Speech Day
Speech Day
Or rather, Speech Night.....Recently went to St George’s Hall and was reminded of the hours we sat through Speech Days. The staff and the choir, led by Keith Rhodes, were seated on the stage and we were sat in our appointed places in the stalls. Guest speakers gave, what seemed, very long speeches; prizes were distributed; the choir sang; we clapped a lot; George Pollard gave the Headmaster’s viewpoint; the Head Boy asked for, and was always granted, an additional day’s holiday.
On other occasions we were expected to attend concerts in the afternoon, making our own way there, of course. Please forward your memories of both occasions.
I am indebted to Richard Darke for the copy of the school Speech Day programme of 1965:
City of Bradford Education Committee
The Grange School for Boys
Speech Day
Tuesday 23 rd March 1965
at 7pm
in St George’s Hall, Bradford
Programme
The School hymn: ‘These things shall be..’
The Choir: Coronation Anthem -‘I was glad when they said unto me’
The Chairman: Alderman Kathleen Chambers CBE, LLD, JP
Chairman of the School Governors
The Headmaster
The Choir: ‘Corpus Christi Carol’ ‘The Evening Primrose’ ‘The Silver Swan’
Address and Presentation of Awards:
Sir Lionel Russell CBE, MA
Chief Education Officer, City of Birmingham
Vote of Thanks:The Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford
Councillor TE Hall
The Head Prefect
The National Anthem:
Music Master: KV Rhodes B Mus, FRCO
The Year’s Record
GCE Advanced Papers
Science
Close, ES - Third Year Sixth; Cousins, LD - Liverpool University; Firth, KR - Leeds Training College; Hartley, S - Aberystwyth Univ; Johnson, KA - Leeds Training College; Knight, AN - Student Teacher; Lerman, PM ( ‘A’ in Maths, Further Maths, Physics. Distinction in Maths Special Paper) - Trinity College, Cambridge; Wainwright, R - Sheffield University; Whitehead, P (‘A’ in Physics, Distinction in Maths, Special Paper) - King’s College, Cambridge.
Arts
Arnott, AMS - Insurance; Birch, B - Third Year Sixth; Butterfield, GD - Birmingham Training Coll; Cummings, GH - 3rd Yr 6th; Darke, RI (‘A’ in Music) - Bristol University; Ham, DJ - Leeds University; Hardaker, R - Insurance; Hornsby, K - Insurance; Kenzie, G - Birmingham University; Lawrence, JE - Leeds Training Coll; Northin, D - Insurance; Shaw, IDH - Leeds Law School; Sheppard, RG - Culham Training Coll; Stott, D - Insurance; Thorp, RI ( ‘A’ in Latin, French & German) - Leeds University; Walker, H (Distinction in Economics, Special Paper) - Third Year Sixth; Wetherell, TE - Keele University; Whittingham, MB (‘A’ in Geography and French) - Leeds University; Woodhead, AM - Westminster Bank.
Ordinary Papers
5A - Adams, Barthel, Bateman, Bennett, Bullock, Cavanagh, Collinson, Corns, Donlon, Dunn-Birch, Elliott, Fanning, Gilpin, Hardaker, Harrington, Helliwell, Hill, Jowett, Kestin, Kidd, Laycock, Messenger, Rogers, Stanhope, Stanyon, Storey, Sunderland, Thompson, Tiffany, Wilkinson, Wilson, Wormwell
5B - Andrew, Barber, Briggs, Chapman, Dotchin, Durkin, Hammerton, Heppleston, Imeson, Lee, Long, McKinlay, Murie, Nash, Parker, Randall, Rhodes, Shimmin, Slimming D, Slimming N, Smith D, Smith P, Stabb, Taylor, Wright
5C - Barraclough, Brown, Clark, Claughton, Cousins, Crosby, Finch, Hogg, Lawrence, Roantree, Robertshaw, Russell, Thompson, Townsend, Ward, Wilson
The following Sixth Form boys also gained certificates: Bannister, Bateman, Bedford, Briggs, Coultas, Dodds, Eccles, Gill, Goodall, Green, Hewitt, Holland, Horsley, Hullah, McKay, McMillan, Robson, Stewart, Todd, Wilson, Wivell
School Prizes
Honoratus - RI Thorp;
ld Boys’ Award for Sport & Sportmanship - K Hornsby;
Staff Prize (for service to the school) - GD Butterfield:
Hannah Elizabeth Buckle Memorial Prize - PM Lerman;
Harry Swires Thornton Prizes for Geography - MB Whittingham, HJ Hill, TE Wetherell, IDH Shaw;
RE - BA Field;
English - HJ Hill, DJ Buckley, OP Mulka;
History - M Stanhope, P Padgett;
Economics - H Walker;
Latin - RI Thorp;
Modern Languages - RI Thorp, AR Gilpin, GJ Sanders, AC Peel, D Ellis;
Maths - PM Lerman, HJ Hill, P Padgett;
Physics & Chemistry - PM Lerman, P Whitehead, JA Hewitt;
Biology - GD Corns;
Music - GH Cummings;
Art - DJ Buckley, P Padgett;
Handicraft - GD Corns, HJ Hill, JH McKinlay;
Physical Education - D Whitehead
Form Prizes
VI a Mod - RI Thorp; Commended - H Walker
Via Sc - PM Lerman; P Whitehead
Vib Mod - AC Peel; JA Stewart
VI b Sc - DE Robson; J Hullah
5A - HJ Hill; PM Barthell, RJ Kidd.
5B - JA Dotchin; BJ Andrew
5C - PR Townsend; B Roantre.
4A - GJ Sanders; J Hutchinson
4Sc - BJ Johnson; EJ Kirkpatrick.
4M - JD Earnshaw; J Redhead
4X - DC Feather; R Jagger.
3A - CD Priestley; AJ Mitchell
3Sc - P Padgett; RJ Stevenson.
3M - TH Northrop; DA Clayton
3X - J Oldridge; P Darby.
2A - OP Mulka; BJ Mitulinski
2B - TS Bean; GH Whieldon.
2C - RA Jones; BJ Lee1H - AH Wright; M Phelps.
1C - GT Brook; G Moses
1B - E Long; KE Smith
In Games we had another reasonably good year. In Football all teams did well but failed at the final hurdle. In Cricket the Under 13s and Senior Teams were undefeated; the Under 13s were cup winners and the Under 15s joint section leaders. In Cross Country we came third in the Boyd Carpenter Competition and we maintained an improvement in Athletics. In Swimming we again won the Grammar Schools’ Championship.G Butterfield played and A Barraclough was reserve for the Bradford Grammar Schools’ Association Football Team that played Glasgow. T Tiffany came 1st in the 100 yards free-style at the Yorkshire Schools’ Championship and third in the English Championships. M Bateman and M Bennett swam for Bradford in the Yorkshire Schools’ Championships
Colours 1963-64
Football (full colours) - K Hornsby, G Butterfield, A Barraclough, D Gomersall, G Newsholme, K Ogden, A Mirfield, B Roantree, TE Wetherell
Cricket (full colours) - G Butterfield, K Ogden, B Bannister, P Foster, B Birch, L Cousins
Athletics (full colours) - K Hornsby, J Brown, A Mirfield, I Shaw, K Storey, T Tiffany
Football (half colours) - C Hayhurst, S Khan, P Crosby, K Narey, C Robertshaw, D Stabb, R Taylor, P Tate, I Shaw, G Wood, J Brown, R Hardaker
Cricket (half colours) - A Arnott, A Barraclough, A Broadbent, I Johnson, S Khan, G Newsholme, D Northin, I McMillan, B Roantree, D Sunderland, G Wilson, G Wood
Athletics (half colours) - T Jowett, P Dodds, K Firth, P Clapham, B Johnson
Swimming (full colours) - M Bateman, T Tiffany, M Bennett, G Green; (half colours) - A Dixon
Chess (half colours) - A Arnott, I Johnson, B Bannister, G Wood, K Ogden, K Hornsby, P Myatt, I McMillan
Royal Life Saving Awards 1963-64:
Bronze Cross - G Wood, P Ripley, G Lee, D Hill;
Award of Merit - M Siswick, M Bennett
The Inter-House Shield was won by North House, the Hayes Cup for School Work by North House and the Old Boys’ Cup for Games by East House
Hymn: ‘These things shall be'
These things shall be: a loftier race
Than e’er the world hath known shall rise,
With flame of freedom in their souls,
And light of knowledge in their eyes.
They shall be gentle, brave and strong
To spill no drop of blood, but dare
All that may plant man’s lordship firm
O’er earth and fire, and sea and air.
Nation with nation, land with land,
Inarm’d shall live as comrades free:
In every heart and brain shall throb
The pulse of one fraternity.
Man shall love man with hearts as pure
And fervent as the young -ey’d throng
Who chant their heav’nly psalms before
God’s face with undiscordant song.
New arts shall bloom of loftier mould,
And mightier music thrill the skies,
And ev’ry life shall be a song,
When all the earth is paradise.
There shall be no more sin, nor shame,
Though pain and passion may not die:
For man shall be at one with God
In bonds of firm necessity
Speech Day 1955
Thanks to Peter M. Butterfield for providing the following:
The following programme was donated by Harry Atkinson (click on each image to view a full size version):
Speech Day 1958
Speech Day 1959
Thanks to Phil Brookman for providing the following:
The following programme was donated by Harry Atkinson (click on each image to view a full size version):
Speech Day 1960
The following programme was donated by Harry Atkinson (click on each image to view a full size version):
Speech Day 1961
The following programme was donated by Harry Atkinson (click on each image to view a full size version):
Speech Day 1963