A small slip of paper has been bound into the front of the Report which is dated 9 January 1941 and which records that the new school buildings were destroyed "by enemy action" on the night of 22 - 23 December 1940. Temporary accommodation has been secured at the South Manchester School for Boys and other premises are being investigated.
Frontispiece
A photograph dated 18 September 1940 of the main entrance of the new buildings at Grangethorpe.
A photograph dated 23 December 1940 of destroyed buildings.
Governors
Chairman: Dr F A Padmore
Miss G B Ayre OBE JP, Mrs C Bacon, Miss F Barlow JP, the Venerable A Selwyn Bean, Prof H B Charlton, C Clegg, J Coatman, J G Crozier, Councillor S Fairfoull, Prof H Fleure, Alderman G Grindley, Mrs A M Iliff, Prof E Jacob, H L Joseland, Councillor J Kershaw, Miss E F Knott, Mrs J Mather, Sir Robert Pickard, Miss D L Pilkington, Miss Dorothy Porter, A P Simon, Prof J Stopford, Prof T B Webster, Mrs J Wilde, Mrs T M Young
Treasurer: C Clegg
Auditors: Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co
Clerk to the Governors: Miss A E Kemlo
Medical Inspector and Referee: Miss C Chisholm
Report
When war broke out the school was evacuated to the Warehouseman and Clerks? School, Cheadle Hulme. Thanks to the Head Master, Mr Lockhart. The VI Form and the Prep have joined their counterparts at Cheadle Hulme School. Numbers fell from about 500 to about 400. Of these 250 were billeted at Cheadle Hulme but nearly 100 have returned home. Thanks to the ladies who organised the billets taking care to find suitable accommodation and changing accommodation which was unsuitable.
Regret at the resignations from the governing body of Dr Padmore, Miss G Ayre and Mrs Wilde. Welcome to Councillor Kershaw.
Founders' Day was held in the Congregational Church at Cheadle Hulme and the speaker was Rev J Phillips. A "modest Speech Day" was held at Cheadle Hulme School. The speaker was Mrs Mather. The prize winners donated their money to war charities.
Details of the following staff: Miss Alice Chisholm, Miss Hawcridge, Miss Arthan, Miss Brownson.
Details given of academic successes and scholarships.
Few competitive sports matches have been possible, The regular use of Cheadle Hulme's swimming pool was appreciated.
The severe weather in January and February [1940] lead to many absences.
Miss Malloch has become the guide captain. A School War Savings Society has been set up. Money has been sent to the Finland Fund.
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff and the subjects they taught are included]
Head Mistress: Miss M G Clarke
Deputy Head Mistress, 1939 : Miss Jessie Leese
School Secretary: Miss A Kemlo
Departmental Mistresses, Session 1940 ? 1941,
Miss Evelyn Andrew, Miss M Dorothea Callinan, Miss Elizabeth Law, Miss Dorothy Whiteley, Miss Jean McClymont, Miss Joan Roberton, Miss Jessie Leese, Miss M D Leigh, Mrs Herbert, Miss Simone Avis, Miss Elizabeth Malloch, Miss Katharine MacKean, Miss A E London, Miss Theodora Mellor, Miss Meta Cashin, Miss Ella Holman, Miss Margaret Dunkley, Miss Annie Ellis, Miss Muriel Goodwin, Miss Dorothy Scott, Miss Margaret Lever, Miss Alice K Knight, Miss Rhona Barlow, Miss Jane Pallot, Miss Hannah Ritchie, Miss Dorothy Saunders, Miss E Jamieson, Miss Annie Warburton, Miss E Arthan, Miss Edith Webster, Miss Kathleen Forster, Miss Hilda Sargisson, Miss A M Shaw, Mr H Wilson.
Some Recent Appointments
Details given of appointments held by the following: Barbara Bowmer, Pauline Brand, Josephine Greaves, Marjorie Hovell, Marjorie Hume, Kathleen Liddell, Marian Nicholson, Barbara Seddon, Jessie Thompson, Hilda Wilson.
Business and Secretarial Posts
Details given of appointments held by the following
Moyra [sic] Cook, Nora Cutter, Marjorie Hettena, Doreen Lomax, Alice Loudon, Joan Nelson, Marjorie Veale.
Admission to Universities and Training Colleges
Details given of the universities and training colleges at which the following are studying: Margaret Barker, Deirdre Berry, Barbara Broome, Eileen Caldwell, Norah Cross, Sarah Davies, Sheila Davies, Hilda Elam, Eva Feinmann, Ethel Gregory, Louisa Hawthorn, Kathleen Holt, Margaret Howorth [sic], Jessie Million, Brenda Mills, Barbara Moor, Margaret Petford, Mary Seddon.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
University of Manchester: Lorna Mettam, Elizabeth Barber [nee Pincasovich], Prudence Benington [sic], Joyce Bamber, Irene Moss, Betty McKie, Marjorie Owen, Marjorie Crookes, Una Radsliffe, Kathleen Hilton, Barbara Bailey, Mary Rogerson, Kathleen Atkinson, Elizabeth Fleure, Enid Garstang, Patricia Goldsbrough, Joan Spencer, Joan Sumner Smith.
Oxford University: Margaret Haigh, Edith Renwick, Gwynnedd Lewis, Jessie Thompson.
Cambridge University: Marian Nicholson.
London University: Enid Dobson, Susanne Laemmle [sic], Helen Marshall, Phyllis Harry, Winifred Turner.
Leeds University: Daphne Wilde.
Reading University: Barbara Roberts.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Exhibitions and Scholarships: Sheila Davies, Barbara Moor, Mary Seddon.
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: Jessie Whittle, Hilary Sutherland.
Sarah Bradshaw Scholarship: Sarah Davies.
MacNicol Scholarship: Brenda Mills.
Hulme Trust Scholarships and Exhibitions for Higher Education: Hilda Elam, Eva Feinmann, Jessie Million.
Junior Scholarships and Exhibitions: Aileen Brandrick, Deirdre Davies.
Free Place Entrance Scholarships: Katherine Barker, Shirley Batterley, Nancy Clegg, Margaret Dobell, June Donaldson, Barbara Earlam, Lorna Evans, Jean Goodfellow, Margaret Howlett, Barbara Keen, Audrey Kerrigan, Shirley Newman, Jean Oldham, Grace Perfect, Margaret Powell, Helen Raynor, Beryl Redfern, Alison Sherratt,, Marie Wright.
Form Prizes: Eleanor Gray, Jane Hodgson, Deirdre Berry, Celia Barker, Mary Mason, Betty Hancock, Stephanie Richardson, Jean Kershaw, Elizabeth Bridgen, Jean Earlam, Jean Brocklehurst, Marjorie Findlay, Hazel Stocker, Edith Davies, Jessie Swain, Margaret Holt, Wendy Kershaw,Deirdre Davies, Diana Bridgford, Aileen Brandrick, Jean Hooper, Patricia Lord, Madge Pursglove, Jessamine Sherratt, Hilary Sutherland,June Kliman, Rosemary Sutherland, Cristine [sic] Parish, Margery Jackson, Beryl Talbot, Olga Poulter, Mary Hunter.
Chairman's Prize: Barbara Moor.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Mary Mason, Mildred Johnson.
Coignou Prize for Botany: Eleanor Gray.
Hadfield Prize for Secretarial Work: Muriel Baker.
Finburgh Prize for Science: Jessie Million.
Art Prizes: Deirdre Berry, Rosemary Sutherland, Betty Radcliffe, Barbara Roberts, Yvonne Hayes, Catherine Roberts, Patricia Cliffe, Joyce Maddocks, Doreen Ward.
Needlework Prizes: Mary Seddon, Edith Davies, Jean Stokes.
Warburton Musicianship Trophy: Barbara Moor.
Higher School Certificate, July 1940: Barbara Bowmer, Norah Cross, Sarah Davies, Sheila Davies, Hilda Elam, Eva Feinmann, Marjorie Geary, Margaret Hall, Louisa Hawthorn, Margaret Jones, Jessie Million, Brenda Mills, Barbara Moor, Barbara Seddon, Mary Seddon.
School Certificate, July 1940: Betty Evans, Mary Ashbridge, Cynthia Barnett, Dorothy Bennett, Judith Broadley, June Copper, Nora Cutter, Beryl Darbyshire, Stella Fields, Ursula Friede, Betty Hancock, Barbara Harper, Patricia Johnson, Marjorie Cleland, Dorothy Lowe, Janice Rhodes, Beryl Attwood, Evelyn Blain, Beatrice Bridge, Jean Geary, Phyllis Goldstone, Barbara Hall, Janet Hogg, Mildred Johnson, Denise McKay, Vivian Lewis, Doris Loewenstein, Freda Lunt, Jean McIntosh, Betty Pollard, Stephanie Richardson, Renda [sic] Robson, Joyce Rose, Hilary Sutherland, Muriel Wilson, Edwina Winstanley, Audrey Taylor, Sheila Urquhart, Jessie Whittle, Dulcie Joule, Jean Kershaw, June Kilman, Patricia Nicholson, Betty Quinn, Audrey Smith, Gwynne Sutcliffe, Mary Timperley, Dorothy McDonald, Joyce Seddon, Bernice Steakle.
VI Form Leaving Diploma-General Course: Deirdre Berry, Jean Broom, Eileen Caldwell, Elwyn Churchill, Ethel Gregory, Margaret Hall, Margaret Petford.
VI Form Leaving Diploma-Secretarial Course: Muriel Baker, Joan Nelson, Marjorie Veale.
Faculty of Teachers in Commerce: Muriel Baker.
First Class Gymnastic Certificates: Muriel Baker, Margaret Barker, Barbara Broome, Sarah Davies, Sheila Davies, Hilda Elam, Ursula Friede, Ethel Gregory, Margaret Hall, Louisa Hawthorn, Mary Livesey, Barbara Moor, Joan Nelson, Margaret Petford, Stephanie Richardson, Mary Schofield, Barbara Seddon, Audrey Taylor, Marjorie Veale, Jessie Whittle.
Swimming Cups
Hardman Cup, Upper School: Patricia Lord.
Middle School: Catherine Roberts.
Pearson Cup, Lower School: Kathleen Winterbottom.
Team Swimming Cups
Hardman Cup, Upper School: Junior VI.
Senior VI [1926] Cup: Upper IV A.
Humane Society for the Hundred of Salford Life Saving Badges, 1939 [sic]: Margaret Smith, Kathleen Winterbottom, Beryl Attwood, Dorothy Brandrick, Sheila Garden, Jean Geary, June Hendley, Margaret Hoyle, Patricia Mason, Joan Musk, Margaret Smith.
Thring Memorial Cup and Medal for Games: Mary Livesey.
Form Hockey Cups
Ashworth Cup, Upper School: Junior VI General and Secretarial.
Lawson Cup, Middle School: V Y.
Lower School Cup: IV Alpha.
Threlkald Netball Cup: Denise McKay.
Form Netball Cups: Junior VI H [sic], V X, IV Alpha.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Irene Whittaker.
Form Tennis Doubles Cups
Senior VI [1925] Cup, Upper School: Junior VI.
Farrell Cup, Lower School: Upper IV A.
Tennis Singles Cups
Young Cup, Upper School: Emily White.
Young Cup, Middle School: Jean Cochrane.
Senior VI [1934] Cup, Lower School: Edith Davies.
Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1940
Details of income and expenditure.
Alphabetical Class Lists for the Year 1939 - 1940
Senior VI, Junior VI H, VI General, VI Transitus, VI Secretarial, Intermediate, Upper V X, Upper V Y, V X, V Y, Upper IV A, Upper IV B, IV A, IV Alpha, IV Transitus, Upper III A, Upper III Alpha, Upper III Transitus, Junior III A, Junior III B, Junior II A, Junior II B, Junior I.