Henry Mantel recalls…
Thanks to Henry Mantell for some very interesting insights into Xavs and in particular Brother Cyril Birtles. As I have …
It is now 2026, I have just realized I started this blog way back in 2016, it's the ten year anniversary. I am ten years older, the readers are ten years older and for all I know, may be falling by the wayside. As I left Xavs in 1965 at the age of sixteen and am now 77 going on 78, I am wondering - how long will it be sensible to keep this going?
Do you remember your old school days? Did YOU go to Xaverian College before it turned into a co-ed sixth form college? If so, please drop me a line and we will include any memories in this blog. The opinions expressed in this site are purely personal and hopefully, light-hearted. If you would prefer your contribution to remain anonymous, please let me know and I will include it without your name and this will then remain confidential. Send your memories to: Xavs email
Bernard Lackey
Mr Lackey taught me geography at Xaverian and it was no small feat to actually get me a GCE ‘o’ …
The Xaverian College Orchestra
Some Reflections on the Xaverian College Orchestra 1959 – Bob Postlethwaite My first experience of ‘Chuck’ Sellars’ ‘ambition’ for the …
Julian Bowyer – St Anne’s Old Boy
Hi Bob, I have been surfing the NET and come across my old school! I was at St Annes from …
About Manchester Xaverian the Sixties
I often think about incidents that took place at Xaverian College in the 1960s, and St Anne’s Prep School in …
I think I’m going back…
A few years ago I visited Xaverian College with a couple of colleagues to view one of their student data …
Anthony Burgess aka Anthony Wilson
Thanks to Henry Mantel for supplying this interesting snippet regarding one of Xaverian College’s more famous alumni, Anthony Wilson, better …
St Anne’s – School Reports – Bob Cummings
Somehow these remained at the back of a drawer at my parent’s house for many years. I found them when …
Terry Wain – Memories of Xaverian College 1961 – 1968
“Those of us who had migrated from the Prep School found the new intake of 11 plus boys to be …
Xaverian College Manchester
These are some of the recollections from time spent at Xaverian. Because of the passage of time, I cannot guarantee …