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Bells School 1961 (228k)
 
 
Courtesy of :
 Linda Lane      
 

Many thanks to Alan Walker, May Brace, Roger Lonnkvist, Steve and Anne Papworth, Chris Morgan, Peter Teague, Christopher Dent, John Parry and Dave Nash for helping with the names.
Row 6: 1 Nigel Watts (Coleford), 2 Brian Martin (Sling), 3 Mike Williams, 4 Tony Sanzen-Baker (Parkend), 5 Roger Lonnkvist (Bream), 6 , 7 Paul Trim , 8 Barry Smith , 9 Roger Morrel, 10 Melvyn Whittington , 11 Adrian Margerison, 12 Lyndon Morgan , 13 Michael Davis , 14 , 15 Gary Short (Mill Hill Bream) , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 Robert Ricketts, 23 , 24 Roger Long, (Girls) 25 Anne Sleeman, 26 (Joy Morgan?), 27 Judith (Ellway?), 28 Heather Bell, 29 Brenda Simmons, (Girls) 30 Georgina Williams, 31 , 32 Vanetta Harries , 33 Judith (Elsmore?), 34 Isobel Sanzen-Baker, 35 Betty Frazier, 36 , 37 Gillian Poulton , 38 Helen Farr , 39 May Williams, 40 Maureen Bessant, 41 , 42 Mary Spencer, 43 Rosita Palmizi , 44 , 45 (Patsy Hughes) , 46 Jenny Lane, 47 Janice Watkins, 48 , 49 Ruth Howells , 50 .
Row 5: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Carl Stafford, 5, 6 Christopher Morgan , 7 Barry Thomas , 8 Patrick Street, 9 (Lawrence?) , 10 Patrick Gibbard , 11 David Williams , 12 Bessant , 13 , 14 , 15 Ablett , 16 Keith Childs , 17 Brian Lawrence , 18 Robert Teague , 19 , 20 , 21 John Pritchard, 22 Keith Hinton, 23 , 24 Andrew Tate, 25 , 26 Paul Hunt, 27 Rose, 28 , 29 , (Girls) 30 , 31 (Girls) 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 Jolly Nash, 47 , 48 , 49(Jacqueline Williams?) , 50 , 51 , 52 Lesley Aston, 53 (Doreen Jones?) , 54 , 55, 56 Susan Raven , 57 (Susan Baldwin), 58 (Judy ..?) , 59 (Margaret Williams?) .
Row 4: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5, 6 (Keith Buffin?) , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10, 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 John Gillo , 19 ( _ Charles), 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 Julian Smith, 29 , 30 , 31Martin Sleeman (Girls) 32 , 33 Jill Hoare, 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 Susan Evans, 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55, 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60, 61 .
Row 3: 1 , 2 , Melvin Gunter? , 4 Eric Reddan , 5 Peter Ellway, 6 Trevor Wilce , 7 , 8 Terry Davies , 9 , 10 Cliff Street, 11 Brian Northcote, 12 Ronnie Irwin, 13 Gordon Lawrence , 14 Brian Cooper, 15 , 16 Alan Walker , 17 Dave Howells , 18 , 19 Paul Whitfield ,20 Ken Merry , 21 Colin O'Dell, 22 Brian Barrett , 23 Robert Baldwin , 24 , 25 Paul Howell ,
Robert Robinson , 27 Dave Edmunds , 28 Danny Crump, 29 David Little,30 Michael Walters , 31 Ben Davis (Girls) 32 Jill Short, 33 Victoria Gwynne, 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 Margaret Powell, 38 Tana Shackell , 39 Valerie Aston, 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 Anita Hayward , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 Sue Morse, 50 Rhonwyn Salmon, 51 , 52 , 53 Jane Grafton, 54 , 55 Janet Smith, 56 , 57 Barbara Brown , 58 , 59 , 60, 61, 62 Natalie Condor .
Row 2A (part row of smaller boys): 1)Jeff Angove, 2 Gwyn Richards, 3 Alan Mark, 4 ?, 5 Philip Schwartz, 6 ?, 7 Robert Williams, 8 Roger Simmonds, 9 Michael Wintle, 10 Gerald Biddle, 11 Philip Jenkins, 12 David Byett, 13 John Parry , 14 David Wintle,15 Derek Donaldson,16 Michael Hale,17 ?, 18 Harvey Jones,19 ?. , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 .
Row 2: 1 Geoffrey Elsemore , 2 John Collins , 3 Hugh Johnson , 4 Clive Vaughan , 5 “Freddie” Gunter , 6 John Cox , 7 Peter Teague, 8 , 9 Peter Wilcox, 10 Tony Prisk, 11 David Jayne, 12 Alistair Forbes, 13 Michael Cawley , 14 Terry Whittington , 15 John Davies, 16 Robert Whittington, 17 Mr Malden, 18 Mr Hancocks ?, 19 Mr Little , 20 Mr Jackson, 21 Mr Colin Evans, 22 Mr Roberts, 23 Mr G Rawle , 24 Mr Davis , 25 Mr T Margerison, 26 "Caddy" Mr G M Quale, 27 Mr N Leaning (Headmaster), 28 Miss I Turner, 29 Mrs James, 30 Miss Ann Beaufoy, 31 Mrs Rollinson, 32 Miss Margaret Davis, 33 Mrs F E Buck, 34 Mrs Fennell (School Secretary) , 35 Gill Meek, 36 Jean Lithaby , 37 , 38 , 39 Margaret Morgan , 40 , 41Margaret Wright , 42 Sally Luker, 43 Pam Squibbs , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 .
Row 1: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5, 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 Anne Jenkins , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 Christine Anne Gratton , 20 Gail Densley, 21 , 22 Alison Sanzen-Baker , 23 Janice Powles, 24 Marguerite Trillo, 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 Carol Reynolds, 34 , 35 Valerie Boycott, 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 Margaret Fowler, 42 Joyce Mullins, 43 Anne Aston, 44 Anne Russell, 45 , 46 Doreen Howells .

Susan Evans (in row 4 and 45 from the left) would like to get in touch with Maureen Cole, Maureen Lambert or June Williams.
Thanks also to Cliff Street and Anita Burke (nee Hayward) and to Dave Morris for the following :
Centre Mr Leaning Headmaster, On the right The Headmistress. She taught Chemistry, On the left Mr Qaule (not sure of spelling) His nickname was Caddy he always wore Plus Fours Golfing trousers.He taught Science. He originated from the Isle of Man. Next to him Mr Margharrison
Thanks to Tana Burdon who also added (Jan 2008): "The head Mistress was called Winifred Turner she was a female Deacon in the Church of England and lived in Berry Hill".

 
 
 
   
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