These photographs show form 4A of Newham Grange School during 1956-57. Courtesy of Leonard Nicholson. 
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These photographs show form 4A of Newham Grange School during 1956-57. Courtesy of Leonard Nicholson.
What a wonderful photo. My mum is Denise Bullock, second left on bottom row all in tartan. She was born in Keith, Aberdeenshire.
She is enjoying retirement now from nursing at North Tees Hospital.
A number of the boys in this photo went into engineering, Malcolm Heath at I.C.I. Billingham, Len Nicholson, Roy Buchanan, David Clarke & Phil Veitch at Head Wrightsons, also Keith Barker, Brian Lonsdale & the late Tony Brown. Is there a Newham Grange School re-union this year?.
R&D I remember it well. I was there before you Dave. When the labs were made in the R&D it was me that built the benches, put the red formica on and where teak was necessary the bench parts were made with this, acid resistant. A lot of the instruments had to have special boxes for them and were lined out with green baize which I also made. Before the R&D it was the Aluminium shop. 02/03/2012 14:46:41
Has a date & venue been arranged for a school reunion for 2012 yet Roy?29/02/2012 10:41:38
Just came across this photograph and feel sure Roy Buchanan worked with myself and a great gang of apprentices in the R & D department of Head Wrightson back in the 50’s. I think he left to join the police force somewhere in the South of the country. Great memories of leading our older colleagues a merry dance at times. Also remember Christine Houghton who was the girlfriend of one of my mates for a while. It still seems like yesterday allthough it is 50+ years ago. Where does the time go??02/03/2012 11:51:42
It is Roy Buchanan who joined the Metropolitan Police Motor Cycle Team?
I thought I reconized the name, hope you are keeping well Bill. I was down at Newtown back in October last year, things have changed. Remember Woodcocks the grocer shop? They used to roast coffee beans on a monday, every time I smell coffee brewing I think of those days.
Yes I’m afraid I am Sandras brother.
I knew Terry and Sandra Crisp back in the 50s & 60s, they lived in Craggs Street. The last time I saw Terry was at a party in (I think) Dorset Road, Norton about 1970 give or take a few years. I haven’t seen Sandra since I was in short pants.
Yes, it is Jock Grant in the photo,you don’t happen to be Sandra Crisp’s younger brother do you,she lived in the Bedford Street area of Newtown and had the Tiny Tots shop in Norton village, she married Phil Welsh a pattern maker at Head Wrightsons.
I too went to Newham Grange(1960-1965),is the teacher in the photo ‘Jock Grant’?
There will be a Newham Grange School reunion of this era at the Clairville Hotel,Eaglescliffe on the 13th May 2011.
For those of you like Ray, looking to locate various old friends, try 192 (just google it) I have found quite a few people that way, including my long lost cousins, keep your search wide then narrow it down. Hope it helps you.
I would like to use this forum to try to get in touch with Arthur Jones, (4th from the left on the back row of this photograph)- another friend from school, who is believed to be living in the Blackburn area? We think he has a brother or sister still living in Hawthorn Road in Stockton but we are not sure.
2012 will be the 55th anniversary of us all leaving Newham Grange Secondary School to start work so we are hoping to make the reunion that year a good one. You can get my details from the Picture Stockton Team.
My ambition is to help arrange a reunion of any ex-pupils in Form 4A 1957 at a venue in Teesside. I would love to hear from anyone in this photo and I would be happy for anyone to call me or contact me by e-mail. The Picture Stockton Team have permission to provide my details to anyone who requests them.
It is wonderful to find this photo. I am Roy Buchanan in the back row. I am now nearly 67 having left Newham Grange School in 1957 at the age of 15. I am still in full employment working for the London Borough of Sutton and living not far away in Epsom, Surrey. I would be delighted to hear from anyone in this photograph. I remember all of you with such fond memories. Please get in touch.
Who is the good looking lad bottom left. Looks like he could be me.
Was Curly Webster a grammar schoolboy that represented Stockton Boys Football Team.
I think you”ll find that Curly was the first SGS player to represent Stockton Boys.I think it was a game at South Bank”s ground in the late fifties.
Keith I apologize for getting your sister”s christian name wrong,but one wrong out of twenty nine people after fifty odd years is not bad.Its a distant memory since we all played football on Ragworth School field & Newham Grange Park.
Keith Webster a blast from the past, Keith was one of the outstanding Grammar School Sportsmen who was denied Selection in the Stockton Boys School Teams we have discussed recently. Keith went on to play for Newcastle United and kept wicket for Durham County. Keith was my next door neighbour in Hawthorne Road Primrose Hill and now resides in Melbourne.
Hi keith, hope you are still enjoying life in oz, I noticed your Winnie on front row but you beat me to it like you did with everything else!
Yes that is my big sister in the photo but her name is Winifred not Jean. Excellent site.Keep up the good work.
Phil Veitch back row 5th left was the Police National Athletic Mile Champion, front row 3rd left Norma Fletcher”s brother was the Panthers Group lead singer Brian & far right Jean Webster”s brother was Keith(Curly)Webster the Stockton cricketer & footballer.
Back-row l to r. Brian Porter,Colin(Corky)Armstrong,Roy Buchanan,Arthur Jones,Philip Veitch,Malcolm Heath,David Clarke,middle-row Tony Brown,Len Nicholson,John Steel,Frank Burn,Reg Franks,David Lewis,Keith Barker,Tom Ashton,Malcolm Guthrie,Brian Lonsdale,John Paton.front-row Douglas Jones,Denise Bullock,Norma Fletcher,Rita Lambton,Glenda Idle,Mr Grant,Margaret Marr,Christine Houghton,Ann Wardle,Gloria Bowring,Jean Webster.
Thanks for the lovely photo Len in 1956 of your class my mother was called Rita Lambton she was sat in front row 4th from left.she became Rita Barron in 1962 then after she divorced she became Rita Bernstone my father was Brian.sadly my lovely mother Rita died of cancer on March 4th 1996 in Fleetwood Lands.She was almost 54 .My father Brian died last year in Fleetwood with me at home just like Mam did he was 88 and he missed Rita immensely like I did and her older son Christopher he’s 9 years older than me and we have always got on well and keep in touch a lot he still lives in Stockton in Hardwick I live in Fleetwood on my own I’ve just bought a nice house near the town centre.Ritas parents were Elsie and Joe Lambton and she had an older sister called Gertrude later she was called June.Does anyone remember my mother from this photo and this time? She liked dancing and was a great friend to many people.thanks again for the photo Len best wishes and regards Clive Bernstone . I was proud to have Rita as my mother and proud to be her son.
Your mam Rita was a quiet & inoffensive girl at school, her family lived in Allison Street, Stockton.