Teachers: Grammar School (1958)

List of teachers taken from the September 1958 edition of the Letchworth Grammar School Magazine.

Where a teacher is not on this list, it is because any entry found did not fit the known details. Subjects taught often exceeded those shown!

R. D. = Registration District (eg: = Royston & villages, and villages, and villages, Hitchin and villages, Letchworth etc., etc. 45 named places in total)

Biology, Botany:

WOOLLONS Muriel Constance aged 92 years (Teacher at Letchworth Grammar School) and late of Meadow Way Green. Peacefully on 17th October 2011 in Scarborough. Dearly beloved wife of the late John and much loved mother of Jonathan and Jane, and a dearly loved granny. (Born Muriel C. WHALLEY, 1919, Blackburn R. D. Lancashire.)

Physical Education:

DENWOOD Leslie Stuart Glebe Meadow, Lydham, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. Passed away peacefully, at his home, on Tuesday, September 18, 2012, aged 81 years. Much loved Husband of Marion, loving Father and Grandfather. Will be sadly missed by his Family and many Friends. Funeral Service at St Peter's Church, More on Tuesday, September 25, at 12 noon, followed by Interment in the Churchyard.

Les married Marion ROBERTS (pupil at Letchworth Grammar School) in Hitchin R. D. in 1961. Born 1940, Hitchin R.D.

Art:

Charles Anthony John WOOLLONS died January 1996 Malvern R. D. Worcestershire born 23 September 1919. Married Muriel C. WHALLEY, 1953, Darwen R. D. Lancashire. Two children: Jonathan Charles born 1954, Elizabeth Jane born 1958 both in Hitchin R. D.

Chemistry:

Cyril Swain MARSTON died February 1991 Surrey Mid Eastern R. D. born 04 July 1906. (This is the only entry that fits his initials “C. S.” and of the correct age period)

Handicrafts:

Rex Basil CORBETT died October 1988, Hitchin R. D. born 11 June 1914.

Geography:

John Harding McBRIDE died May 1986 Stevenage R. D. born 13 April 1909

Physics:

Philip Farmar TITCHMARSH died September 2003 Colchester R. D. born 28 May 1912.

English:

Stanley Hamilton STEWART died December 1991 Stevenage R. D. born 30 Novemver 1904. English

Stephen Gilbert WHITFIELD died April 1997 Hitchin & Stevenage R. D. born 16 July 1920.

French:

Doris Irene GARE On 26th March 2009, Doris Irene Gare of Trembaths Nursing Home, Letchworth aged 96 years. Funeral service to be held at Luton Crematorium, Stopsley on Tuesday 21st April at 1.45pm. All enquiries to E.H. Crouch Funeral Director. Born 1913 Hastings Sussex. (Barbara THODY, Peter & Denny (Oakley) YATES and many other later years students attended her funeral)

English and French:

Violet Gowing EXTON died August 1995 Hitchin R. D. born 20 October 1915.

Mathematics:

William David BENTLEY died January 2003 Hitchin & Stevenage R. D. born 17 August 1911

Music:

Gladys May LEIGHTON died January 2004 Chiltern (Bucks) R. D. born 03 September 1912

History:

Norah CARTER died 1973 Hitchin R. D. born 02 August 1907

English:

Margaret Helen RAYMENT died 1972 Hitchin R. D. born 23 October 1912 (School magazines say M. A. RAYMENT either could be wrong) She was living at Therfield at time of death.

Biology and Zoology:

Ivy SWANWICK died August 1990 Stoke on Trent R. D. born 01 December 1926

Mathematics:

Geoffrey Harold YORKE died November 1996, Hitchin & Stevenage R. D. born 17 January 1914

History:

Jack William PARKER died March 1994, Weymouth R. D. born 10 November 1921

Head Masters:

Frederick C. LILL died 1967 Hitchin R. D. age 52 years. Born 1914 West Ham R. D.

Sydney WILKINSON M.C., M.A. (Cantab) died 1953 Hitchin R. D. age 62 years, Hitchin R. D.