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Class Photo, Brentford Secondary Modern Boys' School, around 1948

Cyril Smith provided this photo which he dates to around 1948. It shows a class of 39 boys on a sunny day, mostly with open neck shirts and grey flannel jackets or blazers. No long trousers. "Headmaster was Mr.E A Templar while I was at school , teacher was L S Sproston." Also see Cyril's memories from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.

Cyril Smith, Don Harris and ave Padbury provided names:
Back row: 1st from right Terry Ilbury, 4th from right Geoffrey Riddle (Don Harrison suggests Mike Holland), 5th from right Peter Alder
3rd row: from front, 2nd left Cyril Smith; 5th from right Brian French
2nd row: 3rd from right Dave Padbury
Front row: 1st right Donald Harris

Outside class photo

Dave Padbury: 'Don Harris Brian French and myself lived in the Mafeking and Peter Alder lived at the back of Daubneys shop in Albany Road. Brian Copeland will be on the photo,we joined the R A F boy entrants later on. His dad was a police sergeant in Brentford. Two teachers I remember are Duncan Wilding and Willie Wooton.'

If you can help with other names please get in touch.

Published April 2012; updated March 2013