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| April 1982 ('86 leavers were in 1st year) | |
| VIEW PAGE | Introduction to the April 1982 edition of the Nutbrown Chimp by the Nutbrown Chimp himself. |
| VIEW PAGE | 1982 was the 50th Anniversary of Whitburn Comprehensive School. Here Mr D Spencelayh (head teacher) gives an intro. |
| VIEW PAGE | The page shows the 50th Anniversary programme of events for Friday 28th May 1982. |
| VIEW PAGE | An amazing history of events at Whitburn Comprehensive from 1932 - 1982. A must read (long) page. |
| VIEW PAGE | Not to be out done, the Nutbrown Chimp has written his own recollection of events at the school from 1932 - 1980. |
| VIEW PAGE | Valentines Day. Here pupils tell us how many girlfriends they have, how many valentines cards they sent and how many they received back. Some people had a active imagination - including a few people from our year. |
| VIEW PAGE | Here are some excuses for skiving from P.E. Everything from "my swimming costume is still wet" to "my dad washed the car with my gym knickers. |
| VIEW PAGE | This was a page from the April 1982 edition. Its not clear what is was for and even less clear who's on it. How many people can you spot? |
| VIEW PAGE | Here is an interview with Mrs Mellors. |
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| April 1984 ('86 leavers were in 3rd year) | |
| VIEW PAGE | Introduction to the April 1984 edition of the Nutbrown Chimp by the Nutbrown Chimp himself. |
| VIEW PAGE | Favorite Films: Here 3C list their favorite films. |
| VIEW PAGE | Graham Fenwick reviews "The Secret diary of Adrian Mole - aged 13 3/4". Which is not far off the age we all were when this was written. |
| VIEW PAGE | An Interview Mr Spencelayh (head teacher). This article is actually signed "D Spencelayh" which gives the impression that he wrote this himself (other interviews are signed by the pupil asking the questions). |
| VIEW PAGE | Signs of the Zodiac: This page shows all the signs of the zodiac and lists which teachers come under which sign. |
| VIEW PAGE | A review of the 1984 Basketball team. A review of the 1984 Netball team (same page). |
| VIEW PAGE | Mr Moses: According to this article Mr Moses must have left in 1984. Very funny article (well, quite funny). |
| VIEW PAGE | Options: A number of pupils pass comment about the options we took in 3rd year. Contributions from Sharon Turner, Tony Mountain, Simon Hendry, Stuart Mair, Darren Robertshaw and Steven Nicholaidis to name a few. At the end is a separate article by Don Spencelayh giving his views on the matter. |
| VIEW PAGE | Ok, so Philip Meeks wasn't actually in our year, and I know it was Dale Meeks who stars in Emmerdale, but Philip Meeks is a writer for Emmerdale and it might be the same bloke who wrote this review of Alan Plater's play "A foot on the Earth" (not to be confused with "One foot in the grave"). Let me know if its not. contact us here... |
| VIEW PAGE | An advert from the back cover of the 1984 edition. Includes the "Sunderland and Shields Building Society" and "Hoppers Village Cafe". |
| VIEW PAGE | The Nutbrown Chimp: A portrait of the Chimp "in all his grateness" (as he would no doubt say). |
Other Issues:
In total we have Six editions of Nutbrown chip for:
Dec 81 (1st year)
April 82 (1st year), Dec 82 (2nd year)
April 83 (2nd year)
April 84 (3rd year), Dec 84 (4th year)
| December 1982 (24 years old!) | December 1984 (22 years old!) |
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We hope to post more articles from other issues soon!
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