Forums Forums Wirral History : Chasing the Past Wirral Schools Past & Present Park High School, Birkenhead

i went to park high between 99 and 04. it was shit when i was there but lookin back it was a proper laugh.mr gregory got forced to leave for getting a bit friendly with some of the female pupils i heard. miss robinson was sound, i thought she was a bit of a fox too hahaha

The 2 classrooms behind the stage were turned into temporary PE changing rooms while all the building work was happening.

I remember the "isolation" room in upper.. that was horrible and cold

Ohh aye i remember that room... heh! too cold.. next to the TA room wasnt it in the Basement ?

Nah, when i was in there (most of the time) it was on the top floor.. you know the creepy stairs behind the stage.. proper scary up there lol

The Lower site (on Park Road North) is now the Wirral Hospital School its called the Joseph Paxton Building (Joseph Paxton designed and opened Birkenhead Park)

I think it's now for kids who don't do well in other schools and it also offers support for pregnant and new mums in years 10 and 11 who want to continue with their GCSE’s.

Park High is now located on one site at what was known as the upper site.

dood how old are ypu and any folks who also went here, i was ther in 92 93 i think

I started there in 1998

what teachers did you have?

upper is well different now, had lots of building work done and that old gym and the little bridge going to the technology rooms is well gone lol

cool folks so its now on one, nice one, ok teachers, mr corlett was a science teacher and my form teacher and drove a meastrero and had posh pretend leather patches on his elbows of his jacket even in 92-93 season wow i know !! ps he was well cool and chilled. vaugley remember some class names and my head was Mr batman, i dint recall his name, but if he walked in you stood, old fashioned dicipline but I respected him totally for it. mr slater was she short and stumpy, also cool, Mr (younger looking) Bruce forsyth did maths in a porta cabin, he was ok I guess. I recall a Mrs jones (possibly ginger) was my Humanities/religios teacher and if it came to marks out of ten i would happily give her one, Jacko rings a bell i remember slim small set possibly glasses, wicked rendition of stand by me on a double bass, treasured memory for ever, well cool, possibly a Mr Grey for PE, hated football so let me do cross country instead and relized my potential, also well cool, nice bloke to. struggling now, a german teacher balding and about 35 t 45 also a nice bloke. mrs simpson rings a bell, the word lesbian springs to mind, although never found out nor cared, nothing wrong with rug munching, i like it myself. geograpy was a guy possibly called mr cooke although not sure, he was cool. i remember for the first few weeks we had a locum teacher who a certain luke blaire told to fu.. off and this teacher calmly replies no, how about you fu,, off right down to batmans (lightbuld moment) head was MR Bartram i think (lightbulb is only 20 watts) ok, ho else??? english, i cant remember his name but he had us reading that scouse book 'our day out', how the Class chuckled when i came to read in a Broad Geordie accent!! teacher also was a cool guy, infact i liked all my teachers there, i will post if i think of more. ps me and Lee Crags (a Mackem) and Dinky and me was always smoking behind a cabin next to the gate into the park lol, happy days

did you mean mr slater or mrs salter? lol

not sure the school before had a slater too who funilly enough also tought bio

maddocks rings a bell and coffe breath i think was Mr (younger looking) forsyth

That coffee breath was Mr Campbell if not already mentioned above - his name ring any bells?

nah thats not him, he spoke in a false manner to what he was in the staffroom . taught in the third cabin

any more memories of park high??