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Whitley High School

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class of 85 i think
class of 85 i think
Photo: joe barker
Views: 17,681
Item #: 8103
this was class photo from whitley high about 1985

Comment by: milliemoth on 27th November 2008 at 12:48

This is class of 1984. Know the lad top right at the back.

Comment by: Stu on 27th November 2008 at 17:38

Look at Barnsey.......

Comment by: wayne lyon on 24th December 2008 at 14:51

does any one have any pic's of the school please please

Comment by: Paul Catterall on 28th December 2008 at 18:35

Brings back memories. Lots of faces that I recognise but cannot put names to because its been long time . Good mate of mine is on midle row second from left Christopher Dean, used to live near Tupperware now Milliken. The teachers name is on the tip of my tongue. Can anyone put the names to the faces?

Comment by: Paul on 4th January 2009 at 20:57

Mrs Drysdale is the teacher

Comment by: Mandy on 11th January 2009 at 22:22

The girl next to Christopher Dean is called Karen but don't know her surname. The girl next to her is Anne-Marie Berry and Shirley Alker is next to Anne-Marie.

Comment by: Anon on 2nd February 2009 at 15:05

The lad on the 3rd row back 2nd in on the right is Christopher Ashurst

Comment by: diane barton (hemingway) on 27th March 2009 at 08:26

OMG it takes me back x where is everyone now !!??

Comment by: Karen Hitchen on 10th September 2010 at 14:37

The one not lookin is Karen Bird (me! lol!!) Andrew Bonsall is behind me with the the black jumper on Jenny Cass is on the opposite end Tracy Eaton is next to her ..

Comment by: anne marie on 26th January 2011 at 03:02

teacher was Mrs Drysdale it was 1985 Shirley Alker 2nd row from fron 5th left

Comment by: nurse on 26th January 2011 at 11:33

next to shirley alker left is jackie?? I believe Jackie is a midwife at Bolton and next to her is susan brown (I came acrosss this photo on a night shift)good photo

Comment by: anon on 8th February 2011 at 18:52

Looked at the photo where are all the gooding looking lads like andy j john b andy lea podge?

Comment by: Anon on 9th February 2011 at 22:43

Re latest comment -Wonder if john b refers to John Brookwell - don't remember him being good looking though!

Comment by: John Doughty on 20th February 2011 at 09:20

This is a blast from the past. Didnt we all look trendy..lol

Comment by: anne-marie Partington -nee berry on 21st February 2012 at 19:51

SAD NEWS SHIRLEY ALKER PASSED AWAY October 2011 GOD BLESS XX

Comment by: anne-marie on 21st February 2012 at 19:55

just read the comments where is karen bird now?? and where is the parker??

Comment by: Karen hitchen ( Bird) on 14th April 2012 at 17:05

so so sorry to hear about shirley I used to see her a lot up near my Mums, she was a lovely girl x and as for me Im very well thanks workin as a TA in a reception class and loving it. The parker to my everlasting sorrow was sold years ago I dont think il ever recover lol !!!

Comment by: anne-marie partington on 15th April 2012 at 18:54

just read the comment from Karen Bird well i never a TA good on you. I am a community staff nurse working in Wigan and looking after my 5 children and husband we are all well do you see anyone?? it was sad about shirley, i went to see her mum a few months ago it was a sad reunion.

Comment by: diane hemingway on 8th September 2012 at 23:07

what happened to shirley only just found out gobsmacked

Comment by: anne-marie partington on 23rd October 2012 at 08:16

Hi Shirley died last October a year 2day, so sad, i will see her mum this week with a bunch of flowers 43 years old she was take care x

Comment by: allan norburn on 15th February 2013 at 22:10

me andy j andy lea where on the bus wagging it to manchester smoking on the back seat anyone remember me !

Comment by: Methuselah on 10th December 2013 at 21:36

OK, why aren't David Brindley and Colin Bose on this photo? At least Bic the Postman is there...

Comment by: Anne-Marie partington on 16th May 2014 at 00:47

We should have a 30 year reunion on the front where the school path used to be the ice cream man who sold pies? Anyone interested?

Comment by: Allannorburn on 16th July 2014 at 15:18

Does any one remember me Nobby ! Allan Norburn

Comment by: pjm on 4th September 2014 at 15:12

I don't think this is 85 as Christopher Ashurst was in the same year as me and I left in 84

Comment by: Gaynor on 9th August 2015 at 20:20

I was one of last to go it was knocked down when I went

Comment by: Ian Brogan on 30th September 2015 at 17:24

I was in that class ,not on the photo.It was 1984.

Comment by: Lou on 26th October 2015 at 21:14

Shirley actually died on the 26th of October Anne Marie. 4 years today.

Comment by: Jennie cass on 26th July 2016 at 18:56

Gosh! Blast from the past!.. remember having this photo taken with my good friend karen bird. All we use to do is laugh. Good times!.. i rember you alan norburn you lived near me.

Comment by: Derek Waite on 2nd July 2017 at 00:55

It was definitely 1984, I remember you Nobby. Also recognise most faces and Kenny Corden. Hope you are all well.

Comment by: Nadine ROBERTS on 14th January 2018 at 09:42

I'm next to teacher front row short hair was Nadine Barr and next to me is Valerie Adams

Comment by: Michael Hooper on 8th May 2021 at 15:38

I was a teacher here in the late 1980s and my son and daughter were pupils Andrew and Julie and had a great time here. On Friday afternoons in June after school we would go in my brown Austin Maxi to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and enjoy ourselves in the Stockingfeet Funhouse, and riding on other amusements until the park closed, off to a chippy then back home to Hindley. Great memories.

Comment by: Lynda on 30th January 2022 at 15:35

Hated this school with a vengeance, I was class 1984, not this class, but i remember a few on the photo. There was so much bullying going on this school and teachers taking no notice. Most awful school i ever went to.

Comment by: Julie W on 31st January 2022 at 11:27

Lynda, I agree. I spent three desperately unhappy years here, before my family moved out of the area.
It was nothing but a breeding ground for bullies.

Comment by: John Doughty on 3rd August 2022 at 10:36

This was 85...Paul and I are back row...the twins...remember all the faces it's just names...Read through this post and put some of your names to faces I though Colin B was in our year so not sure why he is not in the picture...

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