it's been a long day today, whiling way the hours until we depart at 11pm tonight in order to catch our plane to Nimes.
I've had my bath, ive cooked the main meal, i've defrosted the fridge, i've checked the bags in case i've forgotten anything and then inevitably I ended up browsing on the computer.
I wasn't searching for anything in particular but somehow I landed up on a site which an ex-pupil of my old Grammar school has created.
It was fascinating and I have spent a good couple of hours down memory lane as there are plenty of photos from the early 1960's (of which I have none) on the site.
I recalled the chemistry room and how I used to giggle at the back, the gym, the grounds, the school plays...I read articles from the old school magazine and relived many events that I had long forgotten...I found a picture of the long jump pitch which I had jumped the length of many many times :)..I saw a photo of the hockey team I was briefly a member of (before they threw me out) and recognised two of my best friends from back then who I haven't seen since, which is nearly 45 years ago...and strangest of all amidst the random selection of form 'class' photos I discovered one which included ME taken in 1962!! :oops:

I am the one with the 'sort of' Helen Shapiro haircut second row to the back and fifth from the left :))
My-school-photo

Yes, if you're trying to kill time waiting for an alloted hour then I wholeheartedly recommend a trip down memory Lane :yes:
I didn't really excel at school after the second year and was 'rather' disruptive according to my old school report :roll: (which I have also delved into just now)>:XX
but this unexpected encounter with the past has left me with fond memories of the old place :yes:

Only four hours to go now before we lock the doors to the house for five days... what should I do now :??: