Looking for old Woodhouse Grammar school pupils 1958-1963

[Talib]

On 06/01/2020 at 06:44, victormh said:

I went to WGS 1951/1957

 

I am still in regular e mail and WhatsApp with a number of e pupils from y years there, residing in UK, Australia, Canada, France - I have lived in Malaysia for the past 12 years

 

My name is Victor Marshall Hutchinson 79 but 80 on July 01 2020

 

I am tying to locate a guy from the same years there, knew him firstly at Swallownest Infants then Junior School = name is Danny Randal or Randall.

 

At the time he lived with his aunt on Park Hill, Swallownest

 

He is married with grown up children. Originally worked for United Coke and Chemicals at Treeton Grange then the company offices moved to Orgreave

 

I heard recently that after marrying he lived on, or just off, Richmond Road Handsworth 

 

Any information will be helpful

 

Best Wishes from Malaysia - Victor

Hi Victor,

if you have not had luck in reaching Danny, there is a Facebook group called Treeton Grange so maybe some ex colleagues are still in touch or may have information about him. 

 

Good luck,

Talib

[Keith F]

On 28/04/2020 at 18:08, Talib said:

Hi Victor,

if you have not had luck in reaching Danny, there is a Facebook group called Treeton Grange so maybe some ex colleagues are still in touch or may have information about him. 

 

Good luck,

Talib

I was at WGS1951/56. Remember Danny Randle; met and stayed in touch with Bill (William) Lawton until he passed away 5 years ago. Was nicknamed Cyrano (for the obvious reasons).

Edited October 4, 2021 by Keith F
Minor. I was from Handsworth, Bill from Brinsworth and his sister, Enid a couple of years younger. Others coming to mind: Peter Wrag, Cynthia Flower (always greeted as Hiya Cynth), sorry if you see this Cynthia.

[DeWasteney]

Thanks for the additional information Keith F, I will try and follow this through  later

 

Mmm you are of course referring to the French historic character - Cyrano De Bergerac  with his outsize nose

 

1951 to 1956 ?? so same time as myself, have we met in our earlier lives - nly classes I recall ere 1F Len Fox) and 5G ad I think the form master was Mr Wynne, who usually taught English - he lives at Gleadless

 

Dont know if you remember, but there was a Paul Mellows at WGS, always in the A Stream - we had been playmates since about age of 4, our mothers knew each other from their Swallownest School Days, as did out grandmothers. He leaft to go to University, then became a teacher/lecturer at Sheffield University before moving to Cambridge University and finally becoming Head of Corpus Christie College there

 

He was Professor Paul John Mellows but round 2011 was Knighted and became Professor Sir Paul John Mellows - his vocation was "Prehistoric Man" and he travelled to different countries at times to lecture on this - this was his interest since about age 5, when he would dig in the garden hoping to get deep enough down to find the tops of the Pyramids 

 

Many years ago since we were both 5 years old,  (1945)

 

Best Wishes from Malaysia - UK  + 7 hours, (8 hours when you return to GMT), and 38C, or 100.4 F , always summer here  - Victor Marshall Hutchinson Ex Swallownest to 1967, Driffield 1967 to end of 2006, then Malaysia to date

 

 

[Keith F]

15 hours ago, DeWasteney said:

Thanks for the additional information Keith F, I will try and follow this through  later

 

Mmm you are of course referring to the French historic character - Cyrano De Bergerac  with his outsize nose

 

1951 to 1956 ?? so same time as myself, have we met in our earlier lives - nly classes I recall ere 1F Len Fox) and 5G ad I think the form master was Mr Wynne, who usually taught English - he lives at Gleadless

 

Dont know if you remember, but there was a Paul Mellows at WGS, always in the A Stream - we had been playmates since about age of 4, our mothers knew each other from their Swallownest School Days, as did out grandmothers. He leaft to go to University, then became a teacher/lecturer at Sheffield University before moving to Cambridge University and finally becoming Head of Corpus Christie College there

 

He was Professor Paul John Mellows but round 2011 was Knighted and became Professor Sir Paul John Mellows - his vocation was "Prehistoric Man" and he travelled to different countries at times to lecture on this - this was his interest since about age 5, when he would dig in the garden hoping to get deep enough down to find the tops of the Pyramids 

 

Many years ago since we were both 5 years old,  (1945)

 

Best Wishes from Malaysia - UK  + 7 hours, (8 hours when you return to GMT), and 38C, or 100.4 F , always summer here  - Victor Marshall Hutchinson Ex Swallownest to 1967, Driffield 1967 to end of 2006, then Malaysia to date

 

 

I went from WGS to United Coke & Chemicals, but as a chemist at the Orgreave location. As did Bill Lawton and Keith Pass.

Bill was there until it was shut down. He was no fan of Bill Sirs, Arthur Scargill... I left around 1960 to join Newton Chambers Engineering, adjacent to the Izal factory. 

At Chapeltown

Edited October 5, 2021 by Keith F
Missed out

[Keith F]

On 12/01/2006 at 22:28, mikeh said:

I went to school with a loads of people from parsons cross,ecclesfield and Kiveton to name but three.If there are any old mates or matessess out there remember me, big ears ,nose and not too enthused about school an all,I 'd love to chat about old times.

I was there 1952 - 1956. Am I too old for anyone here?

[DeWasteney]

I was at WGS from September 1951 to July 1958 started in 1Fwhere the form master was Len Fox, who taught maths

 

Victor Marshall Hutchinson from Swallownest, later I lived in Driffield from late 1967-ut since start 0f 2007 I have lived most of the time here in Malaysia

[BrianQ]

I was at WGS 1957 - 59, previously at Stradbroke Junior School. Parents moved from Stradbroke to Lincolnshire so I moved to City School Lincoln in June 1959.

 

A group of ex - Stradbroke Juniors travelled by bike to WGS as no direct bus & we didnt qualify for school bus due to living less than 3 miles from WGS.  In the bike group: Michael Brookfield who lived nearly next door to Junior school, an avid "Blades" supporter, joined police  & became a high - ranking officer, last saw him on TV in 1984-85 being interviewed during miners strike. In the mid 1990's During a conversation with a police detective at a business I managed at Chesterfield, he mentioned Mick & said he had got a kennels / cattery at Clowne as he was retiring from Police. Michael Butler, lived in pre-fab on Stradbroke Road. Geoffrey Lomas who lived near me. I think quite a few on train from Kiveton incl. some who lived at Anston. Howard Morgan, (I think his dad was manager at Dinnington pit), Victor Lerigo, a big lad, I think family had horses. Robin Banks (known as "How to get rich by"). Several green buses covered Catcliffe, Brinsworth, Treeton, Aston area, Graham Daughtrey, Maurice Baker, David Allsop Sam Parkin, Terence Meredith, Arnold Dennis, I think his dad had a bookies shop at the top of Fence Hill. Ian Brook (bumped into him when he delivered a few hundred gallons of fuel oil by tanker to a motor trade premises I managed at Bawtry, he nearly fell over when I said - Is your name etc etc). Geoff Guest from Harthill. David Pemberton, I think his family had a shop at Orgreave. Stephen Milner from Handsworth, I think his family had a plumbing business just off the main road at Handsworth Top. 

 

I remember most of the teachers quoted in previous posts, was there also a Mr Wood or Woods, possibly deputy head

 

For Victor Hutchinson (above) I remember Norman Adsetts from Swallownest, his family had a shop at the junction / crossroads, I think he was a year or so higher than me but can't remember how I knew him.

 

For Grovey, I think we were in the same year. The names Margaret Alton & Elaine Scafe ring bells but I can't picture them. You will no doubt remember the names I quoted above.  I can't sus your id though.

 

For Jackie Sewel, I remember you as Floyd, then when you reminded me of Steve Parker, it clicked.

 

One of the lasting memories of WGS was the location of the Midland Mainline railway across the road. I wasn't a trainspotter when I started there but I was when I left, the Art classroom windows on the roadside upper floor was the best place to spot!

 

Best Wishes to everyone.