Thrapston Primary School
Huntingdon Road Building
Robert Wakefield / Neil Busby
Memories
We are seeking memories of being at school in the Huntingdon Road building.
Can you help? If so please email [email protected]
First Year Class 1953
The children in the photograph below are in the first year class at Thrapston Primary School 1953, Coronation year.
Miss Cottingham is the teacher.
Robert Wakefield has provided the following names of the children:
Names from Left to Right
| BACK ROW | Carolyn Diamond | Maureen Freeman | Marilyn Hayne | Ann Rose (?) | |
| Zena Jacques | ???? | ||||
| 2ND ROW | Graham Overton | ???? | Roland Mayhew | Jennifer Anderson (?) | |
| Brenda Ward (?) | ???? | Roy Fisher | ???? | ||
| John Green | |||||
| 3RD ROW | Daphne Tilley | Margaret Johnson | Patricia Mayes | Carol Campbell | |
| Joan Farrington | Robert Wakefield | Derek Key | Nigel Witten | ||
| ???? | ???? | John Gross | Derek Stamford | ||
| FRONT ROW | Victor Palmer | Pauline Shipton | Mary Cheney | Jean Belton | |
| Dennis Borrett |
Can you name the remaining children?
Email us if you can.
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I am looking for more primary school photographs from around 1953 as this is when our mum moved to Thrapston from Southend on sea her name is Sandra Ann Green .Her father was Bernard Frederick Green who worked at Bridge street Railway station as an Office Clerk Her mother is a Thrapston person born and bred worked for Mr Cheney as a young lady and was a hairdresser and opened Madison Salon opposite Barclays Bank, now a charity shop. She retired in 1981.My grandfather was Manager of east midlands electricity board until 1979 now Thrapston council tourist information. Office,Huntingdon road and oundle road junction .
Thank you for the additional information. We will look out for any more photographs and let you know.
Thank you for your family information. Between them they played a significant part in Town life.
I will check to see if we have more photographs and will post any I find. Other visitors to the page may contribute photographs too.
Neil
I recently came across this photo when attempting to trace my ancestry and I have one major question: where am I? I was born in July 1948 and this was my class but I don’t feature. My memory is very hazy and I have no family member able to answer the question. I only spent 3 years at the school before being despatched to board at the Royal School, Wolverhampton (courtesy of the RAF Benevolent Society, my father was a regular when he died in 1951). I do recall most of the boys in the photo and some of the girls also a few of the teachers. I can’t add any names to those already provided but can correct Ronald Mayhew’s first name to Roland (RIP Roly). I believe my elder brother, David must have gone to the Primary School before preceding me to Wolverhampton and my younger sister, Mollie attended both Primary and Secondary Schools. My mother was secretary at the Secondary School for many years.
Thank you for contributing to the story about Thrapston primary School. We are always pleased to receive more information. We can only speculate why you missed the photograph.
Hi it is carol campbell she is my aunt also i wonder does any one remember mrs brown from 1976/77
I might be wrong but I think the girl 4th in on third row is Carol Campbell, Cheryl’s sister
School teacher was Mrs Cottingham
First in back row was Carolyn Diamond next to Maureen Freeman is Marilyn Haynes and middle bottom row next to me was Mary Cheney I think.
Regards Pauline Maple
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