29 brilliant pictures of Blackpool primary school teachers in the 90s and 00s from Waterloo to Claremont
These wonderful pictures celebrate the teachers at Blackpool primary schools in the 1990s and 2000s
By Claire Lark
Published 30th Nov 2022, 13:09 BST
Updated 29th Sep 2023, 08:19 BST
They were the anchors of the classrooms, the ones kids looked up to and their invaluable work underpinned the early education of thousands of Blackpool children. We all had a favourite teacher – is yours pictured?
Teacher Carol Stallard at Revoe Primary School in 2004. A literacy expert said 80 English words should be changed to phonetic spellings to make it easier for children to learn to read Photo: Mark Pearson
Youngsters from Boundary Primary School were en route to the Commonwealth Games to sing at the welcome ceremony in 2002. Head Teacher Stephen Twist highlights the motif on the commemorative top worn by Mercedes Lyons Photo: Mike Foster
Blackpool Borough Council Policy Officer Graham Pollard (left) and head teacher of Revoe Community Primary school Graeme Dow in 2004. They were concerned about traffic outside the school Photo: Martin Bostock