| Alex Albon F1 Driver 09:23 - Jul 10 with 2988 views | Keno |
Read this morning he went to Ipswich School. Any know him and is he a town fan? [Post edited 10 Jul 2023 9:42]
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:37 - Jul 10 with 2911 views | homer_123 |
Teen fan, not overly appropriate given the BBC situation Keno!!!  |  |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:43 - Jul 10 with 2886 views | Keno |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:37 - Jul 10 by homer_123 |
Teen fan, not overly appropriate given the BBC situation Keno!!! |
whoops edited | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:47 - Jul 10 with 2867 views | blueislander |
“Ipswich School” Too posh to be a Town fan? |  | | |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:53 - Jul 10 with 2839 views | Keno |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:47 - Jul 10 by blueislander |
“Ipswich School” Too posh to be a Town fan? |
Not a patch on Northgate | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:08 - Jul 10 with 2796 views | SomethingBlue |
Don't think he's a Town fan — think he was only at Ipswich School for a couple of years but may be wrong on that, isn't from the area originally. | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:17 - Jul 10 with 2750 views | Keno |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:08 - Jul 10 by SomethingBlue |
Don't think he's a Town fan — think he was only at Ipswich School for a couple of years but may be wrong on that, isn't from the area originally. |
Born in London and grew up in Bures, which I think is Suffolk/Essex border somewhere | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:44 - Jul 10 with 2695 views | GeoffSentence |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:17 - Jul 10 by Keno |
Born in London and grew up in Bures, which I think is Suffolk/Essex border somewhere |
Bures and Bures Hamlet are effectively the same place but sit on either side of the Essex Suffolk Border halfway between Colchester and Sudbury.
There is an old Saxon chapel in Bures which is reputedly the place where Edmund was crowned King of East Anglia, not in the Chapel itself that was built later, but on the same spot. |  |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:53 - Jul 10 with 2654 views | Keno |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:44 - Jul 10 by GeoffSentence |
Bures and Bures Hamlet are effectively the same place but sit on either side of the Essex Suffolk Border halfway between Colchester and Sudbury.
There is an old Saxon chapel in Bures which is reputedly the place where Edmund was crowned King of East Anglia, not in the Chapel itself that was built later, but on the same spot. |
Not to be confused with nearby Mount Bures
Not named for having a mountain but for being the site of a motte and bailey castle built shortly after the Norman Conquest with the intention of subduing the revolting Northern Essex peasants | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:56 - Jul 10 with 2641 views | GeoffSentence |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:53 - Jul 10 by Keno |
Not to be confused with nearby Mount Bures
Not named for having a mountain but for being the site of a motte and bailey castle built shortly after the Norman Conquest with the intention of subduing the revolting Northern Essex peasants |
They also have a dragon. | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:57 - Jul 10 with 2619 views | Keno |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:56 - Jul 10 by GeoffSentence |
They also have a dragon. |
woah!! thats cool
Is it called Puff? | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:59 - Jul 10 with 2602 views | blueislander |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:53 - Jul 10 by Keno |
Not a patch on Northgate |
When I was at Northgate we never played Ipswich School at rugby for some reason. We did play cricket against them though. | | | |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 11:06 - Jul 10 with 2565 views | itfcjoe |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:08 - Jul 10 by SomethingBlue |
Don't think he's a Town fan — think he was only at Ipswich School for a couple of years but may be wrong on that, isn't from the area originally. |
You are right, think he spent longer at Holmwood House so may still be one from being from that area - someone does need to find out though |  |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 11:08 - Jul 10 with 2550 views | Kentish_Tractor |
He would have joined Ipswich School just as I was leaving. Although from what I hear from younger alumni I believe he was only there for a couple of years and then left to persue his motor racing career. I don't think he's ever stated which football team he supports, if any.
I was never any good at rugby so not sure if we played Northgate at it - but I used to play in the tennis teams and we definitely played them at tennis. I went to St Margarets primary so within Northgate catchment (and would have gone there if I didn't pass my 11+) - the majority of my primary school friends went to Northgate. Good school. Produced a good few town academy products over the years. Always fun to play them at sports - usually good banter between us. | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 11:11 - Jul 10 with 2501 views | leitrimblue |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:53 - Jul 10 by Keno |
Not to be confused with nearby Mount Bures
Not named for having a mountain but for being the site of a motte and bailey castle built shortly after the Norman Conquest with the intention of subduing the revolting Northern Essex peasants |
Clearly it construction was unsuccessful, as the North Essex peasants are still as revolting as ever |  | | |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 11:13 - Jul 10 with 2487 views | the_toff |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 09:47 - Jul 10 by blueislander |
“Ipswich School” Too posh to be a Town fan? |
All egg chasers and hockey sticks there isn’t it? | | | |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 11:18 - Jul 10 with 2445 views | Kentish_Tractor |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 11:13 - Jul 10 by the_toff |
All egg chasers and hockey sticks there isn’t it? |
Pretty much. And cricket. Those are the main 3 sports over the 3 terms (and are compulsory in years 7 and 8). Football was not a main sport there - more an option you could choose if you wanted for games in the summer once you got to year 9 and above. | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 12:50 - Jul 10 with 2273 views | DJR |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 10:59 - Jul 10 by blueislander |
When I was at Northgate we never played Ipswich School at rugby for some reason. We did play cricket against them though. |
We did play them at rugby when I was there in the 70s.
As it was, we tended to lose to the public schools which I put down to the fact that they trained much more than we did as they normally had a large number of boarders with time on their hands. Or was it just superior breeding?
But the best rugby team then by far was Wolverstone Hall, a state boarding school for mainly working class boys run by London County Council and then the Inner London Education Authority.
Its alumni include Martin Offiah, Graham Barlo, Ian McEwan, Phil Jupitus, Neil Pearson (the actor) and Peter Donaldson (the newsreader). [Post edited 10 Jul 2023 12:51]
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 13:05 - Jul 10 with 2189 views | WeWereZombies |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 12:50 - Jul 10 by DJR |
We did play them at rugby when I was there in the 70s.
As it was, we tended to lose to the public schools which I put down to the fact that they trained much more than we did as they normally had a large number of boarders with time on their hands. Or was it just superior breeding?
But the best rugby team then by far was Wolverstone Hall, a state boarding school for mainly working class boys run by London County Council and then the Inner London Education Authority.
Its alumni include Martin Offiah, Graham Barlo, Ian McEwan, Phil Jupitus, Neil Pearson (the actor) and Peter Donaldson (the newsreader). [Post edited 10 Jul 2023 12:51]
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When I was at Northgate back in the late sixties we had a really bad run of getting beaten every year by Wymondham and Culford, not that I was anywhere near the school team (although no matter how useless I was I was always selected for the house fifteen and house cricket team, I think it was down to getting someone who could at least understand the rules of the game.)
Bit confused by Kentish_Tractors' claim that you went to Northgate if you failed your eleven plus as I went there because I passed, as did the rest of my year. And we knew how to spell 'pursue'... |  |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 15:02 - Jul 10 with 1941 views | Kentish_Tractor |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 13:05 - Jul 10 by WeWereZombies |
When I was at Northgate back in the late sixties we had a really bad run of getting beaten every year by Wymondham and Culford, not that I was anywhere near the school team (although no matter how useless I was I was always selected for the house fifteen and house cricket team, I think it was down to getting someone who could at least understand the rules of the game.)
Bit confused by Kentish_Tractors' claim that you went to Northgate if you failed your eleven plus as I went there because I passed, as did the rest of my year. And we knew how to spell 'pursue'... |
I do however know how to use an apostrophe correctly
But that's not what I said. The 11+ was basically the entrance exam - it hasn't been compulsory for all students since the 1970s. | |
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| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 15:11 - Jul 10 with 1900 views | Coastalblue |
| Alex Albon F1 Driver on 11:11 - Jul 10 by leitrimblue |
Clearly it construction was unsuccessful, as the North Essex peasants are still as revolting as ever |
As a revolting North Essex peasant myself I am extremely offended, in no way are we subdued. |  |
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