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CHILDHOOD AT STRETTON UNDER FOSSE
Hi to all who may read this and maybe remember my family. My father was born in Stretton in 1920 and lived next door to a Granny Coombs in the centre of the village with his mother Niome, father Jack, sisters Doris, Gladis, Elsie, Pat, and Brenda, who sadly died at the young age of 18. The four brothers were Fred, Jack, Ernie (my father) and Jim. Sadly only my father remains at the age of 90. The only school for them to attend was at Monks Kirby, they had to walk there and back every day. My father can remember the headmaster being a Mr Holden, but what sticks in his mind the most is his mother giving them a tin filled with hot fire embers to put in their pockets to help keep them warm on their way to school. They also only had their breakfast and had to go all day without any food till they got home. The people he remembers living in the houses around the yard... Read more
A Real Community
I was born in Harborough Magna in 1943 at Rose Cottage, Main Street. I lived there with my mother and grandparents during the 1940s and early 1950s. When I was 4 years old I went to the village school which had a headmistress called Mrs Rook and a teacher called Mrs Budd, however Mrs Rook soon left and was replaced by Miss Hunt who was in charge throughout the rest of my time at the school. The school was a Church of England school and obviously very closely connected to the chuch. All of my early life was dominated by school and church activities, in particular I remember with affection our annual Sunday School trip to Wicksteed Park with Miss Violet Gamble who ran the Sunday School. In those days it was the equivalent of a trip to Disneyland. I also remember the Sunday school parties ,the games of which were run by a Mr Mather in the village hall. Although my parents moved to Brinklow... Read more
Lived PAILTON 1957-1963
I used to live 61, Coventry Road, where my Dad died in that house in 1961. Mum used to work at AWA Bitterswell, and my friend was Christine Bakewell who lived at 34, Coventry Road. Her Dad had an engineering business in Market Harborough. I went to school at Monks Kirby, then Newbold Grange School, Rugby. I didn't like village life as when I became older, there was never anything to do ! The Co-op used to be there but closed, the Doctor was Dr. Killey. There was Lewis' coaches, also Lewis' farm where Mum used to get the milk from. I moved back to Coventry where I was born in 1963.
Tree
Hello,
When I was a small girl I used to be taken to Monks Kirby by my grand parents, I think an ancester lived there way back in time.
My grandmother always insisted that I kissed a tree, I think it was outside the Bell Inn ., was this just one of grandma's "odd things to do" or does anyone know of a tradition, about kissing trees? its always intrigued me.
Regards, Ann
School Days in Monks Kirby
I vividly remember my days as a boarder at the convent school in Monks Kirby. I was very young when I attended this school, but the memories have never left me, and I believe my experiences there shaped my personality to a large extent. Are there any other ex-pupils who attended Monks Kirby school around the same time? I would love to hear some of your memories!
The Convent School, Monks Kirby, 1955/1960
I lived in Broklehurst Cottage, opposite to Lees Farm and to the left of the school gate. In 1957 we moved to The Kennels in Newnham Paddox, Monks Kirby. Our neighbours were a family called the Tarpies. At school my first teachers were Sister Maryrose and Sister Iola, in the middle class the teacher was Miss Shawcross. In the top class was Sister Bernard. I sat next to Caroline Neville. Other pupils were Vincent, Thomas and Phillip Mcauly. Joseph Casley, Paul Angrave. The parish priest was Father Anwyl. In the village I remember Ronnie Hopkins. At the top of Broklehurst Road lived a lady called Winie Harman. In the park lived a boy called Giles Fielding. My sister was called Margaret and my brother was Sean. We used to collect hazelnuts in the park spinney and chestnuts at the top end of the park. In the field next to the cattle grid there was a huge shire horse. The bus stop to Rugby was situated at the bottom of the... Read more
St Joseph's Convent School
Hi there everyone that went to the St Joseph's Convent School. Myself, my brother and sister all went there between the mid 1950s to early 1960s (myself), 1958 to 1963. I can remember all the names mentioned by yourselves including the nuns' names. We were day pupils and we lived at St Paul's College (Stretton under Fosse), our dad was one of the groundsmen down there. I can rememember having huge great big ice slides in the playground in the winter, we would not allow that now. I can remember a couple of the girls' names who were boarders at the time, a Mary Clarke from somewhere in Lincolnshire who was always very homesick, also a Maria O'Meara from Birmingham, there was also a Burmese girl who came to the school from Coventry, I'm afraid I can't remember her name. Does anybody remember David Broadfield or the Caffery family or the Humes? They all attended the school around this time. I myself stayed in Stretton under Fosse till the... Read more
