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RMMee
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 11/25/2006 7:47:44 PM Welcome to the site. I think yours is the most up to date list of Aldercar teachers that we have had so far. Interesting that some of the names were still around in your days. Hopefully the history of the school, which is due out fairly soon, will give us a lot more to be going on with! |
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russlynch
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 11/27/2006 12:00:59 PM I have remembered a few more Teachers at Aldercar from the early nineties:- Mr Helling -Dep Head Mr Wall -Dep Head I think Mr Beasley was a Maths teacher and his wife Mrs Beasley was an English teacher can't remember a Mrs Bainbridge though?? Just remembered another one Mr Valentine -Science |
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suzard
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 11/27/2006 4:39:24 PM Mr Calledine (from Guys list) is an ex HGS pupil |
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russlynch
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 11/28/2006 10:26:23 AM I remember him well, he was my science teacher for a couple of years a bloody good teacher at that,he helped me get two B's in my Science GCSE's. |
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WesleyLees
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 12/4/2006 3:48:07 PM In the last issue of "The Heanorian", the magazine for the "Old boys and Girls" from Heanor Grammar School, there is a photo which includes a young English teacher, Gordon Leake, who went on to be Head of English at Aldercar in the early 60's. Now there was a teacher who stood no nonsense or took any prisoners. I remember when he was on "dinner duty" at Aldercar, and when he had to say grace, he just stood in the corner saying nothing until this wave of silence started from the tables next to him and moved across the stage area until you could hear a pin drop. Only then would he say grace and food could be served. |
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RMMee
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 6/21/2007 10:03:38 AM quote: The full list of the original house names (taken from the Sheppards' book, Aldercar - The Story of a School) is: White - Hillary Brown - Chatsworth Yellow - Castle Oriole Red - Cheshire Blue - Wyvern Green - Lincoln The houses were renamed, and reduced to just four, in 1963. The house system was finally discontinued in the early 1990's. |
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philfred
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 10/26/2007 6:39:00 PM I remember the aforementioned Gordon (Gungha) Leake as being the form teacher of the bunch of very nice young men (and me) and women that made up the class of 216 1962-1963. Mr Leake drove a Morris Minor and appeared to be able to just see over the top of the steering wheel. I have not got a clue where or how the nickname came about. It was the big boys that did it. regards Phil |
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Jenks
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replied on: 1/1/2008 10:02:54 AM Hi Phil, Was it Gungha that used to run the chess club ? I was in 126 & 226 about the same time as you. Jack Flynn was always my favorite teacher there, but then I only went to school for sports, I think I was in every team appart from Netball. I was Tom Millingtons target practice with chalk or board rubber, he could hit me from 30 feet. Only once had his size 15 slipper, now that took your breath away. Jenks |
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sherry
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replied on: 1/1/2008 3:47:09 PM Hello everyone and happy new year. I have just been looking at the said subject and couldn't help but laugh at some of the comments left by Jenks, unflattering as some of them are. I'll bet some of the teachers were as pleased to see the back of him as he was of them! I was at Aldercar Secondary from 1970 - 75 and my first RG teacher was Miss Weir - later to become Mrs Rodgers and she taught music. Other teachers I haven't seen mentioned from that time are: Mrs stapleton - cookery Miss Robinson - cookery - who I remember once marking my written cookery exam and being very annoyed that I had answered the average hens egg size as being two and a half pounds instead of two and a half ounces! A genuine mistake but she would not believe I had not done it one purpose. Mrs Walters - sewing Mrs Heap - headmistress Deputy Head Mr Wrigley has been mentioned but I remember him having a booming voice and having the ability to make boring things sound interesting and he had a brilliant sense of humour - though I very much doubt anybody would dare to cross him. I too could not wait to leave but it wasn't long before I realised what a great time I had there. |
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philfred
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replied on: 1/1/2008 3:52:10 PM The chess club, at that time, used to held in the 216 form room. Mr Leake was the form teacher so the chess club was probably run by him. Dates approx for 116 school year September 1961 July 1962, then 216 62-63, 316 63-64. the entire class moved to HGS and became 4A 64-65. I left HGS in April 66 to start work with the NCB. I will probably spend the next few days trying to place you. The grey matter has the ability to work wonders when the two cells come on line at the same time. The problem with me is that I have always been on the side, never front and centre. One of the names that might ring a bell with you is Tony Kowalski, who like me, lived on the Marlpool Farm Estate. I think Tony went the *2* form route although he was quite intelligent. regards Phil |
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Jenks
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replied on: 1/1/2008 5:06:35 PM I think that I was a year behind you Phil, Tony Kowalski does ring a bell but I can't place him. John Powdrill is about the only guy that I remember from the Marlpool estate. You seem surprised that there was intelligent life below the first stream, I can even reed & rite now !! 
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philfred
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 1/4/2008 8:44:28 PM No offence intended Jenks, regards Phil |
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Jenks
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replied on: 1/4/2008 10:36:35 PM quote: No problem at all Phil, none taken. I've just remembered someone else from Marlpool, Chris Hand, he and his brothers formed a group and called themselves "The Meeces", they had quite a following in the early 60's. Jenks |
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WesleyLees
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 2/4/2008 3:54:08 PM Hi Jinks and Philfred. I was in the class above Phol, as I was in the class that moved to the Grammar School to become 5a. I only had Tom Miligans slipper once, but that was when the whole class was slippered in a mass punishment as some miscreant would not own up. I thought that sort of thing was outlawed by the Geneva Convention. You mention Chris Hand. I think there were three Hand brothers in different years and they were all small for their age. I remember "Gunga" Leake's catchphrase, which was "Hey you boy!" with an accusing finger. Did you remember a coloured teacher who taught maths called Mr Tacker. |
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Jenks
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Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 2/5/2008 12:27:31 AM Hi Wesley, The "hey you Boy" had the hair standing up on the back of my neck, I can even hear the tone of voice that he said it in, weird. Were any of you there when Farmer-Little in assembly had a real paddy about a record being a disgrace to poetry, I think it was called "the night has a thousand eyes", he was so outraged that he just skimed the record over everone's heads, could have caused a nasty injury. Jenks |
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