Quote ="bren2k"Used to go there from Thornes House to shop-lift our dinner, having spent dinner money on fags. Separates mind you, in a paper bag, with the requisite number of matches in the bottom - god help you if it was a windy day and your match:fag ratio went awry.'"
We used to sneak off at lunch time from Thornes House and have a pint in the tap room of the Clothiers or the one in the park Holmfield House I think they called it. Some of the teachers used to go in. It was a if you dont tell we wont tell kind of deal. We would put on non school ties to make us look older and send the kid with the tache to the bar for the drinks.