Category Archives: Old Boys ‘In Memoriam’
Sixth Form Student Visits Menin Gate on Remembrance Sunday
An MTBS Sixth Form student, Dominic, was chosen to attend the 100 year anniversary of WWI service at the Menin Gate in Belgium, on behalf of West Lancashire Scouts this month. It was a huge honour to be invited to
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Three Peaks Challenge in Memory of Old Boy John Sutcliffe
A team led by Kingsley legal and property recruitment firm, successfully completed the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge, smashing their fundraising target for Cancer Research UK, in memory of Old Boy John Sutcliffe. John, a former pupil and Governor of the
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David ‘Dave’ Tootill – In Memoriam
Chris Delaney writes: Dave was one of those annoying chaps who was good at everything without seeming to try very hard. Dave attended MTS Crosby from 1956 to 63. He then went to St John’s College, Oxford (1963 to 66)
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Bryan Christopher Corrigan – In Memoriam
Died peacefully, aged 84 – 8th February 2017 Born in Great Crosby on August 19th 1932, Bryan was the son of James Christopher Corrigan and his wife Daphne Hilda Corrigan. He attended MTS from 1942 – 50, along with older
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Frank D Cole – In Memoriam
Written by Frank D. Cole 29th of December, 2015 Never a dull moment! In 1932, aged 11, I was elevated from the Litherland Council School to MTS and so came the first great change in my life. Five years later
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John Kemsley Smallcombe – In Memoriam
JOHN KEMSLEY SMALLCOMBE (JKS) Assistant Master MTBS 1963-1988 Having been appointed to teach geography and to take responsibility for careers, John and his wife, Barbara, moved from the south of England to 54 Coronation Drive, Crosby in the summer of
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Lee Newhall – The Tenacious Hero, In Memoriam
31/05/1991 – 5/09/2016. MTS 2009 leaver I distinctly remember Lee & I being shown around the amazing building that was, and still is, Merchant Taylors’ thinking “what a dream” – then being overcome with a sense of home. Sure enough
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Jeremy Le Poidevin
Born August 16th 1954 – Died November 13th 2016, age 62 MTBS 1980 – 1986 Although his tenure at MTBS was relatively short, “J Le P” is well and fondly remembered by colleagues and pupils alike as an inspiring and
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Phil Clift (aka Sayer) 1970 leaver – In Memoriam
Died 14 April 2016 From very humble beginnings, Phil became a legend in his lifetime through his work in media and voiceover projects. Born in a bedsit in Norwich to a mother who’d already given away her first baby, his
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Francis Alexander (Frank) Noble (1925-1932)
Deceased 01/07/2016 Francis Alexander Noble, or Frank as he much preferred to be called, was born on July 7th 1916 at the beginning of the Battle of The Somme. His parents lived in Formby and he retained his links to
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