celiasuud

Thanks Meltman, i will try the Peak railway.

Hi,i worked at Atlas House,1969-1980 I know this is a long shot,but when i married ,in 1976,i hired the photographer,whose name ,if i remember rightly,was Mr.Bird. I would like to know if anyone knows of him today,as i would like to get some copies of our wedding photos,which we lost when they were in storage at Pickford's Depot on Brightside Lane ,due to a fire in 1984. He used to work from premises next to the Brigg's sandwich shop and i think it was some sort of underground car park or is that my imagination getting carried away. In reply to an earlier posting from Donnygirl,Firth Derihon was at Darley Dale and still are now but as Firth Rixson. We supplied steel to them for the RB211 Rolls Royce aircraft engines in the 70's ,but not sure wahat they specialise in now. Sheila

Hi Michelle,yes ,it's a great site and I've had a lot of memories come flooding back looking through some of the topics. It's like reading your own biography sometimes. Things like ,what you did in your childhood ,schoolyears, people you remember in town,pubs,clubs,discoes, bands you,ve seen,work even, brought back some good memories.Thanks for the offer of travel tips, but we are pretty much sorted , it's a hectic day/ lazy day trip this time. Some friends of ours were there last year when one of the hurrcanes hit and ended their holiday in Boston!! However, every time we've been in the past, we have only experienced the daily sort of downpours and electric storms,(touch wood) but having said that we did stop going to Cocoa Beach because it was always raining all day whenever we got there! regards Celia

Hi Patchalan and Michelle, yes I remember most of those names,they were a year or maybe two above me.As for the schools being open, the one on Cricket Inn Road is long gone,not sure when and have no memory of it being there in 1976,when I got married at St.Johns church. Not sure if the other school is there now as there are some relatively new buildings around the area where it was and I only travel along Bernard Street in the car so can't really see anything. I moved on to Norfolk Secondary school before starting work in 1966. Lucky you living in Florida,shall be coming there shortly after a 9 year abscence to see what's changed,don't like the weather forecast I've been reading though!! regards Celia

Hi Barry,I,m your cousin ,I've sent you an e-mail reply to your posting,just wondering if you got it and not dismissed it as spam. Just to let you know i'm genuine,you have three sisters who's initials are J,L and M, I think in that order,and our grandparents were William and Lillian. hope to hear from you soon.regards Sheila.

Hi again,sorry don't remember that party,in fact the only other things I can remember are swimming lessons at Park Baths with ,I think ,a Mr.Bettison and playing Mary in the Nativity play one year,made very memorable because Miss De La Haye stuck a sraight pin in the side of my head securing the blue and white headress Ouch! There was a shop on the corner, maybe called something like "Bill's" ,where you could buy Black Jack's and Fruit Salad sweets and the like (farthings were still legal tender) . Just past the school was another shop which was the retail world,s answer to Miss Haversham's room in Great Expectations,or so it seemed to me , it was called Lucy's and her cats used to sleep in the windows on top of the goods,yuk! regards Celia.

Hi patchalan, I was taught by all those teachers,but I can't remember Mrs.Forsyth.I remember Mr.Robinson reading to us from The Jungle Book,Miss Armstong came from Bradwell and Mrs.Easton was an immaculatly dressed older lady with a daughter called "Bunty".Miss De La Haye lived at Crosspool and the memory I have is that she wore bright lipstick and smelled of perfume. What things to remember!! The assembly hall and the canteen were on the top floor and the toilets were outside,talking of which ,i once fell headfirst down the steps of the girls toilets ouch! Ah! the good old days eh! regards Celia

I attended St.Johns school on Cricket Inn Road in the 50's, as did my mum in the 30's. It was situated where there are now tramtracks,roughly opposite the working mens club but a little further on away from town. The back of the school was on what was Aston Street. I left in 1962,the Headmistress was Miss De La Haye who I think died only recently. It was a 3 story Victorian building and classes were taught (if I remember rightly) 2 years together and a good job the teachers did then!. I'm sorry I don,t remember when it was demolished. Another school was on School Street which ran between Duke Street and Bard Street. I can never remember whether this was also a St Johns school or was just known as Bard St.School.However we always attended St.Johns Church together with another school from around that area every time there was a religious event or festival. regards Celia