Children's homes or orphanages in Sheffield

[flyer 10]

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I agree:rolleyes:

[brian1941 11]

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THAT WAS LOVERLY ----MARY

WHAT WAS IT YOU ENJOYED,

BYE

[brian1941 11]

---------------fulwood--cottage--homes----1940/50s.-------------

--------------THEM---SCHOOL---HOLIDAYS.----------------

------------------CHRISTMAS-----STORY---------------

 

JUST COME OFF MIDDLE FIELD--THE ONE OPPOSITE THE BOYS HOUSES

WHAT A SHOCK TO WAKE UP TO SNOW, WE HAD A HEAVY DOWN`POUR.

US LADS SPENT ALL DAY ON THE FIELD MAKING SNOW`MEN-----

FIRST, ROLLING SMALL SNOW BALLS INTO LARGE ONE`S.

SOME LADS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING INGLOO`S

SO WE STARTED STACKING ALL THE LARGE BALLS--SIDE BY SIDE

AND ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

//TELL YOU WHAT// WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOOD <<CLEVER KIDS>>

WE BUILT TWO INGLOO`S-ALL WITH HAND SHOVELS----

AND WE DID A DOORWAY TO CRAWL THROUGH AND TWO WINDOW`S

IN EACH INGLOO`S.

SOME OTHER BOYS WAS MAKING SNOWMEN, WE STOOD ONE AT EACH

INGLOO--THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GUARDING OUR DENS.

THE HOUSE MOTHER SHOUTED US-- TO COME AND HAVE THIS HOT DRINK

AND GAVE US TWO BISCUITS <<SPOILT BRATS WERN`T WE>>

THAT`S WHAT YOU GET WITH A GOOD HOUSE MOTHER.

//WELL // BACK TO THE FIELD---

I WENT ROUND BACK OF THE HOUSES AND INTO THE COALHOUSE

AND I SORTED SOME SMALL LUMPS OF COAL FOR THE SNOWMANS EYES

AND PUT SOME DOWN THE FRONT.

OTHER LADS WENT TO SOME HOUSES FOR TWO BROWN PAPER BAGS

FOR THERE HATS AND CARROTS FOR A NOSE.

<< I THINK ALL US LADS DID WELL>> THE GARDNER MR MARSHALL SAID

WE WERE INGENIOUS KIDS.

// HEY// CAN YOU REMEMBER THEM BIG BROWN BAGS--WERN`T THEY

STRONG,--BETTER THAN THEM PLASTIC BAGS YOU GET TODAY.

//WELL// IT`S TEA TIME NOW-AND HOME WE GO

WE WILL BE BACK ON THE FIELD AGAIN---- POSSIBLY A SNOW BALL

FIGHT WITH SOME OF LADS FROM OTHER HOUSES.

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[brian1941 11]

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--------------school---holiday`s-------christmas----story----------

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//well// were back to the field--ingloo`s still standing ( solid as a rock )

snowmen--well--slightly melting but we managed to re-build them back up.

tell you what--when you come out of your house--and look down the field

everything we built looked great from a distances

<< looked right scene`ery.>>.

i think were in for a snowball fight -anyone could join in,

most of big lads was involve-it was great.

some small kids would come down to play, but we shoved them up field to play

if they got hurt with us-the house mother would scutch us and

thinking that we were bullies.

snowballing was best when we could team up the houses--1and 2 house------

3-4 house 5-6 house and so on--right down to number no9-10 house.

11-12 houes and onwards to no21 was the girls side,-

mined you- if the lasses had there chances,-they would loved to join in

//it`s a pity that// we could have had boys v girls.

- i was hope`less throwing snowballs direct`ly at people,

i had loads thrown at me and looked like a snowman myself.

<< but what a fun day we was having>> -- and we did.

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we had very bad winters but very good summers

we dont get the snow liked we use to.

some kids today dont get the chance to play with there sledges

from one year to the next,

in our years my sledge would be out every day,-i even carried bags of coal

on mine and not forgetting the time we pulled gro`ceries from

crimicar lane to the lodge moor hospital when the transport would be

stuck in the snow.

-------what a sledge---what fun we had--i missed them boy`s

--when i left fulwood homes in the 1950s

back soon,b,cornthorpe and mate jack parrot.---shared story---.

[maria67 10]

Anyone know anything of the Sacred Heart Convent on Minto Road in Hillsborough?

 

ye my brother was in there in 1980 he was only there a few yrs cause he got fostered

[brian1941 11]

----------fulwood----cottage----homes------1940/50-----

 

does anyone remember << gloops club >>.

I remember going to the city hall show`s.

And gloops came on the stage dishing badges out.

I always had mine on my coat.

The club started in 1928,

[brian1941 11]

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-------------the--star----------gloops club-------------

gloops club raised money for the childrens homes,

do you remember those parties at christmas in the assembly hall

all that good food and the games you played, ( see spoilt kids again)

<< mr hildreth--the superintendents>> played the part of

father christmas he dished out all the presents to all the kids.

----can you remember any of them gifts-----

i remember having a football.--------------

[flyer 10]

all I ever got from Hildreth was the cane once a month of course I did run away once a month:hihi:

[brian1941 11]

all I ever got from Hildreth was the cane once a month of course I did run away once a month:hihi:

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you`ve cer`tainly been in the wars,

and on the run,!!!! hihi-hihi-ha-ha---a do run-run-run.

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[Margy 10]

I wonder whether you got anywhere with studying the Sheffield orphanages. I have just found out the sister of my gt grandfather was orphaned and at Cherry Tree, Totley in the 1861 census aged 11 and wonder whether there are any records still from then as I would like to know what happened to her parents and other brothers and sisters. Ten years later she is living with an Uncle in Lancashire. Her brother was 17 in 1861 and apprenticed.

I hope you or someone on the forum can point me in the right direction.

Thanks

[hcpethelmary 10]

does anyone have any info on an orphanage in chapletown in the thirties. I can not find any info anywhere

thanks

[brian1941 11]

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-------------heavy`est--snow--for--18 years------------

-------------but--will--never--beat--< 1947>------------

-------------when--i--lived--in--fulwood--cottage--homes--------

 

february 2end, 2009--I WOKE UP TO A COV`ERING OF SNOW

HIP-HIP-HOORAY I SAID.

WE DONT GET SNOW LIKE THE 40/50 AND 80s

I STARTED MY MORNING OUT IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE CAMCORDER

WHILST IT WAS STILL THIN ON THE GROUND,

NOW LETS LOOK FOR SOME SCEN`ERY PICTURES

THE BUS TOOK ME TO FORGE DAMS-- A PLACE I LIKE TO GO IN THE SUMMER

AND FOR A GOOD CUPPA TEA.

IT WAS BREATH TAKING--SNOW ALL AROUND ME

AND THAT SMELL OF BACON COMING FROM SOMEWHERE.

I GOT TO THE MAIN GATES OF THE FORGE DAMS,

THAT SMELL OF BACON WAS GETTING STRONGER.

// OH I REMEMBER// THAT CAFE ROUND THE BACK

I WAS DRAWN STRAIGHT TO THE WOODEN HUT CAFE.

<< BY THE WAY>> THE WOODEN HUT CAFE IS ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD,

IT HAD A NEW ROOF OVER MANY YEARS AGO

BUT NOTHING AS CHANGE IN AND AROUND THE PLACE.

I HAD A NICE CUPPA TEA INSIDE--AND I GOT TALKING TO AN ELDERLY --

COUPLE FROM CROOKS.

WE WAS RE-CALLING TO MIND THEM DAYS AS KIDS,

THE LADY SAID-SHE REMEMBERS YOUNG BOYS FROM THE OR`PHANAGE

HOMES COMING TO THE DAM IN THE 1940/50s.

SHE CAN RE-CALL US ON THEM PADDLE BOATS AND RUNNING ABOUT

WITH AN ICE CREAM CORNETT AND PLAYING ON THEM SWINGS,

SHE REALLY MADE MY DAY--AND ADDING TO THE FACT

THAT WE WAS ALWAYS LAUGHING----SHE WER`NT WRONG THERE.

EVEN TODAY, THE LITTLE KIDDIES ARE CATCHING THE TADPOLES

AND PUTTING THEM IN JAM JARS-WHATEVER.

SOME ADULTS GO TO THE END OF THE DAM FISHING

AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW IN THE POND.

GROWN PEOPLE FEEDING THE DUCKS WITH THE KIDS.

ANYWAY, I TOOK A FEW SNAPS ON THE RECORDER AND-I COULD`NT

BELIEVE PEOPLE WANTING TO SIT OUTSIDE-UP AT THE TABLES/CHAIRS

WITH THE UMBRELLE UP, BUT IT LOOKED GREAT WITH THE SNOW

FALLING DOWN----CHRISTMAS FEELING LIKE----

//WELL// THE SNOW WAS GETTING BIGGER FLAKES AND I SHOULD

BE THINKING OF GETTING HOME.

I GOT TO THE TOWN AND THE GRITTERS WAS TURNING OUT IN FORCE

THE WEATHERMAN FORCAST SOME 6/10 INCHERS IN PLACES.

<<FEBURARY 3rd<< NEXT DAY WE HAD ABOUT 5/6INCH OF SNOW

KIDS ON THEM SLEDGERS, BRINGING MY MEMORIES BACK,

THEY DONT GET MUCH SNOW THESE YEARS,

NOTHING LIKE WE GOT-6/7/8FT OF SNOW BLOCKING THE MAIN ROADS.

( BUT) LIKE I SAY--WE HAD THE BEST`IES YEARS.

AND I HAD A FANTASTIC DAY OUT----MEMORIES.--

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<<< ---REMEMBER<<< NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR MEMORISE AWAY>>>-----

Edited February 15, 2009 by brian1941
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