Mr. Willey was keeping an eye on a group in the visitors’ centre at Kielder in this photograph, another aspect of the 1981 Field Trip from Rosecroft School. Are you in this picture, please tell us?
Image courtesy of Celia Parrish.
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 Celia Parrish with a group from Rosecroft School who were staying at Beadnell camp site in May, 1974; part of a school trip to Northumberland. Do you recognise yourself or somebody else in this picture? Image and information courtesy of Celia Parrish.  Mrs. Parrish and students from Rosecroft at the swimming baths, Interlaken, in the Easter holidays, 1978. Were you there? Image and information courtesy of Celia Parrish.  Were you one of the Rosecroft students from 2U on this trip to the Farne Islands with Mrs. Parrish in July, 1978? Image courtesy of Celia Parrish.  This photograph was taken in a classroom in Harry Dack Infant School in the mid fifties. The school was opened in 1954, so everything would still be fresh and new for these children. David Morris is the boy in the dark jacket, sitting at the front desk. We asked ”Who are the other children and the teacher?” Kathleen Oyediran tells us: ”I am the sister of David Morris in this picture. The name of the teacher was Mrs Gornall. She used to teach all the girls Sewing.” However we were advised by Barbara McBurney: ”Mrs Gornall taught sewing at Loftus County Modern School and later Rosecroft, I attended Harry Dack Infant School from Christmas 1955, Mrs Gornall was not teaching there then.” Kathleen further advised us: ”My brother David, in this picture, was born in 1947. Therefore he would be 5 in 1952 and 7 in 1954, so he would have been in Infant school from 1952 to 1954, moving into Harry Dack after it opened in 1954. This picture must have been taken during this period. I agree Mrs Gornall taught Sewing at Loftus County Modern School during my time at the school.” Ann Jackson has also told us: ”I remember both Mr and Mrs Gornall. They both taught at Loftus School but were based at Carlin How as was Mrs Wheatman who taught cookery for the first 2 years I was there then they all transferred to the new school. Mrs Gornall as Barbara says taught sewing and Mr Gornall taught woodwork.” Eric Johnson can also remember Mr Gornall teaching woodwork at Carlin How. Image courtesy of David Morris and thanks to Kathleen Margaret Oyediran (nee Morris), Eric Johnson, Barbara McBurney and Ann Jackson for the updates.  I think the colourful banner in front of this group was from Rosecroft School, with Whitecliffe Primary from Carlin How further back. Image courtesy of Joan Yeoman.  A lovely photograph of Ruswarp Mill on the River Esk; built in 1752 as a corn mill and rebuilt after the fire in 1911. It is no longer a working mill; having then been converted into apartments. The road and railway cross the river over the two bridges below the weir. This image is part of a series taken by Mrs Unthank as part of geography projects for Loftus County Modern School (later Rosecroft School) in the 1960s. Image courtesy of Mrs. R. Unthank.
The staff of Rosecroft School lined up in the hall in the summer of 1982. Back row: 1. Mr G Bennett, 2. Mr Teasdale, 3. Mr Griffiths, 4. Mr Gilmore, 5. Mr K Willey, 6. Mrs Evans, 7. Miss Morgan, 8. Miss K Allinson, 9. Mr D Griffin, 10. Mr L Smith, 11. Mr Stephenson, 12. Mr I MacDonald. Middle row: 1. Mr Gratton, 2. Mr Brown, 3. Mr A Hopley (Headmaster), 4. Mr H Jones, 5. Mr Kerrison, 6. Mr R Watson, 7. Mr Stephenson, 8. Mr P Johnson, 9. Mr E Walker, 10. Mr R Sowerby, 11. Mr Lake, 12. Mr A Ryder, 13. Mr J Winspear. Front row: 1. ??, 2. ??, 3. Mrs R Unthank, 4. Miss Brown, 5. Mrs Brown, 6. Mrs Bishop, 7. Miss Game, 8. Mrs M Calvert, 9. Mrs G Hall, 10. Mrs C Parrish, 11.Mrs P Whittaker. Can anybody assist with missing names? Image and some names courtesy of Mrs. R. Unthank, also thanks to Mark Yeoman, Stu, Danny, Jen Hannah and Julie Morrison for updates on names.  The Loftus County Modern School leaving class of 1959 held their 25th Reunion at Rosecroft School in 1984. The teachers lining up for the photograph are: Mr. Malcolm Gratton, Mrs. Best, Mr. John Howard, Mrs. Rita Unthank (formerly Miss Ward), Miss Kathleen Allanson, and Mr. Eddie Burnside. Image courtesy of Margaret Urban.  The Archive thought the location was at Rosecroft school, as we are sure that is Mr Gratton in the background and Mr Tough is second right, with Mrs Tough with the bouquet on her lap. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Council, thanks to Alison Atkinson for that last piece of information. Also thanks to Ann Johnson and Eric Johnson for the updates. |
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