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
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Medical, Mathemtics and Science, Sport, Music and Theatre, Industry, Journalism, Designers, Finance, Computers, Community, Animals, Artists Military, Education, Languages ,Diplomatic
Arnold Beckett - Pharmacist, academic, and expert on doping in sport
Eric Bateson – World renowned Medical Radiologist
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
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)
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 in for Blackpool Schools Football and was the fastest winger t in 50 years of school’s football.
Keith Hardy - National Gymnastic Coach
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 and Nationwide Theatre Producer
Joe-Warren Plant – Actor, plays Jacob Gallagher on Emmerdale
Jeff Smith - Head of Music at BBC Radio 2 and 6 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 in a band called 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 – works for ITV Studios in factual entertainment
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 called 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.
Clive Couldwell – Author and Journalist, former editor of Which Computer?, Group Editor AV magazine
Frank Strachan - Top designer working with a number of pop stars from Kylie to Louise to the Saturdays
Harold Ellis Tomlinson – former pupil and teacher. 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
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
David Astall (teacher) – Developer of Glue Computer Programming language
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 (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 a 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 QC – Circuit Judge Midland Circuit, based at Nottingham Crown Court
Professor Stuart Reynolds – Tutor University of Bath, major worldwide research 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.
Kenneth D Shoesmith – Maritime artist and artist of London Transport posters. Designer of the Madonna of the Seas on Queen Mary
Neil Smith - Headteacher Cheadle Hulme School
Michael Johnson - Senior Executive Education Consultant at In Professional Development (InPD)
Air Marshall Sir Barry Thornton KCB, CEng, FIMechE, FCMI, FRAeS
David Fish CBE - Worked for the Overseas Development Ministry and Head of the Africa Department.
David H Walker - Emiritus Professor of French