Entry Year 1943
If anyone has form lists for 1943/44, please e-mail them to jeffrey@jeffreymaynard.com
The names for 2A are mostly from David Warman. The names for 2C are mosty from Roy Goldman. The names for form 2D and a few others are mostly from Peter Lucas and also from Michael Rolph.
Form 2A
Form Master in VA - Mr. Richard R. (Jumbo) Jones
J. Brooks
D. Carter VA 1946-47.
(Played in the Boys' Golf Championship at
Hoylake in August 1947.)
R. P. Carter VA 1946-47.
(Played in the Boys' Golf Championship at Hoylake in August
1947.)
M. J. Clarke
Michael Cohen VA in 1946-47, LVIA in 1947-48.
(Poem "A Modern
Pilgrim" printed in Gaytonian, July 1948)
S. E. Constable VA in 1946-47
(article "Spare a Thought", about school
chairs, printed in Gaytonian, March 1947)
Caroll Crombie (Roy Goldman remembers that he was lightning fast both
on the rugby field and on the track.)
D. T. Davis
Geoff Earl (Article, "The End of the Cricket Season", printed
in Gaytonian, December 1948. Gained Commonership at Downing College,
Cambridge, to read English, and Commonership at Lincoln College, Oxford, to read
English.)
P. G. Fox
Lewis Hawken VA in 1946-47 (Article "A. D. 2000" printed in
Gaytonian,
March 1947. Gained Commonership at Lincoln College, Oxford, to read
History.)
B. Hayes
G. J. E. "Dutch" Holland
John Killingly 2A
J. Kirby VA in 1946-47
(article "Open Day" printed in Gaytonian,
March 1947)
Peter Knight
J. Kutchera VA in 1946-47 (article "Strike Meeting" printed in
Gaytonian, July 1947)
R. W. Longhurst
D. McFarlane
M. McNair
P. J. Milton
Jackie Pember
(Repeated a year, and so started in 1942. Tall boy
who played rugby.)
D. S. Price VA 1946-47, LVIA 1947-48 (Wrote poem about the death of Donald
Trist, printed in Gaytonian December 1947. Gained Commonership at Hertford
College, Oxford, to read History.)
J. Rood
J. Rudeforth
J. C. D. Russell
J. R. Standlake
B. S. Thomas
Donald Charles Trist VA 1946-47. (Died 7 November, 1947)
Robin Ward
David Warman VA 1946-47.
(Article, "An Imperfect Dissertation on
Trotting" printed in Gaytonian, December, 1948.)
D. Williams
Form 2B
Donald Dunthorne 2B
Gilpin (Tall and artistic.)
David Hurd
(Northwick House. First in 880 yards team race (Middle),
Athletic Sports 1947, 2 mins, 22 2/5 secs. Second in Mile
Team Race, Middle Championship, Athletic Sports 1947. Unofficial
soccer player on Sundays)
Len W R Johnson (Michael Rolph writes, "I played with both of these [Len
Johnson and Roy Smith] in the unofficial and under-cover (i.e. definitely not
approved by Dr. Simpson) school football team started by Bellamy junior and
others which played on the Harrow Youth League under the pseudonim "Gayton
Juniors". Len was the goalkeeper and Roy and I the fullbacks.)
Bernard Lobb
(Unofficial soccer player on Sundays)
Gordon A. Smith (Known as 'GA'. Excelled at sport. Played cricket
in 1st XI. From Gaytonian, July 1947: "A most outstanding
all-rounder, who has batted and bowled consistently well. Re-awarded
Colours." Unofficial soccer player on Sundays. Roy Goldman
remembers that "he was a superb batsman with all of the strokes when aged
12 and I was surprised that he didn't go on to play for Middlesex at
the very least.")
Roy D Smith
Wise 5B in 1946.
(Third place in Highgate Harriers Cross Country Cup,
1946. Left school in December, 1947.)
Form 2C
Form 2C 1943 – Form-mistress Mrs (Hairy Mary) Simpson
by Roy Goldman
Boys in the class that I remember were: Ray Alexander, David Barlow, Robert Blackburn, Bill Bowley, Jock Burton, Derek Clarke, John Cooley, Michael Cray, Dennis Drake, Ron Eaton, David Fear, Colin Goldbart, Colin Grundy, Alan Hart, Derek (Wally) Hammond, Peter Hurn, Peter Hutcherson, Harry Jones, Malcolm Love, Stan Miller, Ken Newens, Eddie Nutt, Micky Peat, Syd Porter, Tony Priggs, Peter Rice, Dennis Rudd, Micky Shrank, Keith Smith, Brian Southwell, Roy Street, John Tanner, Wally Vandome, John Woodman - plus me! Roy Goldman. Makes 35.
Alan Reid and Emmanuel Lee joined the ‘C’ stream, some time after the first year – perhaps replacing David Barlow and Tony Priggs who I think left H.C.S. well before School Cert.
After 3 years, 4c and 4d merged into 5d which would be a four year Matric stream with a Lower 5th being created that would do a five year Matric.
In 5d I sat next to Terry Golding (always alphabetical seating!) with whom I became friends – in fact staying with him in Harrow for a couple of years after my own parents split up. We also picked up Cyril Kesslau, John Cadman, ? Talantyre, ? Peover, ? Michael Rolph etc. etc.
Sadly, Keith Smith died of Rheumatic fever while in the third or fourth form and we now learn from Stan Miller that Peter Rice also passed away, in recent years.
Currently in touch via email are John Cooley (Suffolk), Stan Miller (Oz), Dennis Rudd (Sussex), Wally Vandome (Hants) and of course myself in Oz. I have had a single email this year from Peter Hutcherson who was on his way to South Africa and promised to get in touch on his return.
Robert Blackburn (Oxford) writes to me regularly and he in turn meets periodically with Bill Bowley (Northwood). We know that Roy Street was around in 2001 – as he attended the 90th Birthday celebration at the school.
That’s about it as of Sept. 14th 2003 – any updates, comments or input of any kind, please feel free.
Roy Goldman.
Other notes:
Bill Bowley (from Northwood. Played in the Boys' Golf
Championship at Hoylake in August 1947. Michael Rolph writes
"a
golfer who had only one shot at cricket a golf swing which either produced a six
over midwicket or out if he missed".).
Michael Peat
(Preston House. Micky Peat a fearsome fast
bowler. Middle Sports Champion 1947. In the Middle Championships,
Athletic Sports 1947 he was 1st in 100yards, 220 yards, 440 yards and Shot, 2nd
in 880 yards and Long Jump, 3rd in Discus.)
Roy Goldman (Weldon House. Runner-up Middle Sports Champion,
1947. In the Middle Championships, Athletic Sports 1947 he was 1st in Long
Jump and 2nd in 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards.)
Brian Southwell
(Preston House. First in Mile Team Race,
Middle Championship, Athletic Sports 1947.)
Woodman
(from Pinner)
Form 2D
Michael Rolph writes, "Form 2D assembled in the end hut in September 1943 under Miss Baranyay who taught English and History. I have a strong and rather forbidding memory of the whole of the year being made to attend School one Saturday morning and being kept in the hall seated en-masse whilst Randall-Williams tried to persuade the culprits who had written graffiti on the walls above the coat pegs to own up. Needless to say nobody did confess."
Michael Barber 2D
Albert Board 2D (First in 880 yards walk, Middle School Championship, 1947,
with a new school record of 3 mins 49 secs. First in 880 yards walk team
race, . Played for 2nd XI Cricket 1948. Michael Rolph writes:
"I have a strong memory of one of our evening cricket matches at Kenton
Rec. Albert always opened the batting. I went in No 3 and John Cadman at
No 4. On this particular evening (probably against the C form and Mickey Peat),
we were all out for 4 runs. Board 1, Rolph 1, Cadman 1, Byes 1 total
4. We lost !")
Maurice Cadman 2D (Michael Rolph writes: "John
Cadman (Caddy) our cricket captain in the hard fought games at Kenton Rec
against the C Form")
Alex Clarke 2D
Clark(e) [another] 2D
Bernard Edghill 2D
Terry Golding 2D (played for 2nd XI Cricket 1948, 1st XI 1949.)
Jim Hubbard 2D
Edmond Jacketts 2D
Cyril Kesslau 2D
Peter Lucas 2D (In 26th Harrow (St. Paul's) Scout Troop
Newton Myers 2D (Richard Myers writes: "I seem to
remember that I was in 2D but it might have been 2C, perhaps someone
will remember. My WW2 years were somewhat traumatic, my mother died , my
father married again (very happily I hasten to add – (Peter Lucas met my
step mother when he came to tea with me) and we were ‘Doodlebugged” in
Kenton Gardens. All these events occurred in 1944 and I think my mind
has rather blotted out any school memories.
"I was christened “Newton Richard Huntley Myers” and hence the name
Richard was not used at that time. This only became my “popular” first
name in 1948 when as an office boy in the City, my employers could not
remember NEWTON ! Hence I adopted Richard, actually Dick, and have been
colloquially know thusly ever since. A piece of real trivia is that Rev.
Edgar Stogden who was Chairman of the board of Governors in 1932 (the
year of my birth) baptised me and this can be confirmed by looking at
the following page of my website…
http://www.ricmol.com/beginnings.htm The baptismal card with the
picture of the font clearly shows his signature, incidentally I still
have the original."
Richard Myers emigrated to Canada in 1976.)
Michael
Peover 2D
Pinder (joined in 4D - came from Liverpool)
Michael (Mick) Rolph 2D (Played for 2nd XI Cricket 1948.
Became a Governor of the School in the late 1980s.)
David or John Sills 2D
(Michael Rolph writes: "Good at maths and
generally academic and could draw super motor bikes.")
Shire 2D
(Only at HCS for one year)
John Stollery 2D
Douglas Talintyre 2D
Zac 2D
(Only at HCS for one year)
Don Whitmore? (Michael Rolph writes: "chunky and ginger haired who
famously won the 100 yards at the district Inter schools at Headstone Lane in
1947 (the year that Bellamy Senior won the 220)")
Not sure which form
"Bonzo" Barnes (Lived in Ruislip. His father was a
classical musician.)
Reggie Smith
Stiles (connected with photography)