Bob Cummings
More 1961 Students
Xaverian photo 1961 – Boy’s Names (More names will be added as they are identified) Second row from top, from left First: possibly Thomas Coyle Third: (lower part of face in shadow): possibly Christopher Noble Seventh: (lower part of face in shadow): Jerzy Basiurski. Extreme right: possibly James Hardiman Third row from top, from left … Read more
More 1961 Students – Norbert Carnegie
Xaverian photo 1961 – names A [The first image is for reference.] Xaverian photo 1961 – names A [The first image is for reference.] Second row from top, from left. First: possibly Thomas Coyle Third (lower part of face in shadow): possibly Christopher Noble Seventh (lower part of face in shadow): Jerzy Basiurski. Extreme right: … Read more
The Paris Trip – 1962 and more nostalgia
By Norbet ‘Nodge’ Carnegie Paris, August 1962. I wonder who took the photograph – a copy of which was kindly sent to me by Paul Morris (hero). This was the back room of a restaurant on the Champs Élysées. We had onion soup, chicken (legs: Paul’s wonderful technique: “It’s how the French eat them!”) and … Read more
The Xaverian College Orchestra
Some Reflections on the Xaverian College Orchestra 1959 – Bob Postlethwaite My first experience of ‘Chuck’ Sellars’ ‘ambition’ for the orchestra was Speech Day 1958. The programme included the chorus ‘The heavens are telling the glory of God’ from Haydn’s Creation. This was well above my pay grade in more than one way and it … Read more
Terry Wain – Memories of Xaverian College 1961 – 1968
“Those of us who had migrated from the Prep School found the new intake of 11 plus boys to be a bit of a mixed bunch. Some were well mannered as we were, having attended other Prep Schools from other areas of Manchester. Others were from areas such as Wythenshaw and Glossop and didn’t have … Read more
Xaverian College Manchester 1961
Were you attending Xaverian in 1961? If you were, you should be on one of these sections of the school photograph. I would like to discover how many of us are still going, and maybe what happened to you over the past 61 years. Just drop me an email on bcweb01@gmail.com, letting me know what … Read more
St Anne’s Preparatory School
St Anne’s Prep was the junior feeder school for Xaverian College Manchester. It was privately funded – I seem to remember the fees being £50 a term but this is only a distant memory. Although some of the boys were from well heeled backgrounds, many were from the children of working class families who somehow … Read more