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Sunday, 30 November 2008
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Friday, 28 November 2008
Acta 1966 Spring
Cover design by Kathleen Hind, VI Lower Arts
Loaned by Mr J A Lawson.
First posted by Eileen Gerrard on 12.02.2006
Reunions - Wrinklies Lunch - May 17th 2002
The Juniors - Joe Cuthbert, David Ward & Gwyn Williams
Photos first posted by Keith Williams in 2002
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Reunions - OT's Reunions - 1989 & 1996
Adrian Kirkham, Tom Hughes, Bill Hughes & Jack Randall.
Photos supplied by Adin Stafford.
First posted by Keith Williams on 26.11.2002
The Thorne Year Book for 1975 xlvi
Because of the rise in the printing costs for Acta, alternative methods other than the use of a professional printer had to be found. The new cover was printed professionally by local printers - Listers. All the pages were typed by Mrs Davidson on a new second-hand small print typewriter in the Resources Centre.
Copy supplied and first posted by Eileen Gerrard on 02.04.2006
Because of the rise in the printing costs for Acta, alternative methods other than the use of a professional printer had to be found. The new cover was printed professionally by local printers - Listers. All the pages were typed by Mrs Davidson on a new second-hand small print typewriter in the Resources Centre.
Copy supplied and first posted by Eileen Gerrard on 02.04.2006
ACTA 1967 Spring
ACTA, Spring 1967 loaned by J. A. Lawson.
Originally posted by Eileen_Gerrard on 14/04/2006
ACTA 1969
This copy of ACTA 1969 has been kindly donated by Ray Pemberton.
Posted by EileenxGerrard on 04/02/2008
ACTA 1970 xli
Ray Pemberton has kindly provided ACTA 1970.
Originally posted by EileenxxGerrard on 10/02/2008
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Monday, 24 November 2008
Plays & Musicals
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Other |
1936 When Knights Were Bold
1937 The School for Scandal
1938 St Joan
1939 She Stoops to Conquer
1940 Busman's Honeymoon (staff play)
1941 H.M.S. Pinafore
1942 The Mikado
See album for programme including cast.
1943(Dec) Iolanthe
1943(Feb) The Gondoliers
See album for programme including cast.
1945 Ruddigore
1946 Princess Ida
See album for programme including cast.
1947 The Pirates of Penzance
See album for programme and picture of full cast.
1948 Patience
See album for programme and pictures including full cast.
1949 The Mikado
See album for photos and programme including cast.
1950 No production.
Laurence Ward was ill, so Gondoliers was cancelled
1951 The Gondoliers
See album for photos and programme including cast.
1952 Ruddigore
See album for photograph
1953 HMS Pinafore, Trial By Jury
1954 Merrie England
1955 Princess Ida
1956 The Rivals
1957 Iolanthe
I am glad to see TGS branched out later into more modern shows. We only ever did Gilbert and Sullivan with an occasional foray into Merrie England. Ican't remember much about the production itself but I still remember all the tunes.
1958 The Pirates of Penzance
1959 The Gondoliers
1960 No production
Building new school hall
1961 The Mikado
1962 Ruddigore
I remember playing the role of Mad Margaret - talk about type casting !!!! I even took the name as an e mail name. John Woodhead played an equally "mad " Sir Despard Murgatroyd. Stef Kitchen, Dick Dunham and Russ Watson are all names that spring to mind from the same show. Bronwen Harries was also a lead player. Loved all the G and S productions we did with 'Pop Ward'.
I was in this as well I had my portrait painted by an art teacher (forget his name) so I could emerge from the picture and sing 'When the night win howls'. I had the picture for years but sadly it was lost when I left home.
1963 HMS Pinafore & Trial by Jury
See album for pictures and programmes
1964 Iolanthe
What fun I think I even have photos somewhere.
1965 Richard III
Liz Symons=Queen Elizabeth Liz Taylor=Queen Anne Peter Brookes=Richard III
1966 Caesar and Cleopatra
Liz Symons=Stateeta, John Brotherton Jean Painter=Cleopatra
1966 or 67? Dido and Aeneas
Dido - Liz Taylor, Aeneas - John Bratherton, Belinda - Melvyne Aldred, Sailor - Tom Devine, Witches' messenger - Susan Cherowbrier. I think this was the first production by Mr Hodgson, following Pop's retirement and the end of the G and S annual productions.
1967? Hobson's Choice
Josee Symons et al
1967? The Duchess of Malfi
Stephen Perry and Linda Nicklin. Margaret Palfreyman and Terry Rogerson..
When my parents came to watch my brother in a leading role, my Mum was horrified during a fight scene because she thought he'd been stabbed! He also had a sheep's eye that he threw on the floor & stamped on - one night it squirted into the audience! Margaret & Terry were chosen to play the young children as they were by far the smallest pupils at TGS
1968 Merrie England.
I played Jill-All-Alone. I was Janet Farnsworth then I had a stuffed cat that only had front legs!!!! Gail Ratcliffe played Elizabeth Ist. Lesley Garrett was the Herald. Also in the production was Susan Tasker, Alan Wilson, Michael Hicks, Sheila Chester, Shaun Tyrer, Angela Burchick. It was great fun and the rehearsals were occasions I will always remember and not for musical reasons!!
Shaun Tyrer here - I played the Jester (or was that the Fool?!). Silly hat and tights to kill for!! Suffice to say that a life treading the boards was not for me - but great fun at the time. Have found a photo of the cast and this is now posted on the web site - happy viewing!
Well, I'll be........Just logged onto the old school site. In fact, I was in Merrie England too - Earl of Essex (Philip Harrison) - the soon-to-be beheaded lover of QE1 - obviously a sufficiently unmemorable performance..........but I certainly had no inkling I was on the same stage as the great diva...........nor can I even remember her as a pint sized.
1968? Animal Farm
Written & performed by 3B under the guidance of Pete Cluer - our Form & English Teacher - whatever happened to him? Can anyone else remember this? It was great fun! I've got a programme somewhere in the loft! Helen Perry - I think I was Boxer the cart-horse & Lesley Garrett was a hen! Other names that come to mind are Susan Shearman. Kathleen Davies, but I can't remember any lads who were in it!
1970 Summer Song.
I sang a duet with Lesley Garret and we got an encore!!!!! . It was a great show with wonderful music by Dvorak. Do I remember correctly that there was a live rabbit on stage - Cottontail?
Janet Farnsworth, Lesley Garrett, Linda McCloud, Shaun ?????, Chris Atha, Chris Goodwin, Chris Lawson
1970 - April 15, 16 & 17 Summer Song
Abe ....................... Brian McMinn Milli....................... Lesley Garrett Blodek ................ GeorgeLockett Karolka .............. Janet Farnsworth Uncle Marek ....... David Waugh Ma Flanagan ...... Linda McLeod Mr Gilmore ......... Graham Aldred Shaun ................. Adrian Bollons Tomashek ......... Stuart Allison Anton Dvorak ... Mike Hicks Feeney ...............Michael Hussey Joe .....................Christopher Atha Jake ...................Charles Smith Barstow ..............Graham Ball Priest ..................Christopher Garnett 1st Reporter .......Susan Day 2nd Reporter .......Jean Parkin Concert Hall Attendant ......Jonathan Turner
Asking Lesley Garrett to sing one of my songs because I was too nervous to sing it myself!! Yes there was a rabbit, and Brian McMinn sang Cotton Tailwhich is the more famously known 'Hovis' tune - Coming Home. Did you know that one of the dancers was Kathryn Waller alias Kathy Botham!
1971 My Fair Lady
Lesley Garrett - Eliza
George Lockett Eliza's Father (Dustman)
Charles Smith - Prof Higgins
Chris Lewis - Higgins mate(??)
Andy Powell - Freddie
Susan Shearman - Mrs Pearce
If you read Lesley's book, it was this musical that inspired her to go on stage
1971/2 Night Must Fall Mark - you need to help me out here. All I can remember is something about a head in a suitcase.....
1972 Oliver Copy of an original programme is in the Photo Album
End scene where Bill Sykes is shot down form the roof (by me) ... on the first night the gun failed to work, so someone shouted "bang". The dummy Bill Sykes fell, his head came off and rolled into the pit.
1972? The Rivals Produced by Liz Symons
1972? Emil and the Detectives Produced by Liz Symons
According to Liz it was after seeing this done that it was decided that the school could manage Oliver
1973 Trial by Jury
Lesley Garrett - Angelina Dave Garnett - The Judge
1974 1066 and all that A Revue - one of the best productions I was ever in - absolutely hilarious
1974 Half A Sixpence Mark Lloyd - Tommy Steele (can't remember the character name - Arthur Kipps??)
1975 The Sound of Music
Katie Greathead – Maria Mark Lloyd - Mr Von Trapp Paula Trippitt - Mother Superior Karen Mellor – Liesl Baz Gilson - Liesl's Nazi boyfriend Sue Flower - one of the many nuns (come on any more nuns out there) Lynn Donkin - a Postulant (baby nun) and also a dancer in the ballroom scene
Baz here - a most memorable moment was opening night when I reached for my revolver upon discovering the Von Trapps. It was one of those 'hold your breath' scenes when you could hear a pin drop - instead you heard my revolver hit the floor. What a clutz! Lynn here - I recall a visit to the church with Miss Wood to record the nuns singing and I also recall Paula waiting to go on stage in a right old state worrying about hitting the top note and she did!
1975 Dracula
Mick Cooper – Dracula Lindsey Waller - ?
Remember Mick's fangs - they were specially made by a dentist and were extremely real-looking especially with the stage blood coming out of his mouth!
1975 South Pacific I remember it well: 'When you laugh at different comics/When you root for different teams' and a pair of jungle shorts which did nothing for my little fat legs !! Lily Ann Dawes (Lt..)
1976 ? Fiddler on The Roof Anyone remember this one ?
1976/77 South Pacific
Tim Greathead
Sue ... (Weston?)
Jacqueline Wright
A rousing chorus of testosterone singing "There is nothing like a dame"..
1977-80? Joseph Tec. Col. Dream Coat A fantastic musical
School Songs & Hymns
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Other |
(As sung from 1930 to 1974. See below for a translation of the Latin text and for the 1974 English version adopted when the school went comprehensive.)
PROPTER FLUCTUS AESTUANTES
STANTEM TE THORNENSIS
ALMA MATER TE BIBAMUS
TUI CALICES POSCAMUS
HANC SENTENTIAM DICAMUS
FLOREAT THORNENSIS
ADSINT CHORO GRATULANTI
ADSINT CHORO DI PRECANTI
TE IUVENT THORNENSIS
AUFERAMUS POST LABORES
E COLEGIIS HONORES
TUI MANENT HINC AMORES
LATIUS THORNENSIS
ORNET INCONCUSSA VIRTUS
RARA FIDES, HONOR CERTUS
TE COLANT THORNENSIS
HINC PER SAECLA SAECULORUM
FAMA CRESCAT; VOX TUORUM
UNA SURGAT LIBERORUM
FLOREAT THORNENSIS
Words anon, Music by Lawrence E.Ward.
Copy supplied by Olive Bell
Translation of the Latin Version provided by Anne Jackson (Martindale)
Now let us sing in admiration of you, as you stand above the heaving waves of the years, Thorne.
Dear mother, let us, your offspirng, drink to you and demand our goblets (?); let us voice this sentiment -
Long may you live, Thorne.
May the gods be present along with the chorus praising you, praying for you, may they aid you, Thorne.
May we gain as a result of our work, may we gain honours from our schooling, may our love for you be long-lasting and spread further, Thorne.
May your unbroken strength, rarely-seen faith and firm sense of duty nourish you, Thorne.
From this point on through all the ages, may Farmer Crescat walk to Orum (er, make that, may your fame increase), and may the voices of your children raise as one : long may you flourish, Thorne.
That's the best I can do - it's the Latin equivalent of doggerel and Ship took a few liberties here and there. Marty
From the Speech Day programme of 1974:
Thorne our School, to thee we render
Songs of praise and gratitude -
Much we owe to thee,
God bless the school, and all who work here,
Raise in us, throughout each year
All-inspiring hopes to guide us,
Floreant Thornenses.
God the Master - we, the servants,
Pray to Thee our work to prosper,
Pour Thy grace upon us;
Shed Thy light upon our portals,
Make us feel that we, as mortals,
Must serve Thee and school together
Floreant Thornenses.
Words by J.S.
Music by L.E.W.
Lord, behold us with Thy blessing
Once again assembled here;
Onward be our footsteps pressing
In Thy love, and faith, and fear;
Still protect us, Still protect us
By Thy presence ever near.
For Thy mercy we adore Thee,
For this rest upon our way;
Lord, again we bow before Thee,
Speed our labors day by day;
Mind and spirit, Mind and spirit
With Thy choicest gifts array.
Keep the spell of home affection
Still alive in every heart;
May its power, with mild direction,
Draw our love from self apart,
Till Thy children, Till Thy children
Feel that Thou their Father art.
Break temptation’s fatal power,
Shielding all with guardian care,
Safe in every careless hour,
Safe from sloth and sensual snare;
Thou, our Savior, Thou, our Savior,
Still our failing strength repair.
Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Thanks for mercies past received;
Pardon all, their faults confessing;
Time that’s lost may all retrieve;
May Thy children, May Thy children
Ne’er again Thy Spirit grieve.
Bless Thou all our days of leisure;
Help us selfish lures to flee;
Sanctify our every pleasure;
Pure and blameless may it be;
May our gladness, May our gladness
Draw us evermore to Thee.
By Thy kindly influence cherish
All the good we here have gained;
May all taint of evil perish
By Thy mightier power restrained;
Seek we ever, Seek we ever
Knowledge pure and love unfeigned.
Let Thy father-hand be shielding
All who here shall meet no more;
May their seed-time past be yielding
Year by year a richer store;
Those returning, Those returning,
Make more faithful than before.
List of Head Boys & Girls
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Other |
| Year | Head Boy | Head Girl | Deputy Heads |
| 1942/43 | E.A.Smith | Rachel A. Watts | |
| 1943/44 | P.A.Barraclough | Winifred M. Gilliatt | |
| 1944/45 | R.G.Hodson | Audrey J. Bramham | |
| 1945 Autumn | Edgar Beaglehole | Judith A. Robinson | L Dickinson, Kathleen Parks |
| 1946 Spring/Summer | L Dickinson | Judith A. Robinson | W.G.Davies, Kathleen Parks |
| 1946/47 | A Norman/W Davies | Betty Canham | |
| 1947/48 | C Shaw | Betty Canham | T.W.Davies |
| 1948/49 | J Bolton | Constance Bell | J.L.Lawton, Sari Skipworth |
| 1949/50 | Eric Stables | Lillian Roe | W.G.Bisatt, José A.B.Baker |
| 1950/51 | R. Holt / R.M.Arthurs | Eileen Lander | E. Chapman |
| 1951/52 | Ernest Chapman | Norma Stables | |
| 1952/53 | Peter H.J.Robinson | Beryl Birkett | |
| 1953/54 | Robert Martindale | Barbara Harrison | |
| 1954/55 | Keith Sanderson | Freda Smith | D.R. Tilley, Audrey Walton |
| 1956/57 | Mick Drabble | Cerries Standeven | Margaret Barron |
| 1957/58 | Ron Darley | ||
| 1958/59 | John "Sep" Saunders | Margaret Foster | Mick Horner, Margaret Scott |
| 1960/61 | John Appleton | Mary West ? | David Hardy, Mary West ? |
| 1961/62 | Richard Dunham | Gillian Standen | R Pennington, Pamela Brown |
| 1962/63 | Harry Morris | Gillian Dunham | Lyn Clark |
| 1963/64 | Terry 'Chuck' Mellors | Janice Hollingworth | Derek 'Dump' Jarvill |
| 1963/64 | Roger 'Windy' Hurt | ||
| 1963-64 | ?Peter Brooks | ||
| 1964/65 | Alan Whitton | Sandra Goodliffe | |
| 1965/66 | Nigel Travis | Jean Painter | John Smith |
| 1966/67 | David E. Bell | M.Jane Allanson | Kevin Jones |
| 1967/68 | R S Fairhurst | J Lorraine Sprakes | |
| 1968/69 | R.J. Ellks | Elaine Holt | |
| 1969/70 | P J Mason | Bronwyn Mountjoy | Linda McLeod, H O Jones |
| 1970/71 | Steve Goulding | Susan Hurst | Stuart Allison |
| 1971/72 | Andrew Powell | Anne Raper | |
| 1972/73 | Simon Rusling | Dinah Chester | Chris Lewis, Gordon Platt, Joanna Stephenson, Jane Jessop |
| 1973/74 | John Robinson | Amanda Wheatley | Allan Head |
| 1973/74 | Pip Wheatley, Helen Reid, Tony Cadwell, Patricia Greaves | ||
| 1974/75 | Mark Lloyd | Jayne Freeman | Robin Goodliffe,Steve Barrett,Pat Wright, Heather Swift |
| 1975/76 | Peter Best | Sue McGuire | |
| 1976/77 | Tim Cooper | Marilyn Hicks | |
| 1977/78 | Nigel Wells | Heather Williamson | |
| 1978/79 | Brian Aspinall | Pauline Martin | |
| 1980/81 | Michael Trippitt | Jayne Seddon | |
| 1981/82 | David Lewis | Anne Leask | Howard Taylor , Ian Durant , Dawn Lyons , Helen Turner |
| 1982/83 | David Blood | Miranda Trennery | Michael Smith, Sarah Pickering |
| 1983/84 | David Gilson | ||
| 1985/86 | Darren Powell | Louise ? | Gail Greenwood, Andrea Rafferty, Ian Catch |
| 1986/87 | David Hill | Kirsty Singleton | Paul Stead, Mark Allott, Jenna Piercy, Elise Trenerry |
| 1987/88 | Michael Holgate | Simone Dale | Neil Willey, Nick Lane, Hilary Thorp, Kirsty Rooth |
| 1988/89 | Steve McManus | Michaela Thompson |
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