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[LSF]

After Bert's U15 Ecclesfield School cricket team won the Stokes Shield for the 5th consecutive time they were challenged by King Teds, Teds pointing out that they hadn't entered.
A match duly took place at Ted's posh cricket ground.

Bert's lot skittled them.

What year Bert?

 

[GodricBlade]

After Bert's U15 Ecclesfield School cricket team won the Stokes Shield for the 5th consecutive time they were challenged by King Teds, Teds pointing out that they hadn't entered.
A match duly took place at Ted's posh cricket ground.

Bert's lot skittled them.

Would that be the posh cricket ground out at Whitely Woods, Bert?
I never played cricket there but played football there on a very regular basis throughout my time at KES, including 2 very entertaining games for the First XI against Charterhouse.

Austin - the rather odd groundsman - made a wonderful urn of tea for half-time!

 

[Bert]

Would that be the posh cricket ground out at Whitely Woods, Bert?
I never played cricket there but played football there on a very regular basis throughout my time at KES, including 2 very entertaining games for the First XI against Charterhouse.

Austin - the rather odd groundsman - made a wonderful urn of tea for half-time!

Bert's memory thinks it was, proper pavilion, teas at interval etc.

 

[Bert]

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[GodricBlade]

Bert's memory thinks it was, proper pavilion, teas at interval etc.

Yep - that’s the one. Proper pavilion, veranda, upstairs scoreboard, well-spiked floors, outside bogs.
Happy days up there.

 

[LSF]

71ish

Ah right, around 3 years after my time then.
We always had a keen rivalry with Ecclesfield GS, football, cricket and basketball, all way through from U12 to U16 & 1st XI too.
I have to say we nearly always got one over them in all sports but they were always close affairs.
I got to know a few of the Ecclesfield lads via Sheffield Boys U15 squad, both football and cricket, they were all sound lads too. Mick Derrick, Tim Hudson and Phil French....

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

I was at KES between 74-80 & frankly it was a shocking school, I say that having used my daughters school as comparison.
The problem with KES was the teachers inability & unwillingness to adapt & embrace the comprehensive system from the good old days of grammar school elitism.

I was there 58-65, and some of the teachers were fearing the shift to comprehensive. If many of them were still there when you went, I am not surprised they were sub-standard. They were very set in their ways, and had no interest in kids who did not want to learn.

 

[Bert]

Ah right, around 3 years after my time then.
We always had a keen rivalry with Ecclesfield GS, football, cricket and basketball, all way through from U12 to U16 & 1st XI too.
I have to say we nearly always got one over them in all sports but they were always close affairs.
I got to know a few of the Ecclesfield lads via Sheffield Boys U15 squad, both football and cricket, they were all sound lads too. Mick Derrick, Tim Hudson and Phil French....

Bert remembers those names.
There was also Paul Dolby and Mick Dumpleton who both played for England U18 schoolboys.
When Ecclesfield went comprehensive in 1967 the school size almost doubled, which helped to clean up sports wise, especially cricket.

 

[LSF]

Bert remembers those names.
There was also Paul Dolby and Mick Dumpleton who both played for England U18 schoolboys.
When Ecclesfield went comprehensive in 1967 the school size almost doubled, which helped to clean up sports wise, especially cricket.

Remember those two. They played for Sheffield too. Think Paul had a brother, Phil?

 

[Bert]

Remember those two. They played for Sheffield too. Think Paul had a brother, Phil?

Bert can't remember.
Bert still has the programme from when they played for England, the game was at Mansfield v Scotland.

 

[Harrisblade]

Would that be the posh cricket ground out at Whitely Woods, Bert?
I never played cricket there but played football there on a very regular basis throughout my time at KES, including 2 very entertaining games for the First XI against Charterhouse.

Austin - the rather odd groundsman - made a wonderful urn of tea for half-time!

There were 2 sports pitches when I was there - Whitely Woods and Castle Dyke.
I think WW was the 'poshest' venue because of it's setting in bit of a valley surrounded by trees including the fucking big one within the cricket boundary.
And it had a traditional wooden cricket pavilion and I think only one or 2 football pitches.
Needless to say most of the time I was there was spent walki running around the cross-country course.
Castle Dyke was bigger with more football/rugby pitches but definitely 'windswept' and desolate.
We went on Wednesday afternoons in a fleet of SY Transport double deckers and in my first year some criminal changed the route number at the front to 007.
The whole bus load was banned from games for 3 weeks because nobody snitched.

 

[Harrisblade]

I was there 58-65, and some of the teachers were fearing the shift to comprehensive. If many of them were still there when you went, I am not surprised they were sub-standard. They were very set in their ways, and had no interest in kids who did not want to learn.

Two in particular, Warkup (latin) and Booth (geography) always in black, chalk stained coats and "take out your text books and read Chapter ............"

 

[GodricBlade]

There were 2 sports pitches when I was there - Whitely Woods and Castle Dyke.
I think WW was the 'poshest' venue because of it's setting in bit of a valley surrounded by trees including the fucking big one within the cricket boundary.
And it had a traditional wooden cricket pavilion and I think only one or 2 football pitches.
Needless to say most of the time I was there was spent walki running around the cross-country course.
Castle Dyke was bigger with more football/rugby pitches but definitely 'windswept' and desolate.
We went on Wednesday afternoons in a fleet of SY Transport double deckers and in my first year some criminal changed the route number at the front to 007.
The whole bus load was banned from games for 3 weeks because nobody snitched.

Yeah - that’s right but I never went to Castle Dyke until after I left (1986) & played a Sunday football up there. Man, it was bleaker than bleak!
Whitely Woods def had 2 football pitches - the bottom one was the better of the 2.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Yep - that’s the one. Proper pavilion, veranda, upstairs scoreboard, well-spiked floors, outside bogs.
Happy days up there.

Not to mention the worst batting wicket in Sheffield, loved bowling there - sat down for tea, had a look at the nearest team photos, saw my old man in the KES team in the 1930s. Our kid played in the KES team in the 1970s and was always first to the bar afterwards, loved his sport and especially the Blades. R.I.P.

 

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[South Sea Blade]

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Fred Furness

 

[Speedracer]

Remember those two. They played for Sheffield too. Think Paul had a brother, Phil?

I know those names too, not sure if Paul had a brother but Mick Dumpleton had a younger brother, Alan I believe.

 

[Silent Blade]

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Met him at Central deaf club, Surrey Place, in the mid 1980s. Cant remember the name of the snooker club he was playing for. A very nice chap.

 

[don240]

Thanks for that
The King Ted's write up was fascinating.
Russell Sharrock was Head when I was there during my time the first batch of 6th form girls arrived.
I was still in 3rd/4th year then and they were out-of-reach, so we carried on playing shove-ha'penny on the window sills and football at lunch-time, but they did have the sense to move round the school as a group.

Sharrock was still head when I was there. (1974 to 1979)

 

[Greenwich Blade]

There were 2 sports pitches when I was there - Whitely Woods and Castle Dyke.
I think WW was the 'poshest' venue because of it's setting in bit of a valley surrounded by trees including the fucking big one within the cricket boundary.
And it had a traditional wooden cricket pavilion and I think only one or 2 football pitches.
Needless to say most of the time I was there was spent walki running around the cross-country course.
Castle Dyke was bigger with more football/rugby pitches but definitely 'windswept' and desolate.
We went on Wednesday afternoons in a fleet of SY Transport double deckers and in my first year some criminal changed the route number at the front to 007.
The whole bus load was banned from games for 3 weeks because nobody snitched.

I played cricket at Castle Dyke. Two things: it was the coldest game of cricket I ever played, and it was the only time I was ever run out without facing a ball.

 

[Silent Blade]

I played cricket at Castle Dyke. Two things: it was the coldest game of cricket I ever played, and it was the only time I was ever run out without facing a ball.

It was my club's venue for home games between 1994 and 1997 and I enjoyed playing there as it wasnt too hot on dry and sunny days. Pre and post match drinks were always at the Hammer and Pincers.

 

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[Silent Blade]

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Any photos of Graham Shaw's cafe?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Any photos of Graham Shaw's cafe?

It was my Saturday morning stop as a kid. My Dad insisted on having a coffee there, of course I later realised it was just an excuse to jabber about football and United.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

It's just the Moorfoot market, but the background is great.