Wonderful pictures of the Gateway to The Dukeries!. My father was born in Worksop and came from a large family - Reginald, Frank, seb, Hannah, Eliza pressley if anyone recalls them?. My grandmother was Danish Margarete ole'.
Thanks for this, Worksop is my home town (though I haven’t lived there for many years), it’s great to see these excellent pictures of the town where I was born and grew up, very nicely presented as well
Great photos. Picture 5 became the Abbey Infants school, which is right next door to the Priory Church. I went there in 1970/1971 when it was a mixed boys and girls school. Our teachers there at that time were Mrs Hagon and Mrs Rice, I would love to know what year this photo was taken. If I am in town I sometimes walk around the area, and stand in that schools tiny playground and just soak up all the fond memories of my time there. At the time I lived further down the road in Canal Terrace which was just over the canal bridge after passing Garside Street. My childhood girlfriend then was Michelle who lived at number 2 Canal Terrace, wonder where she is now, we were only around 5 years old.
Hi, I went too the Abbey infants around that time. I can remember the assemblies being in the middle of the school (Hall) , The small bottles of milk every morning...I have done the same stand in the playground and tried to remember when I have visited family in Worksop....also the rumour of it meant to be sinking every year HAHA...I did remember the teachers names you mentioned but can't put a face to them...Happy day :)
Yes I remember the assembly hall being in the middle of the building, we were sometimes allowed to open the tall windows using an old long wooden pole with an iron hook on the end. Mrs Hagan had the classroom on the left near the road, with Mrs Rice on the right, I remember that Mrs Hagon was a lot older than Mrs Rice. I can't remember the rumour that the building was sinking, but I do remember that we were all afraid of bumping into the ghost of the White Lady that was said to haunt the surrounding Priory Church grounds. The photo could have been taken sometime in the 1970's, I remember the row of trees that were in the playground next to the stone wall. The kid in the foreground second from the left with his coat unbuttoned does look like I did back then, could that be me I wonder.
I was at Abbey Infants in the 1960`s, and I too can clearly remember the tall windows opened with the iron hook on a pole, and the bottles of milk, I also remember the school assemblies in the central hall, and having to sing `There is a Green Hill Far Away`, which even then I remember thinking was a was a very odd choice of song for a child to be singing. I then went to the `Abbey Boy`s` school, (was there a `Abbey Girls? I can`t remember).
The school in photo 5 was originally the Abbey girls school, but was a mixed Abbey infants school school when I was there. Did you ever get to open the tall windows with the pole and hook? I never did. I then moved just across the road to what was the Abbey junior school during my time there from around 1972-1976. Teachers I had there were Mrs Herrington, then Mr Bray and finally Mr Potts, I still see Mrs Herrington from time to time.
Bridge Place No 21 the sign Plentiful, reasonable etc finest Dukeries chicken, they sold all different meats, game. poultry pheasant, rabbit etc you saw them hung But can anyone remember the name ? I used to get pheasant feathers all the children would wave them at each other , others got rabbits feet
Ive lived in an around Worksop for most my life and so many things have come and gone but a few bits of the town remains unchanged.
Born at Kilton hospital, joined the army at photo number 10, across from the arcade. Never been back......
Wonderful pictures of the Gateway to The Dukeries!. My father was born in Worksop and came from a large family - Reginald, Frank, seb, Hannah, Eliza pressley if anyone recalls them?. My grandmother was Danish Margarete ole'.
Thanks for this, Worksop is my home town (though I haven’t lived there for many years), it’s great to see these excellent pictures of the town where I was born and grew up, very nicely presented as well
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ROGGY5 Hahahahaha 😄
Love the music
great effort, very good photos & well presented
Great photos. Picture 5 became the Abbey Infants school, which is right next door to the Priory Church. I went there in 1970/1971 when it was a mixed boys and girls school. Our teachers there at that time were Mrs Hagon and Mrs Rice, I would love to know what year this photo was taken.
If I am in town I sometimes walk around the area, and stand in that schools tiny playground and just soak up all the fond memories of my time there. At the time I lived further down the road in Canal Terrace which was just over the canal bridge after passing Garside Street. My childhood girlfriend then was Michelle who lived at number 2 Canal Terrace, wonder where she is now, we were only around 5 years old.
Hi, I went too the Abbey infants around that time. I can remember the assemblies being in the middle of the school (Hall) , The small bottles of milk every morning...I have done the same stand in the playground and tried to remember when I have visited family in Worksop....also the rumour of it meant to be sinking every year HAHA...I did remember the teachers names you mentioned but can't put a face to them...Happy day :)
Yes I remember the assembly hall being in the middle of the building, we were sometimes allowed to open the tall windows using an old long wooden pole with an iron hook on the end.
Mrs Hagan had the classroom on the left near the road, with Mrs Rice on the right, I remember that Mrs Hagon was a lot older than Mrs Rice.
I can't remember the rumour that the building was sinking, but I do remember that we were all afraid of bumping into the ghost of the White Lady that was said to haunt the surrounding Priory Church grounds.
The photo could have been taken sometime in the 1970's, I remember the row of trees that were in the playground next to the stone wall. The kid in the foreground second from the left with his coat unbuttoned does look like I did back then, could that be me I wonder.
I was at Abbey Infants in the 1960`s, and I too can clearly remember the tall windows opened with the iron hook on a pole, and the bottles of milk, I also remember the school assemblies in the central hall, and having to sing `There is a Green Hill Far Away`, which even then I remember thinking was a was a very odd choice of song for a child to be singing. I then went to the `Abbey Boy`s` school, (was there a `Abbey Girls? I can`t remember).
The school in photo 5 was originally the Abbey girls school, but was a mixed Abbey infants school school when I was there. Did you ever get to open the tall windows with the pole and hook? I never did.
I then moved just across the road to what was the Abbey junior school during my time there from around 1972-1976. Teachers I had there were Mrs Herrington, then Mr Bray and finally Mr Potts, I still see Mrs Herrington from time to time.
I sometimes do the same thing but at St Marys RC primary school.
Number 14 is up the road from my house 🤑
Worked for Hewitt & Maugham
look what they took from us...
Ayo I live there
Bridge Place No 21 the sign Plentiful, reasonable etc finest Dukeries chicken, they sold all different meats, game. poultry pheasant, rabbit etc you saw them hung But can anyone remember the name ? I used to get pheasant feathers all the children would wave them at each other , others got rabbits feet
I think it was W. Hill's known locally as Billy Hill's but I'm not 100% sure.
Hello. What song is this? I like it very much. Thank you.
It's called Mirage by Chris Haugen it's not available to buy but you can download it from the "You Tube" Studio.
Worksop 1960
sadly worksop looks nothing like this anymore , if anything it looks more like afghanistan , i wonder why 🙄