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Steward Street School
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this info is from wiki....
William Slim was born at 72 Belmont Road, St Andrews, Bristol, the son of John Slim by his marriage to Charlotte Tucker, and was baptised there at St Bonaventure's Roman Catholic church, Bishopston. He was brought up first in Bristol, attending St Bonaventure's Primary School, then St Brendan's College, before moving to Birmingham in his teens. In Birmingham, he attended St Philip's Grammar School, Edgbaston, and King Edward's School. After leaving school, his father's failure in business as a wholesale ironmonger meant that the family could afford to send only one son, Slim's older brother, to the University of Birmingham, so between 1910 and 1914 Slim taught in a primary school and worked as a clerk in Stewarts & Lloyds, a metal-tube maker.
William Slim was born at 72 Belmont Road, St Andrews, Bristol, the son of John Slim by his marriage to Charlotte Tucker, and was baptised there at St Bonaventure's Roman Catholic church, Bishopston. He was brought up first in Bristol, attending St Bonaventure's Primary School, then St Brendan's College, before moving to Birmingham in his teens. In Birmingham, he attended St Philip's Grammar School, Edgbaston, and King Edward's School. After leaving school, his father's failure in business as a wholesale ironmonger meant that the family could afford to send only one son, Slim's older brother, to the University of Birmingham, so between 1910 and 1914 Slim taught in a primary school and worked as a clerk in Stewarts & Lloyds, a metal-tube maker.
Hi Astoness,I am from Ladywood and lived in Ruston Street And latterly in Anderton StreetI now live in Stirling.Iam great fan of Bill Slim and was amazed on reading a recent biography under the title Uncle Bill that the school he had taught in was Steward Street.I just wondered if anyone else was aware of his connection with that school
well i was not aware of it so its another bit of of brum history for our archives so thank you for bringing it to our attention...not sure about rushton st but i am pretty sure there are a couple of photos of anderton st on the forum unless you have already found them
lyn
lyn
Some happy faces (but a sad occasion before the school closure) in this 1969 photo. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
What a lovely thread. My family were the corkhills. They lived at 55 steward Street and I think would most likely have attended this school. Does anyone know of the corkhills? I'm currently building my family tree and know up to william h corkhill my 2nd great grandfather. My great grandmother has 55 as her birth address and so does my grandmother.
Katie.
Katie.
hi kate another thread for you to look at about the cross keys pub steward st...a few photos of it
birminghamhistory.co.uk
The Cross Keys Steward Street, Ladywood
Hi My husbands great uncle ran the Cross keys in Stuart Street in Ladywood Birmingham.His name was Walter( Watty) Green,my husband tells me he was very well Known. A bit of a loveable rogue as he also took bets in his time,and later had his own betting shops
birminghamhistory.co.uk
Or perhaps, Viv, They were suffering a shortage of teachers and reverting to the Victorian habit of putting more senior pupils in charge of classes !! If the government's enthusiasm for form filling, listings, evaluations and testing drives away even more teachers from the profession , then that idea might return.
Theschool in this Newspaper clipping talks of ‘Stewart’ Street School. But should it be Steward Street School ? If it’s ‘Steward’ we have a thread here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/steward-street-school.44875/
From British History Online:
STEWARD STREET COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, Spring Hill. Steward St. Bd. Sch. opened 1873 by Birm. Sch. Bd. Accom. 1,036 B, G, I. Fees 2d.–3d. All fees reduced to 1d. in 1890, because of poverty of children: in one month of 1889,2/3boys' fees were in arrears, while there were 513 free orders (n.o.b. 1,172) in 1889. Bd. of Ed. demanded minor improvements in premises 1912. Experimental open-air classroom erected in playground 1914. Altered and reorganized 1932 for SB, JM, I. SB dept. closed 1943. Practical rooms used by neighbouring modern schs. Accom. 1961: 13 classrooms, 3 halls.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
From British History Online:
STEWARD STREET COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, Spring Hill. Steward St. Bd. Sch. opened 1873 by Birm. Sch. Bd. Accom. 1,036 B, G, I. Fees 2d.–3d. All fees reduced to 1d. in 1890, because of poverty of children: in one month of 1889,2/3boys' fees were in arrears, while there were 513 free orders (n.o.b. 1,172) in 1889. Bd. of Ed. demanded minor improvements in premises 1912. Experimental open-air classroom erected in playground 1914. Altered and reorganized 1932 for SB, JM, I. SB dept. closed 1943. Practical rooms used by neighbouring modern schs. Accom. 1961: 13 classrooms, 3 halls.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
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I’ve just checked the full article and this is Steward Street School - the captions to the images give the wrong name. Grateful if a Mod could move the posts on this thread to herehttps://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/steward-street-school.44875/
Many thanks. Viv.
Many thanks. Viv.
Steward Street boys gymnastics demo, sorry no date. Source: Birmingham Mail archives. Viv.
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master brummie
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master brummie
It is Listed as Kutia, a place of worship. note also the Christmas lights hanging on the front of the building on street view
many thanks for the reply will post more when i get used to the site
MWS
from Bham
Not sure where it came from (no relation) but I have a book that an Annie Neal received for good attendance at Steward St School in 1906. She lived on Springfield St.
There are also books she received from Steward St Sunday School (not sure if it's the same), as well books that were received by her husband George Evans, her sister Jessie Neal, her half brother Edwin Arrowsmith and her mother Elizabeth Dyhouse. The last from the 1880s.
There are also books she received from Steward St Sunday School (not sure if it's the same), as well books that were received by her husband George Evans, her sister Jessie Neal, her half brother Edwin Arrowsmith and her mother Elizabeth Dyhouse. The last from the 1880s.
hi mark i also have books and other various items that belong to other families...i have posted them on the forum under the surname interests in the hopes that any living family may want to claim them as they should be with them..in fact i must bring those threads to the top again..
lyn
Further to my 1st post yesterday, am also posting a photo of my late Mother Ivy Jones nee Taylor
from the same year but different class as my Father , they lived next door to each other in back to back houses in Stour Street
my Mother is in 2nd row down & 2nd across , have posted this photo before on the oldladywood web site
had a reply by a Linda Driscoll who recognized her mother in the same row third from the right with the glasses
wonder if anyone else out there has family members in the photos ?
from the same year but different class as my Father , they lived next door to each other in back to back houses in Stour Street
my Mother is in 2nd row down & 2nd across , have posted this photo before on the oldladywood web site
had a reply by a Linda Driscoll who recognized her mother in the same row third from the right with the glasses
wonder if anyone else out there has family members in the photos ?
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Keith Lanham
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Does anybody have any idea who actually OWN'S Stewart Street School Nowadays?
Does anybody have any idea who actually OWN'S Stewart Street School Nowadays?
I recognise a couple of the teachers in the picture, any chance of showing the full article?
Here's the full article Ziggy. Mrs M Jones, Headteacher is mentioned.
Source : British Newspaper Archive
Source : British Newspaper Archive
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