Spondon Park Grammar School
Dated: 1966
Taken by: SC
Back Row from LHS:1 Mr Howarth (French and Latin),2 Mr Roberts (History), 3 Mr Cartledge,4. Mr Brown(Colin)(PE), 5. Mr Howitt (French), 6 Mr Thompson (Russian), Celyn Kingsbury
Mr Bevan (Wood/metalwork), 8. Mr Greenwood (Chemistry), 9.Mr Longford (Geography),
10.Mr Jones (History), 11. Mr Light (French), 12, Mr Shields(Jock)(Physics), Mr Stacey (Physics).
Middle Row: 1,2 Miss Garfield (English), &3?,4. Mr Carter (Biology), 5, Mr Selvey (Music), 6. Mr Haslam, 7. Mr Geeson (Music),8 Mr Beesley, 9. Mr Greene (Art)10,11 Miss Parr (Scripture), &12?
Front Row: 1. ? 2, Mrs Threadkell (Science) 4. Miss Allen (Domestic Science), 4. Miss Wood (Maths), 5 Miss Rimmer (Dep. Head/Maths, 6 Mr Houston (Head), 7 Mr Johnson (English)8 Miss Cox?, 9, 10 & 11?
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It was Mr Beasley, he
It was Mr Beasley, he succeeded Mr Powell as geology teacher in 1963. He also taught geography.
#11 on the back row - between
#11 on the back row - between Messrs Jones and Shields - I believe is Mr Light - he taught French.
3 on the back row is mr
3 on the back row is mr Cartridge maths teacher
I believe 7) on the middle
I believe 7) on the middle row is Celyn Kingsbury, who taught music. My parents knew him...
No, that is definitely Mr
No, that is definitely Mr Geeson. Mr Kingsbury succeeded Mr Geeson and there was a long gap before he arrived.
The individual between Mr
The individual between Mr Carter and Mr Haslam was Mr Selvey who taught a variety of musical instruments. Mrs Threadkell also appears on various Spondon House staff photos eg 1954-5. Mrs Billing is not on the Spondon Park 1966 staff photo, (she retired a year or two before) but she too is on the 1954-5 Spondon House photo. Mr Green (chemistry), husband of Mrs Green, had left some years before but appears as a form teacher in the 1963 picture of a third form group.
Back row 6 taught me Russian.
Back row 6 taught me Russian. Can't remember name but he was in Russia during WW2 and spoke 7 languages
Back row 6 is definitely Mr
Back row 6 is definitely Mr Thompson (Russian) and yes he did run a JagX120?
Second row 8 is Mr Beasley, his predecessor Mr Powell taught me Geography (great teacher gave me the love of the subject) went on to read it at Exeter with Geology.
number 2 back row = Mr
number 2 back row = Mr Roberts History
number 7 middle row = Mr Geeson Music
Back row: #1 is Mr Howarth
Back row: #1 is Mr Howarth (Latin), #3 is Brian Cartledge (not Cartridge), #6 is Mr Thompson (Russian)