We anonymously received a photo album entitled ‘St. Cuthbert’s R.C Mixed School, Stockton-on-Tees, 1950’ recently. The Headmaster at the time was Mr. J.A Connors. We’ll share the photographs with you all over the coming days…
Update: Donated to Fairfield Library by Tony Cooney. He believes the photo album once belonged to the head teacher who lived in the house at Jesmond Grove which he moved into last year.
This was the boys’ playground. The girls’ and infants’ playground was through the open door on the left.
This was my first school and I think I started here as a five year old in september 1959 and they still had the old benches in the classroom.the place always had that real old smell to it ! I seem to remember there were two playgrounds,one for the little kids and one for the 11 to 15 year olds, as in those days I think you could start and finish your education at the same school without having to leave to go to a secondary school.I left there to go to the new St’ Patricks school in Fairfield which was built about 1963.
Hello. My name is Tony Cooney and I dropped the album off at Fairfield library. I believe the head teacher lived in the house at Jesmond Grove which I moved into last year.
Hi my name is Gerald Morton. I am in the photograph of Junior 2 1950 I am standing 3rd from the left in the middle row. The teacher is Mrs Corner and the girl holding the board is my cousin Jennifer Hutchinson. I have this photo with all those present named apart from the girl seated on the far right