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St Peters R C School Broad Street

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Hi there, I am trying to rebuild a bit of my past and searching for info/maybe even old school chums from the 1960s. I was at 2 schools, St Peters RC which apparently according to an old school report from 1968 I have was on 'Broad St, Birmingham 1' and then at St Francis, which is still going, in Hockley, leaving there in 1972 to go to Grammar School (St Philips, Edgbaston).

I think St Peter's has gone - does anyone have any information on that - and also last time I drove past St Phil's it seemed to be shut down - again, does anyone know what befell it? (I was there 1972-1979).

Cheers!
 
St Peters

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Hi Garfage; I went to St Peters RC from 1945-52 then to St Chads.
The picture shows the end of the priests house and the two doors to the right they
use to have Boy Scout meetings in there. Head mistress Miss Clements other teachers Mr Padden/ miss Lester/miss Higgins art/ if you go through the symphony hall towards the canal just as you leave the hall stop look up thats where the school
was I did it the other night when I went to see The Eagles lovely memories.
It used to be St PETERS PLACE, at the Broad St end there used to be another church, also an antique shop called Shakespere House. hope this helps.....
 
I went to St Peters from 1956 to 1960 when I moved house to Worcestershire. I remember Miss Clements as head of the juniors and Mrs McIntyre head of the infant school. When Miss Clements left, Mr Vallely took over. He was from Scotland and he brought the tawse with him, a thick leather strap for hitting the children. Not a nice man
 
Can anyone give me any information about this school? I was a pupil here 1965-1970. Does anyone know which school the remaining children were moved to after its closure?
 
Some info here

St Peters R C School

My primary school was St Peters R C just off Broad St the Symphony Hall is built right on top of it Mau-reece Edit. Link to StPeters School thread is here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/st-peters-r-c-school.48229/
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DebraStacey said:
Can anyone give me any information about this school? I was a pupil here 1965-1970. Does anyone know which school the remaining children were moved to after its closure?
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My Friend went there he left the school in 1960 as he was going on to secondary school . The head teacher was Miss Clements , ass head Mr's McIntyre teachers name Miss Condry , then a Miss Harrison (nickname Pen and Ink) she used to grind her teeth terrible , she must have been about 80 in the late 50's .
 
spitfire 65 said:
I went to St Peters from 1956 to 1960 when I moved house to Worcestershire. I remember Miss Clements as head of the juniors and Mrs McIntyre head of the infant school. When Miss Clements left, Mr Vallely took over. He was from Scotland and he brought the tawse with him, a thick leather strap for hitting the children. Not a nice man
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I went to st Peter's school from 1957 to 1961 i remember miss McIntyre and Mr valerey
 
garfage said:
Hi there, I am trying to rebuild a bit of my past and searching for info/maybe even old school chums from the 1960s. I was at 2 schools, St Peters RC which apparently according to an old school report from 1968 I have was on 'Broad St, Birmingham 1' and then at St Francis, which is still going, in Hockley, leaving there in 1972 to go to Grammar School (St Philips, Edgbaston).

I think St Peter's has gone - does anyone have any information on that - and also last time I drove past St Phil's it seemed to be shut down - again, does anyone know what befell it? (I was there 1972-1979).

Cheers!
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A friend tells me the steeple on the church was reduced in size to desguise it as a factory during WW11 , teachers he remembers Miss Clements , Mr's Mcintyre Mr Gunn Mr Vallely Miss Harrison( pen & ink ) she used to grind her teeth terrible there were more
 
DebraStacey said:
Can anyone give me any information about this school? I was a pupil here 1965-1970. Does anyone know which school the remaining children were moved to after its closure?
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Debra as I was a pupil there and I left in 1960 my guess would have been St Chads . I left here to go to the big school ha ha which was Cardinal Newman Secondary Modern hope this helps
 
Dionysius//88 said:
My Friend went there he left the school in 1960 as he was going on to secondary school . The head teacher was Miss Clements , ass head Mr's McIntyre teachers name Miss Condry , then a Miss Harrison (nickname Pen and Ink) she used to grind her teeth terrible , she must have been about 80 in the late 50's .
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I think she was called Pemmy Harrison
 
Ladywood 2 said:
I was an altar sever there for about 7 years
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Altar boy , I’ll tell you of my experience being one in my day,there used to be two altar boys doing top step this being for taking the wine etc to the priest and also carry the bible from one side of the altar to the other and ringing the bell. Then two on bottom step they just responded to the words of the mass as did the other two . I had only ever done bottom step and was well pleased with my inactivity. Mother used to be part of the women’s club at the church and they used to go on trips. Blenheim where Churchill was born was on the cards once I went along on this one (big mistake) mass was on the cards after the trip around the estate . The priest came out of the vestry fully garbed and announced the altar boy was sick, has anybody any knowledge of what to do , all eyes on me although my protests of only doing bottom step to the priest all I got was you’ll do fine I learned that day how to do top step in double quick time . By the way once during my bottom step days I fainted , one of the other boys was amazed as to how my face hit the step squarely asking did it hurt . I don’t serve anymore mainly because I don’t go as much as I’m embarrassed to say it .
 
Yes being an altar boy had its moments, some priests wanted more wine, some more water, getting up at 6 for 7.30 mass was a challenge.
Opening up the church, shafts of sunlight, praying Jesus woudln't appear, laying out the vestments, for the mass, for a congregation of 4.
 
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