Parochial School 1939-1970

302 Pages

Enter page number on left or select an event from this list... Page 6 - 22/12/1939 - School milk from HJ Moulton ceased Page 6 - 22/12/1939 - School milk from HJ Moulton ceased Page 15 - 02/06/1940 - 563 evacuated children from Ramsgate arrived in Gnosall Page 17 - 10/06/1940 - Rev. Peppercorn allowed school use of Church Institute Page 21 - 02/09/1940 - 99 Gnosall Children and 88 Ramsgate children on roll Page 21 - 09/09/1940 - HJ Moulton offers his fields as School playing fields Page 23 - 28/10/1940 - School photo taken by Scholastic Souvenir Company from Blackpool Page 30 - 07/03/1941 - Village occupied by a contingent of RAMC Dutch and English Troops Page 33 - 09/04/1941 - Mr Richard Lowe (headmaster) joins RAF at Hanley Page 34 - 25/04/1941 - 88 Gnosall Children and 63 Ramsgate children on roll Page 34 - 05/05/1941 - Mr Davies (Ramsgate headmaster) took charge of school Page 36 - 18/06/1941 - 30 Senior children wrote up Ration Books for all of Gnosall Page 43 - 07/07/1942 - Mrs. E.A. Higginson started Page 50 - 10/05/1943 - Mrs. Kathleen May Wray commenced as supply teacher Page 51 - 22/07/1943 - Mr Davies (Headmaster) returns to Ramsgate Page 51 - 10/08/1943 - Mr. Robert Jones as temporary Headmaster Page 53 - 29/10/1943 - Mrs. Wray finishes as supply teacher Page 54 - 23/11/1943 - Inspection of the Church Institute for serving school dinners Page 54 - 02/12/1943 - County Architects inspect the Church Institute to adapt it for serving school dinners Page 60 - 15/08/1944 - Children Register: Gnosall 87, Ramsgate 7 Page 63 - 08/01/1945 - Most Ramsgate children returned home. Number on Roll: Gnosall 72, Ramsgate 6 Page 67 - 16/04/1945 - Church Institute used as canteen (meals delivered from Stafford) Page 68 - 10/05/1945 - Miss Hilda Lawson commences as teacher (she was a pupil in 1928) Page 76 - 18/01/1946 - Mr. Richard Lowe as Head teacher after 5 years in RAF replacing Mr Robert Jones Page 84 - 31/07/1946 - Mr. Richard Lowe leaves as Head Teacher Page 85 - 02/09/1946 - Mr Robert Jones returns as Head Teacher. Page 101 - 20/11/1947 - School closed for wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Duke of Edinburgh Page 101 - 01/12/1947 - Mr Lewis starts as teacher Page 102 - 15/12/1947 - Church Institute now used only for dinners Page 105 - 19/04/1948 - Mr Simmill started as trainee teacher Page 105 - 26/04/1948 - School closed for King & Queen Silver Wedding Page 106 - 24/05/1948 - Mr W.G. Leese (from Drake Hall Training College) began 3 week of school practise Page 107 - 10/09/1948 - Mr W.G. Leese left as trainee teacher Page 118 - 26/04/1950 - Mrs Knapp started Page 120 - 21/07/1950 - Sports meeting at Moulton's Field Page 127 - 23/10/1951 - Mr Randall (High Street grocer) killed at evening woodwork class March 20 1952 H.M. Inspection Report Page 133 - 04/07/1952 - Sports day at Moulton's Field Page 134 - 02/09/1952 - Mr A Williams started Page 135 - 22/09/1952 - 2 x new classrooms nearly finished and started to be used by Classes 3 & 4 Page 141 - 29/05/1953 - School closed for 1 week for Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Page 142 - 24/07/1953 - School leaving age raised to 15 years Page 149 - 01/09/1954 - Mrs M.N. McKay appointed as assistant teacher Page 149 - 01/09/1954 - Church Institute being used again as temporary classroom. Page 149 - 01/09/1954 - Mr Fred Knight-Corlett appointed as woodwork teacher Page 151 - 04/10/1954 - Inspection of proposed site for Secondary Modern School at Audmore Page 173 - 04/09/1957 - School has 290 on register. Full list of teachers Page 174 - 16/09/1957 - Seniors transferred to new Secondary Modern School . Juniors = 159 Page 176 - 12/09/1957 - Dr Wassall was local Doctor Page 181 - 23/07/1958 - Sports day at Moulton's Field Page 181 - 15/09/1958 - New Kitchens used for first time. Dinners supplied to Infants Page 190 - 21/07/1959 - Sports day at Moulton's Field Page 194 - 18/12/1959 - Mrs Knapp retired from teaching Page 196 - 06/05/1960 - School closed for Princess Margaret's wedding Page 197 - 20/07/1960 - Annual school sports day on own playing field Page 198 - 07/09/1960 - Older classrooms re-decorated during holiday. 145 children on Register Page 204 - 06/09/1961 - Number on register = 138 in 5 classes. List of teachers Page 213 - 26/02/1963 - Funeral of Rev. Harry Lowe who died Feb 22 (Chairman of school managers) Page 222 - 24/06/1964 - School bell ringers went to BBC Studios for "Midlands at 6.10" program Page 227 - 05/05/1965 - Funeral of Mrs Knapp who taught at this school from 1950 to 1959. Page 229 - 01/07/1965 - Playground resurfaced and extended to Manor House fence Page 245 - 18/01/1967 - HMI school report describes school January 18 1967 H.M. Inspection Report Page 248 - 13/07/1967 - Mr Robert Jones retires as head teacher. Page 248 - 05/09/1967 - Mr A.D. Halladay is acting Headmaster Page 248 - 12/09/1967 - Mr Ronald White appointed as head master to commence duties January 1968 Page 250 - 06/11/1967 - Dr Moss is local Doctor Page 254 - 10/01/1968 - Mr Ronald White starts as head master. List of staff Page 263 - 21/05/1968 - No Parking on West side of High Street causing congestion problems Page 265 - 31/05/1968 - Mr Watson - Photographer took photos of children and staff Page 269 - 17/07/1968 - Meeting at school. Parents notified about the new building Page 270 - 19/07/1968 - Mrs Higginson retired (she started in June 1942) Page 271 - 04/09/1968 - List of teachers. Page 293 - 08/09/1969 - List of teachers.