I met Andrew in 1968 in a pub just 100m from Padgate Teacher Training College on the first day of term. We became close friends for the 3 years we were there, we shared the same subject (Maths), we share the same drinking habits. In the first year we were both in different digs on the other side of Warrington, we spent most evenings in the college bar and we would then walk the 4 miles back to our separate digs. On the way we crossed a bridge over the River Mersey. It was then so polluted we would drop coins into the water leaving a little hole in the pollutant, we were drunk!
We shared a room in the second year, we did so much together, I remember walking to a lecture on my own one day and overheard someone say “There goes half of Chris and Andy”. We played a lot of table football together, I still have my medal that we were awarded for 2nd place in an inter college/university competition played in Manchester University. In the third year we joined the Fellwalking Club, 10 of us made a trip to Scotland, walking the hills in the day and staying over in Youth Hostels at night.
The last time I saw Andrew and Barbara were at my wedding in Northampton in 1973.
We got back in touch through “Friendreunited” and over the last 15 years we emailed each other with news of our families. I am very sorry to hear about the death of one of my oldest friends.
I met Andrew in 1968 in a pub just 100m from Padgate Teacher Training College on the first day of term. We became close friends for the 3 years we were there, we shared the same subject (Maths), we share the same drinking habits. In the first year we were both in different digs on the other side of Warrington, we spent most evenings in the college bar and we would then walk the 4 miles back to our separate digs. On the way we crossed a bridge over the River Mersey. It was then so polluted we would drop coins into the water leaving a little hole in the pollutant, we were drunk!
We shared a room in the second year, we did so much together, I remember walking to a lecture on my own one day and overheard someone say “There goes half of Chris and Andy”. We played a lot of table football together, I still have my medal that we were awarded for 2nd place in an inter college/university competition played in Manchester University. In the third year we joined the Fellwalking Club, 10 of us made a trip to Scotland, walking the hills in the day and staying over in Youth Hostels at night.
The last time I saw Andrew and Barbara were at my wedding in Northampton in 1973.
We got back in touch through “Friendreunited” and over the last 15 years we emailed each other with news of our families. I am very sorry to hear about the death of one of my oldest friends.
