Second and Third Year Prize Winners c1965

This photograph was provided by Matthew V R Stainer.

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Matt Stainer says:

I think (this photo) is of prize winners, 2nd and 3rd, forms at or around speech day 1965. It was taken on the side of one of the air raid shelters between the school and the playing field. These were later demolished in the 60s to make way for "portable" classrooms.

I am on the far left at the front amongst the second years. Behind us are 3rd years. It's a Thursday (or was CCF day Wednesday) because two of the third years are in CCF uniform. Or maybe they wore their uniforms for speech day.

Kenneth Wood says:

I am the other CCF student on the photograph next to Nicholas Kuznir. The photograph was take after speech day where we wore our usual school uniform on the day. If I recall correctly Leonard Cheshire presented the prizes and he asked me if I wanted to be PM. I was so nervous I said yes and, in his recap of the presentation he said there was a young man who he had given a prize to who wanted to achieve the highest political office. I slowly sank down in my chair!

I've now retired after 35 years of teaching and have now become a published author, writing two books on the Great War so although I never made PM I do feel that I did make a difference, even if it was only telling a young David Beckham not to be a footballer!