High Arcal Grammar School (Years 1970-77)

Mark Grace's contemporary class years of 1970-77 only

If you have missing names or intelligence on our former classmates please get in touch.
Please Note: This website is not for ex-HAGS pupil of other generations (i.e. only Year 1 in Sept. 1970 running through to the Upper Sixth leaving in Summer 1977).

About 176 names listed to date, which by calculation should be close to being complete.
Thanks to those of you who have dug out your old "The Arcalian", grimaced at old school photos and helped provide this list. We seem to be well distributed around the world. Please report errors and updates.
Last updated October 2007.

Names in BOLD is reliable information, otherwise strictly rumour!	"Wisdom & Service" (or last known whereabouts)
	Can you tie in this last school name? - aka "Puffda"
Helen ABBISS
Kerry ABBISS	Now known as Mike - works at Russell's Hall Hospital, Dudley (radiography)
Paul ADAMS	aka "Atom"
Jayne ADDISS
Janet ALCORN	Married to Rob LANE (below). Two children. Living in Wombourne.
Andrew ALLEN	Married to Ruth TUBBY (see below).
Tim ANDREWS	Married to Pat with three children & one grandchild, living in Wadebridge, Cornwall since 1990. Former police officer with WM police 1980 to 1990. Joined local Council for 5 years and now currently working for Group 4 Security as an Ops Manager. 1 Red, 2 White, 3 Yellow, 4 Science, 5 Science, 6 General (?)
Duncan ASHLEE
Kim ASTON (now NEVILLE)	Living in Derbyshire and married to a farmer with lots of cows! She is now a headteacher of a primary school.
Deborah BAILEY
Jane BALL
Roger BARRETT
Jeremy BATE	aka "Jezza". An ATC at Heathrow Airport. Scary or what?!
Wendy BIRD (now DYER)	Lives in Maine, US since 1986. Divorced with three kids, 8, 14 and 16.
Janet BISHOP
Paul BOULD	Works in sales for a pharmaceuticals company. Lives in Staffs.
Jayne BOURNE
Nicola BRADDOCK	Possibly in Australia?
Patricia BRADLEY (now RILEY)	Living in Eastbourne and working for the Civil Service.
Elaine BRENNAN
Steve BRIMBLE	Joined the Dudley fire service.
Jackie BRISCOE
Pam BROADHOUSE (now RYAN)	Married to Phil, who's senior manager of Lloyd's TSB in Cardiff. She was in 1 White, 2 & 3 Amber, 4 & 5 Arts, 6 Mod. After leaving school she worked her way up through Lloyd's Bank, eventually becoming a training consultant.
Leslie BROTHWOOD	Working as an Applications Manager in an IT Department at West Middlesex Hospital. Has a 10 year old daughter and a mad old English sheepdog called "Tyler" (after Steve Tyler of Aerosmith) because his mouth looks the same! Officially still lives in Tipton but lives in London during the week and was looking for a permanent place down there.
Mick BROWN	Married Kim STANTON (below). They have a smallholding in Wombourne, six children and a number of horses, dogs, cats, chickens and sheep.
Paul BROWN	aka "Waldo"
Vicki BROWN	Became an air stewardess.
Gary BRYAN	aka "Gaz"
Elaine BUTLER
Janet BUXTON	Lives in Canada.
Elaine CALVERLEY (now HANLEY)	Joined 3 Blue, 4 & 5 General, 6 Modern 1 &2. Worked in Insurance. Married Pat HANLEY (below) and living in Lower Gornal.
Peter CARTER	1 Red, 2 & 3 White, 4 & 5 Blue, 6 Modern 1 & 2: Lived and worked in Manchester since 1986, married to Kath and has two lads aged 13 and11 - Regional Manager for a firm of Loss Adjusters.
Martin CARTWRIGHT	A teacher.
Sharon CARTWRIGHT
Sue CARTWRIGHT
Stephen CASWELL	aka "Carrot" - Married to Vicky & teaches in Stockport.
Suzanne CHURMS
David CLAMP	aka "Clunk"
Jane CLARKE	Married with children, ex. Cambridge, but now believed to be back in Sedgley.
Steve CLAYTON	aka "Clacka"
Jane COOK
Simon COX	Went to Cambridge University; did his M.Sc. in London and Ph.D. in the US. A data modeller working with CSIRO in Perth, Australia. Recently remarried, to Amy BACHRACH from New York and has a young daughter Abby born in May 2001.
Paul CUMBERBATCH	Last known living in Sedgley and working in the double glazing business (early 1980's).
Michael DANDO	Studied Town & Country Planning. Rumours he went to Japan and became a rock star!
Jane DANKS (now SAUNDERS)	1 Bronze, 2 & 3 Blue, 4 & 5 Arts, 6 Arts 1 & 2. Married to another old HAG from another year and has two children. Living in Buckinghamshire but has previously lived in Cyprus for six years and Norway for three years. Works in Personnel at the head office of a large estate agents group in Oxfordshire.
Keith DARBY	Living in Wolverhampton area. Civil Servant. Married to Tracey.
Phillip DARBY
Allan DAVIES	aka "Kegs" - living in Wolverhampton.
Julian DEAKIN
Dante DEROSA	Married Jayne WILLCOX (below). Jayne and Dan have four children and live in Tettenhall. Dan is a G.P.
Lynn DIXON (now WOODHOUSE)	Married to ex. HAGS David WOODHOUSE (couple of years above us), with children Daniel & James. Living in Yarm, NE England. A social worker, working for a London-based charity.
Stephen DOWNES	aka "Bali/Balli"
Karen ELWELL	Nurse, possibly in the Whitley Bay area of the NE..
Debra EVANS (now BAUGH)	Married to Dave, son Alexander. Still living in Sedgley.
Robin EVANS	aka "Ebs"
Ben FAUST	Married shortly after graduating from Manchester University in early 80's.
Ian FAVILL	Classes: 1, 2 & 3 Gold, 4 & 5 Blue, 6 Modern. Has 4 young children & married to Laura, an American. Work as a salesman in telecommunications. Lived in the US since 1979.
David FINCH	"DJ" went to Sussex University. Last known to be married to Jane (at Royal College of Music, London) and living in the Reading area (about 1984).
Kenneth FIRTH	Joined the 6th Form.
Colin FISHER
Jayne FLAVELL	1 White, 2&3 Amber, 4&5 Blue, 6 Arts. Did English at Liverpool, staying in the city for 6 years in all, and then moved to London to do social work training. Currently, a Principal Social Worker in a Children's team in Tipton and living in Perton.
Ian FLETCHER	"Fletch" graduated in Chemistry from Manchester University in 1980. Lost contact with him in early 1980's.
John FOLLOWES	Preston NE supporter? Left at the end of the 5th form.
Adrian FONES	Died sometime during our school years (about the 5th form).
Linsey GARNER
Kim GOODWIN
Paul GOWER	Did Geology at Liverpool University and joined BP. He quit the industry sometime in the 1990's.
Mark GRACE	"Gracie" - Classes: 1 Gold, 2 & 3 Red, 4 & 5 Modern, 6 General 1 & 2. Did Geology at Manchester University ending up in the oil industry. Moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 2006, after Norway (1981-90), China (1986), Denmark (1987), Kent (1990-95), Dubai (1996-98), Aberdeen (1998-2001) & Kuwait (2001-06). Married to Felicity. 2 boys.
Karen GRAHAM	Living in the Penn area (spotted in Safeways!)
Lesley GREEN
Kevan GREENAWAY	Possibly with the Halifax at Merry Hill?
Jackie GUEST
Owen GUEST	Left after 5th form to work on his uncle's farm.
Ian GWILT
Joy HADDLINGTON
Susan HALL
Patrick HANLEY	3 Blue, 4 & 5 Red, 6 Transitus, leaving in Summer 1976. Living in Lower Gornal. Married Elaine CALVERLEY (above). Son & daughter.
Deborah HARRIS
Julia HARRIS	Living in the Straits area and working from Brompton Housing Association. (Thanks to Tim Hughes),
Roger HAYES	aka "Ted Sedgley" - went to Liverpool University to mess with superconductors then went to London. Lives in Herts. Designs trading systems for an investment bank in London.
Mike HAYNES
Mark HAYWARD	aka "Frew" - married to Karen. Teaches somewhere near Shrewsbury. 2 girls.
Steven HAYWOOD	Classes: 1 Gold, 2 & 3 Blue, 4 & 5 White, 6 Transitus & General 2. After leaving was an international equestrian professional for 8 years, fell out with sponsor, got degree and got into the construction industry in 1985, and since been a Director of division of publicly quoted company. Married to Gina for 8 years - 2 girls Ellie and Emily. Been living in Hertfordshire for 20 years.
Karen HERITAGE
John HICKMAN
Jane HILLYARD
Gill HINDS (now HARPER)	Married Jeremy, has two children and lives in Sedgley. A primary school teacher.
Paul HOBBIS	aka ?"Nob"
Sarah HOLFORD	Bumped into her late 1970's when she started at Manchester University, a year or so behind my year.
Andy HOLLOWAY
Dave HOLLOWAY	aka "Dode"
Janet HOPSON	Married to Jane DANKS' cousin.
Tim HUGHES	After 'O'-levels, emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa in 1975. Completed officer training at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (UK), and an MA at U of Cape Town. Now working for SA Institute of International Affairs. Married to South African Heather and has 2 step children and a step grandson (2006).
Paul HUMPHREYS	aka ?"Polly"
Robert HUMPHREYS	Joined the 6th form from Dormston.
Jane HUMPHRIES	Left after the 5th form.
Stuart HUNT	Living in Rhyl, North Wales since 1996 with second wife Emma and their 5 children. A long list of jobs, but writes a lot of poetry and works actively for the environment. Still a fan of Hawkwind. (Dec. 2006)
Stephen HURST	"SJK" - He used to run us all into the ground during cross-country! Did Business Studies at Sheffield, then in London as a motorbike courier. Last known in Liverpool working insurance. (Thanks to Martin Lane)
Robert JACKSON	Lived in San Francisco since 1982 and has own Mortgage Company. Married with 2 girls, Emma and Elle. His daughter loves the story of how this webauthor swatted and bounced a wasp off a rock in our 6th form geology class and up his sleeve. Ouch!
Christopher JAECKER
Judith JEAVONS	Tragically died while crossing the Wolverhampton Road on 28th April 1978.
Denise JONES
Karen JONES	Working for HSBC. Still in Sedgley.
Mark JONES	aka "Bonzo" - went to Dudley Tech. Last heard working for Walter Somers in Halesowen. Living on the Straits, married a girl from London who he met in Majorca. (Thanks to Keith Perry)
Sue JOHNSON
Julie KELLY
Alan KITELEY
Robert LANE	"RD" married Janet ALCORN (see above).
Steven MACEFIELD	"Mace" - he qualified as a Mechanical Engineer. Had been working in Singapore before working for a time in Western Australia (where he encountered HAGS old boy Ian Beach). Was married to a Singaporean girl and was last known to be back in Singapore (about 1995).
Ian MALLARD
Jane MANSELL	An accountant living in Sedgley.
Kay MARSH
Stephen MARSH	aka "Masha"
Lynne MARSON
Carole MAYNARD (now BONSALL)	Twice married, 2 children. Taught Art & History at a British/American School in Muscat, Oman with her American husband, Wade. Moved to New Mexico.
Sharon MOKES (now KING)	Classes: 1 White, 2 & 3 Amber, 4 & 5 Red, 6 Modern. Training to be a primary schoolteacher. Living in Leighton Buzzard. 2 girls & 1 boy.
Andrew MORGAN	aka "Moggy"
Angela MORRIS
Daphne MORRIS (now PICK)	Married Graham PICK (also HAGS; a year or so above us). They have two children and live in Penn. Daphne is a teacher.
Jayne MOORES
Martin MOSELEY
Leslie MOSS	Married with children, ex. Cambridge, but now believed to be back in Sedgley.
Carole OAKLEY
Gary OWEN
Christopher PITT
Mark PARKES	aka "Agro"
John PERKS	aka "Pon"
Dave PITT
Lee PITTAWAY	Lee's brother Mark informs us that Lee sadly passed away in 1988 aged 29.
Annette ?PLAWECKI
Neil PLEVY
Stuart POTTS
Elaine POUNTNEY
Diane POWELL
Teresa PRATT
Philip PRICE	Still living in Sedgley.
Rosalyn PRICE
Timothy PRIEST	"TD" went to Oxford University to study ?Botany, and then other well known institutions such as the Max Planck in Germany. Now believed to be in London.
Robin RANDALL
Carol REED (now TYRER)	Qualified as Dentist in 1981. Married Paul in 1982 has two children aged 15 (girl) and 13 (boy). Still works part time for Stockport Community Dental Service and live in the Stockport area. Was in 6 Science 1 & 2
Adrian ROBERTS
Dave ROBERTS	Probably still in the Sedgley area - another one spotted in "Safeways" (by Tich in 2001). Rumours he's married and a new dad.
Keith ROGERS	Still known as "Tich" down Coseley - admits to being on a 1983 video about Vespa & Lambretta scooters but has not seen the footage himself. Unmarried and still living in Sedgley, and works as a product data controller in Birmingham.
Lynne ROGERS	Left after 5th form and possibly joined a bank?
Martin J ROPER	Last seen by Steve Haywood reading Theology at Cambridge. A teacher?
Adrian ROWLEY
Ann RUDGE	Left after the 5th form.
Lewis RUSSELL	Remembered for his Donald Duck impressions.
Kim SADLER
Michael SAUNDERS	aka "Tressy"
Patricia SAXON
Tim SERGEANT
Martin SHEEHAN
Diane SHELLEY (now KNEAFSEY)	Graduated from Sheffield in Eng Lit. then went into teaching in Secondary schools (far too stressful!). Married to Tony and has three children - Tom, Olivia and Grace. Lives in Solihull and does a bit of teaching at the local Sixth Form college.
Catherine SILLITOE	Studied at Liverpool.
Karl SLATER
Anthony SMALLMAN	aka "Ant"
John STANFORD	"Stanza" - Graduated from Liverpool and went on to do a Ph.D. Married to Denise, moved to Poole for several years, has 2 kids and currently living near Ilkley. There's a school fire extinguisher episode we should remind John about.
Kim STANTON	Married Mick BROWN (see above).
Jeff STEATHAM
Duncan TAYLOR	Living on the Straits. An accountant.
Helen TIGHE
Ruth TUBBY	Married to Andrew ALLEN (above). Ruth works for Walsall Council. She and Andy have two children.
Cora TURNER	Lives in Wombourne. Took early retirement from teaching and running a carpet business with her husband.
Michael TYSOE	Moved to Newport Pagnell in 1972. Lived in Mid-Wales 1986 - 2007, working as an audio-electronics technician, until redundancy in 1994. Then graduated from UW Aberystwyth with a degree in Computer Science, and currently working as a Software Engineer in Wellington, New Zealand. Married (twice); 3 sons and 2 step-daughters, 2 grandsons. Emigrated to the Kapiti Coast, on the North Island of New Zealand at the end of 2007.
Cheryl VINCENT	Last seen working for Lloyds Bank in Birmingham 1979/80.
Kim WALTON
Bev WAKELAM
Sue WATTON
Richard WEBB	aka "Dickie"
Colin WESTLEY	aka "Jock"
Debra WESTWOOD
?Paul WHARTON
Dianne WHEELER	Married a Mark from school in the year above ours? A nurse married to a doctor and living in the USA.
Jayne WILLCOX	Studied at Liverpool. Married Dante DEROSA (see above).
Mark WINDSOR	Became a Director of a facilities management firm.
Chris WOOD	"Woody" went to Cambridge University, did languages (German & French) & joined the FCO, learned Chinese and worked in Hong Kong in the mid-80s before moving on to the Department of the Environment. Has moved around Whitehall in the Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions, the Cabinet Office, and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Returned to the FCO in 2003, and from July 2003 was HM Consul-General in Guangzhou, southern China.
Gill WOODALL (now CLIVE)	Classes: 1 Silver, 2-5 Blue, 6 Modern. Married 1985 and emigrated to NZ in 1986. Lives on Herald Island off Auckland. 3 children.
Julie WOODCOCK	Seen in Bridgenorth.