Class Photo's From Holy Trinity

I was recently contacted by Norma Heywood, who said how much she had been enjoying reading the blog. Norma as kindly sent in two school photographs from Holy Trinity, one taken around 1919 with her mums class and the other from about 1924 with her dads class.

ABOVE: Norma's dad is on end of the first row on the right, Photo around 1924

Norma's mum is on the third row down, forth in from the right. Norma tells me her mum was born in 1913, Mum and dad later married at Holy Trinity, Norma and her brother were both Christened there and went on to be schooled and like mum and dad both went on to be married there. 

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Pictures such as these are the backbone of our blog, so please if you have anything Hyde related, Family History or just stories please send them in.  My thanks to Norma for today's post and her time spent on sending them. 

Memories of Greenfield Street Secondary Modern 1965-1969

Written by Steve Whitehead.

I attended " Greeny " between the above dates, having done my earlier schooling in the infants and juniors at the same school.

I was wondering if any visitors to your blog went to this school and if they remembered the teachers and the classes they took.

The Headmaster was a Scotsman called Christie and as far as I can remember, the only time he spoke to you was in his office if you were in bother : he possibly took a class now and the but I can't recall. His office was right in front of one of the two stairwells up to the classrooms. If you turned left here and past the cloakrooms you came to the classroom of Mr Williams who took History , but who sadly died , and then taken by a Mr Jenner who was crazy and looked exactly like the lead singer from Jethro Tull. Past this room was Mr Pickfords class which was RE or RK.

When you went back past the cloaks and past Christies office you came to several other classrooms and then the assembly hall/dinner hall. In these classrooms in no particular order were Robinson (maths ) Hindley (English ) Mr Howes who took Geography – we called him Howsie.

There was also a class taken by a Mrs Monks but I can't for the life of me remember what she took. Also on duty was a Mr Jones who never seemed to do much apart from drop in on classes and do a talk on sex education (what do you need to know sir ! ) but I remember he had a vicious temper and used to chuck things at you – book , ruler , chair etc..

When you got to the end of this row you turned left and found a duplicate of the other end of the school with cloaks and offices and a small shop. I think one of the classrooms down her was for music , possibly taken by a Miss Bennett and a nature study class ran by Mr Nichols.

When you went down either of the staircases you came to the playground and on the other side was the gym - also ran by Howsie who was as fit as anything. Next door was the science lab - Beaky Mellor and further along woodwork which was another Robinson and metalwork which was taken by Hawkins or Attree. 

Lastly , on the far side you had tech drawing taken by Mr Wainwright who was the hardest caner ever , I think he even scared the other teachers !! Also in this small building was art which was a Mr Howard.

The other school sports area was at Walker Lane which we used to walk about a mile to , for eleven-a-side football and cricket and school sports days. The changing rooms were a bit primitive even then.

All in all I thought Greeny was a good school with a well balanced curriculum and fair preparation for adulthood. There were some really clever lads in my year and a couple of superb footballers (no names !! ). I hope the guys I knew felt as sorry as I did when the place was finally demolished a few years ago ..........

Ref the info I sent you a couple of weeks ago re Greenfield Street - I've come this photo which I think is the 4th year, and must be from about 1968/1969 - the teacher is Evans , don’t know if you recognise anyone else.

Steve

Brilliant Steve, alas I can't put a name to anyone only Mr Even's...  here's hoping others will be able to add name by commenting here.

Update

Can anyone fit these names to the lads in the picture:

Pete Howles, Richard Shepley, Nigel Boak, Mark Sutcliffe, Ian Fyffe, Rob Dixon, Paul Harrop and Stan Fox

Names given to me by Steve Daniels

Wesleyan School Hyde Workbook

This weeks post comes from Jayne Hulme who contacted me a few weeks back now,

Jayne writes:

I have an old geography work book which belonged to my great grandmother. It is dated 1880. One of the pages says Wesleyan School, and another says Hyde. I was wondering if you had any information about the school, it's a very interesting book and I would love to share it.

Wesleyan School Water Street. 

I think this is the school from which the school book was worked in, buy then I have not been able to find a date for the school building above being built, I came across reference to an older Wesleyan School that is mentioned in The Annals of Hyde, 

From The Annals Of Hyde And District
By
Thomas Middleton 
Printed 1899

WESLEYAN METHODISTS.

An old building, now pulled down and replaced by the well-built Jubilee Schools, was long the centre of Wesleyanism in Hyde. The first trustees of this building were appointed in 1822, and consisted of Thomas Ashton, John Howard, Charles Howard, and Thomas Howard, Esquire., cotton spinners ; John Clarke, Esquire., S. Ashton, the younger, John Ashton, the younger, and Thomas Bridges, cotton spinners; Thomas Davis, minister; John Goodfellow and Aaron Newall, mechanics; J. Rowland, over-looker; J. Chippendale, exciseman; J. Rydings, cabinet maker; and J. Waterhouse, slater.
A structure two storeys high was built, "the upper storey to be used as a preaching house

by the Wesleyans and the lower room for Sunday and day school." The expenses of the building were to be borne as under: " T. Ashton on behalf of self and brother, and J. C. and T. Howard will at their own private expense erect, complete, and finish the lower storey, and the said trustees shall at the expense of the Wesleyan Methodist Society erect the second storey except the roof, which the said T. Ashton, his brothers, and J. C. and T.

Howard shall complete at their own private cost." The trustees decided that the lower room should be under the management of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, and that if ever the Society became extinct they should have power to sell the preaching room and school, and after paying all debts apply the money for the spread of religion among the Wesleyans, as the trustees should direct. This old building rendered good service to Hyde, for in the language of Mr. Robert Bell's report (1886), "it was here for many years the main business of the town was transacted; our children were educated, our friends worshipped, our births and deaths were recorded, and our poor relieved." The growth of Wesleyanism was met in 1850 by the erection of the large chapel in Norfolk Street, and yet again when the Jubilee Schools were built to replace the original building just referred to. There are

also fine chapels, with Sunday schools attached, in connection with the Wesleyan body in Newton and Gee Cross.

I think this is a wonderful book, and shows the standard of Education this school taught at the time. I think the work, drawings and handwriting is a joy to see. I think the whole book deserves scanning and putting on line, and very worthy piece of social history. 

Oakfield Primary School

Here are some school photos sent to us by Norman Ovens. They show both him and his brother, Phil.

Oakfield Primary School  circa 1973

Mrs Reynolds Class

Must be the 1970's judging by the bright colours and assortment of mullet haircuts :)

Mrs Rileys class

As usual, if you know any more of the names,  please let us know.

Many thanks, Norman.

Oakfield Primary

This class photo was taken at Oakfield Primary School in 1963.
The teacher was Miss Jones, next to her, in the fourth row from
the front, is Steven Heginbotham. Third from left in that row is
myself, and at the far right of the row is Graeme Green.

Mrs Clegg was the Headmistress, she had previously been at 

St. Mary's School just up the road.

One of the most vivid memories I have of my time at Oakfield
is of the sickly smell of tobacco wafting over from Senior Service !

Sent to us by David Hamilton.

Many Thanks, David !

GROWING UP IN HYDE 1950 – 1957 Part 8

By Roger Chadwick

For worse, rather than better, I sat the Manchester Grammar School 11+ three months before my 10^th birthday – and failed!  But then that was why we had two years for these exams and I did get a scholarship to William Hulme’s G.S in Moss Side Manchester the following year.  I still wonder how I won this award because on the day of the first examinations the 7.50 bus to Manchester was full and didn’t stop at Glen Wood, nor did the 8.05 and I was some twenty minutes late arriving at one of the exams.

In case anyone might think I am highly intelligent, I had another crack at Manchester Grammar just before I was 11 and for Hyde Grammar as well – and I failed those!!!. 

Hyde Grammar School, now Clarendon College.

Leigh Street had educated me well, even in drama when I played Jan in “Jan of Windmill Land” and somewhere in our attic there is a postcard of the “cast” to prove it but I have no real memory of it.  This gave me confidence for school plays and concerts at the new school – and later – in the pulpit!!. 

Nowadays, junior schools have big trips over huge distances.  We had only one – a bouncy ride in an SHMD Thornycroft single decker with the seats arranged around the sides of the vehicle (for cramming standing passengers in during the war) – and then a journey via Mottram to Melandra, a Roman Fort between Woolley Bridge and Glossop.  This was part of our history studies on Roman civilisation and there we learnt our first Latin words!!

Memories of Leigh Street School continue to come back – ink monitor duties on a Monday moring, milk monitor duties at other times, boring assemblies and the singing of “Strawberry Fair” and something called “Tarah’s Halls” – the sight of Mrs Gaunt’s red Biro, something very new in 1948!  School reports, Moray House exam papers, the smell of school dinners and mad playground games.

School Milk !

All this ceased when I started school days with the daily 7.35 SHMD bus to Manchester and then another one out to Moss Side.  The new school co-incided with a new bike.  This was NOT given because I had “passed the Scholarship” but because at 11 years of age I was deemed sensible enough to be careful in the heavy traffic.   

Well! that  was like letting a cat out of the house for the first time. 

I set off up Mottram Road, through Hollingworth and Tintwistle to Woodhead Tunnel and then over the top to Dunford Bridge and Holmfirth.  Little heed had I taken of the terrain home via Holme Moss TV transmitter and a late arrival home and a good telling off for being out so long!   Then, other long days in the Cheshire countryside and by the time I was 14 I was cycling the 13 mile round trip to school in the summer term.  With no gears, the hills around Hyde were hard work but then I was young and strong and used to exercise.  I knew every blade of grass on Green Lane, past Dove House Farm, Glendarach, Godley Green to Mottram Old Road and up the Hackingknife to Idle Hill, Apple Street, Bothams Hall Wood, Broadbottom  and then a train ride back to Godley.  I loved the view across the Etherow valley to Charlesworth, Combs Rocks, Monks Road and Kinder.  Other walks come to mind -  up to Sulby Glen, Thompsons Wood, Matley, Harrap Edge and over the top of Hobsons  Moor and then home by the SHMD 4 Service from Carrbrook to the Hippodrome in Hyde!

ABC / Green Lane

During the summer holidays I cycled everywhere with a best friend from Hulme Grammar who lived in Denton.  We got as far as Oxford when we were 12, Whitby the following year and sundry other Youth Hostelling holidays in the Peak District.   Nowadays, even lads together would not be allowed this freedom and certainly not on solo walks.  But we always felt safe and there was always somebody you could ask for help.  I well remember a 40 mile ride from Hyde, through Ashton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bacup and Burnley and Colne to Skipton to stay with another friend.  Within sight of Skipton I stopped at a pub and asked the landlord if he could give me some water.   I was really tired and needed sustenance.  “Come t’ut back dooer”, he bawled out and then regaled me with tea and cheese sandwiches in his kitchen.  “Yuv come from wheah?  Hyde?  Oh aye, that’s where all’t flies from Denton go to in’twinter in’t it.    The good man would not charge me a penny.

Need I say more.

Great memories, once again, Roger !
Also, thanks to Carl's Cam for the photo of Hyde Grammar!
Many thanks :)

 

Leigh Street Classmates.

The following text and Photo was sent to us by Trish.
I think it's a great shot!

Over to Trish...


"I have just come across this old photo I took of some of my classmates in Leigh Street school playground. I am guessing it is about the  Summer of 1959. 
Some of the girls names I can remember, but my memory isn't as good as it once was. 
Anyway here goes, and apologies to the girls I can't just recall at the moment, if they see this photo."





From left standing= Jackie Nelson, Winifred Griffith, Andrea, Valerie
Harrison, Norma Barlow, (other side of tree) Pauline Caldwell, Susan
Williams, Beverley, Eileen, and half of Sally Crompton (sorry Sally, thats
my picture taking for you!) Sitting at the front from left is Isobel
Brooks, ??(sorry), Sandra Bardsley, ??(sorry) and Hilary Parker

Many Thanks for sending in the photo,Trish !! :) 
Is it taken at the front entrance ie the Leigh Street gates?

St Georges addition

This photo was sent to us via email  by John T.
It shows the present  St Georges school being built prior to the demolition of the old school building.




The new building was built in 1978.

Many thanks, John ! :)

Demolition of Queen Street,

Here is a photo that is quite dear to my heart as my Nan lived on Queen Street.

I spent most of my childhood playing around this area.
She lived in one of the three houses that were attached to Norths Yard at the Lumb Road end of Queen Street.( The far left of the photo)





A similar view, looking down what was Queen Street and is now home to Greenfield Primary School.

Courtesy of Google maps.

Name that show....

A nice picture sent in from Angela Garland, showing the participants in a production at Hyde Theatre around 1959, all members of St Paul's RC School Newton, Hyde.

If you can name the play that would be great and how about a few names..... thank you Angela for sending this in and making this post possible. If you have any pictures you'd like to share please do so.

Another Enfield Street Class Photo

Another Enfield Street picture......sent in by David Barlow who was born in 1956 so this pic should be from the first half of the sixties. 

Teacher is Mrs Winterbottom

Front row: left to right....1-Kenneth Rogers 2-Stephen Robinson 3-Paul ...? 4-Graham Richards 5-Me(David Barlow) 6-Peter Ward? 7-John Marsden 8-Maurice Pepper 9-Jeff Jones

Second row: left to right....1-Norma Graham 2-Jacquline Hanson 3-Sharon Walker 4--?-- 5-Jacquline Singleton 6-Gail Clough 7-Carol Horton 8--?-- 9-Lorraine Bradley 10-Debra Wood

Third row: left to right....1-Alan Chorlton 2-Martin Lloyd 3-Martin Lomax 4-Brent Shaw 5-Ian Johnson 6-David Smith 7-Alan Helliwell 8-John Bannister?? 9-Gordon Smith 10-Ian Gratten?

Back row: left to right....1--?-- 2--?-- 3-Linda Parker? 4-Susan Butterworth 5-Elaine Newton 6-Janet....? 7--?-- 8-Anne Billinge?? 9 Elaine Simpson?

Thank you David for sending this in... I would most likely have been at Enfield Street myself at this time... I know I walked to school at times with Elaine Newton, and Gail Clough.. I certainly recall Anne Billinge... I was in school with her younger brother.. also a David. Kenny Rogers I know very well... and another one I recall is Maurice Pepper.. I was around at his house many a time calling for his younger brother Duncan... I remember how sad I was when they moved to Australia.. Maurice contacted me a few mouths after coming across the site. The other lad I know there is Gordon Smith... again him and his younger brother Ronny were good friends back then.. Nice seeing their names popping up... 

Gee Cross Council School / Enfield Street School

Gee Cross Undenomination School 1901
Head Mistress is Mrs M. Williamson



Gee Cross Council School 1904
Headmaster Mr Nuttall




Gee Cross Council School 1904
Headmaster Mr Nuttall





Gee Cross Council School 1907
Headmaster Mr Nuttall




Enfield Street School Around 1924/25

On the top row is Leonard Saxton and on the front row is Alice Booth who was born 1914

A fantastic collection of early school photographs from what started as Gee Cross Council School and finished it's school days as Enfield Street School.  All these pictures have been donated by Fred Booth. Fred has donated many great pictures and these will be shown over the following weeks. I sure some of these family are still in the area of Gee Cross... I see a few who remind me of Gee Cross folk. both from my school days and even one or two now who resemble people I know.

Enfield Street Class 2 1971/72

Another Up Date this one from Stephen Woolley

Adrian Sherratt, Karen Sudbury, Christine Holland, Deborah Rowlandson, Sharon Moiré, Stuart Valentine, Harry Clarke, Christine Sowter, Helen Booth, Tracey Wylde, Miss Meredith, (Teacher). Michael Hawker, Paul Hawker, Gary Coleman, Lyndon Boot, Stephen Shard, Stuart Eaves, David Roberts, Andrew Marshall, Nicola Bowker, Kathryn Marsden, Martina Abyanca, Simon Stewart, Jennifer Goldthorpe, Jacqueline Booth, Karen Conner, Bev Sowter, Susan Smith.

Cheers Stephen

Aerial View

JohnT sent us an aerial view of part of Gee Cross with Dowson Primary School, on York Road Fields, central. Gower Hey Woods are to the right of the picture.
It is pre 2003.


Dowson Primary school pre 2003

It just reminds us how much lovely open space we have in the area!


Many Thanks, John!

More Leigh Street School Photos...

Leigh Street Junior School - Mr Armistead is the teacher.
Looks like a sports team of some sort. Not a pair of trainers between them just "white" pumps! Happy to see more United shirts than City shirts even then :)


Leigh Street Infant school
Mrs Adams is the teacher and Mrs Woodley the headmistress on this photo.

Here is another picture from Leigh Street the year is 1976,



Back Row:-Paul Bakison, Andrew Ninnies, Richard Croft, Theo Chapman, Mark Lomax, Michael Hill.

Third Row:-Nicholas Miles, Mark Cox, Michael Griffiths, Simon Gill, James Deldulychade, Antony Spencer, Tony Mitchell.

Second Row:-Catherine Stoll, Pamela Heathcote, Ann Loyd, Susan Peploe, Tracy Walker, Heather Wilkie(RIP) Brian Hargreaves.

Front Row:-Joanne Parsons, Stacey Noden, Liza O'rielly, Jane ?, Joanne Quigley, Jane Taylor, Jennifer Dodds.

The teacher is Mrs Adams and the head is Mrs Woodley.

Thanks to Jean for the last photo :)
Please contact us if you can recognise yourself (or anyone else) as we are always happy to put a name to a face !

Hyde Grammar Views

Early Views

The building in Clarendon Road cost £12,000 and was opened on September 17th 1912, by Sir George Dixon, chairman of the County Council. Large extensions to the building were made and opened in 1929 and at that time the name was changed to the "Hyde Grammar School". The building is now Hyde 6th Form College.

View from the 1930s

Pictures and information from Paul Taylor's "A Pictorial History Of Old Hyde On Photo CD".  

Leigh Street School Photograph around 1954

Thanks ceecee for sending in this photograph, I did have an old copy which I had not looked at for many years. Are you one of the class ??. Anyway down to trying to name them, I think you have done well with your list, I can add a few and amend a few, but there are some which have eluded both of us, I'm sure that there will be someone out there who can fill in the blanks:-

Top row L-R
Peter Walker, John Pomroy, David Birchall, John Wilcockson, Raymond Bromley, ---?---
4th row
Trevor Heyward, Barry Gaskill, ---?---, Eric Wildgoose, Michael Carr, Alan Robinson, Kelvin Gould, Andrew Joughin.
3rd row
Paul Taylor, Jacqueline Holland, Katherine Johnson, Jean Nixon, Dawn Walden, Christine Robinson, Ann Middleton, Margaret Johnson, David Royston.
2nd row
Brenda Gosling, Brenda Gaskill, Pauline Reece, Rita Boardman, Maureen Howarth, ---?---, Audrey Blackwell, Christine Nightingale.
Front row
----?---, ----?-----, Tony Mather, -----?----, Graham Richardson, John Hamer.

Obviously I am not 100% certain on the above names but I am sure I will be corrected in time.

Some of the teachers I remember at the time:-

Miss Shaw, Mrs Jackson, Miss Livesey, Miss Stafford, Miss McFarlane, Mrs Beaumont, Miss French, Mr Pakeman, Mr Sloan, Mr Renshaw, Mr Drewitt and the Head was Mr Renwick.

Greenfield Street School Demolition

The following photographs and commentary were sent in by Steve:-

Here are some photos of Greenfield Street School when it was demolished - to make way for the new Asda store. (circa 2000)? They actually let me go round the school and take these pictures as it was a bank holiday and there was only the security on One is the date stone off the front of the school, one is the huge bell tower off the top of the school and one is the upstairs corridor looking from the hall to the secretarys room .

Thanks Steve :)

School photos from bygone years.

This is a photograph of Mrs Adams' Class (class 3) at Leigh Street Infant School. Although I was in her class,this isn't my year. If anyone recognises themselves - please let us know! It's great to put names to faces.  Mrs Adams was one of my favourite teachers throughout my school years.
Mrs Adams is the lady on the left and Headmistress ,Mrs Woodley, is the lady on the Right. Mrs Woodley was one of the nicest people I have ever met and up until her death a few years ago I would stop and chat with her in Hyde Town Centre. After all those years from leaving the Infants School she never forgot my name ...and no , it wasn't because I was naughty! ;)



This was taken in the hall of the infant school in front of Miss Shaws classroom. (class one now known as Reception class).Probably in the early 1970's.
I remember the Infant School with great fondness.

Godley School

This charming photo was sent to us by Derek Deeley.
It shows Godley School in 1885. All the children dressed up in their finest clothes by the looks of things. A couple of faces look quite familiar - I wonder if I know any of their descendents?

Many Thanks Derek.