Wow! Well, Colin, as you can see, you're in illustrious company! There are quite a few people about who were pupils of St Martin's - and that includes our Deputy Mayor and our Town Clerk (oh, and I went there too, and my cousins).
The boys' school started on 7 September 1903 with three teachers - Mr Hunt, Mr Smith, and Mr Crowe. When it opened my granddad was one of the first pupils, followed by all his brothers and sisters. There was a strong Old Boys Association, which met over three different periods from the 1920s - it finally stopped in 1983. It's to the Old Boys we owe the lovely memorial in the school, which was a first thing they did when they formed. They used to hold Remembrance services there and at St Martin's church just down the road.
Here's a picture of one of the Old Boys reunions.
My granddad is at the table nearest the camera, facing us, second in from the left. Maybe forumites might recognise other people there. We think one of the ladies was a Miss Baker - does anyone know who was the other lady there?
I suspect people have lots of memories of St Martin's. I can still remember a lot of the teachers - Mrs Biggs, Mrs Kirby, Mr Morgan, Mr Baker, Miss Page, Miss Hedges, Mr Jackson, Mr Birtwisle, of course, who was the head, and lived in Elms Vale Road. I believe there may have been a Miss Wells, too.