Does anyone remember the homes in shirecliffe it was where you'd be sent if you got into any trouble or continually wagged it from school! "I spent 9 Months there" at the time it seemed like an eternity I was 15 and in my last year of school. was any of you in there? do you know anyone who was? the age group of the kids was 11-16 I think it closed about1988? not exactly sure . would be great to know how some of the staff are or how some of the residents are now.

i remember it well.
a friends boyfriend spent a fair few months in and out of it.his name was neil,not sure if i can put his surname on.it was around 1981ish.

A mate of mine was always in and out of there.
I once went to see him.
His name is Vaughan, better not give his second name.

gawd I need a new brain or something hehe - I read that and thought it was going to be a spoof on a Victorian detective story!

choc overload maybe :banana:

Originally posted by jayjay
i remember it well.
a friends boyfriend spent a fair few months in and out of it.his name was neil,not sure if i can put his surname on.it was around 1981ish.

I was there at the same time "1981ish" and there were two neils, one was short "and a bit rounded" (chubby) and the other was from firth park and he went to hinde house school, The latter, after a visit from his freinds dove through the front door glass window in a sucsessful atempt to escape, he nearly severed his thumb whilst doing it! I remained in touch with this neil, and he became a good mate. However I moved to cardiff some 17 years ago and have lost touch with him.

think its probaly the second neil ,surname begins with H.some of the stuff you describe I remember him doing.If memory serves me right he jumped through the window to go and meet said girlfriend in woods at the side of the hospital.I know he spent some time in Durham,as he wrote a few letters from there.
If its the same one ,he had 2 sisters,the eldest of which I saw recently and she said he was well and had settled down wife,kids and all that

Originally posted by jayjay
think its probaly the second neil ,surname begins with H.some of the stuff you describe I remember him doing.If memory serves me right he jumped through the window to go and meet said girlfriend in woods at the side of the hospital.I know he spent some time in Durham,as he wrote a few letters from there.
If its the same one ,he had 2 sisters,the eldest of which I saw recently and she said he was well and had settled down wife,kids and all that

It's the same Neil H, he did move to durham in about 1980 but he came back, before we were in shirecliffe we shared the same Class in Hinde house for about three years " X2". Untill Neil got expelled and sent to firth Park. Great to hear he's Ok and settled.

I knew Neil via firth park youth club/firth park school .
did you ever go to the youth club it was in whats now the car park?

No I never went to the youth centre, however I did attend the attendance centre at firth park School for a number of weeks on a saturday afternoon. I lived in Brightside (Castledine Gardens) but I know lots of people from the Firth Park area.

is that were you live now?
sally and lorraine lived at castledine(twins)

still see alot of the old firth park youth club/school/hinde housers

I was there up till 1981, i know Neil H as well plus he knows me very well :D

Mr Wutton, and Mr Baxter were great :)

Originally posted by jayjay
is that were you live now?
sally and lorraine lived at castledine(twins)

still see alot of the old firth park youth club/school/hinde housers

No I moved away from brightside when I was about 19 (20 years Ago) I now live in Cardiff, South wales. I don't remember any twins!

I remember mr Wutton and Baxter, didn't Mr Baxter smoke a pipe? do Ya remeber Mr Ray, Mr Ward, Mr Monks, Mr Oliver the mental woodwork teacher, Mr Wheater, Mr Lowe?????

Originally posted by creaghan
No I moved away from brightside when I was about 19 (20 years Ago) I now live in Cardiff, South wales. I don't remember any twins!

I remember mr Wutton and Baxter, didn't Mr Baxter smoke a pipe? do Ya remeber Mr Ray, Mr Ward, Mr Monks, Mr Oliver the mental woodwork teacher, Mr Wheater, Mr Lowe?????

Yes i remember all them Mr Oliver used to take us Canoeing plus we used to make them as well...

Am I the only bad boy??

Surely not!!!

Originally posted by creaghan
Am I the only bad boy??

Surely not!!!
Nope :D

I remember 76-77 there. A lad called Derek who was killed later in turn ups. Staff, Mr Ray,Mr wooton,Mr Oliver,Mr Little,Mr Mc Quade,Mr Gabriel,Mrs Wyatt,Miss Shields,. And the famous gravel pitch and snooker table. The main house is still there but the rest is new houses

Originally posted by only_me
I remember 76-77 there. A lad called Derek who was killed later in turn ups. Staff, Mr Ray,Mr wooton,Mr Oliver,Mr Little,Mr Mc Quade,Mr Gabriel,Mrs Wyatt,Miss Shields,. And the famous gravel pitch and snooker table. The main house is still there but the rest is new houses
That was my brother........

I hope its ok to mention him. I think both our familys origionate from attercliffe in the 50s.

think its probaly the second neil ,surname begins with H.some of the stuff you describe I remember him doing.If memory serves me right he jumped through the window to go and meet said girlfriend in woods at the side of the hospital.I know he spent some time in Durham,as he wrote a few letters from there.
If its the same one ,he had 2 sisters,the eldest of which I saw recently and she said he was well and had settled down wife,kids and all that

i remeber the incident as i was in shirecliffe in 1981 for the whole of that year i was in the room when he decided to jump through the window after throwing a chair through it. i moved to eastcliffe afterwards and his sister was in there along with him. jane his sister was called with surname begining with H and i think from what i remeberr had a child with a guy called leslie

I remember 76-77 there. A lad called Derek who was killed later in turn ups. Staff, Mr Ray,Mr wooton,Mr Oliver,Mr Little,Mr Mc Quade,Mr Gabriel,Mrs Wyatt,Miss Shields,. And the famous gravel pitch and snooker table. The main house is still there but the rest is new houses
dont forget billy baxter and his famous camells story .. alf wooton came to my wedding in 1989 and mev ray moved to scarbrough to open a tea shop i kid you not lol

i used to share a double dorm with a guy called steven i will not say his surname but begins with H. alsdo does anyone remember when a black guy called danny tried to get out of the secure dorm round hole in the window and they had to have the fire brigade out to cut the extra strong plastic while he was held up as he was stiuck fast ?

Mr Wooton was a great character i wonder if anyone remembers his red hand gang? The secure dorm had a door leading to the big dorm which was locked at lights out. One night we were able to slip the lock from the large dorm side, a kid called crog (i think) went into the secure side and we locked him in. That night mr Wooton was on nights and when he checked the big dorm he noticed one missing i presume he thought it was an escape. However he looked in the secure dorm and crog was sat on the toilet (it had its own) claiming he had been there since before lights out (about an hour prior) Mr Wooton was miffed as he was 100% sure crog was in the big dorm at lights out :huh:. Was Baxter the one who smoked a pipe?.

Mr Wooton was a great character i wonder if anyone remembers his red hand gang? The secure dorm had a door leading to the big dorm which was locked at lights out. One night we were able to slip the lock from the large dorm side, a kid called crog (i think) went into the secure side and we locked him in. That night mr Wooton was on nights and when he checked the big dorm he noticed one missing i presume he thought it was an escape. However he looked in the secure dorm and crog was sat on the toilet (it had its own) claiming he had been there since before lights out (about an hour prior) Mr Wooton was miffed as he was 100% sure crog was in the big dorm at lights out :huh:. Was Baxter the one who smoked a pipe?.
no it was mev wray who smoked the pipe, alf is still in sheffield but really old now. i have seen mr mcquade a few times around in pubs just laughing at the red hand gang .... went on a trip on a weekend to peak distric in middle of no where and a few decided to bunk off.. we spent the rest of the day driving round in that bright orange transit mini bus looking for them but they had long gone..

I also seen Mcquade a few years ago drinking in the Blackstock pub.

I also seen Mcquade a few years ago drinking in the Blackstock pub.
proper alkie mc quade lol what year were you in there i was from feb1981 ubtil feb 1982

does anyone remember rastus or ratboy from shirecliffe????(robert macmurtrie and paul ellison)