Caritas Christi Urgent Nos (The Love of Christ Urges us on)
Janet Collins ( Oliver ) has identified her sister on the 1960 photo, as well as Christine Ayton, Celia’s sister. She says that Jaqueline was the missing first name of Jaqueline Rutter and finally that Hutchinson was the surname of Dorothy the Maltese girl mentioned in a previous post.
Thanks a lot to Janet and others for the recent help in identifying people.
Helena Digby says
when I attended St Bernard’s in 1970. I started in Mrs Gibbons Kindergarten Class and then went up to Mrs Church’s Transition Class until the school closed. My brother Paul was two years ahead and my cousin Esther Camenzind four years above me. When the school closed quite a few of the pupils went onto Hilsea College…as did Mrs Gibbons and Mrs Church for a while. I remeber Sister Mary John as the Headmistress and Mrs Lewendon as the school secretary.
Jimmy Donohoe spotted himself on the 1963 photo (child32)
Anne Mitchell has been in touch.
My maiden name is Hennessy (sister to Mary, Patrick & James, 3 of my 6 siblings) & I attended St Josephs in 1963 & I am child 145 in that year photo, my friend Francesca Harrison is child 135 (sister of Roland Harrison)
My sister Mary appears in the 1962 photo, top row, fifth from the left. There is a comment on your website saying Mary died of cancer, sadly this is true, she died in February 1995. Her married name was Allen & she lived in Burgess Road, just across from the original convent school, which was in the Holy Ghost, in the Presbytery building, where the Sisters of Charity then lived. My late Father, Dick Hennessy, helped the Nuns (Sisters of Charity), cutting wood for the fires in the Bolton Lodge house & generally helping out when they needed it.
I can’t be certain but am pretty sure that child 143 (1963 photo) is John Bennett & child 123 is his younger brother Martin Bennett (deceased)
It was all such a long time ago, but some of my memories are so clear, Miss McNulty handing out Maltesers, that wonderful staircase, gazing out the huge sash windows out into the lovely gardens and magnificent trees………..
I went on to St Annes with Francesca & Roland & both John & Martin, Martin was in my year, I met up again with John & Martin at QMC & we became quite good friends whilst at 6th form. I lost touch with Martin & John, sadly Martin died about 10 years ago (maybe more?) Martin was a lovely person & its very sad.
Grace Burke (now Webber) was at the school in the late 60s/early 70s and she has sent a fantastic cutting from the Basingstoke Gazette dated 3rd July 1970
Grace says “There are a lot of names in the cutting which may jog memories and if I make reasonable assumptions, re, part sharing and the groups of birds…me!..imps, sugar plums and fairies then I think the whole school was involved, so there were around 170 pupils then.
The cutting appeared in The Basingstoke Gazette on July 3rd 1970. I am the the one at the far right of the picture and I remember this…how sad is that! I was a bird. My name at the time was Grace Burke and I was 8 years 2 months old. I started at the school Easter 1967, just before my 5th birthday and left when we moved out of the area in July 1971.
In addition my brother was also at the school for a couple of terms, Jan 1971 until July 1971. His name is David H.J. Burke.
Unfortunately due to my tender years I dont have any other names and am not in touch with any of my fellow pupils.
I do however remember these little snippets, which I think indicate that the property was undergoing some work at the time.
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The cast list taken from the article is as follows:
Happy New Year! Marian Robinson has found our site and spotted herself in the 1957 photo together with her sister Jenny
Diane Errey has been in touch to correct my spelling of her name and to point out that the girl we had as Imogen Stockbridge was in fact her sister Teresa Errey. She has also provided a photo of the two of them taken probably around 1959
Marian and David Appleby found themselves on the 1963 and 1960 photos
Chris Corcoran spotted himself on the 1963 photo
John Veal identified his brother Robert on the 1963 photo