Thanks one and all for the input about St Mary's -I was hoping as John says that an older picture might be available maybe one without the concrete Politic ( now Uni ) behind it Mam by the way got caned too for being late and was mortified as she got a second telling off from her father ! Cheers Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "radar" <radar@ihug.co.nz> To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:36 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] St Mary's School >I went to St Mary's School from 1942 to 1948 and the picture on the web > site doesn't do it justice. The yard was asphalt right down to the > School Caretakers house on the right hand corner, looking at the > bujilding and was way past the road in the photograph.There were large > front gates and it was fronted by a large set of railing,. on three > sides it had very high walls. The infants school was to the right and > the entrance was on the right of the building in the picture. There was > an entrance on the left side of the building also. The grounds to the > left of the main block had an underground shelter dug into it during and > after the war, it was covered in earth. It was out of bounds to the > kids. I know I was strapped by the head mistress (Sister Mary Anslem) a > number of times for being on the mound. There is a better and fuller > picture somewhere out there on the net. I had a copy once but lost it > when my computer crashed. Regards John Travers > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message