holberry Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 hi anyone out there rember crookes moor school I attended 1956 to 1962 with a couple of breaks in between where I attended arbourthorne central then bankwood then back to crookesmoor as my dad was a pub landlord we moved to various pubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1957 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Originally posted by holberry hi anyone out there rember crookes moor school I attended 1956 to 1962 with a couple of breaks in between where I attended arbourthorne central then bankwood then back to crookesmoor as my dad was a pub landlord we moved to various pubs Crookesmoor or Crookes-moor School is till there allbeit some kind of training place now. As you will know it was spit in two with an old cobbled road that used to run between Crookesmoor Road and Oxford Street. I wonder which pubs your dad used to run in Crookesmoor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Hi I attended Crookesmoor from 1960 - 64. We lived at the off license just below the school (diagonally opposite to the Ashberry Pub) I have discussed the school before on another thread - in partcular, one of the teachers - Mr 'Pop' Edwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomick Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Hi Holbury, Did your Dad used to run the Boomerang on Fawcett St Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Hiya Holberry, I went to Crookesmoor school from 1951 to 1959/60. I lived on Bromley Street next to the corner shop (evans' ). discussed Mr. (Pop) Edwards on the other thread deecee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holberry Posted April 9, 2005 Author Share Posted April 9, 2005 hi, yeah my dad was the very first landlord of the boomerang before that we had the don inn penistone road / opposite rutland road junction but I was born in the first pub the weston park hotel corner of summer st / weston st my elder brother david went to crookesmoor at the same time as tennis player roger taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Holberry Is your dad still around? - I have a feeling he would know my dad and my grandfather - they both drank in the pubs you mentoned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holberry Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 hi docmel no my father passed away some years ago , but give me your dad and granddad`s names I may know the name and my elder brother definatlely will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Holberry Grandad was Edward or Mick Melluish - died 1978 Dad is (84) Nelson Melluish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
last orders Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I went to Crookesmoor from 1952 to 1958 I remember being in the annex on "the tip". We lived on Fawcett Street untill it was pulled down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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