Between us me and my bro were there from 1960-69. It was mixed and 11+ only during that time. I think the head in '60 was Cameron-Walker (good) and in '69 it was Hodge (not good!).
Just found this Mr B_M_B...fills in the gaps in our memory perhaps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Kingston_upon_Hull
Cameron-Walker was there in my time, and I think Bernard Hicks (deputy head- great guy) may have been acting head briefly (couple months) after C-W retired (61 ?) & before some an ex-army guy (Woodcock) took over. Hodge was after I left. I think Bernard Hicks finally became head after Hodge left. Somewhere in my collection I have a book written by B.Hicks's son outlining the history of The Boulevard & Kingston HS (1895-1990). Only about 75 pages , but with lots of photo's of the old places and the staff.
Yes, I'd forgotten about Woodcock, I recall he was OK. Hodge came from Wilberforce High (all boys 11+ failures) and he made a poor fist of it. Very much a disciplinarian and hopeless around girls. You're right about Hicks aswell, should have made head much earlier.
Woodcock was not bad. During our mock A-levels he asked for a couple of volunteers to go for a week down to The Army University in Shrivenham, Wilts (near Swindon) for a few days to represent the school. A mate & myself volunteered & spent 4 days getting pissed in the officer's mess down there and being treated like royalty. Some poor sod even polished our shoes for us in the mornings ! Great trip, and got out of cramming for the mocks. Needless to say, had to spend an extra year in the 6th form after cocking up the real exams. Still, brilliant time at Kingston - loved every minute of it.
Hull Grammar School opening in 1953? My 2 cousins went there and the elder was 6 years older than me. Riley High School opened at the Boulevard(in Amy's old School) just after WW2. I played football against Kingston, Hull Grammar and Marist when at Riley. Hymers had no team. Later when I went to Hull College of Technology in Park St I played union against Old Hymerians, Old Grammarians and Marist Old Boys.
My time there wasn't so pleasurable. Hodge and myself didn't really see eye to eye resulting in my stay at Kingston High being prematurely terminated, or slung out as some might say!
Nothing to do with Hull Council though as it wasn't in their possession.. As another poster says, her stuff was presented to Sewerby Hall by her family in the late 1950s. She had opened it when it first opened to the public so there was some connection. Maybe Sewerby expressed more interest in presenting a tribute to her. Though it is hard to imagine a Hull council being so useless as to not make something of one of their most famous citizens. Or maybe not. Now, if she had played rugby league...
We must have overlapped a fair bit - I was there from 1960 to 1967. Cameron Walker was missing most of the first year due to illness and was then replaced by Woodcock. I must say I really enjoyed my time there, the staff were mostly great (although I had a useless maths teacher at A-level, she opted to miss out huge chunks of the syllabus because she thought some parts were too difficult to teach!)
Yes, I was there '63 to '69. About the only teacher I got along with was Ernie Riley, French and Spanish. Had some time for Rothwell (Latin) aswell even though I hated the subject. You must have been in the same year as my bro.
I think that would be the teacher we referred to as "Fred" Riley - we had him in the first year for French but then moved on to the lovely Mrs Palmer. Probably the most memorable individual teacher for me was "Bill" Sikes - brilliant German teacher, a bit manic but often hilarious. Getting back to Amy Johnson - I was always disappointed to hear her speaking on film, she adopted the most ludicrous "posh" accent.
She didn't adopt a posh accent. The recording equipment had some strange effects on voices in those days. Well spoken people came over as really upper crust types. Look at a lot of the interviews of people from those days. I remember once on the Antiques Roadshow they had some microphones and equipment from the 1930s and it was amazing how different the presenter sounded when dne spoke through it.
As I said, accentuated by the recording equipment. Maybe the fact she didn't talk like a fishwife is why Hull didn't have any interest in her things and they ended up at Sewerby.
Newland High School for Girls and St. Mary's that later amalgamated with Marist College.There was also the separate Beverley High School for Girls
Cheers for that,I knew there was one. Riley High at the Boulevard site had its sports field at Inglemire Lane. On sports afternoon I would often go home to Marfleet change into my football gear and cycle there. Remember seeing the Newland girls in their uniform (Maroon?) around that area.
Marist College also played at Inglemire Lane for sports lessons although they had 2 pitches of their own. Played against Riley HS at Inglemire Lane but trained for the Hull 4x100 relay team on Riley's own grounds.
