Past Pupils

Alan Johnson (1959)

I went to TGS from Stamford Hill Junior Mixed (which was actually in South Tottenham), and spent my years in TGS in the classes 1B, 1A, 2A, 3S, 4S. Remember how Dr Witt changed the streaming system into Science, Arts, Technology and Economics streams from the more traditional method?

My particular cronies were Michael Ward (who emigrated to Australia - we exchanged letters for a while but through my fault eventually lost touch - anyone have a contact with him?), Terry Kenny who left school to join the MOD, and David Williams. We were all fanatical Goon Show fans, as were many others. David's claim to fame was that he could drink the entire contents of a Coca Cola bottle in under 3 seconds - from the bottle!

There were many others who were friends, and also I spent a couple of years in the school ATC squadron - 1571 TGS (I still remember the unit number!)

I left the school in 1959 aged 16, after 'O' levels.

I spend around 30 years in the Timber Importing business culminating in having my own importing business, which regretfully I had to close in 1993 thanks to Maggie's slump. I am married with grown up daughters and grandchildren and I now have a Computer Consulting business in Suffolk, England