St. James Junior school poolstock

anyone go to the school in the late 60's ? with it portable cabin toilets..! and the school canteen which was a ten minute walk across a busy main road.

old mr smith the english teacher who couldn't keep still.

Hi chickdrum ,iwent to Poolstock school in 1964 till 1970,mrs.fairhurst,mrs disley,mrs parkinson mm .mr.horrocks was the headmaster when i started then mr.hedley mr.smith used to let us play rounders.

hi, i went to st james in the late 60s and went on to go to marus bridge middle school, i remember the big garage with all the games equipment in it, my brother and sister went there too, wasnt there a teacher called mr leigh and a woman teacher mrs clayton or was that in another life lol, brill times of my life, i remember climbing the railway line to go to school sometimes, dangerous yes.

i was in a class room with. stephen pratt,gordon maddock,derek frodsham,chris melling,jeff hargreaves,anthony brown,stephen bentham,ann crooke,linda lawrenson,jean melling,elaine walker,theres alot more but i cant remember them all. good days

did linda have a sister janet i new them both see janet every now and then my brotherin law went there paul rigby

I attended the junior school in Poolstock 1948 to 1954. The one with Mrs Fairhurst, Mrs Disley, Mr Smith and Headmaster Mr Horrocks. Although it was next to St. James Church it was called Poolstock Church of England School

St. James School was in Poolstock Lane, Worsley Mesnes.

aurora,
At last,someone who actually knows the correct name of the school they went to! I've been waiting for someone to correct the former pupils of Poolstock C E school who have always thought they went to St.James junior school.With Mr T Horrocks Headmaster.
St.James c of e was in Worsley Mesnes,with Mr. Joel Magraw headmaster.

st james school was on pool st wife was there 1963 miss davis mr horroks mr smith

lynn richardson was her name

She was the year above me know her quite well.Didnt she live in walmer st ? and mate with julie stead

st james school is now comunity centre and mosk clifton st off poolstock lane

do you mean mosque, my old school is a mosque, im not a racist before you ask, i cant believe that, well yes this day and age things are changing.

yip daikler her mate was julie lynn lived in corporation street nxt to bettys hairdressers

remember miss heyworth infants,mrs clayton used to play piano in assembley,mr ogden and of course mr leigh,who always told the same jokes at christmsas,always the one about going to a funeral in brown boots.happy days.

I went to St James Worsley Mesnes in the late 50's. Miss Hayworth was at my mums 80th birthday some years ago and she remembered so many names of the children that she taught throughout her career. Sadly she died about 6 years ago and I believe Brian Leigh is no longer with us, he taught me also.

Not Poolstock St James but I went to St James in clifton st which is a community centre (infants) and a mosque (juniors)
I was there 1960-1967 - Teachers I rememeber were Mr Leigh, Mr Audrey, Mrs Preston, Miss Hayworth and Mrs Clayton. Soome memories include prize days and school plays including Taming of the Shrew (I played a drunk) and songs from Mary Poppins! School trips to Chester zoo and New Brighton. Also going to nearby shops for sweets Pughs and Slaters.

message for chickdrum - i am stephen pratts little sister,

Allan Moor, William Kelly,Anthony Adamson,Adrian Dance,Tony Heywood,Sandra Halliwell, Yvonne Sweeney,Susan Hilton, Carol Barnes, Anne Whalley,Carol Lambert,Marjorie Melling, Janie Jackson, Julie Macmahon.

Bill (Willy) Hart here... I was there 54 - 58ish... Anne Bistle Hillary Bond Bill Thorpe Marlene Burgess(RIP) Dave Worthington(RIP) Geoff Ashurst.

Teachers:Mr Magraw Brian Leigh...

I am one of the Higham twins (Kathy)

My "twister" Carole and our elder brother David went to Poolstock C of E School

I remember well the nativity play that we did and the swimming every week at Wigan Baths

The School encouraged all it's pupils and rejoiced in their achievements. I remember the papers coming down to take our photos every time we won a trophy or certificates for swimming

Happy Times

Hiya Kathy,going to try and get a re-union going in the near future,ive seen janet lawrenson,glenn ford,graham lloyd they said they'd be interested.Would you and your carol?
Or anyone who attended Poolstock Junior School.

(stuart jones)

billyshym.I remember you and all the other names you mentioned I was in the same class as you all. If I remember rightly you were very good at drawing, Bill Thorpe was always the cleverest in the class and Hilary Bond was my first very best friend ah ah I would love to know what happened to her.

Susie Q... You are spot on with me and my drawing. Hillary lives in the Isle of Wight close to her bother Colin. She is married to a Bacon and still has firey red hair. Lost touch with Colin & Hillary about 20 years ago. I'm sure someone on here will know her address.

Billysham thanks for responding to my post. How would I go about locating Hilary. If you have any ideas I would love to here from you. Do you remember Allan Brownlow(I think the surname is right) His brother has the Post Office on Carr Lane and I once mentioned to him that I was in the same class as his brother

Yup! remember the Brownlow name... can't put a face to it. As for Hilary Bacon... Contact a IOW local newspaper and ask them how to go about it...

Best wishes

Bill

PS Tell me more about you

Bill thanks for the help I will try to contact her now that I know where she is living. My name at the time of us being St James was Hulse.I still live in the area on Hawkley Hall Estate.I tried to remember a few more names from our class--Anne Lucas, Anne Crowther, Margaret Wiseman do you remember them by any chance?

Sue Hulse.... wow. I fancied you back then, but Marlene Burgess got to me first :-) I do remember all of you! Innocent days hey!

Stuart Jones!!

Still have the photo from when we won the Broze Medals for swimming

We were in all the papers (twin sisters and 3 brothers) achieving an honor we were really too young to participate in !!

Would love to go to a reunion - just let me know

Kathy

Margaret Wiseman used to place her finger on the end of her nose, cross her eyes and say PING!

i didnt go there but i lived in snowden avenue in the sixties and seventies . iknw paul and phillip sherrington went there in the sixties also remember always getting chased out the school yard by the caretaker keyhole was his name i think. im dutty

dutty, Paul was my brother in law and what a lovely person.

hello susie q yes paul his a lovely person . we lived 2 doors away from them in snowden . my mum and hes mum where best of freinds 4 40 years and i had loads of goods times growing up with them all .not seen him 4 a while.

dutty, Paul was my brother in law and what a lovely person

"WAS" susie q?

xxstuartxx sorry if you missunderstood. Paul was married to my ex husbands sister Her name was Joan and we were really close up untill she died 3 years ago. I am still in contact with Paul though and he is doing ok now and quite well.I will mention you when I next see him

Please do susie q.

when u c him susie ask him about the trip 2 sandy bay when we were all little .that will put a smile on his face.

I left Poolstock C of E School in 1952. I remember Mr. Smith as if it were yesterday. I was in the same class as Harry Morgan, Maurice Hewitt, Alan Gaskell, Kenny Murdock, Charlie Dunn, John Robinson, Kevin Harrison, oh, and there were some girls too. Eileen Cawley, Eileen Hodgkiss, Cynthia Holden, Jean Calderbank and a lot more of course.

But, apart from Harry Morgan, who I see from time to time, where are they? I know that Eileen Hodgkiss died just a few years ago.

They were happy times for me. I loved every minute of it.

Jim Latham.

billyshym youre on the wrong school poolstock school was poolstock ,st james, was worsley mesnes my entire set of relatives went there late fifties and early sixties scotts easthams rennox,s,greenalls etc etc

have photo of my brother,dave eastham and team that won football cup 1958/59? alan moss philip sudworth derek melling cant remember others, for st james,s worsley mesnes

I was in the same class as your brother David and Phillip Sudworth. I remember he lived opposite the Tippings Arms. I would love to see the photo if you could post it on here

susie q will try and post it not sure how any help appreciated

susie q did you live in worsley mesnes? philip sudworth family moved to a new bungalow near tesco,s near fairbrother house we thought they where filthy rich

Anthony Adamson,Tony Heywood,

Knew these 2 well also.

hi i am new to wigan world my name is Ian Jones i lived in Pool Street Poolstock and went to Poolstock infants and junior school and then on to All SAINTS left Wigan in 1961 and moved to Parbold my mother had a hairdressers in the front room of our house No 46 would love to hear from anyone who remembers me

I knew Anthony Adamson

Just reading some of the messages. I was Anne Crowther-married Kevin Rose in 1970. Haven't heard from anyone at St James'. Margaret Wiseman married Peter Smith and used to live on Pepper Lane Standish.My sister Anita lives in Appley Bridge and Susan lives in Worcester.
Familiar names Bill Thorpe, Philip Sudworth Alan Brownlow David Dawber-some pics on SCHOOLS section

I went to Poolstock Cof E school from 1962 - 1970. My grandma worked down the road at Clifton mill. I remember an evil Irish teacher called Mr Maloney who beat the boys especially one called Kevin Dawber. Mrs Fairhurst was there too. My name was Doreen Latimer . I remember walking to the school canteen and playing sports on the cricket ground

Dotty
Did your Aunty work at Clifton mills as well?

Hi just reading through all these threads and i am very surprised no one recalled a Anne Winstanley , her older brother Alan also went to the school were Mr ,Leigh was there ,Alan was the football team captain for 2/3 years under Mr Leigh ,he took Alan under his wing so to speak ,for he brought me my first football boots , on the team were Geoff & Barry Lawless , Malcom Bishop was our goalkeeper , Peter Massey was on the team along with Worthington ? Can anyone else name more members of the school team? Me (Alan ) and Geoff Lawless were chosen to represent WIGAN TOWN TEAM. One time Mr.Leigh took us out of school one time i recall we went to his house in Guildford Crescent ,Beech Hill , then after he and his wife gave us some beans -on-toast we then drove to Atherton to Play another Town team , we won 5-0 after match and we had changed we were given hot potato pie & red cabbage ,then he drone Geoff and i all way home , next day we both got a thunderous applause from all the school at assembly Great Memories . But i would like to hear from more of you also my sister ANNE WINSTANLEY MARRIED NAME HAYES ,Still lives in WALPOLE AVENUE . I HAVE COME HOME AND LIVE IN CARR LANE ,FULL CIRCLE !!!!!!!

THIS IS FOR SUSIE Q , HI there i will try again did you know me or my young sister ANNE WINSTANLEY /I am ALAN her brother ??? I live in CARR LANE still can't believe it for back in the 50/60s all where i am now was just fields ,and we gained these fields by walking up " HAWKLEY PAD " AS IT was known then ,today it's CARR LANE !!! love to hear from anyone !!! GB

Well i wish to thank all who have failed to comment on my sister from above threads ,, " FOR IT'S TOO LATE NOW "
GB.

You're welcome.

LL.

Could you please explain your crass remake ?????OR is this typical from you ?????GB

You wished to thank all those that failed reply to your post, as I was one of them, I said you were welcome.

If you post sarcastic comments, expect sarcastic comments back,or do you think you are above everyone else?

LL

Posted by: GOLDEN BEAR (5000) View GOLDEN BEAR's page
Well i wish to thank all who have failed to comment on my sister from above threads ,, " FOR IT'S TOO LATE NOW "
GB.

Replied: 21st Sep 2022 at 16:01

GB the thread was opened in 2008, most people last posted in 2010 Susie Qs last post on Wigan world was in 2018. Perhaps these people are not around to answer your question.

FM

GB: In your post you mentioned Malc Bishop. Have you got any recent news of him? My brother-in-law used to work with him over in Bolton. He used to wear a high viz at rugby matches.

Hello Platty,
To be honest the last we were in contact we had arranged to meet up for a pint or two , then something i could not help i ended up in hospital for around 10/12 weeks when i got home most of that year was gone ,alas i have not heard from him. I hope he does not think i did not want to buy him a pint ! So if you hear anythin let me know if you can .
GB.