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    Savings Stamp schemes in schools

    Hi brummie nick, This was in 1970, I think. I remember our maths teacher Mr Fred Potter used to run the the school bank during lunch time weekly and I did saved a pound and opened a bank account. I cashed it in 5 years later at the TSB. The interest was almost nil.
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    Famous Ex-Pupils

    Famous faces: Rustie Lee went to Handsworth Wood Girls School in the 1960's.
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    Brooklyn Technical College

    I went to Brooklyn Technical college in the late 1970's. Do you remember the mature staff, Miss Hill who was a hippy or dressed like one? She taught English Literature.
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    Boulton Road (Boulton County) Primary School, Handsworth

    Hi Robby63, I went to Boulton Road School on Boulton Road (and Babington Road entrance) and the back of the school was on Dora Road between 1968-1970, I think. I remember Mr Wright, Mr Davis the Headmaster, he became a magistrate, Mrs Lewis I remembered because when I left school she was doing...
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    handsworth wood girls school Mrs Hinchcliffe

    I agree with you jim1uk2001
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    handsworth wood girls school Mrs Hinchcliffe

    Correction jim1uk2001.m Handsworth Wood Girls Secondary School. Mrs Clara Hinchcliffe was the headmistress from 1960? - 1980? I think I heard some gossips in the school playground in the 1970's that her husband was a headmaster (school unknown)
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    handsworth wood girls school Mrs Hinchcliffe

    Hi Vivienne14. How are you keeping? This photo I have never seen before, especially with Mrs Clara Hinchcliffe. I remember her now. The Birmingham Post, had an obituary on her: "Pioneer headteacher dead" headlines. Her daughter called the school Handsworth Grammar School for Girls!!!
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    handsworth wood girls school Mrs Hinchcliffe

    Thank you for replying, Mercy and a happy belated New Year to you. Fingers cross! Do you remember the following teachers: Mrs Lamb-English; Mrs Hills-Art; Miss Speck-Arts; Mrs Grenshaw and Mrs Parry-Home Economics; Mr Potter-Math; Mrs Jones/Gallegar(I think)Science; Mrs Griffiths-Biology...
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    handsworth wood girls school Mrs Hinchcliffe

    Do you remember the head mistress Mrs Hinchcliffe of Handsworth Wood Girls School?
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