http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl? http://www.eblah.com en http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1280496968/ http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1280496968/#num1 Just called by ,as you do , and having found this fascinating website plus being in full agreement with your sentiments of recording  snippets of St Edwards life, as was, would like to add my comments on a few of the previously covered topics.

Proctors buses , that item brought back so many memories , how very real the service and the condition of the coaches themselves, I was there in the mid 1950s, and  it appears things had not changed in later years, the down side to the bus being late through snow, breakdowns etc, was that if you had not signed on for duty by 7.0 am, the chief would have drawn a line across signed it and closed the book, meaning that however you got to work even walking, you did not get any pay for that day.

In the early 50s there was a slow unification between the old “Red Handbook “ (asylum attendant), and the “younger  element” who had been serving  in the forces, many in hospitals during the war years and whilst doing their National Service. This combined with the relaxation of importance on being a footballer, cricketer or musician, to obtain employment, and led to some very interesting and amusing scenarios. By the way this was not unique to St Edwards but throughout the Mental health service.
Will close for now, have gone on too long,  but will add a little more as topics develop.
Cheers, Ifield.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:36:08 Ifield http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1271781123/ http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1271781123/#num1


]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:32:03 rusty http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1260861262/ http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1260861262/#num1
Dear Sir,

Would  any of your members have any knowledge to the former electric asylum railway? It was built during the construction of the asylum and closed during the 1950's.

Lancashire hospitals such as Whittingham and Calderstones both operated their own railway as did High Royds (Menston), Hellingley and the Epsom 'cluster'

Regards Mark]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:14:22 Dave Thursfield http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1255084492/ http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1255084492/#num1 Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:34:52 steve http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1253354556/ http://cheddletonmemories.com/Blah.pl?m-1253354556/#num1
Hi Dave

Myself, Dave Bloor, Chris Timmis and Andy Willshaw are on there. There were one or two "outsiders" in the team too.
Kozzie was our manager and as you no doubt know sadly passed away whilst playing for the team a few years after this.

John.

I also recognise Lee Tatton, Tim Cawley, Carl Watkins and Stuart Fisher. I'm racking my brain for the other names. If anyone has any more team photo's, you can either post them on here as an attachment (650 pixels wide preferably), or send them to me by email and I will do a special page on the main site for the team. Dave.  

Does anyone know what year the team was first started?


]]> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:02:36 Dave Thursfield