Joining Greenhill - 1955
About this Document
I remember this "document" well, as I'm sure do many others. If one was starting at Greenhill in 1955, this was the entire "School Brochure", and the entire of the information imparted before your arrival at those hallowed gates!
It comprised a single sheet of paper, typed on both sides, and then duplicated. It was handed out to new starters at the Open Evening one day that Summer. It's rather a far cry from the 32-page, professionally produced colour brochures that one sees today, but hey! - at least nobody was wasting money in those austere days!
It comes to us thanks to Lawrence Feeley of that year's intake, whose mother Laura (R.I.P.) saved it for all that time, and we thank him for lending it to us now so that we can reproduce it here after nearly 54 years.
Please note that the pages presented here are the document after it has in effect been re-typed.
However, right at the end is a link to a PDF document which contains the scans exactly as they came off the scanner. These can be used to check the accuracy of the re-typing, and also let you see what we were dealing with
| GREENHILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL OLDHAM |
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| Headmaster | Mr.T. Higson | ||||
| INFORMATION TO PARENTS | |||||
| School Telephone No | MAIn 4570 | ||||
| School Hours | Morning: 8.55 to 12.15 p.m. Afternoon: 1.40 t0 4 p.m. |
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| Autumn Term begins | Thursday 1st. September 1955 | ||||
| School Outfitters | Messrs. G.K. Dougdale, 296, Manchester Street, Oldham. |
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| from whom the following articles of school uniform are obtainable:- | |||||
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BOYS - GIRLS - |
school cap, tie, blazer school beret, tie, blazer, |
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| Other necessary articles of clothing are: | |||||
| BOYS - | White P.T. shorts, blue football shorts, white pumps, football boots, singlet or 'T' shirt in House colour, A bib-overall in stout material for woodwork is recommended. |
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| GIRLS - | White Aertex blouse (for games), black circular games skirt in heavy rayon or fine serge. white ankle socks, white pumps, gingham frocks of school material (for summer wear); black or green cardigan (obtainable through school); navy blue gaberdine raincoat |
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| NOTE: | All clothing should be clearly marked with the pupil's name. Adhesive cloth labels, costing 3/- for 2 dozen are obtainable through school |
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| SCHOOL DINNER: | Provided daily at a cost of 9d. Dinner-money for each week is collected every Friday morning. At the beginning of term, dinner money is collected on the first morning. |
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| MILK: | Milk is provided free each day at morning break. Biscuits on sale at the same time. |
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| BOOKS: | All text-books and exercise books are provided free of charge. Pupils are held responsible for all materials loaned to them. Pupils are expected to provide their own pens, pencils, rulers. |
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| HOMEWORK: | Pupils in the first year are expected to do about 45 minutes homework each night. Parents are asked to assist the staff by seeing that homework is done regularly and under proper conditions. |
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| EXAMINATIONS: | Examinations are held twice yearly. A half-yearly report is forwarded to parents. |
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| ABSENCE NOTES: |
The absence of any pupil most be explained by a note in the parent's handwriting. |
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| MEDICAL NOTES: |
All pupils are normally expected to take part in physical training, swimming and games. Parents are asked to notify the School Secretary if their child is medically unfit for these activities |
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| SCHOOL FUND: | Each pupil is expected to contribute two shillings a year to the School Fund to meet expenses and make purchases not normally met by the Oldham Education Committee |
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| APPOINTMENTS: | Parents wishing to consult the Headmaster are asked to make an Appointment with the School Secretary. |
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Principal Assistant Master |
Mr. F.S.K. Sedgley, B.A. |
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| School Secretary | Mrs. E. Lees |