Photos you'll only understand if you were a Matthew Murray High School pupil

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 22nd Nov 2019, 14:27 BST

These photos are sure to evoke memories for former pupils at Matthew Murray High School in Leeds.

Thousands of pupils were educated through the years at the school on Brown Lane, Holbeck before it closed and was demolished in the mid-2000s. Were you one of them? We hope these photos plucked from the YEP archive spark some memories of growing up. READ MORE: 28 never seen before photos of Holbeck through the years

Do these photos of Matthew Murray High School spark memories?placeholder image
Do these photos of Matthew Murray High School spark memories?
This is Mathew Murray High School in the year it first opened its doors to pupils.placeholder image
This is Mathew Murray High School in the year it first opened its doors to pupils.
England won the World Cup and this class at Matthew Murray posed for a photo.placeholder image
England won the World Cup and this class at Matthew Murray posed for a photo.
Do you recognise any of these pupils?placeholder image
Do you recognise any of these pupils?
We have no idea why these pupils were giving the thumbs down to the camera.placeholder image
We have no idea why these pupils were giving the thumbs down to the camera.
Skools out for these Matthew Murray High pupils in the mid-1980s.placeholder image
Skools out for these Matthew Murray High pupils in the mid-1980s.
Matthew Murray pupils form a giant Comic Relief face in the playground.placeholder image
Matthew Murray pupils form a giant Comic Relief face in the playground.
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