Children's homes or orphanages in Sheffield

[brian1941]

-------------- fulwood--cottage--homes-----------1940/50s

-----------them--long--hot--summer--days--and--nights.---------

 

one of my favourite out door games was marbles at w/ends and

the summer nights.

i remember them water manholes in between the houses,

the grate lids on them manholes-had an hole at each end, we would take

4 or 5 strides away from the grate and mark up a starting line.

2-3-or 4 lads played and we had our rules,

play in the bottom hole first-then winning hole at the top.

when pushing your marble-we used the index finger only,

them marbles came in all size`s and colour shades.

i had a big toffee tin and i stored all the marbles in ,we us lads would

go round swop`ping them.

// hey// dont forget we played the same game with buttons and same rules,

they were diff`erent in patterns-size`s-and colours.

/// we us lads// liked explore`ing diff`erent manholes around the homes,

i remember the best one was outside--no 18/19 house on the girls side.

so we made that our special grate for playing marbles/and buttons.

<< talking of the girls side>> they would be playing outside the house on the front,

games included skipping ropes--spinning top and whip--and ball games.

we had some marvellous times, always had something to do and

never got bored.-------- happy days---happy lads.

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i remember the house mother saying ( hey) you lads with all them buttons,

bring them to the table and lets sort some out for them lost on the laundry--

clothes.

trouser buttons was always popular and then shirt`s,

younger kids would sort out the buttons and older boy stitched them on

clothes.

we had an inspec`tion night on mondays,--we would examine any repairs that

wanted doing on the clothes.

and on thursday night we would sort out the dirty washing and the beddings

for friday`s collection.

<< whats that saying>> all work and no play,

we did work-but we still had the time to play

<< i am glad i`am not starting this genera`tion-- say no more.

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[sandy d]

hi my name is sandra i lived at fulwood cottagehomes with my twin sister marina we lived in number 12 with miss winters does anybody remember us miss winters was agood mother .

[flyer]

hi Sandie nice to hear of the ones who landed up with a good house mother so few of them,but for you what yr are you talking about i know its to late for me, my sister was in but never let visit I never saw her once in about 4 year(she left before me) in fact the very first girl i spoke to was at Greystone school, it was around 1943 and i was 9 even the evil house mother could not stop that

[brian1941]

hi my name is sandra i lived at fulwood cottagehomes with my twin sister marina we lived in number 12 with miss winters does anybody remember us miss winters was agood mother .

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HI YA SANDY,

I WAS PLEASE TO READ YOUR THREAD---

I AM GOING TO SEND A P.M-----BYE

[brian1941]

------------fulwood---cottage---homes---1940/50s.

----------------THEM--GOOD--OLD--DAYS----------

 

PLAYING MANY-MANY HOUR`S WITH MY TOYS

CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAY GIFTS.

I LOOKED AFTER MY TOYS AND IN THE PLAY ROOM WE HAD LOCKERS

SO MINE WAS SAFE AND SOUND.

ONE OF MY BEST TOYS I HAD, WAS A WINED UP TRAIN SET--IT WAS A

SMALL TRAIN SET TO START WITH, BUT I DID ADD EXTRA TRACK

AND CARRIAGES.

WITH THE HOUSE MOTHERS PERMISSION SHE LET ME USE THE DINING

TABLE TO SET MY TOYS ON,<<BUT ONLY WITH THE TABLE COVER ON FIRST.>>

AND NOT TO SCRATCH THE TOP.

AS TIME WENT ON -THE TRAIN SET GREW WITH ALL THEM EXTRA

FITTINGS,--THEN OF COURSE WE THEN STARTED PLAYING ON THE FLOOR

SOME OTHER LADS WOULD JOIN IN THE FUN AND BUILD BRIDGES

SOME USE`ING BOOKS WHATEVER.

I`D SET THE TRACK TO A FIGURE EIGHT AND TAKE IT ROUND THE

TABLE LEGS.--KIDS SAT ON CHAIRS WITH TRAIN RUNNING UNDERNEATH.

//YES//IT WAS MORE FUN ON THE FLOOR WITH LOADS OF SPACE.

I HAD TWOPENCE << 2 PENNIES>> SPENDING MONEY PER WEEK,

I NEVER SPENT MUCH-UNLESS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE ON

SCHOOL PHOTO`S.

MY MONEY USE TO BE ADDED UP ON A CASH SHEET,

THE HOUSE MOTHER WOULD ASK AT THE MAIN OFFICES FROM TIME

AND TELL ME WHEN MY PENNIES WAS BUILDING UP AGAIN.

WHEN I WANTED SOME MORE PARTS --I WOULD PRICE IT UP

AND THE HOUSE MOTHER WOULD TELL ME IF I HAD SAVED ENOUGH MONEY

TOWARDS EXTRA GEAR FOR THE TRAIN SET.

//MY BROTHER AND SOME LADS IN HIS HOUSE\\ HAD TRAIN SETS

AND WE WOULD EXCHANGE THINGS FROM THE SETS.

FOR ALL IT WAS A WIND UP TRAIN SET-- TO ME-- IT WAS LIKE

<< FLYING SCOTSMAN>>--TALK ABOUT SPEED--TALK ABOUT FUN--

THE KIDS WOULD JOIN IN----THOSE HAPPY FACES----

BARRY WILLIAM CORNTHOPE.

Edited February 4, 2009 by brian1941
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[marybotham]

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[flyer]

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I agree:rolleyes:

[brian1941]

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THAT WAS LOVERLY ----MARY

WHAT WAS IT YOU ENJOYED,

BYE

[brian1941]

---------------fulwood--cottage--homes----1940/50s.-------------

--------------THEM---SCHOOL---HOLIDAYS.----------------

------------------CHRISTMAS-----STORY---------------

 

JUST COME OFF MIDDLE FIELD--THE ONE OPPOSITE THE BOYS HOUSES

WHAT A SHOCK TO WAKE UP TO SNOW, WE HAD A HEAVY DOWN`POUR.

US LADS SPENT ALL DAY ON THE FIELD MAKING SNOW`MEN-----

FIRST, ROLLING SMALL SNOW BALLS INTO LARGE ONE`S.

SOME LADS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING INGLOO`S

SO WE STARTED STACKING ALL THE LARGE BALLS--SIDE BY SIDE

AND ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

//TELL YOU WHAT// WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOOD <<CLEVER KIDS>>

WE BUILT TWO INGLOO`S-ALL WITH HAND SHOVELS----

AND WE DID A DOORWAY TO CRAWL THROUGH AND TWO WINDOW`S

IN EACH INGLOO`S.

SOME OTHER BOYS WAS MAKING SNOWMEN, WE STOOD ONE AT EACH

INGLOO--THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GUARDING OUR DENS.

THE HOUSE MOTHER SHOUTED US-- TO COME AND HAVE THIS HOT DRINK

AND GAVE US TWO BISCUITS <<SPOILT BRATS WERN`T WE>>

THAT`S WHAT YOU GET WITH A GOOD HOUSE MOTHER.

//WELL // BACK TO THE FIELD---

I WENT ROUND BACK OF THE HOUSES AND INTO THE COALHOUSE

AND I SORTED SOME SMALL LUMPS OF COAL FOR THE SNOWMANS EYES

AND PUT SOME DOWN THE FRONT.

OTHER LADS WENT TO SOME HOUSES FOR TWO BROWN PAPER BAGS

FOR THERE HATS AND CARROTS FOR A NOSE.

<< I THINK ALL US LADS DID WELL>> THE GARDNER MR MARSHALL SAID

WE WERE INGENIOUS KIDS.

// HEY// CAN YOU REMEMBER THEM BIG BROWN BAGS--WERN`T THEY

STRONG,--BETTER THAN THEM PLASTIC BAGS YOU GET TODAY.

//WELL// IT`S TEA TIME NOW-AND HOME WE GO

WE WILL BE BACK ON THE FIELD AGAIN---- POSSIBLY A SNOW BALL

FIGHT WITH SOME OF LADS FROM OTHER HOUSES.

----------------BACK--SOON-------

[brian1941]

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--------------school---holiday`s-------christmas----story----------

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//well// were back to the field--ingloo`s still standing ( solid as a rock )

snowmen--well--slightly melting but we managed to re-build them back up.

tell you what--when you come out of your house--and look down the field

everything we built looked great from a distances

<< looked right scene`ery.>>.

i think were in for a snowball fight -anyone could join in,

most of big lads was involve-it was great.

some small kids would come down to play, but we shoved them up field to play

if they got hurt with us-the house mother would scutch us and

thinking that we were bullies.

snowballing was best when we could team up the houses--1and 2 house------

3-4 house 5-6 house and so on--right down to number no9-10 house.

11-12 houes and onwards to no21 was the girls side,-

mined you- if the lasses had there chances,-they would loved to join in

//it`s a pity that// we could have had boys v girls.

- i was hope`less throwing snowballs direct`ly at people,

i had loads thrown at me and looked like a snowman myself.

<< but what a fun day we was having>> -- and we did.

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we had very bad winters but very good summers

we dont get the snow liked we use to.

some kids today dont get the chance to play with there sledges

from one year to the next,

in our years my sledge would be out every day,-i even carried bags of coal

on mine and not forgetting the time we pulled gro`ceries from

crimicar lane to the lodge moor hospital when the transport would be

stuck in the snow.

-------what a sledge---what fun we had--i missed them boy`s

--when i left fulwood homes in the 1950s

back soon,b,cornthorpe and mate jack parrot.---shared story---.