Form 5 alpha - 1948
 Photograph taken by 'Adge Elsey

From Barry Muir
I'm attaching the photo taken by 'Adge Elsey, of the final class group, taken on a bench in the park and it shows:

BACK ROW:
Barry Muir, Cyril Bennett, Peter Robert Cotes, George (Ron) Cooper, Robert Barks, Roy Chambers, Vernon Parker, Ron Julians
FRONT ROW:
Clive Anthony Smith, George Morgan, Raymond Wilkins, Alan Wilson, Dennis Fenton, Richard Clark and George 'Chuck' Charles.

The driveway from the School up to the Lodge was sited behind this grouping and, you'll probably be able to make out the rather wonderful rhododendron bushes at the back, which flowered profusely, adding to the sense of beauty of the place. Coming from rather drab working class residential areas it made you appreciate the "class" division and how certain people must have lived. I think that the surroundings gave you a certain appreciation of better things !