Looking for old mates... UK (page 2)

PaulJ

Smashing! I went to Dudly once. My mum works a stones throw from Hellaby hall now... most of the time as a kid i went to Bowes road in london, got baptised there in 1993.

I don't think I've been to Bowes Road since we refurbished it around 1988 - we slept on site, which made for some hi-jinks . I went there as a kid, in the 70's, as we were living in Buckinghamshire at the time. I used to love the dining hall, and the cool fire-escape on the middle left of the main auditorium.

Knew a few folks in Rotheram, years ago, mostly through mutual friends. One lad, called Jason, went to bethel in the late 80s and may have got married, but I never heard of him again.

fleaman uk

I don't think I've been to Bowes Road since we refurbished it around 1988 - we slept on site, which made for some hi-jinks .

LT

I was there too...small world,i was stuck on the painting team with some local Bro,s.Being barely 17 at the time ,i was probably the one who suffered the high jinks!!Tartan paint,left handed screw drivers etc..the whole shebang!I fell for most of them too....lol

One thing ive learned is what a small World it is on this Board.

LittleToe

Fleaman:
Woohoo!
Very small world.

We spent half the night running around the balconies playing tig - juvenile lot, I know. Half our joinery team were there, and we were a bit high-spirited until one of the security boys grassed us up.
I was helping with some joinery on the canopy, out front - gotta love those Hilti guns, with black cartridges. They give a good whump, as they pin the timber to the steel frame

You didn't get sent for some glass hammers and rubber nails, did ya?

fleaman uk

You didn't get sent for some glass hammers and rubber nails, did ya?

LT

Being the naive Lad i was then...probably yes!Lol.Sadly my Team was in digs up the Road..(Edmonton i seem to recall)and opportunities for real japery were at a minimum...our P.O of the time was Team leader too.

Good memories though.........

PS You may recall the Bowes Road Caretaker?..cant remember his Name...we all thought he was a miserable old sod,but i found out many Years later he had lost his Wife in very tragic circumstances.

Earnest

Hi Paul,

I'm in the Cambridge area and frequent both Norwich and Bowes Road. However, I've not been to your congregations so doubt that you know me.

Welcome to the board.

Earnest

PaulJ

earnest

what cong were you in? reason i ask i knew ppl (i think) in letchworth, biggleswade, wisbech as well as a lot of the peterboro congs. pm me if u like...

PaulJ

littletoe

i wasnt in rotherham until 1998, so i dont remember a jason... my childhood memories of bowes road were visiting the adventure playgound nearby at lunchtimes, and food tokens, then when i got dunked- i was sat drinking a hot tea (in a new suit) when an elder i knew suddenly squeezed my shoulders from behind (in a supportive, 'well done' kinda way) the tea went all over me!!!! thanks for that!!!!! lol

if you were responsible (or partly) for the renovating- who decided on that weird green paint???? or was that a later renovation??

LittleToe

I was at too many Quick Builds to remember, but I do recall Holbech, Kings Lynn, Wisbech and Kettering, to mention a few.

I once dated a girl from Stamford, just North of Peterborough.
I always wondered what happened to Sarah.

stevenyc

What's happening with Bowes Road? Just before I left we were informed it was going to a demollished to extend the north circular.

steve - Car park attendant at Bowes Road, 8 years, and proud.

Looking for old mates... UK

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