North Skelton School 1953

Coronation Year and our final year together at this school!

Back row: Kenneth Keeler, Edmund Howe, Robert Carter, Arthur Fowler, Ian Parks.

Middle row: John Procter, Geoffrey Hudson, Bill May, Owen Laffey, Derek Dauncey, Owen Rooks, John Sleeman, Michael Crossman, Keith Watson, Alan Burluraux, Alan Bonas.

Front row: Janet Wynn, Marjorie Butler, Sheila Harrison, Eunice Smurthwaite, Sheila Agar, Irene Codling, Dorothy Hodgson, Frances Batterbee, Helen Smith, Janet Cook, Eileen Webster.

 Owen Rooks tells us: ”I can’t recollect what the system was for determining the size of classes, 38 of us in 1950, 27 in 1953. There were only four classrooms in the school itself and an annexe had to be opened in an old chapel in North Skelton.”

Craig Laffey tells us: “Nice to see a photograph or two of my dad Owen Laffey who is still alive and well in Scarborough.”

Image and additional information courtesy of Owen Rooks; also thanks to Craig for the update.