Hi Cassy Sandwell Archives can be found at http://www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/local-history-and-heritage/community-history-and-archives-service/ You won't find any information on the school on line there - you will need to visit the Archives - next to the Blue Gates Pub in Smethwick. They can probably tell you over the phone if they have any information on the school - the phone number is on their website. Best wishes - Maggie ======================================== Message Received: Jul 18 2009, 10:05 PM From: "cassy" To: "Vanessa Morgan" Cc: "'Black Country Rootsweb [Black Country]'" Subject: Re: [Black Country] Oldbury senior schools Hi All Got this great info off Vanessa and now I know kids went to senior school there I think that's properly the one my dad went to has he lived in Stone Street during the war years , Now I need to know what ages did the kids finish school up till the 1950s ? and has anyone got a picture of this school , I have tried to look at Sandwell Archives Site but I cant find one Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vanessa Morgan" To: "'cassy'" Cc: "'Black Country Rootsweb [Black Country]'" Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:52 AM Subject: RE: [Black Country] Oldbury senior schools > Hi Cassy > > I've only just caught up on this thread, because I've been away on > holiday. > The school was indeed Tabernacle School, but it was in Talbot Street. The > pub nearby was the Old Talbot. I remember the area before it was > redeveloped as the Savacentre as, as a child, I used to go shopping in > Oldbury with my Great Aunt, who would always point out the various streets > to me as part of teaching me about my family (my great great > grandfather/mother had lived in both Talbot and Tabernacle Street in the > 1870 and 1880s). As I understand it, the school took pupils from 5-14. > > You should find more interesting stuff in the book Old Time Oldbury, which > was published quite a few years ago now (I have an original copy), but > through the joys of the internet is now available online. Try this link > > http://historyofoldbury.co.uk/Oldtime%20Oldbury.pdf > > In the late 1920s my mom lived at 4 Stone Street with my great > gransfather/mother and a few of her aunts. I'm afraid I don't have any > photos of Stone Street at that time, but if you find any, then I'd love to > see them (as would my mom!). > > Cheers > Vanessa (Cardiff) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maggie Smith > Sent: 09 July 2009 07:53 > To: cassy > Cc: Black Country Rootsweb [Black Country] > Subject: Re: [Black Country] Oldbury senior schools > > Hi Cassy > > Smethwick Archives have loads of pictures of Oldbury. Some of them are > still copyright - so you may have to go there to see them. > > Maggie > > > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: Jul 08 2009, 11:28 PM > From: "cassy" > To: "Paul Prescott" , [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Black Country] Oldbury senior schools > > > Hi Paul > That's the one I was told about , but do you know if it was a senior > school > ? > If not my dad must of gone to Albrights > My Whitehouse and Franklin families at one time or another all lived at > Stone Street before the 1900s , plus my granddads sister later on , I know > they lived there from > 1938 ,has that's when my granddad was given a fortnight to put his affairs > in order and report to his base at Hendon I would love to know which of my > granddads sisters my dad stayed at , but he had that many some of there > married names where Thompson, Hadley , Bradley , Bowen, to name a few Has > anyone on the list got any old pictures of Stone Street , before they > built > the houses that are there now , properly built around the 1920s from the > pictures I have seen of them , I an also after very old pictures of Park > Lane, and Canal Side also Nelson Street, all my Oldbury family lived in > there streets but I cant seem to find any old pictures , I have managed to > get one of Frazer Street from the archives taken just before it was pulled > down in 1965 but that's all Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country > Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Prescott" > To: "cassy" ; > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Black Country] Oldbury senior schools > > >> Cassy: >> >> I think you're thinking of the Tabernacle Schools, which were linked >> to the Methodist New Connexion chapel of the same name. >> >> Paul >> >> PS: My mother's family of Beresfords lived in Stone Street too. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "cassy" >> To: >> Cc: >> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:56 PM >> Subject: Re: [Black Country] Oldbury senior schools >> >> >>> Hi All >>>>From what I was told there was a pub called the Tabinock? >>> not sure of the correct name right at the top end of Oldbury it was >>> knocked down when Savercenter was built and I believe the school had >>> the same name , but I am going on what someone told me so I cant be >>> 100% sure Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and >>> Wolverhampton Lists >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: >>> To: "cassy" >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:06 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Black Country] Oldbury senior schools >>> >>> >>>> On 07 Jul, cassy wrote: >>>>> Hi All Not sure if I have asked this question before , but during >>>>> the war years my grandmother went to live with her sister in Law at >>>>> Stone Street Oldbury and my father went to the local senior school >>>>> but not sure which one I know that one school was Albrights , but I >>>>> have been told recently that at the top of Oldbury where >>>>> Savercenter is, there was a school there right by the old Oldbury >>>>> Town Hall ,can anyone confirm this or tell me if it was a senior >>>>> school Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and >>>>> Wolverhampton Lists >>>> >>>> Well the old Oldbury Technical School was on Flash Road before it >>>> relocated to Pound Road, but Flash Road wasn't by the Town Hall. >>>> There was also St Michaels in Oldbury. Have you looked on Friends >>>> Reunited? 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