Secondary School

Ashton had a grammar school and a C of E Secondary School but where did RC senior pupils go before they built St Edmund Arrowsmith School in the early 60's

Where was the CofE Secondary School in Ashton in Makerfield?

On the 1914 map, the building at the traffic lights on Liverpool Road which is now the Ashwood Residential Care Home is listed as a St Oswald's school LINK as are two other buildings further down Liverpool Road on the opposite side LINK and the houses there are there now are now addressed as being in 'The Old School Place'

TTS

There weren’t any secondary schools with a religious standing in Ashton until 1961.
The two secondary schools were the Grammar School and the Central School, later known as Cansfield.
In 1961 a catholic high school, Edmund Arrowsmith, opened

If I remember correctly there was a Cof E Skool opposite the Queens Arcade called the British skool, now an old people home.

Thank you Gaffer, so was the Central School, what I remember as being the British School, and that is a care home now.

tomplum that was Evans County Primary School

Tom the "British School" was a primary/junior school for up to 700 pupils and is now Ashton View Care Home .opposite the Queens night club
TTS The Central renamed Canfield HS(CofE)is on Canfield Grove between Old Road and Wigan Road
I went to St Oswalds Primary/Junior School when it was a school it is now The Old School Place when we lived at Garswood Old Road Garswood.
I then moved to DG and went to Our Lady's then on to Eddy Arrowmint

PeterP

Oh right, well if we had stopped in Bamfurlong I would have gone to Ashton Secondary Modern, now Cansfield and Whupsy would have been mi mate, and I would have down't pit, with Whupsy

St, Oswaldtwistle school on Lierpool Rd where he old folks home is now was the senior school for RC pupils,

Quaint old building wasn't it. (The school further down Liverpool Road.) I think there is a photo in 'Album' section.

Used to attend Scouts (First Ashton, Lord Gerrard's) at scout hut just beyond the school. I remember, I was in 'Curlew' patrol. I used to be able to make the curlew call.

Also used to go to Judo at what is now the Ashwood place.

Found it

TTS,you would have been”poled”
in the Lower School bike sheds,and left there long after the bell had gone

Joe Maplin, I'm interested in what getting 'poled' is, A program I watched on on telly recently about different genders mentioned, " there are people with a hole and people with a pole and, that is it " I'm baffled by it all,,,

Nothing so devious Tom
The big lads would get the new starters in a figure four leg lock around a pole,shove you down so that your own weight locked you in.
Some kids were there for ages.

Ah I get you now Joe, Bit of a tricky situation to be in, You'd need to get upright to free your legs..

I wonder if he meant 'Poleaxed'

no, it was definately poling tts

But why ????

I just wanted to go down't pit wi Whupsy

it's one o them rites of passage...

Pole joke,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

The 2012 Olympic games and a German athlete carrying a long pole is walking up to the security gates of the stadium,, The security guards asks.

" are you a Pole vaulter ?"

The German answers, " Nine, I am not a Pole and mine name iz not Walter"