Saturday 1 October was a great day when several hundred St Mary’s old boys gathered at the old school on Chislehurst Road, Sidcup, for the launch of We Did Our Homework on the Bus. I had hoped to play this film at the launch but it didn’t quite come off. I then ran into some copyright issues which meant I had to change a couple of the songs.

Anyway, if you haven’t seen this, I hope you get something from it. It is dedicated to all former pupils of St Mary’s College, St Mary’s Grammar, St Joseph’s Convent and St Mary and St Joseph’s but especially Kevin Hedderman, Daniel Kelleher and my best and longest friend, Peter Varnes. May they all rest in peace.

Incidentally, it’s quite an eclectic mix of music, most of which will be immediately familiar but this is the list:

Going Back – Dusty Springfield

Mary, Mary – The Monkees

Song for my Father – Horace Silver

Mrs Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter – Tom Courtenay

Garden of Eden – Frankie Vaughan

Cathy’s Clown – The Everly Brothers

Telstar – The Tornados

End of the World – Skeeter Davis

Turn! Turn! Turn! – The Byrds

Excerpt from a Teenage Opera – Keith West

Blackberry Way – The Move

Reflections of my Life – Marmalade

Band of Gold – Freda Payne

Softly Whispering I Love You – The Congregation

Without You – Nilsson

See My Baby Jive – Wizzard

The Hustle – Van McCoy

Do Anything You Wanna Do – Eddie and the Hot Rods

Airport – The Motors

Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles

Golden Brown – The Stranglers

Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel