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Hi Alecmac I don't recall the name but then it is a long while ago ! I remember a couple of names of the lads . Both ginger haired Howard Timms and Edward Grimes . Memory isn't too good these days . I cannot remember any of the girls names .Good to hear from you Susan Wright as was then now Grayson

So does yours ..happy days

I lived at no.32 Studley rd from 1971 till they demolished them in 1978 ? I think it was. My names Susan Grayson , my maiden name Wright

Hi Sasky I too went to Darnall Church and Waltheof from 64/ 1968 . I lived on Studley road when I got married in 1971 , before that I lived on Gladstone St

Was amusing reading through this thread I left Waltheof in 1968 and my last form teacher was the deputy head Mr marshall . Have some fond memories of being in that school . Anyone else on here go there between 1964 - 68 . Love to hear from you if you did

Hi I too remember pop as a great headteacher . I left Waltheof about 1968 and I was in 4/1 and Mr Marshall was our form teacher , had some good laughs after breaks and dinner times when pupils were lined up outside the classroom waiting for the stick , but to be honest being one of his class was brilliant wehad a right laugh with him . Now Ben Holland was a different kind of person didn't like him at all . Think my boyfriend of the time could beat you for the stick ( now my husband 41 years ) he received it every day for smoking or fighting

Hi Terry no I'm afraid I didn't get the photos , must have got lost somewhere

Hi Terry ours was the 2nd Street up handsworth Hill , the one with the little corner shop at the bottom . Can't remember who owned it now , memory is rubbish . The bottom street had bentalls dentist at the bottom of it and I remember some horrible times in there yuk ! It could have been called Beighton St ?? Do you know the Wraggs who lived at the bottom of our street. Ian used to go to Darnall Church and he was a year older than me

Hi Janet I vaguely remember the names Susan and Christine Skelton , but I would have left to go to the Waltheof by then . Yes this thread brings back some happy memories , and I remember Miss Llewelyn . I too loved going in Goughs , it always had a lovely smell to the shop with all the sweets and drinks

Sent you my e.mail address and so looking forward to seeing the photos Thanks Susan

Oh wow we lived next door to your uncle then ,the other side of the gennel, never new his first name , always called him Mr Revill , lovely man used to make me a finney haddock sarni when he cooked his fish. By then I was married and called Grayson which I still am . The Andrews lived down the road on the opposite side and had greyhound dogs . Vaguely remember the drivers .There was the Duttons too who lived across the road from us , small world isn't it ?

I moved from the area in 1978 when they demolished our house on Studley rd and now live at Hollinsend ( intake ) . When I left school I worked at Dunford Elliot down attercliffe in the offices , that's now gone I think

Unfortunately my brother is no longer with us he would probably have remembered you . My memory is not very good for names . My brothers friends at the time you went to Darnall Church were , John Temprell who lived up Handsworth hill somewhere , and there was someone with the second name Pask . I went to school with Joan Huttley , Pauline Bulmer and she emigrated to OZ in the 60s . Sorry I can't think of anymore

Hi Terry my maiden name was Susan Wright , but maybe you knew my brother more than me he was Kenneth Wright and we lived on Gladstone St in Darnall . I used to walk home through the Littledale estate sometimes from the Waltheof school , was a bit of a scrabble at times to catch the bus down Prince of Wales Rd

Hi I went to Darnall Church School , must have started there about 1956/57 and my brother would have started about 51/52 . What a lovely old school it was . Sadly I went to the bank on the corner of Station Rd the other week and noticed that it has now been demolished , so sad it was a lovely old building

Went on many trains from that station as a kid on holidays . My dad worked on the railways at the time . If I can remember rightly we used to get free or cheap fares to wherever we went . Happy days

I remember the dog track at the end of Poole rd , used to play round there as a kid

Hi All , it has been a joy to read the posts on this thread and brought back lots of happy memories living in Darnall , so sad to see the place as it is today .Was such a great community in the 50, 60 and 70 s . I think I posted earlier on here that I lived on Gladstone St as a kid and when I got married in 1971 moved to Studley Rd till it was pulled down in about 1978 I think :confused:I wish communities were the same today as they were then . But times move on I suppose . For the better I don't personally think so , they were hard times but good happy times

Hi sweetcheeks , yes I remember the name now Baileys shop , lovely couple , I used to knock on the back door after hours to get my favourite shampoo which was lemon supersoft . I always got invited in such nice people . And as for Bentall the dentist I always dreaded going there , his hand shook all the time he was doing your teeth, and once the needle broke in my gum . Never been much into dentists since then . But needs must

I remember this very well . We lived at Darnall at the time it was extremely frightening to a 9 year old as I was at the time . We lived on Gladstone St and it blew most of the tiles of the roof , hence because our home was rented by a private landlord the four of us in the family had to sleep in the front room till the repairs were done to the roof for about 6 months ! . We were a lot better of than our neighbours though who lived on the gable end house , the chimney came through the roof and landed straight in the middle of the bed . Luckily my friend Ian was sleeping in his mums room that night because his father was on nights otherwise the poor lad wouldn't not have survived the carnage in his room . Very lucky lad !

Hi I went there in the 50 s , lovely school and it is still there on Station Rd in Darnall . It's now used as offices I think Love to hear from anyone who remebers it . I left to go to Waltheof about 63/64 . Good times were had at the old school

The old yorkshire range , my mum had one in gladstone st ,Darnall , loved the warm cosy feeling it gave and the baking she did , kettle was always on the go . Mum used to clean it every sunday then cook the sunday roast in it , I'm sure roast beef tasted better in those days . Then she got a bit posh and ripped the old black one out and replaced it with a mottled green one , harder to keep clean ! Happy days

Anyone remember the little corner shop on the end of Gladstone St at the bottom of Handsworth Hill ( darnall ) Can't remember who owned it now but it changed hands twice when I lived there . Proper lovely shop that sold everything . It was pulled down in the 70s with the street , I often wonder why they pulled those houses down because they have never done anything with the land

No don't remember the Naylor twins , nice talking to you anyway

Hi Kay 1965 , don't know if you where refering to me about you think you know me . I went to Darnall Church School then onto waltheof . I left Waltheof in 1967 or maybe 1968 , can't remember offhand . It's a long time ago .