jmdee   10 #37 Posted October 14, 2012 Uphill both ways too, I'll bet.  I used to walk 47 miles in bare feet, thru' snow, ice and rain. Eeeee, lad, tha dunt know tha born............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Tradescanthia   10 #38 Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) Uphill both ways too, I'll bet.  How did you know that ?? You must be clairvoyant !!!!! :hihi:  I sometimes had to carry a sack of taties on me back 'an all, cos we 'ad 23 kids. Eeee life were grand then, no arse left in thee breeches, nits, father pissin' all't family allowance up wall. Edited October 15, 2012 by Tradescanthia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
old tup   30 #39 Posted October 15, 2012 How did you know that ?? You must be clairvoyant !!!!! :hihi: I sometimes had to carry a sack of taties on me back 'an all, cos we 'ad 23 kids. Eeee life were grand then, no arse left in thee breeches, nits, father pissin' all't family allowance up wall. Luxury=25 of us used to live on,t tip in a cardboard box,when fathur came oem he,d chuck ma ont fire and thrash us within an inch of us lives.We,d have a bowl of cold gravel for supper,sack a taties on they back you had it easy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Tradescanthia   10 #40 Posted October 15, 2012 Luxury=25 of us used to live on,t tip in a cardboard box,when fathur came oem he,d chuck ma ont fire and thrash us within an inch of us lives.We,d have a bowl of cold gravel for supper,sack a taties on they back you had it easy!  :hihi::hihi: Ha Ha !! I surrender...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ray43 Â Â 10 #41 Posted January 22, 2013 I go back to 1954 when Gleadless was partly in Derbyshire. Those of us who went to school at Frecheville juniors took the 11 plus and passed faced one of 3 options. A daily trip to either Dronfield Henry Fanshaw , Eckington Grammar School or William Rhodes Technical School in Chesterfield. Each morning we would congregate outside the Red Lion pub and be bussed to school. Most of us did this for 6 years until 1961. Wind,snow,hail or blow. Good old Grant MacAllin got us there every day on time. Are you a member of the gang or did you join us at Ridgeway, Mosborough orvEckington? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
raymondo1952 Â Â 11 #42 Posted January 22, 2013 yes we had free bus pass because school was over 3 mile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ray43 Â Â 10 #43 Posted January 22, 2013 Which school did you go to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
raymondo1952 Â Â 11 #44 Posted January 22, 2013 Which school did you go to? Â Hartley Brook used to get bus to sheff lane top terminus then walk the rest of the way that was from attercliffe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Corny44 Â Â 10 #45 Posted January 23, 2013 I travelled to Chaucer school on Halifax road from Penistone road in the late 50s by bus or tram. I had a bus pass because it was over three miles and I had to walk from well up St Phillip`s road to the bus stop. I never lost a day on my last term even though the buses went on strike. A few of us girls would walk it together and sometimes, if we were lucky, we got a lift part way. A teacher sometimes gave me a lift home because he had to go my way. A girl in my class managed to get to school from Gleadless. I remember her being on stage in assembly and we all clapped her. Well done Joan G if you read this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
victormh   10 #46 Posted January 23, 2013 I went to Woodhouse Grammar School mid 1951 to mid 1957 - pupils came by bus, coach and train from places such as Grenoside, Wharncliffe, Parson Cross, Stannington, Catcliffe, Treeton, Brinswoth, Dinnington, Halfway, Woodall, Harthill, Todwick, Kiveton, Kiveton Park, North and South Anston, plus more local areas including Aston and Swallownest  Lot or daily travel for a lot of pupils in those days  Grey Eminence - Subang Jaya - Malaysia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Di-namic   10 #47 Posted January 24, 2013 1964 -1969  Top of Newman Rd to town No 4 bus  Pond St to bottom Totley Brook Rd No 24 bus  Then 15 minute walk to King Ecgberts Girls Tech  Phew!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pauline Bell   10 #48 Posted January 25, 2013 aged 11 1946, went from Tinsley to town and then on a No. 60 Fulwood to Notre Dame Oakbrook. return journey went through endcliffe park via stepping stones on the stream and catching a tram to Vulcan Road Tinsley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...