Where’s the Shield?
Have Your Say Is a real local magazine for local people, some who may have moved far afield, but still consider themselves back home when the receive it.

I am an ex St. Patrick's school boy, who remembers well the great football teams that not only St. Patrick's, but all the other local schools produced as well, both Catholic and Church of England. We would go to the local croft
or 'red rec', take our coats off to use as goal posts, and play till it went dark.

After the game we would merrily make way home, shirts out, shoes battered, and ready for a good scrub before going to bed. There was always someone who remembered they'd left their coat or jumper back on the pitch and dashed back to retrieve it.

On another note, the many swimming gala's that were held at ozzy baths (Osbourne Street) or new izzy baths, (New Islington) St. Patrick's School had some smashing swimming teams, but my dad used to tell me that Abbott Street, took some beating. They had some belting swimmers; both at racing and water polo.

Lastly, on the subject of Osbourne Street baths, I wonder if anybody remembers the big shield that greeted you, as you entered through the turnstile, and what was its name. Also does anyone know what happened to it? Come on you old swimmers put pen to paper and let us know
Pat O'Dowd