Wigan Album

Front row - ? Mr Pimblett. Mr Sandham. ? Mr Gaskell (Dickie Duster) ? ?

Back-row far right Mr Aldridge.Science & P.E.Teacher.
Front-row Middle Mr Miller.Arts & Craft.
front-row far right Mr Sanderson. Geography

i went to highfield 1957 -1961 i can remember dickie gaskell and pimblet the ithers are vague the ones i recall were= mr.seddon,mr sudworth.headmaster mr procter ,mr gwilliam music mr long,mr heaton arts,would be great if there were any photo's of 1958=1961 anyone i lived in ormskirk road opposite half=way pub thanks for the memories .alan

To Alan Winstanly - Your EMail doesn't work, sent you 2 or 3, but all void. Hoping you pop in 'here' again and maybe contact....

front left t right mr green,pimblet,sandham, millard,gaskell.

Not exactly sure of back row MrHall,? Grundy,?Coates(head),Aldridge.

I was at Highfield 1958 to 1962 and remember all the teachers as noted by Alan Winstanley. I was in "B" stream and our form teacher was Mr Seddon. I did meet up with Mr Gwilliam again whilst he was at the Deanary, when my daughter was there. I can only remember the names of some of the lads in my class stream. Derek Evans, George Prior, Barry Pennington, Jimmy Bretherton were some. The picture does bring back memories, some not that happy

hi there sorry to harry beeny and alan farrimond for not responding was having a bit of bother isp provider| alan i was a bit saddened to learn the photo brought back some none to good memories what i can recall was i was in form (a )and around 2nd or 3rd year i lost interest in all school activities and played hookey fo about 2-3months until school board gestapo collared me what a good hiding i got from me mother wowww dont go there! i have started looking again for more people to try and join in i think it's great being able to look back at the times we were kids as for you harry i hope you read this and if you want you can mail me at alan22@blueyonder.co.uk i would really appreciate any feed back fom the photo taken by eric grundylisted _ = highfield secondary school highfield senior boys 1962,i tuned 60 on december 22 2007 so thats it for now hope to hear from you all soon take care ( my nickname was WINKY) oh also ther was another alan winstanley in the same year any news of him? see ya

The teacher far right was Mr Whalley metalwork. left of him was a student teacher from Malaya

I attended Highfield from 1960 to 1963 and remember Mr Pimblett (front row, second from left) and Mr Gaskell (front row, fifth from left).
Some of the other teachers I recollect – Mr George Proctor (Head Teacher, emigrated to New Zealand), Mr Aspinall (Geography), Mrs Rhodes (History) Mr Seddon (Science and P.E.), Mr Gwilliam (Italic Writing), Mr Ken Long (English and Music), Mr Sudworth (Metalwork), Mr Anderton (Woodwork), Mr Heaton (Art).
The curriculum was geared to boys going into apprenticeships and unskilled work, and we seemed to spend a lot of our time doing gardening, football, cross-country running and P.E. However, still have many happy memories of my friends at Highfield.
Michael Mason

Does anbody remember Miss Todd the vivacious English teacher.
What a character. She had a marvellous personality and inspired me to become a writer. I loved her methods. She was a one off and put up with a lot of deprivations. At the time I was there (1965 - 1969), she was allegedly having an affair with the then Geography teacher, Dave Redhead...
What happened to Patricia Anne Todd?
She left in 1968 and was replaced by the grumpy and dull Miss Nicholson...
Her leaving left a big void; and I in turn finished in July 1969. The school still had one more year to go. It must have been grim in those last months before the school eventually closed and the poor boys that were still there became part of the Deanery.

I went to highfield from 1960 to 1964 .There was two Sudworths(Jack and Andrew).I rember Mr Pimblet Mr Gaskell Mr Aspinall (strab) also Miss Todd Tom Gwilliam Mr Proctor left around 1962 .Does anyone rember Mr John Silcock he was there in 1963 to 1964 when i left

I went to highfield from 1960 to 1964 .There was two Sudworths(Jack and Andrew).I rember Mr Pimblet Mr Gaskell Mr Aspinall (strab) also Miss Todd Tom Gwilliam Mr Proctor left around 1962 .Does anyone rember Mr John Silcock he was there in 1963 to 1964 when i left

michael mason got you whacked twice of gwilliam do you remember it .only time i recall michael you ever being in trouble,then it was,nt your fault, me and barry potter, we caused gwilliam to go off on one got the whole class whacked twice,fair split our sides at your predicament

The man on the extreme right is Arthur Walls, metal work, he went to Linacre just before I did and subsequently to some huge comprehensive school in Kirkby. Later on he wrote a book in collaboration with another ex Linacre teacher on making enamel art. I illustrated it for him.

back row hall,grundy,courts,aldridge front row green,
pimblett,sandham,millard,gaskell,dont know,walls

This is for HARRY BEENY I HAVE BEEN BROWSING AND CAME ACROSS THE PHOTO AND YOU SAYING YOU COULD NOT CONTACT ME HERE ( alanw47@sky.com) don't those photo's bring back memories?

In response to Mick Eastham....yes Mick, I do remember the incident you mentioned, and at the time I felt that it was most unfair! However, I am now able to laugh about it. it was good to hear from you.