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St Marys School Wills Street

Hello Billyboy and welcome to the forum. I started a thread of that school and put two photo's on. I will go and search for it. Jean.

Edit. Unable to trace original thread.
 
My fathers class photo. He is in the 3rd row, on right standing in front of his teacher. I believe the school is called St Mary R.C and it is/was located near Hunters Rd, Hockley. My father was born 1914 so I estimate the photos date mid to late 1920's.
 

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hello

are there any st marys old boys out there. who went to st marys. be nice to hear from you
 
hello mike. what teachers were ther when you was still there. was tom o. louchlin still head master
 
yes he was.other names i remember are mr pozzi,paddy woods,mr mullen and in the infants miss morrell,sisters baptist and collette.mrs short (clare short's mom)was there in some capacity.
 
This thread is created from posts on an earlier thread ("school photos") . Viv.

For ref a summary from the Britsh History Online site.

ST. MARY'S R.C. SCHOOL, Wills Street (B dept.), Brougham Street (G and I depts.). St. Mary's R.C. Sch. established 1850. Built with help from Cath. Poor Sch. Cttee.A.a. 1851: 80 G and I; taught by Sisters of Mercy H.M.I. gave good report 1852. This sch. was presumably the present Brougham St. one, near the convent. B dept. opened 1859 in new building (presumably in Wills St.) comprising one schoolroom. Fees 1d.–4d. Accom. by 1880: 534. B dept. enlarged 1890, and G and I depts. 1894. Altered 1935.St. Silas's Mission Church Hall and 2 rooms in convent used from 1949; accom. in St. Francis's Mission Hall provided 1950. Became an aided sch. 1953. Hall built, as first instalment of new sch., 1954. G and I depts. united 1954. Accom. 1955: 21 classrooms.
 
hi terry thats a cracking class photo..where abouts would your dad have lived when he attended st marys...

lyn
 
Hi Lyn, he would have lived in either Park Rd or Whitmore St. I remember him saying he hated it at that school. The reason he was a Roman Catholic was because his father died just before he was born otherwise he would have been christened C of E, but his mother remarried to a Roman Catholic.
 
regan said:
hello

are there any st Marys old boys out there. who went to st Marys. be nice to hear from you
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Hello there. There seems to be some confusion as to where the school was, St Marys convent school had a main entrance in Hunters Road. There was also an entrance in Brougham Street into the same school. There was a school in Wills Street on the same side as No 8 and between there and Villa Street. I think It was boys only. Mr Tommy O'Locklin ? was the head master when I was there. I knew it as the elementary school.
As my ,mother was a teacher at the convent school [1926 to 1963] I was a student there from1935 until 1941 when I moved to St Philip's next door to the Oratory near the Ivy Bush on Hagley Road.
Miss Kuck was also a teacher there, she came from Redditch where her family had business putting gold eyes into needles.Sister Margaret Mary was the head of the convent school for a long time Thank you for the memories.
 
thanks for the heads up carolina i must have a look at the list to see whats on...i have been inside st marys already...its a wonderful building inside and out and was even shown the small burial ground at the back where past nuns are buried..well worth a look around

lyn
 
Not sure if my mom went here - I know she walked down Wills Street to School and I presume it was this School she went to - no one to ask anymore, her name was Margaret Tyler and would have been there in the late 30s early 40s?
 
Worcs1964 said:
Not sure if my mom went here - I know she walked down Wills Street to School and I presume it was this School she went to - no one to ask anymore, her name was Margaret Tyler and would have been there in the late 30s early 40s?
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st marys was an infant and junior school but not far away was also anglesley st infants and juniors so your mom could have attended either..there was also lozells st infants and juniors and farm st infant and juniors all of which could have meant a walk down wills st to get to them..do you know where she lived or the names of her parents as i could check the electoral rolls for you for their exact address but even then we could not be certain which school she went to but it may give us the nearest school to their house

lyn
 
Thank you Lyn, very helpful information, parents were Nancy/Ann Tyler and Arthur Tyler, siblings were Winnie and Gerald, they lived in the following - Hunters Road, Grove Avenue? (possibly) Carpenters Road, not sure of what dates though or numbers, was so long ago, again, thank you for your help
 
Worcs1964 said:
Thank you Lyn, very helpful information, parents were Nancy/Ann Tyler and Arthur Tyler, siblings were Winnie and Gerald, they lived in the following - Hunters Road, Grove Avenue? (possibly) Carpenters Road, not sure of what dates though or numbers, was so long ago, again, thank you for your help
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thats ok not a problem... i will check the e rolls to see if we can pin down where they lived at the time your mom went to infant and juniors..i will say that st marys is the closest to hunters road...oh i believe st marys was a roman catholic school..

lyn
 
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on the 1935/6 erolls i can find a william tyler the elder..violet tyler..william tyler the younger..and arthur tyler and winifred tyler all living at no 348 wheeler st...would this be the family? do you recognise those names?

i am just going to see if i can find them on the 1939 eve of war register to see where they were then

lyn
 
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there was a Violet in the family, possibly my Nan's sister - don't recall a William I'm afraid, thank you for what you have found so far
 
Worcs1964 said:
there was a Violet in the family, possibly my Nan's sister - don't recall a William I'm afraid, thank you for what you have found so far
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and the winnie you mentioned could be the winifred on the electoral rolls...but we cant be certain and i am struggling to find any tylers in hunters road or carpenters road in the late 30s early 40s...leave it with us maybe other members will join in the search...oh just one thing that may help..do you have nancy and arthurs dates of birth..
 
i know i am going a tad off topic now but i can always get some posts moved to the surname interests of the forum at a later date ..i am not having any luck at all at the min..was arthur born in birmingham.. ive found one that fits his birth year but he was born in worcs...could this be him...also i cant find a marriage for arthur and nancy...do you know her maiden name?

lyn
 
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