A Walk Through Wolstanton Village. 6th December 2023.

Amazing tour

@StaffordshireTravelAdventures

6 ай бұрын

Yes it was

Still going good better than Newcastle under lime.

Why have you listed it as being in Stoke on Trent when you know it is not?

@StaffordshireTravelAdventures

Ай бұрын

i know it needs changing when i get chance

I used to have a good walk up to the wolstanton shops but it's changed now .going down the side street by the new elderly flats was my old school.its offices now its a big building that stands on its own.it used to be wolstanton convent school si I was taught by nuns.not that I learned much.sadly it was all about religion and wether I'd been to Mass.so not happy days for me.

@StaffordshireTravelAdventures

6 ай бұрын

My nan used go the catholic school down on london road in newcastle. she used to say the nuns were very strict.

@kathleenlynch5763

6 ай бұрын

@StaffordshireTravelAdventures yes they were the same at Wolstanton.one of the sisters took great delight smacking you with a bone cane.i went to the London road school as well.St Patrick's it was.im ashamed to say I spent many days along with my friend bobbing school and running down Enderly Street knocking on doors.oh dear not a good example was I.

@StaffordshireTravelAdventures

6 ай бұрын

Do you know about what year the london road one closed?

@kathleenlynch5763

6 ай бұрын

​@@StaffordshireTravelAdventures hi sorry its taken me so long to reply usual Saturday trip out shopping.im not quite sure when it closed to be honest.i went onto a site called Newcastle under Lyme schools and charities.it mentioned that it had opened in 1873 if I've read it correctly.but I can't find any record of when it closed.i started there in 1957 when I was 11.and left in 1961 aged 15.we tended not to stay on then .most left to go straight into jobs which were not hard to get then.and you were more or less expected to leave and get a job so you could pay your board.perhaps you may have a better chance of looking it up as for me the writing was quite small. I'd realy like to know myself.i noticed the old convent was up for sale a couple of years ago.hope you find the answer.good luck.

@StaffordshireTravelAdventures

6 ай бұрын

ive had a look at a few sites, cant find out, if i think on tommorrow i will ask the historian mervyn edwards on facebook, i will let you know if he knows.