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

was you just starting park high in the 70s?
I left in 1975
I set the TD room on fire, got told off and my magnifying glass confiscated till the friday,

what a joke

I was there from 2003-2008. some of the notable teachers and incidents are/were:

English: I keep forgetting her name but do anything out of place by a fraction and she went apeshit

Maths: Dr Okon (No one liked him) Mr Hepkey. Current Head Of Maths. Another one who's name i can't remember was always bright Red due to his massive consumption of Vodka.

Music: Mr Gregory was one man you never said Zebra to. apparently his wife was killed on a Zebra Crossing and by saying Zebra he would enter a physcotic rage that was unstoppable he was removed from his position quickly afterwords.

P.E: Mr Hughes who i swear is Ganondorf from Zelda Incarnate

One of The Learning Mentors drove a minibus like a rally driver pissed off their heads as if it was new years eve

Incidents:

2003: Lad was knocked out by a brick to the face
2004: Intranet Services compromised and hacked to death (Your Welcome)
2005: A Floor Room 12's ceiling collapsed Injuring everyone in the room and destabilizing the room above it
2006: Massive crowd tried to enter the A Floor Canteen causing people to be nearly crushed
2007: Lad's eye was malformed by Sulfuric Acid deliberately
2008: A Floor Flooded: up to chest height, Sports Hall like an massive swimming pool
D Floor damaged by Fire set in Rooke's private office (inside an old toilet unit)
Strange Guys in suits wanting me for unknown reasons. i ran but i had to temporarily disable one of them. (nothing says screw you than a pole to the bollocks)

Who was that very dishy Science teacher in 2004? Went to shum shum parents evening and cant remember a word he said?? plusone was Not Amused.

was it Blackburn (He made his own science award in 2008 till 2010 and i received the first one) Hughes (another Hughes0), and one in C7, C1, C4 Or C3 (there was one science teacher who was there from 2004-2005 but again i can't remember the name. I've managed to forget 90% of everything Park High related since i didn't want anyone trying to find me years afterwards, guessing it worked too well

Dunno his name! He was v.v. Good looking, i know that!! Beckham-esque. Must find shum shum school report! Find out his name.

Prob the 04-05 one! Toooo fit to be around teenage girls!! Fake diaries and the likes.....

I do hope it was NOT blackburn !! He was NOT dishy. Just trying to think of some names ...
I was there from 99 til 04

The male PE teacher was a dish ... Mr Mee

Can anyone remember Mr Woodgriffis (I will bounce you wound this woom like a wubber ball lol! And my biology teacher was Mr Malone,Maths teacher was Mr astbury, Music was Mrs Mitchelle and Mr Gregory,

I remember MR wood-GRIFFITHS caught me wearing platform shoes told me off,he was deputy head when i was there.MR ASTBURY the maths teacher very young and dishy when i was there think it was his first teaching post about 71-72

MR wood-GRIFFITHS caught me wearing platform shoes, He sent me home to change them,
I left in 1975.

i was at park high, i left in 1980. mr Woodgriffiths was head of lower school when i started and mr Vose was deputy head, mr topping taught p.e. to the lads and Miss elston to the girls cross country and athletics she put us through the mill.
also there was,
Mr maddocks my form teacher in upper school (government and politics
Mr hurworth english
Mr devitt english
mrs ainsworth history
mr ainsworth physics
Mr Mercer geography
Mr. Kinsell Physics
Mr. Maguire Maths
Mrs Porter Maths
Mrs Stockholm History
prob quite a few others if i had time to think about it

Good grief, how long has Mrs. Semple been there then? I had her for art in 1967-72.

I can't for the life of me remember the name of the head but we had at various times:

Mr Holtom music
Miss Jones games
Mrs Embleton domestic science
Mr Holland French
Miss Cain & Miss Shone maths
Mrs Semple & Mrs Evans art
Mrs Jones history
Miss Bell English
Mrs Leybourne RE
Mrs Boyle biology
Mr White French

I was at the girls school on Park Road South and we went co-ed with the boys in the 3rd year (1970?) - gained some fab (and hunky!) teachers then. Johnny Holland was our form master and taught French. He used to drive into school with the physics master whose name escapes me but he was blonde and cute!

We went comprehensive in the fifth year so that would have been about 1971/2. I remember the last parents evening, we went to see the geography teacher and she didn't even know I was in her class, let alone who I was. Said it all really.

Can't say I enjoyed school much. I loved games in the first couple of years and was occasionally in the school netball and hockey teams.

I remember we had a showing of the James Bond film On her Majesty's Secret Service one day. Can't remember if that was a film club or what but I don't remember any other films being shown. We had a chess club that I went to maybe once or twice.

I remember some of us being taken into the hall to watch tv. I think it was the Wimbledon Ladies Singles final which used to be on a Friday back then. I remember the national anthem was played and we were expected to stand. (I'm old enought to remember the national anthem being played in cinemas, for crying out loud!)

Miss Murrrrrrrray geography
Johnnie Johnson Latin
and Ian Birkett physics!!

Campbell was my form and maths teacher for the last two term of my park high school life.

Was a good maths teacher I got a C.S.E grade 1 in maths thanks to him,Remember going back to pick my exam results up seen my math result and had the pleasure to shoved it in magire face and told him who crap at maths and i was never going to do well in the exam....

Class of 1979 -83

Mr maddocks History Very Good History Teacher.
Mr devitt english Very Good English Teacher Had a bet on his team arsenal losing against liverpool I won and he stuck to his part of the bet No english home work for a month.
Mr. Maguire Maths Sh-te Maths Teacher.
Mrs Potter English.
Mrs Stockdale History Nice Teacher But could Bite back if you got on the wrongside of her.
Mr Oulton History teacher Top Bloke.

Happy Days