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Varndean Boys' School - 1950s Photos

 

Three Men in a Boat

Terry Tucker, John Hoskins, and Lawrence Carter, c 1957

NEW! (OLD!) The School Photo - 1956

A timeless picture - "Butch" Hutchins in his office

The School Play - 1950

Prefects 1950-51

Prefects and Monitors 1950-51

Athletics Team 1950-51

Football First XI 1950-51

Hockey First XI 1950-51

Athletics Team 1951-52

Cricket First XI 1951-52

Football First XI 1951-52

Hack House Football Team, K.O. Champions 1951-52

The School Orchestra - Concert 1952

P.A. Gasper - 1958

Prefects 1951-52

Prefects and Monitors 1951-52

Staff - 1951

Prefects and Monitors 1952-53

Prefects 1952-53

Cricket First XI 1952-53

Football First XI 1952-53

Swimming Team 1952-53

CCF 1954

School Play - "Coriolanus" - 1955 (1)

School Play - "Coriolanus" - 1955 (2)

School Play - "Coriolanus" - 1955 (3)

Gym Club 1956

"I was just coming up for air when I saw a whopper ... I jabbed him and got him".

Ray Matthews' great catch of 1956, and how the Evening Argus saw it

Athletics Team 1956

Prefects 1956

Prefects 1956-57

Cross-Country 1956-57

Athletics Team 1957

Cross-Country 1957-58

Athletics Team 1958

Prefects - 1959-60

More pictures of sporting excellence from the mid-1950s, courtesy of John Oram. Please can someone name any of the teams or event!

Picture 1 - possibly a cricket team

    scorer: John Cansdale.

    Front, 3rd from left: Chris Higgs

Picture 2 - a football team

Picture 3 - a football team with nine players

    Front Row: 1st from left, Barrie Leavett-Brown; 2nd from left, Chris Higgs

Picture 4 - an athletics team

Picture 5 - another athletics team

    Back, 2nd from left: Ray 'Flea' Hopper, 5th from Left: Roy Nevitt, 7th from left: Martin Cox.

    Front, 1st from left: Dick Redbourn, 2nd from left: Arthur Over.

Picture 6 - John Oram at the finishing line - but which one is he?

Picture 7 - another race - did John win this one too?


Copyright © H.R.Henly December 1998

Updated February 1999