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Wasn't St. Cuthberts the worst uniform in Bolton, or am I getting it confused with another Catholic School?

 

Yes it did, purple blazer absolute dog shit, I had to wear it , Whitecroft they were all faggot's then.

Is the School still there, i no Cuthbert's as gone.

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i was there for the fun and games,we merged with breightmet high when i was a 5th year

 

So you don't know about the historic battle between the two school cocks in the amphitheatre down the back overlooking Yates' farm then?

 

We'd only been there around 15-18 months and the scruffy little irks had been taking the piss out of uniforms etc. since day 1. All came to a head when the two cocks sorted it in front of around 50% of each school. 3 punches and it was all over. They pretty much avoided us after that. They knew we had em for brains but thought they ruled in the brawn stakes until that day.

 

Can you imagine this shit happening now? Sky news helicopters; parliamentary enquiries; heads rolling at the education department?

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I went to Whitecroft high in the 70's. Had a few rucks with St. Cuthberts around Doffcocker lodge :D

 

I went to St Cuthberts - left aged 16 in 1976. We did have many a ruck with Whitecroft boys - we went down your way one sunny afternoon with a gang of us ready for a fight - got to yours just as school finished - all hell broke loose! I ended up trading fisticuffs with one of your boys in a neighbour's garden after we fought our way through their hedge....them wer't days!!!

 

I think your lot had the edge on us though - after getting our arses kicked we didn't go back for more.

 

PS The uniform was bloody awful - a nasty shade of purple.

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So you don't know about the historic battle between the two school cocks in the amphitheatre down the back overlooking Yates' farm then?

 

We'd only been there around 15-18 months and the scruffy little irks had been taking the piss out of uniforms etc. since day 1. All came to a head when the two cocks sorted it in front of around 50% of each school. 3 punches and it was all over. They pretty much avoided us after that. They knew we had em for brains but thought they ruled in the brawn stakes until that day.

 

Can you imagine this shit happening now? Sky news helicopters; parliamentary enquiries; heads rolling at the education department?

i do remember a bit about that,what year roughly was that.The two cocks fighting was a yearly event,but all came together to fight St Annes, as we had the higher ground and could march down hill,it usually didn't last long

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Breightmet and St Annes. The latter not too much of a problem but it took us a while to subdue the other lot.

 

Well after I'd gone, they merged Breightmet with us to form Withins.

 

So you went to the hardest primary school in Bolton.

 

You went to the hardest secondary school in Bolton.

 

And you followed Bolton Wanderers when they had the hardest mob in England.

 

oh, and no doubt you went around with the hardest mods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*got a feeling Im in for some abuse now*

 

 

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Smithills High school in the 70's had a few "do's" with Smithills Moor Grammar and Smithills Grammar......no contest really. Oh and the odd set to with Thornleigh.

Smithills High school at the time was mainly a mixture of J/Fold,Oldhams estate,and Halliwell, so we had our share of not reets.

Happy days.

Things have changed a tad over the years.

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