Owens88   10 #277 Posted August 28, 2019 I was there 67-74 and it was strange that Bro.Wilfrid had the reputation for being strict but was the most democratic school head I encountered (and I have since been a teacher, ouch ).  Memories: Bro. Victor using RE lessons as citizenship and politics Bro.Vincent catching me for skiving his Chemistry lessons and RE lessons, but only mentioning the RE Bro. Serenus, deserved a sainthood for his Uni transition help - I did go back and thank him. Bro.nnnn? Incompetent French Teacher. Old lady French teacher. Always aged 92 Mr Grant and Mt. Palfreyman (VW Beetles) and the Physics teacher with a car with a Wankel engine (I used to cadge lifts). Geography 'through the soles of your boots' Mr 'Jack' Justice.   Greg Davies copied his stance I think. Bro.Wifrid presenting a proposed new badge for sixth formers after we had no badge for a year. Spontaneous laughter stopped the badge without discussion. The 'new' Sixth form common room Tornados Telstar ... The Librarian teaching us card games (bridge. brag...) Bro.xxx? who used RE lessons for philosophy and comparative religions. Very advanced for the time. The Priest who tried to use RE for Bible reading. We rejected him. Bro. Wilfrid asked us why. The Priest never returned. PE :Captain Wall and the old Gym and focus on no underwear. Then new warm Gym, new PE Teacher and playing Volleyball.  Walking down Scott Rd to some church hall for lunch (vague memories of trading school meal tickets as I was on 'Free' )  We had about 650 pupils. It was a grammar while I was there but didn't it become All Saints, or something, a mixed secondary school Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981 Â Â 10 #278 Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) Wilf was a different guy in the 50's. He must have mellowed by the time you arrived. Had to smile when you mentioned Capt. Wall and his no underwear rule. lol Edited August 30, 2019 by Ontarian1981 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre   80 #279 Posted August 31, 2019 On 28/08/2019 at 08:31, Owens88 said: I was there 67-74 and it was strange that Bro.Wilfrid had the reputation for being strict but was the most democratic school head I encountered (and I have since been a teacher, ouch ).  Memories: Bro. Victor using RE lessons as citizenship and politics Bro.Vincent catching me for skiving his Chemistry lessons and RE lessons, but only mentioning the RE Bro. Serenus, deserved a sainthood for his Uni transition help - I did go back and thank him. Bro.nnnn? Incompetent French Teacher. Old lady French teacher. Always aged 92 Mr Grant and Mt. Palfreyman (VW Beetles) and the Physics teacher with a car with a Wankel engine (I used to cadge lifts). Geography 'through the soles of your boots' Mr 'Jack' Justice.   Greg Davies copied his stance I think. Bro.Wifrid presenting a proposed new badge for sixth formers after we had no badge for a year. Spontaneous laughter stopped the badge without discussion. The 'new' Sixth form common room Tornados Telstar ... The Librarian teaching us card games (bridge. brag...) Bro.xxx? who used RE lessons for philosophy and comparative religions. Very advanced for the time. The Priest who tried to use RE for Bible reading. We rejected him. Bro. Wilfrid asked us why. The Priest never returned. PE :Captain Wall and the old Gym and focus on no underwear. Then new warm Gym, new PE Teacher and playing Volleyball.  Walking down Scott Rd to some church hall for lunch (vague memories of trading school meal tickets as I was on 'Free' )  We had about 650 pupils. It was a grammar while I was there but didn't it become All Saints, or something, a mixed secondary school The church hall you mentioned was actually a church and had different denominations residing there in the 60s and 70s, it was once a Mormon tabernacle later a Methodist church and when it closed it was a Muslim temple. It was at the triangle of Grimesthorpe Road-Ellesmere Road-Lyo ns Road. All Saints school was across the street and was a junior school, the secondary school in that area was Burngreave. Was that church always used by DPS pupils or a temporary arrangement ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
John Whitehouse   0 #280 Posted September 8, 2019 Is this topic still live? I was at de la salle 68-75. My experience wasn't at all traumatic, it was just a school. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
treeko1   10 #281 Posted September 9, 2019 On ‎31‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 18:37, St Petre said: The church hall you mentioned was actually a church and had different denominations residing there in the 60s and 70s, it was once a Mormon tabernacle later a Methodist church and when it closed it was a Muslim temple. It was at the triangle of Grimesthorpe Road-Ellesmere Road-Lyo ns Road. All Saints school was across the street and was a junior school, the secondary school in that area was Burngreave. Was that church always used by DPS pupils or a temporary arrangement ? Ah... Ellesmere Road Canteen. On the positive side , Cottage Pie and beans was very enjoyable  , more negatively trying to hide the semolina and Jam behind a curtain while no one was looking. (funny thing is I quite like it now.) (Scott Road 1974 -79)  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre   80 #282 Posted September 9, 2019 On 31/08/2019 at 13:37, St Petre said: The church hall you mentioned was actually a church and had different denominations residing there in the 60s and 70s, it was once a Mormon tabernacle later a Methodist church and when it closed it was a Muslim temple. It was at the triangle of Grimesthorpe Road-Ellesmere Road-Lyo ns Road. All Saints school was across the street and was a junior school, the secondary school in that area was Burngreave. Was that church always used by DLS pupils or a temporary arrangement ?  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andycott   10 #283 Posted August 18, 2020 On 28/08/2019 at 13:31, Owens88 said: I was there 67-74 and it was strange that Bro.Wilfrid had the reputation for being strict but was the most democratic school head I encountered (and I have since been a teacher, ouch ).  Memories: Bro. Victor using RE lessons as citizenship and politics Bro.Vincent catching me for skiving his Chemistry lessons and RE lessons, but only mentioning the RE Bro. Serenus, deserved a sainthood for his Uni transition help - I did go back and thank him. Bro.nnnn? Incompetent French Teacher. Old lady French teacher. Always aged 92 Mr Grant and Mt. Palfreyman (VW Beetles) and the Physics teacher with a car with a Wankel engine (I used to cadge lifts). Geography 'through the soles of your boots' Mr 'Jack' Justice.   Greg Davies copied his stance I think. Bro.Wifrid presenting a proposed new badge for sixth formers after we had no badge for a year. Spontaneous laughter stopped the badge without discussion. The 'new' Sixth form common room Tornados Telstar ... The Librarian teaching us card games (bridge. brag...) Bro.xxx? who used RE lessons for philosophy and comparative religions. Very advanced for the time. The Priest who tried to use RE for Bible reading. We rejected him. Bro. Wilfrid asked us why. The Priest never returned. PE :Captain Wall and the old Gym and focus on no underwear. Then new warm Gym, new PE Teacher and playing Volleyball.  Walking down Scott Rd to some church hall for lunch (vague memories of trading school meal tickets as I was on 'Free' )  We had about 650 pupils. It was a grammar while I was there but didn't it become All Saints, or something, a mixed secondary school Those memories sound very much like mine, I was at DLS from 66-73 and have to say, always enjoyed my time at school. The French teacher was Brother Peter and he really helped me and gave me confidence to do languages at A Level, so I respect him for that. I also had Mr Hespe for Spanish A level and Brother Gabriel for French oral work on tape machines. He also ran the cross country team, which I was in and seemed to enjoy watching us shower at Beauchief!  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pipsmum   10 #284 Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) I know this is a long shot my uncle was at DLS it is a long time ago his name was James Linton I think he was there in the early 50s ? Thanks for reading my post Christine Edited August 18, 2020 by pipsmum wrong spelling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
TorryBlade   10 #285 Posted August 25, 2020 If anyone's interested, I did put some photos and info on the web.  http://www.kpmd.co.uk/danielsfamily/dlsc.htm   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
TorryBlade   10 #286 Posted August 25, 2020 On 28/08/2019 at 13:31, Owens88 said: I was there 67-74 and it was strange that Bro.Wilfrid had the reputation for being strict but was the most democratic school head I encountered (and I have since been a teacher, ouch ).  Memories: Bro. Victor using RE lessons as citizenship and politics Bro.Vincent catching me for skiving his Chemistry lessons and RE lessons, but only mentioning the RE Bro. Serenus, deserved a sainthood for his Uni transition help - I did go back and thank him. Bro.nnnn? Incompetent French Teacher. Old lady French teacher. Always aged 92 Mr Grant and Mt. Palfreyman (VW Beetles) and the Physics teacher with a car with a Wankel engine (I used to cadge lifts). Geography 'through the soles of your boots' Mr 'Jack' Justice.   Greg Davies copied his stance I think. Bro.Wifrid presenting a proposed new badge for sixth formers after we had no badge for a year. Spontaneous laughter stopped the badge without discussion. The 'new' Sixth form common room Tornados Telstar ... The Librarian teaching us card games (bridge. brag...) Bro.xxx? who used RE lessons for philosophy and comparative religions. Very advanced for the time. The Priest who tried to use RE for Bible reading. We rejected him. Bro. Wilfrid asked us why. The Priest never returned. PE :Captain Wall and the old Gym and focus on no underwear. Then new warm Gym, new PE Teacher and playing Volleyball.  Walking down Scott Rd to some church hall for lunch (vague memories of trading school meal tickets as I was on 'Free' )  We had about 650 pupils. It was a grammar while I was there but didn't it become All Saints, or something, a mixed secondary school I remember a lot of that though I'm sure the incompetent French teacher wasn't a brother. I can remember his name but we gave him hell. Poor bloke. The last I heard was that he gave up teaching and became a monk!  The sixth form common room was top floor of the tall, red-brick block, next to the physics and chemistry labs. I don't remember Tornados Telstar, but I do remember Rob Wilkes taking everyone else's money at three-card brag!   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andycott   10 #287 Posted August 28, 2020 On 25/08/2020 at 14:42, TorryBlade said: If anyone's interested, I did put some photos and info on the web.  http://www.kpmd.co.uk/danielsfamily/dlsc.htm   Thanks for that link, you put a lot of work into that - very interesting, I've just spent an hour looking through it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Veritas   10 #288 Posted September 9, 2020 On 25/08/2020 at 14:42, TorryBlade said: If anyone's interested, I did put some photos and info on the web.  http://www.kpmd.co.uk/danielsfamily/dlsc.htm   Thanks I have found myself on the 1972 section D  On 25/08/2020 at 14:42, TorryBlade said: If anyone's interested, I did put some photos and info on the web.  http://www.kpmd.co.uk/danielsfamily/dlsc.htm    On 18/08/2020 at 16:20, andycott said: Those memories sound very much like mine, I was at DLS from 66-73 and have to say, always enjoyed my time at school. The French teacher was Brother Peter and he really helped me and gave me confidence to do languages at A Level, so I respect him for that. I also had Mr Hespe for Spanish A level and Brother Gabriel for French oral work on tape machines. He also ran the cross country team, which I was in and seemed to enjoy watching us shower at Beauchief!  Quite liked Brother Pete , used to drive a Sports car if rumours were true he left the cloth and drove into the sunset with a blond.   He was replaced by Mr Lalley Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...