Does anyone one have any historical information about this school. It is/was on bracken road. I went past the other day and noticed that they had knocked the old place down and built a new shiny building that will probably last 2 minutes.

Relatives of mine went to this school back in the 70s and I followed in the 80's as is typical with old school buildings the ghost stories were rife and plenty of dares to go up into the attic room to see if you could see the "green lady" (why all schools have a green/gray/white lady is a mystery)

Im curious about a couple of things, firstly when was the old building built? Ive heard rumours that it was used as a TB hospital but i have found no evidence of that (many hours today on google searching) I cant really find anything about it. Its almost as if the place didnt exist and it was a pretty prominent building on the estate so you would think id find something.

Im also curious about the land at the back, behind it was a huge field (now with a nursing home and a dentist built at the bottom of it on shiregreen lane. but just off that is a patch of wasteland that we as kids used to call "The Quarry" Whats the deal with this patch of land? I remember as a kid walking across it to go to school and it had strange coloured spillages on it. Also used to be able to catch frogs an collect frogspawn there.

If anyone can shed any light just to kill my own curiosity id be muchly apreciative ^^

cheers

Sorry can't tell you anything about the building but I worked there during the 90's and found loads of old photos in the attic rooms in the lower school. I wished I had taken them now and could have passed them on to someone with an interest. I didn't know the building was gone, I hope someone rescued them :(
Never saw any ghosts btw.

:)

Does anyone one have any historical information about this school. It is/was on bracken road. I went past the other day and noticed that they had knocked the old place down and built a new shiny building that will probably last 2 minutes.

Relatives of mine went to this school back in the 70s and I followed in the 80's as is typical with old school buildings the ghost stories were rife and plenty of dares to go up into the attic room to see if you could see the "green lady" (why all schools have a green/gray/white lady is a mystery)

Im curious about a couple of things, firstly when was the old building built? Ive heard rumours that it was used as a TB hospital but i have found no evidence of that (many hours today on google searching) I cant really find anything about it. Its almost as if the place didnt exist and it was a pretty prominent building on the estate so you would think id find something.

Im also curious about the land at the back, behind it was a huge field (now with a nursing home and a dentist built at the bottom of it on shiregreen lane. but just off that is a patch of wasteland that we as kids used to call "The Quarry" Whats the deal with this patch of land? I remember as a kid walking across it to go to school and it had strange coloured spillages on it. Also used to be able to catch frogs an collect frogspawn there.

If anyone can shed any light just to kill my own curiosity id be muchly apreciative ^^

cheersi
i left shool in 1944 i remember in the hall there used to be a bust of nurse cavel i believe she was a nurse there in the first world war so it must have been some sort of hospital
i hope that helps you

Does anyone one have any historical information about this school. It is/was on bracken road. I went past the other day and noticed that they had knocked the old place down and built a new shiny building that will probably last 2 minutes.

Relatives of mine went to this school back in the 70s and I followed in the 80's as is typical with old school buildings the ghost stories were rife and plenty of dares to go up into the attic room to see if you could see the "green lady" (why all schools have a green/gray/white lady is a mystery)

Im curious about a couple of things, firstly when was the old building built? Ive heard rumours that it was used as a TB hospital but i have found no evidence of that (many hours today on google searching) I cant really find anything about it. Its almost as if the place didnt exist and it was a pretty prominent building on the estate so you would think id find something.

Im also curious about the land at the back, behind it was a huge field (now with a nursing home and a dentist built at the bottom of it on shiregreen lane. but just off that is a patch of wasteland that we as kids used to call "The Quarry" Whats the deal with this patch of land? I remember as a kid walking across it to go to school and it had strange coloured spillages on it. Also used to be able to catch frogs an collect frogspawn there.

If anyone can shed any light just to kill my own curiosity id be muchly apreciative ^^

cheers
all i can say about the land at the back of the old school it was a quarry for the sheffield brick company there was no field there till they filled in the quarryi hope trhet helps
cheers

yeah its all interesting stuff, certainly answers the quarry question, and a good insight into the possibility of it been a hospital.

Thanks :)

I went to Shiregreen nursery, infants, junior and senior but then went on to Hinde House after 2 years at seniors as it closed down. As I remember the senior school had the play ground and a slope went down to what was like a yellow field covered in a clay type surface and was called the enclosure. It had a high netting fence round like a tennis court. Beyond that was the quarry and to one side was a brick yard. I remember sitting in class and watching 2 men stand on top of the chimney about 100ft up and knocking the bricks off the top with a sledge hammer to demolish it.

As a little lad in the 1940's when I lived in Shiregreen Lane I used to sit on the edge of the quarry and look down at the men working below digging out the clay..There was a small railway system with a little steam engine that pulled a load of tubs on wheels similar to the ones they used to have in the coal mines...I remember the Police being involved at one time..when theives broke into a dynamite store on the site and stole a load of explosives...I also remember a huge steam shovel bellowing out lots of smoke I can still smell the burning coal and oil.. JCB's had not been invented then...Some of the older Lads from the Flower Estate used to go down into the quarry in the summer evenings after the workmen had gone home and strip off to the buff and skinny dip in the murky waters.

The school was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers in ww1 i found that info in the book by brian woodriffe called shiregreen wincobank and ecclesfield.

I went past the school the other day & now it's called hinde house infants & juniors,i myself went to the then "Shiregreen school" from 77/81 & my first classroom was down a slope where there was some old cabins & sandwiched in between those cabins & the main building was Concord school.

i went to shiregreen nursery, then first and middle school. i can remember being made to eat dinners in nursery by a mrs lee and after having to go to sleep on little beds, if you were tired or not. first school there was a mrs barlow as the head teacher and mrs furniss was my teacher, she took the whole class to her house on oaks fold lane at the other side of concord park. In the play ground there was a shelter when it was raining we all used to get under it. In the middle school i can remember mr priest, who only ever seemed to wear one suit and the same pair of boots the whole time i was there. Also all the classes having to go to the rooms under the middle school for the nit nurse,
.

I went to the nursery then attended the first and middle school, The head teachers I remember are Mrs Gorrol sp? in the first school, Mr Booth in the second school. I was there between 80/87.
I remember when the park behind the school was built, we spent most our break times on the park. I also remember the quarry where we used to collect frog spawn.

i went to shiregreen nursery, then first and middle school. i can remember being made to eat dinners in nursery by a mrs lee and after having to go to sleep on little beds, if you were tired or not. first school there was a mrs barlow as the head teacher and mrs furniss was my teacher, she took the whole class to her house on oaks fold lane at the other side of concord park. In the play ground there was a shelter when it was raining we all used to get under it. In the middle school i can remember mr priest, who only ever seemed to wear one suit and the same pair of boots the whole time i was there. Also all the classes having to go to the rooms under the middle school for the nit nurse,
Been into w h smiths today and found this book by Brian Wooddrift ,looks ok , think iv found my fathers day prezzie .


Mr priest was one of my form teachers back in around 78/79 in one of those concrete sheds down the slope behind concord school,i couldn't stand the bloke because he always kept me in during breaks until my dad had a go with him then he never really bothered me.

I went to the nursery then attended the first and middle school, The head teachers I remember are Mrs Gorrol sp? in the first school, Mr Booth in the second school. I was there between 80/87.
I remember when the park behind the school was built, we spent most our break times on the park. I also remember the quarry where we used to collect frog spawn.



Mrs Gorrell was the head mistress back in 77 when i attended & in the 2nd school i clearly remember Mr Sanderson as the head teacher a tall fella with curly hair & a tache.

I remember Mr Priest (rotten git) in the juniors approx 1965, also Mr Wilkinson , he was a big bloke with gingerish hair , he was ok. Do you remember any of the teachers in the
senior school around that time ?. Mr Broadhead (deputy head) mr Naylor (sports)
Miss Bennet (english) Mr Burgin (woodwork) Mr Thorrold (maths) and good old Mr Lingard,
Mr Priest was a peach compared to Lingard.

can only remember mr priest probably the reason for this is probably because he used to dig fingers into your back when he was behind you for talking, also throw the chalk at you, and some times the board rubber. my mum also went up to see him about this. Was around 1775/76
Mark 1971 did you know my brothers Gary or Mark Bilton off daffodil rd ?

i went to nursery, infants and middle here between 83 and 90, i remember mr booth, mrs west and mrs french. there were several fires while i was at these schools which wiped out the dining halls i also remember the wall at the bottom of the yard that seperated the yard from the field/quarry and one of my friends falling off on the high side and breaking her arm. i also remember playing wigi(sp) board in the libary but i do remeber seeing an old man in a rocking chair in the attick of the middle school at night while i was there with the majorettes, unfortunately the door was locked. i was always told it was and hospital/asylum in the first world war but before that it was an orpanage, i don't know how much truth there is in this but that was the story i heard

can only remember mr priest probably the reason for this is probably because he used to dig fingers into your back when he was behind you for talking, also throw the chalk at you, and some times the board rubber. my mum also went up to see him about this. Was around 1775/76
Mark 1971 did you know my brothers Gary or Mark Bilton off daffodil rd ?

Are they twins or do they look alike?if so then i will remember them but i didn't know them personally.

no they were nt twins and didnt look alike, were the twins you remember the carnalls from 70 daffodil , they were called sean n andrew had brothers gary and mark, then they moved onto the corner of blue bell across from the spooky house, and i think there mum n dad still there now.

no they were nt twins and didnt look alike, were the twins you remember the carnalls from 70 daffodil , they were called sean n andrew had brothers gary and mark, then they moved onto the corner of blue bell across from the spooky house, and i think there mum n dad still there now.

Yes that's the family i was thinking of,i remember the twins riding around on raliegh Grifters one silver & one blue.Me & Gary were in the same classback in 79/80.

gary was at my brothers house not long back.

If my memory serves me right Gary was into judo

anyone remeber mr innman

anyone remeber mr innman

Oh yes i think he was the deputy head.

i think gary and my brother did judo at concord for a while. I remember mr Inman, he was deputy head when i was there.

anyone remember Mr innman

Oh yes oh yes me and Norman go way back hope hes still alive and kicking
would love to meet up with the old fellow now.


P.S he may be shocked to see how i turned out.

hiya dean
seem to remember you had a few runins with mr inman , did you ever get the cane from him or had it just been stopped when we went to hind house? When you look back, wasn't school brill.

i used to go to braken hill and when it used to rain in a morning we would all sit and listen to stories and vagly i remember this but one tme it started to thunder and we were doing our nativity and it started to thunder and all of a sudden a chair was tipped over and the lights started to dim. someone said they saw a figure flot across the room.

Went through most of the 3 schools in th 50's/early 60's. The Nursery Infants was located on the ground floor of the 2 storey block at the top of Bracken Road. Miss Lynch was the head then, Mrs Lee? in charge of the Nursery. The Juniors were housed in the single storey building lower down Bracken Road, Headteacher in the late 50's was a Mr Ron Raynor, deputy Mr Norman Coombs, other staff from memory - Mrs Betty Hill, Bernard Priest (later to become head as mentioned above). He started there about 1958/9? The secondary was located on the 1st floor above the Nursery Infants and had a relatively high number of pupils in hutted accommodation between the school playground and the old quarry / brickworks. Headteacher was Mr Harold Lamb, succeeded by Mr Smith. Teachers again from memory - Mr Broadhead, Mr Moss, Mr David, Fred Collins replaced as PE teacher by Mr. Naylor, Mr Watkin, Mr Burgin, Mr Lawton, Miss Fincham, Mr Heywood, Mr Martin, Mrs Mosely etc etc. The schools at that time I thought were very good, most were very good teachers, good discipline in a catchment area where there was a terrific mix. The enclosure was built around 1961/2 - a rectangle all weather play surface (compacted grit sand) enclosed by a 9 foot or so chainlink fence. A great boon to the sports department. The hutted accommodation were old Nissan huts housing the kitchen, art room, science lab, the HORSA huts (concrete block, pitched asbestos roofs/metal casement windows) housed music, woodwork and general classrooms. About 5 double blocks built right on the school boundary in a line overlooking the quarry. Playgrounds - the juniors had 2 - 1 to the side of the buiding adjacent to Wincobank Avenue, the other behind the building. Air-raid shelters (blast shelters really) surrounded the perimeter of the yards. The secondary school had 2 playgrounds - 1 to the rear (boys) and 1 between the 2 storey block and the junior school shared by the infants and senior girls. Play-shelters and external toilets were in both the latter yards - the juniors didn't have a playshelter. I was always led to believe the original 2 storey block was built to house (or was used) for 1st World War casualties. Loads more in my memory banks if anyone's interested or might have bored folks enough? Happy days back then:)

I went here in the 90's when it was Bracken Hill Primary. Tony Laycock as Head, later Mrs Burgess (I can never remember her first name)

I stayed here until Y5. I remember the yellow staircase was creepy as hell, and if you were brave enough to go down that staircase instead of the red staircase on the other side of the building, you used to run like hell, so the Green Lady would not get you.

That staircase to the attic was scary.... :gag:

I'm also interested in finding out more about the hospital it was before it was a school.

i went to shiregreen school from nursery up to leaving school .my father went to shiregreen from being 8 years old i have the pics if he were alive he would be 93 that gives you some idea on the age

Hi have just found the threed about Bracken rd shcool so I have just registerd so that I can shed a little light on the shcool and the area around Istarted shcool whenI was five and can recallect the day as if it was yesterday my Mother took me at 09.00 and we went in via the side door and along the corriderto the hall we turnd right and went to the top class room on the left their were a lot of children starting a lot of crying and I had to sit at the back and was given a slate and a piece of chalk and a tin of see shells so that we could start counting my mother collected me at 3oclock to take me home then I had to go on my own after that

arnie

I started teaching at Shiregreen when Pete Inman was temporary head. Met Jim Fryer, Dave Hutton, Wendy Roberts, Lynn Bowman whilst teaching there from 1978 to around 1982. Then left for Monteney

Interesting.

I was a pupil at Shiregreen Middle School between 1981 - 1985 approx.

I remember Mr Mahoney, who I was slightly in love with and was very kind to our family when my Dad died when I was in his class. I also seem to remember he lived locally and went door to door as a washing machine repair man in the school holidays.

There was Mrs Simpson who died when her two dogs dragged her into a river.

Mrs Marsden and Mr Inman were two of the older generation, who could be very, very firm but also very kind. Again Mr Inman stuck his neck out for my sister and supported her in finding extra tuition out of school for music.

I remember Mr Priest and was very relieved to have never been in his class. I remember though one year he came back from the summer holidays a changed man, I remember the rumoured reason why he changed so dramaticly, but wont say so here for fear of getting into trouble.

Other names I remember were Mrs Wilkinson, Mrs Collins, Mrs Fryer and the headteacher Mr Booth - who I remember to be a lovely man. Alot of the teachers used to frequent the Roman Ridge Pub and smelt distinctly of beer in an afternoon!

I think the area was going down hill a bit at the time and some of the people who lived there left alot to be desired - some notorious families around and I remember being scared of dome of the kids at the school.

Overall though, a lovely school with some dedicated teachers.

And yes, I do remember the scary staircase upto the attic - wasn't the staffroom up there?

Snoop
Yes I know all of the teachers you mention. John Booth took over from Keith Sanderson around 1980/81.
Scurrilous rumour about the Roman Ridge though! lol
I still see puplis dotted around the City - usually when I am in town with my mates only to be accosted by some pretty young thing which of course gives the lasd plenty of licence for taking the mickey. Or by some hulking brute who I remember as a freckle faced 11 year old- the lads I am out with tend to sidle away at this point!

Snoop
Yes I know all of the teachers you mention. John Booth took over from Keith Sanderson around 1980/81.
Scurrilous rumour about the Roman Ridge though! lol
I still see puplis dotted around the City - usually when I am in town with my mates only to be accosted by some pretty young thing which of course gives the lasd plenty of licence for taking the mickey. Or by some hulking brute who I remember as a freckle faced 11 year old- the lads I am out with tend to sidle away at this point!

I think Mr Sanderson was headteacher for my first year, and Mr Booth took over in my second year.

I've just remembered Mrs Collins, who had something wrong with her voice, but still seemed to manage to control the class though she spoke only in a whisper

Snoop
Yes that was Janet Collins. She left teaching and went down a very Academic Route as an Educational Researcher working with Sheffield University.
Keith Sanderson left to run a deli store at Totley but returned to teaching as a supply teacher, I believe.
I am one of the teachers you mentioned earlier but left teaching around 15 years ago.

Snoop
Yes that was Janet Collins. She left teaching and went down a very Academic Route as an Educational Researcher working with Sheffield University.
Keith Sanderson left to run a deli store at Totley but returned to teaching as a supply teacher, I believe.
I am one of the teachers you mentioned earlier but left teaching around 15 years ago.

Ooooh.......

PM me and tell me which one!

i do believe scoop the teacher whose dogs dragged her into the river don was called mrs shemeld she was my teacher for about 1 week before it happened then we had a new teacher a largish lady with dark hair, name is on the tip of my tongue. I was there between 1980 and 1988 ish when i moved to hinde house i remember mrs gorrill she ran girls scouts in her weekends then mr booth he was great i also remember mrs roberts and a few other teachers, i would love to hear from anyone who went to school during those years, did anyone remeber mr taylor , miss rose,( mr akers ? i think )
I spent most of my years on the park behind the school and yes the dinner room did get burnt down i even know the name of the boy that did it.
On the matter of the green lady ghost yes she was supposed to be in the attic room which did used to be a staffroom but they changed i to downstairs next to the office, the old attic used to have a horrible set of very steep winding stairs that led up to it i was on the very end of the building upper floor just out from the classroom corridor we were told a variety of stories about her being there from world war 1 as the school was used as a hospital then.
My father went to it when it was a grammar school and so did all of his brothers and sisters they all lived on the flower estate and the quarry was an old brickyard as my grandmother (my fathers mother) worked there in her early teens, unfortunately my grandparents died in 1981 and 2000 so i cant ask them i would if i could as i would love to know more anyways hope this helps you .

can only remember mr priest probably the reason for this is probably because he used to dig fingers into your back when he was behind you for talking, also throw the chalk at you, and some times the board rubber. my mum also went up to see him about this. Was around 1775/76
Mark 1971 did you know my brothers Gary or Mark Bilton off daffodil rd ?

Mr priest was a push over too Mr inman, he once made me wet my pants just by shouting at me.but i have got memories.yes gary was in my class.

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The teacher you refer to as having died when falling in the river was a Mrs Simpson who lived near Hope and the incident happened at Grindleford (River Matlock?)
Marjorie Shemeld sadly died of cancer. Not sure who the lady was who replaced her though

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The teacher you refer to as having died when falling in the river was a Mrs Simpson who lived near Hope and the incident happened at Grindleford (River Matlock?)
Marjorie Shemeld sadly died of cancer. Not sure who the lady was who replaced her though

yes you'r write i think it happend over xmas holiday..she jumped into the canel to save her dog and drowned.!

Gosh. With respect talk about Chinese whispers. Suzanne Simpson was about 150yds ahead of her husband in grindleford when apparently (no one knows for sure) one of the dogs pulled on the lead causing her to fall on the river striking her head.
Not the don or the canal. It happened on the same day as the Mary Rose was dragged from the sea bed defo not Xmas

Gosh. With respect talk about Chinese whispers. Suzanne Simpson was about 150yds ahead of her husband in grindleford when apparently (no one knows for sure) one of the dogs pulled on the lead causing her to fall on the river striking her head.
Not the don or the canal. It happened on the same day as the Mary Rose was dragged from the sea bed defo not Xmas
i'am just saying whot our head master told us when it heppend?

I have just found this site which is rather remarkable. I taught at Shiregreen Nursery First School in 1988 as a Commonwealth Exchange Teacher from Australia. My memories are clear of the wonderful, dedicated staff at the time but very different teaching and learning arrangements compared to Australia. I was in the Transition class with different teachers throughout the year. Unlike most, I enjoyed the school dinners which was somewhat of a novelty for me!
No doubt some of the teachers have moved on or retired but they were a great group.

i do believe scoop the teacher whose dogs dragged her into the river don was called mrs shemeld she was my teacher for about 1 week before it happened then we had a new teacher a largish lady with dark hair, name is on the tip of my tongue. I was there between 1980 and 1988 ish when i moved to hinde house i remember mrs gorrill she ran girls scouts in her weekends then mr booth he was great i also remember mrs roberts and a few other teachers, i would love to hear from anyone who went to school during those years, did anyone remeber mr taylor , miss rose,( mr akers ? i think )
I spent most of my years on the park behind the school and yes the dinner room did get burnt down i even know the name of the boy that did it.
On the matter of the green lady ghost yes she was supposed to be in the attic room which did used to be a staffroom but they changed i to downstairs next to the office, the old attic used to have a horrible set of very steep winding stairs that led up to it i was on the very end of the building upper floor just out from the classroom corridor we were told a variety of stories about her being there from world war 1 as the school was used as a hospital then.
My father went to it when it was a grammar school and so did all of his brothers and sisters they all lived on the flower estate and the quarry was an old brickyard as my grandmother (my fathers mother) worked there in her early teens, unfortunately my grandparents died in 1981 and 2000 so i cant ask them i would if i could as i would love to know more anyways hope this helps you .

Do you remember Mrs Foster and Mr Jamerson the p.e. teachers from 1987 - 1996

Mr Unwin ruled (don't even know if the teacher is still there)

Sorry i don't remember those names. There was a Mr Finlay, Heather the Deputy Head, Mrs Firth the headteacher was on maternity leave, Mrs Evans. I was at the Nursery School and we didn't have a PE teacher but we did have a music teacher. My class was the first one next to the offices.

Unfortunately, I can't recall many more names.

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The teacher you refer to as having died when falling in the river was a Mrs Simpson who lived near Hope and the incident happened at Grindleford (River Matlock?)
Marjorie Shemeld sadly died of cancer. Not sure who the lady was who replaced her though

Yes it was definately Mrs Simpson who tragically died while falling into the river,so sad to hear about Mrs Shemeld she was on of my form teachers.

Yes it was definately Mrs Simpson who tragically died while falling into the river,so sad to hear about Mrs Shemeld she was on of my form teachers. i wonder what happened to nicholas mrs shemelds son ?

Anyone remember Miss Winder from the NI school (later became Mrs Ashton)? She was lovely (now sadly no longer with us: died quite a few years back). Miss Gorill is, as far as I know, still alive (well she defo was Christmas 2009). Mike Mahoney from the Juniors retired quite a few years ago: he was still relatively young though. Mrs White (also Juniors) emigrated to Australia.

Does anyone one have any historical information about this school. It is/was on bracken road. I went past the other day and noticed that they had knocked the old place down and built a new shiny building that will probably last 2 minutes.

Relatives of mine went to this school back in the 70s and I followed in the 80's as is typical with old school buildings the ghost stories were rife and plenty of dares to go up into the attic room to see if you could see the "green lady" (why all schools have a green/gray/white lady is a mystery)

Im curious about a couple of things, firstly when was the old building built? Ive heard rumours that it was used as a TB hospital but i have found no evidence of that (many hours today on google searching) I cant really find anything about it. Its almost as if the place didnt exist and it was a pretty prominent building on the estate so you would think id find something.

Im also curious about the land at the back, behind it was a huge field (now with a nursing home and a dentist built at the bottom of it on shiregreen lane. but just off that is a patch of wasteland that we as kids used to call "The Quarry" Whats the deal with this patch of land? I remember as a kid walking across it to go to school and it had strange coloured spillages on it. Also used to be able to catch frogs an collect frogspawn there.

If anyone can shed any light just to kill my own curiosity id be muchly apreciative ^^

cheers
the quarry was at the back of the school between the shool and shiregreen lane.matertials dug from the quarry were used at a brickworks sittuated opposite shiregreen club,and behind wincobank avenue.

Interesting.

I was a pupil at Shiregreen Middle School between 1981 - 1985 approx.

I remember Mr Mahoney, who I was slightly in love with and was very kind to our family when my Dad died when I was in his class. I also seem to remember he lived locally and went door to door as a washing machine repair man in the school holidays.

There was Mrs Simpson who died when her two dogs dragged her into a river.

Mrs Marsden and Mr Inman were two of the older generation, who could be very, very firm but also very kind. Again Mr Inman stuck his neck out for my sister and supported her in finding extra tuition out of school for music.

I remember Mr Priest and was very relieved to have never been in his class. I remember though one year he came back from the summer holidays a changed man, I remember the rumoured reason why he changed so dramaticly, but wont say so here for fear of getting into trouble.

Other names I remember were Mrs Wilkinson, Mrs Collins, Mrs Fryer and the headteacher Mr Booth - who I remember to be a lovely man. Alot of the teachers used to frequent the Roman Ridge Pub and smelt distinctly of beer in an afternoon!

I think the area was going down hill a bit at the time and some of the people who lived there left alot to be desired - some notorious families around and I remember being scared of dome of the kids at the school.

Overall though, a lovely school with some dedicated teachers.

And yes, I do remember the scary staircase upto the attic - wasn't the staffroom up there?

I dont remember many of the teachers names except of course My Mahoney, who most of us girls had a mad crush on x

I started my Teaching career at Shiregreen in 1978 and left about six years later. Finished teaching about twelve years after that when I left to go into the provate sector. Now a Director of an Engineering company - how things change!

I was very young at Shiregreen and all the "crushes" probably have something to do with that especially compared with Pete Inman and Bernard Priest lol

Still see lots of "kids" around town and without fail they have been great. Good job looking at the sizes of some of the lads now!

Is Bernard priest still around does anyone know how to contact him.Anyone from 1960s junior school classes who lived on flower estate.

i wonder what happened to nicholas mrs shemelds son ?

Sad to hear about Mrs Schemeld passing away...I remember Nicolas - he was a nice chap and played in our football team at Shiregreen in the 70's. Think I can still remember most of the team from those times.

Goalkeeper - Martin ?? Senior
Defence RB - Yours truly
Midfield - Dennis Crapper
Striker - Richard (went on to play for the Owls, can't remember the surname but can see his face)
LB - Think it was Nicolas Schemeld...
Winger - Tony Williamson
Think Steven Frith was in defence too...

C'mon help me out here...it's been a long time. Answers on a postcard...

I remember Mr Priest (rotten git) in the juniors approx 1965, also Mr Wilkinson , he was a big bloke with gingerish hair , he was ok. Do you remember any of the teachers in the
senior school around that time ?. Mr Broadhead (deputy head) mr Naylor (sports)
Miss Bennet (english) Mr Burgin (woodwork) Mr Thorrold (maths) and good old Mr Lingard,
Mr Priest was a peach compared to Lingard.

i went there in the 60s up to the 70s when i left i remeber those teachers there where 4 of us who used to knock about together at school mick smith geoff cupit leonard bates and me graham senior we used to wag it together i remember wen we was in the 3rd year of senior school our form teacher was a mr coulton and at easter time we found out that the girls had bought him summat for easter so us 4 thoght we would have to go and get him summat (didnt want to be outdone by the girls lol)so we went to firth park during afternoon break to get him summat but we dint have any money so we had to nick summat we got a big easter egg and a big box of chocolates on our way back to school we decided to eat the chocolates and give him the easter egg by the time we got back the school was in assembly so we went to the woodwork room to finish off the chocs thats where mr burgin caught us and marched us to the assembly hall and we had to see the headmaster after we didnt get the stick cos we explained why we were late but we didnt tell him about the chocs (happy days wish i was back there )

Regards my earlier post....it was Richard Beaumont that went on to play for the Owls. Also remember a Gary White that played in Midfield too. Seems like the brains kicked in again...

I started in the infants at Shiregreen School around 1963/64, I don't remember any of the teachers names from that time only Mrs Lee, nursery teacher. I do remember having school dinners in the assembly hall for some reason (probably the fire I have read about). I then went into the juniors and I remember Mr Priest, luckily I was never in his class but my cousin was. I had Mr Wilkinson later to take over from Mr Coombes as Head Teacher, Mrs Marsden who was firm but lovely, her daughter Zoe was a couple of years younger than me and also Mrs Shemeld who didn't live far from me. I didn't go into senior school there as it had closed and we went to Hinde House Comprehensive (I think we were the first class to go straight from juniors to Hinde House, but I may be wrong).

The area behind the school used to be a brick yard and quarry and we spent many hours during the summer holidays (unknown to our mums who had forbidden it) at the quarry catching newts, tadpoles and frogs.

I started in the infants at Shiregreen School around 1963/64, I don't remember any of the teachers names from that time only Mrs Lee, nursery teacher.

curriechick, do you mean Mrs Easley? I think she was there for many years before she retired in the seventies.

No it was Mrs Lee I wasn't in nursery but my sister was and she is 6 years younger than me so it was a bit later than the date I gave I suppose

I went to Shiregreen Infant/Junior/Senior School (then on to Hinde House).

I remember Mr Wilkinson, he was great, he ran the football team and we were runners up in a Sheffield Schools cup competition (around 1965, I would be eleven). I also remember some of the other teachers mentioned ie Linguard etc.

My mum was a dinner lady at the school and then a teaching assistant (for around twenty years in all) and she loved working there.

I have very fond memeories of most of my time there.

fravaya i am so interested to find out who you are, i went to the school from th age of 5 was born in 75 so went there from 1979/1980 until went on to hinde house at the age of 11 but both my brothers went there from 1984 on wards. I lived on the estate and remember lots of fun time at school i was a teachers pet though pm me im sure you'll know me

Regards my earlier post....it was Richard Beaumont that went on to play for the Owls. Also remember a Gary White that played in Midfield too. Seems like the brains kicked in again... he also played with simon mills who i also beleive played for the owls