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.

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.

7 February 2010

Former pupil Mike Fahey recently had one of his paintings on display in the PR1 Gallery at the University of Central Lancashire.

fletchfaheyOne of the visitors on Preview Night was another ex-pupil, Philip Fletcher, seen here with Mike and his “little” painting in the background.

Another of Mike’s paintings is on show at the Atkinson Gallery in Somerset from 21 February until late March.

23 January 2010

With news of the next Reunion taking place at the Scarisbrick Hotel in October recently announced, many of you will be trying to make contact with friends to tell them about it.

There are currently three ways to keep up to date with what’s happening: by using this site you’re reading now, the message board set up by Charlotte Smith and the Facebook Group looked after by Mike Fahey. The first two have been around a while, but more people are getting interested with the Facebook Group.

For those that don’t know, Facebook is a social networking site which allows you to contact friends. You can share as much or as little info as you like. Users can tell everyone their news (known as Status Updates), send private messages, add photos and take part in discussions.

Users have their own individual pages and there are Groups where everyone joins in together. The school Facebook site is one such group. If you’re not already on Facebook, now might be the time to join. You need to sign up with an email address and a password (don’t use the same password as your email password though!) – it’s free to sign up & use Facebook. Hopefully, we’ll see more of you on Facebook soon!

19 January 2010

There have been calls for urgent repairs to be carried out on our school buildings. Sefton Council has written to the present owners reminding them of their responsibilities while owning a listed building. An Urgent Works Notice could be served on the owners, but if they don’t comply with this, the work will be carried out anyway. (Thanks to Sue Tinsley for highlighting this in the Guestbook.)

The next Birkdale Reunion, set for 2 October 2010, will now take place at the Scarisbrick Hotel on Lord Street, Southport. This is a change of venue from the Talbot Hotel that was previously advertised. Ticket prices & other details to be announced when finalised.

15 December 2009

Jemma Findlow gave birth to Amy Louise & Sam Charles on Tuesday, 6 October. Amy weighed 6lb 1oz and Sam weighed 6lb. Jemma says both babies are beautiful.

Congratulations to Jemma & Bertie.

8 November 2009

The Reunion Committee had a meeting today. It was decided the next Reunion will be held on Saturday, 2 October 2010 at the Talbot Hotel in Southport. More details will be published when available.

11 October 2009

At the Reunion yesterday (10 October), Mr Henderson was given the honour of becoming President of the Reunion Association. He accepted this and promised to do the best he could to support future events.

This year’s Reunion was a sell-out with about 120 people attending. Former staff Mr & Mrs Wood and Mrs Goodall came along as well as Mr Henderson. Mrs Furness had sent a message to say she was sorry Mr Furness couldn’t be there for health reasons, but they were both thinking of everyone.

A fuller report will be published soon, and photos from the event may be available to view as well.

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