Acknowledgements

Jill Cronin and Frank Rhodes: “Ardwick”

Les Sutton: “Mainly About Ardwick”

Salford Diocesan Archives

Local Studies Section of Manchester Central Library

National Archives

Gerard Edwards and Tony Glynn: “GREGS”

Greater Manchester County Record Office

Cinema Theatre Association: “Tony Moss Collection”

Donald Woodhead: “A Century of Schooling – A History of a School in Ardwick, Manchester”

A special note of gratitude and appreciation is given to the following:

Ray Allen, Mike Andrew, Dave Astin, Ged Bannon, John Barrett, Kevin Barrett, Gerard Baxendale, John Baxter, John Beecher, Dave Berry, Maurice Bethell, Mike Birchall, Jim Blaney, Mike Blundell, Paul Body, Bob Bonner, Brian Booth, Christopher Brammer, Vincent Broomhead, Jane Brownhill, Michael Budd, Tony Burgess, Eamon Burke, Andrew Callaghan, Paul Carter, Paul Casey, John Cassidy, Tom Caunce, Tom Clare, Tom Clarke, Dr Tony Clift, Fintan Coffey, Frank Coghlan, Michael Collins, Michael Conlan, David Coster, John Coster, Al Crompton, Terry Cullen, Mike Davies, Fr A. Dearman, Tony Devine, John R. Dolan, Vincent Donohue, Peter Donovan, Michael Doyle, Tom Duddy, Frank Evans, Stephen Evans, Kevin Farrell, Kieran Farrell,  Ged Ferguson, John Fitzpatrick, Colum Fitzpatrick, Paul Fitzpatrick, David Flanagan, Danny Fleming, Frank Fitton, Joe Flynn, Martin Foley, Mike Ford, Jimmy Gee, Robert Gibson, Harry Gill, John Gill, John Gillbanks, James Gilligan. John Greenwood, Lawrence Gregory, John Gribbon, Kevin Grimsley, Colin Hardman, Wally Hardman, Albert Heron, Anthony Hewitt, Brian Hewitt, Christopher Hewitt, John Higgins, Christopher Hill, Gerard Hodge, Graham Horner, Kevin Horrocks, Brendan Houlihan, Peter Howard,  Rob Howard, Geoffrey Innes, Vincent Jepson, Brian Johnson, Eddie Johnson, Leo Joyce, Theo Kaciubsky, Stephen Kaczmarczk, Terry Keogh, Peter Kerr, Barry Keyworth, Jack Kirwan, Albert Kirwin, Eric Krieger, John Kubacki, Fr Dave Lannon, Nobby Lawson, Paul Lilley, Mike Lindley, Robert Lund, George Mackey, Maureen Makin, Ann Mannion, Steve Marciniak, Michael Markey, Vincent Marsland, Tony Maclean, John McDonald, Cecilia McGawley, Philip McGawley, Paul McGeein, Dennis McLaughlin, John McNamara, Andrew Meakin, Brian Meehan, Canon Paul Mitcheson, Mike Molloy, John Monaghan, Bernard Morris, Dominic Mulcahy, Terrence Mulligan, Mike O’Brien, Niamh Ó Dochartaigh, Tom O’Donnell, John O’Donoghue, Angela O’Dowd, Michael O’Hare, David O’Hearns, Terry O’Neil, Labhrás Ó Nualláin, David O’Reilly, Jackie Purdy, Andrew Quick, John Quinn,  Dave Ramwell, Mike Reddy, Peter Renshaw, Professor Bernard Richards, Emma Richardson, Eileen Rigg (née  Dolan), Madeleine Rocca, William Roe, June Rosen, Peter Ryan, Terry Ryan, Peter Selley, David Smith, Joe Smith, Tony Smith, Aidan Spillane, Pete Stanaway, Peter Steele, John Surdevan, Peter Surdevan, Tony Surdevan,  John Swords, Joe Szymkowiak, Paul Tamburro, Vincent Thorpe, Andrew Tranter, Dan Tranter, Wilf Tranter, Margaret Trought, Ted Tuksa, Tom Vernon, Chris Walsh, Frank Walsh, John Whatmough, Peter Williams, Peter Woods, Andy Wright, Anthony Zajac.

I am indebted to the many individuals and organisations that have given me access to various photographs and material in the production of this work. Sometimes a picture or item has been used from sources not mentioned above. So, in these instances, I apologise for any omissions. In addition, some of the items have been donated over many years either anonymously or by persons whose names, regrettably, I can no longer recall.

Much of this material would have remained ‘buried’ for ever. In ‘resurrecting’ it, the reader is able to enjoy studying the school in a bygone age.

This website has been produced not for commercial gain but rather in the interests of preserving a unique illustrated history of the school.

M.A. Casey

November 2024

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