Wigan Album
Hindley & Abram Grammar School, Hindley
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Photo: Ivor Hilton
Item #: 24531
Apologies for the quality of the photo as it's taken from the school magazine of 1956!
Mr. Crossley was headmaster when I was at HAGS 1964-69. I remember the school magazine containing poems, stories etc. by pupils; it was quite a posh affair when I started there in 1964, obviously done at a printer's shop, but was "home-made" in school by the time I left, just pages stapled together.
Mr. Crossley and his wife accompanied a group of HAGS pupils on a holiday to Austria in 1968. He was a true gentleman and was generous with both his time and, sometimes even money to his charges.
One year, a pupil was killed in a road accident and he broke down in tears as he was telling the school at assembly.
A truly lovely man.
Excellent photo of the great gentleman.Mr Crossley taught me Maths in the 6th form(1963 to 1965)During WW2,he successfully worked with a team developing mathematical models for weather prediction.
Great oic. I remember standing outside his office for some misdemeanour and waiting to enter, he had a traffic light system which somehow heightened the tension :)
Not only a great headmaster but a true gentleman with amazingly great qualities. The best of the best.
Hello, Nice to see kind words about my Grandpa. His three children, three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren are all well. He passed away a few years before meeting his great grandchildren, my Grandma survived him by about 3 years.
Kevin Hughes is right. He was Flight Lieutenant Tom Crossley RAFVR, weather forecasting for flight operations. He led a charmed life narrowly avoiding Luftwaffe bombs on a few occasions. He was eventually captured but that is another story.
I remember him announcing Jaqueline maxwell's(?) death, I think she was killed by a fire engine and was head girl at the time...
Yes it was Jacqueline Maxwell who was killed in a road traffic accident in October 1967.She was in the same form as me,but wasn't head girl.I remember Mr Crossley announcing it,everyone was absolutely distraught.
Hi, I now live where the old school was. I was told by a local taxi driver why the street is named Crossley Close. After the headteacher, Thomas Crossley. I am fascinated :D What was here before the school? Does anyone know?
I was at HAGS from 60 to 65. I remember the fear standing outside his office waiting for six of the best for smoking in the bike sheds. I also got two for drawing in my Latin exercise book. Nice to see a street named after him.