colly0410 1,181 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 We had houses at Trent Bridge, IIRC they were Clifton, Radcliffe, Wilford & Trent. I believe they changed names when TB went mixed. I was in Clifton. They must have had houses at other schools I went to (Gotham, Aldercar, Chester-le-street, Beardall st Hucknall) but can't remember them.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 H/Girl, re #18, these were the names of 4 local Saxon landowners who held land titles in the area prior to the Norman conquest and the subsequent Yoke, but why this particular method was used was never disclosed. I was in Godric house and was pretty useless at everything! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 William Crane junior and senior girls had Aspley, Broxtowe, Nuthall and Strelley all the way through. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 At High Pavement we had eight houses: Newstead School Sherwood Trent Wollaton (which I was in) Woodthorpe And two others which I've forgotten! Perhaps DJ360 will remind us. This was in the early 1960s. My memory is that Woodthorpe always came last in the events on Sports Day, but always won at swimming! The other notable co0mpetition between the Houses was the House Play Competition in the run-up to Christmas when each put on a short play, or more usually an extract from a play, and was judged on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MapperleyMan 122 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 #28 Katyjay, my mum went to William Crane in the 50s/60s. I'll ask her if she remembers this. Probably not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Grenville, Drake, Willoughby & Scott. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 MM, what was your mum's name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve7martin 8 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Mundella had; Red-Wollaton Yellow- Hardwick Blue- Welbeck Green- Thoresby All named after local Halls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Haywood St Catherine yellow St Cecilia. Green St Hilda Red St Joan. Blue I was in St Joan and much to my embarressment became a prefect. I hated it having to keep girls in order during morning service in the hall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Brincliffe GS had Bristow - red, Golding - blue, Nicholson - green and Randall - yellow. No idea who the worthies were who inspired the Houses. I was in Nicholson and only excelled at a bit o` poetry reading and the odd bit of Drama. Absolute rubbish at games and PE and made history as the only gel ever to voluntarily drop Domestic Science GCE and take extra Maths instead. Rubbish at owt practical yer see. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Lizzie, I think we've had this conversation before about the colour of Stanhope House.... I was just leaving the school as you started so the colour must have been changed around that time for some reason? Don't some people think that green is an unlucky colour? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Margie, the site has played up all afternoon as usual. Re green being unlucky, my mum hated it as she had a green suit on the day that her father was killed on the Somme, and always detested green after that. Needless to say, green has ALWAYS been my favourite colour. Not to be awkward, but I love the soothing tranquility of it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 I believe that Brincliffe Girls' Grammar was absorbed by the Manning after I left which would have meant a rise in numbers and possibly the bringing back into service of those houses which had fallen into disuse. I couldn't say. I do know that, by this time, the writing was on the wall for grammar schools and Manning was about to become a comprehensive. Many of the long serving battleaxes left in protest. Eventually it became necessary to utilise the quadrangle space as additional classrooms or so I was told. I was never tempted to go back and have a look. Oddly enough, I still dream about the place occasionally. I'm usually trying desperately to find my way out! Worrying! Perhaps I should see the trick cyclist? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 ive mentioned before Jill i feel privaliged to have gone to Padstow school,........there seem to be lots on here who did'nt like school,there are probably some who did'nt like Padstow,........it was only Sec.Modern,but we learnt the basics,and it was a great school for sport,which is probably why i loved it,our houses were, Newstead,Welbeck,Lenton and Rufford which i was in,.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 It was my own fault, Ben. I chose to go there, against my mother's advice. I was too young to work on Woolworths biscuit counter, so it seemed like a reasonable way of filling the time. How wrong can you be? My mum was really lucky. Missed the 11 plus equivalent in 1937 due to illness, sent to Guilford Girls School on Bar Lane in Basford. What happens 2 years later? War breaks out! Part time school from then onwards. She said that some of her lessons were held at the home of a teacher who lived on Bar Lane but if any girl needed the toilet, they had to walk up to the school as the old battle axe wouldn't allow them to use hers! Does anyone know anything about Guilford Girls' School? It became Ellis Guilford of course but I've never been able to find anything about prior to this, nor any photos. Any Nottstalgians attend there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 # 36, 37 and 38 !!! Margie the entire damn uniform was bottle green though! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 School House Names and Colours at the former Alderman Derbyshire School at Bulwell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Annie Holgate Technical Grammar School Hucknall. We just had red green blue and yellow. No fancy names. When we had our swimming gala, there was only me and Hazel Johnson in our house who were decent swimmers , she did breast stroke and butterfly, I did backstroke and front crawl and IVM. Even though there was only 2 of us, we each won our individual races. 'Twas about the only sport I was any good at Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 ||\ 43 Jill My cousin who is now 72 went there,and she always enjoyed it,and growing up i met alot of her friends and they seemed happy crowd,so i imagine it was a good school.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Mum told me they spent a lot of time learning to do domestic chores. Washing, ironing, housework etc. Given the times, the expectations of most girls didn't stretch beyond marriage and a family. They read a lot of poetry too and she enjoyed botany. Quite an eclectic mix of subjects. We did very little domestic science at Manning and I admit to being clueless at cooking but then food has never been of much interest to me...wine, yes...but I'm quite happy with a cheese sandwich! Even I can't ruin that! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Lizzie, in the upper school we were allowed to have dresses in a fabric which was light grey, red and a white sort of check and the design of the dress was not proscribed as long as the neckline wasn't too low and the hem wasn't too high!! But, as you say, most of the uniform was green (except for grey culottes for games and - when I started in 1954 - grey knickers with a pocket in!!!! These weren't PE knickers - they were designed to be worn under our pinafore dresses. That piece of uniform didn't last long - too difficult to enforce I suppose... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Grey flannel knickers at Manning too, Margie. To be worn at all times under the uniform. Knicker inspections were regular and any girl caught mot sporting them was in trouble! I did hear that one girl was expelled for running a pair up the school flagpole! A comment, perhaps? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 At BGS the houses were Annesley, Rufford, Clumber and Welbeck. Annesley was dark blue and I think I may still have the badge somewhere in my archives. As I hated sport the house system was a total non-event for me. Portland Junior school had houses. Falcons, Hawks and Eagles. Falcons had red badges, little round ones with a white band across the middle and the word Falcons in black. I am sure I still have that one somewhere. I had forgotten all about this until I read the posts on this thread. Thanks for the memories! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Don't remember houses at BGS - perhaps they'd got rid of them by the time I went there. Glenbrook Juniors had the very imaginative Bue, Red, Green and Yellow - I was in Blue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Now this was a real challenge to my aging memory...... I soon gave up.. Later, having consulted the school Prospectus, which I still have.. At High Pavement there were: Basford Dark Blue and Light Blue Forest Claret and Light Blue Newstead Light Blue and White School House Red Sherwood Green and Grey Trent Cherry and White Wollaton Black and Gold Woodthorpe Black and White I was in Sherwood. I don't recall a Sorting Hat. Col 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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