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1947
Manchester High School for Girls, 121 Barlow Moor Road, Manchester 20
Governors
Chairman: Miss D L Pilkington
Mrs C Bacon, Miss F Barlow JP, Judge F Raleigh Batt, the Venerable A Selwyn Bean, Councillor Mrs E Beavan, Mrs E Birley, Prof H B Charlton, C Clegg, J Coatman, Alderman Mrs K Fletcher, Alderman G Grindley, Councillor Mrs E Hyde, H L Joseland, Mrs J Mather, Alderman A Moss JP, J Wellesley Orr JP, Miss Dorothy Porter, Alderman Wright Robinson, Canon W Rowe, A P Simon, Sir John Stopford, Prof T B Webster, F A Willink, W H Zimmern
Treasurer: C Clegg
Auditors: Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co Clerk to the Governors: Miss A E Kemlo
School Medical Officer: Mrs Eleanor Schill
Report
The economy has so deteriorated that there is permission for only the first phase of rebuilding at Grangethorpe. The gym has been finished and despite "the phenomenal winter" and heating costs, it has proved a boon to the school. Temporary classrooms at Central Road are being used. There were problems at Broomfield because it does not have central heating. The lease on Warley ended in June and the school have bought it.
Thanks to Miss Pilkington and Mr Willink for their work for the school. Congratulations to Prof Charlton on his honorary degree [details given]. Regret at the resignation from the governing body of Mr A Gibson and welcome to Alderman Abraham Moss.
The speakers on Founders' Day and Speech Day were Lady Barlow and Sir Earnest Barker respectively. Details given of the themes of their speeches. Miss Pilkington gave bookplates designed by K Craddock, they were used for the first time on Speech Day 1947. Miss Harrison sent ivy for Founders? Day
Details given of the following staff: Miss Saunders, Miss Law, Mrs Holland, Miss Steel, Mrs Parker, Miss Palmer, Miss McIntosh, Miss Jamieson, Miss A Smith, Miss D Ellison, Mrs Hancock, Dr Blockey, Dr Schill, Miss Huntington.
For the first time since before the war, a French assistante is working in the school.
Details given of academic successes including those of Margaret Powell and Alison Liley.
Talks [details given] were given by the following: Prof Charlton, Prof Atkinson, Donald Grant, Miss Harrison, Dr Mary Cowell, Alice Walker, Dr Baldwin, Miss Withers, Mrs Abed, Miss Ursula Bozman, Miss Rees, Lady Simon, Miss Kenney, Miss Read, Miss Stancliffe.
Details of school activities including a visit to France.
Wendy Brazier and Ruth Hargreaves were the Manchester representatives at the service in memory of Lady Baden Powell in Westminster Abbey. Miss Pettigrew has retired as guide captain.
Thanks to Miss Addison for allowing girls to do work experience with younger children [details given].
A Parent-Teacher Association has been set up. John Blackie HMI gave a talk on the 1944 Education Act.
Details given of school community work.
Details given of the support which organisations and Mr and Mrs Behrens gave to the school during the war [details given].
Thanks to Dr Clarke for giving a ceremonial oak chair designed by H Norris which will be part of the platform furniture at Grangethorpe.
Thanks to Mrs Pickstone for the replica of the portrait of Miss Day which she painted to replace the one which was lost in the war.
Thanks to the following for their gifts [details given] to the school: the Misses Pilkington, Dr Clarke, Mrs T Young, Mr Zimmern, Lady Simon, Mr Coatman, Mr Stevenson [father of Marjorie and Doreen Stevenson], Mr Sole [father of Mary Sole], Miss A Knight, Mrs Bailey, Mr Birtwistle [father of Molly Birtwistle], Mrs Southall [mother of Hilary Southall], Sheila Talbot, Miss E Jamieson, Miss A Smith, A Gibson, Miss D Ellison, Miss E Bullock, Miss D Drought.
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff are given] Head Mistress: Miss A M Bozman
Deputy Head Mistress: Mrs A London Miss M F Abraham, Miss G Bentley, Miss M Black, Miss M Brewer, Miss N Bryant, Miss M Callinan, Miss M Cromarty, Mrs R Duggan, Miss A Ellis, Miss M Ferguson, Miss D Flavell, Mrs M Holland, Miss E Holman, Miss D Holmes, Miss E Jackson, Miss E Jamieson, Miss O Jones, Miss D Kidd, Miss J Kirkland, Miss M Kliman, Miss E Law, Miss J Leese, Miss M Leigh, Miss M Lever, Miss J McClymont, Miss R McIntosh, Miss D Morton, Miss J Pettigrew, Miss H Ritchie, Miss V Robins, Miss D Saunders, Miss D Scott, Miss W Simmons, Miss A Smith, Mrs E Stahelin, Miss I Steel, Miss S Turner, Miss I Watkins, Miss E Webster, Miss K Foster, Mrs I Hancock, Mrs D Hardy, Miss N Hope, Miss C Huddart, Miss V Palmer, Miss H Sargisson, Miss A Shaw, Mlle Resse.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
University of Manchester: Thelma Hoyle, Nora Page, Jean Dunn, Margaret Collinge, Margaret Lawrence, Florence Rowlinson, Jean Brocklehurst , Ruth Appleby, Flora Thomason, Jean Brown, Dorothy Howe, Gwen Jones.
London University: Elizabeth MacGregor, Ursula Rodd, Margaret Jones, Sheila Talbot, Jean Geary.
Oxford University: Jeanne Brassington.
Cambridge University: Marjorie Findlay, Alwyn Rowlinson.
Edinburgh University: Sheila Brooks, Sheila Edmondson.
Liverpool University: Phyllis Roberts.
Reading University: Marjorie Southall.
Lancashire Congregational Union: Kathleen Whiteley
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: Janet Leach.
Prefects, 1946 - 1947
Head Prefect: Ione [sic] Petch
Deputies: Ann Bowden, Sheila Gandy, Shirley Batterley, Anita Berlyne, Brenda Berry, Aileen Bradrick, Nancy Clegg, Deirdre Davies, Barbara Earlam, Lorna Evans, Kathleen M?Cartney [sic], Jean Oldham, Margaret Pyne, Beryl Talbot, Marie Wright.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
External Awards: Alison Liley, Margaret Powell, Gillian Fellows.
Higher School Certificate: Katharine Barker, Shirley Batterley, Brenda Berry, Sheila Birkhead, Diana Bridgford, Nancy Clegg, Deirdre Davies, Barbara Earlam, Lorna Evans, Esther Laredo, Alison Liley, Anne Mills, Valerie Nahum, Mary Nuttall, Jean Oldham, Ione [sic] Petch, Margaret Powell, Margaret Pyne, Beryl Talbot, Marie Wright.
School Certificate: Sheila Soni, Betty Aldridge, Jean Ayres, Josephine Bowers, Rosemary Chatterton, Daphne Cowan, Margaret Garner, Joan Gibson, Cita [sic] Kershaw, Gwynne Lee, Dorothy Mainwaring, Margaret Mellor, Janice Owens , Ena Radford, Jean Roberts, Kathleen Sansome, Elizabeth Scholfield, Sylvia Shneck, Frances Smith, Patricia Watson, Barbara Watton, Ruth Wells, Avril Barlow, Sheila Coupe, Daphne Edge, Mary Gilchrist, Audrey Goodfellow, Cynthia Heys, Margaret Hogg, Shirley Loseby, Marion MacInnes, June Melling, Olga Moulds, Irene Philip, Sheila Richardson, Marjorie Shamash, Freda Shepherd, Jacqueline Simpson, Wendy Tabah, Madeline Turner, Pamela Verity, Margaret Wade, Anne West, Joyce Whittaker, Margaret Bowers, Doreen Bowyer, Lesley Clark.
Faculty of Teachers in Commerce: Mary Herrod, Dorothy Spencer, Melita Sefton.
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: Madeline Orrell, Barbara Watton, Janet Leach, Margaret Walker, Cita [sic] Kershaw, Norma Fesel, Joyce Taylor, Margaret Bowers, Janet Nicholls, Joyce Davidson, Barbara Green, June Robertson, Wendy Tabah, Jean Walter, Beryl Galvin, Judith Bean, Ruth Hargreaves, Jean Soni, Eileen Croft.
Art Prizes: Margaret Powel, Alison Liley, Josephine Walker, Margaret Mawdsley.
Lady Whitworth Award: Ann Bowden.
Mary Bradford Award: Anita Berlyn.
Marion Hewitt Award: Beryl Talbot.
MacNicol Award: Margaret Powell.
Lena Peacock Award: Deirdre Davies.
Adamson Memorial Travelling Scholarship: Eileen Bailey, Sheila Birkhead, Mary Blower.
Chairman's Prize: Ione [sic] Petch.
School Prize for Art: Alison Liley, Margaret Powell.
Coignou Prize for Botany: Barbara Earlam.
Margaret Hogg Prize for English: Margaret Powell.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Nancy Clegg.
Alderman Finburgh Prize for Mathematics: Esther Laredo, Beryl Talbot.
School Prize for Modern Languages: Anita Berlyne.
School Prize for Music: Deirdre Davies.
School Prize for Needlework: Sheila Soni.
School Prize for Physical Sciences: Beryl Talbot.
Reginald Hadfield Prize for Secretarial Work: Sheila Gandy.
School Prize for Zoology: Diana Bridgford.
Alice Thornley Chisholm Prize for French in the V Forms: Deryn [sic] Buckley, Elma Butterworth
Progress Prizes: Maureen Sullivan, Sheila Fiddick, Enid Jackson, Dorothy Knowles, Marie Luckhurst, Freda Walton, Sheila Ross, Patricia Bowley, Mary Cornwell, Maureen Gosling, Julia Pilkington, Olwyn Williams, Shirley Blackburn, Dorothy Carlile [sic], Elma Butterworth, Daphne Cowan, Ena Radford, Kathleen Sansome.
Sixth Form Secretarial and General Course Diplomas: Sheila Gandy, Mary Herrod, Rosemary Bridgman, Barbara Keen, Peggy Collinge, Joan Entwistle.
Warburton Trophy for Musical Performance: Ione [sic] Petch.
Harrison Music Trophies
Middle School: Upper III A.
Lower School: Upper II.
Kamberian Speech Cup: Senior VI.
Laski Cup for Public Spirit, the Preparatory Department: Diana Beckett.
Thring Memorial Cup for Games: Aileen Brandrick.
Stevenson Cup awarded for Hockey: Sheila Gandy.
Form Hockey Cups
Ashworth Cup, Upper School: Senior VI.
Lawson Cup, Middle School: V A.
Lower School Cup: IV A.
Threlkeld Netball Cup: Marie Wright.
Form Netball Cups
Lower School: IV Alpha.
Middle School: V A.
Upper School: Senior VI.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Shirley Batterley, Margaret Pyne.
Form Cricket Cups
Senior VI 1927, Upper School: Senior VI.
Mellor Cup, Middle School: Upper IV A.
Form Tennis Doubles Cups
Senior VI 1925, Upper School: Junior VI [1].
Farrel Cup, Middle School: V A.
Tennis Singles Cups
Young Cup, Upper School: Audrey Sipe.
Young Cup, Middle School: Jean Soni.
Form Rounders Cup: Upper III Transitus
Free Place Scholarships: Gillian Ainsworth, Doreen Baillie [sic], Muriel Baldwin, Margaret Birch, Margaret Blackburn, Sylvia Campbell, Mary Carter, May Carvell, Margaret Clark, Glenys Clayton, Sylvia Cook,Jean Cowperthwaite, Gillian Fellows, Kathleen Gorton, Joyce Grant, Jean Hawkins, Shirley Hunter, Margaret Kennedy, Gillian Maclean, Susan Merrill, Patricia Miles, Sheila Pearson, Angela Taylor, Margaret Ward, Anthea Watkin, Margaret Wilkie, Rosemary Wood.
Girls Proceeding to Further Training: Katharine Barker, Anita Berlyne, Sheila Birkhead, Elizabeth Blacow, Ann Bowden, Aileen Brandrick, Deirdre Davies, Barbara Earlam, Joan Entwistle, Lorna Evans, Mary Herrod, Delcie [sic] Hobbs, Sheila Holt, Barbara Keen, Alison Liley, Valerie Nahum, Mary Nuttall, Jean Oldham, Ione [sic] Petch, Margaret Powell, June Robertson, Sheila Soni, Beryl Talbot, Mary Worrall.
Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1947
Details of income and expenditure and schedule of investments
Alphabetical Class Lists for the Year 1946-1947
Senior VI, Junior VI [1], Junior VI [2], Upper V A, Upper V Alpha, Upper V B, V A, V Alpha, V Transitus, Upper IV A, Upper IV Transitus, IV A, IV Alpha, IV Transitus, Upper III A, Upper III Alpha, Upper III Transitus, III A, III B, Upper II, II, I, Transition, Upper Primary, Lower Primary
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