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Longmeadow Girls School Shard End

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Angela

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Does anyone remember Longmeadow girls school, I was a pupil there in the late 50s/early 60s.Miss Featherstone was the headmistress and one of my teachers was a Mrs. Day.
 
Angela,

I am a Group Scout Leader at the Scout Hut on Kendrick Avenue, this was right opposite your School.I am doing a project on the Yorks Wood Scout Campsite that closed down in 1972. Do you have memries of the camp-site at all. One of my friends used to go to that school her name was Valarie Summers back then.

Julie
 
Lonmeadow Girls School

I attended Longmeadow Girls School during the 1960's. I remember Mr Babbacombe, Mrs Brearley and MIss Featherstone,
 
Longmeadow Girls School

Hello, I also attended Longmeadow Girls School in the 1960's. I remember the teachers you mention, TMD, and also Mrs. Young, Mr. Gray, Miss Shaw, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Robertson. It's surprising what you can remember when someone jogs your memory! Eileen
 
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Can anyone else remember Mrs Jacobs from the typing pool there was another lady that helped her but i cant remeber her name, then there was Mrs Cooper the art teacher, she once asked if i would wear a elizabethan costume for one of the classes as we were all making figurines at the time, i was to shy and refused.
 
i remember walking past Longmeadow girls school to go to my school(Hillstone) between 1973 and 1976.

I can`t believe hillstone is still there and not demolished like a lot of other buildings and flats in the area
 
Hillstone school

in reply to thegoodolddays, i to went to Hillstone infants & jnrs, in the juniors i remember a Miss Meacham she was an art teacher,
and in Longmeadow i've remembered the lady that helped Mrs Jacobs she was Mrs jefferies
My sister and i walked from Hall Hays on shard end to both schools.

jen.
 
Hi Jen

Do you remember the headmaster of hillstone??

Mr Dance!
 
i`m going to open another thread regarding hillstone infants and junior school as it is not fair on the Longmeadow girls school thread!
 
re: Long Meadow Girls School

Hi everyone I have just joined the "Club" and have been looking thru the threads. I came upon this one and had to post.. I was working on the milk and used to deliver to the girls school in Long Meadow in 1966/67. There were a couple of girls who used to help me deliver the milk on a Friday when the "roundsman was collecting the money and I was ahead delivering. They used to help me in their dinner hour and I ended up going out with one and my mate went out with her mate.. But It didn't last long as we had to walk from the "Radleys" over to Shard End every night. And had to go through Lea Village after dark, Ha Ha.. While I was delivering around that area we used to have a young lad who used to help us we called them "Runners". One day he told us he knew this lad who was selling a tent (We were keen campers in them days) mind you I still am but now have a VW type 2 camper-van ..I digress. So we bought this tent off this lad, very cheap. We never bothered opening it and we opened it when we went camping down St Ives in Cornwall. Well it was a big heavy canvas tent and on the sides it had written on it, "Yorks Wood Scout Group". Well we never had that tent very long. Ha Ha ....
 
memories

jen said:
Can anyone else remember Mrs Jacobs from the typing pool there was another lady that helped her but i cant remeber her name, then there was Mrs Cooper the art teacher, she once asked if i would wear a elizabethan costume for one of the classes as we were all making figurines at the time, i was to shy and refused.
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Hi Jen I can remember during assembly Miss Heatherington threw a Javlin across the stage to warn us how "dangerious"! they were, any one else remember?? Mrs Cooper an art teacher? I remember Mrs Peacock being my art teacher also Mrs Breasley the needlework teacher, I also remember that you were only allowed to do typing if you were going to "stay on" ? needles to say I left and did typing at night school at Alderlea Boys School.
 
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Werlygig said:
Hi Jen I can remember during assembly Miss Heatherington threw a Javlin across the stage to warn us how "dangerious"! they were, any one else remember?? Mrs Cooper an art teacher? I remember Mrs Peacock being my art teacher also Mrs Breasley the needlework teacher, I also remember that you were only allowed to do typing if you were going to "stay on" ? needles to say I left and did typing at night school at Alderlea Boys School.
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Of course the headmistress was Miss Featherstone how silly of me sorry.
senior moment!!
 
Hillstone shool dinners!

jen said:
in reply to thegoodolddays, i to went to Hillstone infants & jnrs, in the juniors i remember a Miss Meacham she was an art teacher,
and in Longmeadow i've remembered the lady that helped Mrs Jacobs she was Mrs jefferies
My sister and i walked from Hall Hays on shard end to both schools.

jen.
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Hi my mother was a dinner lady at Hillstone school along with her friend Mavis Heatherinton! I remember one Christmas my dad having to load up our radio gram which was very heavy so they could have some music for a Christmas gathering they were 78 rpm !! I have fond memories of the spare "Chocolate Concrete" leftovers she used to bring home anyone else remember it?
 
Angela said:
Does anyone remember Longmeadow girls school, I was a pupil there in the late 50s/early 60s.Miss Featherstone was the headmistress and one of my teachers was a Mrs. Day.
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i WAS AT lONGMEADOW GIRLS SCHOOL TOO. ABOUT 1965 ish.MY LAST TEACHER WAS MRS YOUNG.WE HAD MISS BREEZE FOR DRAMA,MRS ROBERTON FOR MATHS (WHAT A DRAGON ) MISS REYNOLDS FOR ART. DO YOU REMEMBER ANYONE CALLED PAT CORFIELD,JACKIE MITCHELL,ELAINE RICHARDS, CECILIA STEEL,ANGELA HIPKISS,JUNE PICKERING.I WOULD LOVE TO FIND ANYONE WHO KNEW US LOT
 
Hi Angela Mrs Young was my form teacher she was the deputy head I think, so is it possible we were in the same class?? I remember Mrs Breeze, do you remember Mrs Peacock she was our Art teacher? June Pickering rings a bell, I remember a Jayne Smedley, Rosemarie Housten, Rosemarie Clemson, I noticed you lived or still live in Brownfield Road??
 
does anyone remember my wife Margaret Kimberley early 50s late 60s
Miss osbourne music teacher used to play at morning assembly
and miss Toothill cookery teacher

brian margarets husband
 
I left Longmeadow in July 1965 Miss Featherstone Headmistress Mrs Young Deputy - I remember she smacked me once, but have no complaints. Remember Miss Cass PE/Maths and Mrs Dyke who I think was my form teacher.

Also went to Hillstone about 1955-1960/61

Janet Hughes - also my sister Pat - 4 years earlier.
 
Re: Long Meadow Girls School

hi Roy i would assume you worked at garrets green then for the co-op as you lived at the radleys?
i used to be a runner,way back when, and worked with a couple of guys one was a Ray Chatterley,we used to meet up at eddies cafe in lea village.
happy days regards dereklcg.
 
Angela said:
Does anyone remember Longmeadow girls school, I was a pupil there in the late 50s/early 60s.Miss Featherstone was the headmistress and one of my teachers was a Mrs. Day.
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I remember it. Three of my Sisters went there in the 70's. We used to live up the road by the British Legion, Hurst Lane. :)
 
Alderlea secondary modern boys school. Shard End
Longmeadow Girls School. Shard End.

Both now housing estates.

Snap. posted at same time as Robert
 
Angela said:
Does anyone remember Longmeadow girls school, I was a pupil there in the late 50s/early 60s.Miss Featherstone was the headmistress and one of my teachers was a Mrs. Day.
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My name was Janet Foster and I attended Longmeadow in 1956 to 1961 and I remember Miss Featherstone, Mrs Day, I cant remember many names but my friend was Lorraine Goode, I also remember Sandra Maltby and Janet BeeBee does anyone remember me, plese jog my memory.
 
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Werlygig said:
Hi Jen I can remember during assembly Miss Heatherington threw a Javlin across the stage to warn us how "dangerious"! they were, any one else remember?? Mrs Cooper an art teacher? I remember Mrs Peacock being my art teacher also Mrs Breasley the needlework teacher, I also remember that you were only allowed to do typing if you were going to "stay on" ? needles to say I left and did typing at night school at Alderlea Boys School.
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hi, I remember Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Beasley cant remeber until someone jogs myy memory, I notice your location is Ryton Grove, my two besst friends lived in Ryton Grove, Lorraine Goods and Jackie Kelly do you know them I have lost touch.
 
Hi Janet
I'm sorry but your name doesn't ring any bells and like you someone has to jog my memory nowadays. Lorrainne Goode yes she lived in the corner on the left, I'm afraid I can't remember the others, maybe you remember, Marrianne Creed she lived next door but one to her, down by me was Kathy Stroud, maybe Pamela Smith? or Pauline Cowley ( I have emailed her some years ago but have lost touch now)my old next door neighbour anyway would love to hear from you again, take care
 
My sister and I both went to Longmeadow Girls School. I didn't start until 1961 but she is 4 years older than me and was there between 1957-1962 (I think). Her name then was Pat (Patricia) Hughes, her friends were Beverley and Eileen, sorry dont know any surnames.
 
My sister and I also went to Longmeadow in the early 60s (Hazel and Sheila Smith) and I remember all of the names mentioned; Miss Featherstone, Mrs Young etc. Mrs Robertson (the dragon maths teacher who absolutely hated being called Mrs Robinson!) was my form teacher one year. I can remember being caught bouncing on the trampoline in the sports hall one lunch time by the PE teacher, Miss Parish (I think that was her name). And being caught smoking in the toilets. Can't remember what the punishments were for these misdemeanors!
 
soulsister1949 said:
i was at longmeadow girls school too. About 1965 ish.my last teacher was mrs young.we had miss breeze for drama,mrs roberton for maths (what a dragon ) miss reynolds for art. Do you remember anyone called pat corfield,jackie mitchell,elaine richards, cecilia steel,angela hipkiss,june pickering.i would love to find anyone who knew us lot
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i remember hipkiss family they lived opposite us in pencroft road,patricia mossop
 
Hi, I've just logged on after many months away, sob! and was interested in your list, I have one for you, LONGMEADOW SECONDRY MODERN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
that was its full title, its now a new housing estate, I dont have a badge, but i do have photos of it somewhere in my house ha!
 
Hi Jen

Re, Longmeadow Girls Secondary School. When the school closed down the Headmistress gave the school photographs to Shard End Library. They are in the Local History folders and if you go into the Library they will get them out of the cupboard for you to view. The nearby boys school and the girls school did school concerts and on some of the photographs is 'Benny' from Crossroads when he was a boy.

Junie.
 
Angela said:
Does anyone remember Longmeadow girls school, I was a pupil there in the late 50s/early 60s.Miss Featherstone was the headmistress and one of my teachers was a Mrs. Day.
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Yes I was also at Longmeadow - I was a first year the year it opened. I remember Miss Featherstone and because the school was new and mainly painted pale pink, she had chalk lines on the floor a foot away from the walls to stop us from dirtying the walls. I seem to remember it worked. I remember Mrs Clarke, Mrs Pearson when I was in 2nd year she was my form mistress and Mrs Fuller in the third year. I remember Mrs Davies, History and Mrs Robinson, Maths (I really didn't like her). My maiden name was Christine Bryant and I was terribly quiet and shy. I was saddened to learn that it had closed down.
 
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