Hi, am new to this forum, I now live in Leeds.

The schools where I learnt everything I know were Mansel and Yewlands:hihi:

Anybody else on this forum attend these places. Or did anyone on here used to frequent Chaucer school on a Friday evening with a bottle of Special Red and 10 Benson & Hedges - happy days!!!

I did!

Left Yewlands 1975. Mansell prior to that.

me too, a few years behind you. Both schools were dumps.

Hi, am new to this forum, I now live in Leeds.

The schools where I learnt everything I know were Mansel and Yewlands:hihi:

Anybody else on this forum attend these places. Or did anyone on here used to frequent Chaucer school on a Friday evening with a bottle of Special Red and 10 Benson & Hedges - happy days!!!

Was it Mansell that had a good youth club in the early 70's? The lads there were at odds with the skinheads at Lane Top if it's the one I'm thinking of.

Cheers, Jass

Oy your interests are the same as mine.....and we went to the same schools.

Are you sure you are not me .......or an imposter even

Hi, am new to this forum, I now live in Leeds.

The schools where I learnt everything I know were Mansel and Yewlands:hihi:

Anybody else on this forum attend these places. Or did anyone on here used to frequent Chaucer school on a Friday evening with a bottle of Special Red and 10 Benson & Hedges - happy days!!!


i went to both mansel and yewlands and i think we were in the same year did you leave in 1993???

I left in 1993 yeah.

So who are you?

Les

I went to mansel!
lol
probs way after all you lot..left in...2000
Mrs Bell was our headmistres...anyone have her?

Yewlands?

Is that a special school

I went to mansel!
lol
probs way after all you lot..left in...2000
Mrs Bell was our headmistres...anyone have her?i remeber mrs bell and mrs hope.and mr calnan. i left late 80.s

i remeber mrs bell and mrs hope.and mr calnan. i left late 80.s

mrs bell retired a few years back but mr calnan is still there as well as a few of the others that been there donkey years

Mr calnan is the best teacher ever!
may go see him, its been about...6 7 years
mrs bell was horrible...never liked her!
eugh!

i remeber mrs bell and mrs hope.and mr calnan. i left late 80.s
hi my mum and dad work at mansel and mr calnan still works there although it has changed so much now

I went to mansel!
lol
probs way after all you lot..left in...2000
Mrs Bell was our headmistres...anyone have her?



I know Mrs Dorothy Bell personally and she's doing just fine.

i went 2 mansel think i left 97 or 98 i cant remember seems like a life time ago i thought it was a great school i met sum cool people who i am still friends with

I went to Mansell Infants in 1962, (Miss Ashwell) Juniors in 1965, (Mr Douglas) then in my first year in the "big" school Wednesday lost the FA Cup Final, England won the World Cup. My teachers were A1 Mrs Dixon, A2, Mrs Strickland nee Vynall then two years with Mr Gregory who used to spend an abnormal period of time locked in the stationary room with Mrs Dronfield. We walked to school and back from Grenoside, remembering the sleet driving into my face, the fights all the way home, nearly getting run over....great days. Not like the spoiled little fat kids today who get ferried to and from school in Toyota Landcruisers.

I Went to Mansel nursery,infants then primary but went to Chaucer instead of Yewlands with the majority

I went to Mansel and Yewlands - I think I left in 81 or 82 - Miss Coy was my form teacher at Yewlands - Is she still around ??

Hi, I went to mansel and yewlane comp. (now yewlands) I left in 1975 the one and only teacher I remember and still hate to this day was my teacher at mansel MR WHITBREAD and his evil slipper joey!!

Does anyone remeber when Charlie Williams came to Yewlands?

I remember Charlie Williams visting Yewlands. I think he was a friend of one of the teachers. Do you remember when the teachers organised a "This Is Your Life" for the headteacher (Hugh Bland). Not sure what the occassion was but I remember to this day that his favourite song (at that time) was the theme from Van Der Valk.

I remember Charlie Williams visting Yewlands. I think he was a friend of one of the teachers. Do you remember when the teachers organised a "This Is Your Life" for the headteacher (Hugh Bland). Not sure what the occassion was but I remember to this day that his favourite song (at that time) was the theme from Van Der Valk.

I remember Mr Bland, he was the Head teacher that had the school carpeted in canary yellow carpet. :) what a crackpot.

Do you remember the name of the headmaster that got struck by lightning?

I think it was Mr. Carter.

Hi, I went to mansel and yewlane comp. (now yewlands) I left in 1975 the one and only teacher I remember and still hate to this day was my teacher at mansel MR WHITBREAD and his evil slipper joey!!

Does anyone remeber when Charlie Williams came to Yewlands?


I had the pleasure of Mr.Whitbread's Jesus sandal whizzing pass my head in the late 80's when i wasnt paying attention...

Hi there Sheffieldites
I used to go to Grenoside Junior and then Yewlands, It was Yewlane when I went there . I remember being very excited on my first day because I had to go by bus. Wow those were the days when a young person gotexcited about using a bus hey? Today they would no sooner use the bus than die, its Mums taxi now !!!!!!

So many of you have already worked out it was a lonnnnnnnng time ago since i was at Yewlane .I now live in Perth, Western Australia but have very many happy memories of the old days in Sheffield.

I started at Mansel Infants in 1958. Remember Miss Ashwell - headmistress, she lived behind us so had to be a good boy. Went to Mansel Juniors and remember Mr Douglas too. Left the area in '61. Remember teachers pouring salt on the icy slides we worked hard to create after snowfalls. Seems we had real snow back then. Sledging on biscuit tin lids, or a tea tray if you were lucky. Miss Ashwell had a Beatrix Potter library that the "good readers" could borrow books from. I think she had every one ever written. First day of school I arrived in my classroom to the sounds of sobbing from the storage room. Apparently the teacher had locked one of the girls in there for misbehaving. That'll learn 'er!! Never happen today. The education at Mansel wasn't that bad. When I moved to Cheshire I accidentally got dumped in the class a year ahead and went undetected for almost a month. Didn't realise until I found out we were taking our eleven plus that year. I was nine. When they moved me back a year it seems I sat on my duff for six months waiting for everyone to catch up. (Smartest I've ever been.) All downhill from there.

Yewlands?

Is that a special school


Excuse me , it was not a "special school when I went there " ( 1964-5) don't know if it ever became one though!!!!

Yewlands isnt a special school, its mainstream

I went to Mansel and Yewlands - I think I left in 81 or 82 - Miss Coy was my form teacher at Yewlands - Is she still around ??


Yes she was when I went to Yewlands 81-85. Think she was ther at least up to a couple of years ago.

Evil in a gym slip she was!

Mr Collette and Mr Topham. Two old timers who were tops!

Jim:thumbsup:

Yes she was when I went to Yewlands 81-85. Think she was ther at least up to a couple of years ago.

Evil in a gym slip she was!

Mr Collette and Mr Topham. Two old timers who were tops!

Jim:thumbsup:

Anyone remember mi55 lyon5 n mi55 murphy :huh:

I Had Mt Thy First Cigarette And Alcohol At Chaucer, You Could Walk Round It All At One Point, About Ten Years Ago, Used To Go Right Round The Back And Also At The Ront Up The Big Concrete Steps! Thosew Were The Days!!

I Remember Mr Calnan, When I Was In The Top School When It Was An Infant schhol, There Was Also Mrs Slack? Remember Lovin The School Dinners There, They Were The Best And Also Playing In The Concrete Tubes In The Playground And Wavin At All The Big Kids Down The Steps At Mansel Middle!

Left Yewlands in 1983
Remember Mr Goddard,was a right miserable git,used to be in charge of communication studies and english and was well known for throwing chalk board rubbers at you if ya got on his nerves.Used to call him snooker ball as he was bald on top.
Miss Coy was an absolute bitch with a massive arse.
(Anyone remeber female teacher in charge of metalwork,drove a TR7.....She was hot as ****!!!

I went to yewlands left in 1989.I remember miss coy,miss overland mr fuller miss myhill could go on but mr renardson was my fav

christ forgot about miss overland,her daughter was stunning,had MAJOR crush on her.....not miss Overland lol

Never saw her daughter do you remember mr topham, mrs round, mr mckenzie I did not like him at all! mr ward ,mrs peat/jones, mrs twigg.Anymore you can remember?My form tutor was the sewing teacher.

remember twigg and topham,form teacher was woman who did commerce,dont remember her name name but she had a face like a pizza!!!,where abouts u from in shiregreen waddy???

Hartleybrook area.I've been here about 10 years but lived all over sheffield including foxhill as a teen.

I left in 1987,was in Mr Bensons class.

Is anyone on yewlands forum?I am having probs getting on again.I tried earlier but the site is not recognised

I went to Mansel and Yewlands - I think I left in 81 or 82 - Miss Coy was my form teacher at Yewlands - Is she still around ??

Yes she is still there i believe, What a fantastic teacher!!!

I left Yewlands in 1981, nothing special about that school!

I remember Miss Coy and Mr Topham oh an Mr Fuller! My favourite teacher was Mr Hopkinson, but he probably left in about 1978.

Great memories of trips to Lockerbrooke, Thornbridge and the great trip to France.

Was it Mr Topham that used to do the barn dancing at lunchtimes around christmas? Oh happy days lol

actually I think I left in 1980

We were probabily at school together as I went on all those trips as well !!

I went to Yewlands, left in 1995. My form tutor was Miss Round (the German teacher, not Science).
www.yewlandspast.co.uk seems to be partly up and running.

I went to Mansell youth club in 1964/5 what a fantastic place. loads of my freinds were at Mansell school in the late 50's then Yew lane or colley. Iwas youth club representative in 1965 and appeared on Opportunity Knocks on behalf of National youth club week. I met Hughie Green, Jimmy Clitheroe and a few other faces in the canteen. Came home and saw it on our little telly in Black and white.

My OH used to go to Yewlands, he was there 85-90 ish, he was a bit of a rogue then and wonders if anyone remembers a Miss Sommers who was really nice to him (she taught science) or Mr sowerby (PE teacher) also his form tutor. Is there anyone on forum that was at Yewlands around the same time, prior to that Mansell?

i went to Mansel my teacher was Mr Merrels He kept all the pets.

all those from yewlands school late 80s do you remember any of these pupils the dolan family aka doc & jim. leo dalton & big dan they were cuisons .i hope someone does id like to here some stories these kids were my mates for a very long time even though i went to colley

all those from yewlands school late 80s do you remember any of these pupils the dolan family aka doc & jim. leo dalton & big dan they were cuisons .i hope someone does id like to here some stories these kids were my mates for a very long time even though i went to colley


Hi Baron10,

i remember all these, i was in Jamies class, leo and dan were both also in my year, nik i think was a year or 2 above, My hubby also went to colley he left around 88 :)

Hi Baron10,

i remember all these, i was in Jamies class, leo and dan were both also in my year, nik i think was a year or 2 above, My hubby also went to colley he left around 88 :)

i left colley in 89 i might know him do you also know tim and andy macall there dad was a high ranking police officer they lived in grenoside and went to yewlands

i left colley in 89 i might know him do you also know tim and andy macall there dad was a high ranking police officer they lived in grenoside and went to yewlands

Yep i knew andy also in my year, tim was quite a few years above us, i went to foxhill before yewlands, and hubby went to monteney, i will pm you my hubbys name if you like, however my ID is a big clue, he also had a younger brother, and 3 older sisters, they all went to colley, do you see owt of jamie, leo and gang.

Yep i knew andy also in my year, tim was quite a few years above us, i went to foxhill before yewlands, and hubby went to monteney, i will pm you my hubbys name if you like, however my ID is a big clue, he also had a younger brother, and 3 older sisters, they all went to colley, do you see owt of jamie, leo and gang.

no i lost contact years ago .our lives all went a bit wobbly . i now live in oxford is it eggleston

no i lost contact years ago .our lives all went a bit wobbly . i now live in oxford is it eggleston

Yeah, thats right did you know him ? yeah the last i heard of Jim n doc, thing were extremly wobbly, hope they got sorted out, because they were really good lads at school.

yes i vaigley remember him. i dont know if the rest of the lads got sorted out cos i got out and cleaned up . but i hope they did cos they were top lads we had some good laughs back in the day i think docs leg might have been amputated due to blood clots .so sad

I went to Mansell and then on to Yewlands. I left in 1973. God, Im old.. Mr Peter Avil, Science teacher used to put us girls in handcuffs and keep us in all breaktime. How come no-one knew he was a perv ? Miss Penlington was Head then..

Nick Dolan was in my class ,he was a good lad.

my husband was at yewlands and left in 1992/3.
he remembers a few teachers. his last form tutor was mr boycott.
people in his year were mark wragg, lee fletcher, william chung.

Yewlands?

Is that a special school
yewlands a special school??? i thought it was quite an ordinary school,nowt at all special about it.

I left in 1987,was in Mr Bensons class.

I left in 87 too and was also in Bensons form 2-2 all the way to 5-2

lexxy mr calnan left this year . i went to mansel and yewlands n both are still stupid. both head teachers have not a clue what to do . just left yewlands this year and i was glad to get out of that rubbish tip. when it rains, the roof leaks

I left in 87 too and was also in Bensons form 2-2 all the way to 5-2

Can you remember me? Whats your name? :thumbsup:

Can you remember me? Whats your name? :thumbsup:

Russ, but can't remember a Mandi in our form, unless its Amanda.

I attended mansel nursery Mrs bell was the headmistress, then onto the juniors Mr smith if memory serves and left about 1981. Anyone remember Mr pickering and did he give you the slipper:hihi:. Finally colley comp.

i also went to mansell then on to colley the people i can remember were the harrisons,wards,smiths.i left school about 1975-76

I went to Mansel and Yewlands - I think I left in 81 or 82 - Miss Coy was my form teacher at Yewlands - Is she still around ??

My partner went to yewlands and has been tryna trace some of his old class mates he cant remember the exact year although it was around the same time and he does remember Miss Coy. PE teacher?

Is anyone on yewlands forum?I am having probs getting on again.I tried earlier but the site is not recognised

What is this? Do you have anymore info my bf is tryna search for old school friends and banging his head lol
Im new to these forums call me dim if you wish :huh:

My partner went to yewlands and has been tryna trace some of his old class mates he cant remember the exact year although it was around the same time and he does remember Miss Coy. PE teacher?
Whats their name ?? - PM me if you don't want to type it on here !!

Whats their name ?? - PM me if you don't want to type it on here !!

Its ok his name is David/Dave Armitage and he's 43 now x

think i might have been in his class at mansell.

i went to yewlands,left in 96.i just want to say a big SORRY to all the teachers i gave a hard time.you will be pleased to know mr miller that i have grown up since then.
forgive me xxx

christ forgot about miss overland,her daughter was stunning,had MAJOR crush on her.....not miss Overland lol

Her daughter was called Wendy I think,I was in the same class as Jonathan her brother in Mansell but i think he went to Tapton not Yewlands

christ forgot about miss overland,her daughter was stunning,had MAJOR crush on her.....not miss Overland lol

Years before you and when Barbara Overland was about 20 year old I had a crush on her.