Copthall People Photographs, mid 20th century

1961 photo of staff and pupils at Copthall County Grammar School

There are school photos for years: 1946, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1961

This 1961 Copthall school photo was supplied in the separate sections reproduced below, together with information on some of the teachers, which I have supplemented from my own recollections from the 1950s and from various other contributions.

Teachers row sitting in the third and fourth sections, from left to right:-

1. Very young new teacher, Pauline Taverner. who taught French. She was an old Copthall girl who returned when qualified as a teacher. Older girls may remember her from their time at Copthall.
2. Mrs Morris - Biology
3. Miss Headland - Geography
4. Mrs Crosskey - Biology
5. Miss Campbell - French
6. ?
7. ?
8. Mrs Buckley?
9. Miss Unwin - Latin
10. Miss Huntley - Domestic Science
11. Miss Normile - Domestic Science
12. Miss Down - Maths
13. Miss Blaikley - PE & Games
14. Miss Heys- Jones - Head Teacher
15. Miss Collins - English
16. Mlle. Baudet - French & Spanish
17. Mrs Wright - Art
18. Miss Strong - Music
19. Miss Franklin - Maths
20. Mrs Sanders (?) English
21. Miss Morant (?) History
22. Miss Cairns - Chemistry
23. Mrs Roberts - Maths
24. Miss Dunlop - History
25. Miss Schlesinger - Physics
26. Miss Young - English
27. Miss Gale - Geography
28. Mrs Montgomery - PE
29. ?
30. Frau Heimann - German
31. Miss Bosson (?) English, who married while at Copthall and became Mrs Dineen

With thanks to Pam Bernstein and Lynda Harris

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