Eastwood, Beauvale School c.1955
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Turning into Dovecote Road we wind half a mile east to the corner of Mill Road to finish this chapter on a literary note. Erected as the Greasley Board School in 1878, it is now named Greasley Beauvale D H Lawrence Infant School. The door at the far left has the inscription 'Boys' above it, so through this door young D H Lawrence entered in 1893, aged 8. It is a little ironic that the town D H Lawrence offended so much by Sons and Lovers now commemorates him, and even has a D H Lawrence Trail.

Memories of Eastwood, Beauvale School c1955

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My Grandad and Nan(Fred and Minnie Mellott) owned the Grocers Shop ON Hilltop next to the butchers,my Dad and Uncle were born there (Roy Mellott and Brian Mellott). I have lots of memories as a child stopping with my nan and grandad, especially when they used to fetch the sheep and pigs in at the butchers next door and unload them in the yard, of course at that age i had no idea what was happening.I can remember walking to ...see more
I started Beauvale School in 1956 when I was 5 years old. At that time I lived with my parents at number 53 Raglan Street, Hilltop. I walked to school and back every day with my mum. I have fond memories of the old school and was there for 6 years and then my dad found work outside of Nottingham. My dad used to work at Moorgreen Pit in the NCB Workshops. I only wish that all schools were like this one ...see more
The lady on the photo is my Mum. She was waiting to meet me out of Beauvale School. The baby in the pram was a neighbour's little girl, my friend Teresa. ( We are still friends today.) Teresa was 10 years younger than me, so I would be nearly 11 at that time. Years later, from 1965-67, after 7 years at Nottingham High School for girls and 3 yrs.at  teacher training college at Thornbridge Hall, in Derbyshire,, I went back to Beauvale as a teacher ! Sadly my Mum died on Jan, 5th 2008.