy
John Gurney recalls
Mr. Smith the Woodwork teacher used to live in digs quite close to
me in Boxmoor and he frequently gave me lifts into school. His car
at the time was an old Bond three wheeler with a Villiers
motorcycle engine driving the front wheel. To start the beast you
lifted the bonnet and it had a motorcycle kick start to get it
running, very basic but the unused bus fares used to come in handy
for extra sweeties. I only took woodwork in the first year and we
always had a double period lesson which always terminated at the
end of the school day. Mr. Smith "Smiffy" (unmarried) was at the
time deep in love with **censored** (her name escapes me)
and she would always be waiting outside the woodwork room to go in
and see him after the lessons had finished for the day. Evil
Bastards that we were we reckoned she was going in to help him
practice his mortise and tenon joints or even his tongue and
grooving and perhaps he was giving her lessons in French
Polishing. Who Knows? but I'm pretty sure they got married soon
afterwards.
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Jim Winstone
Pete Currell recalls
Jim Winstone...........Geography....a really good cricketer who
played for Hemel, also an avid Spurs fan. On one occasion he took
a group of us to White Hart Lane in his Dormobile. We saw Spurs
come back from 1-3 to beat Burnley 4-3 with Alan Gilzean scoring a
hat trick. He is the head teacher of the Grays school in Essex.

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Warners End

It's amazing what I get in my
email now a days. This is an aerial photograph of
Warners End before it was built! Just how sad
are you? Have you tried to name the roads?
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