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Shud ah thort onit fehst time, fch782 #4

There were two different Heywood schools: the original close to Perry Road, (which I knew as all girls) probably described as Sherwood; That was closed and a school newly built using the same name, around late fifties/sixties, on what locals called `second field` which was bounded by Edwards Ln., Ribblesdale, Bedale/Edale, and the railway line, probably described as Edwards Lane Estate.. This was bang on the site of the old `Daybrook Vale Farm` mentioned elsewhere on this site. I`ve probably confused you even more now, it`s just the way I am!

Regards SPIKEISLAND9

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Thanks for that, Stephen Ford and Mick Toomey (Just guessin!)

fch782 post #4 - I definitely know the name Bull, but cannot put a face or address to it. I think possibly both your `er indoors` and myself are lost in the mists of time! Being born 1940 I won`t have been aware of much until at least 5 or 6. By age 9, I will certainly have been aware of the Haywood, (Heywood?) school, but from that date - 1949, to the best of my knowledge it was a girls only school. Your information could be right, it may have been a mixed or even boys only school prior to 1949. Any idea what road they lived on?

Regards SPIKEISLAND9

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Hya, am new ere.

An ahl mek it clear from the start, it wont me wot put a bottle on the railway line near Edwards Lane bridge, in abaht 1947, ta mek white poudah. An wen the driver stopped the engine, ran up the bank, across fehst field, over the fence into Fred and John Carcasses garden and out the front gate, across Alderton Road, an nocked on front door and me mam op`nd it, he sed it wos me an pointed ter me hiding under the table. Bur ah dint do it. Just in case any coppers read this an think ah did.

Ya cudnt do ote wi the poudah enyway wen yer gorrit. Screws were good tho, they made little double-edged saws, but yer cudnt cut ote.

Ah wos alright tho really, ah wonted ter goo ter Sundy school but me dad wunt let meh, e ses, "It`s onleh a fortnite ter Christmas, thell think yer joinin just fer the parteh." Ah wont.

Yeah, yeah, I know, it`s all been done before. Thing is though, others write it just for a laugh, but I`ve never grown up, sadly I still talk like that!

It must be nice coming from Bulwell, Arnold, Sneinton, etc., When people ask and we say, "Edwards Lane Estate," the universal reply is "Where??" Small estate

but there were plenty of good kids around, like: Brian, Mick and Roy (Chick) Thorpe; Alan Tatton; Ian Garfitt; Trevor Brammer; Robert Mee; Terry Cawthorne; Dennis Musson; John Hornett; Brian and Keith Blagden; Ann Atkinson; Fred, John, Doris and Mary Carcass; Brian Richardson; Alan Justice; Bernard Barnaby; Tony and Carol Pike; Henry Plummer; Cyril (Fat) Smith and his brother Harold; Brian Hamer; Philip Severn; Lesley Tomlinson; Neil Wheeler; Joey Inger; Alan Spooner; Terry Siddall, (Siddle?); Pete (Nub) Galloway and sister Jean; Harry (Crapper) Bradley and then others on the periphery - John Allen and sister Susan, (She wer nice) of Costock Av;

Barbara Heywood, near Valley Rd. (me fehst snog!) Johhny Robinson; Tony Pynegar and Terry Newham. Plenty more, apologies to those not mentioned. I know some of those are no longer with us, and probably more that I`m not aware of. I currently have contact with only one of those mentioned. I was born in 1940, a couple mentioned are slightly older, most are about the same age. Old gits eh?!

Ennyway, ah dint cum on ere ter woffle abaht all this, ah looked on ere last nite an sumbody ed a photo an e dint no wir it wos. Ah did, bur ah cant find it nah.

Ah sined up an red a page tonite, an theh wer on abaht lurkin er summat. Worrisit? Ah thort, this is a funneh site, ahl keep me back ter the wall, yer nevvah no.

Ya dont tho da yer nahdays. It cud be a site full er perverts, ah wunt no wud ah, till theh got meh.

What a plonker! No, not bragging, I mean me. I was just about to ask for help to locate the thread with the photo, and suddenly thought, "I`ll look in History, see where I was on the web last night." Well, gimme a chance, I am ode!

The thread the photo is in, appears dead, but new readers will come along in the future, and so for their benefit I`ll now find the thread and post my answer.

`Katyjay` got it right, `Poohbear` made several guesses, most of which were correct. As my old dad used to say, "You can`t beat guesswork if it`s right"

See ya kids...