National School 1861 to St. Peter's (C of E) Primary School (4)

 

Back row left to right:

Eva Woodcock, George Crompton, Sally Murgatroyd.

Front row left to right:

Maud Jackson, Headmaster Eric Silletto, ( ? )

 

Donated by George Crompton. 

 

The school junior orchestra which was comprised of: 3 cellos, 9 recorders, 8 violins, 2 trumpets, 2 clarinets and 1 oboe.

 

Donated by George Crompton.  

 

A staff photograph, some names have been noted:

 

Janet Friel, Mrs Sheppard, George Crompton, Ralph Ward, Sue Settle, Christine ?

Christine Hobson, Nora Waterhouse.

 

 

Junior school football team with trophy and mascot. 

 

Donated by George Crompton. 

 

Photo of class 7  donated by George Crompton who also supplied the following names:

 

Louise Acaster, Joanna Forkins, Elaine Hargreaves, Joanne Long, Sarah Tate, Rebecca Reid, Joanne Drew, James Hargreaves, Ian Russell, Adam Wainwright, James Wood, Tracy Wright, Samantha Allinson, Stephen Fox, Katy Botton, Richard Broadhead, Victoria Mosley, Wendy Ayton, Helen Mathers, Christopher M Brown, Sarah Timms, Claire Sutcliffe, Sarah Watson, Giles Brown, Jonathan Eden, Jonathan Bates, Gaynor Collinson, Mathew Newbould, Richard Berkeley.

 

 

Named are:

 

Sue Settle, George Crompton, Christine Hobson, Janet Friel, Ralph Ward, Vera Turnbull, Mrs Shepherd, Nora Waterhouse and student Carol Fisher.

 

Donated by George Crompton.

 

A series of twelve photographic views of the school and although undated they are estimated to have taken between early to mid 1970s.

 

Also known as the National School. 

In the 1800s National Schools were founded by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education, the curriculum was the basic '3Rs', reading, writing and arithmetic with religious teaching on the precepts of the Church of England.

These schools eventually became absorbed into the state school system.