Last orders ; Time Gentlemen Please - By Charles Joyce
Truly another classic gem , spot on focus , serious composure . Taken around 67’ returning from Cleobury probably a Sunday afternoon a leisurely stroll around the village
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The magnificent 7 are as follows , back row L to R :
David Mansell , Rich Gillespie , Jersey Duebeck , Peter Wan .
Bottom row L to R :
Sumanbhai Patel , Frank Dutton , Frank Kirkland.
Note ; the dress code, Sunday best suits and ties, school scarves portrays a certain ambience and a credit to ourselves and the school image against the rural background and countryside of Cleobury . Well turned out lads , full marks for presentation .
As we were about to “get back” to school for Sunday tea , the Beatles hit comes to mind , I think the last which they recorded before they split , or was it ?
Sunday afternoon we go down to the village and have coffee and listen to the latest pop songs on the juke box . “Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon “ springs to mind, by the Kinks, or “ when a man loves a women “ Percy Sledge. Pity I never swopped places and got a picture of myself in the group.
2nd shot is Frank Dutton and myself relaxing by the pool surround , pity another double exposure, but adds a little character to the school atmosphere. “ roll out those lazy hazy days of summer “ Nat King Cole.
3rd shot , down hill approach to Cleobury, from Mawley Oak. Just pick out the church steeple , and a very faint outline of Clee Hill on the skyline. The spring of 67’ slight shadows,
4th shot of myself (Charles Joyce) at home, Coventry.
5th shot , relaxing on a beach on a camping holiday, Guernsey 67’
Before starting my engineering apprenticeship, welcome to the world of work, 45 years and counting.
My title “ last orders” I think these are the last pictures, moments in time , captured forever "time gentlemen please" A Tribute to our past .
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