:wink: I left in 1982..shame about the old Brushes building :cry:

Jon. I went there for one year-1950.What happened to 'The Brushes'?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2509851.stm then it was set on fire a few more times then knocked down..Now its going to be The Longley 6th form college?.

:D couldn't believe I found this this evening. All the best to any old Firth Parkers. The Brushes rule a OK :)

My boyfriend left Firth Park school in 2000 :lol:

:lol:

my husband left in 1980 any one else leave then.

Hi Rosie whats your husbands name?

I left Firth Park in 1985. anyone remember Mr Barr? He was head of Wisewood Comp until last september.

Ahh the memories of torturing him when he began teaching us having just qualified.

i'm fairly new to this site and ive been reading a load of the archives about the stocksbridge bypass.

Im very interested about the exitance of ghosts and in particular the Firth Park old building Brushes (because it is very near to me).

I read in the Star when they first started pulling the old building down that the builders refused to proceed until they had a exorcism ( you have to excuse the spelling there).

I felt that that was wrong!!! if it was haunted, then it was haunted for a reason, and if the exorcism didnt work it will be interesting to see whether the ghost (Norma i think she was called) will still be ocuping the new building!!

I just wondered what everyone elses view are!!!

hmm, ghosts... honestly? Sounds to me like a typical builders excuse not to do any work. Some people make a lot of money out of making people believe in this kind of thing, in this case exorcists...

Why exorcise the poor old girl?
Come september she'd be the proud haunter of a 6th form college and all the students thereof.
Ghost amongst the living dead methinks.

Joking all you prospective 6th formers. Good luck to you all.

I was originally brought up on the Shiregreen - Sicey Avenue - and went to Firth Park School.

I was told of this ghost when I was at that school.

I was told they lived in the top of the building. I don't really know as I didn't go to Firth Park School. But then most buildings in Sheffield are meant to be haunted!! My old school Firs Hill Junior was supposed that have had a ghost that lived in the cellar!

Ive found a report about the building here

http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/pghost66.htm

:thumbsup: First day at Firth Park School we was told about the ghost i left in 1982 and i'm still looking for ghosts :D

*Hums Ghostbusters tune* :D

Sorry, bit of a skeptic where that kind of thing's concerned, I don't believe either way whether there is or isn't such thing as ghosts till I see proof either way.

And no, I don't mean daft kids with white sheets over their head in late October :lol:

I went to Firth Park School in the 70s and definitely remember being told about the ghost, as far as I remember she was supposed to haunt the tower and the classroom below it. I can't say I ever saw her but I did have a lesson in that classroom once and remember it being very cold and that was in the middle of the hot summer of 76. Having said that I have been known to be sensitive to that type of thing before in fact I nearly passed out in Braemar Castle in Scotland in a room that is reputed very haunted.

Can't say I go looking for them like you do Jon. So I am keeping an open mind on it.

:thumbsup: this reminds me a thread i did about Firth Park School http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=882&highlight=Firth+Park

Originally posted by Jon
:thumbsup: this reminds me a thread i did about Firth Park School http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=882&highlight=Firth+Park

Didn't see that one Jon, I only joined last month:)

I remember him, quite pleasant. But he insisted in our 'social economics' classes I'd change my mind about wanting kids when I was older. WRONG Mr.Bar! Still happy without them, now 32yrs old not going to change my mind.

Mr Barr? Was he the German teacher? No sorry, that was Mr Brunt :blush:


<shiver>

Does anyone remember the crazy, eccentric, strict (but very clever) music teacher at Firth Park, surely you do. If anyone dared to yawn in class you had to hope and prey he did not catch you or you'd be oiked out to pay a pittance of singing an octave in front of the class or a blackboard rubber thrown your way or the fact you could almost have peed yourself with his loud booming voice directed at you. The days of schooling!

Can't remember what subject he actually taught, but he was very small and slim. Think he was married to another teacher. Saw Mr.Brunt recently he has mellowed alot and still looks like Barny Rubble, he rememberd me!

I went to that school, I left in 1988. I remember one of the cleaners to be scared out of hers wits when she was alone there cleaning, after school hours. She insisted that she heard the furniture(tables) being moved around in the room above her, she heard them being dragged on the floor. She went to check and found they were in the same place as she left them with the chairs up-turned on the top ready for floor cleaning. She left the building at this point.
Everyone reckoned the Ghost was in the tower (rumours), and it just so happened the door at the top of the stairway was always locked. We had dares going up those stairs to the doors!.

The tower was originally going to stay as it was listed and after they knocked the school down last summer the tower was standing alone.
It was surveyed and thought to dangerous to stay so had to be demolished which was a great shame.
It opens in September as a college as rightly pointed out by Markham and my son starts there on day 1 on IT studies.

Good to see some good come out of it and the ghost should be more comfortable in there than a drafty old school.:rolleyes:

Best of luck to your son Cycleracer. Mine's studying art/design.

If your son's owt like my son God help the ghost if they see it.

Firth Park Grammar School (http://www.firthparkgrammarschool.co.uk)

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Firth Park Grammar School (http://www.firthparkgrammarschool.co.uk)



Longley Park College (http://www.longleypark.ac.uk/main_fs.html)

Originally posted by chezlyn
Does anyone remember the crazy, eccentric, strict (but very clever) music teacher at Firth Park, surely you do. If anyone dared to yawn in class you had to hope and prey he did not catch you or you'd be oiked out to pay a pittance of singing an octave in front of the class or a blackboard rubber thrown your way or the fact you could almost have peed yourself with his loud booming voice directed at you. The days of schooling!


Yes - Mr Jackson! No relation to Mrs Jackson, the other music teacher. He drove that blue Ford Escort cabriolet.

You call him eccentric? I call him a nutter! If he caught you yawning or chewing gum in class...500 lines for you!

He used to spend most of the lesson insulting pupils.

Last I heard (a few years ago) he was sacked from another school for throwing a boardduster at a pupil!

Originally posted by JDee
Firth Park Grammar School (http://www.firthparkgrammarschool.co.uk) :thumbsup: Great website i shall be adding some stuff on it soon.

Originally posted by Jon


:thumbsup: Great website i shall be adding some stuff on it soon.


At one time it was a boys only grammar school.


That is harmful to social interaction between the sexes !

i went there left in 1996.

Providing the college is ready for September

I've just been past and it doesn't look anywhere near been finished. Are they on schedule?

I remember the headmaster in 1950, WRCC Chapman, called, predictably ARSEY. 'Spike' Johnson, history teacher in a room on the very top floor, right at the end, next to the lost and found. Remember Mr Bates, english teacher, and 'Prodder' who was, I think, the chemistry teacher. The name came from his arm, which was not straight, possibly broken at one time. Don't remember much else, except a sixth former called Battersby, who one time leaned out of the sixth form common room window on the sixth floor, threw a tanner down, then told me to fetch him an ice cream bar from the tuck shop. As there were 20 of us walking together, I picked up the tanner, took a chance he would never remember me, and went to the tuck shop and bought an ice. Hope Battersby's not still waiting for it!

Originally posted by caprice
My boyfriend left Firth Park school in 2000 :lol:

I left there in 2001- I probably know him. Or at the very least he'll know me and/or my brother who was in his year.

I think everyone in that school knew us :lol:

Mr Brunt, Mr Pasley, Mr Critchley, Mr Dooley, Ms Ryan, Mr Webb, Miss Howdle, Mr Beeley, Mr Piper, Mr Lockwood, Mr Longley, Mr Copley, Mr Cheadle, Dr Hartley, Mr Mosforth, Mrs Standing etc etc....

I left in 1994 and those were some of the teachers I remember. To answer someone's previous question, Mr Barr was a history teacher.

Award for best teacher goes jointly to Mr Brunt & Mr Longley for excellent German lessons. Unfortunately, there were quite a few contenders for worst teacher so I won't go there.

Anyone got any idea who still works there?

I'm not sorry to see Brushes go - it was a complete s**thole when I was there and extremely cold in winter!!

Must dash - big hello to everyone who was there from 1990-1994.

Mel.
AKA Darkling.

I left Firth Park School in 1991.

Some great/bad memories, mainly great.

The teachers where OK, some right nutters though!
(Mr Jackson the music teacher being the nuttiest!)

I'd like to catch up with Mr Seddlemier (or however it was spelled)
No idea how he was earning his money as a teacher......

Anybody remember Mr Jones for Biology??? He was a right laugh!!

my daughters went to firth park school, Rachel Kent, Rebecca Kent and Lydia Malkin, does anyone remember them

Indeed I do, I dated your daughter for a while! Rebecca.

Lee

Hi Lee Becky is visiting me tomorrow, i will let her know you have been in touch, any message for her

Say hello from me.

:)

Originally posted by Darkling
Mr Brunt, Mr Pasley, Mr Critchley, Mr Dooley, Ms Ryan, Mr Webb, Miss Howdle, Mr Beeley, Mr Piper, Mr Lockwood, Mr Longley, Mr Copley, Mr Cheadle, Dr Hartley, Mr Mosforth, Mrs Standing etc etc....

I left in 1976 - blimey was Miss Howdle still there in 1994!:o

i went to that school in the early to mid eighties, and so did my brother Dave.
what was thet french teachers name, and that female head we had for a while she was scarey!:)

Left in72 -remember mr johnson (spike)
mr jackson- music teacher, wally webster, ridley lamb,-heads.
mr blades and john sherwood-maths.
mr curtis-physics, mr copley .

could go on

I left in '70. I remember Mr Copley the geography teacher. He used to waggle his little finger for emphasis when he talked.

I never went to Firth Park Grammer ..Because I failed the "Eleven Plus Exam" but my best pal (at that time) "Rodger Ives" did pass the exam and went on to Firth Park Grammer...after then I hardly ever saw him...I continued at Shiregreen Sec mod..untill I started work in early 1954..I met up with him in a pub in Sheffield some years later but i've not had contact since..Does anyone know if he's alive and still kicking ???.

Hi,

Anyone Leave Firth Park School Summer 1978?

He married Ms Langstaff one of the other english teachers.
Last I heard he was departing from his post as headmaster of Wisewood School to go to another city.

Other striking teachers of the 80's

Ms Nun the french teacher who always cried

Mr Jones (penfold) the demonic french teacher who would humiliate anyone who wasnt fluent at 14.

And the amazing hobbit like Dr Hartley, headmaster and old school kinda guy. He was teeny weeny but used to strut into assembly with the attitude of Napoleon.

My favourite was Mr Piper the Physics teacher, he used to get fed up with us messing around in class so would go into his office and play his keyboards until we shut up

I LEFT FIRTH PARK SCHOOL IN 1976, remember mr piley , mr jackson and mr brunt what was the old physics teacher called in the tower at the brushes the one with the funny foot

Originally posted by JULIEBROWN1
I LEFT FIRTH PARK SCHOOL IN 1976, remember mr piley , mr jackson and mr brunt what was the old physics teacher called in the tower at the brushes the one with the funny foot You left school late then as on another thread you state you were christened in 1951.:confused:

Nah you did'nt, sorry it was Katrina who was christened in 1951.:loopy:

Originally posted by fox20thc
I left Firth Park in 1985. anyone remember Mr Barr? He was head of Wisewood Comp until last september.

Ahh the memories of torturing him when he began teaching us having just qualified.

Hi there. I remember Mr Barr. He was my form tutor in roughly 1989. Thought he was gorgeous. The one and only crush I had on a teacher. He left a couple of years later. I left in 1993.

Originally posted by JULIEBROWN1
I LEFT FIRTH PARK SCHOOL IN 1976, remember mr piley , mr jackson and mr brunt what was the old physics teacher called in the tower at the brushes the one with the funny foot

I left in 76 Julie we may know each other what class were you in?

Hi Jon,

Cant reply via PM cause need 5 threads or something. Anyway dont know anyone called Kay Hackett. What year did she go to Firth Park School and in what year did she leave? You can reply via my web site until I can send PM's. It's piper3028@hotmail.com.

I left Firth Park School in 1996 it was a good school good memories. Mr Twinehams english class and Mr Pipers science classes were my favourite subjects. Ive seen Mr Piper a few times playing the guitar and singing in the pubs.:thumbsup:

did any one know any davisons that went to firth park school there mum was called brenda davison and there dad was called harold davison they lived on the daffidol estate.

Originally posted by starla
i went there left in 1996.

Hello there i left in 1996 too which class was you in.

Ididnt go there I am looking for my cousins who went to firth park school it as got to be 20 years since I have seen them and I want to know if they did go there as I might be able to trace them after all this time I am hoping that they still live in or around the daffidol estate hence this is the only shot I have got to try and find them I went up there in the summer of this year to see if there house was still there and I was confronted with 2 new houses what had been built in between the old houses for the life of me I cant think what the road is called all this is above board if you go down the road what take you into the firth park shops the ones were the trams use to run there is a pub a fairly big pub just off the main road and if you walk straight up that road to the top thats where the davisons use to live.

I left Firth park school in 2002 but I do remember mr Twineham and Mr piper. I remember that whenever we messed about in lesson Mr Piper used to bang a broken golf club on the table to get our attention. Those were the good old days. Did anyone else leave in 2002?

my partner left firth park school in 1993, does anyone remember Phillip Lee? he was a bit of a tear away then, lol!

Partner left 77 or 78. His dad went to hartley brook. Son left firth in 99 and young one there now.Didnt go there myself.

hi shetlander,my husband left there in 1978,his name is les southern

Originally posted by piper3028
Hi there. I remember Mr Barr. He was my form tutor in roughly 1989. Thought he was gorgeous. The one and only crush I had on a teacher. He left a couple of years later. I left in 1993.

I think he was my form tutor when i started in 1989 too, come to think of it i dont know now it may have been Mrs Crawley (RE teacher) Im confused :loopy:

I remember him leaving to go to High Storrs (i think??)

I saw him a few months after I left at a friends funeral

Originally posted by x_LoUiSe_x
my partner left firth park school in 1993, does anyone remember Phillip Lee? he was a bit of a tear away then, lol!

I left that year too, the name rings a bell cant put a face to him. :bigsmile:

Originally posted by JULIEBROWN1
I LEFT FIRTH PARK SCHOOL IN 1976, remember mr piley , mr jackson and mr brunt what was the old physics teacher called in the tower at the brushes the one with the funny foot
Was it Mr renshaw
I left in 1984 after 2 yrs in 6th form

Originally posted by jayjay
Was it Mr renshaw
I left in 1984 after 2 yrs in 6th form

I left in 1977, god I hated it

Originally posted by owlsman
I left that year too, the name rings a bell cant put a face to him. :bigsmile:

cool! :thumbsup:

I left Firth Park in 1983 too

I remember a horrid 3 days at the School Cottage. A run down old building with no proper loo. We were made to go on a 8 mile walk and eat too much Kendal mint cake.

I didnt get on with my physics teacher Mr Piper and to my horror he ended up being my sons form teacher in later years. So every parents evening I had to sit and chat to him....pay back for my cheeky behaviour in his lessons.

Hi ,
I was at Firth Park in the days when it was a Grammar School.
1962...to 1967.

Just tried to post a link to the school website.....but apparently I'm still a newbie....Lol.
Discovered since, someone else has posted one ( page 11..Brushes building).

I agree with the comments on the other thread.....what a great carbuncle has been stuck in it's place!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Darkling
[B]Mr Brunt, Mr Pasley, Mr Critchley, Mr Dooley, Ms Ryan, Mr Webb, Miss Howdle, Mr Beeley, Mr Piper, Mr Lockwood, Mr Longley, Mr Copley, Mr Cheadle, Dr Hartley, Mr Mosforth, Mrs Standing etc etc....

i left in 2004 mr critchley is still there, mr webb left a couple of years ago, mr piper is still there as is mr mosforth and mr longley. mrs standing left a couple of years ago too.

Originally posted by bigkev
Ididnt go there I am looking for my cousins who went to firth park school it as got to be 20 years since I have seen them and I want to know if they did go there as I might be able to trace them after all this time I am hoping that they still live in or around the daffidol estate hence this is the only shot I have got to try and find them I went up there in the summer of this year to see if there house was still there and I was confronted with 2 new houses what had been built in between the old houses for the life of me I cant think what the road is called all this is above board if you go down the road what take you into the firth park shops the ones were the trams use to run there is a pub a fairly big pub just off the main road and if you walk straight up that road to the top thats where the davisons use to live.

the road with the pub on is called Beavercotes Road, the cross road at the top of that is called Windmill, and then the estate is called the flower estate as all the roads are named after flowers, i am afraid i don't know any davisions as i left firth park school in 2004.
i hope this is off some help.
P.s. the pub is called The Warncliff Hotel :)

miss nunn is still there, a suspected lesbian as she looks ancient and still is a miss.
she doesn't cry now tho, as she is really strict.
i used to annoy her in lessons, she sat me right at the front and next to a lad, we always used to fight, in a nice way, and she hated it. she was forever shoutin at us.

most of the teachers are old but they are employin younger ones to replace them, as a lot of staff are retiring.
mr jones, or jesus jones as we liked to call him, was there for thirty yrs b4 he retired.
he got the nickman due to the sandles he always wore and the beard. god he used to shout and spit in ur face.

mr tiffen was there for three yrs, and has now move to swansea, he was a cool teacher, although he never did sort out duke of edinbourogh.

then there is mr scherewode, the history teacher, i recently went back to school and all the yr 7s were complaining that he was really stirct and that they all kept getting detentions, which are now calle C3s and are an hour long.

its good to see somethings havent changed, mr scherewode could be strict but he was always up for a laugh, he still keeps the whole class in for 10mins at dinner and lets them go one by one.
:hihi:

i have grate memories from that school.... and a couple of bad ones...

my first love was in yr 10 of that school, how i will never forget that..... :rolleyes: :D

I Left in 2000, when I had teachers like mr Jones - Jesus jones,Mr piper,Mr longley and many more.But never see any
old friends from school:(
Yetti_becky I know what you mean with mr jones I used to have front row seats when I had his classes, Need a umbella over myself everytime he shouted, like a heavy downpour:hihi:

Mo'laycock still headteacher:loopy:

My boyfriend left Firth Park school in 2000

what was your boyfriends name as i left in 200o as well

does anybody remember Mr simcock i loved that man. is he still thier?

Originally posted by Coups
Indeed I do, I dated your daughter for a while! Rebecca.

Lee

whick class was you in lee?

yeah,slcsaw i work up at college and--mr. simcocks still there teaching science!--nice bloke!

Originally posted by mikeyspikey
yeah,slcsaw i work up at college and--mr. simcocks still there teaching science!--nice bloke!

yeah he is i miss him so much shame i never kept in contact

I left firth park in 1976 as did my wife ( peter ellis, kathryn goldie) Mr jones used almost have a heart attack with me just because i couldn`t play a note. does anyone remember mr (pod) harrison the physics teacher. He used to teach at the brushes building and have a large armchair in his lab. He also always had a pot of tea with him.

hi, i left firth park in 1978, it was a really great school shame about the brushes building:( i remember mr brunt well, does anyone remember the head teacher Dr hartley?

COme on Jay jay slightly crazy physics teacher in the tower at brushes the man who would wind up the vandergraff generator to maximum potential and then discharge it down the back of your neck had to be Pod Harrison great teacher did rather well out of his APPLIED PHYSIC S course I left FRTHPK in 1979 my current wife left in 1980. most people dont remember me but one or two do.

nice memories glad they are not futures ( i think)

I left FRTHPK in 1979 my current wife left in 1980. most people dont remember me but one or two do.

nice memories glad they are not futures ( i think) [/B][/QUOTE]


MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM current wife ?:suspect:

How many more are you thinking of having Foxprom :hihi:

i went to firth park school. i left in 1982. i hated it while there but now i wish i could go back. AM I MAD? very possibly!

curent wife is fine have no need for any others have know her long enough, Had somenone approach me at work tonight New comedy club Last laugh at the roundhouse who asked if i had been at firth park school and left in 1979 I said yes why were you and he said yep sure did he remembered me but went without giving me his name and he was a bit tipsy. and I was busy .
Nice to be noticed though and I am sucha shy wallflower typpe of guy

Originally posted by fox20thc
I left Firth Park in 1985. anyone remember Mr Barr? He was head of Wisewood Comp until last september.

Ahh the memories of torturing him when he began teaching us having just qualified.
Does Fox remember SheShe:) :)

Originally posted by SheShe
Does Fox remember SheShe:) :)

Yes she does! :help:

i left firth park in 1995 and for the guy who asked i remember Dr hartley i do miss the school and is there anbody there who went to the two sleepins between 1991 and 1995 we went up the old tower stairs and up to the top corridor at midnight with only torch light i needed spare pants on both nights really scary but also very funny especially the one person who i hid under one of the old science tables with and lets just say had some innocent fun with.

Hi

I have just come across this thread as I am a relative newbie to the forum.........

I left Firth Park School in 1975 at the end of the fourth year............didnt want to stay on.wanted to earn some money!

I remember Mr Brunt.........i think it is safe to say he wasnt my favourite teacher (!).........but does anyone remember 'Spike' Johnson the history teacher.........he was great ........used to tell us all about the ghost of the brushes building.something about the butler murdering someone , or was it that he was murdered by someone?.........it was something to do with the maid anyway , i think.lol

A very happy 2006 to everyone!:partyhat:

Spike, now that name brings back memories, He was the nicest teacher ever, everyone from that era must remember spike. I remember the very first time he taught me, he caught me talking in class, picked up a slipper and took me into the next room, he then started to hit the table with it, of course all the other kids in the classroom thought he'd given me a good slippering. Everyone who was taught by spike knows he was totally incapable of any form of punishment. A dear old man who sadly is no longer with us. I left firth park in 1974, and regretably left Sheffield in 1996.

I was there in 1982, does anyone remember the variety shows we had at the end of the school year I think? Does anyone remember the cool standby teacher we had for music , Mr Weeta, he had bright red hair and came on a motorbike! And he had the biggest muscles ever! As for the variety show I'll put my hands up to singing a couple of breakdancing songs with a mate of mine , (hangs head in shame) the year we sang a guy from another year did his own version of sweet transvestite, it was excellent , the teachers in total shock.

love PW XX

Just a thought, I left in 1974, anyone remember going to firth park at lunchtime and popping into malinkis cafe (Marti canes cafe). we also used to go to the bakers, buy an uncut loaf, dig out the bread from the middle, then have the loaf filled up with chips at the chippy. Ah, happy memories.

caramac, my hubby left in 78 and remembers doing that with the chips and uncut loaf,think he would still do it to this day if i let him,lol

Funny that cos I tried it again a few weeks back and its still as good as it was in the 70s

Was it Mr renshaw
I left in 1984 after 2 yrs in 6th form
was it mr tingle by any chance.:thumbsup:

hey all u Firth Park peeps does any one remember my dad Mr Linacre- he was the woodwork teacher- left in 1996 i think?????? :) he has his own building business now.

Mr Linacre! Yes, I've nothing but good memories of him. He was my teacher for the obligatory couple of years of woodwork, between 12 and 14, and I really wish I'd taken it further. I seem to remember rumours he was had a karate blackbelt and I recall he had a really deep voice. He also sang bass in Mad Wacko Jacko's (Mr Jackson, the music teacher) choir at one point? A good man. Pass on my best wishes to him, please :)

Mr Linacre! Yes, I've nothing but good memories of him. He was my teacher for the obligatory couple of years of woodwork, between 12 and 14, and I really wish I'd taken it further. I seem to remember rumours he was had a karate blackbelt and I recall he had a really deep voice. He also sang bass in Mad Wacko Jacko's (Mr Jackson, the music teacher) choir at one point? A good man. Pass on my best wishes to him, please :)

haha yeh he is mean with the old karate- my dad!!! hahaha he is a top geeza. i bet he could be r8 strickt tho- he has got a booming voice hahaha!! i will tell him all ur old memories!! what is ur name and ill ask him tnite?:thumbsup:

had a couple of good re unions over the past few years (85-86 leavers)miss parker /mr litherland year group, anyone think its time for another night out?any excuse for lashings of ale...........

its 20 yrs since we left!!!!

Now I did not need reminding of THAT ;)

hi i went to firth park and left aroun1985. i was in mr peets class .anyone else ther around that time.

i went to firth park and left around 1985. i was in mr peets class and had his wife 4 pe. does anyone know them and were you there around the same timr as me

Now I did not need reminding of THAT ;)
soz, but its a great big nasty scary fact my dear,it seems like yesterday that mr Hopper (biology) said these words to me...."either pull your socks up girl or there will be no o'level biology for you", and mr Piper just shook his head

I live just across from the mentioned building and yes builders did refuse to go into it due to some strange things happening and it was supposed to be the spirit of a female student who died there years back.

When the building was levelled, all the vermin (no not the human ones) decided to settle in our gardens and I only have one fear and thats mice...nothing that small should move that fast!

if you read the report on the link i did 2 of those sleep overs bloody scary but great fun

Any documented reports of Vampires there or Werewolves even ?

Vampires or werewolves???? Why?

Any documented reports of Vampires there or Werewolves even ?


:hihi: :hihi:
apparently the bogie man himself was also sighted in march 1974-he was chasing poor old Norma up into the tower block...

Ididnt go there I am looking for my cousins who went to firth park school it as got to be 20 years since I have seen them and I want to know if they did go there as I might be able to trace them after all this time I am hoping that they still live in or around the daffidol estate hence this is the only shot I have got to try and find them I went up there in the summer of this year to see if there house was still there and I was confronted with 2 new houses what had been built in between the old houses for the life of me I cant think what the road is called all this is above board if you go down the road what take you into the firth park shops the ones were the trams use to run there is a pub a fairly big pub just off the main road and if you walk straight up that road to the top thats where the davisons use to live.
Kev is it Bevercotes rd Arthur

caramac, my hubby left in 78 and remembers doing that with the chips and uncut loaf,think he would still do it to this day if i let him,lol
I did that way back in '67.....can still smelll that bread now.
Happy memories.

I left in 1976 and remember teachers such as Spike, Howdle, Birch, Reed, Jackson, Griffiths, Tingle, Allsop,Meehan, Foster, Renshaw,Jones, Sherwood, Hill,Hopper, and Mr Lockwood the metalwork teacher. Mr Lockwood died last Christmas, I know his son Steve.

I left in 1976 and remember teachers such as Spike, Howdle, Birch, Reed, Jackson, Griffiths, Tingle, Allsop,Meehan, Foster, Renshaw,Jones, Sherwood, Hill,Hopper, and Mr Lockwood the metalwork teacher. Mr Lockwood died last Christmas, I know his son Steve.
not Viv Lockwood, English teacher?, oh god he was such a fab bloke, that news has really upset me.

No it was Mr Lockwood the metalwork teacher he worked at brushes building in the next classroom to Mr Foster.

Can anyone remember Mr Litherland ?

Can anyone remember Mr Litherland ?
Yes, smashing man, he sadly is no longer with us, he passed away a while ago,remember he married Miss Parker (maths), I think their daughter goes to my kids school, as I have seen her there at concerts etc.

No it was Mr Lockwood the metalwork teacher he worked at brushes building in the next classroom to Mr Foster.
oh,I diont remember there being 2 mr lockwoods.

Anyone remember Mr Weeta?, huge booming man, used to call the boys insects, the was a supply teacher, used to ride a motorbike...guess what, hes still teaching!!!!!!, My daughter came home from school laughing about a teacher she had had as her history teacher was off, he hasnt changes a bit by the sound of it, they love him!!Hes 70!, he retired, them came back cos he missed the kids.

hiya my boyfriend left in 1999 he's called russell taylor let me no if u know him:)

do you know any1 called russell taylor ???

do u some1 called russell taylor left firth park in 1999

iwent to birth mark school from 88-91, and shudder to this day, i hated the place.

messrs longley and lockwood (viv) were teaching gods.
action man hartley was a scary little man, shades of bronson(grange hill) but the green suits were a bit odd.
miss parker, scary woman
mr lynn , nice bloke
mr cheatle, cracking bloke but a bit soft.
jesus jones, always expected him ripping the blackboard down to attack pupils
wacko jacko, hated him, but he hated everybody so quite mutual
mr linacre, decent bloke, sold him some screws after he set his own business up, he had a train set in his woodwork room- which some pupils got to use after school.
mr hallworth, p.e. always got on well with the older female pupils.who also set his own business up and bought fixings from me.

steer and sherwood , good p.e teachers.
penfold, thrush

iwent to birth mark school from 88-91, and shudder to this day, i hated the place.

messrs longley and lockwood (viv) were teaching gods.
action man hartley was a scary little man, shades of bronson(grange hill) but the green suits were a bit odd.
miss parker, scary woman
mr lynn , nice bloke
mr cheatle, cracking bloke but a bit soft.
jesus jones, always expected him ripping the blackboard down to attack pupils
wacko jacko, hated him, but he hated everybody so quite mutual
mr linacre, decent bloke, sold him some screws after he set his own business up, he had a train set in his woodwork room- which some pupils got to use after school.
mr hallworth, p.e. always got on well with the older female pupils.who also set his own business up and bought fixings from me.

steer and sherwood , good p.e teachers.
penfold, thrush
Is John sherwood still their? He was their when i left in `78

Is John sherwood still their? He was their when i left in `78
Most people will ahve seen recent news coverage that John Sherwood is retiring from his teaching post at Firth park school after 95 years or was it 32 years this september.

Previous posts on this thread asked about the remotely mad science teacher who taught physics in the tower classrtooms, he was Mr "pod" Harrison.

Mr Renshaw was also physics during my time at firth park 1974-1979 he taught at north buiding and took no crap from no body. a form tutor of mine for one year, you didnt cross him twice.

Other names that crop up inconversation, Mr adams, Mr Litheland art, Miss allcock science, Mrs Walker english mrs richardson english, mr Peet maths Mr longley european studies, mr (now Dr) Tyldsley History mr Jones french mr walker metal work mr sedelmier woodwork ? head was Dr Hartley, duputy was mr Jennings Mr Pilley geography, Mr Jackson Music, Mrs higginbottom, english/drama others slip in and out of ones mind from time to time,

My daughter is now at the school and asks me who taught us for IT. ??? Or Pshe, or dance ? I tell her about the only computers they had then were for premium bonds we never saw one.

Best memory though has to be the book exchange on the top corridor at north building and Mr Pilleys Tuck shop at the end of the middle corridor, Milk CHews lasted all morning, Dundee biscuits that were as big as a bin lids, refresher chew bars, and all them flaming woden lockers.

My 'best mate' of my teenage years - Dave Hurst (Hirst?)....
He would've left 66/67...
Can't remember why he went to Firth Park, 'cos his family lived in Todwick....
Wonder where he got to, all these years later?
Seem to recall that his nickname at school was 'Rusty'...

Anyone remember Mr Weeta?, huge booming man, used to call the boys insects, the was a supply teacher, used to ride a motorbike...guess what, hes still teaching!!!!!!, My daughter came home from school laughing about a teacher she had had as her history teacher was off, he hasnt changes a bit by the sound of it, they love him!!Hes 70!, he retired, them came back cos he missed the kids.

MR WEETA! :hihi: he was soo funny. Like the hulk hogan of teaching. He was always great with the girls and hilariously mean to the boys. :P

The stories about a ghost in the old Firth Park Grammar School building known as the Brushes are a myth. They stem from the times when its longest serving and much respected schoolmaster Spike Johnson used to tell ghost stories.

I was lucky enough to be taught History by Spike in my first year at Firth Park
in 1961, and at the end of each term it was a special treat to be told one of Spike's ghost stories.

The particular one I remember him telling ended something like this:-

" ............It was dark by the time I left school, I was the last one out of the building, and as I walked along Barnsley Road I realised I had forgotten my briefcase and decided to go back. In those days the staff room was on the top floor of the old house, and as I climbed the stairs the place had an erie feeling about it. At the top of the stairs, I switched on the light but the bulb must have blown. It was pitch black. I felt my way along the corridor and just as I was entering the staff room, I felt a hand touch my leg. I froze with fright. Then it pulled my leg again, and then again............just like I've been pulling yours."

I was one of 35 schoolboys breathing a great sigh of relief. What a brilliant storyteller !

I too remember the stories told by "Spike".
I have fond memories of a great man.

I always remember that story ending as Spike was struggling to climb out of a window when something grabbed at his leg...and pulled it. Just like I'm pulling yours.....Sighs all round.

That was in my first year in 1962.

been a long time any memories

Hi Garry......yes, many memories.
There been a few threads about the old school.
I've often wondered what happened to "so and so"...
Strange how you leave a place and never see folks again..........39 years since I left.

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I remember spike johnson telling the ghost stories to every first year class and beleived then that they were fiction

that was john jackson surely

can any one remember a lee badger must have left bout 95 or b4

I left in 82. Did anyone else play Rugby for the school? We used to practice with Mr Hill and Mr Bailey in the week, and looking back now it was just a lesson in common assault. I think Bailey (:loopy: ) must have disliked me because he used to trample all over me in the ruck week in and week out, when I was all of 8 stone and 13 years old.

my sister Elisa Dickinson

[QUOTE=chardan]my sister Elisa Dickinson[S.S.D.D.]

i left in 88,reading this post brought back some memories i had forgoten about mr Weeta and agree with the reference to hulk hogan,
i keep seeing the old art teacher who is now retired he has grey hair and a beard i think he lives in wincobank as i see him walking his dog all the time.
can anybody remember the name of the english teacher she was only about 21/22 when i left in 1988 i had a huge crush on her but cant remember her name?

Have had some good laughs at that school left 1990 does anyone rember rocking the buses from brushes site eeeee good times
sorry to hear about litherland good bloke

does anyone rember rocking the buses from brushes site eeeee good times

Oh we were champions at that... :suspect: well not me ofcourse :hihi:

does anyone no whats happened to mosley ,compton,eadsy, burkey,connie havent seen them since i left

Im before your time tika so cant help you with that one, I was in the class of 85

* shuffles away feeling really really old.......

Turns Out Im Not As Yong As I Feel I Must Have Left There In 88

hi tika,i also left in 1988 who's classes were you in?.also noticed you asked earlier if anybody knew how burkey is,if you mean lee burke he's ok he came to my wedding last year i think he's now back at his mums house my wife saw him in town over christmas

Cant Remember Form Tutor Was Always Changing But I Was In With Waller, Jacko And Eirey To Name But Just A Few Of The Lads Glad To Hear Burky Ok Havent Seen Nobody Since I Left

tika, whats your name?

My Name Is Chris

chris what?

Taylor I Was A Big Tall Kid SO Who Are You THEN?

Taylor I Was A Big Tall Kid SO Who Are You THEN?

the secret lovechild of brian potter AKA simon kelsey.

So Dongle Is ? DONT REMEMBER A KELSEY

Hiya Dongle, remember any raffos?

Hey Dongle If You Were In My Year At School Did U Suffer One Of Jackos Cheeseys

the only raffo i can remember was called paul i think,
tika i can remember the name chris taylor but cant put a face to the name

paul is my other half, he remembers a lot of the names you mentioned earlier. you must have been the same year?

hi margie, yes i was in the same year i left in 1988 my wife was also in the same year her surname was pennington.
i can remember your husbands name but as it was nearly 20 years ago i cant remember him.

paul was friends with someone called brett until he moved away...any idea where he is now? i will ask if he knows your wife too x

any idea of bretts surname? and have you looked on freinds re-united as there are over 100 people who left in 1988 who have registered

hi dongle
an original firth park'er, circa 1988. gee worth a fortune

i am paul, gee so many friends i cant remember but bretts surnmae was wilson, you remember lee burke?

hi paul,
yes i remember lee, he came to my wedding last year,he's still living at shiregreen

hi paul,
yes i remember lee, he came to my wedding last year,he's still living at shiregreen



I used to work with Lee Burke and saw him towards the end of last year and he said he was living in the city centre and he works in the callcentre at telewest

Hi dongle have just been in touch with eirey and he told me wallers been dead ten years he died of heart attack
R.I.P SIE

i went to firth park school and left in 1988. Its feels strange to hear all the names of teachers after so long. its was a good school.

Hi Everybody I was at FPS from '82 to '87. I've just spent the last hour reading all the post. It's great to hear all the old names again, I had both Miss Nunn and Mr Jones (penfold) as form teachers. It was sad to hear about the teachers we have lost i knew them well. I found myself on this site after finding an article about the new 6th form college. I didn't even know that the Brushes was gone, my wife and I moved to Canada in 2001 so it was a bit of a shock. I've lost touch with everyone so if anyone was there at the same time say Hello. I enjoyed the stories about Mr Weeta and Jesus Jones, I have lots of fond memories and good stories of my own. Later

You must have been in the year below me! I was in Mr Barrs class :D

Must say i don't recognize the picture but I'm sure we passed many times in the corridor.

must say loads of memories there, I was in Mrs Crawley's class 81-85

must say loads of memories there, I was in Mrs Crawley's class 81-85

You were in the same year as me :D

so fox, where you in Mr litherlands half or Miss parkers half?

so fox, where you in Mr litherlands half or Miss parkers half?

Bugger its that long ago.. I think I was in litherlands (always wondered if those two had a thing going)

Was in Mr Barrs class, with the likes of Tina Shutt, Paul Ellis, Kimpton, Arliss etc.

I was with Andrew Bird, Mathew Flint, Stephen Jessop etc

I remember Paul Ellis the other names dont ring a bell at the mo but like you say it was a long time ago

Jon Mcguire was in my class too

I feel proper ancient, I left FPGS in 1946, it was all boys then, when did it become co-educational?

I was at Brushes in the mid 70s. I remember lots of stories about the ghost and kids that swore they'd seen her. I think the most scariest sight though was watching Alan Smith "Adolph" walk into his History class and give out grief to his students!!!

we luv you Graham we do, we luv you Graham we do, we luv you graham we do, oh Benny we luv you. Could you please give Franny the slipper again for not having a shower.
Long live Grahame Hill PE teacher 70'S- early 80'S

I went to firthpark and left around 86-87.miss those school years and all the teachers and friends.apart from mr jackson-I have haunting memories of him.even though he never taught me.anyone else went during this time?

we luv you Graham we do, we luv you Graham we do, we luv you graham we do, oh Benny we luv you. Could you please give Franny the slipper again for not having a shower.
Long live Grahame Hill PE teacher 70'S- early 80'S

Lol! My brother felt that slipper! But Mr Jennings with his cane was even more scary.

anybody remmember mrs allcock big old girl used to ride a moped to school

Oh Yes!
........

anyone know if a stuart turtan is still around and remember his ears lol

stuart turton is my wifes step brother,

i left firth park in '97 and i remember mr simcock.i was a saddo back then cos i had a crush on him!

[QUOTE=spartan;2066737]anybody remmember mrs allcock big old girl used to ride a moped to school[/QUOTEr


she used to do the disco dancing classes!!

[QUOTE=spartan;2066737]anybody remmember mrs allcock big old girl used to ride a moped to school[/QUOTEr


she used to do the disco dancing classes!!

yes she taught us the dance moves to saturday night fever :hihi:

kick ball chain, kick ball chain, turn turn turn and point! (I still remember it) :hihi:

I can remember watching throug the windows whilst having a crafty fag once, she couldn't half move for a big lass!

I did'nt go to Firth Park but knew I few people that did. Just wondering if anyone know/knew Jacqueline Cutts and Julie Hyman? They would have been in the 5th form in 78-79. They were mates with Karen Darling?

Also wondered what happened to Duanne Richards and Paul Moody. Used to sprint with those guys?

Just got reading and felt quite sad at the teachers deaths, but don't expect they live forever eh!

I was in the same year as you dongle and tika and felt really shocked to hear of Wallers death, tragic. He was a bit of a lad but I always got on with him. I bought my first pair of hockey ice boots off Eirey. I remember Jacko and his famous cheesies, he did my head in until I realised he actually had a softer likeable side really. I saw all the Raffo brothers perhaps about year or 2 ago, and they are all doing well in their jobs and are lovely, weird seeing everyone older though.The list goes on I expect.

i left in 1985-1986
have just spent an hour or so reading through the posts its
amazing how many memories its brought back

can anyone remember mr chamberlain he was either a history or a geography teacher ???
the last i knew of him he was suspended for something to do with a stolen car which one of the ex-pupils had taken
i remember mr weeta :hihi: even though he had a downer on many of the guys i still enjoyed his lessons
i remember the crazy napoleonic french teacher
i remember mr piper as i had one or two disagreements with him
i can also remember a chemistry teacher who taught in the science block
in my first couple of years but i cant for the life of me remember his name
i remember mr harrisons physics lessons

i remember the very fit young english teacher (my sister still sees her now and again )
i remember mr adams from the brushes building he taught us art i think
but was also our form teacher for the last year

i was in the same class as simon yeardley,robin casswell,howard parrott,
adrian kirk, simon ellis , justin ? (half cast guy cant remember his second name )

i went there, started in 1972 (we were the last to start as 1st years at brushes) and left in 1976. i have some wonderful memories.

i was there from 1994 - 1999

Still see some of the teachers around 2day
Mr Longley thro cricket...aint a bad wicket keeper
and a woodwork teacher
forgot his name
it'll.....come to me

Me and my brothers all went to firthpark school I left in 78 and my brothers left after me there called russell and jon russell left before jon shame about brushes use to have fun going from one building to the other:hihi:

just been reading all threads i went to firth-park school 89-94 was in mr lucas class with barbara abbey ,micheal kelsey, leanne pelligrina ect anybody else from that year out there ?

michael is my brother

So you must simon or martin kelsey then.??

In fact you most be Simon as i use to know Martin really well lost touch about 2 years ago just wondering if now you have contact with him and whats micheal up to these days If by any chance you are in contact with martin could you let him know that i was so sorry to hear about micheala and hope hes doing well.Thank you Elle..........

Anyone who went to 'The Brushes' building (Firth Park School around the 1980-83) on MySpace now :) fancy adding me. http://www.myspace.com/oursocalledlife

I can only find the New Firth Park Community College on MySpace and not the old and better Brushes Building :P

Thanks
Jonathan Slater :suspect:

i went to firth park 86 - 91. started off in mr irelands class then mr beeleys then mr parkers.

I've just found my old school reports, seems i have to pay more attention in class :rolleyes: :roll:

:P 147/147 days i got an A lol

Did anyone else keep their reports?

I've just found my old school reports, seems i have to pay more attention in class :rolleyes: :roll:

:P 147/147 days i got an A lol

Did anyone else keep their reports?

My mums got mine somewhere :huh:

Yes..I still have mine.

I also needed to pay more attention in class, lol.

:D did anyone go to firth park school between 80 and 84 and know me, Rob Kirkham, i would love to hear from old school friends and talk about the old times and catch up on what they are doing now,also i married another firth parky we didn't know eachother at school though as we were in different years, Sheena Bown,

I was at Brushes in the mid 70s. I remember lots of stories about the ghost and kids that swore they'd seen her. I think the most scariest sight though was watching Alan Smith "Adolph" walk into his History class and give out grief to his students!!!

i was at school in the 70s, started in 1972 and left in 76. i was wondering i might know you. we had classes at north building as well as brushes.

just been reading all threads i went to firth-park school 89-94 was in mr lucas class with barbara abbey ,micheal kelsey, leanne pelligrina ect anybody else from that year out there ?

hi, i was there 90-94, i know leanne pellegrina but dont recognise any of the other names...
the people i remember are.. penny nichols, ricky wilson, wayne shepherd and michelle smedly..

I was at Brushes in the mid 70s. I remember lots of stories about the ghost and kids that swore they'd seen her. I think the most scariest sight though was watching Alan Smith "Adolph" walk into his History class and give out grief to his students!!!

i left in 1976, iam wondering if i know you.

hi, i was there 90-94, i know leanne pellegrina but dont recognise any of the other names...
the people i remember are.. penny nichols, ricky wilson, wayne shepherd and michelle smedly..:) I know all these people as they were all in my year which means you proberly were too!
dont really see any one from school but sometimes see leeanne what about you .?:)

:) I know all these people as they were all in my year which means you proberly were too!
dont really see any one from school but sometimes see leeanne what about you .?:)

dont really see anyone either, i saw penny a few years back, she was workin in a club i went to and ive seen wayne shepherd once or twice.. thats about it really...
whose classes were u in??

i worked at firth park school for a year in 1998 - 1999 in the computer suite...even i was told about the ghost lol, and yes, it scared me!

I was looking through the threads the other night and found one for ex firth parkers and posted a reply. I was a little confused today when I found this one because I was looking for the posting I'd put on only to find that there's another thread for ex firth parkers. So it might be worth having a look. I left in 85/86 then went back for an extra year in lower 6th, looking back now I'm not sure why because I still didn't walk out with any decent qualifications, but I did have a laugh:)

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Look what they have replaced my old school with. I went to Firth Park Grammar in 1944.

I left in 1976 - blimey was Miss Howdle still there in 1994!:o

hi, i think i remember you. i am sure we were in the same year.

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Well it didn't work

i left in 1985-1986
i remember the crazy napoleonic french teacher


Mr Jones aka Penfold :hihi::hihi:

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Ah the 6th Form College. Well, seeing as Brushes was razed to the ground it would never have been restored. :(

I think i left about 82-83 it was such a s"*t place i have tried to block it out of my memory.My name was Mark Spotswood then.All i can remember was my first true love,Claire Roe. And the queen of punk Alison Royals.(thankyou for getting me into SIOUXSIE)

Mark Spotswood there was nothing wrong with Firth Park school back in the 80's..i left in 82-83
Jonathan Slater ;)

Red Cap school was very good in 1944, even though I did get caned. I was hopeless at languages, after trying to learn French & Italian, I gave up & went to the Central Tech.

i left in 1990 my form tutor was mr piper i also remember mr longley who taught german, mr dooley english teacher, mr barr, mr cheadle, penfold. i remember the talent shows that we used to have at the end of each term i was in one once how embarrasing it was when i look back at it now.

What about Jesus Jones! :hihi:

i left in 1990 my form tutor was mr piper i also remember mr longley who taught german, mr dooley english teacher, mr barr, mr cheadle, penfold. i remember the talent shows that we used to have at the end of each term i was in one once how embarrasing it was when i look back at it now.

Mr Piper was also my form tutor but i left in 2003.

What about Jesus Jones! :hihi:

I remember him, he's the one that used to shout at me all the time :hihi:

I remember him, he's the one that used to shout at me all the time :hihi:

I got hit with the board wiper a few times from that git!! :hihi:

I got hit with the board wiper a few times from that git!! :hihi:

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: You should have behaved and not laughed at him then :P I soon learned :suspect: :D

I LEFT FIRTH PARK SCHOOL IN 1976, remember mr piley , mr jackson and mr brunt what was the old physics teacher called in the tower at the brushes the one with the funny foot
Mr harrison was his name,his nickname was "pod",think he had his toes cut off in the war.

Hi,

Anyone Leave Firth Park School Summer 1978?
I left in 1978,I was mates with ian morris,jeff wild,paul armatage & des ellis.

Mr harrison was his name,his nickname was "pod",think he had his toes cut off in the war.
Pod Harrison wasn't old when I knew him. He taught me between 1962 and 1967.
I remember he was a "Goon Show" fan, and would play their recordings on old 78rpm records at the end of term.
Nice Bloke.

Mr harrison was his name,his nickname was "pod",think he had his toes cut off in the war.

Are you julie brown who got married to david wilsons mate andy swallow,he was a bunch of laughs NOT!

Mr harrison was his name,his nickname was "pod",think he had his toes cut off in the war.

I left in 76 I dont remember Mr Harrison but I remember spike pilley sherwood ( all girls had a crush on him,) john carr, mrs souzzo( i thinks thats how you spell it) adolf smith, mr sanderson meeham(heard shes gone blind),jennings, howdle(she see one or two teachers at fpcac now) critchley(hes now deputy head) longley(hes still there) mike jones(jesus) french jones(penfold or samatha) I could go on forever but it would make me look sad. I hated it but, I wish I could go back cos we had a lot more fun with some of the teachers but wacko jacko he took the biscuit at times and wally gater webster used to give detensions out like sweets. especially after singing see you later ally gator in a while crocodile. hahahalol.

I left in 76 I dont remember Mr Harrison but I remember spike pilley sherwood ( all girls had a crush on him,) john carr, mrs souzzo( i thinks thats how you spell it) adolf smith, mr sanderson meeham(heard shes gone blind),jennings, howdle(she see one or two teachers at fpcac now) critchley(hes now deputy head) longley(hes still there) mike jones(jesus) french jones(penfold or samatha) I could go on forever but it would make me look sad. I hated it but, I wish I could go back cos we had a lot more fun with some of the teachers but wacko jacko he took the biscuit at times and wally gater webster used to give detensions out like sweets. especially after singing see you later ally gator in a while crocodile. hahahalol.


I left in 76 and I work with Mr Lockwoods (metalwork teacher) son. Can you remember him at brushes building with Mr Foster the woodwork teacher in the other classroom. Mr Lockwood has died.

I left in 76 and I work with Mr Lockwoods (metalwork teacher) son. Can you remember him at brushes building with Mr Foster the woodwork teacher in the other classroom. Mr Lockwood has died.

Yeah vaguely, no I didn't know that Mr Lockwood had died oh what ashame he was a brilliant teacher never told me off like he did one or two of them how long ago when he3 passed away then?

Yeah vaguely, no I didn't know that Mr Lockwood had died oh what ashame he was a brilliant teacher never told me off like he did one or two of them how long ago when he3 passed away then?


two years ago

I never went to Firth Park Grammer ..Because I failed the "Eleven Plus Exam" but my best pal (at that time) "Rodger Ives" did pass the exam and went on to Firth Park Grammer...after then I hardly ever saw him...I continued at Shiregreen Sec mod..untill I started work in early 1954..I met up with him in a pub in Sheffield some years later but i've not had contact since..Does anyone know if he's alive and still kicking ???.

Hi, Timbuck,
Only just found this site. I was at F.P.G.S. at the same time as Rodger Ives. I believe he went to university and then took up teaching. Not seen him since.But I also knew his second oldest brother, George Byron when we worked for the same firm years ago. There was/ is someone listed under the name G.B. Ives in the Sheffield directory (my old one ). Uncommon name and certainly worth a shot. Best of luck and if you make contact I would be interested in hearing about it.

I was with Andrew Bird, Mathew Flint, Stephen Jessop etc

I remember Paul Ellis the other names dont ring a bell at the mo but like you say it was a long time ago

Jon Mcguire was in my class tooI Know these guys Andrew Bird, Stephen Jessop :)both of them are doing very well in life.

The stories about a ghost in the old Firth Park Grammar School building known as the Brushes are a myth. They stem from the times when its longest serving and much respected schoolmaster Spike Johnson used to tell ghost stories.

I was lucky enough to be taught History by Spike in my first year at Firth Park
in 1961, and at the end of each term it was a special treat to be told one of Spike's ghost stories.

The particular one I remember him telling ended something like this:-

" ............It was dark by the time I left school, I was the last one out of the building, and as I walked along Barnsley Road I realised I had forgotten my briefcase and decided to go back. In those days the staff room was on the top floor of the old house, and as I climbed the stairs the place had an erie feeling about it. At the top of the stairs, I switched on the light but the bulb must have blown. It was pitch black. I felt my way along the corridor and just as I was entering the staff room, I felt a hand touch my leg. I froze with fright. Then it pulled my leg again, and then again............just like I've been pulling yours."

I was one of 35 schoolboys breathing a great sigh of relief. What a brilliant storyteller !

This is a far better version of Spike's Ghost Story

http://www.firthparkgrammarschool.com/ghoststory.htm

Spike told our class the same story in 1962, although the details are failing me after 46 years.
When he finished with "just like I'm pulling yours" we not only sighed with relief, but stood and gave a round of applause in appreciation.
He was a brilliant story teller, as well as very good teacher.

I left in 1978,I was mates with ian morris,jeff wild,paul armatage & des ellis.
des ellis,works at fletchers,if im right.put a whiskey bottle in gillian walsh at julie ashtons
christmas party in 1979.

My husband went to Firth Park Grammar School in the 50s.( It was then known locally as the red cap school.)He often talks about his teacher of Religious Instruction,I don't know what his proper name was but my husband and one of his friends always called him "Holy Joe."

stuart turton is my wifes step brother,

Stuart Turton was one of my best mates. We lived about 5 doors from each other on Godric Rd, Shiregreen.

What's he doin these days?

so fox, where you in Mr litherlands half or Miss parkers half?


I was one of Miss Parkers' half. How many of us had a crush on her?

Sad to hear of the late Mr.Litherland. Top fella he was

Anyone remember any of these characters...

Mark Morley (best mate and really clever lad)
Mark Butler
Simon Atwell
Russell Parker (went in Army)
Shane Shelley
Paul Arliss
Paul Ellis
Ashley Ward
Trevor Whattam
Andrew Wood
John Arthur Langley

We were all in same year in the 80's

My husband went to Firth Park Grammar School in the 50s.( It was then known locally as the red cap school.)He often talks about his teacher of Religious Instruction,I don't know what his proper name was but my husband and one of his friends always called him "Holy Joe."

Hi, Jemima B.
I was at Firth Park G.S. in the 50s as well. the name of the teacher was Mr. Fawcett. Unless he has not already done so your husband might like to take a look at the F.P.G.S. website.
NAVAJO

Anyone remember any of these characters...

Mark Morley (best mate and really clever lad)
Mark Butler
Simon Atwell
Russell Parker (went in Army)
Shane Shelley
Paul Arliss
Paul Ellis
Ashley Ward
Trevor Whattam
Andrew Wood
John Arthur Langley

We were all in same year in the 80's
i know ashley ward,he worked with my brother and sisters at Fletchers,i went to a few games with ashley,top bloke

Did Mark Morley used to live on Molineaux Rd if so i remember him.

Hi, Jemima B.
I was at Firth Park G.S. in the 50s as well. the name of the teacher was Mr. Fawcett. Unless he has not already done so your husband might like to take a look at the F.P.G.S. website.
NAVAJO

My husband saw his photo on the Firth Park website. Form 3a 1952-1953. He is on the front row,2 seats to the right of the form master.

Did Mark Morley used to live on Molineaux Rd if so i remember him.

Yes he did Jon. With his brother John, his dad and grandma.
Lost touch after leaving. We grew up together. From our days at Hartley Brook.
Probably the cleverest lad I knew.

Were you in the same year Jon?

Hiya Bladesman, i went on the yearly school trip to France with John Morley and i went to Hartley Brook School too.

Hiya Bladesman, i went on the yearly school trip to France with John Morley and i went to Hartley Brook School too.

You were a couple of years above me then Jon. Possibly in the same year as my brother....wait for it....yes another John.

I'm Stuart Simpson. Don't know if you knew me or any of my brothers/sisters.

You were a couple of years above me then Jon. Possibly in the same year as my brother....wait for it....yes another John.

I'm Stuart Simpson. Don't know if you knew me or any of my brothers/sisters. I'm terrible with names :roll: sorry, if i saw you and your brothers pictures then it might help jog my mind. I think John Morley and Mark moved to Canada.

I'm terrible with names :roll: sorry, if i saw you and your brothers pictures then it might help jog my mind. I think John Morley and Mark moved to Canada.

No worries mate. Think mi mother got a few old photos. Will ask her to dig a few out and post onto you.

Cool about John and Mark. Though not much chance of ever getting in touch again which is a shame cos would have been great to know how they doin. Still, you never know.

I remember a time at Hartley Brook where Mark and me were deemed too clever at maths for our year and and were put in the year above for the maths lessons. Mrs Hirsts class. She was a bit of a looker. Oh the memories.

When we went to France with the school John Morley never told the school he had epileptic fits (none of us knew this until he had a fit) and then we took it in turns tolook after with him.

I did'nt go to Firth Park but knew I few people that did. Just wondering if anyone know/knew Jacqueline Cutts and Julie Hyman? They would have been in the 5th form in 78-79. They were mates with Karen Darling?

Also wondered what happened to Duanne Richards and Paul Moody. Used to sprint with those guys?

Karen Darlings my cousin! Her brothers called christopher,

Lisa

I transferred to Firth Park, from Hartley Brook in 1969. My 4th year was spent at the North Building (Old Hatfield House), and 5th year at The Brushes. Two truly excellent years. The teachers were very approchable and world class!
Can anybody remember John Jackson - Head of Music? I was taking Music and was 'roped' into the choir! Does anyone else remember the musicals John Jackson staged? I was in 'Trial by Jury' and 'Oklahoma!'