hi
anyone out there rember crookes moor school I attended 1956
to 1962 with a couple of breaks in between where I attended arbourthorne central then bankwood then back to crookesmoor
as my dad was a pub landlord we moved to various pubs

Originally posted by holberry
hi
anyone out there rember crookes moor school I attended 1956
to 1962 with a couple of breaks in between where I attended arbourthorne central then bankwood then back to crookesmoor
as my dad was a pub landlord we moved to various pubs

Crookesmoor or Crookes-moor School is till there allbeit some kind of training place now. As you will know it was spit in two with an old cobbled road that used to run between Crookesmoor Road and Oxford Street.

I wonder which pubs your dad used to run in Crookesmoor?

Hi

I attended Crookesmoor from 1960 - 64.

We lived at the off license just below the school (diagonally opposite to the Ashberry Pub)


I have discussed the school before on another thread - in partcular, one of the teachers - Mr 'Pop' Edwards

Hi Holbury,
Did your Dad used to run the Boomerang on Fawcett St

Hiya Holberry,
I went to Crookesmoor school from 1951 to 1959/60. I lived
on Bromley Street next to the corner shop (evans' ).

discussed Mr. (Pop) Edwards on the other thread

deecee

hi,

yeah my dad was the very first landlord of the boomerang
before that we had the don inn penistone road / opposite rutland road junction but I was born in the first pub the weston park hotel corner of summer st / weston st my elder brother david went to crookesmoor at the same time as tennis player
roger taylor

Holberry

Is your dad still around? - I have a feeling he would know my dad and my grandfather - they both drank in the pubs you mentoned

hi docmel

no my father passed away some years ago , but give me your dad and granddad`s names I may know the name and my elder brother definatlely will

Holberry

Grandad was Edward or Mick Melluish - died 1978

Dad is (84) Nelson Melluish

I went to Crookesmoor from 1952 to 1958
I remember being in the annex on "the tip".
We lived on Fawcett Street untill it was pulled down.

Hi all and docmel
havn't seen this latest thread on crookesmoor. I went to the old place from1954 to 1961. I lived on Cross Addy street. My mother also went when it was girls and boys seperate from about 1932 to 1942 she lived at the time in Wellfield road her maiden name was Thelma Wheeler. My wife lived in Martin Street but never went to Crookesmoor she moved in about 1956 her mother and father were Bill and Mary Ibbotson. Her auntie lived in Hammond hill near to Last orders her maiden name was Elizabeth Ibbotson.

would it be of any good regarding people with relations that either lived around the area or went to Crookesmoor for us to post there namesdates in area and old address. What do you think, i'll set it up on another topic.

Yep, I was at Crookesmoor school from about 1959 till I went to Myers Grove Comp.. Pop Edwards name rings a bell. And yes it is I, Andy Winkley still living downunda in Oz. Hello Mark!

Hi Andy (again!)

Pop Edwards took the last class before we all left for secondary school - he was very proud of the fact that some of the kids coming through were kids or grandkids of children he taught many years before - I guess that is a testament to how close knit the communities were back then.

There was also another male teacher - Mr Brecken - the only reason I can remember him was that I once used the word 'pub' instead of 'public house' in an essay - the result? - he gave me the cane!! - you did'nt have to do much to incur wrath back then!! I could have only been about 8 or 9. But it taught me.....I just love drinking in Pubs!!

Do you remember that Breckan use to use a cane with wire round it wrapped with sellotape. Did anyone ever get that.

hi, to all ex crookesmoor wallas I also rember pop edwards and brecken ( and his war weapon ) he`d probably be arrested today, having said that it taught us some respect today there`s no deterent therefore no respect, anyway did anyone remember andrew wallace we all used to be a bit envious as he was learning drums and had his very own drum kit which he would bring and play at the xmas concert all you could hear was those b****y drums happy days

Hi

I have just read a thread about Lady Mabel Hall at Ecclesfield School.

Do any of you remember when the headmaster (was his name Mr Crookes? - or am I dreaming that bit?) formed a choir and entered us into a choir contest which was held at Lady Mabel Hall.

We were up against all the 'posh' schools from all over the place - and we won!!

I can even remember the songs we sung, but my most abiding memory was the look on the head's face - even to this day I don't think I have ever seen anyone look so happy or proud - it obviously meant a great deal to him.

Does anyone remember Mr Cole Headmaster at Crookesmoor School in the 80's?

hi pop t, I presume you mean John cole headmaster he left crookesmoor to become head of beck school shiregreen and is now at shirecliffe primary

Do you remember having to learn to play the recorder. What A pain never did master it, could only master the tape variety.

Only just discovered this site. It appears to provide to provide a daily dose of nostalgia.
I attended crookesmoor school 1956 to1961. The headmaster was Mr Oakes and my first teacher was Mrs Hornsey. Mrs Hornsey also taught both my children up to 1988. Not much chance of that happening these days.
Spent a lot of time with most of the contributors listed,but some i cant identify. Phil Holbery should know who i am as we spent many thousands of miles together on scooters back in the 60s.
Others i can recall ( in no particular order ).
Mark Melluish, who's father had a rather tasty Ford Zodiac.
John Taylor, who we always knew as Dougle?
Dave Willis, Peter Willis, John Titterton.
Andrew Winkley who i believe became a £10 pom.
Andrew Jackson, the Metcalfs, my brother had a bit of a crush on one of the sisters ( can't remember which one ).
There are too many to even begin listing at one go so if someone wants to run with this then lets see where it leads.

I went to Crookesmoor from 1952 to 1958
I remember being in the annex on "the tip".
We lived on Fawcett Street untill it was pulled down.

My father went to Crookesmoor school, and he grew up on Fawcett Street. he moved off to Gleadless Valley, when the council cleared the area.

I recall quite a few people from around " the hollow " as we knew it. From Fawcett Street i went to school with Stephen Food, Stephen Midwood Graham Ward, there are others who's names slip my feeble memory.
From around Fawcett Street were, Glyn Taylor, Stephen Kent, Paul Gross, the Sanella family ( icecream makers ). John Unwin.
All the houses had outside toilets, some shared and quite a few houses were back to back, ohhhhhh the good old days.

I recall quite a few people from around " the hollow " as we knew it. From Fawcett Street i went to school with Stephen Food, Stephen Midwood Graham Ward, there are others who's names slip my feeble memory.
From around Fawcett Street were, Glyn Taylor, Stephen Kent, Paul Gross, the Sanella family ( icecream makers ). John Unwin.
All the houses had outside toilets, some shared and quite a few houses were back to back, ohhhhhh the good old days.

Spada

If it's the same John Unwin I remember him - used to live on Oxford Street and he had a younger brother called Ian.

Also rmember going down to the Sanella Ice Cream factory - they would sell you a lolly if you had missed the van - not ice cream though - I presume that because in those days it was all pre-packed in those metal tins before going on the vans - it was'nt until much later when teh vans had their own ice cream units (Mr Whippy type) on board

Only just discovered this site. It appears to provide to provide a daily dose of nostalgia.
I attended crookesmoor school 1956 to1961. The headmaster was Mr Oakes and my first teacher was Mrs Hornsey. Mrs Hornsey also taught both my children up to 1988. Not much chance of that happening these days.
Spent a lot of time with most of the contributors listed,but some i cant identify. Phil Holbery should know who i am as we spent many thousands of miles together on scooters back in the 60s.
Others i can recall ( in no particular order ).
Mark Melluish, who's father had a rather tasty Ford Zodiac.
John Taylor, who we always knew as Dougle?
Dave Willis, Peter Willis, John Titterton.
Andrew Winkley who i believe became a £10 pom.
Andrew Jackson, the Metcalfs, my brother had a bit of a crush on one of the sisters ( can't remember which one ).
There are too many to even begin listing at one go so if someone wants to run with this then lets see where it leads.


Ok Spada - own up - I am that Mark Melluish and all those people you have just listed I used to hang around with so who are you?

(If you prefer to do that on the quiet then PM me)

Mentioned in other threads - but just to keep you updated - Tim Metcalf now runs a pub in Lincolnshire - and Andrew Winlkey was and is a pom now -he came back in the 70's for a short time but common sense and what must have been a prophetic turn of mind got the better of him and he is now back down under.

Thanks for reminding me about Mrs Hornsey - I seem to remember she was a really nice teacher - and it was Mr Oakes, the head, not Mr Crookes as I first thought.

I reckon looking at the years you attended you must be a couple of years older, but you certainly know all the kids I played with

Hello Mark. You are correct, i am a couple of years older than you are, you are the same age as my brother who you knew better than me. Can you remember going to the cubs Akela's house on Witham road? I only went so i could get a ride in your dads zodiac. Don't want to give id at this moment. Send me a pm with a contact number or email. I could overdose on this nostalgia.

Hello Mark. You are correct, i am a couple of years older than you are, you are the same age as my brother who you knew better than me. Can you remember going to the cubs Akela's house on Witham road? I only went so i could get a ride in your dads zodiac. Don't want to give id at this moment. Send me a pm with a contact number or email. I could overdose on this nostalgia.

Spada will send you a PM with my email address - but I think you may have to post a few more before you can use that facility, but I am not sure.

Ah God - yes I remember going up to Alkela's - quite tubby gray haired woman if I recall. We used to walk back down the lane between the two parks and scare ourselves s***less cus there was always some bright spark who would shout 'ghosts' or something.

Were you at the Cub do the evening JFK was assasinated? - they say everyone can remember where they were when he was shot and that is one memory very clear in my head,

Only just discovered this site. It appears to provide to provide a daily dose of nostalgia.
I attended crookesmoor school 1956 to1961. The headmaster was Mr Oakes and my first teacher was Mrs Hornsey. Mrs Hornsey also taught both my children up to 1988. Not much chance of that happening these days.
Spent a lot of time with most of the contributors listed,but some i cant identify. Phil Holbery should know who i am as we spent many thousands of miles together on scooters back in the 60s.
Others i can recall ( in no particular order ).
Mark Melluish, who's father had a rather tasty Ford Zodiac.
John Taylor, who we always knew as Dougle?
Dave Willis, Peter Willis, John Titterton.
Andrew Winkley who i believe became a £10 pom.
Andrew Jackson, the Metcalfs, my brother had a bit of a crush on one of the sisters ( can't remember which one ).
There are too many to even begin listing at one go so if someone wants to run with this then lets see where it leads.

Yes remember most of those names what's yours? Also where abouts did you live?

Hi there desy.
If you know them then you will know me.
Can't go public on id at the moment. Pm me with a contact number and i will explain.

you made the site then spada

Hiya Mini b.
Already spending too much time on this site. Likely to get some grief from er indoors.

Hi desy.
Thanks for the info. My name is Garton and we used to live in Vestry Street. I think you may be a couple of years older than me, born 51. I think i may be able to help you with " Neville Wright " What do you want to know?

Surname rings a bell. Just wondered if docmel aka mark remembered him.

Desy

Oh yes I remember him - his younger brother was one of my best friends. We spoke earlier on the phone and he remembers far more than I can.

He will be a great source of info when both of our memories start to fray at the edges

Think there was also a lad I knew lived at one time on Albion Street two brothers. Changed there surmae when there mother remarried. John and Tommy Carr changed surname Eales. Tommy was in the same class as myself at crookesmoor.

God memories comin back.

Gettin old

John Eales goes drinking with my other half at weekends

Don't think that John will remember me. mainly knew Tommy

Desy.
John & Tommy Eales used to live on Upperthorpe, opposite the old photo labs at the top of Alpine Street. The did used to be called Carr but the changed their names when they were adopted by Sam Eales, a well known local cutlery maker.
Tommy is still in the family business and lives at Ridgeway and John lives on the Ashbury estate.

Hi there In Uppers.
Next time you see John in the Phillidelphia ask him if he has done any sleep walking recently. He went awol with us while working in Northampton.

Hi spada i wont tell her in doors whats it worth nice bottle of merlot

Hiya Mini B.
Sounds like blackmail to me. Ok. Just the 1 bottle or 2?

Sanellas ice cream brings back memories. I used to go up to their house/yard on a Sunday night and get a "cup" of ice cream with raspberry sauce for I think 6 pence. Mrs Sanella was a nice lady and I think they had 2 sons one called Anthony the other I cant remember.
I recall Mr Perry at the hardware shop at the bottom of Bromley Street and "Petes" papershop at the end of Fawcett street.

Upperthorpe Forever!!!!!!

Sanellas ice cream brings back memories. I used to go up to their house/yard on a Sunday night and get a "cup" of ice cream with raspberry sauce for I think 6 pence. Mrs Sanella was a nice lady and I think they had 2 sons one called Anthony the other I cant remember.
.

I can taste that ice cream and rasberry sauce even now.

Desy.
John & Tommy Eales used to live on Upperthorpe, opposite the old photo labs at the top of Alpine Street. The did used to be called Carr but the changed their names when they were adopted by Sam Eales, a well known local cutlery maker.
Tommy is still in the family business and lives at Ridgeway and John lives on the Ashbury estate.

Thanks spada573
Nice to know what happened to them.

Hi there In Uppers.
Next time you see John in the Phillidelphia ask him if he has done any sleep walking recently. He went awol with us while working in Northampton.
Hi spada,

I don't think he'll be sleep walking just yet cus he's just had a hip operation and is currently on crutches.

He now lives on Ashberry Gardens, just behind me.

I'll mention the sleep walking in Northampton to him on Sunday when I see him.

My best memories are when we were in the annex on the "tip" much better than in the main school
and of some lovely girls, Judith Metcalfe, Linda Dors, Marilyn Lane and Jean Davenport.

Upperthorpe Forever!!!!!!

Can't agree more crushgrinder!!

My best memories are when we were in the annex on the "tip" much better than in the main school
and of some lovely girls, Judith Metcalfe, Linda Dors, Marilyn Lane and Jean Davenport.

Sounds like a list of Rank Starlets - what brilliant names. Was Judith related to the Metcalfe twins and their younger brother Tim Metcalfe?

My memory of those annexes was going down there for basket weaving lessons - the things they made us do as kids.

After school we also used them as a playground. There was a ledge going around the outside of the buildings which - the challenge was to see how quickly you could get round the ledge before you fell off - the buildings were on a slope so the ledge got progressivly higher as you got round, which added to the fun and danger - I bet if they were still there the ledge would only be about 6' off the ground, but to a young kid they seemed a lot higher.

Best thing was the football you had training in the big yard that had a 45% slope and the actual matches you went across the road onto the tip. Plated all the matches on the black ash. What a home advantage.

Hya all.
Remember the 3 school huts on the tip. Seems every time i went for a lesson there in the top one i got the cane from Pop Edwards. Come to think of ot i didn''t have to do much to get the cane from any teacher at Crookesmoor or Myers Grove. Ouch.

was it the wire and sellotape wrapped one

Although I am a bit younger than you lot, you are bringing back some great memories.

My best friends mum was caretaker at Crookesmoor School when we were younger and although I went to Upperthorpe, I still spent many hours at Crookesmoor.:)

Never gave it much thought but now you have mentioned it i do recall one with wire on it. All those tricks to reduce the pain never worked.
I remember telling my mother that i got 6 strokes from Mr Furniss at Myers Grove and she said "we'll wait and see what your dad has to say" Well when he came in and he saw the marks on my a**e he took belt of and gave me some more saying that i probably deserved it in the first place.
Talk about shooting myself in the foot.

Are you still in Sheffield then Spada??

Never gave it much thought but now you have mentioned it i do recall one with wire on it. All those tricks to reduce the pain never worked.
I remember telling my mother that i got 6 strokes from Mr Furniss at Myers Grove and she said "we'll wait and see what your dad has to say" Well when he came in and he saw the marks on my a**e he took belt of and gave me some more saying that i probably deserved it in the first place.
Talk about shooting myself in the foot.

Eeek - Mr Furniss at M.G. was one of the worse to get the cane from. He was the keen tennis player and all that exercise gave him a real powerful right arm.

Hya I/U.
Alive and well living in walkley. My mum was the school cook at crookesmoor from the late 60s untill it closed.

Do any of you old(er) buggers remember the YEB building the substation next to CrookesMoor School?

For many weeks it was a kids paradise to play on - there was a huge canvas sheet which I think had been erected to provide some sort of shelter for something, but it stretched from the roof of the building down to the ground. Some bright spark worked out you could jump from the roof and slide down this thing rather like those inflatable emrgency exit slides that are fitted to airliners. Great fun until my dad spotted me from his vantage point behind the shop counter - I often wonder why when kids went to so much trouble to try and do themselves physical mischief back in those days our Mums and Dads alwasy wanted to complete the process when they found out what we had been up to.

Hya Docmel.
When they were building the substation i remember you used to bring goodies from your dads shop up the scaffolding to the roof. You once brought some sobrani coloured cigarettes up and i think John Szumowski smoked them, the smell was awful.

Spada

When the old man found out i was smoking he made me smoke his own Players untipped. I think he thought it would make me sick as a dog but instead I fell in love with the bloody things. Took me years to come off those and onto tipped.

John Szumowski? - another name that you have sparked off.

Do you remember a brother and sister that used to come from Harcourt Road to Crookesmoor? I think he was older than her so may have been in your year - she was in my class and she was the first girl i had the hots for. Think her name was Barbara - she came to school one day in a white cardigan and fate threw us together at dinner time - she sat next me and I was so nervous I spilled custard all down that cardigan. Love affair over before it began.

The only one i can think of from harcourt rd and i am not sure i have the right name was terry hardwick. Sorry a bit vague on this one. Talking about harcourt rd, did you ever go onto the pond on the ice in winter? I remember going across one side to the other. Must have been mad.

You must have been crazy - I once fell in there one Whitsun Bank Holiday and it scared me sh**less - the prospect of falling through ice and coming back up again and trying to get out??? - gives me the creeps just thinking about it..


No mate, my limit was throwing stones and stuff onto the ice - what a wus!

rollin abart flor ere oldin mi belli

and i thought you were a goody two shoes sparda,is that what happens when you go too Crookesmoor and taking someone else along that shall remain nameless.

Eeek - Mr Furniss at M.G. was one of the worse to get the cane from. He was the keen tennis player and all that exercise gave him a real powerful right arm.

Yeh he conned my parents into buying a tennis racket saying I was good at it. Who was he conninng. But did get a lift when I went camping in about 65 from Inverness to the camp site . Him and old man Soar were on a caravaning holiday up there

The only one i can think of from harcourt rd and i am not sure i have the right name was terry hardwick. Sorry a bit vague on this one. Talking about harcourt rd, did you ever go onto the pond on the ice in winter? I remember going across one side to the other. Must have been mad.

Remember Keith Skelton of Harcourt Road he is a world traveller now. one week one week there you know

Hi all and docmel
havn't seen this latest thread on crookesmoor. I went to the old place from1954 to 1961. I lived on Cross Addy street. My mother also went when it was girls and boys seperate from about 1932 to 1942 she lived at the time in Wellfield road her maiden name was Thelma Wheeler. My wife lived in Martin Street but never went to Crookesmoor she moved in about 1956 her mother and father were Bill and Mary Ibbotson. Her auntie lived in Hammond hill near to Last orders her maiden name was Elizabeth Ibbotson.

would it be of any good regarding people with relations that either lived around the area or went to Crookesmoor for us to post there namesdates in area and old address. What do you think, i'll set it up on another topic.
hi, i went to crookesmoor school(s) (infants and juniors) till 1974. we lived crookesmoor rd opposite the church.

Can't beat nostagia - better than memory. I started at Crookesmoor Infants from 1938-40 and my main and abiding memory (almost the only one!) is getting my nose severely punched after school on Oxford St. - not right yet!
Lived at 153 Bromley St. and my best pal, David Allott? lived up those steps on Oxford St., became a policeman I believe. Had a look round the other week, all that remains of Bromley St. are the old stone gate posts to the rec. There was a big tunnel across the road which went under the resevoir and was used as a shelter during the Blitz - had its' big steel doors blown off their hinges one night when my dad happened to be home on leave. I recall him shouting to "Keep calm!" Bit of a wooded mess these days. Didn't know Roger Taylor but my elder sister played good tennis in Weston Pk.

BFN

When I was clearing my father's house I came across a small metal badge in the form of a shield roughly 1" x 1". I recall having a similar badge when I went to Western Road school in the 50's. However, this one is quartered with red in the top left and bottom right quarters and white in the other two. There is an inscription which appears to be 'CCGS'. My mother attended Crookesmoor school in the 30's.. Could this have been her school badge? Thanks in advance for any info.

Crookesmoor was my first infant school, 1939/40, from then on Hunters Bar. I lived at 153 Bromley St. during the Blitz and we all used the air raid shelter under the reseroir at the top of the St.
Went back for a look this year and found the rec. a mess and Bromley St. wooded. The only remnants are the stone gate posts to the rec. at the top near where the shelter was. All in all, better flattened I reckon. I'm sure Roger Taylor would agree!

Is Mr Cole still going, my gosh, he got me through my swimming lessons at West St baths, 50m 100m 500m. I was one of the last year 7 pupils in Crookesmoor before they moved up up to Tapton 1 year early and when others were moved to Netherthorpe, could never reason why they shut crookesmoor and kept netherthorpe. Do any of you remember these teachers, Miss Jackson, Mr Potts (Chess Master), there was another teacher reallly into history, cant remember his name and female in first year but missed that year out. Playing sports on the ponderosa, I was wicked at rounders left handed you see.

I used to live at 75 Crookesmoor Road and went to Crookesmoor School until 1951 I am Carol Allwood and my cousins Graham and Trevor Cotterill went until they left School I was only 9 in 1951 but they would have been there u ntil 1963 that would have been Trevor and our Graham would have left about 1960 We lived on the old cobble part with the bomb buildings behind us. Barbara Coe lived next door and then Brain Ronald and Billie Turner Sylvia Spooner lived just below and Pauline Hastings just above and the Family Hoylands on the other side of the road I used to play with Hazel Hoyland

Can anybody tell me the name of a likely secondary school that a female would go to when leaving Crookesmoor infants in 1932.

I would love it if anybody has any photos of the infants between 1928 and 1932.

Any help with this would be much appreciated

Betty

I used to live on Harcourt Road and went to Crookesmoor left around `62/63 not quite sure. The only names of classmates that come to mind are Kenneth Bluewater and Lynne Froggatt.

Can anybody tell me the name of a likely secondary school that a female would go to when leaving Crookesmoor infants in 1932.

I would love it if anybody has any photos of the infants between 1928 and 1932.

Any help with this would be much appreciated

Betty

Many Sheffield schools had continuing education, through to official leaving age, with a "Senior" section. Although this was not true of every last Sheffield school (the "brainy" kids usually being filtered out to Grammar School by the 11+ examination, the ordinary kids remaining at their current school.)

Not 100% sure if Crookesmoor school had this, although my father went to Crookesmoor (he lived on Fawcett Street) and doesn't mention transferring to a senior school...


In fact, looking, now, at my family photos on my mantelpiece, I have a 1952/3 school class photograph of my father and his pals, from Crookesmoor school, aged about 13/14:- so presumably there was a senior school section there?

it was a little strange for my mother, and my ex-mother-in-law, who both grew up in Attercliffe.

My mother went to Carbrook School, (Now the players cafe) and at 11, after failing to pass her 11+ she went to Coleridge road, but my mother in law, who lived the opposite side of Attercliffe common, on Brompton Rd, went to Maltby St school all her academic life.

Many Sheffield schools had continuing education, through to official leaving age, with a "Senior" section. Although this was not true of every last Sheffield school (the "brainy" kids usually being filtered out to Grammar School by the 11+ examination, the ordinary kids remaining at their current school.)

Not 100% sure if Crookesmoor school had this, although my father went to Crookesmoor (he lived on Fawcett Street) and doesn't mention transferring to a senior school...


In fact, looking, now, at my family photos on my mantelpiece, I have a 1952/3 school class photograph of my father and his pals, from Crookesmoor school, aged about 13/14:- so presumably there was a senior school section there?

it was a little strange for my mother, and my ex-mother-in-law, who both grew up in Attercliffe.

My mother went to Carbrook School, (Now the players cafe) and at 11, after failing to pass her 11+ she went to Coleridge road, but my mother in law, who lived the opposite side of Attercliffe common, on Brompton Rd, went to Maltby St school all her academic life.

Hello.P.T. A friend of mine went all the way through Crooksmoor School and I should think she will be roughly the same age as your Father,after all these years her friends from school still meet up once a month for coffee I wondered if you could put a link on showing us the photogragh.
Thank You.

Started Crookesmoor in 1948 till 1952 then moved to Walkley; Roger Taylor was in the class above me.
The short street separating the two schools was Tay Street; unique that it had no buildings as such on it.
Remember the the extra buildings being constructed on the 'Tip' round about the same time that they knocked the air raid shelters down near the bottom end of the 'Tip'.
The caretaker was Mr Shaw (miserable old sod) we also had open coal fires in the classrooms.
I lived at the corner of Crookesmoor Rd & Bond St, in those days there was a butchers shop at the junction where Addy Street and Crookesmoor Rd separated; I remember this particularly well because I threw a pair of bike handlebars through the window (well I was only 7 years old).

Hello.P.T. A friend of mine went all the way through Crooksmoor School and I should think she will be roughly the same age as your Father,after all these years her friends from school still meet up once a month for coffee I wondered if you could put a link on showing us the photogragh.
Thank You.

I'm afraid my PC "nous" doesn't spread to being able to scan a piccy, I'm afraid.. :(

it's beyond me, sorry.

Crookesmoor School had all 3 levels (Infant, Junior & Senior) fully operational until 1960/61 year when the upper school at Myers Grove came on stream. In 61 my year became the first group not to finish their education at Crookesmoor from infant to senior. The 2 previous years, the seniors transferred to Myers Grove in their final year. We became the first group to start and finish their 4 years at Myers Grove school.

I'm afraid my PC "nous" doesn't spread to being able to scan a piccy, I'm afraid.. :(

it's beyond me, sorry.

O.K PT.Thanks anyway.

Crookesmoor School had all 3 levels (Infant, Junior & Senior) fully operational until 1960/61 year when the upper school at Myers Grove came on stream. In 61 my year became the first group not to finish their education at Crookesmoor from infant to senior. The 2 previous years, the seniors transferred to Myers Grove in their final year. We became the first group to start and finish their 4 years at Myers Grove school.

Thank you, spada for that information. My father (working on his year of birth, 1939) must have left in about 1953/4 at about the age of 14, which was before the changes that you have mentioned.

Thank you, spada for that information. My father (working on his year of birth, 1939) must have left in about 1953/4 at about the age of 14, which was before the changes that you have mentioned.15 was the school leaving age in those days so it would have been 1954 when he left.

My brother Ray and sister Jean and myself went to Crookesmoor school in the 40's and 50's, My sister was left handed and she kept getting smacked by the teacher and was told to use her right hand, imagine that happening today. We moved to Wisewood School in 1956. Both of my children also went to Crookesmoor and then went on to Tapton.

Hi there,

I ws just wondeing you wrote a comment that on forcett street a Glyn taylor lived on this street......just wondering if he had two brother rodney and geoff.....just finding out of it the right glyn....:D

oh sorry im his daughter kinding trying to do something nice for him....

Hello there.
Yes, you have the right Glyn Taylor. I remember him as he was the same age as me and went to the same schools and his younger brother Rodney, was the same age as my younger brother.
They lived on Fawcett Street (the hollow) in the last house on the right before Mushroom Lane. I remember going with him to throw stink bombs into the bookies a few doors below their house. Thinking about the men running out holding their noses still makes me smile. My name is Dave Garton and my younger brother is Alan.
I will throw some names into the pot. Stephen Midwood. Phil Holberry. Stephen Food. Paul Gross. Charlie Billard. Brian Deighton. Stephen Kent. John Unwin. All of these should bring back some fond memories to your father and his brother. Let me know if i can help you in any way. Good luck with your treat.

Hi Kiri

I will add a few names to Spada's list but for your Dad's brother Rodney. I was the same age as Spada's younger brother, Alan, and your Uncle Rodney. We were all in the same class at Crookesmoor and used to hang around together.

Names I can remember:- John Taylor. Andrew Winkley, Tim Metcalfe, Raymond Pridmore, Ian Unwin (John Unwins younger brother) . Later we went to Myers Grove and thats when the vicars twon daughters started joining the group - Brenda and Lucy Bryan - I think your Uncle went out with one of them.

oops - sorry I am Mark Melluish - lived in the corner shop just below Crookesmoor School

I hope this helps - tell your Uncle I have some old class photos from Crookesmoor with him and all our mates

Hey,

Thank you so much for this i appreciate it muchly...you dont understand how much what you have said means to me.....if you could, could you please email me a copy of the photo's you have....my email is kiritaylor89@hotmail.com.......thankyou

Kiri

Just sent them - hope they are okay

I went to crookesmoor, Mr Cole was the headmaster thenMr mulherney or something, he had a funny eye, Mr alright, he was brilliant!, Horrid old dinner woman mrs bramall, Does anyone remember Ryan palmer? he got killed on the dual carriage way and they planted a tree in the school gardens for him, Mr perkins aswell, or picky nose perkins, It was always a cold school with concrete steps, Both me and my sister went there

Hey up Mark.
Do us a favour and email them to me as well to davidgarton@hotmail.com

Cheers Dave.

Dave

Sent them mate

Hi my dad Harry Brookes is trying to find a5y school friends from Crookesmoor boys school he attended from 1948 to 1956/6 if there is anyone out there that can remember him (he has an older sister Carol and a younger brother Mick) his mother had the fruit and veg shop on Addy Street Crookesmoor. please get in touch.
he can remember Tony Jeffcock, Alan Culf and Patricia Skinner (his first girlfriend)
Many thanks
Jill

:hihi:I went to crookesmoor, Mr Cole was the headmaster thenMr mulherney or something, he had a funny eye, Mr alright, he was brilliant!, Horrid old dinner woman mrs bramall, Does anyone remember Ryan palmer? he got killed on the dual carriage way and they planted a tree in the school gardens for him, Mr perkins aswell, or picky nose perkins, It was always a cold school with concrete steps, Both me and my sister went there
:hihi:YES I REMRMBER MR PERKINS he always walked to school. he also used to use a while slipper on you if you had been bad . and every time he had to use it he put a black mark on the side:huh: and when he could not get any more on it he would start on a new one:hihi: oo the good old days

hi i went to crookesmoor 1957 i remember mr oakes and was in mrs hornseys class then went to myers grove new the metcalfs and jacksons billy fields jimmy naylor i lived on roebuck rd my friends were maxine crossley kathleen thorpe who remembers them

I went to crookesmoor school from about 1956/7 to 1962?,Talking about mr oakes I came across him about 7 yrs ago living up hangingwater road ,I gave him a lift home from the doctors ,he didnt walk very well ,a very interesting man

I went there in early 90s head teacher then was mr mahoney. I loved it there :-) x

Do any of you old(er) buggers remember the YEB building the substation next to CrookesMoor School?

For many weeks it was a kids paradise to play on - there was a huge canvas sheet which I think had been erected to provide some sort of shelter for something, but it stretched from the roof of the building down to the ground. Some bright spark worked out you could jump from the roof and slide down this thing rather like those inflatable emrgency exit slides that are fitted to airliners. Great fun until my dad spotted me from his vantage point behind the shop counter - I often wonder why when kids went to so much trouble to try and do themselves physical mischief back in those days our Mums and Dads alwasy wanted to complete the process when they found out what we had been up to.

Eyup docmel -I very distantly remember your dad working in the shop - he used to have lucky bags in a box behind the counter. Was there ever a fire in the shop? After it was demolished I saw some workmen digging a trench across the site and one of them was teasing me that he kept on finding handfulls of coppers from when the shop had a fire and the counter and cash drawer fell into the cellar. That was around 68 or69 and someone then backed up this tale saying it had suffered a fire sometime. I remember thinking what a great job it must be being a navvi. I'd still like to dig up all that area, but more as an archeologist. I think it was a hugely interesting and complex area, you just don't get modern areas developing anything like that complexity.

Do any of you old(er) buggers remember the YEB building the substation next to CrookesMoor School?

For many weeks it was a kids paradise to play on - there was a huge canvas sheet which I think had been erected to provide some sort of shelter for something, but it stretched from the roof of the building down to the ground. Some bright spark worked out you could jump from the roof and slide down this thing rather like those inflatable emrgency exit slides that are fitted to airliners. Great fun until my dad spotted me from his vantage point behind the shop counter - I often wonder why when kids went to so much trouble to try and do themselves physical mischief back in those days our Mums and Dads alwasy wanted to complete the process when they found out what we had been up to.

Eyup docmel -I very distantly remember your dad working in the shop - he used to have lucky bags in a box behind the counter. Was there ever a fire in the shop? After it was demolished I saw some workmen digging a trench across the site and one of them was teasing me that he kept on finding handfulls of coppers from when the shop had a fire and the counter and cash drawer fell into the cellar. That was around 68 or69 and someone then backed up this tale saying it had suffered a fire sometime. I remember thinking what a great job it must be being a navvi. I'd still like to dig up all that area, but more as an archeologist. I think it was a hugely interesting and complex area, you just don't get modern areas developing anything like that complexity.

Big Ken

Do I know you? - If you don't want to share your name publicly then send me a PM.

We were at that shop from '62 through to '68 when it was demolished. It comprised of the corner shop but at some time in the past the two houses adjacent either side were added and knocked together to form one larger building. There was the weird situaion of stair cases leading knowhere - which the builder had not bothered removing. It also meant that the cellars were a rabbit warren but I cannot remember anyone ever finding bags of cash - and I can certainly say that while we were there we did not have a fire, so I cannot comment on the workmen finding bags of coppers. All that being said my granny, who owned the shop was a bit lackadaisical so she could have left something behind when we moved. The demolition boys were wating down the street to pull the place down the day we left becasue she had not found anywhere suitable to move to. Everyone thought that she woudl have retired cus she was well into her seventies at that time, but no - she went ahead and got another bloody shop!!

Has anyone got a photo of the shop that was on the corner of Wentworth and Burlington Street ? My grandparents had it in the 1919/20 era.
Or a photograph of Martin Street where the club is now ?

Big Ken

Do I know you? - If you don't want to share your name publicly then send me a PM.

We were at that shop from '62 through to '68 when it was demolished. It comprised of the corner shop but at some time in the past the two houses adjacent either side were added and knocked together to form one larger building. There was the weird situaion of stair cases leading knowhere - which the builder had not bothered removing. It also meant that the cellars were a rabbit warren but I cannot remember anyone ever finding bags of cash - and I can certainly say that while we were there we did not have a fire, so I cannot comment on the workmen finding bags of coppers. All that being said my granny, who owned the shop was a bit lackadaisical so she could have left something behind when we moved. The demolition boys were wating down the street to pull the place down the day we left becasue she had not found anywhere suitable to move to. Everyone thought that she woudl have retired cus she was well into her seventies at that time, but no - she went ahead and got another bloody shop!!

Docmel tried sending pm - doesn't seem to work - please contact me at "ken_jen81@hotmail.com" cheers

Has anyone got a photo of the shop that was on the corner of Wentworth and Burlington Street ? My grandparents had it in the 1919/20 era.
Or a photograph of Martin Street where the club is now ?

There is a Photograph of Martin street on Picture Sheffield.com web site

Crookesmoor School had all 3 levels (Infant, Junior & Senior) fully operational until 1960/61 year when the upper school at Myers Grove came on stream. In 61 my year became the first group not to finish their education at Crookesmoor from infant to senior. The 2 previous years, the seniors transferred to Myers Grove in their final year. We became the first group to start and finish their 4 years at Myers Grove school.

Hi spada,
just came across this thread and reading some of the old messages between you and desy etc leads me to think we must be old aquaintences. We were obviously in the same year.The mention of Keith Skelton rang bells as I sat with him in our first year at Myers Grove, class 1A2, Mrs Hodder form mistress.
There are so many messages I want to respond to just where to begin?

Do you remember that Breckan use to use a cane with wire round it wrapped with sellotape. Did anyone ever get that.

Hi desy,
I know its an old message but as I have just joined bear with me.

I happen to have personally inspected said cane infront of the whole class as Mr Brecken brought me out to to dispel the rumour or was it to give me a couple on the hand? That bit I can't remember.
I can honestly say that this is an urban myth.
The cane was wrapped with sellotape but what was thought to be wire was in fact just the glue from the sellotape which had got leached out dirty.
Its amazing but thinking back about it now I can almost hear him.
"Take a look at this cane,what do you see"
"Wire sir"
"Hold it,canyou feel the wire"
"No sir"

Only just got on to the net so, first stop my old school. Most of you contributing seem to be younger than me so maybe I can fill in a few details from my memories. The head when I started in 1950 was Mr. Catton though he retired the same year. Mr. Raymond F. Oakes followed and although all the kids were not from well off families he tried to lift Crookesmoor County Boys School to a higher level. He and his staff introduced the four school houses, Raleigh (red), Drake (blue), Grenville (green) and Hawkins (yellow) and designed or revived the school badge (red and white quartered shield with C.C.B.S. in the quarters.) Unfortunately it didn’t catch on because not many had blazers to sew them on to. The choir won the Swan shield and the speaking choir performed at the Victoria Hall with the nativity story. The teachers were Mrs. Cooper for the 1st years then Misters Liddle, Cohen, Gregory, Wardle, Bagshaw, Edwards, Waterhouse and the woodwork teacher Mr. Lovell. I was in Mr. Cohen’s class when the death of George VI was announced and we were all sent home. Mr. Wardle took us for poetry. He was a nice chap but never strict enough and of course he got taken advantage of. I used to dread composition in Mr. Bagshaw’s class. You all had a dictionary so spelling mistakes along with blots (pen and ink in those days) and bad writing got you the cane. His weakness was his experiences in the forces. If you could get him going he’d start off with “When I was in India...” and it was lesson over. I think it was him who wrote the school song. Mr. Edwards and Waterhouse probably taught me the most, both strict but approachable and definitely of the old school. I think I heard that Mr. Lovell died of a brain haemorrhage whist he was still relatively young. He got me a job interview when I left school.
The prefects for 53/54 were Kieth Rodis, John Wheelhouse, Barry Wilde, Terry Sheedy, Roy West, Graham Oates, Trevor Green and Don Cardwell. Trevor was the caretaker’s son at St. Stephens and Graham was a good artist. Other pupils were Fred Kennedy who lived in Watery Ln. who passed to go to City Technical School, Big Tony Moor who became a brickie, Tony Gilbert, Brian Kent Who worked on the buses, Terry Holt, Tony Gill and Alan worm. Of the girls who we only met at break times on the tip when you were in the annex classes, Pat Thomas who lived at the fire station on Division St., Ann Atherton from just above the school on Crookesmoor Rd. and a girl named Noreen whose home was at the Somme Barracks. I used to walk home with Jean Hinchcliffe as we both lived on Powell St., across the tip and up the “Hundred Steps”. Half way up the steps a part of the wall was re built so I wrote my name in the wet cement. It’s not there now nor is the house we lived in. In 1957 the chimney fell through the roof in a gale and we were moved.

Only just got on to the net so, first stop my old school. Most of you contributing seem to be younger than me so maybe I can fill in a few details from my memories. The head when I started in 1950 was Mr. Catton though he retired the same year. Mr. Raymond F. Oakes followed and although all the kids were not from well off families he tried to lift Crookesmoor County Boys School to a higher level. He and his staff introduced the four school houses, Raleigh (red), Drake (blue), Grenville (green) and Hawkins (yellow) and designed or revived the school badge (red and white quartered shield with C.C.B.S. in the quarters.) Unfortunately it didn’t catch on because not many had blazers to sew them on to. The choir won the Swan shield and the speaking choir performed at the Victoria Hall with the nativity story. The teachers were Mrs. Cooper for the 1st years then Misters Liddle, Cohen, Gregory, Wardle, Bagshaw, Edwards, Waterhouse and the woodwork teacher Mr. Lovell. I was in Mr. Cohen’s class when the death of George VI was announced and we were all sent home. Mr. Wardle took us for poetry. He was a nice chap but never strict enough and of course he got taken advantage of. I used to dread composition in Mr. Bagshaw’s class. You all had a dictionary so spelling mistakes along with blots (pen and ink in those days) and bad writing got you the cane. His weakness was his experiences in the forces. If you could get him going he’d start off with “When I was in India...” and it was lesson over. I think it was him who wrote the school song. Mr. Edwards and Waterhouse probably taught me the most, both strict but approachable and definitely of the old school. I think I heard that Mr. Lovell died of a brain haemorrhage whist he was still relatively young. He got me a job interview when I left school.
The prefects for 53/54 were Kieth Rodis, John Wheelhouse, Barry Wilde, Terry Sheedy, Roy West, Graham Oates, Trevor Green and Don Cardwell. Trevor was the caretaker’s son at St. Stephens and Graham was a good artist. Other pupils were Fred Kennedy who lived in Watery Ln. who passed to go to City Technical School, Big Tony Moor who became a brickie, Tony Gilbert, Brian Kent Who worked on the buses, Terry Holt, Tony Gill and Alan worm. Of the girls who we only met at break times on the tip when you were in the annex classes, Pat Thomas who lived at the fire station on Division St., Ann Atherton from just above the school on Crookesmoor Rd. and a girl named Noreen whose home was at the Somme Barracks. I used to walk home with Jean Hinchcliffe as we both lived on Powell St., across the tip and up the “Hundred Steps”. Half way up the steps a part of the wall was re built so I wrote my name in the wet cement. It’s not there now nor is the house we lived in. In 1957 the chimney fell through the roof in a gale and we were moved.
Hi Carp, Only just joined up myself, but here are a couple more names for you to ponder :- Henry Hinchcliffe, Roy Tandy, Jack Wright, Frank Foster, Arfur Fox, Terry Winfield, Peter Oxley, Raymond Bradwell(?)

I have to say Crookesmoor sch was fantastic when i went back in 87'

Sorry Mighty' only Tandy, Fox and Winfield sound vaguely familiar but I can't put a face to any. I left in July 54, maybe they were in a year or two below me. At one time I used to have to take some of the younger kids down to Upperthorpe baths for swimming. Perhaps that's where i remember them from. Funny but another teacher's name has just come to mind. I'm sure ther was one called Wilde.

Hi Carp, Only just joined up myself, but here are a couple more names for you to ponder :- Henry Hinchcliffe, Roy Tandy, Jack Wright, Frank Foster, Arfur Fox, Terry Winfield, Peter Oxley, Raymond Bradwell(?)

Ray Bradwell is my brother and he is still friends with Barry Wild and Ronnie Gill who went to Crookesmoor and my sister Jean Bradwell went there as well

Sorry Mighty' only Tandy, Fox and Winfield sound vaguely familiar but I can't put a face to any. I left in July 54, maybe they were in a year or two below me. At one time I used to have to take some of the younger kids down to Upperthorpe baths for swimming. Perhaps that's where i remember them from. Funny but another teacher's name has just come to mind. I'm sure ther was one called Wilde.
What kind of carp are you anyway? You're right, one teacher was called Wilde, and you and all those names I gave you must have been in the same year. Don't know what became of Tandy, Fox and Bradwell, but Foster went to Nether Edge GS, Winfield went to King Ted's, Hinchcliffe & Wright went to City Grammar, and I think Oxley went to High Storrs. We all left Crookesmoore in July 1950.

Hi Mighty'. That could be why the names don't ring a bell. I came from Arbourthorn Central Sch. and didn't start at Crookesmoor until Sept. '50. Did you all leave after your 11+ ? As regards the carp, it' just that the wife says I'm always carping on about the old days.
Milee. If it's the same Barry Wild, he wasn't a bad swimmer and think he had a mate called Ibbotson.

Just found some old posts regarding Crooksmoor School. I went there from 1957 to 1959 Ilived on Addy Street. My friends were Mary Bird and Alen Fowler,we moved to Gleadless Valley and so I then went to Herdings Junior School.

Just found some old posts regarding Crooksmoor School. I went there from 1957 to 1959 Ilived on Addy Street. My friends were Mary Bird and Alen Fowler,we moved to Gleadless Valley and so I then went to Herdings Junior School.

Where abouts on Addy Street did you live and what year did you move to Gleadless?

We lived at 66 Addy St and moved to Gleadless Valley in July 1959 .

Yeah, weall took the 11+ from Mr. Cohen's class and disappeared over the Crookesmoor horizon from then on. Don't particularly remember Barry Wild, but the name Ibbotson rings a bell, was it Geoff?.

That,s right, Geoff. Another was Geoff Malinder. He played "China Town" on the piano at one of the Christmas concerts: Cyril Stutsbury or Stuchbury who may have had a German parent. Nothing now but in 1950 it wasn't usual. I Re-met Barry Damms when I was working at Fletcher's bakery. Unfortunately he'd been in an accident with their vans and had both legs crushed. Funny how these things come back to you even when the RAM's packing up.

You're right again. I was trying to think of Geoff Malinder's name yesterday - he lived somewhere Bellfield Road way I think. I don't recall Cyril nor Barry Damms, but I do remember a Barry Timms. Could this be the same bloke? There was also a lad called Pybus I think.

Hi Mighty. Timms, yes could have been. The old RAM’s not what it used to be. I was looking on the Sheffield Pictures site at some photos of the war time barrage balloons on the tip. I guess I wouldn’t be the only kid to have tripped over the metal hooks they used to be fastened to that were still there. I vaguely remember a stone water trough right at the top of the yard. My dad used to go to our school and said in his days if any kid turned up scruffy he was taken out and scrubbed down. Can’t vouch for the truth of that but it would have been before 1929.
Nearly 57 years since I left. God where did that go?

I have to say Crookesmoor sch was fantastic when i went back in 87'

So who are you because i was there then lol, Think it was 84 when i started there, Must be around that, i was born in 79

At work or at play don’t give way just you say “Keep it up, keep it up Crookesmoor.”
When tempted to stray don’t give way just you say “Keep it up, keep it up Crookesmoor.”
Life’s before you to make or mar and good habits will carry you far.
So your lessons you must mind and one day you will find you are up at the top Crookesmoor.

Anyone remember that? Written in an age when standards were encouraged and could be enforced by discipline.
Those teachers did form part of your character and your school life does stay with you forever although for some that was not as good as for others. As I’ve said before, I was there from ’50 to ’54 but, apart from Mighty, there doesn’t seem to be many of us left from that era. Strangely since I moved across the city in ’57 I’ve only ever met three of my old school mates. It’s probably an age thing but I was reluctant to bother with this “new technology” that seems to advance faster you can learn it. I suspect it’s the same for others from my school years. For those of you who are still around (and that’s still better than the alternative), best wishes and keep it up Crookesmoor.

What kind of carp are you anyway? You're right, one teacher was called Wilde, and you and all those names I gave you must have been in the same year. Don't know what became of Tandy, Fox and Bradwell, but Foster went to Nether Edge GS, Winfield went to King Ted's, Hinchcliffe & Wright went to City Grammar, and I think Oxley went to High Storrs. We all left Crookesmoore in July 1950.

hi Mightyatom
I remember all the names you gave to Carp. I am one of them. No clue but look at my user name.Sadly Geoff Mallender died recently.Have only just discovered this site and it has filled an old fart full of nostalgia.Great memories of the Tip and the school.

Ray Bradwell is my brother and he is still friends with Barry Wild and Ronnie Gill who went to Crookesmoor and my sister Jean Bradwell went there as well

milee

If it is the same Ray Bradwell living in the Sheffield area who went to Crooksesmoor as I did around 1952, who I know well, does not have a brother. My age is 71

Ray does have a sister named Jean who emigrated to Australia many years ago, early sixties.

milee

If it is the same Ray Bradwell living in the Sheffield area who went to Crooksesmoor as I did around 1952, who I know well, does not have a brother. My age is 71

Ray does have a sister named Jean who emigrated to Australia many years ago, early sixties.

No he doesn't have a brother but I am his youngest sister and my sister Jean is living in Australia, Ray is now 73 years old.

No he doesn't have a brother but I am his youngest sister and my sister Jean is living in Australia, Ray is now 73 years old.

I wonder if your brother is on the photograph that I have, of the class my father was in. (My father was from the age group born Sept 1938- August 1939 and went to Crookesmoor School)

I wonder if your brother is on the photograph that I have, of the class my father was in. (My father was from the age group born Sept 1938- August 1939 and went to Crookesmoor School)

sounds as though he could be!

Sorry Ellaine

I thought you said brother, I do remember you well.

Regards

Ron Gill

That's ok Ron,

Hope you are fit and well,

Kind regards

Elaine

Hi desy.
Thanks for the info. My name is Garton and we used to live in Vestry Street. I think you may be a couple of years older than me, born 51. I think i may be able to help you with " Neville Wright " What do you want to know?

Hiya Dave, just been reading the Crookesmoor School entries and I think you were in my class. Charlie Billard lived a couple of doors away from me on Mushroom Lane and Brian Deighton lived on Summer Street. I'm still best friends with Marie Thompson and noticed on another post I think you said you knew Mary Bird - funnily enough, she's my ex-husband's girlfriend!

Came across this site almost by accident so I thought I'd add this anecdote. My grandfather was awarded the school's First Prize for English in 1878. The prize which I still have was "The Story of Audubon, the Naturalist" and is inscribed 'Sheffield School Board Crookesmoor School, First Prize presented to Frank Turner, Sept. 1878'. So the school's been around a long time!

This thread brought back some happy memories for. Loved my days a Crookesmoor school. I was born in 74 and attended the lower school and then netherthorpe when it closed. After that i went to crookesmoor middle school. It must have ben the early 80's i attended. Are any of the old teachers on here as id love to hear from then. The ones i remember were Mr Cole, Mr Alwright, Mrs Ryan and Mrs Charlesworth. I heard that Mr Perkins sadly pased away last year.

This thread brought back some happy memories for. Loved my days a Crookesmoor school. I was born in 74 and attended the lower school and then netherthorpe when it closed. After that i went to crookesmoor middle school. It must have ben the early 80's i attended. Are any of the old teachers on here as id love to hear from then. The ones i remember were Mr Cole, Mr Alwright, Mrs Ryan and Mrs Charlesworth. I heard that Mr Perkins sadly pased away last year.

I can also remember these teachers along with mr richardson, miss roberts, mrs chuchill,mrs hornsey, mrs leckey. mr richardson used to run penny pop at lunchtime!!

I can also remember these teachers along with mr richardson, miss roberts, mrs chuchill,mrs hornsey, mrs leckey. mr richardson used to run penny pop at lunchtime!!

Penny pop!! I'd forgot all about that. What year did you leave crookesmoor?

Penny pop!! I'd forgot all about that. What year did you leave crookesmoor?

1982!! god , now i feel old!!!!! bloody 'ell nearly 30 years ago!!

1982!! god , now i feel old!!!!! bloody 'ell nearly 30 years ago!!

hiya, my dad went to crooksmoor school not that anyone would remember him he went there from st stephens, then after to western rd he would have been 100 next march so i suppose he went there around 1920 ish his gran lived in oxford st, his home was in bellefield lane, i was reading one of the posts on s/f and mentioned a name of one of his classmates and a reply was from this schoolmates son we were around 72 at the time, small world eh.

No he doesn't have a brother but I am his youngest sister and my sister Jean is living in Australia, Ray is now 73 years old.

I have just come across this site. If Ray Bradwell lived on Burns Rd. then he might rember Roy Bower who lived on Roebuck Rd.