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Who could forget her Alan, only very tiny, but woow what a little cracker

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I remember them too

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Hi Paul its Janet Knight you where in my year

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Have you got an aunty called Kathleen? Think I was in the same year as her:)

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HIi what year did you attend

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Yes Bernadette i do kathleen Sweeney whats your surname i may know you

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I was Nolan then used to go to your Nans on Empress Street.

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Yes and your sister is Catherine.

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you probably seen me on that politics thread i read some of your comments

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You got me saw your mum down town on Saturday. Used to see her with Andrew when he was younger:)

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Yes hes 21 in May have you seen him lately hes at uni now studying politics hes looking now at attending London School of economics to complete a masters

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I remember Miss Birch by the way my sons Andrew i think you know him

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No wouldn't know him now. Nice to hear he is doing so well

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I remember all of them

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Wasnt it MR. Almond

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Which Andrew TD:confused:

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Andrew b on the politics thread:)

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Steph who was your dad

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Yea found out whilst off line this afternoon:D

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He speaks very highly of you:)

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Always did like the lad, he's a very good judge of character:D

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Cheers i know good kid always has been im lucky. read your message its a bit rough on there sometimes you will see what i mean if you read my comments im sure you have im getting used to it now though :)

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Left in the 5th year in 1972

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I left in 1979 are you still living in Accrington.

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Still here........ for my sins

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Do you remember Kathleen Sweeney.

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I went there in 1960 but i had 2 sisters who were there before me

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mrs or miss not sure which Lyndoe

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we used to go to st mary's ossy and fr O'Sullivan or fr O was awful

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I must know you and your sisters, the place only opened in August/Sept 1959

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Iwas there 1962-1967. It was David, Patrick, Andrew and George,then and originaly Mr Bruynseels was headmaster, followed by Mr ('Johnny') Mayor, with Mr Cassidy as his deputy. We were more terrified of Mr Francis the Head Caretaker who must have been an RSM in the SAS!!! THe best teachers there in my time were Mr Swarbrick (Bill Brick), Mrs McDool, Mrs Ainsworth, Miss Doran (who became Mrs Barnes) and Mr Mulderrig ('Baldilocks') (who would often have one of his red curtains draped around him like the dying Caesar, when we walked into his class! lol.) Miss Sumner was extremely 'fit' (unlike Miss Boyle who terrified us only slightly less than Mrs Griffin) and idolised by most of the hormone-ridden lads in the school and Mrs Griffin used to scare the life out of everybody.... I understand from her daughter, that Mrs McDool sadly died a few years back.... R.I.P.

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Miss Doran, or little miss dynamite as we called her, Katy Boyle if she spoke in the gym corridor you all listened, Dez Mulderrig was a tyrant didn't like the guy, in fact I opted out of History and took Geog instead, Denis Cassidy was my last form teacher was a really nice chap, Fred Smithies was m first form teacher, think he went on to be a teachers Union rep with the NUT Peter Bleasdale (sadly no longer with us) was a teacher at St Mary's Ossy before HF, Tony Hughes was Woodwork teacher and Bob Almond Metalwork, and not forgetting Terry Neville, boys sports master, was a goalie in the local leagues and a stumper in the Lancs league with, err ah can't remember, the good old days

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I remember Peter Bleasdale from St Mary's, pre-1954. He had just arrived at the school when I left for Paddock House.

I went on a trip abroad with the school, open to past pupils which by then I was, in 1955. I was just 12 years old.

Fred Vandome organised and ran the holiday and he was lovely but Mr Bleasdale was, as he had been in school, very "uptight" and unable to "let himself go". Such a shame as I only have memories of him scowling and looking harrassed.

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What about Mr Noblet, Science teacher, now there was a nice guy, and the hippy Art teacher, cant remember her name. I agree Mr Bleasdale was a bit of a black dog type,

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Which trip was that West Ender, weren't the one to Arnhem, staying at the youth camp called Debranding, like a holiday camp really, great big boating come swimming pool and a swimming pool with a wave machine

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Nobby was a really nice bloke Alan, the hippy arts teacher was called Mrs Ainsworth,(I think) her class room was on the top floor of the Craft block, she was by form teacher for the first 3 months at HF 3B, but then I was transferred to 3A at Christmas

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Yea that was her John I liked her, I think Miss Ashworth used to teach art as well.

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No, we went to Blankenberg, a seaside resort in Belgium, then Brussels and on to Luxembourg. From there we had coach trips to Germany, France and Holland, back to Blankenberg after 7 days, then home. It was the first trip they did and, as I said, it was in 1955.

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Do you know his first name? Was it Stephen?

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i was at holy family and i was in rigby i remember mr rigby and mr casady who was the head teacher

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I was there 76 till 81 & remember most of the said names, oh & the rossi block. I was in Hurst cant remember form tutors name we had that many.

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I was there from 1963 to 1967 when Norman Mayor was headmaster

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Johnnie Mayor to you mate:D

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He was called Norman John Mayor

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anyone remember Donald Jordan? i think he went to Holy Family, would have left in 60/61, i might be wrong, he might have gone to the other school :D

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Course he was called Norman but his nickname was Johnnie, which followed him from I think St Oswalds

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Name rings a bell Shaz, but must only have been there a short time, did he become a solicitor by any chance?

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nah not a solicitor, he lived up Dill Hall way, next door to my gran, him and my mum grew up together and went to the same school, they where in the same year

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he was born in August 1945 so you do the maths John ;) he might have been in a different year to you, my mum was born in May 1945

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A year older than me Shaz, so if she went to the Holy Family what was her name, I feel sure I must know her, I always remember the lasses opposed to lads:D

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don't you read any of my posts John? Mclean

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Its those little grey cells Shaz, I'm losing them rapid:D

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losing? LOSING? ;)

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Did he have ginger hair?

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Don? no

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When I was at the Holy Family, English wasn't my strong subject Shaz;)

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bet Latin was though :D

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Na French or Pig English :)

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Rings a bell here to, cant picture him though, a few girls names I remember, Ethel Brown, Irene Boothman, Maureen King, Kathleen Jameson,

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I remember a Marilyn King Alan, she was in my class at HF think her younger sister may have been called Maureen, lived on Thorneyholme Road if I remember rightly

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Yea jaysay, she had an older sister, I think there dad had a butchers shop in Church. she was very attractive.

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Had a sister called Pat, she joined the army, lived Thorneyholme rd facing Highams Play Fields.;)

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Ya thats it cashy knew she had a sister was a bit younger.

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That's ringing a bell Alan knew a lad from Church called John King and his dad was a butcher, nearly sure he went into the family business when he left school

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I remember Miss almond at Sacred Heart

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Yes she started there in 1970 , and after about 3 years moved up to Holy Family . She was a lovely person . She died in , I think , the early 1990s . It was a tragic loss to her family and friends , and to education .

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When I first went to the Holy Family JCB there was a teacher then called Bob Almond, he taught metal work and his wife was school secretary, think she was called Noren, but not sure

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Yes . He had a brother who used to come into the Willow Mount a lot .

Bob's wife was Noreen .

Christine Almond who had taught at the Sacred Heart school was no relation .

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I actually knew Bob outside school JCB, as he was a member of St Mary's choir and in later years used the White Bull up New Lane as his local pub.

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I was a good friend of Bob's brother-in-law .

Am I right in thinking that Bob and Noreen moved to Wales when they retired ?

Yes I can remember him in St Mary's choir .

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I'm not sure JCB, know I've never heard of him for years

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No, I think it was Peter.

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Who was Peter, give us a clue:confused::confused::confused:

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Is this verny ?

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I remember! He was geography teacher when i was there. Used to scare the daylights out of me-I was useless at geography and he was useless at teaching me. Happy days! Liked the rest of my teachers, though and loved school. Cried when i left!

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Re Holy Family I started when it first opened,Mr Bruinseels? was head Jonny Mayor was deputy.Terry Neville(P.E. my Hero) Mr Hughes (woodwork)Hayhurst (geography,)***Bob Almond*** metalwork AND my son married his grandaughter now 80+ lives near Tenby

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I recon I must know you then Big Dave

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Hi.jaysay. Full Name: Dave Bassett, I live in Ossy buy Accy when at school.
so I should know you as well, you do familiar but.........

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Hi Dave sent PM

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hi there i am Audrey Demambro (was Bickerstaffe ) i went to holly family between 1961 and 1966. is there anyone else from back then .i have a sister called Pauline and brother called Graham.
=+)

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ethel brown is my cousin

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Hi Aud, I went between 1959 and 64 dropped out of 4gce half way through!!
I knew I would get nowt.

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i can remember a miss whiten at sh who thumped you in the back class 2 and mrs mitton at hf

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Jaysay, do you know anything about his son David, where he moved to?

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Hi Aud, Ethel Brown was in my class, What is she doing now, I used to fancy her, very atractive. but never saw her after I left school. love to know about her.

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As far as I know Bagpuss Bob only had one Son and he was called Martyn, I worked with him at Lancashire Barfitters, he was a sparks, he later went into business on his own, haven't heard anything about him for years although I suspect he's still lives somewhere in this area

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A mate, who I work with at Lancashire Barfitters is over on holiday from Cyprus and he called to see me, he saw Martyn Almond only last week in Accy, he lives in New Lane ossy

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When I went to St Marys there was a lad called David in my class who was Bobs son, I know that because I went to his Birthday parties on New Lane. Maybe this Martyn is David, I know other people who go by their second name.

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Bob Almonds grandaughter is married to my son.Her father is Martin Almond.They are away on holiday till next week,when they get back I will ask her if she has an Uncle David

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Thanks Dave, I've just had a look on Google maps and the house I went to as a young lad was 200 New Lane, just further up than the church and the White Bull.

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How old is this David Bagpuss?

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Bob actually used to lived on Sunnyback at the top of new lane, He used to go in the Bull quite regularly

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Oh I don't know anymore lol :confused:, Sunnybank is very near to where I thought I used to go, it was a long time ago, David will be 48 now I think.

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The guy I'm on about, who is Bob Almonds son, is older than that, he's a bit younger than me, but not 18 years, ten at the very most

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Thank you Big Dave for your PM, I was begining to doubt my own memories.

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Big Dave did you manage to find anything out?

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wow.staggering man...i was there too..yep..71 till 76 and for the most parts good fun and no learning...been there done that with at the time,well thrashed hard...as long as are parents dident find out...lets get it over with, that was my thoughts...finished with done with...and that was it,omg i only had mulldoon once but boy was welted and the wind blown out of me...im not talking one slap on the hand here. im talking real belts on the arsse, so what we had stolen goods from a local school shop...we got caught..well lets get it over...in to cassidies office..he went and muldoon give us are punishment!
so what..to us it was well painfull, but once its done its done.no disrespect for them
waswas

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and again in English please

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Jaysay, about 5 years ago,we were in the Bull up New Lane and my brother introduced me to a Martin Almond. He was about 60'sh and if I remember correctly, had done quite well for himself. I thought he said that he had attended St. Mary's Blackburn. Think he lived quite near the Bull, I'll have to ask my brother. What I do remember is that he was a bit of a character!!!

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Ya Know Martin well Sue, his father Bob Almond was metal work teacher at Holy Family from first intake back in 59, I worked with Martin at Barfitters in the early seventies, he was an electrician. Not sure what he did when he left Lancashire Barfitters, think he originally worked for Barry and Target Barfitters, who were all ex-barfitters men, A mate of mine, who now lives in Cyprus was over on holiday before Christmas, and he popped round to see me, hadn't seen him for 30 years and he told me he'd been talking to Martin only that day, so he's still about. Think Martin will be in his late fifties he's not as old as me and I'm sure he was an apprentice at Barfitters