be interested to hear from anyone who lived in and around the Broomhall area between the 1960s and 80s. We lived on William Street, we all went to Springfield school, then some went to Tapton others to High Storrs. i went to King Teds. And yes i know there are threads for these schools. want to hear from people who lived in the area.

be interested to hear from anyone who lived in and around the Broomhall area between the 1960s and 80s. We lived on William Street, we all went to Springfield school, then some went to Tapton others to High Storrs. i went to King Teds. And yes i know there are threads for these schools. want to hear from people who lived in the area.
We lived on Broomhall flats from '71 ish to '79 ish. My dad went to Springfield and also my sister and me (at different times that is lol). We lived on Fitzwilliam Row across from The Washington. What years were you at Springfield hun?

we went to Springfield during the 60s. I went from 60 to 66, others in my family went later.

I went to Springfield from 1955 to 1961. I lived on Broomhall Street,till 1968.

Hey there, i lived in Broomhall from 1967 through to early 90's. What are you interested in hearing about?

I was born at 102 upper hanover street in 1964 and my mum and dad were mick and ann and i went to saint silas and left the area when i was 13 and moved upto crosspool and went to high storrs and then king edwards the Vll .

I lived on Victoria st, from 1978 till 1981 and went to springfield school 78/79.
We all used to play on the 'Adventure playground' or 'death trap' my mum called it hahah.
(where were health and safety then?) I used to play on the flats,and up around havalock sq.

Hi

I'm new to the site. I lived on Broomspring lane and went to Springfield school from 1965 to 1969, the headteacher was Miss Hobson, remember Miss Bailey, Mrs Round and Mrs Lydamore. My mum was dinner there in infants (Mrs Lampitt) then went to High Storrs.

be interested to hear from anyone who lived in and around the Broomhall area between the 1960s and 80s. We lived on William Street, we all went to Springfield school, then some went to Tapton others to High Storrs. i went to King Teds. And yes i know there are threads for these schools. want to hear from people who lived in the area.

hiya
i was brought up on bath st 1938/ until i married in march 1961 my mum and dad moved in the summer of '61 then the area was demolished.in the '40s and 50s there were hundreds of homes in the broomhall area including dozens of small factories cutlery, silverware, tool makers, there werea lot of what were known as little mesters( one man cutlery makers) interwoven in between the houses, there were also pubs,butchers,grocers, bakers, all manner of things in fact broomhall was like a little town in a town. i also went to Springfield school from 1943/53, then i worked at Surmanco from 53/56 then 59/64.where i met my wife Jean.there was a family that lived on william st who worked there called Keys there were Jean (mitchell),pam,norma, i think they had two boys also, one was trevor, we knocked around together with trevor for a while when we were younger there is a post on this thread (springfield school 1943/53.

I knew two girls who went o Springfield school in the 50's. Elaine Gibbs lived on Gell St(?) and Dian Smith who lived on Brunswick street. They then went to Greysones Sec Modern school.