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Schooldays - Gallery 11

Council Junior School : 1950s

This page is the eleventh of a series, showing school scenes captured on camera over the years.

Playground Poses

Playground Group – c.1952

Back Row: Dennis Ramsbottom, Tony Palmer, John Roberts, Neil Hawthorn, Barry Goodman, Mr Wetherall
Middle Row: Maurice Chapman, Rodney Vilette, David Mills, Barry Mason, —?—
Front Row: Jimmy Strudwick, —?—, Harry Whtielock, Tony Elliott

Playground Group – c.1954

Among the names we have been given are: Malcolm Bellamy, Neil osborne, Rod Carvell, Rodney Simpkins
Eileen Stokes, Susan Cottingham and Robert Pearce. Can anyone place any of them in the order below?

Left to Right: 1. —?—, 2. —?—, 3. —?—, 4. —?—, 5. (1st knight) —?—, 6. —?—,
7. —?—, 8. —?—, 9. —?—, 10. —?—, 11. (2nd knight) —?—, 12. —?—, 13. —?—,
14. —?—, 15. —?—, 16. —?—, 17. —?—, 18. —?—,

Fir House – early 1950s
The photo seems to commemorate their winning of the House Shield competition for the year

Back Row (boys): 1. —?—, 2. —?—, 3. Alan Richardson, 4. John Toseland, 5. Danny Rowe,
6. Roy Sharpe, 7. —?—, 8. —?—, 9. —?—, 10. Paul Smith
Third Row (girls): 1. —?—, 2. Sylvia Joyce, 3. Eileen Williamson, 4. Lesley Borman, 5. Janice Wilford,
6. —?—, 7. —?—, 8. —?—, 9. —?—, 10. —?—, 11. Christine Fennell
Second Row: 1. —?—, 2. Mandy Lansom, 3. —?—, 4. —?—, 5. —?—,
6. —?—, 7. —?—, 8. —?—, 9. —?—, 10. —?—
Front Row: 1. Christine Spriggs, 2. Marion Smith, 3. Sheila Austin, 4. Christine Phillips,
5. Valerie Hawkins, 6. Joan Freestone, 7. Jocelyn Hawthorn, 8. —?—,
9. Rosie Loake, 10. —?—, 11. —?—

Harvest Festival

Standing: 1. Ann Lewis, 2. Sheila Pettit, 3. John Smith, 4. Jean Northern,
5. Yvonne Pinnock, 6. Eunice Bray
Kneeling: 1. Janet Head, 2. Pamela Plowman

1. —?—. 2. —?—. 3. —?—, 4. Billy White, 5. Margaret Redpath, 6, Mary Langley
Standing: 1. Jean Drage, 2. Mary Capps, 3. David Thurlow, 4. David Hall, 5. Angela Coleman,
6. Nigel Warner, 7. John Clipstone, 8. Mary Langley, 9. Irene Spriggs,
Kneeling: 1. Billy White, 2. Roy Gilbey, 4. Frank Bayman, 4. Alan Evans, 5. Wally Robinson

First of the Many

The first Burton Latimer pupils to attend Henry Gotch School in Kettering
when it opened in 1954

Back Row (boys): 1. Clive Dent, 2. Rodney Villete, 3. Fred Love
Second Row: 1.David Randall, 2. Barry Goodman, 3. Maureen Polykett, 4. Mr Johnson,
5. Ann Knighton, 6. David Miller, 7. —?—
Front Row: 1. Maureen Osborne, 2. Pearl Richardson, 3. Helen Wright, 4. Ruby Muir,
5. —?— Loasby, 6. Diane Sharman, 7. June Blandford

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