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St Gregory's Grammar School
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Introduction
Acknowledgements
St Gregory the Great
Ardwick: A Brief History
Section 1: The Era of the Industrial School, 1857-1922
1857 -79
Need for an Industrial School
Inauguration
The Industrial School
Officers and Finance
The Barnes' Home
Girls' School, Sale
1880-99
School Buildings
Prize Giving
School Band
Rules & Regulations
Inspection & Change
1900 -22
Auxiliary Home
'Old Boys'
Sporting Successes
Plans & Maps
Nearby Properties
Case Studies
Final Days
Section 2: The Ardwick Scene, 1923
1923
Background
OS Map
Local Landmarks
Section 3: Est. of St Gregory's and headship of Mr W Holmes, 1923-51
1920s
Central Schools
St Gregory's: Early Years
First Year, 1923-24
Documentation
Wilfrid Holmes, Headmaster
House System
School Life
Recollections
Old Gregorian Association
HMI Report, 1928
Sports Day, 1929
Socio-economic Considerations
1930s
Class Photos, 1930
Football, 1930-33
Other Aspects
HMI Report, 1936
School Plans
Sports Day, 1936
School Trips
Football, 1936-37
Sporting Heroes
Recollections
School Report, 1937-38
Transport
Other Items
WW2, 1939-45
Background
Part Return to Ardwick, 1940
Home Front
Leaver's Reference
Air Raid, 1941
Recollection
School Badge
Changes in Education
Post-War Era, 1945-51
1945 Intake
Recollections
Sporting Successes
Admission Documents
HMI Report, 1949
Class Photos, late 1940s
Other Aspects
Section 4: Headship of Mr A. J. Rocca, 1951-63
1951-57
About Mr Rocca
Class Photos, 1950-51
Sports Photos
Public Exams
Class Photos, 1951-52
References
Coronation, 1953
School Meals
Class Photos, 1952-53
Football Photos, 1953
Class Photos, 1953-54
Football Photos, 1954
Class Photos, 1954-55
Football Photos, 1955
Other Aspects
Class Photos, 1955-56
Football Photos, 1955-56
Free Trade Hall
Speech Day, 1957
Class Photos, 1956-57
Sport
Miscellaneous
1957-60
Layout of School, 1957
Asian Flu Pandemic, 1957
Munich Air Disaster, 1958
Speech Day, 1958
Paris Trip, 1958
Class Photos, 1957-58
Sports Photos, 1958-59
Local Scenes
Other Aspects
Speech Day, 1959
Switzerland Trip, 1959
Class Photos, 1958-59
Extensions, 1958-60
Thomas Street School
Forms, 1940s-50s
Intake, 1959
Wilf Tranter, Footballer
Leslie Lever, Papal Honour
Speech Day, 1960
Sport
Mr Rocca's Vision
Class Photos, 1959-60
Reports, 1960
Teacher Recruitment
1960-63
Layout of school from 1960
Images of Extended School
Class Photos, 1960-61
School for Scandal
Sports
Overseas Trips, 1961
Speech Day, 1961
Miscellaneous
HMI Report, 1961
Class Photos, 1961-62
Customs & Practices
Old & New
Overseas Trips, June 1962
Other Items, 1962
Death of Mr Rocca, Jan 1963
Class Photos, 1962-63
School Trips, 1963
Other Items, 1963
Section 5: Headship of Mr W. L. McGawley, 1963-74
1963-67
Mr McGawley
Class Photos, 1963-64
Sport, 1964
Speech Day, 1964
Staff, 1964-65
Plymouth Grove Annexe, 1964-67
Overseas Trips, 1965
Sport
Speech Day, 1965
Other Aspects
Speech Day, 1966
Certificates
Miscellaneous
Speech Day, 1967
1967-71
Sport
Overseas Trips, 1968
Speech Day, 1968
Other Items, 1968
St Aloysius' RC Church, 1969
Leslie Lever, Papal Award, 1969
Grammar School Status, 1969
Speech Day, 1969
Other Items, 1969
Sundry Considerations
Forms, 1960s
Staff, 1960s
Music & Drama
Speech Day, 1970
Sport, 1970-71
Report Book
Miscellaneous
1971-74
Sport
2S Timetable, 1971-72
Music & Drama
St Aloysius' Primary School
School Coach, 1972
Sixth Form Block, 1972
Other Items, 1973
Jubilee Year, 1973
Staff Rooms
The Three-Day Week, 1974
Sport, 1974
London Trip, 1974
School Chapel, 1974
Canada Trip, 1974
Air Training Corps
Other Items
Section 6: Headship of Mr A.L. Smith, 1975-77
1975-77
Mr A.L. Smith
London Trip, c. 1975
Football
Music & Choir
Miscellaneous
H.M.S. Pinafore, 1976
Kevin Grimsley, Footballer
Michael Lane
Canada Trip, 1976
Swimming Successes
Iolanthe
Other Aspects
Catholic Reorganisation
Section 7: The Ardwick Green Site, post-1977
Post-1977
Ardwick Green Site, post-1977
Demolition: First Phase, 1980
Industrial Training Centre
Demolition: Second & Final Phase, 1992
Annual Mass
Poem
Redevelopment
Conclusion
St Gregory's Grammar School
Speech Day, 1969
Part of Speech Day programme, 1969
Note newly awarded Grammar status.
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