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marth

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About marth

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    S W England
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    Walking, animals, countryside,anything Sheffield
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  1. I used the phrase "a bit of a puther" the other day, and no one had heard it before here in Devon. I meant a lot of dust. Is it a Sheffield word? I remember"poppo" meaning a horse.
  2. Yes, we used to say "going just round the lump" in Ecclesall in 1940 to 50. My auntie in Birmingham said "round the block"--- very strange I thought.
  3. Thought you Sheffielders would like to know that while on holiday in S A last month our group were asked if anyone would like to try ostrich riding. Two of us out of 20 piped up and had a go. We discovered that we were both born in Sheffield! Brave or just barmy? We were both the wrong side of 60.
  4. I rode at these places and lived horses(in my head)a few years earlier I imagine.Did you ever ride at The Red House at Darley Dale? That was a special treat, and we could go unaccompanied. I can still reel off all Denise Cox's horses and wonder if she is still alive? Riding was then 6/- an hour!
  5. Hi Hillsboro'---Happy Birthday! For heaven's sake cheer up! You are only a chicken and have the most wonderful part of your life to come! Respect and all that. I think you are too young to remember my dear friend Winnie Burnley who used to live on Bankfield Road, Hillsboro'---she was about 4 foot nothing and a great and tough character. Her sister lived on Dykes Hall Road. Mrs Milner. Have a great year!
  6. I was at school with the 2 Blaskey daughters who lived at Ecclesall. They were Janet and Susan.
  7. I well remember Anne Barber and have a lovely photo of her at Hathersage Show and me aged 11. I remember a pony called Biscuit, and a girl called Heather Dewsnap. Anyone go to Denise Cox's riding school? I went there all through the war, on Ringinglow Road. She had to feed the horses on all sorts of scraps during the war, and managed to get rations for them too. The stables at Hathersage were owned by Mr Dungworth and I went there too, as you could go out alone-- big treat! It was quite expensive though with the bus fare. Horses became a great part of my life, and I still go for a gentle trot on the moor on a VERY quiet horse. I'm 78 now.
  8. I was very interested to see Tommy Ward's elephant mentioned. We have an old newspaper photo of Lizzie on our wall. T W Ward was my great uncle, and the story as I know it was that all the heavy horses which pulled the coal carts were commandeeredfor the 14-18 war, and Wards bought Lizzie to pull the coal cart. From a circus. They also employed her Indian mahoot who knew all her needs. I would love to hear any more about her.
  9. I believe my grandfather, J T Wood, lived at Wadsley Lodge, in the 1920s or 30s.
  10. Our school at Ecclesall had 3 houses. Chatsworth, Wentworth, and Haddon. That was in 1945!! Marth.
  11. Jogi---When I was at the school there were 86 pupils I believe. The older ones used two rooms in the house as classrooms. We had a fantastic education but not much in the way of games or P E. We had to walk up High Storrs Road to a hockey field, and tennis courts. Discipline was very strict! During the war it was quite difficult to find teachers, and we had one or two rather strange ones from time to time. It was a very happy school with good results. There were 3 of us who started in 1938 and went right on until we had passed our School Certs at 17, then we all went to the Sheffield College of Art. We are still in touch.
  12. Hello Jogi, Fancy you living next door to my old school! The school house was on the right hand end, with a garden and a little gate to the right of an old oak tree--which seemed HUGE in those days. Is it still there? In front of the school there was a playground, and to the left of the school there was a piece of waste ground, where the air-raid shelter was, underground. When the sirens went, we had to file down the steps into the gloom below, each carrying our "air-raid bag" in which was a torch, sweets, paper and pencil, comics, and colouring things. No plastic bags, ballpoints, or electronic games in those days!! There we stayed until the "all clear" went, delighted to be missing lessons. We also had gas masks which we carried everywhere. The two headmistresses were Miss Hambley and Miss Givins. I still have the letter they wrote to me when I got married, and they sent me 6 silver plated teaspoons! Those were the days! Any more questions? Marth.
  13. Born Sheffield 1934 which makes me quite old.I remember the trams! Marth.
  14. Any memories of Ecclesall High School, 2, Broad Elms Lane, Sheff.11, 1938 to 1952?
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