brittania bridge school

hi,anyone out there went to brittania bridge shool.the infants was mixed then the seniors was all girls.the boys going mostly to spring view.would love to her from anyone who remembers me(i was vicky armstrong up to the age of 7)

If you gave a year you may get some response.
Was it pre or post war??????????????

sorry i did mean to do that.i started at b/b infants in 1952 and back again in 1958 till 62.

hi plum.
did you live in harvey street
on your school photo, my sister is on the far left 2nd row up.

hi plum47 on one of your pictures on your
profile are you sat at the same table as may and john bramwell.(may walls)thanx

hi gozzer,i did live in harvey st.is your sister vivian kyte?
hi dainty duck,i'm not sure which photo you mean because they were taken last year at the club in macclesfield.can you get back to me on that one ,thanks.

hi plum47.
no it wasnt vivien kite. it was brenda frost.
we lived in lancaster street until we got deported to higher ince when they demolished our house

hi gozzer,i was looking at 2nd row up 2nd in,thats why i got it wrong.i do remember her.i am same row oppisite end 2nd in.how is brenda,i hope shes ok.tellher i said hello.

hi the picture i asked about is the one after youre school photo.the one were there is a bottle of vodka(i think)on the table.thanks.

hi plum47
will tell her when i see her, she is in benidorm with hubby at the moment.
do you remember any of the lads that used to live near you, ie. harry farrimond and ronny taylor.
before we lived in lancaster street we lived on warrington road alongside the blackie wall with my grandma her name was McSorley.
do you remember the McSorleys

hi gozzer,i do remember ronnie taylor,he had a younger brother ,i think he was called steven.thier gran lived next door,she was mrs wooley .i can't recall harry farrimond.i remember yuor grandma,did'nt know how it was spelt though.hope your ok.

hi dainty duck.as i said that picture was taken in macc on christmas eve.the people are rex and margaret.were does dainty come in your name?as you can see from the profile my maiden name was dainty.

hi the name dainty.duck is what my mum used to call me when i was a toddler because i was always small and chubby and used to waddle like a duck when i walked.

hi plum i`m ok
did a mrs. halsall live near you, i think she had a daughter called margaret.
also someone called robert thompson who lived near the school end of harvey street

hi gozzer,who are you ,apart from brendas brother,you seem to know all the people that i do.mrs halsal is still living in harvey st.there was carol and there was a robert as well.
robert thompsom lived dead opposite us.

hi plum
i`m brendas brother peter!
i think i will be probably 12 months younger than you.
i think you are right about Carol, i also think she married a mcSorley.

hello peter(gozzer),i can't remember you, but it is a long time ago.i will mention your gran to my mam as she hopefully will remember better than me.one of the halsal girl's ,i think it's carol has a very good job at the hospital.

hi gozzer, spoke to my mam.it is lillian halsal that works at the hospital,something in midwifery.my mam did remember your gran.do you know any of my other sisters?

cant say that i remember them.
i would only have been 5 or 6 at the time.
somedays i cant remember last week

hiya my mum used to go to britania bridge. i think in the late 40s and early 50s her name was barbara stott before she got married

hi heskyvince
i know your mum she married a friend of mine called lenny

hiya gozzer yeah she did marry lenny my dad how do you no my dad? he is daft as a brush haha

hesky your dads ok!
ive known him a long time.
salt of the earth

gozzer your spot on there about our lenny he is ace,but you must admit he is daft haha but i wouldnt want him any other way

hi hesky, i know its rude but how old is your mum and where did she live?name rings a bell but its a long time ago.ask her if she recalls me .in the infants i was vicky armstrong.my name was changed when we went to st. marys (aged 7 )to dainty.

hiya my mum will be 62 in june and i will ask her if she knows you.she as a sister called irene who is 64 so you might no her too

hiya plum sorry forgot to say my mum lived in preston street lower ince then moved to woodlands ave

hi hesky,preston was across the road from b/b.your mum is a couple of yrs older than me but ask her anyway.thanks

plum do you remember a guy called tommy.
he used to go around aided by two sticks.
we used to go under the railway past kays houses into the fields on trips from sunday school

oh gozzer,i do remember tommy fenton.he used to take all the kids on walks while thier mams did the washing ect.a wonderful man.could you imagine that happening these days.a man taking a load of kids to the cornfield.everyone would go mad.tommy was a true gent.he got a little invalid car a few years before he died.

gozzer,tommys name was heyes not fenton.i think they were related,thats how i got mixed up.

thats right his name was heyes.
i remember going over the fields with sugar butties and a bottle of water.
can u imagine the kids doing that today.
they couldn`t manage without their mobile phones and i.pods.
i spoke to our brenda today she has just got back from benidorm and she does remember you.
speaking of the fentons my grandma lived next door to them on warrington road
I saw a couple of the girls just before christmas at my sons engagement party.

Hello Plum47 Do you remember us the Murphy girls? Rosalie, Maureen and Eileen from Preston St. Hesky's Mum is our cousin.I am the winder's wife.

hiya winder which sister are you my mum told me to ask is it our rosalie,maureen or eileen?

Hello hesky.."I am the winder's wife."
Also known as Mrs Winder

Hope your mum and dad are keeping well.

Rosalie.

hi rosalie.i have looked for you on f/r on the b/b site.i remember you because i always loved your name.how are you,have you got children?

Hello Vicky! I am living in Standish. I have 2 children, a boy aged 23yrs and a girl aged29yrs. My daughter has been married just over a year,but my son is still at home.

how nice to hear from you.do you happen to know anything about a reunion that b/b holds?graeham hart put some pictures from the infants shcool on there and he said he would let me know when the reunion takes place but so far i hav'nt heard anything.if you have f/r look for b/b, the photos are good.i have been coming to wigan quite a lot as my mam is in hospital at the moment.all my sisters and brother still live there.our lillian has a couple of flower shops,one un hindley and one in aspull.our john has a gardening business(never good at spelling)'irene lives up whelly ans lorraine at ashton.

hiya rosalie yeah my mum and dad are fine,our andrews girlfriend is having another baby boy and is due on 22nd may we cant wait. our daniel is 10 now and megan is 7 they went down to cornwall with my auntie irene to see eileen they loved it

hope your all keeping well

linda

Hi Vicky! Found photos on f/r, recognised most faces. Don't know of any reunion but will let you know if I hear of any.

ok thanks.glad you had a look at the photos.