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  1. Hi, I used to live just on from the ridge, so as a guess I would say around 1962/3ish, why do you want to know, I could ask my brother as he used to go in there.
  2. the name shentall seems to ring a bell faintly in the back of my mind, some people I knew in that area were, earnie wake ( he used to knock about with my brother philip, walkers, myers, I used to live on the corner of Bracken rd/Wincobank Ave, the next door neighbours were longfords, if you could ask your mum for some more info on people she used to knock about with/ went to school with it might help. thanks
  3. I can't remember the name, where did she live, when & who's class was she in.
  4. Hi, just read your message, we live at El Toro which is between Magalluf & Santa Ponsa, in reply to your question, the resort is quite nice, plenty of bars, the beach is large, the hotel don't know about, but if you get fed up of santa ponsa, you can always get a taxi to Magalluf about 10€ or the bus which would be about 2.20€ each, it would take about 30mins to get there, I would also warn you about pick pockets, they are in all the resorts, if you can don't keep all your money/cards in one place, also get a wallet /purse that can be chained to you, myself & daughter both chain our to our bags,(had mine pinched once, never again) there is also time share people about, they call themselves holiday club now, if we can give you anymore advice pm us, I'm sure you will enjoy your holiday after all it's what you do on it that counts don't expect to much & you won't be disapointed.
  5. did anyone leave shiregreen school 1968/9 & was in miss Bennets class,some of the teachers I remember were Mr Naylor (Fav with the girls) , Mr Kemp (deceased), Mr Gittings (science), Mr Smith (head master),would love to be in touch with some old class mates.
  6. Hi Mido2k2, I know your aunt lyndsey She was in the same class as me at school, as well as your aunt shirley (walker she is my oldest daughters god mother ) your aunt andrea's husband tony worked for us for some years, firvale motorist on herries rd firvale, my hubby still rings him now & again as we now live in mallorca, my name is sue jackson (nee Haddon) I also remember the good times on the estate & the brickyard & quarry behind the school, does anyone know what happened to any of the other girls that were at school with us; pat allan, gloria willis, marina ogden, peggy hudson, to name but a few,
  7. Hi, my father in-law worked there he was the mill manager Alf jackson
  8. I went to shiregreen school, left in 68, lived on corner of Bracken rd, Wincobank ave, the estate was very good back then, people looked out for each other, had a quick run through when I have been back to UK, almost didn't recognise it, I remember the brickyard on wincobank ave, there was a small court yard with a few houses & a little shop round it, one of my brothers accidently set himself on fire in the court yard (he was smoking fags when he shouldn't have been) one of the residents rushed to his aid, when they knocked them down they built the flats that I presume are still there next to what was the roman ridge pub, saw that being built (now demolished) , the doctor was Dr williams on Bluebell, you couldn't make an appointment then you just had to go and queue up, I went to aunt sally's dance classes which was held in the church hall, I didn't go for long as couldn't afford the tap shoes some of the girls I went to school with where shirley walker, lindsay myers, marina ogden, pat allan, peggy & paul hudson, susan longford, (next door neighbour) linda mellor, gloria willis, janet senior, katherine cutting, to name but a few, if anyone knows these tell them to get in touch, as would be great to reminise some more, now I now live in Mallorca between Magaluff & Santa Ponsa, have done for the last eight years, speaking of Mallorca is anyone thinking of Holidaying there this year, my brother also has an apartment right on the beach he lets in Magaluff. I'm sorry if I am going on a bit but it is great to look back,if anyone remembers, my name as was (Sue Haddon) now Jackson
  9. l.o.again carol, the names you mention don't ring a bell, may be if you could ask your bro what form he was in at school & some others he went to school with might jog my memory as it is such a long time since I left school lol.thanks sue
  10. I went to fairthorn I think it was in about 60/61, it was great, yes they did have different coloured dorms etc, it was oct when I was there, I remember this because they did a bonfire for us as we wouldn't be there for the nov one, it was a couple that looked after us with the help of a few staff, we were all allocated a job we had to do each day mine was to clean the dorm & make the beds with hospital corners (they checked to see it was done right) they had competions to see which colour group got the most points, they also had a black labrador dog called nelson, there was also swings & a big slide etc in the field at the back (which we used to ask for the greased proof paper from the bread to polish the slide so we could go down faster) one time when we had done this they told us we were having a visit from some blind children, which after they had done their reading etc we had to take then to play on the swings etc, even though I was so young I was really concerned that we had polished the slide & they might shoot of the end because they couldn't see it, but it was ok in the end, I also remember one of the girls in our colour group had a false leg & when she took it off she used to wave her stump around which scared us, I could go on for ages about the time I spent there because I really did enjoy my time there & I did learn A lot. hope someone replies that might have been there at the same time to share good memories
  11. Hi Carol, I can't recall the name. what is your brothers name & where abouts on the flower did you live, at the senior school my last form teacher was Miss Bennett, I have 4 brothers, peter, paul, david, philip, I left school in "68" such a long time ago, can you bring me up to date on the estate as I haven't lived in sheffield for 22 years, I now live in mallorca but visit our eldest daughter who lives at Shiregreen a couple of times a year.
  12. I used to Live on the flower estate from being born to leaving when I got married in 1973,I used to live opposite the junior school on the corner bracken rd, I agree it was a good estate back then everyone looked out for each other, you could leave your doors unlocked, & no one bothered not like these days, I remember Wakes, ernie wake knocked around with one of my brothers also I think it was Steve woodward as well (he had a glass eye) Smiths, longfords (next door neighbours), on bon fire night our end of the green used to have a competition with the other end to see who could build the biggest bonfire, we always lost as one of the family's dad brought home loads of wood on the lorry he drove, some other names that come to mind are: bruins, dixon's, shipam's, turton's, mr brooke's, exton's, mitcham's, naylor's, one's I went to school with are: longford, Smith, myers, walker, scott. varley, allan, willis, to name but a few anyone else remember me (haddon) let us know.
  13. I am replying to this with my husbands log in, I worked at buy wise for 3 years back in 1968-1971, I lived on the flower estate so used to walk down Hindhouse lane & then back again what a hill to walk up, I couldn't do it now, me & the girls I worked with used to go to the cannon pub at lunchtime.
  14. do you remember the night they put on the "Gentleman's Evening" it was around 1987 I think what a night that was
  15. I lived on the flower estate till I was 21 (that was in 1973) lived opposite shiregreen school, knew longfords, brewins, dixons, naylors, shippams, anyone else remember them, went to school with shirley walker, gloria willis, pat allen, marina ogden, lindsey myers, carn't really remember the lads names maybe if i think about it I will.
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