What Mr Deeds said was spot on , my nan was his house keeper many happy a time as a lad at the house , Nick the school teacher was a great guy a man with a firm but fair way of teaching but his wife was a lady you did not mess with In her class .
Wonderful to see the old Town as it was, When they moved the Market out of town they ripped the heart out of the town, The Ring Road Or “Belt”was a major mistake it was built back when the local council were known as the forty thieves that’ll tell you something of how and why it was built in that particular way, They even demolished the only Pub with a clock tower The Duke of Marlborough to make way for it a crime if ever there was one, It was good to see Nick Fysh again he was my Teacher at The North School for Boys (as it was known then) way back in the 70’s I wonder what happened to him as he was the only half way decent teacher there who treated you as a human being, And yes I used to work on that farm (without girls) too and the farm during break times was a great place for a crafty smoke too lol!, I’ve seen Ashford via pictures online now and I hardly recognise it now but I still look back on the old place with a bit of fondness and no matter where I am I’m still an Ashfordian and a Man of Kent.
Nick Fysh is now looking after the wildlife at Godinton house in Ashford. He was on TV last year when JB from JLS did a program about walking along the river stour. He was also my teacher in the 80,s at the north (and farm)
lee pearson. Mr. Burke and Mrs. Fountain must have been there long after I left but I’m glad you had more than one teacher that you liked, There is little about Ashford that I miss now however I did for a little while but that soon passed , But yes things like the old Cinema (the Flea Pit) as we called it have good memories for me, In general The North School as I knew it in the 70’s was not a happy place for me but I had a few good friends there that’s about it in fact I left and got a job a month before I was supposed to leave they didn’t say a thing and I was happier out of it.
Robert elms can now be found on BBC Radio London Friday to Sunday 10am / 2pm on 94.9fm in London also DAB and anywhere else on the BBC Sounds app . a great radio show well worth tuning in ..📻🎶⭐️
I used to drink with the two lads from the fruit and veg store back in the mid 90’s. One was Justin, I can’t remember his brothers name. This video randomly showed up on my feed!
Wow so much has changed since. I was born in 1999 at the William Harvey and still live here. Really interesting to see what it was like. Would be cool to see an updated one of today
Wow! Had forgotten Dog World, which back then was considered relatively normal lol Oh and the converter station.....wonder how that's gonna pan out with Breaksit!
I've just found this...a bygone age sadly. Well done Mr Elms for doing this xx
Why's it bygone?
What Mr Deeds said was spot on , my nan was his house keeper many happy a time as a lad at the house , Nick the school teacher was a great guy a man with a firm but fair way of teaching but his wife was a lady you did not mess with In her class .
Thanks for up loading this! It brings back memories.
International Station - yes, via London. We no longer have breaks in Villeneuve thanks to intercontinental trains NOT stopping in Ashford!
Good to meet a presenter and a police officer on a bike and proud to be so.
Wonderful to see the old Town as it was, When they moved the Market out of town they ripped the heart out of the town, The Ring Road Or “Belt”was a major mistake it was built back when the local council were known as the forty thieves that’ll tell you something of how and why it was built in that particular way, They even demolished the only Pub with a clock tower The Duke of Marlborough to make way for it a crime if ever there was one, It was good to see Nick Fysh again he was my Teacher at The North School for Boys (as it was known then) way back in the 70’s I wonder what happened to him as he was the only half way decent teacher there who treated you as a human being, And yes I used to work on that farm (without girls) too and the farm during break times was a great place for a crafty smoke too lol!, I’ve seen Ashford via pictures online now and I hardly recognise it now but I still look back on the old place with a bit of fondness and no matter where I am I’m still an Ashfordian and a Man of Kent.
Nick Fysh is now looking after the wildlife at Godinton house in Ashford. He was on TV last year when JB from JLS did a program about walking along the river stour. He was also my teacher in the 80,s at the north (and farm)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bty0nh
Oscar Newman Thank you I’m glad he’s doing something he loves, And thank you for the link too.
lee pearson. Mr. Burke and Mrs. Fountain must have been there long after I left but I’m glad you had more than one teacher that you liked, There is little about Ashford that I miss now however I did for a little while but that soon passed , But yes things like the old Cinema (the Flea Pit) as we called it have good memories for me, In general The North School as I knew it in the 70’s was not a happy place for me but I had a few good friends there that’s about it in fact I left and got a job a month before I was supposed to leave they didn’t say a thing and I was happier out of it.
Robert elms can now be found on BBC Radio London Friday to Sunday 10am / 2pm on 94.9fm in London also DAB and anywhere else on the BBC Sounds app . a great radio show well worth tuning in ..📻🎶⭐️
I used to drink with the two lads from the fruit and veg store back in the mid 90’s. One was Justin, I can’t remember his brothers name.
This video randomly showed up on my feed!
Wow so much has changed since. I was born in 1999 at the William Harvey and still live here. Really interesting to see what it was like. Would be cool to see an updated one of today
Ashford is not the same now mate, like most places
@@danpatient9861 hahaha ashford is a wannabe london now like most of kent and essex
Mr Fysh was my head of year for a while probibly in the time this video was made knew Swarah who they talked to and julie the brown haired girl
Wow! Had forgotten Dog World, which back then was considered relatively normal lol
Oh and the converter station.....wonder how that's gonna pan out with Breaksit!
Was it a newspaper about dog stuff ?
15:50 it's stan-ope not Stanhope
Lot changed not the same, all they do is build flats ,to many barber shops phone shops ,put market back where it belongs
Only my old school could name a calf after the inventor of the bouncing Bomb ……. Great Job The North .. Was cabbage head still the headmaster then ?
Intresting
My Brother is on this, 22.52 mins
Great
The man of kent pub closed this year
Good stuff, glad you copied it.
man like stanhope
Hyper markets! Whatever happened to them 😂
they became everything