closed its gates for good anybody on here fellow ex woolston high students i left 1999.

I was there from 1975 through till 1980.

The lovely Dan Doherty was the headmaster, to be replaced by the miserable Mr Botham!

mr funnel was still the best teacher to have ever graced that school

i was there from 88 till 92 Mr funnel was my head of year great school.

My dad went around the same time as you. Would love to ask him if he has any memories, but he spent more time on Grey Mist than he did at school.

Why has it closed?

its turning into a special needs school but they have got planning permission in principle for the hillock lane playing fields to build a new one

I left in 1979, Andy Funnel was definately a class act when it came to teaching

In those days spending time around Grey Mist was pretty much all there was to do except heading to Wilderspool for the game. Wonder what happened to the pockect battleship that was Mr Denning?

I left in 78 ! Sad day lots of epic memories !
I will let Andy Funnel know about your comments he is in Birchwood Tennis & leisure gym most days

Why did it close? Was there a valid reason or was it just because of the standards not being met? Where are all the kids going to, has another school opened? A couple of weeks ago I was watching my lad play football on Woolston Park and there were huge gangs of Woolston High school kids having brawls with another school, presumably Birchwood or Newman? (Blue tie, two white diagonal lines across it). There must have been as many as 250 kids involved, most stood around finding it really exciting and filming on their mobiles, particularly girls.

Andy Funnel was a top bloke. The 2 drama teachers, Ian McCormack and Chris Eyres, made a cracking song up about him having a false leg and a glass eye and other removable body parts, just to wind up all the girls who fancied him!

Reggie Denning.................... a man not to get on the wrong side of! Still he got me through my only 'O' level at Woolston - geography.

mccormack was funny he threw a chair at my mate.

You seem to have a lot of detail Sadders. Get any good footage?

Left in 82 funnell was a great teacher and a top bloke

I left in 82 as well - Andy Funnell was a class act, only topped by the late, great Harry Cartledge.

Paul?

yes why

You were in the same year as me and I know you went and married a Weirdness fan.

All is explained on Twitter

must.... resist....

No, I happened to walk right through it, didn't dare get my phone out in case the scallywags stole it. I have never felt as old or out of place ever. I thought at the time it must have been last day of school drinks, but then some lad came past missing the skin off his knuckles and another with blood all over his shirt and they all stampeded off as another big fight started. Funny thing was they were all really polite to the people walking their dogs etc.

hmmmm intrigued now nothin on twitter not that i go on there much

I believe the reason was falling birth rates and thus, the school was under subscribed, if memory serves. Most of the prospective students will be going to Lysander I think.


Yep, that's Birchwood.