TheBlueDragon   10 #1 Posted February 26, 2006 (edited) Hi people, I wonder if anyone can help me. For years I have been hearing about Lady Mable Hall in Ecclesfield school (I didnt go there).  Why was it called Lady mable hall?  I heard that there was a actress "Lady Mable" who was acting when someone opened the stage door an she fell to her death.  Is this true? ________ Pornstars porn Edited April 29, 2011 by TheBlueDragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Appolo   10 #2 Posted February 26, 2006 Hi people, I wonder if anyone can help me. For years I have been hearing about Lady Mable Hall in Ecclesfield school (I didnt go there).  Why was it called Lady mable hall?  I heard that there was a actress "Lady Mable" who was acting when someone opened the stage door an she fell to her death.  Is this true?  I heard something about a cross dressing headmaster but I don't know how true it is but heres a pic for you of said school & Lady Mable Hall  http://www.btinternet.com/~a.d.norman/School/images/a-series/Ecclesfield-June-2000-a5-512x384.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
60s_chick   10 #3 Posted March 11, 2006 There used to be a Lady Mabel College so I would think the two are connected Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
CHAIRBOY Â Â 10 #4 Posted March 11, 2006 I think Lady Mabel college was at Wentworth Woodhouse. Â http://www.wentworthvillage.net/house.shtml Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeffyPye   10 #5 Posted March 11, 2006 http://www.esvc.freeserve.co.uk/egs_hist.htm  Nothing special from what I can tell... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kath196 Â Â 10 #6 Posted March 12, 2006 The lady mable hall was named after Lady Mable Smith, who was a well respected governer at Ecclesfield school , when it was classed as a grammar school. She lived with her husband Colonal Smith, In Barnes Hall which is situated up bracken hill, Burncross. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Sheff-Babii3 Â Â 10 #7 Posted July 18, 2008 Hi people, I wonder if anyone can help me. For years I have been hearing about Lady Mable Hall in Ecclesfield school (I didnt go there). Â Why was it called Lady mable hall? Â I heard that there was a actress "Lady Mable" who was acting when someone opened the stage door an she fell to her death. Â Is this true? Â Â HEY i currently go to that school, well before the school was a school it was a massive house for a couple , the wife was aldy mabel. and yes she died on stage, there are 2 versions to how she died, one is that she fell down trap door, 2nd is dat her husband switched the fake knife with a real one and she killed herself during a play, and everone just thought she was great actress, and thee reason for death was cheating on husband, thats all i know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
supersonic   11 #8 Posted July 18, 2008 Yep, the legend was she fell through the stage - and now is haunted! We used to gather at the windows during break looking for the 'floatin head' lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
satman2222 Â Â 10 #9 Posted July 19, 2008 Yep, the legend was she fell through the stage - and now is haunted! We used to gather at the windows during break looking for the 'floatin head' lol. Â But the stage has a solid concrete floor................ ( There is a trapdoor at the RHS of the wings though ) Â Anyway - the hall was dedicated to local dignatary Lady Mabel Smith - Her picture is on the wall near the front of the hall. Google her name - there are lots of links. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Nigel Womersle   10 #10 Posted July 20, 2008 Lady Mabel Florence Harriet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (14 July 1870 – 26 September 1951) was an English socialist politician, later known as Lady Mabel Smith, after whom the hall is named.  Her father was William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton, the eldest son of William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam. Her father died before inheriting the Earldom and it passed to her brother, William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 7th Earl FitzWilliam, whose lifestyle she criticized; "he had so much and everyone else had so little" . She married Lt. Col. William Mackenzie Smith on 29 July 1899 and went to live in Barnes Hall near Grenoside, Sheffield. After her marriage she was known as Lady Mabel Smith.  She was a local politician in South Yorkshire, firstly as a West Riding County Councillor and later as a county Alderman and member of the Workers' Educational Authority[5].  Although a member of the aristocracy, she was whole heartledly committed to the Labour Party, and fought many of its causes. Her name was taboo at Wentworth Woodhouse. She and her husband are buried in Ecclesfield Churchyard opposite the West Door. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
TheBlueDragon   10 #11 Posted July 21, 2008 So all the stories of her dying on stage are all wrong then lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Nigel Womersle   10 #12 Posted July 21, 2008 So all the stories of her dying on stage are all wrong then lol  Yes they are. Total twaddle. The hall was dedicated to her memory after she died. She was great aunt to the 4th Earl of Wharncliffe (The Rocking Earl). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...