Hi flyer,
did you ever get to see the little round house building on redmires road,
you must have gone out on picnic walk with your house mother and
the boys when you were in the f,c,homes.
House mother :hihi::hihi::hihi: I'm pretty sure she never waddle past the front door only on her days off,but i do remember being turned loose now and then, we use to go and talk to the Italian P.O.Ws and the only picnic was if we could scrounge food from them ,taking food from aP.O.W well i suppose it beats my after Fullwood we spent 6?months in Sheffield where we would steal flowers from the graves and sell them out front i know i sold the same bunch 3 times ,well they was very nice chris's my brother being the delivery boy:rolleyes::rolleyes:

I'm sorry that it's taken so long to reply but I'm having problems uploading the photos and I've ran out of ideas on what to do. Must admit I'm not very computer friendly, but I'll keep trying.
It would seem that most servers have(a free)site for this purpose on checking i see that mine does,I'm going to try it to see how it works, for other options you can contribute to one of the many photo sites for transfer pic's i;ll let u know if I have any success

Hi Brian, putting the photos on here sounds complicated. Would you like me to email them to you? If so, I'm told you could pm your email address to me.
Regards - Gill

Hi Brian, putting the photos on here sounds complicated. Would you like me to email them to you? If so, I'm told you could pm your email address to me.
Regards - Gill
If u go to interests on S.F scroll down to the photography section there it will tell u how to post pics on S.F they even let u practice on their site :confused::confused:

HI YA FLYER,
WERE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT NICKING THE FLOWERS, IT`S A GOOD JOB YOUR
HOUSE MOTHER IS`NT AROUND TO HERE WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
AND YOU WONDER WHY YOU GOT SCUTCHED FOR BEING NAUGHTY-- hihi. hihi.hihi.
WHAT WAS HER NAME ? BULL FROM NO 2.

Yes the Bull, but I'd just left the homes It was v j night 1946 and my brother and I went wild for 6 months we stole anything that wasn't nail down,I never stole another thing from then on ,now my brother thats a long story for a while he was Sharman (witch doctor ) to the Indian's of northern B.C spent a yr living in an snow house lived as a hermit in the woods with no human for 200 miles ,i got a feeling thats where all the "Big Foot"sighting came from

Thanks for this but 'interests' isn't showing. I've emailed 'Help and Contact Us' so hopefully I'll get it sorted. In the meantime I've added a photo as an avatar.

Thanks for this but 'interests' isn't showing. I've emailed 'Help and Contact Us' so hopefully I'll get it sorted. In the meantime I've added a photo as an avatar.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=102

For anyone who would like to see my mum's photos you will find them on the following link:

imghttp://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/af239/Gillx_2010/?action=postupload

And thankyou for your patience....uploading them was much easier than I imagined, that's if it worked Still happy to be a technophobe though!


Oooops....not worked. Give me a bit longer!

Try this

http://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/af239/Gillx_2010/

nice pics Gillx and welcome to the new world, no stopping you now,was that group of girls&mothers taken at Fullwood or Thornset Lodge??

Hi ya flyer, on my last conversation regarding the round house, it was
a very small shop that sold sweets-hot/cold drinks.
Our house mother would treat us to ice cream and she would have bought
herself a cuppa tea, their was a little seat outside the shop where we
would hang around till she had finished her drink.
The shop as been closed for many years now and its up for sale,
the owner was a lady teacher and she emigrated to australia.
Bye

try this

http://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/af239/gillx_2010/

you have done well in that short time and yes that how the
kids was dressed.

Hi Brian no cant remember any round house, only went out on our own and never had any cash unless I had sneaked a half crown in my shoe on visiting day and that was my running away money,alway's seem to go toward town never much good at it i think 3-4 days was the limit

Was that what was the 'naughty girls' home' in the seventies?

it was called "The moss"and it was on lumb lane in dore ...i used to be there in the 70s and moorside home was all small houses that was in lodge moor by the water tower ...an orrible place ...i was there too ....

Anyone know anything of the Sacred Heart Convent on Minto Road in Hillsborough?

yes a friend of mine was there in the seventies ...the nuns were wicked ... thank god i ended up in moorside .....(lodge moor) mind you the staff there were «removed» too depending on which house you ended up in

nice pics Gillx and welcome to the new world, no stopping you now,was that group of girls&mothers taken at Fullwood or Thornset Lodge??

These photos were taken at Fulwood Cottage Homes at Lodge Moor between 1946 and 1947. If you look at the pics again, mum's given me some names which I've added.

These photos were taken at Fulwood Cottage Homes at Lodge Moor between 1946 and 1947. If you look at the pics again, mum's given me some names which I've added.
I know things change very rapid after I left in 46 like nurse's in uniform and a lot of things unheard of in my time,I believe all the troops returning home freed up a large female work force so Fullwood could be a little more selective I always though Hilldrith must have known what was going on but choose to keep a blind eye and now some of the war behind us people began to look at other things, pic's must be back of #9 pre 46 it was intake, the kids moving from Thorsett Lodge at 3 were put in general houseing but all the kids in the pics about 3 all looked pretty happy

hi brian no cant remember any round house, only went out on our own and never had any cash unless i had sneaked a half crown in my shoe on visiting day and that was my running away money,alway's seem to go toward town never much good at it i think 3-4 days was the limit
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hi flyer, opposite the round house was the sportsman pub, and
once passed the car park led to fields.
Take first left by climbing the style and it take you to jacob`s
ladders, // wow// all us kids use to rolly polly down the hill
and see`ing who got down first. Great fun.
Now that day out was worth half/crown of anybody`s money,
p,s, and yer didn`t get change in them days.

Did you know about jacob`s ladder.

remember the name but so many things just a blank and i didn't get hit around the head like my brother

[QUOTE=Penster;3153153]My Dad was in FCH from 1940 til about 1952. He won't talk about it as he has blocked it out of his memory. He was in No6 with Miss Lindsey. He was one of the Lindley brothers, his brother Les was always running away and I believe he was in No 2 cottage and his other brother Mark was in No 3 cottage. I would appreciate any info anyone has or if anyone remembers the brothers. Thanks[/QUOTE
HI PENSTER, JUST BEEN GOING THROUGH THREADS WAY BACK FROM
FEB 2007, I WAS IN SAME HOUSE AS YOUR DAD NO 6 ( ROY LINDLEY )
HOPE YOU DONT MIND ME ASKING BUT IS YOUR DAD STILL ALIVE.
HE WOULD BE IN HIS 70s ABOUT NOW. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

[QUOTE=Penster;3153153]My Dad was in FCH from 1940 til about 1952. He won't talk about it as he has blocked it out of his memory. He was in No6 with Miss Lindsey. He was one of the Lindley brothers, his brother Les was always running away and I believe he was in No 2 cottage and his other brother Mark was in No 3 cottage. I would appreciate any info anyone has or if anyone remembers the brothers. Thanks[/QUOTE
HI PENSTER, JUST BEEN GOING THROUGH THREADS WAY BACK FROM
FEB 2007, I WAS IN SAME HOUSE AS YOUR DAD NO 6 ( ROY LINDLEY )
HOPE YOU DONT MIND ME ASKING BUT IS YOUR DAD STILL ALIVE.
HE WOULD BE IN HIS 70s ABOUT NOW. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
Hi brian contact before re roy still around, think it was roy and the eldest (Les)?? that first came into #2 with Bull heard he land up in #3 with the vile Millner no wonder he was scared for life,he was only about 4 and I always remember him as such a happy kid always a smile, forget the third brothers name or what house he land up in , by the way Penster in Oz Roy still U.K

I'm 76,Roy was 4 when he first came into #2 with bull so spot on age 70 the elder brother was older than me he was one of the 13-14 yr olds so now 79-80

i'm 76,roy was 4 when he first came into #2 with bull so spot on age 70 the elder brother was older than me he was one of the 13-14 yr olds so now 79-80
hi flyer, i didn`t realise you knew the lindley brothers, it`s a while since they were asking about their dad ( roy )
i dont remember who left first, could have been roy.

they used to be childrens homes on lydgate lane at crosspool were merlin estates built on in the 80=90s

hi flyer, i didn`t realise you knew the lindley brothers, it`s a while since they were asking about their dad ( roy )
i dont remember who left first, could have been roy.
If i remember right Roy being the youngest stayed to the bitter end and then went to the sea training school and from all reports on S.F it was a hell hole, i could be wrong but the eldest may even have left before me,I,m sure Roy was the youngest we ever had in and his brother was ready to leave13-14? I seem to think you got out at 14 so a lot of farms or sea training the middle brother was in around 5-6 one of them was called Les:confused::confused::confused:

Hi flyer, just been reading an article in paper about the troopship
lancastria that was bombed and sunk in the estuary to the loire 1940,
where would you have been at that time, in or out of the homes.

Hi flyer, just been reading an article in paper about the troopship
lancastria that was bombed and sunk in the estuary to the loire 1940,
where would you have been at that time, in or out of the homes.

hard to say trying to put a time on when i went in, I know it was early 1940 because the first Sheffield bombing we watched from the playing field came out on V.J night i sort of think that was may 46 always said i was in for 5 plus yrs, but right now I.m trying to think what did I have for breakfast and have i had dinner :D:D:hihi::hihi:

Hi flyer its me again,
the bombing in sheffield although i dont remember it, but while i was in
fulwood homes i was told about a bomb that had dropped behind lodge
moor hospital. I dont know anythink much than that but our house mother
took us boys to see the damage, it was a massive big crater.
Once the grass had grown over it and when we went for picnic`s
we would play in the hole, had great fun.
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and whatever you have eaten just make sure its digested, we dont want
any undergoing problems.

Brian i think that may have been the blitz but have go on another thread to find out when the first bombing was i do believe early 1940

[QUOTE=flyer;6561880]Brian i think that may have been the blitz but have go on another thread to find out when the first bombing was i do believe early 1940[/QUOTE
HI FLYER, I HAVE LOOKED ON ONE SITE AND ITS ABOUT THE MARPLES
PUB IN FITZALAN SQUARE WHEN BOMBED IN 1940, AND OTHER AREA`S
ROUND COUNTRY WAS BOMBED.
PUT IN SEARCH FOR SHEFFIELD BLITZ 1940 THEIR IS SOME READINGS
ON BOMBINGS 1940.
LETS KNOW IF ITS HELP, BUT NOW`T FOR LODGE MOOR.

PS WHAT HAVE YOU EATEN TODAY IF YOUR MIND`S NOT PLAYING TRICKS.

Hi flyer,
if you had be on that ship lancastria with milner and bull when it
went down in 1940, what would your honest reaction had been.

I would have liked to find their grave's just to pee on them and i'm being kind, its a known fact that you was lucky to land up with the only house mother that was said to be kind,my friend(name Turner) that was in your house once told me how nice she was I remember being quite shocked because i'd never heard of that before,just luck of the draw

i would have liked to find their grave's just to pee on them and i'm being kind, its a known fact that you was lucky to land up with the only house mother that was said to be kind,my friend(name turner) that was in your house once told me how nice she was i remember being quite shocked because i'd never heard of that before,just luck of the draw
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yes flyer, my house mother was miss lindley no 6, i missed her when she passed away while i was in the homes.
Then we had miss marshall a new house mother, i wasn`t very keen on her sumut about her.
My brother was in no 2 and he got on with miss royston, as you said its luck of the draw.
Oh well, but i`ve turned out o, k.

Sorry brian going to have to ask your friends if u turned out O.K

sorry brian going to have to ask your friends if u turned out o.k
hi flyer back again after a break,
that o.k regarding your last mail, i went off rails a bit when
we had miss marshall as the new house mother in no 6, i just didn`t like her , and for most of the good hiddings she gave me i
was part`ly to blame and i wasn`t always a good lad.
<< i was stubborn and cheeky >>
but i did get on with the boys and we had lots of fun and laughs,
but still , i was happy in the homes.
The one dirty trick miss marshall the house mother did to me
was, on the morning i was to leave the homes for good, the boys
didn`t know.
She only told me after the boys had gone to school, and then
at mid - day she said there`s your bags now walk upto the office
to be met by the officials.
I never got the chance to say my good bye`s to my house mates
and friends, that really hurt.

Mine stole all my duck eggs my mum brought me plus my new leather gloves all gold during war time

mine stole all my duck eggs my mum brought me plus my new leather gloves all gold during war time
hi flyer,
they both deserve a good hidding and with your leather gloves.

Hi flyer, did you see pictures on your t,v last week,
it was 70 yrs of battle of britain over the london bridge.
Churchills friends the spitfires he use to call them.

my only complaint of Canada is ourT.V is real bad the most uptodate B.B.C CANADA is 9months behind yours and just filled with mindless adverts 90% comes from the states I'm supprised they moved from radio

they used to be childrens homes on lydgate lane at crosspool were merlin estates built on in the 80=90s

frighten of a double dip, credit crunch still on and no money yet

my only complaint of canada is ourt.v is real bad the most uptodate b.b.c canada is 9months behind yours and just filled with mindless adverts 90% comes from the states i'm supprised they moved from radio
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i still love the radio, i get fed up with adverts and repeats on t.v.
Do you get a lot of repeats and do you have many of british
programs.

My friend keeps looking for a 1940/50 wireless for me,
i loved tinkling about with different stations,
not struck of digits.

Brian i think that may have been the blitz but have go on another thread to find out when the first bombing was i do believe early 1940

BEEN READING A BOOK ON THE SHEFFIELD BLITZ.
THERE WERE NO MENTION OF A BOMB BEING DROPPED BEHIND LODGE
MOOR HOSPITAL ALTHOUGH IT WAS A BOMB PIT, BUT ON AUGUST 18th
1940 BLACKBROOK ROAD WAS HIT AND WITH NO CASUALTIES.

brian i think that may have been the blitz but have go on another thread to find out when the first bombing was i do believe early 1940-------

flyer,
did you ever have a gas mask while in homes, we did and thats
was my first time ever seeing one, but funny enough when i
left and went to my foster family they had one boxed up under
my bed.

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flyer,
did you ever have a gas mask while in homes, we did and thats
was my first time ever seeing one, but funny enough when i
left and went to my foster family they had one boxed up under
my bed.

Yes had to carry a mask all through the war,lots of spare ones so under a lot of beds right next to the pot:D:D:D

Hi ya flyer,
i cant beleave how quick you got back to me with your thread,
i sent you one at 15-51hrs, whats time differant.
You sent yours at 16-27pm hrs

Hi ya flyer,
i cant beleave how quick you got back to me with your thread,
i sent you one at 15-51hrs, whats time differant.
You sent yours at 16-27pm hrs

5hrs but I,m good AND quick

One of my ancestors Tom Glossop was in the Sheffield boys Working Home which I believe was at 82 Broomspring Lane, Broomhall.

Can anyone tell me if I can see a list of the boys who lived there circa 1894-1898?

I am trying to find out when he separated from his family.

I know he left there in 1894 at the age of 14 years and took a job working for Warbys the Grocers.

Any information or advice would be most appreciated. PopT

Hi fyler,
was your 5 hrs in front or behind.

P.s regards the pot under the bed, that was quick access and a privilege
for some people, we had to queue on the cold landing and we could
never aim in the bucket as we were always shiv`ering.
Winters was worst.

Hi fyler,
was your 5 hrs in front or behind.

P.s regards the pot under the bed, that was quick access and a privilege
for some people, we had to queue on the cold landing and we could
never aim in the bucket as we were always shiv`ering.
Winters was worst.

Hi brian we;re 5 hrs in front of u so when I return your message in 1and half hrs it means I had to get in my time machine,u got me I'm a real alien:confused::confused::confused::confused:

Is there anyway you can see a list of the boys in the Boys Home in the 1890's

PopT

Is there anyway you can see a list of the boys in the Boys Home in the 1890's

PopT
I would think not, Its hard getting them from last century but 1890 even i don't go back that far

FLYER, I WANTED TO ASK SINCE BEING AN EXPAT OF GREAT BRITAIN-? ooOP`S,
DO YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PENSION FROM HERE.

WHEN DID YOU GO TO CANADA.

FLYER, I WANTED TO ASK SINCE BEING AN EXPAT OF GREAT BRITAIN-? ooOP`S,
DO YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PENSION FROM HERE.

WHEN DID YOU GO TO CANADA.
yes very small also the wife, including 7 yrs force's total about 16 yrs working in u.k now get 25 pounds per month, with the British pound droping pension also drops still trying to find out if they will send my widow a little cash to help burn my body. Came here in 65:help::help:

Flyer, it doesn`t go very far that money and i dont think you`ll
get an increase this year with the government cut backs, i hope
they dont tax yer.

I some how imagine you had been living there longer, let me see flyer--
what was i doing in 65 , ///// cant think--
but i did get married in 68 ??

Flyer, it doesn`t go very far that money and i dont think you`ll
get an increase this year with the government cut backs, i hope
they dont tax yer.

I some how imagine you had been living there longer, let me see flyer--
what was i doing in 65 , ///// cant think--
but i did get married in 68 ??

46yrs love every min, and we get no increase we do get taxed but on the bright side it does buy me a tank of gas

Fyler, did you once say you went to live in staffordshire when you got out of the home, what year was that.

Fyler, did you once say you went to live in staffordshire when you got out of the home, what year was that.
No Leicester late 46 or early47?

Hi flyer,
----------- did you go back to your parents, did they come and visit
you much in the homes.

Hi flyer,
----------- did you go back to your parents, did they come and visit
you much in the homes.
went to my mother, dad stayed in Sheffield and yes they came quite often thats how i got my running away cash,use to bike a lot of week ends from Leicester to Sheffield on my first 10 speed, try and pick up the girls on sat night in that movie house top of Wood st then bike back to Leicester on Sun in time to chase the girls there,what energy one had at 15

Hi flyer,
you certainly were a fit boy at the age, then of course you was in
the homes where they keeped us on our toes.
That was a long jorney to sheffield looking for crumpet ? Hi hi hi.

Hi flyer,
you certainly were a fit boy at the age, then of course you was in
the homes where they keeped us on our toes.
That was a long jorney to sheffield looking for crumpet ? Hi hi hi.

through hell and high water:hihi::hihi::hihi:

Flyer,
i cant believe how fast you got chasing girls, where did you get the
experience from, in one of my threads i remembered telling you that i
had a dancing partner for saturday nights dance in the big hall.
I think you said you wasn`t allowed to go near them, fearing you might
catch something.

Flyer,
i cant believe how fast you got chasing girls, where did you get the
experience from, in one of my threads i remembered telling you that i
had a dancing partner for saturday nights dance in the big hall.
I think you said you wasn`t allowed to go near them, fearing you might
catch something.

thats true i might have chased but never caught any in fact i was a very very late bloomer with my 3years in Libya (no girls) i was around 20 before i even got talking:cool::cool::cool:

hello im mickley, I can give you information that will make you wonder.I was in the main gestapo camp refered to as "Cherrytree orphanage"with chief of the s.s.styles,in charge,in the1930/44. I am now 82 years of age and still have nightmares, please be free to contact me privately mickley

Flyer,--------- what was the name of the movie house top of wood st,
in the sixties me and mates went to a nite spot top of wood st.
They called it freds- and it was over a shop, my brother ran the club
for the boss.

Flyer,--------- what was the name of the movie house top of wood st,
in the sixties me and mates went to a nite spot top of wood st.
They called it freds- and it was over a shop, my brother ran the club
for the boss.

cant remember, top of the hill and turn left and on the left pretty wild sat nights in the late 40s

cant remember, top of the hill and turn left and on the left pretty wild sat nights in the late 40s

I`ve no idea myself flyer, but them nights we had dancing the night away.

whole lotta shakin` goin`on.
shake rattle and roll.
good golly miss molly.
blue suede shoes and many more-- bye ;);)

HI FOLKS,
DONT FORGET HUNTERS BAR SCHOOL RE-UNION ON OCT 18th 2010 11AM- AT
THE PSALTER HOTEL.
SO COME ON LADS AND LASSES, IF YOU HAVE ANY SCHOOL PHOTOS BRING THEM
<< THE BEER IS GOOD, THEY DO A GOOD TEA AND COFFEE >>. SEE YA.

Hi ya flyer,
nice to see you visiting the grimesthorpe thread, but dont upset anyone
please.
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Hi ya flyer,
nice to see you visiting the grimesthorpe thread, but dont upset anyone
please.
--------

oop's just can't help myself but i try to be a gentleman ;);)

Hi ya flyer, i`am back with the living.
Soon be christmas do you ever look forward to it, i bet you get plenty of
snow, do you have any snow now.

What will father christmas bring you, can you remember the last present
he brought you when you left the homes.

Lets see that is no ,yes,no not yet,nothing and a big nothing to round it off

Hello,
Does anyone know of Winifred Bland, born on August 9, 1921? She was at a home on Herries Road (I think). I do know she was born in the Sheffield Workhouse. She was my mum, and I would be pleased to meet online someone who once knew her. This is a bottle out to sea, but I will be most grateful for any information.
Thank you.

A group of us from Whitby Rd Primary used to go and visit a children home with our school's headmaster, Vernon Saxon. I think it was called Fairholme. That would have been '64/65.

Lets see that is no ,yes,no not yet,nothing and a big nothing to round it off
HI YA FLYER,
NOT SEEN YOU AROUND, WHAT YOU DOING. :huh:

HI YA FLYER,
NOT SEEN YOU AROUND, WHAT YOU DOING. :huh:
just hanging around, nothing much, sun out and its a great day:cool::cool::cool:

HI FLYER,
HOW`S THINGS AT YOUR END GOT SHUT OF THE SNOW YET, HOW MUCH DID
YOUR COUNTRY GET, WHERE I LIVE WE HAD 14INCHES BUT ALMOST GONE AS
THE WEATHER IS A SHADE WARMER
JUST HAVING A RUN THROUGH THE THREADS AND PLAYING D,V,Ds CLASSICS
VIENNA.

There is a large old biulding near Bradfield on Mortimer Road, a beautiful biulding which is just rotting away now, but that used to be an orphanage.

There is a large old biulding near Bradfield on Mortimer Road, a beautiful biulding which is just rotting away now, but that used to be an orphanage.
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thanks for that info jamiedo,
i came from an orphanage called thornsett lodge a home for newly
born babies and a little older and that was at bradfield.
its a big stone building that stands back upto an hill. if its the one then i have a beutiful photo of the home and my years in there was 1940S.
PLEASE , lets us know what i`ve mentioned and the name above
thornsett lodge. bye

[QUOTE=brian1941;6707892]Flyer,--------- what was the name of the movie house top of wood st,
in the sixties me and mates went to a nite spot top of wood st.
They called it freds- and it was over a shop, my brother ran the club
for the boss.[/Q

the cinema was called the unity

My parents moved us to Dore in 1954, my Mum worked at a childrens home called Fairfield at the top of Townhead road

just hanging around, nothing much, sun out and its a great day:cool::cool::cool:
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THEM GOOD OLD DAYS HEH``
BEST WISHES IF YOUR AROUND.:hihi::D

just reviving this thread ...hopefully for some input from new people on this site

My Dad and his brother and sisters were in Lane End Childrens home at Chapeltown in the mid to late thirtys for a few years. it was still a childrens home up to the early 70s as I remember. Other than what my dad has told me, there seems to be no information on the place. Would love to learn more. It sounded like a very strict place, with some cruel Victorian women running the place!

I beleive my grandmother went to catholic orphanage at the turn of the the 2oth century somewhere along Glossop Road. Her address in 1918 was 167 Glossop Road. This may have been the School of the Sisters of Notre Dame. I dont know if she stayed on at the school as a helper or assistant. Does anyone know if this was an orphanage or a boarding school.

There was a children's home on North Hill Road at Southey Green. My foster-sister lived there in the late 70s from round about when she was 7, but I don't know how long for.

yes,thats true,they closed it down in or around 90/91, i remember a brother and sister who went to southey school being in there,the lads name was robert,but can,t remember his sister,s name.

-----------hi ya flyer
do you remember a kid called albert sykes
he thinks he was in no3 miss millner.
I seen him down town today talking to ronny hill,
we called in market for a cuppa and we`ve had a right laugh
about homes.
------ albert sykes???did he marry doreen fox?

albert sykes???did he marry doreen fox?
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HI MATE, SAW HIM ONLY LAST WEEK, YOU COULD BE RIGHT ON NAME
I`LL QUERY THAT WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN.

WAS YOU IN THE ORPHANAGE. :confused:

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HI MATE, SAW HIM ONLY LAST WEEK, YOU COULD BE RIGHT ON NAME
I`LL QUERY THAT WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN.

WAS YOU IN THE ORPHANAGE. :confused: no mate,if its the same fella,our paths used to cross when i visited his brother in law,im only as old as his daughter,so thanks for that:hihi::hihi:

brian1941

i remember the tree very well as i fell off it more than once. I also remember trying to climb the fence at the back of the homes with tommy botham but he got his arm impailed on a spike on top of the fence and the firemen had to get him off (was nasty he still has the scars apparently)
do you remember climbing up inside the outhouse where the dustbins were kept and hiding from miss linley?
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hi ya mel, can you remember that little truck running
about with bins on it, mr broomhead use to drive it.

Have you got that photo with all the boys on and miss lindsay
sat in the middle, was taken outside on the field at
redcar, roy linley- ernest horse field - b kershaw -tony hall
derek hall and other boy on.

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hi ya mel, can you remember that little truck running
about with bins on it, mr broomhead use to drive it.

Have you got that photo with all the boys on and miss lindsay
sat in the middle, was taken outside on the field at
redcar, roy linley- ernest horse field - b kershaw -tony hall
derek hall and other boy on.
how on earth do you remember all those names the only one I can recall is Roy Linley who started off in #2:):)

how on earth do you remember all those names the only one I can recall is Roy Linley who started off in #2:):)
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good god where`s tha bin all this time flyer, given up looking for you
on threads thought some one from the pass had been to haunt yer,
maybe from 2/3 house, cheer up lad. :hihi:

Lydgate, Ballifield, Moorland Drive, Osbourne House, East Bank, Stradbroke, Mather Road, Barncliffe.

What a bunch of ****houses lmao

Does anyone remember 2 brothers,Richard and Tony Bell from F.C.H???
Early 1950,s I am led to believe.

Hi I lived at Cherry Tree Childrens home along with 2 of my brothers from late 50s to late 60s. When we were there the Matron was Mrs Moore, Deputy were Mr & Mrs Archibald. My youngest brother was only 2 months old when we went in, they had never had a baby before so he had everything brand new where as the rest of us had hand me downs. Mr & Mrs Archibald's main responsiblity was looking after my younger brother. I can remember a number of the other children mainly girls. Try Sheffield Star they used to be at any trips/treats we had to show the public we were being looked after. I have more info if you are interested.

Just as a matter of interest, what would be the earliest age a child would be put in a home. My sympathies are with all that suffered such harrowing experiences. All the best.

My brother was 2 months old when he entered the Cherry Tree Childres Home @ Totley Sheffield

JUST LOOKING THROUGH SOME STUFF, ENYONE NEW Mr & Mrs DEACON
AN EX-SUPERINTENDENT IN FULWOOD COTTAGE HOMES FOR 20 YRS.
DIED IN 1939.

Sorry don't know the name.

Was that what was the 'naughty girls' home' in the seventies?

it was yes it was called moorside home for girls ...and it was horrible ......

JUST LOOKING THROUGH SOME STUFF, ENYONE NEW Mr & Mrs DEACON
AN EX-SUPERINTENDENT IN FULWOOD COTTAGE HOMES FOR 20 YRS.
DIED IN 1939.
yes he be the one that gave me the cane(run away)once a month always thought he must have known what was going on:suspect::suspect:

yes he be the one that gave me the cane(run away)once a month always thought he must have known what was going on:suspect::suspect:

do you remember mr deacon smoking a pipe flyer.

do you remember mr deacon smoking a pipe flyer.

no not realy I remember the face and bald head also remember the face of his second in command , (his name will come to me)but not much else, had to go to wood man for new cleets put on my clogs, next day found his watch was missing so it must have been me so got a sound caneing from deacon,when they found the real culprit he got a pasting but not a word was said to me:rant::rant::rant:

Some of these posts make me feel very humble. I had what some folk would think of as a strange upbringing, our house was inhabited by my grandparents, my auntie, my mother and me, but it was a family.

Osbourne House, Lydgate Lane, Morland Drive, Ballifield, TOTAL DIVES !!!

anybody no reney avenue childrens home greenhill i was there about 1975 mr and mrs smith were in charge i used to share a room with john wilson

red, I always thought that it was a "home for the sheffield aged" as per the stickers we used to get on its flag day which read "little sisters of the poor, homes for the sheffield aged"

also the housing has only been on that site since the early eighties, IIRC (there's a plaque on the front wall which gives the date of South Yorkshire Housing Assoc, erecting the new houses) I beleive/suspect the 1971 date is possibly when the convent stopped being a convent...?

now, on the subject of orphanages. one of the elderly customers who uses the charity I volunteer for, tells the tales of his mother growing up in the old Mount Pleasant House, Sharrow Lane, just after the turn of the century. the sitwells who were weallthy landowners orunfd here I think, gave the building over tho be a "school" for orphans)

There is an Orphanage Road off Barnsley road, that runs at the side of Firs Hill school, at the top of pitsmoor. Something tells me there might be a link/ very big clue there.

There were the Cherry Tree Homes, at Nether Edge...?

Also, we had at least two/ three workhouses in the Sheffield area, One at Nether Edge (which became Nether Edge Hospital, which has now become very prestigious housing) and the other I can remember being told was a workhouse, which is now the Northern General hospital (and wasn't Middlewood hospital a workhouse, before it became the asylum? I could be wrong)

I also believe there was a childrens home in the Totley area, near to where the Cheshire Homes is now.

PT
I was born at Nether Edge Hospital 1953

hi again trying to find out if any one knew my dad and his brother who was in fullwood cottage homes their names are dereck and brian heffron can any one remember them? thank you

hi again trying to find out if any one knew my dad and his brother who was in fullwood cottage homes their names are dereck and brian heffron can any one remember them? thank you

Can't remember if you gave us a yr and house # if possible

hi my dad and his brother was in cottage homes about 1938 upwards please can you help thank you carnt remember the house he was in

hi my dad and his brother was in cottage homes about 1938 upwards please can you help thank you carnt remember the house he was in

Was in #2 house from 1940 till 46 can't remember many names so any info would be of a general nature or to cut it short it was a hell hole in all but one out of 8 homes miss Linsey 6or7 ?? was said to be kind and careing but the only one:mad::mad: I was born 34 so 6 in 1940 went to the little village school untill it closed around 42-43

I was in Everingham Rd, In the mid 60s Auntie Trixie was the first house mother I knew, she had a cricket bat at the bottom of the stairs that had "greetings from Blackpool" written on it. If you were going to get beat for whatever but you were quick enough to get to your bedroom you were safe, but no one said how long you had to stay in for, If you left the bedroom too early she would go straight for the bat again and if she caught you it was curtains. She was fast and the bat was hard but at least we were fed 3 times a day. I went in at about 6/7yrs old and had never seen Marmite before, I spread it on like jam I must have only been in about a week and wasnt allowed to leave the table till I ate it I never touched the damned stuff again lol....That will teach me not to be greedy.....

Names I remember, Sam, Tony, Pete, Jez, Tim, Mathew, Alan(deaf), Sandra, Betty, Christine, Alan(wagger),

was i everingham rd too mid 50`s to about 62/63 betty hill was the house mother very handy with slipper or shoe the other house mother was julie she was nice and caring no pleasant memories of the place hill appeared too qick to dole out the sipper/shoe rather than get to the truth

was i everingham rd too mid 50`s to about 62/63 betty hill was the house mother very handy with slipper or shoe the other house mother was julie she was nice and caring no pleasant memories of the place hill appeared too qick to dole out the sipper/shoe rather than get to the truth

Things did improve late 60s when Eva raynes and her Husband Bill took over, it was a lot less harsh, the bat went, no more beatings were administered, instead we had a shoe cleaning excercise 12 kids 3 shoes each = 36 shoes to clean outside on the doorstep, wasnt too bad unless it was night time in winter lol.

There was an orphange at Lodge Moor back in the 50's. Now an up market residential area, but I remember seeing the kids walking back from Fulwood Church on a Sunday morning - quite a trek!

It was called Fulwood Cottage Homes and it did become a naughty girls home afterwards

It was called Fulwood Cottage Homes and it did become a naughty girls home afterwards

yes but there seems to be a question on what it became

Yes, it was a "community school" for young female offenders. It was called 'Moorside". I worked there in the late 70's.

PLEASE PLEASE CAN some one please help me am looking for a girl BY THE name of
adele michelle slim by birth she might have changed her surname by know
please i have been told she's 17 or 18 by now
on her birth certif there's NO father's name & it might be me

(I broke up with her mum before birth as i was told she cheated on me with my mate that's)

ye my brother was in there in 1980 he was only there a few yrs cause he got fostered

I was there 74/to/75

Was in #2 house from 1940 till 46 can't remember many names so any info would be of a general nature or to cut it short it was a hell hole in all but one out of 8 homes miss Linsey 6or7 ?? was said to be kind and careing but the only one:mad::mad: I was born 34 so 6 in 1940 went to the little village school untill it closed around 42-43

Obviously, I couldn't claim that all but my foster mother at FCH were cruel (I didn't know every foster mother) but I can vouch for Miss Bower of Cottage #9 as being (for the most part) kind and caring. She could be quite strict at times but she tempered this with reason and fairness. I would love to know what became of her.

my Granma was in a childrens home with her sister and two brothers, all I know is that it was somewhere up Eccellshall rd.

Obviously, I couldn't claim that all but my foster mother at FCH were cruel (I didn't know every foster mother) but I can vouch for Miss Bower of Cottage #9 as being (for the most part) kind and caring. She could be quite strict at times but she tempered this with reason and fairness. I would love to know what became of her.
when i was in #9 was receiving, boys only went up to 8 at least thats in my mind i sort of think #9 was mixed and for much younger kids:confused::confused:

G DAY SPUTNIKBOy,
miss bower live up top end of city rd towards arbourthorn est,
it must be over 15 yrs or more when i spoke to her.
i shown her the photo of all the home staff when we were at redcar Ymca camp.

when i was in #9 was receiving, boys only went up to 8 at least thats in my mind i sort of think #9 was mixed and for much younger kids:confused::confused:

It was (young) boys only during the years I was resident at #9. I seem to recall that #10 was known as the 'receiving house'. As far as I recall the kids in #9 would have been among the youngest at FCH. And, I was one of them.

G DAY SPUTNIKBOy,
miss bower live up top end of city rd towards arbourthorn est,
it must be over 15 yrs or more when i spoke to her.
i shown her the photo of all the home staff when we were at redcar Ymca camp.

Hello Brian

So, Miss Bower was still around 15 years or more ago. I'd love to meet up with her again or at least have contact with her. Alas, I feel that, by now, that may well be impossible for obvious reasons. Do you have any photographs that include Miss Bower? I can still more or less picture her in my mind ...a bespectacled, slightly built woman of perhaps 30/35.

Anyway, thanks for your post.

Obviously, I couldn't claim that all but my foster mother at FCH were cruel (I didn't know every foster mother) but I can vouch for Miss Bower of Cottage #9 as being (for the most part) kind and caring. She could be quite strict at times but she tempered this with reason and fairness. I would love to know what became of her.
just go's to show how mistaken one can be ithough i had heard she was one of the witch's, i lived in a group of naste Millner in 3 was by far the most evil with Bull and Heron close behind i think the one in #4 was also travel on a broom stick, i had Bull for 6 yrs but i think later on they was swoped around a bit and a lot was put on the garbage dump after the war:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Hello Brian

So, Miss Bower was still around 15 years or more ago. I'd love to meet up with her again or at least have contact with her. Alas, I feel that, by now, that may well be impossible for obvious reasons. Do you have any photographs that include Miss Bower? I can still more or less picture her in my mind ...a bespectacled, slightly built woman of perhaps 30/35.

Anyway, thanks for your post.
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as we were saying, miss bower will have been long gone she was in her
80plus, can you remember that small spot the stuck out on her cheek.

just go's to show how mistaken one can be ithough i had heard she was one of the witch's, i lived in a group of naste Millner in 3 was by far the most evil with Bull and Heron close behind i think the one in #4 was also travel on a broom stick, i had Bull for 6 yrs but i think later on they was swoped around a bit and a lot was put on the garbage dump after the war:thumbsup::thumbsup:

As mentioned, Miss Bower was a disciplinarian but I don't recall her dishing out such with the venom that I've heard of some other foster mothers. Perhaps my calling her 'kind' might not be entirely accurate but I really don't recall any 'cruelty' per se while I was in her charge. I don't know ...perhaps through the mists of time I've put a more rosy slant on my 5-year tenure at FCH. I do recall Miss Bower saying a number of times to one of the visiting staff (Miss Johnson?) that she missed her time working with the very young kids at ...Moss? Was there such a place?

You mention Miss Heron. Well, one of the relief mothers who DOES fit the description of 'witch' was a Miss Herring ...or have I misunderstood her name over the years? Was it perhaps Heron? A few years ago I gave an account on another thread as to how she beat me up one night. What a nasty individual she was. All we kids were in fear of this woman as she could turn on you like a rabid dog. Even so, that was a long time ago and I doubt that any of these folks are still with us.

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as we were saying, miss bower will have been long gone she was in her
80plus, can you remember that small spot the stuck out on her cheek.

Yes, while there's a possibility that Miss Bower could still be alive it's rather unlikely that she is. Since you mention it I do vaguely recall the mark on her cheek. Or, at least, I think I do.

Do you remember a Miss Johnson, a Mr. Broomhead, a Mr. Hopkins and a strange and annoying little woman called 'Beattie'? She would just 'drop in' ...sort of like Kramer from TV's Seinfeld. While the others were apparently on the staff at FCH I have no idea what Beattie's role was.

HI YA sputnik, yes beattie roll was a run about helping in laundry room and taking
odds and ends around the home.
she use to always hang about at no1 house with miss edge.
miss edge talk a little funny as she had a air lip whatever you called it,
but beattie was dumb but not deaf and would lip read.
she was a character, got her picture to.

HI YA sputnik, yes beattie roll was a run about helping in laundry room and taking
odds and ends around the home.
she use to always hang about at no1 house with miss edge.
miss edge talk a little funny as she had a air lip whatever you called it,
but beattie was dumb but not deaf and would lip read.
she was a character, got her picture to.

Yes, now you bring it to my attention I do recall Beatie having a disability as in being hearing impaired or having a speech defect of some kind. If she wasn't deaf, however, why would she need to lip read? I'm wondering if she was initially a ward of the state who the hierarchy decided - because of her disability - to keep on at FCH when she became an adult ...?

What pictures do you have, Brian? I'd love to see them.

yes, now you bring it to my attention i do recall beatie having a disability as in being hearing impaired or having a speech defect of some kind. If she wasn't deaf, however, why would she need to lip read? I'm wondering if she was initially a ward of the state who the hierarchy decided - because of her disability - to keep on at fch when she became an adult ...?

What pictures do you have, brian? I'd love to see them.
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on the way ?

HI RODNEY,
mr hopkins was a bully and we kids called him bull dog - but not to his face
if you know what i mean.
mr broomhead was a gardner and he use to run about on that truck collecting
the bins, can you remember that.

HI RODNEY,
mr hopkins was a bully and we kids called him bull dog - but not to his face
if you know what i mean.
mr broomhead was a gardner and he use to run about on that truck collecting
the bins, can you remember that.

Thanks for the photographs, Brian. I think I've located Miss Bower but I'm not sure.

Yes, I do recall Mr. Broomhead running around in his truck picking up the bins. He would drop in to Cottage #9 almost daily where Miss Bower would provide him with a snack or lunch. There was also a little old man who did janitor work or maintenance work of some kind. I can almost see him now but I don't recall his name.

Yes, of course I remember Mr Hopkins and his sour/angry disposition. He was generally in charge of us while we were waiting for the school buses to arrive. I can picture him now snapping orders at us. And yes, we too referred to him as 'Bulldog' ...behind his back, of course. I think he lived in a house a relatively short walk away from FCH on Blackbrook Road. We once saw Mr. Hopkins smile ...just once! One of the kids quipped that the effort it took for him to smile would surely have had to registered on the Richter Scale.

Hi RODNEY,
The men sat from left to right was --- mr broomhead in his younger yrs-
and (mr marshall) was odd job man working in stores and helping gardner among
other tasks,( mr crawford) made the odd appearance to the home at the office
he worked for the council in town.
next was (mr smith)-he worked in the stores, he married a member of staff and became
mr&mrs smith and took up residence at no10 house.

ps, i remember mr crawford taking holidays with us at redcar ymca camp every year,
he got a medel for saving a boys from drowning on the beach where the mothers
took us, i know i was on that beach at the time late 40s.

Back to the earlier thread regarding beatie i think i got it wrong about her hearing
could have sworn blind she could hear a bit after i back chattered her cus she
chase me down the path.
Hears a clue-- miss bower is stood three rows up, tell me.

Was anybody in house No 1 - Do you remember John Walker

Was anybody in house No 1 - Do you remember John Walker

IWAS IN #2 39-46 but my friend Unwin was in 1 for quite a while i forget who was in charge at that time but i know she carry on the beatings where millner (#3)left off:(:(

Posted this to get to top off the list . :-)

I have an old photograph of my dad from 12 December 1940 when he was at Nether Green School and he was almost 13 yrs old. He told me that 3 of the boys on the photo were lads from the Fulwood Cottage Home... Philip Stead, Fred White and Harry Harrington. 3 of the girls were from the Teachers Girls Orphanage at Tapton Grange ... Betty Hardy, Astrid James and Olga Spiers.

The photo was taken when the class received their Junior First Aid certificates and badges after training by St John's Ambulance men. Within a few hours of the photo being taken, the first bombs of the Sheffield Blitz fell. One of the girls in the photo, Renee St Clere (sp), was killed that night whilst visiting her grandmother in the city centre.

hi can anyone remember my dad alf thomas he was in there with his brothers in late 30s early 40s

i have just been talking to albert sykes on phone i know him through his daughter

Hi RODNEY,
The men sat from left to right was --- mr broomhead in his younger yrs-
and (mr marshall) was odd job man working in stores and helping gardner among
other tasks,( mr crawford) made the odd appearance to the home at the office
he worked for the council in town.
next was (mr smith)-he worked in the stores, he married a member of staff and became
mr&mrs smith and took up residence at no10 house.

ps, i remember mr crawford taking holidays with us at redcar ymca camp every year,
he got a medel for saving a boys from drowning on the beach where the mothers
took us, i know i was on that beach at the time late 40s.

Back to the earlier thread regarding beatie i think i got it wrong about her hearing
could have sworn blind she could hear a bit after i back chattered her cus she
chase me down the path.
Hears a clue-- miss bower is stood three rows up, tell me.

Sorry for the 2-month delay in responding, Brian. I think Miss Bower is 2nd on the left three rows up. I haven't seen her, either in real life or in a photograph, since 1955. It's almost creepy seeing all those people from our past who are almost certainly now dead.

I've found a website with details of FCH, not sure if anyone else has seen it, but here is the link

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/EcclesallBierlow/

Hope it's of interest to someone...

I've found a website with details of FCH, not sure if anyone else has seen it, but here is the link

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/EcclesallBierlow/

Hope it's of interest to someone...

It certainly IS interesting, Oldtrout. Thanks very much.

I was amazed that the link, at the bottom, about the 1881 census showed all the names of staff and children. 453 residents! So many more than I ever imagined, even in those days.

I've been so interested to hear all the stories on here of varied experiences of FCH. Some stories are awful about the mistreatment you endured, but some seem to have quite pleasant memories. Thanks for sharing these.

Hi ya sputnikboy, Been on the beach most of the time have yer - dont blame you,
we had snow all day in sheffield 3inch where i live.

Rodney you was spot on with miss bower, can you remember that spot on her ckeek.

Hi sputnikboy, i forgot i'd already mentioned about the spot on her ckeek in
an earlier thread, that whats it like when were getting on hihihi.

I wanted to ask did you leave the homes in 1955.

I was amazed that the link, at the bottom, about the 1881 census showed all the names of staff and children. 453 residents! So many more than I ever imagined, even in those days.

I've been so interested to hear all the stories on here of varied experiences of FCH. Some stories are awful about the mistreatment you endured, but some seem to have quite pleasant memories. Thanks for sharing these.

I spent 2 or 3 'holidays' at FCH in the 1940's and enjoyed my time there. I know now that me and my 2 sisters were sent there when mum was having more babies. By the time I was born in 1941, mum had 5 children under 10. She had another one in 1943, so I must have been 2 when I first went there with my 2 sisters, yet I remember my time there quite clearly - I remember feeling quite outraged at being dressed by one of the assistants, when I was quite capable of dressing myself - LOL I think I was born bolshie! The 2nd time would have been when the next child was born in 1946, and I remember riding on the milk float around the cobbled central yard - although it is referred to as being grassed. (?) We sat between those great big galvanised milk churns.
I only found out about these 2 babies after researching my ancestry, the first one was adopted, and the other was a stillbirth. Perhaps mum just wanted us out of the way whilst all this was going on - very sad times for my mum. :-(

I was amazed that the link, at the bottom, about the 1881 census showed all the names of staff and children. 453 residents! So many more than I ever imagined, even in those days.

I've been so interested to hear all the stories on here of varied experiences of FCH. Some stories are awful about the mistreatment you endured, but some seem to have quite pleasant memories. Thanks for sharing these.

I spent 2 or 3 'holidays' at FCH in the 1940's and enjoyed my time there. I know now that me and my 2 sisters were sent there when mum was having more babies. By the time I was born in 1941, mum had 5 children under 10. She had another one in 1943, so I must have been 2 when I first went there with my 2 sisters, yet I remember my time there quite clearly - I remember feeling quite outraged at being dressed by one of the assistants, when I was quite capable of dressing myself - LOL I think I was born bolshie! The 2nd time would have been when the next child was born in 1946, and I remember riding on the milk float around the cobbled central yard - although it is referred to as being grassed. (?) We sat between those great big galvanised milk churns.
I only found out about these 2 babies after researching my ancestry, the first one was adopted, and the other was a stillbirth. Perhaps mum just wanted us out of the way whilst all this was going on - very sad times for my mum. :-(
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Hi freda; 8548780,
I have many memories and one that always stays with me is football, i
had a football kit for a Christmas present in the late 1940s.
Befor my time in the orphanage football played an important part to
fulwood cottage homes, there was a big shield with badges round the
edges, it was the boys pride and joy.
Funny thing is when i left in the 50s i found other intrests and fell out
with football but did love kicking the ball about on the field with the boys.
PS, those happy faces.

hi can anyone remember my dad alf thomas he was in there with his brothers in late 30s early 40s
that name keeps ringing a bell,but the face i have in mind would still be in #2 in 45

that name keeps ringing a bell,but the face i have in mind would still be in #2 in 45
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Where the hell have you been after all this time flyer.

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Where the hell have you been after all this time flyer.

sailing around the med on my boat

sailing around the med on my boat
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Welcome home flyer hihihi. :roll:

Hi sputnikboy, i forgot i'd already mentioned about the spot on her ckeek in
an earlier thread, that whats it like when were getting on hihihi.

I wanted to ask did you leave the homes in 1955.

Dates and times from back then are somewhat vague but mid to late 1955 sounds about right. By the way, I'm still interested in hearing of the whereabouts - or finding out what became - of the boys I spent so much time with in Cottage #9. Names that spring to mind are Graham Hanson (*my best buddy for a short time), Ernest Hill, Roger Bradbury, Derek Hibbert(d) and David and Tony Wales.

*One morning as we sat around the breakfast table with our eyes closed in prayer (yep, we prayed before meals) Miss Bower came up to me and whispered in my ear ..."You lost your best buddy last night." Those were her actual words that cut like a knife and I've never forgotten them. Apparently Graham (Graeme?) had either gone to live with his parent/s or had otherwise been fostered out the previous evening. No one seemed to have any prior knowledge of his leaving. I remember going through an actual grieving period. I missed my friend.

Hi Sputnikboy, I know how you feel i went through a situation like that, i knew at
some point i'd be leaving the homes but it was the crafty way it was done.
I got up for school, had breakfast and did my duties as normal with the lads, the mother
took me aside and said you'll not be going to school today, that was the last i saw of my
housemate schoolmates which they were when they went through the door.
Yer didn't dare ask questions cus yer wouldn't get an answer, the mother had me sat
on a chair while she was going through all the doors in the house, in my mind i kept
thinking why aren't i at school.
I remember the chiming clock on the wall striking up but not sure the actual time that
was when the house mother said put these clothes on.
She combed my hair and straighten my tie she then gave me a brown paper carrier bag
and said go to the office where you will meet by an member of staff.
I got to the office where i met my brother as we were leaving together, we were given
some bus fare and to meet up in town where our temporarily carers would be, we met
and they took us to Lowedges.
Yes, i never got to say goodbye to any of the boys i spent many years with, it was like
having a scar that never healed but i can still see them even now in thoughts.

Hi Sputnikboy,

If i saw any of these lads i would pass on your concern and hoping they'd get
intouch with you.
Around october last year i saw Ernest hill down hillsbrough with his what could
be his wife but it was a quick you see him then you dont if you know what i mean.
I do see his brother Ronnie sometimes in town and i mention to him i got a glance
of him.
Pity you were away from the forum so long, who knows your contact might have
got on its way with Ernest, havn't you thought anyone of these lads might be in Australia.
Wouldn't it be nice to bang into one of them or just a photo would help.

sailing around the med on my boat
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Hi flyer, can you tell me in them years you was in the homes where
did they take you on holiday.

ps, and i dont mean on med.

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Hi flyer, can you tell me in them years you was in the homes where
did they take you on holiday.

ps, and i dont mean on med.
No never did but as i said before i seem to think things change very rapid after the war,one of the things i remember was going to my one and only movie (snow white) but this was only for kids whose parents had left them money the one's with no cash didnt get to go i still feel bad about that because i for one would have been glad to treat,all of my savings was gobbled up by some staff member so never did see the rest:mad::mad:

Hi ya flyer,
Yes that seems very spiteful, i use to go to school pantomimes but only
if it could be paid for, the mother delt with any cash i had which was from my allowance.
I'am not sure if it was- tuppence 2d or threp'ence 3d a week added to an allowance
sheet that was kept in the office.

Hi ya flyer,
Yes that seems very spiteful, i use to go to school pantomimes but only
if it could be paid for, the mother delt with any cash i had which was from my allowance.
I'am not sure if it was- tuppence 2d or threp'ence 3d a week added to an allowance
sheet that was kept in the office.
from where did u get your allowance ??mine came from parents one of which visit once a month i often sliped my two bob into my shoe ,that was my running away money,mother would bring me duck eggs quite rare in war time i got one and the other five went down the Bulls gullet:gag::gag:

Hi ya flyer, I never saw the excusable parents but my grandma use to come on
visiting days, she always gave me and my brother 3d an apple or orange.
I would hand that to my house mother where she wrote it in a cash book, i would use
it for like School photos- School outing like concerts and pantomimes as i said befor.
But when and how that spending money allowence started i dont know but it were sure
greateful. ?
When we went on the two weeks holidays to redcar in august we had daily spending
money and was wrote down on a cash list that came from the office.
The mother always told us what we had and once we'd spent it that was that,
all gone as they say.

One of the best thing i bought was a plastic mouth organ.( Harmonica )

from where did u get your allowance ??mine came from parents one of which visit once a month i often sliped my two bob into my shoe ,that was my running away money,mother would bring me duck eggs quite rare in war time i got one and the other five went down the Bulls gullet:gag::gag:
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Another thing flyer, we had friday night sweets, we was given a token
and pick your own at the stores.
Did you ever go to the assembly hall friday nights to watch the pictures,
black and white films they were.

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Another thing flyer, we had friday night sweets, we was given a token
and pick your own at the stores.
Did you ever go to the assembly hall friday nights to watch the pictures,
black and white films they were.
no ,no films we got one of those 2oz choc bars once a month,always remember lining up for our choc bar now this was also the time the run aways got the cane,now big chief (Bastin???) was away, so second gave us runaways the choice choc bar or orange(pure gold in 43-44) not both and no cane WOW think I got away with one that time:D:D:D

Hi flyer, When mr&mrs Hildreth retired in 1951, then mr&mrs Brook moved into
Fulwood homes as our new superintendent thing inproved.
We had friday night pictures and saturday nights dancing both in the Assembly hall,
and not forgetting the tuck shop friday evenings as i mentioned befor.
In the summer he would hand pick some older boys from other houses and go hiking
to Edale ymca camp.
On wednesday nights he would take a few lads swimming at glossop Rd baths, his wife
took the girls some other night, you might think we had some privileges, yes i enjoyed
them.
Seems to me you missed out on loads of thing, just remind me again what was the
years you was in.

My sister worked at a council orphanage in the late 50's called the Moss, I believe it was somewhere near where St Lucas is. She worked there until she was old enough to commence training as a nurse at City general hospital.

was in early 40 untill 46,sort of think Brook was second super a much nicer bloke

My sister worked at a council orphanage in the late 50's called the Moss, I believe it was somewhere near where St Lucas is. She worked there until she was old enough to commence training as a nurse at City general hospital.
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Hi Ya Alan, The one home i'am thinking of is on southey road southey green and that had a sort of moss name.
The boys were aloud to come and go as pleased but did live in.

was in early 40 untill 46,sort of think Brook was second super a much nicer bloke
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Flyer you could have been in homes when i was in but then i dont know
your name, i went in during the 40s till 53/4.

what sort of jobs do you do around the house and was you ever made
to scrub the outside toilets at the front and the urinals round the back.

hi brian 41 could you help me i am trying to get some info on my dad and his brothers his surname was thomas there was 4 of them he was put in the homes when he was 5 and left when he was able to work he went on to a farm my dad was alf hid brothers was gordon graham and brian i think my dad was oldest of them he would have left around the end of the 40 s

hi brian 41 could you help me i am trying to get some info on my dad and his brothers his surname was thomas there was 4 of them he was put in the homes when he was 5 and left when he was able to work he went on to a farm my dad was alf hid brothers was gordon graham and brian i think my dad was oldest of them he would have left around the end of the 40 s
Still need a house # think i knew a thomas in #2 40-45:|:|

thats the house he was in acording to what i have been told but i will check again
thank you

Hi ya Brian1941,

The home my sister was at was definitely across town, she occasionally brought a small boy to our house, in S5, for tea. I believe. the home was only for very young children.

i have just checked what i have so far he was in house 2and he was admitted 17/10/1940he was born 6/1/32so that would have made him about 8 when he entered the home

alanMN my parents live in s5 where about did you live they lived around the shiregreen estate my dad got in contact with his mother who lived round there and i think thats where he went to live when he came out of home

hi brian 41 could you help me i am trying to get some info on my dad and his brothers his surname was thomas there was 4 of them he was put in the homes when he was 5 and left when he was able to work he went on to a farm my dad was alf hid brothers was gordon graham and brian i think my dad was oldest of them he would have left around the end of the 40 s
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Hi Crazy, sorry i cant help you, seems i move in the home in the 40s
as you family left, theirs a flyer on this thread that might know sumut he
knew lots of people and he was in there earlier than me.

ok thanks anyway i will keep trying

thats the house he was in acording to what i have been told but i will check again
thank you

yes then I knew well he was older than me but we was together for 5yrs under the House mother Mss Bull i left in 46 so he'd still be there when i left

yes he was he left about 48 i just wanted to know what his childhood was he never spoke about it he died in 1993 he had suffer for years with his heart i feel that i didnt really know him when i found out about him being put in a home by his mother

yes he was he left about 48 i just wanted to know what his childhood was he never spoke about it he died in 1993 he had suffer for years with his heart i feel that i didnt really know him when i found out about him being put in a home by his mother

That sounds about right very few ever talk about the early yrs, from what i can gather things began to change after the war in46 ,your dad had two things going for him although he spent a life time in there and Bull was a nasty bit of work he was a little older and more able to cope,and a lot of farms was not to bad(we hope) ,the sea traning school from what i hear was realy bad, for me I just bury my head in the sand for 50 odd yrs and pretend it never happend i'm now 78 and still get the odd moment of reflection,I know of many who never get over it and hit the bottle pretty good, hope dad coped better, any thing i can help with dont be afraid to ask. ADRIAN CLARKE

Hi flyer, When mr&mrs Hildreth retired in 1951, then mr&mrs Brook moved into
Fulwood homes as our new superintendent thing inproved.
We had friday night pictures and saturday nights dancing both in the Assembly hall,
and not forgetting the tuck shop friday evenings as i mentioned befor.
In the summer he would hand pick some older boys from other houses and go hiking
to Edale ymca camp.
On wednesday nights he would take a few lads swimming at glossop Rd baths, his wife
took the girls some other night, you might think we had some privileges, yes i enjoyed
them.
Seems to me you missed out on loads of thing, just remind me again what was the
years you was in.

I well remember the Friday night movies (and the Saturday night dances) in the hall. Occasionally they'd show a color movie but mostly, as you said previously, they were b&w. Every now and again they would show a western which would really excite us kids. All day the following day we'd be playing cowboys and really enjoying life. Sometimes the projector would break down and we'd have to return home feeling both disappointed and cheated. I remember seeing - and being very moved by - the Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe movie Gunga Din. We kids were blowing bugles from the summits of golden towers and saving the troops from anihilation all the next day. Actually, we were pretty well always saving the world from 'baddies' now so long ago.

BTW ...did you get my email?

thanks flyer it did affect my dad really bad he did drink a lot and he was very strict with us but i can understan a bit better why he was like he was i still dont condone what he did when we was young but he changed alot as we grew up and he was a fantastic grandad well he has found the peace he was looking for and i do miss him

Yes it would seem that you go one way or anotherI was always accused of being to soft and never laid a hand of my kids ever, now my brother who was under the vile ms Milner in #3 and took a lot of head beatings had problems for a lot of his life,nowa complete hermit

Hi Crazy 1955, I was born and lived at Bolsover Road, between Fir Vale and Firth Park until 1966.

hi alan my grandparents lived on windmill lane near firthpark we lived on the flower estate till 1970

my late husband was in the fulwood cottage homes alan whitehead in about 1945 1950s and so was his sister norma about 1950 they hated it ,she said they used to lock her in a cuboard all day for not eating the horrible porage

my late husband was in the fulwood cottage homes alan whitehead in about 1945 1950s and so was his sister norma about 1950 they hated it ,she said they used to lock her in a cuboard all day for not eating the horrible porage
Up untill 45-46 we had dire warnings about crossing the green to the girls side my sister was in but never got to see her in 5 yrs, now Ms Bull who was our house witch had said we would catch a case of the viles if we talk to girls,I heard she got moved to the girls side I'm sort of hopeing she came down with it and died a very painful death:hihi::hihi::gag::gag:

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Flyer you could have been in homes when i was in but then i dont know
your name, i went in during the 40s till 53/4.

what sort of jobs do you do around the house and was you ever made
to scrub the outside toilets at the front and the urinals round the back.
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Well flyer, did you ever do any of these things mentioned.

buffing the floors was one of the main jobs I just can't remember the rest but they all had to be done

Hi ya Brian1941,

The home my sister was at was definitely across town, she occasionally brought a small boy to our house, in S5, for tea. I believe. the home was only for very young children.
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Hi alanMn, After my last mail to you regarding the home for smaller children there was a home on southly hill for young kids.
It didn't cross mine mind at the time but yes there was a home and my
half sister had a small boy in there, it was part of the scattered homes
orphanage when they was all moved out fulwood cottage homes to make way for the girls approved school and was renamed " Moorside"
PS, i lived on southely hill from 1970 well into the late 1980s and i passed
the home every day, and it was sheffield 5 and when i can think of
the name of the home i'll put it on thread.

Hi ya sputnikboy,----- I can guarantee its Roger Bradbury we use to have snowball
fights i can assure you, but i will double check on the hill brothers when i see their
Ronnie whenever, but i didn't know anything about them been in cadets its only
that i had the photo for years now.

i know that home on southy hill i lived around the corner from it on launce road from about 1970 to 74

rest of my family stayed there till the 80s then moved up foxhill

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Well flyer, did you ever do any of these things mentioned.

you got me to thinking what work did the house mother do,now she did put on a little food , dinner was had at school so for night she would throw in the oven dish's of rice or lentils ,if you timed it perfect you could ask to scrape the dish ofen got a NOyou Maint or baint (she must have lived in brom at one time) morning porriage was cooked and cleaned up by the kids, I never remember a time when i wasn't hungrey, so today making up for lost time:hihi::hihi:

buffing the floors was one of the main jobs I just can't remember the rest but they all had to be done
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Hi flyer, Yes buffing the floor was a hard job as specially useing them
floor dummies can you remember them,
All rooms dowstairs and upstairs was done with that heavy thing, but the
bathroom and kitchen floor was tiled and we had to get on hands and
knees and scrub it, we didn't have mops in our house but we did have a
rubber map to kneel on.
The mother use to say when you leave homes she didn't want us to have
housemaiden knees. So she cared -- Huh?

i know that home on southy hill i lived around the corner from it on launce road from about 1970 to 74
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hi crazy, What was the name of that home on southly hill then please.

i didnt know the name of it just knew it was there i can ask my sister if she knows she lived up there longer than me it was the one near the church you are on about is.nt it the church was st bernards

i didnt know the name of it just knew it was there i can ask my sister if she knows she lived up there longer than me it was the one near the church you are on about is.nt it the church was st bernards
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Hi Crazy, Yes thats the one and would like to know it please,
i think now they have built an old peoples home on that land.
When i go to see my sister on dryden road i see.

That sounds about right very few ever talk about the early yrs, from what i can gather things began to change after the war in46 ,your dad had two things going for him although he spent a life time in there and Bull was a nasty bit of work he was a little older and more able to cope,and a lot of farms was not to bad(we hope) ,the sea traning school from what i hear was realy bad, for me I just bury my head in the sand for 50 odd yrs and pretend it never happend i'm now 78 and still get the odd moment of reflection,I know of many who never get over it and hit the bottle pretty good, hope dad coped better, any thing i can help with dont be afraid to ask. ADRIAN CLARKE
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Hi ya flyer, The name above Adrian Clarke is this your name.

I well remember the Friday night movies (and the Saturday night dances) in the hall. Occasionally they'd show a color movie but mostly, as you said previously, they were b&w. Every now and again they would show a western which would really excite us kids. All day the following day we'd be playing cowboys and really enjoying life. Sometimes the projector would break down and we'd have to return home feeling both disappointed and cheated. I remember seeing - and being very moved by - the Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe movie Gunga Din. We kids were blowing bugles from the summits of golden towers and saving the troops from anihilation all the next day. Actually, we were pretty well always saving the world from 'baddies' now so long ago.

BTW ...did you get my email?
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SPUTNIKBOY, Yes those were the days and lads in our house use to play
cowboys and indians, i once had an indian outfit for Christmas present.

I remember them films to and Keystone cops and Charlie Chaplin, and not
forgetting Laurel and Hardy and Roy Rogers, ive been there when the
film fell off the spool too and having a good giggle.
I remember a member of staff rushing over to switch on the lights and
hoping to catch some culprit, the projector'nise was seen kicking his feet
about as the film got into a tangel.
While all that was going on some brave boy went behind the screen making
funny hand movements of animals and birds, a member of staff caught him
and gave him a goog scutch then told him he would miss out on the
pictures the following week as a punishment.
But just being in the Assembly hall with all the kids and getting together
were a great night, i looked forward to them friday nights. :hihi::hihi::hihi:

i spoke to my daughter today she says it was called some thing hill and yes it is a old peoples home now

i spoke to my daughter today she says it was called some thing hill and yes it is a old peoples home now
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Hi crazy, not much help but thanks for trying.

i spoke to my daughter today she says it was called some thing hill and yes it is a old peoples home now
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Just had a message back crazy, the kids home was Northfiled near
St, Bernards church which i didn't know had been burnt down some years
ago. pass this on to your sister. cheers

ok thanks i didnt know it had burned down either

ok thanks i didnt know it had burned down eitherIt hasn`t.....it burnt down in 58 and was re-built,if I`m correct,it was the old wooden church that burnt down,being replaced with the current brick one,

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Hi Ya Alan, The one home i'am thinking of is on southey road southey green and that had a sort of moss name.
The boys were aloud to come and go as pleased but did live in.

Thats Patmos House,it was a bail hostel mate,before that it was a Nuns place,bang across from Southey School.

Thats Patmos House,it was a bail hostel mate,before that it was a Nuns place,bang across from Southey School.
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Now i do remember patmos house i had a friend that worked there and she
prepared the food for the home, her job also was to book in all the food-
groceries ect? know her as joan.
Not heard that one about the nuns place i bet your going back some years.
:huh:

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Hi ya flyer, The name above Adrian Clarke is this your name.
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Hi Flyer, If your Adrian Clarke did you have a brother called Barry clark
he lived in no2 house, he had a sister called Elsie Clark that live on girls side
of the homes, the Clark didn't have an (E) on the end.

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Hi Flyer, If your Adrian Clarke did you have a brother called Barry clark
he lived in no2 house, he had a sister called Elsie Clark that live on girls side
of the homes, the Clark didn't have an (E) on the end.

Yes i'm Adrian but brothers Peter and Lester was in 3 and sister carol was in Thornset lodge then across in the girls side she came out to my mother about 2yrs before us, Peter came to my Dad at 14 never left Sheffield,so No Barry:cool::cool:

Yes i'm Adrian but brothers Peter and Lester was in 3 and sister carol was in Thornset lodge then across in the girls side she came out to my mother about 2yrs before us, Peter came to my Dad at 14 never left Sheffield,so No Barry:cool::cool:

When you say 'came out', do you mean that your parent took you back out of the home? Did you ever find out the reason the parent had let you go to the home? I understand that it is most probable that at the time they had to let you go because there were personal, financial, reasons, but then they found themselves in a better position to take you back out.
What happened to those who had lost touch with their parents altogether, those whose mum and dad didn't 'take' them out? What was the maximum age for kids to stay there?

Max age was14 then boys put on farms or sea training girls i think was put in Service??my mother and father split up in 39at that time (40s) conditions were vere strict my mother had to own her own home before the powers to be would let her take custidy?? of the kids eldest brother being of age to work could stay with my dad ,we did have a couple of kids who was the only one's draged out from the bombings

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Now i do remember patmos house i had a friend that worked there and she
prepared the food for the home, her job also was to book in all the food-
groceries ect? know her as joan.
Not heard that one about the nuns place i bet your going back some years.
:huh:

1960`s mate,it was still in use up to about 68,what is now the car park at the back used to be another building.
As kids,we used to dare each other to go down the drive,into the dark corridor and knock on the door.....none us were brave(or daft)enough to get as far as the door and knock.
When it re-opened as the bail hostel,our parents used to call it the "bad lads home"and use it as a threat to make us behave...."That`s where tha`ll end up,int bad lads home,is that what tha wants?" "No Mam!" "Well behave thi sen then,or I`m going to see bloke that runs it tomorrer....tha can go,they can tek thi"

Cherry Tree is on Mickley Lane in totley.

:( yes it is on mickley lane i used to go there in the 70s. Used to go out with a girl called Janice who worked looking after kids Dont know if its still there though :):)

Yes i'm Adrian but brothers Peter and Lester was in 3 and sister carol was in Thornset lodge then across in the girls side she came out to my mother about 2yrs before us, Peter came to my Dad at 14 never left Sheffield,so No Barry:cool::cool:
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Hi Flyer, No your name doesn't come to mind but by the time i went onto
the boys side you could have left the homes, although you new your house
mother then in no2 but when i moved onto the boys side my brother went
into no2 and miss Royston was his house mother.
I was put into no6 house and miss lindsey was my house mother, she died
while i was still there- but have to say i missed her then.

1960`s mate,it was still in use up to about 68,what is now the car park at the back used to be another building.
As kids,we used to dare each other to go down the drive,into the dark corridor and knock on the door.....none us were brave(or daft)enough to get as far as the door and knock.
When it re-opened as the bail hostel,our parents used to call it the "bad lads home"and use it as a threat to make us behave...."That`s where tha`ll end up,int bad lads home,is that what tha wants?" "No Mam!" "Well behave thi sen then,or I`m going to see bloke that runs it tomorrer....tha can go,they can tek thi"
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Been there done that okismoki, was scary but wern't it kids fun hihi.

Yes Brian Ms Linsey was suppose to be the very best bar none i can see how u would miss her , my friend from #6 i think his name could have Turner??said she was kind and caring I remember being in shock because I'd never heard of such a thing

Yes Brian Ms Linsey was suppose to be the very best bar none i can see how u would miss her , my friend from #6 i think his name could have Turner??said she was kind and caring I remember being in shock because I'd never heard of such a thing
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Yes flyer, if she was alive today i'd kiss her on the cheek for all the things
she taught me, some time in my life i lived on my own befor i got married
and there wasn't anything i couldn't do for myself, that why i was able to
stand up on my feet and get on with my life.
ps, started work at 15 upto my retirement in 1970 and never been out
of work. :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Hi Ya Flyer, did you remember harry marshall a small chap and smoked
a pipe he was there befor i entered the homes in the 40s.
He to was was put into the homes in 1914 age 4, but left in the 30s and came back
to work as a gardener, his sister Evelyn married a local farmer mr Joseph Broomhead
he to worked as odd job man and i remember them both.

remember the face not the name, something acting up S.F or my com'

remember the face not the name, something acting up S.F or my com'
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Your over working it - take a break. :hihi::hihi:

Got loads of boys and girls name to send you shortly, been trying for ages to
send but keep getting distracted, maybe you'll spot a name or two. :roll::roll:

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Your over working it - take a break. :hihi::hihi:

Got loads of boys and girls name to send you shortly, been trying for ages to
send but keep getting distracted, maybe you'll spot a name or two. :roll::roll:
the only girl i knew was my sister Carol and the Bull didn't care to much for that either She was a very twisted women :loopy::loopy:we just not allowed to talk to girls

the only girl i knew was my sister Carol and the Bull didn't care to much for that either She was a very twisted women :loopy::loopy:we just not allowed to talk to girls
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Hi Flyer, Some of the girl use to come on the playing field to play on the slides, heh i've pushed a few off them on the swings to.

Can you remember no 20&21 house stood on there own bottom end
near the boiler house, no 21 house had an extension built on the end and
became a medical centre, us lads would gang up behind there after playing
football.
When the girls stated hanging about we use to tell- em to get off home
but they just wanted us to chase them round the field, some of them let
you kiss um if you caught them.

I well remember the Friday night movies (and the Saturday night dances) in the hall. Occasionally they'd show a color movie but mostly, as you said previously, they were b&w. Every now and again they would show a western which would really excite us kids. All day the following day we'd be playing cowboys and really enjoying life. Sometimes the projector would break down and we'd have to return home feeling both disappointed and cheated. I remember seeing - and being very moved by - the Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe movie Gunga Din. We kids were blowing bugles from the summits of golden towers and saving the troops from anihilation all the next day. Actually, we were pretty well always saving the world from 'baddies' now so long ago.

BTW ...did you get my email?
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Sputnikboy, Do you recall a Ray Hudson he was in no7 miss fields,
he thinks he knew your name. :huh:

maybe we went to the same village school or Greystones, and yet the name does strike a cord

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Sputnikboy, Do you recall a Ray Hudson he was in no7 miss fields,
he thinks he knew your name. :huh:
Idon't know what name i went under back then dont think it was Adrian family called me Basil untill this day i changed to my first name around 15, basil was a little sissy:gag::gag:

Idon't know what name i went under back then dont think it was Adrian family called me Basil untill this day i changed to my first name around 15, basil was a little sissy:gag::gag:
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Yes flyer i thought same but didn't want to say.

what was your problem other day with your s f com. haha. :hihi::hihi:

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Yes flyer i thought same but didn't want to say.

what was your problem other day with your s f com. haha. :hihi::hihi:

not mine found the problem was in U.K should have known:hihi::hihi:

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Sputnikboy, Do you recall a Ray Hudson he was in no7 miss fields,
he thinks he knew your name. :huh:

No, I don't recall anyone by that name. It seems as though we at #9 didn't associate or become familiar with too many others outside our own 'family' group. We were, generally, the younger kids of FCH and were therefore not too interested in any of the older boys. Nor they with us for that matter even though there would have only been one or two years difference in our ages. Even when we socialized at dances we were still viewed as being 'the little kids from Cottage #9'. I hated that tag since, even in that environment, or perhaps especially in that environment, I wanted to be 'cool'.

Off the top of my head ...the only names that I do remember of those outside #9 were John Kerry (a popular boy as I recall) and Derek Hill, the brother of Ernest who was my house-mate. I think they were both in #2. Then there were Malcolm and George (Georgie) Rhymer, the former boy (I think) being an epileptic. There was also another Malcolm who I befriended from another cottage whose last name escapes me. Frank Skinner is a name that is stuck in my memory banks but I never had anything to do with him. So too Gordon Gower. Brian Ali was a house-mate (I think) of my brother Rex and I do believe they were also good friends. And, that's about it.

sputnik, would i know the hills left #2 in 46

sputnik, would i know the hills left #2 in 46

While I couldn't be sure I would think that the Hills (Derek and Ernest the younger brother) would have appeared on the scene after your tenure at FCH. There also appears to have been a Ronnie Hill (from what I've read on the forum) but I'm not familiar with such a person. I'm assuming that he's the brother of Derek and Ernest . . .?

maybe we went to the same village school or Greystones, and yet the name does strike a cord
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Flyer, You'd left the homes when Ray Hudson he moved in. :suspect::suspect:

No, I don't recall anyone by that name. It seems as though we at #9 didn't associate or become familiar with too many others outside our own 'family' group. We were, generally, the younger kids of FCH and were therefore not too interested in any of the older boys. Nor they with us for that matter even though there would have only been one or two years difference in our ages. Even when we socialized at dances we were still viewed as being 'the little kids from Cottage #9'. I hated that tag since, even in that environment, or perhaps especially in that environment, I wanted to be 'cool'.

Off the top of my head ...the only names that I do remember of those outside #9 were John Kerry (a popular boy as I recall) and Derek Hill, the brother of Ernest who was my house-mate. I think they were both in #2. Then there were Malcolm and George (Georgie) Rhymer, the former boy (I think) being an epileptic. There was also another Malcolm who I befriended from another cottage whose last name escapes me. Frank Skinner is a name that is stuck in my memory banks but I never had anything to do with him. So too Gordon Gower. Brian Ali was a house-mate (I think) of my brother Rex and I do believe they were also good friends. And, that's about it.
----------- Sputnikboy, John kerry was in no5 we were in same class
at Hunters bar School, John's brother were Alick the older then Michael
and there was a younger one not sure if he went in homes.
I do see him sometimes with his wife and he's verry poorly.
Melcolm Rhymer was in no5 but George Rhymer was further down from
no6 not sure what number.
Frank Skinner was in no4.
i am putting some boys names on thread and maybe you'll spot a few
few and also this Malcolm. :smile::smile:

the only girl i knew was my sister Carol and the Bull didn't care to much for that either She was a very twisted women :loopy::loopy:we just not allowed to talk to girls
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Flyer, I have a feeling you'll know some of these boys names, i can put
some of the house numbers i only know off.

Kenneth Cunningham no3 -- Barry Kershaw no2 --Gordon Kershaw no3.
Barry Clark no2 -- Kenneth Clark? --Gordon Green no2 -- Colin Green?.
Michael Kerry no5 -- Alick Kerry no5 -- John Kerry no5.
Dennis Archer? -- Georgie Archer no9 -- Edward Archer?.
Barry Saville no7 -- Raymond Searl no2 -- Harry Searl no2.
Melcolm Rhymer no5 -- Brian Hatfield no1 -- Graham Hanson no9.
Ronnie Hill? -- Derek Hill no2 -- Ernest Hill no9 -- Dennis Ledger no8.
Kenneth Taylor no1 -- Freedy Taylor? -- Roger Bradbury no9.
Ronald Bolton no2 -- Michael Bolton no6 -- Kenneth Bolton no9.
Tony Wales no9 -- David Wales no9 -- Colin Somerville no6.
Albert Copeland? -- Jimmy Pickering no9 -- Brian Coldwell no1.
Tony Hall no6 -- Derek Hall no6 -- Ernest Horsefield no6.
Tommy Bottam no6 -- Brian Kershaw no6 -- Frank Skinner no4.
Dennis Butler? -- Terry Battle? --Michael Shipley no6.
Georgie Iron? -- Ray Hudson no7 --Jimmy Fothergill?.
Barry Savage? -- Gordon Gower no1 -- Michael Gower?.
Rodney Fearnehough no9 -- Stephen Savage? --Johney Birtles no3.
Terry o`Brien no3 -- Michael o'brein no3 --Kenneth Cornthorpe no3.
Michael Linley? -- Kenneth Linley? -- Roy Linley no2 then no6.
Roy Thompson no5 -- Barry Sneath no2 -- Barry Lavel?.
Barry Wright? --Tony Wright? -- Ian Gillots? --Raymond Gillots?.
Stanley Bluff no6 --Melvin Deakin no6 --Ray Sisman no8.
Tony White no6 -- Terry White no6 -- Barry Lavender?.
Michael Gregson could be no6 --Martin Jesney? --Jack Ashton?.
Terry Needham? -- Melcolm Bragger? -- Adrian Clarke no2.
Cyril Edwards no6.-- Frank Idell no7--George Rymer?.
Michael Southern? -- Terry Southern?-- David Moon no8.
Tony Eccelstone no10-- Steven Eccelstone? --Vinsent Eccelstone?.
Rex Fearnehough no8.
Hope you'll recognize someone, if you know these boys houses with
question marks i'll fill them in. :help:.
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Fulwood homes girls names.

Brenda Baxter no12-- Evelyn Baxter? -- Irene Baxter? --Betty Savage?.
Beryl Botham16-- Marion Botham16-- Sylvia Westney no17-- Brenda Walker no13.
Irene Cunningham?-- Kathleen M/c Donald?-- Carol Wadsworth?.
Carol Taylor?-- Jennifer Butler?-- Doreen Wyndam?
Rita Gower?-- Sandra Gower?-- Doreen Gower?-- Iris Gower?.
Sandra Jesney?-- Betty Birtles?-- Jackie Talbot?.
Elsie Coldwell no19-- Irene Coldwell no12-- Doreen Colwell?.
Janet Bradbury?-- Doreen Bradbury?-- Joan Cunningham?.
Daisy Williams?-- Ireen Williams?-- Audrey Lucas?.
Doreen Hibbard?-- Irene Hibbard?-- Glenda Fearnehough no17.
Edna Skinner?-- Rita Pickering?-- Connie Bolton?.
Elsie Clark?-- Brenda Archer?-- Brenda Hatfield no18.
Betty Sneath?-- Lillie Ishmale no14-- Irene Unwin?.
Connie Somerville?-- Margret Bradbury?-- Shelia Bradbury?.
Janet Bradbury?-- Margret Etches no14-- Brenda Grapebach no14.
Mary Eccelstone?.

Roy Linley and his brother i knew they moved in around 41 ish roy was the younger such a Happy kid elder bro around 13, a lot of the others if they was in #2 same time as me i must have known them, many name's strike a note but I have a job puting names to face's I have a very good memory so it must be because i blocked out Fullwood for such a long time (65yrs)

Brian who was the lad in # 6 I think u knew him name of turner same age as me so maybe still there in 48-49?? he was my best friend for a long time well him and Wilf Unwin never forget that name or face,of course my Brothers Peter and Lester in #3

Brian who was the lad in # 6 I think u knew him name of turner same age as me so maybe still there in 48-49?? he was my best friend for a long time well him and Wilf Unwin never forget that name or face,of course my Brothers Peter and Lester in #3
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Hi Flyer, Who's this turner yer on about in no6.

and Roy Linley had a dark skin like he had some Italian or spanish in him.

Could be ,and how about the bandit of Fullwood Unwin use to break into the sweets locker and give them all out to the other kids took some very bad beatings at the hands of Milner when the powers though she might kill him they shiped him to #1 where the beating continued you could never make him cry, so that lead to the older boys punching him for some time just to see if u could make him cry, I guess all the shi*e wasn't in charge, Roy Linley was probly the youngest kid in the main homes stayed untill 14 no wonder the poor kid had problems later on in life ,after #2 he under the tender care of Milner and then on to #1 who was just as bad,I thought it was u who Knew Turner from #6 it was he told me what a kind caring House mother (Ms Lindley) he had I was in shock for weeks

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Flyer, I have a feeling you'll know some of these boys names, i can put
some of the house numbers i only know off.

Kenneth Cunningham no3 -- Barry Kershaw no2 --Gordon Kershaw no3.
Barry Clark no2 -- Kenneth Clark? --Gordon Green no2 -- Colin Green?.
Michael Kerry no5 -- Alick Kerry no5 -- John Kerry no5.
Dennis Archer? -- Georgie Archer? -- Edward Acher?.
Barry Saville no7 -- Raymond Searl no2 -- Harry Searl no2.
Melcolm Rhymer no5 -- Brian Hatfield no1 -- Graham Hanson?.
Ronnie Hill? -- Derek Hill no2 -- Ernest Hill no9 -- Dennis Ledger no8.
Kenneth Taylor no1 -- Freedy Taylor? -- Roger Bradbury no9.
Ronald Bolton no2 -- Michael Bolton no6 -- Kenneth Bolton no9.
Tony Wales? -- David Wales? -- Colin Somerville no6.
Albert Copeland? -- Jimmy Pickering? -- Brian Coldwell no1.
Tony Hall no6 -- Derek Hall no6 -- Ernest Horsefield no6.
Tommy Bottam no6 -- Brian Kershaw no6 -- Frank Skinner no4.
Dennis Butler? -- Terry Battle? --Michael Shipley no6.
Georgie Iron? -- Ray Hudson no7 --Jimmy Fothergill?.
Barry Savage? -- Gordon Gower no1 -- Michael Gower?.
Rodney Fearnehough no9 -- Stephen Savage? --Johney Birtles no3.
Terry o`Brien no3 -- Michael o'brein no3 --Kenneth Cornthorpe no3.
Michael Linley? -- Kenneth Linley? -- Roy Linley no2 then no6.
Roy Thompson no5 -- Barry Sneath no2 -- Barry Lavel?.
Barry Wright? --Tony Wright? -- Ian Gillots? --Raymond Gillots?.
Stanley Bluff no6 --Melvin Deakin no6 --Ray Sisman?.
Tony White no6 -- Terry White no6 -- Barry Lavender?.
Michael Gregson could be no6 --Martin Jesney? --Jack Ashton.
Terry Needham.
Hope you'll recognize someone, if you know these boys houses with
question marks i'll fill them in. :help:

Well done, Brian. There are quite a few names on your list who were not in my cottage that I'd forgotten. Georgie Archer was in my cottage (#9). So too was Graham Hanson who was my best friend up until his leaving. Tony Wales was also in #9. David, his brother, finished up in #9 for a little while though I have a feeling he was housed elsewhere previously. Jimmy Pickering was an older boy but he finished up in #9 for a brief period for some reason or other. At times he was allowed to take off for the weekend on his own. I recall the evening that he came 'home' and told us about the Charles Chaplin movie Limelight that he'd seen over the weekend.

By the way, the Malcolm whose last name I couldn't recall previously is Malcolm Bragger. He isn't on your list. You say that John Kerry is quite sick? While it's difficult to imagine ANY of those boys as being anything else but 'young' in my memory I guess most of them would now be in their late 60's/early to mid 70's. Except for me, of course, who is still the same. :D

----------- Sputnikboy, John kerry was in no5 we were in same class
at Hunters bar School, John's brother were Alick the older then Michael
and there was a younger one not sure if he went in homes.
I do see him sometimes with his wife and he's verry poorly.
Melcolm Rhymer was in no5 but George Rhymer was further down from
no6 not sure what number.
Frank Skinner was in no4.
i am putting some boys names on thread and maybe you'll spot a few
few and also this Malcolm. :smile::smile:
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Hi Rodney, No John Kerry isn't poorly its is younest brother that is ill,
he is the one i think didn't go into fulwood homes but till i see him again
i'll check that one out, he mentioned his illness and i forgot its name
but its inoperable.
I will put some girls names on thread at some point, glad you like the
list of names and will fill the numbers in soon. :thumbsup:

Could be ,and how about the bandit of Fullwood Unwin use to break into the sweets locker and give them all out to the other kids took some very bad beatings at the hands of Milner when the powers though she might kill him they shiped him to #1 where the beating continued you could never make him cry, so that lead to the older boys punching him for some time just to see if u could make him cry, I guess all the shi*e wasn't in charge, Roy Linley was probly the youngest kid in the main homes stayed untill 14 no wonder the poor kid had problems later on in life ,after #2 he under the tender care of Milner and then on to #1 who was just as bad,I thought it was u who Knew Turner from #6 it was he told me what a kind caring House mother (Ms Lindley) he had I was in shock for weeks
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So you were in shock my dear friend flyer, hihi. :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

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So you were in shock my dear friend flyer, hihi. :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Kind AND careing yes I was in shock didn't know such a thing existed:roll::roll::roll:

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Hi Rodney, No John Kerry isn't poorly its is younest brother that is ill,
he is the one i think didn't go into fulwood homes but till i see him again
i'll check that one out, he mentioned his illness and i forgot its name
but its inoperable.
I will put some girls names on thread at some point, glad you like the
list of names and will fill the numbers in soon. :thumbsup:

Oh, okay ...re John Kerry. By the way, how many former FCH wards are you in contact with, Brian?

Oh, okay ...re John Kerry. By the way, how many former FCH wards are you in contact with, Brian?

I would say a lot right now Brian seems to be main contact and the man for keeping this thread alive:):):)

Oh, okay ...re John Kerry. By the way, how many former FCH wards are you in contact with, Brian?
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Hi Rodney, I see the on/off people about although i've mention about
the the forum, sorry they seem pre-occupied but we do talk of the past
and they have there own stories.
This Ronnie Hill, brothers of the other hills when i see him we have a
right laugh about the homes.

A few threads back i mentioned about Ronnie and that i was uncertain if
he had been in the homes, well yes he had and not sure if he was in no2.
Till i see him again i'll ask him, he married and devoiced my half sister
which a long way back i mentioned on the threads.

I would say a lot right now Brian seems to be main contact and the man for keeping this thread alive:):):)
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Hi Flyer, Thanks for them kind words. :|:| :thumbsup:


Some while back about 2008 or so i put on threads the house mothers
and numbers they were in, i noticed your belovered friend miss milner
had left the home when i moved in during the 40s.
Miss Royston was in no2 and my brother was in that house.

I think you mentined of miss bull, she was in no 18 in my time there
i know they shuffled a few around the home too. :huh:

When I left Millner was still in #3 and The Bull in 2 now I know a nasty bit of work was in #1 forget her name Unwin (munne) would know he was under her tender care ,so hard to believe they would put Bull on the girls side, someone must have had a very warped sense of humour

Acording to munne Ms Edge was in #1 early 40s

I would say a lot right now Brian seems to be main contact and the man for keeping this thread alive:):):)

Yes, it would seem so. Good for Brian. I'd so much like to hear from some of my housemates. Surely most of them would still be around ...somewhere. They were the only family that I had ...same for them too, I guess.

When I left Millner was still in #3 and The Bull in 2 now I know a nasty bit of work was in #1 forget her name Unwin (munne) would know he was under her tender care ,so hard to believe they would put Bull on the girls side, someone must have had a very warped sense of humour
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Flyer, Miss Edge was in no1 -- Miss Royston in no2--
Miss Burton in no3 thats as it was when me and brothers moved onto
the boys side.

Miss Edge always had a fag on- very heavy smoker she was.

Our laws in the uk as stopped people smoking in the work off place, i'd
hate to think how miss Edge would go on not been able to smoke in
the house with children about. ( Health and Safety now ).
I think she should have been made to go outside round the back of
the toilets, better still in the coal house -- loved to have turned the key.
hihi. :hihi::hihi:

Well done, Brian. There are quite a few names on your list who were not in my cottage that I'd forgotten. Georgie Archer was in my cottage (#9). So too was Graham Hanson who was my best friend up until his leaving. Tony Wales was also in #9. David, his brother, finished up in #9 for a little while though I have a feeling he was housed elsewhere previously. Jimmy Pickering was an older boy but he finished up in #9 for a brief period for some reason or other. At times he was allowed to take off for the weekend on his own. I recall the evening that he came 'home' and told us about the Charles Chaplin movie Limelight that he'd seen over the weekend.

By the way, the Malcolm whose last name I couldn't recall previously is Malcolm Bragger. He isn't on your list. You say that John Kerry is quite sick? While it's difficult to imagine ANY of those boys as being anything else but 'young' in my memory I guess most of them would now be in their late 60's/early to mid 70's. Except for me, of course, who is still the same. :D
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Hi Rodney, If you know of any boys name you could add them to your
thread, < Who knows who's looking in > did you see i have added
a few more boys names, Hey, nearly 80 names. :thumbsup: