Photocopies and photographs
Reference: D/Ph 536 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Hookergate Grammar School
Covering Dates: 1932-2023
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- Photocopies and photographs
- Hookergate Grammar School (Ref: D/Ph 536/)
- Information (Ref: D/Ph 536/1/1-2)
- Photographs of pupils (Ref: D/Ph 536/2/1-38)
- Photographs of staff (Ref: D/Ph 536/3/1-3)
- Photographs of governors (Ref: D/Ph 536/4/1)
- Events (Ref: D/Ph 536/5-6)
- Performances (Ref: D/Ph 536/5/1-3)
- Speech Day (Ref: D/Ph 536/6/1-4)
- In memoriam (Ref: D/Ph 536/7/1-3)
- Born digital images (Ref: D/Ph 536/8/1)
Catalogue Description
These photographs were donated by a former pupil of Hookergate Grammar School, who attended the school in the 1960s. He created a website to enable former pupils to post photographs, memories, news and contact details, from which these images originate.The school was built, together with others, in the early 1930s by Durham County Council, aiming to give miners' and other workers' children better opportunities to access university education - 'the child of the worker in the colliery village now had facilities equal to the child of the rich man'. Opening in March 1932, it was originally Hookergate Secondary School, and it was for boys and girls. In 1966 it was extended and became a Grammar Technical School. In the 1970s it merged with Rowlands Gill Secondary Modern School and became Hookergate Comprehensive School. In 1974 it was transferred to Gateshead MBC and, as a result of falling numbers with the closure of all the local coal mines, was closed in 2011, amalgamating with Ryton Comprehensive School as Charles Thorp Comprehensive School (Charles Thorp Academy from September 2014).
There are school records at Tyne and Wear Archives Service.
See also D/Ph 327/140
Catalogue Contents
Hookergate Grammar School (Ref: D/Ph 536/)Information (Ref: D/Ph 536/1/1-2)Ref: D/Ph 536/1/1
Digital photograph of introduction to the website relating to Hookergate Grammar School, from which these photographs originate, David Tiplady, 12 October 2022
(1 digital image, JPEG, 19.6MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/1/2Digital photograph of newspaper article reporting the opening of Hookergate Grammar School by Alderman W N Smith, chairman of Durham County Education Committee, Alderman Stoker and Cllr J Parker of Blaydon, chairman of governors, n.d. [1932]
Mr Newark Smith, on behalf of the parents, presented two mahogany chairs for the use of the governors
Alderman Smith commented that the child of the worker in the colliery village now had facilities equal to the child of the rich man and he hoped many of them would find their way to universities
(1 digital image, JPEG, 138KB)
Photographs of pupils (Ref: D/Ph 536/2/1-38)Ref: D/Ph 536/2/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, a form of pupils, 1940s
(1 digital image, JPEG, 542KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, hockey team with Mr Troup, 1940s
(1 digital image, JPEG, 486KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3? pupils with 'Basher Bates', 1945
(1 digital image, JPEG, 84KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/4/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 1B pupils, May 1955
Includes from left to right:
Back row: 1-4 unknown, Neil Marshall, Arnold Jewitt, Michael Nattrass, Bert Lancaster, 9-11 unknown
Middle row: Beryl Moon, Peter Malone, Valerie French, Alan Inglis, 5 unknown, Geoffrey Nicholson, 7 unknown, Peter Marchetti, 9 unknown, Colin Milburn
Front row: 1-2 unknown, Ann Heslop, Kathleen Eke, Janice Rogers, Mrs Mildred Joan Tulip, 7 unknown, Rosalind Draffan, Margaret Robinson, Hilary Edmonds, Funke Ewuso
(1 digital image, JPEG, 339KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/4/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 1B names, May 1955
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.1MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/5Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2? pupils with Mr Meyer, 1955
(1 digital image, JPEG, 122KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/6Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, printed photographs of Upper Sixth Form and Form 3A pupils, 1955
Includes from left to right:
Upper Sixth
Back row: A Young, M Bailey, A Hamilton, M Cushing, T Lourie, A Birss, B Snowball
Middle row: J Watson, M March, T Brennand, J Eltringham, M Carr, M McMahon, L Dunphy, J Richards
Front row: B Cairns, R Little, T Baker, Mr Elias, Mr Troup, Miss Rossi, M Roddam, P Dickinson, E Tinnion, D Sisterson
Form 3A
Back row: A Barrett, L Robson, J Bewley, N Wilson, E Wright, M South, M Coulthard
Middle row: E Bradley, M Pearson, J Dodd, J Rutherford, R Bell, L Nash, A Doran, A Carty, G Ambler, M Greenhill
Front row: M Stanton, C Owens, L Ball, M Nichol, M Vickers, Miss J Andrews, A Davidson, A Young, J Porter, J McCourt, M Hagan
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6.9MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/7/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3A pupils [duplicate of D/Ph 2/6], May 1955
Includes from left to right
Back row: Tony Barrett, Len Robson, Tony Bewley, Neil Wilson, Eddie Wright, Malcolm South, Michael Coulthard
Middle row: Eileen Bradley, Maurice Pearson, John Dodd, John Rutherford, Robin Bell, Leo Nash, Tony Doran, Arthur Carty, Geoffrey Ambler, Margaret Greenhill
Front row: Margery Stanton, Cathy Owens, Lesley Ball, Margaret Nichol, Marion Vickers, Miss Joan Andrews, Ann Davidson, Iris (?) Jewitt, Jean Porter, Monica Hagan, Jo McCourt
(1 digital image, JPEG, 122KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/7/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3A names, May 1955
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.2MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/8Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4? pupils, by Holdsworth & Son Ltd, Scholastic Specialists, Hartlepool, May 1955
Includes from left to right
Back row: Alan Richardson, Jim Padgett, Harry Burns, Dave Rogerson, John Herdman, Danny Brannigan, Robert Sprawling, Mike Ladle, Malcolm Tuck, David Nixon, Hylton Smith
Middle row: Doris Watson, Alison Beaumont, Sheila Stanton, Barrie Armstrong, Brian Grace, Dave Henderson, Bill Douglas, Vera Stanley, Dorothy Browell, Daphne Graham
Front row: Ann Young, Rhoda Coates, Jean Charlton, Sally Burton, Hazel Armstrong, Pam Sprawling, Miss Gordon, Christine Scott, Norma Bailey, Ethel Young, Brenda Dixon, Dorothy Ramsey, Pat Goundy
(1 digital image, JPEG, 64KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/9Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, printed photographs of Form 5A and 5B pupils, 1955
Includes from left to right
Form 5A
Back row: B Orr, R Summerside, J Lockey, M Bainbridge, G Charlton, L Kell, K Grant, J Eltringham
Middle row: J Forbes, G Hewitt, D Nevin, R Brown, K Thompson, J Thompson, M Wake, J Ferrell
Front row: M Cross, I Carty, P Wright, J Bewick, Dr White, B Richardson, J Brown, D Murray, D Marshall
Form 5B
Back row: P Snowball, A Dowson, A Wright, G Wilson, A Harrison, J Richardson, R Purvis, I Elsdon, J Roddam
Middle row: N Tortice, J Stoddart, N Cawthorn, A Newton, G Bewley, A Maddison, J Heslop, J Henderson
Front row: A Bates, M Britton, A Robinson, F Talbot, Mr Holding, Y Bell, I Lee, E Simpson, E Dixon
(1 digital image, JPEG, 2.3MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/10/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2?, April 1958
Includes from left to right
Back row: Frank Waugh, Derek Ferguson?, remainder unknown
Middle row: Christine ?, Leonard Dowson, Anne Burnie, Bernard ?, Anne Harbottle, Pat Johnson, Jacqueline Mustard, 8 unknown, Joan Smith, James Coburn, Maureen Ainsworth?, 12 unknown
Front row: 1 unknown, Margaret Davies, 3-5 unknown, Miss Veitch/Mrs Calcott, Margaret Walters?, Rosemary Mallaburn, Carol Lightfoot?, 10 unknown, Sheila Wason (nee Kerr)
(1 digital image, JPEG, 173KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/10/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2? names, April 1958
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.1MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/11Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3? with Miss Veitch, 1958
(1 digital image, JPEG, 301KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/12Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 5? with Miss Andrews, 1958
(1 digital image, JPEG, 201KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/13Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form LVI (Lower Sixth), 1958
(1 digital image, JPEG, 55KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/14/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2B, May 1961
Includes left to right
Back row: Dennis Meadows, David Carrick, 3-4 unknown, Neil Rutherford, Alan Walton, John Dobson, Alan Durnighan, 8 unknown, Ronnie Powell, 10 unknown, Geoffrey Wilson, Ian Graham
Middle row: Norman Heslop, 2 unknown, Eva Heron, 4 unknown, David Bowers, Vanessa Carroll, Joy Baxter, Annabel Williamson, Kathleen Summerside, Kristian Jensen
Front row: Josie Knight, Maureen Chilton, Valerie Forsyth, Joan Walton, Eleanor Anderson, Mr Foster, 7 unknown, Catherine Osselton, Vera Harbottle, Wendy Keeler, Jean Hodges
(1 digital image, JPEG, 792KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/14/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2B names, May 1961
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.7MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/15/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2R, May 1961
Includes from left to right
Back row: Denis Dowson, Ronnie Young, Edwin Miller, Michael Maughan, Allan Allison, John Robinson, Jimmie Wilkinson, Jackie Burke, Lyn Rutherford, John Errington, Derek Pattinson
Middle row: John Ham, Cynthia Hall, Joan Hughes, Ann Richardson, David Tiplady, Margaret Proctor, Billy Mount, Elaine Wilkinson, Arthur Berwick, Sandra Bates, Julia Hilling, Stuart Cox
Front row: Katy Nicholson, Elizabeth Miller, Jennifer Smith, Ella Rodham, Elsie Wallace, Mr Tuck, Sylvia Stuart, Pauline Watson, Valerie Bryson, Pat Fleming, Valerie Kirk
(1 digital image, JPEG, 5.8MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/15/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2R names, May 1961
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.7MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/16/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2Y, May 1961
Includes from left to right
Back row: Tony Hudspith, Mike Rayson, Donald Wood, Paul Monnelly, Martin Oakman, Tom Atkinson, Eric Burdis, Leslie Clark, Terry Younger, Eric Scott, Joe/Jim ?, Ken Ward
Middle row: Fred Lee, Michael Greener, Margaret Marr, Pat Hayward, Alwyn Crystal, Jill Sanger, Paula Thomas?, Doreen Rawlinson, Marjorie Galloway, Elliott Routledge
Front row: Marion Waters, Angela Lamour, Lorna Stafford, Sandra McCourt, Sandra Hopkins, Mr Mallows, Pamela Kelly, Evelyn Angus, Cornelia Pollitt, Margaret Chapman, Lynne Turnbull
(1 digital image, JPEG, 955KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/16/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2Y names, May 1961
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.8MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/17/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3A, May 1961
Includes from left to right
Back row: Douglas Young, 2-3 unknown, Brian Cape, Alan Berry?, 5-11 unknown
Middle row: Lynne Jackson, 2-5 unknown, Alan Rutter, Ken Fawcett, 8-12 unknown
Front row: Ann-Marie Boyle, Elaine Miller, Nancy Cathcart, Valerie Campbell, Stella Bone, Mr C D Smith, Isabel Fearon, Dorothea Richardson, Leslie Wild, Susan Phazey, Patricia Froggatt
Additional names provided but not assigned: Edna Lott, Arlene Charlton, Adrienne Fleming, John Herdman, Neil Findlater, John Murphy, Peter Brougham, John Clark, Doug Robson, Michael Small, John Bewick, Michael Coates?, Tom Hunt, Elric Smiles?, Barry Greenbank, Alan Greener?, Malcolm Henley
(1 digital image, JPEG, 119KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/17/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3A names, May 1961
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.8MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/18/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3B, May 1961
Includes from left to right
Back row: Roger Hale, Willy Pointer, Duncan Hadden, Tommy Meadows, Barry Oswald, Robert Angus, John Burdis, Alan Henley, 9 unknown, Billy Thirlwell, Geoff Lowe, Alan Patterson, Denis Billany, David Cox
Middle row: Renee Bell, Merle Barber, Margaret Joyce, Alison Dodds, George 'Ted' Hodgson, Derek Fowler, Roger Linsell, George Carruthers, Robert Wilson, Margaret Hudspeth, Dorothy Smart, Mary Wanless
Front row: Pauline Richardson, Jacqueline Harrison, Norma Dalglish, Helen Routledge, Maureen Pigg, Miss Mason/Mrs Young, Sonia Dews, Kathy Nicholls, Ruth Reed, Pamela Webster, Joan Herdman
(1 digital image, JPEG, 142KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/18/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 3B names, May 1961
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.6MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/19/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4B, May 1961
Includes from left to right
Back row: Ron Bewley, Terry Younger, Clive Petts, Chris Brunton, 5 unknown, Alan Farage, Joe Hickson, Billy Reay, Colin Watts, Derek Swinburne
Middle row: 1-2 unknown, Tom Workman, Pauline Roxby, Gillian Smith, Jenn Brown, Pamela Smith, Anne Lockey, Leonard Dowson, 10 unknown
Front row: Marian Gibson (Freeman), Jeanette Kidman, Joan Nixon, Jacqueline Mustard, Jean Crosby (Rushton), Mr Walton, Audrey Walker, Sythie Jones, Anne Johnston (Harbottle), Margaret Little (Waters), Sheila Kerr (Watson)
Also (unassigned): Terry Taylor
(1 digital image, JPEG, 346KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/19/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4B names, May 1961
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.8MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/20/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form UVI (Upper Sixth), May 1961
Includes from left to right
Back row: David Cowings, Bob Rogerson, John Greener, Richard Coulson, Neil Cranston, Harry Wardle, John Forster, Bob Allison
Middle row: 1 unknown, Neil Marshall, Geoff Nicholson, Keith Cummings, Michael Dixon, John Eccleston, Frank Richardson, Arnold Jewitt, Ann Bremen, Edna ?
Front row: Margaret Robinson, 2 unknown, Brenda Hall, Roslyn Bell, Kathleen Short, Mr William T J Elias, Audrey Bone, Pam Tuck, Eileen Brough, Janice Rogers
(1 digital image, JPEG, 108KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/20/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form UVI (Upper Sixth) names, May 1961
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.1MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/21/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2Y, June 1963
Includes from left to right
Back row: Peter Nichols, John Ions, Trevor Ford, Peter Waugh, Peter Lawson, Alan Dixon, Ian Thompson, Andrew Brown, Martin Robinson, David Lowther
Middle row: Lesley Hall, 2 unknown, Sylvia Cook, Keith Minikin, Philip Hanson, Herdman Grainger, William (Billy) Young, Janet Storey, Christine Berry, Valerie Thirlwell?
Front row: Valerie Marshall, Christine Hardman, Anne Smart, Dawn Hurst, Ellen Emmerson, Mr D Robson, Edna Freeman, Alison Tiffin, Moira Charlton, Catherine Starr, Pamela Walton
(1 digital image, JPEG, 200KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/21/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2Y names, June 1963
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.7MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/22/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Year 2?, 1963
Includes from left to right
Back row: Colin Ripley, Graham Purvis, Alan Tyers, Robert Walton, Peter Richardson, David Young
Middle row: 1 unknown, Janice Nichols, 3 unknown, Roy Thompson, Malcolm ?, Linda Kidd, 7 unknown
Front row: Elizabeth Tate, Susan Carter, Margaret Lee, Aileen Wright, Anne Peacock, Linda Ramshaw, Gaby Jones?, Lynn ?, 9-10 unknown
(1 digital image, JPEG, 65KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/22/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Year 2? names, 1963
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.2MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/23/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4B, June 1963
Includes from left to right
Back row: Norman Heslop, Kristian Jensen, Donald Wood, Mike Rayson, John Dobson, David Carrick, Alan Walton, Geoffrey Wilson, Eric Scott, Ian Graham, Kenneth Ward
Middle row: Joan Walton, Joy Baxter, Eleanor Anderson, Jill Sanger, Ronnie Powell, Neil Rutherford, David Bowers, Martin Oakman, Vera Harbottle, Annabel Williamson, Doreen Rawlinson, Pamela Kelly
Front row: Lorna Stafford, Wendy Keeler, Josie Knight, Kathleen Summerside, Maureen Chiton, Mr C Milburn, Brenda Moon, Eva Heron, Valerie Forsyth, Sandra Hopkins, Cornelia Pollitt
(1 digital image, JPEG, 662KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/23/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4B names, June 1963
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6.4MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/24/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4R, June 1963
Includes from left to right
Back row: Tony Hudspith, Allan Allison, Michael Maughan, Jimmie Wilkinson, 5 unknown, John Robinson, Ronnie Young, Derek Pattinson, Denis Dowson, Edwin Miller
Middle row: Ann Richardson, Margaret Proctor, Arthur Berwick, Tom Atkinson, Billy Mount, David Tiplady, Elliott Routledge, Lyn Rutherford, David Pringle, Ella Roddham
Front row: Valerie Kirk, Kathleen Nicholson, Margaret Marr, Valerie Bryson, Pat Hayward, Mr Walton, Evelyn Angus, Julia Hilling, Margaret Chapman, Lynne Turnbull, Joyce Henderson
(1 digital image, JPEG, 5MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/24/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4R names, June 1963
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6.3MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/25/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4Y, June 1963
Includes from left to right
Back row: Dennis Meadows, Alan Humble, Michael Greener, Stuart Cox, Jackie Burke, Terry Younger, John Errington, 8 ? McKay, Keith Roseby
Middle row: Joan Hughes, Sandra Bates, Pauline Watson, Paul Monnelly, Eric Burdis, 6 unknown, Marjorie Galloway, Alwyn Crystal, Jennifer Smith, Pauline Armstrong
Front row: Jean Hodges, Susan Moss, Sylvia Stuart, Marion Waters, Pat Fleming, Mr Cecil Johnson, Paula Wilcox, Sheila Smith, Cynthia Hall, Elizabeth Miller, Angela Lamour
(1 digital image, JPEG, 376KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/25/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 4Y names, June 1963
(1 digital image, JPEG, 5.8MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/26/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form LVI (Lower Sixth), June 1963
Includes from left to right
Back row: Keith Richardson, David Robinson, Terry Younger, Chris Brunton, Jim Reed, Colin Waite, 7 unknown, Bernard Reay, Brian Pears, Ian Parkinson, Tom Vickers, Ian Gregory
Middle row: Vera Newton, Pam Smith, John Elliott, Ian Oldfield, George Henderson, Alan Farage, Clive Petts, Edith Withington, Margaret Brown, Margaret Wilson
Front row: Kathleen Little, Valerie Adamson, Maureen Ainsworth, Geraldine Grey, Brenda Orr (nee ?), Dr White, Brenda Lewis, Cynthia Parker, Pauline Hogarth, Joyce Greenhill, Jennifer Frost
(1 digital image, JPEG, 2.5MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/26/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form LVI (Lower Sixth) names, June 1963
(1 digital image, JPEG, 5.4MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/27Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, 'Cool dudes', 1964
Ian Graham, Ken Ward, Brian Pears, Martin Oakman and another unknown
(1 digital image, JPEG, 1.6MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/28/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form UVI (Upper Sixth), September 1965
Includes from left to right
Back row: Lynne Turnbull, Margaret Marr, Julia Hilling, Evelyn Lee, Michael Greener, Tony Hudspith, Edwin Miller, Alan Walton, Ella Roddham, Joyce Henderson, Kathleen Nicholson, Maureen Chilton
Middle row: Michael Rayson, Alan Humble, David Pringle, Paul Monnelly, John Robinson, David Bowers, Arthur Berwick, Lyn Rutherford, Neil Rutherford, Derek Pattinson
Front row: Brenda Moon, Jimmie Wilkinson, Sandra Hopkins, Ronnie Powell, Ann Richardson, David Tiplady, Joan Walton, Clive Richards, Cornelia Pollitt, Alan Allison, Wendy Keeler, Geoffrey Wilson
(1 digital image, JPEG, 5.1MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/28/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form UVI (Upper Sixth) names, September 1965
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6.3MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/29Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 1?, 1966
(1 digital image, JPEG, 864KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/30/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2Y, 1966
Includes from left to right
Back row: Derek Batey, Robert Walker, Ken Robson, John Hattam, Trevor Brown, Jim Storey, Colin Watson, Derek Whitfield, Ernie Kilgour, David Kane, David Elder, David Taylor
Middle row: Pauline Henderson, Anne Brown, Susan Mitcheson, Sheila ?, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Russell, Cynthia Palmer, Elizabeth Armstrong, Carol Beck, Jennifer Warren
Front row: Janet Houghton, Janice ?, Gail Charlton, Linda Garbutt, Linda ?, Anne Fairbairn, Pauline Alsop, Gillian Purvis, 9 unknown, Pamela Lewis (now Stanton)
(1 digital image, JPEG, 99KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/30/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Form 2Y names, 1966
(1 digital image, JPEG, 4.6MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/31/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Upper Sixth Form, November 1966
Includes from left to right
Back row: Brian Taylor, Bobby Paterson, Malcolm Wood, D Hodgson, Stephen Charlton, Geoff Haley, Colin Wilson, Ronnie Tyers, Ronnie Harbottle, Keith Loveys, Paul Hedger, 'Digger' Graves
Row 3: Ian Carlton, Eric Brannigan, K Musgrove, Gordon Lowery, Donald Smalley, Lovis ?, D M Richardson, John Beedle, Clifford 'Cedric' Lawther, Raymond Shield
Row 2: Nog?, Margaret Crowe, J R Binnie, Lyn Davies, Angela Johnson, Janice Ward, Joan Eltringham, Lesley Harwood, Valerie Peart, Valerie Halliday, Jennifer Thompson, Diane Hardy
Front row: Shirley Craig, Shena Hutchinson, Bronwyn Borrow, Ella Roddham, Anne Shield, Julia Ritchie, Judith Richardson, Carole Prinn, Pamela Burt, Norma Cooke
(1 digital image, JPEG, 63KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/31/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Upper Sixth Form names, 1966
(1 digital image, JPEG, 7.3MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/32/1Digital photograph of Hookergate County Secondary School Upper Sixth Form, Headmaster E Fawcett BSc, by Holdsworth & Son Ltd, Scholastic Specialists, Hartlepool, February 1968
Includes from left to right
Back row: Peter Nichols, William 'Willy' Aldworth, John Rooney, Ian Parker, Peter Lawson, Brian Hunter, John Liddle, Chris Forster, John Teesdale, Richard Longstaff, Martin Robinson, David Lowther
Middle row: Pat Benyon, Michael Brougham, Terry Robson, Terry College, Ross Patterson, Philip Hanson, Roderick Grey, Ian Anderson, David Gosling, Herdman Grainger, Peter Waugh, Rhys Younger, Malcolm Vince, Valerie Thirlwell
Front row: Valerie Marshall, Ellen Emmerson, 3 unknown, Elizabeth Oliver, Freda Swinburne, 6 unknown, Edna Freeman, Diane Lambert, Sylvia Cook, Hilary French, Yvonne Wallace, Valerie Wakefield, Marjorie Scott
(1 digital image, JPEG, 84KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/32/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Upper Sixth Form names, 1968
(1 digital image, JPEG, 7.1MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/33/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Lower Sixth Form, 1970
Includes from left to right
Back row: Sandy Palmer, Graham Jones, Chris Ramsay, Roy Thompson, Alan Bell, Edwin Toward
Row 4: Paul Nuttall, Ken Haley, Alan Stewart, Clive Richardson, Joe Bilclough, Billy Lawson, Paul Clarke, David J Charlton
Row 3: Andrew Newlands, Carol Robertson, 3 unknown, Jane Fairless, 5 unknown, Christine Teasdale, ? Jaques, Sybil Armstrong, Eileen Charlton, Anne Stewart, Billy Dawson
Row 2: Brian Shields, Kathleen Fletcher, Elizabeth Renwick, Christine Luke, Anne Stamper, Linda White, Lynn Beasley, Linda King, Margaret Errington, Sandra Allison, John Billany
Front row: Stephen Bilclough, Hilary Davies, Diana Smith, Yvonne Wilkin (nee Lowes), Alison Taylor, Elizabeth Bewley, Lynn Duffy, Glynis Williams, Linda Clark, Anne Rafferty, Alison Harwood, Peter Woods
(1 digital image, JPEG, 205KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/33/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Lower Sixth Form names, 1970
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6.9MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/34/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Upper Sixth Form, 1970
Includes from left to right
Back row: Howard Gilfillan, Brian Richmond, Ken Selby, Alan Adamson, Bill Ayre, Reece Hewitson, Billy Matthews, John Widdrington
Second row: Nick Snaith, Geoffrey Forster, Alan Riles, Keith Long, Joe Greener, Ronnie Nicholson, David Aldred, David Royal
Third row: Raymond Cuthbertson, Tony Shaw, Eileen Ridley, Marian Wigham, Glenys Parr, Dorothy Appleby, Katherine Heslop, John Morley, Michael Maddison
Fourth row: Gordon Parkin, Margaret Hutchinson, Jennifer Spink, Pat Thew, Margaret Askew, Diane Richardson, Deborah Porritt, Anne Reynolds, Karl Woodbridge
Front row: Carol Moore, Margaret Armstrong, Kerry Henderson, Linda Johnson, Wendy Taylor, Maureen Robertson, Margaret Mazur, Catherine Lonsdale
(1 digital image, JPEG, 870KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/34/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Upper Sixth Form names, 1970
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6.1MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/35/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Lower Sixth Form, 1971
Includes from left to right
Back row: Robin Thomson, David Elder, Derek Whitfield, Leslie Bambridge, Ken Robson, John Maughan, Simon Harwood, Robert Lawson, Leslie Carr
Row 2: Susan Parkin, Grahame Smith, Trevor Brown, David Humphreys, Michael Bowey, Gordon Wilson, Michael Vickers, David Whitfield, Billy Lawson, Ann Watson
Row 3: Christine Robson, Alison Cleminson, Elizabeth Armstrong, 4-5 unknown, Marilyn Russell, Elizabeth Taylor, Susan Charlton, Gillian Falcus, Karen Samovics, 11 unknown, Jane Anderson, Carol Beck
Front row: Cynthia Palmer, 2 unknown, Lesley Davison, Margaret Chaplin, Susan Meadows, Aileen Hardman, Elizabeth Summerside, Janice Kelly, Pauline Henderson, 10 unknown, Pamela Lewis, Diane Perkins
Also: Lesley Storey, Janice Robson (Cooper)
(1 digital image, JPEG, 817KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/35/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Lower Sixth Form names, 1971
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6MB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/36Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Sixth Form, 1973
(1 digital image, JPEG, 904KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/37Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Lower Sixth Form, 1974
(1 digital image, JPEG, 98KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/38/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Lower Sixth Form, 1976
Includes from left to right
Back row: Mandy Scott, Susan Plater, Barbara Mayes, Christine Bower, Ruth Sterling, Helen Fawcett, Joanna Aris, Janice Robson, Janice Parker, Maria Welch, Carole Storey, Ann Oliver
Third row: David Waugh, Ian Graham, Paul Soulsby, Simon Astley, John Carr, Chris King, Neil Walker, Raymond Dales, Graham Scott, Simon Malik, Stephen Fothergill
Second row: Tim Jones, Mark French, Carol Jobe, Louise Robinson, Nigel Poole (head boy), Susan Overton (head girl), Heather Cameron, Audrey Bell, Ian Clydesdale, Noel Davison, Owen McConnell
Front row: Michael Davison, Tommy Clark, Keith Thompson, David Taylor, Mark Walton, Kev Telford, David Thompson, Glenn Dunn, Paul Whitfield, Kevin Thompson, Andrew Teasdale
(1 digital image, JPEG, 721KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/2/38/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, Lower Sixth Form names, 1976
(1 digital image, JPEG, 6.7MB)
Photographs of staff (Ref: D/Ph 536/3/1-3)Ref: D/Ph 536/3/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School staff, 1932
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Ref: D/Ph 536/3/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School staff, including Mr Elias, Mr Tulip, Mr Errington and Mr Troup, 1940s
(1 digital image, JPEG, 550KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/3/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School teachers 1957-1958, displayed at Hookergate School Open Day, 21 July 2011
Includes from left to right
Back row: Mr Walton, Mr Bramley, Mr Milburn, Mr Johnson, Mr Soulsby
Middle row: Mrs Callcott, Miss Gordon, Mr Oyston, Mr Geldard, Mr Hassall, Mr Flynn, Mr Oley, Miss Veitch, Miss Lunn, Miss Wilson
Front row: Mrs 'Ma' White, Mr Aitken, Dr 'Doc' White, Miss Andrews, Mr 'Punk' Errington, Mr Hill, Mr 'Gaff' Elias, Mr Gatoff, Mr Fairbairn, Alf 'Biffer' Bates, Fred 'Basher' Bates
(1 digital image, JPEG, 47KB)
Photographs of governors (Ref: D/Ph 536/4/1)Ref: D/Ph 536/4/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School governors, including Mr Troup and H Bolton, 1932
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Events (Ref: D/Ph 536/5-6)Performances (Ref: D/Ph 536/5/1-3)Ref: D/Ph 536/5/1/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, front cover of programme for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 31 October - 2 November 1963
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Ref: D/Ph 536/5/1/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 1 of programme for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 31 October - 2 November 1963
Cast comprises Edwin Miller, Pauline Hogarth, Peter Brougham, Colin Waite, Joan Herdman, Martin Oakman, Jim Reed, Valerie Adamson, Derek Pattinson, Alan Farrage, David Pringle, John Robinson, Michael Greener, Donald Graham, David Tiplady, Rosemary Mallaburn, Nina Pounder, Pat Hayward, Dorothy Gaul, Jennifer Rose, Susan Gosnold, Christine Samovics
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Ref: D/Ph 536/5/1/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 2 of programme for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 31 October - 2 November 1963
Wardrobe: Geraldine Gray, Vera Newton, Margaret Brown
Assistants: Pamela Smith, Edith Withington
Scenery: Mr A Bates, Mr M Watson, Mr J Tyson, Colin Waite, Clive Petts, George Henderson
Lighting: Brian Pears
Props: Edna Lott, Sonia Dews
Stage management: Lesley Wilde, Susan Phazey
Business manager: Mr D Oyston
Producer: Miss J Andrews
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Ref: D/Ph 536/5/1/4Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 3 of programme for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 31 October - 2 November 1963
Meet the cast
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Ref: D/Ph 536/5/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, cast of the Pirates of Penzance, 1966
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Ref: D/Ph 536/5/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, cast of 'The Mikado', 1970
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Speech Day (Ref: D/Ph 536/6/1-4)Ref: D/Ph 536/6/1/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, front and back cover of Speech Day programme, 28 November 1941
Guest speaker Rt Hon The Lord Eustace Percy, Rector of King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/1/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, pages 2-3 of Speech Day programme, 28 November 1941
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/2/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, front cover of Speech Day programme, 26 November 1964
Guest speaker Dr H Cecil Pawson, Emeritus Professor of Agriculture, Newcastle University
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/2/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 2 of Speech Day programme, 26 November 1964
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/2/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 3 of Speech Day programme, 26 November 1964
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/2/4Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 4 of Speech Day programme, 26 November 1964
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/2/5Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 5 of Speech Day programme, 26 November 1964
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/2/6Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 6 of Speech Day programme, 26 November 1964
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/3/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, front cover of Speech Day programme, 2 December 1970
Guest speaker: Maurice C Carr, Barrister at Law
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/3/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 1 of Speech Day programme, 2 December 1970
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/3/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, pages 2-3 of Speech Day programme, 2 December 1970
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/3/4Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, pages 4-5 of Speech Day programme, 2 December 1970
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/4/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, front cover of Speech Day programme, 21 November 1973
Guest speaker: Stuart Bell, Barrister at Law
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/4/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, page 1 of Speech Day programme, 21 November 1973
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/4/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, pages 2-3 of Speech Day programme, 21 November 1973
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Ref: D/Ph 536/6/4/4Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, pages 4-5 of Speech Day programme, 21 November 1973
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In memoriam (Ref: D/Ph 536/7/1-3)Ref: D/Ph 536/7/1Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, war memorial, 1939-1945
C Beaumont
R S Bell
W Bell
H Blacklock
L Blair
J Brown
J R Bulman
R Clark
C Dunn
C E Forster
J Forster
V Graham
J Greener
L Hodgson
H Hogg
W Irwin
J H Jackson
S Kidd
H R Lintern
A Nicholson
J G Parker
R Parkin
Nancy Richardson
G Robson
J J Robson
A Rushton
T G Shergold
J K Smith
W R Telford
J E Trewick
J W Weatherley
(1 digital image, JPEG, 135KB)
Ref: D/Ph 536/7/2Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, 'In memory pupils':
Dorothy Appleby, 1952-2012
Billy Ayre, football club manager, 1952-2002
John Bell, head boy, doctor, 1958-1988
Sir Stuart Bell, MP, lawyer, journalist, 1938-2012
Stephen Charlton, 1948-1984
John Corfield, 1955-2019
Chris Forster, 1950-2021
Marian Hetherington (Wigham), maths teacher, 1952-2017
Keith Loveys, mathematician, 1949-2003
Ellen Mundell (Emmerson), 1950-2017
Geoffrey Nicholson, local historian, 1943-2021
Brian Pears, teacher, local historian, 1943-2021
George G Rowell, band leader, 1919-1992
Neil C Rutherford, 1948-1989
Reginald N Shield, engineer, 1936-2018
Kenneth J Speller, 1945-1992
Anne Swainston (Shield), maths teacher, 1949-1992
Eleanor I Thew (Anderson), 1948-2003
Ronald L Tyers, drama teacher, 1948-1993
James L Wilkinson, 1937-2007
Brenda Williams (Moon), modern languages teacher, 1948-1993
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Ref: D/Ph 536/7/3Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School, 'In memory staff':
Joan S Andrews, English, 1926-2013
Alfred Bates, Art, 1907-1986
Frederick Bates, Biology, 1903-1968
William T J Elias, Latin, Deputy Head, 1906-1977
Edwin Fawcett, Headmaster, 1910-1988
Nathan Gatoff, Mathematics, 1910-1998
Derek Oyston, Physics, English, 1930-2005
Derek W Penna, Mathematics, 1940-2015
Joan Porter, School Secretary, 1927-2018
Virginia Rossi, Domestic Science, Deputy Head, 1926-2014
Dr Leonard E Sharp, Mathematics, 1911-2009
C David Smith, Biology, 1939-2020
John Troup, Headmaster, 1893-1977
George F Tulip, History, 1908-1969
Mary E White, English, 1908-1989
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Born digital images (Ref: D/Ph 536/8/1)Ref: D/Ph 536/8/1Memory stick containing born digital images of D/Ph 536/1-7, 2023
(1 memory stick, 399 MB)