From left to right, starting at the front row, I think I have named many of my class mates.
Front row:Carol Bide,Margaret Goldsmith,Marilyn Smith, Bonny Cother,Adrian Long,Enid Setters,Joan?, Maureen?.
2nd row of girls:Eileen Gobbels, Jean Parker, Pam Packer,
? Green, Ms. Turnoth, Julie Christmas,? , Margaret Geeter, ?, Daphne Reynolds
1st row boys:Robin Root, ?,Roger B,? ,? ,? , Richard Pikethly, Robert Andrews,? ,?.
Backrow:?, Alan Heasman,? ,Colin Worley, ?, ?, ?, ?, Colin Richardson, ?, ?.
Taken in the boy's playground at the back of the school.

Thought I would have a look at St Nicholas School, Pam Packer is my husband's cousin. I remember Julie Christmas - didn't she swim and win medals? Robert Andrews lived in Mile Oak as did Julie. Nice to see the picture of Mrs Turnoth - I liked her, her husband was Headmaster. I lived at 79 Old Shoreham Road and moved to Wickhurst Road in about 1952 as the new development, I think by Braybons, was offered by the council to buy. Stonery Road was a track and originally a market garden with a orchard. There was just an old track to Mile Oak Road 15b bus. I went back to St Nicholas School quite a few years ago when Mr Slack retired, with lots of other people from my year. Everything seemed smaller. Mr Lawrence was there with a beard. In my year was Maureen Davey, Rita Sugg, Sonia Stringer whose parents ran the pet shop in Wolsley Road, and Joan Dunstall. I remember well the trek up to St Nicholas Church where I was christened. I was in the choir and would climb the narrow stairs to the balcony where the choir sang - occasionally pages would fall out of our books to beneath. The toilets at St Nicholas School, because they were outside, would often freeze up in the winter which meant we could go home.

It was lovely to find this page and to see the school photograph. I remember Pam Packer very well and was a good friend in our childhood. It would be great to be in touch again after all these years, is she still living locally? I live in Woodingdean now, and my great niece now goes to St Nicholas school, time has passed so quickly. I wonder if she does hand stands against the walls like we used to. I always remember the Wednesday morning walks up the hill to our weekly church service. I also remember very well getting caned by Mr Turnouth for hurting Nicholas Window; I was a little larger than him! He had been unkind to me I remember and he didn't expect me to retaliate.

My friend, Timothy Root or Tim Root, came to Australia in the 1960s, his sister Lyn Root and brother Christopher Root also came to Australia. Robin Root is still in England though. Anyway Tim would be very keen to hear from any classmates from St Nicholas. I will ask him to compose a story of his days at Portslade by the Sea and Hove and Brighton.

I attended St Nicolas Junior School from 1946-1950 before going on to Hove CGS for Boys. Photgraphs in my collection I hope to add to the site in due course.

A school is hoping to become detention-free after calling in a top behaviour expert. Education trainer Paul Dix is advising staff at Portslade Community College in Chalky Road how to address problems with low-level disruption in the classrooms. It is hoped the council-funded sessions, which have so far cost £2,000, will enable staff to stop handing out detentions to pupils by September. Instead children will be encouraged to use “restorative justice” in which they must admit what they have done, apologise and make amends for it. Mr Dix, who runs Pivotal Education, has also encouraged staff to remain un­ruffled in the face of misbehaviour, rather than shouting at pupils. The visits have been paid for by Brighton and Hove City Council using money received from the government as Portslade is in the National Challenge programme, after just 26% of its students gained five or more A* to C GCSE grades, including English and Maths, in 2009. I have just read the above article in the Argus....AHHHHHH why was there none of this type of remedial teaching when I was at the then Girls School? And also at St. Nicholas. I was one of the most unliked girls by the teachers it seemed and so retaliated by being one of the most naughtiest...... disruptive ... class clown...... girls throughout both schools. I believe most of my time was spent outside the door, getting walloped by the headmaster in the junior school... and tossed out of Year 3 in the senior school. To sit in Ms. Hawkins class, all for simple reasons and the fact the Scripture teacher, our form teacher, hated me..... my sin? I got confirmed at age 13 and wanted to show her my newly acquired prayer book. She cooked up a load of complaints and the then headmistress believed her, though no one backed up the accusations. Life was tough then for kids....... I think. The article suggests teachers not shout at the students.......ahhhh, what a laugh, they had to shout to be heard over the noisy classroom in the girls school.......specially poor Ms. Taylor. Obla doo, life goes on.

Can anyone tell me anything, or best of all, lend some pictures of St Nicholas School around 1914? I know Bertha Bedford who is 101 and living in a Home in Worthing. She is bright and with it, and I would love to be able to take some records, pictures, old reports, school magazines etc to show her. Can anyone help, please?

Re the information on St. Nicholas School 1914. My only suggestion is to contact Lewis Education Archives. At least for possible class registers and head teacher log book. I did this for the Mile Oak Girls School for a friend Margaret Blythe who so wanted information re her years at that school. It was all there for her, I passed on the information, she sent for copies. All's well that ends well. I wish you luck.

Hi, it's good to find this page and look back at old times. When I was at this school I was there about 1955-56,I was 5 years or there abouts. I will be 60 next year and having a good life. I've been around a lot of the world, have had a partner for 33 years and own our house in Ipswich. Please have you any pictures of me- my name Robin Charles Stallard White, now just White. Love to hear from you, all the best.