The Fire
I remember one horrible notchy in those days of long ago...It was a flip dark winter notchy(night) though dry...I was doing a 'bob a job' task for the 9th Gosforth Cub Scouts...that is to say I was washing a dear old gentleman's car at Hartburn garages down from the beautiful step pyramid in the early darkmans(evening) for 10p when commotion and all hell broke loose...loads of kids running past me up to the field by the step pyramid shouting 'Fire!'...Fire!'
..I stopped washing the dear old gentleman's car and went up to the beautiful step pyramid to see what it was all about...to mein horror I saw that the lower school at Kenton was on fire!...tears streamed down mein eyes at this shocking and horrible sight, and I had to support mein shaking torso at the dreadful sight on the said beautiful step pyramid going 'boo hoo hoo' crying mein glazzies out......through tear streamed glazzies(eyes) I could see the flamey fire hungrily licking the old lower school building with the noble fire fighters trying to stop it...they did but great damage and suffering was caused...subsequently we discovered that a horrible bounder and ruffian( though not from Kenton Bar thank goodness) and whose name I cant recall had done this terrible deed...I do believe he was sent to like borstal...I reckon it was about 1977...
anyone remember this shocking event?
It was mentioned at the Kenton celebration event, indeed some teachers were at the Kenton Bar at the time.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember when it was though, I moved away in 1976.
The deviant was called Rossy - I knew him well. A glue sniffing deviant but a good bloke - a real punk. Rebel of the first order. A hero.
ReplyDeleteThe deviant was called Rossy - I knew him well. A glue sniffing deviant but a good bloke - a real punk. Rebel of the first order. A hero.
ReplyDeleteApparently the 'step pyramid' as shown above is no longer known as the 'step pyramid', but that the kids have another name for it...anyone on the estate today help-what do they/is it called today please?
ReplyDeleteWe have been told that they-nadsats(teens that is)call it 'the chinese puzzle'...
ReplyDeleteHang on a minute, you can't just blame Rossy, I'm sure John Algar and Garbutt had a hand in this monstrous crime too?
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