christinewin Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 at wybourn school it was huntsman green,vickers red, elliott yellow . and cant remember blue. any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 at wybourn school it was huntsman green,vickers red, elliott yellow . and cant remember blue. any ideas. See Post #198 on Page 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macksmedley Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Another old Greystonian here - Greystones Secondary 1950 - 55. Howard (blue - mine) Lovetot (Red) ,Furnival (green) and Talbot (yellow). Labore vincam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I attended Bradfield Secondary Modern 1959/64 the houses were Chester(blue), Derby(green), Lancaster(red) and York my house(yellow). I went to Stannington Junior from 1955/59 and the houses there were named for the Bradfield reservoirs Flask(blue), Agden(green), Dale Dyke(red) and Stripes(yellow) Awh - me too - but I was starting at Stannington Primary as you were leaving Bradfield. I was in Flask at Stannington and Chester at Bradfield - blue all the way ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset Blade Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) Carfield Secondary Modern School, in the early 1960s had Nelson (green), Gordon (red), Stephenson (yellow) and Pitt (blue). Everyone thought that Pitt was the best and Stephenson the worst. I was in Nelson. Edited January 17, 2018 by Dorset Blade Mistake re school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Russell Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I went to Norton County (Now Mundella School) junior school on Derbyshire lane. The four houses were Graves (Yellow), Chantrey (Blue), Ruskin (Green), and Mundella (Red). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladebeer Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 City Grammar School had 4 houses named for what we would now call ethnic tribes. The only 2 which I can remeber are Maori and Zulu. I can only remember 3 houses,Zulu Rivelin, Kaffir Sheaf, and Maori Loxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiej Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I went to the City Grammar School when it was off Leopold Street in town. We had 'houses' there and were called Maori-Loxley [which i was in ] Kaffir- Sheaf and Zulu- Rivelin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBIS2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 At SHS the houses are still named after the four founders of the original school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstarr Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 At SHS the houses are still named after the four founders of the original school. Yes ,in 1962 I was in Shirreff house ( blue) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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