Hi Janey,
My favourite teacher's? Miss Houghton (RE and Music) and Stanley Burgess (Art).
There were others I liked a lot; Mr Green, Mr Benson and Mr Carter to name a few, but whilst they and others fade a bit in my memory Miss Houghton and Stan do not. They were the two people whose constant encouragement had most influence on my life and the direction it went in eventually.
I don't remember the Christmas parties as I don't think I ever got to go to one, for whatever reason.
my clearest memory is of swimming in Kent Street Baths (one of the few things I could do well) and The Pebble Mill Playing Fields, where William and I always did the cross country run so we could bunk of into the woods at the nack and go looking for frogs and newts. Don't remember ever getting caught either.
Amongst other things I recall is buying fags, one at a time, from Job's little shop near the back entrance to the school and then sneaking of somewhere quiet to smoke them.
I guess Mr Job made a great deal of money from getting us kids hooked on the evil weed. I'm glad to say I finally kicked the habit about 30 years ago.
Happy days!