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School group photographed c1968

Davigdor Secondary School for Girls
From the private collection of Janet Lade

This photograph shows me and a group of friends from Davigdor Secondary School for Girls.

It was taken c1968; I have named those I remember and apologise for not being able to identify the others.

Back row: ?, Jackie Gold?, Susan Simpson, ?, ?

Janet Lade, Maree Finn, Patricia Terry?, ?, Sandra Budgen?, ?, ?, ?, ?

Did you attend this school? Do you recognise yourself or anyone else? If you can help, please post a comment below

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  • Hi Janet, thanks for posting this photo. I remember most of the girls here but unfortunately I left the year before in 1967 due to ill health but it brings back happy memories.

    By Michelle Hillman (15/02/2016)
  • I went to Davigdor but left in 1963.  Girls I remember are: Sandra and Marilyn Mandelbaum, Jane Todd, Pat Sinclair, Lesley Pressley, Stephanie Browne, Marianne Emanuel, Susan and Pauline Emanuel, Lisbeth Connell, Helen Minsley, Loretta Goodman, Vasey Djalali. Has anyone got any photos?  For some reason I haven’t got any class photos but do remember being in the 5th year and there being an English Language school along the road and being a prefect and not having to go outside at break-time, leaning out of the window and wolf whistling the foreign boy students?!

    By Geraldine Adams (06/09/2016)
  • Hi, I went to Davigdor and remember nearly all of the faces above. I left in 1965 or 1966 and now reside in Canada.  A real trip down memory lane for sure. Hope everyone is doing well.

    By Lindsay Martin (15/01/2018)
  • This photo has brought back so many memories of my time at school. I recognise some of the names but not the faces although I believe Janet Lade lived close by. I left at the age of 16 in 1969. Christine Harland, nee Haughton.

    By Christine Harland (30/09/2019)
  • Hi Christine, I remember your name and think you are the girl standing behind Sandra Budgen? I lived in Hova Villas, where did you live? Janet Vaughan, nee Lade.

    By Janet Vaughan (30/09/2019)
  • Hi Janet, I too lived in Hova Villas, number 25! I believe it is me in the photo but can’t be sure. Are you in touch with the other ‘girls’? Maybe we can have a reunion? Christine.

    By Christine Harland (06/10/2019)
  • Hi Christine, I am Jan’s brother and as a member of the Goldstone Junior School Facebook Group the girl you are not sure is you, has been identified by Patricia Smithson nee Terry as Christine Cox, first surname was Bone, but her mother remarried and Christine took on the stepfather name. Patricia has also said that the girl looking at Christine Cox (or you!!) is Judith Walsh. Patricia has also said that back row 2nd one in is Jackie Beaumont and right hand side at the edge is Evelyn Harrison’s arm. The girl next to herself, front row 4th from the left is Denise Walton.

    By Nick Lade (07/10/2019)
  • I went to this school in 1969 my name was Dawn Ayres.

    By Dawn Bonds (27/05/2020)
  • My mother was Mrs Bourne and I remember being brought in with my two sisters when we were quite small!

    By Teresa Bourne (07/08/2022)
  • Hey, yes I remember your mum she was my house teacher. I also remember her bringing in her three girls, I left in 74.

    By Karen Hughes ( Johnson) (28/08/2022)
  • I attended Davigdor Secondary School for Girls in Hove – from 1972 to 1975.
    I still keep in touch with Julie Collins and Kim Pearson.

    By Julie Drewitt (Nee Melvin) (05/01/2023)

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