Governors
Chairman: Prof H J Fleure
Mrs C Bacon, Miss F Barlow JP, the Venerable A Selwyn Bean, Prof H B Charlton, C Clegg, J Coatman, Councillor S Fairfoull, Councillor Mrs K Fletcher, A Gibson, Alderman G Grindley, Councillor C F Howarth, Prof E Jacob, H L Joseland, Councillor J Kershaw, Miss E F Knott, Mrs J Mather, Miss D L Pilkington, Miss Dorothy Porter, Alderman Wright Robinson, Canon W Rowe, A P Simon, Prof John Stopford, Prof T B Webster, Mrs T M Young, W H Zimmern
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
Regret at the resignation of Dr Padmore as Chairman of the governing body [details given].
The new buildings at Grangethorpe were occupied in September 1940 and prayers on the first day, 18 September 1940 were conducted by the Venerable Selwyn Bean. The buildings were destroyed "by enemy action" on the night of 22 - 23 December 1940. By the end of the Christmas holidays the school had been accommodated in three houses in Didsbury. Thanks to the managers of St Aiden's Presbyterian Church, Mr L F Behrens and the governors of Withington School some additional accommodation has been acquired for assemblies. The Grangethorpe site has been requisitioned by Manchester Corporation as a storage depot for the duration of the war.
Regret at the resignations from the governing body of J Crozier and Sir Robert Pickard and at the death of Mrs Iliff. Welcome to the governing body to Canon Rowe, Councillor Mrs K Fletcher, Arnold Gibson, Councillor C Howarth, Alderman Wright Robinson, Mr A Simon and Mr W Zimmern.
The guest on Founders' Day was Rev J Moorman and a simple ceremony was held in his church in Fallowfield. No Speech Day was held but there were two Open Days at Broomfield and awards were presented at the second of these.
Details given of the following staff: Miss Malloch, Miss Roberton, Miss Pallot, Miss Harding.
"The serenity and adaptability with which the girls met all the emergencies of a most difficult year were remarkable."
Details given of guide and cadet activities.
The orchestra met after school when daylight permitted.
Debates were held with Manchester Grammar School and the standards of both teams "would have done credit to adult debaters."
The School War Savings Society has raised nearly ?1,000.
Details given of activities to raise money and help in the local community.
The school has adopted a prisoner of war [unnamed].
Miss F Harrison is the new President of the Old Girls' Federation.
Ruth and May Hewitt were killed in enemy action early in 1941. The latter was one of the founders of the London Old Girls' Society and she left £250 to the school.
Thanks to all who helped to salvage furniture equipment at Grangethorpe including boys from Cheadle Hulme School who repeatedly provided transport and helped with the removal of furniture.
Thanks to the following for their gifts [details given] to the school: Miss Brownson, Mr Geary, Miss F Harrison, Miss Knott, Miss D Pilkington, Miss Ritchie, Mrs Sherratt, Miss Willows, Mrs Young, Mrs Armitage, Mrs Holdgate, Miss Horner, Miss Muriel Robinson, Mrs Downs, Mrs Herbert, Mrs Battersley, Mrs Brown, Miss Milner, Mrs Nowell.
Miss Winifred Hogg has donated £50 to found a Margaret Hogg Prize in memory of her elder sister who was a "distinguished student of social science."
Mrs and Miss Laski have presented a silver cup.
Staff
Head Mistress: Miss Clarke
Deputy Head Mistress, 1941 : Miss E Holman
School Secretary: Miss A Kemlo
School Housekeeper: Miss R Heald
Departmental Mistresses, Session 1941 ? 1942:
Miss Evelyn Andrew, Miss Dorothy Brassington, Miss M Dorothea Callinan, Miss Elizabeth Law, Miss Dorothy Whiteley, Miss Jean McClymont, Miss Jessie Leese,Miss M D Leigh, Miss A E White, Mrs Herbert, Miss Simone Avis, 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 Ruth Hazell, Miss Jean Pettigrew, Miss Rhona Barlow, Miss A Fyfe, Miss Hannah Ritchie, Miss Dorothy Saunders, Miss E Jamieson, Miss Annie Warburton, Miss Edith Webster, Miss Kathleen Forster, Miss Hilda Sargisson, Miss A M Shaw, Mr H Wilson, Mr H Bowden.
Some Recent Appointments
Details given of appointments held by the following: Kathleen Allman, Muriel Baker, Elizabeth Barber [nee Pincasovitch], Muriel Beetham [nee Brocklebank], Joan Caldwell, Marjorie Crookes, Enid Dobson, Margaret Dowler, Margaret Gaff, Nesta Gould [nee Herbert], Josephine Greaves, Maud Gregory, Margaret Haigh, Joan Hardman, Phyllis Harry, Joan Hassall, Margaret Hodgson, Bertha Johnson, Gwynnedd Lewis, Susanne Laemmle [sic], Katherine [recte Katharine] Liebert, Sheila McKay, Irene Moss, Mary Percival, Joan Smith, Barbara Worsley.
Business and Secretarial Posts
Details given of appointments held by the following: Mary Ashbridge, Beryl Briggs, Stella Fields, Margaret Hoyle, Dorothy Lowe, Monica Phillipson, Madge Pursglove, Betty Quinn, Peggy Sharp, Mary Shawcross, Joan Sutton.
Proceeding to Universities, Training Colleges and other Professional Training
Details given of the universities and training colleges at which the following are studying: Kathleen Ball, Joan Bridgen, Marguerite Deakin, Betty Evans, Betty Garner, Marjorie Geary, Joan Greenhill, Kathleen Grosse, Ruth Hall, Jane Hodgson, Margaret Holmes, Margaret Hope, Thelma Hoyle, Margaret Jones, Violet Khazam, Margaret Kliman, Patricia Lord, Dorothy Norton, Ursula Rodd, Frances Simon, Joan Stanbury, Barbara Stirrup.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons: Katherine [recte Katharine] Liebert.
University of Manchester: Hilda Johnstone, Margaret Brabbs, Muriel Swain, Thelma Briggs, Betty Garner, Margaret Hodgson, Barbara Moor, Kathleen Barnes, Marguerite Deakin, Roberta Stewart.
Oxford University: Gladys Murray, Margaret Dowler, Edith Renwick.
London University: Phyllis Harry, Joyce Greenwood.
Reading University: Barbara Cope.
Matthay School of Music: Joan Spencer.
Cheshire County Council Music Scholarship: Marguerite Deakin.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Exhibitions and Scholarships: Jane Hodgson, Margaret Holmes, Barbara Stirrup, Betty Hilditch, Meriel [sic] Whitehead.
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: Betty Hancock, Hilary Sutherland, Jean Brown.
Lady Whitworth Scholarship: Marjorie Geary.
Lena Peacock Scholarship: Jane Hodgson.
Sarah Bradshaw Scholarship: Margaret Holmes.
Adamson Memorial Travelling Scholarships: Margaret Crawford, Joan Greenhill, Jane Hodgson, Betty Smith.
Hulme Trust Scholarships and Exhibitions for Higher Education: Margaret Kliman, Margaret Hope, Thelma Hoyle, Margaret Jones.
Junior Scholarships and Exhibitions: Wendy Bellhouse, Diana Bridgford, Jean Moulton, Margaret Pyne, Gillian Wilks, Elizabeth Blacow, Patricia Fitzmaurice.
Free Place Entrance Scholarships: Dorothy Aves, Eileen Bailey, Laura Beeley, Mary Blower, Mary Cartlidge, Peggy Collinge, Dorothy Davies, Gweneth [sic] Derbyshire [sic], Barbara Doncaster, Kathleen Dunworth, Margaret Emson, Jean Godfrey, Barbara Green, Lois Hammond, Delcie [sic] Hobbs, Margaret Jervis [sic], Annie Millar, Elizabeth Mitton, Hilda Richmond, Freda Rowlinson, Kathleen Shaw, Margaret Shaw, Joan Sheard, Audrey Sipe, Jean Thompson, Pamela Townsend, Josephine Walker, Patricia Watson, Mary Worrall.
Chairman's Prize: Margaret Jones.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Joyce Finklestone.
Hadfield Prize for Classics: Margaret Holmes.
Coignou Prize for Botany: Eleanor Gray.
Hadfield Prize for Secretarial Work: Madge Pursglove.
Finburgh Prize for Science: Marjorie Geary.
Art Prizes: Rosemary Sutherland Sheila Urquhart.
Warburton Musicianship Trophy: Enid Jones.
Higher School Certificate, July 1941: Jeanne Brassington, Joan Bridgen, Margaret Crawford, Marjorie Geary, Joan Greenhill, Kathleen Grosse, Ruth Hall, Jane Hodgson, Margaret Holmes, Margaret Jones, Margaret Kliman, Patricia Lord, Ursula Rodd, Frances Simons, Joan Stanbury, Barbara Stirrup.
School Certificate, July 1941: Heather Bentley, Dorothy Brandrick, Elizabeth Bridgen, Jean Brown, Theresa Chadwick, Hilary Chew, Sheila Garden, Jean Gibson, Joyce Hall, Dorothy Howe, Joan Hutchins, Gwendolen Jones, Joan Musk, Nora Page, Betty Petch, Betty Ratcliffe, Clare Ritchie, Barbara Roberts, Peggy Sharp, Suzanne Sopwith, Rosemary Sutherland, Sheila Talbot, Constance Willis, Kathleen Wood, Olive Woods, Kathleen Ball [II] [sic], Jean Burt, Margaret Dickinson, Dorothy Holmes, Margaret Hoyle, Violet Khazam, Margaret Milne, Marjorie Newton, Joan Sutton, Renate Wolf, Dorcas Nield.
Secretarial Course: Beryl Briggs, Madge Pursglove, Mary Ashbridge, Betty Quinn, Joyce Rose.
Faculty of Teachers in Commerce: Beryl Briggs, Madge Pursglove.
First Class Gymnastic Certificates: Mary Ashbridge, Joan Bridgen, Beryl Briggs, Betty Evans, Stella Fields, Joyce Hall, Ruth Hall, Jane Hodgson, Margaret Hope, Margaret Jones, Patricia Lord, Dorothy Norton, Betty Pollard, Ursula Rodd.
Awards of the Royal Life Saving Society: Irene Whittaker, Dorothy Brandrick, June Hendley, Margaret Hoyle, Patricia Mason, Constance Willis, Wera Burawoy, Heather Bentley, Kathleen Ball [I] [sic], Elizabeth Bridgen, Hilary Chew, Jean Earlam, Betty Evans, Joyce Finniecome, Gwen Jones, Patricia Lord, Doris Loewenstein, Denise McKay, Sylvia Marsden, Mary Mason, Margaret Milne [I] [sic], Betty Ratcliffe, Betty Roscoe, Joyce Seddon, Jessamine Sherratt, Suzanne Sopwith, Bernice Steakle, Rosemary Sutherland, Olwyn Thomas, Renate Wolf, Olive Woods.
Thring Memorial Cup and Medal for Games: Margaret Hope.
Form Hockey Cups
Ashworth Cup, Upper School: Senior VI.
Lawson Cup, Middle School: V X.
Lower School Cup: IV Alpha.
Threlkald Netball Cup: Beryl Attwood, Joan Bridgen.
Form Netball Cups
Upper School: Upper V X.
Middle School: Upper IV A.
Lower School: IV Alpha.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Ruth Hall.
Form Tennis Doubles Cups
Senior VI [1925] Cup, Upper School: Intermediate VI.
Farrell Cup, Lower School: Upper IV A.
Tennis Singles Cups
Young Cup, Upper School: Celia Barker.
Young Cup, Middle School: Jean Cochrane.
Senior VI [1934] Cup, Lower School: Mary Cutter.
Form Rounders Cups [formerly Cricket Cups]
Upper School: No Award.
Mellor Cup, Middle School: V Y.
Hodgson Cup, Lower School: IV Alpha.
Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1941
Details of income and expenditure
Alphabetical Class Lists for the Year 1940 - 1941
Senior VI, Intermediate VI, Junior VI A, Junior VI B, Upper V X, Upper V Y, V X, V Y, Upper IV A, Upper IV Alpha, IV A, IV Alpha, IV Transitus, Upper III A, Upper III Alpha, III, II, Primary