Mike Tanner

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Shirley School Shirley Primary 1954



This is who we think these people are. Starting from back row, L to R. (If you can fill in any of the blanks, please contact me at mjt@xtra.co.nz.)

1. 2. 3. David Griffiths 4. Michael Lithgow, 5. 6. 7

8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Bruce Hanham

18. Michael Tanner 19. Alan? Wilkie 20. Dennis Thorpe 21. 22. Denise Pitt 23. 24. 25.Russell Bucknell 26. Alister Salt 27. 28. Stephen Mitchell

29. - 39 I give up



Shirley School Shirley Primary 1956



1. Michael Tanner, 2. Robin Gower, 3. Michael Lithgow, 4. John Biggs, 5. David Griffiths, (6. ?), 7. Alistair Salt, 8. Barry Gale, 9.Stanley Hall

10. Steven Mitchell, 11. Russell Falkingham, (12 ?), 13.Dennis Thorpe, 14. Murray Sharr, 15. Mark Williams, 16. Bevin Yeatman, 17. Bruce Hanham, 18. John Thornton

(19) Bruce ??, (20. ?), (21. ?), (22. ?), 23. Nancy Dennis, 24. Pamela Memory, (25 ?), 26. Cynthia Marshall, (27.?) 28. Tony Rickerby perhaps?, 29. Daniel Heany

30. Helen Trangmar, (31. ?), 32. Liana Hilton, 33. Lindsay Pickering, 34. Valerie Thomas, 35. Freya Hepburn, 36. Andrea Axelson, 37. Marilyn Harris, (38. ?), 39. Jennifer Hall

Shirley School Shirley Primary 1958



1. Hamish Pratt, 2. David Birdling, (3. ?), 4. Graham Copp, 5. Murray Sharr, (6. ?) 7. David Griffiths??, 8. Mark Williams, 9. Mike Tanner, (10. ?)

11. Russell Falkingham, 12. Steven Mitchell, 13. Nancy Dennis, 14. Annette Wilkinson, 15. Cynthia Marshall, 16. Alistair Salt, 17. Pat Soper, (18. ?), 19. Penny Husband, (20. ?), (21. ?)

22. Judy Barford, (23. ?), 24. Valerie Thomas, 25. Robyn Bartley, 26. Denise Pitt, 27. Helen Trangmar, 28. Susan Dingwall, 29. Lindsay Pickering, 30. Freya Hepburn, 31. Phillipa Harris

32. Daniel Heany, 33. Gary MacDougall, (34. ?), (35. ?) 36. Russell ?, 37. Raymond Calder



When my mum died we found that she had kept a few treasures from ancient school days: 1960 Shirley School literary gems

(Rest of it is here)



Shirley Intermediate 1961

1962 Shirley Under 6 stone rugby team that won competition that year

Steven Mitchell .......................................................................................Barry O'C and Greg


The bach in Rue Grehan in Akaroa we had for few years in 60's (it's still there)



1. John Ross 2. Bruce Wayman 3. David Crampton 4. Warwick Robinson 5. Gary Jackson 6, Warwick Pannell 7. Des Duffy

8. Jeff Cope 9. Peter Lynch 10. Barry O'Callaghan 11. Ron Wilson 12. Ron Mills 13. Ian Whitehead 14. Trevor Weir 15. Gary Fantham

16. Allan Grigg 17. Cliff Shepherd 18. Michael Newman 19. Keith Hawker 20. Murray Sharr 21. Stephen Mitchell 22. Michael Tanner 23. Steven Crewe 24. Chris Grantham

25. John Stafford 26. Warren McQueen 27. Digby Nash 28. Graham Munro 29. Gary Knight 30. Michael Keable 31. Ian Brown 32. Paul McWilliam 33. Billy Baxter

(according to Chris Grantham, 3 of those 33 little boys committed suicide before 2000)






Michael Bare and Barry O'Callaghan looks like aged about 13

My 15 seconds of fame - fullback for a Canterbury rugby team - under 8 stone or something? We played 1 game against a Mid-Canterbury Under 17 or something team and got hammered.


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