Penistone Reunion

School Class Pictures and School Reunions

PGS Class Picture From 1956
This picture was kindly sent by cousin Beryl (nee Aspinall), who has asked if people can add to the list of names. You could do this via the Guestbook.

PGS Class of May 1956

Back row:
1. ?, 2. Ownsworth, 3. ?, 4. Kenneth Wood, 5. David Nettleton, 6. Neil Tolladay, 7. ?, 8. ?, 9. Brian ?, 10. George Kaye, 11. ?, 12. Rawlins.

Centre row:
1. Janet Storey, 2. Katherine, 3. ?, 4. Enid Mouncey, 5. Arthur Reed, 6. David Padgett, 7. ?. 8. ?, 9. Richard Campbell, 10. Beryl Aspinall, 11. Olwyn Roebuck, 12. Rita.

Bottom row:
1. Sandra, 2. ?, 3. Maureen, 4. Sandra, 5. ?, 6. Miss Cookson (close-up -->), 7. ?, 8. ?, 9. Mary, 10. ?, 11. Dorothy Hirst

PGS Class Pictures from 1965
Many of these can be found at the 'Friends Reunited' website. Please use the Guestbook if you would like to leave any comments.

Class 2E
Photo - Many Thanks to Mick Walsh

Top Row:
Linda Rawlinson, Janet Goldthorpe, Jean Clay, Andrea White, Susan Haigh, Janet Wibberly, Anne Cartwright, Susan ?, Susan Bennett and Eileen Fowler

Middle Row:
Alan Dooley, Mick Walsh, Richard Brocklehurst, Raymond Walters, John Stanley, Hazel Marr, Janet Williamson, Brian Cawthorne, John Dixon, Kevin Saunders and Tony Doyle

Front Row:
Carol Howard, Janet Wragg, Heather Fieldsend, Susan Hardisty, Heather Goldthorpe, Miss Beard, Janet Ashton, Beryl Parker, Margaret Baldwin, Jean Allot and Janet Hampshire

Class 2F

Top Row:
Trevor Hill, James Matthewman, David Bradwell, Ian Hutchinson, Jack Briggs, Kevin McShane, Rodney Wood, Gordon Walsh, Stephen Miller, Brian Harrison, David Bailey, John Knox and Richard Galliford

Front Row:
Ruby Green, Susan Hodgett, Jackie Pearson, Jocelyn Turner, Christine Hoyle, John Ward, Lynn Harley, Susan Sawtell, Maureen Taylor, Vivien Grice and Angela Smith

Class 2D
This large class was later split into two.
Photo - Many Thanks to Christine Cooke

Top Row:
Peter Kennedy, Alwyn Corkett, Michael Maxfield, Steve Hoyland (never ages), Paul Taylor, Richard Penning, David Morton, Peter Smith, Christopher Sanderson, Gordon Jagger, David Brown, Dave MacKrill and Michael Goodliffe

Middle Row:
Richard Tyas, Peter Tazzyman, Barbara Coldwell, Janet Taylor, Rosemary Hemingway, Josie Wortley, June Speight, Lynn Dyson, Barbara Tutin, Barbara Pell, Valerie Smith and Denis Fish

Front Row:
Margaret Gray, Brenda Crossley, Yvonne Rushton, Susan Froggatt, Margaret Hardy, Christine Shale, Carol Kenyon, Vicky Jubb, Linda Grange, Ann Mitchell and Anne Kenworthy

Reunion 2004
My old classmate Richard Galliford suggested a school reunion in 2004. We passed the word around and met at the Rose & Crown, Wednesday, 2nd June. I can't say it was a big success in terms of numbers but we had a very pleasant evening, reminiscing about the old days and catching up on what people were doing.

Present were: George Punt, Dave Bailey, Christine Shale, Maureen Taylor and her daughter Helen, Yvonne Rushton, Dave MacKrill, Richard Galliford and myself (maiden names here). Others said that they would have liked to come but had other commitments. I was particularly pleased that Councillor Punt (my form-teacher) was able to attend. It was good to chat about the old days, how we had grown older, especially about the quirks of various teachers and pupils.

The Rose and Crown staff looked after us well by dressing up for the occasion and providing heaps of food but I'm afraid that I rather oversold the occasion to them by suggesting that more people would turn up. My thanks to everyone involved for making it a good evening.

George Punt
George passed away in 2006. He will be remembered with great fondness as a respectable member of the community and a long-serving member of Penistone Town Council. Many local people will remember him as the Rural Studies teacher at Penistone Grammar School.

Other Reunions
As a spin-off from the PGS's 1392 - 1992 school anniversary, Lynn Harley (aswas) arranged several successful reunions in a local pub before she flitted to the sunny shores. An impromptu meeting sprang up again in 2003, when the nomadic Maurice Walsh returned from his world travels. It was hastily arranged but there was Dave Bailey, Maurice, Kevin McShane, Richard Galliford and myself, with a fleeting visit by Dave MacKrill on his way from the Indian take-away.

Spring Vale Junior School also had a big reunion in October 2005, prior to the school's demolition and re-build.

2012 Reunion
A grand gathering is predicted for 2012 for our PGS year, with Lynn as ringleader and various others as contacts. This is to mark a particular milestone, which some of us have already reached. More on this later.