Shiregreen Council School

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Shiregreen Council School, Bracken Road

Opened 1908 as High Wincobank Schools. Used as a Military Hospital Facility WWI.

1919 Renamed Shire Green Council School, as Infant, Junior and Senior Schools.

Senior Dept. closed 1969

Primary Department given the name Bracken Hill School

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Shiregreen Council School

Can you help identify these class mates?

Possibly 1927/8 there was 54 in the class. 

Bob Short (born 1916) seated front row 4th from right

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Shiregreen Council School. 

Can you help identify these classmates? probably 1929

Mr. Fletcher class teacher (left) and Mr. Dobson, head teacher (right) 

Bob Short (born 1916) 5th from left 2nd row from the front. 

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Shiregreen Council School

W.G. Shepard, Herries Road Sheffield 5. submitted this photograph to The Star 19th December 1975.

If the date was later, the tall lad on the back row, 5th from left looks like Alf Short (born 1914) elder brother of Bob. 

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Shiregreen Council School winners of the Wednesday Challenge Shield 1928/29

Teacher Mr. W. W. Fletcher (left) Head teacher Mr. E. B. Dobson (right) 

Standing. l to r:  ? Webster;  ? Bridges; ?  Fowler; ? Richards; Tom French; ? Shentall.

Seated: Albert Simmonds; Frank Quayle; Bob Short, cpt.; Frank Warrinder; Wilf Goodwin. 

Photographer T. D. Arnold, Sheffield

Silver Medal awarded to the  winners of the Sheffield Schools Athletic Association Football Wednesday Challenge Shield 1928/29

Captain Bob Short. 

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Shiregreen Council School Cricket Team winners of the Barber Shield 1928

Teacher Mr. W. W. Fletcher

Back Row l to r:  F. Mason; T. Shelton?; D. Addie?;  ?  ; A. Hemmingfield?; H. Hudd?; A. Holling.

Seated:  Tom French; Frank Quayle;  Bob Short capt.; T. Miller; R. Phelan. 

Photographer T. D. Arnold

Silver Medal presented to the Winners of the Sheffield Schools Athletic Association Cricket Challenge Shield (Barber Shield) 1928

From The Star Newspaper: Shiregreen Council School Cricket Team Barber Shield Winners and Girls Rounders Team Runners Up

 

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Miss Vickers Class late 1920's?

Back Row l to r: ? ; ? ; ?  ; ? ; Jubb; ?; ? ;? ; Cyril Thompson; ? ; ?.

2nd Row:  Miss Vickers; Dorothy ? ; ? ; Mason? ; ? ; ? ; ? ; ? ; Cooper?; ? ; ? ; Hollinsend.

3rd Row.   Violet  ;  Pauline Haigh; ? ; ? ; ? ; Nellie Johnson (later went blind); ? ;? ; ? ; ?; Beattie May Mills; Joan Andrew ; ?.

4th Row:  ? ; ? ; Winnie Yates;  Kathleen Poppleton; ? ; ? ; Johnson ; Gladys Cheshire.

Front Row: Florence James; Esmie West; ? ; Ruth Astbury (Councillor Astbury's daughter); Edna Jackson;  Pattie Elliot;  Betty Smith (born 1919 later Short); ? girl had lovely ginger hair. 

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Shiregreen Council School

Help needed to identify the shield and trophy please. 1928/9

Shiregreen School had won the Barber Shield 1928 (its not that one) Could be a School Annual Award or connected with Schools Cricket. The School had also won the Football Wednesday Challenge Shield 1928/29

Bob Short holding the Cup and Trophy we assumed it was just connected to Cricket. 

[Edmund]

The Sheffield Athletic Association's Junior Challenge Shield for cricket was presented to the school on 18th October 1928 by Councillor Garnett, while Mr. T.W. Quine (chief inspector of schools) presided.  The Chairman read a letter from Mr.E. Barber, a director of Sheffield United, who was the donor of the trophy, but could not attend the presentation.  Shiregreen defeated Manor, the holders, and the Shiregreen team was:

R.J. Short (captain), A. Simmons, T. French, R. Hemingfield, F. Quayle, L. Hepworth, A. Hollings, D. Addy, T. Millard and F. Mason.  Mr.W.W. Fletcher was the trainer.

[Lyn 1]

Any group class photos from the 1950s please? My mum never bought school photos. I was there from about 1951 - 1957