Henbury, The Village c.1960

Photo ref: H164006

I was moved to Henbury, to Sheepwood Road to be exact with my mum and Dad. Blaise School was a lovely junior school, but it was there that I was first told about my singing voice. Two of us were asked not sing as we were "growlers" - just one of those fifties things. Henbury School in the sixties made me proud, first Mr Luget and then Mr Bayne-Jardine made us proud to be at ...see more

I have memories of Miss Holden at Henbury Church School. She was lovely. After that it was a move to The Manor school, where the infamous Mr Freke would use a ruler over our young knuckles if we broke some rule. My final school in the area was Henbury Court Junior and Miss Weeks was the teacher. She was quite strict, but fair, and had a twinkle in her eye. I think she lived somewhere behind the library at Westbury. She ...see more

I was in her class when we were at the old police station, absolutely hated this teacher, as did my brother Alan jones. She put me off school for life.

I spent many a good Sunday in Blaise with my friends June & Pam Box in the 60's with our trannies, behive hairdo's and fags checking out the lads and playing the latest top twenty, was it Pick of the Pops? We lived in Tormarton Crescent, many very Happy Memories of Henbury, now its resembles a war zone.