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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cheshire => Topic started by: Brains on Tuesday 10 July 07 08:28 BST (UK)
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Hi all,
I would like to get a photo of Flowery field Infants and or/ Junior or secondary school, in Newton Hyde Cheshire. I went there starting about 1950 till 1961 I left at 15 .
If possible that era time, or if not later.
Just wondered if any one has any photos of the schools?? and I could get some copies of them, if not does anyone know where I could perhaps obtain some copies of the school.
appreciate any help if at all possible thanks.
Barbara Mcvey(Leah) from Australia
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Hi Brains
The best way to look for Photo's is to do a google search
even if you don't find a photo.It might tell you if any archives have any which they might do if the school was demolished.
Celia
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A couple of web site addresses here:
http://www.friendsoffloweryfield.co.uk/ (this one has a photo page, but no suitable photos yet, although I reckon they would help if asked.)
http://www.floweryfield.tameside.sch.uk/
I vaguely recognise the name Flowery Field school, but can't place it. I lived in Windermere Road, Hyde back in the early 50's. I've just had a look on google maps, and Yes, it was pretty close to me, so maybe I went there myself.
I do like google maps. I've just found my great aunts house on Thorncliffe Ave.
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There is a photo of Flowery Fields school on the Tameside website/Image archive
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/history/archive.php3
If you type in Flowery Fields School you will find a selection of images of pupils and one of the school itself - my husband was also a pupil there in the 50s.
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HI Indis Vanyar,
Thanks for your email back, I looked at the web site and typed in flowery field schools, but could not find any photos of the schools. Only one of Ashton Bros Mill, in the 1920's said flowery field area, is that the photo you meant???
regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah) from Australia
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Barbara, that web page search function is very "word specific", and needs exact spelling.
Type in: flowery field school
It then shows the images. But if you still have problems, I can let you have the direct web links to the pictures.
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Barbara
If you can wait until after the school holidays ie September then I can get photographs for you of Flowery Field School, as this is where my niece attends school.
Dee
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HI Dee,
Thanks also for your email back regarding trying to get photos of flowery field Infants, Junior, and /or secondary schools.
Yes I will wait till you can do it in September if possible.
I appreciate that very much, I used to go to infants, junior and secondary, I left in March 1961 at the age of 15.
I used to live in Elizabeth St off Manchester road Hyde, then later lived at Clarendon Road Hyde.
I emigrated here to Australia in 1967.
Do you live in Hyde, or near by?
Regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah)
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Hi Barbara
Born and bred in Hyde, went to Leigh Street, with some Leah's might I add!! Do you want pictures of the front of the school or the playground or where?? Happy to oblige if I can.
Dee
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Hi Dee,
Thanks for your email back, about photos of flowery field schools, I would appreciate any if possible, perhaps the front of the School, I dont suppose they have one with the name of the school up.
Appreciate whatever, As I am trying to get a scrapbook together one day, of Hyde where I once lived, Where did you live Dee,? or do you still live in Hyde??? You said you knew some Leah's do you remember their names??
I was born at 8 Elizabeth Street off Manchester Road Hyde, My Grandad had a furniture shop at the corner of Elizabeth ST and Manchester Road Hyde, untill he died in 1955, then it was owned by a lady called Alma and was a dress shop ??
dont know if you knew that area or the shops, Later when i was about 12 we moved to Clarendon Road HYde. then in 1967 emigrated here to Australia.
Regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah)
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Hi
No problems about the photos, I will do what I can. Ok the Leahs that I knew lived on Wilson Street, Hyde, just round the corner from Leigh Street School, and Nelson Street. The children were born around 1960-70. I didnt know the parents. Elizabeth Street still stands, well part of it. The rest was where the motorway is now. I was born and raised in Hyde.
Dee
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Hi barbra
My aunt went to that school to Irene langrish the same time as you, she lived in white hart st just off old rd.
I also know of a leah family living in redgate, John, mary. kathleen i think she went to aussie as well.
Happy hunting
Katy
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I have just tried this link
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/history/archive.php3
again and it does work if you type
Flowery Field School
(not schools) in the Search the Archive box. The photo of the school is the seventh on the page, preceeded by photos of class groups with their class teachers.
Hope this helps. :)
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Hi July,
Thanks for replying to my email.
You said your Aunt went to the same school as me, Flowery Field ,what was her name, and age, maybe I remember her. The Leah's you said lived in Redgate, was that near Geecross?? what ages would they be do you know, do you know there parents names??? dont think they are related to me though. Do you know where abouts in Aussie? thanks for
that anyway.
Regards
Barbara Mcvey (Leah) from Australia.
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HI Katy,
Just a add on, I remember Hart rd, off Old road, and I went to St Stephens Church, Youth club, and Church girls Brigades. My freind Barbara Lees lived on Hallbottom Road, I think it was called that ,just down from St stephens over the bridge and to the right, arround a few street, I also had a Gt Grandma living in Keswick Ave over the bridge and to the left, actually when I was growing up I thought she was my Grandma, my dads Mother, but she was actually his Grandma, so that made her my GT Grandma. I had a Grandma living on dukinfield road almost opposite Keswick Ave.
Regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah)
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HI Indisvanyar,
Thanks for your last email, and I have just been in to the site you gave me, and yes I get in and have seen those photos, I was on a few of them it was one of my classes, I dont know who put the photos up, it says donor by Mrs. B .Mcvey that is me, I dont remember putting any photos up there, as I dont know how to do them, My name is Barbara Mcvey it was Barbara Leah, they have it as Barbara Leech, so somebody else who had that photo may have put it on I think. I have the photos in my album. I really wanted a photo of the actual School building, either Infant/Junior or secondary, but I see there was a older photo of what looks like the infant school at Flowery field, so may have to be satisfied with that..
I dont know why I did not get in the site where the photos are before, but never mind I have at last found them.
thanks again for your help.
Regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah)
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Hi Barbara
I have just found this site which may be of interest to you as there are many photos of Hyde featured here, including some of Flowery Field mill and several of named streets which you may remember.
http://www.carlscam.com/
Regards
Nell
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Hi Brains
Her name was Irene Langrish she was born in 1945 and had friends i think she was Eileen Needham and knew the Lees family, Irene was tall for her age.
My mum was sunday school teacher at st stephens and i was christend there she was Irenes sister and was a 18 years older.
Redgate is in Gee cross you go down knott lane passed Hyde chapel across dowson rd and it is at jus down the hill, I remember Mary who was the same age as me so she would be 56 now then there was kenneth and Geoffery, When they went to australia must have been in the sixtyS.
Iwill try to find some photos for you.
July
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Hi Dee,
Hope all is well with you,
On one of your emails you said you went to school, or you knew some children with the name Leah, I have been trying to find My Grandads brothers, if they married and had any children, may have to wait till the next census 1911 comes out, The names are a Samuel Leah born 1870 Hyde, Thomas born 1875 Hyde, William born 1882 Hyde, and a Joseph born 1884, William and Joseph Leah were coal miners, (Hewers) on the 1901 census and boarded with people called The "Wallbanks" as I have a Census of them, then living at 16 Francis St Hyde.
William was then 18, and Joseph 16. So I would think they may have married, and may show up on the next Census, hopefully,
My Grandads name was John Leah born 1877 Hyde.
I am just a wondering if these children you knew where offsprings from maybe my grandads brothers, childrens childrens ,you never know,
Offcourse may be not, it can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
but I have to try just the same. Do you remember the childrens first names?
Just a thought anyway.
Thanks for that information anyway, I will keep it on file.
Regards
Barbara
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Hi July,
Thanks for you last email, The name Irene Langrish rings a bell, and Eileen Needham definately rings a bell, I think Eileen at one stage she was in one of my classes at school, may have been junior school at flowery field, but not too sure. did you say it was Eileen that knew the Lees family, My freind Barbara Oldham married David Lees, from Denton, he died about 16 years ago, My sunday school teacher at ST Stephens , I think she was called Mrs Pace, I was then 15, also worked in the next office to me on the swithcboard at Newton Mill. What was your Mothers first name July?
I knew a Kenneth Leah, I think he was from Redgate, Geecross, we contacted each other once, he would be about 64, he was older I think than me, I am 61. How old would JOhn, Mary and Kathleen be do you think, are they all Leah's I emigrated to Sydney Australia in 1967, then 25 years ago came to live in Adelaide.
I am interested in any Leah's you may know,
Thanks for the information.
Regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah)
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Hi July,
Its me Barbara again, I just remembered not sure about a Mary, but I have on file somewhere a Kenneth, and a Geoffrey, I will see if I can find paper work on them tommorrow.
Must get tea ready, a bit late tonight, its been a lovely day here in Adelaide 24 degrees, I think our spring is coming.
Bye for now.
Barbara
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Hi Barbra
John i think was the father Mary is wife and daughter Mary whose birthday was 14 september the day after mine but 2 years younger than me.
My mother was norma oldham nee langrish she wasent at st stephens when you were 15, dident Eleen's father become mayor of hyde.
Have you been back to the u.k Hyde has changed so much now like everwhere i suppose.
Bye for now Kathryn July :)
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Hi Indisvanyar,
Thanks for your last email. thanks for information on Carls Cam, but I have already seen it thanks, infact I asked him a few years ago if he could find a few streets for me and put them up, and luckily he did, they were 106 Clarendon Road Hyde, thats were I last lived in Hyde. 5 Brooks Ave Hyde, where my Mum was born, 69 Hyde Road Denton, where my Grandma on my Mothers side was born. Knott Lane Geecross my Aunty Lillian lived. yes its a great site isnt it, glad you found it too.
Regards
Barbara
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HI Kathryn, July,
Thanks for your email. Yes I have been back to Hyde, with my husband Richard who is Australian born. We went back in 2003, We stayed for a week with Barbara Lees/ne Oldham in Denton where she lived, unfortunately her partner had only died a few months before we got there, Barbara was very lonely without her partner Jack so she was very glad of our company, she took us arround to places, her Mother too had died, one day we walked arround with her to Newton Hall Road,where she lived , I got it wrong before I said Hallbottom Road, it just came to me, I wanted to go in my old school flowery field secondary school, but it was a Sunday and of course everything closed up. and couldnt take a photo as there were cars there, we had a busy schedule, so didnt get back there unfortunately. I had to see lots of old freinds and second and third cousins, we had a reunion of a few at my school at "The Village Pub" in Dukinfield that was great, about twelve altogeather turned up, we went over to Northern Ireland for a week , as Richard has Irish on his fathers side. we took a Trafalgar tour and visited Paris, Amsterdam, Switzerland and Germany, and three days we stopped over in London as we were coming over to England. We were there only for four weeks, then had to visit my Mum and Dad and brother and his wife in Gosford, N.S.W. an hour from Sydney. It was a great holiday but not long enough,
I dont know if Eileen Needhams father was Mayor or not, my Grandad James Fitton on my Mothers side was a councillor for Newton Ward as Labour, tried to go for Mayor, he had to resign as councillor as he became ill and died in 1955.
I am in contact with a Annie Leah she is 81 lives in Rosemount Crescent Newton Hyde, she is wife to a Jack Leah but he died, Jack had a son Jonathon who was a brother to my Grandad John Leah. I have had a few letters from a Ronald Leah who lives on Ashton Road Hyde, he has a cousin Kenneth Leah, and Christine Graham/ne Leah Christine lives in Blackpool . I found out that Christine Graham is my second cousin, as her Grandad Joseph Leah was a brother to my Grandad John Leah.
Well better get some lunch I am getting rather hungry.
Regards
Barbara
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Hi Barbara,
The Tameside picture archive site has a number of photographs which may be of interest.