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December 11, 2008 9:54 PM
Photo courtesy of Freema
Taylor
Lady in photo Mrs Taylor (Freema's mother) to the left
of her Barbara Walker (the future Mrs Platt)
 Dad
told a story that he had decided the classroom looked a bit grim
and the class would paint the class - I don't know where he got
the paint from but he asked his pupils that when they went home
for dinner if they would look in their backyard sheds to see if
there were any old paint brushes that they could use.... on the
return from lunch some of the lads returned with some very nice,
still wrapped paint brushes.. he realised that they could not have
afforded them, but that Bolton market was on and they possibably
were "borrowed"... but that did not stop dad and his pupils
give the class a lick of paint.
Sue Curtis (nee Hayes) daughter of teachers Keith and Joan
Hayes
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When I stayed for dinners (only a week as I didn't like the food)
the canteen was in the prefab building on the opposite end of
the church.
At that time it was the classroom of the "top class"
with Mr Hodgson, the teacher.
Hindle Gregory Class of 1952 |
My mum used to do me some toast and wrap it up in newspaper and
when we got to school we all put our wrapped food on a shelf and
Mrs Scrogg wrote our names on the wrappings.
Lloyd Egerton Class of 1952
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The Prefabs
I came across your site by accident. I am the daughter of Keith
hayes who worked at St Marks from about 1947 going into the 1950's.
he used to tell me some of the stories of St Marks with affection.
He has since passed on.
My mother is Joan Hayes, apparently she worked there for some
time, first as a supply teacher and then becoming a permanent
staff member in the early 50's. She remembers dad working in the
prefab (Kathryn Lough message) and the stove with one of the lads
having to stoke it each morning. She also remembers Cythia Popplewell
and how dad was proud that she was the 1st pupil to go to the
Grammar School since (?) 1936 and her friend Myra Kirfoot.
Thanks, I have enjoyed looking at a site and putting a place to
my dad's stories.
P.S. Why was he called Gabby - apart from the obvious - he could
talk....!!!
Sue Curtis (nee Hayes) daughter of teachers Keith and
Joan Hayes
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I sat at the back with Cynthia Popplewell: Myra Kirfoot: Josephine
Cornwell I remember my class teacher Mr Hayes and we had one of
the prefabs as our classroom which was freezing. The church was
between the prefabs and the main school building. There was a
coal merchants beside the main school if I remember right. Mr
Snape used to take us for singing, he had an enormous adams apple,
which was something I noticed about him. Mr Brickles was the head,
he seemed very old to me, but I guess he wasn't really.
Kathryn Lough Class of 1953
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