AD-VISOR The Newsletter of the Birkenhead Institute Old Boys Issue 23, Autumn 2018 Edited by Keith Dutton, 11 Finstall Road, Wirral, CH63 9YW E-mail:- [email protected] Telephone:- 0151 334 0340 Contents Editorial ................................................................................................................................. 3 Usual Reminder ..................................................................................................................... 3 Old Farts Day – Prenton RUFC ........................................................................................... 3 Tollemache Road ................................................................................................................... 4 BIOB at War 1918 – The Year of Reckoning – PART 1 ..................................................... 4 Old Instonians War Memorial.............................................................................................. 6 Update (Rob Wood 1953/60) .............................................................................................. 6 Update (Alun Hughes 1966/73) .......................................................................................... 6 BIOB Merchandise................................................................................................................ 7 OBITUARY ........................................................................................................................... 7 BIOB Funds - Update on the annual accounts 2017. ........................................................... 7 Old Instonians Golf Society 2017 Pyke Cup......................................................................... 8 Readers’ Letters .................................................................................................................... 8 This note concerning DSW (Dave) Jones, from John Riding (1962/64) .............................. 8 Master of Art ................................................................................................................... 8 An e-mail from John Croft (1958/65)................................................................................. 8 Geoff Brown: memories from the Institute and the Old Boys ........................................... 8 An e-mail from Dick Bell (1931/38) (Probably our oldest member! - Ed).......................... 10 Klondyke & Me............................................................................................................. 10 An e-mail from Rob Shaw (Cohen 1970-1977) ................................................................. 10 The School Cottage - Gellioedd Uchaf.1973 -1983 ........................................................ 10 An e-mail from Rob Wood (1953/60) ............................................................................... 12 End of Term Memories.................................................................................................. 12 An e-mail from Walter Girven (1950/56) ......................................................................... 12 Birkenhead Re-discovered - A Recollection .................................................................. 12 An e-mail from Bob Byrne (1953/58) ............................................................................... 13 A Call to Arms .............................................................................................................. 13 An amusing e-mail from Les Cowle (1943/48) .................................................................. 13 Lexophiles ..................................................................................................................... 13 An e-mail from Kenneth Nelson (1955/57) ...................................................................... 14 "Rudolf Hess & I" ......................................................................................................... 14 An e-mail from Keith Cross (1966/71) ............................................................................. 14 The Picture says 1970/71.. ............................................................................................. 14 A few e-mails from John Jordan (1946/53), now in Tasmania ......................................... 15 Ingleborough Road ........................................................................................................ 15 School Meals ................................................................................................................. 15 An e-mail from Ken Beattie (1961/66) now in Australia ................................................... 16 Ad-Visor 2018 Page 1 of 43 Memory......................................................................................................................... 16 An e-mail from Brian Taylor (1949/56) ........................................................................... 16 What did we learn? ........................................................................................................ 16 An e-mail from David Silcock (1942/48) .......................................................................... 17 Some Personal Schoolboy Memories of the ‘Institute’ in the ‘40’s ................................ 17 An e-mail from Brian Taylor (Atkin 1949/56) ................................................................. 18 WEW and Lennie .......................................................................................................... 18 An e-mail from Brian C. Merritt (1944/49) ..................................................................... 19 Coming to Canada ......................................................................................................... 19 An e-mail from Cliff Griffiths (1963/70) .......................................................................... 19 Doctus in se semper divitias habet ................................................................................. 19 An e-mail from Graham Vahey (1945/51) ....................................................................... 20 Summer days at the Institute in Whetstone Lane. ........................................................... 20 An e-mail from John Wade (1957/62) .............................................................................. 21 Reminiscences of Life after the Birkenhead Institute ..................................................... 21 An e-mail from Alan Edmonds (1961/66) ........................................................................ 22 Near Death Experience on the Matterhorn ..................................................................... 22 An e-mail from John Davidson (1948/52) ........................................................................ 22 The Good Old Days ....................................................................................................... 22 An e-mail from Harry Merry (Cohen 1971/73) ................................................................ 25 Football Clubs ............................................................................................................... 25 An e-mail from John Baker (1941/46) now in Canada ..................................................... 25 The Institute in War Time .............................................................................................. 25 An e-mail from Len Rigg (Westminster 1956/62) ............................................................. 26 "What am I doing here, I am lost." ................................................................................. 26 An e-mail from Keith Sedman (Stitt 1942/49) .................................................................. 26 Remembering Lives ...................................................................................................... 26 An e-mail suggestion from Steve Marriott (Atkin 1980/86) ............................................. 27 How about a “Where Are They Now?” feature .............................................................. 27 An e-mail from Bill (Biggles) Billings .............................................................................. 27 B.I. Memories ............................................................................................................... 27 An e-mail from David Anson (1956/61) ........................................................................... 28 1957 .............................................................................................................................. 28 The 1957 Top of the Form team .................................................................................... 28 An e-mail from John Green (Tate 1948/55) ..................................................................... 28 What I can remember .................................................................................................... 28 An e-mail from John Gurden (1955/62) ........................................................................... 33 Where are they now? ..................................................................................................... 33 An e-mail from David Ball (Westminster 1982/86) ........................................................... 33 After leaving Birkenhead Institute 32 years ago …. ....................................................... 33 An e-mail from Alan Jones (1956/63)............................................................................... 34 Musical Appreciation ...................................................................................................