Wigan Album

hi,
do we know who any of the pupils? I left st marks in 1957, but cannot say if I was on this photo or not. Anyone remember "billy sharpe"?

i think thats me bottom row far left also ronald abernethy and eric waterworth 'linda ? is next to me i remember most faces but not many names

the twins on second row up are me mum and me aunty lizzy also known as florrie n elizabeth/betty jackson

Hi, Billy did you live at 126 Broom Rd. and are you Ronald Sharpes cousin

bill oakes, how are you? it must be over 50 years since we last met. so many memories and yes it is THE billy sharpe from 126.I am now retired and living in Morecambe.Great to hear from you.
Bill

hi Bill,
I wonder if you have finished reading those comics I lent you? You remember, there was a "superman" a "batman & robin" and 2 editions of the "eagle". Whilst there is no rush, you have had them for over 50 years, although I remember that you were a slow reader. Maybe you can drop them off whenever you are passing.
Great to hear from you.
Bill

hi bill sharpe do you have a sister dorothy if so she was in my class cant see her on here but then it is a long time ago

yes,I do have a sister Dorothy. I also have 2 other sisters, Kathleen and Betty together with 3 brothers, Robert,Paul and Thomas.All of us attended St Marks.I am the eldest and left in 1957.
cheers
Bill

I went to St Marks but it was a bit later than this from about 1956 to 1963 have an old photo somewhere will try to put on here...I was in Mr Carruthers class with Stephen Mather, Carole Robinson, Cynthia Stewart to name a few....

imm front middle my best friends where helen hitchen and joyce ince vivien grundy lived round the corner from me barry just beth hodge mr pennington was my last teacher before i left

first full boys row at top first boy is bill worsley he would have been about eight years old and he lived on victoria streeet

my name is kathleen mcdonald. thats me sitting on the mat on the right.left senior school in 1962 to live in australia ,i now live back in the uk.does anyone remember me

Kathlene Mc Donald, are you a relation of Ronald Sharpe ?

hello Vivian Grundy. i do remember you. i think that is possibly me front row far right. i remember Linda Henstead, beth hodge, jennifer leigh, barry just ronal abernethy, eric w,margaret walsh helen hitchen janet mason, joyce ince,i can remember the names of most of the class. ronald abernethy played a guitar and sang "diana" (very exotic we all thought) haha.ps billy oakes i remember your sister, Jackie and your lovely dad who always called me "John Bull"???? pps have you got any of my comics? i know i lent them to someone. happy days,

Hi Dorothy,
Your Billy says they were his comics, nice to hear from you hope you are well.

hello billy oakes. yes i am very well.have lived in parbold for past 35 years. i am granny to 6 and mum to two. seeing these photos has sent (over the past few weeks) a rush of memories from my childhood in the fifties. i loved my time at St Marks. a wonderful school. here is a memory that has stayed with me always. ... one snowy afternoon, Mr Birch, the head, took us into the playground with a microscope. we held out our hand (as instructed)and viewed the pattern of a snowflake up close. beautiful, yes, but he told us that each snowflake had its own unique, pattern. i was filled with awe and never forgot that moment he was a truly "memorable man and teacher".

hello again Bill Oakes. Meant to ask when I last left a comment but it slipped my mind, ... did you go to Wigan Grammar when you left St.Marks? And is that you on a 1961/2 "first X1" football team picture on Wigan Grammar school Site? did you know an Ian Pierce who is on the picture? We used to be friendly with him in the late sixties/early sevevnties then lost touch. someone on one of the sites said that he had died a good number of years ago? did you hear that? or perhaps you lost touch after school. (indeed, it might not even be you on the picture anyway) can you throw any light? Cheers.

Hello Dorothy,
No I did not go to the Grammar school or St. Marks for that matter I went to All Saints. Do you ever hear from the Forshaw sisters you used to mate with I believe one lives on Skye

hello billy, Linda Forshaw (the oldest of the sisters) was the one who lived on Skye. Her sister Kath was a very close friend of mine for many years. we shared all the best of our "growing up years" together and had some amazing times and adventures. we still exchange birthday/Christmas cards but I haven't seen her for many years. she lives in Beech Hill I believe. (well, that's where I still send the cards.) (p.s. always thought that you went to St.Marks. The memory can be so unreliable) all the best Billy.

as your entire family seemed to go there...do you remember a carol Lloyd? born 1947

(older than me. I was b.1950) did she have a sister Ann(e) Lloyd?

Back Row
Grham Gaskell, ?,
2nd Row
Bill Worsley, Alan Speakman, Sydney Bell, Brian Waterworth, Billy or Alan Duckworth, Alan Winstanley, John Mullen, Fred Grimes, Frankie Farrell,
3rd Row
Derek Hayton, ?, ?, ?, Lesley Higham. ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
4th Row
?, Susan Darbyshire, Christine Whalley, Sylvia Halliwell, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
Front Row
Susan Redfern, Alice ?, Jean Darcy

My mom went st marks school but not sure if age do you know how I can find photo her name was ivy Joyce Unsworth

Front row 1st left is Susan Redford, not Susan Redfern

Updated names
Back Row
Grham Gaskell, ?,
2nd Row
Bill Worsley, Alan Speakman, Sydney Bell, Brian Waterworth, Billy or Alan Duckworth, Alan Winstanley, John Mullen, Fred Grimes, Frankie Farrell,
3rd Row
Derek Hayton, ?, ?, ?, Lesley Higham. ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
4th Row
?, Susan Darbyshire, Christine Whalley, Sylvia Halliwell, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
Front Row
Susan Redford, Alice ?, Jean Darcy

I would like to clarify that it is my Mum, Sylvia Halliwell, 4th row, 5th from the left. It's lovely to see a photo of my Mum during her school days. Sadly she passed away in February 1997 after a long and brave fight with cancer.

the girl on the long row of girls...second in from left is Christine Derbyshire...not susan..I know because I married her..lovely woman

Does anyone know Ernest Swift. myself , Ernest, Bill Worsley and Michael Mason had a great holiday together in 1966 on the isle of man. i know bill past away some years ago, he was a lovely guy.

Thats me Brian Green, next to top row far left as you look at the photo, I lived in Ridyard St.