This photograph appeared in the Facebook Group Henry Mellish Memories recently. It was posted by Malcolm Lindley and he with other members of that group contributed to the identifications. Garry Humphreys has added another name. One remains unidentified.

It is likely ;to have been taken in the Summer Term 1965 since those present do not match the list of prefects for that year in The Centaur. Some in the list had left earlier in the year and several who were listed as prefects the next year must have been promoted.

Back row: Rod Poxon, R J Lane, Ken J Rockley, David W Davidson, J A Harryman, M W Woodcock, Malcolm Lindley, Paddy P Hooper, D C Cale, Unidentified

Front row: Mick E Rayner, John D Drinkall, John R Lindley, Derek J Taylor, Strutt, Michael G. Peck, Geoff Richards, Keith Tatham, S P Gregory

It is now on the PHOTOGRAPHS page.

Adding to the programme of the opening ceremony, Garry Humphreys found a press report. It is on the Miscellanea Page and below:

…added to the Miscellanea Page and can be seen bel,ow:

End of Golden Jubilee Year. Supplement to the Nottingham Evening Post, 16 July 1990

Original School Cap (from W. Lebeter collection – 1938-1943)

William Lebeter’s Collection of Old Boy Ties and Scarf

William Lebeter’s Old Boys Rugby Club Blazer Badge, Fixture List for 1964-65 and Skegness Seven-a-Side Tournament 1957

That completes the uploads of William Lebeteter’s Collection, kindly sent by his son, Andrew.

Continuing the scanning of the William Lebeter papers, the following cover letters on: entrance arrangements and school clothing, and the Munich crisis in 1938; arrangements on the outbreak of war in 1939, swimming in 1940; the Air Training Corps in 1943.

I am also showing the files on this post:

Thanks to Andrew Lebeter, I have now received a box full of Mellish material collected by his father William ‘Bill’ who died in October 2023 aged 96. William Lebeter was at the school from 1938 until 1943. Later, he played Rugby for HM Old Boys and some material is from that periood. I will be scanning/photographing it over the next few weeks.

We start with three ‘missing’ issues of The Centaur from 1939 and 1940. You can find them (Issues 16, 17 and 19) on THE CENTAUR page or below.

I have thanked Andrew for the material and will provide him with links to it on this site when it has all be uploaded.

From Garry Jumphreys. Now on The End page.

KRARUP, Anthony Charles. 1939-1946. BSc Eng (Nottingham 1948), CEng, MICE, MIStructE. b 7 October 1928, Stapleford; d 25 December 2012. Lived at Chilwell while at HMGS. Assistant Engineer, Beeston & Stapleford UDC; from 1955 Senior Partner at Taylor & Krarup (architects, consulting engineers and project managers). Director of various property and metrology companies. Last address was Beeston Fields Drive. Flew as a hobby (crashed an Auster belonging to British Midland – ran out of fuel).

From Garry Humphreys, more information:

HURST, John Garnet. 1959-? (after 1965). b 3 July 1930, Nottingham; d 2 November 1986. Lived at West Bridgford. Pilot Officer RAF when married in 1954 to Valerie Margaret Kent.  Latin. “Labienus”. The late Robert (R. J.) Newton (1957-64) composed the following to the tune of The British Grenadiers:

          Some talk of Nigel Press,
And some of Freddie White,
Of Spolton and Jack Lewis,
And perhaps they’re right.
But of all the School’s great masters,
There’s one who’s always first:
With a bang and a crash and a scream and a shout,
His name is Mr Hurst!

As a result of a chance encounter between the son of Ray Hickling and the daughter of Pete Severn, we heard that he had died. Morever, his daughter had no photographs of Pete when young and Ray was able to point her to this site where he appears on the Panoras as well as one photograph taken in 1961. The following has been added to the Obits page..

SEVERN, Peter John. 1954-1961. b 1942 Kimberley. RAF 1961(as Cadet Pilot)-1977. Flew Canberras and Vulcans. BA (Open University), MBIM. Taught Management at Trevenson House, Redruth (part of Cornwall College). RAFVR (Photographic Interpretation Branch) retiring as Squadron Leader 1998. d 2014. Buried at Stoke Gabriel, South Devon.

Ray Hickling sent me this photograph which I eventually realised I had taken.

From left: Ray Hickling, Phil Mayfield, John Graham, Chris Spencer, Dick Brown, J Burton, Dave Fenn, Chris Soar, John Newton, Trevor Hursthouse, M.R. Hutchinson?, Ivan Bexon, Ian Rennie, Brent Reddish, Mick Goodall. Photo: Malcolm Peaker.
According to the Derby papers the Exhibition opened Monday 23 June at the Rolls-Royce Welfare and Sprts Ground, Sinfin. The exhibition was in a large marquee which can be seen on the back right.

Can be seen on the PHOTOGRAPHS page.