Our Teachers
As best we
can remember, these are the heros/ines (or villains/esses?) who taught us …
apart from the first group, they are in alphabetical order (A-E,
F-K, L-Q, R-T, U-Z), so as not to show favouritism (as if we would!).
This photo
(courtesy of Catherine) comes from Mr Dobson’s “History of AGS” (published for
the 1960 jubilee) and shows staff in 1960.
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Back row: Messrs Kemp, Frost, Lee,
Richardson, Beezer, Turrill, Northin, Robinson, Ward Centre row: Mr Brown, Mrs Robinson, Mrs Ingle,
Miss Wise, Miss Mathers, Miss Dean, Mrs Lodge, Mrs Sanderson, Miss Pemberton
(school secretary) Front row: Messrs Kent, Pollard, Tillotson,
White, Mrs James, Mr MacDonald, Mr Wickham, Mrs Curry, Mr Dobson, Mrs
Smallpage, Miss Robinson |
Please email your (publishable!!) memories
to the webmaster … and the names of any teachers I have forgotten.
Staff names marked (*) are known to
have been Old Scholars of AGS. Staff dates marked # died in service.
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Teacher |
Dates |
AGS staff |
Subject(s) |
Nickname |
Clubs/societies |
Our memories |
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Mr John T
MacDonald |
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1947- |
Headmaster
& RE |
Mac |
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Mrs G M
James |
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1941- |
Deputy head
(1949-) & Maths |
Jessie |
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Mr K
Wickham |
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1940- |
Deputy head
(1958-) & History ?and
English? |
Uncle Ken |
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Valerie
Anne Pemberton* |
1935-2008 |
1955- |
School
secretary (1955-) |
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Later
Valerie Fawcett |
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Mr G B
Patterson |
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1944- |
Caretaker |
Cyclops |
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Teacher |
Dates |
AGS staff |
Subject(s) |
Nickname |
Clubs/societies |
Our memories |
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Miss ?
Atkinson |
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Domestic
Science |
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Mr F L
Beadle |
1903?-1979? |
1937-1955 |
Crafts |
Basher |
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Mr Michael
E Beezer* |
1936- |
1958- |
Music |
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Drama |
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Mr ?
Bellwood |
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Maths |
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Mr Arthur E
B Brown |
1912-1999 |
1949- |
Art |
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Scenery for
plays |
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Mrs Monica
L Curry |
1911-2002 |
1944-1962? |
Latin &
English |
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Drama |
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Miss Audrey
Dean |
?1929?- |
1955- |
Girls PE |
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Ballroom
dance; fencing
(for school plays) |
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Mr Alan
Dobson |
1893-1975 |
1919 - |
History |
Dobbo |
Library |
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Teacher |
Dates |
AGS staff |
Subject(s) |
Nickname |
Clubs/societies |
Our memories |
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Dr James M
Frost |
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1958- |
French |
Jack |
Ballroom
dance, Scripture Union |
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B Gaunt |
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Mr T Edmund
Gregory |
1897-1958 |
1922-1958# |
Chemistry |
TEG |
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Mr Gordon
Keith Hadfield |
1920-1995 |
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Miss Joan
Harrison, later Mrs Joan Ingle |
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Domestic
Science |
Jingle |
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Married
1960 |
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E Hodgson |
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Mr F?
Johnson |
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1922-1959 |
Geography |
Hank |
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Mr ? Kemp |
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1959- |
Boys PE |
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Mr Brian
Kent |
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1958- |
French
& Latin |
Foggie |
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Teacher |
Dates |
AGS staff |
Subject(s) |
Nickname |
Clubs/societies |
Our memories |
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Mr Lee |
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1958- |
Maths |
Pop |
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Mrs Lodge |
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Mrs Eileen
T Mackay* |
1912-2004 |
1941-1958 |
Music and
History |
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AGS G&S
soc |
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Miss C M
Mathers |
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1959- |
French |
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Mr C R
Northin |
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1956- |
Crafts |
Daddy! |
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Mr Herbert
Palmer Pollard |
1905-1990 |
1927- |
Maths |
Plod/Bert |
Radio club;
theatre lighting |
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Teacher |
Dates |
AGS staff |
Subject(s) |
Nickname |
Clubs/societies |
Our memories |
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Mr C? |
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1951- |
German |
Fritz |
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Mr ? Rigby |
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1959- |
History |
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Mr Geoffrey
R C Robinson |
1909- |
1945- |
Gen Science |
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Makeup for
plays |
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Miss Joan M
Robinson |
?1920?- |
1951- |
English |
Skylon |
Christian
Union |
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Miss Mary
Robinson* |
1922-2004 |
1957- |
Maths |
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Country
dance |
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Mrs ?
Robinson |
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1959- |
? |
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Miss Jones
in 1959 |
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Mrs
?Doreen? Sanderson |
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1959- |
Geography |
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Miss
Walters in 1959 |
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Mr ?
Sarginson |
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Boys PE |
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Mr William
Senior |
?1904?-1957/8 |
1943-1957/8# |
Maths |
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Mr William
Henry C Sherwood |
1904-1958 |
1943-1958# |
French
English?? Senior Master 1951- |
Boris |
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Deputy head
to 1958 |
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Mrs
Smallpage, previously Mrs Topliss |
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Biology |
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Miss ?
Smart |
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?-1958 |
French |
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Dr ?
Stanworth -> Clegg |
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Biology |
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Absolutely
none! |
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Mrs Ida M
Sutcliffe formerly
Miss Ida M Mather |
1896-1988 |
1919-? And
1953-58 |
French
& Latin |
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Miss J E
Taylor |
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Jet |
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Form
teacher, 1S |
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Mr Ernest
Tillotson FRAS FGS |
1904-1981 |
1927- |
Physics |
Tilly Ben |
Tickets for
plays |
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Mr Toby Turrill |
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1956- |
Chemistry |
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Teacher |
Dates |
AGS staff |
Subject(s) |
Nickname |
Clubs/societies |
Our memories |
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Miss J
Walker |
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E M Walter |
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Mr L Ward |
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1945-?# |
English |
Basher |
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Mr G P
White |
?1903?-?1978? |
1926- |
English |
Sarky |
Drama |
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Miss
Shirley M Wise |
?1929?- |
1959- |
Music |
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Totally
unofficially – but maybe just as memorable, we remember Mr and Mrs Teale, who ran
the “tuck shop” next to the school.
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