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Peter Davison
May 3, 2020 - 8:09AM
77.97.60.98
Racing green MG arrival sparked laughter in Oakbank assembly!

My favourite car relating to KBGS/Oakbank era was the racing green MG driven by the affable Harron brothers from Gargrave. Their late arrival at Oakbank in the car park after driving open-topped from far-away Gargrave seemed to upset the teachers who could see them clearly from their seats on stage during assembly.

Naturally the teachers who owned very modest cars themselves failed to see the funny side of things. Whist the sixth formers were laughing at the extravagant late arrival of the former public schoolboys who were finishing their education in a state school.

Their father was a dentist in Skipton and must have run out of cash and sent them to Oakbank to give his wallet a rest. Whether Joe Watthey spoke to them about this elitist and outlandish commuting behaviour was unknown. I thought it was hilarious and strangely dismissive of the authoritarian regime at Oakbank orchestrated by Watthey and others.
Wonder what happened to ginger-haired Rod and Chris Harron. Presuming that was their names.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1960-68

Current location (optional) Bingley

P Lancaster
May 15, 2020 - 11:25PM
77.100.161.221
Re: Racing green MG arrival sparked laughter in Oakbank assembly!

Peter Davison
My favourite car relating to KBGS/Oakbank era was the racing green MG driven by the affable Harron brothers from Gargrave. Their late arrival at Oakbank in the car park after driving open-topped from far-away Gargrave seemed to upset the teachers who could see them clearly from their seats on stage during assembly.

Naturally the teachers who owned very modest cars themselves failed to see the funny side of things. Whist the sixth formers were laughing at the extravagant late arrival of the former public schoolboys who were finishing their education in a state school.

Their father was a dentist in Skipton and must have run out of cash and sent them to Oakbank to give his wallet a rest. Whether Joe Watthey spoke to them about this elitist and outlandish commuting behaviour was unknown. I thought it was hilarious and strangely dismissive of the authoritarian regime at Oakbank orchestrated by Watthey and others.
Wonder what happened to ginger-haired Rod and Chris Harron. Presuming that was their names.
My first car was a bright red drop head coupe. Under 200cc.three wheeled, a Bond. It was previously owned by a colleague in Blackpool who obviously saw me coming,as my mother would have said.

It did have an electric starter which once acted up in a queue at the North Street traffic lights whereby I was obliged to get out,open the bonnet and kick start the thing.

In those days, there was a Saturday night dance at a hotel near Harry Ramsden's chip shop near Guiseley/Menston.
On the return journey with a mate we were stopped by the police in Keighley who wanted to know what my fuel was. It was two stroke mixture. They let us continue.

About the same time, another mate owned a bubble car which looked even less like a car. It may have been an Isetta???

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1953-58

Current location (optional) Briggus

Mike Nichols
May 16, 2020 - 8:04PM
58.172.216.200
Re: Racing green MG arrival sparked laughter in Oakbank assembly!

Had one car since 1967 .A 1964 Bentley S3. The rest were from Jowets to Jaguars.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 43-46

Current location (optional) Tasmania

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