Category:School

Term Ending/Birthday Spending/D-Day Landing

Posted on Updated on by Steve PalmerCategories:Family, Film, Restaurant, School

Thursday – School Term EndingIt’s a Gambles-Get-Together! We travelled down to Roger, Jane and Oliver’s on Thursday for lunch and then an overnight stay and then catching-up with Denis and Bev tomorrow. After a quick bite, we watched part of the 400th Anniversary celebration on DVD of Oliver’s school – Richard Hale – that took …
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End of Term – Oliver

Posted on Updated on by Steve PalmerCategories:Family, Milestone, School, The OCA, Weather

We drove down to Roger, Jane and Oliver’s for Oliver’s end-of-term musical concert at his new school: Richard Hale. The past few days have been roasting – and today was no different with temperatures in the mid 30s. I feel like I’m getting old! ☹️ Oliver’s solo piece was entitled: ‘Nobody Knows’,  and he certainly …
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Big Nose!

Posted on Updated on by Steve PalmerCategories:School, The OCA, Theatre

After yesterday’s trip into London for possibly my final informal School event as Chairman, it was a quick turn-around, and then off to Stratford-upon-Avon and Second Thoughts’ 7.30pm production of Cyrano De Bergerac. Unusually, it played at The Bear Pit, rather than the Civic Hall – but that didn’t diminish the attendance, as it was …
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Smart Nephews

Posted on by Steve PalmerCategories:Family, School

Clearly when they were giving out the brain cells, I opted for the express queue, labelled ‘five or less’. Luckily our nephews demonstrated sound judgment, by taking advantage of a BOGOF, and doubled theirs! Seriously though, what a bright generation they’re becoming. Alfie James Palmer. Currently at City University, but lucky enough to have secured …
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The School Re-opens

Posted on by Steve PalmerCategories:School, The OCA

In my capacity as Chairman of the ex-pupils association, ‘The Old Croydonians’, I was invited with many others, to see the official re-opening of the school, now reborn as: The Crescent Primary School. It was a well supported event, with the pupils singing their school song and the head-teacher recounting how the school reinvented itself. …
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The Parcel Yard

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I took the early train down to London this morning in preparation for the twice-yearly meeting I chair for The Old Croydonians’ Association. We found a really good venue – The Parcel Yard just off the concourse at the recently refurbished Kings Cross station. As the name suggests, it’s the old parcel yard that’s now …
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Lunch with Roger H

Posted on by Steve PalmerCategories:School, The OCA

  I live such a exciting life, as I spend quite a few evenings impersonating taxi-drivers waiting outside Kettering Station. And now, life now has got much more interesting as I’ve started doing the same at PETERBOROUGH station. So, today, I could hardly contain myself when I drove to MARKET HARBOROIUGH Station!!! – is there …
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Me – as a piece of furniture!

Posted on Updated on by Steve PalmerCategories:Milestone, School

As if writing the yearly school magazine and designing/maintaining the ex-pupil website wasn’t enough, the attendees at today’s AGM have voted me in as the new chairman of The Old Croydonians’ Association – ‘ The OCA’. So that’s THREE jobs now! On the plus-side, the role is a challenging and exciting one, and gives me …
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Out with the Chair…In with the Chair

Posted on Updated on by Steve PalmerCategories:School, Technology

I left frighteningly early this morning – 3.45am – to ensure a trouble-free journey to my old school. Luckily, it was one of the most trouble-free journey I’d ever had, resulting in me getting there at just after 6am! Time for a snooze in the car!!! The reason for the journey, was a full-committee meeting …
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