John McFarlane: A memory of Middlesbrough

John Mc Farlane

A Memory of Middlesbrough.

Sorry, but this slightly worries me. My uncle was John McFarlane, who for my memory taught at Stainsby School as the Head of Bell house. But I have heard of people describe him as 'Spanky'. I don't know if he worked at High Bell, but it's very possible. Interestingly, I now work for the firm of architects who are building a new school on the Stainsby site.

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I attended Hugh Bell from 1948-1952 and Spanky Mcfarlane was my chemistry teacher. The other chemistry teacher was Mr Backhouse

By David Lawson on Sun Dec 7th 2014, at 7:45 pm

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I was at Hugh Bell from 1949 - 1953 and would confirm that Spanky Mcfarlane was one of the teachers at the school. Some classmates at Hugh Bell that I can remember, Brian Boynton, Peter Harrison, Bev Hinkley, Charles Morris, Alan Tomlinson, (Batty) Burnet, ? Bennet, Alan Cockburn, Peter McHale, Eddie Barker, Spud Murphy, Malcolm Brady, Brian Southall, Lawrence Curry, Bill Towers, Mike Riches, Brian Furphy, Malcolm Levitt (died from TB), Freddie Bright, Bob Smith (met him later in life as he ran an Hotel in Stockton), Joe Parry, Peter Jackson.

By lestin on Sun Jan 11th 2015, at 7:31 pm

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Others in different classes Colin Turner, Brian Angel, Les Williams, Gerald Clough (Brian Clough’s brother), Bill Barnes, Billy Day (played for Middlesbrough), Lawrence Stephenson, Hughie Gallagher. Became good friends with Colin Turner and went to the dances at the Dormans and the old Hippodrome with him and others,

By lestin on Sun Jan 11th 2015, at 7:37 pm

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