Like many Grammar Schools, Burton followed the tradition of playing Rugby rather than football. The only winter alternative was cross-country. Whilst it is nice to now look back at this as a proud tradition of hard but fair play, I can’t remember being particularly enamored with either of these activities!

Back Row: B01, B02, B03, B04, B05, B06, B07, B08
Middle Row: M01, M02, M03 (Capt.), M04, M05, M06
Front Row: F01, F02

Back Row: Mr D.M.Davies, B.G.Carfoot, R.H.Eggington, W.A.Smart, E.Smith
Front Row: E.Coates, G.Starbuck, C.R.W.Francis (Captain), J.C.G.Rose, G.M.Holmes
Floor: R.Stone, R.E. Lamb, J.Griffiths (absent)

Back Row: A.B.Plant, R.A.Fletcher, E.R.Sanders, G.E.Green, F.Lee, F.R.Webster
Front Row: V.C.Clarke, W.J.Adams, E.C.Fairhead, B.G.Carfoot (Captain), R.E.Stone, L.B.Birch, L.Watts
Floor: K.R.Stokes, R.T.Waddell, A.R.Burns, J.Hanson

Racing across farmland and local countryside with the fresh air in our lungs and wind on our backs. God, it was horrible.

With lots of activity from the generally very keen participants, on the extensive sports fields such as Shot-putt, Javelin, Long Jump, High Jump, Sprinting, Middle-distance Running, Hurdles, there was usually somewhere to hide.

Back Row: B01, B02, B03, B04, B05, B06, B07, B08
Middle Row: M01, M02, John Woolley, M04 (Capt), M05, M06
Front Row: F01, F02

Back Row: B01, Charles May, B03, B04, B05, B06
Middle Row: M01, M02, M03 (Capt), M05, M06
Front Row: F01, F02

Most conspicuous in this 1958 photo are, Ron Illingworth on the piano and Reverend Paul Appleton as choirmaster.

Right Row (from front): Raymond ‘Joey’ Crowther, Lewis ‘Chippy’ Heath, Peter Evanson, R1-4 , David Berker, Peter Jennings, Rodney Hardwick, Alan Whittaker
Second Right: Noble, Colin Mason, R2-3, ‘Taff’ Davies, Bob Knight, Brian Bradbury, Bert Copestake
Third Right: Hugh Wood, P. Boulder, R. Llewellyn, Anthony Hughes, Maurice Kersey, Alan Cloves, R3-7
Fourth Right: R4-1, R4-2, ‘Polly’ Lownds, R4-4, R4-5, R4-6

(The scratch, painstakingly removed as part of the restore, was re-introduced after I realised that it was a cable to the large on-stage speaker!).