Mr Wilfred Darbyshire, born in Horwich, taught Physics at the School for 36 years, starting in 1935. He graduated from Manchester University, and elsewhere on our site we see him with a class of Form 1A students in 1936. He sent many students on to distinguished careers in the sciences. This photo is from 1971, when he was just about to retire, and appeared in the Eccles & Patricroft Journal. It was taken at a Summer Fair on the School playing field. The taller lady is Ann Blears, the other Alice Hughes, both former students.