Carbrook 1951/1970

[mickey b]

Yes Doreen is my sister, she has retired and lives in South Africa , she moved there in the seventies, has family over there, she returned here for a period but returned to S A last year,

[whitebike1]

Yes Doreen is my sister, she has retired and lives in South Africa , she moved there in the seventies, has family over there, she returned here for a period but returned to S A last year,

 

isnt that strange my brother was courting your sister for about 3years in the 60s.

[mickey b]

It's a small world Alan, thanks to the inter web,

[PAL215]

I was born in 59 on amberley st, went to carbrook yes I remember miss renshaw she was a Strict one , Middleton ended up the head teacher or deputy, yes she was a big girl , can you remember Dunlop, miss Gregory was the best, what about P.E. on the coconut mats and the climbing ropes. Rounders was the game of the day boys v girls can anyone remember? The old houses were a playground just as someone mentioned that's where all the wood for the bonfires came from , Attercliffe, we had nothing but didn't need anything

 

If you go to http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk and search for Carbrook Junior and Infants School you will find a few photo's of the staff including Veda Middleton who was head of the junior school (Miss Carr was head of the infants) David Dunlop and Brenda Renshaw are also pictured there. I was in both of their classes at one point, there are other teachers who aren't identified perhaps you can help put a name to them.

[samsonv8]

my name is johnson(ALAN) my brother was called brian are you related to doreen brooks

 

you remamber ray fox

[mickey b]

Ok pal215 we went to school together, the coconut mats wow, how could anyone forget them, so what's the name of the attercliffe boy in Aussie ? Yes your bang on the money about the bonfires we used to have one across the road where no 44 was, they were the first houses on amberley st to get pulled down. The old crane was a good climb up the jib, we were filthy then the tin bath came out in front of the fire. Good old days without the the inter web ......

[mazcris]

Hi Terrortone

 

Do you remember the huge fairs that used to come on the pheasant ground every year. Ludbrooks small bakers shop just past Flathers chippie where we used to go every morning on our way to school and buy a warm penny or halfpenny bread cake and eat it before going into school.

 

I was born and bred in this sublime area and loved most every bit of it Some things I remember which spring to mind:-

Nelsons papershop, Westmorelands off licence. Flathers, Lants, Little Wonder, Jackson's chippies.

Carbrook County infants and junior schools,, Miss Carr, very strict looking and a little scary, Ms's Denbigh, Featherstone, Miss Middleton, quite a large lady, Miss Renshaw, strange nose, Man Wild and his two friends Gerald and Leonard Bone. Castles and Alleys.

Bomb buildings which substituted for adventure playgrounds, Pheasant with it's old building and underground pipes.

Haircuts at Bob Hewitts, street games, football on Carbrook rec with the iron goal posts stuck in the ground.

Yawner and Benelli the tramp who used to walk up and down the Cliffe at about 100mph. Wagon train with the parents and 300 kids following behind.

Earps, Les Foxs', Whymans.

Weir Head, canalstrasse.

Hundreds of other great things too numerous to mention. Great fights, and if you won you didn't worry about someone sneaking up behind you to get revenge. if you lost, too bad.

[teenyweeny]

I moved to attercliffe when i was 4 yr old approx in 1963/4 and moved away when i was 9..i went to carbrooke school..remember lots of great stuff bout the cliffe..sayles sweet shop, lambpool pub, the pavillion picture house the old rec many a happy hour playing there.names i remember the flowers who owned a corner shop..fosters cousins chipchase i lived on carltonville rd number 19..be great to find some old friends..i remember susan cousins very well..her mothers name was betty chipchase..not seen em in years..remember kevin bernard and a karen foster very well.my name was carole staniforth then..mr wassal was my teacher back then. x:)

[carbrook lad]

I moved to attercliffe when i was 4 yr old approx in 1963/4 and moved away when i was 9..i went to carbrooke school..remember lots of great stuff bout the cliffe..sayles sweet shop, lambpool pub, the pavillion picture house the old rec many a happy hour playing there.names i remember the flowers who owned a corner shop..fosters cousins chipchase i lived on carltonville rd number 19..be great to find some old friends..i remember susan cousins very well..her mothers name was betty chipchase..not seen em in years..remember kevin bernard and a karen foster very well.my name was carole staniforth then..mr wassal was my teacher back then. x:)

 

hi teenyweeny lived on carltonville rd from 1939/62 kevin bernard is my nephew he still lives at darnel regards aj

[PeterJames]

I remember a cobblers shop and the name Googies come to mind, pronounced "Goo-Jees". He was famous for making clogs and I think he had another shop near Weedon street

 

I remember Donald Goudge, sat for hours in his dingy workshop watching him make clogs his shop was at 607 Attercliffe Common, between Warden Street and Mons Street.I have a pair of clogs he made for me when I was about 2 years old! My Aunt Eva had a sweet (spice!) shop at 611 " Hendy's". She died in 2000 aged 102.