The ultimate end 225
A kind and noble friend sent me this old photo of the south facing 'cylindrical shaped storage unit' I was wittering on about in the 'games to play at Kenton Bar School circa 1976' post...(Please read it for the details)
Well that is me done oh my brothers and only friends in this cruel and wicked world...
'yes yes yes...there it was... youth must go, ah yes...'
And westward on that final voyage I must now go...
the baton has passed to a younger generation....
so off I itty never to be heard from again ...
farewell...
As for you my beloved Kenton Bar Estate...
'Ive never seen a wonder like you'...
verily...truly...so be it...
Amen...
Mensforth
I lost a penknife in that corner there - did you see it? Small white pearl handle with a curved blade.
ReplyDeleteI see it is a rendered wall, not sea shells.
ReplyDeletesum won shud get up a petishun to get old Mensforth to come back like...there's noot gannin on on the blog noo man!
ReplyDeleteYeah I saw the fucker the other day, Mensforth I mean. He actually lives at Grey's Monument. You can tell it is him by the pile of export cans surrounding his emaciated husk of a plot. Next time you see him - give him 10 pence for a fucking cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteI found out today that wot they keep in these cylinders is PE equiptment...also they are known as 'castles'...
ReplyDeleteI remember in that there corner the boys used to squash the girls..bit like a pile on!Girls used to play "skippies" in the playground and two baller to mention a few. The ditch was a favourite of mine.Does anyone remember "Nitty Nora the dickie explorer" as we fondly called her? She came into school with her metal comb and anti dickie solution. We had to line up and one by one she would dip her comb in said solution and comb through ones hair...quite aggressivly as I remember.I also remember the dentist caravan where you were called from your class for inspection.
ReplyDeleteMe again....sorry but I have sooooooooooo many memories of KB.What about the Kenton bar jazz band.....AHHH.....we were sooooooo crap...I think we won ONE medal....in our short history in a corrupt way...say no more!I thought we were called "kenton bar supremes", but looking on gooogle it said kenton bar ROYALS.The band was run by a lady at the bottom end of the estate..cant remember her name.Anyone out there remember us.
ReplyDeleteWe were called Kenton Bar Royals and weren't that bad won a fair few competitions and it was ran by Val Schollar for 10years
DeleteYes - the jazz band was run by Mrs June Topping I seem to recall - Topps' Mam. I remember as a kid seng all thes pretty young girls in uniforms on the schoolfield having those jazz band competitions. Wonder if it is still going?
ReplyDeleteHear man, Bosnian yu little dafty...nor leek... it was run by Mrs Lamb, the mam of the lambsys(Kevin,Mark,Derek Paul(thu wos anutha lambsy but a divnt rememba ees name(Ba-a-a-a-a-a!)...remember the gazzoos?...hear man, any idiut cud play 1 of them leek...yu can dee it with a cowm in a pees of paypar!
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the Kenton Bar Jazz Band...I seem to recall they used to prance about making a right bloody row up on the field along from the magnificent stone step pyramid along by Hartburn Walk bungalows...I also concur with the comment above from the half tongued idiot geordie type that it was Mrs Lamb who ran it, Not Topps mumsy...I also agree with the unseemly fellow that Kazzos are insipid and crass, playable by any simpleton(the aformentioned oaf mistakingly calls them 'Gazzos')...
ReplyDeleteVal Schollar ran this Jazz band, there were 3 in total, kenton bar royals, kenton melody makers and kenton magpies, the ones that practised in kenton bar primary were the Royals ran by Val Schollar
DeleteCorrect spelling dearest Mensforth is Kazoo and one can only guess that you are infact jealous cos you never got to play...yes play said instrument.One had to hold the Kazoo in a certain fashion..a drop of the elbow meant marks deducted on competition day.We also had to march in line whilst playing and keeping the Kazoo in the correct position..Yeah bet you two chuckle brothers could'nt do that...multi tasking and all that.If you are interested you can still buy this stylish instrument from The Drum Centre for a bargain price of £36.00 + vat.If you cant afford this you can get the same effect from a plastic comb and a bit of grease proof paper.XXX
ReplyDeletePS.I have a photo of Ryal walk covered in snow,dont know when it was taken, but it shows a lamppost in the forground(one p or two..I didnt have a great edumacaction as a children!).Would you like me to send.By the way my mam is still ransacking her flat to find the certificate she got for the highly commended painting "where have all the houses gone"..with said pyrry.Let yous know.XX
ReplyDeleteYES - send it to me - El Patron!
ReplyDeleteYou a re all wrong re. Kenton Bar Jazz Band. It was started by Mrs Audrey Kulkarni (RIP) and supported by Joan Lamb (RIP). Mock all you like, but I daresay what you won't know, is that two sons of Mrs Kulkarni went on to join Fawdon Fusiliers Jazz Band along with their best mate Eddy Falkland and became very renowned drummers (a great skill by the way)and their drum section went on to hold the record for the greatest successive drum section wins in a single year in 1980 (the year two of them 'retired' otherwise it may have been an even longer run). What did you lot all achieve as an adolescent?
ReplyDeleteThis may not mean much to you 'real boys and men' of the estate, you know the ones who obsess over a concrete and tile pyramid structure, and a crapily built, freezing 'modern' housing estate, whose roofs leaked and had dusty, unhealthy heating systems in them, but each to their own I suppose!!!
Mrs Topping run Kenton Melody Makers, and there was also Kenton Magpies run by the Jacques family.
Hi Suzanne. I always had a slight memory you were in Kenton Bar Jazz Band, and you have just confirmed that seeing your posts. If you ever read this, give my regards to Steven, Russell and you mam. And by the way, I agree with you that your mam certainly was stunning just as my mam was, though she was a little older than Josie. Also, for the record ,you were quite pretty aswell I seem to recall, though a little young at the time I would add!
Rubbish - jazz bands were good for only one thing and that was to see young girls in short skirts - period.
DeleteLike I said what did you achieve in your adolescence you Herbert other than obsessing over girls in short skirts. Yes, I can just see you now, the geek, no good with girls, probably not much different now, except moving on to inanimate objects like concrete pyramids to obsess over instead! Mind your wife/ life partner must lead an exciting life with you! You do have a wife/life partner don't you?
DeleteOf course, the popular (very by the way) boys in jazz bands, didn't look at the girls in their short skirts, they dated them. Lots of them, often. What were you doing then? Hmm..?
please fuck off. If you have no +ve contribution then please stick to facebook.
DeleteWow, touche, such a cutting response, how can I possibly come up with a suitably wicked reply!
DeleteI actually thought I was giving a 'positive contribution' in pointing out how juvenile your previous comment was. You obviously don't like people disagreeing with your childish ways, rather you prefer all of these sad sycophantic pricks who hang on you every word about your sad obsession with the dump of an estate we all lived on!
I guess I would be very surprised if I may have known you when I lived on the estate. I think would remembered someone like you, you know a smart arse who clearly isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
Oh, by the way, if you think I have ever spent a single second on any social website, then you could not have me any more wrong. Another ill conceived presumption of yours? Dear me, just stick to your sad little obsessions and girls in short skirts little man .
Please go and drink your own piss - that will make you more like Ghandi (and Madonna) then, maybe only then, will you be able to dazzle me with your wit. Until then just fuck off and die.
DeleteHave you cum yet? - You were obviously right on the vinegar strokes for a while there - working yourself up into a frisson. I guess you must be having your "French sleep" by now - either that or your Mum caught you playing with her computer and has changed the password.
DeleteAnyways matey - it's my blog and I will say what the fucking hell I like - if it annoys you to read it then please feel free to fuck off and stop reading it. Any more of your shitty comments or smart arsed sarcastic shite and I will delete all of your comments.
Toodle pip old bean.
all wrong Kenton Bar Royals was Val Schollar
DeleteJune Topping was Kenton Melody Makers
Correct!! I was one of those girls in short skirts in kenton bar Royals, we used to meet at Vals house in laverock place every saturday and metro it to our carnival cos we had no bus, great memories and a fab lady who gave up a lot of her time.
DeleteThe band Mrs Kulkarni and Mrs Lamb ran was called Kenton Bar Supremes which pre-dated Kenton Bar Royals. I think this is where the confusion lies.The Kulkarni boys and thier mate Eddie were already making their reputation at Fawdon Fusiliers by the time the Royals came about.
DeleteHi Anonymous (funny that we share the same name!)
DeleteJudging by your comments, you would appear to be 'in the know', and entirely correct, historically speaking which makes me curious as to your true identity. It would not be fair to ask who you are as I cannot disclose who I am. Pity that.
I think the posters who were in the Royals, to be fair, naturally think they were around first because they may have been different families to the ones in the original band the Supremes.
Some of the names in the Supremes I can remember are;
Jane Walls, Sheila Mattinson(?), Anne Bainbridge, Lynn Porter, the Kulkarni boys, and Eddie Falkland. Bit vague after those names.Can you remember any more?
Wow really rattled your cage haven't I!
ReplyDeleteI reckon all your sad little friends haven't seen you this worked up before. Mask slipped a little hasn't it? Pretty vulgar stuff there 'matey' . Nah, your just a little foul mouthed toe rag underneath it all, who has spit his dummy out!
Wouldn't be a fair contest attempting to pit your wits (ha!) against mine 'matey' so I won't waste any more time putting you in your place. I mean all your little blogshites can finally see where you place is by your lack of wit and intelligence by evidences by the cutting edge of your ' +ve contribution'
Tootle pip you sad little person.
I noticed that your grammar sucks.
DeleteYes - the jazz band was run by Mrs June Topping I seem to recall - Topps' Mam. I remember as a kid SENF all THES pretty young girls in uniforms on the Schoolfield having those jazz band competitions. Wonder if it is still going?
DeleteThis is your post isn't it grammar boy? Yes, then tell me what is wrong with it then. I've helped you by putting certain letters in block capitals (they're the big letters by the way).
Or could it be that, like you , I am not the greatest typist around. I mean if you're going to defend your 'Master' then make it worthwhile because that was rubbish, and also ill judged of course!
You are a fly - now please find another dog turd to sniff. Byeeeeeeee
ReplyDeleteOMG, how on earth either of you has the cheek to call the other, I do not know!! how old are you and if the answer is over the age of 12 then how immature!!!! Do not bother replying with witt or with insults unless your prepared to reveal who you are as we can all be big and brave when remaining annonymous.
ReplyDeletemy name is......... Spartacus.
Delete"as we can all be big and brave when remaining annonymous". Like you 'Anonymous!. You couldn't make this up, honestly!!!
DeleteBy the way it's anonymous not anonnymous. Or is the ability to spot words spelled incorrectly juvenile also! And text speak is a scourge on the English language, please don't do it!
Incidentally, I've been trawling through the postings of both contributors to this 'debate', and I have to say, the only one being juvenile and being offensive and vulgar is the one who runs this blog. Not a good advert for this blog is it!
So go away then - and finish your wank.
DeleteSee what I mean!
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