Hi Brian not the words I remember but then NO way could I post my words on the internet
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hi flyer,--- pity i`d liked to have learnt them. << never mind >>.

hey, watched a good old film on t,v,--and in colour.
// treasure island-- 1950--with robert newton.
i saw it at the news theatre picture house, in fitzalan sq--sheffield.
then was in black/ white and still in homes, i think-- things was looking
up, at least we was getting to see the outside world---
dont you think.

Dig for victory ,all the veg plots behind the boy's house's !-8)

-- i can still remember having some gold fish from
rag and tag man, when he came round homes,
and he came down the path at back of houses with horse cart.
Hi hi

-- i can still remember having some gold fish from
rag and tag man, when he came round homes,
and he came down the path at back of houses with horse cart.
Hi hi

been on holiday?

------------f,c,homes--
hi flyer,
you said been on holiday--- where.
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anyway, this is befor my time-- but the field in the middle of
the houses, at one time boys was encouraged to grow food,
that field was dug over for potatoes and greens.
Was you in homes at that time it happened.

The field became a lawn and we had sport games on it.

--------------- U-F-Os-------------
I DONT BUY ALL THIS NONSENCE, WHY WOULD ALIENS BOTHER TO COME HERE ?
WE`ER THE MOST EXPENSIVE REFUELLING STOP IN THE UNIVERSE.

I THINK I ONCE SAW ONE LANDING IN THE FARMERS FIELD NEXT TO HOMES,
AND I DONT THINK THEY CAME FOR THE FARMERS SPUDS AND TURNIPS, HI-HI.

Reading these posts has made me feel very humble
I guess most of us take having a proper family home for granted
God bless the orphans of the world

hi brian
thankyou for that. Have sent you a pm
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hi cath,or is it doreen,
i just caught up on the story this week, a friend saved it for me.
I didnt know you lived in sheffield, and so do i.
Hope to here from you--- brian

hello derek ..i am tommy botham,sorry to hear about tony i remember him very well.he was in 6 with me and we called him professor because he was so clever.when he went to king edwards he asked mr brooks if he could join the atc and he brought home a morse code machine.we had it under the floor in the pot store and somebody told miss lindley.she found it, ripped it out and threw it on the fire.
I also remember him gashing his wrist when he pushed a glass partition at school.
Were you at lydgate lane school at the same time as me? Can you remember me getting my head stuck in the school railings and the firemen getting me out?,

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tommy/ mary,-----------had another hunters bar school-
re-union 78-- good turn out.
Had a new comer and was in fulwood homes, does his name
ring a bell--raymond williams-- bye

been on holiday?

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hi flyer,
can you remember that cricket ground on that field over looking
from that wall ---- back of no 8/9 house.
me and some lads went over the wall watching the match around
a year when derek dooley did his leg in at football.

I have just found this forum and it brings memories went in 1949 to 1957 was in 20/21 house parent mr mrs smith my brother Jim and 2sisters barbara/june fred dix. I rememberlineing up with my token for sweets

Hi,

I'm doing a bit of resarch on my family tree relating to my Great Grandfathers Uncle.

Does anybody have any information/photos etc relating to Alfred Deacon who was Superintendent at Fulwood Cottage Home 1906-1926?

Many thanks.

James

---- hunters bar school------
had a another school re-union last monday,
and free tea and mince pies -- we had loads of fulwood homes photos on
wall and many intrest from school re-union.
best wishes to who ever.
p.s.i am half way with my book on fulwood cottage homes with pictures.
called---memorise-- stories of my yes`ter-years------------- bye

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 suffolk boy,
just thinking of them old bangers of them old coaches, bedfords i think
they called them.
parked in blackbrooke rd ready to take us to redcar,
the mother smacked me for calling them biscuit tins on wheels
happy times.

The Grove was on Broomgrove Rd ,( still is but I think it belongs to Hallam Uni now ), had a big snooker room and a pear tree hanging over the wall at the back.
Had a couple of weeks there in the early 50's before moving on to 99 Halifax Rd and Miss Backhouse. Happy days.
regards Mick.

.......does anyone know if that is now the hallam uni nursery? ...we heard that it was but didn't know if it was a 'story'

-- fulwood--cottage-homes---

here`s another song we sung in homes and i taught it my family-
and they passed it on to the kids at school.

---- skinner banana long legs--- skinner banana feet
----- i went to the pictures and couldn`t find a seat,
------ when i found a seat, i fell fast a sleep
------ skinner banana long legs-- skinner banana feet.

you may have known some of my family then brian. The gowers?
Gordon and michael were the boys although i think gordon was in cottage 1.
Girls were rita, sandra, irene, doreen, and iris.

--------------- hi cath,
is your doreen on forum, although i have mailed you in the past-
regards your gordon.
Would like ask her a few things.
Hope to here from you bye.

Does anyone know if there was a BLUE COAT school/Home in the Sheffield area, around 1900. Google mentions several in other towns, but not Sheffeld. Thanks.

Does anyone know if there was a BLUE COAT school/orphanage in the Sheffield area, around 1900. Google mentions several in other towns, but not Sheffeld. Thanks.

no ours was all herring bone never could understand why us runaways were picked up fairly easy with our shaved heads and little suits we must have stood out like a sore thumb:(:(

hi,it may well be that dreadfull place CHERRYTREE. what was his name? i may know him if he was in that home,await your reply MICKLEY

Hi Mickley. Sorry about the delay in answering. My uncles name was Winsent Gilpin. Probably in Blue Coats about 1900. He left there to become an apprentice joiner at Laycocks.? I know he finished his workng life there. Regards

no ours was all herring bone never could understand why us runaways were picked up fairly easy with our shaved heads and little suits we must have stood out like a sore thumb:(:(

Thanks Flyer for your interesting post. Sorry to hear you had a rough time. All the best.

hi anyone remember cherrytree orphanage at totley. I am researching the history of the orphanage from 1863 when it first started and am interested in anyone out there with any photos or stories which they could let me have to help with my research, especially anyone who lived at Cherry Tree in the early years.
look forward to any reply

marlene of the Totley History Group

hi anyone remember cherrytree orphanage at totley. I am researching the history of the orphanage from 1863 when it first started and am interested in anyone out there with any photos or stories which they could let me have to help with my research, especially anyone who lived at Cherry Tree in the early years.
look forward to any reply

marlene of the Totley History Group

There's one picture on this site:
www.picturesheffield.com.

hi. i am very sorry indeed,but i .do not know your father. good luck on any futher research. MICKLEY

Hi Mickley. Sorry about the delay in answering. My uncles name was Winsent Gilpin. Probably in Blue Coats about 1900. He left there to become an apprentice joiner at Laycocks.? I know he finished his workng life there. Regards

Address for Blue Coats School:
Bluecoat School, Psalter Lane, Brincliffe, the building later became the Brincliffe Art College
There are several articles about this charity school on sites such www.sheff-indexers.co.uk.
There are pictures of the original building on East Parade and Campo Lane on "picture Sheffield".

hi. i am very sorry indeed,but i .do not know your father. good luck on any futher research. MICKLEY

Appreciate your reply, but Duffems cracked it. All the best.

Hi Duffems. Thanks so much for the Blue Coats info. I really thought I wouldn't get an answer on this. I'll certainly follow this thro' as with Sheff. Indexers, in a short while. Bye for now. Regards JG.

Northern general hospital was a workhouse many years ago my grandmother was sent there thats where she met my grandad dont know when it changed over though.

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.

Did anyone on here go to Todwick childrens Home in the eighties.

yes i went 2 todwick along with my younger brother, i started off in unit 2, then after a short stay bk home i went bk and ended up on top floor which i hate`d, i left properly when i let school (todwick school) bout 85\86. had a great time there well somtimes anyway lol.:)

Hi Duffems. Thanks so much for the Blue Coats info. I really thought I wouldn't get an answer on this. I'll certainly follow this thro' as with Sheff. Indexers, in a short while. Bye for now. Regards JG.


"The Sheffield Boys' Charity School, also know as the Bluecoat School, was established in 1706 to provide the orphan boys of Sheffield with a home and education. From 1710 to 1911 the school was located at the corner of East Parade & Campo Lane, then moving to a new building on Psalter Lane Ecclesall, now a College of Art.

The school was under strict semi-military disciple and the boys wore a blue tail coat with brass buttons, green corduroy trousers, white neckbands and blue muffin caps. Some photos are available."

Taken from "sheff-indexers" site. I believe that the admission registers are with Sheffield Archives but, they only go up to 1847.
Duffems

Threads merged.

Threads merged.
Sorry. Dont quite understand your message. Do you require me to start another thread?

Hi Duffems. Thanks for your research. I'll get back to you with a fuller messge shortly when I've understood the above message. (I wasnt aware that ive strayed outside my O.P).

Hi Duffems. Thanks for your research. I'll get back to you with a fuller messge shortly when I've understood the above message. (I wasnt aware that ive strayed outside my O.P).

I wouldn't worry, I don't think you've done anything just perhaps that someone else had also posted about "childrens' homes & orphanages" in general so the admin. had "merged the threads" to save duplication, but, it confuses the issue as you had specifically asked about Blue Coats. Well, that's the way I see it anyway.
Regards,
Duffems

This thread has gone a bit off the original title, so its probably become the wrong place for this question.
There was a teachers orphanage at Tapton Grange at the bottom of Tapton Park Rd.
Whats a Teachers Orphanage?

Teachers' Orphanages were run by the Benevolent and Orphan Fund of the National Union of Teachers. They ran homes for the orphan girls of teachers. These were national rather than local orphanages but I don't quite know how they decided on Sheffield. Firs Hall [?Hill] opened in 1887, this was replaced by Page Hall in 1894, which was in turn replaced by Tapton Grange in 1927. Tapton Grange admitted boys too from about 1951. It closed in 1963.

--------------- hi cath,
is your doreen on forum, although i have mailed you in the past-
regards your gordon.
Would like ask her a few things.
Hope to here from you bye.

I'm new to this forum and joined because my mum has some photos of when she worked there. She worked in the nursery with babies up to about 3 years old from about 1946 to 1948/9. Sometimes she took a child home with her on her weekend off. Some individual photos are of Sheila, Elizabeth, Terry, Christine, Brian and group photos with some of the staff, Miss Hattersley, Doris, Miss Brunt or Blunt, Mr and Mrs Hildreth. If anyone is interested in seeing these please drop me a line.

Hi all,

Thanks for all this information. I just discovered that my great great aunt was a matron at Crookes during the late 1800's and this thread has been invaluable!

Elisabeth, feel free to get in touch about Lydgate lane orphanage. Thats where my G G Aunt was

Many thanks

Hello,
I have just found these postings and I am most interested in the Orphan Homes on Lydgate Lane. My ancestors were the Hoole family who lived at Hallamgate Hall. Mrs Hoole opened the orphanage in 1878. She was instrumental in finding the land and funding for the buildings. They were built on land next to Hallamgate Hall. Does anyone have any documents or photographs they are willing to share.? Hallamgate Hall was demolished to make way for the Halls of Residence, but the Orphanage is still there and is used as offices. I have been to Crookes today and found the building . The names of the cottages are still over the doors
I would be most grateful for any information ,
Thanks
Veronica

i'm new to this forum and joined because my mum has some photos of when she worked there. She worked in the nursery with babies up to about 3 years old from about 1946 to 1948/9. Sometimes she took a child home with her on her weekend off. Some individual photos are of sheila, elizabeth, terry, christine, brian and group photos with some of the staff, miss hattersley, doris, miss brunt or blunt, mr and mrs hildreth. If anyone is interested in seeing these please drop me a line.

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hi gillx,
be off site a while, yes i would like to have a look at your
photo`s. Leave this with you to arrange
here from you soon, brian.
I new mr&mrs hildreth and many more staff.

I'm new to this forum and joined because my mum has some photos of when she worked there. She worked in the nursery with babies up to about 3 years old from about 1946 to 1948/9. Sometimes she took a child home with her on her weekend off. Some individual photos are of Sheila, Elizabeth, Terry, Christine, Brian and group photos with some of the staff, Miss Hattersley, Doris, Miss Brunt or Blunt, Mr and Mrs Hildreth. If anyone is interested in seeing these please drop me a line.

up to at least 1946 babies were not at fullwood but Thornset they came to fullwood at 3 my sister was there I visited once or twice but it was stopped because of war time petrol, being part of Fullwood my QUESS is that the Hildreths would also visit, looking back i must say didn't care to much for the Hildreths although not cruel themselves they had to have known what was going on with some of the more evil House mothers and just chose to keep a blind eye:mad::mad::mad:

Teachers' Orphanages were run by the Benevolent and Orphan Fund of the National Union of Teachers. They ran homes for the orphan girls of teachers. These were national rather than local orphanages but I don't quite know how they decided on Sheffield. Firs Hall [?Hill] opened in 1887, this was replaced by Page Hall in 1894, which was in turn replaced by Tapton Grange in 1927. Tapton Grange admitted boys too from about 1951. It closed in 1963.

My brother and I were at Tapton Grange Orphanage between 1961-63 until it's closure. Our mother had died in 1961 and our father (a teacher) was unable to care for us. I'd like to contact other children (or staff) who were there during that period. Any ideas? Many thanks.

--------------- hi cath,
is your doreen on forum, although i have mailed you in the past-
regards your gordon.
Would like ask her a few things.
Hope to here from you bye.

Sorry Brian only just seen this. No Doreen isn't on the forum but you can ask away and i can do my best to answer or try to find out for you. Might be best not to ask too much about Gordon though! xx

I'm new to this forum and joined because my mum has some photos of when she worked there. She worked in the nursery with babies up to about 3 years old from about 1946 to 1948/9. Sometimes she took a child home with her on her weekend off. Some individual photos are of Sheila, Elizabeth, Terry, Christine, Brian and group photos with some of the staff, Miss Hattersley, Doris, Miss Brunt or Blunt, Mr and Mrs Hildreth. If anyone is interested in seeing these please drop me a line.
Gill i would love info on your photos too to see if any of my family are featured xx

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.

Sorry for the delay I'm really struggling getting the photos onto here. Not sure what to do, but I'll keep trying.

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hi gillx,
be off site a while, yes i would like to have a look at your
photo`s. Leave this with you to arrange
here from you soon, brian.
I new mr&mrs hildreth and many more staff.

Hi Brian, have you any suggestions as to how i can get these photos on here or to you for you to put them on. I've tried for ages but really haven't got a clue.
Gill

hi brian, have you any suggestions as to how i can get these photos on here or to you for you to put them on. I've tried for ages but really haven't got a clue.
Gill
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hi gillx,---- sorry i wished i knew as i have photo`s i`d like
to show, just a thought why not ask flyer he is in these threads
in here if you look.
Let me know if ever. Bye.

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.

How to get pics on S.F, some tips are on S.F Photography groups i think u have basic to join Photobucket or something like that, doesn't sound to easy,I may have to get one of my great great grand kids on the job may the 5yr old should do

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.
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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 ......