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Photographs
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1937
The Schoolhouse
It is likely that this photograph - one of a series taken by the same commercial
photographer in 1937 - was prompted by the full inspection of the School that
was carried out in that year. Taylor Dyson was the last 'Gaffer' to live in the
house; when he retired in 1945 his successors chose to live outside the School
precincts.
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1939
New Chemistry lab
The growth of the School in the 1930s made it essential to embark on major
extensions which were completed in 1939. In addition to the familiar building
shown here (comprising new Physics and Chemistry laboratories, three classrooms
and a staff common room), the extensions also provided an Art Room and
Handicraft Room at the rear and - for the first time - a purpose designed
gymnasium/assembly room.
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1940
The new gymnasium
One can almost smell the paint in the new gymnasium in this photograph of Walter
Haigh with Form 4L in 1940. Walter had joined the School as a part-time teacher
in 1929 and took up his full-time appointment in 1936.
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1940
Form 4L in the new Chemistry lab
The 'new' School extensions cost £16,000 and were completed in 1939. They included well-equipped Physics and
Chemistry labs; this view of the Chemistry lab, with a fume cupboard containing
Kipp's Apparatus in the background, will be familiar to every Old Almondburian.
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1940
Form 4L
A war-time photograph of Form 4L and their Form Master Fred Hudson on the School
tennis courts, with the Schoolhouse in the background.
(Back row): George Haigh; Brian Hindson; John Hoyle; Ron Edwards; Warwick
Matthews; Bill Douglas; 'Freddy Fox'
(Middle row): K B Whitely; K Wood; R G Berry; Austin Holroyd; Geoff Stafford;
Gordon Teal; G Clifford Gilleard; Schlesinger; Bill Darby
(Front row): Brian Meal; Jim Gilmour; R Webster; Taylor Dyson (Headmaster); F S
Hudson; R Whiteley; Frank Hall; ?
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1941/2
Football First XI
Here, the team of 1941/2 poses with Reg Addy (at this time in command of the
School Flight of the Air Training Corps) and Walter Haigh on the tennis court,
with Fenay Quad providing the backdrop. It was a successful year for the team:
they won every match.
Back row): Reg Addy; Bob Goldsmith; Moorhouse; Smallwood; Patsy Mullen; Walter
Haigh
(Middle row): Darby; Hall; Oxley; Harvey; Smith
(Front row): Ron Edwards; Fleming
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1947/8
Cross-country team
The Cross-Country Team poses with Headmaster John Baldwin in 1948. Derek
Ibbotson, sitting next to PT Master Harry Binns, was the greatest runner the
school has ever produced: he won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres event at the
Melbourne Olympics in 1956 (competing against Kuts and Pirie) and broke the
world record for the mile in a time of 3 min. 57.2 sec. in 1957.
(Back row): Burns; B Townsend; D K Ward
(Front row): D Sykes; Bostock; R B Yates; Headmaster; Harry Binns; D Ibbotson; E
N Mitchell; G Gothard
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1947/8
Physics lab
A scene of deep concentration in the Physics lab as this group of six-formers
undertake some top-level experimental work. Physics Master Frank Whalley can be
seen on the far right, beyond the oscilloscope.
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1948
Form 6
John Baldwin retired soon after this photograph was taken in 1948, after 27
years at the School and four years as Headmaster. The Sixth Form of 1948 poses
in front of the schoolhouse.
(Back row): Frank Halmshaw; Beaumont; Derek Dowling; Derek Roberts; Peter
Stancliffe; Don Smith, ?; Geoffrey Armitage.
(Front row): Ron Lancaster; David Oxley; Drake; 'Copper' Robinson; Johnny
Hopton; John Baldwin, Peter Scott; Wilcox; Peacocke; JD Knowles.
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