St Bonaventure


	My father took these photos of St Bonaventure’s Secondary Modern School in Walton and of a Teacher Exchange Visit to Amsterdam in the early 1970s. Mike MAHER’s sister is in the photo on the right, and remembers most of the other girls.


	Above left: staff and pupils. Above right -= no idea who this is! Looks like the school gym, though Left & below: teachers let loose in Amsterdam. They look like they’re having a really wild time! My Dad kept in touch with the Muller family for years. Dad - Bill ROBERTS, maths - is at the back on the left in the bottom photo.



		The school was renamed Archbishop Beck, and although the original buildings are there, it is virtually unrecognisable. I remember spending time there in the summer holidays, when Dad was working on the timetable - a mammoth task which took at least a fortnight each July, and much angst. We’d have huge sheets of squared paper all over the house. We learnt to keep out of the way!

The photos below have generated some discussion here. We finally got an answer from Maggie (Margie REYNOLDS), who now lives in Canada. She writes: St. Bonnie’s had another section of the school that we used to travel too by bus. The two bottom pictures are taken within the playground of that school. It's doesn't look like St. Bonnie’s because it isn't, but it was used as a extension of St.Bonnies'. I Can't remember the name of the road it was on, but it was pretty close to Walton Hospital, on the other side of the road. This is the school that the two bottom pictures are taken in. I recognize the two girls




	Maggie also reminded me of Mike KEYTON’s blog. He seems to refer to my father - Maths teacher Mr Roberts - but although his great grandfather was Welsh, the family had lived in Liverpool for generations. Any information gratefully received - as always: info@liverpool-schools.co.uk


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