Maryam Kamel has been in touch to say she is enjoying a healthy lifestyle in Saudi at the moment. She goes to the gym, plays basketball and swims. Maryam says she also enjoys eating healthy food every day at the Day Centre in Saudi.
17 October 2010
Former pupil Mike Fahey has finally completed his MA course and his last exhibition at the University of Central Lancashire was held from 11-16 September in the Hanover Building.
The preview evening took place on 15 September and a few ex-pupils supported the event. Martin Cookson, Stephen Smith and Tony Wright all turned up to view Mike’s paintings. Mike wishes to say thanks for the support he received.
The following morning Mike got his results and he is delighted to report that he got Master of Arts with Distinction. As he said, someone, somewhere thinks he can paint! Well done Mike!
4 August 2010
A beach BBQ is taking place at Ainsdale on Saturday, 14 August from 3pm onwards. Entrance will be via Shore Road where there is car parking at £3.50.
If you are going and have any ball games or other type of games, please bring them along.
6 July 2010
A new Facebook Group has been set up led by former pupil David Jones, his wife Suzie and Todd Garner. They are in discussions with Centremodel Ltd., the developers behind the proposed restoration of the school into apartments, to retain the school building for the use of the deaf. A presentation is being prepared for the developers and associated interested parties, including Sefton Council.
To follow the developments of this, please click here. (You need to be logged into Facebook to see this page.)
24 June 2010
This week’s edition of the Southport Champion reports that following a meeting on 10 June Sefton Council will serve an Urgent Works Notice on the owners of the Grade II listed school building.
According to the newspaper, the council will use the powers available to them under the Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990* to get the owners to carry out much needed repairs necessary for the preservation of the unoccupied listed building. The notice must last a minimum of 7 days, and if, after that time, the owners fail to complete the works, Sefton Council can step in, carry them out themselves and seek to recover the costs involved.
*The Southport Champion newspaper had this written as 1980, but the year of that Act is 1990.
22 June 2010
Centremodel Ltd presented their proposals for the restoration of our school today at Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club.
There were drawings and architect plans on display of what the proposed site could look like. Their aim is to restore the main building to roughly the way it was; it is a Grade II listed building so needs to be retained as much as possible. The main building will be divided into “affordable” apartments. There was a suggestion the clock tower could be turned into an exhibition area to house historical data about the building.
The Junior/Senior School and Gym would be knocked down to make way for new houses. More houses would be put up around the rim. The grounds are to include a bowling green and an open space for the public to walk through and sit in. It was mentioned some facilities may be by membership only.
Centremodel Ltd are preparing to submit a planning application to Sefton Council with these proposals, and their aim today was to seek views from the public on these plans.
20 June 2010
The Southport Visiter announced on Friday that a public consultation about the restoration & development of our school will take place at Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club on Tuesday 22 June, 1-7pm. The Sports Club is on Trafalgar Road (postcode: PR8 2HF).
Please support this event if you wish to safeguard the future of what remains of the building we know and love so much. Quite a few ex-pupils are already attending this meeting to show how strongly we feel about recent events and to push for better plans for the school site for the future.
17 May 2010
A major fire broke out at our school in the early hours of Monday, 17 May.
Follow the news updates of this tragic event in our special fire damage report page.
21 April 2010
We are sorry to report the death of Mrs Joan Downs, who worked at the school many years ago. Her funeral is on Friday, 23 April at Southport Crematorium at 11am.
18 February 2010
Details of this year’s Reunion have been posted on Read Hear, the BBC’s digital text magazine for deaf viewers. It can be found under the Diary section.
If you know someone who doesn’t have internet access or know where to find Read Hear, please point them in the right direction. Read Hear can found in either of the following two ways:
- if still using analogue TV: go to BBC2, select Text and enter 640
- if using digital TV: on any of the BBC channels, select Text or the red button and enter 1040
The info about the Reunion will be on Read Hear over the next few weeks.
Obviously anyone who hasn’t got internet access will have to get someone else to email in on their behalf as there are no other contact details available in the advert.