We now have a new web presence at a
site called "Flickr". This is a photo sharing site that will allow me to
post up the latest photographs and for others to input their gems! take
a look=
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gw0aqr/2081398711/
If you change your e-mail
address please let me know!
Alick Cross,
Ted Marsey,
Gordon Jennings,
Brian Hudson,
Grenville Hatton,
John Tippett, Mel Foster, Mike Benge,
Pete Scullion,
Terry Sharp,
Tom Davey
Irfon Williams, Andy Anderson
ALL ABOVE LOST! if you don't let me know
your mail you miss out on contacts and news.
I have two tales - both about Coton
food.
The first is one I heard of, but
have not had authenticated. The fried eggs at breakfast 1958/9 where so
hard one could use then as shoe leather. Well it seems that things got
to head and in unison - and spontaneously 100 + eggs where pinned (using
drawing pins) to the wall of the OLD canteen. After which the eggs
improved.
Horse Meat Pie
During 1962/3 the
menu included a meat pie whose main constituent was Corned Beef, not to
bad - but somewhere in the cooking process things seemed to go
wrong because this could be smelt from the top of the drive (about 1/2 a
mile). leading to it being named "Horsemeat Pie" Again a spontaneous refusal to eat the said thing resulted in it
going off the menu.
15,000 + hits not bad
for a niche interest site !
The website hit
rate is about 100+ / week
How many are established and how many are new I do not know.
Judging by the recent "Finds" it is apparent that "coton house" is well
registered in the search engines.
put "Coton House" in Google - and see what I mean
A number of mini reunions
take place see - Star Page
Why not have a
mini reunion of your own - remember next stop the big apprenticeship in
the sky!
Famous words "This is not a
rehearsal"
The Data DVD is now
available - issue 2d
DVD content = 1400+ photo files and 290+ documents!
Again recent
input has been great !
KEEP them coming, what a history and record of those times.
Available
at £2.00 to cover costs
The archive has come in various forms, by e-mail, by hand and by post, if you
have photographs, documents or other memorabilia, but do not have the means to digitize them feel free to
send them to me, I will then scan and return - mail me - to make it complete I still need
more, especially from the years - pre 1959 and post 65 especially1967/8. Old Cotonians in the Rugby area who do not
have the facility to scan photos etc. We now have the use of a
state of the art photo scanner and a person who will do it for
you. Provided it adds to the archive, contact me
slimr@cotonhouse.org
for the contact details
A REAL OLD FRIEND FOUND
If you have a greeting or message it can be placed here,
any relevant news may also be included.
The full history of Coton House as an apprentice hostel has not been
written, a task that I may undertake (everyone has a book in them) to
that end I would appreciate any input with specific dates of events and
happenings, sports day's, fire's, wardens, stewards, new build, etc. and
any relevant historical facts.
