Memories of Kingsthorne Junior school
Kingsthorne School today
Cranbourne Road – Kingsthorne school
1940-1942 Miss Pool was the headmistress for the infants school
1943 Mrs Fairhead was the headteacher of the junior school
1976 Mrs Raven Infants school headmistress
1979 Mr Foster was the junior school headteacher
Memories of Maureen Cherry
One photo was taken in Mr Hills class sitting beside him is twins Elizabeth and Anne Cox, behind him I remember Pat Harwood and Beryl Franks Brenda Paiyne
There is also Pamela Ward Rita Handsworth Barbara Keights..BOYS John Taroni John Jones Brian Morris Roy Dunn Spencer Whitcomb Frank Barnsley David Smith Girl at the back row is Deloras Owen. This would have been taken around 1949.On Mr Hills picture I am 4th girl in on the right.
Mr Hill 1949
Mrs Warwick 1951
The next photo, teacher was Mrs Warwick around 1951 The children were the same as previous class. My name was Maureen Warner. I am 5th from the left back row
Cranbourne Rd school evacuees at Ripley station. Courtesy of Kingsthorne school
School Archive
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Memories of Mr Gannon
Cranbourne Road school Coronation party. 1953. Courtesy of Mr Gannon
More memories of Ian Genge
These were taken during the above events celebrations in Kingstanding. My mother, Valerie Genge, went to Cranbourne Road Junior School, where the large group photos were taken. The other 2 photo’s (with the modern house in the background) are of my mother & her younger sister & neighbours, & my mom & her sister, in her neighbours garden in Kingstanding. My mother lived with her parents in Wanstead Grove. These 2 photos were taken just before the Wanstead Grove Coronation Street Party !
Cranbourne Road School Coronation Day
Coronation Day at Wanstead Grove
Cranbourne Road School Coronation day celebrations
Memories of Harry Felton
As near l can remember to get a free pass we had to swim a couple of lengths in a certain time as to prove yourself proficient.A free pass entitled you to a 20min session,although if you hid in the toilets during the changeover and GEORGE the attendant did not find you you could sneak another session. l attended Cranborne Road Junior school at the time and at the age of 10 swam a mile for which l received a certificate which read ;Plunged in and swam one mile; another thing l remember about the baths was the hot 1d OXO in the cafe that overlooked the little pool,it was very welcome on a cold winters day .
Memories of Ray Malvern
I was at Cranbourne Rd.School from about 1940 to 1946.If I remember right kids could start before their fifth birthday at the time to allow mothers to go to work.For the first few months I was there we attended mornings only.After we started attending afternoons we seemed to get air raids on a regular basis just about finishing time so was stuck in the shelters instead of going home.I remember the head teacher in the infants was Miss Poole,the only other teacher I remember from the infants was Miss Lewis.From the juniors I remember the head teacher was Miss Pugh other teachers being Mr.Giles Miss Acton and Mr.Taylor who had been demombed from the R A F.
Kingsthorne Golden Jubilee publication Click the link to open.
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Voices of Kingstanding 
Kingsthorne Primary school was known as Cranborne Road infants and Junior school when i was there, i was dumped there by my mother and my younger sister who was in a push chair at the time, I say dumped because i was not very happy about going to school, my mother took me into Miss Lutleys class and they showed me all the good things that were going and then Mom said “i have to check on your little sister who is outside being looked after by another lady, I will be back soon”. well that was it i was left there until lunch time when we went home early for the first week, once Mom had left i forgot all about where i was and was quite happy so i have been told.
By: Alan G Hitchman on March 10, 2011
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Crambourne Road School.
I started in 1943, don’t remember much about the infants, some of the teachers names that come mind in Juniors , Miss Fairhead was the Head, Mr. Evans, Mr. Howard, Mr. Phillips, and the dreaded Miss Freeman in the wooden classrooms.
By: Ray Griffiths on June 17, 2012
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I have very fond memories of my time at Kingsthorne. Left in 1979. I remember a very kind teacher called Mrs Jones, who taught the youngest children. When I went into the Juniors I always used to shout to her over the railings and she was always so lovely to me. I was afraid of Mrs Mason because she used to be very stern, but loved being in the class of Mr Dors, even though he used to tower over me. He seemed over 6ft tall, but that’s probably because we were so small. I enjoyed the poetry lessons and making models in the hut that was at the back of the playground. I was so proud to be house captain of Emerald house and secretly had a crush on the boy captain for the same house. The other houses were Topaz, Ruby and Sapphire. Mr Foster, the headmaster, had a unique way of signing his name and I still have all the authgraphs from my last day at Kingsthorne. Reciting times tables, using eletronic adding machines that spoke to you, playing tag and kiss chase in the playground…those were the days. The only thing I didn’t like was the warm milk!!!!!
By: D Carnighan on July 31, 2011
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im sure i was there the same time, Miss mason was my Ist year teacher in junior too, i remember her as tall and skinny teacher, i think 2yrs later or 1yr later that i had miss colicotte givivig out cadbury cream eggs for easter i loved doing the flower baskets for each class competition(dont thrnk our class ever won though) oh and the tagging and kiss chase oh fab they were the days! ay do you remember the kid with peircing blue eyes everyone liked
By: shirley ann kelly on August 19, 2012
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That was prob me with the blue eyes. I remember the girls all telling me I had nice eyes. I remember getting the ruler on my hand off miss kottman. And at lunchtime interlocking your hands and putting them in the air for seconds. I left in 79 to go to perry common.
By: Ed harris on November 25, 2013
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Kingsthorne junior school Birmingham UK
I lived in the kingstanding area from about 1969, first at number 82 Lingfield Avenue off birdbrook road old Oscott Kingstanding, then at Weybourne Road Great Barr / Kingstanding ( where my parents still live today )
I attended this school as a child up untill i left in 1976 aged 11, moving to secondary school Perry Common Comprehensive untill 1981. I had attended both the infant and the junior school at Kingsthorne.
i remember playing british bulldog when i was at kingsthorne junior school back in 1976, from what i remember of the game it was a sort of tig/tag game all the kids lined up on one side of the playground and had to try to run to the other side without being tagged.
i also recall the ghost stories of the world war 2 air pilot who used the haunt the old wooden classroom blocks which stood on the rised up section of the large rear playground, next to the nursey which formed part of the haunted wooden classrooms block and the wooden cook house block opposite off the tansley road entrance. Its believed that a RAF base and aircraft runway had meant to have once stood on the grounds of the school or had been located somewhere very close by but the old schools wooden huts had at one time meant to been used the house RAF Staff sometime during WW2 ? i do recall there being a RAF air cadet training base about half a mile away from the school, 425 RAF squardon ? which used to be next to goodway nursey school on goodway road near to hawthrone road and kings road back then in 1976 .
i can’t remember who the headmaster was of the junior’s school was at kingsthrone was when i left in 1976 but i think it was a Mr Foster ?, but i remember Mrs Raven being the headmistress of the infant school.
i can also remember a mrs mason a first year junior school teacher, mr dors or doors cant remember the correct spelling of his name, but he was my form teacher in 1976 when i left, Mr Martin who class room was next to our classroom and who’s class we always used to be in competition with. i recall having to walk from kingsthorne school going out of the cranbourne road entrance to kingstanding swimming baths which used to be on warren farm road near warren farm secondary school, the schools sport playing fields (or the ones the school used) used to be off tysoe road / burford road and kingstanding road about a one mile walk from the school (it seemed more like 5 miles away at that age ) where we had to walk to for football, cricket, and hockey for the girls practice. I recall the main part of the building being built in what i can only describe as being a sort of a 50p coin shape if viewed from the air with the two halls being built / placed either side of sort of 50p shaped building parallel to each other – one for the infant side of the school, one for the junior side of the school which used to be used for morning assembly, doubled up as the dinning hall and sports hall. In the centre of this main building block was large grass / garden area which when i attended the infant school we used to hold our sports days on.
Most years while i attend this school, both the junior and infant section of the school, separate from each other would hold summer and christmas concert / play. i remember my mother Mrs Ann Brookes and her good friend Mrs Floss Goodman i think her name was, had volunteered to sing with the children in the choir in the infant schools christmas concert, well my mom’s friend may have been a good singer but she often forgot the words to the song she was meant to have been singing and could be heard over everyone else singing the wrong words with the whispers of kids saying “miss miss your sing it wrong again ” or Mrs Raven the infants school headmistress and choir master shouting out ” oh Floss not again please do try to remember the words to the song !!” Thankfully Floss always managed to get it right on the night tho.
HAS ANYONE ELSE GOT MEMOIR’S OF THIS SCHOOL OR KNOW MORE ABOUT ITS HISTORY please post them on this site.
By: Martin Brookes on November 24, 2011
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Cranbourne Rd Infants School
I first went to Cranbourne Rd Infants School in 1942, my mother took me, as my father was in the army in the Far East, I did not see him until I was eight years old, when he came home at the end of the war.
It is strange how the memory works, I cannot remember the name of a single teacher in the infants school only the Head Mistress Ms Pool.
For the first couple of weeks my mum took me to school but I soon teamed up with Peter Dolman who became my “best friend” and who lived at 12 Crayford Rd which was just round the corner from where I lived at 123 Hurlingham Rd, as we walked to school we would meet with others and chat we were a very happy group.
We were always early for school and would play in the playground until the bell sounded, we would then line up in front of our teacher who would then march us into class, where she would call the register.
She then marched us into the big hall youngest at the front oldest at the back, the whole infants school assembled we sang a hymn,recited the lords prayer and Ms Pool would tell us about things going on in the school.
When this was over a teacher played a gramophone record, for us to march out to it was always the same record “Marche Militaire” by Schubert, back in our class the learning began. Our abc’s and our numbers and learning to write.
Our teacher would read us a story, to be continued next day.
The commands ” sit up straight arms folded”
” Heads Down ” we would all lie across our desks with our heads resting on our arms, if I did this today I’d be asleep in minutes.
Pupils would bring in bunches of flowers for the teacher who would put them in vases around the room and on Friday she would offer them to puplls to take home it was a highly sought after prize.
Another lesson I enjoyed was music, for this we went into the big hall where there was a piano,and a “band box” this contained an assortment of musical instruments, castanets, tambourines, drums, cymbals, triangles and a big bass drum, as I was a big boy I often got to play the big drum, I also liked the cymbals they also made a loud noise.
Another aspect of our music lessons was singing, although I had a croaky voice I enjoyed singing ” the British Grenadiers , Men of Harlech, the ashgrove” and many more, our teacher would help us by playing the piano, which helped keep us in tune.
As I progressed through the infants I was given the job, with other boys, as a milk monitor. A milk lorry would reverse up the drive to the school and we would help the driver off load his delivery of milk crates. Each pupil was given a Gill of milk morning and afternoon, a gill was a quarter of a pint, our job as milk monitors was to carry the crates, two each classroom.
I enjoyed my years in the infants and cannot remember any unhappy times there
By: Richard Wall on April 27, 2012
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I can’t remember the exact years I was at Cranbourne Rd School, it must have been 1943/1948 ish.
Names I remember from school are as follows :-
Roy Parish, Kenny Tredwell, Ronnie Jordan, Graham Warton, Derek Boxley,
Margaret Ford, Carol Crump, Ann Faulkner, Harry Felton, Sheila Capernhurst, Geoff Ashley ( Sheila & Geoff got married they live in New Zealand, John Middleton.
It woiuld be nice hear from any of them after all these years.
I used to work as a lad on the Midland Counties Dairy Milk Round in Kingstanding with my Dad, we used to start at 0700 at Hurlingham Rd. do most of kingstanding area ending up at Rivington Cresent.
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I remember we start a Dog Spotters Club Canine Defence in a shed in Cranbourne Rd. belonging to Graham Warton’s parents his mother used to bring out to us drinks and cakes for us.
I seem to remember you Alan Hitchman .
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By: School timelines « Voices of Kingstanding on July 13, 2012
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I left Kingsthorne junior in 1971,prior to leaving i remember the Headmaster as Mr Bullus and deputy head as Mr Martin.
Other teachers were:- Mrs Kottman,Mr Cherry (who ran the cricket team)
miss or mrs Snowden,the dreaded Mr Friar,Mrs Jones who i think was more to do with the primary school,and ran a country dancing lesson, i remember Mrs Cork who was head of primary probably mid 60’s and she once gave me the slipper.
I also remember the old world war 2 air raid shelters that were behind the wooden classrooms,the white rabbits in the central green and trips to burford road playing fields.
Ian
By: Ian Mclean on August 18, 2012
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Hi, I went to school at Kingsthorne and remember Mr Bullus and Miss Cork fondly.Mr Friar was a favourite and I met him years later after I became a primary school teacher and asked him if he dare slap my legs now – lol! I also remember Miss Kottman – not so happily. Lots of other memories too many to list now. 🙂
By: jade on April 22, 2015
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I also left in 1971 l was Sarah Ward and remember most of these teachers l was in Mr Cherrys class in my last year.
By: Sarah Folley on November 5, 2023
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I first went to Cranbourne Rd schools in September 1941, progressing from Infants to Juniors, Miss Pool was the Head of the Infants.
Miss Pugh was the Junior Head, her staff were Mr Giles, Mr Jackson, Mrs Ellis, Mrs Freeman, Mrs Warwick, Miss L. Baker, Miss G. Baker, Miss Pittaway,
Mr Giles had the top class, but retired, his place was taken by Miss Askew.
When the war ended two more male teachers arrived, Mr Harvey and Mr Jones. Mr Jones used to bring his dog with him and it lay outside his classroom in the quadrangle, he lived somewhere up Kings Rd towards Sutton and I would walk home with him and his dog. Would never be allowed now.
The school never had any sports teams until Mr Jones and Mr Harvey arrived, they organised a football team with practice after school, we didnt have any school colours or jerseys so we played in white “T” shirts on which the girls from our class had had sewn the school initials in yellow on a green background all made from felt.
Most of our matches were played at Holford drive playing fields which were behind Kynochs and ICI ( opposite Birchfield Harriers sports ground)
Few if any of the teachers had cars but I do remember that Mrs Freeman bought a motorcycle, it was very small ex army paratroop machine which she would ride.
By: Richard Wall on August 27, 2012
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Kingsthorne Primary I was there from 1975 Mr Evans was the headmaster I always remember he used to have rubber thimble type things on his fingers, first teacher was Mr Salt I loved him, then Miss Cauldicott who used to give the pump if you played up, then my final teacher was Mr Martin, he told us he either lived in or close to James Watts house in hands worth. Other teachers I remember we’re Mr Dors tall and scary, Miss Kottman who took us for needlework. I still have my certificates for sports days and winning the flower arranging contest 1976
By: Terry raynes nee Kearney on August 29, 2012
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Wow, Terry, I can’t believe you still remember all of our old teachers names!
Thank you for the reminder, they were good times. Mr Martin was a star, very strict and Roy Patrick used to be his star pupil.
I’m still trying to remember what the small building was that was located near to the Tansley rd entrance. It used to have railings around it and part of me thinks it was a nursery but I’m not sure.
I seem to recall having an afternoon nap with all the other children but I may be confusing that memory with an earlier school.
Anyway, I hope you are well.
Marc Buck
By: Marc Buck on September 17, 2017
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The building you described sounds like it was the nursery which was part of a block of wooden “shed” type buildings that stood behind the brick walls and step areas which used to be on the top playground – these buildings apparently were the old barracks rooms from when the school was originally part of a RAF base back in the 930’s I believe. The top playground was used by the senior children of the junior school were as the two front playground were used for the younger children ( first and second year olds of the junior school – playground next to mr ardwick the caretakers house and the other playground was used by the infant school children back in 1969 to 1976 when I attended king’s throne school
By: Martin Brookes on March 9, 2021
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Agree with Martin- it was the nursery. I used to walk past it every day on my way into school. Mr Alderwick was the caretaker. He was lovely. I have very happy memories of my time at the school. I also left in 1976.
By: orseline on March 9, 2021
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Hi Terry, I was also in Mr Salts, Mr Martin and Mrs Cauldicotts class and I remember you. I was Debbie McMullan then. I remember Mr Martin used to bang the blackboard with the wooden ruler and scare everyone . If you were good you also got to ring the bell at breaktime…
By: Deborah Taylor-Bond on March 3, 2019
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Hi.
I’m trying to locate an old friend.
She lived in Hornsey Grove.
Number 14.
I only ever knew her as Anne Harrison.
Regards.
Jonathan.
By: Jonathan on March 11, 2021
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I was in Mr Martin’s class. I left to go to Perry Common in 1976. I remember Mr Martin rapping the knuckles of I think Leonard Hall and Graham Saunders with a ruler. I was a good girl. Haha. My mom was a dinner lady used to walk round the school with kids holding her hands. Mrs Priest and Mrs Sommerville also dinner ladies. Mom followed me to Perry Common to work in school kitchen – probably to keep her eyes on me!
Used to walk up walls in the outside toilet block by leaning against one wall and walking legs on opposite side. Always played football with the boys and Wendy Gregory but seem to remember Mr Evans split boys and girls up to play in separate playgrounds.
Also played days of week on the steps by the wooden huts but twisted my ankle jumping from top (Sunday) to bottom (Saturday). Went to Mr Evans office where he proceeded to wiggle my foot about so I screamed with pain. He must have thought I was lying!
James Bond was in my class. He ended up being my hero when he freed my foot from being stuck on a wooden slatted roof at Tamworth Castle. Mr Pope was another teacher – I had guitar lessons with him. Seem to remember James threatening to bring his dad down to see Mr Pope and Mr Pope said “I’ll bring my dad and he’s bigger than yours”. The things you remember eh?!
Louise
By: Louise Andrews on September 6, 2022
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Hi Louise
It seems you were in the same class as me! I remember walking up the walls of the toilets too. Happy days, a long time ago.
By: orseline on September 6, 2022
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Correction to my previous posting:- The teacher who brought his Alsation dog to school was Mr Hill not a Mr Jones, but he was a Welshman
It would be nice to see some more postings of that era.
I can still remember most of the names my class Miss Askew’s, that left Cranbourne Rd school in 1948. It was not known to me as Kingsthorne until much later
By: Richard Wall on September 2, 2012
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I left Cranbourne road in 1948..remember Mr Hill ..he was my favourite teacher..my friend and I were teachers pets..lol
By: Ann Clucas on September 8, 2012
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Hello Ann, I like you, left Cranbourne Rd in 1948. I liked both Mr Hill and Mr Harvey because when they arrived at the school they organised the first football and cricket teams that ever represented the school. Most if not all the players were selected from the top class. I played in all the football matches and cricket matches until I left in 1948.
In those days there were over 40 in a class do you remember any of these names
Ann McKensie Peter Dolman
Jean Baker David Harris
Pat March Teddy Gallimore
Barbara Cook Peter Edmunds
June Ashby David Gregory
Yvonne Leach Kerin Lee
Gillian Sharpe Alan Harrison
Peggy Jones Derek Chapman
Valerie Parker John Rochelle
Margaret Cousins Geoffrey Ashley
Betty Wilson Clifford Evans
Florence Wilks David Warren
Thelma Leatherton Victor Turner
Brenda Bosworth John Dunne
Norma Plant Kenny Broohill
Brenda Rivers Michael Ashton
Derek Gulliver
Terry Keight
Kenny Cornbill
When I was in my teens I remember reading in the B’ham Mail about Billy Smarts Circus in town and that there was a trapeze artist from the city named Margaret Cousins, I often wonder if she was the same Margaret from my class.
Betty Wilson was a member of Birchfield Harriers
Valerie Parker was an Acrobatic Dancer
Yvonne Leach and her family emigrated to South Africa
Peggy Jones had red hair.
John Rochelle’s family owned the Butchers shops, one at the Circle, the other where he lived was on the Kinstanding Rd just along from Dyas Rd.
Alan Harrison became a cycle speedway ace with Kingstanding Monarchs
Pete Edmunds I new in my motorcycling days when he road a Velocette Venom, I road a Norton Dominator.
Teddy Gallimore’s father had been killed in the war.
Kerin Lee’s father also died he was in the RAF
Derek Chapman ran into a Dinner Trolley as it was being pushed across our playground, he severely gashed his leg and was off school for weeks
I hope someone remembers and can add to the names and events
I remember the football team having our photo taken, I had a copy buts its lost in the mist of time
By: Richard Wall on September 14, 2012
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i left cranbourne in 1951,miss sherman was head of infants,miss fairhead juniors,classmates were malcolm bird brenda heath beaulla rochelle robert chew keth woakes kathleen snead,peter desmond was the school bully,he got expelled.
By: dave thompson on September 24, 2012
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I remember talking football we had an Aston Boys player Roy Parish he used to live next door but one to the school in Cranbourne Rd on the corner with Cranbourne Grove
By: Ray Griffiths on May 29, 2013
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I left cranbourne road, later named kingsthorne school in 1957, my last teacher was mr ledger from class 4a there was about 40 pupils in our class, can not remember to many names, but here goes, the Evans sister,diane and sandra, neville, norman massey, david brelsforth, joan palmer, christine fitzpatrick, ken leason, david edkins, clive kill,dereck haskins, would love to hear from anyone who remembers, and opolgies for those i can not remember. Mr Hawkins was the headmaster who left and Mr worrel then became headmaster and Mr Martin was is deputy. Can recall being called out of the class by Mr Worral to go to paper shop on kingstanding road to fetch him a packet of players weight cigarettes, somehow dont think that would be allowed now? I was a regular member of the football and cricket team. does anyone remember the school trips, to windsor casle, llandudno,warwick castle?
By: don hallett on January 31, 2013
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Hi Don,
This is probably 4yrs too late to reply but only just stumbled across this website. I too was at Kingsthorne eventually leaving around early 60’s. Mr Worrall and Mr Martin were also there during my time, i do remember Jaqueline Hallett who was in my class was she related?
Be lovely to hear from you.
Ray Turner
By: Ray Turner on February 27, 2017
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I went to Kingsthorne infants and juniors, 1959 to 1965.. I just about remember you. I went to school with your sister Jacqueline. I also remember your brother known locally as Nobby Hallet. We lived 2 doors from the school. My older sisters knew you Christina and Marie Egan.
The headmaster was Mr Worral, he drove a Daimler.
Mr Martin was deputy head, he drove a Black Triumph Mayflower and a great old teacher Mr Mullins. Mr Worral was handy with the cane!
Mr Alderwick was caretaker. He had 2 sons, David and I think Collin. They always had the best bikes. There car was a Ford Consul 375, blue and white.
By: Jeff Egan on November 28, 2019
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I also went to Kingsthorpe school for about two years approx 1961 to 1963. Not sure whether you remember me. I was a good friend of Gill Yates (same surname as me but no relation) who lived almost opposite of the school. I also know your elder sister Marie up until 2018 I lived in the same rd that she currently lives in but then I moved to Lichfield.
By: Susan Mackay nee Yates on August 3, 2023
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Hi Don, my mom and dad where great friends of your mom and dad and l to remember the same school days
By: Dereck Haskins on February 15, 2020
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Hello Derek,
It was a very long time ago when you helped me build a trolley in our back yard at 74.
I was amazed how you knocked 2 rows of nails into the wooden steering bar, then banged them over the axle to hold it on.
I hope all the Haskins’s are well, especially Alan and Garen. All pals together.
All skint, but never short of fun.
I loved your dad’s mini bus. I think the reg number started with BOA….C. Two tone blue.
When I was an apprentice mechanic, on the corporation buses, I remember helping your dad stop a fuel leak by making a gasket for the carburettor.
Those days are still as clear as yesterday to me.
Jeff.
By: Jeff Egan on April 15, 2021
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Hi Richard Wall
I cant recall your name but I do remember Pat March (I lived in the same road )also Dereck Gulliver ,Brenda Bosworth ,Peter Doleman John Rochelle,Do you remember Pamela Lancaster or Freddie Edwards .I also seem to rember that Miss Askew had a dog I also recall that she kept her purse in her knicker leg
By: John Dunn Allantic rd on February 15, 2013
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How do you remember that?
By: Ray Griffiths on May 29, 2013
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I was at Cranbourne Rd from 1945-51 I remember Miss Fairhead and my teacher was Mr Hill who I really liked. The other others in my class Beryl franks, Pat Harwood Brenda Heath Pamela Ward Rita Handsworth the twins Elizabeth & Anne Cox.Istarted in the infant school and I remember Beula Rochelle started on the same day her parents had the Butchers shop on Kingstanding road..My name was Maureen Warner I had Black Hair usually
in plaits.
By: Maureen Cherry on March 25, 2013
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What a great school that seems to have lost its way. I was there until 1980 and had great teachers like Miss Caldicott, and Mrs Howarth in the juniors and Mrs Jones and Mrs Raven in the infants.
By: Mark Songhurst on May 17, 2013
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My aunt (Pat Smith) lived in Cranbourne Grove and I can remember her friend was Brenda Heath.
By: Allen Pritchard on June 28, 2013
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I was Pat Smiths best friend and lived is cranborn crove until I was 7 we them moved to Aylesbury Crescent, my name was Phyllis Fletcher and Brenda Cornbill also lived in the crove Pat would remember my Aunty Jess and Uncle Jack we were always playing in the crove Hope you get this my name now is Phyllis Goodley and I live in Essex
By: Phyllis Goodley on March 7, 2015
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I was at Cranbourne Rd School in the late 1940’s do anybody remember being taken by the school to the Birmingham Town Hall to perform a Sea Shanty, I think it was called Down Rio, we was dress as old time sailors in home made outfits..
By: Ray Griffiths on February 13, 2014
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I was in the school choir in the late 40s early 50s…I think Miss Baker was the teacher, and we sang in a concert at the town hall , it was brilliant. Song I remember…Little Lamb Who Made Thee..
By: Ann Isabella Clucas on February 14, 2014
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I was at the Infants school approx 1955-1960 my Sister Glenys Holland had a lovely Teacher Miss Fields, I had a terrible Teacher Mr Mullins I remember he used to rattle your knuckles with a ruler if you did not know an answer i wad sknown as Denise Holland in those days and we lived in Binstead Road, I remember Carol Riddell,Eileen Keyte were my freinds
By: Karen Williams on December 24, 2014
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Hi Ann
I remember sing at the Town hall in Birmingham when I attended Cranlington Rd. School it would be 1943 – 1948 remember Miss Fairhead she was strict very pre-war dressed.
The performance at the Town Hall we sang a Sea Shanty I think it was call ” Away Down ” we were dress as Jack Tars with black round hats made by ourselves and horiz stripped tops what a day
Ray Griffiths
By: Ray Griffiths on February 27, 2015
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Eric Pemberton:, formerly, of 75 Cranbourne Road, Kingstanding
By: Eric Pemberton on May 26, 2015
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Left the school in 1971, Remember being in Miss Kottmans class and making the mistake of trying to impress her by decorating the cup I had made in pottery with swastikas( she was German) not understanding the meaning of the symbol after seeing it on war times planes and thinking it was just a symbol, not unlike our’target’ symbol – whoops, never did it a second time.!!.
By: John Ariss on January 17, 2016
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IJoined Cranbourne Road infants school in 1939. Teachers I remember are Mr GIles and Miss Acton. In the case of Miss Acton I have a vague memory of an RAF officer sitting in the corner of the classroom during lessons during class. He was probably her boy friend making the best of a period of leave. It obviously made an impression on me because later during my National Service I ended up in the RAF where I trained as a navigator.
By: Peter Tipper on June 4, 2016
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I went to this school in 1976 I think Mr foster was head my teacher was miss biddel it was a good school that found that I was no good at maths spelling or reading …
By: Susan Stephens on September 4, 2016
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I was at the school until 1976 and have very happy memories of it. The head was Mr. Evans, he was great. Miss Caldecott used to take us to the library, she was my favourite teacher. We had Miss Kottmann in the last year. I remember handwriting practice, sewing and recorder club. We had 2 plays which were written by Mr Evans with words to famous songs changed by him.
Rounders was good fun although we often lost the ball on the roof. I also remember Mr Dors as we were quite scared of him but as he was a Leeds United fan like me I used to talk to him!
By: helen on August 30, 2017
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Anybody remember or know Anne Harrison.
She lived in Hornsey Grove.
That’s all I know!
By: Jon Rowley on June 16, 2018
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Anybody remember Anne Harrison.
She lived in Hornsey Grove in the
70s.
A long shot I know.
But would love to contact her.
She was a nurse.
By: Jon Rowley on July 9, 2018
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I was at Cranbourne Road school from 1952-58. I remember teachers Mr Martin, Mr Ledger and Miss Parker. Head teachers were Mr Hawkins and Mr Worrall. There was a climbing frame in the side playground we called the Jungle Gym (I thought it was Jungle Jim). My friends included Chris Egan, Teresa Williams and Diane Perks. Steve Winwood was in my class. I remember he was a good pianist even then. There was a school musical ‘Peter Pan’ with Gillian Wanty singing ‘Getting to know you’ and Margaret Carter as Tinkerbell. I played recorder and sang in the choir but was never chosen for anything else. Playground games included ‘Muddles’, ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf’, ‘In and out the Scottish Bluebells’, ‘Lucy Locket’, skipping and ball games.
Dorothy Ryan (née Thompson)
By: Dorothy Lydia Ryan on July 20, 2018
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My aunt June Ashby sister of John Ashby still lives on Tansley RD
By: Paul Ashby on May 10, 2019
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I went to Kingsthorne infants and juniors, 1959 to 1965.. I just about remember you. I went to school with your sister Jacqueline. I also remember your brother known locally as Nobby Hallet. We lived 2 doors from the school. My older sisters knew you Christina and Marie Egan.
The headmaster was Mr Worral, he drove a Daimler.
Mr Martin was deputy head, he drove a Black Triumph Mayflower and a great old teacher Mr Mullins. Mr Worral was handy with the cane!
Mr Alderwick was caretaker. He had 2 sons, David and I think Collin. They always had the best bikes. There car was a Ford Consul 375, blue and white.
By: Jeff Egan on November 28, 2019
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l have got a photo
By: Graham Lawson Porter on March 5, 2020
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l have got a photo of all of the children l when to school with that was taken in 1957 when l was 7 years old
By: Graham Lawson Porter on March 5, 2020
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