okismoki   10 #1609 Posted April 17, 2008 Barbara Atkin was Margaret's younger sister, now I'm giving away my age! Rita Shepherd was the same age as my youngest sister Ann. I use to play in that stream too, didn't know it was named 'Tongue Gutter' though. Mam told us never to play there but we did of course, we used to walk through the tunnel too. margaret,sandra,susan & barbara,their father was called frank,sandra married graham holt,susan married pete swann,barbara once gave me the shock of my life one morning when i called to see her dad,she had stayed the night,and was in just her nightie when i opened the back door,shouting"only me frank".best christmas present ever!!!! thanks baps...sorry,i mean babs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joto   11 #1610 Posted April 17, 2008 margaret,sandra,susan & barbara,their father was called frank,sandra married graham holt,susan married pete swann,barbara once gave me the shock of my life one morning when i called to see her dad,she had stayed the night,and was in just her nightie when i opened the back door,shouting"only me frank".best christmas present ever!!!! thanks baps...sorry,i mean babs.  Yes their Dad was an avid gardener, they weren't allowed to play in their own garden! but me and Margaret used to steal rose petals while he was at work. We would mix them with water to make perfume, ha ha, it stank horrible Her Dad used to always buy lots of fruit and then always offered me an apple, only fruit I got almost. I remember clearly sat on the kerb with Margaret waiting for her youngest sister Susan to be born. My maiden name was Theaker by the way, I wonder who you are and if I knew you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joto   11 #1611 Posted April 17, 2008 We used to go under the tunnel that went under Holgate Avenue and we used to get covered in leeches.  Come on Jabbers don't try and freak me out, wishful thinking isn't it? England isn't the tropic's thank god. What were they black slugs? I hate them too!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jabberwocky   45 #1612 Posted April 17, 2008 Come on Jabbers don't try and freak me out, wishful thinking isn't it? England isn't the tropic's thank god. What were they black slugs? I hate them too!!  No real horse leeches! The stream is infested with them and always has been.   I bet a lot of people could back me up on that too, Ive had a terror of leeches ever since I was a kid because of that stream. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joto   11 #1613 Posted April 17, 2008 Really! You're not kidding me then? I'm just glad none stuck to me Maybe in my day they weren't there then, it would be twenty years or more after me that you went in there. Must be global warming and all that, Can you tell I'm in denial? must go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bloom1961 Â Â 10 #1614 Posted April 18, 2008 I'm a Bush (surprise surprise!!) as mentioned above. Mom (Angela) is still on the go. She's 88 and lives in sheltered accomodation near Hillsboro Park. Lots of the listed names ring bells:- Seniors, Baldwins and Ledgers were all family friends, and I knew many of the other families on the list. A personal email from any of them would be welcome. Â Â I married a Bloomer sadly Ernest died about 6yrs ago aged 66 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bushbaby   11 #1615 Posted April 18, 2008 I married a Bloomer sadly Ernest died about 6yrs ago aged 66  My mum passed away last year at the grand old age of 91 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bushbaby   11 #1616 Posted April 18, 2008 I've just thought of Raymond Pollard too, he lived on the corner house of Wordworth Avenue and Milnrow Drive. The Pollards emigrated to Oz in about 1968/69. Ray's elder sister, Lois, came back a few years later, but I think the rest of the family stayed there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
okismoki   10 #1617 Posted April 18, 2008 Yes their Dad was an avid gardener, they weren't allowed to play in their own garden! but me and Margaret used to steal rose petals while he was at work. We would mix them with water to make perfume, ha ha, it stank horrible Her Dad used to always buy lots of fruit and then always offered me an apple, only fruit I got almost. I remember clearly sat on the kerb with Margaret waiting for her youngest sister Susan to be born. My maiden name was Theaker by the way, I wonder who you are and if I knew you? i was franks carer in his later years,thats how i know margaret and barbara,but i knew sandra and susan before,my sister went out with sandra,s son for years.I am originally from buchanan road,went to southey green school,the on to chaucer,leaving in 76. my mothers family,the wraggs,are from wordsworth.maybe you knew them,they had doreen,joyce,evelyn,sylvia & john(jack). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joto   11 #1618 Posted April 18, 2008 i was franks carer in his later years,thats how i know margaret and barbara,but i knew sandra and susan before,my sister went out with sandra,s son for years.I am originally from buchanan road,went to southey green school,the on to chaucer,leaving in 76. my mothers family,the wraggs,are from wordsworth.maybe you knew them,they had doreen,joyce,evelyn,sylvia & john(jack).  Sorry I don't think I do know you, me and Margaret went to Yew lane Secondary school, but we wasn't in the same class, but we were in the same year. We went I separate ways once we left school, so say hi from me if you happen to bump into Margaret. I had a Alan Wragg in my class maybe your 2nd cousin or something? I think he lived in the Mansel area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Unregistered   10 #1619 Posted April 19, 2008  The Pollards emigrated to Oz in about 1968/69. Ray's elder sister, Lois, came back a few years later, but I think the rest of the family stayed there.  Thanks. Wow - I never knew that, but it explains why no one I know has seen Raymond Pollard for the last 40 years or so.  Hope they did well for themselves down under. My parents considered going to Australia in the sixties too. It would have cost just £10 because Oz needed people. I never found out why they decided against it. . . . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Unregistered   10 #1620 Posted April 23, 2008  The Hunstman was the first pub I ever tasted alcohol in.......   .........I didnt go back to the Huntsman after that because I discovered the pubs of Hillsborough and town, but I knew a few people who drank there regularly and they loved it.  The Huntsman at the junction of Barnsley Road and Deerlands Avenue is well on the way to being a block of flats.  Kids of tomorrow will be asking if a pub was ever there at all. . . . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...