article_snippet: Four of three other complainants were teenage pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, where Talbot taught biology, while the other attended a high school in Gateshead, where the defendant was at teacher training college.
article_snippet: offences took place when Talbot was working as a teacher in Altrincham, Greater Manchester .
article_snippet: Talbot moved at the age of seven to Sale, Greater Manchester, and later studied A-levels at Sale Grammar School.
article_snippet: After a spell at teacher training college in the Newcastle area Talbot joined Sale Grammar School in 1974.
article_snippet: The investigation was triggered in December 2012 following publicity into a separate historic abuse inquiry at another Altrincham school, St Ambrose College, which led to a nine-year jail term for ex-teacher Alan Morris.
article_snippet: Judge Mort outlined the offences and Talbot's background as a teacher.
article_snippet: Judge Mort said Talbot's approach to teaching was 'different' and 'less formal' than other staff members at Sale Grammar School and described Judge Mort as a 'popular' teacher.
article_snippet: Judge Mort said Judge Mort may have taken pupils on as many as 38 trips and told Talbot the offences Judge Mort had been convicted of were not isolated incidents.
article_snippet: Investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Graham Brock from Greater Manchester Police said after the hearing: 'While working as a science teacher Talbot organised many trips with pupils. '