Perlethorpe School c.1953 / 54
Perlethorpe School children, with their two teachers, c.1953 / 54.
Mrs Storer was in charge of the juniors prior to the arrival of Mrs Ward. Mrs Bruce was the Headmistress, and in charge of the seniors as they approached the "11-plus" examination.
UPDATE: My gratitude to one time school mate Allan Wignall (seen HERE) for sending me a full list of the above pupils' names courtesy of his sister Joan.
Back row from left to right. 1 Mrs Storey. 2 Carol Mendan. 3 Pauline Johnstone. 4 John Singleton. 5 Richard Gill. 6 Pamela Cooper. 7 Stewart Johnstone. 8 Sheila Carnitas. 9 Mrs Bruce.
Middle Row from left to right. 1 Robert Rayner. 2 Hazel Wood. 3 Ronald Pashley. 4 Janet Fuller. 5 Josephine Jackson. 6 Christopher Devereax. 7 Christine Mott. 8 David Reddish. 9 Philip Whittaker.
Bottom Row from left to right. 1 Christopher Cooper. 2 Joan Wignall. 3 Rose Carrol. 4 Kenneth Mott. 5 Tommy Riddley. 6 Francis Hendem. 7 Christine Craig. 8 Cynthia Wilks. 9 Madelaine Crowden. 100% correct, at least phonetically.
Apologies to anyone whose name may be misspelled. Mistakes can be corrected upon request. For more about Perlethorpe School, now Perlethorpe Environmental Centre, see also THIS LINK and THIS LINK. For renovations to Perlethorpe School / Environmental Centre see THIS LINK.
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Thoresby Hall Hotel, Sherwood Forest and Clumber Park are recommended attractions for a day trip or short vacation. The
Dukeries area is of keen historic interest. NOTE: Apart from public domain postcards and brochures ALL photographs herein are copyright Ian Gordon Craig, exclusive permission granted to Thoresby Estate for their use elsewhere.
Thoresby Hall as photographed Summer 2009, now a successful Warners Hotel.
Robert Pierrepont (1584 - 1643), 1st Earl of Kingston upon Hull, bought Thoresby for his second son William.
Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont (1825 - 1900), 3rd Earl Manvers, built the present Thoresby Hall, St John's Church,
Perlethorpe School, and generally shaped Thoresby Estate as it looks today.
The 4th Earl Manvers (Died 1926).
Countess Manvers (d.1984). Examples of her paintings are always on show at Thoresby Gallery.
ABOVE: The statue of Robin Hood in the courtyard at Thoresby Hall, by Tussaud - Birt, is showing its age, but remains one of
my favourites. The Art Gallery, crafts shops, and restaurant within that courtyard are recommended.
Carved oak fireplace in the Thoresby Hall library with its depiction of the Major Oak (Robin Hood's Tree), and the screen
featuring the Cromwell family. Oliver Cromwell is known to have stayed in Thoresby Hall before the English Civil War.
The Green Bridge sited near the edge of the cricket pavilion in front of Thoresby Hall across which the Duke's carriage would take him to Perlethorpe Village.
The view along Thoresby Lake towards Budby. Are these bricks at the water's edge remnants from the original Thoresby
Hall?
The River Meden winds its way from 7 Ton Bridge near Thoresby Hall towards Perlethorpe Village.
Budby Castle, once known as William Castle, and the River Meden winding towards Thoresby Lake under the remains of
Pierrepont Bridge, once described as classical and elegant.
Children's exercise book from the school, 1958.
Perlethorpe Church graveyard, where the original chapel once stood. The covered gate was a later addition in memorium to
the men of Budby and Thoresby who fell in World War 1.
Robin Hood's Tree, the Major Oak, was once under the care and supervision of Thoresby Estate. Responsibility for its
upkeep changed to Nottingham City Council c.1969. Here it is pictured in in Spring, Autumn, and Winter.
14 Comments:
Thanks for posting, this picture
brings back a lot of memories.
Hi anonymous.
I do get a few emails from around the world with people expressing appreciation.
My "big sister" is bottom row, third from right...
Mrs Bruce was my Grandmother,
hence the interest.Although I
did not live in the immediate
area,I did attend the school for
a short while. Circa 1955.
That would be the time I started attending. I was in the juniors with Mrs Ward, in the rear room. To this day my "big sister" has the paper skeleton model given her by Mrs Bruce when she advised her she could become a nurse or doctor. My sister did indeed go on to join the medical profession.
They were inspiring times for children.
I found this site and foto by pure accident and was very surprised to see myself and my sister on it. However our surname in incorrect. It is Pauline and Stuart Johnstone, not Johnson.
The rest of the site is pure memory lane.
And very interesting
Thankyou for the correction.
I'm thinking then that it must be Stuart Johnstone stood on the left, next to the jeep in the post about Perlethorpe:
http://thoresby.blogspot.com/2006/06/perlethorpe.html
Mmmmmm - could be - the foto is not too clear. I can´t remember it being taken though nor the other child in the foto. If anyone recognises him/her, I´d be interested to hear.
Oh yes - being picky - Johnstone with an é´and not a ´t´
Good luck with the site.
Other child is Christine Craig's kid brother, Ian. I think this is the garden to 2 Radley's Lane.
Best wishes.
So it was us then. Thanks for the info.
I´m not 100% sure but the boy and girl in the second row, Bry and Janet ? I think are the Fisher children.We left in 1954/55 and they had been at the school at least a year as I recall.
Best wishes
I can only remember Linda Fisher. (I think her real name was Gweryl?) And I think their Dad ran the farm.
Someone will no doubt know over time. I'm amazed at who droops by. These blogs were only ever intended as a means to learn about html and website design. Famous last words...
Ian,
You´re right - Mr Fisher was farm manager at that time. With regards to teh blog - everything connected to websites these days seems to take on a life of it´s own and once it starts....? No-one knows where it ends.
Anyway - compliments for the site - very extensive, detalaied and gives a good picture of life that we´ll never see again (sniff). A lot of good work. best reagrds and the same to Christine.
Stuart
Thanks Stu, I shall pass your regards on to Christine. (I also thought it was David Fisher, but she knows better than me).
Funny to think it was you and I playing with dinky toys alongside that village green. As you say, a way of life we'll never see again. Not so much the childhood, but the values and the pace.
Best wishes to one and all.
HI I think Pamela Cooper could be related to me, my dad was Arthur Cooper, he use to live at Home Farm, his brother was called Frank Cooper.
Hi anonymous.
I do remember being at school with Janet Cooper. She can be seen on this link
http://thoresby.blogspot.co.uk/2006/07/perlethorpe-school-teachers.html
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