St Patricks C of E School Highgate Street.

[Astoness]

thanks for your post james

lyn

 

[NFHBK]

My husband lived at 7 back of 8 Hick street, Dan Smith. He remembers Miss Gittins. Says a lot of children (including him) would have gone hungry if not for the jam sandwiches.
To the left of their entry was the green grocers, to the right the grocers/general stores and remembers a Fish and chip shop in either belgrave road or Highgate road. he remembers Christine Holdback and Nicholas Holdback. Dan left Hick street abt 1962, he then went to Clifton road school.
any photos old or modern would be most appreciated

Hi Folks
I came across this site very recently in a St. Patrick's school search and low and behold someone remembered my name,
I'm Nick Holdback. My sister Christine lives in Warstock now which is where we moved to in about 1963/64 I think, when they knocked everything down, great fun on the bomb pecks till then. I joined the Merchant Navy when I was 18 then emigrated to Australia at 20 and I still live just South of Adelaide. Dan has got me going about the chip shop, I can remember the inside but the location is not coming, I'll ask my brother Mike he has a memory like an Elephant.
I recall all the yards up Hick St. and I'm just recalling another family, the Farrells David, Michael, Bernadette and their mom June, I think they lived up the same entry as Dan, top house on the Right.
Anyway Thanks for having me on the site, it's been so nice to hear the names and places of the very important formative years, they were great times, no money but lots of fun.

 

[Richard Dye]

Hi Folks
I came across this site very recently in a St. Patrick's school search and low and behold someone remembered my name,
I'm Nick Holdback. My sister Christine lives in Warstock now which is where we moved to in about 1963/64 I think, when they knocked everything down, great fun on the bomb pecks till then. I joined the Merchant Navy when I was 18 then emigrated to Australia at 20 and I still live just South of Adelaide. Dan has got me going about the chip shop, I can remember the inside but the location is not coming, I'll ask my brother Mike he has a memory like an Elephant.
I recall all the yards up Hick St. and I'm just recalling another family, the Farrells David, Michael, Bernadette and their mom June, I think they lived up the same entry as Dan, top house on the Right.
Anyway Thanks for having me on the site, it's been so nice to hear the names and places of the very important formative years, they were great times, no money but lots of fun.

Welcome to the Forum Nick! A great place, enjoy!

 

[superdad3]

St Albans Church, Highgate has a brilliant website including a Parish Heritage Trail. This may be of interest [copied from the site.]


"Once past the Alms Houses, turn right into Pentland Croft. At the end, follow a footpath heading between the 1960s Wilmcote and Brinklow Tower Blocks, to reach Upper Highgate Street. Ahead, to the left, the red brick building ❸ behind St Patrick’s Centre for Community Health was St Patrick's church school. Built in 1933 to replace an earlier school building on the same site, it closed in 1983."

St Patrick's School

 

[NFHBK]

St Albans Church, Highgate has a brilliant website including a Parish Heritage Trail. This may be of interest [copied from the site.]

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"Once past the Alms Houses, turn right into Pentland Croft. At the end, follow a footpath heading between the 1960s Wilmcote and Brinklow Tower Blocks, to reach Upper Highgate Street. Ahead, to the left, the red brick building ❸ behind St Patrick’s Centre for Community Health was St Patrick's church school. Built in 1933 to replace an earlier school building on the same site, it closed in 1983."
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St Patrick's School

Thanks Superdad3
How things change, looks like part of Highgate St. and Hick St. are gone, I remember the road ran right past the school doors. The intersection of Frank St. and Highgate St. is where the local fish and chip shop used to be, I think, in the 50s/60s.