My dad & his brothers lived in St. Bede's Tce. from 1913 onwards & went to Hanna's in St Georges Sq., later, in the war years (II) a cousin went to the same school, by now in Thornhill Park, I remember him referring to the head as "Jake" but I don't know his real name, by all accounts Jake must have been a somewhat hilarious figure. I went to the squashed tomatoes-Tonstall which was quite near Argyle House, we had the occasional run in with the green caps. Our head was called George Cheshire, the rumour was that he was related to Grp.Capt. Leonard Cheshire V.C. the bomber pilot. One thing I'll never forget was going to the Gill Bridge Ave/High St West swimming baths every Wednesday, there were no heated pools then, and the water must have been as cold as the sea at Roker, we only thawed out after walking back to school. When the Newcastle Road baths re-opened around 1946, the water seemed even colder !! One good thing in the war was that if there had been an air raid during the night, we could go to school an hour later. If anyone is interested I could get more info on Argyle House in the 1940's from my cousin. regards, Derek.