Below are more photographs of class groups.
Below is a woodwork class of with wooden model spitfires they made. Thanks to Alan Young for this image.
John Strickland tells us: “the staff in the picture above are Mrs Lena Allum, Mrs Baldwin, Miss Ordish, Mrs Gordon. Some of the children pictured are: Steve Porter, Tim Church, Peter Evans, Alan Vaughn, Susan Tropman, whose dad ran the shop at Oxford Street end of Abingdon Street. Ruth Jones who I remember had both legs in plaster for what seemed a whole term. As she lived near Mr John Lees he would bring her in his car and carry her into the classroom. In the picture below the staff are Mr Wyndham Charles, Mr John Lees, Mrs Gordon, (?), Mrs Baldwin, (?), Miss Ordish, Miss Hopkins, Mrs Allum. At the nearest table on the right is Geoffrey Kingston then John Page, (?) then Michael Kick, who was killed in a motor scooter accident.”
My husband went to this school in 1950’s he was born 1952 and left we think around 1961
Name: John Watson
Does any one remember him
Hello Liz,
I went to this school but was in 3 years older than your John. I will ask my members at our next Local History meeting if anyone remembers him. It’s a long shot but have you looked at the group photos on this subject pages ?
Thanks for your posting,
John
Thanks for the comment and memories James.
I remember sitting cross-legged in the main classroom watching the first man on the moon the following morning.
Not only were we all excited about it, but it was also nearly the end of summer term and we were all looking forward to the Summer Holidays!
Mind you, my mum and dad had the big yellow arcade on the seafront, so that’s where I spent the holidays!