Bessie Street School (formerly Silk Street Elementary and Hardcastle's Factory School) is a primary school located in Weatherfield. Its alumni and current pupils include many Coronation Street residents and it has been a part of the community for many years. The school was renamed in honour of Charles Hardcastle's mother Elizabeth.
Pupils[]
Former pupils:
- Ken Barlow
- Rita Littlewood
- David Barlow
- Dennis Tanner
- Deirdre Hunt
- Terry Bradshaw
- Irma Ogden
- Ernest Bishop
- Emily Nugent
- Elsie Grimshaw
- Billy Walker
- Joan Walker
- Lorna Shawcross
- Linda Tanner
- Harry Hewitt
- Alice Hewitt
- Minnie Carlton
- Ena Schofield
- Susan Schofield
- Martha Hartley
- Handel Gartside
- Herbert James
- Ted Ashley
- Christine Hardman
- Doreen Lostock
- Geoff
- Colin Appleby
- Ada Hayes
- Christine Loxom
- Terry Bates
- Charlie Pickering
- Rodney Smith
- Susan
- Jamie Armstrong
- Tracy Langton/Barlow
- Samantha Crompton
- Nick Tilsley
- Sarah Platt
- David Platt
- Simon Green
- Macca
- Albert Tatlock
- Lucille Hewitt
- Rita Spears
- Sonia Peters
- Bethany Platt
- Faye Windass
- Lindsay Hayward
- Russ Gray
- Simon Barlow
- Joshua Peacock
- Amy Barlow
- Aadi Alahan
- Asha Alahan
- Max Turner
- Corey Brent
- Lila Harries
- Liam Connor
- Finn Chambers
- Darcy Haywood
- Hope Stape
- Jack Webster
- Nathan Dwight
- Joseph Brown
Current pupils:
Staff[]
Current staff:
- Melinda Calvert - Headmistress
- Susan Maplecroft - Teacher
- Mrs Anderson - Teacher
- Mrs York - Teacher
Former staff:
- Miss Whittaker - Headmistress (early 1900s)
- Miss Turnbull - Needlework teacher (early 1940s to 1960s)
- Mr Barnstable - Headmaster (1944)
- Mr Packham - Headteacher, teacher
- Mrs Easton - Headteacher (1998 - 1999)
- Mr Barlow - English teacher, Deputy headteacher
- Schoolmaster
- Miss Hayes
- Miss Dodds
- Mr Perkins - Headmaster
- Mrs Fielding
- Miss Fletcher
- Miss Horrocks - Headmistress (1966)
- Miss Lloyd - Geography teacher (early 1960s)
- Mr Milton - Art teacher
- Miss Muirhouse - Headmistress
- Mrs Nandhra - Headmistress
- Mr Robbins
- Mr Woodson
- Mrs Glover - Headmistress
- Mr Gillespie - Deputy headteacher
- Mr Anderson - Caretaker (1966)
Notes[]
- Joseph Brown was born at Weatherfield Community Hall during a nativity play held by Bessie Street School in 2011.
- Peter Barlow turned up drunk to his son, Simon's, nativity in 2008. This deeply upset Simon as he wanted his dad to watch him and he didn't like him when he was drunk.
- In 2014, David and Kylie Platt were called in as son Max was being disruptive. In September of that year, he even squirted paint all over the wall.