The head teacher at the school when it first opened was Miss Heron; she died of cancer around 1970.

On 13 January 1970, sixth-former 17-year-old Sandra Simpkin married 22-year-old Alan Barnes, a window cleaner, at a register office.

The uniform was all purple, skirt, blazer, purple/yellow tie and a white blouse.

It is said that a lady of the Clifton family jumped off the cliff and died when she was jilted by her lover.

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