Woodnook St Mary's

[Anniebee58]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Mrs Duxbury was the caretaker..though she may have done the dinner lady thing too.
I only know this because she is my Mum.

I can remember the dinner lady Mrs. Demain she lived on n 'augusta St, she was very strict.
I also remember Mrs Waterhouse in the infants class.

[Anniebee58]

Originally Posted by keep the faith

Cheeky ******!!

Did you go the British Legion when Northern Soul was big approx 1974-1976?
I used to go to the legion and Wigan Casino

[magpie]

Originally Posted by Anniebee58

I can remember the dinner lady Mrs. Demain she lived on n 'augusta St, she was very strict.
I also remember Mrs Waterhouse in the infants class.

oh I rememeber her... she used to kept a brick in hand bag ( so she said)
however we never pushed her to find out .... she was a lovely lady and she lived to a ripe old age .......

[magpie]

Originally Posted by lesleyd

Yes i went there. It would be from 66 till about 72. Mr Barton was headmaster and the other teachers were Mr Whalley and i think Mrs Aspen.
In the infants the Headmistress was Mrs Waterhouse but i cant remember any of the other teachers names in the infants.
I remember a big white rocking horse in the entrance of the infants.
I have so many happy memories of that school.
I was the captain of the girls in Mr Bartons class and used to go to the post office every Monday morning to get the saving stamps.
School friends names i remember.......Susan Kennady. Janet Parkinson. Lesley Mcmillan. Derek Edge. Micheal Allen. James Dukes.
If i remember correctly the dinner lady was Mrs Duxbury.
My name was Lesley Owen.
My brother went there as well as my mother and uncles.
Any body else out there that went to that school dueing them years.

you would have been there when I was then :-)

[waynefitz]

Yes I went to Woodnook... it would have been in 1971 through to 1974 ish.. then I went to Christ Church

The head Mistress was Mrs Wood who lived on Queens Road West, Her Husband Mr Wood was the blind vicar at St James Church IN accrington

[waynefitz]

I think Mrs Duxberry rings a bell, but wasnt she the caretaker if I remember, the dinner lady was a giant... she once cut her hand banging on the door of boys toilets telling us to be quiet as she got us organised before allowing us to come in for Lunch...

I went to Christ Church after wood nook and was in Mrs Aspens Class and had a year with Mr Barton, I remember his retirement, I remember Mr Whalleys old class, use to have partitions that opened up for Assembley. I remember the songs, being sung at is retirement day ...we wont go to heaven in a biscuit tin, because a biscuit tin as biscuits in... I dont agree my lord, I dont agree... and the other song was Kingston Town, ( and when I reach Jamaica I made a stop) the song by Harry belafonte.. Mrs Apen left the same year, she was a tiger... you will then remember, Mrs Hilda Neild took over and I was then in Mr Whalleys class... my class mates where Russel Walsh, Vincent GOlding and Darren Booth. the gang of four... where are they now?

Mr Whalley was amazing.... he use to get angry from time to time, go red in the face and stick his tongue out... He took me under his wing and took a few of us in his beetle to go to war museums... we loved history, the planets, modern history.... It all changed in 1975 when Mrs Neild, started to teach us about the cultures of Pakistan and India as if nothing else mattered. I just wanted to learn English and maths and complained to my dad... who complained to the authorities and Mrs Nield got very upset with me.... the point was, our education suffered as time was taken to homogenise the class's together... even back then, even at that age, we noticed things were not right.

[waynefitz]

fantastic... I loved your mum, she was amazing.... she worked like a trooper and I do not think she was thanked enough

[waynefitz]

wow... how do you know all that...

[waynefitz]

I think the blond kid is my brother. Paul Fitzharris... I was in the other picture... how can I post it?

[maxthecollie]

My two lads went to Christ Church School when Hilda Neild was head teacher . Yes I kn ow Doroth Duxbury as well. Didn't she work at Highams in the sewing room with my wife Christine Griggs

[Margaret Pilkington]

Ma did work at Highams but in the weaving shed.......opposite shift to my dad.
I don't recall her working in the sewing room....in fact I am pretty sure she didn't......Ma is to sewing, what Bernard Manning is to opera singing....she was comlpete bobbins at it...any sewing needed to be done Dad did it

[Margaret Pilkington]

Ma disliked Mrs Nield intensely....she knew that she was not honest.......and hated her dishonesty...that and the fact that she favoured the interests of the asian children above any others. It wasn't a racist thing. It was just about fairness...she could see all the non asian children getting a raw deal...but no-one in the Education office at the time, was interested.

[maxthecollie]

I was getting angry at the way Hilda Neild wanted my children to learn all about asian coultures etc , when the school was supposed to be a christian school

[maxthecollie]

Give our regards to your mum. Our lads were Steven and David. We also know your Mick

[Margaret Pilkington]

It is amazing the number of people Ma knows. I will certainly mention your boys Steven and David.