Janber Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Is there anyone out there who was at Greystones Secondary School between the above dates? Names I remember: Valerie Firth Sylvia Shore Christine Wilson Joan Slater Christine Marsh Rosalind Somerset Derek Green Stewart Clarke Graham Blythe Dougie Stevenson Terry Allcock Victor Fox to name a few! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeachersPet Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Is there anyone out there who was at Greystones Secondary School between the above dates? Names I remember: Valerie Firth Sylvia Shore Christine Wilson Joan Slater Christine Marsh Rosalind Somerset Derek Green Stewart Clarke Graham Blythe Dougie Stevenson Terry Allcock Victor Fox to name a few! Looks like no-one went to your school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hetty Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I did!!! And remeber some of those names, some of whom were (I think!) in my class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janber Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) I did!!! And remeber some of those names, some of whom were (I think!) in my class. My name was Janet Whiting way back then and I was always in trouble, usually for something I hadn't done. I remember being in Mrs Harrison's class for my last year and left at Christmas in 1959. What was your name? Ican't remember a Hetty. Edited August 4, 2010 by Janber spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hetty Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I think I left in 1960? I was 15 in the November and left school at Christmas. I was also in Mrs Harrisons class! Do you remember the following teachers?: Miss Hornsey Mr Turley Mr Watson Mrs McDonald Miss Howson Mr Newton Mr Wragg Mr Morgan Mrs Marsden Miss Hartley (Mrs Houghton) Mr Wilkinson Mr Aizlewood (Head) Mrs Robinson (school sec) I have to say I don't rememeber your name. Pupils in my class were, Diane Smith, Elains Gibbs, Barbara Fletcher, Elaine Gilling Sylvia Bolton, Martin Windle, (he was in the local paper last week connected with football) Tony Ping, Brian Boulby Barry Barnes, the Carol and Ann (twins). Hazel Chadwick, (Miss Hornseys pet!!!) If I rack my brains long enough, dare say I could remember more, it is, after all, almost 50 years ago!!!!!! If you can remember more teachers/pupils please let me know!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janber Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Hetty I can remember most of the names you mention: Miss Hornsey - (Big Boobs!) Mr Turley - Art Teacher - (Heart throb!) Mrs McDonald - (she would have been a guard in Stalag 13 in the War!) Mr Aizlewood - Headteacher - (called everybody 'girlie' and 'laddie' and was a right pr**k!) Mr Wragg - (he was real treasure, a real good teacher) I remember Martin Windle and Hazel Chadwick but didn't have much to do with them. I left Greystones in Christmas 1959 so probably would not have known you as we 4th years always thought we were above everybody else - being about to go into the big wide world! (What gits we were!) Did you think the same when you were a 4th year? Do you remember Mr Renshaw who used to teach science and was very fond of throwing the blackboard rubber at pupils? (He always hit his mark as well!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hetty Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I do remember Mr Renshaw, not I was on the end of the blackboard rubber!! I hated school, but cried buckets when I left. I was in touch with the Turleys for a good while after I left, used to baby sit for them when they lived on Crescent Road/Hemper Lane. I know he got some sort of OBE(?) or similar award. but can't remember what for. He was a heart throb I agree, a very talented art teacher, fabulous sports master. We used to think he looked like Ty Harding (Bronco Layne, the cowboy not the footballer, you have to be a certain age to remember him!!!) Do you remember Miss Howson? Had her for domestic science, and for the first year, we were taught how to wash and iron hankys, and how to scrub whitewood tables, (always useful?!!) My poor mum never seemed to get my culinary offerings as I had usually eaten it before I got home!!! Do you remember hiking up Greystones Rd to the 'dining room'? God the food was awful! I went on the school trip to Switzerland, along with the Turleys and some girls and boys from my class and others. I was pleased to see in the paper shop at Ecclesall, a book of 'memories of Greystones School' there is a picture of the Swiss trip in it. I bought it for old times sake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareast Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Did Mr. Renshaw, Mr. Wragg & Miss Hornsey teach at Pomona Street school, from, say, 1949-53, or thereabouts ? If so, sometimes, Miss Hornsey and Mr. Renshaw would chat to each other in the playground when they were both on duty together. Naturally, to us evil-minded little 10 year-olds, this ' chatting ' meant they were having a full-blown love affair !! It 's a good job they weren 't mind-readers or we would have had a few more board 'dusters' thrown at us ! I was never taught by Miss Hornsey but was taught by Mr. Renshaw and Mr. Wragg-----both great teachers. Mr Renshaw was a keen cricket fan and I 'd take a shrewd guess that Mr. Wragg 's son was ' Ted ' Wragg , the senior man at Exeter University and correspondent for the ' Times Educational Supplement '. Any confirmation, or otherwise, about all this would be welcome and interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hetty Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I don't know about the teachers at Pomona St. I do remember getting the cane from Miss Hornsey, (the only time ever!) for forgetting a book!!! White Fang by Jack London, it is printed on my mind forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksummers Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Did Mr. Renshaw, Mr. Wragg & Miss Hornsey teach at Pomona Street school, from, say, 1949-53, or thereabouts ? If so, sometimes, Miss Hornsey and Mr. Renshaw would chat to each other in the playground when they were both on duty together. Naturally, to us evil-minded little 10 year-olds, this ' chatting ' meant they were having a full-blown love affair !! It 's a good job they weren 't mind-readers or we would have had a few more board 'dusters' thrown at us ! I was never taught by Miss Hornsey but was taught by Mr. Renshaw and Mr. Wragg-----both great teachers. Mr Renshaw was a keen cricket fan and I 'd take a shrewd guess that Mr. Wragg 's son was ' Ted ' Wragg , the senior man at Exeter University and correspondent for the ' Times Educational Supplement '. Any confirmation, or otherwise, about all this would be welcome and interesting. Yes, they did teach at Pomona St - at least Mr Renshaw & Miss Hornsey did. They remained friends until Mr Renshaw died in 1992. Miss Hornsey (now Mrs Lunn) lives in a residential home near Worksop. How do I know this? - 'cos Mr Renshaw was my dad and Miss Hornsey is my godmother! (But I don't think they had an affair - and my mum obviously didn't or they wouldn't have stayed friends ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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