Names of "houses" in Sheffield schools

[sharrovian]

Its just a longshot but are you the Wendy Watts that was a regular at the old Millhouses Pool back around 1950.

[wendy watts]

Yes I am. Do you still know any of the old swimming crowd?? I did meet Brian Day and his wife when they were over here (I live in Mallorca) but heard he since died, Donñ´t know whatever happèned to all the others, Do you remember Ssylvia Revell? I´m still in touch with her, She lives in Grimsby

[sharrovian]

Do you remember me, I was known as Steve or Stevo, I remember you and there was Lorna, Dinah and Cynthia, I remember a few more faces but the names have gone, there was also Maurice who was quite a bonny lad, He attended the same school as me but I lost touch with him many many years ago. I remember Sam Lauder and Bill the attendants. I joined Sheffield Dolphins but had to give it up to go to night school and after that started courting and swimming went out of my life. They were happy times, times I will always cherish. I visited Majorca in 1997, stayed in Caan Pastilla but the Med is too hot for me. I still live in Sheffield and bought a modest house in Totley, my career was in the printing trade until I retired, Best wishes Wendy.

[PC Drive]

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

 

Update to that - Hemsworth later had Chatsworth (red), Haddon (green), Hardwick (blue) and Thoresby (yellow).

[Redlegs]

Wisewood School in the 50's had Balmoral (Red), Windsor (Blue), Sandringham (Green) and C............ (Yellow)

[pyrospriggs@]

malin bridge in the seventies were mars venus jupiter and saturn (or was it uranus lol)

[pyrospriggs@]

Can anyone remember wisewoods loxley was green yellow I think was wadsley gosh such a long time ago:wave:

 

red mountjoy and blue furnival i think wadsley was green and loxley yellow

[Yakubu]

Ecclesall Juniors had Pearson,Wainwright,Ellis,and Jenkinson.

 

Where do the names come from? Are they ex teachers or along those lines?

[Benita]

dos enyone know or remember, sandra cuts. she lived on cundie street(walkley),in the 70s.and dos enyone remember the mangan family. thay lived at 122 hole street.dos enyone know marcia richards,she went two st john fisher school at woodhouse around 1973-79

Edited March 19, 2009 by Benita

[Redlegs]

I have remembered the name of the yellow house. It was Carrisbrook.