Anyone go to the Sacred Heart School?

[LA Blade 10]

I was there in the late 50's for a few years before moving to St. Caths in Pitsmoor, glad to know it still exists.

[cliffwibb 10]

i was there 68 to 74 and it was a lovely school. how times change.

 

lots of building work going on now. The prefab has gone, as has the mock tudor hall. no playground left for the poor little blighters.

 

hi i went to sacred heart school i was there 68 to 74 i remember in 69 after fighting with a chinese pupil in my class getting the bat across my backside off mrs rigby whilst being held down across the table by two other pupils. then later on in the class i won a place to see the mounted police officers. do you remember some pupils in my class? michael wragg from stannington,angela birmingham and a boy whose second name was haywood.cant remember his first name his father was a policeman who called at the school regularly. my form teacher was mr fletcher and the head nun was called sister clair anthony.

i lived at the sacred heart convent i was sent there with my four other brothers,robert,ralph nigel and christopher.we were known as the wibberley brothers.i used to mate around with the jules brothers they were coloured and started around the same time as me.

[minertone 10]

Hi everybody,I used to travel to S.H.school, every day from way up the farmland behind Glenn Howe Park, all during the war years.I remember going up the end of the street during lunch hour and buying new baked bread buns.One day we were in the 'Glory Hole' under the Hall when I tried to switch the electric light on,old fashioned brass switches they were,I got a massive shock and was thrown off my feet.I didn't even know what had happened annd I just got up and carried on as normal.We used to climb over the bridge just below Hillsboro baths and get down to the river also we used to respond to the call when the Proddies were coming over the Bolehills so we could offer a show of resistance,throwing stones at them until they retreated.Another trick was to make our way down to Rivelin where we found an old disused factory and threw stones through every window,when we returned again the next day they were waiting and we got caught 'bang to rights'.I had the humiliation of a policeman trekking up to the farm to inform my relatives of my misdemeanours,(never again)I had several strokes of the strap at home,school punishment followed.Happy days.

[williamr 10]

Hi, my name is Bill Rielly - i was there in 1953 to 1956. Does anybody remember the cricket and football team which won the Sheffield Catholic Schools cup in the 1955/56? I certainly remember Mr Finnegan particlularly with his slipper! He was the coach for the football and cricket team. I also remember going to the Hillsborough Baths taking lifesaving certificates. If anyone has any more information then please get in touch.

[minertone 10]

Talking about Sacred Heart School reminds me of junior school before it,mine was Wharncliffe Side Juniors.There we (my sister and I) were bullied unmercifully by a gang led by a spoilt kid whose parents ran the newsagents just outside the school gates.We were regarded as Hillbillies and worse Catholics,school yard bullying was not enough for Terry and his gang,they would follow us part way home and remove our shoes, satchel etc.,throw them over some garden wall,then they would dunk us in a horse trough and leave us to walk home 2 miles or more wet,cold and frightened.Happy days eh!Next time I will tell you about our chores at home,carrying water using milk-maid yokes,'walking the cows'on autumn evenings,riding high on the hay-wain,we even had a part to play threshing corn with the old steam traction engine,yes we were aged 7 or 8 by then.With no buses,electricity,running water, gas,indoor toilet life was not easy but you know what we both look on now with fondness.

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[Brian White 10]

Sorry for the delayed reply Joseph - I only just read your post today Jan 6 2012. Yes I remember the Guest family, the Manfredi brothers and Miss Griffiths too. There were three White brothers at the Sacred Heart, Derrick, Brian and Peter. Miss Griffiths tried to correct the exuberant behavior of my younger brother Peter. She had limited success.

[minertone 10]

Mmmmm.I remember Manfredi's Ice Cream,during the war it was a rare pleasure,we could get it from a small terraced cottage next to Wharncliffe Side bus stop.Knock on the door and a small top-half of the door would open and you could place your order.Because of rationing it was something to savour,everything else was in short supply.

[trevormw 10]

Not sure if I hold any record for being the oldest person (70) to be expelled from the Sacred Heart School. In June of 2013 I made a trip from NZ to the UK and decided to make a visit to my old school, not knowing the strict regulations over there I was escorted off the school grounds for taking some video and reliving some of my early school day memories.It all turned out alright when I explained what my intentions were and I went back at the following weekend when there were no kids around and completed my filming.

[Joseph Read 10]

Thanks for your reply, Brian. I seem to remember you as a kindly boy, older than myself, who I could chat with without fear of a gruff reply.

 

I wonder who"minerton" is? I was one of the boys who went under Hillsborough Corner Road Bridge at lunch time, close by the weir, and entered "The Tarzan Field".

I remember Keith Simmons, Frankie Marsden, Georgie Guest, Maurice Burgin ( a small boy who could send a jet of pee over the 7 foot wall into the girls' toilets), Alex...(a Scottish laddie). Also, Tommy and Sylvia Clayton, June Emmerson, Jean Monfredi, Betty...(the lady caretaker's daughter), and some others who were in my classes during the war.

[Neil kennedy 0]

Hugh Slavin was my great great  Uncle , he played for Sheffield Wednesday in 1904-09 . His son died on the hospital ship on the way home . Any relatives still in Sheffield? 

[NewBiz 10]

3 of my older sisters went there, early/mid 1950's and hated it. Vicious nuns, punitive punishments (and they'd only be tiny) altogether a horrible place. When they moved to Mylnhurst they were also way behind because the standard of teaching was crap. Apart from that, and the fact there isn't a blade of grass on the place, and the playground is the size of hanky, it's no doubt a lovely place!

[utopian 10]

On 10/12/2012 at 16:35, williamr said:

Hi, my name is Bill Rielly - i was there in 1953 to 1956. Does anybody remember the cricket and football team which won the Sheffield Catholic Schools cup in the 1955/56? I certainly remember Mr Finnegan particlularly with his slipper! He was the coach for the football and cricket team. I also remember going to the Hillsborough Baths taking lifesaving certificates. If anyone has any more information then please get in touch.

Hi Bill,

I have just come across this site, I was in the same class as your younger brother Peter. I remember watching you as captain of the school team beating St.Theresa's  for the Clegg shield ,then it seems only Catholic schools competed for the shield as all other schools were secondary moderns and the R.C. schools were still 5-15 . The Gleeson cup was the Catholic cup which the S.H. also won around your time. I remember some of the players . Graham Groves was the centre  forward and Tommy ? was in goal ,I am sure I would remember others if prompted.  

Do you remember Brendan Lodge ? I married one of his cousins. I lived near the Nicholson's , David,Edward and Eileen.  

Hope you are well.

Roger Davison