Soham Grammarians - Staff in 1972

back: AO Russ - DH Riley - GH Duffett - R Russell - PD Scott - RJ Humphry - J Llewellyn-Jones - AG Cornell - LE Priddle - RJ Abbott - RG Wood - HL Homer - T Abdullah
front: RJ Makin - Mlle F Pauly - Miss P O'Keeffe - PJ Askem - EH Tabraham - E Armitage - RA Taylor - RGS Bozeat - Mrs M Armitage - Mrs V Laird - LR Hart
source: School History: caption corrected to include AG Cornell
Name [not all are in photo]* - Subject - arrived SGS - post SGS
R John Abbott BA (Birmingham)
History: arrived 1967: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre > Deputy Head: ret 1996: d2011
Tariq Abdullah
Maths: 1971, succeeded Miss AR Dunton: no further information
Edward A Armitage MA (Cantab) BSc (Lond) JP
Physics: 1945: Head 1945-72:
City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, Director 1972-75: ret 1975: d2001
Mrs May GF Armitage MA (Glasgow)
Boarding House 1945: Modern Foreign Languages 1966: ret 1972: d2008
Peter J Askem NDD, ATC (Lond)
Art/Pottery: 1954: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, Head of Art: Cambridge Assessment: d2018
RGS Dick Bozeat DLC
Woodwork/Games: 1959 : Soham Village College 1972-93: ret 1993
AG Tony Cornell BSc (Southampton)
Physics:  Jan 1967: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, Head of Physics: ret 1986: Pastoring
Gerald Duffett BSc (Lond)
Biology/RI: 1970: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, Head of Biology: returned to S Wales

*GWT Edwards (Kesteven)
English: 1967: no further information
Mrs RLB Guyon British Institute, Paris
French: 1971: no further information
Lionel R Hart BA (Leeds)
French: 1959 Scouting, Chess: Head Lower School Soham Village College 1972-92, Head MFL: ret 1992: d2007
HL Homer
English: 1972?: Left 1972, no further information
R John Humphry MA (Oxon)
Geography: 1965: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, Head of Humanities: Director: ret 1992 d2021
Mrs Vivienne MC Laird GRSM ARCM
Music: 1969: Left 1972, no further information
John E Llewellyn-Jones BSc (Lond)
Biology: 1969: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, then left, no further information
R John H Makin HNC
Science: 1961: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre: ret: d1986
Miss Pat O'Keeffe BA (Lond)
Modern Foreign Languages: 1970: Left 1972, no further information
Mlle Françoise Pauly
Language Assistante: 1971: Killed in Paris air crash 1974
LNE Les Priddle St Mark & St John, Lond
Maths: 1970: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, no further information
Donald H Riley, ARCM LRAM (Lond)
English/Music: 1966: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre: Swaffham as Head of English: d2013
AO Tony Russ BEd (Nottingham)
Games/PE: June 1971: Professional Rugby coach/scout
Ron Russell MA (Oxon)
English: 1971: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, Head of English: no further information
Peter D Scott BA (Oxon)
Maths: 1960 ACF: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre: ret 1993: returned on IT team, left 2010
Edmund H Tabraham MCollH, FRSA
Woodwork/Metalwork/Technical Drawing: Jan 1948: Deputy Head 1967: ret 1972: d2008
RA Peter Taylor MA (Cantab)
History/Sport: 1946-47: back from Canada 1948, Head Lower School 1967: Soham Village College 1972-76: ret 1976: d1996

*Mrs BM Wilkes BA (Lond)
Latin: 1968: Soham Village College until ret 1977, no further information
R Gareth Wood BSc (Manchester)
Chemistry: 1964: City of  Ely College 6th Form Centre, Head of Science then Senior Teacher: ret 1993; d2014
Housekeeper - Mrs JPH Jarrett 1960-72
Secretary - Mrs AL Smith 1960-72
Assistant Secretary - Mrs MJ Fordham
Technical Assistant - AJ Mason d2021


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