| Title | Aireborough Grammar School |
| Date | Undated |
| Location | Yeadon |
| Photo ID | E001 |
| Comment | See below… |
In 1906 representatives from Yeadon, Guiseley, Rawdon and Menston Councils met to discuss the building of a secondary school to serve the district.
A site was found in New Scarborough and work began on the building in 1907, the school was named, Yeadon & Guiseley Secondary School and it opened on 14th September 1910.
Seventy one pupils were registered, the first headmaster was Mr J E Dalton, followed in 1919 by Mr W Rigby.
In 1937 when the townships of Yeadon, Guiseley and Rawdon were amalgamated the school name was changed to Aireborough Grammar School.
The school was closed in 1991 and demolished, a housing estate was built on the site, a few reminders of the past remain, the carved stones with the names of the townships on from the school were set into the perimeter wall of the estate.
Coverley Rise and Fairfax Grove were named after two of the school houses, the other two were Forster and Cavendish.
Hedley Verity, Brian Close, Marc Almond, Nigel Melville and Vice Admiral Sir Richard Ibbotson were all educated there.
T450 – School Pupils, Undated.
School Pupils – Undated
AGS cricket team, it is noted that Edwin Dooley was the scorer.
P682 – School Pupils, 1937.
School Pupils – 1937
A class photo, the girl on the right of the tall girl on the back row is Marion Rigg, she attended the school from being 10 years old.
P011 – School Cricket Team, 1938.
School Cricket Team – 1938
Alan Peel, Clifford Smith, Alan Kirkbright (Captain), George Crompton, Eddy Riley, John Sharp, Jim Swale, Howard Hudson, Willie Peel, ? Masheder.
The name of the dog is not known!
Donated by George Crompton.
I467 – Macbeth, 1938.
Macbeth – 1938
A production of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Duncan Binns played the part of Banquo, Jeremy Swales Macbeth and Margaret Wilson Lady Macbeth.
The name Emerson was also given with this image.
Donated by Gerald Long.
P010 – 6th Form Garden Party, 1939.
Garden Party – 1939
A 6th form garden party, names supplied by the donor of the photo Liz Pinder.
Her father George Crompton taught at South View School and at St. Peter’s School (C of E) School, Rawdon, he retired from there in 1984.
Names supplied for this image are not in order:
Mildred Smith, Jack Machell, Alan Kirkbright, Duncan Binns, Jim Swales, Dilys Ackroyd,
Mr & Mrs Sutcliffe, Miss Caridge, Mr Clarke, George Crompton, Cicely Geldart, Eunice Latham, Kathleen Adams, Barbara Carris, Jean Murray and ? Smith. Brian Dixon Jimmy Dixon.
FB419 – Pupils & Staff, 1946.
Pupils & Staff – 1946
Pupils and Staff of Aireborough Grammar School posing with the rest of the school for this panoramic image. This image is left of centre.
Images donated by Roland Waite.
FB420 – Pupils & Staff, 1946.
Pupils & Staff – 1946
As above – this is the second part left of centre.
FB421 – Pupils & Staff, 1946.
Pupils & Staff – 1946
As above – this is the first part of the centre image.
FB422 – Pupils & Staff, 1946.
Pupils & Staff – 1946
As above – this is the second part of the centre image.
FB423 – Pupils & Staff, 1946.
Pupils & Staff – 1946
As above – this is the last part of the image.
T543 – Tennis Group, 1950s.
Tennis Group- 1950s
Tennis group, names given are : Christine Sutton, Christine Taylor, Jean Teal, Monica Bush, Moira Hargreaves (Croft), centre of the front row and donor of the image Gillian Allsop
T545 – Hockey Team, 1950s.
Hockey Team – 1950s
A school hockey team, 2nd from the right on the front row is Moira Hargreaves (Nee Croft) who donated the photo, other girls named as :
Christine Sutton, Wendy Goodier, Jean Teal, Margaret Rhodes, Cynthia Sissons, Sylvia Richardson, Judy Fawcett, Josephine Roberts, Ann Pearson, Pat ?
T544 – Junior Choir, 1951.
Junior Choir – 1951
The school junior choir, the donor of the photo Moira Hargreaves (Nee Croft) is 4th in from left on the middle row.
T546 – Ronders Team, 1952.
Rounders Team – 1952
A rounders team, left on the front row is Moira Hargreaves (Nee Croft) who donated the photo.
T542 – Pupils & Teacher, 1953/54.
Pupils & Teacher – 1953/54
Moira Hargreaves is left on the front row, the teacher is Mr Tillotson physics master.
Donated by Moira Croft.
E552 – HMS Pinafore, 1952.
HMS Pinafore – 1952
The cast of HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Donated by Susan & Henry Allinson.
PU096 – Football Team, 1952/53.
Football Team – 1952/53
School football team, the back row from left to right named as:
Alan Yeadon, Roy Stevenson, Ken Hammond, Eric Yeadon, David Robinson, Ken Busfield, Roy Brayshaw, on the right is the donor of the photo Peter Wigglesworth.
Front row left to right: Michael Nelson, Roy Forest, Patrick Glen, Alan Robinson, ? Busfield, ?
E229 – 1st XI, 1953.
1st Eleven (XI) – 1953
1st X1 football team, named as :
Back row left to right: T A Smith, A Clark, T Thompson, J Aked, ? Jones, St Ellis. Front row left to right: J France, B Whincup, D Hogg, D Mounsey,? Dawson.
U680 – School Choir, 1955.
School Choir – 1955
Aireborough Grammar School choir.
R536 – Girls Hockey Team, 1956/57.
Girls Hockey Team – 1956/57
Back Row Left to Right: Pat Hodgson, Dorothy Kitson, Jean Potts, Margaret Atkinson, ??, Lyn Sutcliffe, Barbara Cutler.
Front Row Left to Right: Susan Schofield, ??, Gwyneth Mason, Dusan Butcher, Pam Brown.
Donated by Anne North.
Previous Comments:
Re P010
Frances
Duncan Binns (back row, third from left) and my father were brothers. He married Kathleen Adams (front row, fourth from left.)
20 December 2015.
teleg
Wow !!! What a blast from the past, these were all my contempararies, I even dated one or two of the girls, no names, no pack drill.
11 March 2018.
Re FB421
electricalphil2005
Male Staff members, extreme right Dr Tillotson,( Tilly Ben) to us, was still there up to the early 60’s. Brilliant physics teacher and noted seismologist, had several books and papers published on Seismology. I Believe he went to work for UN in Geneva as a Consultant Seismologist after retiring from AGS.
To the left of Dr. Tillotson is Dr White (Sarcy) nicknamed for his withering criticism of anything less than perfectly spoken Queens English. Taught English Lit and Language, possibly R.I. He was a stickler for Protocol, Manners, Respect and Obedience. In my time at AGS (59-63) he was well respected amongst the boys in my year simply because he insisted on discipline and was not scared of anyone. He could shred the roughest toughest bad lads with his tongue.
At the opposite end of the staff line extreme left, is Mrs James (Jesse) to us Cowboys. I believe her proper name was Cynthia James, she served as Deputy Head and Senior Mistress for the Girls in my era, James MacDonald being the Head at that time.
I don’t know what her subjects were, as I had nothing to do with her. A bit of a tyrant I suppose, in a schoolboy humour sort of way.
28 January 2015.
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Consolidated by Philip Archdale. 18 February 2022.
Last updated: 18 January 2024 – Photo ID: T542, T543, T544, T545, T546. 29 December 2023 – Photo ID: U742. 12 December 2023 – Photo ID: E552. 09 November 2023 – Photo ID: T450. 05 November 2023 – Photo ID: P682 & R536. 25 January 2023 – All images reviewed.
