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Erdington Grammar School

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Just to make it clear for anyone who reads this thread later, the photos in post #5 are of the house where Penny's aunt lodged not of the school.

I seem to remember that Erdington Grammar school was built in around 1926 but whether it was something else before I don't know. Part of the playing fields were the gardens of Erdington Hall so it probably ties in with the demolishing of that building and the construction of Tyburn Road.

Viv, there's another thread for this school - would be a good idea to merge them? Or is there a reason why they are separate? Edit. Threads now merged.

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/erdington-grammar.5412/page-3#post-611724

I still meet up with friends from Erdington and we always call it EGGS night!
 
Thanks Lady P. Threads merged, there may now be unseen posts earlier in this thread. Have also edited post #5. Viv
 
margaret said:
i never knew the dreaded miss bradford had a famous dad she used to frighten the life out of me she always sat in assembly in grey shorts uggg those hockey pitches an awful showersuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggg
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I was in EGGS when Miss Bradford started. She was an absolutely brilliant hockey player. She played on the wing. Many, many of the younger girls had crushes on her. I'm surprised she turned into a dragon. Maybe she was OK to me because I was in the first eleven hockey team. I loved those hockey pitches! LOL. However those showers were dreadful.
 
Hi Susan P, Welcome to the forum. I left Erdington in the summer of 1963 having started there in September 1958 - I didn't stay on till 6th form. There is a thread with a little more about the school here and worth a look:

Erdington Grammar School

thorton rd My school had air raid shelters we used to grow daffs in them, later i progressed to Erdington Grammer where we had tubbels in the building. I think we grew up in the detritus of ww2
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Speech day and prize-giving in 1966 at the Town Hall. Source:British Newspaper Archive. Viv.

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Just re-reading this thread again and recalled a couple of the school rules 1950s,
We had to kneel on the floor and our gymslips had to be 2 ins above the floor .
We were not to be seen eating in the street before or after school, one afternoon my mom took me along the village(Erdington high street) and bought peaches, giving me one to eat, a prefect saw me and reported me the next day,I had a warning from Miss Hill not to repeat my 'crime', lol., my Mom was furious and would have come to school but I convinced her not to show me up
 
Alberta, I was spotted eating an ice lolly and given a kindly warning not to do it again. Can't remember who it was that spoke to me but I was allowed to finish my lolly! There used to be a sweet shop at the dip in Wood End Road on our way to 6 ways and I'd bought it there.
 
Miss Hill's first name was Bernice.
Awarded OBE. I found her obituary in The Birmingham Post in the early 90s. She was a Blue Stocking, French was her subject. She took up the post of headmistress as a fairly young woman, when my Mom was a pupil there circa 1949. I was at the school 1969 - 1974. It ceased to be a Grammar School, sadly, in 1973.
I recall her taking part in a teacher's production of HMS Pinafore, as Sir Joseph Porter, wearing tights, dancing & singing. We were all amazed that our headmistress, usually so conservative could convert to perform in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta with such ease!
 
SelinaJ said:
Miss Hill's first name was Bernice.
Awarded OBE. I found her obituary in The Birmingham Post in the early 90s. She was a Blue Stocking, French was her subject. She took up the post of headmistress as a fairly young woman, when my Mom was a pupil there circa 1949. I was at the school 1969 - 1974. It ceased to be a Grammar School, sadly, in 1973.
I recall her taking part in a teacher's production of HMS Pinafore, as Sir Joseph Porter, wearing tights, dancing & singing. We were all amazed that our headmistress, usually so conservative could convert to perform in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta with such ease!
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I. was at Erdington Grammar from 1963 to 1970. The end of my first term was marked by the teachers putting on the musical of 1066 And All That. We were transfixed by their performances. Three teachers celebrated being seventy and having done fifty years of teaching. I seem to remember that they were Miss Mole and Miss Naish and one other.
 
Sue Bailey said:
I. was at Erdington Grammar from 1963 to 1970. The end of my first term was marked by the teachers putting on the musical of 1066 And All That. We were transfixed by their performances. Three teachers celebrated being seventy and having done fifty years of teaching. I seem to remember that they were Miss Mole and Miss Naish and one other.
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Hi Sue, yes those teachers taught my Mom, she remembers them! How dedicated they must have been to teaching, as I'm sure they could have retired at 60.
It was clearly a school tradition to entertain the pupils, as they did something similar in the first year I was there. Could possibly have been 1066 & all that.
 
SelinaJ said:
Hi Sue, yes those teachers taught my Mom, she remembers them! How dedicated they must have been to teaching, as I'm sure they could have retired at 60.
It was clearly a school tradition to entertain the pupils, as they did something similar in the first year I was there. Could possibly have been 1066 & all that.
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Hi Selina,
Which years were you there?
 
margaret said:
thorton rd

My school had air raid shelters we used to grow daffs in them, later i progressed to Erdington Grammer where we had tubbels in the building. I think we grew up in the detritus of ww2
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Hi, I was wondering if you knew of two teachers at Erdington; Miss Pat Muffett or Miss Pauline Cadman, who may have been Mrs Granville-Jolly by that time? The latter was my mother and the former went on to teach at Edgbaston High School and who has recently died aged 99. Any memories or information will be fabulous.
 
Marvellousmaud said:
Hi, I was wondering if you knew of two teachers at Erdington; Miss Pat Muffett or Miss Pauline Cadman, who may have been Mrs Granville-Jolly by that time? The latter was my mother and the former went on to teach at Edgbaston High School and who has recently died aged 99. Any memories or information will be fabulous.
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Good morning Marvellousmaud, welcome to Birmingham History Forum. It seems that margaret is no longer a member since that post dating from 2007, so it is unlikely you will get a reply.
 
Marvellousmaud said:
Hi, I was wondering if you knew of two teachers at Erdington; Miss Pat Muffett or Miss Pauline Cadman, who may have been Mrs Granville-Jolly by that time? The latter was my mother and the former went on to teach at Edgbaston High School and who has recently died aged 99. Any memories or information will be fabulous.
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I was the new intake in 1969 in the wake of the new scientists of the year! Pity as science (apart from biology with the lovely Miss Francis) was not my best subject.
Miss Bernice Hill was the wise and wonderful headmistress.
We had links with KEGS for drama and disco nights at Aston. Only allowed one such departure at EGGs, 1974, probably due to the bad behaviour of my year!
Loved my time at this brilliant school, attended by my Mother, auntsand 2 older cousins. Great memories.
 
Morturn said:
Good morning Marvellousmaud, welcome to Birmingham History Forum. It seems that margaret is no longer a member since that post dating from 2007, so it is unlikely you will get a reply.
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I was in Erdington 1957 to 1961. Miss Muffet was my for. Teacher, maybe 1960?? She lso taught English. I may be misremembering but I think her brother was a vicar? I don't remember the other lady
 
Emo said:
I was in Erdington 1957 to 1961. Miss Muffet was my for. Teacher, maybe 1960?? She lso taught English. I may be misremembering but I think her brother was a vicar? I don't remember the other lady
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Apologies. Misremembered Miss Moffat taught domestic science. Thr form tescher I muddled her with was Miss Rabson
 
Hi Emo, there is a long photo from 1961 earlier on this thread as you probably know. I'm attaching a section of this and I'm on the back but one row, third from the left. I had very blond (natural) hair and look bald! I expect you're on the long photo too as you were still there in summer1961.
 
Lady Penelope said:
Hi Emo, there is a long photo from 1961 earlier on this thread as you probably know. I'm attaching a section of this and I'm on the back but one row, third from the left. I had very blond (natural) hair and look bald! I expect you're on the long photo too as you were still there in summer1961.
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Thanks, yes, I did go over it several times and thought I saw familiar faces but not sure I saw my own. Knowing me, if I knew it was coming up I would have thrown a sicky. I was positively phobic about having my photo taken. Names that come to mind are Barbara Moore, very brainy think she had a doctor for one parent and physicist for the other. Patsy Martin. Gwendoline Bailey. Strangely can't remember name of the girl I hung out with the most….
 
Dave Bath said:
Hi Ladies,
My wife was there from 1953-1958. Then she was Barbara Williams. She remembers other teachers, Miss Bittlestone snd Frauline Notmann (spelling!). Bring back any memories anyone?
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Frauline Notmann gave me a detention for saying I liked her shoes. Detention meant something in those days. She said it was a 'personal remark' and therefore ill-mannered.
 
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