A couple of supplied photos taken in 1959 are too good to leave out because they capture the mood so well.

There are probably a few too many to name but they show the first-formers kitted up ready for ‘games’. The fact that the photo is black and white hides the assortment of Blue (Drake), Green (Clive), Maroon (Wellington) and Black (Nelson) shirts and socks.

Back Row: Brian Taylor, Chilton, Peter Lane, Deakin, Rose, Waterfield, Whitewood, Bristow
Middle Row: Alan Cure, Pitts, Frank van ser Molen, Peter Wallis, Green, ‘Spider’ Griffiths, Barry Hall, Burton
Front Row: Patterson, Crooks, Davies, Dunn, A.G. Robinson (Form Master), Kennedy, Webb, Poole, Gyngell

Back Row: Godfrey, Hawksworth, Aston, Reid, Meakin, Boss, Newman, Clements, Staley, Thomas
Middle Row: Shepherd, Shardlow, Flavell, Ward, Stanley, Mills, Hill, Topliss, Potts, Thompson
Front Row: Large, M.E.Smith, Powell, R.W.Smith, Frank ‘Bill’ Read (Form Master), Huckerby, Miles, Fontana, Bird

Back Row: Bird, Brian Eyden, Rose, David Redfern, Rees, B06, Mick Badcock, Goodhead
Middle Row: Barry Minns, Warren, Alan Hill, Pitts, M05, ‘Spider’ Griffiths, Rose, Johnstone, David Nutt
Front Row: Miles, M.E. Smith, Reid, Griffin, R.E.Somekh, Bill ‘Beak’ Gillion (Headmaster), Thompson, Newman, R.W. Smith, Topliss, Alan Cure

Back Row: Airey, Shilton, Short, Brittain, Pedley, Toon, Boulton, Fretwell, Leck, Badcock, D.Redfern, Yarranton
Middle Row: Rees, Orme, Goodhead, Lea, Taylor, Shirley, P.Redfern, Stanley, Jackson, Hill, Gretton, Johnstone
Front Row: Boam, Barge, Foster, Skipper, David Nutt, Mr L.C. ‘Elsie’ Rees (Form Master), Brewin, Jackson, Gough, Woolterton, Tunley

Back Row: Keith Maw, Graham Marshment, John Nutt, Rogers, Roger Tomlinson, Barry Minns, Austin Cotton, Keith Olner, Gavin Sercombe, Philip Shuttleworth, David Griffin
Middle Row: Graham Bullock, Graham, Kevin Stansfield, Harrison, Henry Foster, Bob Toon, Michael Cosgrave, Rob Musson, Alan Yeoman, Parker, Jackson
Front Row: Ken Brown, John Fryatt, Anthony Meacham, Doug Pinner, Keith Hawes, R.G. ‘Scruffy’ Haywood (Form master), Trevor Bould, David Clay, Minner, F09, Dunn

Back Row: Williams, Botterill, David Shrubbs, Rutland, Hodson-Walker, Stewart, Lunn, Gee
Front Row: Baker, Gordon Majoram, Potter, O’Brien, Norman Jones, F05, I. Gilchrist, Capes, Bell

Back Row: W. Royall, M. Stanley, G. Cooper, A. Fletcher, J. Harrison, K. Siner, T. Bingham, W. Strong
Middle Row: P. Jordan, N. Trowbridge, P. Hicken, D. Smith, J. Brookes, M. Tracey, D. Allum, A. Williams, K. Dadley, C. Sowter
Front Row: R. Ratcliffe, A. Thompson, J. Diggens, J. Sutherns, Joseph ‘Jake’ Hammond (Form master), R. Atkinson, R. Hancey, A. Merrick, K. Tomlinson

Back Row: Wyatt, P. Smith, Thomas, Mellor, James, Kilner, Woodward, Atkin, Dickie
Middle Row: J Smith, Gardener, Bennett, Bull, Mitton, Buxton, Stirton, Parker, Taylor, Haynes
Front Row: David Somekh, Jones, Miller, Griffin, Brown, Norman Roe (Form Master), Goode, Smart, Hancock, Steele, Comtesse

Back Row: David Brunning, David Moore, G. Tribe, M. Whitewood, B. Hoult, C. Williams, M. Elson, M. Murkin, S. Marshall, R. Measham
Middle Row: David Hawkley, Peter Tripp, Michael Hill, John Hodgson, Bob Ash, J. Sarginson, J. Brambley, R. Shakespeare, J. Humphries, Bob Wadsworth
Front Row: G. Smith, B. Smith, R. Bloss, A. Chinnery, Ellick (Ernie) Ward (Form Master), John Lings, J. Elder, John Monk, Hambling