Leeds Lost Schools

Lyndoch · Post by **Lyndoch** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 11:57 pm

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Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Thu 19 Aug, 2010 12:23 am

Hi Lyndoc. i see your trying to post a picture?If your using firefox its a big no no for some reason??My advice is swap over to IE and post the pic.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 19 Aug, 2010 12:41 am

I use AOL which I believe uses IE as its browser, but I've never been able to post a picture so I no longer bother. I may try again one day.

Glax · Post by **Glax** » Sun 05 Sep, 2010 4:29 am

DOBBO wrote: Does anyone have any recollection of St Patricks junior school on York Road opposite Curtis Shopfitters and Hemingways Brewery. I cant find any reference to it or any pictures - Iwas there from 1955 to 1959 when we moved from East End Park to Crossgates Dobbo asked about St Patrick`s junior school in York Road, on the other side of the road from the Irish Centre and what used to be a public library.I enjoyed several years at that friendly school a long time ago, in the 1940s in fact.In my day the headmaster was Mr Faller, a serious man but fair.Miss Lucy Lynch was a lovely teacher, warm and kind. Later I learned she had been a schoolgirl pal of my mother`s. All the teachers were okay, I think.My brother and I used to live in Temple View Terrace - still there in changed form behind the Irish Centre - and walked the short distance to school and back.The playground was solid concrete, so grazed knees were almost a badge of membership.At one spot there was a slight slope, and we often turned this into a slide, rubbing candle grease onto the soles of our boots and shoes, which were usually heavy with metal studs.In one corner of the playground, against the wire fence, we played "Relievo" during most breaks and lunchtimes. Dividing into two teams, classmates would capture by touch members of the opposing team who were then "imprisoned" and guarded against the fence until their own mates could rush in and touch them, upon which they were set free to liberate in turn any other captured teammates.Hopscotch, skipping games, conkers were all favourites.On one day of the year, miraculously or so it seemed, everyone would turn up at school carrying a few marbles in their pockets. I never heard it being planned but we all knew when the "taws" season started. Sometimes the journey home was a bit slower because we played taws all the way using the kerbside of the roads. There wasn`t a lot of motor traffic to worry about in those days.One enduring memory is the day of the Great Banana Chase. We werestill being fed on powdered egg, ground rice, etc and everything was rationed and in short supply.When the war ended an uncle serving in the Royal Navy came back allsuntanned from the Med - and presented my parents with a bunch of bananas.These were like the Holy Grail. We might possibly have heard of bananas but we`d certainly never seen one.We were allowed to take one into school as an object lesson. but when I and my brother strolled into the playground and produced the banana, we suddenly realised this rare and beautiful fruit was having an electric effect on the other kids.They too had never seen such exotic food and they crowded round to get a better look. Closer and closer.Things were getting so tight and excited that we decided to move away a bit.In fact we hoofed off as fast as we could, chased by the milling horde of our schoolmates. Across and round the playground the noisy pursuit went, until we were eventually rescued by a couple of teachers, probably just as keen as the kids to get a closer look.at the banana, which surprisingly survived and later tasted delicious.Glax

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Mon 06 Sep, 2010 4:21 am

Since the bulldozers got Foxwood, that's all of my schools now gone ... Coldcotes & Low Road Primary being the others ...

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Mon 06 Sep, 2010 12:51 pm

Lyndoch wrote: Photo attached If you're having difficulty posting pix, you could send them to me via email and I can post them for you.

Glax · Post by **Glax** » Sat 11 Sep, 2010 8:20 pm

Like Dobbo and others I`ve searched in vain for mentions and especially photos of the original St Patrick`s primary school in York Road.Even its replacement school in Torre Road seems to ignore it on its own website, implying that there was nothing before.Why should this nice little school, with good teachers and loads of interesting kids, be left out of the records?Well, just in case anyone believes it`s all a fantasy, I ransacked some of my old photos and I`VE FOUND A CLASS PHOTO FROM THE ORIGINAL ST PATRICK`S (sorry for shouting, but I`m sure you`ll understand).Not sure of the year, pupils probably aged nine or ten. Are any of my old classmates still around, or will some of their offspring recognise the names and respond?Additional comments and corrections very welcome. I`d love to read something of what happened to my old friends. I still remember some of the names, with apologies for any I miss or get wrong after 60 years!Woman teacher on left, don`t remember name unless it was Mrs Jones. A pleasant lady, very precise in dress, speech and behaviour. Can`t name the boy`s head at her shoulder.Male teacher on extreme right, a trainee but very good. He got us doing rapid-fire mental arithmetic every day.Back Row: Michael Melia; Kathleen Fawcett (especially fond memories of our classroom romance!); ? ; Barry Wilson; Colin Coultas; ?; ?; ?; ?; James Cooney;2nd row from back: ?; ?; James Taylor (later a headmaster, I believe); Brian Driscoll (toughest fighter in the school, but no bully, a very decent lad); Gerald McHale (years later I took a holiday job at an engineering works and, a sheer amateur, met Gerald a seasoned professional); Paul Callaghan; ?; ?; Mary Rose Butler;Second row from front: ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; Caroline Oddy; ?; ?; ?; Michael Welch;Front row: ?; Michael Padden; Glax; Tony Cunningham; ?; ?; ?; ?;

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Sun 12 Sep, 2010 1:48 am

Hi Glax,If your using firefox posting pics on here is a big NO NO im afraidtry re-posting them in Internet Explorer.

Glax · Post by **Glax** » Sun 12 Sep, 2010 2:26 am

Hi Brandy, thanks for your kind and helpful advice, but I am in fact using Internet Explorer so maybe my brain has taken a little holiday. Anyway, I`ve got over my temper tantrum without throwing rocks at the monitor, so I`m going to have another go.I`m feeling buoyed up by having one reader - thanks again, Brandy - but if it doesn`t work this time I`ll leave things until after tomorrow`s Grand Prix. Here goes...Glax

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 17 Sep, 2010 1:29 pm

Lyndoch wrote: In a previous message I was asked about the Armley National Boy's School football photo Here it is If anyone remembers this? Here's the pic he was trying to post.Back Row: Jeff Skinner, Raymond ?, Robert Kearsley, ? Rudkin. ?.. Middle: ? .. ? Finnigan. Terry Denison, .. ? Paul Cook (Deceased) Bottom: Lad from Blackpool David PostillThis photo of Armley National Boys' School football team must have been taken around 1948/9 we were about to go and play Green Lane School and walked down Hall Lane.