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Fawcett School, York Place

Speech Day 1965
By Ken Gray
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I thought the attached Speech Day programme might be of interest given the number of names it contains.

This speech day was the year before I left but it was my last one and the last in York Place. The following year the school had moved to Patcham. I was out to work, enjoying life and had little inclination to go the the new school to pick up a couple of GCSE's.

As a point of interest,this was the year before GCSE's were created but, as you can see, both the 4th and 5th year classes had been restructured for them and GCE's.

I hope this historic document is interesting and promotes many contributions.

Enjoy!

This page was added on 19/08/2009.

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Ken.... Thank you for sharing the 1965 Fawcett Speech Day program with us; it certainly brought back many memories and familiar names of class mates who were both close friends and competition on the field of play! I recall fondly the competition in the swimming pool against David West.... one could never catch him but coming second to David was still an accomplishment to be proud off. Who could forget Clive Boxall, our fast bowler of the school cricket team; and to think that the batsmen of that time did not wear safety helmets!! With all this sports talk its no surprise that in 1965 I was the recipient of the "Sportsmanship Medal", an honor that I still recall today. Along with the medal I was allowed to spend one pound at the Bredon's Bookshop on East Street, purchasing two books; Engineered Drawing for 12/6p and Geometrical & Mechanical Drawing for 10/0p.... I guess I had to pay the difference of half a crown! The books are still in my possession, signed by the headmaster. In 1965 I obviously had a strong desire to make drafting a career - but not to be; finishing up here in the USA involved with the responsibility of developing global sales & marketing strategies for CNC machine tools. John Horn

By John H Horn (26/08/2009)

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