Patrons
F A Padmore, Sir John Stopford.
Governors
Chairman: Miss D L Pilkington
Mrs R Baldwin, Miss F W Barlow, Judge F Raleigh Batt, Councillor Mrs E Beavan, Mrs E Birley, G Breeze, Prof H Graham Cannon, Prof H B Charlton, Prof C Cheney, C Clegg, Alderman G Grindley, Alderman Mrs K Fletcher, Councillor Mrs E Hyde, Councillor Mrs G Lord, Mrs J Mather, Alderman A Moss JP, J Wellesley Orr JP, Alderman Wright Robinson, Canon W Rowe, A P Simon, F A Willink, W H Zimmern, Rev J Wilson
Treasurer: C Clegg
Auditors: Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co
Clerk to the Governors: Miss A E Kemlo
Report
By the opening of the summer term 1950, all the school were at Grangethorpe. The Prep were still in Didsbury. By 12 July the hall was in daily use and there was a special assembly on that morning.
Thanks to the following for their work for the school: Miss Pilkington, F Willink, C Clegg, W Zimmern, Dr M Clarke, Canon Rowe, Prof Charlton.
Regret at the resignations from the governing body of Alderman Wright Robinson and Alderman Mrs Fletcher. Welcome to Bishop Wilson, Bishop of Manchester. Congratulations to Mr Wellesley Orr and Mrs Fletcher [details given].
The speakers on Founders' Day and Speech Day were Miss Ursula Bozman and Sir Henry Clay. Summaries given of the themes of their speeches. Dr Clarke was unable to attend Founders? Day.
Details given of the following staff: Miss Callinan, Miss Holmes, Miss Thurston, Miss Allen, Miss Gore-Brown, Mrs Marlow, Mrs Herington [sic], Mrs Wilkinson, Mlle Ladurantie, Miss Robson, Mrs Slade, Miss F Wallis, Mr Jones, Mrs Jones, Mr Hardman.
Details given of academic successes including those of the following: Isobel Sargeant, Helen Platt, Christine Dinnage, Mary Greaves, Bridget Gordon.
Details given of school visits.
Details given of sporting activities including Sports Day and the contribution of Mrs Vickers and Mr L Sole.
The following were chosen for the Lancashire County Junior Cricket team: Christine Gordon, Frances Holmes, Anne Murray, Pauline Shea, Barbara Walker.
Details given of the Prep Sale and Country Dance Festival at which Miss Pilkington presided.
Thanks to the work of Dr Eleanor Schill for helping to maintain the good health of the school.
Details given of plays and concerts.
Miss Railton held an audition in the school and Catherine Greenhalgh has been invited to play the viola in the National Youth Orchestra.
Details given of talks by the following: Mr Kimber, Dr A Bishop, Miss H Kay, Miss Fletcher, Rev W Garlick, Miss Waters.
Details of guide activities. Regret at the resignation of Miss Janet Hogg. The Queen visited Manchester Town Hall and spoke to Anne Tatham who was one of the guard of honour.
Details given of Christmas activities.
The following attended the Carol Service: Miss Pilkington, Canon Rowe, F Willink.
The school lost in the final of the BBC school quiz, Top of the Form [details given].
To mark the Festival of Britain, members of the V and VI Forms visited the County Girls' School, Wimbledon and others visited the exhibitions in London.
Details given of the school's contribution to charities and community service.
There have been visits [details given] from the following: Mr Auty, Miss Dencer [sic], Mr Clough, Col Riddick, Dr Wilhelm Kunrede, Miss Scott, Mrs Slater, Lady Morris, Dr Kathleen Rains, Captain Goad [sic], Miss MacWhirter, Mrs Mather, Mrs Herbert, Miss Robinson, Prof Vinaver, Mr Wertheim, Frau Austen, Mrs Campbell, Miss M Pilkington, Mr H Fairhurst, Mr Peglar, Mr Cunningham, Mrs James.
Details given of the activities of the Parent-Teacher Association including the contribution of the following: Mr J Healey Purse, Mr J Howard Gaunt, Mr F Merrill, Mr L Sole, Miss Holman, Mr Huddart.
Details given of the activities of the Old Girls' Federation. Lady Morris chaired the AGM in London and the guest was Miss Theo Mellor.
Details given of the refurbishment of the library in memory of Miss Burstall, Miss Marion Hawcridge and Miss Eira Jupe. Three wooden plaques commemorating them have been carved by H Norris.
Thanks to the following for their gifts to the school [details given]: Miss F Harrison, Miss A Varley, Lady Morris, Miss M Bowman, Mrs Tout, Dr A Bishop, Miss M Callinan, Mrs Dixon, Mrs Lievesley [sic], Miss E Arthan, Mr E Marchant, M Rose, M Todhunter, Prof Adamson, June Akehurst, Mr Bardsley, Mr Grundy, Miss E Holman, Mr G Jones, Miss D Kidd, Miss D Pilkington, Dora Sykes, Mrs Todd, Mr H Wadsworth, Mrs T Young, Mr W Zimmern.
Details given of the restoration of the school grounds thanks to Col J Riddick, Mr F Willink, A P Simon and Mr T Hunter. Miss D Pilkington bought a magnolia soulangeana.
On her retirement Miss M Callinan gave an illuminated list of the names of the founders.
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff are given]
Head Mistress: Miss A M Bozman
Deputy Head Mistress: Miss F Abraham
Miss F M Abraham, Miss M Allen, Miss M Baldwin, Miss A Bayfield, Miss E Bellamy, Mrs J Bryan, Miss M Callinan, Miss D Coutie, Mrs E Davies, Mrs R Duggan, Miss A Ellis, Miss D Flavell, Miss J Frost, Miss J Gore-Browne, Miss M Hill, Miss E Holman, Miss D Holmes, Miss E Jackson, Miss J Kirkland, Miss J Leese, Miss M Leigh, Miss M Lever, Miss J McClymont, Miss J Mackenzie, Miss D Morton, Miss N O?Donnell, Miss J Pettigrew, Mrs P Polanyi, Miss B Pugh, Miss D Rice, Miss V Robins, Miss L Ruff, Miss D Scott, Miss F Sorensen, Miss M Stuart, Miss J Thomas, Miss C Thurston, Miss A Toft, Miss S Turner, Miss A Wallis, Miss I Watkins, Mrs J Cunningham, Miss K Forster, Mrs D Hardy, Miss N Hope, Miss H Johnson, Miss B Marlow, Miss M Moore, Miss E Webster, Mlle D Ladurantie.
School Medical Officer: Eleanor Schill
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Manchester University: Betty Cooke, Odette Faulkner, Margery Jackson, Anthea Halliwell, Gweneth Derbyshire, Betty Hilditch, Shirley Reece. Cambridge University: Barbara Doncaster, Joyce Goodwin, Margaret Walker, Esther Laredo.
Oxford University: Nancy Clegg.
Prefects, 1950 - 1951
Head Prefect: Frances Holmes
Deputies: Shirley Blackburn, Bridget Gordon, Nancy Barratt, Wendy Brazier, Dorothy Carlile [sic], Margaret Carter, Christine Dinnage, Mavis Heys, Deirdre Lee, Anne Murray, Audrey Norcross, Diana Silvester, Ruth Hargreaves.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
External Awards: Christine Dinnage, Mary Greaves, Isobel Sargeant, Eileen Croft, Bridget Gordon, Sheila Colley.
General Certificate of Education 1951, Advanced Level: Patricia Akehurst, Janet Allison, Nancy Barratt, Janet Beswick, Jean Blackburn, Wendy Brazier, Dorothy Carlile [sic], Margaret Carter, Sheila Child, Christine Dinnage, Sheila Dyson, Bridget Gordon, Mary Greaves, Sylvia Greenwood, Pamela Grundy, Ruth Hargreaves, Margaret Henshall, June Hogg, Margaret Hollingworth, Patricia Howell, Mary Jevon, Deirdre Lee, Valerie Mee, Leila Menon, Hilary Midgley, Phyllida Mitchell, Audrey Norcross, Isobel Sargeant, Diana Silvester, Joyce Taylor, Mavis Wilson.
Faculty of Teachers in Commerce: Valerie Browning, Gillian Bromley, Patricia Pennington, Rosemary Mitchell.
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: Jean Foley, Freda Walton, Doreen Phillips, Judith Baldwin, Elizabeth Glass, Isabella Davie [sic], Anne Wells, Jennifer Knowlson, Sheila Nelson, Brenda Fink, Barbara Walker, Monica Leighton, Anne Lockett, Anne Marchington, Catherine Greenhalgh, Susan Merrill, Joan Shelmerdine, Lilian Bowie, Jennifer Williamson, Norma Clarkson, Ann Fearns, Sonya Moore, Margaret Ward.
Art Prizes: Cynthia Philip, Jean Dodds, Sheila Ross, Pamela Stone, Philippa Black, Mary Carter.
Prize for Knowledge of the British Commonwealth: Deirdre Lee.
Lady Whitworth and MacNicol Awards: Christine Dinnage, Isobel Sargeant.
Lena Peacock Award: Patricia Howell.
Sarah Bradshaw Award: Deirdre Lee.
Adamson Memorial Travelling Scholarship: Rhona Gold, Phyllida Mitchell, Julia Pilkington.
School Prize for Art: Christine Dinnage.
Margaret Hogg Prize for English: Bridget Gordon, Valerie Mee.
School Prize for Geography: Sheila Child, Deirdre Lee.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Isobel Sargeant.
Alderman Finburgh Prize for Mathematics: Nancy Barratt.
Alderman Finburgh Prize for Physical Sciences: Joyce Taylor.
Reginald Hadfield Prize for Secretarial Work: Valerie Browning.
Alderman Finbugh Prize for Zoology: Dorothy Carlile [sic].
Alice Thornley Chisholm Prize for French in the Vth Forms: Kathleen Hennis, Elsie Schaefer.
Progress Prizes: Judith Wardle, Hilary Anderson, Wendy Barlow, Ruth Bennett, Joan Corser, Sylvia Dawson, Christine Scruton, Beryl Barber, Rosemary Cohen, Julia Fawcett, Winifred Peirce [sic], Pauline Asbury, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Stone, Josephine Swindells, Raymonde Adam, Frances Beer, Judith Sykes, Joyce Trafford, Susan Yelland, Gillian Fellows, Kathleen Hennis, Valerie Warrior, Nori Burawoy, Marie Luckhurst, Enid Jackson, Elizabeth Thomas, Catherine Greenhalgh.
Sixth Form Secretarial Course Diplomas: Gillian Bromley.
Harrison Music Trophies
Middle School: Upper IV A.
Lower School: III A.
Kamberian Speech Cup: V B.
Laski Cup for Public Spirit. [Preparatory Department]: Cherry Mutch.
Thring Memorial Cup and Medal for Games: Frances Holmes.
Stevenson Cup for Hockey: Shirley Blackburn.
Threlkeld Netball Cup: Joceline Adams.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Christine Gordon; Anne Murray.
Young Tennis Cups
Middle School: Gillian Wilson.
Upper School: Margaret Carter.
Form Netball Cups
Lower School: IV Alpha.
Middle School: V A.
Upper School: Upper V Alpha.
Form Hockey Cups
Lower School Cup: IV Alpha.
Lawson Cup, Middle School: V A.
Ashworth Cup, Upper School: Senior VI.
Form Cricket Cups
Mellor Cup, Middle School: V A.
Senior VI [1927], Upper School: Senior VI.
Tennis Cups [Form Doubles]
Farrell Cup, Middle School: Upper IV Alpha.
Senior VI [1925], Upper School: Senior VI.
Strange Cups Middle School: Valerie Green
Upper School: Shirley Blackburn, Margaret Carter.
Other Success: Manchester and District Girls? School [sic] Hockey League Shield.
Girls Proceeding to Further Training: Patricia Akehurst, Janet Atkinson, Jean Blackburn, Wendy Brazier, Sheila Child, Bronwen Cocker, Christine Dinnage, Sheila Dyson, Beryl Fletcher, Pamela Grundy, Ruth Hargreaves, Mavis Heys, June Hogg, Margaret Hollingworth, Patricia Howell, Mary Jevon, Deirdre Lee, Audrey Norcross, Helen Platt, Jean Sanders [sic], Isobel Sargeant, Diana Silvester, Patricia Simpson, Joyce Taylor, Mavis Wilson.
Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1951
Details of income and expenditure and schedule of investments
Alphabetical Class Lists for the Year 1950-1951 Senior VI, Junior VI [1], Junior VI [2], Upper V A, Upper V Alpha, Upper V B, V A, V Alpha, V B, Upper IV A, Upper IV Alpha, Upper IV B, IV A, IV Alpha, IV B, Upper III A, Upper III Alpha, Upper III B, III A, III Alpha, Upper II, II, I, Transition, Upper Primary, Lower Primary