St Peters School, left 1983

dynamicdebz · 07-03-2006, 21:09

Anyone who fancies reminicing join in.
Best years of my life.
Teachers more than welcome.
If you left the same year I'm sure you will know me!

Sconeboy · 08-08-2006, 18:40

Been trying to find people from St Pete's. I was there from 82 till 84.

snippysnoo · 09-09-2006, 13:18

Hi there I left there in May 83 I still keep in touch with some friends from then.
Teachers I can remember were, male teachers O`conner Sykes Silcock Burton Haslam Baldwin Giles (deputy head) Bagnall Cherry Kennedy Warhurst Mcgowan McNerny Pearson, female teachers Hopkins Humphreys Earwaker Marshall (deputy head) etc. The head teacher was Mr Allen.
The only teachers I really disliked were

Haydock, she was a nasty peace of work, I was in one of her classes once and she was so verbally abusive to one lad he cried in front of everyone. She used to pick on me a lot till I spoke to Miss Cable (who sadly died young) then she ignored me, I dropped French as soon as I could so I didn`t have to put up with her and her sarcasm any longer. The other was

Reek, another bully, I remember a lad that had left came back to get her back but he ran off when some of the male staff were alerted.

On the whole I enjoyed my school days, it would be great to hear from others who left in 83.

dynamicdebz · 10-09-2006, 11:57

Who are you snippysnoo, I must know you & you must know me!!!
I remember most of the teachers you mentioned.
Miss Marshall was one of the worst for our gang, she gave me the ruler across my hand.
Mrs Earwaker's name was pronoused Erica, we made her life a misery.
Mr O'Connor & Mr Kennedy were absolutely great teachers.
Mrs Reek was the PE teacher before they got a new one & of course she was a lesbian (weren't all PE female teachers).
Mr Sykes the maths teacher was a compulsive liar.
Who was Miss Cable?
I remember Miss Schofield, all the lads fancied her.
Mr Warhurs married another teacher, didn't he have bad skin?
Mr McNerny use to go in a pub at Grenoside, we saw him in there once when we went still as kids.
I think I'm getting Baldwin & Kennedy mixed up remind me who they were, what they taught?

snippysnoo · 10-09-2006, 12:32

Hi dynamicdebz, my friends at school were Diane Curbishley and Jayne Taylor.
Who are you? Who were your mates? We must have been in the same year at school. What house were you in? I was in Moore, I think the other houses were Campion, Ludlam and Fisher.
Mr Baldwin taught geography Mr Kennedy taught science.
Some of the teachers are dead now, I know Mr McNerney and Silcock are dead now as is Sister Concepta I also believe Sykes is as well. He used to do disco`s as a sideline.
Miss Cable was a teacher when I was in the 1st year at school she was the year tutor, when we came back after the holidays into the 2nd year they anounced in assembley she had died, I think she died from breast cancer, she was only in her late 20`s I think. There was a cup you could win for getting the most house points in a year named in her memory (the Cable cup). Your right about Schofield the lads fancied her, can`t think why. I can`t remember Warhurst getting married at all, he did have a skin complaint the poor bloke.

It`s great to hear from someone from St Pete`s

dynamicdebz · 10-09-2006, 14:06

You must tell me your name first!
I was a bit of a wild child at school (i'm a good girl now).
I use to hang around with Clare Dakin (still see her), Theresa Walker, Adele Edwards, Lynn Swarbrick to name a few. You should have guessed by now, mine is the only name missing & with my name on here???
I remember both Jane & Diane. I see Jayne around from time to time, she looks like she's had hard times. I've heard Diane is very glamorous now, although I haven't seen her myself.
I wouldn't have known Miss Cable as I started half way through the second year in 1980.
If you hung around with Jayne & Diane you must have been one of the good girls???

snippysnoo · 10-09-2006, 15:03

Hi, I can place you now dynamicdebz. I`m Shelagh, I think you were in set 3 with me in year 3. Happy days.

Diane and me did ok that year in school and got moved into set 2 in year 4.
I hated set 2 and tried to get back into set 3 but they wouldn`t let me. I used to go out with Paul Beatson and Diane went out with Simon Monfredi.
As for being a good girl, I never got caned but was in detention a fare few times, usually at hometime so I missed the bus and had to walk through Colley kids on my way home. I rebelled against the teachers in my own way, usually by messing about in class and not doing what they wanted. Towards the end of school I was into heavy metal,so I was never going to be nun material. I left St Pete`s and went on a yts scheme at Stocksbridge college. I got a job from that but got made redundant in Dec 85

I have worked for the council for 20 years in a decent job and am more or less happy. Got married in 93 to Dave never had any kids.

Can you remember a lass called Dawn Render?

Diane is very pretty she has her own business and has done well for herself.
How is Clare these days, she might remember Miss Cable.
Jayne has been through some hard times I think which is a shame because shes a nice lass.

What are you up to now dynamicdebz?

Great to hear from you

dynamicdebz · 10-09-2006, 18:30

Yeah I'm fine, got good grades when I left school but I was still in my rebelious era. I even got a O' level for English. I always wanted to be in set 4 to be with my mates. I'm sure i was in set 2 for some lessons & set 3 for others.
I remember who you are & you going out with Paul Beatson. I don't want to appear disrespectful but wasn't there a rumour going about, about you & Paul being found in a stock room together?
I did a YTS, then met my ex, had 2 boys when I was 17 & 19. It was a violent relationship which I eventually escaped from in 1993 (he died a few years later due to alcohol).
I met my now partner in 1995 & we have an 8 year old girl.
Always worked in telesales up to having my daughter.
Since then I have studied law (got A' level equivilent) did a few managment type courses & now run Patientline at NGH (love my job).
I remember Dawn Render, I remember being a bit of a b***ch with her. Actually I was probably a bit of a b***ch with a lot of people, if I ever was with you I apologise, I am now older & wiser.
Clare has 3 kids same sex as mine & similar ages. Her fella has MS.
I was living on Oakfern Grove (High Green) a few years ago & saw Laim Long & Della Mcsweeny. Angela Rice works as a nurse at NGH.
Great hearing from you, get back to me with any other memories!

snippysnoo · 10-09-2006, 19:15

Hi, no disrespect taken, it wasn`t me and Paul in that stock room it was Di and Simon, it was in Sykes and Silcocks tutor room they were going to get into deep bother but I explained to Silcock that Di would get into big trouble at home and they ended up with lines instead. I went out with Paul till I was 20 then we split up, I think Di split from Simon soon after leaving school.
Had a few boyfriends before I met Dave at work, we lived at Handsworth and Woodseats and now Shiregreen.
I met Angela Rice`s brother Paul on a course I did last year, nice bloke he told me Angela was a nurse. I also see Sheelagh Whitehead from time to time she has 3 kids and is divorced her new fella seems decent which is good.
I can`t remember you being a b***h with me, I used to get most hassle from the snobby lasses in set 1, but I know what you mean about older and wiser, as soon as you get into your mid 20`s you begin to realise what a horror you were as a teen, must be the hormones.
Patientline is that the tv and phone service in the hospital? It must take a lot of hassle from the nurses answering the phones all the time, and at least you can watch what you want on tv, my mate was in the Northern last year with a bad back and it was a God send.
I was sorry to hear about Clare`s fella, thats bad luck. My fella has motor neurone disease another cruel illness.
As for Dawn Render, she was rather well endowed if you remember, she lived up Grenoside I kept in touch with her after school for a number of years, she ended up moving down South, Surrey I think and we lost touch.
Did you know that Mr Kennedy and O`Conner still teach, I think at Notre Damme. I wonder if more people got together we could invite them out for a sort of reunion, I`ve never seen one for St Pete`s advertised I know other schools have reunions.
Well it`s been lovely to hear from you, keep in touch

dynamicdebz · 10-09-2006, 20:22

OMG: I thought you were sheelagh Whitehead. Now I know who you are!!!
You were slim, dark, curly hair???
You are right I think it was Di & Simon in the stock room, you've got to laugh.
Thats the reason I said about me being a bitch because I can vaguely remember being a little cruel to Sheelagh Whitehead & as for snobby lasses, I use to think Sheelagh Whitehead was a little snobby, perhaps because I was soooo common, lol.
Yep it is the TV & telephone in hospitals but its the patients who get to answer the phone as its at there bedside. Angela has only just qualified as a nurse.
I think we all have our fair share of health problems at our age, me included, I've got an autoimmune disorder that is playing up at the moment.
With Dawn I purposly got the other girls to slag me off to her in the toilet, while I was in the cubicle listening. As soon as she agreed with them, I hit her. Can't remember her name but the PE teacher who took over from Miss Reek saw me hit her & never said a word. I feel quite a shamed now.
I had such a school girl crush on Mr Kennedy & Mr O'connor. Mr Kennedy was my form tutor for the last year. He use to ask me if I was ok & ould listen & advice me on boyfriend trouble. I always thought he understood me. Bet they're old & grey now, lol.
Can't remember her surname but I remember asking Bridget for a fight & I was gobsmacked when she said ok. She was supposed to say no but she didn't & I couldn't back out then. So with a crowd around us we let rip in the playground & I must admit she gave as good as she got. Then Mr Kennedy picked me up & pulled me away screaming & shouting.
I've spoken to some one else before about a school reunion but then I think I was young & slim back then & I would be embarrased if everyone was so glamorous & then theres poor me, lol.
BTW, do you know we are practically neighbours, I live at Ecclesfield, probably pass each other on a weekly basis.

snippysnoo · 11-09-2006, 20:17

Hi you know who I am now

, not Sheelagh Whitehead, I too was horrid to her at times, get on with each other briliant now im glad to say.
I am no longer slim with long hair anymore, a bit chubbier with short dark hair and the inevitable grey streaks in it, I also sport specs now.

When you think back I bet we all did things we regret now. Dawn was a bit strange though she used to talk lies all the time, I think she didn`t realise she was doing it, she used to spin me some right yarns and it was obvious it wasn`t true. I was friends with her up till the late 80`s she moved very suddenley down south, at the time it seemed to me that she was on the run from something, I have never seen or heard from her since.
I thought Mr Kennedy was a good teacher, he was good at encouraging people to do better, my favourite subject at school was chemistry I think Mr Kennedy`s enthusiasm for the subject helped, he had a wicked sence of humour. I did some of the science subjects up to A level eqivilent a few years back at guess where? Parson Cross colege the old St Pete`s site, it was so weired going back there, the gym was a computer/library place the church had been made into a gym, there was a lift and you could walk through the old staff corridor. Its a shame it got knocked down they must have spent loads doing it up.
The Bridget you mention was McFadden, I was at primary school with her, she was a good scrapper and would always stand up for herself, I saw her in a pub up Walkley some years back but she pretended she didn`t know me, which I found strange as we were good mates at Sacred Heart school. Perhaps she wanted to forget her past. I think Reeks replacement was called Calbeck, she was a soft touch after Reek.
As for your comment about being common I don`t think you were, we were all down to earth Sheffielders, we never pretended to be something were not.
I arranged a small reunion of sorts a few years back (4 of us) it went ok it was nice to see old friends again, im sure none of us look like we did, except Diane she looks fabulous. I think I could trace some people back if you thought it was a goer.
Sorry to hear you are having health worries, what is it you have if it isn`t too rude to ask. I have a thyroid problem, thats where some of the weight gain is from, I get i.b.s now and again but thankfully not that often, the first time I got it they nearly whipped my apendix out the pain was that bad. I count myself lucky it could be worse.
I go past the NGH on my way to work every day usually on the 88 or 48 bus and I go shopping to morrisons/asda so we have probaly passed at some point, I have a motorbike so if you see a biker wandering round the supermarket you will know its me.

dynamicdebz · 11-09-2006, 23:11

I was a rebel without a cause back in the 80's & wish I could return to them days sometimes.
I actually studied law at the old St, Pete's, it was so weird. I half expected Miss Marshall jumping out at me & shouting " why aren't you in class at me". I was also kinda sad to see it knocked down.
You have such a memory for names, I think old age has got the better of me lol.
It only seems like yesterday that I was getting into bother for smoking in the toilets.
My sister has thyroid trouble so I sympathise with you.
I have a condition called Scleroderma, it's too complicated to explain. As for the IBS you should search some of my previos posts on here to understand what I'm currently going through.
I don't if you recall but at school I was quite the athelete, I use to help Miss calbeck do the BAGA awards (gymnastics) because I'd already passed all mine at Primary school & I use to go to Gymnastic lessons. I was also involved in athletics & ran for the school at events with other schools.
My claim to fame is that when I was 15 years old I was the 3rd bestest girl runner at the 800 metres in the whole of Sheffield, we ran at the Hallamshire Harriers at Hillsborough.
Can you remember that foreign male PE teacher who came as a student to help (can't remember his name) the boys PE teacher (he also taught me for geography), he was absolutely gorgeous. Clare, Lynne & I went into what was the old blue bell (now Cavellis) when were in the last year & he was serving behind the bar & gave us all a free drink.
As for me I am now slightly over weight, I let the bleached blonde hair grow out & it's now long, dark & curly with the additional grey bits, when its ready for dying again.
Anyway if you decide to have a get together of us leavers from 1983, count me in & I'm sure I can rally a few others who will come along.
I could tell you more about some of our class mates but would be unfair in an open forum, just in case they are watching.
Will PM you maybe tomorrow, as its late now.

snippysnoo · 14-09-2006, 17:57

Hi I can remember the male sports teacher I think he was olive skinned and had hairy legs, his name was Mr Ferinio, im sure Sheelagh W once threw a ball to him and it hit him right where it hurts. A lot of the lasses had the hots for him along with O`Conner.
I never realised you were good at athletics/sports, I was never that good at them, the only one I was good at was badmington, can you remember when they used to take us to stocksbridge sports centre in the 5th year.
I also thought of some other teachers mr tracey and mr burton (bocker) don`t know why he got that nickname, tracey taught french but i never had him for lessons bocker taught r.e.
I have some photos of some people at st pete`s on our last day in 83 a mixture of teachers and pupils, im pretty sure Lynne is on one of them.
I read your pm the other night and tried to send one back, hope you got it ok.

dynamicdebz · 14-09-2006, 19:32

I got your PM going to reply back.

I would love to see the photos you got. Is there any chance of you emailing them to me if I PM you my email address?

I can't believe what a memory you've got for names, I can't remember bocker or tracey!

I actually loved PE when I was at school, & without blowing my own trumpet I could run faster than the whole school when I was in the 5th year any way. I didn't really have a challenge. But as the years got on with smoking I can barely run for a bus, lol. I was once asked to do a trial where I would be tested while on a running machine, my heart & pulse etc. It was for athletic teenagers who smoked to record the affects.

Mr Ferinio, he's the one, he was gorgeous!!! Wasn't he an american football player originally or so the rumour went.

I did well at Art also, got CSE 2, so old Miss Marshall did something right. I can remember an art class where she was having a go at Clare, so Clare gave her an almighty slap across the face. It was expected of Clare to do this as she was kinda the cock of the school but in fact she was a pussy cat who wouldn't fight anybody if she could get away with it.

dynamicdebz · 07-04-2007, 00:14

Ressurecting an old thread!
Anyone out there remeber us?
You so missed out if you don't.
BTW: I don't smoke now.

baron10 · 09-05-2007, 11:44

im from colley i still got beef with st peters

dynamicdebz · 09-05-2007, 13:09

Colley was the bigger school!
I remember my mate getting a right beating from Colley lasses, they were lying in wait on Margetson shops. We just stood & watched.
Well there was more of them & they were bigger than us.

baron10 · 09-05-2007, 13:16

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Originally Posted by dynamicdebz

Colley was the bigger school!
I remember my mate getting a right beating from Colley lasses, they were lying in wait on Margetson shops. We just stood & watched.
Well there was more of them & they were bigger than us.

good memorys yea

twinbush · 14-05-2007, 08:08

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Originally Posted by baron10

im from colley i still got beef with st peters

Your beef must be Inherited from your Dad, we had major battles in the sixties. I hope you are keeping well and your Mother.

foxyboy · 19-03-2009, 15:43

Sorry to bring up and old thread but this brought back so many memories! :0)