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Feel free to add messages relating to the site and the school. The only rules are: real names only, no personal attacks and no unrelated messages (inappropriate messages may be edited/withdrawn without warning).

It would be appreciated if you gave an email address, where you now live and said when you were at the school, but you don't have to.

Plase note that if you click on an email address below you will need to replace ~DOT~ with . and ~AT~ with @ in your email program. The Guestbook presents these this way to avoid email address harvesters collecting your email addresses from the page. I know it's a pain, but it's very much better than the alternative.

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Ed. Forster | r2edforster~AT~live~DOT~ca

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the gang & especially to Mike for producing this wonderful Guestbook.

Tue 1-Jan-2013 11:18 - Snowy PEI

From Mike T: Thanks, Ed - and a Happy New Year to everyone here-gathered.

Mike Todd

Jack Brymer

I'm on a continuing quest to research famous Old Boys of the school, amongst whom world-famous clarinetist Jack Brymer is frequently listed.

He is often given as having been educated at the "Grammar School" in South Shields, but there were no grammar schools in South Shields during his time.

One source says he was educated at the High School in Mowbray Road. However, he does not appear in any of the High School's admissions records (which I have from 1885 to the 70s, and am currently transcribing)!

This led me to assume that he may have gone to Westoe Secondary School as I have only limited admission information - for boys who transferred to Harton in 1936.

Brymer was born in 1915, so would have joined the High School anywhere from 1923 to 1928.

I wonder if anyone had any information, particularly if they had his autobiography "From Where I Sit".

Sat 29-Dec-2012 10:19

Bruce Graham | bsgraham~AT~btinternet~DOT~com

Having just watched, and thoroughly enjoyed, the last of this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on BBC4 I was reminded of two things. Firstly, my woefully inadequate knowledge of Chemistry and secondly one of our school Famous Old Boys.

Professor David Phillips was a contemporary of mine at Harton Boys Junior School and in the St John's Scout Troop. He delivered the 1987 RI Lectures (with a colleague) while working at the RI.

As Mike has pointed out he was also recently-ish the guest on Desert Island Discs which you can probably still catch on BBC IPlayer.

Fri 28-Dec-2012 21:17 - Ruskington, Lincolnshire

Neale Backhouse '46- '51. | nealebackh~AT~gmail~DOT~com

A big Thank You Mike, from all of us,(I'm sure)for your ongoing sterling efforts at the helm of the good ship SS GTS. Long may it encounter fair sailing.
To you and all fellow travellers, have a great Christmas and steer a course free of icebergs in the New Year!

Mon 24-Dec-2012 20:10 - Victoria BC, Canada

From Mike T: Thanks for the thought, Neale ... even at 1020pm on Christmas Eve I'm working on the pupil database :-)

But I'm giving up soon, and will be down in South Shields celebrating on Christmas Day.

A very Happy Christmas to all who visit here!

Alex Patterson, '46-'51 | alexpatterson~AT~videotron~DOT~ca

Hello Mike and all the regular (and irregular) readers,
I’d just like to take this opportunity, before we head out for Toronto tomorrow, to wish you all a Happy Holiday, and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. We’ve already started planning our trip to the UK and perhaps this year’s trip will be uneventful. We’ll be family-tree climbing in Rothbury, Mike, so maybe we can get together to have that long awaited pint.
Best wishes to everyone from a snowy (-21 C windFX) Montreal.
Alex Patterson

Sun 23-Dec-2012 01:08 - Montreal, Canada

Ed. Forster | r2edforster~AT~live~DOT~ca

Just received an e-mail from my sister Ella who was born 1923 $ attended the girls High School. When the girls school was evacuated she was in the 6th. form for a few months at the boys HS I don't recall seein' any females at the school. Mind you I'm pushin' 87 & getin' a bit senile that's my excuse.
Ed.

Thu 22-Nov-2012 21:25 - PEI Canada

From Mike T: Ed - the girls actually came to the boys' school in September 1939 (as far as I can tell, for about a year). They even produced a joint boys'/girls' ATOM.

Jacqui McNeil | mcneil~DOT~jacqui~AT~yahoo~DOT~co~DOT~uk

Hello,
I was recently informed that my late father attended the school in the early 50's. John Henry Pittuck? He unfortunately died in 1994 aged 54 when I was only 12 so I didn't get the chance to share in any 'what I got up to at school' kind of stories! I can imagine he was a bit of a tearaway!! If anyone knew John (who was also known as Harry), has any stories, or even better any pictures, please let me know.
Thank you!

Mon 12-Nov-2012 17:06 - Livingston, Scotland

Fred Dunmore | duncat~AT~blueyonder~DOT~co~DOT~uk

Thanks Neil, I would appreciate it. It may be easier for you to send it by email although I am still at 14, Tunstall Avenue

Fri 19-Oct-2012 11:55 - South Shields

Neale Backhouse '46- '51. | nealebackh~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Hi Fred
Sad news about Phil Bainbridge. Although I did not know him personally (he was a few years older) I have a picture of the Marsden crowd,circa your era, which was sent to me by Bill Biggs some years ago. The picture includes; George Jackson, Ray Brown. Bill Christie, Len Travis, Ronnie Coe and Phil Bainbridge, plus two young ladies.All look fit and healthy in their bathing suits. The quality of the picture is not first class, but good enough to copy. So I will copy it and send it to you, that is if you are still at 14 Tunstall Avenue.
Cheers, Neale.

Fri 19-Oct-2012 04:14 - Victoria BC, Canada

Fred Dunmore | duncat~AT~blueyonder~DOT~co~DOT~uk

I was sorry to see the death notice in the Shields Gazette of a very old school friend of mine and I am sure that he will be remembered by some of your older readers.
PHILIP BAINBRIDGE, died at the beginning of the month whilst visiting his daughter who lived in Lanzarote.
Phil went to Mortimer Road school from 1946 and then to the High School with a few of us from the same class....Jimmy Smith, Arthur Slaughter, Jimmy Hardy, Derek Moore among them.
He was one of the gang who used to go swimming at Marsden beach and was keen on his swimming. Len Travers, Gordon Auty and Bill Biggs were all members of that illustrious band of stalwarts.
Although Phil was not a contributor to this site I used to update him when I saw him ,at least once a month.
I will miss him

Thu 18-Oct-2012 11:58 - South Shields

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