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Lost Touch? Shoreditch Technical Institute, Coopers Hill Emergency Training College

Email / website address updates:

Jeremy Broun (66 year)	www.woodomain.com (Dec. 07) jb@woodomain.com www.jeremybroun.co.uk (Dec. 2012)
John Ricketts	tiana@parkfarmholidaycottages.co.uk (Dec. 07)
Mick Sheehan (73 yr)	m(at)sheehan2(dot)wanadoo(dot)co(dot)uk (Sept. 07)
Graham Adkins (1959)	adki27@aol.com (Feb. 09)
John H. Bailey (1960 Year & Supplementary year 1962-1963)	john@glenjohn.plus.com (Jan. 2010)
Don Spencer (1959)	PO Box 39502 Howick, Manukau City 2145, New Zealand. (Oct. 2009) sec55@slingshot.co.nz (Dec. 2010)
Lyndon Bournon (1975)	lynbournon@gmail.com (Oct. 2011)
Vigen Boyadjian (Vig) (1972)	vigen@vignet.net Website: www.vignet.net now lives in Manila Philippines and Bangkok Thailand (August 2010)
C F Connington	fredcon@hotmail.com (Feb. 2011)
Peter Little (1965)	satyambhagat@hotmail.co.uk (Nov. 2011)

Have you lost touch with an old friend or colleague?

If you would like to try to contact a former member of staff or student of Shoreditch, please e-mail the following information to jill.sandwell@rogers.com
I will include the request in the next revision of this page.

the name of the person you are trying to find
the approximate years he/she was at Shoreditch
his/her last known address
your name
your mailing address (optional)
your e-mail address
your phone number (optional)
please include "Lost Touch" in the subject header so I will know to include your message on these pages and not in the Directory

Don't forget to look at the News and Views Page — you will find letters on various subjects there.

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You might also try: the Facebook group called ‘Ditch Old Timers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/797198913726741

or Shoreditch College of Education, University of London - https://www.facebook.com/p/Shoreditch-College-of-Education-University-of-London-100064873980597/

August 2024

I am writing on behalf of my husband, John Miatt (officially Arthur John Miatt) who went to Shoreditch College, graduating in 1973. After the recent Brunel Graduation, he was wondering about John Guilford. Found this lovely letter (2006, excerpt below) on your website by Alan Evans and it would be amazing to see some of the Achiltibuie photos mentioned as John was part of the gang who did the renovation. I will try an email to him but his website is no longer active, so wonder if his email is.

Alan Evans wrote:

I keep in touch-ish with Mike Webb (who had a vintage Alvis Firebird) and Pete Higson...with John Guilford we four ran the Motor club for a couple of years.

I was prompted to look up your Shoreditch site today when I came across a box of slides I had taken in the summer after we left college. Mike and I made a trip in the Alvis up to Achiltibuie (north west of Ullapool) to visit the gang led by Miles Snowden who were putting a roof and floor into a croft up there. I have some shots of the work going on and a good group shot beneath the "Shady Enterprises Inc." name board! I can scan a copy in if any of them find this posting and would like one.

Kind regards,

Linda Miatt (for John Miatt 1973 year)

linda_miatt@hotmail.com

Updated: PS. Sadly found out that Alan Evans died last year. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/19/alan-evans-obituary

The following email regarding Honorary Degree Awards for Cert Ed graduates:

Hi,

I have managed to contact 5 ex Shoredich 70year students, regarding the awarding of degrees.

I am still waiting for a reply from Barry Ratcliffe and James (Jim) Meyer.

I notice from the most recent list that only 8 students have responded. Hoping you may be able to help find more.

Kind regards,

Roger Pitcher 148/ 70yr

pitch01@btinternet.com

Hi Jill.

I was given your details by Steph Nicholson @ Ditch Old Timers.

Below is my original post on Facebook which explains everything. Steph found him in the record as graduating in 1965 with his number being 5695.

As an alumni of the Brunel era of SC I’m interested in locating my old woodwork teacher who recommended the course at Brunel when I left the Royal Navy. His name was Mike Huish. He was a teacher and Head of Woodwork at Bognor Regis Comprehensive School. I’ve tried contacting the school but they have no record of his contact details. I currently live in Australia so a visit is out of the question.

Any information as to Mike’s whereabouts would be greatly appreciated.

Mark Laurence
Paradise Beach
Victoria
Australia

Any assistance you can give in locating Mike would be gratefully appreciated.

Many thanks in advance for your assistance in this matter.

Kind regards

Mark Laurence.
markl_au@yahoo.com.au

I’m Anthony Miller I was in 77 year with John Sproule who I would really like to contact. He last lived in the Bristol area. I believe he worked in a private girls school. Hopefully retired now.

Thank you.

Anthony Miller

anthonymiller@talk21.com

Hi Jill,

Just found this wonderful site.

So many blasts from the past brought back so many memories!

I was there 1972 to 1975 and would be very pleased to hear from anyone from that era! I was on the PE and art courses. A lifetime ago but some memories seem like yesterday!

Pete Sawyer

peteandcarolyn@ymail.com

Hi Jill,

I'm just scanning a couple of items from The Family Album and thought you might like a copy of 'Shoreditch Training College Final Year 1950' for your super website. It has the appearance of having been rather clumsily cropped on the left hand side and therefore I suspect there may be half a dozen folk 'missing in action'.

My father, Ronald Hurrell, is in this picture: he is 4th row up, 6 from left, and his Boys' Brigade button-hole badge can be identified. He has a pen protruding from his breast pocket.

Ron had a long and colourful career, working at Tom Hood for a spell before moving out to the wilds (in those days!) of rural Essex with his young family, where he became something of a Living Legend at the Fitzwimarc Secondary Modern School, Rayleigh.

He's still with us and remains fairly sprightly, considering his 95 years. (To his mild amusement, three of his five children are Old Age Pensioners.) I'll copy him in, on the off-chance you wish to interrogate him! There's a fair chance that he will remember some names - it's only about three-quarters of a century ago, after all.

Third row from front, 9th from left, dark moustache, folded arms, Mr. Farrell, taught at Hadleigh Junior. I remember dad telling me he was a contemporary at Shoreditch.

Best wishes,

David Hurrell

david_hurrell@btinternet.com

Hi Jill,

My father, Eric Arthur Chamberlain, of St. Albans, attended Shoreditch in I believe 1949 and 1950.

I wonder if there is anyone still alive who would remember him? Or if there are any class photos.

Thank you,

Stephanie Reisler (nee Chamberlain).

stephiereisler@gmail.com

Hi Jill,

I graduated from Shoreditch in 1973, so I am reaching out to any ex students around that year.

I started my teaching Career in Birmingham and moved to British Columbia, Canada in 1978.

Along the way I taught metalwork until 1986 when I retrained in Computers teaching Computer Science. Finally in 2001 moved to a Grade 4/5 Classroom teacher position just outside Vancouver, retiring from the classroom in 2011.

I now work for the First Nations Education Steering Committee based in North Vancouver giving IT support to First Nations Schools on Vancouver Island.

If there is anyone out there from 1973 drop me a line.

Chris Thomason

Email chris.thomason.cts@gmail.com
Cell 778-895-0616
FaceTime 778-895-0616