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Post by taffydee48 on May 3, 2007 17:38:05 GMT -1
hello all, my wife Dee has for some time thought of tracing any old friends who attended the convent about 1956/58,she was there for some time and often talks of the nuns (good and bad) who taught there.We live in N.Wales now I'M a taffy but she is a manc through and through! Although I'm not totally a wooley back,I lived in Manchester for ten yearsafter we married(brookfield church, hyde road 1966) and our daughter was born in the city. I have been a fan of M.U F.C since my uncle john took me to see a game about 1954(at the man city ground I think? but all I can remember is the fog was so bad I could hear the players but could hardly see them! ???anyway if anyone can remember the convent please contact..take care all.
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Post by Mike on May 4, 2007 12:06:40 GMT -1
Hi Taffy, i see you are interested in Holly mount convent home. The home is now long gone but the school is still there. Did your wife go there as an orphan or just went to the school there?i have three books on the convent home and ST. Hilda's. They have many pictures of the nuns and some of the children from the convent home. If you would like me to look for any of your wifes friends or nuns in them please let me know.  Migky  |
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Post by lin on May 4, 2007 13:27:46 GMT -1
Hi taffydee48, welcome to manmates, I wish you and your wife success in finding your wifes friends, if anyone can help you in the search Migky can....all the best  |
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Post by taffydee48 on May 7, 2007 13:42:30 GMT -1
hi migky,thanks for your reply, my wife remembers some names, sisters,Lavinas,sabastian,Ostin. children:mary murphy,and the Ismay family,carol.john and stephen, Diana Bunsten. also a nun was burnt to death when wax caught fire as she was using it,the wife was known as chadderton during this time she spent in the convent, due to her mothers serious illness.maybe someone can remember the 'bell'in the main hall?also treasure island?our name for the stream and field?Also an old woman who lived at the top of holy mount in a cottage,she had a religious painting on her wall that the kids would be amazed as 'tears' used to appear from it. Friday night was 'nit night' when the nuns would scour everyones hair for the nits.
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Post by Belinda on May 7, 2007 20:26:46 GMT -1
Hi Taffydee,I noticed in your posting that you mentioned the Ismay family.I was very close to the family,if its the same one.Gladys and john had 8 children,Tommy,Steven,John,Carol,Kathy,Patricia Nora and Joan.Gladys remarried and had another 5 children.Gladys died last year. x Belinda
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Post by Mike on May 8, 2007 16:58:12 GMT -1
Hi Taffy, i have made i temp web site so your wife may read one of the Hollymount books . if you would like to read it please PM and i will give you the link . Migky |
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Post by Mike on May 8, 2007 17:11:33 GMT -1
THE history of Holly Mount, from taking in wounded soldiers during the First World War, housing child evacuees in the Second World War, through to teaching the community's primary school children, has been put together in a new book by a Tottington author.
Michael Conroy, of Hilltop Drive, has meticulously combed through hundreds of photographs and more than 1,000 names of people, places and events all connected to Holly Mount to create a 268-page book entitled The Holly Mount Story.
The book has taken 12 months to complete with help from residents providing the stories behind the events and the photographs which document the parish's history, including six members of Michael's family who all attended Holly Mount Primary School
Holly Mount was built in the 1860s as a College for Young Gentlemen but was forced to close in 1885. It reopened in 1888 as a Convent and Poor School with the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary from Belgium. Over the last century, the site has also been occupied by an orphanage and retirement home and is still home to a graveyard for the nuns who left the school 15 years ago.
Michael, who also penned A Parish History of St. Hilda's Tottington, had help from as far as the Channel Islands, Vancouver and Belguim as he tracked down former school pupils and evacuees from Jersey and Alderney who arrived during the Second World War.
Michael said: "I've always had an interest in knowing who the people were buried in the graveyard and their stories and knew there was a lot of history when I was compiling the history of St Hilda's, but there were a few surprises I was not aware of such as the nuns caring for wounded soldiers in 1914 and then taking in evacuees for the Second World War. It was a whole new area that people outside Greenmount may not be aware of."
For a copy of The Holly Mount Story, priced at £15, contact Father O'Donoghue at St Hilda's Presbytery, Turton Road, Tottington, BL8 4AW. It is also available from Holly Mount Primary School.
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