Youngster!Ah early/mid 80s....
We were driving down a country road in France and we passed at least 10 dogs running in a pack along the road. Straight away I said to the wife that it reminded me of Grangetown (the dogs not the countryside ) with packs of dogs roaming the streets. The wife said she had never seen dogs in large groups before.Only 15 minutes walk to my old school unless you got chased by a stray dog which was foaming at the mouth. God the 80s were good
Used to walk to Acklam Hall from Adcott Rd via Hall drive so 10 min walk - get in before the prefects tolled the bell at 8.50 am or otherwise detention. Yes, Tom Bull was the bully of a gym teacher, Joe Hurst Head, Chippy White and Pickersgill were the woodwork teachers and Neil Small the Physics teacher. Happy and formative daysUsed to walk down Hall Drive to get to Acklam Hall. We had to touch our caps if a teacher drove past - can't remember if that was first year only.
Was Tom Bull the gym teacher when you were there?
I am quite a bit younger than you.Grove Hill roots for me… mid ’50s my younger sibs and me made the 10 min walk to and from Beech Grove Primary and Pemberton Cres.
Anyone else on here from Beech Grove or Pemberton? Years back recall connecting with one or two others on the old board.
Used to walk to Acklam Hall from Adcott Rd via Hall drive so 10 min walk - get in before the prefects tolled the bell at 8.50 am or otherwise detention. Yes, Tom Bull was the bully of a gym teacher, Joe Hurst Head, Chippy White and Pickersgill were the woodwork teachers and Neil Small the Physics teacher. Happy and formative days
Borolad Can you remember the name of the shop on Tollesby Rd( the one on its own not the ones next to the Dev.). Drove past it the other day and said to my Mrs that the house on the corner at Lunedale Rd used to be a shop I went into on the way to school but couldn't remember it's name .
That was my part of town.The shop on the corner of Lunedale AVENUE was Testers. Or at least it was in the 60's when I used to travel from Highbury Ave to St Mary's College over Devils Bridge. In those days the houses ended at Parkfield Ave and you were into Tollesby Farm. had to walk across their for the quick route. Occasionally bumped into Chris Rea if he had missed the bus from Acklam and had to walk. In winter had to take the long route over the beck at Saltersgill and up Saltersgill Ave.
Prior to the College went to St Josephs from Tollesby. Could get a bus from top of Tollesby Rd, but could save the 2d bus fare if we walked which we often did. Having walked all the way up Tollesby Rd to Emerson Ave it always seemed we were halfway there anywhere.
No but there should beI didn't know there was a magazine called Boynton.
Yup - and believe it or not I was often late. We lived at no 12 - the closest side of Adcott Rd to the school - is that the side you visited. Neil Small taught me plus another who joined after this photo was taken - what I do remember is they had smoking room next to the classroom in the big quadrangleYou practically lived on the school premises. I used to spend a lot of time on Adcott Rd, as the focus of my unrequited love lived there .... but also her best friend, who became one of my best friends. Ah, The Wonder Years Did my old man teach you (physics)?
Testers that was it. Its been driving me mad that.The shop on the corner of Lunedale AVENUE was Testers. Or at least it was in the 60's when I used to travel from Highbury Ave to St Mary's College over Devils Bridge. In those days the houses ended at Parkfield Ave and you were into Tollesby Farm. had to walk across their for the quick route. Occasionally bumped into Chris Rea if he had missed the bus from Acklam and had to walk. In winter had to take the long route over the beck at Saltersgill and up Saltersgill Ave.
Prior to the College went to St Josephs from Tollesby. Could get a bus from top of Tollesby Rd, but could save the 2d bus fare if we walked which we often did. Having walked all the way up Tollesby Rd to Emerson Ave it always seemed we were halfway there anywhere.
If my memory serves me correctly we used to shortcut into Beech Grove schoolyard through an “alleyway“ off Grassington Road just up the street from where my grandparents lived.I am quite a bit younger than you.
In the 60 and 70s I used to walk through that area a lot. As both sets of my grandparents lived in the Regent Road area. I think I remember some sort of cut through via an alleyway. Connected to the top of Regent Road.
Yup - and believe it or not I was often late. We lived at no 12 - the closest side of Adcott Rd to the school - is that the side you visited. Neil Small taught me plus another who joined after this photo was taken - what I do remember is they had smoking room next to the classroom in the big quadrangle