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I left greenmore in 1970 some of my friends names. Paul Bottrell, Richard Bayliss, Tony Streton, Martin Jones, Paul Whitehouse. Our last class was called Shell A or B.
I would welcome contact from any old friends.
A web-based historical manufacturing research project started by a former Solihull man, Nigel Hinton, Chartered Accountant, has become the inspiration for a book and a play. The story of Silhouette was featured by BBC1 on Inside Out recently.
The play is about to start its second run of performances at the new Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury on 28th February 2010 and has sold out.
The play “Silhouette” features a major manufacturer which manufactured ladies underwear and then utilised new fabrics Nylon and Lycra to transform bulky boned corsets into girdles, that trimmed the waist and held up stockings. The company also designed swimwear and cruisewear in the 1950s and 1960s and exported to over 61 countries.
The story of how the founders, Hans Lobbenberg, Hans Blumenau and their families escaped from Germany to France, where they developed a radio active corset, then moved and bombed out of London and moved to start yet again in Shropshire is compelling.
The story charts the success and growth of a company that expanded rapidly and had eventually had factories in the Midlands, Shropshire, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster and Belgium as well as the sales and admin offices in London. Then the decline after fashions changed tights were invented and women started burning their bras.
Nigel said “I have lived through the post war manufacturing boom and worked as an accountant in industry for GKN, the Serck Group and Cray Electronics and seen the growth and then decline of local manufacturing. My interest in the history of the midlands and Shrewsbury in particular drove me to record memories of people who had been involved with manufacturing.” “When I started the project I had no idea that the Silhouette story would be so compelling and resonate with local people so much and that a play and the book would be so popular.” “Without funding by the Arts Council West Midlands and Shropshire Council the play would not have been produced.”
The website is www.madeinshrewsbury.co.uk and the book, Silhouette the story of the Little X, is available to order at all good book shops.
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Nigel Hinton
01743 363202
nigelj@aohaccountants.co.uk
Nigel was brought up and lived with his family in Solihull and educated at Greenmore College in Birmingham. Nigel`s mother now lives in Knowle.
Nigel now lives in Shrewsbury with his wife Bridget since 1978.
Both are qualified Shrewsbury Town Guides and show visitors around Shrewsbury on the regular walking tours.
Both worked on the award winning Wroxeter Hinterland Project.
Nigel has co-written with David Trumper and published “Historical Hostelries” a guide to the historical Shrewsbury pubs in the loop of the river Severn.
“Silhouette” the story of the Little X is distributed by Ludlow Books in Ludlow.
It is sad to report the death of Mr Gil Merrick a gentleman who as well as teaching at Greenmore played Football for England as goal-keeper 23 times. There is a new page dedicated to his memory. Please send me your contributions and thoughts and recollections to add to this page.
If you can still remember the years 1953 - 1959 you may remember Brendan Greevy, he left Greenmore fifty years ago and he contacted me recently. His contact details are on the Messages page.
Art and Sculpture Exhibition by Pamela Claire Phillips
Former Greenmore pupil Pamela Claire Phillips is having an Art and Sculpture Exhibition at Droitwich Library during August.
All ex Greenmorians are invited to the Private View on 8th August 2009 between 11 am and 2pm
What an opportunity to meet a few old friends and see some results of a Greenmore Education.
Click here for a Pamela's photo gallery.
The next lunch and brief AGM will be held at the Tally Ho Sports and Conference Centre Pershore Road Edgbaston Birmingham.
Assemble at 12 Noon then a brief AGM at 12.15 followed by Lunch and networking for the rest of the afternoon.
Members of the Association will have received a notification from Margery Hodgkiss but if you are reading this for the first time and want to come along contact Margery on 0121 604 4387
The Informal get together Saturday 4th October 2008
Ladies whatever happened to gloves and hats?
WERE YOU ON THIS TRIP? IF SO LET ME KNOW THE INSIDE STORY AND GOSS FROM THE TRIP
Over 500 people have now registered on the site and we have had over 38,000 hits, but the news is drying up Please send me some new old photographs to keep the site fresh.
I have had a request from Mr Bryan Homer now of Rugby for information on Farnborough House School . Bryan and his brother were there in 1939/1940and remember being evacuated to Tewkesbury. As far as I know all the Greenmore and related records and photographs ended up in a skip except a few that were liberated by some former pupils who were passing when the skips were being loaded.
Please email me if you have any information on old school documents locations that I can pass onto Bryan.
Click here to add your details to the Search for Friends on our own Greenmore Database (we will need at least the years you attended in order to add you).
Search for Old Greenmorians in your Town, county or Country.
KEY IN A YEAR TO GET DETAILS OF STUDENTS WHO WERE AT GREENMORE WITH YOU.
Please send me content if you want the site to remain useful and up to date and the stats show that the site is being used and others will read your contributions.
Trevor Varley 1942-1949 would like to hear from anyone from that era.Trevor is in Canada and remembers Farnborough House .See the messages page for Trevors details.
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