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Back Row: Eric Bailes, Robin Bielby, Peter Dobson, James Hough, Ronald Allinson, ?? , Patrick Kilvington, Wilf Hodge, Christopher Williams.
Middle Row: Mike Hodgson, Eric Johnson, Valerie Jackson, Brenda M. Brignall, Maureen Cook, Margaret Whitwell, Ruth Simpson, Christine Norminton, Michael Matson, Peter Ellwood, John Jefferson, Mr John Howard.
Front Row:Barbara Shields, Barbara Marshall, Veda Todd, Jean Worrell, Sheila Emmerson, Norma Liddell, Hazell Liddell, Margery Butler, ??.
Can anybody assist with missing names?
Image and names courtesy of Eric Johnson.
Back Row: Herbie Holliday, Robert Jackson, Barry Starsmore, Michael Knight, John Temple, Fred Wetherill, Keith Cook, William Tindall, Gordon Simpson, David Scott.
Third Row: Barry Johnson, John Mead, Peter Clark, June Jefferson, Ron Partridge, Sheila Cornforth, Florence Hewison, Dulcie Lightfoot, Margaret Morley, John Swales, Terry Clark, Mrs Spellman.
Second Row: Jean Durber, Gloria Stuart, Sheila Oglesby, June Lines, Glenda ? , Mary Harrison, Margaret Cummins, Valerie Smith, Elsie Hunter.
Front Row: Roger Hall, Terry Kentfield, Colin Foster, Alistair Bales.
Many thanks to Mel and Alan for assistance with names.
At last, up into the senior school joined by pupils from Ellerby and Staithes this class of 41 children’s first teacher is Mrs Best.
Back row: Lawrence Bibby, Peter Best, Bob Goldby, Linden Lambelle, Michael Mathews, Richard Jackson, Edwin Warrell, Kenneth Greening.
Fourth row: Jimmy Fishlock, Barry Mason, Mavis Tyreman, Mary Young, Jean Johnson, Maureen Pearson, John Thornton, Neil Theaker.
Third row: Ann Wilson, Heather Ironside, Della Burdett, Masie Hewison, Dorothy Rouse, Joy Pledger, Ann Shaw, Ann Kilvington, Audrey Magor, Joan Money, Sheila Mead.
Second row: Dorothy Maudsley, Pauline Cook, Pat Collins, ??, Mrs Best, Gillian Preston, Sheila Cowan, Margaret Steyert, Dorothy Featherstone.
Front row: Brian Grey, William Summerson, Colin Craggs, Terry Blades, Leslie Smith, Clive Cummings.
Only one name to find – who is she?
Back Row: Mrs Spellman (Art), Miss Rivet, Mr Malcolm Gratton (Geography and P.E.), Mr Norman Lee (Science), Mr Maurice ”Zac” Stephenson (English/Technical Drawing), Mr Ward (Science), Miss M Tranter (Girls P.E.), Miss Rita Ward (later Mrs Unthank).
Front Row: Mrs H Nellist (Secretary), Mr John Howard (History), Mrs Best (R.E. and Music), Mr Harold Norminton (Head Teacher), Mr Bert Davy (Deputy Head/Mathematics), Mrs Gornall (Domestic Science), Mr Gornall (Woodwork).
Memories of the staff include; Maurice Dower: “My memories from this group are of happy times. I remember that we christened Mr. Ward as Mr. Fud because of the way he pronounce ‘food’. Mr. Howard had a unique way of teaching history and still recall his tales of ‘Jake Cowhouse of Staithes’. My best memories are of Bert Davy who helped me an awful lot.”; Eric Johnson: “Malcolm Gratton married Joan Foster (girls P.E. teacher)” and Marjorie Magor: “I remember having Mrs Best as my 3rd year form teacher. One day she asked me to the front of the class “I nearly died”’ she enquired as to why my mother was down as next of kin and not my father. I told her my dad had died during the summer holidays. From then on she was so very kind to me and often asked if I wanted to talk about any worries I may have. The point I am making is; some of today’s pupils will have a more complicated “kinship” and having your mother listed as next of kin won’t bring about any queries.”
Thanks to Joan Jemson and Peter Laverick for specialist subjects; also thanks to Maurice Dower, Eric Johnson and Marjorie Magor for those memories.
Two for the price of one! The first newspaper cutting shows some of the prefects of Loftus County Modern School with some of the trophies won that year. Geoffrey Spearpoint, Barry Matson, Brenda Miller, Linden Lambelle, Anne Kilvington, John Knaggs, Edwin Warrell, Neil Theaker?, ??, Gillian Preston, Della Burdett, Ivor Swain, Terry Blades, ??, Mavis Tyreman, Jean Johnson, Michael Mathews.
The second cutting shows some of the schools prize winners, too many to name but I am sure if you look hard you will find someone you know or maybe even yourself. Speech day and prize giving was often held in the Regal Cinema, Market Place, Loftus (sadly the Regal has long been demolished, to be replaced by shops and a group of houses which now occupy it’s space). Some of those present are: William Morrish, Eric Lancaster, Joan Money, Peter Dobson, and Tony Walker; perhaps you can add some?
Image from cuttings originally published in The Northern Echo.
The caption under the cutting tells of the occassion, some of the pupils from left to right are: Myra Clark, Terry Grey, ??, Jimmy Fishlock, Della Burdett, Terry Blades, Judith Anne Dobson, and Peter Campbell. Do you know the names opf the remaining pupils? Please tell.
Image courtesy of Della Archer and thanks to Peter Dobson for update on names.
Back Row: Frank Chapman, Barry Swales, Christopher Williams, Peter Dobson, Sheila Emmerson, Wilf Hodge, Eric Bailes, John Dobson.
Middle Row: June Baldwin, Barbara Carter, Veda Todd, Jean Warrell, Hazel Liddell, Norma Liddell, Pauline Ferguson.
Front Row: Guy Dale, Barry Smithies.
Image and names courtesy of Eric Johnson, Christine and Maurice Dower.
A little bit grainy but it is from a newspaper cutting; the caption with image read: “Loftus County Modern School team won the sword dancing event in the York group of the National Folk Dance and Song Society’s competitions at York on Saturday.” Sadly the Archive didn’t know which Saturday but would guess about 1953/54, the names of those present are: Anne Kilvington, Sheila Wren, Audrey Magor, Della Burdett, Pat Collins, Dorothy Rouse, Pat Kidd, Joan Money, Sheila Mead, Anne Wilson, Gillian Preston, Neil Theaker, Edwin Warrell, Barry Matson, with one name missing the second girl on the back row, please let us know if you are out there or does anyone else know the missing girl’s name?
Eric Johnson commented: “The older gentleman back row far right, is Arthur Marshall (musician).
Image courtesy of Audrey Winspear, thanks to Eric Johnson for the update.
On 4th March 1955, these pupils from Loftus County Modern School danced at Darlington, as the Northern Echo reported.
Back row: Terry Blades, Edwin Warrell, Neil Theaker, Tony Trattles, Barry Matson, Jimmy Fishlock.
Front row: Wendy Coxon, Anne Wilson, Sheila Mead, Anne Kilvington, Dorothy Hodge and Dorothy Rouse.
Now I have been reading about the sword dancers in some of the newspaper cutting loaned by Della and there was an exhibition in the County Modern School and one of the photos was from 1892 Loftus Sword Dance Team, does anyone have that photograph PLEASE?
Image courtesy of Della Archer, from a Northern Echo cutting.
1981 or 1982 could be the date of this photograph and I am sure you can tell me which date it was.
Back row: Susan Morrison, ??, Paula Toulson, Cheryl Smith, Sally Kay, Alison Smith, Sharon Oglesby, ??, Debbie Dabinet.
Middle row: Sharon Smith, Colette Easton, ??, Donna Reeve, ??, ??.
Front row: ??, Gillian Morse, ??, Mandy George, ??, Ashley Beckwith.
Can anybody assist with the rest of the names?
Image and names to date courtesy of Marian Toulson, thanks to Chelle Yeoman for the update.
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