World Teachers Day is celebrated on October 5 and we are determined not to miss the opportunity to praise Wearside’s best.
We have Echo archive scenes from 1980 to 2014 and they show people who sailed across the world, won chess tournaments, created musicals and even won a World Cup.
Ten out of ten if you remember them.
2. King of the chess board in 1980
Red House teacher, Paul Bielby beat a former British champion to win the mid-Northumberland Chess Congress tournament for the second time in three years. | se
3. Chris was a hit in 1981
Chris Shinn composed a musical called "In the Beginning Blues" in 1981. It was premiered by 60 youngsters at New Silksworth Junior School where she taught. | se
4. A special mission
Sunderland teacher Pam Clasper who took up a teaching post in the Falklands, in 1982. | se
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