ALSTON ROAD SCHOOL

[Tinpot]

Hi everyone. I am a teacher at Alston Primary School (Alston road). As part of our Birmingham celebration day that we have coming up, I thought it would be lovely to look at Alston Primary school from the past. I know the building was used as a boys school but other than that finding information on the site is hard. Does anyone have any information at all ? I was wondering whether you may have pictures or stories that I could share with the children. It would also we wonderful if anyone fancied doing an interview or a having a chat about the school in the past.
Hopefully awaiting your responses.
Mrs Mayo

 

[Tinpot]

In the 50's the school was mixed infants and juniors with boys secondary separate next door.

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

My mother went to Alston Road School.

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

Top photo is mom with circle drawn on her dress and bottom photo, mom is sitting at the end wearing dress with lace collar.

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

Added 2 photos of Student photos Alston Road.

 

[Astoness]

lovely photos pat...i am sure if you posted them under our picture restoration section someone would take out those creases for you

lyn

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

lovely photos pat...i am sure if you posted them under our picture restoration section someone would take out those creases for you

lyn

Hi Lyn, thanks for suggesting that, I will give it a go. Cheers

 

[Astoness]

ok pat...if i were you i would post them in the original black and white

lyn

 

[Tinpot]

My mother went to Alston Road School. View attachment 168555View attachment 168556

I think I arrived at the school in 1953. Spent 1 year in infants then up to the Junior school. The photos suggest that classes were not mixed at the time they were taken. I don’t think we would have looked so different but I don’t have any school photos from my time there. Thanks Pat they have thrown up lots of memories for me this morning. Tinpot

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

ok pat...if i were you i would post them in the original black and white

lyn

Can't work how to do it, can you advise me please Astoness? Will have another look before I log off. Cheers.

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

I think I arrived at the school in 1953. Spent 1 year in infants then up to the Junior school. The photos suggest that classes were not mixed at the time they were taken. I don’t think we would have looked so different but I don’t have any school photos from my time there. Thanks Pat they have thrown up lots of memories for me this morning. Tinpot

Glad you liked the photos, just glad I kept them Tinpot. Happy memories I hope.

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

My mother went to Alston Road School. View attachment 168555View attachment 168556

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

It would be great if someone, one day, recognised one of the girls as being one of their family.

 

[Trevor Rainsford]

Anyone on here from the Ward End era 1960 through to 1970 ..particularly Overpool Road, Clover Lea Square, Washbrook Road , Wall bank Road, St Margaret's Ave, Northleigh Road area ..we lived in Overpool Road previously Washbrook ..our father ran the Clover Lea club, some nights, after he came home from his job at Joseph Lucas Chester Street, for a few years
love to hear from anyone

 

[Pat Sattar-Jennings]

Anyone on here from the Ward End era 1960 through to 1970 ..particularly Overpool Road, Clover Lea Square, Washbrook Road , Wall bank Road, St Margaret's Ave, Northleigh Road area ..we lived in Overpool Road previously Washbrook ..our father ran the Clover Lea club, some nights, after he came home from his job at Joseph Lucas Chester Street, for a few years
love to hear from anyone

I lived in the maisonnettes in Overpool Road adjacent to the community centre and went to Ward End Hall school from 1964 as we had just moved there when I was aged 13years and stayed on a year and got my CSE's.