(Row 1 is nearest the camera, number pupils from left to right looking at the photo, please note: ROW 2 is a PART ROW)
Row 7: 1 Gordon Cooper, 2 Robert (John) Harris, 3, 4, 5 Russell Lewis, 6 Michael Burcher, 7, 8 John Kilby, 9 Michael Wellington, 10 Peter Dawson, 11 Tommy Howells, 12 John Wright, 13 Clive Brain*, 14 Mike Falwasser, 15 Roger Mason, 16 Dave Wade, 17 ??, 18 John Jones, 19 Colin Keyse, 20 John Philips, 21 Roger Buffrey, 22 Bob Toomer, 23, 24 Michael Popejoy, 25, 26, 27 27 Graham Jones, 28 ? Jones, 29 Terry Lark 30 Michael Cooper, 31 William Daysh, 32 David Read, 33 Clive Merry 34 Michael Brimble, 35 Victor Townley, 36, 37 Bernard Fisher.
Row 6: 1 Roy Beard, 2 Ronnie Parsons 3-Julian (Chick) Grail, 4 David Kibble, 5 Anthony Selwyn, 6 John Baldwin, 7 Brian Meek, 8 Anthony Jones, 9 Cliff Davies, 10 Alan Jones, 11 Gordon Watson, 12 Harold Curtis, 13 Colin Jones, 14 Milsom Cook, 15 Norman Hale, 16 John Martin, 17. Graham Joiner, 18 Julian Gazzard , 19 Graham Browning, 20 Lawrence Davis, 21 Michael Bennett, 22 Anthony Jones, 23, 24 Colin Jones , 25 John Powell, 26 Terry Keyes, 27 ? Giles, 28 Norman Davis, 29 Peter Baker, 30 David Lawrence 31 Brian Howells 32 Eric Brain .
Row 5: 1 Bryn Wadley, 2 Adrian Street?, 3 Bob Cooke, 4- Geoff Williams, 5-Neil Jones, 6 John Niblett, 7, 8, 9 ? Merriman, 10 Eric Dewhirst 11 Brian Jones, 12 Brian Williams, 13 Keith Lord, Peter Dykins 14-John French , 15 , 16, 17 George Leadbeater, 18 Alf Parker, 19 John Baldwin, 20 Stephen Daly, 21 Phillip Griffiths/Maxwell Williams ? , 22 ? Greening, 23 Leslie Cook, 24 Barry Isaacs, 25 David Field, 26, 27 Harold Oliver Jerry Bradley , 28 Robert Field, 29 Keith Body, 30 - Cyril Baldwin
Row 4: 1 David Read , 2- Bob Hanney, 3"Corky" Evans, 4 Brian Butson, 5-David Watkins, 6-Ray Dance, 7- John Roberts, 8-Clive Bishop, 9- Bill Troughton, 10-Alan Pennals, 11-Graham Bonser, 12-Ted Tuffley, 13-Michael Jaynes, 14-Brian Stephens, 15-Brian Sheen, 16- David Seckinger, 17-Robert Milliner, 18- Roger Roberts, 19-Stan Cooke, 20-Vernon Brookes, 21-Mike Bradley, 22- Bob Cross, 23 Robert Hale , 25 Ronald Beard, 26 Harold Brain , 27-Jim Cross 29 Robert (Bob) Field.
Row 3: 1-Clive Clayson, 2-Tony Meek, 3- Bruce Sargeant, 4-Colin Paddock, 5 Maurice Brain, 6-Denis Bendall, 7-Bernard Merry, 8-Keith Parsons, 9- Maurice Phelps, 10-"Sammy" Seal, 11- Barry Jones, 12- Alan Phelps, 13-"Gus" Grail, 14 Colin Whitely, 15 Bill Verrey (Caretaker), 16 Robert Shipp - (Science), 17 Mr. Goddard (Sport), 18 Mr Russell (Junior Maths),19 Mr Bryn Jones (English), 20 Mr. Smith (Art), 21 Mr. Fern (Wood and Metal work), 22 Mr. Allen (Geography), 23 Mr Faers (Commercial Studies)., 24 Mr. Aveston (Latin), 25 Mr. Fallows (Chemistry), 26 Mr. Olaus Jones (French), 27 Mr. Allott (History), 28 Mr. Butcher (Maths) 29 Mr. C.L. Saunders (Head)
Row 2: 1-Keith Pritchard, 2 Michael Hatch, 3 Rex Hatch, 6 Stan Waltham, 8-John Harper,10 Barry Hall, 13 Ken Morse, 15 David Young 16 ? Boseley. 17.
Row 1: 2 Ron Scrivens, 5 Joffre Wright, 6 Alan Kettle, 7 David Whittington, 8 Peter Wyman, 9 Michael Rawlings, 12 Brian Weyman, 13 Clive George, 14 Frank Beech 15 Tony Thomas, 19 Colin Beddis, 20 Charles Marshall 22 Roger Jones, 25 Tony Browning.

Thanks to :Jane Morgan, John Phillips, Dave Wade, Mike Bradley, Ted Tuffley, G Thomas, Pat Phelps, Robert Harris, Dave Kibble, Doug Scrivens, Vernon Brookes Graham Turner, John Martin, Roy Beard, Iris Beard, Barry Lewis, Gerry Meek and Beverley Herring for helping with the names.

Thanks also to Stephen Daly who also added: "... Bob Merriman was known as 'Mersal', David Watkins as 'Ottie', Robert Hale as 'Monte' and me Stephen Daly known as 'Danny' - last 2 based on filmstars? ... the PT teacher was Geoff Goddard - I recall this as it was same name as a cricketer. The 'head' was known to everyone as 'Tim' which I can't understand as his initials were C L"

Su Hayter added (August 2010): "... I am writing to ask if anyone has the contact email of Brian J Stephens noted in the picture of East Dean school. I have found some sketches by someone by this name and my mother was originally from May Hill so I wondered if it was the same person. If you have any details I would be grateful if you could forward this email to him as I would be keen to find out more. They are sketches of Stratford however his address is in Stourport on Severn".

Ian Wilson added (November 2015): "... Anybody any idea what happened to Michael Popejoy. My father used to teach at E.D.G.S. - John Wilson (left late 1951)".

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