Notable Alumni

Every member of the Alumni is important.  Here is a list of Alumni members that you may know and the careers they have gone into.

If you know of others, then please contact me

To select the Alumni members click on a topic

Medical, Mathemtics and Science, Sport, Music and Theatre, Industry, Journalism, Designers, Finance, Computers, Community, Animals, Artists  MilitaryEducationLanguages ,Diplomatic

Medical

Arnold Beckett - Pharmacist, academic, and expert on the study of doping in sport

Eric Bateson – World renowned Medical Radiologist

Prof Alastair J Sloan - Head of School and Professor of Tissue Engineering, Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne.

Dr. Martin John Calverley PHD - Developed the World leading treatment for psoriasis, Calcipiterol

Andrew Wardley - Consultant and Medical Director at Christie Research Centre. Breast cancer specialist

Jason da Costa - Chief Information Officer of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS trust, based in Blackpool

Rachel Thomas - Transplant surgeon at Scottish Liver Transplant Unit, Edinburgh

Prof Stuart Forbes - Hepatologst responsible for some of the most innovative cell research in University of Edinburgh. 

Prof David Caton Flenley - Professor of respiratory medicine in the University of Edinburgh

Mr Richard C Johnson MD FRCS  - Oncologist Consultant

 

 Mathematics and Science

Michael Barnett – renowned Theoretical Chemist and Computer Scientist

Dr Michael Aldersley, BA, MA. PhD - Inventor of the three-dimensional Periodic Table. School of Science, Chemistry and Chemical Biology department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY.

R F Cookson - Industrial Chemist developer of Alfentanol, an analgesic used in anaesthetics

Professor Alan Dronsfield - Chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Historical Group, looks at the significance of mauveine in a historical context.

John L Cardy FRS -Theoretical physicist at the University of California, Berkeley

Roger Bingham - Science educator, author and television presenter based in La Jolla, California. He is co-founder and director of the Science Network (TSN)

Sport

Daniel Whiston – Champion Ice Skater and Choreographer

Stuart Widdall – Professional ice dancer

Graham Kelly – Former Chief Executive of the Football Association

Mandy Hill - footballer played for Blackpool FC

Natasha Fenton – Footballer, plays for Blackburn Rovers

Richard Gleeson – Cricketer, played for Lancashire and England T20

Carole Hodges – England and Lancashire Cricketer

David Durie – Footballer, played over 300 games for Blackpool FC. He went on to play about 70 games for Chester and ended at Fleetwood as player-manager.

In all this time over 25 years he was never booked once and won a PFA award as the best example of a player never booked in over 300 appearances.

Lucinda Whittaker (nee Hughes) - UK Indoor Climbing Champion in 2002 and UK Bouldering Champion in 2002/03

Fred Pagnam - Footballer and Footbal Manager. Played for Blackpool, Liverpool, Watford, Arsenal and others and Managed Watford, Turkey and Dutch teams

Richard Barnes - Footballer who played for Blackpool and Lancashire Schools. He played for Blackpool Schools Football and was the fastest winger in 50 years of school’s football.

Keith Hardy - National Gymnastic Coach

Music and Theatre

Ian Stewart Donaldson – Singer of rock band Skrewdriver. also co-founded far right rock band Blood and Honour.  did the cover music for the film "The invisible Empire". 

Sean McKay, Phil Walmsley, and John Grinton - Members of the band Skrewdriver with Ian Stewart Donaldson

Barry Mason – Songwriter (wrote Delilah, Last Waltz)

Richard Darbourne – London West End and Nationwide Theatre Producer

Joe-Warren Plant – Actor, plays Jacob Gallagher on Emmerdale

Jeff Smith - Head of Music at BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music and Mercury Prize Judge. One of the most influential people in the UK music industry.

Tim Reed – General Manager for shows like Chicago and Love Never Dies

Andrew Reed – Stage Manager Chichester Festival

Duncan Baxter - Former lead singer of the band The Shining, which included two former members of slightly more successful band The Verve.  one of their songs was the Danger

Bev Alty - Singer - Songwriter in the 60s - 80s.  Wrote 'The Three young sons of Naylor'

Jordan Shuck – Production Management Assisant, BBC Studios.  works on morning live.  He won the BBC rising star Award

Nathaniel Read - works of BBC in the technical side of the news

Industry

John Rishton – Former Head of for the US Division of British Airways, Chief Executive of Rolls Royce PLC

Don Sidebottom MBE - One of the first manufactures to use fibreglass and built Glasdons Ltd as well as Glastec Ltd.

Ben Smith – Co-founder of the bicycle security brand Hiplok. Their products are sold worldwide and you'll find them in all leading UK cycling shops

Sir William Lyons - Co-founder of Jaguar Motors Ltd.

Graham Mills - Underwater Technology Specialist

Journalism and authoring

Clive Couldwell – Author and Journalist, former editor of Which Computer?, Group Editor AV magazine

Denis James Barrington Shaw - Author producing many books on russian History

Designers

Frank Strachan - Top designer working with a number of pop stars from Kylie to Louise to the Saturdays

Harold Ellis Tomlinson – Heraldist. He designed the school coat of arms and motto also many town coat of arms in UK, Australia and South Africa. One of his mottos was for the town of Spennymoor – Spe Nemo Ruet – a pun on the town name. Other coats of arms included the Welsh FA

Finance

Mark Ashton-Rigby - Group Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Bank

John Newman - currently Global Head of Macro Options and FX Trading at Swiss investment bank UBS.

John Rishton - Financial Officer BA

Computers

David Astall CITP - former teacher – Developer of Glue Computer Programming language

Community

David Wilmott - Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police 1991 - 2002

Albert Laugharne - Deputy Commissioner of the Met 1983 - 1985, Chief Constable of Lancashire 1978 -1983, Chief Constable of Warwickshire 1976 -1978

Graham Essex-Crosby (former Governor) – Former Director of Finance later the Chief Exec of the Blackpool Unitary Authority.

Paul Williams - Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire; C.B.E.; Former Director and Chief Executive of the British Research Council; Fellow of the Institute of Physics; Holder of the Glazebrook Prize, premier award of the Institute of Physics

Eddie Thistlethwaite OBE – Form Detective Superintendent Police. He devised The Tower Project, the forerunner of all national drug treatment schemes.

His Honour Judge Timothy John Spencer KC – Circuit Judge Midland Circuit, based at Nottingham Crown Court

Animals Sciences

Professor Stuart Reynolds – Tutor University of Bath, major worldwide researcher into insects

Professor Emeritus Keith L Thoday BVetMed, PhD, DVD, DipECVD, MRCVS - established and developed the first private veterinary dermatology referral service in Europe. Founding member of the British Veterinary Dermatology Study Group.

Artists

Kenneth D Shoesmith – Maritime artist and artist of London Transport posters. Designer of the Madonna of the Seas on Queen Mary

Education

Neil Smith - Headteacher Cheadle Hulme School

Michael Johnson - Senior Executive Education Consultant at In Professional Development (InPD)

Military

Air Marshall Sir Barry Thornton KCB, CEng, FIMechE, FCMI, FRAeS - Former Chief of Defence Material (Air) at Defence Equipment Support. 

 Diplomatic

David Fish CBE - Worked for the Overseas Development Ministry and Head of the Africa Department.

 

Languages

David H Walker - Emiritus Professor of French

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