Class photos 1950, 1951 and 1952

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• The middle photo I think I can name some:- Back Row 2nd left – Mavis Butcher. 4th back Ruth Springall. Sitting on chairs – 4th left, June Streeter. Gosh! Several faces I recognise, but can’t remember names at the moment. Brings back lots of memories.

  By Pat Salmon (nee Fox) (02/05/2013)

• I think I can add some names to the 2nd photo. Back row L/R No, Mavis Butcher, no, Ruth Stringer, no,no,Barry Carter,no, no, no, Steven Hodge, Miss Webb. 2nd row L/R Valerie Groom, Raymond ?, no, no, no, no. Daniel Daughtry, Sheila Bignall, no, Elizabeth Guy, Ron James (me). 3rd row L/R Carol ?, no, no, June Streater, no, possibly Tanya Price?, possibly Margaret Parsons?, no, no, Sandra Hale. Front row L/R Terence Munnery, no, no, no, no, Teresa Shippam, no, Colin Starley, Roy Long, no. I wonder if anyone has any others that they can add.

  By Ron James (07/05/2013)

• Talk about a blast from the past. I was in Miss Webb’s class also, but am not in the photo (must have been away that day). Now that you have named people Ron, I recognise many and several went on to Dorothy Stringer School. What a great web site this is.

  By Pat Salmon (nee Fox) (07/05/2013)

• Yes Pat, I think most of the ones that I named went on to Stringer School. Have you seen the school lately? Most of the buildings that were there originally are hidden behind new ones. I think when we went there we started with 400 pupils and now it is over a 1,000. I believe I am right in saying that Danny Daughtry died when he was in his early 30s. I saw an obit in the Argus last year for a Roy Long and the age was right. I did speak to Colin Starley about 6 months ago, but I don’t know about any of the others.

  By Ron James (17/05/2013)

• Re: 2nd Photo. Back row I’m standing next to Steve Hodges.

  By Ashley A Stokes (04/06/2013)

• In the middle photo Barrie Carter is in the back row 5th child from right. He’s my Dad!

  By Kate Linscott (20/12/2017)

• Just came across these photos, and that is me in the ’51, 2nd row down third from left, and ’52 same row sixth from left. I can remember three of the girls names mentioned above- Joyce Dunn, Lavinia Parsons and Lesley Tuck, I also remember a boy from the same class, his name was Richard Hazelrig, but I can’t identify him! Wondering if anyone remembers me? I went on to the Fawcet school but only for about a year as we moved to Edinburgh.

  By Kenneth Hamilton (23/09/2018)

• Hi Kate. Did Barrie Carter, your Dad, go to Varndean? There was a Barrie Carter in my year, I started there in about 1954.

  By Dennis Parrett (25/09/2018)

• Back row: ? Mavis Butcher? Ruth Springer ? ? Barry Carter-Liz Cook?Ashley Stokes, Steven Hodge-Miss Webb
  Next row: Valerie Groom????? Daniel Daughtry, Sheila Bignell, Roger Redman, Liz Guy, Ron James
  Next row: Marion Broderick?? June Streeter?? Valerie Chapman-Sandra Hale
  Front row: Terence Munnery??Peter Hawes? Terri Shippam? Colin Starley, Roy Long?

  By Terri Reed (Shippam) (09/07/2019)

• I remember Kenneth Hamilton, I think you came to Black Rock one day with parents and you cut your foot? Or is it an imagined memory? I was skinny, curly haired Susan Richardson.

  By Susan Thackeray (10/03/2020)

• @Susan Thackeray. Susan I just discovered your comment, I remember the cut foot, I think an ambulance came down onto the beach for me! Still have the scar. Moved to Edinburgh aged 12 about 1956, still here. Are you still in Brighton, I was there for a third visit in 2019, I used to live in Old Steine. Nice that you remember me. Ken.

  By Kenneth Hamilton (08/06/2021)

• Re the 1952 photo; has that blown away some cobwebs.
  Yes – I recall you Ken, having been at The Downs & also Fawcett same time as yourself, maybe not always the same class though.
  Looking at the photo I do believe that I’m the boy 2nd row down – almost centre – boy on one side & girl on the other. Joyce Dunn & Lesley Tuck were great friends; Lavinia’s name rings a bell too.
  I was in 1B initially [M/s Brown?]; 2B – then mid-year – 2A [Miss Knight & Mrs Clarke]; 3A [classroom was over Ditchling Rd – male teacher; scared the pants off us all – very strict & regimented]; 4A Miss
  Knight. Mr Emmans was the headmaster as far as I can recall.
  I graduated from The Downs in 1956 an extremely naive little boy moving up to Fawcett; what a horrendous shock that was – unbelievable!
  Blimey – where has all this come from – I can’t recall what I had for breakfast today but all that info from years back is quite clear.
  After 50+ years, I live in Western Australia – always open to visitors 🙂
  Happy to have met, sorry to have parted, happy to meet again.
  Nigel Buxton.

  By Nigel David Buxton (06/10/2023)

• Hi I’m Valerie Sinden and I’m 4th from the left 3rd row down. I was extremely shy, but I remember lots of names in that class.I now live in Italy but I still come to Brighton now and again.From there I did a year at Margaret Hardy and then Westain Grammar School. Very fond memories.

  By valerie ann sinden (15/10/2023)