St Johns School & RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Nostalgia Page

My Dad was in the RAF, and one of his postings was to Cyprus, around September 1986. I was just 11 years old when we left for that hot and pleasant land, and I ended up going to the same school as most other children who lived at either RAF Akrotiri (as I did), Episkopi or Berengaria did, and that was St Johns. And what a great time I had until I left in July 1989!

I lived at 23 Queens Road between 1986 and 1989. During the 3 years I was at St. Johns, I was in the tutor groups 1HN, 2HN (I think) and 3DY. I spent most of my time at either the sailing club or the water-ski club (WCSWSC). I also won the All Island Junior Table Tennis Champion in 1988, though strangely it only seemed to involve people from St. Johns. And no-one else seems to remember my victory!

Here is a Akrotiri Virtual Tour, which also includes all the pictures of St Johns that I could find.

Pictures of St Johns school pupils and teachers from 1988

• Lower School
• Upper School
• Teachers

Links to help with finding people from St Johns...

• By far the best place to go is one of the various Facebook groups: I Lived on Akrotiri Base as a Child, St Johns School, Cyprus, I went to St. Johns Episkopi, and Akrotiri Water Ski Club. You'll need to login to access these, but it's free.
• Friends Reunited, which is now free but still rubbish.
• The St Johns School Former-Pupil Web Site - Unfortunately, no longer maintained.

Miscellaneous St Johns/Cyprus Forces Links

• Wiki Mapia - A map where you can add notes to locations. This link points to Akrotiri base where a few items of interest have been labelled.
• The official RAF Akrotiri website
• Akrotiri Services Sailing Club, the new name of Akrotiri JAWS, which was the new name of the LSSC.
• The official website for St. Johns School, Episkopi
• E-Goat: Akrotiri - An RAF rumour network
• Rear Party: Cyprus - Another RAF rumour network
• Ex British Forces Kids - A Yahoo group.
• Forces Reunited - This link goes to the Akrotiri section.