We were still Hardwick Infant School when this photograph was taken. From 1984 onward the amalgamation happened and we were Hardwick Primary School. I was Mrs Kell till 1989 when I married Roz and became Mrs Prichard.
Back row; ??, Mrs Smith, ??, Miss Henderson, Mrs Cowell, ??, Mrs Kell, Mrs Jewett, Mrs Reed. Front row: Mrs Mantle, Miss Sharp, Mrs Carson (Head), Miss Greenwell, Mrs Hart.
Photograph and details courtesy of Carole Prichard.
Picture Stockton Archive 
What a great trip down memory lane!
I joined Hardwick Primary when I was almost 7 in 1986 and most of those teachers were the ones I remember.
I think my teachers were Mr Blackman, Ms Chisolme, Mrs Sefton and Miss Kitchen.
I remember going to Carlton Camp in 1989 and loving it… I recently went back a few ties for youth events and they still run the same – with a few new blocks and stuff but it’s literally like a trip back to the 80’s!
I didn’t mind half of the Wick being demolished but the schools and landmarks were sad to see go…I’ve lived in Tyne and Wear for 20 years now and everytime I go back to Hardwick there’s a million changes – streets gone and new ones appeared.
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Hi Mair, if I’m correct you are Dewi’s sister? You were in the year (or two) above us. Good times 🙂
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I left in 1980 I remember most of the teachers Mrs Hezeltine, Mrs Sharp, Mr Blackman, Mrs Carson. Great memories of the school .
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Good picture, brilliant memories. I’d have been three at the time, and still a year away from starting nursery, but I definitely remember Mrs Jewitt, Mrs Mantle (who I’m sure is Mrs Orridge, the piano player? I’m probably mistaken), Mrs Cowell, and Mrs Greenwell.
Mrs Cornwall was head when I was there.
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Mrs Orridge although sure she was in the junior school, was Miss McLeans? when she was at Hardwick, then went on to be head of the school in Port Clarence I was in Mrs Kell’s class, Miss Sharpe taught my Dad at Bailey St. School and was my teacher last year of infants, Mrs Hart was the secretary
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My dad was the caretaker there late 70’s early 80’s. Old Jim used to have all the keys on a chain around his neck.
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I think I remember him did he do tricks?
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That was him. He was also in the paper and on TV as the Singing Caretaker. He used to take the dog to work with him too. Old Dylan.
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Miss Sharp was a lovely teacher. What a brilliant photograph, bought lots of memories back.
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Yes I was, I was one of the children dressed in a nightie. Denise Baxter was the fairy queen. I don’t remember your name, you were obviously in another class. You should put the photo on the site, I have a copy but very creased. I left Bailey Street in 1959 to attend Richard Hind.
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we have a pic of a fancy dress i cant remember what for,,,i was miss dinsdale rd,,ihad a bikini on and there was mark roberts a boxer and a robot in it too ,little bo peep my cousin jill rutherford, i know michael lawler is on it and others too….miss mantle and miss nesbit made me eat liver,,i hated it ,they kept me in the small dining hall crying puking full of snot and sick while they stood over me ,making me eat it ,i still hate it today,,then they knocked a cup of hot chocolate all over me it scalded my legs i was only about 8,,,miss hesaltine was a good teacher but miss moppett with her accordian saved me from going crazy ,,she was the best and i always think of her and wonder if she knows how many of us kids she helped, our days with her filled with clay modelling painting etc songs and the best story teller ,all of us on the rug singing along to dingle dangle scarecrow,,i wish i could see her one time and say thankyou to her.my name is raychel steel my sisters name is kylie steel, brother keith steel.
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What a nice photograph of Miss Sharp. Miss Sharp taught myself and both my brothers at Bailey Street, and then our sister Diane at Hardwick. Our Mam was a dinner lady at Hardwick Juniors in the late sixties and seventies (Nanny Wright).
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Were you in a Christmas play at Bailey Street? I have a photo of one that I was in, it includes Joyce Thomas, Pamela Wynn, and lots of other pupils, and your name seems familiar to me.
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Back row teachers of Hardwick infants is Diane Sexton.
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