How about seeing how many past Headmasters/Headmistresss' and Teachers can be named from over the years. I can start with:- Heads: Mr Gelsthorpe.Mr Beasley. Miss Rowell.(infants). Teachers: Mr Badminton. Mr Anderson.

I was taught there at the infants for 2 years 1962/63. Infants headmistress was Mrs.Rowell. Juniors for 4yrs till 1968, headmaster was Mr.Booth, deputy head, music and sports was Mr (killer) Phillips I believe.

I started at the Infants in 1952 and attended both schools. I remember Miss Rowell head of infants as quite intimidating. My teacher at one point in the infants was Miss Barbara Davies - still occasionally see her! Remember Mr Beasley at the junior school - he was really nice. teachers there, Mrs Wilson - strict!, Mr Warrington - stricter!- "Killer" Phillips -never in his class but seemed quite nice. Also Miss Brotherhood - wasn't in her class at all but really nice and always used to say hello if we met in town years later. I have been told that when Miss Rowell and Mr Beasley had a meeting it would often be in the playground and they would each walk up and down their side of the line which divided the infants side from the juniors!

I started at Moor Lane Infants in 1960 and then went across the playground to the juniors. I can remember Miss Rowell as well - I think she was the one who threatened to smack me on my first day if I didn't stop crying! Mr Booth was the best Headmaster around. There was also Mrs Bills and Miss Billings I think - both used to scare me. In winter we used to make slides on the ice and see just how far down the playground we could get.

Wow ! How long was Miss Rowell the Head Teacher of the Infants School ??? Some of the comments relating to the strictness of Miss Rowell , I too can relate to....Once I felt the pain of Miss Rowell's ruler on my legs...Cannot remember why ! Alan..

There was a Miss Rowell at Carter Lane in the late Thirties and early Forties. Is it the same lady? she was a fantastic lady. The one I remember would not let me have a drum, I was always given a triangle or a tamborine apart from that as I say she was great!

I was given a triangle too! Made me smile to remember that - only problem was that the triangle beat was so long in coming I still used to miss it! Anyone remember Miss Stokes as well? I think she was my class teacher for a year.

I attended this school from 1961 - 1967 starting in Miss Greens class at the infants and Miss Billings in the juniors. I doubt it is the oldest school in Mansfield though, that will possibly be Queen Elizabeths, and Brunts is also much older.

Yes, I remember Miss Stokes very well....I too was in her class it would have been in 1939/40....She was a lovely lovely teacher....She organised the infants school play...It was Robin Hood , and I wanted to be Robin Hood....I didn't get the part....I finished up playing Friar Tuck with a cushion up my cassock . Richard King got the part of Robin. I also was given a Triangle to play at school....O'dear ,O'dear !!!! Miss Stokes lived up near High Oakham School on Berry Hill... When I used to walk up to High Oakham, she would be waiting to catch a bus on Nottingham Road which would take her up to Moor Lane School....It was always . Good Morning Miss Stokes !

Wow, more memories rekindled I started Moor Lane Infant school when I was 4, I lived right behind it on Moor St. I used to climb the wall to go home at play time. I remember Miss Green and Miss Wooley, and one can never forget how Miss Rowell could use the cane. When I went the "big" school Mr Philips was the football and sports master and Mr Warrington was my class teacher. Again I got to know Mr Beasly - was standing under the clock where his office was  at least once a week. Went back to Moor Lane when we returned from Canada in 1959, was in Miss Kings class. Many of us went to High Oakham after taking the 11+ exam. I made some comments in the High Oakham part of this format. It would be nice to hear a comment from some of the other people who attended the same time. Cheers Mike Frost

Miss Stokes was an excellent teacher. I still remember some of the insights that she taught. I was in her class with 37 other children back in 1950. Gwynneth Roberts, Valerie Searson, Pamela Staves, Terry Cheeseman, William (?) Whitehead were class-mates. Mr Beasley was the Head and Mr Phillips taught sports and music, I think.

I know that all who went to Moor Lane School will agree this... Not only did we go to Moor Lane to learn...We were taught how to behave, we were taught manners, we were taught to respect our elders, we were taught to give up our seat on a bus to an elder or lady, all of this was good grounding to becoming an adult.....Miss Rowell and company didn't do a bad job, did they ?....