St Bede's College, Manchester
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St Bede's College, Manchester
is an independent Roman Catholic
day school situated on Alexandra Road South in the Whalley Range area of the city, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
.
The school was founded in 1875 by the then Bishop of Salford
, Herbert Vaughan, and moved to its present site a few years later after the acquisition of the former Manchester Aquarium building.
The diocesan junior seminary, Salford
Catholic Grammar School, merged with St Bede's in 1892. Since then over 500 priests have been educated at the school. Although few pupils now go on to enter the priesthood, the school retains an underlying Catholic
ethos.
, Herbert Vaughan, later Cardinal
Archbishop of Westminster
. Originally, the school was conceived as a "commercial school" to prepare the sons of Manchester Catholics for a life in business.
This was the first school under the patronage of St Bede
: possibly the name was chosen because the Cardinal's brother, a Benedictine and the Archbishop of Sydney, was Dom Bede Vaughan. In August 1877, the Manchester Aquarium on Alexandra Road South and the plot of land around it was purchased by the then Bishop Vaughan for College purposes. On 10 September 1877, St Bede's College re-opened in the Manchester Aquarium with 45 pupils who were taught by 11 staff, 8 of them priests. The faculty lived in 'Rose Lawn', until the accommodation levels were completed in the Vaughan Building, for both clergy and a large number of boarders. The somewhat spartan conditions were alleviated by a team of long-serving nuns, who took care of the domestic and catering requirements, as well as a number of lay staff.
In the late 1870s and early 1880s, the Vaughan building was constructed (see pictures). The original plan was for a symmetrical building, with five-storey towers at each end. Only one half of this design was ever carried out, but the main ground floor corridor of the Vaughan building is an impressive centrepiece for the school all the same. An imposing entrance on Alexandra Road (decorated with ceramic mouldings by Tinworth
) leads into a corridor adorned with mosaics and marble. The original aquarium building (now the school's Academic Hall) leads off the main corridor directly opposite the main entrance. Appropriately the decorative scheme includes plaster mouldings of fish and other marine animals.
In 1892, Salford Catholic Grammar School (the Diocesan Junior seminary) amalgamated with the College which duly became the place where over 500 priests, some of who later became bishop
s or archbishop
s, were educated.
The College Chapel was built in 1898 and the Henshaw Building, named after the fifth Bishop of Salford, was opened around 1932. The Beck Building, named after the seventh Bishop of Salford George Andrew Beck
, was opened in 1958 while the St Regis Building, built in the first decade of the 20th century as a retreat house for the Cenacle Convent, was bought by the College in 1970. It remained empty until 1984 when the Governors took the decision to make St Bede's co-educational. Over the next three years, the St Regis building was completely renovated and allowed the College roll to increase from 630 at the beginning of the 1980s to just under 1000 today.
Until the outbreak of the First World War, the College had an affiliate school [a 'realgymnasium'] at Bonn, Germany, then a small town on the Rhine. One of the tragedies associated with the war is the sundering of this link. In addition, there are photographs of the Sixth Forms at both locales just prior to the War: it was widely believed that none of the boys in the pictures survived.
On a lighter note, small boys would scare each other with tales that the staircase up to the Professors' Room in the Vaughan Building was haunted by the ghost of an Edwardian schoolboy who had fallen to his death. Enquiries by Fr. Austin in the '70's failed to establish the existence of any such pupil, or indeed his ghost.
, and priests on the school's staff worked to provide for the spiritual needs of the Catholic population in Whalley Range. In 1893 the Bishop of Salford
, John Bilsborrow
, appointed Father James Rowan, a former teacher at the college, as priest in charge of the district. The new English Martyrs Parish Church was consecrated on the Feast of the English Martyrs, May 4, 1922.
. It provides a wide range of subjects and pupils perform well at GCSE and A-level. Since September 2005 the school has adopted a two week timetabling system, with alternate weeks operating on schedules named after the school colours—that is, Blue Week is followed by Gold Week and so on.
Although St Bede's is a fee-paying independent school, until 1999 many pupils had their fees paid by the Trafford
Local Education Authority
. Despite lying outside Trafford the school provided education to families from the metropolitan borough
as part of the grammar school system in operation there. This peculiarity resulted in the school having a wider social mix than many in the UK independent sector. The St Bede's College Educational Trust attempts to maintain this broad entry despite the end of this arrangement and the Assisted Places Scheme
, by providing bursaries on a means-tested basis.
The Preparatory Department grew out of St Anne's Preparatory School, which was on Wilbraham Road in Fallowfield, and affiliated with Xaverian College
. The last headmaster was the eccentric City Alderman Roger Delahunty. His other duties included censoring films on behalf of the Watch Committee. When the Diocese's schools were re-organised in the mid 1970s, the Preparatory Department moved into the Gonne building, under its much-loved headmaster Mr. A. Chisnall.
Several notable television series have been filmed in and around the school buildings. For example, the school featured in Granada Television
's The Jewel in the Crown and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
, My Wonderful Life and Clocking Off
. The school is currently being used as a location for the BAFTA award winning series The Street.
Much amusement was given to many generations of school-children raised on war-time comic-books and films, when the full documentation of the German wartime Operation Sealion
was published in English. St Bede's was mentioned as one of the large buildings in Whalley Range to be seized and put to use by the invaders.
Former students of the school are known as Old Bedians, and the Old Bedians Association organises regular events including an annual dinner and golf
tournament. Alumni of the school founded the Old Bedians Rugby Union
Football Club in Didsbury
in 1954.
). On August 21 Father Green admitted 27 assaults at the school and was told to expect a significant prison sentence. A civil case is now being considered against the Catholic Church who said that the incident was regrettable. They also said that they had co-operated with the police and that safeguards against this happening again had long been in place. Father Green was jailed for a total of thirty years on September 30 but will only serve a maximum of six years as the five terms will run concurrently.
On March 15 2011 the Manchester Evening News published an article concerning Monsignor Thomas Duggan, who had been Rector at the college during the 1950s and 1960s. It outlined his mental, physical and sexual abuse of pupils at the college at that time. The Salford Diocese have admitted its culpability. Although the Diocese has admitted knowing about Thomas Duggan's actions and admitted so in an audio recording of the Safeguarding Commission, nothing was done to highlight the actions of the Monsignor.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
is an independent Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
day school situated on Alexandra Road South in the Whalley Range area of the city, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...
.
The school was founded in 1875 by the then Bishop of Salford
Bishop of Salford
The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool, England.With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the...
, Herbert Vaughan, and moved to its present site a few years later after the acquisition of the former Manchester Aquarium building.
The diocesan junior seminary, Salford
Diocese of Salford
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese centred around Salford Cathedral in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England....
Catholic Grammar School, merged with St Bede's in 1892. Since then over 500 priests have been educated at the school. Although few pupils now go on to enter the priesthood, the school retains an underlying Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
ethos.
History
The original school was located at 16, Devonshire Street, Grosvenor Square, off Oxford Road (then called Oxford Street) and was set up in 1875 by the then Bishop of SalfordBishop of Salford
The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool, England.With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the...
, Herbert Vaughan, later Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
Archbishop of Westminster
Archbishop of Westminster
The Archbishop of Westminster heads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, in England. The incumbent is the Metropolitan of the Province of Westminster and, as a matter of custom, is elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, and therefore de facto spokesman...
. Originally, the school was conceived as a "commercial school" to prepare the sons of Manchester Catholics for a life in business.
This was the first school under the patronage of St Bede
Bede
Bede , also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede , was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria...
: possibly the name was chosen because the Cardinal's brother, a Benedictine and the Archbishop of Sydney, was Dom Bede Vaughan. In August 1877, the Manchester Aquarium on Alexandra Road South and the plot of land around it was purchased by the then Bishop Vaughan for College purposes. On 10 September 1877, St Bede's College re-opened in the Manchester Aquarium with 45 pupils who were taught by 11 staff, 8 of them priests. The faculty lived in 'Rose Lawn', until the accommodation levels were completed in the Vaughan Building, for both clergy and a large number of boarders. The somewhat spartan conditions were alleviated by a team of long-serving nuns, who took care of the domestic and catering requirements, as well as a number of lay staff.
In the late 1870s and early 1880s, the Vaughan building was constructed (see pictures). The original plan was for a symmetrical building, with five-storey towers at each end. Only one half of this design was ever carried out, but the main ground floor corridor of the Vaughan building is an impressive centrepiece for the school all the same. An imposing entrance on Alexandra Road (decorated with ceramic mouldings by Tinworth
George Tinworth
George Tinworth was an English ceramic artist who worked for the Doulton factory at Lambeth from 1867 until his death.-Life:...
) leads into a corridor adorned with mosaics and marble. The original aquarium building (now the school's Academic Hall) leads off the main corridor directly opposite the main entrance. Appropriately the decorative scheme includes plaster mouldings of fish and other marine animals.
In 1892, Salford Catholic Grammar School (the Diocesan Junior seminary) amalgamated with the College which duly became the place where over 500 priests, some of who later became bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s or archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
s, were educated.
The College Chapel was built in 1898 and the Henshaw Building, named after the fifth Bishop of Salford, was opened around 1932. The Beck Building, named after the seventh Bishop of Salford George Andrew Beck
George Andrew Beck
George Andrew Beck was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool from 29 January 1964 to 7 February 1976....
, was opened in 1958 while the St Regis Building, built in the first decade of the 20th century as a retreat house for the Cenacle Convent, was bought by the College in 1970. It remained empty until 1984 when the Governors took the decision to make St Bede's co-educational. Over the next three years, the St Regis building was completely renovated and allowed the College roll to increase from 630 at the beginning of the 1980s to just under 1000 today.
Until the outbreak of the First World War, the College had an affiliate school [a 'realgymnasium'] at Bonn, Germany, then a small town on the Rhine. One of the tragedies associated with the war is the sundering of this link. In addition, there are photographs of the Sixth Forms at both locales just prior to the War: it was widely believed that none of the boys in the pictures survived.
On a lighter note, small boys would scare each other with tales that the staircase up to the Professors' Room in the Vaughan Building was haunted by the ghost of an Edwardian schoolboy who had fallen to his death. Enquiries by Fr. Austin in the '70's failed to establish the existence of any such pupil, or indeed his ghost.
English Martyrs
From the time of the school's move to Alexandra Road, the College supported the nearby St Bede's MissionMission (Christian)
Christian missionary activities often involve sending individuals and groups , to foreign countries and to places in their own homeland. This has frequently involved not only evangelization , but also humanitarian work, especially among the poor and disadvantaged...
, and priests on the school's staff worked to provide for the spiritual needs of the Catholic population in Whalley Range. In 1893 the Bishop of Salford
Bishop of Salford
The Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool, England.With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the...
, John Bilsborrow
John Bilsborrow
Rt Rev John Bilsborrow was bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Salford, in England, from 1892 to 1903.Bilsborrow was born in Singleton, Lancashire on 20 March 1836. He was ordained priest on 26 February 1865 at the age of 28. He went on to teach at St Joseph's College in Upholland, West...
, appointed Father James Rowan, a former teacher at the college, as priest in charge of the district. The new English Martyrs Parish Church was consecrated on the Feast of the English Martyrs, May 4, 1922.
Today
The school now admits children from families of whatever Christian denominationChristian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity. In the Orthodox tradition, Churches are divided often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and...
. It provides a wide range of subjects and pupils perform well at GCSE and A-level. Since September 2005 the school has adopted a two week timetabling system, with alternate weeks operating on schedules named after the school colours—that is, Blue Week is followed by Gold Week and so on.
Although St Bede's is a fee-paying independent school, until 1999 many pupils had their fees paid by the Trafford
Trafford
The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston...
Local Education Authority
Local Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
. Despite lying outside Trafford the school provided education to families from the metropolitan borough
Metropolitan borough
A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts, however all of them have been granted or regranted...
as part of the grammar school system in operation there. This peculiarity resulted in the school having a wider social mix than many in the UK independent sector. The St Bede's College Educational Trust attempts to maintain this broad entry despite the end of this arrangement and the Assisted Places Scheme
Assisted Places Scheme
The Assisted Places Scheme was established in the UK by the Conservative government in 1980. Children who could not afford to go to fee-paying independent schools were provided with free or subsidised places - if they were able to score within the top 10-15% of applicants in the school's entrance...
, by providing bursaries on a means-tested basis.
The Preparatory Department grew out of St Anne's Preparatory School, which was on Wilbraham Road in Fallowfield, and affiliated with Xaverian College
Xaverian College
Xaverian Roman Catholic Sixth form College is a College in the city of Manchester.-Admissions:It lies in the inner city suburb of Rusholme close to Wilmslow Road and Oxford Road...
. The last headmaster was the eccentric City Alderman Roger Delahunty. His other duties included censoring films on behalf of the Watch Committee. When the Diocese's schools were re-organised in the mid 1970s, the Preparatory Department moved into the Gonne building, under its much-loved headmaster Mr. A. Chisnall.
Several notable television series have been filmed in and around the school buildings. For example, the school featured in Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
's The Jewel in the Crown and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the name given to the TV series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, although only the first two series bore that title on screen. The series was broadcast on the ITV network in the UK,...
, My Wonderful Life and Clocking Off
Clocking Off
Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott...
. The school is currently being used as a location for the BAFTA award winning series The Street.
Much amusement was given to many generations of school-children raised on war-time comic-books and films, when the full documentation of the German wartime Operation Sealion
Operation Sealion
Operation Sea Lion was Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom during the Second World War, beginning in 1940. To have had any chance of success, however, the operation would have required air and naval supremacy over the English Channel...
was published in English. St Bede's was mentioned as one of the large buildings in Whalley Range to be seized and put to use by the invaders.
Former students of the school are known as Old Bedians, and the Old Bedians Association organises regular events including an annual dinner and golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament. Alumni of the school founded the Old Bedians Rugby Union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
Football Club in Didsbury
Didsbury
Didsbury is a suburban area of the City of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre, in the southern half of the Greater Manchester Urban Area...
in 1954.
School publications
- Baeda is the school's annual publication and reviews the academic, sporting and other events within the school. It chronicles the achievements of pupils and publishes works of arts, poetry and prose, as well as tales from ex-pupils. Although the editor is a member of staff, it is largely contributed to by pupils. Its name is the school's name in Latin.
- Buzzwords is the school's termly publication. It includes news of the school and its academic and sporting achievements, as well as an article by the Headmaster.
Reports of abuse
On April 17, 2008 it was reported that a former teacher and priest at the school, William Green, had been charged with various counts of indecent assault and indecency with pupils at the school in the 1970s and 1980s (a separate charge related to an incident at a school in MostonMoston, Greater Manchester
Moston is a district of Manchester, in North West England, approximately 3 miles north east of the city centre. Historically a part of Lancashire, Moston is a predominantly residential area, with a population of about 12,500 and covering approximately .-History:The name Moston may derive...
). On August 21 Father Green admitted 27 assaults at the school and was told to expect a significant prison sentence. A civil case is now being considered against the Catholic Church who said that the incident was regrettable. They also said that they had co-operated with the police and that safeguards against this happening again had long been in place. Father Green was jailed for a total of thirty years on September 30 but will only serve a maximum of six years as the five terms will run concurrently.
On March 15 2011 the Manchester Evening News published an article concerning Monsignor Thomas Duggan, who had been Rector at the college during the 1950s and 1960s. It outlined his mental, physical and sexual abuse of pupils at the college at that time. The Salford Diocese have admitted its culpability. Although the Diocese has admitted knowing about Thomas Duggan's actions and admitted so in an audio recording of the Safeguarding Commission, nothing was done to highlight the actions of the Monsignor.
Notable Old Bedians
Notable former pupils include:- Colin BakerColin BakerColin Baker is a British actor who is known for playing Paul Merroney in The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.- Background:Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to...
— actor; the sixth Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... - Clint BoonClint BoonClint Boon is an English musician and DJ. Boon originally rose to notability as the keyboards player with Inspiral Carpets.-Career:...
— musician and DJ - Terry ChristianTerry ChristianTerry Christian is a British television and radio presenter whose credits include Channel 4's late night Youth Entertainment show The Word and ITV1 moral issues talk show It's My Life...
— radio and TV presenter - John P. ConnollyJohn P. Connolly (businessman)John Connolly is the UK Senior Partner and Chief Executive of Deloitte. Connolly is also Global Managing Director and has been involved in important global roles with the firm for over 15 years....
- Senior Partner, Chief Executive of Deloitte UK - Ed DocxEd DocxEdward Docx is a British writer. His first novel, The Calligrapher was published in 2003.-Biography:Docx was born in 1972, and educated at St Bede's College, Manchester and Christ's College, Cambridge...
— writer and broadcaster - Bernie Dwyer - drummer, Freddie and the DreamersFreddie and the DreamersFreddie and the Dreamers were an English band who had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. Their stage act was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. The group remained active...
- George Patrick DwyerGeorge Patrick DwyerGeorge Patrick Dwyer was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham from 1965 to 1981.-Life and ministry:...
— Archbishop of BirminghamArchbishop of BirminghamThe Archbishop of Birmingham heads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham in England. As such he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Birmingham.... - Paul GogginsPaul GogginsPaul Gerard Goggins is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Wythenshawe and Sale East since 1997, and was a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office.-Early life:...
— MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East - Rob GrettonRob GrettonRob Gretton was the manager of Joy Division and New Order. He was also a partner in Factory Records, proprietor of the Rob's Records label and a co-founder along with Tony Wilson of The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, England. In 1977, Gretton became a leading figure in the Manchester punk...
— manager of Joy DivisionJoy DivisionJoy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
and New OrderNew OrderNew Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris... - Mike HardingMike HardingMike Harding is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, author, poet and broadcaster. He is known as 'The Rochdale Cowboy' after one of his hit records...
— folk singer and DJ - Toby HarndenToby HarndenToby Harnden is an Anglo-American journalist and author. He has been US editor of The Daily Telegraph since 2006.-Background:...
- journalist and writer - Nicholas KenyonNicholas KenyonSir Nicholas Roger Kenyon CBE is an English music administrator, editor and writer on music. He was responsible for the BBC Proms 1996-2007 following which he was appointed Managing Director of the Barbican Centre, Europe's largest multi-arts centre.-Education and career:After attending St Bede's...
— BBC PromsThe PromsThe Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...
controller - Sir Ian KershawIan KershawSir Ian Kershaw is a British historian of 20th-century Germany whose work has chiefly focused on the period of the Third Reich...
— historian - Sir John LyonsJohn Lyons (linguist)Sir John Lyons, LittD, FBA is an English linguist, most famous for his work on semantics.John Lyons was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he took a degree in Classics in 1953 and a Diploma in Education in 1954. After doing his national service in...
— linguist and semanticistSemanticsSemantics is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata.... - Steve McGarrySteve McGarrySteve McGarry is a British cartoonist whose work includes the comic strips Badlands, Pop Culture, Biographic, Kid City and Mullets....
- cartoonist, President of National Cartoonists SocietyNational Cartoonists SocietyThe National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the troops... - Thomas McMahonThomas McMahon (bishop)Thomas McMahon is the current Roman Catholic Bishop of Brentwood.-Life:Bishop McMahon grew up in Harlow and attended St. Bede’s Grammar School, Manchester, before training for the priesthood at St. Sulpice, Paris...
— Bishop of BrentwoodBishop of BrentwoodThe Bishop of Brentwood is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood in the Province of Westminster, England.-Overview:The diocese covers the historic county of Essex, an area of comprising the non-metropolitan county of Essex, the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock,... - John Maher — drummer, BuzzcocksBuzzcocksBuzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
- Neil MellorNeil MellorNeil Andrew Mellor is an English professional footballer who plays for Preston North End. He made his name in 2004 by scoring a stunning last-minute goal from long range to give Liverpool a 2–1 victory over Arsenal at Anfield...
— Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wednesday F.C.Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
footballer - Mike MilliganMike Milligan (footballer)Michael Milligan is a former English footballer of Irish descent.He left school in 1983 and signed for Oldham Athletic, establishing himself as a regular midfielder in the later part of the 1980s and helping them reach the FA Cup semi-final and Football League Cup final in the 1989-90...
— footballer - Peter NoonePeter NoonePeter Noone is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits.-Early life:...
— singer, Herman's HermitsHerman's HermitsHerman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers... - Bernard O'DonoghueBernard O'DonoghueBernard O'Donoghue is a noted contemporary Irish poet and academic.Born in Cullen, County Cork, Ireland, he moved to Manchester, England when he was 16, where he attended St Bede's College. He has lived in Oxford, England since 1965...
— poet - Derek Page, Baron WhaddonDerek Page, Baron WhaddonJohn Derek Page, Baron Whaddon was a British politician and export agent/consultant.-Background:Derek Page, as he was usually known, was born, the son of a lorry driver in Sale,...
- George RodgerGeorge RodgerGeorge Rodger was a British photojournalist noted for his work in Africa and for taking the first photographs of the death camps at Bergen-Belsen at the end of the Second World War....
- photojournalist - Andrew SteeleAndrew SteeleAndrew Steele is a British 400 metres and 4x400 m relay runner in athletics.He was educated at St. Bede's College, Manchester, UK. He is the son of Dr. Chris Steele MBE, the resident health expert on ITV's This Morning.In 2008 Andrew competed in his first Olympic Games – Beijing 2008...
— athlete - Ceallach SpellmanCeallach SpellmanCeallach Spellman is a British actor, known for playing Malky McConnell in the BBC Two mockumentary The Cup, and Harry Fisher in the BBC One drama Waterloo Road from 2010 to 2011.Spellman attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School....
- actor, (Waterloo RoadWaterloo Road (TV series)Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
)
See also
- Catholic sex abuse cases
- For more information about St.Bede's buildings and other developments see Whalley RangeWhalley RangeWhalley Range is an area of Manchester, England, about 2 miles southwest of the city centre. It was one of the earliest of the city's suburbs, built by local businessman Samuel Brooks.-History:...
.