Many thanks for that clip QC. Brought memories flooding back especially from my childhood when I spent countless hours playing on and around the line near Marfleet station. Sometimes walked/ran to school along the line Also had relatives living near to, or having an association with a few stations between Marfleet and Withernsea. Lived next to the station from 1941-1959 before leaving Hull and used the line both ways during the time I was there. Again many thanks!
What years were you there? I was there from 1941 to 1947 and remember a teacher hitting my knuckles with a ruler when I was an infant! The funniest time was when I was in Class 4A, Mr. Haymes sent me into Mr.Harrison's class, 4B, as punishment for talking instead of listening to a boring story. It was much more fun there, as they were all playing games!!! That must be why I became a teacher!!
You can remember what class you were in during the 40's? I can barely remember which schools I went to.
I was there from April 1957 to July 1963. The best teacher I remember was Mrs Hallett, and the worst the said Miss Turner. She replaced Mr Huggan I believe, who became Headmaster at Warter. Penshurst had a few violent teachers I recall. One Mrs Brown gave a girl a good spanking in front of the whole class, which I thought was a shameful act. And Headmaster Thompson (successor to Mr Clarke) was a swine who whacked me with a hard stick. They thought they could beat us into submission, but all they achieved was resentment. Where did you live Joanna? I lived at 47 Bedford Road, and then on First Lane. I used to walk all the way to Boothferry Park and back, and in those days there was no Bethune Avenue and I had to go down to Hull Road.
I lived at 109 Penshurst Avenue in the circle at the end of the cul-de-sac. I looked on Streetview the other week to see how it had changed.The 3 houses in the corner have block paving linked together for car parking- what a good idea. We could only afford bikes. I used to bike to see City with my Dad and we would go down Boothferry Road and lock up the bikes near the hoardings at the corner of North Road. How times have changed. I don't suppose the brick shelter is still there. During the Blitz my Dad would look out of the rear windows when the bombs were dropping over Hull and the next day would go out on his bike to see what damage had been caused. He was a bit of a character. He died in 1972 and my Mum moved to North Hull a few years later, to be nearer to my brother and me. Hope you have enjoyed the reminiscences OLM?
Do you remember Mr Bielby the caretaker? Mr Jackson, Miss Collingwood, Miss Connaghton. Mrs Hallett had us making cress sarnies. Lovely lady she was. I went to a reunion some years ago and it hadn't changed. Very happy memories of Penshurst
Glad to have put a skip into someone's step today BMB. There are some classic clips if ya dredge far enough.
Bloody hell Bunkers....our families may well have been next-door-but-one neighbours for a time mate....we lived at 51 Bedford Road between 1948-56, me going to Penshurst CP school from 1950-56, my sister 1951-57. We moved to Beverley Rd Hessle in '56, just about opposite Park Ave, where the EYMS bus stop was. My mother lived at the Bev Rd address until her death in 2010. I vaguely remember my first day at Penshurst. Because of my birthday, for some reason I started about 2 weeks later than the rest of the year, and when the bell rang after morning play-time, instead of going back into class I buggered off home 'cos I didn't know the ropes like all the other kids did. I remember being confused walking up the ten-foot behind Bedford Road balling my eyes out as there was no-one else around. My ma took me back about 1/2 hour later. Rather embarrassed she was. I'll never forget the ten-foot - the rag 'n' bone man's horse & cart, the van ( or was it another horse & cart) that delivered the washing machines on a Monday morning, picking 'em up later that evening. As far as Penshurst was concerned, I remember Miss Brown who was deputy head and my teacher in my last year there. Unlike Joanna, I don't remember her being a corporal-punishment type, but then she may have matured/mellowed somewhat since Joanna's time there. One memory that does stick in my mind was the retirement of the headmaster (can't remember his name though). He got a present from the staff & kids of a bloody pig, which they had on the school stage on his last day. Those ice-slides in the playground on winter days. I believe Penshurst was in the Guinness Book of Records at one time for having built the longest daisy chain known at the time ! Memories mate. Wonderful. I still remember the names of some of the lads at Penshurst the same time I was there, but haven't seen or heard of them for over 60 odd years. edit: Ah., it was you Bunkers who had the memory of the "violent" Miss Brown, not Joanna. Apologies to both of you. PPS. Another thing I remembered about Penshurst. For the period Don Revie was at City, his wife taught at Penshurst. Sometimes he'd pick her up after school and while waiting for her, he used to watch the boys kicking a ball around after school on the school field. Sadly, I didn't impress, so he never signed me for Leeds United !!!
Joanna - we appear to both be alumni of Penshurst CP School along with Bunker'sHill ! See my response to him above with my very sketchy memories of the old school.
When I was there the headmaster was called Stephen Kirby and his son was a pupil at the same time. I only remember Mr. Haymes, Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Haymes, who ,I think took P.E. She wore pleated shorts and when we were doing cycling movements lying on our backs, we all giggled as we could see her panties!! If I remember rightly she took the girls for P.E. and a man took the boys. I can't even remember the one who clattered me with a ruler, after all it must be more than 70 years ago. C'est la vie.
Great memory Joanna, Kirby was his name. I think his retirement plan was a smallholding farm - hence the porker as a gift. Practical at least.
Racist I knew you were an Eddie Booth fan & I claim my £5 http://www.not606.com/threads/ot-the-done-deal-done-deal-if-you-say-so-thread.266698/
Asda have crispy pancakes. I bought some a few weeks back, purely because they had them. They were quite palatable actually.
