November 30 2002 at 14:52:43
Name: Jonathan Thorne
Email address: i1207jt@conservatoire.uce.ac.uk
Where are you from?: Charfield (now Birmingham)
Comments: Hello to everyone who can remember me. I left in
1999 and I have very fond memories of my time at KLB. I am always keen
to know what new things keep cropping up on the website. I’m
currently enjoying life at the
Birmingham Conservatoire, where I am
studying organ and composition. It’s always nice to come back sleepy
Wotton-under-Edge though! It would be nice to hear from anyone who was
in my year. Bye for now. Jon
November 23 2002 at 16:21:20
Name: Liz Summers
Email address: sgu01eas@rdg.ac.uk
Where are you from?: Wotton-under-Edge
Comments: Hello peeps, especially classmates up to 2001. I
had a brilliant time at KLB, made friends for life. Thanks to the
teachers that have got me where I am now (Reading
uni, human geography) esp. Mr Ashford, Mr Pegg and Miss
Hancock. Hope the hockey is still going strong, bring on the Berkeley!
xxx
November 17 2002 at 05:28:15
Name: Karl Jeffery
Email address: chubsta@btinternet.com
Where are you from?: Folkestone, Kent
Comments: Hi to anyone that remembers me. I loved KLB, and
still have loads of great memories of my time between '77 and '84,
although I don't seem to remember the teachers looking quite as odd
and 'beardy' as they seem to in the archive photo's on the website!
Special thanks to Mr Ashford whose geography classes led to an 'A' O
Level and gave me the incentive to see as much of the world as I
possible could over the following years - just goes to show that
teachers ARE important. I'd be interested to hear from any old members
of my year - its always good to find out what people have been up to,
who ended up in prison, who is rich, and who is just a poor wage-slave
like myself
November 10 2002 at 11:29:28
Name: Roger Tarry
Email address: rogtar50@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Bristol (ex Charfield)
Comments: Hello KLB. Your website is lovely. I had a nice
time there and I miss it. Sorry about breaking in to finish my CDT
project one night, still that's water under the bridge now yeah?
Working as a model maker for kids animation and singing and writing
songs in a band called iroka, play in Bristol a lot. Download
my songs at iroka.co.uk if you like.
Best wishes you lovely school. You are and always will be deep in my
heart....!
2 November 07 2002 at 14:38:26
Name: Cathy Clarke
Email address: cclarke7@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Wotton (now Bristol)
Comments: Still have fond memories of my 7 years here. Like
many people, the Star is still a tradition. I graduated from Warwick
Uni in July with a 2:1 degree in Film and Literature and a Open
Studies diploma in Journalism. Went travelling round the States and
temporarily satisfied my shopping instincts. I'm now married to my job
in TV (or so it seems) in Bristol with little time for much
else, but I'm not complaining! Thanks to the great teachers of KLB. Mr
Penman, Mr Lloyd, Mr Pinch and Mr Ashford especially. I'll visit soon
to catch up on the English department gossip!
October 15 2002 at 23:17:21
Name: Peter Wright
Email address: Peter.N.Wright@student.shu.ac.uk
Where are you from?: Wotton - Now in Sheffield
Comments: Helloooo one and all!! Well I've made it to
University! Thanks to all the teaching I was given throughout sixth
form! which was enjoyable, but not fair that we missed out on the
football table! Sheffield is fun! lots and lots of clubs on my door
step! and Sheffield Hallam Uni is great :o) Hope to see some of you in
the future. Pete.
October 10 2002 at 12:43:21
Name: John Kelly
Email address: michael@chaetvault.com
Where are you from?: Isle of Man
Comments: Hello, just admiring your web page!!!
Fantastic!!!! Bye for now, Queen Elizabeth High.
October 04 2002 at 22:37:15
Name: Sharon Thomas
Email address: walnuts29@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Wickwar
Comments: Hi any oldies reading. I left KLB in 1979 - trying
to find any old friends, hope to hear from someone, anyone.
September 19 2002 at 15:01:09
Name: Jeremy "Jerry" Little
Email address: torrenueva@ctv.es
Where are you from?: Wotton-U-Edge now Marbella, Spain
Comments: Great to find your site and contact my old school
after 25 years. I was at KLB. from 1972 to 1977 and have loads of fond
memories of pupils and teachers. Are there any "old hands"
still working at or in contact with the school who remember me? It
would be good to communicate after so long and hear what changes have
taken place. Perhaps I could visit next time I am back in the U.K. All
you students, I think that you are lucky to have a place at a good
school like KLB. Work hard and for your futures, It soon arrives and it's
a big bad world out here and money doesn't grow on trees, I know, been
there and got the T shirt. Good luck all of you.
August 27 2002 at 20:19:54
Name: Felix Nordheim
Email address: Felix.Nordheim@t-online.de
Where are you from?: Braunschweig / Germany
Comments: Hi there KLB! Greetings from Germany to the
Island! I hope the weather is better than on the continent! Special
greetings to Richard and Robert Lamplugh! I had been to KLB 4 years
ago, and I hope it has not changed, because I enjoyed my time there
and in Wickwar! c ya!
August 27 2002 at 16:19:44
Name: Tanya Spencer
Email address: spenpc@yahoo.com
Where are you from?: Wotton-Under-Edge
Comments: Hiya everyone who has left the school or still
there!! just like to say that the end of year eleven was da best! thx
to all that had played in the bands, danced, and generally entertained
us!! The last year was the best year, but the most stressful. I was
pleased with my exam grades and would like to thank all teachers especially
Miss Khan for helping us all get through it!! I hope there is a
reunion in the future. Best wishes to ya all, enjoy KLB as it soon
passes. Live life to the full, thx once again. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Tanya :o)
July 29 2002 at 19:33:13
Name: Deanne Burchell
Email address: deeburchell@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Charfield / Bristol
Comments: Hiya, just thought I would just drop u a few
lines. I left KLB in 1999, since i have had a couple of jobs, i have
even worked as a dental nurse (which I didn't like at all !). I
am now working in the insurance field and love it. A big thank you to
Mr Ashford who helped me through school and at times gave me the push
I needed. If anyone wants to e-mail me please feel free.
July 18 2002 at 11:43:35
Name: David Jackson
Email address: d.jackson@westlbpanmure.com
Where are you from?: Iron Acton
Comments: Thanks for the brilliant performance of the
Crucible last night (17th), spooky, atmospheric and all that
screaming!! A very good rendition of a difficult work,
congratulations.
July 03 2002 at 20:36:47
Name: Laura Jobbins
Email address: laurajobbins@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Yate
Comments: Hello to all of you from KLB past and present! I
left after 3 months of 6th form in November 2000 to get 'a proper
job'!. I guess that worked and I now have 2 years of experience in the
Private Medical Insurance market (very interesting I know!) and
I currently work for a PMI broker based in Yate. Just a quick note to
catch up with people who I have missed so much since I left - It feels
like forever! I hope everybody is OK and having a good time wherever
they are and whatever they're doing! Hope to see you some day soon.
Best wishes, be good! - from Laura/LJ/Jobbins xxxx
July 02 2002 at 19:07:08
Name: Carolin Koerper
Email address: CKone_8@a1.net
Where are you from?: Vienna
Comments: How's things going? Nice homepage! I want to try
to find some male or female hockey players which were playing at KLB
school under headmaster Mr. John Law (he is great)!!! They
joined the WAC - tournament in Vienna very often!!! Very great time!!!
I'm not playing for WAC any more! I'm playing for HC Wiener Neudorf
and the Austrian ladies team!!! I've also been to your school! should
be 4 or 5 years ago!!! Would be nice to hear something 'bout one of
them!!! You also could visit some Austrian hockey pages -> www.calafatis.at/hockey
; www.wac.at/hockey ; www.hockey.at
Best wishes, Carol.
June 30 2002 at 20:57:45
Name: Alison Creeth
Email address: a.f.creeth@ncl.ac.uk
Where are you from?: Charfield (well I was anyway!)
Comments: Hi to everyone and anyone who reads this!! I left
the sixth form in 2001 after 7 glorious (well looking back they
were) years at school. Recently moved to Derbyshire with parents
but will still be coming back to haunt you all, and no doubt bump into
a few in the Star!! Just finished first year at Newcastle
Uni, and having much fun up north! Anyone who wants to, email me
to say hi, I'll probably reply. See you soon Ali.
June 21 2002 at 17:25:09
Name: Chris Lane
Email address: lane_chris@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Charfield, now in Essex!
Comments: Hey anyone who knew me, moved to Essex in Yr10 I
think, who knows! Anyone who knew me feel free to get in touch, cya
later!
June 10 2002 at 11:47:01
Name: Andy Moore
Email address: shaggy@potplanet.com
Where are you from?: Cornwall
Comments: Hi guys, I left in 1982 after spending a ripping
time at KLB! Back at college now finishing a HND in outdoor education,
2 years of fun in other words. Going to Plymouth to do a degree next
year. Bet that surprises some of you doesn't it messrs Lowcock and
Nuttall? Any one know what happened to Simeon Tapscott? Gotta go, Exam
waiting.
June 09 2002 at 23:42:10
Name: James Moore
Email address: inh_james@yahoo.co.uk
Where are you from?: Yate
Comments: Scream for me KLB! I said... SCREAM FOR ME KLB!
Hello to all of KLB, times are good at present, I have a smashingly
great girlfriend, a great band who's on there way to big success and
only a few exams left. Good Luck to everyone who is still ploughing
through their exams, we all know its gonna be worth it! All the best. James -
[inh] Lead Singer
May 23 2002 at 12:00:30
Name: Katharina Delius
Email address: katharina.delius@t-online.de
Where are you from?: North Germany
Comments: Hi anyone. And hi Luke (Hanratty) just
wanted to say hello to you!! Please mail back!! If anyone here is
interested to mail with me too, just click on my e-mail button and
write... :-) Bye.
May 15 2002 at 13:40:05
Name: Emma Durber
Email address: emmadurber@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Ozleworth
Comments: Hey KLB! Having Fun?! Left school 10/05/02, and it
was a relief! I'd like to say hi to everyone who's just left, and I
hope the exams are going well. see everyone soon.
May 15 2002 at 10:42:20
Name: Phil 'Because I'm worth it' Dodd
Email address: goitreuk@yahoo.co.uk
Where are you from?: Wotton-under-edge
Comments: Hey, I just wanted to thank everyone involved for
givin' us year 11's a good seeing
off, I had a whale of a time and I'm pretty sure everyone else
did. If any yr11s are reading this then I send out a huge lot of love
an good luck to you all, hope you do well in what you wanna do. errm...
thanx as well to all 'o' my teachers for putting up with me,
especially Mr Sharrock, Mr Rust, Mrs Stephens, Mr Wilson, Mr Carter,
and of course the man himself: Mr McRitchie, you ROCK DUDE!!! I guess
all that remains for me to do is to bid those of you I won't see again
at VI form farewell and go and do a bit more revision. See ya'll Phil
May 14 2002 at 15:47:41
Name: Mr D Usher-Clark
Email address: duclark1@yahoo.com
Where are you from?: Weston-Super-Mare
Comments: A wonderful school website, very interesting and
informative.
May 08 2002 at 14:03:31
Name: James Foster
Email address: jwfnstock@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Wotton, then N. Nibley, now Swansea
Comments: Hi everyone, this is about the 3rd year in a row
I've signed this book but this latest entry is to say that I'm
exhibiting some of my new work at Stroud
House Gallery in late May - mid June. That's the first time I've
exhibited in Glos. since foundation. Other than that I've just
finished a major exhibition in Swansea, I'm still running the club
nights which are still great fun and I'm also looking for a regular
day job to tackle my overdraft...
May 07 2002 at 22:22:03
Name: Jamie Halse
Email address: jamiehalse@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Devon!!!!!!!!!
Comments: I've never been to KLB before and probably never
will, but I know that my best mate from early primary school in Devon
is in her last year here! So rock on Bex!!!
May 02 2002 at 13:53:36
Name: Alison Richings
Email address: ALLYR20@MSN.COM
Where are you from?: Berkeley
Comments: Hi everyone I left in 1998 hello everyone who
knows me!!! Luv to hear from you!!!
March 23 2002 at 18:46:52
Name: Paul Leaman
Email address: pleaman@lineone.net
Where are you from?: Suffolk
Comments: Left KLB in the "Thatcher years".
Enjoyed most of it. Now working for Peugeot. Looking for Carlton
Jones... used to live in Charfield, can anyone help with a telephone
number or an email address? Thanks heaps.
February 09 2002 at 22:37:08
Name: Becky Vale
Email: luv_popples333@yahoo.co.uk
Where are you from?: Charfield
Comments: I left KLBS in 2001. I just wanted to write and
say hi to anyone who knew me and saw this. I want to say thank you to
Miss Hanky (even though I know you have left, good luck), Mr
Wilson, Mr Goodwin (Mr G!!!) and Mr Sharrock, you all did a lot
for me, so thank you. I'm moving to Cardiff to be with my family in
August and I'm going to go to college, this means I'm going to loose
touch with a lot of my old school friends. I'm going to miss you
Laueren, Laura G, little Sarah, Carrie. Wish I was still in school to
be honest. To every I knew, take care, miss you all, Bexter ;0
February 05 2002 at 23:30:57
Name: Matthew Barnett
Email: m.j.barnett@lse.ac.uk
Where are you from?: Charfield
Comments: Hello. I left the XI form in '99, a year of
months, and a mightily good one too. In my day the school was
extremely effervescent but I then again I never knew a time when it
effer-wasn't. Keen readers will notice that this is my second entry.
This is more up to date so ignore the other. Anyway I'm kicking about
London, trying to be an investment banker and studying at the LSE. Get
in touch with me if you know me and indeed if you want to. Ta Ta for
now.
February 01 2002 at 10:33:40
Name: Paul Bleaken
Email: www.paul_hole@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: KINGSwood
Comments: Just want to say I hope the school footie team is at least
half as successful as we were because last years Yr11's gave this
years Yr11's a hard act to follow so good luck! I'm now on work experience
with the BBC in London and I've got to go, they want me on set.
January 29 2002 at 19:14:58
Name: Jon Hicks... Jix to many!
Email: jix5@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Hillesley
Comments: I left KLB in the summer of 2001 and am now at Warwick
university (studying) maths and philosophy. Rest assured,
I'm still as hard-working as ever hence I'm writing this rather than
doing anything productive. I'll go along with the majority here and
say what a good school KLB is cause in hindsight it is! It's good to
see so many people on here I recognise and if anyone wants to drop me
a line please do. Jon xxx
January 28 2002 at 15:37:46
Name: Matty
Email: Matthew.glanfield@Hartpury.ac.uk
Where are you from?: Wotton
Comments: Just thought I'd look and see if I could find you
and I have. You should put year photo's on here! I am now at Hartpury
college studying AVCE1 (advanced vocational certificate of
education in IT communications multimedia and WEB PAGE DESIGN!!)
bet half my old teachers never thought I'd do that! Well all I have to
say is thanks for some great years at KLB! Thanks to Miss Hancock (one
of the greatest teachers ever!) Miss Butler 4 being so cool, Mrs
Mainstone, Mrs Hanky! To all that stayed in the 6th form... good luck.
Matty ;)
January 28 2002 at 13:03:26
Name: Amie Hewlett
Email: amiehewlett@yahoo.co.uk
Where are you from?: Wotton now Stroud
Comments: After leaving in 1998 I am now working in Stroud.
Things generally the same, nice to see some names that ring a bell.
January 26 2002 at 13:10:51
Name: Stephen Pearce & Catherine Garrad
Email: catherinegarrad@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Wickwar/Wotton - now Nailsea, Bristol
Comments: Left KLB in 1994 and 1996 respectively, both
finally finished at university and have now moved back to England. We
would love to catch up with old friends!
January 22 2002 at 19:57:15
Name: Marilyne Guillou
Email: dushipaiSL@aol.com
Where are you from?: Brest, Brittany, France.
Comments: I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed my stay
in Wotton last year. I went with the French exchange, and would really
love to come again... maybe in a few years as a French teacher..... ;-)
January 18 2002 at 22:52:20
Name: Mike (Doddy) Dodwell
Email: pride_of_the_uk@hotmail.com
Where are you from?: Sundre, Alberta CANADA
Comments: I left last year in Year 9. I had a great time.
Thanks to all my teachers Mr Penna, Mr Mewse, Mr Warren, Miss Hancock,
Mr Carter, Mrs Seath, Miss Simpkins and others.
January 14 2002 at 19:23:57
Name: David Paxton
Email: llytdmp@nottingham.ac.uk
Where are you from?: Old Sodbury
Comments: I thoroughly enjoyed my time at KLB, especially
the VI Form. The hockey was a particular highlight. A big hello and
thank you to my teachers and tutors: Mr Law, Mr Pickles, Mr Webber, Mr
Brookin, Miss Seath, Mr Penman, Mr Rust and Mr Penner. I am currently
in my third and final year reading law at Nottingham
University. I have had a fantastic time in Nottingham. Next year I
will be doing my Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School and in
Sept. 2003 I will be moving down to London, having secured a job with
one of the City commercial law firms.
January 03 2002 at 00:13:09
Name: Constantin Brauneis
Email: salasnek@gmx.at
Where are you from?: Vienna Austria
Comments: It's me again! I just try to find some of the male
Hockey players (Chris White, Chris Armstrong, John Paxton) which were
playing at KLB-school under Headmaster Mr. John Law and his wife. They
joined our tournament in Vienna very often. The kids were split up
between the families. Very great time I'm still playing for WAC. Would
be nice if I hear something about one of them.
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