Old Boys

Year: 1957

Old Boys

I can remember pupils attending: Malcolm Airey, Clive/Bill Needham, Christopher Strother, Antony Meager, Pinkerton, Baxter, Kimberley, George Wallace, Ward, Philip Lacey, my brothers Stephen and Mark Pink. I am John Pink. Staff I can remember are Major Meager, Mr Rhodes, Mr Smith, Mr Burr, Mr Thurston, Mr Ryan, Major Hyde-Upward. The Matrons Mrs Smith, Miss Brooks. Mr Smith, master. Philip Sproughton, Mr and MrsShelton who were responsible for maintenance. Other old boys are Robert Sewell, Castle, John Bugden, Michael Hayes, Dampney. I wonder how they are all getting on.

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John,
I recognise a good few of the names you mention in your piece, but your memory is obviously better at recall, since I doubt I could have plucked them out of thin air.
After leaving I only went to a couple of Old Boys Dinners. At one I was returned to London by Malc Airey in his Austin Healey 3000 and as the M1 had just opened we used the A5 – what a ride!
Philip Lacey was a Wireless whizz, and I remember that got me interested in Radio Hams at the time.
So those two have a lot to answer for! I still enjoy driving and was for thirty years a Pit Marshall for the BRSCC, leaving as an Assistant Chief and I am still fascinated by things technical and thoroughly enjoy being a prerelease tester for Adobe and Apple and take pictures like they are going out of fashion. Galleries of my work are on:
Rod

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Rod, I remember Philip Lacey Quite well, I believe he suffered from Polio? Mal Airy I also remember although he was older than me, as for yourself, I can't quite place you,did your father belong to the RAF? Which year were you in, did you attend Chicherley Hall School, then the school moved to Whittlebury. Another pupil's name was Wells, I can't think of his first name. I know that Wells and Lacey and myself used to go around together. Have you any photographs of the school, pupils etc? Looking forward to hearing from you. John Pink.