South Shields Sanddancers Forum

'MR' Upton taught Geography and Sports.

Yes - Geoffrey Ditchburn. He and I were in the same class (at Mortimer Secondary). He was a very cheerful character. .. had a younger brother. They lived at the opposite end from where Miss Turnbull and Miss Blunt lived (.. can't remember the name of the road - it was nearer to Bamburgh Avenue end. ...

It's Chris Welch here. I was at Mortimer Infants in early 1960s, Mortimer Junior in mid 1960s and Mortimer County Secondary from 1969 to 1973. I shared the piano, in school assemblies, with ALAN SMITH (his twin brother was WORRAN). The final class at Mortimer Secondary, for us, was Ray Tynemouth's. ...