Alumnae

Catherine Corbett 1877 - 1960   Old girl Catherine Corbett was one of the first two women to graduate from Manchester University Medical School. She served as a doctor in a Scottish Women’s Hospital …

A Life Remembered: Doris Angel Memorial Film. Ann Angel, MHSG class of 1977, talks to her mother, Doris Angel, née Loewenstein, about arriving as a young Jewish refugee from Germany at the end of 193…

At MHSG, we love to keep in touch with our former students and are looking forward to the Annual and Decades Reunion in September. The Old Girls’ Association was founded in September 1883 at a meetin…

We were thrilled to report in 2018 that an autograph book, created by pupils from Manchester High between 1916 and 1918, had been found in the bottom of a basket in a charity shop and given as a pres…

Singing has always been popular at MHSG, but did you know that one of the most famous sopranos of the 20th century, Isobel Baillie, was a pupil here from 1908-1909? Isobel made her Halle debut in Nov…

 I spent nearly 20 years in HMPrison Service,before moving to Spain with my son after taking early retirement. After returning to the U.K,I worked in schools and for the Anne Frank Trust U.K. I retir…

I attended MHSG from 1963 to1970, and I thoroughly enjoyed the geography field trips that I attended when at school. I won the Angus Butterworth Geography prize in 1970. I was also a technician in th…

I attended MHSG from the age of 4-18. After leaving MHSG, I studied History and Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. I then did a law conversion course at the College of Law in Guildford…

After leaving school in 1981, I went to Oxford and got a degree in Mathematics. While I was studying I had an accident and had help recovering through McTimoney Chiropractic. I went on to train at th…

Still teaching half time at San José State University (see pic). Still sailing, rowing, and kayaking wherever I am. Still volunteering with the National Coastwatch Institution (works with HM Coastgua…

1968: Degree in Russian Studies at Manchester University.  Married in December 1969 and came to live in Switzerland - my husband René ‘s country of residence.  Have two children and two grandchildren…

I’ve been a part of the MHSG community since I joined UIIH (Year 5) in 1988 with my indoor and outdoor shoes and a duffle coat that still just about fitted me when I was 16! After completing my A-lev…