WintersMist Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I was at High Storrs and we had two houses - Smith and Stevenson. They are named after the head of houses, e.g Mr Smith and Mr Stevenson. When my mum was there I think she said there was four, catcliff or something is the only I can remember her telling me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I was at Hillsborough junior school in 1990 (only year 1) but I don't remember any houses.....of course that could be because I was so young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superCol Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Originally posted by The Cycleracer I went to Hinde House and they had Sorby (yellow) Chantry (green) brierley (red i think) and Hunter (blue). I was in Sorby I too went to Hinde House. I think that you have the colours for Brierley and Hunter the wrong way round. I'm fairly certain that Hunter was red and Brierley, blue. I was in Chantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddo7up Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 The old Eckington Grammar school now demolished to mak way for Morrisons at Halfway. The house wereSherwood(purple) Peveril(green) Chandos(red)and Ferrers(yellow).Peveril always seemed to win everything in my time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Myers Grove in the sixties was commonwealth country names India Ghana Canada Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slh73 Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Prince Edwards had houses named after Welsh castles...Conway, Caerphilly, Harlech and Caenarfon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cooper Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I was at Rainbow Forge Junior in the 60's and our houses were called after birds, the only ones I remember were Eagle (yellow), Swift (blue, I think), Curlew (green) and Robin (red - never, why red?) but there were others (at least 6 all together and possibly . I was captain of Eagle in 1966-67 and we won! But it was my vice-captain that did the work (I never understood why I was picked, I was crap at everything and not particularly popular). At Thornbridge (now Birley) we had Furniss, Buslie, Pictou and one other (the spellings are probably wrong) - I think they were the people that had owned the land before it was aquired to build the school. Steve Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcross Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 The other house at Thornbridge was Morcar (red). Also I think the land owner thing was something to do with viking? settlements in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirky Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Originally posted by slh73 Prince Edwards had houses named after Welsh castles...Conway, Caerphilly, Harlech and Caenarfon. i moved to prince edwards in 1975 and was put in conway before that i was at athelstan school handsworth...we had york (red) glouster(yellow) lancaster (orange) can't remember what the blue one was.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Hemsworth primary school had: Chantrey, Landseer, Gibbons and Constable - all very arty. When I went to Gleadless Valley Secondary Modern, they took a more ornithological approach with Falcon, Kestrel, Hawk and Merlin. At the time no one knew what the hell a Merlin was (it’s the UK’s smallest bird of prey as it turns out). Hawk, on the other hand, was far too general a term and describes a whole family of raptors, not a specific bird. No wonder we ended up learning nowt, even the teachers were thick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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