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St Marks Staff

Updated July 28, 2009 5:01 PM

Lever St Sunday School 1857-1861

The Rev Joseph Lowe of the Holy Trinity Church 1856-1869
Mr Thomas Hall Arrowsmith. Mr James Bentley. Mr James Booth. Mr F Dutton. Mr Alderman Finney
Mr R Harrison. Mr John Barber Knight. Mr Richard Morris. Mr Squire Openshaw
Mr Thomas Rogerson. Mr Richard Seddon. Dr Joseph E Scowcroft.

Lever St / St Mark's School & Church Staff

Due the shortage of qualified teachers in the early years and because teaching was not regarded as a profession so began a system that employed Pupil Teachers, they were usually from the same school and began teaching at age 13 and their apprenticeship would last for 4 to 5 years. They would be taught by the master before school commenced and then the same would go on to teach a class of there own what they had learnt, this practice continued up to around 1906-07.
This remainder of the page contains the names of
Head Teachers / Reverends / Teachers / Student Teachers / Pupil Teachers
Monitors / Assistants / Clerks / Caretakers / Dinner Staff / Cleaners
from St Mark's School and Church

Memories of St Marks Staff are under the relative decades

Head Teachers

Infants

1861-Mrs Rachael Norris-1866-Miss E Millington-1869-Miss M Smith-1872
1872-Miss E Marewell-1873-Miss Selina Greaves-1887-Miss M Holmes-1893
1893-Miss Field-1894-Miss Laura Leatham-1914-Miss Eveline Taylor-1925
1925-Miss Clarice Howarth-1935
The Infants from 1935 is joined with the rest of the school

Girls

1861-Mrs E Bentley-1866-Miss E Pye-1867
1867-Miss E Carter-1869-Miss E Beswick-1878-Miss S C Hindley-1882
1882-Miss Betsy Fellows-1892-Miss Alice Duckworth-1892
The Girls from 1892 now amalgamated with the Boys school (Mixed)

Boys

1861-Mr John H Norris-1866-Mr William Webster-1892

Mixed

                    
 J.Darricotte.  T.Smith.   H.Brickles. A.Porter  

1892-Mr Jabez Darricotte-1903-Mr Frank Smith-1911-Mr Thomas Smith-1938
1938-Mr Harry Brickles-1958-Mr H Boscow-196?
196?-Mr John Michael Mundy-1965-Mr T Abbot-1968?
1968?-Mr John Michael Mundy-196?-Mr Alan Porter-1971-Mrs Y Roberts-1972

Mr Smith our Headmaster always wore the same brown Harris Tweed suit every day which gave off a faint aroma of stale tobacco, he always took the singing lessons, personally looking back I am convinced he served in the Royal Navy during the first world war, as our repertoire consisted of various sea shanties such as " Rolling Down To Rio" "Nelson's Fearless name" "What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor" with an occasional song such as the one you sang at your Musical Evening "Cuckoo" if you were unfortunate enough to be on the front row you were showered with a fountain of spit as he silently mouthed the words of the song, Charming!
Lilian Dale Class of 1932 Jun 2008

Mr Mundy was the headmaster when I was there and we all lived in morbid fear of him. He was known to give us kids something called 'the whack' for misbehaviour. 'The whack' was this mystical and terrifying thing that was the best form of social control possible, until someone got a dose of it and promptly told us what it was. The playground crime rate soared. however, when I was leaving in 1970 to move to Harwood and a new school, I was mortified at the idea of telling him, as instructed by my Mum, that I didn't bother. I imagined him chasing our removal van as we moved house, but he never appeared. Phone calls had to be made when I arrived at my new school, to let them know I'd left.
Ian Anthony Edmundson Class of 1970

Teachers / Student Teachers / Pupil Teachers
Assistant Teachers / Monitors / Clerks / Supply Teachers / Other Staff etc

Children who misbehaved in the 1800s could have been fastened together with what was called a YOKE this piece of apparatus was made of wood and fitted round the neck and usually accommodated two pupils, and they were made to walk round the school (usually backwards).

1860s

Miss Emily Barlow. Mrs E Bentley. Miss E Beswick. Miss Alice Booth
Miss Elizabeth Booth. Mr William Charles Brown. Miss E Carter
Rev John George Doman. Mr Goulding. Mr Joseph Hayes. Rev Joseph Lowe
Miss E Millington. Miss L Millington. Mr Richard Morris. Mr Thomas Morris
Mr John H Norris. Mrs Rachael Norris. Miss E Pye. Dr Joseph E Scowcroft.
Miss Mary Alice Seddon. Miss Martha Shippobottom. Miss M Smith
Mr Edment Thorn. Mr Thornley. Mr Edward Triffitt. Mr William Webster

Depending on the offence and school punishments ranged considerably, from wearing a card around the pupils neck telling of the offence perpetrated, wearing of a Dunce cap, Naughty Corners, Tied up in sacks and put in corner, to being put in a basket which was hauled way up to the ceiling. Beatings were on the increase after 1850 with Caning being the most popular.

1870s

Miss E Beswick. Mrs Birnie. Mr William Charles Brown. Mr William Robert Buckley
Miss E Carter. Miss Lily Catterall. J Howden Cole (Curate). Crompton (cleaner), Rev John George Doman. Mr John Fell
Mr Goulding. Miss Selina Greaves. Mr James Gregory. Mr William Hardie
Mr Joseph Hayes. Mr George Hayhurst. Miss S C Hindley. Mr J Kemp. Mr John Lewis (Curate)
Mr Gordon McPherson. Miss E Marewell. Mr Jonathan E Parr. Miss Restrick. Mr T Robinson
Mr Anderson Rushworth. Mr Shepherd. Mr Shippard. Miss M Smith
Mr John Thomas Spencer. Mr Dorothy Thompson. Mr J Webster
Mr William Webster. Mr Evelyn Wilson. Mr George William Wilson

          
Rev G. F. Eyes Mary Ellen Eyes

1880s

Mr William Hurst Albinson. Mr Ralph Ashcroft. Mr Joseph Causey. Rev John George Doman
Rev George Frederick Eyes. Mary Ellen Eyes. Mr Robert Fairclough. Mr John Fell. Miss B Fellows.
Mr Charles Herbert Field. Mr Robert Foulds Miss Selina Greaves. Mr James Gregory. Mr Robert Hall.
Mr George Fred Haslam. Mr James Higson. Miss S C Hindley. Miss M Holmes. Miss Ellen Jackson. Mr John Lewis (Curate).
Mr Makinson (Superintendant) Mr Albert Rushton Mr Anderson Rushworth. Mr Miles Shepherd. Mr John Thomas Spencer.
Mr Sidney Stott Mr Noah Tong. Mr John Waywell. Head Mr William Webster. Mr Joseph Whalley. Mr Thomas Wild
Mr Edward Wilson. Mr George William Wilson. J Wilson (Curate)

1890s

The only name known on this photo is Curate Edwin Wolf centre, the Rev John George Doman is ill at the time this photo was taken.

Below are the names of the Heads and Teachers that attended St Marks in the 1890s some will be on the photo's above

                               
  J Darricotte.  Rev G F Eyes. Mary E Eyes. Rev E Wolfe.

Mr Alfred Ainscough. Mr Ralph Ashcroft. Mr Joseph Bell. Miss Amy Bury. Miss Cheetham
Miss Mary Ellen Crook. Head Mr Jabez Darricotte. Rev John George Doman. Miss Alice Duckworth
Miss Elgin. Rev George Frederick Eyes. Mary Ellen Eyes. Miss B Fellows. Mr Charles Herbert Field. Miss Field.
Mr George Grant. Miss Catherine Hamer. Mr William Henry Hatton. Miss Catherine Hawer. Mr William Hodgkiss
Miss Holdea. Miss M Holmes. Miss Margaret Kirkman. Miss Lawton. Miss Florence Leach
Miss Laura Leatham. Mr W Leivesley. Miss Leyland. Mr Makinson (Superintendant). Mr John William McCann
Mr William Richard Owen. Mr William Peacock. Miss Mary Ann Richardson
Mr Anderson Rushworth. Miss Simm. Mr Jesse Smith. Mr Thomas Smith. Miss Southern
Mr James Tattersall. Miss Maude E Taylor. Miss Vose. Mr William Webster
Miss Welsh. Edwin Wolfe, Curate. Miss M Yates.

From 1900 Punishment books were kept, prior to this it was usually the parent that requested their children to be punished after hearing they had misbehaved.

1900s

                           
J.Darricotte. Rev G F Eyes. A.Tinsley. Rev E.Wolfe.

Miss Abbatt. Miss Ares. Miss Avea. Miss Mildred Bagot. Miss Barwise. Miss Hannah Bentley
Miss Florence Broom. Miss Amy Bury. Miss Lydia Cornall. Miss Mary Ellen Crook
1.Head Mr Jabez Darricotte. Mr Dickenson. Mr Charles Dickinson. Miss Sarah E Dickinson
Rev John George Doman. Miss Marie Donnelly. Mr Robert Dunlop. Miss Elizabeth Mary Eccles
Miss Margaret Dilworth Entwistle. Miss Margaret T Entwistle. Rev George Frederick Eyes. Miss E Fallows
Miss Fox. Miss Elizabeth Gratrix. Miss Catherine Hamer. Miss Violet Haslam
Miss Haslam. Mr William Hellaby. Miss Margaret Hoan. Mr William Hodgkiss
Miss Clarice Howard. Miss Margaret Kirkman. Miss Laura Leatham. Mr W Leivesley
Miss Elizabeth Lewis. J W Marsh (Curate). Mr John William McCann. Miss Annie Mitchell. Miss Mary Elizabeth Nuttall
Miss Ellen Occleshaw. Miss A Parkinson. Miss Emily Helen Peeks. Miss Mary Ann Richardson
Miss Kathleen B Rothwell. Mr Anderson Rushworth. Miss Francis Sewarl. Miss Simm
Mr Frank Smith. Miss Mabel Jane Staveley / Darby. Miss Mary Stuart. 2.Mr Alfred Tinsley.
Miss Alice Walker. Miss Margaret Woan. 3.Rev Edwin Wolfe. Miss M Yates.

1910s

                
       T.Smith.  A.Tinsley.  Rev E.Wolfe.

Miss Mildred Bagot. Rev V G Ballance. Miss Helen May Bignell. J Binns (Curate).
Miss Bertha Dyson / Bishop Miss Ethel Blakeley. Miss Bond. Miss Florence Broom. Miss Lucy A Cheetham
Miss Doris Coleman. Rev H A Coleman. Miss Lydia Cornall. Miss Annie Crompton
Mr James Crook. Miss Elizabeth Alice Thompson Cunliffe. Miss Francis A Davies
Miss Helen May Dignell. Miss Doris Eatough. Miss Hilda Eatough. Miss Mabel Eckersley
Miss Doris Edge. Miss Margaret Dilworth Entwistle. Mr Albert E Fallows. Miss Dorothy E Fletcher
Miss Elizabeth Greenhalgh. Mr Walter Grisdale. Mr John Grundy. Miss Gladys Minnie Hall
Miss Catherine Hamer. Mrs M Harrison. Miss Violet Haslam. Miss Haslaw. Miss Heap
Miss Dorothy Heywood. Miss Doris Catherine Elizabeth Hibbert. Mr William Hodgkiss
Miss Gladys Holding. Miss Harriet Horrocks. Miss Jones. Mr Fred Kay. John E Kent. Miss Nora Kenyon
Miss E Kirkman. Miss Margaret Kirkman. Miss Doris Knowles. Curate John E Lang. Miss Mary Martin / Lawson
Miss Laura Leatham. Mr W Leivesley. Miss Hilda Martin. Mr John William McCann
Miss Annie Mitchell. Miss Ellen Occleshaw. Miss Mary Ann Richardson
Mr Anderson Rushworth. Miss Ada Mary Salt. Miss Martha Annie Scholes
Miss Constance Sim. Mr Frank Smith. Miss Margaret Ella Smith. 1.Head Mr Thomas Smith
Mrs Mabel Jane Staveley / Darby. Miss May Stringfellows. Miss Edith Whiteside Taylor
Miss Eveline Taylor. 2.Mr Alfred Tinsley. Rev H R Tomlinson. Mr Harry Thomas Tonge
Miss Annie Waddington. Miss Alice Walker. Mr William Weaver. Miss Ethel Williams
Miss Margaret Woan. 3.Rev Edwin Wolfe. Miss Evelyn Wood. Miss Sarah Alice Woods

1920s


1 to 8

Miss Clara Anderton. Miss Mildred Bagot. Mrs Mary Barlow. Miss Mary Bentley
Miss Helen May Bignell. Miss Alice Blackledge. 1.Mr Harold S D Bonser. 2.Mr Harry Brickles
Rev H A Coleman. Miss Hannah Coop / Rigby. Miss Annie Crompton. 3.Miss Eleanora Eatough
Miss Mabel Eckersley. Miss Mary Foole. Miss Betsy Fallows Shippobottom - Glaister. Miss Gladys Minnie Hall
Mr William Hodgkiss. Mr A Hodkinson. 4.Miss Clarice Howarth. Miss Annie Kenyon
Miss Nora Kenyon. Mr James Mason. Miss Edna McCann. Mr John William McCann
Miss Annie Mitchell. 5.Rev Harry G Moss. Mrs May Olive / Foster. 6.Miss May Peaples
Miss Emily Peeks. Miss Eveline Phillips / Coop. Miss Mary Ann Richardson
Miss Eleanor Buchanan Riding. Miss Martha Annie Scholes. Miss Bertha Shepley
Miss Constance Sim. F S Sinker. 7.Head Mr Thomas Smith. Miss Mary Strickland. Miss Eveline Taylor
Mr Taylor. Miss Elizabeth Thornber. 8.Mr Alfred Tinsley. Miss Dorothy Tootill. Miss Alice Walker.

Miss Phillips - Oh! in my eyes she was young and beautiful, lovely brown eyes and dark wavy hair and a lovely slim figure.
Lilian Dale Class of 1932 Jun 2008

1930s


1 to 13

Miss Abrahams. Miss Jessie Abram / Donkins. Miss J Baker. 1.Miss Edna May Barrow
Mr Norman Benn. Miss Mary Bentley. Miss Cissie Blundell / Hindley. 2.Mr Harold S D Bonser
3.Miss Doris Booth / Scrogg. 4.Mr Harry Brickles. Miss Pauline Bromiley. 5.Miss Eleanora Eatough
Miss M J Ellison. Mr J Fox. 6.Curate, Joseph Gilbert. Miss Dorothy Higginbottom. Miss Margaret A Hilton
7.Mr Richard Hodgson. Miss Clarice Howarth. Miss Edith Kefford. Mrs Ethel Keighley / Williams
Miss Susan Kirkman. Mr J F Kitchen. Miss Olive Lawton / Ratcliffe. Rev J Stanley Leatherbarrow. 8.Kenneth Ashley Lucas.
Miss Marjorie J Marsden. Mrs M McCartney. Miss Annie Mitchell. Mr William Edward Molyneux
9.Rev Harry G Moss. Miss Marjorie Enderley Ormrod. Miss V Orton. 10.Miss Florence Owens
Miss T Owens. 11.Miss May Peaples. Miss Emily Peeks. Miss Avis Lilian Powell. Miss Ethel Powell
Mrs H Rawlings. Miss Ruth Rimmer. Miss B K Rothwell. Miss Bertha Shepley. 12.Head Mr Thomas Smith
Miss Constance Stirling. Mr Taylor. 13.Mr Alfred Tinsley. John Gregson Wake

My first teacher was Miss Peake - a bit of a terror we were all afraid of her!, Each day she would distribute the small bottles of milk in the kitchen at playtime and insisted we all drank some before going out to the schoolyard toilets for a wee.
One day unfortunately my bladder couldn't make it and the result was a rather large pool on the kitchen floor, Peaky was horrified and called me some charming names and made me mop it up.
Lilian Dale Class of 1932 Jun 2008

The only story I have about my mother's (Jessie Abram/Donkin) time at the school was that during the war, all St Marks Staff were expected to spend some time at the school at night, I think in pairs, as look-outs for air-raids.
She told me that she was pretty much terrified at the time, and only found out later that the Headmaster had been there, unknown to her to keep an eye on these young ladies.
William Donkin

1940s


1 to 7

Miss Abrahams. Miss Jessie Abram / Donkins. Miss Margaret Armstrong. Mrs Aspinall
Mr Bagshaw. Miss Dorothy Barker. Miss Nellie Battle. Miss Cissie Blundell / Hindley
1.Miss Doris Booth / Scrogg. 2.Head Mr Harry Brickles. Mrs Joan Bromiley. Miss Pauline Bromiley
Mrs Mary Brown. Miss Norma Brown. Miss Norwenna J Burton. Miss Jean Camm. Miss M R Church
Mrs Constance. Mr A Cree. Mrs Mary N Critchley. 3.Mr Donald Cunliffe. Mr Roy Dewhurst. Mrs Amy Dickenson
Miss Alice Eagles. Miss Edgerly. Miss D L Evridge. Miss Fooks. Miss Joan Garside
Mrs Grant. Miss Dorothy Hadfield. 4.Rev John Collingwood Hadfield. Miss Margaret Hall. Miss Hancock
Mrs Elsie Harris. Miss Constance M Hayes. 5.Mr Keith Hayes. Miss Betty Hodgson
6.Mr Richard Hodgson. Miss Margaret Jean Hodkinson. Miss Hook. Miss Horridge
Mr Charles A Howard. Mr G L Humphrey. Miss Christine Hutchinson. Miss Johnson
Mr Arthur B Jones. Miss G B Jones. Mr Ernest A Kilner. Rev J Stanley Leatherbarrow
Miss Livingstone. Miss Lomax. Mr Edward Lowe. Miss Mangnall. Miss Gertrude B Marsden
Miss June Marshall. Miss Annie Mitchell. Mr Ronald Mitchell. Mr Frank Nelson
Mr Cecil Partington. Miss Emily Peeks. Miss Ruth Rimmer. Miss Margaret Risbin
Mr Edwin Rolph. Mr I Seddon. Mrs M A Shanks. Mrs E A Smith. Miss Jean Alwen Smith
Miss Jeanne Smith. Mr William Smith. Miss Nancy Southern. 7.Mr Alfred Tinsley. Mrs Sarah J Turner
Mrs Clarice Vernon. Miss Elizabeth Warhurst. Miss Wilkinson. Miss Minnie Williams.

Mr Bickles was a very quiet man but very efficient and I believe he succeeded Mr smith as Headmaster after I left.
Lilian Dale Class of 1932 Jun 2008

I went to school at the little school round the corner, which was St Mark's. It was a church school, the church was at the side, and it was a small school. It's still there and the headmaster was called Mr Brickles, and one of my favourite teachers was a lady called Miss Peeks - a petite lady, stout, very genteel looking but dealt with a rod of iron. Everybody liked her and, if you were good she would fetch you a treat, apples from her garden but she didn't tell us they were crab apples you see! There were more children with belly ache than anything but, it was the getting of the apples what was there.
Audrey Cole nee Miller ex St Marks Pupil.
An Extract from Bolton Remembers the War with permission

I remember when Mr Smith entered the schoolyard mornings and afternoons, the boys would run to the school door, that led to his office, the first boy there would open the door then stand to attention by it.Mr Smith would tap the boy on the chest a couple of times with his shiny black silver handled walking stick and say ''Very sound, very smart, thank you'' it was considered an honour to open the door for Mr Smith.
Brian Grundy Class of 1943

1950s


1 to 9

Miss Eileen J Barratt. Miss M Booth. 1.Miss Doris Booth / Scrogg. Mr H Boscow
Miss Dorothy Margaret Breaks. 2.Head Mr Harry Brickles. Mr W Caldwell. 3.Rev Eric Ronald Chapman
Miss Mary Crawshaw. Mr A Cree. Miss A Crook. 4.Mr Donald Cunliffe. Mrs C Farr. Miss Margaret J German
Mr Herbert Griffiths. 5.Rev John Collingwood Hadfield. 6.Mr Gordon Halliwell. Mrs Elsie Harris.
Miss Constance. 7.Mrs Joan Hayes. 8.Mr Keith Hayes (Gabby). Miss A L Heelis. 9.Mr Richard Hodgson. Mrs Gladys Holt.
Miss Christine Hutchinson. Mr Arthur B Jones. Miss Dorothy C Jones. Mrs E Monks. Miss Edris Audrey Moss.
Mr Edwin Rolph. Mrs E A Smith. Mr D R Snape. Mr Philip F Stephenson. Miss Dorothy A Taylor.
Mrs Sarah J Turner. Mrs Urpe. Miss Muriel E Vear. Miss Elizabeth Warhurst. Mr Jack Whittaker. Rev Cyril A Winters

I remember Mr Brickles was very strict and we as kids didn't like anyone that was strict, but he was a very nice man especially to anyone that was ill
Doreen Gill Class of 1950 July 2009

Mum did recognise some of the names who had mentioned dad, this included William (Billy) Settle, partly because he called my dad a "bl**dy s*d" and she taught him...
Sue Curtis nee Hayes daughter of ex teachers Mr Keith and Joan Hayes Sepy 2008

l remember sitting next to June Ashcroft in Standard 3 when she had just had an operation on her ear !
also remember Miss Booth being horrible and other teachers who were nice, Mr Hayes who they used to call 'Gabby Hayes'.
l was very friendly with Jean Popplewell.
Sheila Scott Class of 1952 Nov 2007

Teacher Gordon Halliwell (second from right) did not teach in my time, but I knew him personally and he was a lovely man.
He also went to St Mark's Church. Eventually he became headmaster at St John's School, Wingates Westhoughton, but has been retired many years. He lived in Leach St , near Clarendon St School.
I' am not sure if he is still alive, I've tried to trace him without success.
Hindle Gregory Class of 1952

I vividly remember the top class teacher a My Hodgson he had the nickname Tricky Dicky. He was a member of the Royal Airforce during the war a pilot I think. He was wounded during this time and had a limp. In winter he always wore his RAF greycoat. If you had to have the cane which I did a few times, he had a short piece of thin cane which he would shake vigorously just beyond your outstretched fingers and then gradually bring it closer until eventually just catching your fingertips I don't know which was worse 'the waiting or the pain when it caught you'. He was a good teacher and a very fair man I remember him with affection.
Ron Knott Class of 1951

1960s

    
       1.        2.

Head Mr T Abbot. Mr Frank Astley. Miss M Booth. 1.Miss Doris Booth / Scrogg. Head Mr H Boscow
Mr W Caldwell. Mr W Cann. Miss Barbara Clarke. Miss Joyce Collier. Miss Collier
Miss Mary Crawshaw. Mrs Jean Earp. Mrs E Entwistle. Mrs C Farr. Miss S Farrimond. Mr W Glover
Mrs B Green. Miss Green. Mr Herbert Griffiths. Miss Anita Hardcastle. Mrs Alice Harper
Mrs Harrison. Mrs Gladys Holt. Mrs Horridge. Miss Anne Horrobin. Mrs Janet Horrocks
Miss P Isherwood. Mrs Isherwood. Mrs Betty Johnson. Miss B Jones. Miss Dorothy C Jones
Miss Kenyon. Mrs Manning. Mr John Michael Mundy. Mrs Philbin. 2.Head Mr Alan Porter
Mrs Raby. Mrs Radcliffe. Mr David Rigby. Mrs Y Roberts. Mr Roger Roocroft. Mrs Rushton
Miss Sodergren. Miss N E Taylor. Mrs Turner. Mrs Urpe. Mr Robert Varley. Miss K Waddington
Miss Wilkinson. Rev Cyril A Winters. Rev John N Wood.

1970s


Headmaster Alan Porter.

Below are the names of the Head and teachers that attended St Marks in the 1970s and not necessary from the photo above

Mr W Caldwell. Mrs Cooper. Mr W Glover. Mrs Harrison. Miss Heaton
Miss Anne Horrobin. Miss Jones. Head Mr Alan Porter. Headmistress Mrs Y Roberts
Miss Lynda Elizabeth Ward / Hetherington. Rev John N Wood

Anne Horrobin was one of my teachers. She was at the younger end of St Marks Staff and so was always nice to the kids and tried to occupy us with fun things to do. I remember little else about her except that I had a kid's crush on her. When I changed schools, the teachers at my new school knew her. A small world, isn't it?
Ian Edmundson Class of 1970

A lad called Shaun Kinley and I were in the toilets one day and had just got a packet of cigarettes (Embassy No10s) and we decided to light one up Shaun was sat in one of the cubicles with his cig and while he was puffin away and going on what he would do if the Head caught us and I was just about to take a drag but who else to our horror popped his head round and said I'll have one too I felt the blood run out of my face and Shaun nearly swallowed his cig, well he marched us off to his office but on the way Shaun put the cigs in the rubbish bin. Back inside he sat us down and disappeared for a couple of minutes and on his return he offered us a cigarette and we refused, when we told our parents what he had done they went mad and there was a big argument and we was sent back to class and every time we asked to go to the toilet we was asked "was it for a smoke". But I must say the headmaster Mr Porter was in all honesty one of the best, he was firm but fair I used to see him for a while after I had left school and we always laughed at this story. God bless you Mr Porter wherever you are
Stephen George Robinson Class of 1971

Mr Alan Porter ex Headmaster who became a professional referee and later President of the Referees Association died in 2008.

Please feel free to Email with any teachers or staff you remember and the decades they were at the school.