Collection SAN - Stanley Anderson Donation

Anderson was a City of Leeds Training College student around the mid-1920s. In 1925, he became a teacher at Darfield Council School. He was associated with the Dearne Valley School Sports Association and was a keen cricketer at Darfield Cricket Club, where he occasionally acted as Chairman. He also played soccer for Darfield in the 1930s. As well as organising school sports teams, Anderson also supervised musical productions. At the time of his marriage in 1933, he taught at Darfield County Junior at Snape Hill. In 1938, he was a teacher at Great Houghton Council School. Anderson was transferred to the Darfield Senior School in 1941, Foulstone Modern. By 1960, Anderson was Headmaster of Birdwell School. In 1957, he was Army Cadet Battalion OC Major.

Anderson was born on 22 June 1905 in Darfield, near Barnsley. He was the son of George Anderson, a Colliery Labourer who later became a Greengrocer and Florist with his wife, Sarah Randerson. Anderson married Edna May Thompson in 1933. He died in 1978.