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.
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