Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club wants to buy the grounds in front of our school and turn it into cricket pitches. The Cricket Club has approached the developers about buying the land or leasing it on a long-term basis.
7 August 2012
Plans to turn our school into flats and homes have been shelved after the developers withdrew their appeal. Will new plans come forward? Only time will tell. In the meantime, the grounds and buildings continue to be neglected. It is such a shame.
6 August 2012
Mr Henderson has moved into Westcliffe Manor on Westcliffe Road in Birkdale. He has had a cataract operation and is due to have a second one later this month.
Mr Henderson is now finding it difficult to look after himself as he is suffering from dementia and is very forgetful. He will be at Westcliffe Manor for the forseeable future.
5 July 2012
The Birkdale Reunion Association Committee is pleased to announce that Tony Wright and Sue Tinsley have both accepted their invitation to sit on the Committee as full members. This brings the total Committee members to 5.
The Scarisbrick Hotel has advised us that they only have 4 rooms left on hold at the special price of £75 for the 2012 Reunion. If you wish to stay there, please get in touch with them quickly. For details of other accommodation available in Southport, please check out www.visitsouthport.com.
26 March 2012
We are sorry to report that former pupil Harold Yarwood passed away on Saturday. His funeral will take place this Friday. Harold left our school in 1966.
Our condolences go to his family and friends at this sad time.
11 March 2012
Former pupil Charlotte Smith is to have her first ever book, Sherlock Holmes and The Murder at Lodore Falls, published by MX Publishing in June.
Three different stories never told before are contained in this new book. In the main story, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are drawn into a case that involves murder, blackmail and robbery. The other two stories are Christmas tales.
The book can now be pre-ordered from Amazon.
26 February 2012
A Beach BBQ is being held on Ainsdale beach during the afternoon of Sunday, 24 June. As last year, friends, family and well-controlled pets are welcome to join in the fun. Take your own BBQ, food and drink.
This year the invitation is being extended to ex-pupils of Mary Hare. If you have any ball games, please bring them along too!
15 February 2012
Reunion 2012 takes place at the Scarisbrick Hotel in Southport on 13 October. Tickets for this event are now available at £15 each.
1 February 2012
We are sorry to learn of two recent deaths, both of them former pupils of the school.
Jacqueline Bairstow, who left Birkdale in 1966, passed away on Wednesday 25 January following heart surgery in Torpoint, Cornwall. She lived an active life and was very much involved with the charity Heartswell South West. Jacqui was also an active user of Facebook under her married name as Jacqui Dore. Our condolences go to her daughter Becky and the rest of Jacqui’s family.
28-year-old Billie-Jane Coulton was hit by a train at Mexborough station [in South Yorkshire] just after midnight on Thursday 26 January. Mystery surrounds this tragic incident, but police are not treating it as suspicious following earlier reports of two men being arrested.
9 November 2011
Dorothy Griffiths has let us know that Robert Taylor recently passed away after suffering from cancer. Robert left the school in 1957.