Keith has racked his memory to add some names to the
above. Remembering that the top picture is the right hand
side of the original photo, the bottom picture is its
left, and that they overlap, the names are as follows: -
FRONT
ROW: 3 from Right. Barry Belton(deceased) 5th from right
Tyler Junior
SECOND ROW KNEELING: 14 from RIGHT. Symes, 15th
ditto Bull, 16 ditto Tyler Senior, 17 ditto
Kerstein, 19 ditto Clarke, 23 ditto Hawkes, 24 ditto Ron
White(deceased), 38 ditto Barnard, 39 ditto
Cant.
Reigate Grammar School
Below are five images which as a
whole form one panorama of the staff and pupils of the
Grammar School in April 1946. The top picture is the
right hand part of the original and they overlap slightly
as they progress in order down to the left hand side of
the picture. The picture was sent in by Mr Keith Fuller,
who appears in the first picture below (picture 1/5) on
the far left of the fourth row up.
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1/5 Reigate Grammar School April 1946 courtesy Keith
Fuller
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2/5 Reigate Grammar School April 1946 courtesy Keith
Fuller
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3/5 Reigate Grammar School April 1946 courtesy Keith
Fuller
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4/5 Reigate Grammar School April 1946 courtesy Keith
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5/5 Reigate Grammar School April 1946 courtesy Keith
Fuller
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Keith has racked his memory to add some names to the
above. Remembering that the top picture is the right hand
side of the original photo, the bottom picture is its
left, and that they overlap, the names are as follows: -
FRONT
ROW: 3 from Right. Barry Belton(deceased) 5th from right
Tyler Junior
SECOND ROW KNEELING: 14 from RIGHT. Symes, 15th
ditto Bull, 16 ditto Tyler Senior, 17 ditto
Kerstein, 19 ditto Clarke, 23 ditto Hawkes, 24 ditto Ron
White(deceased), 38 ditto Barnard, 39 ditto
Cant.
9 FROM LEFT. Muggleton, 7 ditto Aspinall (father
invented the Adana printing machine), 5 ditto Graham
Jay.
THIRD ROW SITTING Staff and Prefects. 16
from LEFT. "Serg."(caretaker &CCF Inst.)
17 ditto Mr.Brooks Woodwork, 26 ditto Mr
Penn,
32 ditto Headmaster."Boke". Replaced 1948?
by R.W.Holland. 19 ditto Mrs Brooks. Junior
School. 27 ditto Dr. Montgomery. French.
28 ditto "Tojo"!
12 FROM RIGHT. Osborne 25 ditto Mr. Thompson. Music.
FOURTH ROW. 5 FROM RIGHT. Cook (name!).
17 ditto K.Fuller, 18 ditto Ian Branch. 19
ditto Tony Christmas, 21ditto Brian Bennigson,
26 ditto Williams, 33 ditto Woolford.
SIXTH ROW. 7 FROM RIGHT Alan Durrant.(Redhill
C.L.B. Drum Major), 10 ditto Couling. (Merstham
Farmer!). 11 ditto Walker, 14 ditto Hagerty,
19 ditto Spriggs, 20 ditto Dench
25 FROM LEFT. Peter Bartlett.
SEVENTH ROW 30 FROM RIGHT.Gerald White.
Email from Roy Sims: - I was delighted to discover the '46
group photos in which I appear in Nos 5.
Top left.
Purchase, Henderson, McGee, Carr, Brownlow, Saserath, Holder and Sims.
I hope to be able to identify a few more.
Email from Clive Gilbert:- I am sending a few more names.
Picture 4/5 Bottom row 2, 5 in, was Les Mann, then Clive
Gilbert { I am writing this email } with a dark jacket
then Mickey Robb. Do you also know that fellow in
row 4 from top ran around the back and appears in right
hand end. He has a lock of hair over right eye.I was very
surprised to see all the information about the school, It
brought back memories. My only claim to fame was being in
the first 15. and winning the 100yds sprint in my last
year.
I emmigrated to Melbourne in 1960. and have enjoyed the
life immensley.
Hope this is of interest to you.
Email from Michael Funnell: - I started RGS in September 1954 so
I think all the pupils in the photo would have left at
that time.
However several masters remained at the school and the
ones I remember are as below Name "Nickname"
Subject(s) Staff and Prefects Row
15 from left/50 from right Mr Woodhead -
Physics lab assistant/technician
16 from left/49 from right Sergeant Cuss
"Serg" - Caretaker & CCF(Combined Cadet
Force)
17 from left/48 from right Mr Brooks
"Daddy Brooks" - Woodwork & Art
18 from left/47 from right Mr Eric
Coupland "Happy Jack" - Maths
19 from left/46 from right 20 from
left/45 from rightt Mr Horton
"Horace" - Biology
21 from left/44 from right
22 from left/43 from right Mr Ron Adkins -
Religious Education & Maths
23 from left/42 from right Mr Shaw
"Snoz" - Latin
24 from left/41 from right Mr Edwards
"Taffy" or "Taff" - Chemistry
25 from left/40 from right ? Mr Lewis? -
Physics
26 from left/39 from right Mr Penn
"Puffer" - English
27 from left/38 from right
28 from left/37 from right Mr Hart
"Charlie Hart" - French & Railway Club
29 from left/36 from right Mr Atkinson
"Nobby" Atkinson" - Maths
(I am not sure if my memory is letting me down!!
29 from left/36 from right Mr Atkinson
"Nobby" Atkinson" - Maths may be a Mr
Clark - not the head! If it was Atkinson it should be
Nubby not Nobby)
30 from
left/35 from right
31 from left/34 from right
32 from left/33 from right Mr Clarke
(Headmaster) succeeded by TWH Holland
33 from left/32 from right
34 from left/31 from right
35 from left/30 from right Mr Andrews
"Sid" - Geography and French
36 from left/29 from right
37 from left/28 from right Mr Sweatman -
Art
38 from left/27 from right
39 from left/26 from right
40 from left/25 from right Mr Thompson
"Tomcat" Music & Woodwork
41 from left/24 from right
42 from left/23 from right
43 from left/22 from right Mrs Knight
"Dot" - Chemistry
Many old Reigatians
seem to have descriptions and memories of these
teachers. The female teachers were employed in the
war and when I started Mrs Knight was the only one
continuing.
The building on the right of the first photo looks like
the science lab - one of a block of two built end to end
in the playground. In the last photo I think the church
can just about be seen through the (Larch) trees.
Email from Allan Friswell: - I think Mr Funnell may have made a
slight error in his otherwise excellent identification of
masters. Given Mr Coupland (Happy Jack) and Mr Ron
Adkins as correct Mr Horton would be the middle one of
the three masters in between, not sitting next to Mr
Coupland. Mr Funnell seems to have missed one master out.
Grand pictures, though. They were taken outside
the end of S2. Some instantly recognisable faces
Adkins, Puffer, Schnozz, Sid. Charlie Hart stayed looking
like that till I last saw him when I left RGS in 1963. A
great teacher. Best regards Allan Friswell
Many thanks to Roy, Clive, Michael and Allan for writing in.
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9 FROM LEFT. Muggleton, 7 ditto Aspinall (father
invented the Adana printing machine), 5 ditto Graham
Jay.
THIRD ROW SITTING Staff and Prefects. 16
from LEFT. "Serg."(caretaker &CCF Inst.)
17 ditto Mr.Brooks Woodwork, 26 ditto Mr
Penn,
32 ditto Headmaster."Boke". Replaced 1948?
by R.W.Holland. 19 ditto Mrs Brooks. Junior
School. 27 ditto Dr. Montgomery. French.
28 ditto "Tojo"!
12 FROM RIGHT. Osborne 25 ditto Mr. Thompson. Music.
FOURTH ROW. 5 FROM RIGHT. Cook (name!).
17 ditto K.Fuller, 18 ditto Ian Branch. 19
ditto Tony Christmas, 21ditto Brian Bennigson,
26 ditto Williams, 33 ditto Woolford.
SIXTH ROW. 7 FROM RIGHT Alan Durrant.(Redhill
C.L.B. Drum Major), 10 ditto Couling. (Merstham
Farmer!). 11 ditto Walker, 14 ditto Hagerty,
19 ditto Spriggs, 20 ditto Dench
25 FROM LEFT. Peter Bartlett.
SEVENTH ROW 30 FROM RIGHT.Gerald White.
Email from Roy Sims: - I was delighted to discover the '46
group photos in which I appear in Nos 5.
Top left.
Purchase, Henderson, McGee, Carr, Brownlow, Saserath, Holder and Sims.
I hope to be able to identify a few more.
Email from Clive Gilbert:- I am sending a few more names.
Picture 4/5 Bottom row 2, 5 in, was Les Mann, then Clive
Gilbert { I am writing this email } with a dark jacket
then Mickey Robb. Do you also know that fellow in
row 4 from top ran around the back and appears in right
hand end. He has a lock of hair over right eye.I was very
surprised to see all the information about the school, It
brought back memories. My only claim to fame was being in
the first 15. and winning the 100yds sprint in my last
year.
I emmigrated to Melbourne in 1960. and have enjoyed the
life immensley.
Hope this is of interest to you.
Email from Michael Funnell: - I started RGS in September 1954 so
I think all the pupils in the photo would have left at
that time.
However several masters remained at the school and the
ones I remember are as below Name "Nickname"
Subject(s) Staff and Prefects Row
15 from left/50 from right Mr Woodhead -
Physics lab assistant/technician
16 from left/49 from right Sergeant Cuss
"Serg" - Caretaker & CCF(Combined Cadet
Force)
17 from left/48 from right Mr Brooks
"Daddy Brooks" - Woodwork & Art
18 from left/47 from right Mr Eric
Coupland "Happy Jack" - Maths
19 from left/46 from right 20 from
left/45 from rightt Mr Horton
"Horace" - Biology
21 from left/44 from right
22 from left/43 from right Mr Ron Adkins -
Religious Education & Maths
23 from left/42 from right Mr Shaw
"Snoz" - Latin
24 from left/41 from right Mr Edwards
"Taffy" or "Taff" - Chemistry
25 from left/40 from right ? Mr Lewis? -
Physics
26 from left/39 from right Mr Penn
"Puffer" - English
27 from left/38 from right
28 from left/37 from right Mr Hart
"Charlie Hart" - French & Railway Club
29 from left/36 from right Mr Atkinson
"Nobby" Atkinson" - Maths
(I am not sure if my memory is letting me down!!
29 from left/36 from right Mr Atkinson
"Nobby" Atkinson" - Maths may be a Mr
Clark - not the head! If it was Atkinson it should be
Nubby not Nobby)
30 from
left/35 from right
31 from left/34 from right
32 from left/33 from right Mr Clarke
(Headmaster) succeeded by TWH Holland
33 from left/32 from right
34 from left/31 from right
35 from left/30 from right Mr Andrews
"Sid" - Geography and French
36 from left/29 from right
37 from left/28 from right Mr Sweatman -
Art
38 from left/27 from right
39 from left/26 from right
40 from left/25 from right Mr Thompson
"Tomcat" Music & Woodwork
41 from left/24 from right
42 from left/23 from right
43 from left/22 from right Mrs Knight
"Dot" - Chemistry
Many old Reigatians
seem to have descriptions and memories of these
teachers. The female teachers were employed in the
war and when I started Mrs Knight was the only one
continuing.
The building on the right of the first photo looks like
the science lab - one of a block of two built end to end
in the playground. In the last photo I think the church
can just about be seen through the (Larch) trees.
Email from Allan Friswell: - I think Mr Funnell may have made a
slight error in his otherwise excellent identification of
masters. Given Mr Coupland (Happy Jack) and Mr Ron
Adkins as correct Mr Horton would be the middle one of
the three masters in between, not sitting next to Mr
Coupland. Mr Funnell seems to have missed one master out.
Grand pictures, though. They were taken outside
the end of S2. Some instantly recognisable faces
Adkins, Puffer, Schnozz, Sid. Charlie Hart stayed looking
like that till I last saw him when I left RGS in 1963. A
great teacher. Best regards Allan Friswell
Many thanks to Roy, Clive, Michael and Allan for writing in.
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