lysandernovo 53 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 In my time the second year forms were identified by which Language they were studying...Russian, German, Spanish...or in the case of those with minimal language skills...Mechanical Science., Afterwards ,it seemed the forms were known by the abilities of its pupils. 3LA, etc ( in my case 3LC... apart from 3MS...the bottome lot...stuck up in the Tower next but one to the Prefects' Common Room and handy to our form master's (Mr Barnes ....better known as BODMAS) stock room. When deliveries of stock were being made our form , somehow,had the dubious pleasure of being impressed to carry them all the way up into the tower and the stock room... during which .a few exercise books would, somehow, be "lost" on the way...as there was a"healthy" trade in them from pupils whose books were such a mess they hadn't been signed off by a Master and were therefore expected to buy a replacement.....ours were always cheaper! Ludus est Nobis! Link to post Share on other sites
gilpin man 0 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Bonus o sodales Quem decet semper Colere atque amare Hunc labos noster Studiumque nostrum Semper honestent God. Those were the days. Anybody else still alive out there? 😁 Link to post Share on other sites
lysandernovo 53 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 There was also a second verse but age and alcohol have extinguished it from my memory!😌 Link to post Share on other sites
Voldy 77 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 That second verse appeared in an article in the booklet produced in 1996 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Firth Park School . Derick Mirfin provided both verses (the tune is believed to originate in that for a Scottish metrical psalm) the second being as follows:- Sit tibi bene semper, lude noster; Et tibi, Sheffield, bene sit per omne Tempus, et vobis qui homines amare Sit bene semper 2021 would have been the Centenary Year for the Brushes site. Link to post Share on other sites
lysandernovo 53 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I really don't recall anything like that!....In the early/mid 50s it went something like:- Quisque pro cunctus.( sung with a descant) Facit ac laborat Auxiliumque ( forgive the spelling...I only did Spanish ( badly)... with "Icky" Bown the "flying friar" as our Master)😉 Link to post Share on other sites
Richard D 0 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 My late uncle attended Firth Park Grammar from around 1948. I have just discovered 4 "Firparnian" school magazines of his dated from 1948 to 1954. If any one would like to have these for their memorabilia collection please let me know. Free to a good home! Link to post Share on other sites
lysandernovo 53 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Sheffield Local Studies Library would probably welcome them....They already have a small number of copies of the "Firparnian". Link to post Share on other sites
Voldy 77 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 My understanding was that all the memorabilia relating to the Brushes School was passed to the Firth Park Academy at Fircroft Avenue for safekeeping, but that was back in the 90's when the two premises operated in tandem. It would be reassuring to know that all the historical records are safe and secure in a central place; can someone confirm or update the current status? Link to post Share on other sites
lysandernovo 53 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I helped arrange a 50th reunion back in 2009 and I visited the library where I examined their collection of the Firparnian.... I was trying to complete a list of names of members of our year as a set of registers seemed not to exist! Link to post Share on other sites
Richard D 0 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 My uncle was Gordon William Foster and as near as I can estimate he passed his 11+ to Firth Park Grammar in 1947 or 48. Link to post Share on other sites
Brian S 1 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I was at FPGS from 1961 to 1968 . Did anyone manage to copy the great photos on the now defunct website ? I was in Boris Haywoods form and can still read russian phonetically, it provides a great code for passwords! So many memories of great teachers, Spike, Mr Mayhew, Mr Clarke, Chas Holmes, Dr Eker ,Das Smith ,FT Wood, Mr Pallister, Jock Mackay and a few more notorious ones, Trevor Higginbottom, Mr Snook , Mr Wilson, and an evil geography teacher I cant remember the name . phillips ? amazing times. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
lysandernovo 53 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 We knew Dr Eker as " Joe Plug"....no idea how he achieved that nickname! Link to post Share on other sites
Voldy 77 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 21/01/2021 at 13:01, Richard D said: My uncle was Gordon William Foster and as near as I can estimate he passed his 11+ to Firth Park Grammar in 1947 or 48. I knew a 'Bill' Forster from that era, could that have been your late uncle? Link to post Share on other sites
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