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1st Football Team 1969341 views1st Football Team 1969

the only boy I remember is Martin Cowley, fourth from left in the front row. This was a highly successful team: look at the trophies they won in 1969!
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1st Netball Team 1969262 views1st Netball Team 1969

the only girl I remember is Jennifer Ridge (3rd from left, back row), eldest daughter of John Ridge, the art teacher.

Helen Walkerdene has identified herself on the back row far right. She said "Far left back row I believe is Mary Bowes, Beverley ???, then Jennifer Ridge and then me. Front row holding the ball possibly Lynne Gentry??"
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2nd Football Team 1969349 views2nd Football Team 1969

Sadly none of the faces brings back the name!
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2nd Netball Team 1966294 views2nd Netball Team 1966

Front row is Susan Haywayd, Diane and Wendy Haugh.
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2nd Netball Team 1969249 views2nd Netball Team 1969

How sad! All the faces are so familiar but I can't remember any of the names.

Lesley Saunders has identified herself as being at the back, left side.
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Mr Brian Johns208 viewsMr Brian Johns, another good friend of Bill, taught at Pasir Panjang from 1964 and became deputy head at Nee Soon in 1969. He also was a talented artist and designed the lovely little cameo pictures that accompanied reports of school activities in the magazines.
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Another colour picture, of my classroom266 viewsAnother colour picture, of my classroom on the first storey of the main block with me in traditional 'uniform'. These upper classrooms were cooler than those downstairs and mine had a little window at the other end through which I could show 35mm films from a projector in the adjoining store room. I borrowed films from the British Council
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Class 2A 1964273 viewsClass 2A 1964. Some of my class of amazing bright and happy second-year juniors. Julia White is in the foreground with her lovely smile.
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Class 2A 1964271 viewsClass 2A 1964. Another section of the class, featuring Judith Beeston, Stuart Parkinson, Jenny Tippett-Iles, Wendy Haugh and Dave Robinson.
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Class 2A 1964257 viewsClass 2A 1964. Paul Revell, Martin Harwood and Joan Kent are on the right.
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Wessex News Board257 views. . . and here it is in all its glory, with an admiring group!
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Here's a picture from a Christmas 1968 concert250 viewsHere's a picture from a Christmas 1968 concert, with Gwyn Jones conducting the choir. It's a good view of the stage, which was later used as the centre of the school library. My recorder group sits, poised for action
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