Wigan Album
Thomas Linacre School
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Photo: Ed Prytherch
Item #: 34072
Lots of familiar faces but unfortunately I have forgotten most of the names. I am on the right end of the middle row, the only boy who is not looking at the camera. My friend Dan Locker who shares the same birthday with me is 3rd from the right on the back row. Some others are
Front row from Left
1 - Barry Owen, 2 Terry Walker 5 David Ellison, 8 Geoffrey Darbyshire
Middle 5 (Yogi) Yates, 7 ? Fairclough
Back row 3 Eric Stanier 6 ? Houghton
My email is mred_2u@hotmail.com
I can remember some of the faces is it ADDISON 2nd from right back row? This year was three years below my year. I left in 1962
Definitely Addison. I was in year 2 then but I recognize no one. I don’t even recognize the teacher.
Back row from left
Barry Dawber, David Howarth, Eric Stanier, Woods, Williams, Alan Houghton, David (Dan) Locker, Ala,n Addison, Frank Ryding.
Middle row
William Morris, Ian Hart, Keith Pendlebury, David Bennett, Brian Yates, Richards, Carl Fairclough, Tony Baines, Jack Ashurst, Edmund Prytherch.
Front row
Barry Owen, Terry Walker, Brian Charnley, David Gilman, David Ellison, Ralph Coates- Teacher, Hodson, Geoffrey Derbyshire, David Croft, Bridge, Alan Roughley.
Thanks Carl, You must have either an excellent memory or good notes.
One of the innovative things about Thomas Linacre was that boys who had failed the 11+ but done well in the first year of secondary modern were admitted. Stanier and Richards came to the school by this route and they both prospered.
Ray Pye was in that class but he is not on the photo.
Used to travel to Linacre everyday from Coppull with Oscar (Barry Owen), Gilly (David Gilman) and Bridges (David Bridge)
Now living in Ontario, graduated to be Chair of Geology at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario