Spondon House School
Dated: 1956
Ms Allen writes:
Front row centre: Mr Albert Walton. He directed two prize-winning choirs: Alfreton Male Voice Choir and Spondon Choral Union.
Front row third from left: Mrs Alison
Front row seventh from left: Mrs Billing, who appeared in the 1921 photograph as Miss Hulland
Second row fifth from left: Mr Davis, second master
Second row sixth from left: Miss Phyllis Davis (no relation)
Third row third from left wearing glasses: Maurice White
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Mrs Threadkell, middle row, L
Mrs Threadkell, middle row, L to R, #8. Mrs Billing, front row, L to R, #7 (next to the headmaster). Both these ladies subsequently taught at Spondon Park Grammar school in the sixties, where as a pupil, I encountered them.
Front row second from right
Front row second from right Jean Andison
Phyllis Davis was the…
Phyllis Davis was the principal English teacher and also looked after girls' hockey. She was short, stocky and dare I say, not very pretty but she was an inspirational teacher who made a great impression on me. The swarthy man, no. 9 on the second row, was A P Hogan who knew a lot about South American Gauchos and probably little else. I was taught art by Wilf Ball, but I can't positively identify him in this photo.
Mr Ball is extreme right…
Mr Ball is extreme right centre row)
A few names I remember 5 and…
A few names I remember 5 and 6 back row are mr Waldron ( woodwork) Mr Reason, next row Mr Dixon PE and Mr Bentley rural science (gardening), also mr Hogan 3rd from right middle row and Mr Ball extreme right middle row. Takes you back...
Mrs. Mabel Smith, my aunt,…
Mrs. Mabel Smith, my aunt, is pictured on the front row, 4th from left. According to her copy of the photograph it was taken in July 1956