Middlesbrough High School, now Teesside University’s Waterhouse Building, was built in 1875.At that time Victorian secondary school education, was ‘responding to the developing commercial and industrial interests of the provincial towns. IB MISSION. I attended here as an infant and junior 1953 – 1959, until passing the eleven plus to go on to Middlesbrough Boy`s High School. Also remember Peter Sharp (Ena), Brian Kirkham, Geoff Williams. The Mission of Ramsay High School is to prepare students to succeed at the post-secondary level by providing an enriched educational program. When Middlesbrough's Brackenhoe School closes its doors for the last time this summer it will be the end of an era spanning more than 30 years for some members of staff. The top photo is Mr McPherson the Tech Drawing Teacher, Twizzle was Mr Armstrong and he taught Geography. Dave Roffey, Dave Nelson, Mick Ruse are other names that spring to mind.Mick Ruse? ... Stockton On Tees Map Pictures North East England Middlesbrough Historical Pictures Where The Heart Is Street View Lamps Boro. He was big mates with my uncle John (Waland) fromTurford Avenue, Micks nana and mine were next door neighbours.Brackenhoe came when brookside and bertram ramsey mergedYou are partly correct Nick, Bertram Ramsey merged with Brookside around 1983 to become Brackenhoe secondary.I went to Brackenhoe Tech in its first year after completion.
We have found 2 School photographs of you from Bertram Ramsey in Middlesbrough (Year 1972). Saved from ... (Formerly Bertram Ramsay School) March 2020. He didn’t miss him. He then found out it was not me and could not apologise enough.

It was originally Brackenhoe Technical School,( boys only) and only became Bertram Ramsey when it merged with Bertram Ramsey following the death of the headmaster (Mr Fish if memory serves) I was at the school from 1964 to 1969 and remember it fondly. On 26 February 1929, Ramsay married Helen Margaret Menzies, daughter of Colonel Charles Thomson Menzies. You may remember me as Monkey.Hi Malcolm , Ronnie Cuthbert here , just found your message as I was trawling through the net looking for Brackenhoe stuff. It was originally Brackenhoe Technical School,( boys only) and only became Bertram Ramsey when it merged with Bertram Ramsey following the death of the headmaster (Mr Fish if memory serves) I was at the school from 1964 to 1969 and remember it fondly. If it was him, he thought I was the one talking and he hit me with the palm of his hand on my face. British Commanders of World War II, By, page 32 ( You are right about Mr Bagley never being in the classroom.Hi Malcolm. I also remember Joe Grierson, a fearsome physics master, who told us what the translation of the Latin school motto (Ad Finem) meant, “Until The End”, he looked at us all in his class with his steely eyes and said “And believe you me, you will all work until the bitter end”. Search Results for Bertram Ramsey in Middlesbrough from the Year 1972 Congratulations Nikolas! I would very much like to communicate with anyone who can remember me.I remember the names of Mr Fish (Headmaster), Joe Grierson (Deputy Headmaster) Mr. Armstrong (Geography) I remember him throwing the blackboard rubber from the front of the class to a student at the back of the class. Surprising really when I spent 5 years with around a class of 30 which remained constant throughout.I remember the classmates you mentioned apart from Terry Cassidy. The Tech drawing master was Mr. McPhearson, I think he was a former commando. It is good to see old photo’s of Brackenhoe, though it puzzles me why it is always listed as formerly Bertram Ramsey? 14 June School Opening Secondary School Old Pictures Nostalgia Old Photos Middle School Antique Photos High School Brackenhoe (Formerly Bertram Ramsay School) Home History Northern England Middlesbrough Old Images Croydon North Yorkshire Boro Nostalgia Street View I attended St. John the Evangelist School from 1950 to 1960. Genuine thanks to Brackenhoe for my formative years.I was there then too, my intro on the first day was a kick in the Crown Jewels from a yob who I asked “where’s the Geography room please?”This website was proudly designed and developed by We use necessary cookies to give you the best experience on our website.We'd also like to set optional analytics cookies to help us improve it.We won't set optional cookies unless you accept, you can find more information or change your preference in This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. This is first time on this website. I left to go to Brackenhoe Technical School as it was known then. I left school at 16 years of age to join the workforce. I remember that the discipline was very strict and was a real eye opener for a young lad joining the first years from junior school. I can remember Mr. Bagley.Amazing how all of those names bring back memories of that time. They are all very familiarI attended Brackenhoe ’63 – ’68 and have very happy memories of that school. During the First World War, Ramsay was given his first command, Ramsay retired from the navy in 1938, but was coaxed out of retirement by As Vice-Admiral Dover, Ramsay was responsible for the After Operation Dynamo was completed, he was faced with the enormous problems of defending the waters off Dover from the expected Ramsay was to be appointed the Naval Force Commander for the invasion of Europe on 29 April 1942, but the invasion was postponed and he was transferred to become deputy naval commander of the Ramsay was reinstated to the Active List on 26 April 1944 and promoted to the rank of admiral on 27 April 1944.In this, he executed what has been described by historian Correlli Barnett as a "never surpassed masterpiece of planning"He defused a potential conflict between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British Sovereign, King George VI, when Churchill informed the King that he intended to observe the While the port of Antwerp was vital for the Allies after D-Day, Admirals On 2 January 1945, Ramsay was killed when his plane crashed on takeoff at A statue of Ramsay was erected in November 2000 at Dover Castle, close to where he had planned the Dunkirk evacuation.Admiral Ramsay's legacy has been remembered by the Royal Navy; they have used his name for the Apprenticeship Centre at His involvement in the Dunkirk evacuation and the D-Day landings has led to several appearances as a character in film and television drama – in Sumner, Ian.
I’ll never forget getting the cane on my first day, after being hauled to Mister Fish’s office by a prefect, for standing on the flower borders…never did it again!