From 1941 To 1971

A Memory of Springwell.

I lived in Alexandra Terrace and attended Springwell school from 1946 to 1953 when Ronnie Shaw, Beryl Cassidy and me were the only ones to pass the 11 plus and went off to another world at Washington Grammar School. Mr Yates and Mr Potts were great sports teachers and Mr Garside, the Head, had his own way of testing your mental arithmatic. Bewicks shop, Parkins, Lily Hannington, the scary post office lady. McBrides, Jack Cobb the butcher, Carrs the bakers, Foster Stephenson the fruit merchants, Nancy Armstrongs paper shop, and the Mecca THE CWS !! Playing football on Sandy Hill, the Green at Wordsworth Crescent, Great memories.

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