A great lad. Its 50 years ago now but I came across him when he worked in the labs at Newton Chambers whilst doing a sandwich course half way through his degree. Had some great nights out in Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield with him. After Uni I think he went abroad to work and might have even settled overseas. That's when I lost touch with him.
Found this from a few years back. Rod Senior is based in Fort Myers, Florida. I was friends with him on Friends Reunited but that's been defunct for quite a while. https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/843/long-distance-friends-organise-reunion
There’s a 50th Reunion of the 1971 intake at Holgate later this year at Shaw Lane Club , COVID allowing .
Yes, pretty well actually. Mr Thompson was a very keen gardener and grew some lovely flowers which my Mum would often buy.