Aston Commercial School Holte Grammar

[Mary’s mum]

Re: 195?

Hi,
My grandfather went to Aston Commercial School in the 1930's and I found a 1/6d panorama photograph in a cardboard tube. So here is a scanned version for anyone who might be interested.

Thanks,
Mark

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My mum, Margaret Gibson did too. I would love a photo or some info please

 

[mixed memories]

I remember Miss Chatwin but not as headmistress. I was there from 1956 to 1959 when the head was C Normington Mitchell and Mr Mordecai was deputy (with Miss Chatwin perhaps). The wooden huts where we went camping were at Bell End near Belbroughton.
I have school photos for some of those years.

 

[Nonny Mouse]

My late cousin was there also, Sheila Gray (born 1932)......I have one of those very long school photos (with her in it), where it featured the whole school (over 2')

I'm rather late to this thread, but I am trying to track down a Sheila Gray mentioned on the back of a photograph.

 

[Ivy]

One of the founder members of the group Terry "Geyser" Butler went to the same school as myself and was in the next year up. The school was Holte Grammar Commercial School in Whitehead Road Aston. I have a website for it at https://members.lycos.co.uk/holte61

good luck with the research, I am still in touch with some of Geyser's old classmates

His nickname was actually Geezer and he was in the above me too when Mr Mitchell was the headmaster with Mr Mordecai and Mrs Chatwin as deputy headmaster and mistress respectively.

 

[fiona50]

I went there from 1970 and I loved it. Mr Ashworth was our form teacher and also English too. Viona Hawkins nee Brace form 1 Alpha!

 

[Lawman]

I am not on Facebook but have had a lot of contact with the Group. I was at Holte 1958-1965 and my three sisters Lesley Simpson/Georgina Simpson and Deborah Simpson followed me. In fact my middle sister Georgina went to Warwick University ( Coventry ) and after obtaining a BSc returned to teach at the School ( Married and became Georgina Glover ). You may wonder about my different surname! My father died before I was born and I was brought up as a Simpson but my surname was never altered. When school friends visited it always caused confusion when they addressed my " dad" as Mr Powell!!. Let me if I can help with any further info.

If my memory serves me well, Lesley was the same class as me. I recall her as a friendly, somewhat shy girl. She was always with another girl but I can't recall her name.

 

[adap2it]

My connection to Aston Commercial...our mom used to work in the canteen, and also, there was a clinic there where I was once taken to have an abscess on my neck lanced. It was a traumatic experience that was unsuccessful and I eventually had to go to the General Hospital. I was 12 years old at the time and still have the scar, mentally and physically.
Dave A

 

[Richard Dye]

My connection to Aston Commercial...our mom used to work in the canteen, and also, there was a clinic there where I was once taken to have an abscess on my neck lanced. It was a traumatic experience that was unsuccessful and I eventually had to go to the General Hospital. I was 12 years old at the time and still have the scar, mentally and physically.
Dave A

Wow! I can feel your pain….