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During the 1950s and 60s, possibly other decades too, all students in the first forms were taught (made?) to swim, no matter how incompetent or cowardly they were. One assumes Vic Roebuck's iron enforcement of this principle saved a life or two over the years. The wonderful Victorian brickwork tracery of "The Baths" is most striking - rather on a par with the Natural History Museum.
1934 - Thanks to an eagle-eyed Don Payne who spotted the date on a swimming costume.
1930s/40s
with a young LC Rees.
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1940s ????
 

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1943-Swim-1500.jpg (248892 bytes) 1943
Swimming Team  1944
Back Row:N.Dent;B.Fretwell;M.Wayte;R.F.Mayger
Middle Row:N.Franklin;J.Crawshaw;J.D.Tomlinson;P.W.Smith; ?
Front : J.Wheway

(Thanks to Don Payne - Nov 2004)
   
1945
Back Row: Mayger W.H., Mayger J., Beale, Payne D.R., Gadsbey, Beadman.
Middle Row: Mayger R.F., Franklin, Smith P.W. (Capt), Crawshaw J., Hilton J.
Front Row: Chaplin D.,  Sharratt.
195x Swim 1500.jpg (262688 bytes) 1949
The picture with Bill Mayger must have been 1949/1950 as Robin Richards and Sharratt left in 1950
1952-swim-crop-1600.jpg (103892 bytes) 1952
Top Row: C.F. (Bill) Read, P.G.W.Bond, A.J.Smith, Mr. Corby.
Bottom Row: R.H.Garnham, H.S. Griffiths, A.J.Kidger, B.E.Evans.
 
1953/4
 
1958 - for names see next picture
wpe10.jpg (15767 bytes) 1958
1961/2

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1963
Back: Bradley, Brewin,?,Leedham, Row, ?,Betts, Jeffers.
Middle: Green, Dolman, Jones, Wheeldon, Grey,?, Souster,?,?, Bob Knight.
Front: Roberts,????, Downing, ?.
1963
Back:?,?,?,?, Alan Betts, Dave Sharret, Round.
Middle:?, Hughie Green,?, Chris Souster,?,?, Eams, Buster Bradley, Venables,? Mr. Yarlott,
Front Row: John Brewin, Downing, Row, ?,?,?,?,?,?, Bas Leedham
1964/5

Front Row - 3rd from left - Phil Hutchinson, 4th - Paul Wheeldon
Phil is still in the Town and to be seen drinking in the Royal Oak in the Market Place.
Sadly Paul Wheeldon passed away (a couple of years ago I think). David Clarke, April 2005
1967
Probably about 1967
Front Row :2nd from left Ian Dilks, 3rd from left John Wiggins, 4th from left Keith Berriman
I was at the school from 1964 -69 and was looking for Army Cadet Force or Rowing pictures -
Regards, David Clarke

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1965/66
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