Manchester Xaverian in the Sixties
Life in a Manchester Catholic grammar school
Phillip Glennon remembered Message from Hannah Hodgson regarding her father, Phillip Glennon. If anyone remembers him, please email me at the above address. My Dad, Philip Glennon, and his brother Peter both attended Xaverian, early to mid 50s rather than the 60s. My Dad was extremely proud of his time there, where by all accounts … Read more
Peter Ulleri had a nostalgic evening in 2019 with Xavs chums from the 70’s in one of the South Manchester pubs: It was a really special evening that is still bringing a smile to my face. When I arrived at the pub I saw a group of strangers in the corner and headed straight to … Read more
John Heffernan reminisces 29th July 2020 I was at Xavs from 1956 to 1962. I had been at St Annes Prep before that. I remember my interview for St Annes in about 1952 in the dark religious surroundings of Bro ??? office. (Bernard ??) I had Miss Eaton for music and her father for maths … Read more
Thanks to Frank Lennon, we now know that the correct name for Xaverian Head Boys was ‘School Captain’. As a result of his information I have updated the list. This must be authentic as Frank himself was a School Captain! Barry Staniforth – circa 1960 Mike Watts 1960 – 61 John Moynihan 1961-62 David Ansbro … Read more
My name is Paul Hughes and I started at Xaverian in 1972 and went right through until it became a 6th form college. I also went to St Anne’s prep school prior to my time at Xaverian. The head at the prep was Mr Delahunty and I also remember Brother Mario being there along with … Read more
A few personal remarks from James provide some interesting thoughts: Curtis. Another “head case, taught you nothing but loved to give you a serious punch if you were not in a perfect line outside class. Geography teacher: No name. Set you a lesson and then disappeared to the Clarence pub. History teacher: No … Read more
From Anthony Coombs I attended Xaverian Prep 1962-1965, and Xaverian College 1965-71. Before that I’d been at the Hollies Prep in Fallowfield. The Nuns booted little boys out of The Hollies at the age of 8 in case they made advances on the little girls. They could safely have waited another 8 years – or … Read more
Introduction I attended this school as far as I recall from 1952 to 1959. I came from a primary school via the 11+ and had no connection with the prep school. I left with seven O levels and three A levels. Apparently – job done. I have just stumbled across this blog and thank those … Read more
SO LONG AND SO FAR AWAY OR, ‘THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE THUGLY’ THE JOURNAL OF FUN LOVING BOY I attended Xaverian from September 1957 until June 1964. This document presents my perceptions of the school at that time, based on my experiences there. The perceptions of some teachers are different to those of … Read more
Thanks to Henry Mantel for supplying this interesting snippet regarding one of Xaverian College’s more famous alumni, Anthony Wilson, better known as the novelist Anthony Burgess remembered mainly for his influential novel A Clockwork Orange. There is a film clip of Anthony Burgess on YouTube returning to Xaverian College. Writing under the pen name Anthony … Read more