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Updated 14th March 2009

Memories of Stanley Humphreys by Stanley Humphreys Jnr.

School Leaving Certificate as it shows he left Steward Street in July 1939, 5 weeks before the war started

 

Memories of Barbara Hill

I have just been looking at the schools pages, I used to go to Steward Street School from approx 1947-1950 and I seem to remember the school was in the papers around that time, it was called the ''do as you please school".

 

The headmaster at the time was Mr. Scott.

 

I wonder if anyone can remember this.

 

Steward Street School 1922

William and Arthur Hands are on the photograph, but the exact position is unknown

Photograph courtesy of Mrs. P. Kent

STEWARD STREET ADULT EARLY MORNING CHOIR

Photograph courtesy of Mrs. P. Kent

Demonstration Gymnasium Class 1935

1935, Headspring movements

1935

1935, Photograph arranged by Birmingham Education Committee for Demonstration purposes.

Performers name, George Crisp

Used as an illustration at a PE Conference in Oxford

1935, Stages of “Wrestlers Bridge” exercise to strengthen the neck and shoulder muscles

1935

   

School Staff, October 1929

Mr. Abel’s first year in Birmingham straight from Chelsea Training College, London

Form 3a – July 1937 at Handsworth Wood Playing Fields

Football team 1933-34. Birmingham Cup Winners;

West District Cup Winners

Mr. Goer Head teacher and Mr. Church, Deputy Head teacher

Final team before leaving for Station Road, 1936

Senior Boys School Staff, 1935

Class III, Steward Street Boys School, 1930

Mr. Landon, boy on the end of the photograph to the right,

3rd from front sitting down

Steward Street School

Steward Street School, courtesy of Jennie Billings, her family named Wakeling, kept a greengrocery shop on the Brookfields side of Spring Hill up to 1970, but went to school across the road into Ladywood.

The photo shows Jennies mother sitting next to the lady teacher

If it of any interest the Headmaster, in the photograph was Mr Goodyear, and the teacher who mom (Joan Wakeling) was sitting next to was Miss Lode; other names of some of the pupils in the photo are:  Alfie Freer, Dennis Rathbone, Dennis Williams, Danny Brookes, Peggy West, Doreen Griffin, Lilly Shattock, Joan Walker (next to the headmaster), Betty Williams, Ollive Tye, Gordon Wilkes, the Plant twins and their brother Jimmy. 

Acting in the school, 1948

Steward Street School taken in 1948

Modelling with clay, but who is the young boy?

Photograph taken in 1948

Painting and drawing in the classroom, 1948

Steward Street School, 2003

May Festival, 1932

Eveline Barnett is on the left of the 3 girls at the back

Photograph courtesy of Eveline Ridgway

Photograph courtesy of Eveline Ridgway

Steward Street, 1924

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