Charney Hall School, Grange-over-Sands

When Tilak Paul first suggested a post for John McCullagh I attempted to conduct some further research about him but I have to admit that initially I failed miserably. Masters divulged very little about their personal lives and at the time it was neither considered necessary for our education nor even polite to ask. Now there is a chance to complete at least part of an unfinished picture. John’s forenames gave no clues as to who his parents were on the Ancestry site. There appeared to be no reference whatsoever about his familial connections. I was stuck straight away with no leads to follow! Then one evening, probably with that far-away, dazed look on my face that Maxwell Duncan once referred to in one of the annual reports to my parents (but which now I know probably relate to an undiagnosed touch of ADHD!), I was struck by an idea which to most people would seem all too obvious!  - Why not simply search by ‘place of birth’ and ‘surname’? Be vague rather than striving to be too p...