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For the Red Scarf Rebels

Back in 1989, I along with 24 fellow pupils from St. Annes RC High School in Heaton Chapel Stockport, visited Leningrad (now St Petersburg) and Moscow. It was a fascinating trip organised by the school's history department and a good laugh too. This was back in the days of the Soviet Union and so we got to see the old empire before the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Block collapsed.

Anyway I've been doing a little bit of searching in Google Earth and have managed to find the hotel we stayed at in Leningrad, the Sovetskaya. I've put a photo of the place taken with Google Earth below along with a wider shot showing that blue cathedral that was just a short walk away. I've not managed to find our hotel in Moscow yet because I can't remember what it was called.

Hotel Sovetskaya

The Blue Church

And just for a laugh, here's the picture of us all, aged 15-16 in Moscow's Red Square in 1989.

Red Square

This entry was posted on December 21st, 2005 at 11:52 by Harry and is filed under Life, Computers & Internet.

10 comments

Comment from: Bill Door [Member] Email
That coat... did you used to be in Bucks Fizz? :D
21/12/05 @ 13:11
Comment from: Harry [Member] Email
Colourful ski-jackets were the very thing in 1989 I'll have you know. :)
21/12/05 @ 13:17
Comment from: Bill Door [Member] Email
Then why is nobody else wearing one? ;)
21/12/05 @ 13:32
Comment from: Harry [Member] Email
You can't see everyone. I do remember James T, who's on the back at the right was wearing a similar one. I think a couple of the others were too. It's just that because I'm stood out to the side you can see mine.
21/12/05 @ 13:38
Comment from: Jimbo [Member] Email
I quite like the fact that the bloke near H has managed to get a matching hat and 'tache combo!
23/12/05 @ 09:23
Comment from: Harry [Member] Email
It is quite impressive isn't it? That's Mr Lees, who always seemed a figure of fun before the trip but gained a lot of kudos while we were there for being a surprisingly top bloke for a teacher.

It was a very relaxed trip that had us using teachers' first names.

There's also a star of Coronation Street on that photograph.
23/12/05 @ 09:29
Comment from: Jimbo [Member] Email
Audrey Roberts in the fur coat? lol ;)
23/12/05 @ 11:54
Comment from: Harry [Member] Email
Nope, but it is someone near her in the photo.
23/12/05 @ 16:02
Comment from: Jimbo [Member] Email
The girl two in from the fur coat woman looks like the lass who plays Shelley the barmaid/manager.
29/12/05 @ 12:30
Comment from: Harry [Member] Email
Yep you're right. That's Sally Lindsey who plays Shelly. :)
29/12/05 @ 12:43

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