Comments:
My father was Headmaster of Caverswall School from 1917 to
1945 when he was asked to run a boarding school for misfits
of the evacuation scheme. This was at Basford Hall near Leek
He was there until he retired.
We lived and I was born at 17 Garden Village,Weston Coyney
which is along the Leek Rd. from "Sproston's" corner.We were
just before the second crescent. He paid £750 for it.
I remember the Slinn family living next to the Burgesses.
In the second crescent were the Plumptons,the Bournes
the Melvilles,Foxes,Elsbys,the Hulmes and the Salts.
Not all of the above families attended Caverswall as some
went to Meir School. My father and my brother John and I
walked to school every morning but relished a lift,
sometimes with the Brook Bond van, which was a Trojan with
solid wheels.
I can recall some of the names of the pupils----Locketts
Brassingtons,Cottons,Greensmith,Leeses from Cookshill and
Bothams,Paul and Denis Hollins from Roughcote Lane.
The Thompsons from further afield. The Lammomby sisters and
Donald and Duncan McPherson.
I remember the Pearson family who were farmers
I left to go to Wolstanton Grammar School in 1936,
At Weston Coyney we had great enjoyment from the Tennis
Club and spent all day there during the holidays.
Caverswall Church attracted very large congregations and being in the
in the choir was a bonus in many ways. The Rev. Gower Jones
was a fiery preacher with a great interest in the village.
At the outbreak of war (I was 14)the organist was called up
and as I could play the piano I was asked to play for the
Services. I was delighted and I have been a fairly competent
pianist and organist ever since.
My last appointment was Head of a school near Abingdon and I
welcomed Fred Leese as the Woodwork instructor AND HE CAME
FROM COOKSHILL.
Stewart Brindley
17/08/2001
My father was Headmaster of Caverswall School from 1917 to
1945 when he was asked to run a boarding school for misfits
of the evacuation scheme. This was at Basford Hall near Leek
He was there until he retired.
We lived and I was born at 17 Garden Village,Weston Coyney
which is along the Leek Rd. from "Sproston's" corner.We were
just before the second crescent. He paid £750 for it.
I remember the Slinn family living next to the Burgesses.
In the second crescent were the Plumptons,the Bournes
the Melvilles,Foxes,Elsbys,the Hulmes and the Salts.
Not all of the above families attended Caverswall as some
went to Meir School. My father and my brother John and I
walked to school every morning but relished a lift,
sometimes with the Brook Bond van, which was a Trojan with
solid wheels.
I can recall some of the names of the pupils----Locketts
Brassingtons,Cottons,Greensmith,Leeses from Cookshill and
Bothams,Paul and Denis Hollins from Roughcote Lane.
The Thompsons from further afield. The Lammomby sisters and
Donald and Duncan McPherson.
I remember the Pearson family who were farmers
I left to go to Wolstanton Grammar School in 1936,
At Weston Coyney we had great enjoyment from the Tennis
Club and spent all day there during the holidays.
Caverswall Church attracted very large congregations and being in the
in the choir was a bonus in many ways. The Rev. Gower Jones
was a fiery preacher with a great interest in the village.
At the outbreak of war (I was 14)the organist was called up
and as I could play the piano I was asked to play for the
Services. I was delighted and I have been a fairly competent
pianist and organist ever since.
My last appointment was Head of a school near Abingdon and I
welcomed Fred Leese as the Woodwork instructor AND HE CAME
FROM COOKSHILL.
Stewart Brindley
17/08/2001
Added: April 13, 2006
Name: LYNNE WOOLLISCROFT
From: United Kingdom
E-mail: Contact
I love my hometown, great web page.....x
19/08/2001