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, Councillor Mrs E Hyde, Councillor Mrs G Lord, Mrs J Mather, Alderman A Moss JP, H Pearson, Lady Robinson JP, Canon Rowe, A P Simon, F Bancroft Turner, 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
Regret at the deaths of George VI, Dr Catherine Chisholm, Miss H Sargisson and Dr F Padmore.
The rebuilding of the school was completed in 1952 and a service of dedication was held on Founders' Day. J Wilson, Dean of Manchester presided and the Mayor of Manchester was present. An Open Afternoon was held for parents, a Parent-Teacher Association and an Old Girls' Federation dance was held and a special issue of the magazine was published.
Thanks to the following for their work for the school: Miss D Pilkington, F Willink, Canon Rowe, C Clegg, Miss Kemlo, Mr Burridge, Mr Hill.
Congratulations to Prof Charlton and Alderman Moss [details given].
Regret at the resignation from the governing body of Mr Wellesly Orr, welcome to Mr F Bancroft Turner.
Speech Day was again held at the Free Trade Hall which has now been rebuilt after its destruction in the war. The guest was Dame Evelyn Sharp. Summary of the theme of her speech given. Miss Harrison attended Founders' Day.
Details given of the following staff: Miss D Morton, Miss D Coutie, Miss B Pugh, Miss A Toft, Mrs Scott, Mrs Davies, Mrs Marlow, Mrs Lowe, Miss Lever, Dorothy Burgess.
Details given of academic successes [see below] including the successes of the following: Bridget Gordon, Mary Greaves, Nancy Barratt, Patricia Bowley, Rhona Gold, Julia Pilkington, Michele Samuels, Sheila Wilcox.
In accordance with the spirit of the new exam reforms, girls took GCE O Levels in the minimum number of subjects which they needed to fulfil their entrance requirements for further training.
Details given of school visits.
Thanks to Dr Eleanor Schill for her work for the school.
Details given of sporting activities including tennis matches against C Clegg, F Willink, W Zimmern and K Holmes. Details given of Sports Day.
Warley has been sold and Broomfield has been bought for the Prep. Details given of the refurbishment of Broomfield. Thanks to Miss Flavell and the Prep staff.
Details given of parties and Christmas activities, and charity work of the school.
Details given of guide activities including the success of Sheila Fiddick and Marie Koenigsberger.
Details given of school societies and concerts and plays.
There were visits and talks by the following: Mrs James, Mrs Barson, Miss Kay, Miss Waters, Miss Berry, Miss Rowell, Dr Lind, Miss Dencer, Mrs Campbell, Miss M Pilkington, H Fairhurst, Miss M Rees, Miss Wingate, Dr Loesch, Fraulein Eigner, Fraulein Tobiank, Mrs Williams, Dennis Harrison, Rhona Barlow, Dr Kathleen Rains, Dr A O Warburton, Dr Constance Geary, Hakima Sodengi, Hakima Dudu Bega, Mallama Yarburga, Mallama Kubura, Mallama Inna, Mallama Binta, Miss Kelly, Mother Mary Gregory.
Details given of the Parent-Teacher Association.
Details given of the Old Girls' Federation. The plaques made by Harry Norris have been put in the library.
Lady Morris presided at the Dinner and also present were Dr Clarke, Miss Pilkington and Miss H Lister.
Thanks to Miss Callinan for acting as librarian.
Thanks to the following for their gifts [details given]: Olive Gibbins [sic], Miss E F Pilkington, F Willink, A Ashcroft, F Barlow, Mrs C Bozman, Miss N Bozman, Mrs Bridgen, Mlle Brossa, Mr Brown, Mrs Clayton,Prof Cheney, Miss C Fox-Smith, Miss J Frost, Dr C Geary, Mr Hill, Miss F Harrison, Mr A Leather, Mr R McCallum, Dr Ollerenshaw, Miss D Pilkington, Mr W Pilkington, Miss M Robinson, Miss Margaret Scott, Mr A Simon, Mrs Warburton, Miss E White, Mrs T Young, W Zimmern.
Miss D Pilkington has given a white Visitors' Book illuminated and inscribed by Miss J Pilsbury.
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: Doris Bailey, Audrey Barlow, Kathleen Owen, Lilian Furst, Anne Mills,Rosemary Chatterton, Josephine Bowers, Sheila Coupe, Audrey Schofield. Bristol University: Margaret Pyne.
Cambridge University: Barbara Doncaster, Joyce Goodwin, Margaret Walker.
London University: Gwyneth Hargreaves, Audrey Sipe.
Reading University: Sheila Wilson.
St Andrews University: Joan Ellis.
Royal Academy of Music:Norma Fesel.
Prefects, 1951 - 1952
Head Prefect: Julia Pilkington
Deputies: Nancy Barratt, Christine Gordon, Patricia Bowley, Dorothy Carlile [sic], Jean Dodds, Andree Donnan, Rhona Gold, Sylvia Greenwood, Frances Holmes, Ann Kirkpatrick, Sally Kirkwood, Cynthia Philip, Rosemary Teague, Barbara Walker.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
External Awards: Rhona Gold, Julia Pilkington, Michele Samuels, Patricia Bowley, Sheila Wilcox, Ann Kirkpatrick.
General Certificate of Education 1952, Advanced Level: Subjects given passed by the following: Nancy Barratt, Janet Beswick, Patricia Bowley, Elizabeth Bradbury, Dorothy Carlile [sic], Sylvia Caveney, Josephine Delaney, Shirley Dixon, Jean Dodds, Andree Donnan, Ann Entwistle, Rhona Gold, Christine Gordon, Maureen Gosling, Sylvia Greenwood, Frances Holmes, Barbara Jones, Marjorie Kenworthy, Ann Kirkpatrick, Marjorie McCallum, Margaret McMaster, Valerie Mee, Patricia Moss, Ingeborg Neufeld, Cynthia Philip, Julia Pilkington, Hazel Reger, Michele Samuels, Hilary Southall, Rosemary Teague, Barbara Walker, Ann Walter, Sheila Wilcox, Olwyn Williams, Cynthia Woodcock.
Faculty of Teachers in Commerce: Valerie Browing, Rosemary Mitchell, Maureen Clayton, Lois Lodge, Shirley Rainford, Sally Kirkwood, Ann Ruscoe, Kathleen Watkinson, Pamela Woolfenden, Carol Kiernan.
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: Jean Foley, Anne Marchington, Freda Walton, Anne Lockett, Doreen Phillips, Marie Koenigsberger, Elizabeth Glass, Joan Shelmerdine, Jennifer Williamson, Rowena Ferguson, Anne Day, Anne James, Beryl Ridgway, Petrina Slater, Ann Griffin, Margaret Henshall, Jennifer Knowlson, Anne Wells, Valerie Leach, Margaret Hill, Barbara Lord, Judith Shloimovitz, Sheila Walker, Sheila Nelson, Margaret Renshaw, Catherine Greenhalgh, Susan Merrill, Nicola Anderson, Joan Shelmerdine, Anne James, Sheila Patton, Sara Hughes, Janet Myles, Norma Clarkson, Ann Fearns, Sally Kirkwood.
Art Prizes: Patricia Byrne, Mary Carter, Katherine Blake.
Prize for Knowledge of the British Commonwealth: Mary Greaves.
Lady Whitworth and Sarah Bradshaw Award: Nancy Barratt, Mary Greaves.
Lena Peacock Award: Cynthia Philip.
Mary Bradford Award: Bridget Gordon.
Marion Hewitt Award: Patricia Bowley.
MacNicol Award: Frances Holmes.
School Prize for Art: Cynthia Philip.
Alderman Finburgh Prize for Chemistry: Dorothy Carlile [sic].
Margaret Hogg Prize for English: Patricia Bowley.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Mary Greaves.
School Prize for Modern Languages: Rhona Gold.
Alderman Finburgh Prize for Physics: Nancy Barratt.
Alice Thornley Chisholm Prize for French in the Vth Forms: Judith Sykes, Susan Yelland.
School Prize for Needlework: Carol Kiernan.
Progress Prizes: Frances Buckley, Jean Smith, Alice Bowes, Sheila Colley, Susan Greenwood, Diana Hodge, Jean Minshull, Lesley Parkington, Ruth Bennett, Annie Butler, Joan Corser, Margaret Lockett, Gillian Stokoe, Pauline Asbury, Wendy Brearley, Margaret Brooks, Josephine Swindells, Anne Ward, Christine Johnston, Raymonde Adam, Sylvia Campbell, Joyce Trafford, Gillian Fellows, Sheila Fiddick, Kathleen Hennis, Valerie Warrior.
Sixth Form Secretarial Course Diplomas: Valerie Browning, Sally Kirkwood, Rosemary Mitchell.
Sixth Form General Course Diplomas: Una Bagshaw, Evelyn Birch, Jean Foley.
Warburton Trophy for Musical Performance: Carol Kiernan.
Harrison Music Trophies
Middle School: Upper IV A.
Lower School: Form I.
Kamberian Speech Cup: IV Alpha.
Laski Cup for Public Spirit. [Preparatory Department]: Audrey Uttley, Valerie Benster.
Thring Memorial Cup: Frances Holmes.
Stevenson Cup for Hockey: Janet Beswick.
Threlkeld Netball Cup: Barbara Walker.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Ingeborg Neufeld.
Ferguson Cup for Gymnastics and Games : Andree Donnan.
Helena Bourne Cup for Deportment: Upper IV Alpha, V Alpha.
Ethel Sports Cup: Upper IV Alpha.
Sports Runners- Up Cup: IV Alpha.
Preparatory Sports Winners: III A.
Young Tennis Cups
Middle School: Margaret Todd.
Upper School: Patricia Derbyshire.
Form Cricket Cups
Mellor Cup, Middle School: Upper IV B.
Senior VI [1927] Upper School: Senior VI.
Form Netball Cups
Lower School: IV Alpha.
Middle School: Upper IV Alpha.
Upper School: Senior VI.
Form Hockey Cups
Lower School Cup: Upper III B.
Lawson Cup, Middle School: V A.
Ashworth Cup, Upper School: Senior VI.
Form Rounders: Upper III B.
Girls Proceeding to Further Training: Una Bagshaw, Nancy Barratt, Janet Beswick, Evelyn Birch, Mary Birtwistle, Patricia Bowley, Elizabeth Bradbury, Dorothy Carlile [sic], Mary Carter, Sylvia Caveney, Jean Dodds, Andree Donnan, Patricia Earnshaw, Jean Foley, Mary Greaves, Sylvia Greenwood, Suzanne Hannell, Anne Hartley, Frances Holmes, Barbara Jones, Marjorie Kenworthy, Marjorie McCallum, Valerie Mee, Doreen Mellor, Rosemary Mitchell, Heather Montgomery, Cynthia Philip, Ruth Phillips, Hazel Reger, Michele Samuels, Patricia Sharpe, Judith Taylor, Rosemary Teague, Barbara Walker.
Building Fund: Donations and Subscriptions received between 1 December 1951 and 31 August 1952
Details given of the amounts subscribed.
Messers John Heywood and Co, Miss E Needham, Mrs E Birley, Miss E Webster, Miss B Longbottom, R Jennings, Mrs J Mather, D Barratt, Mrs V Smouha [sic], Dr K Liebert, Mrs W Seddon, Messers Higginson and Co, S Neufeld, F Sargeant, Mrs W Copper, Mrs M Moon, P Oliver, E Greenwell, Dr E Lind, Miss E Holman, Miss H Ritchie, P Stirrup, A Lucas, Mrs M Gardner, Mrs G Grace, Miss E Jackson, Mrs S Lincoln, Miss J Oldham, Mr A Simon, Mr A Wilson.
Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1952
Details of income and expenditure and schedule of investments
Alphabetical Class Lists for the Year 1951-1952
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