After Schooldays

For events that happened after we left school

 

 

Vivienne Hancox - St Frideswides, Didcot.

1963 when bridesmaid at my wedding.

 

 

 

Some of my wedding guests that you may recognise

Back row: Relative, Valerie Girdler (WG & DGGS)& her boyfriend - 2nd & 3rd along at back, 4th - Ted Francombe, Staff Training at AERE Harwell, 5th - Mary Robertson, Secretary at NIRNS Harwell (wife of Doug Robertson the jeweller in the Broadway, Didcot).

Middle row: Dave Town peering through, Mrs Hunt from Sinodun Road. Mr Hancox, Mick White from AERE Harwell,
another guy from AERE Harwell, and Sandra Bosely from Lloyds Bank AERE Harwell.

Front row:Vivienne Hancox bridesmaid (St. Frideswides),
Mary Hunt (Sinodun Road & Greenmere), Mrs Hancox and Vivienne Hancock's younger sister.

 

 

Taken at Doreen Withey's wedding

 

Sandra Boseley (Lloyds bank AERE Harwell and sister of Susan Boseley who went to DGGS..

Bill Longley (AERE Harwell) and me -

Barbara Town

 

Wedding of my Scottish friend Jai Fraser who worked in the library at NIRNS, Harwell. About 1964 - Oxford.

Fred Napper - St Birinus, Didcot

Ernie Fraser

Me - Barbara Town

 

Wedding of my other Scottish friend Doreen Withey who worked in Lloyds bank AERE Harwell. 1965 - Northbourne Church.

Joan Withey (DGGS)

Robin Lascelles (AERE Harwell)

Brian Day (AERE Harwell)

Doreen Withey

Carol Withey

 

Carol Franklin married Malcolm Buckler

both age 19.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent photo of Carol Franklin and her husband Malcolm Buckler, who live on the Isle of Man.

 

Colin Talbot (Wallingford Grammar)

Has now run The London Marathon several times.

 

 

 

 

Colin Talbot (WGS) with his wife -  on extreme left.

 

 

 

 

Terry Boyce of Wallingford Grammar

Terry was in the same year as those in the 6th form Prefects picture.

 

 

 

 

Frank Rice (WGS) with new baby daughter 2008.

 

Wallingford Grammar School Reunion

Sandra, extreme right, middle row.
Diane Prince, 2nd from right in grey skirt.
Jane, 3rd from right, middle row
Jean West, 5th from right, middle row in blue dress.
Adrian, 6th from right, middle row.
Carol, 7th from right, middle row.
Gwilliam Hoskins, 8th right, middle row.
Pat, 3rd from left, middle row
Mary, 2nd from left, middle row
Colin Talbot, back row, extreme right in blue shirt.
Julian, back row, 2nd from left.
Enid Holman kneeling, extreme right in blue dress.
Janet, kneeling, 2nd from left in blue.
Trevor, kneeling 3rd from right

I have tried to find out who sent me these photos without any luck. If anyone wants any removing, then I will.

 

 

Adrian and Julian

Carol & Jane

Diane Prince

Janet, Sandra, unknown ,Enid Holman, Carol & Jane

Enid Holman & Jane

Gwilliam Hoskins

John & friends

Julian & Sandra

Pat, Julian & Carol

Trevor & friend

Mary & Janet

Mike & Janet Woods

 

Here is

Susan James (WGGS & DGGS) , sent to me by Jean West

Carole Franklin in April 2002 - Taken while in France

Wallingford Grammar now converted into posh apartments - 2007

School front wall looking down to Cross Keys

Photos I took on a visit to Wallingford 2007.

It all looks very nice, but you can't get in to have a look close up due to security gates.

You can see where they have bricked up the entrance that went through to the cloakroom where we hung up our coats and things, and changed for PE but it has a brick canopy over the doorway now.

On TV last year they featured the inside of an appartment which used to be the library. Retained beams and gallery bedroom.

This view is taken from The Cross Keys Pub carpark. The small roof is where the girls outside toilets used to be, and the new buildings you can see are on the playing fields & where the terrapins used to be and the bit of playground where the buses turned up to take us home.

 

 

 

 

It looks as if they demolished the main hall. The 2 views above show the upstairs bay window that used to be the lady teachers' Staff Room. They seem to have kept the Lab windows and all the date plaques and even the school gates at the front.

 

 

Jean West (WGS & DGGS) on a camel on holiday

Mary Belcher (WGS & DGGS) 2007

Mary Belcher and Carole Franklin at my house July 2008

Wreford White (WGS)

 

 

Wreford White

on the right (WGS)

taken on holiday at Table Mountain, South Africa.

Other chap is one half of another couple travelling with him,

 

 

Avebury 2007

Carole Franklin's husband Mal Buckler, me - Barbara Town, my manfriend Eddie Richardson and Yvonne Gervis (WGS & DGGS)

 

 

Avebury 2007

 

Yvonne Gervis,
Carole Franklin and me - Barbara Town.

All WGS & DGGS)

 

Crowthorne Fete July 2008

 

Me - Barbara Town, Carole Franklin and Mary Belcher

Mereland Infants & Greenmere Junior School