loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 You sound about like I felt at Chandos school, Fly. They had high moral standards and I guess some of that rubbed off on me, but their ways of enforcing it were like something out of a Dickens book. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 I don't know what happens in secondary school today but, at Manning, if another member of staff, sixth former or any adult entered the classroom, we were expected to stand up until told to be seated again. In certain cases, heaven help you if you were the last one off your chair! Under the Dome for the next week! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Yes loppy, I too have retained high standards especially regarding manners of all types, loyalty, resolute, and being a gentleman, charming and chivalrous. So all was not lost on me ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Think my days at a Sec.modern ie Padstow,,must have been exceptional,,had great respect for all the teachers,,and they all seemed to care for us,,even the ones that dished out the CP,, Still see a few old school mates,,and we often speak fondly of our days there,, 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Was it mixed, Ben? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 It certainly was Loppy,, would'nt have gone otherwise....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 15 hours ago, loppylugs said: Was it mixed, Ben? It wasn't when he started...but all the girls wanted to be near him, so they followed. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 My wife was, Minty. Sally Warne. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I was talking to a friend recently about the deprivation of school days and it made me think about winter time at Manning. All the classrooms had French doors which opened onto the terrace. This could be useful if one arrived late and the form mistress wasn't yet in the classroom, as a friend would open the doors and let you in which avoided having to go through the Admin Block and face the deputy head who would write your name in the late book. The disadvantage was that the wood had shrunk since the place was built and the wind whistled through crevices and gaps in those doors, not to mention underneath, where the rain also seeped in during heavy downpours! Manning faced the Forest, so there was nothing to impede gales until they hit us. Classrooms...and everywhere else....had no carpets, just solid floors. Two central heating pipes ran along the back wall of each classroom and these were rarely hot. Internally, each classroom opened onto a corridor which bounded the quad. No heating at all in the corridors unless the sun was shining through the glass roof and windows. It was routine to see your breath condensing in the air both in class and out of it. I also recall sitting in class wearing coat, scarf and gloves because it was so cold. We were never sent home because of low temperatures. Being sent home occurred on only one occasion when thick fog threatened to stop buses running and those who merited a bus pass (not me) were in danger of not being able to get home. None of this would happen nowadays. Times were tough then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 I recently discovered I had these, without realising it. The dining room at Manning, probably a bit before Jill's time. An example of the outdoor effect. The source of the photos also includes this text, which backs up the comments about the idea that freezing the kids to death was good for them. …all the doors of the classrooms led to walkways around quadrangles but the whole front of each opened onto a verandah for open air and ventilation. All of the 17 schools opened between 1924 and 1933 were built so that pupils were taught practically in the open air all year round with “movable shutters to prevent undue access of wind and rain”. At Manning the quadrangles were not glassed over until the 1970s. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 You've just ruined my day, CT!! Only joking. I've seen the dining room photo before and I think it dates from around 1931 when the establishment opened. Much the same in my day, without the wall decorations. The second photo I hadn't seen before. I can say that the quads were glassed in before the 70s. I arrived in 69 and they had been enclosed for a while then. Not that it made any difference, it was still Bl*ddy freezing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'm not sure whether this is The Manning but it looks very like it, even down to the wall torches! It shows the main entrance and, in particular, the Dome under which miscreants were shamed. The double doors access the hall. Our motto...Omnia Probate, Optima Tenete, translates as That'll Teach You To Pass Your 11 plus, clever Dick! Was emblazoned round the base of the dome but I can't see it here. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 The hall at Manning. Taken when the place was brand new! No curtains at the windows. The lights were exactly the same 38 years later! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Aaaarrrrggggg! The gym. Scene of hours of misery. Again, taken in 1931 but looked no different in 1969 except for the presence of Pickleface. Sat all my GCE O levels in here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Evidence of girls freezing to death! Again, 1931, before the terraces had been planted up. In my day it wouldn't have been possible to see into the classrooms from this viewpoint due to mature shrubs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 19 hours ago, Cliff Ton said: An example of the outdoor effect. t This is taken in the upper quad, looking down towards the dining room and science labs which ran along the facing side. In my day, the quad housed two wooden huts...home to the sixth form. The photographer was standing outside room 11. On his right were a cloakroom, toilets, washroom, room 13, music room and music practise room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 1957. Taken on the terrace outside the games and gym changing rooms and looking towards the rear entrance to Manning. The single storey building whose gable end can be seen behind the girls had been replaced with a two storey sixth form science block by the time I arrived. Names of the girls were: Ann Atkinson, Christine Wood, Eileen Blezard, Judith Atkins, Ann Clay and Daphne Bowler. I'm acquainted with several people who were at Manning at this time but none is on this photo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 I guess the houses in the background are on the road which was behind Manning, parallel to Gregory Boulevard ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Austen Avenue, CT. Spoke to a friend who was at Manning from 1954 to 58. She confirms that both quads were open to the elements during her time. My guess is that they were glassed in during the mid 60s. During the mid to late 70s, due to absorption of Brincliffe Girls and comprehensive status, the quads were filled in completely to provide additional classroom space. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 This appeared on a Facebook page recently. It's described as Manning in 1964, with various legs on display. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Was Our Jill was too young to be on the photo,,,,? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I don't know Jill well enough to be able to recognise her by any leg features. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 You shouldn't have posted that photo CT we don't want to give our Ben a heart attack! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Not only for Bens sake what about our Jill she is not to happy with the reminder of the Manning Academy for Young Ladies. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Five years before my time, you lot, but shows the quad corridors had been covered over by glass. Looks like a mixture of sixth formers and probably fifth formers wearing summer uniforms. As to our Ben, Pickleface would have made mincemeat of the likes of him! I can safely say that she was one woman he would not have been able to charm! If he had any sense, he wouldn't have tried! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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