Teachers – Xaverian College In The Sixties – Manchester Xaverian in the Sixties

Mr Lackey taught me geography at Xaverian and it was no small feat to actually get me a GCE 'o' ...
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Now this might sound a bit odd at first glance but I can assure you it's true - another side ...
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Mr Charles Sellars was our music teacher. For some reason he didn't like me. This sometimes happens and I don't ...
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Probably the most painful experience I can remember from all my time at Xaverian is the one relating to Mr ...
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Pete Burrows took me for physics and maths in Lower Five Three. He was a great guy, an all round ...
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Mr Newton took us for Physical Education. I suppose he was in his mid forties although I have often been ...
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Mr Crotty took me for Geography at Ward Hall, my first year at Xaverian. His teaching technique was, shall we ...
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Because I was having doubts about many of the beliefs of the catholic church, I thought seriously about questions I ...
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Mr Connolly was a big man, tall, somewhat stout and wore glasses. I think he may have taken English but ...
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I remember at the Prep School Brother Cyril set us a maths homework and told us that he was going ...
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John White

16th September 2022 at 2:59 am

Why is there no mention of or a photo of teacher Gerry Dewhurst Bob? He and Bernard Lackey “created” the boxing team of Paul Neary, Phil Crewdson, Brian Morgan, Freddie Morrow and me when all of us were Lancashire Champions in 1962. Gerry and Bernard were like the proverbial dog with 2 wotsits at Stretford Town Hall that night!!
- Bob Cummings
  
  16th September 2022 at 7:24 am
  
  Only just put the page there yesterday John, Still adding new teachers as I identify them. I always remember Gerry wearing a trilby and wishing we still had him for English rather than Archie!!
  - John White
    
    18th September 2022 at 10:27 am
    
    Gerry was a really good bloke – plus his daughters were beautiful as well . . . . ahem,.. (As I vaguely recall across the divide of these many years . . .)
Tony Barry

16th February 2023 at 8:24 pm

Gerry was great: and I was privileged to step out with one of his daughters for a short spell – lovely girl.
Edmund Flood

29th May 2023 at 3:39 pm

Yes, Gerry was a good bloke. He always saw the good in people. I fell off a garage roof in the summer holiday prior to going into Lower 4.1 and badly injured my arm and shoulder. I was strapped up for months. The start of my worst year at Xavs. I was in Gerry’s class and wasn’t doing very well but he always had a kindly word and was always encouraging.