A view of part of Yarm Boys Grammar School,opened 1884,extended 1913 and 1935. 
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A view of part of Yarm Boys Grammar School,opened 1884,extended 1913 and 1935.
My father Leslie James ‘Tiger’ WILKINSON (1944-2022) of Town End Farm, Ingleby Cross attended Yarm Grammar School, most likely on scholarship. He went on to attend Newcastle University, and earned a Ph.D from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1969. I’d love to hear from anyone with memories or photos of his time there.
I was in the same class as Leslie at Yarm Grammar School. He was much smarter than I was. I am very sorry to learn of his passing.I lived in Thornaby at the time but on several occasions we would cycle to Ingleby Cross to meet up with Leslie and go bird nesting. He also showed us how to “tickle a trout” in the local streams. He was a fine cricketer at school, a very good spin bowler. After leaving school I never saw him again but have fond memories of him.
ALan Bell
Well said. It’s nothing to do with the current Yarm school! It was Yarm grammar then confers when it moved to the new location. The current Yarm school bought the buildings in 1978
My sister Elizabeth Furnaess attended Yarm Grammar in 1959, age 16. She had previously Attended the Royal Naval School in Malta. She became Head Girl. Sadly my big sister Elizabeth passed away last March after a long illness. Does anyone remember her? She loved her schooldays at Yarm.
Hello Jennifer, I was so sad to hear of the passing of your lovely sister Elizabeth. (Liz as I knew her. She would know me as Davvy). Liz was in the same form. I was at YGS from 1953-1959 and we were good friends. She used to tell people I taught her to dance and she immediately grabbed the
chance of a quick twirl when we last met at a reunion in the early 90s.
I do not know if you will receive this as I am having difficulty with password etc as my wife has used the site in the past so they keep telling me that someone else already owns this e mail address.
If you would like to send me an e mail, contact the Picture Stockton team – pictures@stockton.gov.uk and they will forward on my email address and we could chat a little more.
David M Walker
I am trying to locate school photos from between 1956 and 1963. Would you know any resource that would have any?
Regards
David Hodson
Hello my mom Joan Wilson was there in 1955.
I attended Yarm Grammar School from 1945 to 1948 (as did my sister from 1947 to 1948, for it was indeed a mixed sex school). I travelled each day from Thornaby, usually by bus via Stockton, but in the summer by bicycle, via Leven Bridge. The headmaster was William A. Wood, who had been there since the early 1920s. The arrangement of the buildings was essentially as described by David Hunter: I remember particularly the excellent Physics Lab, where Mr. Sergeant, the physics teacher, inspired me to take up physics as a career.
My husbands Great Great Grandfather was Headmaster of the old Yarm Grammar school before it burned down. His name was William Frederick Wells. I believe he was head at the time of the burning. Does any one have information of this gentleman
Hello, I know this is rather late but I have just seen your entry. W F Wells was also my great great grandfather. He was headmaster from 1871-1874 when he was asked to leave. There is an interesting story.
I have a photo of him and quite a lot of information.
Please feel free to contact me.
I attended Yarm Grammar School from 1950 to 1955. At first there was a bus from Appleton Wiske very early in the morning and then I had to wait until after 5pm for a bus home. In the latter years we did have a taxi to and from school. Recently we had a reunion of people who left in 1955 and 1956 – it was very enjoyable especially seeing Audrey Clarke the PE teacher and John Appleyard the Art teacher.
Margaret stableford you must have known Raymond Stevenson from Appleton we were in the same class about the same time. I also knew keith Horton about the same age I think.
The Grammar School in the image was in fact a mixed sex school. There were about 140 pupils there in the fifties all attending by scholarship from the North Riding villages inc. Hutton Rudby, Stokesley as well as Thornaby and Yarm which were then part of North Yorkshire. I attended it from 1950 to July 1954. The building to the left housed the 1st-3rd forms together with the Chemistry Lab and the Gym The one on the right held the 4th and 5th forms and the physics lab. The house in the centre was that of the Headmaster, (John Foster at this period) and a library upstairs together with the sixth form rooms and dining hall. The whole was replaced by Conyers and the buildings were eventually sold to the private Yarm School
15 years after you post… but better late than never! I attended Yarm Grammar School from 1963 to 1970. Your info is to be commended and is highly accurate (Michael Watts replaced John Foster as Headmaster) unlike the link continually made by the current fee paying Yarm School with the old Free Grammar School. This was originally established to educate the “poor” boys of Yarm… which as a concept is completely opposite to what exists at Yarm School. I used to be Sports Captain for Yarm Grammar School and House Captain for Conyers House in my final year there and I feel Yarm School are trying to hijack the rich history of the Grammar School (which belongs more to Conyers Comprehensive) to further their cause… just an observation from an old man… I don’t get too excited about it!
Well said.