Last updated 13.6.2007


Farnworth Grammar School
Personal Profile

Bette Partington
(now Pope)




  • Attended FGS from 1942 to 1946, when I left to move to Blackpool with my parents.
  • Worked for Ministry of Pensions (in Awards) for a year, then for C.I.S. Ltd. for a while, then left to work for Royal Insurance Co. in Exchange St. Manchester, travelling daily.
  • From there I emigrated to the USA, still with the Royal Liverpool, working in downtown Manhattan and living with my sister, brother-in-law and their family.
  • I returned to England for a holiday but didn't go back, so I worked for the Royal in Cedar Square, Preston.
  • I married a professional sportsman in 1953 and have two children (a daughter now aged 49 and son, 45), four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. My husband died in 1987.
  • Later I did different jobs: office manager, locum medical receptionist and manageress of a health-food store.
  • I'm now retired — thank goodness!