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School photograph 1961

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Clifton College 1961
From the personal collection of Sandra Akehurst (Mills)
Clifton College 1961
From the personal collection of Sandra Akehurst (Mills)
Clifton College 1961
From the personal collection of Sandra Akehurst (Mills)

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  • I am sure my cousin Anne Cobby (Young) is in the second photo, 3rd row 7th from the left.

    By Belinda Lumsden (16/11/2017)
  • Yes, that is Anne Young and she had a little brother Robert and also I believe she was a cousin of Susan Syer who is third photo, front row, first left. I am in the first photo, back row, 4th from the left, and the second photo back row 4th from the right. I can put names to lots of people on the photographs and still have my copies. I went to Clifton College from 1957 until 1965 and have many happy memories. I was Marilyn de Lacy and I had red hair. When I have time I will put some names to faces.

    By Marilyn Jones (19/11/2017)
  • Hello Marilyn, actually between the three of us my sisters Linda and Jane we can still name most of the pupils who went to Clifton College, as I started in 1950 until 1963 and then Jane went on to Alexander College Preston Park.  I see Felicity in Shoreham where I live and we often wonder how everyone is.

    By Susan Reed nee Macdonald (22/01/2018)
  • Hello, it is nice to see that photo. I am in the first one, bottom row, middle -  short hair. I used to be friends with the Griffiths brothers, Robert Lever, Susan Syer and Anne Young. 

    By Paul Piper (28/06/2018)
  • I’m in row in front of Mrs Hodgeson aged 6.

    By Jane Greer (20/09/2020)
  • I tried to name everyone a few years ago. This was my best effort. Do fill in any blanks please:
    Roma Leon (nee Pack)
    Clifton College School Photo 1961.

    Back row L-R
    Rosemary Cole; Graham Atkinson; ?; ?; Andrew Longman; Linda Macdonald; Marion Boon; Sheryl Lewis; Jacqueline Ball; Felicty Benson; Marilyn De Lacey; Gail Bartlett; Ryman Atkinson; Norma Jackman; Ann Drummond; Marilyn Sinclair; ?Trevor; Robert (Bobby) ?; Alan Langley; Trevor Jordan.

    3rd row L-R
    Patricia Whitlock; ?;?;?Sylvia; Michael Crowdy; Marion Charlton; Susan Macdonald; Paul Lewis; Corinia Jessop; ?; David Lewis; ?; ?Andrea; ?; Sandra Viney; ?Roy; Pamela Annets; ?Lionel; ?; ?; ?; Ann Taverner.

    2nd row L-R
    Susan Longman; Lionel Jefferies; Anthony Cavernor; ?; Ann Pelling; Patricia Fowler; Ann Young; ?; Mrs Mackie; Mrs Tewkesbury; Mrs Cronin; Mr McEwan; Miss Cooper; Mrs Hodgson (for French); ?Linda; Tamplin; Me(Roma Pack); Jimmy Flude; ?; Jackie Richards; Robin Clifton.

    Front row L-R
    Michael Hurst; Sally Spencer; ?; Vivian Harman; ?; Simon Heath; ?; ?;?; Jane Macdonald (back); Vaughan Harman (front) ?; ?; ?; ?; Paul Piper; ?; Pauline Mew; Christina Richards; ?Paula; Susan Shuff.

    By Roma Leon (09/01/2021)
  • Hi all from Clifton College. Well Roma you did great on the names. Had that photo but unable to find it now What times we had in and out of school I would like to hear from anybody from those days. pipe61@tiscali.co.uk

    By paul piper (08/02/2021)
  • I was at Clifton College from 1963 until it moved to Preston Park Avenue in 1967. I continued as a pupil at the newly christened Alexandra College, first at 13 Preston Park Avenue then at number 43 when the school moved yet again, albeit only as far as the end of the road! It was a very old fashioned school – no O or A levels, just RSAs – but I enjoyed the warm family atmosphere that you only really experience in a small school. The teachers commanded respect not by brutality but by simply being not only approachable but also good at their job and I’m pretty sure nobody left the place without being able to read, write and spell to a high standard.
    I remember some of the people in the photos as a number of them were still there in 1963 so hello to them. I recall Marilyn de Lacey, Anne Young and several others who were much older than me!

    By Denise Marsh (12/03/2021)
  • Does anyone out there have the 1963 school photo? I lent mine to an old school acquaintance (Mike Burton)years ago and didn’t get it back but I would like to see it again.

    By Denise Marsh (24/10/2021)
  • Hi everyone, I still have this photograph as well, but I don’t remember the 1963 photograph, I remember the red-haired Marilyn, haven’t seen Ann Young for a couple of years, still see Randall Griffiths quite regularly he seems to see a few old pupils including Steven Norton the other day in Brighton, unfortunately Randalls younger brother died a couple of years ago, they came to the school after the photo, would love to see the 1963 photo also the other day had a message from a Tony Alderton who now lives in Australia didn’t remember all the names in the photograph but got about 60%, glad to know so many are still going.

    By ROBERT LEAVER (07/10/2022)
  • Hi Robert Leaver, well long time ago now I have just this week spoken to Randall We hope to meet up in April. It would be nice if we could get any of us together for a reunion of Clifton College people.

    By paul piper (25/11/2022)
  • Has anyone recollections or photographs of Clifton College or its activities or pupils when it was located close to”THE SEVEN DIALS” ,on the right, before the roads became busy, en route to the Clock Tower via Brighton Railway Station.
    I am thinking of the late 1940s.
    Perhaps the early 1950s.

    By Walter Johnson (18/12/2022)
  • I am Simon Heath. In front row of the big photo. I remember so many names and have many memories of my years at Clifton College. I always remember Roma Pack and the MacDonald sisters and Felicity and Robert and Robin. Anne Young was always very nice to me. Other names which aren’t in the picture spring to mind, such as Pauline Mew, Christina Richards, the Wood brothers, Paul Wakefield, Graham Dukes, Billy Johnson, Amy Whittle, Trevor Mills, Jill Peak, Garland Feed and so many more. I still see Jimmy Flude at the Saturday market. I’d love to hear from anyone and would certainly attend a reunion, if it ever happens.

    By Simon Heath (14/03/2023)
  • Hello, I would very much like to know if anyone remembers Kim or Stella, both in the school at Clifton College around 1958, 59 ? I recall them both clearly and I am 78 now. Their last names I cannot recall. Kim was a boy my age back then, and so was Stella. She had a distinctive pigtail, and both were delightful people. We laughed a lot at the Bible readings that started the day. Where the actual college was is now part of a residence for the elderly. I think if memory serves me right that the classrooms are now just an empty open space.

    By John Peter Baker (13/04/2023)

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