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Beeston Primary School

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Undated. View of Beeston Primary School (right of centre) located at the junction of Town Street and Crow Nest Lane. It was originally known as Beeston Council School before becoming Beeston County Primary School.

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Edwin C Atkinson

Comment:

I went to this school starting in 1975, Mrs Patterson was my teacher, all i remember was it was a very cold building but i can still remember it like it was yesterday, i can remember my first day there..

Date:

28-Nov-2011

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Christine Went (nee Rhodes)

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I started school here in January, 1952. The headmistress of the infants' school was Miss Awkitt. Other teachers there were Miss Raistrick, Miss Stockdale and Miss Penny (who was close to retirement and had taught my father). I remember sitting on the hall floor in assembly and being told that we were to sit in silence for a minute because the King had died. That would have been February, 1952. We moved to Cottingley the following year and I left Beeston School at Easter 1953. In the 1970s two of my children went to Beeston and in 1977 I was a helper in the infants.

Date:

07-Dec-2011

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madkatsmum@hotmail.co.uk

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Glynis Clark nee Mills

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I went to Beeston County Primary school from 1956-1960.I think at that time the headmaster was Mr Rhodes and two teachers I remember were Mr Shipman & Miss Booth (she played the piano).It was a very good school at the time & I have fond memories of my schooldays there.My father had also attended in the 20s & 30s.And my grandma also went to this same school in the nineteen hundreds.I have some lovely sepia school photo's of both her & her younger sister.As my sisters 2 children also attended there in the 1990s that means that four generations of our family all went to the same school.

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22-Jan-2012

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peter sedgwick

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I started school there in 1948 and left in 1958

Date:

12-May-2012

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peter_sedgwick@bellaliant.net

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peter sedgwick

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Is there any reunions going on in september of this year,as my wife gloria and I are coming home for 4 weeks.

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12-May-2012

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Julie Sharman

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I started infants here in 1965/6. Mr Ponty was the headmaster and Miss Booth and Mr Shipman were still there when I left. By then we had a brand new school with a pride of the 1960s open plan layout. (The noise was unbelievable!). My Dad attended in the 1940s who Mr S fondly remembered and didn't let me forget it. When the lollipop lady retired we all got a lolly - what a treat- and had our picture in the paper- boys and girls all in knitted bonnets and balaclavas- knitted by Nannas.

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16-Oct-2012

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Angela

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This was my primary school when we moved to a house in Town Street. Miss Booth and Mr Shipman were teachers there. Julie Sharman is a pupil name I remember! I also remember the school being cold, particularly in winter, which wasn't helped by having to drink a bottle of freezing cold milk every day! I remember a lollipop man who gave us a sweet as we crossed the road to school. I can't remember the new school being built I can visualise myself on a Wednesday morning in the new school doing a 100 times tables test.

Date:

18-Feb-2013

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m2kidz@tesco.net

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David

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I attended in the 1950's. I recall there being 2 main buildings-the infants was to the west and separated by a big wall we all used to climb up and walk along the top of at playtime-the H&S people would have kittens today. Also there were a couple of classes in prefabs at the back

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05-Mar-2013

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