kenton school badge 1
And so then on to Kenton School badges!
I do believe you bought them seperately to the uniform and then had to sew them on to the left breast pocket...here is badge 1...I just cant recal whether I had this badge...I sadly no longer have my 'blazer'...master, can you help? did'st thou have it? If so so did I...
'The school badge, which was designed by the college of Art and Industrial design, symbolised in it interlocking rings the unity of the three types of secondary education(Eh?...What?...anyone unravel this?...) and also provided a link between Newcastle's past and future, by incorporating the three rings from the coat of arms of Robert Rhodes from whom the beatiful lantern tower of St Nicholas's Cathederal originates'...
(Thanks to Kenton School'Past, Present and Future' commemorative booklet for quote)
Yes, your Mum had to sew them on to the blazer.
ReplyDeleteThe three types of secondary education were Grammar schools (thick kids) Secondary modern schools (reguklar kids) and remedial schools (thick kids) as explained to us by Mr. Madison in assembly. There were also specialised technical schools back then so the remedial aspect may have been misleading.
The school opening brochure explains it and it is also the source of some of those black & white photos. It is a fascinating read. Some familiar names on the opening staff as well! (Well, familiar to me: Mr. Cripwell, Mrs. English, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Wright, still there in 1969 along with Mr. Jary the Headmaster)
You can download it online at the school website, big file though (2.3 Meg).
http://www.kenton.newcastle.sch.uk/pfi_update/resources.php
The commemorative booklet is excellent, top marks to them for putting in the effort.
I can't remember if this was our badge or if we had the 2nd one which had the Castle Keep on the shield (as well as the three rings above).
The badge above was etched into the glass above the main entrance and still visible (from inside) last Summer.
Shades, thank thou, interesting as always...I was still at kenton bar in 1969, so if my badge was this one, the first, so must yours have been(Master, clarify) ...I remember all the teckas you mention except the head :mine was Ms Innis(she looked and acted like Ms Thatcher...)
ReplyDeleteMr wright was a top bloke(if it is the one I knew-taught ecomomics)...
As far as I recall, Mrs. Innes was there as a Deputy Head in '69 (with Madison and Morton, and Hodgkins as Head of Lower School.) She became Head in probably '72. (The same year the Hall curtains changed from dark blue to bright red).
ReplyDeleteI remember there was a house in The Rise or The Uplands called Innesfree, I wish...
Mr. Wright was Head of Maths and retired in '74ish. He once told a legendary war story in assembly that involved Egyptian Brothels, I don't remember him doing assemblies after that.
Shades:The Mr Wright I knew was not yours. Mine taught economics as I said. He used to smoke a pipe in the lesson. He also spoke like Churchill(we shall fight them...on the beaches...we shall never surrender...) but about economics(the supply and demand...will never exceed the utility...) This amused me...
ReplyDeleteAlso I omitted to say I knew not this Hodgkins tecka
Yes, your Mum had to sew them on to the blazer.
ReplyDeleteThe three types of secondary education were Grammar schools (thick kids) Secondary modern schools (reguklar kids) and remedial schools (thick kids) as explained to us by Mr. Madison in assembly. There were also specialised technical schools back then so the remedial aspect may have been misleading.
The school opening brochure explains it and it is also the source of some of those black & white photos. It is a fascinating read. Some familiar names on the opening staff as well! (Well, familiar to me: Mr. Cripwell, Mrs. English, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Wright, still there in 1969 along with Mr. Jary the Headmaster)
You can download it online at the school website, big file though (2.3 Meg).
http://www.kenton.newcastle.sch.uk/pfi_update/resources.php
The commemorative booklet is excellent, top marks to them for putting in the effort.
I can't remember if this was our badge or if we had the 2nd one which had the Castle Keep on the shield (as well as the three rings above).
The badge above was etched into the glass above the main entrance and still visible (from inside) last Summer.