I recently saw an ad and went along to the ‘Turn & Burn’ Boot Camp at the Scout Hut one Sunday morning and there were more than a dozen

Unlike Uncle Bill, Stalky, Tango, or Piggy, our English teacher, Neil Salmon, didn't have a nickname. He was respected and liked. He used to bike to school (...

‘If Rosemary shows up too, that’ll be great,’ said Tony tentatively. ‘Don’t forget, boys, the ladies can be unpredictable,’ said Teddy ‘I thought you said—’ ...

Friday night Tony had a shave and shower and reached for his jacket. ‘Ready Steady Go!’ had just finished on ITV. Gene Pitney, in a Brooks Brothers, had sung...

The summer after leaving Morland Road Primary School our class was getting ready to go on to Northgate Grammar, Landseer Road, Nacton Road, or whatever the c...

They had a whole gallery of people ready to take the stage of Ipswich’s #NewWolseyTheatre and pay tribute to Peter Hewett, from the humblest to the highest. ...

They were holding a Memorial Service at Ipswich’s #NewWolseyTheatre for Peter Hewett, Head of English throughout the time I was a pupil at Northgate Grammar ...

One day not long after the encounter in which Paul Stopher’s windcheater got ripped, Rod came to me on the way home from school with a problem. 'I heard that...

the same group of lads suddenly surrounded us. Taking his time, going the same way rather than following on their heels, came a thick-set f

They talk about swagger, and Rod had his share. That was his personal style, and no one thought the worse of him for it. ..

Having a couple of mates in the world of psychiatric nursing back in the 1970s, I toyed with the idea of enrolling, but couldn't get in. After an interview a...

Along with two boys and one girl I was found eligible to attend Northgate Grammar School, amongst the 1961 intake. Ron, Dave, and I got the school bus to Sid...

But we left school and got degrees. After the heady student days .. the world moved in on us. We all had troubles with women.

Pubs that fell short, including those supplying a certain local brewery’s ales, which he considered too gassy, were ignored for ever more.

Northgate Grammar School’s Music Room stands out in glorious retrospect for two reasons. First, was the morning when #RobinHallandJimmieMacGregor, two Scotti...

We had gazed at our elders, the lads who had gone before: some of these were cool beatniks, others hearty tennis and rugby players

McKuen was a phenomenon for a certain large minority. Some say more for women than men. Some say sentimental mush. Let them. But a lot of pe

We were at C&A from seven till nine in the morning. Then the girls would be arriving to get behind the tills.