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Talbot House Athletics 1953
Talbot House Athletics Champions 1952
4th Row L-R: Miss. Horsfield, Miss. Saville, Miss. Kilner, Mr. Senior, Mr Owen, Mr. Collins, Mr. Atack, Mr. Swinbank,
3rd Row L-R: M. Christian, T. McCroakam, A. Ardron, R. Gaskell, D. King, A. Swaine, M. Batten
2nd Row L-R: V. Higham, D. Honeyben, B. Ackroyd, M. Butterfield, J. Butterfield, T. Trueman, J. Pearson, M. Poole
Front row L-R: J. Lindley, J. Bradley, Florence Gell, Tony Foster, G. Thompson, Roland Hawcroft
Thanks go to Terry McCroakam for the photo.
Price House Athletics 1956
Back Row L-R: Mr. Manning, Dilys Hughes, Janet Marston, 3, Jean Snookes, Dora Lumby, Mrs. Lumb
Middle Row L-R: Irene Thorpe, Vivienne Marshall, 3, Toulson, Tony Pickering, Peter Douglas, Eden, Patricia Snow, Hilary Goodchild, Winnie Taylor
Front Row L-R: Ellen Toulson, Jean Foreman, Jean Nuttall, Maureen Mathers, Roy Homer, Colin Hellewell, Ralph Winstanley, Melvyn Snookes
The photo was provided by Janet Marston. Thank you, Janet.
Price House Dramatics 1959
This photo of the Price House Dramatics Cast 1959 was provided by Janet Marston. Thank you, Janet.
Back Row L-R: 1, Ray Dallywater, David Thorpe, Wray Vamplew, Pat Snow, Janet Marston, Diana Wood, Ellen Toulson, Madeline Wareing, Med Snookes
Middle Row L-R: Norman Tate, Geoff Richards, Michael Duke, Dave Nuttall, Trevor Stones, Malcolm Stewardson, Colin Oxley, Jeff Stevens
Front Row L-R: 1, Christine Nicholson, 3, Gillian Wass, Janet Davies, John Connolly
The play chosen for this year's competition was an adaptation by Mr. Reed of Nora Ratcliff's "The Wooden Horse," which deals with the famous Greek ruse in the Trojan War.
Sinon, the Greek, persuades the Trojans to bring in the gigantic wooden horse which the Greeks had left outside the walls of Troy. He leads them to believe that if they are able to do this, the Gods will once more look favourably upon them. In spite of the warnings of Cassandra and Laocoon, the Trojans breach their walls and drag in the horse - thus bringing about their own destruction, for the hollow body conceals Greek soldiers.
The acting and production were creditable in view of the difficulties inherent in the play. The dramatic tension depends on the words and reactions of the onlookers who comment on the Trojan effort: this demands convincing grouping, gesture and movement and this is where the winning House (Price) scored.
As an experiment, members of the Lower Sixth were allowed to produce the plays this year, though the casts were still limited to Forms I - IV.
The plays were adjudicated by Mrs. W. Hughes, of Wakefield, who gave us much valuable advice about the techniques of the drama and the problems of production.
Points were awarded as follows:
PRICE HOUSE-77; HOLGATE HOUSE-67; GUEST HOUSE-64; TALBOT HOUSE-50.
Please check the names and help us with the missing ones.
Talbot House Dramatics - Year?
Back Row L-R: 1, 2, 3, Peter Kaye, 5, Pauline Howden, 7
Middle Row L-R: 1, 2, 3, 4, Sam Whitehouse, 6, 7, 8, 9, Linda Fieldsend, Susan Marsh, 12
Front Row L-R: 1, 2, Daphne Slater, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Back to top
Talbot House Athletics 1952
The photo and names were provided by Les Thomas. Thank you, Les.
Back Row L-R: Mr. Atack, Taylor, Trueman, Rogers, Secker, Ernest May, Butterfield, Miss. Horsfield
Fourth Row L-R: Hudson, Thomas, Mr. Senior, Miss. Saville, Nunn, Miss. Pole, Mr. Swinbank, Gamble
Third Row L-R: 1, 2, Florence Gell, Taylor, King, 6, Sykes, Poole B., Simmons, Adele Whittaker, Moira Hollinshead
Second Row L-R: Pearson, Frost, Poole M., Schofield, P. Waring, M. Butterfield, 7, Doreen Honeyben
Front Row L-R: Alan Vest, Gary Jordan, Arthur Tickle, Tony Foster
Guest House Dramatics 1962
The photo and names were provided by Fred Johnson. Thank you, Fred.
Back Row L-R: John Taylor, Dave Sugden, Steven Ellis?, Steve Moody, Sylvia Rayson?, Alvin Bashforth
Middle Row L-R: Teresa Cosgrove, Peter Asquith, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Front Row L-R: 1, 2, Fred Johnson, 4, 5
Price House Athletics 1954
Image from Pat Beevers and Peter Harvey. Thank you.
Back Row L-R: Mr. Manning, Miss Wimpenny, Miss. Whitworth, Mr. Taylor
Third Row L-R: Mel Snookes, Roy Homer, Tony Pickering, Norman Brooke, Eddie Lowe, Howard Taylor, 7
Second Row L-R: Peter Wall, Chris Burkinshaw, Eileen Tate, 4, Joan May, Janet Newton, Mary Oates, Jean Snookes, 9, Brian Toulson, Alec Wall
Front Row L-R: Hilary Goodchild, Jean Nuttall, Iris Turner, Val Manning, Colin Hellewell, Maureen Mathers, 7, Pat Beevers
Some names have come from Terry McCroakam and Geoff Govier. Thank you.
Price House Athletics 1956
Image from Pat Beevers and Peter Harvey. Thank you.
Back Row L-R: Eileen Hurst, Roy Homer, Ron Smethurst, Mr. Manning, Miss Yates, Mr. Taylor, Tony Pickering, Eddie Lowe, Janet Newton
Middle Row L-R: Pat Beevers, Jennifer Hayton, Mary Oates, Val Manning, Melvyn Snookes, Brian Toulson, Ralph Winstanley, Tony Revell
Front Row L-R: Ellen Toulson, Dora Lumby, Jean Nuttall, Maureen Mathers, Iris Turner, Norman Yates, Colin Hellewell, John Sudworth, Ron Hooley
Talbot House Dramatics 1961
1961 - Talbot House won the Dramatic Competition with 86%.
The Headmaster was upset by Peter Kaye's crude interpretation of the classic piece 'Thor's Hammer', but they won! The Talbot production team was: Pat Cockburn, Fran Harrison, Margaret Curran, Gordon Bond and Pete Kaye. If Wray Vamplew (Price), Doreen Tyrrell (Guest) and Pete Dickens (Holgate) are taking a peek at this page, the production team would like to send belated apologies.
We could do with some help to name the full cast.
Back Row L-R: Gordon Bond, Peter Kaye
Third Row L-R: Pat Cockburn, Alan Lascelles, 3, 4, 5, 6, Denise Sell, Margaret Curran, Fran Harrison
Second Row L-R: Jean Merrington, P. Marsh, Cockburn, Christine Arrowsmith, 5, Dianne Sell, 7
Front Row L-R: G. Hawcroft, Margaret Merrington, Denise Spaxman, Raymond Dyson, 5, 6, 7
Some names have come from Denise Spaxman. Thank you, Denise.