Other Grammar School Photographs
School Trips & Parties of the 1950s
Here we have a selection of MGS related photographs from the 1950s provided by John C. Carter.
They were almost exclusively taken by John when he attended the trips and functions depicted.
Click on the montage of his photos below to view them.
Lake District Trip to Stair in Newlands in the 1950s
M.G.S. Reunions
Early in 2006 a group of old MGS pupils who attended the school together in the early 1950s came together by email and other means and resolved to celebrate a visit by Barry Riding from France, where he has settled after globetrotting for most of his life. As most of us still lived in or around Mirfield, the Hare and Hounds was chosen as the venue with David Walker crossing the Pennines to join us. This was such an enjoyable experience that Barry has crossed the channel on a few other occasions and another reunion was arranged in July of the same year. We had managed to contact a few others from our school-year so although we lost one of our number who was away on holiday we grew from 6 to 8.
From this humble beginning the group has grown steadily until we are now in contact with many more 'old boys' and 'old girls', 16 of whom were able to gather on February 15, 2007 for a send-off celebration for David Clegg who was emigrating from our mother country to Australia. We all wished him well and promised to keep in touch. David is now settled and is quite happy with his move.
October 2007 was the first reunion in what is now its regular annual slot and we had 21 male ex-pupils, 4 female ex-pupils, 3 teachers and 2 wives giving a grand total of 30. For the October 2008 reunion the numbers remained constant at around the 30 mark and at October 2009 we managed a magnificent 42 attending then 40 in 2010 including 5 new members.
Click any of these reunion pictures for a larger image with names.
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March 2, 2006
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October 19, 2006
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February 15, 2007
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October 2, 2008
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October 1, 2009
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October 6, 2011
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The 2011 reunion of Mirfield Grammar School was held on Thursday, October 6 at Dewsbury District Golf Club, Sands Lane, Mirfield, WF14 8HJ. This has become a regular venue for us and they have looked after us very well. We moved to the Golf Club because our membership has been growing year by year and 2011 was our biggest yet with 51 attending, including the former pupils and their guests. This is especially pleasing because there were also many who sent their apologies because they were unable to make it this year due to other commitments. We hope to have their company again next year.
We are also gaining more ladies as we manage to track them down and many more were present on the day along with a couple of former pupils that we thought we had lost touch with. We were delighted to welcome our teachers again; Mr. Ray Saywell (89) and Mr. Jack Charnock. Unfortunately Geoff and Margaret Jones were unable to be there due to an unfortunate double booking but they are sure to be back with us next year.
Our reunions are informal gatherings which start at 12:00 noon. We have a definite start time so that everyone who comes will have the chance of interacting with all of the others. To make the catering arrangements manageable we have a Carvery rather than individual menus and this seems to be working well. Although the photos seem to show us all sat at the tables I should mention that this is only for the Carvery which comes after a general gathering around the bar where old acquaintances are renewed and old stories retold.
The next reunion will be held at 12:00 noon on
Thursday 4 October 2012 at Dewsbury District Golf Club,
The Pinnacle, Sands Lane, Mirfield, WF14 8HJ.
Photos from the October 2011 reunion.
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