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Moss Nook Secondary School
PORTWAY
WOODHOUSE PARK
WYTHENSHAWE
MANCHESTER
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Moss Nook Secondary School which occupies a 14 acre site on Portway ,Woodhouse
Park, was officially opened in 1957 by Councillor Mrs. D. Piggot, a member of the Manchester Education Committee.But many
of the pupils had already started at the school 12 months earlier. At present there are more than 500 children on the school's
register, but this figure will be increased to more than 600 when the new school year starts in September.Like the other 11
secondary schools in Wythenshawe, Moss Nook has the most modern teaching facillities.The Headmaster, Mr. E. S. Parkington,
said; "We have everything at the school- except a swimming pool and a television set."
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Drinking their halfa pinta milka day are some of the pupils of Moss Nook Secondary
School, Woodhouse Park. The photograph was taken during a morning break at the school when the children went to the school-meals
hatch for their morning refreshments.
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The boys always seem to overshadow the girls at local schools when it comes to
games and sports. But this should not be so, for the many local Secondary Schools have trained many outstanding sports girls.
This group comprises of the members of the school's junior Rounders team, which has had a successful season.Back row: Lynda
Hamilton, Jean Carter, Pat Smellie, Lorine Benson (captain), Ann Brogan. Front row: Anne Jefford, Sandra Lloyd, Kalisham Meah,
Andrea Botham and Jacqueline Fish.
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What makes a good engineer? The answer: Training and study. And the boys
at Moss Nook School, who want to enter this trade, can certainly get expert training in the metalwork room at their own school.
This small but important department, is vey well equipped and high standards of work are produced. A section of Class 3B are
seen looking at some work on the lathe in the metalwork room. They are John Walker, Bernard McDonald, Neville Ward, Malcolm
Holden, Malcolm McDonald, Cyril Norton.
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Horticulture is a common lesson in most of the Wythenshawe Secondary Schools. And
this is no exception at Moss Nook School, where Mr. T. Goldstraw, of Ringway-road, Moss Nook, takes charge of the gardening
lessons. Mr Goldstraw, who is an acknowledged expert on roses, judges at many local Horticultural Society shows. Here he is
seen in the greenhouse at Moss Nook Secondary School showing Alan Carter , Tony Smythe and Glyn Artingscall
how to take care of plants.
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Even though Wythenshawe has not got the full library facillities it should have,
local children are able to borrow excellent volumes from the libraries at their own schools. Pupils at Moss Nook Secondary
School, Woodhouse Park, for example, are able to choose from nearly 4,000 books. The department is also used extensively by
pupils for reference purposes. Here, a group of first year pupils are seen during a lesson in the library. They are Raymond
Taylor, Norma Roberts, Derek Middleton, Olwyn Glinka, Barry Rowlands and Maureen Hayes.
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