CHARNEY HALL School Year/Team Photographs

Post updated Aug 2021
Post updated March 2022 - my apologies re the text sizing which appears to have a mind of its own!
Post updated March 14 2022 - more photographs added
Post updated March 6 2024 - Photo 18 - Football XI 1966 or 67? added
Post updated May 8 2024 - Year 1896/7 added
Post updated Jan 9 2025 - Photo 18 Title amended, comment added 

Recently sourced from the excellent article about the Podmore family by David Clapp with the assistance of Frances Limbrey in June 2015, published by the Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society*, this is probably the first Charney Hall School Year photograph in existence. Taken around 1896 it features George and Matilda Podmore, their daughter Enid, two of their sons Eric and Hubert, together with 22 pupils. The School Lists indicate the intake for 1896 to be 27 boys whereas 24 boys are scheduled in 1897 (This would include the Podmore’s 2 sons) and may therefore be the correct year. 

* https://cplhs.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/podmore-family.pdf

This link no longer available - please refer to the post ‘CHARNEY HALL David Clapp’s Contribution’


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Here is a CH Year Photograph 1967 (No.1) kindly sourced by Andrew Holmes-Higgin (Priory 1968-72). Thanks very much Andrew!
Andrew has sent me other documents which I will include in existing/future posts. 

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Charney Hall School 1967

Staff:

Mrs Brown
Miss Ford (Assistant Matron)?
Mr Hopkins
Mr McCullagh
Mr & Mrs Duncan
Mr Fawcett
Mr Cockshott
Mr Fairclough
Miss Totty
Miss Hughes (Matron)


The following photos were sourced by Tilak (David Paul 1967-1971). Many thanks Tilak!


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5 March 2022: I post below school photographs nos 14 and 15 kindly donated by John Seymour Hargreaves (1947-1952) together with photo 16, Cricket XI Summer 1951. Many thanks John.

 

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Charney Hall School 1947

15
Charney Hall School 1951

16 
Cricket XI 1951

19 June 2020 : I’m very pleased to post more school photographs kindly supplied by Stephen (1954-1959) and Anthony (1957-1962) Halstead. Stephen’s memory is phenomenal and with his assistance and the use of a copy of 1959/60 Charney Hall Notes we have managed to put the majority of names, initials and dates to the cricket teams. I have digitised, repaired, de-spotted and improved them as far as possible.

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Charney Hall School 1959

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Cricket Group 1959

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Cricket XI 1959

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Cricket XI 1960

 8
Cricket XI 1961

Christopher Wilson (1959-1963) has provided the 2x school photographs below
 + 2x school lists of 1963 and a photo of the swimming pool excavation in progress 
(see other posts). Many thanks Chris!

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Charney Hall School 1961

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Charney Hall School 1963

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Part of the 1966 photo enlarged to show staff
Matron? 👨‍💼, Mr McCullagh, Mrs Duncan, Mr Duncan, Mr Fawcett, Mr Fairclough

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Charney Hall School 1966 
      
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Cricket XI 1966

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Rugby XV 1966
Only 1 match against Cressbrook which was lost

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Football XI 1966
6 games, 4 won and 2 lost

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Charney Hall School 1967

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Cricket XI 1967
10 matches, 7 won and 3 lost

Team Photos numbered 20-23 and associated comments kindly sent by Simon Keirby (1965-68). Thank you Simon for your valuable contribution. I know that people will be interested to see these more recent photos. KS

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Rugby XV 1968

Many thanks to Sven Thome for providing the above photograph 18.
Jan 9 2025 : Here is a comment received from Simon Keirby (1965-68) concerning photo 18. In view of his comments I have amended the team/date. Thank you Simon. KS
‘I did note that one of the photographs from Sven Thome was of the football team from 1966/67.Photo 18. Sven was in the football team of 1966, but the photograph according to my record of it was the Rugby Team 1968. The record for that team was unbeaten  against Cressbrook, Lawrence House and Earnseat. We scored 10 tries against Cressbrook. I am in the middle row just in front of Sven and to his right.’
           
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Charney Hall School 1969

Photos 11,12 and 13 re-photographed and spotted by Keith Smith from Barrow Archive Centre, Cumbria CC
File ref: BDS/16/4/1-7

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Cricket XI 1970

Many thanks to John Cranna who has provided the 1970 Cricket XI  no.17 above. He also comments :



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Charney Hall School 1971

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Cricket XI 1971

Does anyone else have other year photos for this archive?
Please scan at a minimum resolution of 600dpi to maintain good detail.




  
       






Comments

john cranna said…
I'm second row down, and far left. I have two other school photos, probably 1966 and 1968. And a 1970 cricket team photo.
John Cranna
19 August 2019 at 10:39
john cranna said…
The last photos you have of school and cricket team with 1971? - you can remove the question mark as they are definitely 1971!!
14 March 2022 at 10:20
Keith Smith said…
Thank you John!
15 March 2022 at 18:50
Tilak Paul said…
Morning Everyone. This is a wonderful picture of the 1970 Cricket Team which John has supplied to Keith to upload to the Blog. I cannot get over John's great memory! The "gentle giant" Lyons was immensely tall indeed and also had a younger brother. I always remember the Elder Lyons was a kind of Prefect and decided to visit the younger boys in the large Dormitory in the main school building after lights out when you were not supposed to. Maxwell Duncan decided to pay a visit to the Dormitory and the Elder Lyons hid under a bed until Maxwell Duncan had left! The boy just behind Lyons I think was called Whitehead and had a younger brother too and when the 1st XI teams used to visit other Prep Schools we used to I think visit their Parents house for lunch or perhaps I am getting it mixed up with another Boy called Green! The boy standing next to John from memory was Andrew Hood who supported Arsenal! I recall this as one day he turned up on the training pitch wearing the Arsenal Strip. I recollect his Parents owned a Hotel in Morecambe or Blackpool called Bayview. The boy sitting in front of John was I recall called Porter and he was very tall too so the photographer appears to have got the juxtaposition just right by having the two tallest boys at the ends of the front row Tilak
16 March 2022 at 07:03
Unknown said…
1959 School Photo. Miss Kingdom was an English teacher. Seated next to her is the assistant matron, Miss Ward. She was based in the Lodge.
1 August 2022 at 21:30
Charles Palmer said…
1959 school photo comment left by Charles Palmer
1 August 2022 at 21:33
Anonymous said…
Comment by John Kilburn:
Great to see all these photos!
On photo number 8 of cricket xi I am seated on far left middle row, colours cap partially hiding my face!
23 November 2022 at 16:33
Richard Brown said…
In the 1967 picture is the master named as Mr Hopkins actually Mr Hopkins? The Richard Hopkins I knew (who taught French and I think Geography) wasn't there in 1967. I started in 1968 and he arrived after me. But maybe there was another Mr Hopkins....?
29 June 2023 at 18:08
Richard Brown said…
Regarding the 1970 cricket team photo, the "Lyons" is I think actually Lyon (a Banks Lyon from Lancaster, I think Rodney) whose younger brother Simon was more or less my contemporary. There were also two brothers Lyons, who appear in one or two of the other photographs.
2 July 2023 at 18:19
Keith Smith said…
Photo 18 - 9 Jan 2025 - Comment received from Simon Keirby (1965- 1968)
‘Sven was in the football team of 1966, but the photograph according to my record of it was the Rugby Team 1968. The record for that team was unbeaten against Cressbrook, Lawrence Houseand Earnseat. We scored 10 tries against Cressbrook. I am in the middle row just in front of Sven and to his right.’


11 January 2025 at 10:29
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