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1950 – Noah

Back Row: B01, Peter Dagley, Runcorn
Middle Row: Bill Leach, Brian Nolan, John Pickering, M04, M05
Front Row: Brian Spooner, F02, Bob Lester, F04, Julian Appleby

Play director, Norman John Cleave, seeming happy with the way things are going.

Hugh Richmond is seen here being fitted with his beard in readiness for playing the lead role.

Hugh Richmond can also be seen here aboard the Ark, complete with eskimo furs!

Dennis Grimsley joins the group, back left, for the final group photo. He was destined to return to the school to teach chemistry six years later.

The play certainly had some influence; It was Norman Cleave who provided the inspiration for Hugh Richmond to go on to become professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

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1933/34 Sixth Form

B04 is C.H. (Bert) May, M07 is Stanley Dagley, who was Head Boy but for some reason, not taking the customary central position, and seated on the grass in the centre is John P Bull.

The following signatures also appear on the back of the photo and it would be nice to associate them with the correct faces:

A.H. Benton, E.H. Greenwood, W. Summers, W.S. Chambers, W.C. Cobb, G.R. Brotherhood, L. Watts, G.A. Staley

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1968 intake – Class Roll-call

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A Class
B Class
C Class
Andrew, Duncan Aerstall, Mick Alexander, John
Bentley, Ian Borrington, Chris Ballinger, Paul
Brewer, Paul Broughton, Paul Brittain, Paul
Bond, Mick Butcher, Philip Broomfield, Kevin
Botham, Alan Casement, Jamie Calder Kurt
Carrington-Porter, Stephen Chamberland, Geoff Campion, Paul
Cartwright, John Cooper, Edward Curt, Nicolas
Chilton, John Cooper, Simon Dolling, Kevin
Clewes, Paul Davies, John Elson, Philip
Cockeram, Robert Eaton, Alan Farrell, Robert
Coleman, Graham Eccleshall, Tim Gilmartin, Michael
Cooper, Steve Fern, David Hall, Martin
Crump, Bernard Fisher, Graham Harrison, John
Clamp, Simon Fisher, Nigel Hartley, David
Earp, Peter Foster, Stephen Haywood, Edward
England, Chris Gallagher, Kevin Holmes, Peter
Hackett, David Goodwin, Steven James, Ivor
Hall, Martin Holmes, David Jarvis, Alan
Holmes, Stephen Horton, Nicolas Jones, Ian
Laxton, Steven Hughes, Mick Keable, Graham
Morgan, Alan Jordan, Peter Ladbrook, Tony
Murphy, Tim Jones, Steve McCombe, John
Presland, Jonathon Keate, Paul Mycock, Kenny
Stevens, Jeremy Kurt, Roger Nangle, Michael
Tindall, Alan Moore, Paul Parker, Mick
Taylor, David Patrick, Russell Peto, John
Taylor, Neil Reavill, Andrew Prosser, Shaun
Whetton, Robert Richardson, Noel Rose, Ian
Warner, Anthony Shelton, Michael Scott, Mark
Yates, Malcolm Sherrat, Peter Sherratt, David
Yates, Roger Smith, Peter Stubbs, Timothy
  Teddar, Edward Taylor, Steven
  Tomlinson, Mark Tristram, David
  Trotman, Mark Twigg, Christopher
   Westwell, Ian Whifield, Ian
    Wild, Peter
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1930-75 Headboys

HEADBOYS
1930/31 Fairhead 1954/55 G.D. Evans
1932/33 A.L. Burgess 1955/56 R. Johnson
1933/34 S. Dagley 1956/57 R.E. Gadsby
1934/35 G.R. Brotherhood 1957/58 T.A. Bentley
1935/36 F.E. Shotton 1958/59 D.J. Shrubbs
1936/37 C.H. Stevens 1959/60 A.R. Gadsby
1937/38 E.W. Sudale (?) 1960/61 M.P. Tracy
1938/39 K.L. Neal 1961/62 J. Parker
1939/41 D.W Johnston 1962/63 T.J. Hill
1941/42 E.N. Shooter 1963/64 J.D. Watson
1942/43 J.L. Rose 1964/65 R.E. Somekh
1943/44 D.J. Tomlinson 1965/66 A.G. Cure
1944/45 P.R. Ellis 1966/67 J.E. Hutt
1945/46 R. Pryce 1967/68 J.H. Bisbrowne
1946/47 C.G. Morris 1968/69 K.W. Hall
1947/48 D.J. Collington 1969/70 D.C. Bauer
1948/49 H.M. Richmond 1970/71 C.M. Beard
1949/50 H.M. Richmond, D.J. Grimsley 1971/72 C.M. Beard
1950/51 D. Britton, 1972/73 D.W.G. Henton
1951/52 K.W. Arnold 1973/74 G.D. Staley
1952/53 J.E. Hancock 1974/75 R. Yates
1953/54 R.G. Keightley    
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1934 Upper VI Science

So far, the only pupils identified in this 1934 VI Form photo are James ‘Jim’ Woolley, standing second from left, and John P Bull, center back. Centre of the front row is Stanley Dagley who was headboy at the time.

It is a sobering thought that many of those featured would soon be seeing active service in WWII – a thought that would have seemed pretty inconceivable at the time.

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1934 VI Science

This picture, believed to have been taken in June 1934, remains a slight mystery. Aside from Mr Nicolson (Chemistry) in the central position who is easy to pick out, the others confirmed are R.G. Neill (Biology) to his right, John Bull second from left on the front row, two to his right is headboy, Stanley Dagley, and James ‘Jim’ Woolley (prefect) second from right on the front row.

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1953 Intake (Class 1A – 1954)

Back Row: A.Williams, J.Ling, J.Buxton, P.Goode, V.Green, T.Mitton, R.Haynes, J.Southern, J.Smith, A.Thompson, K.Tomlinson, M.Smart, C.Taylor.
Middle Row: H.Kilner, M.Ball, G.Nash, D.Atkin, D.Brunning
Front Row: W.Strong, R.Mellor, J.Diggens, G.Cooper, K.Humphries, Gertrude ‘Polly’ Lownds (Form mistress), J.Hancock, M.Bennett, K.Siner, R.Atkinson
Floor: P.Jordan, R.Ratcliffe, P.Gardner

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1957 Intake (Class 4C – 1961)

Back Row: Elton, Lacey, Stanbury, B04, Kevin Roe, Montague, Preston
Middle Row: M01, Warner, Cockayne, Golder, Johnson, Blake, Hulbert, John Green
Front Row: Yeoman, Peter Harrison, Bourne, Bob Danks, J. Cadwallader (Form master), F05, Stilgoe, Peter Collins, Bourton

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1931 Wellington House

This well survived picture shows the 1931 Wellington House with Mr ‘Cherry’ Orchard as House master.

The pupil at the far left of the first standing row, slighty blurred, is John Woolley. In the back row, and 8th from the right side of the picture is his younger brother Jim Woolley. It is a sobering thought that John, the elder, was born in 1913 and Jim in 1915; just before and after the outbreak of World War I.

Seated third from left on the middle row is Stanley Dagley who went on to become headboy.

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1934 Nelson House

The original of this 1934 Nelson House picture was a fairly poor quality photo so this is about the best possible.

The picture was supplied by the daughter of John P Bull who can be seen fourth from the left on the first row seated on chairs. E.C. Nicholson (Chemistry) still appears as House Master and A.C. ‘Chazzer’ Brown can be seen to his left.

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