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Wigan Album
St Mark's School, Newtown
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St. Mark's C.E. Junior School, Newtown, Wigan 1958
Photo: Michael Ardern Mason
Photo: Michael Ardern Mason
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Item #: 25399
Item #: 25399
Back Row left to right
?, ?, Alfred Bullough, John Brown, Alan Wharton 1, Frank Keenan, Brian Turner, Barry Glennon, Stephen?,
2nd Row
Alan Wharton 2, John Gaskell, Leslie Higham, Alan Penk, Eric Grundy, Jeffrey Tither, Stephen Pilkington, Philip Dewhurst, Alan Pye, Michael Fairhurst
3rd Row
Shirley Long, Christine Benson, Margaret Turner, Glenys Johnson, Marlene Smith, Jean McFadden, Susan Richardson, Edith Hodge, Janet Mason, Kathleen Jefferey, Lisa Carole Blakemore
Front Row
Michael Mason, Michael Price
The Infant Head Teacher in 1957 was Miss Eleanor Johnson, and the Junior School Head Teacher was Mr Birch. Our first infant teacher was Mrs Sherrington. The School Secretary was Mrs Melling, who always had a kind word for any child who was upset or distressed. Mr Tasker was the school caretaker.
Mr Birch was good man and a great head teacher. He was particularly kind to me when I had been informed that I was the only candidate from St Marks to fail the second part of my 11 plus, after successfully completing the first part. Mr Birch was a widower and eventually married one of the Junior School teachers, Mrs Silcock, whose daughter, Gillian also attended St Mark's School. He lived near the Upholland monument and was also the lay reader at St. Mark's Church.
?, ?, Alfred Bullough, John Brown, Alan Wharton 1, Frank Keenan, Brian Turner, Barry Glennon, Stephen?,
2nd Row
Alan Wharton 2, John Gaskell, Leslie Higham, Alan Penk, Eric Grundy, Jeffrey Tither, Stephen Pilkington, Philip Dewhurst, Alan Pye, Michael Fairhurst
3rd Row
Shirley Long, Christine Benson, Margaret Turner, Glenys Johnson, Marlene Smith, Jean McFadden, Susan Richardson, Edith Hodge, Janet Mason, Kathleen Jefferey, Lisa Carole Blakemore
Front Row
Michael Mason, Michael Price
The Infant Head Teacher in 1957 was Miss Eleanor Johnson, and the Junior School Head Teacher was Mr Birch. Our first infant teacher was Mrs Sherrington. The School Secretary was Mrs Melling, who always had a kind word for any child who was upset or distressed. Mr Tasker was the school caretaker.
Mr Birch was good man and a great head teacher. He was particularly kind to me when I had been informed that I was the only candidate from St Marks to fail the second part of my 11 plus, after successfully completing the first part. Mr Birch was a widower and eventually married one of the Junior School teachers, Mrs Silcock, whose daughter, Gillian also attended St Mark's School. He lived near the Upholland monument and was also the lay reader at St. Mark's Church.
Comment by: Polly on 29th July 2014 at 23:55
THIS!! is what going to school should look like. Bring back the these days PLEASE!!!! Wonderful photograph Michael. I could look at this picture over and over again and will.
Comment by: Jarvo on 30th July 2014 at 00:13
Lots of kids passed the first half of the 11 plus. Not many made it through the second half though. You needn't have felt bad, Michael...
Comment by: dorothy sharpe (as was) on 3rd November 2014 at 00:25
I adored Mr Birch. a lovely, kind headmaster. (one snowy day he brought a magnifying glass into the playground, and showed us how each and every flake had a different pattern!!!) Always the teacher I suppose but it was a big moment for me, it blew my mind away, I was so excited I never forgot it.
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