Just found this thread / site kind of by accident; thought I'd post. I was at Chrissys' from 79- 84. Arrived mid-term because we'd moved house into the area. I only got in because Jollys sat 'on the bench' with my Grandmother and they were good friends. I'd never been to church in my life. It's not what you know it's who you know
I really enjoyed my time there. I was a skinny little kid back then. Had some great school trips too, went to Switzerland in the first and second year, I've still got the photos somewhere.
I remember most of my teachers, Mr Greene for English, Mr Day for Maths, Mrs Craig for Chemistry, Ms Kenyon for French. My Grandfather taught Day and wasn't that impressed by his academic performance. He was actually one of the better teachers but that's not saying much. I don't blame them, it's the syllabus that was at fault, I could have learned more on Google in a week than I did my entire time at secondary school (not that we had Google back then).
I used to knock about with Ste Bradshaw (and have done ever since, albeit in a more adult and sporadic manner of late) and the musically flamboyant David Battersby, also Karate superstar Jason Clark, Marcus Stephenson (lived over the road from Jollys in Great Harwood), Graham Dobson, Chris Wildman, Stephen Duxbury and that bunch. I remember quite a few classmates such as Peter Fisken, Gareth Davies, Julian Hunt, Aleister Craig, Nicholas Howarth, Paul Seddon, etc. I only recall half a dozen or so girls' names because girls were frightening back then. They still are.