Speech Day Programmes

 

Speech Day was really Speech Night, of course.  In Greenhill days, it was always at Hill Stores, always (except for 1952) in November, always started at either 7.15 or 7.30.

It always seemed worthwhile to be giving up a whole evening of our own time, in that the Guest of Honour was always prompted to request (and the request was always granted) a day's holiday in honour of the occasion.  I'm still of the opinion that although the holiday was forthcoming, it came out of the "additional days" that were at the discretion of the school, and hence, although we had a Speech Day holiday, we were "paying for it out of our own pocket"!  Perhaps that's just the cynicism that comes with old age? 

The following .pdf files can be downloaded by clicking on the filename.

The first one is for the Municipal High School (1938), the next two are for E.O.H.S, and the next pair (as indicated by the notes) document the transition from East Oldham High School to Counthill.

 

	Issue	Loaned by	File		Notes
	Nov. 1938	Jill Platt (Gurney)	SD1938HS.pdf		(Municipal High School)
	Nov. 1939	Anonymous	SD1939HS.pdf		(Municipal High School)
	Feb. 1950	Derrick McGarry	SD1949EOHS.pdf		(E.O.H.S,  School Year 1948/49)
	Dec. 1950	Brian Millward	SD1950EOHS.pdf		(E.O.H.S.)
	Feb. 1952	Brian Millward	SD1951CH.pdf		(Counthill, but refs. E.O.H.S.  1950-51)
	Dec. 1952	Brian Millward	SD1952CH.pdf		(Counthill, but 2nd year there for    many from E.O.H.S.)
	Dec. 1952	Frank McCandlish	SD1952.pdf		(Greenhill)
	Nov. 1953	Frank McCandlish	SD1953.pdf
	Nov. 1954	Frank McCandlish	SD1954.pdf
	Nov. 1955	Ken Rodgers	SD1955.pdf
	Nov. 1956	Ken Rodgers	SD1956.pdf
	Nov. 1957	Ken Rodgers	SD1957.pdf
	Nov. 1958	Joyce Bayley	SD1958.pdf
	Nov. 1959	Ken Rodgers	SD1959.pdf
	Nov. 1960	Isabel Lunn	SD1960.pdf
	Nov. 1961	Ken Rodgers	SD1961.pdf
	Nov. 1962	Ken Rodgers	SD1962.pdf
	Nov. 1963	Isabel Lunn	SD1963.pdf
	Nov. 1964	Isabel Lunn	SD1964.pdf
	Nov. 1965	Isabel Lunn	SD1965.pdf
	Apr. 1967	Isabel Lunn	SD1966.pdf		First Kaskenmoor Speech Day - Awards relate to final year (1966) of Greenhill
	Apr. 1968	Stephen Barnes	SD1967.pdf