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1960 Bill Fifield (Bill Legend)

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Bill was born in Barking where he went to Roding Primary School then Erkenwald Secondary School. But following his parents move to Ilford, the last three years of his secondary schooling were spent at Mayfield. It was here that Bill, inspired by a friend and classmate who played guitar, became interested in playing drums. Continue reading →

1960 Colin McGowan R.I.P.

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Colin died some years ago. He had been in Australia, and at sometime was injured in a serious road accident. After living in Australia for a while he went to live in Spain were he is belived to have died from cancer.
– David Ross Walker (2007)

1960 David Fifield

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This photo was taken in December 2007 on the London Eye, during a trip back to the UK. While in England I spent a few days in Taunton, Somerset. I also did some local travel in Central London and the suburbs where I used to hang out. It was nice to visit, seeing some family members, but I was glad to get back to New Zealand. I don’t think I could live in England again, although it will always be where my heart is. Continue reading →

1960 David Ross Walker

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1960davidRwalkerI have just re-read some of the entries in Life after Mayfield and was especially interested in Peter Cardew’s description of his hobbies. I have been retired for five years, after spending 41 years in the Met Police, so I’m now able to spend more time at my hobbies – marquetry and gardening (growing fuchsias). It is important to have hobbies to prevent stagnation! The photo shows me teaching marquetry at Beal School on a Wednesday evening. Continue reading →

1960 Michael Mercer

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I was in the same class as David Ross Walker and David Stanley Walker and can clearly remember when the decision was made to use their second names to identify them. The name of Paul Cordess also came up in my search through the site and I owe my interest in fishing to him. After I had moved to Wiltshire I was kindly invited back to Paul’s home by his parents so that we could go fishing again. If you read this Paul do you remember the tin of “Hooks” that was considered essential equipment. Continue reading →

1960 Raymond Farress

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1961 Keith Harman

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Keith-HarmanDuring my time at Mayfield I was more notorious for being interested in geology and palaeontology rather than sports and, egged on by Jacko our geography master, made it into the Ilford Recorder with an illustrated book I had written on the subject. Continue reading →

1961 Tony Atkinson

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1961 Tony AtkinsonWhen I was uprooted from a cozy and carefree existence at Chadwell Junior School and shifted lock stock and barrel at the tender age of eleven to Mayfield Boys School, I had the most terrible, terrible shock. Sports, sports and more blooming sports. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t lack team spirit – far from it. As a bystander I was always willing to cheer and egg others on. The freezing winters were the worst. Running about and playing blooming football in skimpy shorts, vest and stinky school second hand, or I should say second foot, plimsoles. I didn’t mind the more static games like putting the shot, discus or even a spot of cricket, which involved a lot of hanging about and stoppages. Unfortunately, there were no darts, snooker or tiddly-winks played at Mayfield. Continue reading →

1961 Vic Hemming

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I recently went into hospital in Pafos to have a knee replacement and was told I would have an epidural rather than a general anaesthetic. I was taken into the operating theatre, which reminded me of the paint booth we had at Paxman, and was told the operation would take two hours. They placed a screen in front of me and set to work on my knee. I wish they’d advised me to wear headphones as, even though I felt nothing, I could hear drills, saws and the chipping of bone. Continue reading →

1962 John Donovan

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1962-John-Donovan Mayfield Pupil

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