Girls Choir 1942-43 Choirs 1940s Back Row L-R: Mary Halsall, J. Gough, Gloria Schorah, Betty Hill, B. Pratt, A. Brammer, Dorothy Marks, Margaret Medforth, Olive Mellor, Marian Lakin Middle Row L-R: J. Reynolds, Brenda Fletcher, P. Idle, T. Younge, Helen Outram, Dorothy Wass, Viva Wyatt, Shirley Price, Brenda Swinbank Front Row L-R: N. Mullaney, Nora Swinbank, Jean Burton, Miss Townsend, Iris Holt, Mollie Weaver, Joan Maw
Junior Boys Choir 1944-45 Fourth Row L-R: Cyril Fozzard, Peter Gunthorpe (2C), Ronald Broome, Peter Trueman (2C) John Warden, Sammy Flavell (2A) Third Row L-R: Moss, Sam Hughes (2C), Peter Maw (1B), Ronnie Gorton (2C), Kenneth Beaumont (1A), Colin Beckett(1A), George Backhouse (1A). Second Row L-R: Heppinstall (1A), Peter Sutcliffe (3B), Donald Wilford (3B), Miss Carter, Malcolm Taylor (3B), Arthur Riley (1B), John Marley (1A). Front Row L-R: Ray North (1A), Douglas Shackleton (1B), George Walton, Roland Younge, Roger Andrews (1A), Neville Flavell (1A).
Girls Choir 1944-45 Photo and some names from Ruth Hudson. Geoff Govier has also supplied some names. Thank you. Fifth Row L-R: Pat Hayward, Gloria Schorah, Margaret Leniker, Sheila Smith, Brenda Fletcher, Mary Halsall, Margaret Medforth, Barbara Nurney, Helen Buckley, Ruby Hatfield, Marilyn Marples Fourth Row L-R: Jean Sheppard, Sheila Whitehouse, Kathleen Spencer, Pauline Riggott, J. Allen, J. Gough, Marjorie Maycock, Rita Taylor, June Nash Third Row L-R: Marrion Lakin, Shirley Price, Dorothy Marks, Dorothy Wass, Miss Carter, Joan Maw, Viva Wyatt, Olive Mellor, Betty Hill Second Row L-R: Joyce Dixon, Pat Senior, Brenda Swinbank, Rhoda Shaw, Betty Robinson, J. Morgan, Honor Day, Ethel Robinson Front Row L-R: Elsie Coates, Margaret Foster, Ruth Hudson, Mary Crannage, Josie Haywood, Marjorie Oxley
Boys Choir 1945-46 Back Row L-R: Neville Flavell, Ray North, Peter Maw, Ken Beaumont, Bernard Brooks, Sam Hughes, Dennis Hartley, George Lancaster Third Row L-R: Peter Weston, Keith Lodge, Derek Goodall, Winters, Birley, Eric Sale, Keith Megson, Williamson Second Row L-R: Donald Clarke, Thompson, Powell, Miss Carter, Bassindale, Eric May, Cyril Fozzard Front Row L-R: Scragg, Dixon, Brian Lindsey, Murray
Girls Choir 1945-46 Back Row L-R: Josie Duffield, Dorothy Eden, Dorothy Wass, Margaret Medforth, Viva Wyatt, Olive Mellor, Honor Day, Sheila Whitehouse Third Row L-R: Brenda Swinbank, Shirley Price, Joan Maw, Betty Robinson, Pauline Riggott, Betty Hill, Dorothy Marks, June Nash Second Row L-R: Margaret Leniker, Pat Hayward, Marjorie Oxley, Miss. J.E. Carter, Jean Shepherd, Barbara Nurney, Elsie Coates Front Row L-R: Kathleen Spencer, Gloria Schorah, Mary Crannage, Helen Buckley, Marjorie Maycock, Rita Taylor, June Webster
Girls Choir 1946-47 Photo from Ruth Hudson. Names from Joyce Dixon and Ruth Hudson. Thank you. Fifth Row L-R: Sheila Close, Rita Doughty, Celia Asher, Marie Allen, Barbara Nurney, Sheila Whitehouse Fourth Row L-R: Sheila Smith, Ruth Heathcote, Rita Clatworthy, Ruth Hudson, Connie Spence, Mary Wilkinson, Marilyn Marples, Jean Shepherd, Mary Crannage, Pat Hayward Third Row L-R: Pat Senior, Honor Day, Elsie Coates, Helen Buckley, Josie Haywood, Alice Williams, Mavis Stone, Phyllis Cooper, Eunice Parrott, Marjorie Maycock, Marjorie Oxley, June Webster Second Row L-R: Ann Brown, Barbara Thomas, Kathleen Spencer, Pauline Riggott, Miss Carter, June Nash, Margaret Medforth, Rita Taylor, T. Hutchinson Front Row L-R: Lillian O'Neill, Joyce Dixon, Marie Johnson, Ada Pollard, J. Morgan, Anne Higginson
Boys Choir 1946-47 Back Row L-R: Murray, Williamson, Dallison, Roy Sault, Thackray, Freeman Fourth Row L-R: Thompson, Keith Megson, May, Jagger, Ron Wilkinson, Sutcliffe, Conway Third Row L-R: Riley, James, Atkinson, Winters, Maurice Poole, Stevenson, Birley, Hinchcliffe Second Row L-R: McAllister, Goodall, Crehan, Lindsay, Mr. Davis, Dixon, Conway, Mozley, Secker Front Row L-R: Marley, Heald, Pope, Ward, Troughton, Chappell, Parkin
Boys Choir 1947-48 Back Row L-R: Pope, Cooke, Peter Steele, Brian Secker, Roy Sault, Murray, Birley, Billy Heald, Crehan, Watson. Third Row L-R: Michael Fry, Maurice Poole, Hinchcliffe, Stan Troughton, Eric May, Wall, Bentley, Lowery J. Davison D., Stevenson C., Priest, Allbrook R. Second Row L-R: John Gascoigne, Eric Williams, Conway, Ward, Ron Wilkinson, Joyce Dixon (accompanist) Mr. Davis, Conway, Derek Goodall, Thompson, Keith Vest. Front Row L-R: Rodney Wood, Billy Kitson, Atkinson R. Smith, Cook, Bywater, Peter Wall, Parkin.
School Choir 1947-48 Photo and names from Ruth Hudson. Dennis Harper has also provided some of the names. Thank you. Back Row L-R: Cyril Fozzard, Jim Foster, Donald Clarke Seventh Row L-R: George Walton, Jack Robinson, John Askew, Powell Sixth Row L-R: Brian Beaumont, Brian Rainforth, Bernard Brook, Colin Beckett, Peter Maw, Brian Hughes, Derek Conway, Hartley, Trevor Turton, Leaker T., Philip Moore Fifth Row L-R: A. Williams, M. Johnson, Joyce Dixon, Eunice Parrott, M. Tinsley, M. Dellbridge, Rita Clatworthy, S. Smith, Vera Wardle Fourth Row L-R: Connie Spence, Mary Wilkinson, S. Braim, Edith Lill, Adeline Allen, M. Harwood, E. Parker, A. Alderson, J. Pearce, D. Dunning, A. Bird, Angela Lockwood Third Row L-R: Barbara Collette, A. Higginson, Pat Senior, Ruth Hudson, Margaret Leniker, Miss. J.E. Carter, P. Hayward, Barbara Thomas, Rita Doughty, L. O'Neill, Celia Asher, Mabel Horbury Second Row L-R: E. Godwin, A. Bower, Weston, Powell, Conway, Derek Goodall, Roy Leach, Keith Megson, Warren, M. Roberts, P. Miles Front Row L-R: E. Ward, J. Hardwick, E. Trueman, K. Bagnall, J. Page, M. Boot, J. Herbert, B. Charlesworth, E. McClagen, Norma Burden On November 10th 1948 the School Choir, conducted by Miss Carter and accompanied by Joyce Dixon, sang the following songs at Speech Day:- "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" from the Messiah "Surely he hath borne our griefs" by Handel North Country Folk Tune "Bobby Shaftoe" arr. by W.G. Whittaker.
First Form Boys Choir 1948-49 Photo and names from Terry McCroakam. Some names have been provided by Peter Wall. Thank you. Back Row L-R: Billy Kitson, Alan Vaughan-Birch, Ron Smethurst, J. Jones, Don Maltby, Bill Baxendale, Len Whitehouse, Peter Wall Middle Row L-R: Terry McCroakam, McGill, Tibble, Alan Callery, Colin Megson, Brian Poole, Barry Dixon, A. Storr, Heppinstall Back Row L-R: Alan Buckroyd, Alan. Goodison, Ken Pinnock, Mr. Morgan-Davies, Joyce Dixon, Graham, Chris Gascoigne, B. Greasley
School Choir 1948-49 Photo and some names from Ruth Hudson. Names have also come from Joyce Dixon and Dennis Harper. Thank you. Fifth Row L-R: Hardy, Cyril Fozzard, George Greenhough, Powell, Bill Littleboy, John Askew, Philip Moore, Roger Andrews, Brian Rainforth, Jack Robinson Fourth Row L-R: Sheila Smith, Jean Campion, A. Bower, A. Alderson, Molly Dodsworth, Mavis Tinsley, M. Loring, Angela Lockwood, Ethel McLagen, Vera Wardle, is E. Webster, N. Stephenson, O. Shaw, Shirley Lillford, B. Glover. Third Row L-R: J. Page, Pat Coope, Barbara Dunwell, J. Pearce, Adeline Allen, Norma Burden, Irene Wright, Joyce Dixon, J. Ramsden, Connie Spence, M. Harward, M. Burns, Edith Lill, E. Locker, K. Bagnall. Second Row L-R: E. Farmer, Margaret Roberts, Rita Doughty, Mary Bingley, Celia Asher, Marion Roberts, Miss. J.E. Carter, Ruth Hudson, Joyce Dixon, Margaret Foster, Pat Senior, Mabel Horbury, Mary Butt Front Row L-R: Birley, Doug Jackson, John Gascoigne, Peter Maw, Keith Megson, Keith Farmer, Peter Collette, Roy Leach, Stephenson, Parkin On 16th November 1949, the School Choir gave a rendition of three Folk Songs during the Speech Day proceedings of Hemsworth Grammar School. They were:- Early One Morning arr. Dunhill Loch Lomond arr. Dunhill O, No John arr. Thiman. The Boy's Choir sang two songs:- Full Fathom Five ~ arr. Dunhill Old King Cole ~ arr. Dunhill The accompanist was Joyce Dixon, and the conductor, Miss J.E. Carter. Also on the Programme were three songs sung by Christopher Gascoigne, a second-former with exceptional musical ability. He sang:- Like to a Linden Tree ~ Dvorak Hark, Hark the Lark ~ Schubert The Trout ~ Schubert To enrich the afternoon, some members of Staff displayed their musical talents. Mr. C.H. Owen and Mr. G.R. Burnett performed two Pianoforte duets, 'Dance from the Suite for Pianoforte Duet Op. 52' ~ York Bowen, and 'Country Dance' ~ Elsie Horner and Mr J.Renhard gave two violin solos, 'Air on the G String' ~Bach, and 'Praeludium and Allegro' ~ Pugnani Kreisler This was the year that the Guests of Honour were Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham KCB and Lady Leatham, whose family home had been Hemsworth High Hall (the Grammar School) until it was sold in 1919. Sir Ralph had been Deputy Governor of Malta six years earlier, during the turbulent wartime period. He gave reminiscences of his childhood in the old Hall to the assembled pupils and guests, and Lady Leatham presented the prizes and Certificates. I suppose that having a former resident of the School when it was a private house as Guest of Honour made this Speech Day very special. Sheila Kelsall
Madrigal Choir 1949-50 Photo from Miss. Ward. Thank you, Miss. Ward. Back Row L-R: Mr. Burnett, 2, Cyril Fozzard, Bill Littleboy, Mr. Combs Middle Row L-R: Joyce Dixon, Celia Asher Front Row L-R: Valerie Manning, V. Wardle, 3, Angela Lockwood, 5 These identifications were made by Angela Lockwood, and she remembers the girl at no 2 in the front row during a Science lesson when the subject of peristalsis was being discussed. As a practical demonstration of this phenomenon, the young Miss Wardle drank a glass of water while standing on her head! A Madrigal Group has been formed recently and it gave its first performance at the Pontefract Festival, where it sang Pearsall's "Shoot False Love" and managed to come a very close second to the Thorne's House Grammar School. Miss Carter works very hard in throwing herself about the platform while conducting. (We are still waiting for her to drop off the platform a la Holst). But this is not the only time she works hard as, it is hoped, will be proved by the Concert which is to be given at the start of the Summer Term. Joyce Dixon U6A Talbot.
Mixed Choirs 1949-50 Photo from Joyce and Michael Dixon. Some names have been provided by Peter Wall and Geoff Govier. Thank you. Fifth Row L-R: Mr. Owen, Mr. Combs, Dennis Ramsden, Norma Burden, Angela Lockwood, 6, 7, 8, Vera Wardle, Eileen Tate, Jack Robinson, Geoff Manning, Cyril Fozzard Fourth Row L-R: Neville Flavell, Molly Dodsworth, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Barbara Whitaker, Valerie Manning, Margaret Connolly, 11, Margaret Roberts, 13, 14, 15 Third Row L-R: Wendy Toone, 2, 3, 4, Olive Murphy, 6, Mary McGuire, 8, 9, Juliet Parker, Joyce Fox, Hazel Hall, Margaret Smith, Jean Edgeley Second Row L-R: Sam (Brian) Hughes, Bill Littleboy, Mary Clare, Edith Lill, Marie Allen, Joyce Dixon, Celia Asher, Mr. Burnett, Sheila Davison, M. Walker, Gladys Alderman, 12, 13, Donald Clarke Front Row L-R: Don Richardson, Maurice Poole, Colin Megson, Peter Robinson, Peter Wall, Don Law The members of these choirs are the ones who gave the memorable performances at the Speech Day when Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham was Guest of Honour. That would be the Boys' Choir, and the School Choir. Also represented here would be the Four Part Choir which gave a performance of Bach's "Peasant Cantata" at the Music Concert, and the Madrigal Group which came a close Second at the Pontefract Music Festival, singing Pearsall's "Shoot False Love".