TEACHERS at Knutsford High may suspect that ex-pupils have forgotten what went on years ago.

But some clearly haven't - and scores of others are queuing up to tell all to the outside world.

There are tales of unrequited love, embarrassing moments, kippers nailed to desks and glimpses of men behaving badly.

So far 570 former High School pupils have registered with FriendsReunited, a website dedicated to reuniting classroom buddies."We are hoping that, with the help of ex-pupils, the idea will snowball and the database will grow so that this site will eventually be the place to look when trying to locate an old school friend - no matter how old they are or what year they left school," said Steve Pankhurst, who set up the site with wife Julie in October last year.

Within a year the site had registered its one millionth user and now has an average of three million hits a day.

"While the British are generally quite reserved, we are also very nosy," said Steve.

"Everyone wants to know what old classmates are doing."

Best represented on Knutsford High School's site is the class of 1993, where 48 ex-pupils have so far signed the old school register.

Nationally the site has a database of more than 35,000 current and former UK primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities.

New visitors are invited to find their school, add their names and e-mail addresses to the list of former pupils already registered.

Confessions can also be logged on the school notice board, which in addition offers a slot for memories of former teachers who helped to shape their futures.

Among those to register on Knutsford High's site is Nic Hollinworth, who hated environmental science but admits he had a crush on English teacher Joanne Monks.

"I used to fancy her as I am sure many others did," he said. "But I don't think she appreciated my sense of humour at the time."

Ian Tindall, who left school in 1974 and now works as a reporter, preferred Miss Kelly.

"She was beautiful and wore the tightest trousers I have ever seen," said Ian, who has fond memories of how she tried to teach reproduction to a bunch of teenagers whose hormones were in turmoil. "It was a torture for me that no other teacher could have matched.

"I last saw her in the benefit office in Northwich in 1981."

Ex-pupil Christine Scott remembers a scrap between two teachers many moons ago in the school corridor, one swinging his briefcase at the head of another.

But she is keen to hear from anyone who remembers more.

The oldest pupil to sign the register is Jean Milne, who left the Bexton Road school in 1955.

The mother of two, happily married for 38 years to Edward Storey, is now retired.

The youngest is Jamie Seymour, who left school only last year. He is off to university this month.

In the past, the school had its fair share of look-alikes, Basil Fawlty and Robin Cook springing to mind on the website message board.

William Hodgson claimed one teacher from the past dished out detention like it made a profit while Nic Hollinworth remembers another saying that he would never amount to anything. Andrew Clark, who left in 1977, describes Mr Pridding as a great teacher - despite the occasional hard whack with the rubber tube from the Bunsen burner.

But compared to other schools, Knutsford High's teachers - and pupils - escaped lightly.

Pupils at one school nailed a rotten kipper under a young woman teacher's desk. "She took two hours to find it and by then we were all feeling sick," penned the pupil. And poor Monsieur Watremez. The French master had tried, but failed, to keep his class in order.

"I felt so sorry for him," the pupil said. One day he confiscated everyone's alarm watches but unfortunately did not realise they had all been set and they all went off in his drawer."

To register, log on to www.friendsreunited.co.uk