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early 1960s birkdale secondary modern school.
Does anyone have any goods memories?
personally I doubt it
Remember the headmaster &teachers
robinson - headmaster
agar - gardening (old chew)
winfield - metalwork (pinhead)
hayes -geography
russell - science
williams - woodwork ( a real sadistic ********)
and all the rest of the other no mark supposed teachers.
Having said that a small minority of the tutors were very good, but could not wait to leave the place.
C'mon please post your comments if you went through this school in the 60s
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Mr Bond PE
Mrs Parker English (one arm was severely disfigured as a result of a pupil running down the corridor with one of the old ink pens which they used to supply and stabbing her in the arm by accident)
Miss Swain French (very tasty)
Mr Mcleod Art
Mr Hill Art
Mr Cowen English
Mr Bradshaw (off his trolley)
Miss Duddy, the one on a motor bike
and not forgetting the lazy caretaker Turner who used to get the lads to empty the coke boilers for him and the reimbursed them with bottles of pop he nicked from the youth club.
Happy days!
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Originally Posted by Sandpies
Mr Bond PE
Mrs Parker English (one arm was severely disfigured as a result of a pupil running down the corridor with one of the old ink pens which they used to supply and stabbing her in the arm by accident)
Miss Swain French (very tasty)
Mr Mcleod Art
Mr Hill Art
Mr Cowen English
Mr Bradshaw (off his trolley)
Miss Duddy, the one on a motor bike
and not forgetting the lazy caretaker Turner who used to get the lads to empty the coke boilers for him and the reimbursed them with bottles of pop he nicked from the youth club.
Happy days!
Bottles of pop from the youth club?? I used to go the the youth club at Windy Harbour (as it was known then) in the early 50's and there weren't any refreshments then. Things must have improved after that!
Just be yourself, no one else is better qualified!!
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Ha yes i remember them i was there from 64 to 68 anyone remember ted shepperd allways stood in the school yard picking his nose and mr cowan
( allias laddy the donkey) he used to say iv told you once iv told you twice
if i tell you again al cane you laddy ha one day we hung a carrot on his
door he wasent best pleased what a laugh. i allso remember chew (gardening)
mr williams woodwork i remember him getting beaten up in assembly by one of the students we allso put soap in his teapot he allways had on the boil in his wood work class ha next door to pin heads metalwork class were we welded two first years bikes together a good laugh but couldent wait to leave
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Miss Hayes was old fashioned,the girls had to have their skirts below the knee,if I remember right.Later Barry Twist was geography teacher.
Ted Shepherd was O.K
Mr Cowen I think it was english was O.K
Mr Postlewaite for community Studies was Ok.
Mr Ashworth R.E was a lovey bloke
Mrs Titherington I found O.K
Mr Hill for Art, was far my favourite teacher.I think it was Woodbines he smoked.
Alfie Marshall for Maths......I would skive a lot to miss his lessons.I would drive my Mum mad,refusing to go to school.At what stage she was going to sort him out,she knew him from school days.I told her she must not go.I
would attend school in the morning for register on some days,then clear off.
I had awful headaches.He would throw chalk,or hit you over the head with a pile off books.I loved maths at Farnborough,but I just turned myself off when I did attend a maths class at Birkdale.The day I finished school at Birkdale,was a relieving experience and the headaches went.
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Originally Posted by njam52
Ha yes i remember them i was there from 64 to 68 anyone remember ted shepperd allways stood in the school yard picking his nose and mr cowan
( allias laddy the donkey) he used to say iv told you once iv told you twice
if i tell you again al cane you laddy ha one day we hung a carrot on his
door he wasent best pleased what a laugh. i allso remember chew (gardening)
mr williams woodwork i remember him getting beaten up in assembly by one of the students we allso put soap in his teapot he allways had on the boil in his wood work class ha next door to pin heads metalwork class were we welded two first years bikes together a good laugh but couldent wait to leave
Wasn't that Mr Walton, i seem to recollect him coming out with those comments
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Originally Posted by Sandpies
Wasn't that Mr Walton, i seem to recollect him coming out with those comments
Mr.Walton always said that.
Was it Miss or Mrs Redford for Domestic Science? I enjoyed baking things I
found it relaxing and still do to this day......thank you for the lessons,it
started a new hobby for me.It's a shame my daughters who are Dutch,have never had a cookery lesson.Over here they only give lessons at school,to kids from a lower level of education.
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Arr sorry sandpies you are correct it was mr walton, he had massive ears, thats how he got the last part of his nick name laddy the (donkey).
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I seem to remember that Mr McCleod was called puff!
Could never understand that really, once thought it was a joke, you've probably heard it. The candle that went out with a puff!
Could never understand why he always picked the girls to go and tidy the stock room up, what with those ladders there and him having to stand and steady the ladders for them. Very strange.
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I think the domestic teacher was called Miss Booth.
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Good grief this has really taken me back. Reminded me of names I had completely forgotten. I had the cane off Mr Hill on more than one occasion - never really hurt though. Fanny Hayes used to pick her nose all the time which used to make my skin crawl. I remember Mr Poselthwaite, I think it was history but not too sure. Definately remember the naked showers with the teachers stood there - yeuch. Anybody remember the name of the tech drawing teacher who arrived - all the girls were signing up!! Happy days
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Miss Duddy emptied the contents of her flask down the back of one of the boys shirts for being naughty. She always made her own hot drinks for lunchtime, think she went to a boys only school after that. Strangely enough she got on well with the girls.
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Laddie Walton the board rubber thrower. had to dodge a few times.
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Originally Posted by catlover
Good grief this has really taken me back. Reminded me of names I had completely forgotten. I had the cane off Mr Hill on more than one occasion - never really hurt though. Fanny Hayes used to pick her nose all the time which used to make my skin crawl. I remember Mr Poselthwaite, I think it was history but not too sure. Definately remember the naked showers with the teachers stood there - yeuch. Anybody remember the name of the tech drawing teacher who arrived - all the girls were signing up!! Happy days
I think it was Les Jackson,the tech drawing teacher.
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