Date unknown: identity unknown
From Lawnswood School.
c1910 - Leeds Girls' Modern School (two photos)
From Rosalie Hudson.
1919/1920 The Staff
Loaned by Jean Dunbar from the collection of her half-sister, Florence Crabtree.
c1931 Leeds Modern School Cup & Saucer
From Edric Clarke.
1932 Official Opening
From The Centenary Souvenir Brochure.
1932 Prize Giving
From Margaret Sprittles.
1934/35 Leeds Modern School Football 1st XI
From Jack Atkinson.
1937 Dramatic Society production of “Ruddigore”
From Dorothy Stone.
1937 Miss E Boyd
From Jean Dunbar. Miss Boyd was the Gym Mistress. This photo was taken at the 1937 Sports Day.
1938 Panoramic
From Jean Dunbar.
1939 Miss Holden & Miss Stowell
From Jean Dunbar. Miss Holden (Headmistress) and Miss Stowell (Senior Mistress) on an outing to Stratford-upon-Avon. Miss Holden is looking very sophisticated in fox fur!
1939 Tennis Team
From Jean Dunbar. The winners of the James Grahame Tennis Cup (a competition for girls from high schools in Leeds).
1939 Lawnswood Evacuees at Ripon Girls' High School
From Margaret Collie. The photo is from the Ripon Gazette.
1939 "Yeomen Of The Guard"
From Margaret Collie. The photo is from the Ripon Gazette.
1942 (July) “Iolanthe”
From Margaret Sprittles.
1947 Panoramic
From Bridget Hoare.
1947 Staff
From Irene Furze. Photographer: Bridget Hoare.
1947 Prefects
From Bridget Hoare.
1947 Tennis Team
From Bridget Hoare.
1948 Prefects
From Bridget Hoare.
1948 First Hockey XI
From Bridget Hoare.
1949 Prefects
From Bridget Hoare.
1949 First Rounders Team
From Bridget Hoare.
1949 Choir
From Bridget Hoare.
1950 Lower III
From Jennifer Newman.
1950 Upper III 1
From Sheila Bottomley.
1950 Upper III 2
From Marjorie Keane.
1950 Upper III 3
From Catherine MacDonald.
1950 Upper III 4
From Margaret Yewdall.
1950 Prefects
From Irene Furze. The photo is from the school magazine.
1950 Netball Team
From Irene Furze. The photo is from the school magazine.
1951 Class Photo - Fifth Form
From Avril Escolme.
1951 Prefects
From Irene Furze. The photo is from the school magazine.
1951 Netball Team
From Irene Furze. The photo is from the school magazine.
1951 A Midsummer Night's Dream
From Margaret Yewdall.
1952 Prefects
From Irene Furze. The photo is from the school magazine.
1953 Prefects
From Irene Furze. The photo is from the school magazine.
1953 Hockey Team
From Irene Furze. The photo is from the school magazine.
1953 Senior Netball Team
From Margaret Yewdall.
1954 (Thursday 22nd July) - Centenary Celebrations - Miss Clayton & the choir outside Leeds Parish Church
Loaned by Brenda Hawer from Miss Clayton’s own collection.
1954 (Thursday 22nd July) - Centenary Celebrations - The Centenary Dinner
From Margaret Sprittles.
1954 (Friday 23rd July) - Centenary Celebrations - Old Girls’ Reunion
From Margaret Sprittles.
1954 Centenary Panoramic
From Christine Tweedie. This photo was taken in July 1954. As far as I know, it’s the only panorama taken during the summer months. Apart from some senior girls (sitting on the same row as the teachers), all the pupils are in dresses rather than skirts and ties.
1954 Staff
Loaned by Brenda Hawer from Miss Clayton’s own collection.
1954 Staff - end of term?
From Irene Furze.
1954 Centenary Speech Day
From Grete Wheeler. (This is a fantastic black-and-white photo of the Centenary Speech Day in Leeds Town Hall.)
1956 Head Girl & Prefects
From Christine Tweedie.
1956 Tennis Team & 1956 Prefects (two photos)
From Grete Wheeler, who found these pictures in a 1956 copy of the School Magazine.
1958 Panoramic
From Susan Bland.
1959 The Choir
From Beryl Midgley. Beryl tells me that the photo was taken by the YEP in the assembly hall of the school, just prior to a radio recording being made.
1960 (Summer) Miss Holden’s retirement
From Margaret Sprittles.
1961 Photographs (click on the links below)
The photos that follow were all taken in May 1961. All the prints have a small white letter in the bottom right-hand corner - the photographer's identifying mark. There are two missing - number 5 and letter G. Why, I don't know.
Thanks to Rosemary Boyle who was able to put names to the Prefects, Senior Sixth and some of the teams. The teachers and second-form girls have mostly been identified by my fellow second-formers.
If you can help to identify any other groups, please get in touch. If you have either of the missing photos, I would love to hear from you.
