Anyone out there who used to go to Malin Bridge in 1956- 1959.
Miss Pass was the headmistress and I can't remember the other teachers names. Have tried friends reunited, but no-one yet?
Happy memories there and remember a girl called Pat ( i thinkl) who used to knit! She was only 7.

I went to Malin Bridge too - started in the nursery and then went through the infants and juniors - I was in the infants up to 1955 and left the juniors in 1959. I can remember Miss Pass becoming headteacher - before her was Miss Catherall, who actually died at school while I was in the infants - I think she was taken ill one dinnertime over the road (across Dykes Lane)at the canteen Do you remember going over there for school dinners? Other teachers I remember - Miss Birch and Miss Garrison - I was in Miss Birch's class and then Miss Garrison's the following year, before I went up to the juniors. I seem to remember another teacher called Mrs Senior but not sure about that - I wasn't in her class. Can't remember any names of staff in the nursery but I do remember sitting in rows in the hall to be given mugs and tins of chocolate for the Coronation in 1953 - does anyone else remember that - I suppose all the schools had the same thing.

This is really strange. Whe I was at Malin Bridge there was one day, when in the afternoon I was selected to read to the class. THe teacher was gone so long that I finished the whole book. At the time I didn't think anything of it, but it had always stuck in my mind as weird as the storytelling class was unexpected and we didn;t see a teacher for ages. Some years ago I remmebered thinking that something must have happened in school, and I guess it must have been the death of that teacher, although the dates may not match up. I was there from 1956/7 until 1962 (Infants and Juniors).
I do remember Miss Garrison though! Thanks.
Another memory was singing Once in Royal Davids City at the nativity play and wearing net curtains when I was an angel! They gave me a balloon for singing!.

Mrs Potter used to play the piano in assembly. Or was that in the juniors?

I will ask my Dad as he went there in that time, I can remember him telling me a story about Miss Catherall that died around 1957, I think she had a heartattack.

Spoke to my Dad last night, he said that Miss Catherall died when taking a morning assembly.

Thanks - it's strange how something from so long ago sticks in your mind.
Another memory - the tuck shop - Malin Bridge Juniors - jammy dodgers for
1 old penny each!

And penny drinks from the shop across the road

Reading all these posts, I wonder if my memory is playing tricks - I'd thought that Miss Catherall died while I was still in the infants but it could have been later, while I was in the juniors.
Mrs Potter was definitely in the junior school - she was my class teacher for Junior 1 and 2 - and yes, she did play the piano - have been trying to remember if she played for hymn singing in assembly or if we just sang unaccompanied - I remember we had a very limited number of hymns that we sang and we knew them all by heart

My son attends Malin Bridge and I work there. They celebrated their centenary last year with lots of wonderful thinsg happening. Did any of you attend any of the events?

BTW, it's a fantastic school :D

What a shame I missed the centenary events. I would have loved to have a wander round the school again!.
I have such happy memories of my time there even though it was such a long time ago!
I remember in the juniors, there was a shield presented every week for the best pupil and I was honoured to win it once for an essay! I felt so proud and my mum and dad couldn't believe it!.
I would love to hear from any other pupils who attended at the same time.

I attended malin bridge between 67-72 and was informed about the centenery but i was going on holiday at the same time and so coould not make it,i would have loved to take a trip back down memory lane,cant ever remember having a class photo took whilst i was there though,can anyone else remember doing so.

No, I can't remember the class photo, but I do remember the Christmas parties when you had to take a plate with your name on the bottom (written on a plaster)! Think this was in the juniors though!

We definitely had class photos in the 1950s - I've still got somewhere two photos from different years in the infants and also junior ones. Our J4 one is on Friends Reunited, put there by one of my class - he'd remembered nearly everyone's name and with a bit of help from some more of us, we finally worked out who everyone is - nice to see that we could put names to all the faces after all this time. The two staff on the picture are Mr Courage who was Headteacher and Mr Hawley who was our class teacher in J3 and J4 and became Head after Mr Courage retired. I left in 1959 so the class photos were definitely still happening up to then - I'd have thought they'd have continued.

At the Centenary events there was a big display in the juniors hall with heaps of photos. They were sorted into the different decades and there were a lot of them. Even though I didn't go to MB, it was great seeing all the old photos and work books etc.

TWA756 must be one of my classmates, as I put the photo on FriendsReunited. Just to put the record straight regarding the death of the head teacher, Miss Evelyn Catherall - she was accompanying children going to dinner across the road, and a boy was misbehaving. She ran after him, fell and hit her head. This was in April 1954; she was 56. Miss Pass became head teacher; I also remember Mrs Senior, Miss Bolsover and Miss Garrison, and the child care assistants Mrs Shepherd and Mrs Clayton. Miss Garrison (Edith Mary Garrison) was everyone's favourite teacher; she could have been head teacher but wanted to remain in the classroom. She lived near the Botanical Gardens, never married and died in December 1989, aged 86. As far as I know, Mrs Potter is still going strong in Cambridgeshire; Lewis Hawley died in 1999, aged 84.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w72/maxwell1945/malin-1.jpg
If I have done this right here is a photo of teachers at Malin Bridge 1950'sh.Teachers on it are,not in order,Mr Biney,Mr Martin,Mr Broom,MrHalley,Mr Carrage,Mrs Potter,Mrs Dean,Mrs Price,Miss Thorpe,Miss Winkworth,Miss Fletcher,one missing dont know her name.