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St Bartholomew's School

Mixed Choir c.1950

By Fred Hards

I wonder if there are any visitors to this site can recognise themselves in this photo? There are a few names that my sister-in-law Barbara Newland and myself can identify which are:

Girls: Jean Holden, Joan Baldy, Marie Baldwin, Wendy Bull, June Boxall, Jean Dawes, (?) Bonwick.
Boys: I am third from the right on the bottom row next to Michael Howard, beside D. Tee with Brian Diver behind him. Tony Cox is 5th from the left on the back row.

The photo was taken in St. Bartholomew's Church, Ann Street Brighton. I believe most of the pupils who attended the school lived in the surrounding area of New York St, New England St, Belmont St, New England St,Provedence St, Elder St, Elder Place, and Elder Row etc.

St Bartholomew's School mixed choir

From the private collection of Fred Hards

This page was added on 20/01/2009.

Comments about this page

My late dad, George Sullivan (b. Brighton in 1918) had a step sister called Marie Baldwin, and she lived with her parents Mary and Leslie Baldwin (known also as Uncle Dick for some reason) in Elder St. in the 1940s - 50s. I do vaguely remember her and her sisters Maureen and Eileen and brother Leslie. This list of names is very likely to refer to her.

By Jan Sinkfield (03/07/2009)

Hi, does anyone remember my Dad David Vaughan, who attended this school in the early 1950s.

By Jenene Craven (09/08/2009)

I remember Joan Baldy, Wendy Bull and Marie Baldwin - I later attended Pelham Girls School with them. I have Joan Baldy's address.

By Elizabeth (Bertha) Byrne (25/04/2010)

Hi Jenene, I started the school in 1960, aged 7. I went to Pelham Infants before and think your dad was there as well. Other boys were Adrian Welch and Karl Wendalen.
Hi Fred, The girl in the front row, first on the right was my sister Eileen Sutton.

By Jean Lofts (nee Sutton) (29/06/2010)

Hello Jenene, so sorry but it was a Dennis Vaughan who was in my class with Andre Welch. Was Dennis a relative?
Hi Fred, At that time my sister may not have had her name changed from Eileen Smith to Sutton.

By Jean Lofts (04/07/2010)

Hi Jean, great to hear from you. Yes, Dennis is my uncle and I believe they both went to Pelham School. My dad is slightly older than Dennis. Do you by any chance have any photos at all as I'm trying to do the family tree? Many thanks, Jenene.

By Jenene Craven (25/07/2010)

This one's a little bit before my time. My brother Alfred and I went to St. Bartholomews about 1954 after moving from Hove. I did know the Bonwicks though as they lived on our street Campbell Rd. My friend was Anita who was a bit older than me, she had quite a large family. She had at least two older sisters called Sally and Shirley, so it could be one of them in this photo.

By Anne Ball was Newman (30/09/2010)

Hi Fred, my sister is in this photo, bottom left. Her name is Jean Cribb, now Smith and lives in Lincoln. email me alancribb@hotmail.co.uk. Alan, me again, we lived at 20 Elder Street, directly opp the Boxalls!

By Alan Cribb (25/04/2012)