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my name......James Portz...usually known as Jim......................................................................................
i attended St Marys......from..1942..........to.......1947? approx ..................................................................................
who do you remember...Jimmy Kelly, Helen Hewitt, Wrights, St.Mary Aquinas was Head Mistress my sisters Doreen & Joan (younger than me) brothers Dennis, Douglas, Frank (older than me).....Miss O Reilly taught there...Father O'Reidan Michael Ponsonby...............................................................................
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Mr.Biglin being the first male teacher, he was a good chap and he was not a catholic................................. ................................................................................................................................
I won a scholarship to Nautical College and Mr.Biglin gave me a fountain pen which wrote beautifully................................
In the photo taken after the war there are a lot of st marys pupils. Bowens, Bradys, Portz also the boy on the far right is the publicans son, we called him fatty Mason. Frank Howe is another one.
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she was headmistress and the most disliked teacher in the school. She really enjoyed giving some one the cane, Isay this from a boys point of view. sister mary bernadettemade up for her by being kind and gentle.most of the teachers were very good and I had a good time. remember the big engineering firm across holderness rd main office was in thomas st. holderness was pronounced owness rd and owness picture ouse. good to see the kingston pup is still going the anchor used to opposite.
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"she was headmistress and the most disliked teacher in the school. She really enjoyed giving some one the cane, Isay this from a boys point of view. sister mary bernadettemade up for her by being kind and gentle.most of the teachers were very good and I had a good time. remember the big engineering firm across holderness rd main office was in thomas st. holderness was pronounced owness rd and owness picture ouse. good to see the kingston pup is still going the anchor used to opposite."
I quite agree with your comments about the said Sister James,i do remember her just,for a nun she could be very nasty god forgive me for saying.sister Mary Josephine was nice and yes Sister Mary Bernadett was lovely.My daughter Kirsty works as a barmaid in the Kingston xtra to her office job in the day.Years ago we spent many a happy night in there also Blackies thats still going strong.Caneing didnt do us any harm realy i do rember the firm there was a lad worked there who looked like Bobby Vee,one or two of us had a real crush on him ha ha,happy days.xx
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Hi Jim. This Afghan camel driver, he didn't want to swap a camel for our Sheila did he, Jim? I think she's worth at least 3 of them. My brother has also joined this site, his name is John (Brady) can't remember if you have met him before Jim. Our Sheila is also on site, but I don't think she has been in touch with anyone, Hope all the family are well, our Sheila showed me photo's of her in Australia, looks like she had a really good time with you all. My niece Kara (Veronica's daughter) was over there 3 weeks ago, she was on a business trip for her firm, she was in Perth, she flew from here on a Sunday, then arrived back home on the following Friday, so she was there less than a week, I would of been absolutley exhausted from all that travelling, in just a few days. My regards to Marie and all the family Jim, take care. Jackie x
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Nice to hear from you both! When you say you 'shouted the bar' does that mean you have to pay for all the drinks in the pub? if you did no wonder the landlord called you a 'pommy twit'I don't think many Englishmen would do that. I know in Belgium they have brass bells in some of the cafes (bars), they are not used to call time, if anyone goes up and rings them, they treat everyone to a free drink My Dad (bless him) lived in Belgium for 36 years and I can honestly say he avoided going anywhere near that bell, haha. My partner Pete once said "I'd love to take Quasimodo on holiday to Belgium with me" when asked why, he replied "He loves ringing bells, and it would be free beer all the time" only a bloke could think of that! But I must admit he did ring the bell once when we were on holiday, it was about 3.30 in the morning, and there were only 4 of us in the pub, what a skinflint! How is everyone doing over there? hope the family are all ok, how's marie? fit and well I hope! If you celebrated you're 21st birthday in aussie Jim, how old was you when you first went there then? We as a city were all celebrating a couple of weeks ago because Hull City football club managed to stay in the premier league with all the big boys, did you hear about it, Jim? Well enjoy you're stay with you're daughter, jim, and nice to hear from you Jean, I hope you and you're family are well! Take care regards to all the family. Jackie xx
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I was a St Marys with Dennis Portz/John Seager/Ronald Key/Robert Biggs/Oonagh Egan(her sister Angela was in my brothers class)Rosemary Farrow/Maureen Hodgins/Ann Ablett/Margret Oglivy/Shelagh Rogers oh the list goes on, what a pity my memory of todays events are hazy lol.
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Just noticed your name. Hope all is well with Marie and all the family. Thought I would just say a quick 'Hello' If your a bit baffled, I'm Jackie, Sheila's sister.
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"An aghan camel driver eh? no she kept that quiet, I'll have to ask her about him when I see her. You're Doreen's daughter has just joined, Jim..Angela, maybe our sheila will when she get's her internet up and running. Hope Marie and all the family are all ok, take care. Jackie x"
jackie I just sent you a message, I thought I had things worked out but I found that I sent it to my self so if you go to my site you can read it will sand you another note tomorrow Luv Jim
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