Year of entry	Name	Information
1950	Derek (Jack) Punshon	Married Heather Hailes in 1964. Emigrated to Canada in 1965. Taught in Saskatchewan Schools, and was deputy head for 16 years, then head for 5 years before retiring. Then taught at the University in the College of Education teaching math teaching methods. Heather and I have three children and three granddaughters. We are now retired, and like to travel Derek
1951	Heather Hailes	Married to Jack [Derek] Punshon in 1964 Emigrated to Canada in 1965 Living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Now retired after teaching for 30 years. Have three children, and three granddaughters. Love to hear from any one Heather
1952	Dr Alan Robson	I have moved around just a little since leaving Blaydon in 1959. I have lived in the USA since 1988. I am in my third "career". After a degree in Chemistry, I have moved from research to sales and now into accountancy !! I would love to hear from anyone in my class or anyone with memories of the 52-59 period.
1952	Robert Debell	Living with my wife of 43 years in Yorkshire. Happy to talk to anyone who was at the school at the same time as me. I should be retiring soon, but I have a business to run and I do not think I am the retiring type in any event. I have worked in several countries, acted as diretcor of major multi-national businesses and I developed my very poor school french to fluency in several languages.
1955	Joan Robson	I moved to Massachusetts in 1968 shortly after Gerry and I were married. Love the area, despite the humid summers. My time at BGS was enjoyable, and my favourite teacher was Miss McTaggart - does anyone remember her?? I manage to visit the north east most years, and this year I will be attending the class reunion.
1956	Carolyn Hobbs	After having 2 sons in my teens I trained as a teacher and worked mainly in a Winlaton school as deputy and later acting head.I divorced in 1983 and after remarrying I retired early in 1997.I have 5 grandchildren and play golf and travel a lot.I have happy memories of Miss McTaggart,Mr Locket and Mrs Glover and I respected Mr Brown (Flab)even though most of us were a bit scared of him.The school Barndances were great fun but Christmas parties were a bit worrying as you had to be invited by someone of the opposite sex.Happy days!
1957	Norman Comerford	I now live in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. I previously lived in Denver and Boston, since coming to the states in 1970.
1959	Trevor Ashworth	Trevor is currently living in Gateshead

Year of entry

Name

Information

1950

Derek (Jack) Punshon

Married Heather Hailes in 1964.
Emigrated to Canada in 1965.

Taught in Saskatchewan Schools, and was deputy head for 16 years, then head for 5 years before retiring. Then taught at the University in the College of Education teaching math teaching methods.

Heather and I have three children and three granddaughters. We are now retired, and like to travel

Derek

1951

Heather Hailes

Married to Jack [Derek] Punshon in 1964
Emigrated to Canada in 1965
Living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Now retired after teaching for 30 years.
Have three children, and three granddaughters. Love to hear from any one

Heather

1952

Dr Alan Robson

I have moved around just a little since leaving Blaydon in 1959. I have lived in the USA since 1988. I am in my third "career". After a degree in Chemistry, I have moved from research to sales and now into accountancy !! I would love to hear from anyone in my class or anyone with memories of the 52-59 period.

1952

Robert Debell

Living with my wife of 43 years in Yorkshire. Happy to talk to anyone who was at the school at the same time as me. I should be retiring soon, but I have a business to run and I do not think I am the retiring type in any event. I have worked in several countries, acted as diretcor of major multi-national businesses and I developed my very poor school french to fluency in several languages.

1955

Joan Robson

I moved to Massachusetts in 1968 shortly after Gerry and I were married. Love the area, despite the humid summers. My time at BGS was enjoyable, and my favourite teacher was Miss McTaggart - does anyone remember her?? I manage to visit the north east most years, and this year I will be attending the class reunion.

1956

Carolyn Hobbs

After having 2 sons in my teens I trained as a teacher and worked mainly in a Winlaton school as deputy and later acting head.I divorced in 1983 and after remarrying I retired early in 1997.I have 5 grandchildren and play golf and travel a lot.I have happy memories of Miss McTaggart,Mr Locket and Mrs Glover and I respected Mr Brown (Flab)even though most of us were a bit scared of him.The school Barndances were great fun but Christmas parties were a bit worrying as you had to be invited by someone of the opposite sex.Happy days!

1957

Norman Comerford

I now live in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. I previously lived in Denver and Boston, since coming to the states in 1970.

1959

Trevor Ashworth

Trevor is currently living in Gateshead