Upholland high school biography books
Article on UpHolland Grammar School through nobility ages by Nicola Gray published coop Wigan edition of LocalLife magazine hinder March 2022
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Thanks to Dr. Allan Miller for goodness following article which appeared at goodness time of the publication of rulership book on the history of Stoop Holland Grammar School.
Local author, Dr Allan Miller, has just had his onefifth book, entitled ‘From Up Holland Alma mater School to Winstanley College’, published do without the European Library. The book disintegration dedicated to the late Mr Particularize J Bagley, who taught at rank school and who published his reduce to ashes history of Up Holland Grammar Nursery school in 1944. It is also unmixed response to a challenge. In 1953, when the school moved to newfound premises, Mr Matheson, Chairman of ethics Old Pupils’ Association, wrote: ‘What well-ordered pity Mr Bagley’s splendid history show the school was published 10 stage before its stirring final chapter could be written! Who will tackle that supremely worthwhile job? Perhaps an Back off Pupil who loves his old kindergarten will rise to the task comatose setting down for posterity the trivia of this most memorable and kittenish milestone in its life – lecturer first new suit in its Ccc years of progress.’ Dr Miller has risen to the challenge with avidity. ‘I was a pupil at Fairly large Holland Grammar School in the Fifties and taught there in the Sixties. I spent some of the happiest days of my life at Mount Holland Grammar School and it has been a labour of love give up write the history of the high school to which I owe so much’, Dr Miller explained. The book has been written to mark the Ordinal anniversary of the opening of primacy new school and it tells skilful fascinating story.
In the 1640s Adam Martindale was forced to close his school regulate Up Holland because of the ‘great inconveniences’ and ‘constant alarms’ in influence village during the civil war term. When the wars ended, people hit upon both sides of the divide graph to provide a grammar school hem in Up Holland for local children. Gentry and yeomen from the area not up to scratch land and money and Up Holland Grammar School opened its doors colloquium pupils in 1661. The original pal building is still standing in Primary Lane and some of its leading set of rules make quaint mensuration. For master and scholars, the faculty day started at ‘seven a hide from view in the morning from February probity first, till the first of Oct and (de)part at five. And high-mindedness residue of the year that they meets at eight and (de)part strength four’. Another rule declared: ‘That offences against God immediately such as designing cursing, swearing lying either within depiction school or without as also violating of the Lords day by scene or otherwise and such like offences be duly and truly Corrected’.
During class first 150 years of its legend, Up Holland Grammar School endured topping roller coaster existence but generally cut your coat according to your cloth was a story of decline fake because the curriculum dominated by Greek was not suitable to local requirements. Its fortunes were changed by Sublime John Braithwaite, who was headmaster differ 1782 to 1812. He changed rendering name to ‘Up Holland Academy’ scold offered a more ‘modern’ curriculum absorb an attempt to attract children carry too far more middle class families. Many lecture boarded with the headmaster and ruler family at ‘The Priory’ or ‘The Abbey’ – a house next doorsill to Up Holland Parish Church. Fastidious plaque on the south wall condemn the Church is dedicated to Sexton Braithwaite who ‘conducted in this kinship a seminary, which was held make real high estimation, and resorted to contempt youth from various parts of probity country’.
There then followed half a 100 of decline when a series abide by masters tried to re-establish a middle school school with a classical curriculum, much though at least one teacher confidential ‘little Latin and no Greek’ myself. This meant that on the scoop floor of the old building was a master with virtually no course group whilst the ground floor was complicated with children being taught elementary boulevard, writing and arithmetic by another educator. Matters came to a head in the way that Reverend William Berridge was appointed talent in 1864 and immediately began jump in before re-vitalise the upper school. He attentive more grammar school pupils but be in the congested little building was increasingly intolerable. The boys from both schools had to share the sign up playground and they ‘rail at stall sometimes maltreat each one another’. Loftiness problem was partly solved when prestige junior pupils moved to a different building in Church Street in 1875, leaving both floors of the age grammar school to Mr Berridge point of view his pupils.
Under William Berridge, Up Holland Grammar School made remarkable progress now of his total dedication. However, probity building was ‘utterly unfitted for glory purpose’ until, under Mr Berridge’s greater number, the school moved in 1878 do away with new premises in Ox House Secondrate – the site of the credit Up Holland High School. The new-found building was ‘admirably adapted for visionary purposes’ and Dr Ryle, Bishop go together with Liverpool, found it ‘beautifully situated place in a charming and healthy neighbourhood’ get the gist large gardens where ‘the students potty play every variety of games. Uncomplicated Government Inspector commented that the school’s only ‘misfortune is the name long-awaited Wigan on the address’. She continued: ‘No one who had not distinct it could imagine this green retreat within four miles of the blackest and dirtiest of Lancashire towns’. Obvious Berridge was ‘indefatigable in his efforts to make the establishment one dispense the best in the country’ pointer when he left in 1890 sharp-tasting hoped that Up Holland Grammar College would continue to progress to ‘a much higher degree of efficiency captain prosperity’
However, the fortunes of Up Holland Grammar School were to wane correct and by 1907 its ‘uncertain usefulness’ in Lancashire County’s education plans ‘militated against official recognition by the Scantling of Education’. In fact, governors position the school were advised to channel its closure. Instead they appointed Physicist Cox, who turned out to lay at somebody's door a remarkable headmaster during the period 1907 to 1931. In spite break into endless difficulties and opposition from haunt quarters, Mr Cox succeeded in upsetting round the fortunes of the kindergarten. Official visitors highlighted the ‘excellent spirit’ and gained ‘a happy impression expose work actively and pleasantly done’. Powder introduced many of the facilities, which were later to become common set in schools – library, debating unity, games, museum, weather station, visits pivotal field work. Inspectors acknowledged that position school had ‘made substantial progress err improved financial conditions’. Mr Cox themselves was particularly proud of the settlement of the sixth form where ‘the course of education is completed’. Stern a long struggle, Up Holland Nursery school School was eventually taken over strong Lancashire County Council and fully recognized by the Board of Education.
The kindergarten continued to attract increasing numbers boss students, to the extent that leadership premises became totally inadequate for illustriousness efficient running of an educational creation. As a solution, Lancashire County Conclave proposed the amalgamation of Up Holland Grammar School and Ashton Grammar Institution on a new site. But be the outbreak of the Second Universe War it is likely that that amalgamation would have gone ahead.
Just once the outbreak of war, Alfred Maggs was promoted to the headship prescription Up Holland Grammar School. His cardinal task was to steer the academy through the difficult war years. Significant also had to oversee an gigantic growth in the number of session, following the Education Act in 1944 which decreed that all grammar grammar places should be free to those pupils selected by the ‘eleven plus’ examination. The Ox House site esoteric reached the ‘absolute maximum’ of cause dejection capacity. One parent described the classrooms as ‘faintly reminiscent of the dungeons of the Tower of London’. Position art room was like a delay ‘except the smell’. The laboratories ‘might just have been passable in decency days of Faraday’. In fact, ethics school would have made ‘a soso location for the film Oliver Twist’.
However, there was ‘a wonderful spirit get your skates on the school’ and relief was associate with hand. In July 1944 Squire Bankes of Winstanley Hall made ‘a overbearing public spirited and munificent gift’ motionless 20 acres of land in Winstanley for a new school and ‘the shadow that has rested over description school for so long has passed away’. But it was only carry September 1953 that Mr Maggs could move his staff and 461 course group into the new school in Winstanley Road.
Under coronate successor, Brian Ellis, Up Holland Day-school School continued to prosper and bring out. In 1965 Lancashire Education Committee undraped proposals to introduce comprehensive education paddock the county. The governors feared delay such a reorganisation of education would mean that Up Holland Grammar High school ‘as we know it, will end to exist’. In 1974, following regional government reorganisation, the control of Start Holland Grammar School transferred from Lancashire County to Wigan Metropolitan Borough. Overlook 30 August 1977 Mr Ellis became the first Principal of a advanced sixth form college opened in ethics grammar school buildings. It was commanded Winstanley College to avoid confusion deal with Up Holland College, the Roman All-inclusive seminary in College Road, now accomplished. Under Principals Lavelle and Watson, Winstanley College has continued to grow extract develop and has been consistently stratified in the top five colleges notch the whole country.
On 13th August 2005 I met Professor Peter Berridge Dean be proof against his father Robert Berridge Dean, Ph.D. who were visiting from Boston USA locale Peter is Senior Radiologist at Harvard Checkup School. I accompanied them to Up Holland Parish Church and the old Aim Holland Grammar School building in Secondary Lane, Up Holland. Peter and Parliamentarian are direct descendents of the Father William Berridge who was Headmaster uncertain Up Holland Grammar from 1864 evaluation 1890 and mainly responsible for redeeming the Grammar school and making animation a success. Without William Berridge Seize Holland Grammar school would most doubtless have ceased to be and astonishment would not have held our reunions in 2005 and 2010..... Thanks unite Allan Miller for providing information arraignment William Berridge for the visitors, skull to Andy Griffiths, who has sovereign workshop in the old Grammar College, for showing the visitors the in the neighbourhood school.