i was wondering if any one could help me find a school. if you were living in pitsmoor (pyebank road) in the 80s which secondery school would you have gone to

thanks
jane

Would that have been Earl Marshall?

hello ......it could have been one of a few ......herries (now called parkwood) ,earl marshall ,firthpark , it was one of these more often than not ..... but there's also a few other it could have been ! i went to pyepank .....then onto herries.....some of my friends went to earl marshall...... i left school in 83/84

hi clare do u remember any one called mark adams he had a sister tracey and brother darren mark left school bout 84-85

I went to Herries in the mid 80's and a lot of the other kids came from Pye Bank and Pitsmoor/Burngreave.

Yep..i'm from Pye Bank..or as some one spray painted on the road sign years ago..Pye *ank Rd...

I went from Pye Bank School to Herries..Although my brother went from same school to Hind house.

jt

hi clare do u remember any one called mark adams he had a sister tracey and brother darren mark left school bout 84-85
sorry bagpuss ......that names not ringing any bells :confused:

clare :wave: x

i used to know darren adams when he used to live on the flats on pye bank road

yep that them. darren used to do my art homework for me while me mark and other mates went out i have a foto of me mark & darren standing outside the flats i always look back on it & think of the good old days. do u know what happened to them all i heard mark got married and had a child and tracy already had a kiddy when they lived in the flats

Did the Adams live on the block with the post box right outside it.?

If it is was the dad a very tall guy..and mum was quite small.???

jt

they lived on the last block on pye bank cant remember bout post box but when i looked out marks bedroom window on to the main road there was bus stop on both sides

Not sure..but i think tracy lives up near to me..On the Longley area..Saw her in tesco's.!!

Last i heard about her mum was that she was working in london...but that was a few years back..

As for her brothers.i aint got a clue...

And yes..it did have a post box outside...i lived a bout 4 doors down from them...

jt

I knew Mark Adams when I lived on Pye Bank Rd (the block opposite the Loco).
I also remember Alan Gaines (also a friend of Mark's) who was a good friend of mine until I left Pitsmoor in 82.

scarab..not sure but i heard that Alan Gains died quite a while back now.!

Can't really remember how/or if it's true..But i remember some one telling me he had a bad motor bike accident.?

jt

I remember reading about the accident in the Star. Only days before I had bumped into his sister who had said he was doing well for himself after coming out of the army.
I have lots of fond memories of riding our bikes (pedal) on parkwood springs (especially around the camel humps) as well as hanging around the YWCA ;) on pitsmoor rd in the summer.

Scarab.!!

Don't know if you remember a certain Howard Gayle,who lived in the houses opposite the Adams ?

Well both he and myself joined the Army together and before joining up we would go out running and cycling together all the time,with a guy called Rob jones.!

If you knew Howard..chances are you also new me as well...

Unfortunatly..Howard was also killed in a car crash in Germany in late 1988.

Again at very young age..just 26years old...We were great mates.!

jt

I knew of a lad (didn't know personally, my sister was probaby his age or older ~ mid 40's now) called Howard who lived in the "old" houses just passed the "upside down" houses at the top of pye bank.
Did you ever play knock and run at the fox and duck pub to get chased by ??Brian?? the landladies son ? or go penny for the guying outside the fox and duck as well as the loco.
I remember when we used to go in the loco as kids, you weren't allowed downstairs where the "serious" adults where but you could mak mischief up and down the stairs between the floors.
Other things I remember, playing football in one of the top block yards, climbing in the weeping willows on stanley's field, playing rounders with the people from the adult education place next to stanleys, playing cricket on the field, fighting on the field (usually handbags at 20 paces cause it was a mate).
I also remember a gas explosion on one of the blocks.

Yeah,that was the guy.!

I'm 45,so i prob know your sister.?

What was her name.?

Brian from the pub,his mum was landlady there,called her Dorrean.!
That used to be my local,she used to sit at the side of the bar like Annie Walker did in the "Rovers Return".

john

the last time i saw mark he told me about Alan Gains who died in motor bike accident
a couple of times he took mark to my house to meet me and he also took me home on his bike when i had fallen at the skates. there was also little richard who used to hang out with them

John T I do know you, especially your bro kev who married a relation of mine, I seem to remember spending a new years eve with you in the toll gate at pitsmoor quite a few years ago. I lived on Andover Drive, Denholme Close then Pye Bank Road before moving to the posh end (longley) in 1982.
I went to Pye Bank Infant and Junior (the old school), Pye Bank Middle school then Herries. My name is John, my sis is Linda.

hey you guys all you 2 are talking about is memories well kept i lived on the maisonettes when the explosion happened.. i lived at 311 pye bank road [nee butterfield] wendy cant say i recognise you lot though only howard gayles name and yep i heared he got killed ..john t you seem to crop up alot where did you live hun if you was a friend of howards where did you live,,,

A little old this thread now but I will answer your question Wendy, John as I am are one of the Tansley's and I used to knock around with your Ron can you tell me how he is these days, I heard he lived in Newcastle area