katyjay

I remember the name Miss Mantfield, but I think it was because she was spoken of, and wasn't there by the time I went 'up' in Sept 58. If she was still there, I never had her in any of my lessons. I guess there were other teachers there that I never came across, there were a lot of girls there and those few teachers I mentioned couldn't have taken them all for lessons. There were 4 streams in each year. Towards my latter time there a man joined the staff. I can remember the whispers that went round when we heard about him coming. With all female teachers and all girl pupils, he was definitely

Did she teach in the junior school? Her name rang a bell as soon as I saw it.

I thought I'd recall a few memories of my years at Crane School. I started there Dec '51 the day after my 5th birthday. I sat next to Sheila Cook, who lived round Amesbury Circus from me, and already an old friend. She was exactly a week older than me, so a week ahead of me at school. I think my first teacher was either Miss Ward, or Miss Maltby, either way, one was my first, the other my 2nd yr. Miss Stoker was another teacher there, not very nice either, she really slapped my legs once because I'd dropped a pencil when she wanted silence. Hope she got her come-uppance later in life! I remem

I remember the Vulcan coming over our house all the time, as a kid. I lived on Amesbury Circus, obviously in the flight path of this plane and many others. I also remembering it crashing, and going out with my dad and eldest brother to look at the site. Brother worked for Rolls Royce, Hucknall for almost 40 years before taking early retirement, so he and my dad went to every airshow going, me too most of the time. We often went to the American airbases for their shows. Brother has written books, articles for magazines, and often gives talks, all on Rolls Royce, its planes and engines. He did a

Wow Caz, that must have been excrutiating, boiling water fown your back. I know what a slight burn or scald feels like. You were very lucky not to have scarring. I'm sure if that had happened to me, my mum would have slathered butter all over me, it was the answer to everything! Not so nowadays. Tut, you were right with the copper stick, I'd forgotton about that. That was wood, so were the props for the washing lines. I used to put 2 props up against next doors hedge in the back garden, throw a sheet over and viola, a tent to play in. Robt, thanks for showing the photo of Broxtowe Lane. I

I don't remember a family with the name Jones in Aspley. I don't think I ever had a Jones girl in my class all the way through school. As for the butchers named Norrish, that doesn't ring any bells either, sorry. I loved living on Amesbury Circus as a kid. It was so 'normal' compared to nowadays, although we didnt' think anything of it at that time. All the dads worked, all the mum's stayed home. All the houses were the same, all with privet hedges that were kept clipped, and gardens that were looked after. The only difference in the houses were the front doors were painted by the blocks, gr

Hi Rob I am not familiar with the names you told me, except perhaps Terry Hurt. If he was the one living in Wareham Close, then I was in the same class as his sister June. There was a Foster family living next to our friends the Uftons. These Uftons were 4 boys, I think there was a Les, and definitely an Alan, Michael and Peter. Michael was my age. There was also a Hufton family around number 184, maybe they had the girls? I have a polling list from 1958 of Amesbury Circus/Wareham Close/Ainsdale Cres and it's wonderful to look at the family names in each house. Everyone over 21 is listed. You

OK back again. You'll all be sick of me by the time I've finished reminiscing. Someone mentioned the Unwins, I was at school with Susan, the youngest, until we were 10 or 11. They moved away from Munford Circus after that. Susan is also in Australia, I used to email her. There were 7 kids in the family, she was the youngest. We lived across the road from the number 22 bus terminus. As a little kid I used to visit the bus conductors/drivers when they were parked for a while. I knew several of them well. One man and wife were a team, her name was Hazel Nutt, I'll never forget that name, he d

No Robert, I think I'd remember if you took me into Broxtowe Woods! I did go in there with the lads on our street, Terry Ashton, Geoff Cousins, Gordon Beresford, to play cowbugs and injuns. Bang bang you're dead [count to ten then you were 'alive' again] I can picture the woods so clearly. The stream alongside the left hands side, which we jumped over to get into the woods. Building dens in the bushes, a natural spring for a drink. At the end of the path were the railway lines, over them and you were in a meadow with masses of wildflowers to pick, and the odd bull to chase you. All built on no

Hello everyone. I just found this website by accident, and have loved reading everyone's memories of William Crane, Amesbury Circus, Melbourne Rd etc. I was born on Amesbury Circus, Dec '46 next door but one to the old nursery school. I lived there till I got married in '68. My parents lived in the same house all their married lives from '38 onwards. I remember all the old neighbours around me and quite a few further round the Circus, plus the roads that radiated off of it. I went to Crane throughout my school years, and loved every minute. I remember lots of girls in my class and just about a