I still have that photo! I think the form teacher pictured was Miss HuntHad a look through my photos and only two school photos have survived. The school started as Aldridge Rd Secondary Modern with boys and girls in separate buildings. In 1957 it became Great Barr Comprehensive mixed school.
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We visited London Zoo, a long coach trip down the A5 one stop near Towcester. At least three boys in the photo emigrated to Australia with their parents.
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It is now a mixed school. My late wife is in this photo. The school now had a uniform they all look smart.
Had a look through my photos and only two school photos have survived. The school started as Aldridge Rd Secondary Modern with boys and girls in separate buildings. In 1957 it became Great Barr Comprehensive mixed school.
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We visited London Zoo, a long coach trip down the A5 one stop near Towcester. At least three boys in the photo emigrated to Australia with their parents.
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It is now a mixed school. My late wife is in this photo. The school now had a uniform they all look smart.
Gosh there were 35 in the class! Are there still so many nowadays?I still have that photo! I think the form teacher pictured was Miss Hunt
Not sure though. Sorry to hear about your wife. What was her name?
Her name was Penelope Hipkiss and she is second from right in the front row.I still have that photo! I think the form teacher pictured was Miss Hunt
Not sure though. Sorry to hear about your wife. What was her name?
My daughter went there until we left Brum in 1965 when she was twelve, I'm told the the actor Martin Shaw was a pupil there at about the same time
My wife has often told me about this trip, at 12. Sure enough, there she is in these photos. She remembers sharing a dorm with Victoria and Sandra (who fell in the river from her canoe). Her name was Rita Smith, she lived at 333 Beeches Road.This might stir some memories - a Great Barr Comp school trip to Snowdonia (from Birmingham Daily Gazette, December 1956). Viv.
My dad may have gone to this school Thomas Alfred Mills? , lived in Garrett Street BirminghamLooking for any person that attended Aldridge road School between 1948 and 1954
Biddy, my mother went to Lawrence's College in the 1920s. She was born in January 1914. How close to your parents' time would that have been? regards, TerryHi Hannah,
I went to Great Barr HS & Commercial College 1948-52. When did you go? Headmistress Mrs Fannie Hunt modelled it on Pitmans/Lawrence College, Corporation Street [where my father & mother went 1920's]. Remember the tennis courts in the back garden? We had navyblue uniforms with matching hats [which always had to be worn!] and white panama hats in the summer with blue & white candy striped dresses. The house is still there on Walsall Raod but is kindergarten or daycare centre. Before that I went to Arnold House Preparatory School on Heathfield Road, Birchfields. Miss Margaret Hailey was headmistress. The blazers were spectacular - green with thin red & white stripes - green gymslips, green hats, white panamas in Summer. Boys wore striped caps & blazers with green pants short or long. The striped material was hard to get after War. There was a special school uniform supply store on New Street.It closed in 1948. I started out at Wilson Road School, Birchfields. Remember being given the blue & red "Mickey Mouse" gas mask which I hated to wear - thought it would suffocate me!
Hi, my mother went to great Barr comprehensive and was in the same class as Martin Shaw. She was born in Pype Hayes in 1944. Clare.My daughter went there until we left Brum in 1965 when she was twelve, I'm told the the actor Martin Shaw was a pupil there at about the same time
Hi Viv. I’ve never seen any pictures of mom at school to be honest. I have just asked her (I only just joined this group last night lol). I’m waiting for a response yet. Steve Winwood also attended GB comprehensive school, but my mom was older than him. There’s quite a few famous musicians from that area around that time. ClareWelcome Clare. Did your mom keep any class photos ? Viv.
I’m visiting my parents next week (I live in Lancashire, they’re down in the midlands still), so will hopefully have more information, as my mom has messaged to say we can talk about it!!. If I find anything more, I will post it on here. Clare.Two of my cousins were at Great Barr Comp at the same time as Steve Winwood, he was two years younger that them but they remembered him as he played piano at the school.