Wednesday, September 30, 2009

DO YOU REMEMBER CHARLIE BROOKS?


Charlie Brooks attended Tower House school and was very interested in acting, she participated in various school productions and plays, but now she´s famous even on t.v!  Charlie has taken part in many British t.v series such as "London´s Burning" , "The Bill" and "Johnathan creek".However she is most famous for her role as Janine Butcher in the popular t.v series "Eastenders".  Charlie has also made a fitness dvd and starred in Charles Dicken´s adaptation " Bleak House".  You see what great talent comes out of Tower House, anything is possible if you believe in it! Good on you Charlie!

Tower House School, Barmouth, North Wales, U.K


This was my secondary school, I went there when I was 13 and it was a house converted into a school. It was a private school in very nice surroundings and I really enjoyed my time there. It sadly doesn´t remain as a school anymore, but my memories are still very much alive. I used to really like singing when we had assembly, although I wasn´t very keen on the school uniform and the regulation school bags! 

I was in  class with Yasmine Valizadeh,Carys Williams, Jenny Bustin, Chris Pugh, Jane Hallard, Phil Jones etc. I´ve found some of them again with the help of facebook, but not everyone and it´s nice to catch up on the good old days and the pranks we used to do.  

My favourite teachers at Greenholm Junior and Infant school

Well, I liked nearly all of the teachers but I had my favourites obviously, and I remember some of them better than others.  I remember Mrs.Owen, Mrs.Clarke, Mrs.Mcfarlene, Mr.Higgs, Mrs.Grove, Mrs.Campbell,  Mr.Leworthy and not forgetting Mrs.Morgan, she coud be tough eh, but she was brilliant! I think my favourites of favourites though were Mrs.Charlton and Mrs.Owen, I also loved the way that Mrs.Grove used to be crazy about pigs! She had pigs on everything! On her bag, pig ear-rings, pig bracelets, she was cool though.  I also had a little crush on Mr.Higgs, I thought that he was handsome lol! 

My best mates at Greenholm Junior and Infant School

I had loads of mates, but my best mates were Angela Hill, Julie Nottingham, Aneesh Warmer and Denise Thorpe.  Angela Hill and I were especially close as we lived on the same road and I used to play a lot with her, most of the time we listened to music, namely "Duran Duran" , "New kids on the block" and not forgetting the group "Bros." We also used to rollar skate up and down our street with Julie Nottingham and play hop-skotch too.  

I am now in contact with Angela, Aneesh, and Denise on facebook and it´s good to look back to the past and chat about old times and our favourite teachers. 

Greenholm Junior and Infant School, Birmingham, U.k


Well, What can I say... this was my first school and I started going there when I was a mere five years old! I remember clearly my very first day when I went up the seemingly never-ending path to the school entrance. It was all so big and over-whelming and I remember feeling quite "grown-up" as I walked in, but I also felt apprehensive and had butterflies in my stomach. I was led to my classroom and I recall that everything was so tidy with very colourful pictures and posters on the wall. I then noticed an enormous bright rug on the floor in front of the teacher´s desk and felt excited as I hoped that it was going to be the "story rug", which it indeed was!!

My teacher´s name was Mrs. Clarke, she was very kind and pleasant to me and I felt at ease with her from that day on. That day she told me and the rest of my class a story about a princess and her friends and I was very happy. My first day at Greenholm has always stuck in my memory as the teachers were always so nice and it was a great school.