Mugs61 - School memories from the "swinging sixties"

Reunion 2010

For pupils who were at UpHolland Grammar School during the sixties.

The reunion will be on the 21st August 2010 starting at 7.00pm. The venue is St Teresa's Catholic Club, College Road, UpHolland. Tickets £10.00 including buffet supper. Any profits will go to maintaining and improving the Mugs61 website.

For tickets and to register that you will be attending -       contact me at  davidrobinson7@blueyonder.co.uk

or call me - mobile no. 07904593540

(Numbers may have to be limited so get your ticket as soon as possible)

You are welcome to bring your partners ( if you want them to know what you got up to at school ! )

Below is a list of people who are hoping to attend the reunion -

  1. David Robinson
  2. Dorothy Webley (Bradley)
  3. Tommy Derbyshire
  4. Les Alker
  5. Clive Pitts
  6. Lynne Pitts (Shelley)
  7. Mick Harvey
  8. Dave Carter
  9. Stuart Cadman
  10. Ian Pilkington
  11. Alan Bowden
  12. Peter Burchall
  13. Helen Burchall (Ryder)
  14. Steve Wright
  15. Steve Clarke
  16. Christy Taylor (Seddon)
  17. Alison Wheeler (Gill)
  18. Barry Clayton
  19. Diane Schanzl
  20. Ann Kay
  21. Audrey Fletcher (Mousdell)
  22. Margaret McCullagh
  23. Susan Houghton
  24. Val Freeman
  25. Susan Bamber
  26. Steve Rotherham
  27. John Blackledge
  28. Alan Bolton
  29. Frances Parkinson
  30. Joyce Ashall
  31. Eileen Atherton
  32. Nigel Baker Bates
  33. John Bradley
  34. Kathleen Hegarty (Alker)
  35. Phil Jones
  36. Elizabeth Martlew
  37. Alan Swift
  38. Martin Whitfield
  39. Kath Howard (Kenyon)
  40. George Bate
  41. Sheila Woods (Molyneux)
  42. Ian Gaskell
  43. Ann Gaskell (Houghton)
  44. Peter Pennington
  45. Ian Howarth
  46. Bill Lyon
  47. Adrian Birchall
  48. Mrs. E.A. Birchall
  49. Kathleen Gaskell
  50. Peter Normanton
  51. Eileen Prior (Atherton)
  52. Roberta Higginson (Berry)
  53. Philip Banks
  54. Pat Goulding
  55. Eric Ashcroft
  56. Elizabeth Grimshaw (Alker)
  57. Margaret Alker
  58. Geoff Hilton

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     St. Teresa's Club is located in College Road UpHolland to see map of location click on link below


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  1. If you are looking for somewhere to stay when you attend the reunion -

  3. Holland Hall Hotel is the nearest about 5mins walk from the reunion venue. www.hollandhallhotel.co.uk
  4. There are also premier Lodges at Almond Brook, Standish and the Mount at Orrell. www.premierinn.com

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    On Saturday 1st October 2005 we held our first reunion for pupils who attended UpHolland Grammar in the sixties.

    Was it a success ?

    I think so, I certainly enjoyed it. Until Saturday 1st October I didn't realise just how special my old school friends were. What a great bunch of people they are, it was a memorable night. I have only two regrets, firstly that I didn't arrange a reunion years ago and secondly that I didn't have more time to chat with everyone on the night, the evening just flew by.Thanks to everyone who attended especially those who travelled long distances to be with us. Special thanks to Mr Ellis for coming along and reminding us what a great headmaster we had at UpHolland Grammar.

    Approximately 60 former pupils attended the evening at the Squires Bar, Billinge. As you will see from the photos in the album below, a good time was had by everyone including our Guest of Honour, our old headmaster, Mr H.B. Ellis.             (In the Album I have used the girls maiden names as most people will remember them by this.)

    Use your mouse on the photo album along the top to get full screen mode, play slideshow, or print photos. Run the mouse along the lower part of the album to see index of photos.

    Message from David Robinson -  Since the reunion on Saturday 1st October I have received several kind letters, phone calls and emails thanking me for organising the reunion, and saying how much everyone had enjoyed it. Thanks to all of you who contacted me but the success of the reunion was not down to me. I started the ball rolling by booking the venue and arranging for my sister-in-law to do the wonderful buffet, but it was all you great people that attended that made the reunion such a success.
    Mr Ellis rang me the night after the reunion and he said that of all the reunions he had attended ours had the best atmosphere of any of them. One thing that really pleased me was that the room wasn't divided into little cliques of people but was just one big circulating group of friends enjoying each others company.
    Thanks to everyone for coming. I was especially pleased that friends were willing to travel long distances to attend. Thanks to the friends who helped me on the night with the raffle, buffet, tidying up etc. Thanks to those who brought photos and school magazines for us all to look at.
    Thanks to the friends who gave donatios towards keeping the website going. I intend to update it and make it of interest to all pupils from the 1960's. I hope it will be used as a contact point for people to pass messages to friends and also as a tool to help people contact old school friends they have lost touch with.

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    The Success of the website is up to all of you - If you send me articles, memories, photos and names of people you wish to contact then this will ensure that the site remains interesting. Also spread the word about the website to any old pupils you are in contact with. We desperately need more imput from other years from the 1960's. - to contact me please use form on home page