26 retro pictures of Blackpool headteachers who spearheaded our primary schools in the 90s and 00s
By Claire Lark
Published 14th Nov 2022, 13:55 BST
Updated 25th May 2023, 15:17 BST
If there was one teacher who we remember the most from school – it’s probably the headteacher.
And in the 1990s and 2000s our photographers were out in Blackpool schools snapping away at all the amazing events which went on – and most of the time the headteachers were in the pictures. We have tried to cover as many schools as possible and we’ve put together a gallery of some of the best. Of course as well as the headteachers, there are plenty of kids pictured too – you might recognise some.
Children from St John Vianney School with headteacher Adrian Metcalf in 1997. Pictured with him are Elizabeth Plant, Marcus Cole, Rachel Worden, Joseph Plant, Niamh Gallagher, Aiden Butterworth, Rebeca Crolla, Jessica Cole, Sarah Hoggatt, Ryan Omally Photo: DAVE NELSON
Headteacher Susan Bartlett (left) and Modern Foreign Languages Co-ordinator Anne Cowan with pupils at Christ the King Catholic Primary School in 2007 Photo: Bill Johnson
Grange Park Primary School Barry Wood and Alison Gilchrist being waited on by 'Dinmore Diner staff' Stacey Sutherland, Richard Whalley, Daniel Grant, Christopher Vandalli and Sara Woodman, 1997 Photo: Bill Johnson
The After School Care Club at St. Nicholas CE Primary School had received a cheque for £2,500, from LAWTEC. School headteacher Sandra Gillibrand and Deputy Headteacher Anne Parrott are pictured with some of the children, club supervisor Christine Walsh, club assistant Carole Rowlinson and LAWTEC Childcare Co-ordinator Graham Brandwood in 1997 Photo: Bill Johnson