This post is a long time coming. But I just haven’t had the time to write about it.
Last month I made a return to Fort St, for a friendly kickabout. It’s the first time I’ve been there in 10+ years. God that makes me sound old. As you can see, a lot of the old school grounds look pretty much the same as before, just with more construction stuff around.
The quad
The “New” Kilgour area
The field itself is still as crap as ever. I almost twisted my ankle on the first run since I had forgotten all about the many potholes that lie underneath the overgrown unmowed lawn. The ball would bop up strangely and randomly. Ahhh…brings a tear to the eye.
We ended up playing on the old sandy tennis courts, where strangely there was a thin piece of almost undetectable string in the middle of the court serving, presumably, as the net. So we had to play on the top court instead. The walls are higher but the grounds are just as dodgey, the grass just as messy, and Leondios and a few other teachers are still there.
It was the best of the times, it was the worst of times…In short: the school still looks shitty, but it still brings back good memories. And the students there are still just as awesomely funny. On one of the new high fences I saw the words “Pedestrians area” crossed out and made to read “Pedos area”. Classic.