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OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION
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Remember this? a genuine Wellingborough High School blazer badge |
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President:-
Miss V Riches
Vice President :-
Miss G I Hubbert
Chairman:-
Shirley Chapman
Treasurer:-
Pamela Wootton
The Old Girls Association meets
for a luncheon at the school in May or June every year.
For the date and details of how
to order tickets please e-mail the address at the bottom.
Last year, 2007, we enjoyed the
centenary celebrations at the reunion lunch.
School Photograph taken June 1961 scanned in four sections
Sixth Form Photograph May 1965
Click on photograph to enlarge
Pupils on photo:- (left to right)
Back Row:- Pamela Freeman,
Sheila Gayton, Jayne Griffiths, Kate Fairey, Angela Barker, Claire Potter,
Marian Dagger, Ursula Potter, Loraine Neal, Janice Mack, Barbara Herd, Margaret
Jeffs, Carol Cliffe
Third Row:- Jackie
Marshall, Lindsay Topping, Annette Maddison, Vicky Maidwell, Maureen Francis,
Susan Manning, Sally Adams, Jennifer Hall, Valerie Bayes, Elizabeth Legg,
Jennifer Stocker, Susan Cumberpatch, Elizabeth Downing, Hilary Jacques
Second Row:- Margaret Legg,
Christine Thacker, Hilary Wilce, Denise Reading, Elizabeth May, Shirley Phillips,
Susan Wilford, Margaret Rowlatt, Diana Stenson, Judith Curtis, Madeleine
Hoodless, Sara Goodbody
First Row:- Jill Hardwick,
Julia Solley, Joan Seaman, Patricia Johnson, Janet Turner, Rosemary Lawrence,
Rosemary Ekins, Irene Smith, Maureen Sculthorpe, Vanessa Bishop
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"Time Remembered" is a celebration of the history of the school, composed mainly of articles and anecdotes by past pupils and staff. The Book has been carefully compiled by Vivienne Riches with hard work and support from Marie Shelton, Anne Savage, Brenda Tallett, Ann Jones, Miss Hubbert, Sue Leach and Nora Bavin. Please e-mail the address at the bottom of the page for details of how to order. Price £7.50 each copy or £8.50 to include postage. |
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The School was opened on January 17th 1907 as 'The Wellingborough Grammar School for Girls' with Miss Anne Rayne Tinkler as headmistress. There were 28 girls and 7 staff in the large Victorian house formerly known as 'The Lindens' and now 'Linden Manor'. It was the governors of Wellingborough School who were responsible for the founding of the new school, one of many 'secondary' schools established through the great Education Act of 1902. |
The Lindens 1907-1912 |
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Although the early
curriculum was narrow compared with later developments this was a very liberal
and advanced education for girls. Girls from ordinary backgrounds whose lives
would have been limited by the domestic sphere would now have had a chance of
studying foreign languages, science and more academic approaches to history,
geography and mathematics. These new 'secondary schools' were distinguished
from the 'senior elementary schools' , where pupils left at 14 or younger, by
the ability to prepare girls for entry into training colleges or
universities.Until 1944, the year of the Butler Education Act which abolished
fee-paying in state secondary schools, fees werre paid by all pupils except
those who had won free places through theri own abilities or those who intended
to train as teachers. School fees ranged from £4 10s.0d per term for those 12
or over adn £4 5s.0d for those under 12 and £3 15s.0d for those resident
outside Wellingborough. Those from the outlying villages were boarded in Park
Road and Midland Road.
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The County High School in the early days |
The school at the new site was designed and built by Wellingborough architects Sharman and Archer and opened by Lady Lilford on January 11th 1912, by which time there were 105 pupils. The school was taken over in January 1911 by Northamptonshire County Council. |
For a more
detailed history of the school please send for a copy of 'TIME
REMEMBERED'
Thanks to
Vivienne Riches for the information on the history of the school from the book
'Time Remembered'
Any
contributions of material for this website would be gratefully received, as I have
little else to add!
Please send
comments/contributions to 
Last amended 8th
March 2008