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

cs-holmesFormer 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.

13 June 2011

A reminder that the Beach BBQ at Ainsdale is taking place this Saturday, 18 June from 3pm.

People need to enter the beach by Pontin’s entrance and turn left, follow the beach down until you see old friends who will be parked up to the right as they go down the beach. Remember family and pets are welcome to come as well. People must provide their own food, drink and BBQ tray. Most people take chairs or blankets to sit on.

10 April 2011

Plans by Centremodel Ltd to turn our school into apartments were turned down by Sefton Council at a Planning Committee meeting on Wednesday, 9 March. The application was refused by Sefton Council at that meeting.

27 March 2011

Details of a Mary Hare/Birkdale Reunion have been announced. Please see this page for more info.

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