cresser
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My picture is of Tindal Street J&M school, dated 1939. My Mother is with the white spot in front of her, I don`t know any of the others I`m afraid.View attachment 86892
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Tindal Street School
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My mom was one of these evacuees from Tindal St school,she is the tall girl in the back row on the right, she was 11 years old at the time, she is nearly 91 now and still going strong. She remembers Queen Mary as a nice lady and went gardening with her on many occasions. On one occasion Mom had cold hands and the Queen gave her a pair of silk gloves to keep her hands warm. I have seen the photo before but never the newspaper article. Thankyou Viv
How lovely Trueblue. So good to find out more about these photos. Viv.
Glenys Gray
New Member
My aunt, Elspeth Gray is second from the right on the back row and we have this photograph along with a school photo and two reports. She has dementia now, but I will try to jog her memory with photos of the school.
Alistair P.
Brummie babby
I attended Tindal Street School briefly in 1956 or 1957. I was a rather naughty boy I'm ashamed to say but mixed up, too. I truanted on a regular basis, spent my dinner money and pinched fruit from a local greengrocer's pavement display. I remember peering through the main door of the church close by, the smell of incense and the sound of prayers. I think my brother Richard attended, too.
I received this post from new member Gillflower about Queen Mary’s gardening scheme.
“My mom was one of the children who were evacuated to Badmington and went gardening with Queen Mary. Her name then was Dorothy Moore. She is 92 now but still remembers her time there” Gillflower.
That’s lovely to hear Gillflower and so nice to hear your mother has told you about it.
Viv.
Gillflower
Brummie babby
My mom remembers your Aunt Elspeth very well. They were in the same gardening group
Ask her if she remembers Jean Bowen
Ask her if she remembers Jean Bowen.
Gillflower
Brummie babby
Gillflower
Brummie babby
I spoke to mom this morning and she does remember Jean Bowen. They were in the same class
Gillflower
Brummie babby
I’ll ask mom tomorrow about Ron Pankhurst.
Mom was billeted at the kennels with Mrs Burbidge who made it obvious that she didn’t want an evacuee living there. She did things like mark her plate and tie string around the handle of her cutlery and she was only allowed to use those. After 6 or 7 months she wrote to her dad and asked him to fetch her home. She will be sorry to hear that your mom has passed.
Mom was billeted at the kennels with Mrs Burbidge who made it obvious that she didn’t want an evacuee living there. She did things like mark her plate and tie string around the handle of her cutlery and she was only allowed to use those. After 6 or 7 months she wrote to her dad and asked him to fetch her home. She will be sorry to hear that your mom has passed.
Mum got moved on as Mr Williams who was a groom had to go near an airfield. Mum got rebilleted to a woman who only gave her a piece of bread to eat. So she asked to come home. She had only been back to B'ham once before, spent the week in the Anderson when Coventry was bombed.
Does your mother still live locally?
Does your mother still live locally?
Gillflower
Brummie babby
Hello Sue, mom moved to Tamworth about 25 years ago. She lived in Tindal Street until she got married in 1949. She remembers the school was hit by a bomb that did quite a bit of damage. The kids had to go in and retrieve what books and other equipment ( no health and safety in those days). She doesn’t remember Ron Pankhurst. It seems mom certainly wasn’t the only child to be made to feel unwelcome
ChrisMarklew
New Member
My mother was at the school in the 30s. My picture is attached. Until I looked on this forum I was not sure of the spelling of the school / street name. I just knew she lived in Edward Road at the time.
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ChrisMarklew
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My mother Joan is centre at the back with a blue cross.
No date for this photo but possibly 1910/1920’s? The boys look very neat and tidy. Viv.
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