Hi John, that's brilliant. Although Ihave always lived in the Greater Manchester area, much of my working life was spent up and down the country - so I rarely came into contact with anyone from our school and even more rarely from our year. Like you, I wasn't particularly motivated at school, but they must have done something right to ignite some sparks in us! It's great to hear from you and to share schoolday memories, not something I have been able to do till now!
I'm also married with 3 children and was lucky enough to retire early. Can you believe we're both around 70, what happened to those young lads?
Your posting made me sit down to try to remember some more of our intake and some of the teachers. Here's what I came up with, apologies for those I have not yet recalled:
BOYS;
Abrahams, Arnold, Armstrong, Alderson, Barnes, Bruce, Baguley, Beswick, Campbell, Clarke, Collinson, Clayton, Davies (you) Derby, Foulkes, Faragher, Grainger, Greatorix, Gifkin, Gaffney, Gaffin, Harrison, Hatton, Hargreaves, Hall,
Key, Kennedy, Karl, Kaushik, King, Jackson, Jenkins, Rus and Rick Jones, Liptrot, Lomas, Lavelle, Lyndon, Maxwell, Maguire, Ogden, Oldfield, Osborne, Pertoldi,
Playfoot, Poynton, Pye, Patchett, R.Ramsden, S.Ramsden, Ramshead, Rice, Rooney, Robinson, Spicer, Simpson, Standering, Smith, Samuels, Simms, Thorpe, Wallace, Watt, Wright, Ward, Warburton, Warhurst, Weinberg, S.Williams and me C.Williams.
TEACHERS
Dr de la Perelle, Bowcock, Smith, Millington, Bland, Eckersley, Pope, Peacock, Harwood, Rourke, Barlow, Rogerson, Stelfox, Atkins, Grainger, Hale, Salmon, Soulby, Rotheray, Caldbeck, Peddle, Garner, Hopwood and Wilkinson and Stewart who never taught us.
I'm sure you will recall others! I wonder how many of us are left?
Great to hear from you, I'll post some more anecdotes again. Best regards Colin