Re Mrs P and the farewell reunion at Pye Bank back in 2004. I was there, and it was very nostalgic. I remember Miss Fisher from around 1944 when she took a party of us six year olds to visit her family home --a farm at Penistone. How different Penistone was from wartime Pitsmoor! Miss Fisher is still living in Sheffield: she was a great teacher for the very young. Anybody with memories of Pye Bank in the late forties? Joe Scarborough, the artist, was one of my colleagues in the Infants/Junior school.


Are you referring to the reunion at Pye Bank Nursery School? I went to that! Great building. I still got shivers when I went past the head teachers office!

Re Mrs P and the farewell reunion at Pye Bank back in 2004. I was there, and it was very nostalgic. I remember Miss Fisher from around 1944 when she took a party of us six year olds to visit her family home --a farm at Penistone. How different Penistone was from wartime Pitsmoor! Miss Fisher is still living in Sheffield: she was a great teacher for the very young. Anybody with memories of Pye Bank in the late forties? Joe Scarborough, the artist, was one of my colleagues in the Infants/Junior school.

Hello,

I went to Pyebank from January(?)1942 until July 1948. I vaguely remember Miss Fisher but my teacher was Miss Fielding, who became Mrs Jeavons.

When we went up stairs, I had Miss Braun for the first two years and then Hilda Smith for the remaining Two.

All a long time ago.

Regards

did you know anyone called Stenton ?.

I knew a Joe Stenton from Fowler Street.......

Hello,

I went to Pyebank from January(?)1942 until July 1948. I vaguely remember Miss Fisher but my teacher was Miss Fielding, who became Mrs Jeavons.

When we went up stairs, I had Miss Braun for the first two years and then Hilda Smith for the remaining Two.

All a long time ago.

Regards

Falls, I as there 1963 to 1970 and Jenkinson was my teacher,,,I believe he was there in your time to, do you remember him.

I remeber Mr. Jenkinson. One of the things he taught us was handwriting as I remember his was copper plate. You started writing in pencil then when he thought you were good enough he gave you a nib holder, nib and ink well.

Falls, I as there 1963 to 1970 and Jenkinson was my teacher,,,I believe he was there in your time to, do you remember him.

Hello,

Yes, I remember Mr Jenkinson. He wasn't our room teacher but took us for craft work. I liked him and he certainly knew how to handle a bunch of 10/11 year old boys without a lot of yelling, etc.


When we first went upstairs into the Juniors, W.W.II was just ending. Mr Speight was the headmaster (he was a bee keeper in his spare time and setup a hive in the hall) but the rest of the staff were women. Then Mr.Jenkinson came back from the forces and then Mr. Peck. Peck must have been at Pye bank before the war for his reputation was well known. Any kid that stepped-out-of line was told, "Just wait till Mr. Peck comes back from the war".

Can't remember many other teachers names. Miss Braun and Hilda Smith of course but I seem to remember two women teachers named "Cross" and "Glass" . The only other male teacher I remember was a Mr. Challis from Stocksbridge.

Speaking of Pye Bank, do you remember the floor in the upstairs hall was at two different level with a short slope connecting the two?. I mentioned this in another thread a while ago. Once upon a time, the girls and boys sections of the school must have been totally segregated but when they decide to have mixed classes and took down the wall in the hall, they discovered the difference.

Regards

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