St. Joseph's Nechells
RC Church & School
Birmingham
Did you attend St Joseph's RC School,
Long Acre,
Nechells,
Birmingham, England?
If so, then this is the web site for you.
Or do
you just want to know what this site is about?
Go to Site information page
Do you remember teachers like, Miss Sidebottom, Miss Scally, Mr Cassell , (picture below left.) Miss Martin or Miss Dobbin? What about Mr Whittle, Miss White, or Miss Grundy? Then again Sister Alfreda or Sister Marguerite? Do you want to find out where they are now or what happened to them? Again this is where you will get your answers. See Stories from Pupils & Teachers and the other story pages. Many are mentioned.
What former school friends
do you remember? John Tocker, Pat Brierley, Tommy Powell.
Mavis Hall or maybe Maureen Hawe. How about the Walsh sisters or the
Kimberley sisters. This site has knowledge of them all.
So if you attended St Joseph's School, or have any information about friends who did, contact me and let me know. Your messages will be greatly appreciated.
If you did not attend St Joseph's but are still interested in local history, particularly Nechells, this site may have some thing for you! There are many photographs and stories about the area and how life went on during difficult times.
Scroll down for more information.
Recent updates
25th July St Joseph's School Reunion Photos added. Link below.
23rd July New Heartlands minutes.
8th July New Heartlands project. Use link below to see
1) A requests page. (see below link) Danny Kennedy, information has been requested on you.
2) See Visit Story page links below
3) A link for the Heartlands Local History Society has been added below. As we receive items I will add to their site, however, due to limited space, items will be changed to facilitate more pressing items.
4) I have started an obituaries page that will seek to include details and hopefully photographs of former teachers and pupils of St Joseph's, who have passed away. Please contact me if you can add any details to the site.
5) Old photographs of Churchyard. (by kind permission of Heartlands Local History).
6) I have received photographs from 1960. Do you know the pupil's names. Read also a pen picture of former teacher. Brian Johnson. See link below.
Next Christmas's reunion will be on Friday 3rd December 2010. Watch here for
details.
St Joseph's Leigh Road Reunion.
I have been contacted by Colette Bayliss nee Kirwan. She has arranged a tour of
the old Leigh
Road School on Saturday 2nd October between 10.00-12.30. She will be
attending the main
reunion on the 25th July and will provide further information for anyone wishing
to attend.
In the stories links above, you will read the memories of many former pupils regarding their times in Nechells and Aston. You will also hear from former Headmaster, Peter Whittle, Miss Sidebottom, a legendary St Joseph's teacher and also from Miss Frances Vaughan, a former pupil who would later return to the school as a teacher.
You can read the stories of the late Phyllis Arnold, who talked about her experiences, from being at St Joseph's, to her later life. There are stories from John Tocker, Kevin Rushe, Olga Waplington, Janet Kimberley, Pat Fennell and many more from the old School.
In the Snippets section will be smaller tales, which hopefully remind you not only of the person, but of other times that you may remember from those many years ago.
Have a look at the photographs from the past. See if you remember anyone.
If you have a story about St Joseph's or Nechells, that you would like on these pages, contact me. You do not have to have attended St Joseph's.
The grave list contains partial details of some of those who have been buried in St Joseph's cemetery. Unfortunately, the list is not complete due to lack of accurate records. You may find this is not surprising considering that the Cemetery has been taking burials since 1850. If you do have any enquiries about friends or relatives who may be interred, contact me.
If you like reading about old Aston, Nechells and the like, the stories are a must.
Do not expect to take them all in at one go. You might want to add your own tale
from the area? If so contact me.
Contact me!
Richard
on
Do you recognise any of these as former teachers or school friends?
Click on the photographs to enlarge
Look inside the pages and all the names will be revealed.
Put names to these faces as they are now!
Again if you do not know, you will have to look inside.
Please note all stories and pictures contained within this site are the sole property of myself and must not be copied or used for financial gain of any nature, or used in any other publication without my permission. The stories have already been subject of publication under my name. I may however permit any use for educational purposes.
If you experience any problems please let me know.
