Memories
of
Farnworth Grammar School

Founded 1715.    Closed ca1983.    Demolished 1988.    Shame.

A Website for Very Old Farnworthians

This website won't try to sell you anything. It's simply an attempt to record memories of life at a small grammar school in the north-west of England, fifty years ago and more. Everything here has been sent in by ex-pupils, most of whom still feel warm affection for the school and its legacy, together with genuine regret that the place no longer exists — it was closed in the early 1980s and demolished in 1988.

The website was started in November 2001 to provide a home on the Internet for a single school photograph. It currently has more than 1400 pages and has developed into a place where Wrinkly Old Farnworthians like myself can share their memories and tell their stories.

Photographs, life stories, excerpts from the school magazine, etc. are always welcome, and if you need help — perhaps with scanning or whatever — please contact me. My e-mail address (see below) is valid, but I'm afraid you can't click on it because I've doctored it in a bid to defeat the pondlife who trawl the internet in search of e-mail addresses to sell. Please type it into your Address Book.

It's fgs@dnet.co.uk. Apologies for the inconvenience.

If you were at FGS at least fifty years ago I'd love to hear from you. But even if you don't yet qualify as a Wrinkly you're welcome to come in and browse anyway. Who knows, you may find your mum and dad in here!

Please click here for a brief guide to the website, or simply click on one of the buttons below to start exploring. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I'm enjoying putting it together.